I'm sleeping with James Franco tonight

Sort of....

Recently LMCBW over at how I met your father blogged about Hot Hugs and how it was really helping her sleep. And with all the sleep troubles I have had the past couple months, I am down to try anything people recommend. I quickly got on Amazon (remembering I had a gift card to use -- yay!) and made my purchase.

Fast forward to today. I actually came home from work a little early because I am seriously not feeling well. I think a lot of it has to do with stress and the roughly 3 hours of sleep I managed to get last night. So when I walked up to my apartment, I instantly felt a teensy bit better when I saw that beautiful box from Amazon waiting for me on the doorstep.



Here he is...isn't he just so stinking adorable? I've named him James Franco. And he will be nestled in bed with me tonight and hopefully will help me clock some quality snoozing time.

And I will try and take a little better care of him than LMCBW's recent mishap with her Hot Hug zebra named Clarence.

I had some great post lined up for today all about the Oscars and what not...sadly I was working during a big chunk of the awards last night (I. Was. Livid.) and then running around like a crazy person today at work as well. So hopefully tomorrow...won't you please come back and visit again then?

How Do I Look?

So....notice anything different? I got a makeover! It was one of the two big blog news items I wanted to share with you all. There are still a few "under construction" areas that are coming soon, but I must tell you I am in head over heels in LOVE with my new look. And I cannot rave enough about Trica of Tricia Nae Designs that did this fabulousness. She was simply amazing to work with and, as you can see, does wonderful design work.

I rarely ever post on the weekend, so you know I was too excited to wait until tomorrow to share! Hope you all are having a great weekend and Happy Oscar Day!

Fill in the Blank Friday

Ok, so remember that one time....when I had a great post I had been working on....and then evil people and forces at work conspired against me...making having some time for a few edits and then clicking post impossible? Sure you remember, cause it happens to me at least 3 times a week!

ANYwhoozle, big thanks to Lauren at The Little Things We Do for hosting a Fill in the Blanks Friday and giving me an easy peasy way to get a posting done anyway. You know, even if it isn't one of the roughly 9 super-awesome ones that I had planned on posting today.




1. I am currently obsessed with laughing cow cheese wedges and special K crackers. I love getting my "cheese and crackers" fix for 125 calories. It's pretty flipping incredible.

2. Today I am tired. But that really doesn't differ from any other day, does it? Ok, ok. Um...well I am also really excited about two things that I can't quite share yet (for different reasons) because they make me feel like this little corner of the web I have claimed for Deviled Megs is a really, really good thing.

3. The age I am is 33, eeks! and the age I feel is depends on the day. Some days I feel tired and stressed and worried enough to be in my 50s or 60s. Other days I feel so non-grown up or unsure of myself that I might as well be back in college. Other times -- perhaps like this weekend when I see college girlfriends - I honestly don't feel a day over 25

4. My favorite place is being at/near the beach I think. I associate a lot of happy memories with the shore so I think of it as a favorite place.

5. Something I have been procrastinating is balancing my checkbook and then paying two f#@*ing speeding tickets I got in the mail yesterday. Stupid cameras.

6. The last thing I purchased was a coke zero. I have been so good at not drinking soda, but just caved today. Blame it on the evil people ad forces at work mentioned in the beginning of this post.

7. The thing I love most about my home is hmm, not sure how to answer this one. Since I have been going through so much lately feeling out of place, I really don't have anything that jumps out at me. I think the one thing I can say I am liking recently is that I was finally able to clean and do laundry last weekend. So right now I love that I can see the floor in my room and have clean clothes to wear!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. I think I may spend some time polishing up some of these draft posts I have been working on. The highly touted "Girl's Night Out!" that I mentioned earlier this week has fizzled down to a "Girls Night Dinner!" but I am looking forward to it just as much and so very happy it did nto get cancelled altogether. And of course I have my Oscars to watch on Sunday night - so very, very excited for that.

And *hopefully*, I will be able to share at least one of those two things I am excited about with you all very, very soon!

This little lady

is already ahead of the game. Preach, girl.

What I'm Loving Wednesday

Linking up with This Kind of Love for What I Love Wednesday. This is going to be a quick one, but snaps to me for still managing to get in a post today!


I'm loving...boys in glasses. Deviled Megs would definitely make passes at boys who wore glasses. ESPECIALLY the two below. You know, if I were one who made passes. (Maybe I should try to become that sort of person??) But there was a mysterious-ish handsome guy in the grocery store last night and I think I was really mainly attracted to him because of his glasses. But Mr. Franco and Mr. Ruffalo are most definitely my "type", so if you know of anyone in the DC area fitting that kind of description, um, hello...let me know! Actually, doesn't need to be local, as regular readers know I may just be itching for reasons to move. Who wants to play matchmaker for Deviled Megs? ;)




I'm loving...the Oscars. Have loved them since I was very little. Have practiced acceptance speeches I would give over and over in my head. I actually have a very deep relationship with movies in general (a post for sometime soon, I promise you -- it's actually in the works) So the Oscars is a bit like the Superbowl of movies, don't you think? I love the red carpet arrivals, I love the acceptance speeches, I love the build-up and excitement. And every year for quite some time now, I have held my own little tradition of buying a new pair of pajamas for Oscar night, drinking champagne while I watch and having appetizers for dinner. It's the little things in life. Anyone else doing anything exciting for Sunday's Oscar Ceremony?

I'm loving... that Mr. Franco is not only nominated, but will be hosting this year's ceremony (with Anne Hathaway) and that Mr. Ruffalo will also be there as a nominee. Yay.

