Last night, American Idol dwindled down to the final 12, the 12 that will move on to perform on the big stage. I can't believe I still watch this show sometimes. The talent this season is awful compared to previous seasons overall. There are some standouts, like Melinda Doolitle and LaKisha Jones...and I agree: the women are smokin' the men. I was utterly shocked last night when Sanjaya and Sundance were standing as the last two...and Sanjaya moved on. Come on! Really?! He admitted he can hula dance last week! His vocals are no where up to par.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Idol 12 chosen
Last night, American Idol dwindled down to the final 12, the 12 that will move on to perform on the big stage. I can't believe I still watch this show sometimes. The talent this season is awful compared to previous seasons overall. There are some standouts, like Melinda Doolitle and LaKisha Jones...and I agree: the women are smokin' the men. I was utterly shocked last night when Sanjaya and Sundance were standing as the last two...and Sanjaya moved on. Come on! Really?! He admitted he can hula dance last week! His vocals are no where up to par.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
i'm still here
hot damn. it's been a really long time since i've blogged. I mean, there was the random blog post from my dot but that was testing out one of Blue Dot's features as I'd probably blog more often if I converted some of my dots into blog posts. I mentioned this feature sitting at the Pyramid Brewery one summer with some of the Blue Dot folks...and now they've finally launched the ability to do this--woo hoo.
anyhoo--let me do some quick updating on totally random stuff that you wouldn't care about unless you really knew me. um....
So yes, still wedding planning. Working out invitations now and it's all little stuff from here on out. As of tomorrow, it'll be exactly 4 months before we get married--eeks! I'm actually way more stressed out now than I have been for the last 9 months that we've been engaged and planning the bulk of the wedding. Right now, it's all the small stuff, like programs, menu cards, table seating, etc. that are getting under my skin. My latest venture is trying to tea-dye a bunch of Chinese frog buttons to look more ivory and closer to the color of my invitations. [sigh]
Cats are doing well and lazy as ever. They still just "tolerate" each other. Speaking of cats, our neighbors recently adopted a new, 2 year old cat from the pound---and get this: it's 25 lbs. It's ENORMOUS. Fittingly, they named him Gordy.
Going to the gym more frequently. I haven't been as dedicated as I had hoped but I'm not doing too bad. Since getting engaged, I've lost about 10 lbs. and will hopefully lose more by the big day. Even if I don't, I'm pretty proud of the new workout schedule I've kept up...definitely healthier than I was last year. I started using a personal trainer at the end of last summer...then when that finished, I convinced Sri to continue with me with this trainer and it's been a blast. We're about finished up with our sessions...and may try to continue seeing the trainer every couple weeks just to keep up the discipline. Seeing a trainer has helped me most with discipline and also with overall education on what's best for my goals. I used to be totally scared of the treadmill and now I run on it pretty frequently!
We've also been going to the symphony pretty frequently. Matt and I subscribed this year and it's one of the best entertainment investments we made for the year. We've seen some amazing performers this year such as Itzhak Perlman, Hillary Hahn and John Lill. Next week, we'll be seeing Yo-Yo Ma!
anyhoo--let me do some quick updating on totally random stuff that you wouldn't care about unless you really knew me. um....
So yes, still wedding planning. Working out invitations now and it's all little stuff from here on out. As of tomorrow, it'll be exactly 4 months before we get married--eeks! I'm actually way more stressed out now than I have been for the last 9 months that we've been engaged and planning the bulk of the wedding. Right now, it's all the small stuff, like programs, menu cards, table seating, etc. that are getting under my skin. My latest venture is trying to tea-dye a bunch of Chinese frog buttons to look more ivory and closer to the color of my invitations. [sigh]
Cats are doing well and lazy as ever. They still just "tolerate" each other. Speaking of cats, our neighbors recently adopted a new, 2 year old cat from the pound---and get this: it's 25 lbs. It's ENORMOUS. Fittingly, they named him Gordy.
Going to the gym more frequently. I haven't been as dedicated as I had hoped but I'm not doing too bad. Since getting engaged, I've lost about 10 lbs. and will hopefully lose more by the big day. Even if I don't, I'm pretty proud of the new workout schedule I've kept up...definitely healthier than I was last year. I started using a personal trainer at the end of last summer...then when that finished, I convinced Sri to continue with me with this trainer and it's been a blast. We're about finished up with our sessions...and may try to continue seeing the trainer every couple weeks just to keep up the discipline. Seeing a trainer has helped me most with discipline and also with overall education on what's best for my goals. I used to be totally scared of the treadmill and now I run on it pretty frequently!
We've also been going to the symphony pretty frequently. Matt and I subscribed this year and it's one of the best entertainment investments we made for the year. We've seen some amazing performers this year such as Itzhak Perlman, Hillary Hahn and John Lill. Next week, we'll be seeing Yo-Yo Ma!
Friday, March 2, 2007
My Dots for Thursday, March 01, 2007
This is neat--beginning today, there's a new charitable initiative from Windows Live Messenger. Join the inititative by going to this site, select the organization you wish to support (i.e. Red Cross, Boys & Girls Club, Aids Fund, etc...) and download v8.1 of Windows Live Messenger. Then, everytime you have an IM conversation, Microsoft will share a portion of the advertising revenue with the organization you've indicated.
If you already have 8.1, just add the following codes next to your display name to select the organization of your choice:
Text Code Cause
*red+u American Red Cross
*bgca Boys & Girls Club
*naf National AIDS Fund
*mssoc National Multiple Sclerosis Society
*9mil ninemillion.org
*sierra Sierra Club
*help StopGlobalWarming.org
*komen Susan G. Komen for the Cure
*unicef The US fund for UNICEF
If you already have 8.1, just add the following codes next to your display name to select the organization of your choice:
Text Code Cause
*red+u American Red Cross
*bgca Boys & Girls Club
*naf National AIDS Fund
*mssoc National Multiple Sclerosis Society
*9mil ninemillion.org
*sierra Sierra Club
*help StopGlobalWarming.org
*komen Susan G. Komen for the Cure
*unicef The US fund for UNICEF
[tags: windows, Windows Live, charity, microsoft, moohaha]
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