Manic Monday

All you people who did not go to a roller derby this weekend, raise your hands. C'mon, raise 'em. Ok. Good. Just verifying that it is, in fact, an unusual thing to do on a Saturday night. I mean yes, it was was hilarious. Yes, there were thrills and spills. Yes, there were many lesbian hipsters making out in the line for the bathroom. But overall, it was not as amazing as you might imagine. Maybe if it wasn't held in a Shriner's* auditorium it would have been a bit more impressive. (Although the Shriners do have those awesome red fez hats with the dangly tassels. Why do they dress like hurdy-gurdy men? And where are their little monkeys playing the cymbals? Are they all out helping burnt up kids?)

In any case, there was a lot more to this weekend than just some girls in tutus and skates! Saturday afternoon Chris and I finally went to see Borat and laughed our asses off. It was a bit anticlimactic after hearing so much about it last weekend but Ali G.'s antics did make me almost pee my pants a few times. We also got an invite to an impromptu BBQ at my friend Lori's place to take advantage of the amazingly nice weather. Since when is it 70 degrees mid-November? Why, since we no longer have an ozone layer, of course!

After the BBQ deliciousness and roller derby excitement, C and I decided to put in some serious time with Guitar Hero II. He became a bit enraged when my audience demanded encore after encore, but I appeased him by letting him play my special encore of War Pigs. Am I not the best girlfriend? This carried on well into the night and when we finally hit the hay we had beat the game on medium and I had the full 12 minute version of Free Bird stuck in my head.

Sunday was very productive and grown up. Grocery shopping and Target and cleaning- mucho cleaning, since my roommates had a prospective new roommate showing up. I really wanted her to take the place (relieving me of my current lease) I didn't want her to walk into a disgusting mess. It looks like she's going to take it- good luck to her, and I sure hope she likes cleaning!

Some random stats to ponder this Monday:

7 1/2 more work days till Thanksgiving break
11 more days till my birthday
17 more days till we move
107 hits on my blog yesterday (WTF?! I'm sorry my Sunday post sucked.)
53 blogs randomly encountered from NaBloPoMo today



*I found this entry in Wikipedia: "Established in New York City in the 1870s, the Shriners are best known for having fun. Members of the Shrine are immediately recognizable by the fezzes they wear, and are often seen in parades and as clowns in the Shrine Circus. " Number one, who knew the plural of fez was fezzes? And number two, I totally saw their clown caravan at the auditorium, but there were definitely no clowns in attendance at the derby.

I Make the World Go 'Round

My precioussssses. I know you think I forgot all about Halloween yesterday in my apartment fervor, but fret not! I managed to wring some spooky spirit out of the holiday in several ways: we had a special screening of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and we entertained trick or treaters with a bountiful candy payload. We also threw in John Carpenter's The Thing for good measure- you can never have too much 80's horror in your life, that's what I always say. Anyway, just because we didn't dress up and go to a kick ass party like last year doesn't mean we're total bums. We were just a little... preoccupied.

So happy November!

As you may or may not be aware, November is my birth month and as such I feel that at the very least I am entitled to a constant stream of good cheer and partying for the entire 30 days. Only you can keep my spirits up as we quickly approach the dreaded X-mas! And we must make the most of this month of thanksgiving. Therefore, I am now accepting all presents and/or donations via cash, PayPal, money orders, and personal checks (as long as you have proper ID). Other acceptable forms of gift include Ikea gift certificates, Target gift certificates, a living room couch, a PS3, and a 50" flat screen HDTV.

Hey, girl's got standards.

Moving on, I've got some exciting news for you: I've entered a contest! Did you know it's National Blog Posting Month? Well it is! So I, along with hundreds of other bloggers (my good friend at othersideofmyhead included), am going to attempt to write a post for every one of the 30 days of November. A challenge for me, a special treat for you!

Phew. This is going to be some work, keeping up with the Month of Me as well as NaBloPoMo. Good thing I've gots me some time on the innernets.