The Break-Up

Brett and I really like this movie (with J. Aniston and Vince Vaughn). The two arguments in the clip we think are the funniest parts, and are heavily quoted around our place. We love them cause they capture a real relationship, and its similar to the silly arguments that we have (like the time we argued about Candace Parker's one-on-one abilities with any NBA player for two hours. Really.) Enjoy the clip!

Brett's favorite parts: "What my baby wants my baby gets." and "Why would I want to do dishes?" Hilarious.

What Next?

I'm talking about the need for change.

Brett calls it 'smart person syndrome', cause when you're a 'smart' kid there are always new challenges people throw at you, to keep up with the smart kid's intellectual abilities. You know, you get put in gifted classes, encouraged to take as many AP credits as possible, given harder assignments just to see what you can do with it. Then you go to college, and everybody's in the same classes. Then you get a real job, and unfortunately there is no job classification for the 'gifted'. The jobs are hard at first, then become second nature. Then the boredom starts to creep in. It happens to everybody: I saw an article by someone who worked for NASA. The summary was that the education it took to get hired for the job was far more interesting than the job itself would ever be. Classic 'smart person syndrome'.

I think the symptoms are greatly exaggerated by attending college. You start all new classes, with a brand new schedule every four months (two months if you attend spring/summer). You live in a new place every year (on average, the UAC was lucky enough to host me and L. Rees for two in a row). You are always meeting new people. You go through a lot of boyfriends (let's be honest here). College is the ultimate environment of change.

Now we are settled though. We've both been at the same jobs for 1 year+, lived in the same apartment for 1 year+, and we can't decide what's next.

No one's going back to school, unless one of us decides to drastically change careers (that's the upside of being in fields where increased education does not equal loads more money).

Maybe buying a house before April, to cash in on that tax credit.

Maybe planning another big trip (Brazil was in August after all, 3 months ago!), but I can't get Brett to lock down a location. For the record, I'm for Hawaii in 2010, he says its too early to plan.

And no, there is no maybe on the Freeman baby. I know our future child's birth will likely be the highlight of the year to many, it may even rival the excitement of the Brangelina twins, but the incessant pleading of the masses isn't putting a rush on it.

So, to pose a question that I ask my patient husband several times a week....ummm, what next?

P. Run. Rundown

Did anybody else catch Project Runway last night? I am for Carol Hannah, all the way (she's the tiny blonde one). Her design inspired by Palm Beach is the green dress, and the orange one is her design from the newspaper challenge-yes, that dress is completely made out of newspaper. Crazy.

I also need to give a shout out to Tim Gunn-every episode of P. Run should have that much Tim Gunn in it. Even though both Brett and my dad make so much fun of him ("How gay IS he?" they say), its pretty hard to deny that he is the greatest. I am very excited for his guest appearance on The Biggest Loser next week.

In other fashion news, I have been informed of a new website that I have become quite fond of: citizenblues.com. Its the whiskeymilitia or tramdock of designer denim. Basically, one designer denim deal at a time at around 50-70% off until it sells out. No purchases have been made yet, but only because the Seven Boyfriend Jeans that were posted Wednesday sold out of my size before I could grab the debit card.

So awesome.

And so dangerous for the 'budget' I sort of put myself on.

Did It Myself

I am not a crafty person. But I did manage to make our own padded, nailhead-trimmed headboard on Friday when I had the day off from work. I got some good guidance from High Street Market and made the rest up myself. The total cost was around $60 (after I invested in a girl-sized staple gun for $20-Brett's was a little too large for my liking) and it only took 3 hours of work, after I gathered all the supplies.I bought some cheap 3/4" thick wood at Home Depot and had them cut it for me to 56" x 24" for our queen-sized bed (I think it was CVB wood? It was really light, which I wanted so I could carry it, but any plywood would work.) Then went to Joann's and bought crib-size hi-loft quilt batting for the padding and outdoor canvas for the fabric, cause its durable and it wouldn't tear during all the pulling and stapling I had to do. I also bought the nailhead trim at Joann's, and those were the only supplies I needed.

I wrapped two inches over the edge of the wood and stapled all the way around.

Action shot.

Padding all stapled in.

Then I just repeated the pulling tight and stapling with the fabric. With the canvas fabric I didn't have to worry about wrinkles, so I didn't have to iron it before or anything, which made it easy (and do-able for me).

Then I did the nailhead trim 2" in all the way around the headboard. It was difficult to get straight, so this part took two hours, but it wasn't that bad. Close-up of the nailhead-it comes in a long strip, with holes every five heads that you then nail in with matching nails (all provided in the kit).

And this is the finished product! I am pretty proud of it, I like the bright color, even though it doesn't totally match. Brett actually picked the bright green and I like it. (And if we want to change it, it will only be the cost of the new fabric we pick, since I have enough nailhead trim to do another one if I change my mind.)

What do you think? I am kind of proud of it, since I am definitely a buy-it not make-it type of person, but the $3000 Pottery Barn bedroom set just isn't in our future for awhile.

I think its a great alternative.

Halloween

What was I for Halloween? Here's the inspiration:
Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

Here's my execution:

I dressed up on Friday cause we had a party at work and everybody dressed up. Here's me and my coworkers at TOSH (I'm on the bottom left):

Neither Brett nor I dressed up for actual Halloween. Honestly, I hate Halloween and Brett is indifferent, so we stayed home and watched the Oregon-USC game. At least my coworkers and patients got to see my last-minute-pulled-together costume (and no, I did not wear the sunglasses all day-that was for pics only). Happy Halloween!

Diddy

In my daily perusal of People.com, I found this pic, with the quote below.

"BRAZIL!!!!! A--! A--! A--! Phat round beautiful A--ES!!!!! Everywhere! Its a A-- suniami!!!!!!!! I think I like it here!!! Lol"– Diddy, taking in the local sights during his South American trip, on Twitter

Look familiar? I'm so glad we like to party like Diddy likes to party. Yes, I will brush my own shoulder off.

I will also dedicate this post to Tara, Jared and Phil. You know what Diddy was talking about.

Of course

I just figured out what I want to be for Halloween an hour ago. Damn.

Anyone know where I can get a simple black sheath and some fab sparkly costume jewelry?