LATE NIGHT HOTLINES
if you've watched tv anytime after 10pm, you've seen the commercials. maybe it's the one with some blonde chick talking in a low sexy voice cooing about how she loves to spend her time on the phone with strangers late at night. or maybe it's the one with the girl rolling around on her couch holding a cordless phone circa 2000 and smiling suggestively at the camera (something tells me the commercials double as proverbial fluffers before the main event, i.e. porn). the point is, they're all trying to convince you that these free-to-try hotlines are the best place to meet singles. men, women, animals, the like.
what i don't get is, WHO CALLS THESE NUMBERS?! bc i'm almost 100% positive they aren't effective. (but maybe they're popular bc the ads double in exposure every time i watch late night tv?) the commercials run all night, during every commercial break, and it's usually the same ones if not back-to-back. and every time i see one, i wonder what desperate soul is frantically dialing their cell phones (landlines are too dangerous... what if mom, dad or other "roommates" pick up the phone mid call?).
then i remember... if you have to ask, there's always someone dumb (adjective is interchangeable) enough to do it.
ps, a gem i picked up: "i smile so much now, you wanna know why?"
please, please, PLEASE tell me.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
the wedding of a lifetime
after years and years and years of being together, parting ways, resolving issues while apart and realizing that they were meant to be together, gary's (and my) friends robert + alex(andra) finally got engaged on november 30 (the day after my birthday). they married on september 27 and threw the wedding (party) of the century.
because the girlfriends weren't allowed to partake in the mild male-only events the night before (not to be confused with the bachelor party weeks ago), we drove up the afternoon of the wedding day to the hollywood standard to get ready. the bridesmaids (and bridesman + gf) stayed at the mondrian.
hosted at boulevard3 in hollywood, i can easily say it was the most beautiful wedding i have ever and will ever attend. the ceremony was short and sweet, but i never expected to cry. five times. the way he looked at her walking down the aisle, the way she looked at him, her dress, her christian louboutin shoes (kidding, sort of), the vows, etc., everything made me cry. then it was cocktail hour with an open bar for two hours before the amazing dinner and veuve cliquot toast. after all the pomp and circumstance was the real reception, when debauchery let loose inside and outside (in the photobooth). all the DJ pals played their sets and everyone tore it up on the dance floor. did i mention there was a photobooth? and a taqueria taco booth. no, really.
and nowwwwwwwwwwwwwww, pictures by samuel lippke!
(WARNING: they are cut off due to my template so please go to the website)
CLICK HERE for the rest.
because the girlfriends weren't allowed to partake in the mild male-only events the night before (not to be confused with the bachelor party weeks ago), we drove up the afternoon of the wedding day to the hollywood standard to get ready. the bridesmaids (and bridesman + gf) stayed at the mondrian.
hosted at boulevard3 in hollywood, i can easily say it was the most beautiful wedding i have ever and will ever attend. the ceremony was short and sweet, but i never expected to cry. five times. the way he looked at her walking down the aisle, the way she looked at him, her dress, her christian louboutin shoes (kidding, sort of), the vows, etc., everything made me cry. then it was cocktail hour with an open bar for two hours before the amazing dinner and veuve cliquot toast. after all the pomp and circumstance was the real reception, when debauchery let loose inside and outside (in the photobooth). all the DJ pals played their sets and everyone tore it up on the dance floor. did i mention there was a photobooth? and a taqueria taco booth. no, really.
and nowwwwwwwwwwwwwww, pictures by samuel lippke!
(WARNING: they are cut off due to my template so please go to the website)
CLICK HERE for the rest.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
love 'em/hate 'em
engagements and marriage are beautiful things. so why do wedding registries have to be so painful? i somehow always wait till the last minute and end up holding a 5-10 pg list of things the couple wants but already has about 1/4 and the other 1/2 the other guests have already purchased (including what i wanted to buy).
this has happened every. single. time. without fail. so a few weeks (or days) before a wedding, i'll be lost in crate & barrel or bloomingdale's or macy's or the pottery barn or some other place my friends have taken me to via request and i will have gone from really excited to shop to wanting to claw my eyes out because the bright lights are blinding me and everything starts looking the same.
i suppose i could solve the problem by purchasing things sooner but what's the fun in that?
this has happened every. single. time. without fail. so a few weeks (or days) before a wedding, i'll be lost in crate & barrel or bloomingdale's or macy's or the pottery barn or some other place my friends have taken me to via request and i will have gone from really excited to shop to wanting to claw my eyes out because the bright lights are blinding me and everything starts looking the same.
i suppose i could solve the problem by purchasing things sooner but what's the fun in that?
Monday, October 5, 2009
a wholehearted promise
real blog post(s) soon on:
- the wedding of a lifetime
- gifts and gift registries
- free $$$
- things i don't get
- how the internet ruins lives
- crossword puzzles and sudoku
- and more!
(i've come up with more blog ideas in the past five minutes than i have in months)
- the wedding of a lifetime
- gifts and gift registries
- free $$$
- things i don't get
- how the internet ruins lives
- crossword puzzles and sudoku
- and more!
(i've come up with more blog ideas in the past five minutes than i have in months)
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