I guess I'm a thinker

Elizabeth [2:10 PM]:

all right

Elizabeth [2:10 PM]:

this is rediculous

Elizabeth [2:10 PM]:

i do not know how to be flirty!!

Elizabeth [2:10 PM]:

i really don't.

Carly [2:10 PM]:

haha

Elizabeth [2:10 PM]:

dang it

Elizabeth [2:11 PM]:

so he says, we should do another elizabeth/brad fun day soon.

Elizabeth [2:11 PM]:

i mean, how the heck do i respond to that - instinct = really? you want to hang out with me after my team lost to the #1 team in the nation? how sweet of you

Elizabeth [2:11 PM]:

hahahaha - i can't say that

Carly [2:12 PM]:

you're funny

Elizabeth [2:12 PM]:

but then how do i respond in some way that's not sarcastic??? i don't know how to do it!!!

Elizabeth [2:12 PM]:

carly....

Carly [2:12 PM]:

and i do?

Elizabeth [2:13 PM]:

this is where you tell me something brilliantly funny to say

Elizabeth [2:13 PM]:

come on - you at least know how to not be sarcastic...

Carly [2:14 PM]:

you're asking advice from the wrong person

Elizabeth [2:14 PM]:

you are annoying

Nikki has been added to the instant message conversation.

Elizabeth [2:15 PM]:

i need help nikki

Elizabeth [2:15 PM]:

you're supposed to tell me something flirty to say

Nikki [2:15 PM]:

ok

Nikki [2:15 PM]:

lol, me?

Elizabeth [2:15 PM]:

i can not do it! not even in email form

Nikki [2:15 PM]:

details

Elizabeth [2:17 PM]:

so the kid said - in email btw - which i personally think is extremely annoying - that "we should do another elizabeth/brad fun day soon:

Elizabeth [2:17 PM]:

what the heck and i supposed to say to that?

Elizabeth [2:17 PM]:

1st it's in an email - so i should be able to be flirty - but i do not have the ability.

Nikki [2:17 PM]:

hmm...

Elizabeth [2:17 PM]:

2nd it's in an email - so i think he's annoying for not actually asking me out

Elizabeth [2:18 PM]:

3rd its in an email which just again reveals how rediculous this whole thing is that we're still emailing

Elizabeth [2:18 PM]:

4th he lives in san diego and that's far.

Nikki [2:18 PM]:

oh my

Carly [2:19 PM]:

5th, 6th, 7th, 8th,...

Elizabeth [2:19 PM]:

there are many more but you've heard them before

Nikki [2:19 PM]:

so the question is, do you want another elizabeth/brad fun day?

Nikki [2:19 PM]:

stand by, visitor

Elizabeth [2:20 PM]:

hahaha, ugh...i don't know. i probably shouldn't although i did have fun. but at the same time i do not want a bf and if i keep seeing this guy he's going to ask me and that would be exhausting right now

Carly [2:21 PM]:

goodness girl

Carly [2:21 PM]:

you think to much

Carly [2:21 PM]:

just have fun

Elizabeth [2:22 PM]:

ugh - i responded - "what do you have in mind?"

Elizabeth [2:23 PM]:

but i put the sarcastic line in there too - hahaha

Carly [2:23 PM]:

that's fine

Elizabeth [2:23 PM]:

nikki you were of no help

Carly [2:23 PM]:

mine would of been like, 'okay.'

Elizabeth [2:23 PM]:

lol - that's hilarious

Nikki [2:29 PM]:

okay, you totally did not need my help

Nikki [2:29 PM]:

what you said, with sarcasm too is totally flirty

Nikki [2:32 PM]:

(reading back, i'm with carly, you think too much )

Elizabeth [2:32 PM]:

well, i'm a thinker - what can i say?

