*sigh*

I know I haven't blogged in a while, but to tell ya the truth, my life is REALLY boring lately! This is pretty much how my day goes:

Wake up
Get dressed for the gym
Eat breakfast
Go to gym
Run errands (if I have any)
Go home
Eat lunch
Get online to job search
Job search
Job search
Job search
Eat Dinner
Job search
Watch a movie
Fall asleep while watching movie

See why I haven't written lately? Who wants to read that? Some of my monotony has been broken up by trips to Old C's (usually Tuesdays and Thursdays) and seeing some other friends as well. However, on the whole, I'm not too much fun to be around these days.

We did finally nail down my parent's plans to come out here for the Bolder Boulder and my dad and I officially registered yesterday! That is exciting. The race is on Memorial Day (Monday) and they are coming out Friday and leaving Tuesday. I'm very very excited, and nervous.

I would do an edition of "Not Me Monday" but it really wouldn't be that fun, so I'm leaving you with this... and that'll have to do.

What I like about you

Well, not really what I like about you per se... but this week Mama Kat's #3 is List your five most recent favorite things.

Here goes...
1) Harry Potter. The books. The Movies. Everything.
2) 24 Hour Fitness... More specifically my trainer Travis.
3) Anything on Food Network. Given
4) Daytime TV filled with court shows and Maury
5) Chocolate. Goes with #2 :-P

That wasn't too bad. Alright... good night!

It continues

The job search continues. I had an interview today... it was alright but I'm not too into the total commission based jobs that have no health insurance and where all my leads come from current clients' referrals. I'm not really sure about it all. I have another interview on Wednesday, but am pretty sure they will work the same way as the one today did.

On a happy note, Comcast is coming to install our internet on Wednesday afternoon! That means... yes... I don't have to pilfer internet from others!! It really has been a pain in the ass having to go to the library or a friend's house just to get online so I'm glad we are finally taking care of that.

Well, that's about it for my exciting life... LAME

Food Network Challenge!

Tomorrow night is the first time that the Chocolate Masterpieces will show on Food Network!! It's on at 6:00pm Mountain Time... You should check your local listings for the correct time. If you go to Food Network Challenge and watch this clip you can see the preview of the show AND you can see me sitting behind the woman judge when it's a close up of her. I look very serious. Well, I HAD just sat there for 8 hours!!

I hope you watch and see me!! I'll update you when I know when the next taping I went to is on!!

Life is like...

Getting a free box of chocolates in the mail!!! Now maybe you didn't read my blog post that said that I won the "Why did I do that?" contest on Kris's blog... but I did and since she works in a chocolate shop (like a real, we-make-it-all-here-by-hand type) she MADE me chocolates and sent them to me. (Check out their website) Now despite the fact that she graciously turned down my offer to deliver them to me personally, I received them today in the mail... and let me tell ya, they were worth the wait!! Not only did I get an amazing box of chocolates, she also sent me an adorable book that I'm almost 1/2 way through already. Ready to take a look??

Beautiful Packaging!!

The first layer!!!



The Second layer!!!!

Now for those of you who watch LOST and saw last night's episode, I have to admit that when I lifted up the first layer of chocolates I only half expected to see a pistol underneath a la Sun (who is by far my favorite character in the show).

Anyway, the prize is AMAZING and you should all be jealous!! Now how to fit these in my diet....

Deny Deny Deny....

This week's Writer's Workshop was a pretty easy pick for me...

1.) Tell us about a lie you told that you later regretted.

This one goes down in history...

When I was 16 I got my driver's license. Oh the freedom! Oh the joy! Oh the responsibility! One particular Sunday afternoon I was driving to my grandma's house. She only lived about 15 minutes away, but the easiest way to get there was to drive on route 30 through town. I was sitting at a stoplight and things were going good... suddenly, I drifted into the car in front of me!! I wasn't paying attention and I was looking around.... Well, I was HORRIFIED!! Seeing as how we were in the far right lane, he took the next right turn and, well honestly, he didn't look like he was stopping and if he wasn't going to stop then I certainly wasn't going to stop... So I continued to go strait off to my grandma's house. Once I got there I looked at the bumper, not even a scratch. Come on, I didn't hit him that hard or anything!! No harm no foul... RIGHT???

