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November 2002 Archives
November 1, 2002
hair we grow.
cripes, he's teeny!
so my friends/ex bosses, joanne and peter had a baby on october 14th... cathy and i went over there last week to meet the new little rugrat... cute lil' guy...
hmmmmmm.... first time in 6 years i've held one of these critters...
hippy hippy shake
so tonight after work i went to a place called Curves for Women
a few girls from work go there and even more folks at weight watchers go there... so i figured i might give it a shot... i signed up. i will start working out monday...
November 2, 2002
excedrin's written all over it
headache. all day. staying in.... actually went and bought a ton of good stuff at the food store earlier and ran some errands... now am watching "behind enemy lines" - so far, it's pretty good
wooo! and New York is the U.S. nomination for the 2012 olympics! go new york, go new york go!
November 3, 2002
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very therapeutic
so i received an email yesterday from my former therapist - i haven't seen her in about 10 or 11 years... she was doing a search on her son and i guess using her last name and i apparently wrote good stuff about her back in march... so there was gigglechick.com staring back at her on the search engine... lo and behold, she wrote to say hi! she was my best therapist - not like the freaky woman i went to 3 times last year who kept calling me "Ann"
anyway - wants to meet for coffee soon... i did a search on her and she's doing seminars entitled "the positive power of humor" and "Positive Humor, Productive Perceptions, Powerful Results!" heh. cool.
i feel like i've graduated... i am able to meet her outside the office i spent a good 6 or 7 years in...
my mama's homebrew
so as i am getting ready to head down the shore for the day to help mom out around the house, i am sitting here winding down after a long hot shower in my fluffiest robe, slippers, towel around my hair and sipping from my first cup of homemade joe - brewed fresh from the coffee maker that my blog sugar daddy sent me about a month or so ago.... yum.
(it took me this long to use it because i hadn't bought milk for the fine beverage... although i HAVE been using the mug as my travel cup in the car and getting it filled every morning by the coffee cart at the corner of my street)
doonesbury.blogspot.com?
heh, i haven't read the comics in a while... i was on the homeless guy's site and found out that doonesbury has been yapping about blogging recently
just one of the strips...
November 4, 2002
impulse buying
so i almost shelled out $1450 today - actually i DID shell it out, i just had to cancel the order today...
what was i buying?
a PC *gasp* yes, i almost went over to the dark side...
i most likely WILL buy the damned thing after my next paycheck... i just have to figure out finances a little more...
i was so psyched when i ordered it online... we have a discount with DELL through work... then after i got the order confirmation, i began feeling ill...
so i cancelled... i am a woos. yup.
i have insurance and car repairs to pay for and the cash is whittling away quickly
November 5, 2002
sweatin' like a hog
i went to Curves tonight! really had a good time... nice girls there. and i also got an effing workout. had to do the circuit 3 times... know that my body's gonna ache tomorrow...
actually heading to bed so that i wake up early and hop on the treadmill (that's the plan)
my future husband votes
as i was walking around the corner to the school behind my house where the voting takes place, i noticed a man walking down the stairs of a newly renovated brownstone that has apartments in it.
this was from 30 feet away... i saw him turn the corner in the direction of the polls...
as i approached the polling area, he was standing there... looking puzzled... he asked me, "is this the right place?" no, he's not a dolt. the place isn't marked well and is a little daunting with children running all over the place.
"it is, here, follow me" said i...
his last name starts with a K... i shan't say what it is...
i don't know the first name, but i know where he lives and his last name. yes... i am planning on stalking.
as i left the school, i had to walk the block and a half to my car.
i heard footsteps behind me... it was K...
as i reached my car, he was still there and slowing down, stepping into the street near me...
i took off my coat before i got into my car and he stopped at a red car that was parked in front of my house... opened the door and got in...
he looks like my ex-eric... but cuter... nice voice... and lives 40 feet from me...
jersey city isn't looking too bad right now~!
oddness with pc/mac/MT/blogger
strange. i have my fat yappings and open mics housed under blogger... i can see the pages fine on the mac... on the PC, however, i only see the right nav bars and they are squished over on the left of the page...
what the heck? help!
*KABOOM!!*
so my old office was like a cave - no light.... the new designer here, MD, and i decided to have a tall guy here, CF, remove some of the fluorescent lights...
after removing 5 of them... the 6th was pretty warm... and CF's hands were pretty sweaty...
*BOOM* *POP*
yup... it exploded... all over the office...
MD and i are sitting here feeling like naughty kids who messed something up...
at least the room is pretty dark :)
crap
now my old old archives from blogger are effed.