Nikki [2:32 PM]:

i suppose it's allowed

posted by Elizabeth 2:53 PM

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Full Throttle Evening

so last night in class we had a VP of Coca-Cola Full Throttle Energy drink come and speak to us about brand management. it was a great presentation - they have a funny mockumentary on their website. but she asked for 2 volunteers and i raise my hand and so does a kid in my group. so she calls us both up to the front of the room and has us pound a full 16 oz ice cold full throttle - with the lead (sugar) in 16 secs. hahahaha - i completely crushed my friend - who by the way is about 275 and 6'4"!! hahahaha it was awesome!

so the whole class my body is shaking - i'm completely wired and talking a million miles a second. and then i get home and try to sleep - awesome - can't. i proceed to clean my entire house, finish a book for school, made my lunch, packed a workout bag, and then laid in bed wide awake until 1:15am trying to get to sleep. i really never fell asleep. and now i'm still hyped on adrenaline. hahahaha - i can not handle those things past 6pm apparently... hahahahaha - so much energy.

posted by Elizabeth 8:51 AM

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

To cable or not to cable? That is the question.

So one of my best friends, Molly, lives directly across the hall from me – we were friends before I moved in across from her – it’s a total Friends thing – actually I’m more like Cramer from Seinfeld b/c I bust in whenever I feel like it. So Molly and her husband Kevin have the cable and internet for us three. More accurately: I use their internet. And somehow I’ve managed to go without cable since May when I moved in. We call ourselves roommates – it’s cute for me…not too sure how much Kevin is loving the arrangement. Hahaha. So Molly has been on business travel for what seems like forever – really since March. Withdrawals, my friends, withdrawals. Either way, Molly and I have been obsessed with TV since before we became friends – me more so than her for sure. The point of this blog entry is to show my unbelievable restraint and self-discipline in taking the many shows that I watched last season and see if I can not watch them this season – oh the agony! So the current arrangement is that I go over to their house to watch the TV shows that I’ve previously asked Kevin to record for me (b/c Molly’s out of town). I’m sure he’s thrilled that I’ll be there watching them all season. So, out of concern and respect for his space I’ve whittled down my entire Tivo schedule from last season to just 3 distinct shows – “how?” you ask – that’s a side story.

Let me remind you that last season I managed to watch all these shows while working at least 40 hours per week at my day job as an engineer, getting my MBA (2 classes per semester) and coaching private lessons in basketball. So my previous Tivo schedule is as follows:

Monday – Heroes, CSI: Miami

Tuesday – Boston Legal, CSI: New York

Wednesday – Prison Break, Lost

Thursday – The Office, CSI, Grey’s Anatomy, ER

Friday – Las Vegas

Sunday – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and

Sisters

*Additionally when new: What Not to Wear, Little People Big World, Miami Ink, Flip this House

Hmmm, doesn’t look like that many now that I’m writing it down…temptation...

So down to 3…well, I decided that I won’t die if I have to miss the CSI’s – they’ll be on Bravo and Spike in about 3 weeks anyway. Plus, I really just want to know what happens with Grissom and Sarah – I can get that from recaps from other equally obsessed friends. Here’s the tough spot: Heroes or Boston Legal??? I chose Heroes mostly because that show really just completely hooked me in a bad way. But also b/c the banter and wittiness in Boston Legal has been dropping disappointingly since Brad and Denise are having a baby – that whole situation was just awkward…downhill. Lost isn’t on yet so I’m pretending I don’t have to decide on that one. Of course the Office and Grey's – done and done. So those are the 3 – I cut ER b/c wow – that should have been cut from my pathetic schedule a long long time ago – with George Clooney. What can I say – I’m an equal opportunity TV watcher – love the good and the bad. So Sam inherited the Montecito from her ex-husband but now I’m thinking that’s not enough to keep me watching on Friday nights – plus, now that I stopped watching TV altogether I’ve become a little more choosy in which shows I want to watch – weird, I know. I deleted Sunday lineup from my list and here’s why. I will probably catch them anyway – but I don’t want to have to watch desperate. Ugh – but I love that show sooo much! I really need to find out what happens to Gabby’s new marriage and this kiss with Carlos…? I’m thinking I may just have to play Sunday night by ear.

posted by Elizabeth 10:33 AM

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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Introducing... Elizabeth?

Jeremy_Bear: Hello?

