don't make fun. its deep. and its real. plus, even tho he's only 19- he's a MAN. i mean... LOOK at him! baby face does not mean baby. he's ready for me. i know it. taylor lautner makes me feel young again... you have NO Idea... Add Comment last night at midnight closed the 3rd week of my new sidebar :) i came up with this idea at like, 4 am a few saturday nights ago. lately, i can't surround myself with enough NEW things. and also- COMFORTING things. things that don't hold memories with anyone other than ME. so i decided to start this sidebar to do just that. to fill it with my favorite stuff. things. books. movies. (not tv, strangely enough. hello?!) food. flowers. diy projects. all that stuff. so here is why i picked what i picked, for week 2. OF THE WEEK, SIDEBAR: Week 3 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: The Office Ryan: did this happen on company property? Michael: it happened on company property WITH company property. so, double jeopardy. we're fine. Ryan: i don't think you understand how double jeopardy works... Michael: oh, i'm sorry. what is: we're fine. alllllllright. now that i've stopped laughing, here is why i love this quote. a- it shows what an idiot michael scott is. b- it shows what a control freak ryan is. c- it makes you empathize with ryan on hating the very fiber michael is made of. d- it makes you love michael infinitely more. i just think this is seriously one of the funniest moments of the entire series, and there are thousands. but this is up there for me. its SO ridiculous, and this was a tough, TOUGH week. so i needed something to make me laugh occasionally :) boom. thanks office. how i heart you.  WEBSITE OF THE WEEK: TheLonelyIsland.com maybe it's the fact that jorma (far left) and i have been exclusively dating for awhile but i just can't get enough of these guys. "jizz in my pants" is quite possibly my favorite youtube video, ever... besides my Big falling off the trampoline with nothing more than a high pitched whimper... i should have video of the week on this thing... maybe i'll add some stuff, cuz i forgot tv show of the week too. and for someone who watches as much tv as me, that is just unforgivable. AT ANY RATE- the lonelyisland.com is perfect for you if you have a horribly disgusting sense of humor and find hilarity in the most basic of human functions. i die.  BLOG OF THE WEEK: FoodComaBlog.com sister act to last week's featured bloggist Elsie Flannigan, emma flannigan is every bit as rad as her sister, and to be quite controversial- might be my favorite of the two. i know everyone is nuts about elsie, and i am too- don't get me wrong for a second. i dont know... there's just something nice about being just as talented but not as "out there" with it... i dont know. i love emma. i read her blog every day. she writes a lot of veggie recipes which is rad, cuz its SO hard to find super delicious veggie recipes that don't start with "first boil the brussel sprouts" or something gross... and she's wonderfully funny and doesn't take things too seriously and doesn't follow recipes to the letter and is free and makes mistakes and loves it... and she's just beautiful. i heart her. a lot. check her out if you like super good food and pretty things and funny people.  SONG OF THE WEEK: "Greenhouse" by Lizzy Loeb okay. this is a big one for me. and EXTREMELY self serving. because lizzy loeb is my massive massive massive massive massive massive massive girl crush. like, i'd marry her in a second. and might i add- she lives in new york... so its legal now ;) i met her a few years ago in the city and found it hard to speak. she was amazing, and shall i say... had i hung out a little longer (and been single) the night would have gotten very VERY interesting... i just ADORE her. i can't get enough of her music. one of the saddest days of last year was when she uploaded a new song and i raced over to watch it- and realized she had deleted ALL her old videos, which included a few of my all time favorite songs :( she is incredible. lots of people gripe about her raspy, breathy voice and the faces she makes- hey, that's fine. don't like it. more for me... cuzi can't friggin' get enough of it. plus, she's GORGEOUS. hey lizzy- remember me? im single now. hit me up. i'll be in ny in the fall.... let's do this.  ALBUM OF THE WEEK: The Missing Link by Jeremy Enigk ok. this is also a big one. this album has meant a LOT to me over the years. in fact, if you bought it and listened to it, you'd probably go "ohhh yeahhh!!!! i know that song!!" because a lot of these songs are on EVERY mix i've made over the last... oh... 5 years? but strangely enough, i've never listened to this album a lot WITH someone, so it doesn't hold any specific relationship memories, which is nice. i hate it when you tie a REALLY good song to someone, and then you can never listen to it again ... this album is just incredible. my favorite songs are "oh john" and "chewing gum". it's just a BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL work of art. huge HUGE Lush orchestrations, and jeremy's raspy, mature voice... it just sounds like he's been through SO much heartache... and it's so easy to connect with if you've been through the same.... buy this album. i'd never steer you wrong.  