Tight Rolled Pants Are Back!

Posted on August 7, 2008 by kristiane

I like 80’s fashion. However, I am not going to walk around dressed like Madonna or the members Bangles during their prime. I think an 80’s fad is coming back that I can wrap my jelly bracelet adorned arms around. . I saw this picture today of Katie Holmes which had a caption explaining that this was the “new” look for denim this fall. NEW MY FOOT! I rocked the tight roll for many years…many years ago. I won’t lie, I am stoked that it is returning. but, at my old age is it too late to follow the fad once again?

Though seriously, Katie, you could use a size smaller.

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Nick Swisher Doesn’t Need Ooling Tea

Posted on August 6, 2008 by kristiane

Here in Minnesota the Twins played the White Sox last week. I work downtown Minneapolis around where the players stay at hotels and eat at…restaurants. A few times we have had various players in the restaurant that I work at. It’s kinda neat. I mean, I am not too cool to get excited about ball players. It’s just that if I don’t recognize them before they are pointed out to me, I don’t suddenly get excited when I find I am in the presence of a player.

Back to my point, last week the White Sox were here and so was their outfielder Nick Swisher. He came in and got a table in my section with two of his friends and/or fellow ball players. Now, I follow baseball more than some and know who he is when he is on the field in a jersey and a batting helmet, but in street clothes, sporting a faux hawk, he just looked like another guy to me.

So, the three of them ordered drinks; two cokes for Nick and friend A, while friend B ordered ooling tea. I brought the beverages out to the table and Nick asked me what health benifits he would get if he drank the tea as well. At this point he is still just a random guy wearing too much cologne. I told him it would make him rich and famous. Whoops. After bringing their drinks, one of my coworkers told me his name.

Swisher made 3.6 million dollars this year. So he’s plenty rich, and being as he is on the Chicago White Sox he is plenty famous.

He did not order any tea.

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Journey to The Center of the Earth 3D

Posted on August 4, 2008 by kristiane

Yesterday was a typical muggy mess, so The Max and I climbed into our A/C-less car and headed to our local multiplex in search of entertainment in the cold air. I gave him his choice of films; JTTCOTE3D or Space Chimps. In my head I was pleading “Please please please…DON’T PICK SPACE CHIMPS!” Luckily, he read my mind. It was not until we got to the theater that I found out that the movie was in 3D. I did not know anything about the movie. I was even surprised when I found out that Brendan Frasier was in it. With this and the new Mummy film, he is certainly going to make a comeback which should finally merit Encino Man 2: Back to the Stone Age. I also found out that it was rated PG-13. Whoops! Max is six, and I am pretty strict about not letting him see films rated higher than PG, but I went for it anyway.

It was actually alright. I don’t expect any Oscars, but I was entertained, and Max loved it. I was puzzled by the rating. There was no language, no nudity full or partial, and though some of the images were kinda scary, it was not gory even slightly.

What I was most happy about was the 3D-ness of it. I have decided that in order for a theater to earn my movie in the future, i am going to try and make it only to movies that have some sort of gimmick such as that. If it is not in 3D, or at the IMAX, or if they don’t pump out scents to match the scenes on the screen, I think I will stay home. Exception: John Cusack. Just so long as they keep make-uping the wrinkles forming on his forty-something face, I will happily see all his movies.

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My 2nd Favorite Commercial

Posted on August 3, 2008 by kristiane

After a memory refresher at the XE blog, I remembered this commercial and CD from the 90s. My cousin bought it and I probably listened to it in my Walkman after dubbing it onto a cassette while Rollerblading.

I think I am going to start Rollerblading again.

I cannot think this week. I’m done trying.

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At Least For Today

Posted on August 3, 2008 by kristiane

What I did watched over summer break:

Standings
American League | National League

EAST W L PCT GB
Tampa Bay 66 44 .600 –
Boston 64 48 .571 3
NY Yankees 61 50 .550 5.5
Toronto 55 55 .500 11
Baltimore 53 57 .482 13
CENTRAL W L PCT GB
Minnesota 62 49 .559 –
Chicago WS 61 49 .555 .5
Detroit 55 56 .495 7
Kansas City 52 60 .464 10.5
Cleveland 48 62 .436 13.5
WEST W L PCT GB
Los Angeles 69 42 .622 –
Texas 57 54 .514 12
Oakland 53 57 .482 15.5
Seattle 42 69 .378 27
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My Favorite Commercial

Posted on July 31, 2008 by kristiane

It’s hot, I hate it. I’ve tried to enjoy this summer. I bought passes to the pool, cooled my apartment as far as I can, and for a brief week, had a semi tan. But tomorrow is August first, my least favorite month of the year. In efforts to cheer myself up, I found this commercial on youtube. It worked.

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Useful Phrases

Posted on July 30, 2008 by kristiane

Working with the customers in a restaurant type setting, you must know a handful of key phrases in order to effectively communicate with the general public. Some things relate to your job. Such as, “Hey, how’s everyone here doing today?!” or “Thanks for coming in, have a really wonderful afternoon!” Sometimes, you are in a daze and tell a table that just sat themselves to have a great day and then walk away.

Then there’s customers that want to talk about stuff with you while they are seated and enjoying their meals. They want to talk about the weather, gas prices etc. Here are some suggestions for phrases that you can use at almost any time:


“We could sure use the rain”

It doesn’t matter if it has rained a full foot over the average rainfall for the year, if it has not rained in more than five days, people want to talk about the lack of precipitation. I don’t get this. If in fact, it has not rained more than average add in, “…the farmers sure need it.” You will appear as though you have a heart of gold if you are sympathizing with the hard working laborers in this world

“With these gas prices…”
Actually, this one is fitting right now, I think for the first time since I have driven.