I'm loving...that I was enough of a nerd to set up a Facebook page for this here little blog. You haven't heard? Get on board with it! Yes this item was on the list last week, and I am keeping it this week. Shameless self promotion, I know. But I will tell you this bloggy peeps, if no one else is going to promote you, sometimes you take matters into your own hands!

I'm loving...Adele. If you don't know her or aren't familiar with her amazing talent, see my post from yesterday. Trust me, you will be thanking me later.

I'm loving...that I once again had a mommy friend come to the rescue, and let me head to her house for a playdate with her and her little man, T. I needed to get out of my apartment in the worst way this weekend, and she came through for me big time. And there is nothing not to love about spending time hanging out with little man T, he sort of rocks. he even shared his goldfish crackers with me, what a guy.

I'm loving...that I just may have two very fun blog-related news items to share with you very soon, maybe even this week! Stay tuned please....

When something really lives up to the hype

Because most often, things do not, am I right?

So I will keep this post short and sweet today. Partly because I am feeling incredible ill and stressed out today. But mostly because I can't do this topic justice with words. You just need to trust me.

Adele.

I became slightly obsessed with her when I first heard her, around late 2007. I am not using that word for dramatic effect either -- obsessed. I am one who is literally awestruck when I come across people that are just so f*cking talented you feel like you can't speak. That when they open their mouth to sing, you want to cry. Their voice is just so **MUCH** it literally moves you. That is how I felt when I first heard her. Don't get me wrong, I love the Britneys and the Christinas and the Gagas and everything that is out there right now that is really produced and packaged as a whole "act." I am not saying those people aren't talented artists. But you listen to Adele and her voice is so amazing and her talent is just so undeniable you just feel something. And if you don't....well you may be dead inside. Do you also not saw "awww" when you see a picture of puppies or when you hear babies laugh? No? Ok then yes, you are dead inside.

I owned Adele's first CD "19" before it was hip or cool or talked about. Well before she won her (well, well deserved) Grammy awards. I'm glad many folks did eventually catch on to her...but I feel that it is my duty to inform you that if you haven't yet...um, WTF are you waiting for?

Today is a good day to discover Adele if you have not yet done so. Her new album "21" came out today and I literally bounced up and down last night when I got the itunes email that my preorder was available to download a good couple hours ahead of schedule. Gracias, manzana.

It's really wonderful....she is just beyond words to me. So I won't use any more here to try and tell you just how wonderful. You can watch this clip of her perfoming at a recent British Awards show and tell me you aren't moved. Go on....I dare you.

Questionnaires - perfect for when you are too brain dead to come up with original content!

The lovely MCW - she of awesome blog swap gifts - tagged me in her recent postingProust Questionnaire. And friends, please believe me when I tell you that I am a total suckah for a questionnaire.




What is your idea of perfect happiness?
I think it changes at different stages of your life. Right now for me, perfect happiness for me would be feeling excitement about something new and wonderful happening in my life. But on a day like today, I would settle for drinks on a patio with good friends. Who says I don’t know how to compromise?

What is your greatest fear?
Not realizing my true potential.

Which figures do you most identify with?
The coolest, nicest, smartest, prettiest ones.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Being too critical.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Arrogance and selfishness.

What do you most value in your friends?
People who will show up for you when you need them the most – on your happiest days and your darkest ones too. Who will remind you of your worth and ability when you have forgotten.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
sorry (have a HUGE nasty habit of apologizing for things)

What is your favorite journey?
Probably the one I am on. Even though it gets frustrating, I really know it will have an amazing ending.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Reverence

What is your favorite occupation?
Any career that started as someone's passion. (stealing this from MCW as I wholeheartedly agree)

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Am I allowed to say everything? Maybe I will just go with height.

What is your greatest regret?
My graduate school studies or not relocating after graduate school

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
books/stories/the written word (go ahead and roll your eyes, but this is my truthful answer)

When and where were you happiest?
I don’t think there is one point…it’s more like I have mental snapshots of things over the years where I know I felt that overwhelming surge of happiness. One relationship in my life in particular…I think it’s only now years later that I realize how happy I was and how good I had it at the time. But I think I am always happiest when on a vacation!

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish I was a little bit taller. I wish I was a baler. If I had a girl in the hood…oh, wait, sorry that’s not it. I wish I could see myself with some more objectiveness and some more clarity. At certain points I think other people see me more honestly that I am able to see myself. But I also wouldn’t mind being taller.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Oh geez…this is a hard one for me. Is it bad if I really can’t think of this right now?

What is your most treasured possession?
probably photos

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Loneliness (again, have to agree with MCW)

Where would you like to live?
In a place that feels like home…where when I leave for vacation or work travel, I don’t feel worry or sadness on the plane ride back.

What is your most marked characteristic?
my eyes

What is your greatest extravagance?
Ha, I probably have too many but I will go with manicures and pedicures. Not necessary but oh so worth it.

What are the qualities you most like in a man?
A sense of humor – and not just because ALL girls say that, but if someone can’t genuinely make me laugh and doesn’t get my sense of humor, then we have no shot.

Who are your favorite writers?
E. E. Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, Kate Chopin, Salinger for “Nine Stories” not “Catcher in the Rye”, Louisa May Alcott, Harold Pinter, Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Shel Silverstein

How would you like to die?
Happy and content

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Jo March

Who are your heroes in real life?
The men and women who serve our country, children who are battling illnesses or who do extraordinary things that most adults could not

What is your motto?
I do not fear storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.


And I think I am supposed to "tag" some more people...but I am just too exhausted to think that much, so if you need a good questionnaire or something to post, feel free to use this!

Happy Friday and Happy Weekend!