Chris... Can I Borrow Your Wheelchair?

Brittany + No Sleep + Heels + Slippery Sidewalk = Skinned palm x 2 + Bloody & Swollen Lower Leg + Extreme Soreness

 

Yeah, that's right.  I am a gimp.  Well, if I wasn't before... I certainly am now.  I was running (actually, I was walking...) to a very early morning meeting yesterday and the sidewalk was a tad slippery from rain the night before.  I am not sure what exactly happened... but the next thing I know... me and my bags are on the ground.  Thank god no one saw me... skirt askew... ankle strap of my heel torn.. bloody knee... bloody palms... and the meeting was in a half hour.  I picked up my bags almost crying because I was in so much pain... I limped my way to the conference room and attempted to clean myself up while I set the room in order.  Needless to say my leg from the top of my knee to my ankle proceeded to swell up 3 times my other one and I ended up working from home.  What a damn day...

Anyway... I pray that my day goes a bit better than yesterday.  Dior's 2007 Wearable Collection was presented in Paris yesterday.  I went the simple route with picking this dress as my favorite (minus the Koosh Ball stuck to her head...)Also, proof that my style is coming back... I started carrying clutch purses a couple years before they came back... last year I started carrying a 'pocketbook' style purse and what do you know..? It pops up in Dior's collection.  I. Am. Awesome.  Ha~ Just kidding. 

 

Daily Cuteness

LOL.  So AWESOME.  Click here and be prepared to go AWWWWW.  The last picture is the best...

Stronger

A person close to me said today that to compare the person I was 6 months ago and the person I am now... I have changed dramatically.  I am stronger and welcome challenges.  I stick up for myself more than I ever did.  What this change is... I am not sure... I hope it's a good thing.  I still have my moments of being weak... I am extremely afraid that I will fail at this new job.  But I am certainly more prepared... at the very least, I know what I want.  This weekend is filled with studying.  I am looking for quiet.. so hopefully I can find some.  Anyway... enough babbling.. on to the good stuff...

My token Family Guy Clip.  I hate dislike Tom Brady.

Gotta love mainstream media. 

My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words (Not my favorite song by them... but.. meh..)

And finally... I show a lot of the new(er) music that I like... Here is something old.  Seeing as Led Zeppelin was "before" the YouTube time.. (I know.. crazy... but it's possible)...  This is set to clips of Aragorn and Arwen...?  I've only watched a couple of the movies... Still it's pretty and the song is wonderful.  I am off for the weekend.   

It's The End Of The World As We Know It

And I feel fine...  Okay, maybe not so much.  Click here to read why my day has started off on a not so good note.

So over the weekend the IT group decided to 'fix' or something the issue.  I guess this means they decided to resend every single meeting invitation from every single calendar... Meaning hundreds of emails... I have a meeting invitation I send out to over 200+ people... which means I am going to get accept and decline notices from 200+ people.  That's just one series.  I also manage calendars of 5 different people... Meaning each meeting series x 5.  This is going to be a very long day. 

Anyway, I didn't watch the Oscars but I am catching up on my dose of Oscars fashion.  Not surprisingly my favorite dress was a Nina Ricci design worn by Reese Witherspoon. 

And here is a funny clip from the show... Hopefully it stays posted on YouTube.

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

 

Why is it that when you start to look in a mirror you become your harshest critic?  I sat for a bit looking into a mirror.  At first I saw tired blue eyes... the whites had been grayed out with pain and fatigue... then I saw these mysterious lines that seem to have popped up over night.  I can't have wrinkles... I wish I was still 5!  I get silly and self-deprecating and it's so very sad.  I don't know a single person that likes everything about themselves... especially the way they look.  But at what point do you accept your flaws?  As a girl and as a person that has gone through many... many.. health issues... there hasn't been a single day where I am not concerned with how I look.  I can be my own harshest critic but I have had a few people fill that spot for me just fine.  I understand it's hard not to judge someone by looks alone... but will it always matter?  At some point  my hair will go gray... at some point my face will be covered in wrinkles... I suppose that if I am happy... none of it should it matter.. But it does.  I know it does, you know it does, everyone knows that it does.  Some days it's just exhausting to be so concerned.  I have never been comfortable in my own skin.  I don't want to be one of those people that needs another person to validate their existence.  I don't want another person to be my sole source of positive thoughts about me.  I should be able to create them on my own.  Even if they aren't true... It's late.  I should go to bed.

Can't Wait

It's the weekend!  I am not sure why I am looking forward to it so much.  I am not really doing much of anything... but maybe that's why I am so excited... Hmm.. anyway, I have no news.  No news is good news - sort of.  So now I can make my really long post full of videos, half of which no one will like.  Ha!  Have a good weekend! 

God I can't wait to be a mom.

Why is it the songs I like are not available with the original video but with Final Fantasy clips? 

Time for a pretty song...

No video for this song... just the music...

I found another documentary I want to watch.  My Mother's Garden

Alright, my mind checked out after I woke up this morning... Back on Monday~

I Love Ellen

Who doesn't?  I probably won't watch the Oscars but I will be looking for the Red Carpet Arrivals... Yeah... I am superficial like that.... Okay.. I am out for good!

Apples and Grapes

"Women are like apples on trees.  The best ones are at the top of the tree.  Most men don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt.  Instead, they sometimes take the apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy.  The apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing.  They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.

Now men... men are like a fine wine.  They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with."

Breathtaking Day

I hate California.  I want rain.  I want cold.  I don't want sunny crappy days with crappy warmth and crappy clear skies.  Give me frostbite and wind chill factor.  Give me snow and constantly wet feet.  I want it all.  I want to gladly break out my wool coats and my warm scarves (some knitted by me)... I want to walk through the rain puddles and get full use out of my awesome umbrella.  Please!  GIVE ME RAIN!!!

I am running on very little sleep.  Give me a break please.  Here is a picture of sunny crappy Malibu, California.

Stumble

Another early Tuesday that is shaping up to be a long one.  I didn't sleep much last night and probably won't sleep much tonight either.  I have one more meeting to attend and then class tonight.  I don't have much to say today either... here is some music...  maybe tomorrow I will be back on track...

John Mayer and his awesome facial expressions...