new boyfriend time

ok so it's been like 2 weeks. it's a lot more work than it looks like to have a boyfriend of the week. plus, by chosing christian bale i got all nostalgic and really didn't want to move on. but sometimes we must, i've been learning. so. here goes.

my new boyfriend of the week is: duh-duh-duh-duh! (that's trumpet fanfare, in case you didn't know.)

Matthew Perry!

How could anyone not love him? He's wonderful! He's so dang cute, and he's funny, and sweet, and has the greatest facial expressions, and occassionally accidentally uses words like 'akin!' (We dorks need to stick together.) I loved him in 'Fools Rush In' and on 'Friends,' but didn't realize how much I really missed him, until I started watching 'Studio 60,' when I got all happy and went, 'Awww - I missed him!' It's so great to have him back.

So, let's see. Important facts - Matthew is 6'1", so that makes me happy, and he's getting close to that wonderful age called 38 (currently 37 - August 19, 1969). His middle name is Langford, which is a great middle name cuz it's pretty geeky. While he grew up mostly in Canada, he was born in Massachusetts, so I don't think he's too shifty (Canadians are shifty). He plays tennis, which I've always thought I would like (ooh goody - he can teach me! ;) ). And he's kicked that whole drug thing, so there we go.

Unfortunately, he still smokes. Seriously, why do people do that? It's so gross and bad for you and smelly and all that.

Back to good things. He's single, which clearly means that he's waiting until he meets me. He once said that he wanted a girl like Lucy in 'While You Were Sleeping,' and could I be any more her?

Oh yeah, and he says one of the most romantic movie lines of all time in 'Fools Rush In': "You're everything I never knew I always wanted." I fall in love with him every time. *sigh*

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time to lock me up

i think i might need more sleep. this morning i went to work in my jammie pants. ferreal.

more camping thoughts

ok - first thought - totally unrelated - what's with all the black writing in a row?

ok - now for the deep thoughts of my trip

i have decided that gurus are afraid of heights. i climbed up onto this big rock hill thing to sit and write a letter. as i was writing i thought about the fact that i really like to climb. i'm just scared of the whole coming down thing. and then i thought, 'what if i get stuck up here?' and then i thought, 'ohmigosh!!! then i would truly be the 'lord of the rings' guru!!! people would have to climb up to ask me quetions and then i could be all wise at them from the top of the mountain.' so then i thought, 'i bet that's what it boils down to. gurus are people who climb up and are too scared to climb down, so then they claim they're all smart and people buy it cuz the gurus are up on mountains.

and then there's my other thought - do people in nyc know about the finer things in life - like trail mix?

camping

oh yeah, in case you hadn't noticed, i'm back from camping. (i was brave again this week. i got charged by a deer.) it was good. the nights were freeze your butt off cold cuz the gas wasn't working in the camper so we had no heat (or water), but i had blankets and a long-sleeve shirt and sweatshirt and a pullover hoodie and 3 pairs of socks (oh yeah, and sweatpants), so i survived it. and actually being in the camper with the dog wasn't too bad. we were scared that the weather might be bad, but it ended up being gorgeous. we were up at gooseberry falls (by lake superior, for you foreigners). i so easily coulda spent days up there on the rocks listening to the waves, reading a book, and writing letters, but we only had one full day up there. we hiked a lot, which was nice. it's so nice to hike up there, cuz like i told my brother, hiking is best when there's the danger of spraining your ankle. otherwise it's just walking, which isn't nearly as fun. we went down the the shore, too, and actually it didn't feel that cold. but grandma wasn't there to pay me to dunk like she used to, so i didn't try it.

i am the bravest person of the week - actually last week

ohmigosh, i am so brave. so i'm downstairs cuz my mom is on the computer and she needs me to hold her hand when she does it cuz computers are so scary, when my dad (who was out cleaning out the garage) comes in and asks where she is. i go upstairs and tell him she's down but that i can probably help him with whatever he needs out in the garage. then he asks me if i'm brave enough to hold a bag open for a dead rabbit! being the noble daughter, i decide not to make my mom do it. so then we're heading to the backyard and my dad tells me it's headless!!! some cat or something must have gotten to it cuz yeah, when i got back there all i saw was this brown hairy blob and blood and guts! but i dutifully walked over to it (with my eyes closed and making whimpering sounds while my dad is yelling at me 'get over here!') and held the bag open. and then i felt the bag get all heavy when the body landed in there!!!! it was so beyond nasty! i dropped the bag and made more whimpering noises and ran away. but so yeah - i am the bravest person ever.

linda asked for more pictures of christian bale

this one's for you, dearest

oh yeah - and it's premiere week

it's premiere week this week. i'm such a loser. my life has started to rotate around the tv schedule. this morning i went through and highlighted the thing in the paper that said what shows would be starting, just to be sure i don't miss anything, and to plan my own schedule. unfortunately, this whole camping thing is this week, so i'm gonna miss the premiere of lost!!! can you believe it? yes, i'm gonna tape it, but it's the thought that counts - i'm so sad. i might miss the office, too! i won't miss er, but i'm thinking of checking out 6 degrees, so i have to be able to watch one while i tape the other. i'm such a loser. but hey, i haven't really had any shows for a couple years, so i'm overdue for some obsessiveness.

my brother better love me

i made oatmeal raisin cookies for him today. i don't like making them cuz your hands get all gooey when you roll the dough in sugar. but they're his favorite, and i'm gonna see him this week (we're going camping: another reason he better love me - i'm gonna spend 3 days in a camper w/ his dog), so i made them for him. he better love me.

