Time's not wasted when you're getting wasted...

In the spirit of awk encounters, I should tell you that I just made the last minute decision to go to my alma mater this weekend to party it up with some of my guy friends and all of the undergrads. Should be a really good time, especially since I'll be visiting the man situation I mentioned in my post about wordle a while ago. We've been talking a lot over the past few months and our friendship has morphed into a weird, "I miss you, let's bang" type of situation. He keeps telling me to visit, and I feel like this is the perfect opportunity since all of my boys will be there to make the whole going back to college thing less awk.  Should be a total shitshow; I already can't wait to update you guys when I get back to Boston. Here's one of my fave photos from college to get you guys prepped for the magical updated post to follow:

That's me in the tutu, my senior year roommate Rob in his underwear, and our friend Mike on the slip 'n' slide.  This was one of the most epic events during senior week, that I singlehandedly saved from extinction via a facebook group and a meeting with the dean. Unfortunately, the class of '08 totally fucked it up for everyone and now the event is gone forever.  Too bad, because it was an incredibly good time from what I remember, which is not much...

Anyway, I have a lot of driving to do tomorrow, so it's bedtime.

XOXO - Christine

Awkward Encounters - Part Deux

Hello loves! 

I hope you're excited about all of the posting I've been doing this week.  Now that I'm on twitter, I feel the need to be more active about keeping all five of you up to date with my life.

So here's the latest...

Remember the old hook up buddy I mentioned in awk encounters, part one?  JA?  Well, he resurfaced last week with a late night text of, "what're you up to." I guess he was up in MA visiting some friends and wanted some action. Because he was out with friends, I falsely assumed that he'd be drunk and less awk...well my dears, I was wrong.  

After some texting about logistics, he found a parking spot on my street and buzzed in.  We did the awk hug thing and I showed him around the apt (I used to always go to his place) and the roof deck, while chugging a beer because I realized we were both SOBER and needed to take the edge off.  Finally, we wound up in my kitchen, chatting about how great my apt is.

Here's the convo that followed:

Him:  So, it must be really fun to live here.

Me:  Yup.

(long pause)

Me:  So...this is awkward, huh?

Him:  It always is...

Me:  Well that's just because you're you.

(scrambling to take that insult back)

Me:  And you know, I'm me...

Him:  Yup.

Me:  Well, I know what you're here for and it doesn't need to be awk. Let's go do this.

Him:  Okay.

And scene....totes awk hawk.

I told him to try and be blackout next time he drops by late night. Harsh, but clearly necessary. 

More to follow.

XOXO - Christine

ABDC - My New Obsession

Don't get me wrong, I've loved America's Best Dance Crew since the very beginning, but only this season have I formed real attachments to any of the groups.  First it was Dynamic Edition, the Appalachian cloggers that could.  They're smiling faces and maybe gay, maybe not leader were a delight to watch.  My favorite non-dancing onscreen moment from them came during the Britney competish, after which Shane Sparks basically told the girls they looked like trannies when comparing them to the movie "White Chicks."  Incredible, because he took the words right out of my mouth.  Also, the gay boy needs some dental work.  Just saying.  

Now that these hot messes are gone, my new loves are Quest Crew and Fly Kicks.  Quest Crew is phenomenal because they're not only crazy good dancers, but also because I'm convinced that they moonlight as ninjas.  No seriously, everything about them screams Romeo Must Die Asian Mafia.  See for yourself:

Ninjas get my vote every time, except when battling slutty chicks, because we all know that The Herp is way scarier than any damage nun-chucks can do.  And this is why I love Fly Kicks. These bitches are dirrrrty, in the Christina Aguilera sense of the word.  Check out this otherwise wholesome photo of them stretching their hoo-has in preparation for the illusion episode:

Three words, nineteen letters:  Whoretastic Camel Toe.  The end.

Enough for now.

XOXO - Christine

Norman Gentle, a man after my own heart

Norman Gentle (aka Nick Mitchell) is the best thing to have ever happened to American Idol. This is actually the first season I've ever watched past the initial auditions (thanks to my Idol obsessed roommate Jenn) and I'm totally loving it.  I'm pretty sure you will too.