IM Friend: hey!

Jeremy_Bear: It's been way too long, ___.

IM Friend: waaay too long

IM Friend: the sushi was spectacular as usually

Jeremy_Bear: "As usually"?

IM Friend: i have to say it that way now after being in chiner - they always say it like that

Jeremy_Bear: Those Chiners!

IM Friend: i know!

IM Friend: awkward thing happened the other day

Jeremy_Bear: Uh oh. Go on.

IM Friend: well, i was hiking...this was a date - yes - i know - shocking - first one in over a year - hahaha

IM Friend: anyway, i found myself blabbering away at this kid about nothing

IM Friend: well, really it was all little somethings - but really nothing of real substance

IM Friend: i talked about how i came to not have cable, about my family's latest drama, about people in california

Jeremy_Bear: This "kid."

IM Friend: yeah, i think that's what i will call him - even though he's 6 years older than me

Jeremy_Bear: He's an idiot man-child. I get the picture.

IM Friend: idiot man-child?

Jeremy_Bear: An adult, but an emotional and intellectual child. Steinbeck-style.

IM Friend: he's not an idiot - he's nice. the awkward part was me - i was blabbering away talking waaaaay too much

Jeremy_Bear: Oh.

Jeremy_Bear: Well, it's understandable. The blabbering, I mean. Your first date in over a year.

IM Friend: i don't have a proper outlet for my stories

Jeremy_Bear: Mm.

IM Friend: so i found out nothing about this kid and he found out a lot about the things in my life - or at least what i think is funny.

Jeremy_Bear: That's polite of him.

Jeremy_Bear: So, what, you're worried he's going to take a hike now that you went motormouth on him?

IM Friend: no - i think he likes me - what's not to like?

IM Friend: i just didn't want to talk so much - i need to listen more

Jeremy_Bear: Come on, now.

IM Friend: i do have a lot to say

IM Friend: so jeremy - your blog - which is usually the awesomest read ever - is currently terrible

Jeremy_Bear: Currently, yes. We've already discussed this briefly in person. I'm the shame of the internets.

IM Friend: hahaha, so true. on more levels than one.

Jeremy_Bear: I feel a fool, ____. A damned... fool! I'm flatlining. My readership has dropped to near-nil. Where I used to enjoy record-breaking numbers... I'm now a joke! A crying clown!

Jeremy_Bear: Well, but hold on. Let me see if I understand this. You're loaded with things to say, but you end up exploding on intelligent man-children, which can be intimidating.

IM Friend: nice summary

Jeremy_Bear: That's a real problem.

Jeremy_Bear: Meanwhile, my blog sucks.

IM Friend: hahaha, it wouldn't if you'd put something up there - i mean really - this conversation would be better than nothing!

Jeremy_Bear: You know, it really would. As I see it, we're two people with problems, dear ____.

Jeremy_Bear: Listen, I love blogging. I really, really do but my schedule is 100% suck.

Jeremy_Bear: And when I do get a little time on my hands, I end up contributing to my comics blog (ObnoxiousBoners.com, kids!)

Jeremy_Bear: You know where I'm going?

IM Friend: i think i see a glimmer of the twinkle in your eye...

IM Friend: i could never blog...i'm too chicken

Jeremy_Bear: Oh, ____! Up yours! As if there were anyone on earth more born to blog than you!

IM Friend: i'd be afraid that someone would see and think it was silly

IM Friend: well, of course it would be silly, but in a good way

Jeremy_Bear: You're a blog waiting to happen.

IM Friend: ha! how so?

Jeremy_Bear: Listen, do you want to know my very first memory of you? You probably don't remember, do you?

Jeremy_Bear: The Harry Potter thing?

IM Friend: ?

Jeremy_Bear: Yeah, I thought so.

IM Friend: what?

Jeremy_Bear: Here it is...

Jeremy_Bear: I met you for the first time at ___ and ___'s house.

Jeremy_Bear: We were talking about short films and you exploded on the room with your "perfect idea for a hilarious short film."

