Tuesday Things.
1. One of the only salads I will ALWAYS order if it’s on the menu: grilled romaine. Yesyesyes.
2. I’m trying desperately to cut out “LOL” from my texting and typing vocabulary, which if you text or email with me, you know is, well… HUGE. I’m failing miserably, lol! Just kidding. Sort of.
3. Since I only have a few more months to discuss being in your 20s, here is a double whammy: friendship in your 20s and 15 ways 20-somethings ruin their 20s. Preach it.
4. The night before vacation, I was awake until 2am making what I can only describe as “one kickass playlist” for the car ride. Um… in the car? My husband and brother apparently did not agree. It was very destructive to my self esteem.
5. Oh and the reason that this playlist was so fantabulous was because someone (me) discovered a gem in my old CD carrier – you know like those giant binders that hold 4 CDs a page? Yeah. This gem goes by a name of the “Save the Last Dance” soundtrack. Ummm… do this. Buy it, download, rediscover it, I don’t care. Just do it.
6. While we’re on the subject of music, I’d like to write an open letter to my iPod titled “Why Must You Shuffle Through The Same 12 Songs When There Are 432 Songs On The Playlist?”
7. 37 things to never be sorry about. I very much appreciate #29.
8. I know I haven’t done a Trader Joe’s post in forever, but my husband is losing his mind over this frozen yogurt. He puts things like strawberries and blueberries in it. I put things like oreos and chocolate chips in it. I think he’s weird.
9. I really like cherries. And grilled things. And gin. And bitters. So this grilled cherry sour was practically MADE for me. !!!!!!
10. Clearing my motion to use less exclamation points is going really well too.
11. When the Olympics are over I’m just going to cry. I’m not going to know what to do with myself. Productivity? What is that? But at least I’ll be getting more than 4.5 hours of sleep per night. P.S. I refuse to believe that these Olympians are younger than me. Actually like, half my age. It just isn’t allowed.
12. Holy freaking crap: BBQ chicken grilled cheeses. Is cheeses a word? I’m just pronouncing it like CHEESUS. It’s making me giggle. This is what it takes to entertain myself. CHEESUS!! Cheesus cheesus cheesus.Whatever… just get me some of that.
13. You know that moment when you turn off the water, step out of the shower, only to realize that there is no towel in the bathroom, and there is no towel in the closet which is in the bathroom, because, well… why would that make sense, and so you walk out to the hallway where there is a closet with towels, and you are soaking wet, and you open the door and find no towels, besides… well, a hand towel, which barely covers one of your thighs, then remember that you tried to be an adult and do a laundry load of towels, which are all hanging out two floors down inside the dryer, and so you take your sopping wet body down two floors praying that no one can see inside your windows? No? Me either.
73 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
OMG you’re so sweet. And I do say cheeses ALL the time. Cheeses is a word and I think you’re totally pronouncing it correctly!
2. I feel like if I try to do that, I will fail miserably
3. Going to check it out now!
7. I have been known to do that!
xo
EVERYONE needs to read the post about friendship in your 20s. And why does getting out of the shower always prove to be stressful!?!
I love Tuesdays because of these posts.
OMG. The soundtrack from Save the Last Dance! I LOVED that CD. True Colors? You Can Do It? CRAZY?! I still crank up the K-Ci & JoJo when it randomly comes on the radio.
Ugh, loved that soundtrack. And the movie!
#13: Yes. I know that well. So irritating.
#10: I am SO bad at overusing explanation points. Like for real!!!
Or you know…exclamation points. Whatev.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
ahem. Also guilty.
That TJs fro-yo…good to know about it! I was sent some coupons for some uber fancy organic frozen Greek yogurt that can only be purchased at WF’s for like $7 a pint and Scott fell in love with it but without a coupon, that ain’t happening. Good to know about the TJ’s one :)
I was OBSESSED with Save the Last Dance when it came out. I wanted nothing more than to be Julia Stiles, now I am going to have to look for my copy of the soundtrack!
SERIOUSLY! Number 13.
You have no idea how many times I have done that very same thing. Except I have four 18-22 year old young men living in my house plus my hubby. Not a good thing to be streaking through the house!
I usually have to *YELL* for someone to bring me a towel. I mean, they are the reason that there are no towels in the first place after all!
So I made your buffalo chicken tacos last night, and they were amazing. Now I think I need to try that grilled cheese you linked up!
Save the Last Dance has a great soundtrack! I wouldn’t know though because like yours, my iPod only plays the same songs when on shuffle!
You are hilarious. I had similar situation to your number 13 this morning. I couldn’t find jeans. So in my head I’m saying, “no pants Tuesday”. Then I have to walk in front of a really big picture window on my stairway to get downstairs to where I might have clean pants. Ugh. So frustrating yet funny at the same time.
We are obsessed with the TJ’s frozen yogurt too. Oddly, my husband loves to add berries to his. And I much prefer Oreo’s and sprinkles. I love fruit but frozen yogurt is clearly a vehicle for sprinkles.
haha number 12! Wait till you see what I discovered last year! You and the creator of the Grilled Cheesus must think similar thoughts: http://www.grilledcheesus.com/
#6…been wondering the same thing about my iPod the last week or so. Must be a conspiracy!
