mat kearney concert was a blast! i heart tyler the gutarist. isn’t he adorable?! he is a minneapolis native. and married. rats!
i ran into some friends who know mat’s roomate in nashville and we had the opp to go back stage. i am embarassed that at 11:30 on a school night i was too tired…i would have been too tongue tied to know what to say to tyler anyway! ha!
hitting the mat kearney show tonight at first ave. saw him for the first time when he opened for john mayer at the excel center. been listening to his tunes ever since. first ave is becoming a fav venue for concerts of late.
aqualung is coming up in may at the fine line. not only did i get free tickets, but going with some fab friends. looking for a date…wonder who i will be into in may?
my us weekly celebrity draft was last night. i am jazzed with my playas:
paris hilton
reese witherspoon
mary kate olson
sarah jessica parker
julia roberts
george clooney
ben affleck
i’m going to start this off by saying my neighbor is a complete idiot. he is a “deep” sleeper. he sleeps through his alarm every single day. it goes off for hours. unfortunately, for me, i don’t sleep through it.
sunday 5:30 am. i wake up to hear what i think is his alarm clock. 5:30 fu*cking am. it is much louder than his alarm clock. in fact, it is his unit’s fire alarm. i get up and check it out. i see light through his peep hole. i can smell something burning. i bang on his door. no answer. not really sure if i should call 911? instead i wake up our on site people who have a master key. it is now sunday 6:00 am.
the idiot’s door is opened and i’ve never seen so much smoke. everywhere. he is passed out on his bed. i guess he wanted a little snack when he got home. the problem was that he passed out before it was ready and left it cooking on the stove. the pan and whatever was in it was burned to a char and huge flames were growing by the minute. we could not get the idiot to waken….so 911 was called.
four very handsome firemen, two paramedics, a stretcher, and i think a couple of policemen promptly arrived. it took them about 5 mins to revive the idiot. how scary would it be to wake up to 10 people standing over your bed and smoke everywhere? he didn’t seem fazed. total idiot.
he is still claiming that he is a “deep” sleeper. whatever. he could have burned down the entire building. and if not, it would have been just his and my units. i guess a letter is going to be sent to him and possible fines. i wonder if he will ever thank me for saving his life…..probably not!
i’m out. i’m too old to be living in a glorified dorm. maybe i’m grown up enough for a house. then i could get my zooties!!! zooties!!
fick made an amazing dinner last night right out of cooking light. amazing. i had to eat and run, but I wish I could cook like that! made me want to subscribe to cooking light in hopes of acquiring some of those skills. arleen has some serious cooking competition next door!!!
march madness is for losers. i’m all over this us weekly fantasy celebrity league. our draft is next week….
RULES
1. The draft will include 7 celebrities per participant.
2. Each participant must have 2 males on their roster at all times
3. Participants will play 5 celebrities per week and 1 must be a
male.
4. Changes in players need to be submitted by Monday of each week by
3:00 PM to the commissioner.
5. Celebrities may be added or dropped at the cost of 3 points per
trade.
6. Ads do not count.
7. Season length: April wk 1 – July wk 5??
8. $15/person (Winner gets 60%, Second Place gets 30%, and third gets 10%)
POINTS BASED ON US Weekly ONLY
Large cover photo = 10 points
Small cover photo = 5 points
Inside photos = 1 point
Look of the week (in the Fashion Police section) = 3 points
Fashion Police = -3 points
Stars – they’re just like us = 2 points
tater tot hot dish. having a going away lunch at my place for a co-worker today. i make tthd in the am, set delay, bake and off to work i go.
my co-worker who is moving to nyc, sent me the recipe for TTHD about 8 months ago with the subject line, “you should make this”. that started my quest for making the perfect TTHD. i’ve experimented with ingredients, taken away veggies, added corn, added velveta cheese slices, used just cream of mushroom soup…i’ve used turkey, hamburger, and venison. at the end of the day, tthd is just a yummy comfort food that everyone must try (even my southern friends)! below is the recipe if you dare to try it out! you will not be disappointed!
TATER TOT HOTDISH
1 lb. or more hamburger (or turkey or venison)
1 sm. onion, chopped
1 c. cut celery
1 lb. frozen tater tots
1 lb. frozen peas and corn or mixed vegetables
processed cheese slices
1 can mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 soup can milk
1 package of shredded cheese
Brown choice of meat and season lightly; add chopped onion and stir with meat until done. Add cut celery. Put meat mixture into baking casserole, layer veggies, layer cheese slices, and then layer tater tots. Mix soups and milk; pour over all. Sprinkle the top with shredded cheese. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.
and i have a cold. who has a head cold this time of year? last night’s one drink hh (happy hour) turned into 4 drinking establishments later. good hh tidbit, mission has half bottle wine tuesdays. cool bar, but older crowd. i do consider myself older, but this was older, older.
i should have been home in bed, nursing myself back to health. especially since i need to prep myself for the upcoming weekend festivities! i have a feeling it is going to be an exciting weekend. more to follow…
holy shat, i saw 300 tonight. a must see!! it is based on an epic graphic novel which is kind of like a thick comic book (don’t worry, i had no idea what it was either) but based on a true historical tale of the battle of thermopylae.
gerald butler plays king leonidas who is better than hot! in fact, ladies, the entire movie is filled with hotter than hot men in leather banana hammocks and flowing red capes.
okay, sorry, focus…the story is about king leonidas and 300 spartans who fought to their deaths against xerxes and his massive persian army. king leonidas and his men are up against all odds, but fight for their families, their honor, and to living and dying as a spartan. interesting to see that even back in the day, political b.s. interfered with raging war.
the entire movie was filmed in a sepia color that really enhanced the muscles and sweat of these young warriors. very gory that had me closing my eyes and all tense. tears were shed as were shouts of glory (out loud shouts in a movie theatre, not the norm for olivia). this movie was just about up there with braveheart!
The first clothing-free workout session at a Dutch gym went ahead as planned in Heteren, eastern Netherlands, Sunday March 4, 2007, and participants and observers said it met expectations. Around a dozen middle-aged and elderly men braved the glare of nearly twice that number of journalists, including reporters, photographers and at least five television teams, to fulfill their dream of exercising naked. ‘There are things that you like to do, and for a nudist, it just feels better to do them with your clothes off,’ said Ron van der Putten, left, who drove for more than an hour to take part in the first session, dubbed ‘Nudifit’. ‘You feel more free.’