quote from my boyfriend

"The only thing that I'm obsessed with is sleeping and, actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure. I love sleeping so much that I could do it 12 hours a day if I didn't have to turn on the alarm clock...and [more], sometimes..."

we're perfect for each other.

the community ed. book thing came in the mail the other day. i'm trying to decide if i want to take a class. i thought some sort of dancing would be fun, but i'm too big of a chicken to go without a partner. then i thought about taking polish (that's pole-ish, btw - with no capitals it kinda looks like polish, but that would be a dumb class to take), but that's from 6:30-8 on wednesdays. not gonna happen. i wouldn't be able to get back to my tv by 8, and i can't not watch lost. i need tivo. (what does tivo stand for anyway? it's gotta be short for something, but what?) maybe i should check again and see when the harmonica class is.

it's a new week

Alright, time for a new boyfriend of the week. So many names come to mind, but a prince is a hard act to follow. There is only one man who can do it.

Christian Bale

He was the guy when I was younger, and I must say, I sure chose well. I love him as much now as I did then (though I never see him anymore, which makes me very sad - that could be a strike against him). I first saw him in "Newsies." Of course that has singing and dancing, which makes him all the better. And how does one beat the fact that he's British. He's Welsh - how cool is that? I've always been fascinated by Wales. That also means he has an accent, of course. :) But then, he can do just about any accent - he's done a different one in every movie he's been in. Ohmigosh, I hadn't even thought of the fact that that would mean he could be all phonetic-y with me. Yay!

And going back to that whole dancing thing, he can swing and he's 6' tall, how fun would that be? And his mom was a circus dancer. That is way too cool. And his grandpa doubled for John Wayne.

I'm looking at his filmography right now, thinking that I should see, or re-see, some of these movies. He's a great actor, I'm just not too sure about some of the movies he chooses. What was with "Reign of Fire?" What a waste of eye candy, what with him and Matthew McConaughey being all sci-fi whatevery. Although, looking at some of the pictures from that movie, I might want to see it after all. Nice 6-pack.

Another plus for him, is that he looks like he will be a great 38. (32 right now-January 30th, 1974)

Unfortunately he's married, has a kid, and smokes, but take those things (as well as some of his scary movie roles) away, and there you go (or rather there I go) - boyfriend of the week!!!

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I have a box for filing grievances!

Yesterday was the day! The day of what you might ask? The day the second season of "The Office" came out on dvd! Thankfully I had the day off, cuz then I could I go out first thing to get it. (The only other thing I've ever specifically gone out to buy the first day was Steve Burns' (yes, the guy from "Blues Clues") cd, "Songs for Dustmites" - excellent cd, btw.) I got the "Severence Package," which has the first season, too, and a bunch of little things like a Dunder Mifflin notepad, which are so fun! Oh, and it comes in a box that looks like it's for paper, so I now have a place to put my grievances! (Wow - lots of exclamation points here. I must be excited.) :) So now all of you who haven't seen the show need to come watch it with me, so you'll know what I'm talking about. :D

my boyfriend story

alright, so, i think this is what's gonna happen. a friend of mine went to school in sweden, that school got a ticket to the nobel prize dinner, and she got chosen to go. so. once upon a time i'm gonna go to that school and get chosen to go to the nobel dinner. then, i'll be all gorgeous in my ball gown and lady-like and what not, and the queen will notice. she'll think, 'wow, that girl carries herself like a princess. isn't she regal? much better than the gorgeous ho my son is living with now. i think he should meet her.' she will then have some steward guy come over and invite me to the after party thing in the golden hall of the stockholm city hall. naturally i will go, and there the queen will introduce me to her son. he'll be smitten, dump the girlfriend, propose by slipping a shoe on my foot, and we'll live happily ever after.

Introducing My Boyfriend of the Week!!!

i saw on some other girl's blog that she had a boyfriend of the week. i thought that was a fantabulous idea, so i'm gonna be a big ol' copycat and have one too! (if you see my im icons ever, you know that i have one anyway, so why not just officially have one.) :)

so, here we go:

#1 boyfriend!: His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip Edmund Bertil Bernadotte of Sweden, Duke of Varmland, age 27 (May 13, 1979)

I decided 13 years ago that I'm gonna marry him (cuz he's dreamy, not cuz he's a prince - that would be shallow). One of these days I may fill him in, but for now it's enough that I know.

Prince Carl Philip is second in line for the Swedish throne (after his sister Victoria - he was crown prince for seven months, but then the law changed) and 182nd in line for the British throne (one ahead of Victoria because the Brits still have that first boy thing).

Happily, he is 6' tall.

Prince Carl Philip was confirmed in 1994. He graduated high school in 1999 (in Sweden they go one year longer than we do, and he did a year in Connecticut, so that's why he was 20 - he's not an idjut). In Sweden after graduation, boys are required to join the military. He became a lieutenent in the Royal Swedish Navy in 2004. Prince Carl Philip then went to school for graphic design and finished in May. His final exhibition consisted of his photographic works and documentary of homeless people in the center of Stockholm. He also participated in the design of a calendar for the World Childhood Foundation. (So obviously a caring person.)

The Prince enjoys skiing, sailing, and car racing. He was a scout when he was younger, and still enjoys the outdoors. And of course, since he's a prince, Carl Philip enjoys the royal hunt.

Unfortunately every man has a flaw, but the only one I can think of for the Prince is that he is living with his girlfriend of 7 years, and of course rumors are flying about a possible engagement. However, he has not yet met me, so all that can change. We'll have to wait and see.

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