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My sister won a 4 day/3 night trip for 2 to Jamaica to stay at either the Strawberry Hill Resort or the Caves Resort, and she asked me to go with her. YAY! Hopefully it all works out.

Which resort would you rather go to?

Quite possibly one of the most iconic and ironic pictures I've seen in a while, and completely hilarious, for the mere fact that Vigo the Carpathian is in it.

Eegor had a grand ol' time rolling around in the grass on Saturday, so I decided to document his rub down. Good times!

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Global Rich List

It's not what you think.

Try this. REALLY freaky, and awesome.

I was craving...

a brownie. Ding ding!

It's official! My Mom, Dad, Aunt and Uncle are coming to visit Ben and I the weekend of Friday, June 13th (ut oh!). I'm really excited! It'll be really nice to show them our cute little townhouse, and introduce them to the area a bit more. My Mom came to visit since the wedding, but my Dad, Aunt, and Uncle haven't seen our place in all its glory yet. I hope they like it :]

My Mom and Dad bought us a cute little patio set, which will fit perfectly on our deck. It's nothing fancy, and the chairs fold up so we can put them away in the winter -- very ideal! Also, my Aunt and Uncle are giving us a small charcoal grill, which will be awesome! So we'll have a nice little backyard setup for the summer. I'm excited.

Ben and I rented Sweeney Todd last night, and GOOD GRIEF! For some reason, I didn't expect it to be as gruesome, and well, disgusting, as it was. I never heard the details of the Broadway musical, so I went into it pretty much not knowing anything about it at all. I sat there completely horrified a number of times, but regardless of the blood, I thought it was very well done. Johnny Depp never ceases to amaze me with his acting skills. The dude just gets better with age.

My Mom just sent me this picture of our family dog, Max. We have 3 family dogs, and Max hordes all the toys, as you can clearly see. Haha! So cute. I miss my puppies, but luckily I have my Eegor!

Why does money suck so much? Why is it that just when we think we're getting "caught up" my car's "check engine" light comes on and another repair, or 4, needs to be made? I think VW is ripping me off.

Will we ever "make it"?

Let's hope, and pray.

Success!

Found on the homepage of Flickr.com, sweeeeet!

Tomorrow night, Ben and I are going to a presentation by Stefan Sagmeister. He is a graphic designer and typographer, who designed iconic album covers for the Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, and Aerosmith, among many others! I imagine it'll be a rather inspiring presentation. Excellent.

Then, Ben and I plan on tackling our flower bed this weekend. We are in desperate need of some landscaping, and the weather will be perfect, so I'm really looking forward to making our little townhouse more inviting. We want to plant a tree in the front yard, add some bushes, and of course, plant colorful flowers. Let's get dirty!

Matt's little Boston Terrier pup, Sophie, is currently keeping my lap nice and warm. I love her, and Eegor is in love with her. Speaking of Eegor (because I can rarely go a post without mentioning him at least once), he has been so pooped the past few days. All he does is play play play at work, so when he gets home, all he wants to do is sleep sleep sleep. He slept for over 12 hours last night/this morning. Sheeesh!

I also added a picture of him to the Pedigree Million Dog Mosaic:

Here's your dog's chance to help us help dogs: We'll make a $1 donation* to The PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive for every dog photo that's uploaded to the mosaic.

So it's definitely for a good cause! I got an e-mail saying it's going to take 24-48 hours for Eegor's picture to show up, but if you'd like to search for him his code is: EEGOR1

Chow!

Feeling like a retard.

Eegor sharing his bed with the new pup on the block, Sophie.

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We've been gluing 4 buttons each on 1,200 postcards for the past 2-3 days, so please do me a favor and read this...

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This is my poor excuse for a Ben Folds camera phone picture. Haha! Anyway, my friend Hae-jin won tickets from 96X to see Mr. Ben Folds and band play at the Norva last night, so she asked me to go with her. SWEET! It was such a great show. They played for about 2 hours, sheeesh! As you can see, there was close to no production at all, but c'mon it's Ben Folds, he doesn't really need all of that hoopla. The songs speak for themselves.

I can now check Ben Folds off of my "Must See Bands" list.

1. Coldplay
2. Radiohead
3. Ben Folds
4. Muse
5. Smashing Pumpkins (at least Billy Corgan)
6. Silverchair

Husband and pooch.

My coworker Matt rescued an 11 week old Boston Terrier. Her name is Sophie, and she's adorable! She has a great new home!

If you'd like to see a better quality version go here. The video was done by Encyclopedia Pictura. Totally awesome!

I bought Eegor a bed for work. I guess he likes it, yay!

I've never been super girlie, but I do enjoy pampering myself at times. Hence, this is going to be a girlie post.

Warning: If you're a guy, you probably won't want to read any further.

While I was in New Jersey this past weekend, I went to Garden State Plaza with my sister, which if you don't know, is a gigantic mall with a bazillion stores. She needed to get a new makeup brush from Bare Escentuals, which carries all Bare Minerals makeup products. I had little to no intention to buy anything, but while we were there, one of the sales reps asked me if I wanted to try some on, so I did. DANG! It's freakin' awesome. I couldn't resist, so I bought a starter kit, which wasn't that expensive, but it was expensive enough. I'm totally in love with this stuff. No makeup has ever looked so good on my skin. It's flawless and so light and airy. I will vouch for this stuff all day long, because it seriously lasts all day long, haha. Amazing!

Ok, that's the last of the girlie ranting in me, so ta ta.

On Friday, I flew to NJ for a long weekend. I spent much needed time with family and close friends. I even spent some time in NYC. I wish I could have stayed longer. There are some other people I wish I could have caught up with. Ah well, there's always next time!

Click the picture of Teddy below to see more pictures!

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