famous!

look - my baby is featured on f-yeah puppies today! i think we know who in the house needs to get the day job... ;)

GPOYW

i'm a mommy edition! meet baby lulu :)

i have so so sooooo much to say on bringing this little bundle of joy into my life. aaaaand i'll get there,when she takes a nap...

GPOYW

OMG i am so distracted edition!
mad props to kids in school these days. don't know how i would have EVER gotten my homework done with all these internet distractions. i've been trying to work on my portfolio allllll day. but it was warm! then there were friends in town! then ughhhh well, now its almost midnight and i have quite the loooong night ahead of me.

procrastination: 1
angie & her self-imposed deadlines: 0

FORWARD TO FIND TRUE LOVE!

we don't see many forward floating around much more. i think we all know that FORWARDING THIS TO OUR 10 CLOSEST FRIENDS won't make the phone ring in 5 seconds telling us who the love of our life will be. nor do we really need to forward around the coolest youtube EVER cause really, if you're connected at all...you've seen the chris brown performing bridal party.

but sometimes there are gems that must be shared. below are some of my faves from that list of 'random thoughts' that was floating about inboxes today...

• While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

• I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

• That's enough, Nickelback.

• I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

• I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

• Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

• Bad decisions make good stories -- i know you all support this one

• Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

• If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible. -- suz, is this blowing your mind?

• Was learning cursive really necessary? -- seriously! i got kept inside at recess cause of this shit!

if you want to read the list in its entireity, just let me know and i'll email it along for your reading pleasure. thanks for passing this along janiece (wish i could link to you ;)

do you have anything especially hilarious to add to the list?

color me red

{scene: the moment after i walk into the locker room after my workout}

old woman: "DO YOU KNOW YOUR FACE IS RED?" do you really have to shout?

me: smile:: "yep, it happens." being that we are AT THE GYM and i'm soaked in sweat you'd think its obvious i was working out?

old woman: "yeah i have a friend like that. she has roooooaaaassia. yeahhhhhhh shes red all the time like you...cheeks jus..."

me: interrupts:: "oh no no. i was running." she can't really think my face is hot magenta all the time?

old woman: "runnnnnning? i wish i could run. just dont have the lungs..."

::nothing for a solid minute as she struggles with her tube socks::

old woman: "oooooh so you were running...that's why your face is allllllll red? you do know how red it is, dontcha?"

things i'm learning from unemployment:

1) "bedtime" means even less than it used to.

2) you're gonna call your mom a LOT!

3) THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND ALL DAY! don't you people have jobs? seeeeeshh.

4) a good portion of those people mumble to themselves and wreak of urine.

5) daytime phone minutes are getting used up waaaaay faster than they used to...

6) having a drink at any time during the day (cough, morning) is completely acceptable, if not encouraged. butttt if this continues for too long, paying for those little refreshers might get tricky.

7) I'm a really good sleeper.

8) The beach is way more fun on a Wednesday.

9) You CAN live on a carton of eggs, loaf of bread and the misc. stuff in your freezer for two weeks.

10) I'm really, really, reeeeeally thankful its summer.

11) i'm also very thankful for my 5+ years experience and dazzling personality ;)

golden goddesses

i've never been much of a kiwi girl. the seeds crunch funny, its too tart and really, what's up with the fuzzy outside? as pretty as they can be dressed up in a salad or whatever, i could do without them.

so when i ran into the golden kiwi booth at blogher, i was a bit skeptical. then again, it was lunchtime and left the house in a hurry without breakfast. so free food? okay. and boy was i surprisingly pleased with their deliciousness. while the gold kiwis have the same texture as the green, they were much juicer and tasted more like a melon with hints of banana. i was in love.

since, i've been looking for them at the farmers markets, my go-to produce shop, stanleys and other local grocery stores. last night i found them! i bought three and just about 12 hours later...they are gone. i even choose to eat one of those OVER ice cream last night!

they are truly tasty. have you tried them?

