Archive for May, 2009

(It’s long, but I haven’t blogged in like a week and now I’m making up for it.)

When I graduated college, like a million years ago (ok seven) (but it feels like a million), my mother had saved up and gave me a pair of perfectly teeny, perfectly flawless diamond stud earrings. To this day, they are one of the things I love the most in the whole world. I wear them nearly every day, changing out of them so rarely that when I do wear other earrings, something feels wrong.

Two weeks ago I was at work, Xacto knifing away at a project when the left stud fell on the floor. I gasped and immediately picked it up. I then spent an HOUR looking for the back. Eventually I gave up and went to the ladies room. As I put my hands under the water, I happened to look down. There was the back of my earring. On the floor.

…..?

Cut to Tuesday of this week. I was sitting in a coffee house* enjoying my tea. I looked down at the table in front of me and the left stud fell out of my ear and on to the table. I spent about 20 minutes looking for the back of the earring, gave up and left.

That night, I was laying in bed, desperately trying to fall asleep when I rolled over on to something totally annoying. I flipped on my light and there in my bed was the back of my earring.

…..?

Losing it two weeks ago and finding it in the bathroom of work was one thing. But if the back of my earring was in my BED, that meant I lost it IN BED that morning and went about my day with a backless earring in my left ear. I went to the gym and ran MILES outside on the streets of Boston. Then I SHOWERED. And dried my hair by FLIPPING MY HEAD UPSIDE DOWN at the gym. I went to the coffee house after all that at 5:00 pm …. and THAT’S where my earring fell out. When I was just sitting at a table.

It’s SO bizarre. But I’m glad I still have my earrings. And yes, I’m investing in a better set of earring backs this weekend.

(Part II is behind locked doors now … juuuust in case. I don’t care who reads it, and if you want the password, just leave a comment and it’s yours – but you’ll understand WHY it’s protected now. HA! And just so you know … part two has NOTHING to do with earrings and everything to do with a bad date. A bad blind date. Yikes.)

A couple of weeks ago I sent out some twitters looking for tickets to the TMobile sponsored Lady Gaga/Kelly Clarkson show … for Sidekick owners only. Clearly I don’t have a Sidekick, but I wanted in to this concert. I wasn’t going to miss Gaga play Boston TWICE. After some failed attempts, I just gave up. Until some boy contacted me a couple days before the show and told me the woman he was going to give the tickets to was a no-show. Um, hello. Where should I be and when?

Needless to say I got the tickets. And celebrated with a muppet face.

The tickets said doors were at 8, show started at 9. I figured if Andrew and I got there about 6:30 we’d be fine. And then I checked Twitter/Facebook. And people were twittering at THREE O CLOCK PM that there was already a line outside the House of Blues.

RI-DIC-U-LOUS.

Blah blah …. Andrew and I hopped in line at 5:00

and stood for 3 hours until they let us in. The pic above shows the line behind us. It went all the way from House of Blues to beyond the Cask’n Flagon. YIKES. Good thing we were only about 50 people deep in line.

Which afforded us an AMAZING spot upon entering the venue. No really.

We were legit front and center. It was Gaga, a security guard, a couple of druuuuuunks baby gays and us. We did not have any beverages at the show and I can say there is nothing more annoying than being surrounded, we’re talking unable to move/packed in like sardines surrounded, by drunks. At one point one of the drunks tried to start a fight, started sweating and turned a shade of green that can only mean one thing. No worries though, the wonderful and amazing trannies standing next to us got that kid out of there before you could say “Cherry cherry boom boom”. I have never been happier to be friends with a 6′4″ man dressed head to toe like Lady Gaga.

Here’s my full set of photos from the show.

In addition I took a bunch of video, unfortunately being surrounded by a bunch of annoying drunks doesn’t make for particularly steady video, but here is it anyway.

The opening of the show:

A short clip of Beautiful Dirty Rich:

And my favorite (and the only full video), Lady Gaga in a bubble outfit, a piano and Poker Face. (And yes, that is Andrew at the beginning screaming “POKE MY FACE”. He’s a classy broad.)

Enjoy. I know I did.

Last Friday I won a twitter contest through Shoebuy.com – a shoe company I admittedly love and make purchases from regularly. I have been a good little girl and not done much shopping lately (in preparation for a move. A.) I already have enough shoes to move and B.) That’s a stupid excuse, I just really haven’t bought more so that I have plenty of money in the bank to actually get a place to live saving me from a life of hoboness.

So yay free shoes.

Today, in full disclosure mode, is pretty much a throw away. I can barely focus my eyes much less design anything, but surfing a shoe website doesn’t seem to be a problem.

I did have a few double takes … for instance this shoe which lists it’s materials as “leather and SWEATER”.

Oh.

Or this “pair of shoes” that, to be frank, scares the living hell out of me:

Are they shoes? Pants? Why are they both? Please don’t hurt me.

I will say this, at $95, that combo is a bargain.

But onto the important stuff, like shoes I am actually considering* buying**. I want to post out my favorite pairs and get some feedback. Which 2 (or 3) pairs should I get?

*Since this is basically free money, I’m considering getting a pair that I normally would just admire from afar but never buy with my own money, hence the slightly “out thereness” of these choices.

**Warning, I am slightly obsessed with the whole “gladiator” trend happening right now.

BCBGirls Lexs (which also come in black, but I love the white)

Luichiny Neelie (which I mostly love for their 4.5″ heel!)

Luichiny Chariot

BCBGirls Amonia

Jessica Simpson Hesse (4 3/4″ heel!)

BCBGirls Single

Similarly,

Jessica Simpson Hello

Jessica Simpson Striker (which I love because they are somewhat reminiscent of the Diors Carrie sported in the SATC movie)

Luichiny Raissa (FLATS?!)

BCBGirls Elga 2 Oh there you are color.

Luichiny Razzie Rave (whoa MORE flats)

Ok. That’s a lot to look over. Yeah I have insane taste in shoes. And a stupid sense of humor (re: the title of this post) Thanks.

OH and finally, if you want a chance to win the ShoeBuy contest (there’s 7 weeks left!) – official rules and directions here.