there are hot doc's in orthopedic's

So, I've officially sprained my ankle. Luckily, it's a moderate sprain that doesn't even need a brace/wrap. I didn't even get it being a hero for some sport but by clumsily falling on a docked boat. Too bad I wasn't in the throes of the sea or something. THAT would've been dignified. Instead, I was just a klutz. A somewhat drunken klutz.

So I went to the doctor today after noticing all week that the puffiness hadn't gone down and I still couldn't move it certain ways. The doctor (who was smokin' hot, by the way...about 6'5", built, dark & handsome...but i digress), assured me that it was well on it's way to healing and that in another week it should be fine. He gave me a prescription for physical therapy in case it's still lingering in two weeks. But he's 99% sure that I won't need it.

I'm considering "needing it" if it means putting my leg on his lap again. Heh.

fat bottoms

I also woke up singing a line from Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls:

"Left alone with big fat Fanny She was such a naughty nanny Heap big woman you made a bad boy out of me "

But just that line. Not even the chorus. Odd.

stuff you didn't need to know

The mixture of some delicious greasy mexican food and a yummy, fruity yet sour "french connection" martini and a few Beam & Coke's do not sit well in my stomach. I've set up camp in the bathroom this morning.

ugggghhhhhh..... and more drinking tonight with the girls? whew. I think I'm truly going to need a vacation from my vacation.

sleepy eyes

Figures. I hate when something is wrong, but when you get it checked out at the doctor they say, "nothing is wrong." grr. My teary-eyed condition is neither dry eye nor an infection of any kind. The opthamologist suggested it may be allergies, but since when does someone have burning/itchy/excessive teary eyes during all four seasons?
she gave me some eye drop sample to see if they help. boo.

t minus 3 days....

... until I'm off to Chicago for the weekend and then off of work for the WEEK!
I cannot wait.

do i see a pattern?

I just noticed that the last time I posted was May 26th and now it's June 26th.

Hmmmm.... maybe there is some mysterious force that draws me to blog on the 26th? Maybe my inner child has some sort of blocked out issue that occured on the 26th, making me prone to share and open up via this forum?

Maybe it's just really time for bed now. Say g'night, Sarah.

"g'night Sarah"

wiping the dust off...

It's a little lonely around these here parts. My posts have been few and far between. But I like to think that could be a good thing. Too busy having fun (?) and enjoying life to sit in front of my computer all day and hash out the past week's events. ... Ahh, who am i kidding? I sit in front of a computer all day long at work! I come home and, before going out to enjoy said life, I get right back in front of the computer for a little bit. I guess I've just gotten lazy when it comes to this blog. Mostly when I've had a thought or a passing emotion I wanted to share, I blurted it on my myspace blog.

So here it is, 3am on, what is now, Sunday morning and I should really be cuddled up to Marcus in bed. He turned in hours ago (who am I? Carol Brady? Who says 'turned in' anymore? i might as well have said 'he retired to bed...' - sheesh). Alas, I can't sleep just yet. My eyes are a little heavy and I'm sure I'd fall right into REM as soon as I nuzzled up next to him, I just don't FEEL like going to bed just yet. So ... I called on an old friend. The blogmeister. hahahaha. Now I'm just spewing shit. Really, I came here to add a new item to my template. The little Daily OM on the sidebar. What do you think? It'll change as the website updates their daily message. I dig it. OM. It's a good thing.

You know what else is a good thing? Aveeno facial mosturizer. Specifically the kind for calming redness and blotchy skin (the name escapes me at the moment). I have a touch of roseacea, see... and although everyone else assures me that it's barely noticeable until i point it out and make them look, i still feel like it's ugly. BUT, with my new found discipline for making sure i use my Metro Gel twice a day and now with this lotion, i feel like it might be getting better. It could also just be in my head and I'm just finally seeing what everyone has been saying: that it isn't so obvious. Either way, I'll take it. I'll also take the fact that I fit into (and thus, bought) a size (maybe two?) smaller jeans yesterday. Not only were they a smaller size but they were a smaller size at Forever 21. Notorious for skewing the sizes of the apparel meant for below your waist (like most stores are these days), I had pretty much given up on the idea of ever wearing my actual size and possibly ever getting anything other than tops or the occasional elastic waist skirt from that store. But I'm happy to report that not only did I get the smaller jeans, I also got a cute boho skirt that did not make me look like a moose and was also a step down in size. Lest you go and think I'm some goliath let me reassure you that even the skinniest of girls (at least my friends) know that F21 and the like aren't really the kind that cater to the "normal" womanly curves. So, putting aside my normal contempt for and encouragement of that kind of patronage and the message it sends ... let me just say... WEEE!!!!