November 6, 2002
methinks it's fixed
okay - temporary band-aid on the other sections...
went to weight watchers last night....
going to Curves tonight... still sorta sore from monday...
happy anniversary to me!
ir was THREE YEARS ago today that i first walked onstage and did my set at Stand-Up NY...
remind me that i have to get back to an open mic...
so THAT'S how it's gonna happen...
i love the west wing. i say that every week. i didn't know how they were gonna get rid of rob lowe... now it's becoming clear.
right now i am watching barbara walters interview the osbournes... eh... barbara just said the word "tits"
i went to curves tonight - man i am beat... i am heading off to bed shortly... that darned place kicks yer arse in 30 minutes. really digging it! anyone else out there a member of it or know gals on it? i would love to hear if ya' are...
i have had approx. 450 visitors (an average) each day for the past few days (actually it's been like that for a year).... why are y'all so damned quiet!!??!
speak up, poppets!
November 7, 2002
mmm... turkey
so i had to draw a turkey today... real quick i slapped this together in 10 minutes... and i have made it into a desktop for anyone who wants this silly creature
November 8, 2002
waste time at work
i've gotten p45.net's five o'clock shadow emailed to me for a good year and a half now, i suggest you go there and sign up for it...
it's good craic!
plans may be shot
so 6 of us from work were supposed to go grab a few cocktails tonight and force our boss to get a belly ring... now 3 girls are sick and i am actually hoping to postpone this - i am going out tomorrow night and don't wanna waste valuable ww points on 2 nights of drinking... sad, yes.
of course, if it's postponed til next week, i can't go because friday is when cowboy mouth plays at the bowery ballroom!
woo!
ah.... my job is so drab n' dreary ;)
this is what i did the last hour or so of work
holiday party - invite for headquarters....
November 9, 2002
goodbye, ruby tuesday's
so i got home last night at around 10... 3 of us from work went to ruby tuesday's for some grub and beer.
(i was good. turkey burger, fries, 2 beers - corona... oh. and some spinach con queso dip)
we had a good chat... started off with work, then it started off with relationships... which, once i lose the weight, get a new wardrobe, clean and reorganize my apartment, grow my hair - which, by the way, i am coming to terms with because i was able to use my old ConAir hot styling brush yesterday... do you KNOW what that means!?!?! DO YOU!?!?
whoa, the dark side. yeaheahhh
snagged from starjewel...
spoke to dad
haven't talked with my dad since october 8th... nope, it's not because of a fight or anything, we just aren't big phone people. although i speak with my mom every day. go figure...
anyway... around the beginning of this year his girlfriend had to have part of her lung removed because of cancer.... they had gotten it all... but then about 2 months ago it had attacked her trachea... so this week she starts chemo and radiation
are you married!?
hey! if you are married or know of anyone who is AND also have a kick ass online wedding album, let me know.... post the link in the comments here!!!!!!
(example: dooce had a great one...)
changing it up...
so i bought a new domain today so i could free up some of the space on gigglechick.com
it'll be called erinsportfolio.com to house my designs and illustrations and whatnot... instead of taking up a ton of space on this site...
my server allows 200MB of space and i am already at 170mb... this should seperate things pretty well...
not as if i am wanting to use the portfolio to find a job since i really dig where i am at, but if anyone is looking for a freelance thing, they can go there without having to see the rest of my site and freaking out.
November 10, 2002
twas a grand time...
i just got in... right now pasta is cooking on my stovetop... yep late night eating, blowing the weightloss all to hell in a handbasket... oh well...
first we saw Bloody Sunday which had me in tears.... please. go. see it. now.
then we went to Scratchers pub in the east village...
dry hangover death mouth
blech.
nothing a LOT of toothpaste and water can't cure.
am heading down to mom's today. be back later.
random re-do!
woo.... My Favorite Stalker™, lee, has revamped his site! love it! and he did all this when he's in vacation jaunting around europe!
can't wait til he gets back so he can jaunt over to jersey and i can meet him face to face (yep. you have better get over here to NJ, mister)
November 11, 2002
finally...
i missed the sopranos last night... caught the repeat tonight...
i have to tell you - and this is sad - i felt a huge weight lift off my shoulders when tony whacked ralph! yay! happiness.
and i am glad that Pie Oh My's murder caused this wonderful thing to happen to effing ralph.
November 12, 2002
j. blow
oh shepard smith... heh. he's gonna have a long day ahead of him today.
Talk about blowing it on national TV.
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith had something fairly egglike on his face last week when he launched into what should have been a straightforward item about tension between Jennifer Lopez and her old Bronx neighbors.
futbol
dang. i had 10 wins and lost the oakland/denver game last night... HAD been in the running to win another week. poop
what's another word for thesaurus?
November 13, 2002
fiddling with the site
so i am slowly - but surely - making the site uniform...
i just fiddled with the ireland section... go ahead... take a peek!!
