Kristabella: Full of Snark Since 1977

Posted By Kristabella on March 7, 2010

I’m currently watching the Oscars and refreshing Twitter a thousand times a minute because then it feels like I am back in college and watching the Oscars with my friend Amber. It’s not as fun to make snarky comments to your cats. They don’t really care and are more amused by licking their assholes.

Anyway, because I love the Oscars and because I did nothing today but sleep and eat a large quantity of Taco Bell, I don’t have time to write a proper blog post. And boy oh boy does this weekend need a proper recap. It needs a post! Or probably two! Because it was that good and kind of ridiculous, but in the most awesome way possible. There was beer! And hot Irish kids! (No really! He was 24! I AM A COUGAR!) And weird dive bars! And karaoke in a different language! And cab drivers! OF COURSE!

But that will have to wait until tomorrow. Until then, I give you a Public Service Announcement: Be wary of a drunk person with a pool stick in hand. You may end up “marked”.

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Posted By Kristabella on March 4, 2010

Did you know I got a new laptop? HAVE I MENTIONED THAT AT ALL? So far, I love it. The hardest thing is getting used to the new keyboard. See, this has a full keyboard, with the number pad thingy, so I keep lining up in the middle of the laptop to type and end up typing things like ,y, instead of my and faod instead of said. And then sometimes I’ll hit backspace and it will look like this \\\\\. Or I just end up hitting a lot of numbers in random spots. So I’m getting used to that. I’m VERY excited to have a full keyboard. Since this is my only home computer, it is a nice bonus. And means I have a nice big screen so I don’t strain my old-lady eyes.

Anywho, since it is Thursday and my brain is mush, and because today had to be the longest day in the history of mankind, all I can muster to post is a bunch of random things. So here we go…

On Tuesday, I saw Broadway in Chicago tweet about a contest to win free tickets.  I didn’t think about to what show they were for, I was just like “I WANT TO WIN!” And the weird thing is, I KNEW the answer. It was Chicago Hope! The question was about Mandy Patinkin. After I sent the answer I was overcome with a wave of the “what have I dones”. Because then I remembered that there was currently a Broadway in Chicago production with Mandy in it. Some sort of “Mandy and some chick sing some songs they’ve sung on Broadway in the past.”

So I won. Because how many people even watched Chicago Hope?  And how many of those people are actually on Twitter? Not many, I would imagine. So of course I won. And of course it was the day after I had just stayed home sick so I was not feeling like being up late and being out watching a MAN named MANDY sing.

Then I remembered that my mom really wants to see this show. So I called her and was all “surprise! You can go see Mandy!” Except, she wasn’t feeling good and also is older than me and doesn’t like to go out on school nights.

So what did I do? I just ignored the @reply and pretended I never won.

But now I can never say I’ve never won anything.

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I finally grabbed a shot of my favorite WiFi network that I see every day on my way home.

Also, this is ALWAYS at a stop light. I don’t check my phone while driving after you all scolded me.

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Kitty Kitty loves to play with straws. This is a note to any of you who come to my house and would like to drink out of a straw. She will not let you. She will spot it and then pull it out of your cup, even if that means spilling the entire contents of the cup all over EVERYTHING! And she will do this at any hour of the day. TRUST ME! I KNOW THIS! She once spilled an entire glass of water, off my nightstand, at like 3 AM!

So because she hasn’t been herself lately, I brought out a bunch of straws for her to play with. It’s kind of adorable. She bats them around the floor, and then she’ll pick it up in her mouth and carry it around, like she’s got a bone in her mouth. Makes me laugh every time.

She bats them around until they go away – under the rug, under a door, under the fridge, etc. So this is what I come home to every night. I’m pretty sure my neighbors wonder why there is always a straw outside my door.

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And now this, that Kerri sent to me awhile back, is just 100 kinds of fitting:

#spinstercards

And on that note, I wish you all a wonderful weekend! Do you have anything exciting planned?

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Posted By Kristabella on March 3, 2010

So guess who has two thumbs and got a new laptop today?

