August 9, 2007
· Filed under August Happiness Challenge, lipgloss
I was cleaning my bathroom the other day and came across a little tube of lipgloss that I had never used. It was part of a sampler pack that a friend had received in a goody bag at a party. It seemed so bright. It was an orangey red looking color, but very sheer in the tube. It was late, I wasn’t going out, I tried it on. It changed my life. For months I have been looking for a nice gloss that gave me some color on my very neutral lips and had a nice pink tint of spring.
FOUND IT!
Dewy Jube Lipgelee by MAC is a wonderful, wonderful thing.
July 27, 2007
· Filed under Mom, Nashville, Noodle, bars, baseball, books, boys, carbs, cats, crushes, dog, drinking, food, friends, fun, furry friends, fuzzy friends, girfriends, handbags, job, life, lipgloss, music, musicians, obsession, radio, responsibilty, restless
Seven years ago today I became an official resident of Nashville. I moved into my little apartment with only a bed, a TV, a stereo, 2,000 CDs, an air mattress and a lawn chair. It was the scariest and most exciting thing I had ever done. I had no job. I knew no one. I had enough money to live for about 2 months. The first few days were exciting. The next couple of months were terrible. Then I started to make friends. I had a job that was paying the bills nicely. I went out more–which is good since my apartment was way more ghetto then I had noticed moving in and the shootings and drug busts seemed to happen in the late evening and were all cleaned up by the time I got home.
I fell madly in love, not with a person, but with my city. The place I had decided to make my home felt more like my home then any place I had ever lived. The first time I flew back to L.A. I was almost sick at the thought of leaving. I remember being at the Cleveland airport waiting for my connecting flight and the gate next to mine was a flight to Nashville and I just wanted to get on it and go home! I missed my L.A. friends and my mom terribly….but it simply wasn’t home any more.
In the past 7 years I have laughed more and cried more and learned more then in the 26 years before. I have met the most amazing people. I have made the most wonderful friends. I have stayed in touch with my L.A. friends (something I’m quite proud of!) and have even shown them the wonders of Nashville and they too, have quite a crush on this city of mine. I am still dumbstruck at the natural beauty of this area.
I love the creativity that seems to permeate the air. I love the fact that on Sundays, it feels like a very small town, it’s so quiet and slow and lovely. I love the smell right after a big thunderstorm. I love the smell of the air when you cross the state lines (the air in Tennessee is just sweeter…I don’t know why!) I love that I can eat corn nuggets at a meat and three and thai food on the same day. I love sitting in Centennial park and reading. I love seeing indie movies at the Belcourt and drinking fair trade coffee at Fido. I love knowing that macaroni and cheese is a vegetable and that sushi is great fried. I love to sit on the patio at Jackson’s and drink vodka tonics with my friends AND my dog. I love the country boys in pick-ups and the rocker boys in black. I love popsicles from Las Paletas and sweet potato fries from Bobbie’s Dairy Dip. I love that I “rescued” all three of my pets…..but I know that they actually rescued me. I love Thirsty Thursday at Greer Stadium. I love being able to hear the cannon when the Titans score a touchdown. I love hearing a song on the radio and know that the artist was at the table next to me the night before. I love being an 8 hour drive away from Chicago. I love being a half hour drive from the middle of nowhere. I love tomatoes in late July and shephard’s pie at Family Wash in late January. I love being able to walk into Corner Bar and have my drink ready for me before I sit down. I love that we now have a Sephora AND multiple places to get good fish tacos. I love pupusas at Las Americas and the accessories at Pangea. Really, the list goes on and on and on……
I can’t believe it’s been 7 years. Somedays it feels like I just got here and other days it feels like I’ve lived here my whole life. I’ve had a pretty transient life, but I now know that I have found my home and that is a very re-assuring fact.
July 16, 2007
· Filed under blogette, boys, fun, fuzzy friends, lipgloss
so, I was in the pool for over 3 hours yesterday–thanks JK Rowling– and as a result, I think I sunburned my lips. They just hurt a bit and are more colorful and “bee sting” looking then normal. So it’s actually a good thing.
I’m pretty sure they are more kissable then normal too…..and I have just the person in mind. *sigh*
That is all. Nothing more to see here. Move along.
