Well, this post is about the Grey’s Anatomy musical episode, so if you have no interest in that, we probably aren’t friends. Just kidding. I still want to be friends. But this was very important to me, as far as television goes (which, for me, is kind of a lot). Grey’s Anatomy has been a staple of my regular TV week since freshman year of college, five years ago. What? Seriously? Five years ago?

Anyway. Yes. I’m old.

It’s just one of those shows I’ve grown with and never missed. I know I watch a lot of shows, but few as faithfully as this one. I’m just making myself sound even cooler with every word I type, aren’t I? This is why I’m terminally single, I am sure of it. It’s fine.

Back to the point of this post. This episode just about hit my expectations. I knew not to shoot too high, because a musical episode of a somewhat serious and somewhat ridiculous medical drama couldn’t be an episode of Glee, or any other musical comedy routine.

But really, as you’ll see in my next post, I am a lover of cheesy movies and television. It takes a lot - a lot – for me to consider something unwatchable. For me, unwatchable criteria usually consists of:

• Will it scare me?
• Will it scare me so much I’m afraid to turn the light off?
• Will I still be afraid when I wake up in the morning?

If the answer to more than one of those is yes, I don’t watch it. I’m a big wimp, I know. I’m only a little bit sorry. I just don’t like to be scared!

What I liked most about this episode was the song choice. I have to admit, I was a little – which actually means very – surprised they did not pick an Ingrid Michaelson song. They use so much of her music, and she actually wrote the main song for the season 4 finale. But otherwise, the song choice and the singing was great (at the least, we figured out who can and cannot sing on the show – whoops!).

Of course I immediately downloaded the soundtrack, which is great. I recommend you do the same. It’s only $8 – and it stars a Tony winner, Sara Ramirez. She is just the best. This is the track listing:

1. Chasing Cars
2. Breathe
3. How We Operate
4. Wait
5. Runnin’ on Sunshine
6. Universe & U
7. Grace
8. How to Save a Life
9. The Story

Each of these songs has an incredibly emotional tie to a specific season or moment in Grey’s history. Several of them hail from season three, which I would say was the best of the show. There’s just something about it. Chasing Cars and The Story were both finale songs, and incredibly emotionally involved. Anna Nalick’s “Breathe” played during one of the most breathtaking multi-part episodes of the series, the bomb episodes. All of these songs are just really meaningful.

I’m bummed there isn’t an immediate follow-up episode, but I guess that’s what you get when TV is so scarce and hiatus-y right now before sweeps in April and May. And I’m sorry if you think this was a waste of a post, but if you think that, you probably aren’t my friend. And I like to think that only friends read my blog.

I’m going to leave you with a clip from the end of season 2. If you’re thinking about watching Grey’s and don’t want to be spoiled, don’t watch this. Also, I saw the first two seasons on sale at Target for $20 tonight. Otherwise, watch it. It makes me cry every time – it’s so sad. But it’s also just very good. It was probably the height of Katherine Heigl’s Grey’s stint.

But I can’t tell you what it is or else it won’t happen again.

All in all, it was kind of a long day. I was hoping for something exciting to happen today, something that would get me pepped up, and while there were good moments, nothing really stuck out.

And then I got home and checked my email, and found out I won a giveaway from my friend Kitty on her crafting/law school blog. Let me tell you, this girl is creative and talented. And I’ve literally traveled the world with her. AND she runs some pretty spectacular giveaways. I’d suggest entering before she gets so popular there are hundreds of entries.

This is Kitty and I in 2007 in front of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Back when my hair was shorter and blonde. Weird, huh?

Seriously, I’ve made so many memories with this girl that I will never forget. We traveled from China, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii to back in Oklahoma, and lived together the semester after that. I have so many ridiculous pictures of us from that trip, doing all sorts of crazy things. It was great. I still miss it a lot.

Oh, right. What did I win?

Well, since you asked, I won a crocheted flower earwarmer from Chelsea at Polka Patch.

I know, right? I love these things. They’re so cute and so useful, too. The season might be going away, but I’m sure they’ll be back in full force next fall and winter, and I’ll have a brand spanking new one to bust out. It’ll be great, I’m tellin’ ya.

I do have some sad news, though. One of my favorite high school teachers, Teresa Spain, had a stroke last week and went into a coma because of it. We’ve all spent the past few days waiting to see if she would recover, and they moved her to hospice today. I can’t tell you how sad this makes me. She was my freshman English teacher, and she’s certainly part of the reason I majored in English. She had one of the greatest impacts on me during my time at EMHS, and this breaks my heart. So please pray for her – it looks like we’re too late for a recovery, but keep her in your prayers, please.