I’m going to be sad when the Olympics are over too. I love watching them, but I’ll probably be a lot more productive since I won’t be reading and fawning over all the athletes!! LOL
#5!!!
i listened the CRAP out of that soundtrack whenever it came out! and i don’t even know how many times i saw that movie in the theater! i gotta go search my cds right now…
If your ipod seems to be playing the same congs over and over- it probably is. to fix it, toggle the “shuffle” opetion off and back on. It will re-set the shuffle order. If you don’t ever un select shuffle, it will always play the songs in the same order.
Cheeses! I’m LOLing.
Hahah…I died at #13. That has definitely happened to me way more times than I can count!
Holy CHEESUS I couldn’t cut down on exclamation points if I tried!!!! <— see? FML
Dude, I seriously love your life. I’m constantly jealous of everything you’re eating and doing. I want to be you when I grow up. And I’m hooked on this Thought Catalog business. Along with the idea of salt & vinegar chips in cookies. OMGYOU’RESOAWESOME.
I’m do getting that Trader Joe’s frozen yogurt ASAP! And I’m so with you on the Olympics!!
Oh how much do I LOVE you!
You ROCK my world Cutie~Pie!
xo
NUMBER 13!!! I love you! HAHAHA
Heres another soundtrack that is full of middle school memories: Romeo and Juliet. Anyone? Just me?
girl i played the garbage song on repeat for a solid month straight, and then when my boyfriend kissed me at the middle school dance, it was “kissing you” on repeat! sorry mom : (
I hate the towel thing. That happens allll the time. So annoying.
When the Olympics are over it’s time for SHARK WEEK! It’s the best. Philip Defranco of Youtube is going to be hosting :D
Also, I NEED grilled romaine in my life!
13? A page straight out of the story of my life. Also? I don’t clean up the water drips. I pretend to have NO IDEA why there is a drop trail going from the bathroom to the laundry room. : )
Ha… ditto.
My Ipod does that too. 1200 songs. I hear the same 10 over and over. why, Apple, why?
Love your Tuesday things. Especially #13. Been there, done that, & get strange looks from neighbors:)
13. LOL!!! you can’t say it but all your invisible internet frends can!!! so glad i live in a tiny dc apartment so the laundry closet, not room, is right around the corner from the bathroom. tuesday things really help me get through the week, you’re hilair!!!
6. GAH WHY?!!!! I just spent 12 collective hours over the past 3 days in my car and was about to chuck my iPhone out the window if it played the same songs one more time. Seriously, why?!
At least your washer is in your house! My towels were in the dryer down the hall in my apartment building once. Literally used a dish towel. Now that is gross. DEF learned my lesson!
LOVE grilled romaine salad…Root174 has a bangin good one. Also, are you going to the restaurant week blogger dinner next week? If not, you should. :)
When/where/what is the blogger dinner?? I don’t think I was invited… ha.
It’s on Tuesday at 7 at the Porch at Schenly. I invited myself here: http://pittsburghrestaurantweek.com/local-food-bloggers-signup/ Do it!
you totally crack me up. i was lol’ing at cheesus while pretending to be productive working (reading watching the olympics with the computer on) and was totally busted. this is one of my fav tuesday things ever.
Also, have you seen the Glee episode about grilled cheesus?? If not, you need to watch it, STAT.
HA–this list just made me laugh hysterically. And seriously, what the HECK is up with the shuffling of the iPods–it is so NOT random. I swear the Apple people did not program it do literally pick music randomly. And it results in me compulsively clicking the next button over and over again–which then makes my battery die about 15 times faster. Haha
For #6: Not sure why Apple did such a poor job with their shuffle but if you toggle shuffle off and then back on again it should change things up for you!
I want to try that TJ’s frozen yogurt so bad. The shower thing has definitely happened to me before, not as tragic though since my laundry is close to the bathroom with no windows in the area. The track of puddles is bothersome all the same.
regarding #6, maybe this helps: http://lifehacker.com/5929611/why-itunes-shuffle-isnt-random-and-how-to-fix-it
OMG! I never saw this yogurt at mt Trader Joe’s! I’m on vacation and all I want to do is go to TJ’s to look for this frozen yogurt!!
LOVE your Tuesday things posts so much!!!!!! keep up the good work and the links to the articles!!! also- i love when you post about sales and beauty/fashion sites – I don’t know how you find out about these events but they are always awesome!
There’s a Glee episode that’s called “Grilled Cheesus” – you should watch it, you will laugh through the entire thing :)
And seriously – I’m having major anxiety as to what I’m going to do with my life when the Olympics are over. I don’t even remember what I filled my days with before the Olympics. I think I’m going to have to have a lost week or two in order to rediscover it.
I’d totally take a car trip with you – and in addition to your “Save the Last Dance” soundtrack, I can proudly provide the “Can’t Hardly Wait” soundtrack. I’ll bring the peanut butter pretzels.
Umm we all had that Save the Last Dance soundtrack oh say in college and I love that you’re bringing it back. Great links, thanks for sharing!
You make my giggle! Love your blog!!
I meant … You make me giggle!
You are a funny …nearly 30year old. Wonder if you will have to limits the LOL’s at that age too?
Cheesus, your great :)
Chessus cheesus cheesus!! LOVE IT! Totally with you on nr.11…