The Princess Bride

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) / Beyonce

Once upon a time I had a therapist (side note: I have no idea if this is from a movie or a TV show but EVERY TIME I see/hear/write the word therapist of think of someone saying, “The rapist…” and then someone saying, “you mean therapist.” It is driving me crazy, ha ha.) Anyway, I had a therapist who told me that it was important to do one nice thing for myself every week.

Things that were routine donn’t count. So it doesn’t count that I do my laundry with pretty scented dryer sheets so I smell like candy, or go grocery shopping so that I can eat during the week, or that I don’t leave my shoes on the floor of my room so I don’t trip over them when I wake up. What does count is something that I keep thinking I will do but never get done, like a manicure or a bubble bath.

Generally I start out trying to do that one nice thing a week and it turns into one nice thing a month. So, I amended my new year’s resolution to include: 6) Do one nice thing a week for myself.

This week I’m taking the easy cop-out and giving myself a manicure (the pedicure from after Christmas is still holding strong – yay me!) and i settled on my favorite color: Princesses Rule! by OPI – of course.

Watcha Say / Jason Derulo

This cracks me up.  I think she could use a lesson in english but otherwise she pretty much hits it on the head.  I have no serious aversion to wearing animals or eating them.  Further, I have no serious aversion to anyone NOT eating or wearing animal.

the thing that makes me laugh is when certain vegan/vegetarians think that you can’t possibly care about the earth unless you stop eating meat.  and yet they still drive their cars, get their groceries in bags, and have no real idea of what the rest of their lifestyle does to the environment.  i don’t go to a vegetarians house and demand that they heat their home at 68 degrees or lower, or wash their clothes in cold water, or use re-useable grocery bags.  and i don’t put my nose in the air and proclaim that because i do these things i am the only one who truly cares about the environment.

all of my friends who are vegetarian seem to be that way because they don’t like the taste of meat and they have no problem .  it’s the ones who think that people shouldn’t eat meat, or who think that eating meat is morally wrong who seem to feel the need to force their beliefs on others.

i think it just comes down to living life the best way you know how and letting other people do the same.

Right Round / Flo Rida

last night my buddy alan came over to see Beth’s new car and witness my awesome 80s hair that happens right after I blow it dry but before i straighten it.  because of kevin the night snowballed into excessive drinking.  i didn’t partake because i had to work today but i did get to indulge in my second favorite drinking pastime which is making drinks.

i put together my delicious margarita recipe and served up three glasses.  it was at that point that alan put out his hand to accept the glass but told me he couldn’t drink it.  i looked at him unable to comprehend this situation.

Me: What do you mean you can’t drink my delicious margarita?
Alan: When I drink tequila… bad things happen.
Me: That is not an excuse, you are wasting a perfectly good and delicious drink!
Beth: Yeah!  There are sober people in Africa, Alan!

So, as usual, the Cohen sister logic won out.   And Alan promptly became addicted to my delicious margaritas. i fucking hate people who don’t have to work on Fridays.

Fireflies / Owl City

i go to the gym quite regularly and recently beth and kevin have been joining me.  at the check-in desk beth ALWAYS gets hit on, which is to be expected.  we go our separate ways teasing kevin that he will be next, and then beth sets up shop in a largely girl area of the gym so she doesn’t really get bothered much.

i don’t usually speak to anyone unless someone i know happens to be at the gym and people generally don’t approach me unless they know me.  and i don’t usually get hit on anywhere much less the gym but the last few months have been pretty ridiculous.

the guy on the machine next to me a few weeks ago actually had a long conversation about Twilight with me while we were running.  He was getting pretty winded and kept having to roll his eyes to prove he was TRULY JOKING about the gay jokes but he wasn’t giving up.

and then there was the guy with the boise state shirt, who really wanted to drive it home how MUCH he hates BYU.  and how single he was.  and how he had a job and didn’t live with his parents.  i know they SHOULD hand out awards for all these things – but i’m not the one handing them out.

or the guy who wanted to know what kind of books i liked.  he kept talking about these great gifts he was going to be getting for his sister and he wanted to get her a nice book.  that conversation led to what my plans were for christmas.  i don’t know about you but when i go to the gym i’m not looking for a friendly chat.  i’m trying to get as close to dying without actually doing it… and then not die.

also?  i’ve seen myself in the mirrors all over that place, are these guys blind?  desperate?  both?

it’s the ring, i swear to GOD it is some kind of strange weird boy magnet.

Watcha Say / Jason Derulo

generally my new year resolutions are vague like, get more sleep, learn to relax, lose weight, and locate Michael J Fox.  but this year i have some small and yet less vague ideas.  and i always feel that writing them down at least helps me pretend that i’m going to do something about them, so without further ado:

1. Part of my ongoing effort to waste less: Make double sided copies whenever possible.

2. Be in bed by 10 PM on work nights.

3. Spend 20 minutes a day focusing on relaxing.

4. Pack my own lunch 4 times a week.

5. Take the bus at least once a week.

Notice the trend?  I’m turning into an old woman.  All is not lost because you see I wanted to make a resolution to drink more wine and fantasize about Jacob Black more often, but well, that’s just cheating.