Bombs over Bradley

I can't believe I haven't seen any posts today about last night's The Bachelor finale. You know, the most dramatic season in Bachelor history? Pff...whatever ABC.

Not gonna lie, I'm a Bachelor fan. I always have been. My bachelor days go back to the sorority house when we would cram 30 girls into the Rec Room and all crowd around one TV to watch the drama.

I specifically remember watching Gwen get rejected by Aaron on Season 2. And they called her old on the Bachelor Pad! She may have a few years on her, but c'mon people, she is HOT!

Ok, back to last night's drama with Brad. I wasn't planning to give my opinion, really, but I changed my mind considering how things ended...err started, on After the Final Rose last night.

First things first, I have never been a huge fan of Brad. He's the guy that walked away in a previous season. Yep, this d-bag decided to go on the show twice. He's not that bad, better than Jake of course, but whatevs.

His top two picks on the other hand...great choices. I equally liked both of them, rather than my usual...loving one and not really liking the other. Emily and Chantal are very different people, but both suitable choices for Brad. It really was a win-win situation.

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So, I'm chilling on my couch as he picks sweet Southern Emily and proposes (Em is the blond). They laugh, they cry, and all seems like a wonderful fairy tale. I was really happy with the result.

Until the After the Final Rose show starts and Emily starts dropping bombs!

{Insert Bombs over Baghdad song here}

They're together, but broke up once between the finale and now, they still love each other. Man-o-man is she the jealous-type. She's not ready to get married, refuses to move to Austin, admits to giving Brad major hell on Monday nights (and Tuesday mornings) after the show airs and feels he gave out too much "material".

Um, earth to Emily? Where did you go? Where's the strong but sweet, innocent, not a mean bone in her body Emily we all fell in love with on the show?

Don't get me wrong, she's still sweet and only human, but she knew exactly what she was getting into when she went on the show. The Bachelor dating multiple girls and giving out the material is the entire concept of the show.

It just seemed a little strange to me. He is most definitely into her, which was nice to see, but I didn't like how she kept saying "I love you" over and over and over. Especially after each bomb she dropped. Seemed a little forced from her side, as if she couldn't think of anything better to say to him, so she just kept saying those three little words.

I hope they work out, but don't get your hopes up. There's only three couples who have made it...in 15 seasons of The Bachelor and 6 seasons of the Bachelorette.

Clearly, this process doesn't work well. Maybe they should venture to a bar in hopes of finding the one?

There's nothing better than meeting your significant other over Old Style Pineapple and Sweet Caroline at the So Long Saloon. That's my story folks. And let me assure you, there are no bombs in our household.

Well at least not on Tuesday mornings. We stay up and fight it out on Monday nights.

Get Your Fix

I'm sulking. Pissed. Disappointed. Drowning my sorrows over the K-State loss today. Three times, seriously Cats? I'm not going to say much else about it, other than I hope the tourney has a better turnout.

Instead, I'll sit here with my glass-o-wine and reminisce the crazy Saturday night I had last weekend.

Since I was out of town on my b-day, some of my friends insisted we go out to celebrate my 27th b-day. Friends and cocktails? Ok, no need to twist my arm.

We wanted to do something a little different than the usual so we decided to go to P&L, a place we don't frequent. For all you out of towners, I'm referring to the Power & Light District, a development created to revitalize downtown KC.

While it may be a sought-after area during the day with an overabundance of great dining choices and hang out spots, by night it transforms into an interesting, trashy, Vegas wannabe (but not even close), classy establishment. Now, this is just my opinion, you don't have to agree.

Do we have fun when we go? Of course we do. We create a party. But what's even more fun? The people watching. I'm talking about pimps, hoochie-mamas, cougars and cowboys people. All in the same place. It's awesome.

We only went to two bars, but that's because our first stop, Howl at the Moon, is like an addiction you don't want to come out of. I mean, who doesn't love singing screaming the lyrics to Midnight Train and watching someone get on stage and make a fool out of themselves?

While we were there, we witnessed some old women make out (I'm talkin' upper 50s), a thug (with a cookie monster hat on) act like a pole while his wife danced on him on stage, some teeny-tiny wardrobe selections, and an old guy in cowboy boots shake his booty on stage (but it was cute:).

