22 posts tagged “best things”
Wow, have you noticed how much I've posted today? I've reached the point of a busy week where I've done most of what I need to do and it's a waiting game to hear back from everyone that I need approval/information/time from. I have other things I could do (admin work) but I'm not particularly motivated to get to it. Tomorrow is blocked off entirely for admin work (filing, form filling, reconciling) so I'm just making sure I get through my short task list for today. SO, with procrastination in mind, here is a list of some things I am loving like no other right now:
Do you have 35.00 that you would like to spend on shampoo? Do you also have dull, lacklustre locks? If the answers to these questions are yes, then Frederic Fekkai Glossing Shampoo is for you! I didn't think that it could really make that big of a difference to my hair. I wasn't impressed with the weirdly gluey texture. The smell is nice - I can't quite place it, but it's definitely a nice hair smell (and clean), but most reasonable people would not spend almost 40.00 on shampoo. For everyone else, seriously try it. It's miraculous.
Who does not love Ritter Sport? I would like to meet this person and slap them with my white satin glove, because goddammit, Ritter Sport is everything chocolate should be. 1. It comes in 5 million varieties, so there's definitely something there for you. 2. It's European. 3. 1 square bar (100 g.) is less than $3.00. 4. It breaks off into handy cubes. 5. The mini-assortment box is adorable. The bookstore in the HUB usually sells between 5 and 10 of their (many, many) varieties. I'm partial to the dark chocolate with marzipan, the milk chocolate with butter cookie, the milk chocolate with corn crisp (cornflakes, basically), and the milk chocolate with whole hazelnuts. http://www.ritter-sport.de/en/
st. vincent. marry me on constant rotation. this song, a cover of nico's these days, so amazing. xxxxxxxxx! kisses.
Okay, you might think this show is weird (it is!) but that's part of its charm! The Old Gregg episode has my favorite song of the show in it: Love Games. Old Gregg is a merman and he has a MANGINA! If that doesn't make you want to watch this show, then I give up.
There is always something on PostSecret that moves me to tears. New secrets are posted every Sunday; this Sunday, it's a mini-movie. Link to blog here.
I've been thinking that I should go on some sort of less-food-eating plan since lately I've noticed my pants have grown a bit tighter. I think it's due to summer malaise. I go to the gym but I lounge and snack the rest of the time, and I either have to go to the gym more or I have to eat less. Or buy bigger pants?
However, I ate the most delicious breakfast this morning and it is hard knowing that I can only have it on a very rare occasion. Breakfast samosas at Whole Foods! Imagine flaky buttery slightly spicy samosa pastry filled with spiced potatoes, eggs, onions and peppers. The pillowy, fried deliciousness cannot be overstated. Mmmm breakfast!
lolcats are ubiquitous now. Nerds are taking over! But I much prefer lolbuns. Picture from I Can Has Cheezburger?
books I wish someone would buy me:
Happy Cruelty Day
The Rejection Collection
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Harry Potter movie in 29 hours, people. I'm counting the minutes!
the gym makes me sad. Tamarind Tree makes me happy.
Teen Witch! Teen Witch was one of my most favorite childhood movies. It came out (apparently) in 1989, though I was a mere slip of a child then (at six years old) and found it on television probably when I was around ten. And, it is the most amazing eighties movie ever created. The "Top That" rap scene alone pushes this movie into my top ten list. And, miracle of miracles, it's been shown a couple times recently on ABC Family. I watched it over the weekend and it was a magical 2 hours. Casey managed to survive, with much complaining.
Teen Witch stars Robyn Lively as 16-year old Louise Miller who finds her powers and uses them to - what else? - become hugely popular. All to win Brad, the dreamy football team captain (he's been captain since SIXTH GRADE), played by Dan Gauthier.
I hope you remember that movie. The soundtrack alone is worth five million of your imaginary dollars. I give this movie eleven out of ten stars. Hell, I give it 34 stars.
I'm trying to keep myself from buying it on Amazon. But if I do have it, I'm inviting all my girlfriends over for a SLEEPOVER!!! Complete with "light as a feather, stiff as a board." You know you want to.
Onigiri are those flat, round or triangular shaped rice-filled seaweed pillows. I say pillows because that's what they remind me of, except maybe more pointy on the triangle sides. Onigiri crackers are rice crackers with a sweet-soy glaze and seaweed confetti. They. Are. The. Shit. I seriously have eaten 20 servings in 3 days. They are crunchy and savory and absolutely the best thing to put in your mouth.
Elisa introduced them to me in Japan and I found them in Uwajimaya in the I.D., in orange-and-green striped packaging. Now everyone breathe a sigh of relief. Yeah, I felt that.
UPDATE: The 20-pack bag I bought at U. on Saturday is now gone. And I am now sad.
Jen got me all excited for iGoogle so I wanted to show off what I did and didn't even know I could do until she told me. Hurrah! The best part about it is the theme changes according to the time of day it is in Seattle. Since it's morning, my iGoogle fox is picking oranges in the morning, too!
Thanks Jen, you are awesome.
On my list of "Things I (would rather not) Live Without," Post-It brand Super-Sticky Post-Its are high on the list. They stick to ANYTHING. You would be surprised at how useful that is to you, even if you are thinking now that you don't need that in your life (you do). They are -- amazing, and I use them all the time at work AND at home. The Super-Sticky provides a nice middle-ground between using Scotch tape and using regular Post-Its, which tend to fall off with even a slight breeze.
But today? Today, there was a betrayal, the deepest of cuts! I mean the emotional kind, not a paper cut. I stuck a S.S.P.I.N. to the inside of a catalogue (Office Depot) just to write on it, and when I pulled it off, part of the page came with it. And not in a pleasant, just a little rip kind of way. In the permanently-stuck-sticker-on-the-window-can't-even-get-it-off-with-goo-gone-and-a-scraper kind of way. Which is the worst kind.
Post-Its, how could you? HOW COULD YOU? I know that this, too, shall pass and there will be a day when I can really learn to love again, but that day is not today!