Tagliatelle piccole a matasse
November 14, 2002
eh... get the (turkey) crave?
well, i really haven't had much to say lately... a few links hither and tither...
i gave you the turkey thanksgiving desktop....
now, i give you the White Castle Stuffing Recipe
merry thanksgiving!
baaaa-lated halloween costume
live nude girl... and a boy!
this play is being performed across the street from me in the barrow mansion, put on by the Attic Ensemble.
it's causing a ruckus on the news (t.v. AND papers!) because the lead actors are nekkid onstage.... and mainly because it's a community theater.
i wanna go see it now.
November 15, 2002
rock'n'roll Jesus with a Cowboy Mouth
woo!
tonight is the mouth at the bowery ballroom!
November 16, 2002
isn't it great to be alive?
i just walked in the door from seeing the boys perform at the bowery ballroom.
i am sweaty, smelly, disheveled, eyeliner melted on my face, hair a big sweaty irish afro and i am spent.
it was a great effing show!
one of the best ones i've been to in a long time! (and that's saying something, because i have never been to one of their shows where i haven't had a great time)
-- because i upgraded to 9.2, my usb/digital camera stuff isn't flying right - i will have photos and 2 choppy twenty second videos with no audio - just fred wailing and arms flailing - up on monday when i upload them at work--
they played their heart out and the bowery was a fantastic place to see them... i was jumping up and down, 3 of my toes on my left foot are most likely broken by this guy, david, who was standing in front of me all night - hell, that's the price you pay at a mouth show.... found out that he beat me out over the summer with their logo.... the merch dude, wil, had a handful of designers vying for the logo... oh well.... reminds me of hoopty's site logo.
saw todd - guy i met about 5 years ago on the mouth website and we'd hung out a few times.
met a fella named jason, another named todd - different todd - and some other guy named john.
see, i always meet great folks at their shows. that's the one show i feel i can go to alone... in fact i have gone alone more than times i've gone with friends... cathy had a good time too... glad she came with....
there was a proposal in the crowd tonight - this is the fourth show i've been to where someone's proposed. they've all accepted. who could resist marrying a mouth fan?
gawd, i wish that i could download these darned images.... because tonight, after the last song, i caught one of fred's drumsticks.... that makes 3 since 1993.
i am going to throw my stinky self into bed and hunker down under the flannel sheets til about 7am when i have to get up -- am going to finally get my hair cut tomorrow....shaped more like it.... it's been since april that i last cut it.
(watch for more photos of that!)
okay... enough. i am going to sleep like a baby now.
*** also, i lost 4.2 pounds tonight - that's my cowboy mouth diet ***
November 18, 2002
live uncensored video & pics!
well, here's a couple of 20 second videos, it's pretty shaky, as if someone with the DT's was holding the camera...
the 1st is of fred playing drums.... i make a cameo appearance (3mb)
the second is during "everybody loves jill" and is mainly of flailing arms and one red spoon (3mb)
sweaty fred walking through the crowd before he climbs up the balcony
as i said, i caught the last drumstick of the evening that fred flung out there.... here's proof, baby... (that's fred again. can you tell that, eh, i MAY dig fred leblanc?)
--- so that was friday...
saturday i was onstage for 3 hours...working the chinese auction circuit down the shore --- okay it was a fundraiser for this girl named patty that has leukemia...
i was asked to read the winning numbers for the auction, but it was still "stage time" in a firehouse in front of 500 people i grew up with... hopefully i will move on to calling bingo and possibly the lottery numbers.
but before that, i got dolled up and got my hair cut and highlighted... will show you the results later.... right now - at the risk of having this posted all over the internet, here is the "before" image of me....
November 19, 2002
listen to howard stern at 8:30am
my comedy coach, lisa lampanelli, is on Stern this morning starting at 8:30am
she is the nicest broad you'd ever wanna meet...
(i never usually listen to stern, but this is a special occasion)
hair i grow again...
so here's the aftermath of the highlighting that occured on saturday... whatcha think?
November 20, 2002
the book v. the movie
am going to see the Harry Potter flick tonight.... can't wait!
November 21, 2002
oh, that little wizard!
wheeeee! cathy and i just saw harry potter & the chamber of secrets tonight.... LOVED IT LOVED IT LOVED IT!!!
bigger, stronger, faster... more famous
Mike needs to be famous... and fast.
and while you're at it... don't forget
erin needs to be more famous... and faster than mike.
just post the following link to your blog... please!!???
| <a href="http://www.gigglechick.com/erin/blog/000110.html" target="_blank">erin <i>needs</i> to be <i>more</i> famous... and <i>faster</i> than mike.</a> |
November 22, 2002
the student surpasses the master
well, mike is #1 on blogdex today... congrats... hmmmmmmmm... to think that i was