just give me six strings and a half stack

a few things i've gathered from the 2011 VMA's...

i'm beginning too feel too old to be watching the vma's

kevin heart is not funny... not even a little

so nikki minaj is just the hip hop version of gaga, right?

sad my black keys lost, but glad the foo fighters are still kickin' it

adele is spectacularly captivating and i want to be her friend

are we all just sweeping chris brown's past under the rug?

i've never been a huge britney fan... but she's back, bitch

is kanye's taylor swift stunt still funny, cause i think it is

beyonce is knocked up

i've never heard of 'young the giant' before tonight... but i'm in love

i still don't know how to dougie

i think i have a little crush on bruno mars

katie holmes is still adorable, i wish she'd do more movies like 'the romantics'

i have a soft spot for the young money crew (don't tell anyone)

also - i don't care if gaga is in drag, or if she's doing all her theatricality for ratings and album sales, she's pretty amazing and a voice for our younger, unedited, generation who will one day change the world

you just committed up to seven human resources violations in one sentence

hey blogosphere! sorry i've neglected you. i've been wrapped up in work... joining committees, making plans, making a difference, taking notes, taking names. but more importantly enjoying milwaukee happy hours when it's all over. and during those happy hours i've been wrapped up in breaking stereotypes... other peoples, and my own. most recently the following were broken:

1. just because you went to marquette...

does not mean you're a douchbag who drank on her daddy's dime.

2. just because you play world of warcraft...

does not mean you're a loser who lives in his mom's basement)

i've also been wrapped up in amazement at how true the "workplace" category is on someecards. i don't think i fully understood the irony until i became just another lemming lost in the maze of 5ft grey pin cushion walls. with each one i read, i scream, 'that is SO true!" i couldn't pick a favorite or even a top 5 there were just to many great ones so enjoy...

she want a simple life, she need a simple man

things i like lately, in no particular order

babies in bars

puppies in bars

pintrest

visually appealing organization

pontoon rentals

my first set of business cards

milwaukee lakeshore

weekday sleepovers

foreign accents

happy hour specials

daniel tosh stand-up

having mondays off

and this guy...

a little left of center

normally i'm pretty good about keeping up on current affairs. but i have to admit, lately i've been listening to cd's and not npr. so when a friend asked me what i thought about the government defaulting on the federal debt and the looming august 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling, i'm pretty sure i sounded something like this...

via

also... a very happy 3-oh birthday to my favorite big brother!

workin' for the weekend

i took work home with me last night. nothing mind-blowing, just 240 letters that needed my autograph. but first there was a pit stop at trader joe's to pick up a bottle... scratch that... case of vino. it's been a tough week already, so it was much needed and well deserved. the wine definitely helped ease the monotony but the progression of my signatures was something to be desired.

let's begin...

note: lovely mug from Beaver Creek Pottery

#1 - no, i did not have a 3rd grader sign my letters,

my regular signature looks horrifically similar to the picture above

half time.

about 4 glasses in.

uuuuugh. why don't i have a signature stamp?!

done & done.

have love, will travel

i don't dance, but when i do...

it's to something like this:

i used to make fun of the beatlemania generation and all the crying, quivering girls in the front rows screaming and fainting because they were in the presence of four men from liverpool (read: in the presence of greatness).

but i finally get it. last wednesday i was in the presence of, what i believe to be, modern day greatness (read: two men from akron, oh). The Black Keys.

july 6th, 2011 i attended the best concert i've ever been too. the combination of the venue (summerfest marcus amphitheater), the opening act (florence + the machine), the crowd, the company and the music made it an experience i will never forget. in the last 2 months their entire discography has been on constant repeat and i could not be happier. they have abruptly crashed their way into my top 5 favorite artists of all time. that's right... top FIVE. declaring to other artists privy enough to be in such high standing (sufjan stevens, ray lamontagne, and the decemberists) "what up, we're here now. deal with it." the jump into my top five escalated quickly. it was bold move, but i wouldn't expect anything less from those men.

i suggest you buy their entire music library

but if you're only going to by one album...

damn it feels good to be a gansta

normally...

i meticulously select the pictures of myself i choose to post.

however, this was just too good to pass up.

it's been a while since i used a hand sander, and it. was. awesome. i'm just getting over a cold (that i attribute to high stress levels from the job) so i figured i needed some extra protection for my lungs. i'm working on a much delayed mother's day project. it's almost done, pictures coming soon!

i also hope everyone had a great weekend. i celebrated mine with homemade pizzas, 'love & other drugs', and drunken bananagrams. it was my first time playing and i think it helps when you've been drinking... the longer you play the less you care. hence me trying to pull off words like 'phog' and 'vaj' here are some of my other favorites:

buddaha

xanax

dugout

wino

zoomba

vintage

whore

narc

hmmm... i feel like this could be an alternative for one of those rorschach ink blot tests.

game on shrink.