We now return to our regularly scheduled feminism.

dang, dude. it's been a while.

So, yeah... haven't posted here in a while. Thought I'd check out the ol' blog today and realized that the last thing I posted about seemed like ages ago! Not that I have much more to discuss right now ... except that it's frickin' FREEZING in this joint (work) and I'm about to skate out early since my boss has already gone. Plus, I didn't take a lunch today so I can pretend it's an hour later on the 'get of work' clock. I need to run a couple of errands too ... and it always seems much more enjoyable when you do errands on work time rather than your own time AFTER work. Then it just feels like a chore.

Not sure what I'm up to tonight ... I feel like renting a movie. All my shows (Lost, The Apprentice) have ended for the season and so now I'm free to catch up on all my Oprah and Ellen's (um, and 90210 reruns) that I've been DVR'ing. Gawd, I'm such a girl! Really ... I'm not that girly. But I do like me some Oprah.

Omigod. IS IT TIME TO GO YET? The chachi's in the next cube over are seriously debating the validity of some engineering shit as compared to the Pistons game. WHAT? kill me now.

peanut butter fudge is delicious

Do you ever question the Fates, asking what you did to deserve getting stuck sitting next to an obnoxious moron who cannot comprehend that yelling offensive slang and phrases might, indeed, OFFEND people? Well, I do. But it's okay, because even the idiot who kept yelling "Johnny Damon is a fudgepacker!" and other idiotic terms, didn't stop me from having a ball at the Tiger game the other night. Altogether there were 8 of us - me, Mark, Ben, Sam, Eric, Angi, Tony & Jeff - that went. We met up at the State Bar across from Comerica Park and spent the first few innings staying warm and getting a little buzz. Once we got into the stadium the search for ultimate ballpark food was on. Cheese pizza, ballpark franks, cotton candy, peanuts, beer, margaritas and pop. Eh, so the Red Sox hit a grand slam which, ultimately, caused us to lose and caused the idiot next to me to scream louder ... oh well. I just like the times like the 7th inning stretch where i can dance silly and sing "Take Me Out To the Ballgame." Or bundling up with my bebe and laughing with good friends. Incidentally, rather than bitching aloud to/about that guy next to me and stooping to his barbaric level, I let him know of his ridiculousness by saying (very loudly), "mmm, you know what fudge is the best? Peanut-butter fudge!" hahaha. His girlfriend promptly hit him on the leg and called him "obnoxious" and told him to shutup. :)

After the game, Mark Jeff & I went to KC's Dive for some more drinks and I did a pretty good job keeping up with Mark in a game of pool. I actually won because he scratched on the 8 ball, but that's a cheap way to "win." I did get my fair share of balls in, though.

snicker. "balls."

hi, my name is chubby.

Today.... I ripped my pants. I will say, however, it is NOT because I was busting out of them (as Mark playfully likes to kid about), but that they are well-worn pants that actually sag a bit in the thigh area and when i sit they crease in certain spots and have become more and more thin because of this. So as i stretched my leg today, to get into Mark's truck, they ripped. Right along said crease. nuts. :(

Still, man. I ripped my effing pants. And then I sat thru the rest of work with a perfectly placed thigh-rip that Def Leppard would be proud of.

Even though I've justified it I still feel like I should not be allowed any popcorn or cheese pizza slices at tonight's Tigers game. What a way to slash a girls self-esteem for the day. ouch.