Look, guys, I’m a regular celebrity these days. Or at least, Twitter is making me feel like one. Tonight, through a chain of retweets, I found Pej Vahdat’s Twitter. And sometimes I’ll tweet at a celebrity (of any level – if they are on TV or a musician, I consider them celebrity), just to show my appreciation. Well, that sounds pretty self-righteous, doesn’t it?

That’s not what I meant.

Sometimes I just like to tweet at famous people. We’ve all done it. Don’t judge me.

Pej Vahdat is a recurring actor on one of my favorite shows, FOX’s Bones, as one of Dr Temperance Brennan’s (Emily Deschanel) squinterns, and last week he was on Grey’s Anatomy as a family member of a patient. I had no idea he was going to be on GA, and it was such a nice surprise to see him show up on screen.

Top: linQ; Skirt: Francesca’s; Tights and Pumps: Target; Jewelry: Francesca’s

There’s a lot going on in this picture. I really do prefer to take pictures outside – better lighting and all – but it is just too dang cold. Plus this shows off some really cute mannequins, right? Isn’t that long cardi adorable? I just love it.

Obviously I need to learn some better seated poses, because yikes. What? Great angle on those tights, though. My hair looks really red today, too, doesn’t it? I haven’t redyed it in a while. I’m not sure why it looks so bright. Oh well. I’m fine with it.

And now for the goober picture of the year:

Just kidding. This might be my favorite. Well, of these. It makes me laugh. It also makes me want to hang up those clothes hanging behind the mannequin. Oh well. And hey, you can see those awesomely giant earrings I wore at work today.

And the last thing: This morning was my abortion “discussion” in class. It was thought-provoking and fun, although I don’t think anyone’s minds were changed. There were some strong opinions shared, and a few moments where it felt a little heated.

But on the whole, I stood up for women’s rights, which I think is one of the most important things you can stand up for in an abortion discussion. Or in general. I just don’t understand who would want to live in a world where the alleged rights of a grouping of cells take precedence over the rights of a woman to govern her own body and choices. If you’re a gender normative male, I’m sorry, but you can walk past, nothing to see and drop patriarchy on here.

I know there are people who disagree with me, and you’re all welcome to your own opinions. But this morning I took a stand for women, and that’s something I’m proud of.

I really didn’t want to write this post today. I really just want to go to bed. Perhaps I should have written it earlier in the day then. Eh. It took a while, but writing daily is part of my rhythm now. I feel weird if I don’t do it, like I’ve forgotten something really, really important. I don’t write as much as I should right now, so this makes me feel like I’m not losing my touch and helps me stay focused on myself instead of getting wrapped up too much in the things around me.

It was a good day. A very cold day, but a good one nonetheless. I thought it was going to be a leetle warmer today, around 60, and I was wrong. It hovered at around 40-45 all day. I was really hoping I wasn’t going to have to wear tights again until the fall, but I think I’m going to have to get them back out. At least I have some fun colors that are good for spring!

I’m just trying to pretend it’s spring, wishing it back by wearing bright colors and prints. That’s the plus side of my job – I see so many bright clothes and fun things every day that it’s really hard to get sucked into the dreariness of the current weather.

There just isn’t much to say today. I’m almost completely finished moving out – I went and got the rest of my stuff today, except the few bags I’m donating to the EARC and my cleaning supplies, for when I go and get the room ready for my replacement. By the way, if you ever have donations, you should take them to the EARC. It’s a local non-profit that donates proceeds to helping local adults with developmental disabilities. They’ve been around forever, and are doing a lot of good work.

I do have a shopping tip for you, though.

When you go shopping, be pleasant to the people working. Really, if you go into any kind of service-oriented place of business – retail, restaurant, etc. I’ve worked retail long enough to have seen a lot of the things people do and say to employees, and some of it is really not nice (and that’s putting it lightly).

So, please, be pleasant. If you’re having a bad day, let us make it better. If we’re having a bad day, try to be understanding. Not every work day is the best day of everyone’s lives, although we’re trying to pretend it is. And the odds are, we are much more likely to go out of our way to help you and go above and beyond when you’re a pleasant person. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read in magazines that “if you raise your voice, they’ll bend to your will.” Well, no, actually. This may work sometimes, but if you’re nice, I’m much more interested in working with you to resolve a problem.

And one last thing – please be respectful of closing hours. If you think you’re close, check. You don’t like working overtime, do you? I really don’t want to stay at work any later than I have to, either.

I don’t know why I’m telling you this. You’re all nice people, aren’t you?

Anyway, time to put on my Feminist hat. I have a quasi-debate on abortion tomorrow morning.