May 28, 2007
· Filed under Noodle, boys, carbs, cats, control freak, cute, design, dog, fears, furry friends, habits, haircolor, handbags, life, lipgloss, obsession, responsibilty, shoes, soap box, t-shirts, video
….I have a bunch of old blog type things here
Yes, a myspace account is needed, but who doesn’t have one of those?
May 23, 2007
· Filed under Noodle, boys, carbs, cats, dog, fears, habits, haircolor, handbags, life, lipgloss, responsibilty
Here is a collection of random things that everyone is dying to know about me–ha ha ha
- my initials are HRH and I am fine with people treating me as royalty.
- I love carbohydrates…..they may be my one TRUE love.
- If carbs ARE NOT my one true love, then my dog Noodle is. Getting him makes me understand that I probably shouldn’t have children if for no other reason then to avoid the obsessive behavior that will accompany them.
- I fear that if I don’t have children, all the weird, wacky and wonderful experiences of my life will die with me.
- I like to match my underwear to my outfit.
- My memory is very effected by smell.
- I have very little inherent creative talent, but I like to surround myself with those who do.
- Trivia is where I shine.
- I once got kicked out of Denny’s for singing the Beastie Boys “Paul Revere”–the whole thing. While standing on a chair. After eating a “Moons Over My Hammy!”
- I judge “fast casual” restaraunts by their ranch dressing.
- I have two cats. I love them. I had to get a dog instead of another cat to avoid being “crazy cat lady,”–a peril of being single.
- I love boys.
- I was tasered in high school.
- I carried around a snoopy MUCH later then I should have. I ended up having a small piece of his ear that I would sleep with. I lost that at the age of 22, in a Vegas hotel. Snoopy deserved better then that.
- I can be a dumbass AND a smart ass–often simultaneously.
- I had a job I hated for 5 years.
- My boss at my old job once told someone that I “could not be saved.” It was a Christian company.
- Musicians can get away with anything with me.
- I don’t like to write in blue ink.
- The company I currently work for often provides beer. It is NOT a “Christian” company.
- I like the way boys smell…even when they are kind of dirty.
- I don’t like it when my dog smells dirty, or gets wet. Good thing he likes the hair dryer.
- Sometimes I wake up and am sucking my thumb.
- I like to read quotes and intend to quote folks in my daily speech. Instead I usually just say stupid things….or quote lyrics or movies.
- Shoes and handbags are my weaknesses, well, those and cute boys….and tonic drinks….
- When I go to concerts, I like to sit in the even numbered seat.
- My tongue is very short.
- My second toe is longer then my big toe—which is rumored to be a sign of intelligence.
- I don’t like to write in blue ink.
- The first song I heard at work today was “Miss Independent” by Kelly Clarkson…and it pretty much made me able to handle anything thrown my way!
- I am a Sagittarius. When asked at about 4 years old what my sign was (God love the 70s!) I said “vegetarian”–I say it was pure wit–not stupidity!
- I love lip gloss and any other lip product.
- I cannot tell you what my natural haircolor is as I am sure it has changed in the 16 years I’ve been coloring it.
- My nicknames include; Heeter Lou, Goochybird, Guccia, Birdhead, Heathera, Steve Guchenberg, Ha Ha (pronounced “hey hey”) and Gucci….to name a few.
- I can tie a knot in a cherry stem using my tongue.
- I would rather freeze to death then burn to death (although I’d rather die peacefully in my sleep most of all!)
- I like tattoos.
- Celebrity gossip is something I can’t break myself away from.
- I am a voyeur, which is why myspace is so lovely!
- The word lovely makes me smile. I can use it in both positive and negative ways. I can even use it sarcastically.
- Sarcasm must be had to survive in my family.
- Often times I don’t think I know what I’m doing at work….but it all seems to work out.
- I think I have body dysmporhic disorder—but the opposite of most. I think my body looks better then it actually does.
- Deviled eggs make me happy, unless they have onion in them.
- I’ve been on “America’s Funniest People.”
- No, you can’t see the tape.
- I was once in two newspapers on the same day for different reasons. Neither of which were crime related.
- I wrote a play with 2 other people in the 2nd grade. We performed it for the school. I was Suzy Stegosaurus. That was one of the reasons I was in the newspaper.
- I’m an only child.
- I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom. Ok–not really, but if you know where that line comes from is it pretty safe to say we can be best friends.
- I know for a fact that the security guards at the Flamingo in Las Vegas, frown on you singing “Cheeseburger in Paradise” while walking along the edge of their planters in the casino.
