Bored and Annoyed

Work has been incredibly slow lately... and I mean painfully, horribly slow. I can not begin to explain how happy I am that I can go on the internet during the day again because I have no clue what I would do without it!

That being said I need more reading material to help me get through the day so if you all have any recommendations of blogs I might like (yours or ones you read, I am open to anything) let me know and I will check them out!

Reading blogs makes me what to comment on them which brings me to something that is annoying me immensely. On my work computer I STILL can not post comments only any blogger blogs with the embedded comment form (the one where it shows up below the post.) Everything looks normal but when I hit submit it just says done on the bottom and gives me an java error. Grrrr...very annoying. It has only been doing it for the past week or so. If you can tell me how to fix it I will love you forever!

Sleepy Puppies

In the car on the way back from Annapolis yesterday (please ignore the little bit of my pale leg.) Gryffin looks a little weird right now since he had to get his ears shaved (they got matted) and Hanna gets her first haircut on Friday.

Answers to your questions: Music Edition

Another weekend over too soon, I for one am so excited to have a 4 day work week this week! I spent Saturday cleaning my apartment and at the pool and Sunday my parents, K and I took the puppies down to Annapolis for the day to walk around and have lunch. Except for Hanna throwing up on me in the car on the way there (fortunately it didn't get on my clothes or my new purse) and Gryffin having some poo issues when we first got there, it was a lovely day. The puppies liked being able to walk around and sit with us outside at a restaurant and they got a lot of attention from random people.

And now the final question I was asked...from Jey Rey: What's your favorite music? Best concert you've been to?

This is a sort of hard question because I really don't have a favorite type of music. I love music but only listen to it in the car, when I am at home I usually put on the TV. I have an ipod but I never listen to it and I think it might be broken now.

In the car I usually just listen to the radio, I like a good mix of pop stuff as well as 80s and 90s music for just day to day driving. On longer trips I usually listen to CDs of musicals...I love musicals!

As far as concerts go I haven't been to that many because I would rather probably go see a play or musical instead. The concerts I have been too are totally random and I usually went because someone got me a ticket...for example...Britney Spears (Baby One More Time tour), Brandi (The Boy is Mine), The Killers, Keene, Dirks Bentley etc...I would love to see Jimmy Buffet or Billy Joel but other then that, not too much interest in concerts.

Wow I am rambling...ok to wrap up...I like pretty much any type of music and I know a ton of songs (I actually took voice for 10 years) but I don't really go to concerts or download songs or really listen to music outside of my car! Hope that answers the question! if anyone ever has a question for me leave a comment or email me (curiosity.cee@gmail.com)!

P.S. Has this ever happened to anyone/do you know how to fix it: on my work computer I can't comment on blogs that have the comments set up to show right under the post (not the pop up kind) I type it in and type the verification word and everything seems fine then the comment doesn't post and it says "done" on the bottom of the browser window. It has only been doing this the past week or so...ideas on how to fix?

Honest Scrap

Jey Rey tagged everyone who reads her blog for this award and since I am having a boring day at work and need to avoid online shopping I am playing along!

The rule is to share 10 true things that your readers don't already know about you! I am also going to tag anyone who wants to play because I love learning more about all of you ;)

1. I think it would be really fun to work in real estate, getting to look at houses and helping people find the best one for them would be awesome.

2. I gag really easily, if something smells gross or looks nasty I will start gagging like I am going to throw up. My friends all make fun of me for it.

3. I lived in Hawaii for 3 years.

4. I wish it was socially acceptable for adults to play barbies. I would totally do it all the time.

5. I think I have pretty good intuition, I normally can get a "reading" on someone quickly and also get "feelings" on things that actually happen. Unfortunately, I don't have any control over it, it just happens. (I swear I am not just saying this to be arrogant, it is totally true, my friends and family and even admit it.)

6. I am seriously horrible at math, I normally need a calculator to do everything. Ironically, I work in finance.

7. I love scary things...movies, haunted houses, ghost tours etc...but I have a very over active imagination so sometimes I take them way to seriously!

