mail time...

A few people use this new feature on their blogs...so I am basically thieving someone else's idea. But I am fessing up to it...so that makes it okay right? Right!

I love mail. Not bills and postcards from my dentists telling me it is time to get my teeth cleaned. But the occasional little note from someone or birthday cards...you know fun stuff like that. So since I love mail I am sending out some letters of my very own...

Dear Nails,

Hi, you look lovely right now all painted up with 'Sally Hensen Insta-Dri, one stroke polish in Rapid Red'. I am really happy that I decided to stop biting you. I really only stopped because I realized that it is sicknast that I touch stuff all day long and then put my germy hands in my mouth. It wasn't because I wanted you to grow and look pretty. But you do look fab so good on ya, mate! (bet you didn't know I speak Australian...yep I do.)

Dear Costco,

I love that you have everything on the planet one would need to survive a nuclear holocaust. Like seriously, I could move into Costco and live there the rest of my life and have everything I could ever desire. I hate going to you because every single time I come to visit it is 'old people day'. Don't get me wrong I love me some old people, just not when they stop in the middle of the aisles and just stand there looking confused. Or when they are standing in a line to get a free taste of something that they will never ever buy, like hot pockets. However, you sell churros so I will not hold the old people thing against you. The end.

Dear Blackberry,

I don't have one of you nor do I want one. I do take some serious issue with the fact that you have used some crappy cover of a Beatles song in your new commercial. The Beatles rule the musical universe...no one should ever cover them (unless you are in the movie 'Across the Universe'...then you will be forgiven because that movie is amazing!)That is blasphemy and you should never ever do it again. Thank you.

Dear Bill O'Reilly,

Shut up. Thank you.

Dear Skin Cream I Cannot Remember The Name Of,

I had never heard of your brand before but I spotted you while I was dodging old people in Costco and I realized you have the worst ad slogan I have ever seen. Writing, 'Do you have a turkey neck?' on a skin cream for women is just plain crazy. Even if I had a turkey neck I would never buy a product that said it would get rid of it because that would be mortifying. Hire some better advertisers.

Dear Glee,

In between studying for my killer bio psych exam and working on my senior seminar term paper I will be watching you. I feel very left out when everyone talks about this fabulous show because I have yet to view you. Which, if you know me, you know it is pure insanity that I am not watching...because I love musicals more than any gay man alive. Witness.

Dear Woman Who Cut Me Off Today,

You made me very angry. It would be nice if you didn't pull out in front of someone who is going 55 mph and then drive slower than a snail slithers (or whatever snails do). It would also be nice if you didn't flip me off when I honked because you almost made my car smash into yours. I also wish that I wouldn't have gone into a rage blackout (holla Summer from the O.C.) and passed you and flipped you off while your child (that I did NOT see ahead of time) was in the passenger seat. I laughed my booty off when I read the, "Teach Peace" sticker you had on your back window when you re-passed me, and then continued to drive at 10 mph. Yes, I do know that I have road rage.

Dear Term Paper,

Sorry that I have been procrastinating and not working on you as much as I should have. Even though I have been procrastinating you must love that I forgot I was writing you last night and slipped into 'blog writing mode' and typed 'lamespice'. I have apparently been reading far too much BBL. I was half-tempted to leave it in there...because my professor would have loved it.

Dear Weekend,

I am very happy you are finally here. It has been a loooong week and I needed you severely. In between studying and homework catch-up I have some super secret plans to work out. Oh, you want some hints? Let's just say it maybe, sorta, kinda, might rhyme with 'liveaway'.

Does anyone want to send some mail with me? Join in, it's a party! Until next week blog world.

Oh, and everyone have a Happy Halloween!

question and answer...

I really need a theme song for these posts...but alas, I do not have one. So all I will say is it's, 'The Book of Questions' post time! It has been awhile since I have cranked one of these babies out so...if you are new to the blog and have no idea what I am talking about go here, and then go here, here, and finally here. After all of that clicking you should be all caught up...

Here we go...please drumroll to yourself while I flip through the book...

Question #207: Do you enjoy sleeping in physical contact with your lover?

Answer: First of all...I prefer to say 'lov-ah' instead of lover...it just sounds way more awesome. Second of all (ok that just sounds odd) I am currently 'lov-ah'-less (unless you count the naked window stalking date I have later tonight with the boys from the mormon bachelor pad). To be 100% honest my answer to the question is, heck no!

Sorry...I am a crazy sleeper who flips and flops and kicks and moves around constantly...if anyone else is in the bed with me they are completely risking their lives. I also have the issue on the very few occassions where I have shared my bed to not be able to sleep because wherever the other person is laying is EXACTLY where I want to be...therefore they are so in my way. Also, please do not be scandalized because in my 24 years I have only shared my bed with ONE boy ...thankyouverymuch!

