Sir, I'm not sure you should be driving.

I usually don't go out during lunchtime to run errands because of all the elderly drivers that are out at that time. Today was no different. I had to run to the Physical Therapy place to pick up a receipt and then to Target. As I'm waiting for the light to change, this elderly gentleman in front of me kept tapping his breaks. Yes we were already stopped so basically he was inching towards the car in front of him. After the light turns green he doesn't go right away and then guns it. We were turning left and he pulled into the other turning lane and almost hit someone so he swerved back into my lane and then went across two lanes to pull into the parking lot. Then he proceeded to turn in front of cars in the parking lot to get into Lowe's. This all happened in a manner of 1 minute. I'm not sure he should be driving.

Handbag Planet

So this new website is starting up soon and on their first day they are giving away a purse an hour for the first 24 hours. Go here to enter to win a free purse!!! How awesome is that?!

Thanks Dari!

My TV debut - Part 2

Apparentely the media just hordes to wherever I am. No, not really. Channel 4 news came to Buff State yesterday to interview my Corporate Finance professor on his opinion of the "economic crisis" that we are in. I just so happen to sit in the front row of that class cause I'm a nerd. They intereviewed him and filmed some of the class. My fat face just so happened to take up the full screen. I think I look stupid but if you want to see it go here, it should be "Monday Night's Headlines" and scroll to 4:09. If you think they actually interview me and I even talk on camera, you would be wrong. I'm just sitting there all nervous like and stupid looking.

Numero Ocho

My cousin Shanna was kind enough to tag me, and the theme is the number 8, muah ha ha ha.

8 Favorite TV Shows

* BH 90210

* ER

* The Office

* Grey's

* The Amazing Race

* Wheel of Fortune

* Law & Order

8 Favorite Restaurants

* Olive Garden

* Chef's - Local italian, yum

* Taco Time - It's a restaurant

* Macaroni Grill

* PF Changs

* Sonic

* The Melting Pot

* Red Robin

8 Things that happened yesterday

* Pilates class was cancelled due to the fact that I was the only one that showed up

* The laundry was did

* That girl JP Losman lost the Bills game for us because he sucks as a quarterback and should be playing for the Buffalo Jills, not the Buffalo Bills. Now we are 4-1 not 5-0.

* I had some good pizza and wings

* Me and Jimmy C spent some quality time together (3 hours) because he came over at 1pm instead of 4pm (because Time Warner dropped CBS so he couldn't watch football)

* I did not get all my cleaning done because Jimmy came over early

* I did not do my homework

* I did not get my car washed or vaccumed

8 Things I'm looking forward to

* Visiting Utah in a couple weeks and seeing all my family

* Visting Utah for Christmas!

* Mine and Kristin's trip to the Dominican Republic in February

* Finishing school - only 24 more credits!!

* Springtime

* James graduating and getting a new job so he can stop complaining about Verizon

* Moving away from this dump they call Buffalo

* Rachel, Eron and EJ to visit for Thanksgiving

8 Things I love about fall

* The leaves

* Halloween

* Thanksgiving

* Pumpkins

* Apple Cider

* Sleeping with the window open and having it be a bit cooler

* Football season

* Baseball playoffs

8 Things on my wishlist

* A new furnace

* A new stove

* My cabinet to be hung on the wall and not sitting on the floor

* A new phone that doesn't die every 10 hours

* My credit cards to be paid off

* To lose 30 pounds

* Finishing the basement

* For it not to get cold

8 people I tag

* Brooke T

* Dari

* Ashley A

* Ashley H

* Mindi

* Sara

* Aunt Ruthann

The Darwin Martin House

I'm a big nerd, I'll admit it. I love Architecture, I was even an Architecture major at one point. But I realized I could appreciate it more as a spectator. Frank Lloyd Wright is one of my favorite Architects. I love his style, it's so clean and organic. He designed his houses to fit with the environmental surroundings. He just so happened to have built a house in Buffalo. He also built Falling Water for those of you that might know what that is. I won't go into it too much but there is a lot of background to the house he built in Buffalo. It was for Darwin Martin and his family. It's 15,000 square feet, not to mention the Barton House and the Gardner's House on the property. It was built in 1905 and the family lived in it until 1937. After that the house was vacant for 15 years and it was partially destroyed. Different people owned it but now it's owned by a preservation group that is restoring it to it's original state. They offer tours everyday and for my birthday this year (yes, back in February) James bought me tickets to the in-depth 2 hour tour. That seems long but time flew and we didn't even get to see everything. I was so involved in the tour. It was awesome! They don't let you take pictures inside of the house for copyright purposes (stupid) so I took some pictures from the outside. Frank Lloyd Wright built a vacation house for the Martin's that is in Angola, about 45 minutes away. They are restoring that one right now too so when it's done I will be touring that one too. I know the only person that will enjoy this as much as I am is my cousin Sara, my uncle Ken and of course my dad. So Sara, uncle Ken and dad, these are for you!