8. I have always wanted to write a book, specifically a young adult type book. Like Harry Potter...not that I would ever be that successful!

9. Puncture wounds freak me out.

10. I can do a very good Sean Connery impression but never got a chance to show it off (people don't care about girls doing Sean Connery impressions) so I wrote it into a sorority recruitment skit in which I also was playing Britney Spears and drew on a beard with eyeliner.

Happy Weekend!

Unfair Comparison

Let me preface by saying I do not mean this post to offend anyone, if you are a huge Michael Jackson fan please don't hate me.

All snark aside, I think it is very sad that Michael Jackson passed away so young. Actually, I love so much of his music and recognize that his talent and influence is immeasurable. How wonderful is it that music lives on and future generations will be able to enjoy it? (that last sentence was a little cheesy for me...but you get my point)

Now that being said...I don't get why now that he is dead he is a hero...for the past 10 years, maybe more, if Michael Jackson was talked about it was because of some crazy antic or trouble with the law.

I found it disturbing the people calling into the radio stations last night talking about how one time they saw him drive by in a car or the girl that made me turn off my radio when she said: "you will always remember where you were when your heard he died" and "this is the biggest thing to happen since September 11th." Then the DJs agreed with her!

Comparing MJ's death to 9/11 is not fair and offensive.

Yes, it is sad, but come on people, put it into perspective a little.

NYC Prep

Ummm....I hardly know what to say.

Did you all watch NYC Prep? What did you think?

Is it even legal for them to talk about drinking and getting high on national TV? They are in high school people! Not to mention Sebastian who talks about hooking up with "2 to 16" girls a month. Or Kelli who lives by herself. Yea, they are both sophomores.


Where are the parents? I'm so confused? Who agreed to them being on TV?

Of course I will watch it...but so far this makes "Laguna Beach" look like "Muppet Babies."

Answers to your questions: Baltimore Edition

Here's another question/blog post idea I got from MMC at Black Labs and Lilly, she said: I would love to hear about your favorite things to do in Baltimore! I think it is such a cool city!

Baltimore is definitely a cool city and there are a ton of interesting things to do and see. However, when I was younger I really didn't spend much time there. My parents live in a very suburban area which is sort of a bubble and you really don't need to leave. Plus since neither of them are originally from MD they don't really know a ton about cool places in Baltimore and thus never took us kids to them (excluding the tourist-y type places everyone has to go to.)

Since being back here after I graduated from college and now that I don't live in the same bubble as my parents (I live in the less nice bubble next door and someday hope to migrate back to the nice bubble) I have tried to spend more time in Baltimore.

If you visit Baltimore, you definitely have to go to the Inner Harbor and the National Aquarium. But Fells Point and Canton are fun neighborhoods with lots of cute restaurants and bars and totally worth checking out. Make sure you know where you are going because Baltimore, while I really don't think it is as violent as some people say, definitely has some rough areas. Yes, all cities have rough areas, the thing about Baltimore is that the rough areas can be only a street over from the good areas...with no transition type areas.

Personally what brings me downtown the most is food; there are some awesome restaurants in Baltimore and there are two Restaurant Weeks each year which has let me and K try some fancy places we wouldn't go normally.

Pretty much anywhere in Little Italy is good but I really like Caesar's Den which is really close to the Inner Harbor. Nacho Mama's in Canton has amazing quesadillas and margaritas that come in a hubcab. We also like James Joyce, which is also close to the Inner Harbor. I haven't been to Fells Point a ton but Ryleigh's Oyster is really good.

K goes to school in Mt. Vernon which is a very neat, historical neighborhood and also has some more high end restaurants. Ixia is awesome, and has a very chic atmosphere.

So there is a little summary on my Baltimore experience so far...and now I need a snack. Hope that somewhat answers the question! Since I am trying to go more I will try to blog about other interesting things I do in Baltimore!

[Baltimore skyline pic found here]