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I think I’m addicted to coffee.
I used to go on coffee breaks just so that I could get out of the office, but now I go on coffee breaks specifically for the caffeine fix.

Today I even bought a coffee from Tim Horton’s after lunch.
Maybe my lack of sleep over the weekend is catching up to me…?

anyways, there’s this great song by Sam Sparro called “Can’t Stop This” that cracks me up.
some of the lyrics:

‘Today I spent two hundred and fifty dollars, two hundred and fifty dollars! On a pair of jeans.
They really looked nice on me.
But that means that for the next two weeks I’m gonna be scrounging. I never save my money, you see.
I finished all the food on my plate, I’m still hungry.
And I enjoyed all the food that I ate, oh but I’m still hungry.’

on a completely different note, here’s a link to a fairly ‘unbelievable’ TEDTalk. At the end the guy puts a twist on the ‘knife under a cup’ trick.
The whole thing confuses my head, so I’m trying not to think about how it’s possible…

today has been such a long day! I can’t wait to get home and take a nap!

I’m back from a fun shopping extravaganza weekend in small town, New York!
it was lots of fun.

but I didn’t take any pictures! *gasp!

In short:
- confused GPS
- dinner at Chili’s. (Only because of The Office! But we didn’t get any baby back ribs, or an Awesome Blossom (with extra awesome)
- lots of Lily Allen
- shopping until we dropped. (almost literally.)
- sneaking into the hotel
…to be continued…
(it’s past my bedtime!)

here’s a random picture:

This is Mr. Swimmer by Smosch.
I think he’s great.
(photo by Smosch)

here’s a time waster!

Try and guess the 100 most common English words. [link]

I got 44/100. I realize now that there were a lot of words that I should’ve guessed.

I want to know someone who plays the electric cello.
why?
This video is my answer:

fantastic.

also fantastic: I saw an ad today for the Pushing Daisies dvd. It comes out September 16th!

I can’t wait to watch the episodes over and over and over again!

I just read about the 5 sentences philosophy on Gala Darling’s website. Perhaps a new blogging philosophy?

this weekeng: rainy and cold. I had to wear a sweater while lounging in my loft this afternoon. loved it.

This morning I received a voice message from my mom telling me that there was an explosion and people are being evacuated.
my first thought: train derailment (like in 1979). Second thought: terrorist attack.
sad eh?

oh shoot. I didn’t write a lot, but I did use a lot of periods…. so I guess I’ve blown the ‘5 sentences- blogging’ thing.
shucks.

you may have noticed above, I’ve decided to start calling my apartment a ‘loft’. either that or ‘flat’.
both are exciting words.

So Sodium 101 has changed my life.
I can’t look at a piece of food without thinking about how much sodium is in it!
‘hmm, does it have more of less sodium than in a pickle?…’
And what am I supposed to do with the huge unopened jar of pickles that I bought 3 months ago?!
It’s currently residing in the back of my fridge…

I’m doing ten things at once right now.
well..4.

one of them is watching the popping battle on the SYTYCD finale!!
I’ve been looking forward to this since they announced they’d be doing it.
Ikea guy won of course, because he’s crazy. but both the guys are insane.
i.n.s.a.n.e.
as in, I’m watching the thing and my arms are raised up in the air and I’m yelling at the tv screen: “HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT?!”
it looks like computer manipulation. Humans have bones and spines and things that stop us from doing the kinds of things that those guys do.

anyways, it was even more exciting than anticipated b/c the background music was ‘Stronger’!
yay!!
(I’m still addicted to that song, but not as much as before. I only listen to it a few times a week now.)

today at work a pest inspector came by to report on our rat situation.
Apparently some co-workers saw a rodent again a couple days ago.

So this pest inspector guy was very pleasant! he just went around with his mini flashlight (he reminded me of CSI …you know, how they always use flashlights while there’s still daylight.) and looked at the bottom of foundation poles and random nooks and crannies that I’ve never considered before.

As odd as it sounds, I actually thought he was pretty cool. (haha, ‘I want to be a Pest Inspector!’) I think it’s cool how he knew where to look and how to interpret random signs of damage.
Anyways, the report is that we have a mice, rat and beetle problem.
fantastic.

I’m still watching SYTYCD …
I like how articulate Lil’ C is, and all the analogies that flow out of his mouth!! that’s talent.

oh and WHAT is going on with Cirque Du Soleil?
I’m disturbed.
Hah - it reminds me of a Wade Robson routine.
…not in a bad way, but in a ‘this is very very odd’ kind of way…

(oh my goodness! She just announced that it IS a Wade Robson routine! …hah! so proud of myself.)

that’s a card game isn’t it?

I went out after work today with some coworkers for ‘Martini Wednesdays’. Apparently this place has martinis for $3.50 on Wednesdays. $3.50 c.r.a.z.y.

There was a guy at a table close by to us who got a ‘classic’ martini (the kind in photographs… with the olives) so I decided to copy him.
When our server asked me whether I wanted it with vodka or gin, I instinctively responded, “gin”.
The people I was with thought I was crazy.
And when I tasted my drink, I understood why.

gin is awful.
a.w.f.u.l.
(apparently I like using lots of periods.

and olives just puts it over the top in terms of disgustingness.
I can’t imagine how much sodium I consumed.

But aside from the ‘Classic’, the drinks were yummy.
like fruit juice!

So I’ve written in the past about how my apartment isn’t as ‘insect-ridden’ as you would expect an old lower-level apartment unit to be.
last night I came across the most disgusting silverfish crossbreed monstrosity I have ever seen.
no exaggeration. When I first saw it I just stared at it for a full minute.
Like I couldn’t believe that it was in my place. alive. and disgusting.

anyways, long story short, after rolling up a magazine and staring at it for a full 5 minutes (at least!) I killed it. (*shudder) and now I shall never speak of it again.

I will speak about Jack though!!
Jack is my new friend.
first time I saw/heard him he freaked me out. but now we have a more relaxed relationship. (ie. I don’t get freaked out when I see/hear him mucking about.)

Jack is a raccoon. (I think.)

so, my bathroom window faces the ‘garbage collection area’ for my apartment building. So sometimes I randomly hear rodents having a field day.
The first time I met Jack, I was taking a shower and playing my music wayy too loud. When I turned the music off I heard this really loud ’skuffelling’ (don’t think that’s a word, but that’s how I’m going to describe the sound)
And then I saw the shadow of this beast of a rodent right outside my window.
as in, the only thing that separated me from this animal was a rickety piece of glass.

So I immediately started thinking of scenarios where the rodent would enter my apartment and go crazy. (Running at me… defecating all over the place… trying to get back outside, but not going out my front door…) you know, red eyes and fangs… like a bat-rat crossbreed.

Eventually I calmed myself down and realized that in order to open the window from the outside, the creature would AT LEAST need thumbs. And it was way too small to be a monkey, so I was pretty safe.
(oh shoot, now that I write this, I realize that it could be an opossum…. and those things are N.A.S.T.Y!)

Anyways, I think Jack is a raccoon, cause I saw him stretch out once and he’s way too long to be a rat. (oh shoot! he could be an Opossum!!)
and that’s the end of my story about that.