too.much.to.drink

Alright. It's time for another bachelor update. I watched it at *tm's* house, and we decided that the current bachelor-a prince- isn't even that cute. It must be the prince title that's attracting all the attention. Anyway. One of my favorite girls, kim, got booted. Really it was her fault. They had a group date at the beach, and she had more than a little too much to drink. She fell asleep on a beach chair, and when they woke her up, she was still drunk. She thought that the bachelor was a waiter, and started mumbling about who knows what. It was really unfortunate. She's a small person, and it was a long, hot day at the beach. I think that alcohol just hit her harder than she anticipated. So it goes.

moving.green.line

Today I made the 40 minute drive out to my parent's place in acton, ma to celebrate some birthday's. My mom turned 29 again on friday, and my youngest brother is 20 tomorrow. Happy birthday both of you! We had a great dinner that my dad and aunt made, some delicious apple crumb pie, and I got my butt kicked at pylos by *k* three times. By the time I left to drive back to boston, it was 11:30pm and there was no traffic. As I stopped to turn onto rt 2a, a state police car went by followed by a truck with a "wide load" sign attached. Next came a large flatbed truck with a green line T on it. Yup. That's right. The same T you take to get to boston college, cleveland circle, or riverside. After that was another "wide load" truck and finally another statie. Strange. Stranger still is the fact that this is the second time I've seen the exact same line up. I tried to take a picture, but I didn't have my camera, and my phone isn't advanced enough to take a photo in the pitch black acton night. There must be some sort of T manufacturer or mechanic out in littleton or westford. They go pretty slow, so I've never followed them long enough to figure out where they end up. It's a mystery.

i.need.itunes.help

This is for all you computer savvy people out there. While I know stuff about computers, it's just the bare minimum to get by. This particular question is about importing music into iTunes. Obviously, I have no problem loading a regular cd. After all, it basically does everything by itself- all you have to do is click the import button. However, I have two dvd formatted discs which do not result in an import button when the songs load in iTunes. I've copied the files into iTunes which works for adding the songs onto my iPod, but once I remove the disc, I get the little exclamation mark that tells me the original file cannot be located. This is a problem since I don't want to keep discs floating around forever. One of the discs only has 16 songs, while the other has about 100, plus the two seasons of the office- the original british one, not the annoying american version. Share your brilliance and I'll be forever grateful.

bachelor.review

This girl brit, on the bachelor, is a beer chemist. I'm not sure if this is a fancy title for a factory worker, but still...a beer chemist? *nn* this sounds like the path you should take.

So far I like kim (interior designer), sadie (publicist) and rosella (make-up artist). I don't like erica (a spoiled brat socialite), andrea (a weirdo hotel concierge who sang opera from a balcony) and desiree (a 22 yr old realtor who keeps calling him "baby," a term that I can't stand when you're talking to anyone over the age of 2). I thought I liked lisa (a 25 yr old marketing manager) but then she started talking about how she wanted to be married by 27, with a one year engagement, so she had 10 months to find a guy and get engaged. Oh, and she took the prince out to hug a tree with her.

Next came the roses. He gave the first rose to lisa- the tree hugger. She also made out with a pair of 2 karat diamond earrings. Score! Kim and sadie got roses, but not rosella which was sad since she sold her car to buy the gowns for the show. I really felt bad for her. Of the ones I didn't like, erica and desiree made it, but andrea got shipped back to the us.

Not bad for the first episode. We'll see how things go from here on out.

kickball.games

Yesterday was member appreciation day at the gym. They had free- (healthy) food, chair massages, knee and shoulder evaluation by two physical therapists, and nail polish change at the spa. They had also planned a kickball game, members versus trainers. I decided that I loved kickball even though I probably hadn't played since sixth grade. Apparently I was the only one since no other members showed up for it. I wasn't interested in taking on the undefeated trainers by myself, so they called it off. Next time they're putting up a sign-up sheet so people who sign up will feel like they have to show up. Maybe I'll put together a kickball team to get some practice. Or I'll just join these guys.

little.children

I read this book while in europe, and thought it was pretty bad. I finished it purely due to the amount of time spent on trains paired with the increased difficulty of finding an english bookstore. I just saw that it was made into a movie which is being released soon. How tom perrotta got so lucky to have actual actors like kate winslet and jennifer connelly portray his book, I'll never know. Maybe they changed the plot line so much that the movie could actually be good. I think I'll see it just in case.

going.to.the.chapel

My good pal and europe companion, *tm* got engaged a couple of days ago! She's not a blog reader, but I figured I'd post a congratulatory entry on her behalf. I also stuck in one of the pictures she sent with the e-mail because she thought it was okay to put actual pictures in my blog without editing them- thus my new picture and link to flickr account. I'm really happy for her especially because she's so happy. That's really what's important when you think about it. Plus, I'll get to live vicariously through her without actually having to pay for a wedding myself!

sel.de.la.terre

For some reason, I always thought that the above restaurant was a seafood place. Yes, I took french for seven years. Yes, I know what all those words mean. No, I never really thought about it enough to put it all together. I guess the fact that the place is very close to the harbour and the aquarium made me assume (which my 11th grade french teacher told me never to do) it was a seafood-ers paradise. So, back to the point. On monday, *kn* called to tell me she and several of our other friends were going there for their "wine wednesday" where they have one menu with wine pairings for a set price. She asked if I wanted to come. I said I'd let her know the next day. I first went to their website to figure out what kind of food they were serving. I'm not a big seafood fan, but I can manage to put away some of the less fishy or rubbery stuff, and I needed to make sure that this "seafood restaurant" was serving something I could eat without making faces. Low and behold, there was no seafood on the menu, and what was on it looked delicious! The seven of us had a great time eating, drinking and talking for over three hours. I actually realized part way through that this meal was like a lower class french laundry meal. If you care, you can check out our menu here. If you decide to go to any of the other wine wednesday's, let me know. I'll come too.

freaky.eyeballs

I do not like when anything weird goes on with eyeballs. Not in real life- if someone had an eye problem I don't think it would bother me- but in movies or print. Like, no iris or pupil, black sockets, rolling eyeballs, etc. It pretty much freaks me out more than any horror movie could hope to do. I was watching one of my favorite tv shows, house, and the medical problem this week happened with an autistic boy. It turned out that he had eaten sand in his sandbox that had some worm in it which screwed with his body. The worms entered, among other things, his eyeball. So at one point, only one of his eyes rolled all the way back, and then started making little seizure like movements. I almost threw up.

i.need.new.friends

I decided that I need to expand my group of friends. Don't jump to conclusions...my friends are great, but I've had the same ones for years. This is a good thing (I'm apparently a good friend since I haven't chased many of them off), but it also means that I've become too comfortable (and this applies to my entire life- not just my friends.) As an attempt to start getting comfortable with being uncomfortable, I decided to do some volunteering. I wanted to get something regular going with habitat for humanity- I figured this would be perfect since I'd get to build stuff and be outside and everything, but their boston volunteering sessions are full until 2007. Next, I did a web search for volunteering options in boston, and got tons of info. A lot of it was stuff I wouldn't be interested in (things where I wouldn't really meet people) but there were several organizations which put together options in a lot of different areas. I liked this since I'd be working with a lot of the same people, but wouldn't get bored only doing one thing all the time. The first event I'm doing isn't until mid-october, so until then I'll keep up the search.