Jeremy_Bear: Essentially, the plot, as you described it, centered around a group of people dressed as witches sitting in a living room. Someone dressed as Harry Potter shows up at the door. The witches turn and look at him. Roll credits.

Jeremy_Bear: I was flabbergasted! How could someone who thinks of films like this exist in the world?!

Jeremy_Bear: That night changed my life.

IM Friend: haaaaaaaaaaaaaa - i totally remember that - yes - i still FULLY agree that would be great!!

IM Friend: but you have it all wrong

Jeremy_Bear: I do?

IM Friend: the short would go like this:

IM Friend: a group of people dressed as the witches of harry potter are all watching harry potter.

IM Friend: all of the sudden the roommate walks in and without saying a word just look at him and then look back to the tv

IM Friend: hahaha, end scene

Jeremy_Bear: Yes, that was it. Sorry, that's far more sensible.

IM Friend: hahahaha! it's true- i have a lot of random things to say - but that is pretty funny that you still remember that from our first meeting.

Jeremy_Bear: How could anyone forget that? Okay, ____. That's it. This is foolish. Here's what I propose: for a month, you drive my blog.

Jeremy_Bear: You could be a guest host.

IM Friend: really? it would have to be anonymous...

IM Friend: i wouldn't want anyone to know that it was me. what if the kid read it?

Jeremy_Bear: Anonymity?

Jeremy_Bear: Surely people would figure it out.

IM Friend: how would people know it's me on your blog and not you?

Jeremy_Bear: Hah.

IM Friend: well, they'll know it's not you for sure

IM Friend: but won't they think it's an imposter?

Jeremy_Bear: I'd introduce you. Ladies and gentlemen, direct from the beaches of sunny Southern California, it's... well, wait. What am I supposed to call you?

IM Friend: elizabeth:-)

Jeremy_Bear: Okay, "Elizabeth".

IM Friend: nice - i like that intro

Jeremy_Bear: You could write about... gawd... you could write about anything!

IM Friend: the possibilities are endless!

IM Friend: this sounds pretty exciting

Jeremy_Bear: Yeah. Cooking tips, man troubles, the secrets to life, the universe and everything... it's why people come to JeremyBear.com

IM Friend: secrets to life - maybe i'll start there...

Jeremy_Bear: My site is stale. I need someone to bring the sexy back. Woo 'em! Titillate 'em!

IM Friend: you keep saying that word. i do not think it means what you think it means.

Jeremy_Bear: I think it means "old, dry and tasteless."

Jeremy_Bear: Wait, are we talking about "stale"?

IM Friend: (titillate)

Jeremy_Bear: Oh, right. It's true, I have no idea what it means. I saw it on TV once and thought I'd try it out. No good, huh?

IM Friend: no - i just really wanted to quote princess bride - the word works, especially in this context

Jeremy_Bear: So here's what I'll do. I'll set you up with editing permissions on my blog. From now until, I don't know, Thanksgiving, she's all yours.

IM Friend: all right jeremy - i think you have yourself a writer for a month. this is going to be fun!

IM Friend: so many people are going to read it and worlds will change

Jeremy_Bear: Who knows, maybe people will write in to assist you with your man woes.

IM Friend: haha - that would be great!

Jeremy_Bear: Here's your first piece of advice: lower your standards.

Jeremy_Bear: Carey did it and it worked out just fine.

IM Friend: k, i'm off to bed. i have so much to say - i wouldn't be surprised if i didn't have something ready by tomorrow!

Jeremy_Bear: If you're good, people will keep coming back. If you suck, people will be thrilled when I return. Either way, it's win-win!

IM Friend: :-)

Jeremy_Bear: It's all you, sister. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

IM Friend: this is big - but not too big. i like it!

Jeremy_Bear: Don't suck.

IM Friend: ha! I'm going to be great

Jeremy_Bear: An audience of tens is counting on you!

IM Friend: what's not to like?

Jeremy_Bear: I'll alert the internets.

IM Friend: i'll be ready

Jeremy_Bear: See you on my blog, then. Later.

IM Friend: night

posted by Jeremy Bear 11:45 PM

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