Chilax'n and Elliott Yamin

Saw Elliott Yamin last night at the Bowery Ballroom w/ Richard and Trace . He has such a great voice! I remember now why I fell in love w/ him when he was on Idol. He gave such a great performance, and his voice never faltered! His hair was extremely shaggy, which I thought was cute even though it needed a bit of a trim. He had on a cute blue tee w/ a baseball cap. He's just adorable.

The only disappointing thing about the whole night is that as we were heading upstairs a few minutes b/f he was about to come on, he came barreling down the stairs to go to the bathroom or something, and we didn't even notice! Trace and I were in some stupid convo - we have no clue what we were even talking about b/c Richard goes, "That was Elliott." At first we didn't believe him so we turned around and started walking back down seeing if we could catch him. He was going so fast as to not get stopped by adoring fans, but we did catch a glimpse of him before he ran out the back. I didn't have my camera on me anyway, so i have no idea what I would've done had I actually stopped him, but still! Wah!

Before the show we went to Olivia for tapas and a "chillax" (a shot of tequila followed by a shot of SPICY Bloody Mary mix). Mmmm. I highly recommend the place (and the "chillax") if you're ever on the LES. So does Richie:)

Free Birds

On my walk to work today I was thinking of how short I've been on blog material lately and that it would be a huge help for something funny to happen today so I could write about it. No sooner did I think this, a woman and her son walk out in front of me, and she has 2 parrots on her shoulders! They were taking their parrots out for a morning stroll. It made me feel guilty seeing them out and about b/c I forgot to walk my parrots this morning. hehe.

Wash Your Friggin' Hands!

I keep catching more and more people at work NOT washing their hands after using the bathroom! Umm, gross!

At least wash after going to the bathroom! I don't want your piss anywhere near me people! Yes, I realize I am a hypo and maybe even a little OCD at times about having things clean, but that's not a bad thing. Read The Dangers of Not Washing Your Hands and get back to me.

You know, I can see you out of the crack in the door, so I know who you are!

BuyMyBrokeniPod

Richard shared this site, BuyMyBrokeniPod, w/ me today. Since I've blogged about all of my iPod woes and joys I thought I'd share w/ you the fact that, according to the site, my iPod is now worth $17.28. Gasp! That's it!?!? Obviously they don't know what we've been through together!

OK fine, the battery now dies after about 45 mintues of use so I have it on the charger more than in my ears, and to be honest, I've dropped it so many times, I'm surprised it still works at all. She's such a good little girl...she's trying her v. best to stay w/ me a bit longer!

OK, we all know my iPod is blue, but isn't this kinda cute?!

Give Blood, Bitches

I gave blood the other day...it's a good deed that I'm actually able to do every few months (56 days) since I weigh enough (dir), have a healthy level of iron (usually), am not afraid of needles (I'm SO tough) and don't pass out (I've seen people fall down, and even though it's not funny, it kind of is. hehheheheehe).

So IF you're able,
GIVE BLOOD, BITCHES - New England
GIVE BLOOD, BITCHES - NY
GIVE BLOOD, BITCHES - Red Cross
GIVE BLOOD, BITCHES - Other

Anyhoo, after giving blood you're supposed to drink plenty of fluids and not participate in any major physical activity for about 24 hours. Since I'm a big dumb dumb, I forgot about this and got up early the next day to go for a run. After about 15 mins of running I felt a little lightheaded and had to stop, thinking I might pass out. Then I felt naush and had to run over and puke behind a bench! Hahahaha! This poor woman walking by w/ her dog must've been so grossed out. I right away realized I had just given blood about 12 hours before. Silly kimmy!

Don't let my stupidity talk you out of it though...

Here are 56 facts about blood and giving blood. My fave is #55 ladies:

55. Since a pint is pound, you lose a pound every time you donate blood. (WOOOOO)!

Five-Second Rule

This article in the Urban Eye Section of the NY Times is hysterical! Actually, not the article just the topic.

Jillian Clarke, a high-school intern at the University of Illinois in 2003 conducted a study to see if the "5-Second rule" is safe to follow. She found that over 50% of men and over 70% of women have heard of the 5-second rule and that many said they follow it! Ha!

I totally follow it, which is weird b/c i'm such a hypo, but it always seems funny at the time when you drop food and declare 5-second rule and then eat it! Although I have to say that I don't use the rule w/ everything. Like if it's a lolli-pop or something w/ sauce or eggs or anything that's sticky or a bit wet that shit can stick to, I'm OBVIOUSLY not going to eat it off the floor. But maybe a piece of cookie or chocolate that you can just snatch up and give it a little blow (you know what I mean, gutter brains), then I will eat it.

The test used foods like cookies, gummy bears, bologna, etc., which to me are things that bacteria would stick to (except the cookies). They also PUT salmonella and E. coli on counters and floors to test it, so obviously unless you live in a pig sty, you won't have as much bacteria on your floors and counters (don't quote me on that).

As it turns out, Jillian proved that, "On surfaces that had been contaminated eight hours earlier, slices of bologna and bread left for five seconds took up from 150 to 8,000 bacteria. Left for a full minute, slices collected about 10 times more than that from the tile and carpet, though a lower number from the wood."

Listen, I'm not going to tell you what to do, but even I can deal w/ 150 to 8,000 bacteria. OK ew, not really. I'm going to have to stick to using my best wet/sticky food judgment.

Drastic Measures

I was getting sick of looking at the Seth Green pic since I haven't had time to blog since then, nor have I been inspired to do so, so I had to take matters into my own hands.

So I cut my thumb this past weekend so that I'd have something to write about. NO, NOT REALLY. But I did cut my thumb and almost need to go to the hospital! It was not my fault! The flagel (flat bagel) was a bit harder than I was expecting, and the knife slipped. Wah.

I didn't end up getting stitches b/c we were up at the new house w/ 'boyfriend's' parents and I didn't want to ruin the weekend (good reason, right?)

Well, A. the hospital was an hour away (bor-ing), and B. his dad is a dr. (a dentist, mind you but med school is med school), so he was able to fix me up w/ just some butterfly band-aids, gauze and some med tape. He did recommend stitches, but since I'm so tough, I said don't worry about it. My hands are all scuffed up and scarred anyway from being such a tomboy/daddy's girl growing up:)