When did I get so old?

I feel like this is going to be an Andy Rooney-esque post. Beware.

So I went to the OAR concert in Boston last Friday. I was so excited for the show, because in college it was the best time ever. They played at the rowdy bars in Rochester, and I had so much fun rocking out to the live music.

WELP... those memories are gone. We hit up Bank of America Pavillion and as soon as I got within a block on the Pier, I saw them. The teenagers. They were everywhere. Braces, Cigarettes, Drunk girls throwing up in the Bathroom, Sketchy old guys praying on the hoochy under-dressed girls. It was like I was in a South Park Episode. For reals.

I think we stayed for about 4 songs before I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't even HEAR them playing because we were sitting in concourse A aka the tables in the back (um.. hello! $24.99 tickets purchased on service free Wednesday thank you very much!)

I didn't even know most of the songs they were playing! At least Megabrooke and Katrina were at the concert going through the same crisis I was!! So I txted them to come over to our side and vented with them for a bit.

Moral of the story, the only time I will be rocking out to OAR is in my car. (which isn't too bad actually)

Next up? Gray hairs.

Last year I found 2 of them. I refused to touch them. I would leave my desk during work just to walk up to the mirror and look for them, it was almost comforting. I was obsessed with them. Now? There are like 7-8 more bitches among my scalp. And they are not cute. I even noticed one sticking out in a Charleston pic.

Look close. Right in the middle of my head. Its like 2 inches long, sticking out! Ali told me its just an extra special blond hightlight, bless her heart.

BUT, you want to know what makes me feel young? Meeting up with some fun bloggers after the OAR concert. LivitLuvit, Megabrooke, The Martha Girls, Emrlds, Caroline, Susan, Julie & some new local ladies I've just started reading. Good times!

Swine & Dine..

Dear Local Newscasters,

I'd like to say thank you, for making me freak out all day on Sunday thinking I had the Swine Flu. 'Since Flu's are not in season, if you have these symptoms, you should get checked for the Swine Flu immediately' was the quote that did it.

As mentioned in my last post (last week) I'm not feeling well. I haven't been able to taste or smell anything since Thursday. Well that continued into this past beautiful weekend, ruining all plans for enjoying the warm weather and prompting me to finally see a doctor today.

Thoughts on the way over to the Doctor's office...

• When was the last time i was in Mexico???
  
• I can't be the first person in Massachusetts to get the Swine Flu, that'd be absolutely insane.
  
• This was NOT how I was going to be featured on the Today Show and be interviewed by Matt Lauer

20 minutes later after meeting with the Nurse Practitioner, it was settled. I have a Sinus Infection. Antibiotics for 10 days and I'm golden.

I chuckled 'Phew, I'm glad it wasn't the swine flu' and her eyes lit up and she said 'Do you know how many calls I've gotten today from patients who think they have it? Most with no symptoms whatsoever!!'

I think these newscasts just opened up Pandora's Box.

On the plus side, this no tasting thing has jumpstarted my diet getting ready for bathing suit season. But yeah, everything else about a Sinus Infection completely blows.. no pun intended.

Quote of the Day

Me, sick.. blowing my nose. [insert sound effect]

Gus: You know what that is, Julie?

Me: wwhha [not a real word- just mumbling b/c i'm annoyed this cold turned into an actual cold and wasn't just allergies]

Gus: That's your brain trying to rid your head of all the Reality TV and Real Housewives you watch.

And on that note, I'm home today trying to kick this cold. First real 'sick day' in way over a year. Sick days just aren't meant for feeling this crappy.

You Say Funk Like its a Bad Thing?!

So I've hit a little patch of Bloggers Block.

The Winter is getting to me. I thought this past weekend in VT would be a nice break, but I had a hard time being up there since it was the first visit since Paul's funeral. They did end up naming a meal after him at my favorite restaurant up there, so it was comforting to have 'Pauls Favorite Chicken Alfredo' even though it was eaten with a couple of tears.

But its not fair to you to publish half hearted posts so I'm taking a little break.

No worries, I've already cleared my schedule next Sunday for OSCAR fun day! Gus said as long as I order Chinese Food (our Oscar tradition) he will sit down for some good ole guy (not to be confused with gay) commentary for the Red Carpet.

Here are a few things I've been up to recently via Poladroid.. thanks Katelin!!

Our very good friend Andy visited a couple of weekends ago! This was the night where Lauren and I had our infamous kareoke concert at the Hong Kong. The above pic was taken at The Border Cafe in Harvard Square, because Andy loves visiting Harvard and buying sweatshirts from there so he can wear it proudly when he goes back to Rochester...

I should have turned this pic into a B&W picture. Due to my lack of tan combined with Ali's golden bronze glow. blerg.

My hubs sexy beard. Le swoon. And yeah, apparently I love posing while sipping drinks...

Susan and I attended our first 'On Your Feet Project' Event at Brownstone bar in Back Bay. The event was hosted by OYF and Boston Cares, and proceeds went towards Friday Night Supper Program which provides nutritious, home-cooked meals to the homeless and hungry people of Boston. Lately I've been interested in getting involved with volunteer work and OYF seems like a really great group of enthusiastic people. I'm exciting to attend more events and learn more info!

Susan is so much fun!! I love catching up with her cos she's the type of gal you could talk to for hours..

Click here for more info about the On Your Feet Project.

And in the meantime, you can find me reading all your blogs, and tweeting.

Woo Hoo for Avenue JQ

Ordered some sweet ass tickets to the Broadway play Avenue Q for next weekend! I figured the best way to break the hubs into going to a play is to pick the one that has to do with wicked puppets. Anyone see it?