I am also not a big cuddler when I am trying to get my Z's on. I need my space and hands off...sorry it's just the way I roll. You know...because I am gangster and all.

see this bed? Yeah...it isn't mine...but if it were it would be a 'no cuddle while sleeping' zone.

Okay 'fess up...are you a cuddler? Or are you a solo sleeper? Do tell...inquiring minds want to know!

birthday culmination...

I bet you all feel like you have been reading about birthdays on this blog for like, a week...well it's because you have been! Last week was, The Week of A Million (3) Birthdays and this week I am re-capping my own! You will be glad to know that this post is the final one, it's the birthday culmination...holla...

So, the last post was about how I spent the day of my 24th...this one is about the evening...you know, the good stuff...

now...in my head I seem to remember a time, not long ago, when I was fun. like wild and crazy out late (okay late to me is midnight) fun. those days seem to be gone...now I am boring...and old...but I am cool with it.

Jil, yours truly, and Bastina Balicious went to dinner. where did we get our grub on? oh you know Chili's. yep because it is GOOD and it makes my belly happy...

Bastina said that chili's makes her happy too. although for some reason when I snapped this photo she looked as though she was juuust about to break into tears...maybe she was just REALLY hungry.

Jil was trying to be cool and be taller than I am. so I scrunched and she stretched. we both look ridiculous. but hey that is how we do...(by the by jily I love that shirt).

ok...it is time I gave myself a taste of my own medicine (does that sentence even make sense?). anyways you guys get it, right? I love to post embarrassing pictures of the one's I love...so now I must post one of myself. yep. this is how I behave in public.

remember sad face Bastina from a few pictures ago? well she turned into a happy face when her food was placed in front of her. then she spilled on her shirt. she was still jazzed though because she got to use her Tide pen. yep we are all wild and crazy.


after our scrumptious dinner we headed downtown for some drinks (and by 'drinks' i mean half a beer for me and one margarita a piece for Jil & Bastina). yes I am a dude and I love a nice cold Bud Light...only from a bottle please!

mmm...mango margaritas are SO stinkin' yummy. hey! check out that ice cold Bud Light....guess whose that was?! also thanks Bastina for the purse...I heart it bad. and Jily gave me my name/picture blocks (which will soon have their own post).


we may be 'boring' but at least we think we are pretty dang fun! yep we basically rock at life. we give lessons if you want.

this is proof of how wild we got. and this isn't even the time I got home. this is the time after I got home, ate my chili's leftovers, brushed my teeth, washed my face, and threw on my jammie's.

Maybe not the craziest birthday night ever. But it was still pretty great. I could not think of better people to have spent the evening with...love you girls!

And now...we are done with birthday posts. Hallelujah!

it's the great pumpkin patch charlie brown...

Well..it is official. I am as old as the dirt itself...the big 2-4 came and went...and while I seriously am not cool with the fact that I am thisclose to 25...I did have a low-key but fabulous birthday! I have a lot of pictures...so I am going to break my birthday up into two posts...a day post and a night post. Fun right? Right!

I live in Northern California in the middle of the sticks...we don't have much in the ways of entertainment...so we go to The Pumpkin Patch...and it is actually pretty fun. Especially for the kids (no not MY kids, although little Jimmy Choo was there to shield my eyes. i am talking about my niece and Jil's nephew)...yep two whole kids out of a group of eight...it was SO for the kids...

Now for my pictures (and yes I did just upgrade to premium on picnik...and i heart it bad)...

wow. it is an 'Always Alexandria' first. a picture of my lovely brother Jon-than and I and he is NOT choking me in it...although looks like he just got our niece to do the dirty work for him...

um. hi. this is THE most adorable thing ever. i think that Jordan & Jacob (friend o' the blog Jilian's nephew) are destined to be bff's...they are 100% partners in crime...

my mom always looks pissedspice in pictures. she was having fun though...i will swear to it.

i always believed this little girl to be the clumsiest child on the face of the earth...until I started being around Jacob more...just as this photo was being snapped Jil and I were placing bets on which kid was going to face plant first...I said Jordan, Jil put her money on Jacob...

if you look REALLY close you can see who won that bet...way to head your bets Jil...

as mentioned in a previous post...California girls will wear flip-flops in a flood if it came down to it. case and point. all three of us in a muddy, viney, pumpkin patch rockin' the flops...we rock at life ladies...

i love Jil's mom. Diane is the sweetest lady i have ever met...here she is managing the children while her daughter was off being highly inappropriate...