Current Mood? fatso.

we likes to party

Saturday's festivities turned out much more festive than I had envisioned. We had such a great time everywhere we went! (uh, when don't we though? really.) hah. So after a nice afternoon we hauled ass out to South Lyon to see The Wiz play. We picked up Jeffy on the way and met the crew out at the Coffee Bean. The owner, also named Mark, was a really cool cat. Very friendly and talkative ... his mother-in-law was there and was from Garden City, so she chatted it up with (my) Mark for a while. To our pleasant surprise Jake was there! With Philly! How nice to see Jake ... and to know that he's doing so well again (and working for an environmental company in Ann Arbor!). A few minutes later Ben & Eric showed up, followed by Tony's nephew Josh and his girl. Then Angi & (her) Tony arrived and we all sat around listening, sipping warm coffee/tea, conversing ... a nice chilled out evening.

Then we decided to go out and get some drinks. Ben suggested the Ye Olde Saloon and I filled him in on the party that was already taking place there. See, Steve & Stephanie (Erik's Steph) have moved to Nashville and Erik & Co. arranged this going away party for them at the Ye Olde. We were invited but had already made prior arrangements to see the Wiz play. Once Ben suggested it, we decided it was a must. Boy. I thought it might be nice to swing by and say hey to the kids there, but I didn't realize we'd all get so smashed! (thankfully not Mark, our D.D.) Or be so CUTE for the camera! You'd think it was "Sarah & Trent's going away party" or something, we're in so many pics. Whatever. We love us. And we were drunk. And we're fun. haha. Okay, enough.

You should check the pics out by clicking this link. Oh, and I only saved the pics (from Trent's 143 shots) that had people I knew in them (mostly me, mark, erik & trent). He really did take pictures of OTHER people. :)

Talk like Yoda, I love to

But when it comes to what kind of Jedi I am? Oh, I'm a Consular all the way baby. (what?)

Ahhh, yes.

Just got back from a lovely afternoon with Melanie. I picked her up at her house and we had lunch at the Inn Season Cafe (always yummy). Then we went to Caribou and she lucked out with a free caramel latte thingy that they made extra of. I got a Chai Soy Latte and we sat and gabbed some more. It was really great to hang out with her and just talk about everyday life stuff. Hopefully we can do it again or even get the boys involved and go on a "double date" or something fun.

Tonight we're going to see the Wiz play piano at a coffee bar in South Lyon. A few others are coming as well (Ben, Angi, Tony...) and so it should be fun. I think he goes on at 7? Not sure. I better figure that all out.... there's also a farewell get-together for Steve & Stephanie at the Ye Olde tonight. Not sure if we'll make it to that or not, but that would be fun to drop in on too. We'll see....

you know it's almost summer...

...when the outdoor concert venues start advertising the festival type shows and the old has-been performers that you know you love. First up:

Hall and Oates
Meadow Brook Music Festival
Rochester Hills, MI
Wed, 07/06/05
On Sale Sat, 04/30/05

no WAY! That rules. i CAN go for that, Daryl.

And the next night over at Pine Knob? Oh, just a little CCR to get your Proud Mary on.

Creedence Clearwater Revisited
DTE Energy Music Theatre
Clarkston, MIT
hu, 07/07/05 more dates
On Sale Fri, 04/29/05

YESSSSS! [pumping arms toward pelvis in the "score!" type motion]

just down below me is the old sea

Patty Griffin is magical. That voice ... that great big resounding bluesy gut-wrenching voice. And coming from that little body. So petite. So fragile looking yet, so strong in voice and heart. I was, once again, fortunate enough to see Patty Griffin in concert the other night and I get the same good blessings tonight. I truly mean it when I say "fortunate enough" because I think that Patty is one of the most underrated talents around. I also think that being in the presence of her songs and her talent is an honor. One that not everyone gets to witness or experience. And, for me, it IS an experience. Her music takes me other places. It reminds me of old times, it hints at new ones. It tells stories of lives lived that I've never known. And it brings you to places you've never dreamed of. When I think of her music, I think of Passion. And though a lot of her stuff is sorrowful, it makes me feel good to listen. I've seen her so many times now, but each time just gets better and better. Though she hasn't done as much from her Living With Ghosts and Flaming Red albums, but her new stuff is so so pretty that it makes up for it.

Not only did I get to go and see Patty (in Grand Rapids, about 2.5 hours away), but I got to go with Erik. We had fun chatting it up about our troubles, our likes/dislikes, our mutual distaste for Teva's and our mutual generalization of Christian collegiate types. It was a fun trip and I get to do it all again tonight in Ann Arbor with Erik and this time, Trent too. WEE! I can't remember if I've ever seen Patty in concert with Trent. He and I saw her together at her in-store performance way back when ... when I first was introduced to her. But in concert? I'm not sure.