BOOK OF THE WEEK: Swamplandia by Karen Russell sadly, i didn't get to finish this book because i got so incredibly swamped (heh heh... get it? swamplandia? swamped? nevermind). so this will also be the book of the week for next week too. so you have another week to rock it out as well ;)  MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist okay. if i could have this be the movie of the week EVERY week- i would. i'm putting this movie in my top 10 favorites from now on. im serious. it's up there. i recently watched it for the first time, and i've gone to sleep with it playing every single night since. i canNOT get enough of this movie. its my new "forgetting sarah marshall". i forsee playing this movie every night for the next year as well :) its amazing. from the OPENING SCENE it had me completely and totally engrossed. "we both said a lotta things we didn't mean... like... when you broke up with me... on my bee-day...." omg. michael cera... i die. he is SO charming in this movie. and even tho whats her name starts to grate on your nerves after awhile- you forgive her because she saves him from his HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE ex-girlfriend. and their chemistry is bangin'. its just an awesome movie, and it takes me back to my college days, which is priceless. <3 watch this movie. its kind of magical...  FOOD OF THE WEEK: Qdoba Soft Tacos & Tortilla Soup (O.M.G.) i will always, ALWAYS put the O.M.G. after these items of foodage because they DESERVE IT. qdoba ROCKS THESE PRODUCTS OUT. i can't stop eating them. i've gone to qdoba to eat this once a week for about, the last 3 months. i'm addicted. and its so super cheap. its the 2 fer menu. and its like, $5 for all of it. and a drink. its just so SO good. i think they put crack in their soup... because i think about it 24/7.  FLOWER OF THE WEEK: Cherry Blossoms living in the central valley is a blessing for so SO many reasons. one of the TOP reasons is the changing of the seasons. i dont care WHAT season we're going into, it's GORGEOUS whilst changing. the best (for my buck) is winter into spring, even though fall is my favorite season. watching the orchards around here go from bare sticks to massive fields of BRIGHT PINK is unlike anything i've seen anywhere else in the world.  D.I.Y. OF THE WEEK: Scarf Purse okay. admittedly, i tried this project, and failed. MISERABLY. starting with the fact that i sewed my lining to my scarf, and whilst preparing to sew the sides up, sewed the top (the mouth) of the purse shut. SEWED IT SHUT. wtf shelly?!?!?! i dont even know. so i had to rip all that out and then there were little holes all down the front of my purse, and then i did something wrong and it was all bumpy, and finally i got so frustrated i threw it across the room and went out and jumped into the pool. im not great at learning how to do things in a calm fashion... im gonna try this again next week, although we WILL be moving onto a different d.i.y., a-hem. my week was absolutely nuts. im getting ready for a few MASSIVE things. we have a TON of family coming to stay with us for my dad's 70th bday next week, so the entire house is getting cleaned, and i had to clean the whole upstairs because it looked like a hobo camp. and when i clean- i have to re-decorate. so of course, NOTHING got cleaned while i was redecorating. so now i have ONE DAY to re-do the ENTIRE upstairs, and you should see it... um... its worse than when i started somehow. wish me luck. ALSO im getting ready for a huge photoshoot/commercial shoot for S&BB tomorrow (sunday, well, today!) from 2:00 - 4:30 pm, so every spare second has been spent making new items (i made 29 new items this week ALONE. pair that with the 10 my mom made, and whooooo. we're cookin'. look out.) we have about 8 people coming over to shoot tomorrow, so i had to build all their products, and the theme of the photoshoot is "photobooth", so i had to create all the props for the kids to use and blah blah. also, i have rehearsal every night from 6 - 11pm for joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat. so its been crazy :) and will BE crazy until july 10, when we open. then i will sleep for 2 days. then my parents leave for campmeeting and a road trip for 20 days or a month or something, so i will be ALL ALONE in this huge house, at which point, i will pack up my entire life and get ready to move :) all whilst having "joseph" shows on the weekends, and as soon as the show opens, i'll be getting a steady day job just to bring home some more money for my move. THEN at the end of august, i do the valley's got talent contest (which i will be winning) and then its september. and wow. do i have big plans for september. just you wait. :) all in all, its gonna be the busiest summer ive had in like, 3 years. ahhhh. back to life. and its about damn time.  "We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to Love and be Loved...” - Mother Teresa one of my summer check list goals is to post a picture with a corresponding story EVERY DAY from june 1 - september 1. we did something kind of cool today, so im going to start this goal a few days early :)  my mom and i entered a photo contest on cooking.com today. the mission was to create a quirky picture using a kitchen appliance in an unusual way. off the top of my head, i suggested we use a lemon squeezer like aviation goggles... like an old picture of amelia earhart. so this is what i came up with :) i've always been fascinated by amelia earhart's story. and there was this made for tv movie YEARS ago starring valerie bertinelli (i THINK) made about her and i was like, SO. ADDICTED. to this movie. i taped it and watched it every single day, like, at least 3 times. seriously- obsessed with this movie. no clue why. probably because i liked her hair, it was a love story- and then she just VANISHED. i've never gotten over that idea that she just vanished- LITERALLY- into thin air. she went up- and she never came back down... ok. first things first. if you havent seen this movie, just go now. don't even finish reading this. just go see it. the fact that The Target Lady co-wrote and stars in it should actually make you RUN to the theatre... now that you're back, let me just say this: this is possibly my new favorite movie of all time. ALL TIME. no joke. i relate to this movie like you would not BELIEVE and it makes me feel like a better person. not to mention, i can't even talk about the fact that they didn't call me to play "megan" who i was BORN to play... friggin melissa mccarthy. stealing parts from me since the gilmore girls days... that out of the way, i AM this interviewer. - "There was a sense of being taken on a journey by the grandmaster of the road trip. You feel this weird angel taking you somewhere. You don't know where, but you trust him..." - "His family and I watch Matilda as she whispers to trees, hugs animals, and takes steps two at a time, and we know that he is with us still..."  i cannot BELIEVE they made a tv show about me starring HER. yuck. im still gonna watch tho. because they based it on me... ALL STAR EDITION! okay. so tomorrow im finally doing it. ive been obsessed with ombre hair for at least 8 months, so im gonna do it before it's out of style... but when have i ever cared about being out of style? never. since i have no clue what its like to be IN style... so, here is my hairspiration for ombre hair. if you dont know what that is, it simply means dark top- light bottom. but like... natural. im always kind of ombreish anyway because i let my roots go WAY too long... but this is more of a concentrated effort to get a natural look, rather than just letting my roots take over life. here we go. im so excited. when done RIGHT, its actually a super easy look to achieve. but im just TERRIFIED im gonna turn out like drew bizzle... i. would DIE. OKAY. i have had the giggles since i woke up this morning. maybe its the ridiculous dream i had, maybe its the fact that i got like, 9 hours of sleep, maybe its all the FRIENDS i've been watching whilst re-decorating lately, maybe its the HILARIOUS conversations i've been having, maybe its my dogs who have both completely LOST THEIR MINDS, maybe its just happiness finally creeping back in, but today i have the giggles. and its getting kind of manic. its like, not nervous giggles... i cant put my finger on it. maybe im just.... GASP... happy today?!?!?! dude, ive forgotten what this feels like!!! ha ha! truly! i guess acceptance really does bring results. AT ANY RATE. ive had some people share my last blog on facbeook, and i just wanted to say thanks :) im so glad you get something from the words of "wisdom" i shared. im kind of a... i dont know... hard core person i guess. i like people who take responsibility for their actions, i like truthfulness, i like complete honesty... i cant stand passive aggressive people... thats like, one of the worst crimes in the world to me... as is fishing for compliments. BARF. but at any rate... im glad you're all getting something from my lofty sentiments. i dont mean them to be lofty, but just reading back through them, they kind of are. although i must admit, i have seriously been taking ALL my own advice lately. last week someone told me to pretend i am watching a friend go through my current (and past) situation. what would i tell them in regards to their exes behavior and what would i tell them in regards to their (read MY) behavior... that certainly provided some clarity. and clarity has been impossible to find the last several months. i like advice when it comes from someone who knows what theyre talking about. i like it, and i take it. and 9 times out of 10- they're absolutely right, and it helps. so thank you to those of you who have thanked ME for my "advice"... its just what i've been through, and have come out of alive. so i know its possible. even though life sucks super hard a lot of the time, there are beautiful moments if you can clear the haze away to see them. and even tho its hard to admit, and still feels a little iffy from where im standing- i have to believe that the good times are worth the hard times. a glimpse of happiness and love is worth the aftermath. im not sure i feel that way yet, but im going to keep believing it, so i can get through the day. i suggest you do too :) and UNTIL you find something that truly makes you happy, im going to share with you one HUGE laugh maker for me. its just a wonderful natural moment captured, and there's not a single time ive watched it since it aired, that it hasn't made me REALLY laugh. and to think.... i could be married to jack black right now had i just called him back when i was 21.... sigh.... how different life would have been. make sure you let it play all the way to the end, because the "outtakes" at the end are just as funny as the rest of it. 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