Video of his performance last night:  Norman Gentle

And here's an article about his schtick:  More about Norman Gentle

Enjoy!

XOXO - Christine

Discussing our new Twitter accounts:

Me:  I just signed up to follow Shaq

Lee:  OMG HOW

Me:  THE_REAL_SHAQ

Me:  His about me says, "VERY QUOTATIOUS.  I PERFORM RANDOM ACTS OF SHAQNESS."

Me:  Incredible.

Lee:  I found him!

Lee:  ugh, shaq twitters too much

Lee:  i'm erasing him.

Spectacular.  

XOXO - Christine

V-Day Pub Crawl...Good Times

Hello loves!

So remember that Valentine's Day pub crawl I mentioned a week or two ago? Well, it was spectacularly hilarious. Here are the fun details:

My friend Ali came over mid-afternoon, and though we'd planned on meeting up with the pub crawl around 4, we wound up crushing silver bullets in my apartment for a solid three hours. Eventually, we made our way to The Point (which is where I had my 23rd b-day party a few months ago).  There, we met several fun boys (one of whom was a hot Australian doctor!!) and took down a few more pitchers before stumbling around the corner to The Bell In Hand.  By then I was totally blackout and managed to leave my phone at the first bar...awesome times.  

I retrieved my phone at some point and proceeded to text one of my man situations something that elicited the response, "ha.  happy valentine's."  I have no idea what I said in my text because I know myself too well and deleted it from my outbox the minute I sent it.  I think I was hoping that if it wasn't in my outbox when I woke up, then I never really sent it haha. During this time I also turned down several text invitations from the hot Aussie doctor to go hang out in Cambridge.  Oh my life.

Around 10 or 11 I peaced out of the bar and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in my bed, snuggling with my laptop and a heart-shaped box of chocolates, with my alarm clock flashing 3:30AM.  I've managed to piece together my stumble home and it looks like I stopped by CVS to buy my single self some v-day lovin...awkhawk.  Drunk me is clearly retarded, because I obviously should have chosen the hot doc over russell stovers.  FML.

More updates to come!

XOXO - Christine

Valentine's Day!

Hello bunnies!

Happy Valentine's Day to those of you who actively celebrate it! Personally, I'm pretty indifferent about the day unless I have a boyfriend, in which case I usually like to make a nice dinner and just hang out. Boyfriends definitely win points for presents that come in Tiffany's boxes and for unconventional activities, but I definitely don't expect or demand either.

My sophomore year boyfriend and I actually did dinner, a movie, and then went sledding on Valentine's Day '05. So much fun! The best gift I've ever gotten on v-day was from my junior year boyfriend. He had made dinner reservations, so I went to shower and when I got back to my room he'd left a pink lacoste polo and a bouquet of wildflowers on the table by my bed. Talk about perfection! Maybe I'm a guy in that respect, but I most appreciate gifts that I can actually use or wear.

Disclaimer: Most girls will NOT appreciate a gift of clothing because you will inevitably buy something too big or too small and she will be embarrassed. My ex could get away with this because he was mildly gay and knew my size. However, giving a girl flowers that aren't roses is ALWAYS a do. As long as you don't buy carnations (the poor man's flower), she'll appreciate the creative gesture.

Alright my loves, I'm off to go celebrate v-day with a pub crawl in Faneuil! Have fun with whatever you're up to today/tonight!!

XOXO (x 25 for v-day) - Christine

Brilliant Discovery #1

My new favorite time-killing website:  www.wordle.net/create  

You enter any words, term papers, blog urls you want and the website will create an awesome word diagram using everything you input.  The size of the words varies depending on how many times the word has been referenced in the information you've given.

Here's one I made based on my facebook interests:

And one I made with a drunk AIM convo with one of my man situations (more to come on him later):

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this discovery, there will be more to come tomorrow!

XOXO - Christine