The Barton House

Me in front of the Barton House

The pergola and the conservatory, which is now the gift shop

The front of the house

James is really excited to be there

From the side looking at the front of the house

The front of the Barton House

Looking over the wall to the pergola and the main house

The conservatory/gift shop

Oktoberfest!

On Saturday night me and James decided to go to Oktoberfest down at the Central Terminal in Buffalo. We had never been to the Central Terminal. People kept telling us what a scary part of town it was in but I didn't think it would be that bad. But I was wrong, it was probably in one of the worst parts of town we could be in and it probably didn't help that we were white. It's near the "States" streets which equals the real live ghetto. When you get in the streets that are named after states then you are in big trouble. And that's where Carol lead us. (Carol = VZ Navigator, my GPS) Anyway, we made it alive, after a few close calls with people just standing in the middle of the street and not moving. The Central Terminal was once the second largest train station in the US, after Central Station in NYC. It was built in 1929, just right before the Great Depression. And after only 15 or so years of being opened it closed because of the Great Depression and then afterwards people were starting to travel more by car and plane. So from like the 40's to the 70's it was used as a freight station. Then it closed, like everything else in Buffalo. They even did a special on the Discovery Channel because the Terminal is rumored to be haunted, and it sure looked like it. You can see stuff about it here or here.It's an awesome place and they are trying to restore it so they hold events there to try to raise money. I'm a nerd and I love old buildings and Architecture so I go and support stuff like that. Plus, not to mention it was Oktoberfest. They even had a German band there. I'm pretty sure I'm part German too. Here are some pics!

James and Me

James being scared

The outside tower of the Terminal

Where the trains used to go under the station

Inside the terminal

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Kenny Ketchup

I told you about Kenny Ketchup a couple weeks ago. He's the guy at the Bills tailgating that likes to have ketchup squirted all over him... You can't get to close to the action or you will get ketchup all over you but I got just close enough on Sunday to take a video.

So here's the video. It starts off when Kenny comes out of his van with a hamburger bun and people are already on top of the van ready to go. So when he comes out he holds the bun up and says "I would like some ketchup". And the people on top say "What?" and this continues until he screams that he would like some ketchup. Then they get out ketchup bottles and squirt him. It's all very weird. But it seems to get the crowd all rilled up and ready to go for the game. It happens at exactly 11:30 every week. It's like a sign that it's almost time to go into the game. This ketchup debacle continues until the ketchup is all over Kenny and then they squirt him with mustard. I have no idea how he cleans up before the game. I can't stick around that long, I dry-heave and you will see why in the pictures below....

The people on top of the van.

Kenny after the ketchup shower.

My good Italian friend, Jimmy C

Me and my bff's Kristin and Corinne

Me and Corinne at our seats.

Brooke and Kristin's B-Day Trip!!!

It's official, me and my bff Kristin are going to the Dominican Republic in February. It just so happens to be in between our birthday's so we have decided to call it our birthday trip. I just want to give a shout out to my aunt Suzy who works at Jet Blue and put up with our crap about which places we wanted to go and our "bugeting" problems. She is awesome!! We are going to an all inclusive resort called Barcelo Talanquera for 5 days. It's right on the beach and they have a spa and 3 adult pools. It will be amazing.

Our resort....

The beach...

The patio at the hotel...

Bernard

James has been developing a "zit" on his forehead. And I say "zit" because it keeps growing and growing and it looks like it's developing into it's own little person up there. Well when I get zits like that I name them. Like last week I had one that I named Ricard. When James got one this week, I named it Bernard. (I had been watching Old School) So James is already upset with me because I keep calling it Bernard, but that's just what I do. But then I'm so mean and I start refering to Bernard as a real person. Such as: "Well let's ask Bernard what he thinks", "Does Bernard know where I put my tweezers", or "I think you need to wash Bernard with my Clinique astringent stuff". I'm not sure why, but I think I am damn funny and I will laugh hysterically after I make a joke about Bernard. In fact, I am trying to hold in laughter right now since I am writing this from my cube. I'm just wondering why I'm so mean, but I think it's so funny. I probably think it's more funny because this week he has a little person growing on his face and I don't. And now, considering my karma, I'll probably get cold sore or something.