In between the Pattying, I managed to squeeze in a little girl time with VLB and Kirsten last night and I'm so happy we were able to get together. Not only were we able to commiserate on recent troubles in the "family," but we also got to know each other a bit better, I think. We learned more about each other's pasts, families, exes.... We also had a yummy dinner at Zumba and walked down to Stucchi's for dessert. Back at Kirsten's the plan was to drink a little wine and maybe watch a girly flick (Bridget Jones, anyone?). But we were too full up on ice cream and mexican to think of eating/drinking anything else. Instead we sat around and girl-talked. I love them gals. I'm happy to have become acquainted with the whole group ... and I'm glad to have shared some time with all of them this week.

birthdays and cats of all kinds

I'd like to wish Jeffy a very merry birthday. Today he turns the ripe old age of 28 and yet he doesn't look a day over 20. It must be that long hair. Enjoy it now ladies... it's heading for the chopping block soon!

Speaking of birthdays, we went out on Saturday night to help Eric (not with 'k') celebrate his 28th birthday as well. We started off with a really nice dinner at Sweet Lorraine's and ended the night off at the Ye Olde Saloon in Royal Oak. I was even recognized by one of Eric's friends that I met that night as the Sarah from "the Trent blog" - that was a surreal moment. Good times were had by all and it was so good to see Eric again. Hopefully it will be sooner than later that we hang again.

Actually, it might be if all goes as planned. I'm trying to round up a group to go to a Tiger game next week. They're playing the mighty Red Sox all week and although we know they'll get slaughtered (hi, the Red Sox won the world series last year), it would be fun to go and watch. We discussed it a bit on Saturday and I think that it's definitely a go for Mark, me, Ben & Sam. Hopefully a bunch of others will join in as well. We're trying for Tuesday, May 3rd. Wanna go?

Yesterday was just spent trying to stay in from the cold and snow. Mark and I did venture out to Meijer and Target but quickly headed home with a salad & pizza and some movies to snuggle up to. We didn't get to the movies because we got wrapped up in E!'s True Hollywood Stories about Full House and then John Ritter. lame. but fun!

I'm about to head outta work and catch some of the rays of sun driving home whilst listening to the wonderful Cat Stevens. I've been listening to him all weekend and just cant' get enough. And how funny that Adriana text messaged me and told me that at Tori's San Fran show this weekend she did a cover of Moonshadow! Me and Tori, we have a psychic link. hah.

Not sure what the plan is for Jeff's big night, but Mark and I are taking him SOMEwhere.

yes, i did like it

I've fully admitted before to liking cheesy no-brainer girly flicks. I don't really give a good goddamn how it makes me "look". And last night was no exception.

After a nice dinner at Mongolian BBQ, Mark & I went and saw A Lot Like Love, you know ... the new Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet movie? First off, I adore Amanda Peet. I think she's way cute and a pretty good actor. Anyways, to most people this movie is probably a bore or way too predictable and just plain blah. But I liked it and I'll admit it, guilt free.

If you're looking to spend a measly $7 or $8 to not have to really think, not get bogged down, not be stressed out or insanely on the edge of your seat, but just want to kick back and watch a couple of dopes fall in love ... go see this movie.

christmas in april

First off, it's snowing. wtf? i hate it.

Secondly, so I'm putting in some cd's into the stereo to have a nice mix to listen to while sitting at the computer and then getting showered and stuff.... I put in Sinead's "I Do Not Want...," Damien Rice "O," Beth Wood "Late Night Radio," and then I decide I really should listen to Leona Naess. It's been a while. I open the case and what do I find? AHH! My Sons of the Never Wrong cd that I've been searching for for about 1 year! (yes, it's been that long since I've popped the Leona disc in). It was like getting a gift! So, of course, I put that cd, "Consequences of Speech", in too.

Next, in the mail today, I received a DVD copy of last October's Austin City Limits with both Damien Rice AND Patty Griffin performing. Some nice fella from the Mad Mission mailing list offered to make copies for people and I was one of the lucky ones. wee! It's such a great copy too! Another gift!

