December?

Um, when did this happen?

December?

EXCUSE ME?

*sigh*

Well, my blogging has certainly suffered lately but real life has been great so I can't complain. We have the church and reception hall booked and I bought THE DRESS. So I feel like I have a good grip on the wedding end of things. So far I'm having fun planning. I figure there will be meltdowns but I'm hoping to keep a fairly level head.

Last night Tyler and I decorated our tree. It's the second year in a row that we've splurged and gone for a real one. Words cannot describe how happy Christmas trees make me. As I got ready for work this morning, I had to turn the lights on and play my Bette Midler Christmas CD. I admit that when I was little Christmas was all about the presents. Now I could really care less. Don't get me wrong, I love getting gifts and I love buying them for people in my life, but that part is less fun than the just getting home and seeing the people I care about. I'd probably be way more excited about gifts if I actually had some money to spend on them.

We're not going to talk about money right now though because money stresses me out.

Between holidays, wedding plans and everything else, I am ALSO starting a new job on Monday. TA DA!!! It only took me 2 years past college but I finally got a FULL-TIME job that I'm excited about and that's in my field. I'll be doing event-planning/marketing and sales stuff. So basically micro-managing, obsessing and organizing... in other words, I should rock at it.

But the coolest thing I'm doing right now (bu far) is dance class. It's really hard work but I'm having an absolute blast. I've tried learning ballroom dance in college and never felt like it was clicking-- I see now that's because I never had a really great teacher. The man who's teaching us, Victor Gelking is wonderful! He is perfect for beginners and really fun. I would recommend people go just for the fun stories he tells about his life --travelling the world, dancing and flying planes in World War II. Seriously, he's in his 80s and can move better than me!

I must leave you now :( but before I go... some Disney for the day!


Happy Holidays!

Disney for the day

A quick one today...

Disney-type thing for the Day

Doom on you!!!!!

Disney (type thing) for the day

Disney for the Day

One of my fave Pixar creations is Ratatouille. Poor little Remy loves gourmet cooking, but he's a rat and his gift of sensitive smell is used to test the rat colony's food supply for poison.

But that all changes and ensuing hilarity follows.

PS: At about 3:30, something happens to Remy and his brother, Emil that makes me laugh HYSTERICALLY every time. Their fur gets all poofy too.

Enjoy


Best line also from Emil: "Don't like it... not good... she's gonna wake up...."

Disney for the Day

Maleficent is the most bad ass Disney villain of all time and she did/does scare the ever loving crap out of me. But her evilness is also mixed with a wisdom and seductiveness that makes her fun. Still I'm glad when she turns into a dragon and Prince Phillip stabs her. Good times.


I mean-- damn, it takes a special type of evil to say, "By the way, I won't kill you. I'll just keep you imprisoned for years until you're too old and decrepit to be with your true love." Then there's that evil laugh!

Plus she has a pet crow. That's sinister. And her last evil line is brilliant: "A most gratifying day." I'm so going to use that someday.

Thank goodness for the 3 good fairies!

Disney for the day

I loved Enchanted. I can't wait to buy it on DVD-- stuff like this just perks me up.

If you please

Once again, ripping off Christy with the "Disney clip of the week" <-- This week you have to click to watch because the contributor "disabled embedding" -- WEAK.

Lately I spend a lot of time trying to get hired. Technically I am "unemployed" since my Americorps internship ended. I have freelance jobs keeping me busy and paying the bills but am trying to scrape some interviews here and there. Hopefully I look hire-able to someone. I'm willing to start small and work my way up. Frankly I just want a paycheck and health insurance. Not that I'm getting desperate or anything.

In order to keep spirits up, I keep busy. Today I stopped at Starbucks to get my nonfat carmel latte and bought two stuffed creatures. My reasoning was this:

Pretty soon I'll get hired.
I'll probably have a desk at this job.
I want cute little stuffed things at my desk.
And these creatures look sort of quasi-Emily like with their glasses and books.

So what the hell. They were clearance at $2 each. Hip hip hooray.



My life is one big contradiction. I realized that last night as I alternated between nonfiction author, Susan Faludi's new hardcover, "The Terror Dream" and watching the VH1 reunion special of "Rock of Love".

It actually worked out really well because whenever the book really riled me up I could switch to something brainless. Keeps me from elevating my blood pressure.

This past week I've had great opportunities with my freelance work. Today I interviewed a man who works at a comedy club. I really enjoyed the time spent with him because he was funny but also thoughtful. He said -- the only thing that should really offend people is hate. And I tend to agree. He also told a really off color Planned Parenthood joke that I found clever. Cause it's sooo bad. I'll relay for you to judge:

A man goes to a PP clinic to get checked for STD's and he's given a clean bill of health-- whew. So he thanks the staff and heads out to the parking lot. He then realizes he has stupidly locked his keys in the car. He ventures back into PP and asks -- hey, anyone in here have a coat hanger?

Yowza. Got a shock laugh from me though. And kudos for telling a joke about abortion without picking an apparent 'side.'

We also had a discussion about why stand up comedy was so male dominated. I was fascinated to get his take on this and also surprised because it shows some real insight, not just "cause dudes are funnier." His sentiment was something like this:

Stand up comedy requires you to be bold and confident. Not just-- fearless in front of an audience, no stage fright confident but confident to make fun of your flaws -- physical especially. And "our society doesn't raise confident women" I thought that was really true. Part of me wants to go to amateur night and just go nuts. But the other part wants to hide in the closet. Course, that may be more of an "Emily thing" than a "woman thing."

I also got to interview a woman who paints religious icons. She was fascinating. Grew up in communist Bulgaria where religion was touted as "poison of the mind" and here she is painting religious icons. A sample of her breathtaking work...



Pretty wicked. Makes me resent the little stick-people I create.

My goals for the next week are as follows:

-- Help pull off an excellent Harvest Moon Fling event
-- Find a pumpkin patch and capture pumpkins for carving
-- Get another interview, or better yet a JOB!
-- Continue my nightly walks -- even though it's getting COLD

Higitus Figitus

I really enjoy Christy's blog and her fun quotes/clips from "Friends" or "The Office" tv shows. I think I shall steal this concept for my space but I plan to dedicate it to my love of Disney movies.

This weekend, being all sick I went home and watched the classic, Sword in the Stone with momsie. This is one of my all-time fave Disney movies. This scene in particular is a classic. The fat squirrel is my hero. Although, the part of me which operates as "sexual harassment panda" can see she is clearly harassing poor Squirrel-Merlin.



And I've wished MANY a time that I could pack in this fashion...



It's a classic film and still enjoyable at 23.