.lots.to.catch.up.on.

first things first - AMAZING RACE - do i need to say again just how much i dislike flo? for how long can you just cry and bitch about something? she really just drags things out and brings zach down so much...how can he even stand her?? i just had that feeling where i wanted to jump into the tv screen and punch the daylights out of her! and like A said, it was painful to watch. as i was watching derek and drew roam aimlessly, searching for that roadblock clue, i had that dreaded feeling of their impending doom. and i kept hoping against hope that they wouldn't be eliminated...but of course, they were...too bad. now there's no more eye candy...so what's the point of watching the show now? jk...it is exciting now..i wonder if teri and ian are going to win. that would be exciting..but the o brothers team winning would be good too. but if flo and zach actually win, the whole show would be a farce. they have only gotten by these past 3 episodes by riding the coat-tails of the other teams. i guess that's part of how teams need to win, but it really isn't based on merit. and that team defo does not deserve to win.

the weekend was jam packed. dave matthews concert friday night. saturday was suburb day. we had to try to go xmas shopping, get my car washed, ordered our good bar stools (i'm excited about this one), visitied arch's mom (she's in a lot of pain), went shopping at one of my fav stores - ulta - and then target, then finally made it back to the condo. sunday we went to julia's bday party, saw a bunch o family - including april, edsel and fam - , then went back to the city for my volunteer gift wrapping shift. that was a ton of fun. i really do like gift wrapping! and for charity...what could be better? =) i think i'm going to try to do it again this weekend.

supposedly this is my last week out here. it's bittersweet, i'd say. i mean, i'm happy to be getting out of here, since i'm doing shizz...but i do like coming out here and being able to see mj, and being so close to nyc. it's kinda like i have a 2nd home. and it's exciting! they were talking about having me come back out here, which wouldn't be horrible. but i would love to get staffed directly in nyc. how awesome would that be?? i might try to ask my rdm about that. i think there are more possiblities now esp with the ibm transition. i just have to keep my eye out for that. i'm back to being behind on my soaps. by the time i get home this weekend, i will be 3 weeks behind. hehe. this will probably be another marathon weekend of watching and fast forwarding...

i realized that i have 108+ hours of vacation! i don't want to use it until i absolutely have to. woohoo! almost 3 weeks! i thought i had much less than that. too bad i don't have any money to actually go anywhere next year. maybe me and archie can muster up some funds...we'll see...

i met this cool guy on the plane ride over to nj yesterday morning. he works for espn, mostly during the football season. he does something with computers for the football games...creating some kind of line for the tv audience? i have no clue what i'm talking about. i thought i did, but apparantly, i don't. because i was asking everyone about the "E L line" ?? and no one knows what the hell i'm talking about. any ideas about what i'm talking about here?? help!

i know i have tons more to say, but i just can't remember it right now. more later..