Workin’ for the weekend.

I’m officially exhausted and I’m pretty sure my body is revolting against me out of anger from lack of sleep. I can’t help it. I like to do things. I get distracted by DVDs and Band Hero. You only live once after all. I’ll sleep when I’m dead. And other clichés about living and sleeping and whatever.

Anyway, tomorrow is my last full day of work for the weekend. Thursday is a halfday and then I have a three day weekend and I just simply cannot wait anymore. I need to sleep and breathe and relax and stay in my pajamas all day and watch endless DVDs and play the Wii and rot away for a few days.

But first, a New Year’s Eve celebration with my dear friends and video game band play.

Pictures to come…

I don’t think you’ve been properly introduced…

My new baby. My partner in crime. I have so much to learn. I can’t wait for all of our new adventures together.

Yes, I referred to my camera like a pet. Whatever.

Live From New York

I have been an on-and-off fan of Saturday Night Live for years now. I first got into it watching reruns on Comedy Central with Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, and Chris Farley in the cast. I thought it was awesome, because at the time they had all become movie stars (Billy Madison and Tommy Boy are two of my all-time favorite comedies). Then I started to watch it live because a lot of actors and musicians (think Freddie Prinze, Jr. and N’Sync) were hosts and musical guests. Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell were favorites in the cast.

They’ve had a lot of on and off iffy moments since then. But this season, I’ve pretty much watched every episode. It isn’t always funny, but a lot of cool celebrities hosted (and I got to look at Taylor Lautner some more!) and I found my new favorite skit:

It doesn’t even have to try and be funny. It just is. And it’s fun too. Klaus Future is a highlight. Check out the other two, there are always random celebrity figures and Kenan rocks it.

But the main point of this is…I have a crush on most of the cast right now. They might not always have me rolling on the floor…but they are all cute! And, in case you haven’t noticed, I have a thing for awkward, nerdy, humorous people. Looks and style are always an initial hook, but I stick because I need to be able to talk about things I enjoy and, more importantly, laugh constantly. And okay, I don’t do that with them. But I believe we’d get along swimmingly…

 

Also:
 
and you can’t forget
 

To me, they are reason enough to keep watching. Or Hulu-ing. Can you imagine a life without Hulu? Because I really can’t.

Oh and, on the subject of crushes, I have an enormous girl crush on Kristen Wiig. I love her on SNL because she isn’t afraid to make herself ugly and go all in for humor…

But she’s cute and has a fun style.

And now…

for the random portions of a Saturday night.

• I watched over an hour of R. Kelly’s “masterpiece” Trapped in the Closet and, as you would assume, I feel offended, dirty, and dumber now.
• I freaked out when Ke$ha’s song “Tik Tok” came on the radio as I was driving home from Blockbuster. The song is ridiculous and she and it remind me of the kind of girls I try to avoid in my life. And yet, I find it completely fun and slightly relatable because…who hasn’t brushed their teeth with a bottle of Jack? But anyway, it makes me wanna go out dancing and drinkin’ in sparkly clothes with cute boys and single ladies errywhere.
  

• With God as my witness, I will do this soon:

Once Upon a Time…

When I was still in high school, before Wii was released, there was Nintendo Gamecube. My dad always got us the latest Nintendo system because we loved video games. I played on and off. I’ve always been a sucker for Mario Party and Mario Kart (Double Dash for Gamecube is addictive). Then, randomly, my dad rented a new game to try. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He didn’t like it much, but I thought I’d give it a whirl.

Hours of game play added up to days. I got hooked in the story, the cute characters, and the side-scroll play. Adventure games aren’t always my strong point…decision-making overwhelms me a little, even in the fictional sense. But this made it fun and easy, while still being challenging.

I just purchased Super Paper Mario, the Wii release (there’s an N64 version too…a friend of mine has played it, but I couldn’t get the hang of it) and already I foresee myself sitting in a chair in front of the TV with my slippers, snacks, a large water bottle, and my Wii remote in hand. This is gonna be fun…

Yay Holiday!

Christmas was better than I expected. Not that I expected it to be bad. I am just very pleased with how everything went. I am the proud (albeit confused) owner of a Canon Powershot SX120. I need to learn the ropes, but for now, I’m happy I have a camera again! Our family has also brought the Wii into our household. I’m trying to get up the guts to just buy this already, because I know I will be playing all the time. Overall, it was a great Christmas. I think as kids, we always want the entire world and we expect it under the tree. As my sister and I got older, our Christmas lists got a lot smaller, but with some bigger items (electronics and expensive shoes, mostly). But the main thing to me is that we all make each other happy, even if it’s by giving a mug and receiving a sequin beret (Oh am I ever excited!).

And just because I missed having a camera…

I can’t wait to actually utilize all of my photo ideas now.

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas!

It’s that time of the year again! Doesn’t December 24th/25th always creep up so fast once the holiday season comes around? And then it leaves as quickly as it came.

 
Enjoy your holiday, everyone! Make every moment last, eat lots of delicious foods, give and receive with your loved ones! It’ll be another year before you can do it again.