So a while back I turned 30 years old. As part of this momentous occasion my dear mother came into town. And what is one to do when you both run 30 and have a mother around? Why drink copious amounts of vodka, of course! So while everyone, including my mother, was drinking cheapo drinks at a hipster bar, Emily made a discovery that is priceless. My mother has Mike Ditka's cell phone number. She swiftly and secretly acquired the number and programmed it into her phone.

Now skip forward to the Superbowl. It just happens that Da Bears are playing. What better time to call Mike and see how he feels about his beloved team loosing? Emily apparently thought the same thing and called him. Better yet Ditka answered!



Also check out her archive, December 2007 to read about this picture and how it pertains to moi.



That's awesomeness all around.

Normally the news pisses me off, or makes me wonder wtf?! Well today the news had a different affect on me. It made me chuckle.

New topic #1:

A NASA astronaut who drove hundreds of miles to confront a romantic rival, wearing diapers on the journey so that she would not have to stop to use the restroom, appeared in court today after being arrested on attempted kidnapping and other charges.

Oh so many things to say about this. She worked for NASA and was a loon? Astronauts wear diapers? No one ever taught me that in 4th grade when I was learning about Astronauts, I feel kinda jipped. Thanks a lot Ms. Harrington. I could go on but I'm oh so eager to move on to topic #2.

1. 2: One of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard said the disgraced minister emerged convinced that he is ''completely heterosexual. I'm sorry but if you like sticking your penis up someone's ass you are not 100% hetero. If you like getting head from someone who is the same sex as you you are not 100% hetro. ''He is completely heterosexual,'' Ralph said. ''That is something he discovered. It was the acting-out situations where things took place. Acting out the situations? Did he give gay sex another go and was like "nah"? I'm so confused. This is so typical of christian evevangelical/fundamentialists. They "cured" yet another gay. I would have had way more respect for the dude if he was like "so I like meth and getting head from a dude every now and then".

I actually cooked for myself. It was so worth it. I made the guac and pico from scratch. I'll be having left overs tonight, mmm.

I have a love hate realtionship with all the electronics in my life. I love them and they hate me. Ok so maybe that one time I dropped my laptop I wasn't loving it as much as I should, but still. In any case I have a variety of disabled electronics. This weekend a miracle happened. I knew eventually it would. My ipod started working again! For one year it has:

1. refused to take a charge
2. refused to load new songs
3. refused to turn on
4. refused to accept the love I was clearly trying to give it

On Sunday at 10:30 am EST a miracle happened in a little studio apartment in Jersey City. My ipod returned to life. I knew it would someday. All it needed was me loving it and never giving up hope. Below is H to the Izzo in all her working ipod glory.

I can't decide if I like it or it annoys me.

Can't Damon Albarn just stay in one band for a while and see how that works out?

Take a listen: