a dialogue about adam levine with my 9 year old

we were watching The Voice when chaeli commented, “hey, i didn’t know adam wears glasses!” he wore them during one of his coaching sessions for the knock-out round.

i said, “i guess he does. i think he looks better in them!”

“i don’t like him in glasses.”

“did you know that auntie cathy loves adam levine?”

“i like him too!”

“yeah, but auntie cathy thinks he’s SEXY**!”

*surprised look from chaeli*

“what… you think he’s sexy, too? do you like him the way auntie cathy likes him?”

“ah hahahha! nooooo… ha ha ha!”

“oh… you’re embarrassed. that’s okay, we can talk about it later.”

“hahaha! i don’t want to talk about it later! hahaha-haaaa!”

chaeli was laughing so hard she almost had trouble breathing.

i continued teasing her as she went up the stairs to get ready for bed. she had to lie down until she was able to contain herself.

of course, i kept on just saying in different ways how auntie cathy loves him, has the biggest crush on him and think he’s sexy**

it was awesome.

then she asked, “did you want to marry a SEXY man, mommy?”

i replied, “i did… i married daddy!”

“ah ha ha ha! daddy’s not sexy! ewww… that’s gross! hahaha!”

**it should be pointed out that in no time, did my friend cathy, ever admit to thinking adam levine is sexy – perhaps just a small crush on the man but that is all. i added the whole ‘sexy’ bit because i knew it would make chaeli uncomfortable. and it makes for a better blog post.

dream cheating

but technically, i don’t really ever dream cheat on doug. reason being, my subconscious has found a way to make my dreams guilt-free.

in any dream where i have some type of hot and sexy fling with a celebrity, i’m always in my 20′s – during the time i hadn’t even met doug.

how’s that for getting away with technicality?

last night was about usher.

oh… hotness!

the dream was at a party. he came up to me and we started dancing. next thing i know he was holding me very close and whispering into my ear, “lets get out of here.”

yeah – like i was going to say no to him.

unfortunately, the rest of the dream was pretty much a bust. all i know was that i ended back at his condo, we went into his bedroom and he closed the door.

and that’s when i woke up.

apparently, i’m not very good at dream-cheating, either.

top non-sexual crushes of gay celebrities

yup. exactly what the title entails.

please don’t ask me to explain myself. simply because i just can’t. which really means that i have no idea where to start nor even understand it myself.

but these are my top three…

3.  Jim Parsons

sheldon cooper is annoying – but adorable, too

2.  Clinton Kelly

perhaps i just want him to approve my wardrobe

3.  Neil Patrick Harris

love this man’s talent – am glad he had a big comeback

Disney World 2013 – final notes

i just wanted to record some random notes about our trip:

• we did get a chance to visit Disney’s Boardwalk which was quite beautiful. i didn’t take any photos because we were there in the evening when it was quite dark. i’ve been to Downtown Disney before, but never the boardwalk. it was a nice, quaint area. the main reason we were there was our reservations at Iron Chef Cat Cora’s Kouzzina’s. overall, it was a good restaurant, but strangely, not my favourite. the quality was good, don’t get me wrong. but i expected more. what was good, however, was the spreads we ordered for appetizers. i have never had such amazing hummus before in my life. and the two types of olive oil they gave us for dipping (with the very good, freshly baked sour dough bread) was also heaven. the trio sampler dessert platter i ordered was also not to be forgotten – especially as it was accompanied by one of the best tasting pressed coffee ever! i’m not sure if it was really that good or not mainly because we had no great comparison for that entire week. the resort, refillable coffee was very much on the sad side. i never thought i would say this, but the next time we go back to disney world, i’ll be looking forward to that starbucks they are replacing Main Street Bakery with in Magic Kingdom.

• disney world marketing blows me away. first of all, since chaeli got a lot of autographed birthday cards and pictures from all the characters we had a chance to meet, i noticed right away that each cast member playing these characters had perfected their autograph. why i know this? i’m a typography-geek after all. of course, i’ve seen these branded disney fonts and i knew right off the bat that these signatures followed very closely to the disney character fonts.

• disney is also known to be quite the shark in the marketing world. on the route from disney to the airport and vice versa, you won’t find ANY bulletin boards/ads from competitors. disney arranged with the county to make sure of this and while it sounds crazy expensive to ensure that they get this way here, i can’t help but to be in awe of this gutsy tactic. i want to just bow down repeatedly while saying, “WE’RE NOT WORTHY! WE’RE NOT WORTHY!

anyway, i’ve been back to reality for the past few weeks now but am going through mickey-ears withdrawal. this happens every time – especially after a good, successful trip to disney world.

we will return one day for sure. but i mentioned to doug that the next time we get the urge to do a disney trip, i would like to try disneyland for just something a little different.

guilty pleasures no. 56

the vampire diaries (tv show)

not a big surprise that my current guilty pleasure happens to be this show which happens to include one hot bad boy vampire…

there was another image i found on the internet. it must have been fan-based because it was a little more on the risque side. i opted for this one – edgy and dark but still clean. read more…

top 10 annoying faces of 2012

yes, i did this for the past decade at the end of 2010. and i doubt this will be an annual thing. but i figure, why not add to the list?

some may be a repeat – either because they are still there (and everywhere) or they’ve just done more things to annoy me this past year.

10. rihanna

beautiful when she’s not putting on her smutt-look

i actually wasn’t too sure about rihanna. i will admit that i like most of her music. but she was just on the over-rated side of everything this past year. and what bugs me is that, while she can be such a beautiful, sophisticated woman, she ruins it by going the sleazy and raunchy way. like… really raunchy. there’s sexy. and then there’s just dirty. rihanna’s past two years have been just that.dirty.

9. kayne west and kim kardashian

even their worst photos aren’t that bad – but they’re still annoying

i know – that’s two people i’m rhyming off here. and they probably deserve a spot on their very own (kayne would be higher on the list than kim, though). there’s a purpose to including them on the list as a couple – they are even more annoying this way. the only thing good about the two of them being together is that they aren’t off being together with some one else, making it two annoying couples over just one.

8. donald trump

donald – just go for the bald look already, will ya?

he might have gone below my radar. except when he tried to pull that obama, secret divorce paper scandal. grow up, donald. you’ve got too much time on your hands. i must admit, i’ll never get tired of his funny facial expressions – entertaining at the least.

7. one direction

their music is banned from our house.

i could give each of the five boy-band members their own spot but to be honest, i really don’t know who’s who and couldn’t care less. they are pretty much all the same to me. there is one that annoys me the most – it’s the one with the stupid hair cut. i don’t think i need to look-up his name. you know which one i’m talking about.

6. katy perry

once again, why are her eyes so wide?

yes, a repeat from my previous list but unfortunately, she’s still popular enough to still be in the limelight and therefore, annoying the crap out of me. it doesn’t help that i can’t stand her music. or her freakishy big eyes.

5. carly rae jepsen

she’s as annoying as the comic sans font

move over katy perry – it’s your cutsy little would-be sister, carly rae! yay, everyone! look who’s here! it’s carly rae! she’s so nice and so sweet and thank you carly rae for being the reason why the summer of 2012 playlist SUCKED because EVERYONE EVERYWHERE played that one song over and over and over again! ugh. please let ‘call me maybe’ die with 2012′s false predictions of the mayan calendar.

4. snooki

oh no no no – has tv really come down to something like jersey shores?

i’ve never understood the whole jersey shore thing and i probably never will. wait, scratch that, i probably never WANT to understand. just looking at snooki makes me cringe. smutt-in-the-making. and as some one who is top heavy, let me just say this. there’s good cleavage. and then there’s bad cleavage. snooki is an example of the latter.

3. ann coulter

it would be nice if one day, she took an oath to silence – forever

she’s about the most moronic person in the media. there should be some sort of… hazard label placed over that woman’s mouth.

2. nicki minaj

lady gaga #2

i’m not a mariah carey fan but nicki minaj made me want to marry mariah after that whole show down on american idol! even without all that hoopla, i’m just not a fan of nicki. it’s not just my distaste for her music but her unoriginality to be unoriginal makes her, well, very original. sorry nicki – FAIL!

