Age Appropriate

I have this problem in my life and this revelation will not come as news to any of you. I have a problem with celebrity crushes. The bigger problem is that most of these crushes are 40+. You know the ones: Clive Owen (and yes, he's handsome even as a prisoner/gardener), George Clooney, and Daniel Craig (who currently graces my desktop).

So last night, while watching Bride Wars, I had a strange sensation. One of the actors onscreen was really, really attractive to me. And he's only 30!!!! Finally, someone age appropriate.
Isn't he attractive?

Reminiscing

I'm obviously really busy at work today. Can you tell? Anyway, I'm not even sure how my brain got to thinking of this today, but when I was on the book date, we walked past the young adult section and they still have The Babysitter's Club books! The covers are updated, but it took me back! I spent a lot of time with Kristy and the gang growing up. If anyone knows where I can find the complete set, let me know.

Wouldn't this be a great addition to anyone's collection? Do you guys have any books that take you back? Remember The Boxcar Children? Or The Great Brain? What about Ramona? I could go on for days!

On a book-related note, I have a love/hate relationship with the book aisle at Costco. Before this week, I had one book I was reading, five books on the floor by my bed waiting their turn and a list of another 20 or 30 that I want to read. So it's not like I don't have any options. But what happened when I went into Costco? Those darn $8 books caught me! So now, instead of five books waiting to be read, I have seven. Happy reading!

Fish

My boss left me with one instruction before he left on Wednesday night - to feed his fish. I did so yesterday and didn't notice anything awry. When I came in this morning to turn the light on, his office smelled a little funny. I grabbed my coworker who actually likes and has animals and she came in and two of the five fish were dead! I killed his fish! I'm a horrible assistant. So now I have to break the news to him that his catfish have gone the way of the world.

Guess Who I Get To See?!?!?!

That's right baby! Boyz II Men. Who's excited for me? I am! I am!

Let's Talk About Dates, Baby

"Let's talk about you and me. Let's talk about all the good things and the bad things we could be. Let's talk about dates."
(words have been changed because they do not apply to my lifestyle)

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Boy: "So, tell me about yourself."
Girl: "I love bears."
Boy: "..."
Girl: Drunk flirty smile
Boy: "Bears? Like koala bears? Or panda bears?"
Girl: "All bears!"

Cue crickets
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This is not a scene from my dating life. One, I don't really care for bears, I'm more of a tiger kind of gal. Two, while I may have a flirty smile, I do not have a drunk flirty smile. However, I promised some dating stories and my thoughts on said situations.

Remember a while back when I mentioned I had a date? I know, it seems like forever, but I really did! Anyway, I went out with this guy who picked me up in the middle of a snowstorm and took me to dinner. Our dinner topics ranged from basketball to classic literature and was really interesting. I have never had such an intellectual conversation about literature with a guy before. As we're driving down the road after dinner, he says to me, "I thought we'd do something a little unconventional tonight." In my head I'm thinking, "Okay. Unconventional. I think I can handle that." Unconventional took us to Borders where he suggested we read children's books to each other. I tried to get over the cheesiness of it all and overall, it turned out to be a pretty good night. We went out again, but that one was not so good because it seemed that every topic I mentioned he hated. But that's the way love goes.

Disclaimer: This is the part where I sound like a not-nice-word.

I know guys try really hard to come up with dates that are fun and interesting and memorable. I also know how expensive dating can get, so we try to keep things inexpensive. Therefore, I will put the following out there for the world to know:

• I am totally fine if a date is the fall-back dinner and a movie.
• I am also fine if a man does not want to commit the time and money that a dinner and an activity might require, so just dinner is just as good in my book.
  

So, there you have it. If you ever wish to set me up with anyone (to which I am amenable), and he asks anything, you can let him know the above two items.

There's another guy that's kind of out there for whom I have low expectations of anything happening (given past encounters with said gentleman). I leave myself room for a little bit of hope and the door open should he choose to pursue anything, but I'm going to leave the ball in his court and let your little minds run wild with scenarios. I will say that one night as we were hanging out (and he knew I was getting over being sick) he brought me a blanket so I would stay warm. Small but thoughtful.

I know, I'm such a cheeseball.

P.S. The first song lyrics were obvious, but if you can find the second set of lyrics, I'll come up with a fabulous prize for the winner!

Some Things

In no particular order, this is my brain lately:

• The horrible reality is that life isn't always what I think should be fair. Why did I stay and people with families go?
• Listening to Donny Osmond sing "How Deep is Your Love" is really awesome.
• I think I'm funnier (more funny?) when I'm around my roommates. They keep me on my toes - or sometimes on my knees on the stairs - and make me seem wittier (more witty?) than I really am.
  
• I had no idea there were other people that see some people's resemblance to Gollum.
• Movies about pets are not supposed to make you cry. Another thing that isn't fair.
• Getting back from a movie, just to jump into a different car for a Diet Coke/Water run to Sonic is always a good thing.
  
• I'm really excited to see "He's Just Not That Into You".
  
• Movies, for me, are meant to entertain. You will find that it is very rare that I dislike a movie.
• Detroit is actually in Maryland. How do I know this? Because my roommate said so.
  
• I had no idea blue suits were popular.
• I got called out for only knowing what an Aston Martin is because of the Bond movies. So what if I'm not a car aficionado? I know a beautiful fast car when I see one.
  

Someday soon when I have the brainpower (and the motivation) you'll get a real update on my life including funny date stories. For now, I hope this satisfies!

The Hardest Edict for Me to Follow

"Hey, Karen? I've got an email coming in from so-and-so, when that happens, don't read it."

Don't people understand that a phrase like that is harder for me to ignore than to simply pass the email by like I normally do?!?!?!

I'll behave, because I haven't actually looked at anything from this person, but still, it leaves me itching to look.

Still Alive

Just in a funk right now and not using my computer nearly as much after business hours (and it's hard to blog at work when everyone can walk around the corner and see what's on your computer screen). Sometime I'll get around to updating you on my exciting life, but if you want a glimpse of the hilarity that abounds in my house, click here.

And now, I'm off to veg and maybe go to bed really, really early (is 8:30 too early?)!