Dashboard Confessional

I'm a sucker for teen pop. Catchy, overhyped, bouncy, cheesy, corny teen pop. I'm taking Joe on a vacation this weekend. Fulfilling yet another one of my 30 @ 30 list (by the way, you could see my back on Wednesday's Rachel Ray with Joan Allen, we taped a couple of episodes while we were there, so keep an eye out for the episode with Jessie Martin from Law & Order, he spent the whole interview looking at me and Chris' sister Toni, so I think we'll be heavily in that episode.. #20 fulfilled!!) Anywho, so I'm going all out for this... Joe guessed where we're going (Stratton, VT) but I was putting together an itunes playlist entitled "Roadtrip"to surprise him. 6.5 hours of hyper, fun, catchy songs that will keep us both awake on the drive. One of the songs I wanted to download however was a song that Joey angrily flipped off on the way home from the Poconos last week.... See You Again by Miley Cyrus. Now I wish I was original and fantabulous like Natalie (who knew Colbie Caillat was awesome way before the rest of the world heard "Bubbly".) Now, granted, as I'm letting this playlist roll while I'm typing the blog, A Strange Education by the Cinematics is playing, but that is clearly one of Joe's downloads (a single of the week that he deemed worthy enough to actually download.) And also on the list by my choice are such classics as Take it Easy from the Eagles, and of course Sweet Home Alabama (strangely, we're driving north not south, but still, its a 'dance in the car' song none the less, the criteria for this list) But I must admit, that with 30 seconds left on the Cinematics song, I've just fast forwarded to "Where is the Love" from the Black Eyed Peas, featuring Justin Timberlake. Yes. That Justin Timberlake. I know there is a fixed musical theory that goes into making a "hit" song that is predictable as the next boy band. And I love feeling cool that the number 2 preset in the Jeep is the last public jazz station in the country. I pride myself on my diversity of interests when it comes to music. But when I set out on the road for long periods of time, I just want a good, bubble-gum pop song to get me through. I know this is a closet obsession, but I know I must not be alone... so pony up! What is your favorite guilty pleasure song of all time??? Show me the love ya'll, Take it Easy, let the Sweet Emotion flow, jump in your Fast Car, 'cause Life is a Highway and I was Born to Be Wild. (bonus points for anyone who knows the artists on all these!)

Shameless Plug

So we were out at the Poconos house for Saturday and Sunday with some dear friends (who were celebrating the first big trip away together since their triplets were born) and Joe was showing Diana the website for Rhythmik_life. And I realized, it's been re-launched for about a month, but I haven't really let anyone know.... so
THE WEBSITE IS RELAUNCHED!!! CHECK IT OUT!! HALF-PRICE SPECIALS ON ITEMS!!!! YAY!! Rhythmik_life.
Please feel free to pass this news around on every single social network you're involved in. I have a ton of shirts in my closet that need to be sold!! And as soon as we eithier find or buy a new camera cord, we'll have accessory pictures up. Check it out!!!!
RHYTHMIK_life

Computer Demons

So Jenn finished her response to the meme, I'm trying to check on Steve to see if he's done it yet, but for some reason, even though I am online (thus typing a post) my computer randomly decides that I'm not on the internet for certain sites. And then there are the times when it will randomly freeze up just because I don't have what it thinks is enough memory. Even though it's eating all the memory uselessly. Yeah. So there's tons of other things in my mind right now, we had Battlecry over the weekend, I'm hoping to go to Ikea tonight, and I need to go babysit Adriel. I think my brian is having a memory shortage. That happen to anyone else??

ACK! I'M IT!

So I was tagged by Natalie. And since I don't want tiny leprechauns to rapel out of my nose, I will attempt to follow the rules as quickly and wonderfully as possible. I will give one quick caveat. I'm new to this blogging thing, and not many people read it, so I don't have 6 folks to tag back... I will tag the two names on my list. Hopefully that will stave off the leprechauns.
Next... I had to actuallly google the term "meme" and this is what I found: MEME Yeah, so here are the rules I'm supposed to include:
(1)Link to the person who tagged you...check (2) Post the rules on your blog..doing that.. check. (3) Share 6 non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself... see below... check. (4) Tag six random peope at the end of your post by linking to their blogs...well, see the previous caveat and then....check. And (5) let the random people know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their website....check.
Six quirky things bout me....
1: I have inherited my mom's love of interesting socks. Along with all the other things she's given me, I find fun socks nearly irresistable at the stores. Right now in fact I'm pairing my stripey ones with my pointy steve madden heels, my drama team calls this my wicked witch of the west look. (thanks Nat for this idea... good luck with the care bear heads not being morbid...)
2: I assign random quirky things to everything I need to remember. I had to walk my boss through my process of receipting things here at New City, and he kept coming up with all these questions to which my answer was "Well, I just know". Yeah, like how I use the customer name for the Nagel's without the extra space in it because it drives me nuts. Or how I know we have to go on the Turnpike going North to get home because I always feel like we should go South, so therefore it's the opposite of what I feel. Yeah, doesn't make sense but in my head it does.
3: Rush Limbaugh's voice is soothing to me. Drives my boss absolutely nuts, but when I'm sitting at my desk, I need to have Rush on during his show. I suppose I listen subconsciously, but there's something about the tone of his voice that's soothing while I'm here at work. He's talking right now about the WV caucuses which reminds me I have to go vote today.
4: I love it when I master new things and can put them into action. Yup, makes me feel powerful and smart. Notice my liberal use of links today. I was so bummed the other night when I did my last post because I was using Joey's mac and it wouldn't let me have the option to make links. I went back and edited the post today just so I could point you in the right direction to read about the body divot. WOO HOO! Powerful AND smart! This also applies to any report that needs run in Quickbooks. I just now figured out how to toggle back and forth into the non-profit edition. Showed it off to my boss today. Yup, powerful AND smart.
5: I secretly want to grow up and be Rachael Ray. I don't think she actually went to a culinary school, but her recipes are DELISH! She gets to travel, cook, be on tv and she's so much fun. Yeah, would love to be her. And thanks to my amazing friend Chris, we're going to see her on the 20th of February. That's one of the things on my 30 at 30 list to cross off. SWEET!
6: I REALLY REALLY REALLY like ice cream cake. So much so in fact that I made one myself this weekend for the superbowl party. It was in the shape of a football. Chocolate ice cream on top then chocolate syrup then crunched up cookie pieces then dulce de leche sauce then cookies and cream ice cream. Covered it all with more cookie pieces then drew laces on with gel icing. SOOOOO YUMMY and SOOOO AWESOME! Chocolate is wonderful, and I like brownies but man, you could so totally get me to do pretty much anything for ice cream cake.
So I think I did it... let me tag these people.
Steveuf
Jenn Bishop
Yay! This was fun. Thanks Nat!