1. honey boo boo and mother, june shannon

this photo makes me want to run for dear life

all i could say when i heard about this reality tv phenomenom was WTF???

guilty pleasures no. 48

with the upcoming summer games, i can pretty much hardly contain myself with all the anticipation!

read more from my guilty pleasures no. 48 post – especially if you want to read on about a past crush resurrected!

the phenomenom of drake (the musician, not the hotel)

i prefer the hotel.

the musician? not so much. but the thing is this – i actually think the guy is a riot. when he’s not annoying me with his ultra-nasal and what i can only describe as forced-low-tone. like, it sounds like he’s pushing his vocal cords in an unnatural way. actually, it sounds painful – and i often envision him downing some hot water with lemon and honey after a concert… maybe sucking down some fisherman’s friend, as well.

he seems to have a really pleasant personality – down to earth and even quite funny.

but his music – his voice! ugh!

i tolerate the one song he sings with rihanna (‘take care’ – the deep house vibe influence brings back good memories for me from my clubbing days).

yet, he’s famous. people love him – the kids love him. i don’t get it, but he’s obviously doing very well for himself.

i just want some one to explain to me what it is that’s made him so famous. really – i want some one, and i’ll be very open with seeing things from a different perspective, as to what it is about his ‘talent’ that’s made him take off.

i want to like this man. i really, really do. i want to be supportive of his music career.

but… i just don’t get it!

mortal kombat, dry pasta and denis leary

another weekend come and gone and once again, plans to sit down and blog just never happened. on one end, i’m sad that i’m not blogging as much. but on the other side of the coin, i’m glad i’m living my weekend to the fullest.

we didn’t do anything major this weekend. saturday was rainy so we stayed in. except for saturday morning, when i went shopping at costco to replenish some supplies and ended up coming back with a ps3 game – mortal kombat vs dc universe.

needless to say, we geeked out all afternoon on the ps3. chaeli was in love with our new combat game. and then we ended up watching the last half of bullet proof monk (we saw the first half before – never got to finish it). i asked her if she liked watching these types of martial art combat movies. and she nodded with enthusiasm. it totally reminded me of my own childhood – i grew up watching b-rated kung-fu and karate movies with my dad.

so i looked up mortal kombat and streetfighter dvd prices. they were awful movies but i can’t help it. any chance to educate my child’s geekiness in the world of video game characters and comic books is pretty much a priority for me.

i know – they were bad movies. but the cult following was pretty big and yes, i admit – i’m one of the numbers that make up that cult.

we ended saturday night with some very thick AAA rib grilling steaks (thank-you, costco), garlic mashed potato and steamed brocolli.

sunday was a nice sleep-in morning, followed by a pancakes and sausage brunch – and some fresh blackberries to go with my pancake (it’s my latest thing – i’ve been buying them almost weekly). after some more geek-out time between doug and chaeli, i asked that we stop before the rest of the day gets wasted away.

we got ready and headed out for a walk in a nearby park with a fenced-in dog park. before leaving, we caught the ice cream truck and enjoyed a treat – even hobbes.

sunday evening, doug made a dry pasta that called for string beans, soy beans, asparagus, grilled chicken cubes and sausage – with a garlic and lemon, oil-base sauce. he sprinkled it with some toasted bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. best home made pasta i’ve had in a long time.

in between all these low-key activities, i have been watching Rescue Me – i’m near the end of season 2 and am totally hooked. what is it about denis leary’s character? i love him and hate him – sometimes going back and forth. it’s definitely the bad-boy image. sometimes, he is like a hero but then he’s a scumbag.

and yet – he gets all the women. while it’s fiction, lets be honest. this happens in real life pretty much all the time.

there’s just not enough hours in a weekend

i don’t want to say that there’s not enough hours in a day. because that would mean that i would just end up spending even more of my daytime at work.

but hours in a weekend? yes, please. at least leading up to christmas.

i can’t believe the “biggest and best holiday of the year” (according to my 7 year old) is less than two weeks away.

TWO WEEKS!

thankfully, shopping has been done but now the dreaded part awaits – the wrapping. and i really wanted to start this past weekend but it was hard enough to fit time in to decorate the tree.

we did it though – i mean, we had to get pizza delivery just to get it done in time without a late bedtime for chaeli… but we did it.

we also kicked start the season with Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe Christmas Show this past saturday. we went with new friends, p. & l. this year, something p. and i floated around as an idea last year.

a good idea it was! we met up for some yummy pub food at a local irish pub. the difference with this pub’s food is that it’s a bit more upscale without the upscale price.

then after the show, we went to another bar for some midnight snacking and beverages.

i can’t remember the last time doug and i stayed out until midnight. this is exactly why babysitting is required every now and then. i need to remember that!

it was such a fun night. and while the show was superb, my favourite times were more just the talking, laughing and general good merriment experienced by all.