We had a blast. I can't get enough of the band (is that what you call them?) and all their hilarious improvisation. And the mirrored wall where you pay to have a message posted. Funny stuff.

Our second stop was PBR. Not the country music bar you would expect. The beer trough girl was dressed like Lady Gaga and had two feet of feathers coming off her head. And you wouldn't believe what some girls hoochie-mamas were doing on that bull. Utter dirtiness I say.

Alright, here's some pics from my 21st b-day. I mean, 27th. Although I did sort of act like it was my 21st.

My dear hubby, who was our DD. Bless his heart.

 There was major war going on between KU and Texas. A guy paid $300 (not kidding) to have the band end with the Texas fight song.

 

Smack shacked at our house. We stayed up until 4:00 am talking and tried to cure our hangovers with coffee and taquitos.

Bethany was excited there was someone shorter than her in the bar. Ha.

I love these joksters.

Shots for my 21st birthday:). Lemon drop, me and beth's fav.

Ha ha. Cole made me sign for my "24th" shot.

At PBR. Taking a pic when all of a sudden...

Beth's beer goes crashing to the ground. She got beer dropped by Mark.

Our friends Scott and Katie were in town from the Ta.

I don't know the random girl who decided to jump in our pic.

And that concludes my montage from our P&L night. Go get your fix. It's necessary every once in awhile. You'll laugh your ass off, that's for sure.

From My Local Daily News Emails

Watch out KC, Kesha is in town this weekend.

Oh my bad, I didn't correctly display her name: Ke$ha. I guess I accidentally forgot to include the money sign she added to her name.

The fact that she added a money sign to her name is utterly stupid and I think her music is equally horrible. Her songs may have a catchy tune, but her half rapping, half singing attempt to make it big just ain't doing it for me.

Tik Tok Ke$ha. I think time is running out before everyone realizes you're not so hot and dangerous after all.

In other news (news that actually means something to me), Hallmark and the postal service have partnered up to offer greeting cards with prepaid postage.

According to my daily e-blast from the Business Journal, the PostagePaid Greetings line is in stores this week, and includes more than 200 everyday and seasonal cards.

The cards will be sold at Hallmark Gold Crown stores, some of which include Walmart, Walgreen and CVS.

I'm not sure about you all, but I think this idea is pretty awesome. I've always been a card person. Even if it might get tossed in the trash. I enjoy spending $2-4 on a card if it brings a smile to the recipient's face.

Now I just have to purchase the card and write a personal message before dropping in the mailbox. Forget worrying about if I have stamps in my wallet or not. I like things that make life more simple.

You can read the full article here.

Any plans for the weekend? Hopefully not going to the Ke$ha concert at the Midland. But if you are, it's OK. We all do dumb things in our life. Like go to the theatre to see the Bieber movie Never Say Never on Sunday.

Yep, you heard right. Me and one of my girls have a date. Oh, baby baby baby, Oh!

TGIF!

10 years, already!?

We all know that any kind of reunion can initiate those awkward situations that nobody enjoys. You know, those conversations where you act like you are listening and care, but you really don't.
 
I'm being quite blunt here, but you all know exactly what I'm talking about.

There's certain people from your past you care to talk to and there are ones you don't care to have anything to do with. 
 
We attended Brian's 10-year high school reunion this past weekend. Yes, my hubby is getting old:).

We had nametags and everything

Besides the fact that I was really tired from my triathlon that morning, I was surprised with how much fun I had. Oh and did I mention he went to Wichita Southeast? Not exactly Northwest, but let's just say he was more "cultured" than I was.

Let's face it, reunions are prime places for judgey behavior. Everyone is checking each other out, and the spouses/significant others/random dates aren't immune to the judgemental-ness.

I felt like each and every person was checking me out. Or maybe it was just Brian's old girlfriends and make-out friends. HA HA. C'mon, we all know we have a few of those:).

Either way, people wanted to see what Brian had been up to.