yep. she went there. and let me be the first to say that i love her for it...she was looking for one that was juuuussst right....


looks like she found it. this right here is reason #3,972 why we are friends...


after all of that running (and falling) the little man needed a little power nap to rejuvenate his crazy boyness...

man o' man i love this kid (oh and i AM talking about my niece, not my sunglasses. just to clarify). if you are wondering if she is saluting the flag...she wasn't. she was seeing how many 'heart-booms' she was having...

so there was this tire full of corn for the kids to play in. why that is supposed to be fun...don't ask...but the kids enjoyed it...and by kids I mean my brother Jon-than. more specifically he liked throwing unsuspecting adult victims into it...such as my mom...


and Bastina Balicious. Jacob then proceeded to fill her shirt with corn...see he really did need that power nap to recharge his boyness...


last but not least....our pumpkin haul. yes, we purchased quite a few. $30 bones worth to be exact...but they look so pretty on the porch...

Overall a fun start to the birthday...I love me some pumpkins!

Okay...do tell...how did YOU spend your Saturday?

happy birthday...

So I am two days late on this post...but better late than never right? Right! Happy Birthday Jon-than!! This past Wednesday was my brothers 26th birthday...yep that is right...he is O-L-D!

he so looks like he is having a blast, right?

We didn't do anything too terribly exciting being that it was a Wednesday night and he didn't even get off work until 7:30!! We just had a family dinner to celebrate the three birthdays that happen this week! We had the best chicken marsala on the face of this earth (cooked by my other brother) and some cake! The cake had three candles on it...you know...one for me, one for Bastina, and one for my brother...guess who blew out all three? Yeah Jon-than did...so I was deprived of my birthday wish! Nice...punk-face!

Now some fun fabulous photos...

while we were waiting for dinner to be ready Jil was schooling my niece in the ways of hula-hooping. She then continued to tell us that she won a hula-hooping contest in elementary school, yeah she hooped it up for a whole hour. true story. told you this picture would be on the blog Jil...haha love you!!

I need to take a photography class...because my pictures are SO not good. I look far from cute in this picture but it was the only one I took that night of the three of us...so up on the blog it goes. enjoy.

This is the my other brother who makes the best chicken marsala 'eva! He is also the father of the cutest niece on this planet...he obviously does not like looking at the camera...so I snapped one when he was mid-conversation!

I think the dislike of having ones picture taking runs in the bloodline with the men in my family...both brothers hate it. Hence, Bastina having to direct the birthday boys head towards the lens...oh and if you are wondering he was eating a tootsie roll...

Happy birthday Jon-than!!

Now I am off to go and enjoy the weekend! After Saturday I will be officially old...mourn for me please...

What are YOUR plans for the weekend?

observations and a confession...

I love to people watch. I am all kinds of voyeur (not in a creeper way... just in a 'i could sit in the mall for HOURS and just watch people' kind of way). So far I have found that the best place to people watch is a college campus...there is all kinds of crazy going on all over the place. So...I have some recent observations for you all...and one teeny tiny confession...

Observation #1:

Okay, prepare yourselves...I am about to make a VERY controversial statement...I 100% hate leggings. I think they were a bad fashion choice in 80's/90's and I still consider them in that category. However, I will admit that sometimes they can be cute...but most of the time...no thanks.

However, tights are back and better than ever I must say! They are cute, colorful, and fun...

they are also cute, practical, and warm...very important qualities...

so in my book o' fashion...leggings, no thanks, tights, yes please!

Unfortunately, there does seem to be a disturbing trend occurring on my Northern California college campus...and it is making me crazy...um. hi ladies...tights/leggings are NOT pants...and should not be worn as such. Tights belong under something like a dress...or at least something that covers your booty because most of the time when the sun hits them they are SEE THROUGH! As in I can see through them and check out your underwear, or lack of underwear, and I would rather not. kthanksbye!

Observation #2:

I love peacoats. I think I have had some type of peacoat ever since I started actually picking out my own clothes. I heart them bad. I really love that they are becoming popular because that means I have many more options to choose from, yay!

However, there seems to be an alarming rise in males rocking the peacoat. I do not object to this...because a guy in a peacoat is hottspice! I do believe I have found the reason for this phenomenon and I would like to do a quick Public Service Announcement, a PSA, if you will...

Attention All Men On Campus...

Just because you rock a peacoat does not mean you will turn into this hot piece...

you will look a little foxy in it but, the peacoat was made for Movie Edward...the end.

