The Latest Facebook Craze

So everyone on facebook keeps posting 25 Random Facts about Me. See number 12, but I've just got to post it here too. Damn Ego!

1. I have a strong fear of being trapped under ice, dive meets and boxing movies.
2. My dogs' teefs are prettier than your dogs' teefs. Bet you $50.
3. If I were on a desert island, I would want to have triscuits, my mom's hummus (which is sabre but i'm usually two cheap to buy it), Martika and Diet Doctor Thunder. And my dogs. And crap magazines. I don't think i'd be any good on a desert island.
4. I still hold up my hands to see what hand is left (it spells an "L".)
5. I have benefactor who has taken me across the world on extravagant trips.
6. I do everything my sister does.
7. I am way too dependent on my mother.
8. I pray all the time to have curly hair and be able to sing. I discovered the curly, more like wavy, hair at 30, so who knows?
9. I love Mariah's All I Want for Christmas, I despise all of her other songs.
10. I have seen Glitter. And Crossroads, for that matter. Multiple times.
11. I feel a special kinship with Britney because her hometown produced the bottled water I use to drink in Louisiana.
12. Although I am immensely enjoying myself creating this list, I know it's because it only strokes the ego, something I'm trying to get rid of after reading Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth.
13. I did some pretty turdy things in high school and am glad that YouTube was not prevalent then.
14. I have a facebook friend that I have known since i was 4. I keep in touch with pretty much everyone I've ever met.
15. I cry at commercials. And at least once a day.
16. I like stars. Both on ceilings and bottoms.
17. I have done some really dumb things for a $10 bill. But I guess its the price you pay for having a Benefactor. She has spent her adult life trying to make up for how she treated me in college. :)
18. My southern accent only comes out when i'm drunk or with my momma. Or drunk with my momma.
19. My boyfriend has that thing on the back of diet coke cans. Phyllalanine. Or something like that. Before meeting him, I always wanted to date someone that was because I thought it sounded so interesting.
20. I share a birthday with Tori Spelling, Janet Jackson and Tracy Gold. I kept a calendar for a year of celebrity birthdays taken from Entertainment Tonight (before internet) to find out Emilio Estevez's birthday.
21. I wore a necklace of him around my neck for my entire 7th grade year. I was a bit of a dramatic kid.
22. I think God has a plan for us all and I'm being led by him everyday.
23. I was supposed to go to Turkmenistan for the Peace Corps but decided not to because of a boy and my mother's claim that if I went i'd take 15 years off her life. It still is my biggest dream.
24. I send out at least 80 postcards on every trip I take over 4 days.
25. I wanted to be a National Geographic photographer since i was 7. I still love photo and have a photo business, see2photography.com, with my sister.
26. EXTRA BONUS. My sister will do one of these once i tag her and hers will be the most profound and funny one you've ever read. I try but this stuff in her DNA.

And since I haven't included a photo in a couple of posts, here is proof that turtlenecks flatter EVERYONE.

I can see you Mister!!

I know that nasty old man with the newspaper-filled office (I swear he must have newspapers dating from the 60s in there!) that sits directly to the right of my window doesn't read my blog. I'm sure of it. But I believe in the power of intention and if my loyal readers send out their karmic vibes that mister nasty across the way (did I mention he is addicted to watching boody-holes on his computer, UP CLOSE, if you get my drift) will realize that other people see him and give me some relief. It's very hard to work knowing what's staring at the back of your head.

YUCK!

What God Does in His Spare Time

So it's my last day in Las Vegas. Things slowed down at like 1 pm, so I decided before Molly and I went to get our mani/pedis, and before I take my $20 and turn them into nickels for a night of high rolling, I'd take a drive through Red Rocks, which is literally 5 minutes from Molly's house. OH. MY. GOD. It is so beautiful, and so incredible, it's one of those things that you're like, well durh, OF COURSE THERE IS A GOD. I swear that anyone that has driven through Red Rocks most likely leaves feeling super humble and completely in awe. So here's a few pics, none of which do the place justice.

My Pass with Death. Or a REALLY Good Time.

Riding the Coaster: New York, New York

Glamarama

So my dear friend Nicole invited us to the Green Inaugural Ball this past weekend. It was incredible. I don't know that I've EVER had dressed up that much. It was completely organic, including the liquer. And Lin had the press swarming on her since she was wearing the gown Mom wore to Reagan's inauguration. She's so beautiful! And although I lost my camera like a DAMN fool, I did get some pics from Lin....NOTICE MY NATURALLY CURLY HAIR!! I mean honestly, who discovers at 30 they have wavy hair??



With my organic wine..



And my curly hair...

Aren't I a professional Gala girl?

My View on Inauguration Day

Know I now Lin's post for today will be about the incredible sight that the Mall this inaugural Tuesday was. While I had to settle to listening to the speech on the radio in a convention center parking lot, I had a pretty nice view myself this morning.



I was too pooped from my 24 hour day (literally) yesterday to do much of anything tonight, but I definitely plan on getting some hiking in this week, so hopefully more beautiful scenery to come!

I think I may have a problem...

So my weekend did NOT consist of building a praxinoscope. Next weekend perhaps. Saturday and Sunday were filled mostly with errands. Saturday night, however, I visited my girlfriend Sarah in Ashburn for a slumber party (I LOVE APPLES TO APPLES!!), where my problem was first discovered. Although my problem may have been evident before and I denied it, I have fully realized I am ADDICTED to puppy dogs. Sarah got a beagle puppy and I fell head over heels. I'm babysitting for a week in March and I can't wait for Sarah to leave town!! Here's a few pics of the most adorable dog...excluding my own surgery-prone pups, of course. And Bella. And Link, and Gee and Ivy. And Meredith's brood. Oh well, what can I say. I fall in love with every dog I meet!