Not gonna lie, I was a little worried about being the tag-along spouse and having a really boring time. To my surprise, it was an enjoyable time. We closed the bars down and had lots of fun. However, the majority of the people we hung out with were Brian's closest friends from high school.

This guy was the best man in our wedding

Let's get real people, there will always be cliques. And you will always gravitate to your cliques. Reunion setting or not, you will sit at the same table with the people you know you can have a conversation with.
 
Nevertheless, both Brian and I had to bust out the "help, get me out of here" looks. Don't you just love having a sidekick for situations like that?

Anyways, it ended up being a great night consumed by cocktails, shots and a 5-hour energy! I wouldn't have made it through the night without it. Looking forward to mine in 2012!

 Momma K was our ride home, so she came out for a drink!

Vehicle Flare

What do you think about bumper stickers? Attractive, stupid, funny, freedom of speech, tacky?

Well, I really don't like them. In fact, they really annoy me!

What is it with people that like to put tacky bumper stickers all over their nice vehicles? Sorry if you are one of these people, but I'm just stating my opinion. C'mon, you know I'm an opinionated person!

I can handle a small sports related sticker or something else that isn't overwhelming, but the majority of them out there are so dumb!! Why would you clutter up your car with tacky stickers expressing your opinion? Who cares!

Here's a few I have seen in the past several months that really annoyed me.

And yes, I took these pictures myself! I am such a nut!

It's a soccer thing...you wouldn't understand
Seriously? This is just idiotic.

Taken when we were pulling out of the Plaza parking garage at the Trolley Run

Awe...what a cute little family!

Why does the world need to know how many people and pets are in the family via a bumper sticker!? Weird...

Taken in a grocery store parking lot

Nobody Cares About Your Stupid Stick Figure Family

Ok, I didn't actually take this one myself, I found it online. But, I thought it was funny:)

Back Off.
Really?

Taken in a parking garage at the Plaza. Geez...what is it with the Plaza?

Calvin peeing on the Dodge and Honda Symbols

Riiiiiiiiiiiight, because your car is so much cooler than a Dodge or Honda. It was a Ford.

Taken in an apartment building parking lot

There's a lot of them, so here goes...
1. There are two theories for arguing with women - neither works.
2. How may I ignore you today?
3. Bark less, wag more.
4. Smart Women Vote. 2004
This woman needs help. Surprisingly, there were more on the other side. It just screams WT.
Taken in the parking lot at my Photoshop class

Ok, this is the Dumbest one yet.
Not only is it a cute little family of 4, it's a cute little Jayhawk family! Two big jayhawks and 2 little ones. How cute!
NOT. What a D-bag move. That's a jayhawk for you.
Taken while driving home from work. So, sorry for the blurriness:). Don't worry, I was very safe and definitely wasn't this close. This is cropped and way zoomed in:).

The Use of Reply All

Annoying. Unnecessary. Overused. That pretty much sums up the use of reply all.

I had an instance today with this wonderful little feature in email that really got to me, so I decided to blog about it.

So, I'm on this committee at my company where we help to plan fun events, philanthropy campaigns, community involvement, etc. Well the person that heads up the committee sent out an email to the other 11 committee members to ask something about this bowling event we have Friday.

What happened after that was a string of 21 (I just counted them) pointless emails that just really made me mad. Numerous people's opinions flying everywhere that were really dumb. What goes through ones mind when replying to an email with a ton of people on it again, and again and again? I just don't understand it. Don't get me wrong, there's certain times when reply all is appropriate, but not about pointless crap that most don't care about.

Excuse my anger and frustration, I have a busy week ahead and today was a typical undesirable Monday. ugh.

Fake Baking=Ridiculously Priced

Seriously, when did tanning get so expensive? I went tonight for the first time since last May (for all the weddings I was in) and before that, I hadn't tanned since my own wedding. Well, Brian and I have an event to attend this Friday with his work and I have to squeeze my pasty self into a dress. I figured I should get some color on this ghostly white bod.

So, I get to the tanning salon and it is $12 for a 10 minute tan!! What!? I was shocked. I really don't remember prices being this high. Back in the day (in college), when I used to think tanning was really good for you:), I would buy unlimited months for $30 or a single tan for $3.