THIS GIRL!

So my new laptop, my stylish and friendly companion, has a webcam, which will probably not be used that much except to have the cats say hello to all of you.

But since I’ve spent all my evening setting up my new computer, I will leave you with my first, and probably last, vlog. Well at least my last topic-less vlog because this was just a mess.

Also, webcams are unflattering. Or I really have 17 chins and a mustache. And note to self: Maybe wear a bra and sit up straight next time, OK?

So here, for your viewing pleasure, ME! And Simba! Ta-dah!

And somehow this is even more embarrassing that showing my 8th grade photo yesterday.

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Posted By Kristabella on March 2, 2010

Apparently one of my old teachers from Junior High has joined Facebook and created a group for our school. He also has decided to scan the contents of the yearbooks from the years he was a teacher.

And because I’m generous, I figured I would share the photo of me from 8th grade. It’s a little small, but I think you can take in the greatness that is the BANGS and the GLASSES THAT ATE MY FACE, ZOMG!!

I wish I had a scanner. And I wish I had old photos of myself to share. Because this is actually one of the good ones. And this photo? Deserves to be in all color. Why?

1. I’m wearing a gold chain necklace that I probably got at the dollar store.
2. Those BIG glasses? ARE BLUE!
3. That outfit, whoo boy do I remember that outfit. It was a two-piece thing, pants and a top. It was a dark blue, almost navy, and the things on the front of the top were gold. And these pants? THEY WERE HAMMER PANTS! And they had SUSPENDERS! Oh man, I loved that outfit.
4. THE BANGS! In my head, I pictured them bigger. I think I did a better job with my bangs a few weeks ago.
5. My God, the yearbook photos from this year are hilarious! SO. MUCH. BIG. HAIR.

And now I have to make a special trip to my Mom’s to find some other photos and go buy a scanner! Because people, there was a MULLET YEAR! Complete with Sophia Petrillo glasses.

If only I were kidding.

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In other news, in a wave of guilt for not attending to my cats’ every need, I bought them some toys at Target over the weekend. Specifically, I bought them these cubes:

They sat untouched until today! Until I moved them to the carpeted room, figuring they might want to not sit on the cold hardwoods!

Simba clearly wasn’t happy I caught him utilizing his new toy.

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Posted By Kristabella on March 1, 2010

When you were in grade school, did you used to talk about how March came “in like a lion and out like a lamb”? And then “April showers bring May flowers”? I swear, if people ever wonder why Midwesterners talk about the weather so much, it’s like it has been ingrained in us since we were little. Because it is March and it is ALMOST THE END OF WINTER! HUZZAH! If we talk about spring enough, it will be spring! And not snow! And be above freezing! COME ON EVERYBODY, BELIEVE!

Well, my March came in like a Lion because I was up all night last night with stomach issues and the chills. So I stayed home today to rest and hopefully eat something and drink and get my energy up.

Here is a list of the other things I did:

• Slept
• Twittered
• Played Words with Friends, mostly with Rhi because she was home sick too (ZOMG, I got sick through the INTERNET!)
• Watched a lot of daytime television, including the first episode of The OC on SoapNet. Man, it is a WONDER why I stuck with that show. The only thing that made that show was Seth Cohen. Even in episode 1.
• Summer was like the Kelly Taylor of that show – so dumb and slutty in the beginning and turned out to be a good person, who went to BROWN.
• Spent a lot of quality time with my cats
• I think my one cat might actually be sick or something. She’s been barfing a lot lately. Funny, though, she only seems to do it when I’m not here. Convenient, cat.
• Ate toast
• Drank cherry limeade Crystal Light
• Napped
• Watched The Golden Girls because no sick day is complete without Dorthy and the Gang.

And that my friends is a day in the life of Kristabella: The Sick Day Edition.

So tell me, readers (I think there are more than one of you these days), do you have any interesting news to share? Any exciting stories? Any topics you’d like to see me blog about? Because we’re still a month from Easter, kids, and I’m running out of steam.

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