Finally .... I have to go and turn up the frickin' heat in this mutha sucka. My extremities are turning blue. :(

happy earf day, yo

Well, today is Earth Day and yes I'm going to say it, as cliched as it is: every day should be earth day! okay. now that i got that off my chest ... I took this little quiz at the Earth Day Network site and although I am an environmentally conscious person and an avid recycler, animal activist, etc. ... there is so much more I could and should be doing. The car/gas questions really killed me. I need to get around on bike more. Or foot. Or Detroit needs to build an subway or some mass transit system. Here were my results:

Shit. that makes me feel really bad. i gotta work on that. and i hope that more people will take some time out of their crazy lives to really reflect on what this planet GIVES us and then what we take in return. we love our cars, our malls, our convenient gadgets and gizmos (hi, this computer?), our sushi restaurants, our fun dance parties ... but none of that would be remotely possible were it not for the basic resources provided to us by Gaia. Poor thing. She really deserves better. And I, for one, am going to try to make a conscious effort to treat Her better.

Okay... now that we're all sufficiently depressed and have a nice vision of "The Day After Tomorrow" in our heads, let me tell you about a great band I saw last night! I went out to Hamtramck, to Small's, to see my friend Pablo's band. They're an L.A. based band called Malbec, who have been touring the midwest recently and were in town last night (Pablo is from here and went to my high school). They're basically an indie rock band with some cool electro beats thrown in for good measure. You can check their stuff out at their site or at CDBaby. It was a fun time and I was happy to see them live. especially since they'll probably go far and I can say "I saw them when..." Plus, I got to see Carina which is always a plus. She's the cutest thing ever, the little brat. :) AND she graduates from med school in about 3 weeks. damn, dude. i got friends in high places.

vacuum turds

I just witnessed the most amazing thing. After spending about an hour and some change trying to unclog my vacuum hose, i got fed up. i took the entire thing apart, had vacuum parts and screws and DIRT everywhere! I soldiered on trying to remove the clog by sticking the cat toy stick in it, a broom handle, my fingers, shaking and jumping ... I finally called my mother (when in doubt...) and she suggested running the hose, which was indeed fully detatched, under HOT water and loosening the clog up that way. My mother is brilliant; cleaner extraordinaire. This is precisely what I did. It took some time for the water to really get in there and also some shaking and twisting of the hose tube. Finally ... PLOP! Out comes this giant muddy nasty wad of dirt/hair/cat fur/dust ball thing. It was sopping wet yet still holding together it's form, looking like a big piece of horse crap. GROSS.

At least I can finally vacuum up all the popcorn crumbs without having to ask Mark to bring his vacuum over. Having freshly vacuumed carpet is a little weight off my shoulders sometimes. It's a feel-good moment.

Benedict XVI

So yeah ... a new pope was chosen today, Papa Ben. At least, that's what Trent and I are calling him. But see, prime example of why I came to leave the Catholic church was made frighteningly clear today while watching PBS. Several different people were interviewed and one priest in particular, from the Catholic University in Washington, D.C., was asked whether or not Benedict XVI would support female priests. He had this to say (and I'm paraphrasing): "There's an old anecdote that goes 'I asked God whether or not there would ever be married clergy and God said 'not in your lifetime,' then I asked Him whether or not there would be women priests and God said 'not in MY lifetime'"

Mark and I briefly discussed this, after throwing our arms up in disgust and making some sort of noise like "aaarrrrghrrrrmmmmbbbb", and realized that in order for any female spirituality to be a possibility to Catholics or any earth spirituality, or... hell, any other form of ANYthing, God has to DIE.

But see, that is what happened for me. God died. At least the Catholic form of God. And I found so many other open, loving and welcoming gods of which to pray to and find solace in. Some men, some women, some creatures of the earth, some just within myself.

I'm happy for the Catholics of the world today; they have a new leader. But I'm happier for me. I found that the only leader I need is the one I feel within me and yet I can still appreciate the faith or lifestyle that someone else chooses without it being "wrong" just because it doesn't suit me. I wish that other sects of religion were more open to this.

Welcome, Papa Ben. May you serve your people well.