Curious Notions

I had a meeting in Orlando at a golf resort. Here’s a partial view from my room.

It’s a shame Alan couldn’t come. Just look at the golf course.

When you’re not partaking in the parks of Orlando and forgot your bathing suit, the city can be pretty boring. I mostly stayed in and read about 600 pages and finished Breaking Dawn. I’m thinking about being Bella for Halloween.

Good news, my parent’s finally have power as of last night. They were out of electricity for over 2 weeks due to Ike.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/news/economy/bailout/index.htm?postversion=2008092914

Little’s first college football game.

I bought my first mutual fund today. I bought it through my Roth IRA. I opened it last year without a clue on how to invest or what to invest in. So after buying one share of Google stock, I let the rest of the initial deposit just sit there and collect dust. Today under the urging of a coworker and a patient, I matched what I had left in my IRA to buy my first mutual fund. Was told now is the time to buy. Scary. Especially with our economy tumbling right now.

THEN, my second scary and new thing of the week? I officially committed to the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure. If you asked me just a few months ago if I would ever run for fun or just run in general, I’d tell you NO WAY. Well, I finally got talked into it and if you wanna help my team raise $1,000 and be breast friends with my team, please click here.

The lunches they cater us at work.

My dress pants and jeans are killing me. I wore my favorite Armani Exchange one the other day and it left jean imprints on my hips and waist that did not go away til the next day. I went for a nice run with Nisreen yesterday and completely negated the run with this delicious juicy burger. I had to cut it in half to divide and conquer. You can’t see the bacon in the picture but trust me, it’s there. I can see juices seep out of the burger when I squeeze the buns. So bad, but oh so good.

Got this list from Shane’s blog who got it here.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros

4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile

6. Black pudding

7. Cheese fondue

8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari

12. Pho

13. PB&J sandwich

14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart

16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes

19. Steamed pork buns

20. Pistachio ice cream

21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries

23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans

25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters

29. Baklava

30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl

33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut

35. Root beer float

36. Cognac with a fat cigar

37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O

39. Gumbo

40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat

42. Whole insects

43. Phaal

44. Goat’s milk

45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin

51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal

56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV

59. Poutine

60. Carob chips
61. S’mores

62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian

66. Frogs’ legs

67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake

68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain

70. Chitterlings, or andouillette

71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie

78. Snail

79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky

84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash

88. Flowers

89. Horse

90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam

92. Soft shell crab

93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish

95. Mole poblano

96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta

99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

100. Snake

It’s Monday morning.

I googled Cowboys vs. Eagles game. In an effort to reconcile with football (an ex subjected me to so many games that I burnt out and never looked back) and maybe be able to see Alan during football season. I googled the next Cowboys game trying to figure out if I need cable to watch it as Cindy offered to watch with me. Cindy and I are football neophytes. Our football education despite boyfriends/exboyfriends is limited. Here’s the list I found online of the Cowboys roster.

OFFENSE

WR: Terrell Owens (81)

LT: Flozell Adams (76)

LG: Cory Procter (71)

C: Andre Gurode (65)

RG: Leonard Davis (70)

RT: Marc Colombo (75)

TE: Jason Witten (82)

WR: Patrick Crayton (84)

QB: Tony Romo (9)

FB: Deon Anderson (34)

RB: Marion Barber (24)

DEFENSE

LE: Marcus Spears (96)

NT: Jay Ratliff (90)

RE: Chris Canty (99)

LB: Greg Ellis (98)

LB: Bradie James (56)

LB: Zach Thomas (55)

LB: DeMarcus Ware (94)

CB: Adam Jones (21)

CB: Anthony Henry (42)

SS: Roy Williams (38)

FS: Ken Hamlin (26)

SPECIALISTS

K: Nick Folk (6)

Hahhahaha. Yeah yeah, fullback.

Cindy relayed to me what she recently learned about what blitzes are. I guess she told her boyfriend our conversation we’re having because he started quizzing me about football over IM. (Instant Messenger!!!)

This is where I have a secret smile because I know what he means by “QB.”

My poor parents still don’t have electricity in Houston.

Despite Ike, Nino, Nisreen, and I went to Schiltterbahn (a water park) yesterday and by the end of the day we kept telling each other how happy we were we went. The sun was out, no hurricane rain what so ever, and it was only 85 degrees. We all got tanner. Then afterwards, I FINALLY tried Trulucks (known as one of Austin’s top restaurants), celebrating Jamie’s birthday. I ordered the grilled scallops with sauteed shrimp and lump crab topping. It was too dark to take a picture. Suffice it to say it was delicious.

And today? I’m going to treat myself with a trip to Tiffany’s. Courtesy, my best friend. I’ve been really weepy the past couple of days and my pms days are now here, so I’m resolving to focus on things that will make me happy.

went to bed at 4. woke up about 15 minutes ago. bad dreams. can’t fall back asleep and no where to go a this hour and can’t go out to the livingroom because Cindy and her boyfriend are of course still asleep. sometimes i hear rumbling outside. my bed feels extra big. i can’t shake my dream. i don’t have my cellphone and i feel naked without it. i’m typing lying down with the laptop on my belly. my stomach is growling. i dreamed that i was having a big giant fight. just like in real life, in my dream life i saw that a certain kind of fighting really hurts my heart. the cursing and yelling kind of fight. it makes me feel little. i guess i’m just trying to shake the dream.

i want to call my parents to check on them. with them being in houston and all but again i don’t have my cellphone. how do you call someone to let them know they have your cellphone? especially if the only way you can get their number is to look in your cellphone.

i’m using my blog as i would a friend. chatting away until whatever it is that is bugging me subsides a little. it says on my gmail that my friend daniel is online. i just tried iming him since using him as a friend would be more interactive.

but no cigar. i guess i’ll wait for sleep again.