What do you know? Even on my days off work, I’m Boring McBoringson. I really need to get my act together and be interesting. I ran a few errands with one of my puppies today, and he was very nervous. I took him over to OC, hoping to catch some people who love dogs, but I ran into, like, three people total. I mean, I know it’s Friday afternoon, but seriously, where was everyone today?

If you’re at the Sigma Tau Delta conference right now, don’t even talk to me. Just kidding, please do. I’m just incredibly jealous. I know how absolutely nerdy this is, but going to the English majors’ national conference has been one of the highlights of college. There’s just something about being in rooms full of people just as nerdy as you are, but who are also as much of perfectionists as you are. I don’t know. It’s something I really miss. I made some good friends from out of state last spring, and I miss it like crazy.

I did, however, gain some cool sister points today by:

1. Letting my brother ride in the front seat when I picked him up from school, and
2. This:

We went to Freddy’s after school, where he ate that chocolate concrete with cookie dough in literally five minutes. Maybe less. It was shocking – I think I actually gasped when he showed me. I had taken, like, two bites of my turtle sundae, and asked him a question, and he waved me off, saying, “I’m almost done with my ice cream.”

What? What do you mean?

So, exasperated, he lifted up his cup and showed me that he was, indeed, about two bites away from finishing his concrete. I was amazed.

One bite down, I asked him why he was eating his concrete so quickly.

“Um, because I want to eat some fries before they get cold.”

And then, obviously, the race was on to see who could get to the fries first. However, I did realize that I could do both. So you better believe I was dipping my fries in my ice cream. Duh. If you’ve never done that, you are seriously missing out. Also if you’ve never been to Freddy’s (N 2nd St between Coltrane and Bryant). They have everything and it isn’t too pricey and it’s just delicious. Especially those fries.

Especially those fries.

It was probably the most gluttonous moment of the year so far. It was great. I have no regrets. Okay, I didn’t run tonight, either, so I might have a few regrets. Whatever. It was still delicious.

However, excuse the lamest smile in the world, please. This was take two. Clearly I wasn’t really in a photogenic mood this afternoon. Check out those yellow Ray-Ban style sunglasses, though. Very cool, right? Francesca’s, obvi. We have them in hot pink, too. Come get a pair. I’ll be there all day tomorrow (Saturday).

After Freddy’s, we went home and I helped Davis with his Spanish homework, and then I did basically nothing all evening. Hanging out and talking with my family and family friends. I’m such an adult now. So weird. And then Cara came back and we traded favorite blogs and watched hilarious baby and dog videos.

Stop laughing, it was a great time.

Seriously though. Come see me. If you come at around 12:30 we might be able to grab lunch, too. I’m just saying.

I wanted to take a close-up picture for three reasons.

1. My top (which is really a dress) has teeny tiny elephants on it. Teeny tiny elephants balancing strawberries on their noses. Cute! Unfortunately, I’m still not close enough for you to see them.
2. That belt is my favorite. I was on the fence about it forever, but I finally took the plunge and I’ve never looked back.
3. Sassy arm, sassy face.

Really ready for that grass to be green and not be washing me out. It might also help if I took pictures actually during the daytime and wasn’t racing to get them taken before it gets dark outside. True life, it got dark approximately two seconds after I went inside.

Check out those boots, though. They’re my favorite new thing in my closet, by far. I picked them up on clearance at Target this past weekend, and I’ve worn them approximately every other day. They’re so comfortable, and great for spring. Love. These. Boots.

By the way, did you know ULTA has a clearance nail polish cabinet? Because I found that out this weekend also, while searching for the Katy Perry shatter (didn’t find it), and I got two bottles of Essie for $5. Exciting!

I’m still kind of freaking out over the fact that Ben Folds tweeted at me last night. The past few days have been a series of crazy and hilarious highs, and those combined with the just general goodness of this week have made it one of the best weeks in a while. The others haven’t been bad. This one has just been particularly good.

Also, I now treat you to one of the goofiest pictures I’ve ever taken. And to all of you, I say, you’re welcome.

Note to self: When shooting outfit pics, go for less trees and more feet. I can’t tell you how many pictures I had to throw out because I cut my legs off at the ankles in the pictures. Completely defeats the purpose of the cute new boots!

Had I realized how far away and terrible these pictures were before it got dark and I came inside, I would have, you know, tilted my laptop screen down some. Yes, that’s why my picture quality is so bad, if you couldn’t tell. Trying to get by for now – maybe I’ll ask for a new camera for my birthday or graduation or something.

Second note to self: Go get a tan. Jiminy Christmas.