Observation #3:

I am a California gal for life. I love this state...Northern California is a great area to live in (minus the 119 degrees temperature in the summer). We California natives rock our flip-flops year round...come rain or shine you can bet that the majority of females have flips on. there is nothing that cracks me up more than walking around on campus and seeing about 50 girls running around in a hat, jacket, scarf, umbrella, and flip-flops....we ALL do it! You just have to love us California Girls.

Observation #4:

Rolling backpacks have become the bane of my existence.

I understand that some people may have back issues that could make lugging around a heavy backpack pretty darn miserable...but c'mon! There is NO excuse for these things...they are ugly...the get in the way...and if one more person wheels over me with one of those things I am going to lose it! That is all.

Observation/Confession #5:

Uggs. Every woman on campus, or even in the area I live owns a pair. I am aware they are hideous. I am aware the people mock them (I am one of those people). I also am aware that they are not fashionable at all.

and even I admit they are not the cutest thing one could choose to cover her feet with. Yet, I still love them. They are warm, comfy, water-resistant, oh and did I mention they are comfy?! I own Uggs and sport them proudly.

Now for the confession...

I always swore to myself and to others that I would NEVER tuck my jeans into my Uggs...or bunch up my jeans at the top of them. In fact the night before I broke this rule I had JUST been discussing it with a friend of mine. That very next day I awoke to a freakin' monsoon outside my window and was insta-pissed because I knew that by the end of the day my jeans would be soaked. So, what did I do you may ask? I bunched my jeans into my boots...and yes, I am ashamed to admit this.

I solemnly swear that even though I gave in to the 'Ugg-Tuck' that I will never be caught wearing them with shorts or skirts. Trust.

Alright..fess up! What is a trend or observation that YOUare seeing that you love/hate? Do tell...

happy birthday...

Happy Birthday Bastina Balicious...if you do not know who I am referring to...please click here! The long and short of it...she is my brothers girlfriend and today is her 21st birthday. Everyone sing a chorus of 'Happy Birthday' for her...

Anywho...after months of attempts to convince this girl to go out and get smashed (because what else do you do when you turn 21?!) she ended up vetoing the booze and having a little VIP party at her apartment (and I use VIP loosely...because sometimes I need anagrams to make myself feel cool). The gathering consisted of my brother Jon-than, Bastina, her big sister Andrea, and yours truly.

For once I did not epically fail in the picture department!! I have photographic evidence of my tale...yay!

the birthday girl in all her glory...

of course Sprinkle's were involved...Bastina's sister bought some of the mix and made some red velvet cupcakes...we all got candle in ours because Bastina, Jon-than, and myself all have birthdays this week...

this is Bastina's cupcake bringing sister...she also brought some party favors and some wine...ick...which technically Bastina is drinking illegally it was two hours until she ACTUALLY turned 21! oooh law breaker...i.am.so.telling.

some people wear their sunglasses at night...Bastina wears them in the kitchen at night...while chopping onions. am I the ONLY one who finds this hilarious?

srsly there is NO way I am the only one who finds this picture hilarious...she is crazy...but we love her...

And now....we get to the good stuff...

this is the look I was giving (yes I know I have a crown on my head) Bastina as she was trying to convince me to do my own cupcake tutorial...

and let's just say this was the end result...the middle portion is not for the faint of heart...so I shall spare you...

does anyone else wonder why every single picture I post of the brother and I...I am in a headlock? yep me too...

Bastina's sister brought along some party favors...which made us laugh and take about 100 pictures...I will let you see for yourself...

that's right...we all rocked the 'stache...and srsly we all looked like creepers...although the faces Andrea made she was the best creeper of them all...

I chose the gray 'stache to represent the fact that on Saturday I will officially be O-L-D...sad. Bastina so looks like a bad ass in this one, and trust me she is gangsta and will cut a biatch!

the brother did not find the 'staches as amusing as the rest of us...especially not as much as Bastina did that is for sure...

although, I think it kind of grew on him...aww cuteness...

Happy Birthday Bastina Balicious!

i want...

this bag from Anthropologie, on my arm...if only it didn't cost $198 bones...

these glasses from Dolce & Gabbana, on my face...

if only they didn't cost an entire arm AND a leg...

this coat from ModCloth, on my shoulders...

this of course I could afford and it is SOLD OUT...that always happens to me on ModCloth...I think I may have to keep checking back because I heart it bad...

and this gorgeous face on the pillow next to mine...

um. Rob? why are you so hottspice? and why can't you wash your hair and look like this on a daily basis? it would be lovely if you could work on that. oh, and then let's make out...kthanksbye!

So, what do you all want today? Do tell...

*Oh and a quick update, please go over to Busy Bee Lauren and read her amazing post here*