the landlord - outtakes..

the weekend is upon us

this weekend is festival mania here in the 'cuse!! there is a balloon festival, a greek festival, and a polish festival. i've never been to the balloon or polish festivals, and that probably wont' change again this year. the only festival that i go out of my way to attend each year is the greek festival. sooooo delicious food!

if possible this weekend i'd like to attend the farmers market. reading about how the "gluten-free girl" goes to the market all the time is inspiring me to go.

then there is drawing saturday morning. i should go to that too.

i had lunch with SF at the dark horse tavern today, very delicious black and blue salad. i love steak on my salads!

i think i am going to see a movie tonight with my roommates. either "knocked up" or "ocean's 13".

anyone besides me heard of "flight of the conchords"? its a new 30 min show on HBO. its about a couple of folk parody singers from new zealand trying to make it in NYC. pretty funny stuff. the accent alone makes me fall in love with them.

poor fatty

well yesterday was D day for fatty. she had her yearly hair appointment. they did a much better job this year than they did last year. they seemed though to have nicked her tail though. but they did make her tail look like a lion too. :)

last night trivia was a huge success. we got 180 out of a possible 260. the winner had 250 and there was a 3rd place tie at 225. we didn't even come close. but we had a damn good time doing it! i also had some of saranacs pomegranate wheat beer. soooo good. if you see it at your local beverage center i highly recommend picking it up...

here are pretty much all the questions. if you want to know the answers, email me.

within 2 years how old does nicole kidman turn this year?

what was the first successful walt disney cartoon movie?

a tv picture is made up of what 3 colors, know as TV Primary Colors...

name the song from the following lyric, "lips as sweet as candy, their taste stays on my mind"

within 3, what number US President was martin van buren?

what is the master gland of the endocrine system?

who was the first woman to host the oscars?

what is the last name of the founder of wal-mart?

how many verses are there in the star spangled banner?

within 2, how many of the 48 contiguous states have an ocean coastline?

who was the first player to break babe ruths home run record?

greenwich mean time differs by how many hours from EST?

in the TV world what do emily deschanel and deforest kelley have in common?

within 2, the 2007/2008 season of the simpsons will be what season number?

what type of creature begins with gills and then develops lungs? (name the term)

what country uses the letter D on its car license plates?

what is the first word of the preamble of the constitution?

give the 1 800 number to alexander and catelano.

spinach and black bean enchiladas

while cath was off at the casino gambling away her money, i made the most delicious and easy black bean and spinach enchiladas. MB even liked them and he doesn't like mexican.



i also found the most delicious green salsa i've ever had from a jar. ortega's salsa verde. i am buying all my arms can carry next time i go... i used the whole jar in the recipe. soooooooo gooooood.

its 930, i think its time for bed.

oh, and great news. i found at least 2 people to play trivia with tomorrow. wooooot! tomorrow is destined to be a good day.

a breakfast tale.

this morning i went about preparing my lunch/breakfast every morning like i usually do. i poured out 1/2 a cup of milk into a ziplock plastic container, poured 1/3 of a bag of peanut butter puffins into my ziplock bag and went on my merry way. well. i got to work and was disassembling my lunch box so i could put the perishable items in the company fridge and i looked down and though my milk container looked a little dirty. i passed it off as condensation. upon further investigation i realized it was that the container had collected all the dishwasher leftovers and they had dried inside the container on the edges and were removed by the skim milk. so i had a nice little bowl of dishwasher soup! so gross, where is the quality control on dishwashed items? i promptly went to the vending machine to buy some more milk, but all they had was chocolate milk. dishwasher 1, rebecca 0.

the weekend was a blast. MK and i had a nice dinner/beers at "malt river" in Latham and watched a few minutes of the game while we caught up. we phoned AL who happened to be partying with MV and MG. i wish i could somehow get a VM from my phone to my computer, cause MG left me a bizarre as ever VM.



next up was lunch with the kell(e)ys in the old neighborhood. nothing has changed. it was nice to hear about JKs trip to Europe. many interesting stories.

the night out with the ladies was a lot of fun. dinner was delicious as always... i think all of us were very full afterwards.









lk should have the pics up at some point. hopefully the edited version. ;)

i am looking really forward to HEKs wedding. it's going to be an interesting time to say the least, and i'm glad i can be a part of it.

funny tidbit...
this morning i had brunch with those of us that were sober enough to attend. we met at the pour house and as always there was little to no parking. i spied a small meter spot on newbury st and am always up for a challenge. not to mention i was already 15-20 minutes late meeting JN. so in RB fashion, i started squeezing into the spot. let me also mention that the spot was so tight that if i could have picked up my car and placed it in the spot i would have had literally 2 inches in front, and 2 inches behind between the 2 cars. but if you've ever been to boston you know that you sometimes need to bump the car or cars around you to fit in.. so i start bumping the one behind me, and the one ahead of me, and i start to grow a small audience on the curb.. well, about 4 more bumps to the front later the driver side door opens up and the driver leans out and glares at me. i immediately think, oh shit... i was already so late, and not about to give up the spot, so i acted like i knew what i was doing and leaned out of my door and rolled down my window and asked the guy to move his car forward an inch. :) he shook his head and started up the car and pulled it forward a foot or so. :) so i finished parking (still about 2 feet from the curb) gathered up my purse, grabbed some quarters for the meter and thanked the guy (who was still hanging out the car door) and went on my way. :) it was priceless. i think he was too in shock that i would hit his car repeatedly then ask him to move to be an a-hole about it. damn i'm a lucky girl.

thank god for air conditioning..

last night i went to bed early again (9pm) and laid in bed for about an hour and a half sweating profusely. it was time to get out the air conditioner. luckily cath the ever so helpful lent me a hand (and some choice advice) and we got it in my window. i love to sleep with my down comforter all year long. :)

today is equally as sweltering. i hate hot weather. give me a *dusting* anyday!

i'm really looking forward to meeting missy the great for drinks tonight. it'll also be sweet to watch the yankees lose again!

tomorrow is shaping up to be a monumental night. nooner wrote me to say that she "called" the kissing bandit, and she will be joining us too. good thing i charged up my camera battery! woooooooo who!!