28 February 2008

"Tomorrow, Tomorrow ..."

"... I love you, Tomorrow,
You're only a day away!"

Tomorrow is the grand opening of the first Best Buy store in Puerto Rico!

Lucky for me, I have a brother who works at one. Unfortunately, he's in Texas! I have asked him to consider relocating ...

Going Postal ... again

I just discovered this:


Postcards

Hooray! ^_^ Time to bring out the stamps!

20 February 2008

Flower Power

I knew Addis Ababa translated to "new flower," but I didn't know which word meant what. Thanks to an English-Amharic dictionary, now I know!

Addis = አዲስ = new

Ababa = አበባ = flower

All this was spurred by Fred Flare asking What's Your Fave Flower?. I wanted to answer that it was me, but, alas, "Addis" does not mean flower.


Bebi uploaded by Jacob Eliosoff

24 January 2008

11 January 2008

Retail Relapse

Just as I predicted last week, I succumbed to my routine retail relapse yesterday. I think it was in anticipation of the horrible night I had at work last night! Shopping is a much healthier alternative than, let's say, "going postal."

I'm looking forward to receiving two clutch handbags, and these shoes:


Can you say "Imelda Marcos" ?

Destination: BDL

It's official - I'm going to Connecticut for a short, weekend getaway very soon :)


08 January 2008

Devil Beside You

The devil has arrived ...

... and its name is Roomba!


It will eat your soul!


(Thank you, yhancik, for pointing me towards Google Patent Search :D )

02 January 2008

Shoes !

I know I should do something about my unnecessary spending habits. Each pay period, I tell myself I will handle my finances better, but then I spot a fabulous dress, or a great bag on sale, or some yummy shoes, or a book I want to get my hands on, or curtains to dress up the windows, or designer cat furniture, or ...

And then I start thinking about where I am going to put that fab dress and great bag and yummy shoes, and I think about the pending house projects (i.e. walk-in closet, for one!), and how if I had an organized closet system, I could see what I do have, and make sure I don't splurge on repeated designs -- why do I need 3 black evening bags!? Black is black! :$

So, until I relapse in my weekly consumer meltdown, I'll be dreaming of these shoes:

Not again!


Oh, no's! Not again! Somebody vomited this morning and I don't know who it was. Kudos to my kitties (at least) for keeping it all on the terrazzo tiles. Unfortunately, there's something in that regurgitated mix that seeps into the tiles, leaving splat marks where the vomit once lay - no amount of scrubbing with detergents gets those 'stains' out!

27 December 2007

Pick-me-ups

I was feeling a little under the weather last week due to an infection, and was still struggling with a fever early this week. What was an uninspired girl to do on Christmas Eve while aimlessly walking around in the mall? Why, hit the cosmetics counter, of course, for a little fabulousness!

I only had a question concerning filling in eyebrows, but I walked away with a whole mini-makeover and a handful of products (and accompanying hole-in-the-wallet).

For the eyebrows, brow zings.

For my uneven complexion, some kind-a gorgeous foundation and get even powder.

For a healthy glow, some 10 and some hoola.

The pampering was just what I needed !

21 December 2007

Coming Soon ...

... to a location near me !

It's West Elm !


Had I known, I would have waited on ordering my black Parsons desk, which is still in its box, unassembled! I could have saved the $200 I paid my parents to ship it to Puerto Rico (since West Elm does not ship large items like this themselves) !


08 December 2007

Paranoia Agent

WTF ?

UPDATE:

Let me elaborate a little more on this post. I watched the first four episodes of this series not too long ago. I have an infinite list of pending rentals via Netflix. Sometimes I don't even remember how a title or series winds up on my queue. When I read the description of this series (before popping in the disc to view it), I asked myself "What was I thinking !?" I anticipated a gray and dismal intro, not this loud and cheerful (?) opening theme song !

There are many translations out there of the lyrics. This is one of my favorite lines: "A magnificent mushroom cloud in the sky ..."

Reminds me of ...

"... a giant mushroom. Maybe it's friendly!"

29 November 2007

Beware of Cat Vomit


Ugh! I woke up this evening to find two splats of kitty vomit on the floor! In the 2 years I've had cats, I've discovered regurgitated messes only some 3 or 4 times, and, thankfully, it's always been on the tile floor and never on carpet or furniture!

I don't think it's hairball-related - that's never been a problem ... even more so now that I recently bought a FURminator!

09 November 2007

Mail Call !

Who doesn't enjoy a little postal love? Happy Mundane does.

Apparently, Pai Mei does, too!

The contents will be revealed shortly :)

Score !

Woohoo!

My results from the EXADEP test I took last month are in. I scored the following in these sections:

  • Verbal Aptitude ...................................................... 62
  • Mathematics + Analytical Reasoning ......................... 80
  • Written Expression ................................................. 66
  • English .................................................................. 80
... which translates to a total score of 709 (on a scale of 200 to 800)!


06 November 2007

You, too?

I always go for the yummy, kitty ear kronsche myself!

(via Cute Overload)

04 November 2007

Sound familiar?

I've been rewatching previous episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender. In episode 206, "The Blind Bandit," I knew the voice of Toph's father, Lao Bei Fong, sounded familiar.


He's Kratos (from Tales of Symphonia)!

I mean, he's Cam Clark[e].

24 October 2007

I guess I'm still Texan ...

(As seen here)

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The South
 

That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it.

The Inland North
 
The Midland
 
The Northeast
 
Philadelphia
 
The West
 
North Central
 
Boston
 
What American accent do you have?
Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

20 October 2007

Halloween, revisited

I think I'm going to dress up as Vincent van Gogh for Halloween this year:

Either that, or a chipmunk:

16 October 2007