GPOYW - 'PS I Love You' style

we all know those couples. the ones that are disgustingly cute and perfect for each other. the ones you want to hate, but can't help but adore. odds are they have the most darling candid photos framed around their apartment of them looking so happy and in love. yes? no?

well i like to pretend life is - or CAN be - like that. enter my puppies and sunshine outlook...

so the first time i saw 'PS i love you' and they flashed all of those charming photos of the couple laughing with that look in their eyes...i couldn't help but say to my girlfriends - "SEE. i want THAT!" - "Ang, life isn't like that..."

maybe not. but maybe so...

since then, we have settled for photos of ourselves trying to channel that glowing affection mirrored in the movies. we have tried and tried and tried - but it wasn't till this weekend we finally nailed it!

so today's GPOYW is brought to you with a theme - fueled by sangria and sunshine. very suiting.

recap explosion

these past few weeks have been too good for words, quite literally (ie: the lack of posts). sometimes you know, wait and anticipate those amazing days/weekends/weeks. but others, the ones which you have no expectations for, that somehow end up soaring to the top of your 'best week ever' list - THOSE are the gems. and that's where i've been - most of the time, bellied over with laughter.

but i'd be silly not to share a little of that goodness with you...

BLOGHER:
sure, i was excited but i'm not sure i grasped HOW MUCH FUN it would be. all the energy - familiar faces - meeting virtual friends for the first time in real life - the parties - the inspirational/hilarious women - the endless food - the seemingly never-ending drinks (unless you're talking about water) - the hundreds of photo opps - etc, etc. it was overwhelming and exhausting in a fantastic way.

on top of all that, we got to meet the butter queen herself, paula deen! as a long time food network fan, i was a bit overjoyed...and a whole lot nerdy.

case and point.

however, seeing paula deen was not 'the highlight of my saturday' - paula deen making fun of me in front of the entire crowd (in the most endearing way possible with her thick ass southern accent) was probably the highlight. oh what am i talking about? in case you missed my tweets, paula was telling a story and apparently it was gonna get a bit racy but then she saw me up in the front. she stopped mid sentence, looked at me and said:

paula: myyyyyyy GOODNESS! are you grown? (like a full size adult)
paula: i don't want to say anything that might not be okay for your ears... how old are you?
me: yeahhh i'm 27 - under a spat of giggles and undoubtedly a bright red face.
paula: {GASP} reeeeallly?! oh dear. you're gonna like that when you get older...

then she went back to her business.

now i know i have a bit of a younger face and yes, i'm short as shit...but under 18?! COME ON. like i look young enough for her to interupt herself and call me out?! aaaand not to mention this sort of thing happened all weekend at least twice more. incredible. thank you? wev, i'll drink to that...cause I CAN!

MARKET DAZE:
why is it the gays can party the rest of the population under that table? its really incredible. there was lots of delicious sangria thanks to kafka, endless entertainment thanks to everyone and dancing - but isn't there always dancing? i think this lovely day is best described with photos, however, i'm certain that doesn't do it justice either. you'll just have to trust me on this being one of the best, if not THE BEST, days of the summer.






i feel like we just keep out-doing ourselves. i'll think we had the best time ever, then the next weekend happens - and the cycle repeats itself.

now i have back-to-back weekends of well overdue visitors which will be filled with much of the same antics. its hard to complain from where i'm sitting...

true love

i admit it. i'm a bit late jumping on the HBO series bandwagon - but i'm no stranger to vampires. so when i started hearing hype around true blood, i knew i needed to check things out for myself. two weeks later, 5 netflix discs and several hours of cursing a buffering computer screen, i was all caught up and ready for last sunday's episode. (in case you're counting, thats 18 hours of  bill compton.)

but oh too soon i was reminded i don't know how to use my tv or frankly do anything to do with my cable. i could *hear* sookie stackhouse whining, but i couldn't *see* what in the hell sookie stackhouse was whining about - or better yet, what in the hell hair was doing this time. so i did what any mature adult would do. i played with it for a long 5 minutes, bitched on gchat, pouted on the couch and put on friends.

fast forward to the next evening and my hero kevin saved the day, once again.
he:
1) found the buried HBO channels that have both audio and visual
2) showed me how to work my comcast on demand
3) changed my life forever.

i haven't been a dedicated tv-watcher since high school, but i have a distinct feeling that is all going to change. now, i can sit down and watch an entire season of entourage? or just play a random movie at the click of a button? and pause things? incredible. earth-shattering, even. i know, i know, welcome to 2009 ang...

now i just need a tv bigger than my ipod screen and i'll be good to go.

any other die hard true blood-ers out there?