I found this graph from 2002. We were upset at the 19 cent rise at that time. Americans will always be upset at the price of gas, so you can always bring this into conversation.

“The results of the upcoming election could be scary”

There’s always an election coming up. I don’t know that the results could ALWAYS be scary. Go with it, and then see what sub-topic the other person leads into. If they call you out and say, “What do you mean?” Mention the school board election. Chances of you running into someone who knows squat about this topic are impossible, you could even make up names and issues.

Then, of course, the old stand-by
“How bout this weather?”

This works especially well in the state of Minnesota. With temperatures from -30F degrees all the way up to 100F, you can basically say this at any given moment. If, by chance, it’s 70 and sunny, you will then just talk about how great it is and what you have done to utilize the ideal outdoor climate.

Yes, you can always make small talk with absolutely anyone.

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When is this lady gonna stop writing about her kid?

Posted on July 29, 2008 by kristiane

I said I was gonna post until school starts, and I haven’t finished the one I was going to do today. Instead, I will bore you with a funny Max story. Here’ are three separate conversations that we have had the past year or so. In order. The final one was just a few minutes ago.

#1- About a year ago
Me: Brush your teeth.
Max: I already did.
Me: No you didn’t
Max: How do you know?
Me: I know everything!
Max: *stunned-brushes promptly*

#2 About nine months ago
Max: What is water made of?
Me: Hydrogen and oxygen
Max: What is hydrogen and oxygen made of?
Me: Protons, neutrons, and electrons
Max: What are protons, neutrons and electrons made of?
Me: Quarks
Max: What are quarks made of?
Me: That’s the smallest thing there is
(I could be wrong, maybe since my 10th grade biology class they have discovered something new)

#3Tonight
Max: Where’s my Super Mario DVD?
Me: In the top drawer
Max: No, I left it on the dresser
Me (opening the drawer where the DVD is sitting in plain view)See, what does Mommy know?
Max: Everything…Except you still don’t know what quarks are made of.

Smart alek.

Also, posted something half hearted at Funny Minnesota today

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One Hundered Dollars

Posted on July 28, 2008 by kristiane


I don’t subscribe to a single magazine, though I should. I buy maybe 2-3 a week. One of those I regularly but is Real Simple. It is somewhat Martha Stewart-y (I read hers religiously as well) and has simple buy-the-best-and-least-expensive tips.
One of the columns is “What you would do with a hundred dollars?” Well, if I had one hundred dollars to spend tomorrow on unnecessary things I would buy this:

20- baby pink vintage Vision Street Wear high tops from the thrift store that I unwisely passed up
4- green tea smoothie from Jamba Juice.
8- 200ml. bottle of vodka, cranberry juice, ice, and I’d steal a straw for the concoction when I was at Jamba Juice.
10- new welcome mat for my from door.
5- movie rental
8- a pint of paint to color my window frame
20- NES controller with usb adapter
25- subscription to Martha Stewart

What would you buy with 100?
Rules: No bills or saving, kinda like Brewster’s Millions, but not with millions, with a hundred bucks.

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Taking Advice From Eminem

Posted on July 27, 2008 by kristiane

That’s right, I am cleaning out my closet. Why? It looks like this:

It’s a sad display of what will happen when you haven’t grown since 1993. I researched “Tips for cleaning out your closet” online. I just need some help. One thing that all the closet experts say is that you should toss anything you haven’t worn in the past year.

YEAR?! Ha! I found a huge pile of stuff I haven’t worn in over ten years. Things I cannot bear to throw away. Things that I will one day give to the daughter I have not yet bothered to create. Things like this:

My letterman’s jacket and cheer leading uniforms. Go ahead, chuckle. My dirty secret is that I was a cheerleader. Apparently a good one, I was captain of the wrestling, soccer, and football squads. And I have those patches to prove it. The worst thing about my letterman’s jacket is this: It cost $375, and this was way back when, easily the most I ever paid for an article of clothing to this day. I wore it for two years. Now I cannot do a thing with it. It still fits. However, anyone who wears their jacket one day past graduation is basically the worlds largest loser of all time. Why? Why is that the rule? At least there should be one day a year called “National Letterman’s Jacket Day.” Would you participate in it with me? Please? I suggest December 8th, it’ll be cold. I’m doing it.

When I was in younger I had a friend who loved dolphins. She wore dolphin earrings and necklaces and wanted to be a marine biologist and swim with the suckers. I decided I should have a favorite animal as well, and I chose cows. Most of the accessories I could find that were bovine related were socks, and more socks, and basically just socks. Until my mom found a pattern for a cow sweater that she wanted to make for me that included real bells that rung hanging from the cows’ necks. I actually wore the thing, a lot. I was not 7, I was 14 years old. A couple years later I gave up the cow thing, but my dolphin friend went on to receive a degree in marine biology and spent a few years swimming with those aquatic mammals at Sea World. I on the other hand have smelled a few cows, that’s about it.

In the 80’s and 90’s Airwalks were the shoes to wear if you wanted to show the world that you rode a skateboard. I did not. I just wanted people to think I did. I have no fewer than six pairs. These were my favorite. Iridescent gold lace-up and girly Airwalks that I blew an entire 67 dollars on in 1995. Now, they have lost their luster and are peeling in spots. Airwalks can now be found at your local Payless for a whopping 17.99. *sigh*

There’s a store in this area called Rag Stock. It’s thrift store of sorts, and it smells like one too. They have a rack of Japanese baseball jerseys. One day in 1994 my friends and I were browsing for flannels and we came across a dozen or more of these identical shirts. Then we wore them the next day to school. I wonder what Yoshida means?

I am going to go look for Airwalks on ebay now.

My closet still looks the same 😕

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