Well a few days later the York County Sheriff's office called looking for my mom (who the car was registered under) about a hit and run on SATURDAY. My mom and I were at the movies on the day of the alleged hit and run. Phew... got out of that one. My mom invited them down to the house to look at the car. No marks, couldn't have possibly been in an accident. The cop showed up and as he talked with my parents I sat in my room on the phone with McMean, my bff. Her advice, if they have the wrong day and can't prove it... deny deny deny. Suddenly there was a knock on my door and my dad came in. "Did you hit a car on Sunday??" GULP... "Yes sir" "Well you better come down here and talk to the cop then." I hung up with McMean and there I was, about to get hulled off to jail for tapping the car in front of me never to go to prom or graduate or go to college!! I'd be an ex con for the rest of my life carving the days as they pass into my cell wall!!!

That's not really how it played out.... as you probably could guess. I got a ticket for $92 for reckless driving and since I left the scene of the accidnet, the guy claimed damage (I still don't know how) and I had to paint the outside of my dad's office building to pay for it. Oh yeah, I also had to sell one of my precious Beanie Babies. I had started collecting them before it was cool to collect them so I had some rare ones worth a lot of money.

So kids, don't EVER take your bff's advice when it comes to the cops... or at least make sure you have something of value to sell to make up for it!

Oh happy day...

Well, here's one good thing that's happened... I have an interview (?) tonight with the Colorado Stage Company Theatre as a stage manager. I'm pretty sure I have the job if I want it, but it's pretty far south from where I live, and I don't know if it's worth it for the drive ya know? It's 31 miles from my house which will equate to almost 1 1/2-2 hours of driving a night. Depending on when I get out... that's killer. However, it does pay ($600 for the whole run) and it would get me back into the theatre world (which is GREAT). One other concern I have is that I get a job that makes me pull out at the last minute. That wouldn't be good for ANYONE. So I'm a bit torn. I'll talk to the lady tonight about my concerns and we'll see what she thinks.

In other news...

Not a whole lot. I've lost 5 pounds in the past 2 weeks which is awesome. I've been at the gym 6 of the 7 past days. I'm taking today off becuase 7 days in a row isn't good for your bod. I need some rest!! It is a GEORGOUS day today here in Colorado. It's about 60degrees and sunny. How wonderful!! The rest of the week is also suppposed to be nice.

Tomorrow I'm going to a job fair. I've never found these to be particularly helpful but it's worth a try and besides, I have to apply to at least 5 places a week in order to qualify for unemployment... and that'll knock them all out at once (not as if I'm not applying all over anyway).

I'm at Ben's right now hanging out with his sister and using their free interwebs... as I STILL have none at home... which is killing me.

I have also become rediculously obsessed with Harry Potter lately. I'm on book 4 and as of today, own all 5 movies. (just bought #5 today) I've been watching the movies back to back one after the other. The only thing I can think of that explains this new weird habit is that I don't want to watch any movie that might make me think about real life. That would probably just depress me. So I watch movies that are completely nonsense. I have a feeling that after Harry Potter runs it's course, I'll move on to Disney movies. What can you do?

Alright, I'm out.... time to check craigslist again... what a bunch of crap....

It's like Blockbuster, with books... and it's free!!

Yeah, so I've been frequenting the good ole' library lately job searching and what not. Westminster has a pretty nice library all things considered. It's at a local college so parking is free, but sometimes it's rediculously croweded. Today their wireless isn't working so I had to wait 15 minutes just to get on the public computer. Lame. I must admit, there are some good qualities to being laid off...
~I don't have to work (obviously)
~I don't have to do what anyone tells me to do.
~I have time to run errands without there being a million other people out doing the same thing becuase it's the weekend or right after work.
~I have time to devote to myself like going to the gym and cooking yummy meals.
~I get stuff done! Today I went to the gym, went home, cooked breakfast/lunch, filled out some paper work, made some phone calls, drove to the parent company of OS to turn in some "hey you got fired" paperwork, and then came up here to the library. Before I go home I'm going to go to the post office and tonight I'm going to see Richard III with Giggles et all.
~I don't have to talk to the nazi or Wind Pants EVER AGAIN!!!

So as you can see, there are several perks to being unemployed. There are, however, some not so good things...
~I don't get paid for doing all the above things (bummer)
~I don't get insurance for doing the above things (bummer)
~I have to spend a good amount of my time looking for a new job, which will seriously cut down all all the good things I have going right now.

All in all I've found nothing on the job front. How can so many companies be hireing but so many people are still unemployed??? I don't get it.

Well, I only have a limited amount of time here on the public computer... 21 minutes remaining in my session... whatever will I do. Better look for a job.....

Don't worry...

I'm still alive, but between being laid off and Roommate#1 moving out and taking the internet with him, I've been a little scared on internet time. Currently I'm sitting in the parking lot of Circuit City stealing their wireless... how classy is that???

More later... I hope.