Ridiculous. All for some fake sun.

Jake chooses Vienna...are you serious?

So, you all know my obsession with reality TV. Well, I hate to admit it, but yes - I watch The Bachelor. Go ahead and poke all the fun you want. C'mon, you all know you secretly watch it or keep up with it. LOL.

Anyways, Bachelor Jake was on the previous season of The Bachelorette and was the biggest softy ever. Well, I didn't really like him then, and I definitely didn't like him after his season. Just to be completely honest, I think he is a total tool. Enough about that.

His top two girls were completely different. Tenley - sweet, genuine, positive, the good girl and kind you bring home to meet mom. And Vienna - immature, caddy, conflict starter, the girl you make fun of... in a white trash kind of way. Sorry to anyone that may like Vienna, just giving my opinion:). But really? Jake said he didn't have a physical connection with Tenley. I'll let you be the judge.

 

Vienna, ugh

Tenley

Jake made the completely wrong decision. However, I feel Tenley could do much better than him anyways. And if it couldn't get much worse, they announced right after the show that he will be joining next season's Dancing With the Stars. He made a comment that learning to dance this way "has been his life's dream." He will be joining other celebs (yeah right) some of which include Pamela Anderson, football star Chad Ochocinco, 90210's (the original) Shannen Doherty, EPSN's Erin Andrews, and...

drumroll please...

Kate Gosselin! HA!

Don't I look just like her? :) I'm not sure that would be a good thing...

Halloween 2009. Check out that wig. Cut it myself and added highlights with shoe polish:) HA HA

Olympics

We have been spending our nights watching the Olympics and I just love it. The United States is currently in the lead, followed by Germany and Norway. Many random thoughts have gone through my head. Here are a few:

1.Why can't the girls land their tricks in the half pipe? The boys are so much more fun to watch. Pretty much how I feel about girls basketball too.
2. What's the difference between ice dancing and couple skating? Just the axle's and triple loop jumps? Seems pointless to me.
3. Freestyle skiing is really cool.
4. Do kids say to their parents growing up "Mommy/Daddy, I want to be a curler." I just don't see how one develops a desire to do this or gets into it!
5.  The Koreans are mean. All pushy and such in the speed skating. Get up off fool!
6. Does curling even require any athleticism?
7. How do you score in curling? :)
8. Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it's bobsled time! Cool Runnings! Classic.

Valentine's Day=Overrated

This is the stupidest holiday ever created. It's just a made-up day for girls' significant others to feel obligated to be all lovey-dovey and buy a gift. Don't get me wrong, it's nice to go out to eat or get flowers every so often, but does it have to be on a certain day that this must happen? Brian and I have never really celebrated this holiday. In fact, I don't think we have ever even went out to eat on this crazy day. We just exchange cards and it works for us. So instead, we spent the day with family!

Brian's mom and grandma came to KC this weekend. It was great having them here and wish they would come more often! Saturday, we had lunch at 5 Guys Burger and Fries at the Legends (new hamburger joint that is very good, but a total heart attack/grease monsoon). Brian just loves this place. Then, we introduced Momma K and Grandma to Nebraska Furniture Mart. Grandma was really impressed with how big it was and really thought it was something:). Then, we watched the K-State game at home, and had chicken enchiladas with tomatillo/poblano chile sauce and a few bottles of wine. Yum! We also discovered that Jake has a liking for apples. He was snooping around in the guest bedroom, found an apple in Nancy's bag and starting eating it! It was the funniest thing ever --  like he had found a juicy steak or something!

Sunday, Brian flipped pancakes for breakfast and we ate at Spin! Pizza for lunch. Very good pizzas and salads. They were hoping to stay longer, but the random in-and-out blizzards had them leaving early. But I think it was a good thing because when Brian and I were headed back home on 435, the highway was closed right near our exit! It was nuts! It was really backed up and apparently 435 north bound at holiday, 35 and 87th and 70 at the K-7 hook up were all closed for several hours due to 25+ car pile-up wrecks. Another reason why we all need to pack up and head to the beach!! Snow, go away already!

 

Look for the pancake slightly in the air! :)

 

Get that apple, jakey!