And on a sour sore tooth note.. I think I've got myself a dry socket! I thought it was normal to have a huge pain in my lower left tooth 24/7 keeping me up at night for 6 days after elective oral surgery, but apparently I can go to the dentist and have it diagnosed and healed? What an awesome country we live in!

And I might have developed a minor Donna Martin-esque dependency on painkillers. Boo hoo, I'm already out of percocets. Now I know how Dr. House feels about his vicodin.

update: no dry socket. i'm just a big wimp. but i got more treats ;)
updated update: it turns out it WAS a drysocket, and I'm still in pain 9 days later. sweet!

defeated.

WARNING: This is a big pity party post.. due to hunger, pain and exhaustionWorst. weekend. ever. Wisdom teeth surgery itself actually went great, I ended up getting full anesthesia so I don't think I even saw the doctor once! Its just been the following 48 hrs that have been horrible. My face didn't puff up until Saturday morning, and now I look like a freak show. I had even planned on posting a picture thinking it'd be funny to look back on, but I lose respect for myself every time I look in the mirror.

To sum it up, I look like:
Shallow Hal meets J-Lo pregnant with Quadruplets meets Charlize Theron from Monster..

Painkillers do not seem to be working, my face is still numb, I've had a fever and an ear-ache, and I think half of my lip has fallen off from being chapped. Have NO CLUE how I'm going to go back to work tomorrow, unless a surgeon from Extreme Makeover makes a house call and figures out how to drain some puffiness out of my face.

Alright enough with the depressing complaining.

Instead I'd like to do some pretend online shopping in my head and think about what I SHOULD'VE spent $1,000 on this weekend, instead of electing oral surgery!
Makeup: Hmmm I dropped $330 at MAC on wedding makeup 2 yrs ago and that only managed to fill up 2 small bags. So doing the math, I would buy 4 small bags worth of MACness.
Shoes: Instead of saying I'd buy 1.5 pairs of Jimmy Choos, I'd probably just go to DSW and pick about 12 pairs of shoes instead.. cos I like to have a lot of options for shoesie woosies in the morning. And knowing my luck, I'd break my Jimmy Choo heel within 1 week walking some Boston Cobblestone.

Luggage: I've been searching online for some cute luggage (because I think if you have just plain black luggage, the odds go up that the airline will totally LOSE it!) and unfortunately Gus will not agree to let me buy Betseyville Luggage (from Betsey Johnson). "Julie, you really think I'm going to take that hot pink thing as a carry on when I go on a business trip!?"

Clothes: J.Crew spring collection. SO up my alley. (minus the hat, I'm not THAT cool)

Donate to the MSPCA (Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals): They sent me the cutest address labels last week, and I made a small donation, but I'd love to make a bigger one.

Hope you all had a better weekend than me.. I'll think up a shiny happy post soon.

I need your 'wisdom'

SO, today I visited Mr. Oral Surgeon, and got the great news that I should get my wisdom teeth out.

The only thing that bugs me, is that he wasn't like:
"You absolutely need to get this done, your wisdom teeth are at war with your teeth and at one point, a jagged incisor will pop out of your cheek, and mess up your Benetint Cheek Stain makeup"

He was more like:
"Yes, I see some wisdom teeth, and this will be a great preventative measure! Either they'll never bother you.. or next week you could have an infection in your gums!" (but said in a very nice kind of way)

Honest to blog? For shizzle? Fortunately- my insurance will pay for some of it and it'll only come out to me paying around $950. But wtf. There are SO many flippin' things I could do with that $. Plus I'm going to Mexico in April and do not feel like going through this chipmunk cheek phase beforehand. Whaahh whaaahh whaaaah.

Tell me everything about wisdom teeth removal. My doctor did not get my joke when I said I'd need to wikipedia the options (aka anesthesia, sedation, etc..). I would cherish your imput
**as long as its shiny happy stories about how it tickles and you instantly lost 15 lbs as soon as the procedure was over!**

blerg. at least Lost is on tonite!

Sick.

Have the flu. Finally got out of bed today but it feels like I will be going straight back to bed. Got a text that Heath Ledger died and had to check cnn.com. Feel more sick knowing its true. So sad.

Mo Money Mo Problems

SO ever since I changed the domain name to jqlounge.com, I've noticed my pictures have been acting pretty whacky (if you're even lucky enough to see a pic- because I've just been seeing plain ole text)!

So I did the smart thing and tried fixing it right before bed when I was exhausted- only to have somehow shrinked the main title. Probably won't be having a free minute until later on next week to fix it. Sorry for the eyesore! HTML experts are totally welcome to give their input.

Whah Whah Whaaaaaah

Sorry but I'm cranky right now. I'm pretty tired. Started my new job this week, the company rocks and everything is super awesome.. except the girl who's been training me is sick with a cold, so I've been uncomfortable about 8.5 hrs of the day, because she's been typing on my computer, blowing her nose practically on my shoulder, and pretty much just been attached to me every single minute. But she's super nice though and I would have been completely lost without her, so I felt bad asking her to keep her malaria from my personal space. I called my mom while I was driving home and she told me to go buy a bottle of antibacterial spray and just keep on using it in front of the girl so maybe she will catch my drift and back the eff off! (except I'll feel like Angela from the office when she found out Oscar was gay and thought she was going to catch cooties). Sorry to vent. I promise I'll feel better after I watch me some Tyra in 10 minutes!

Moral of the story. Stress and Hypochondriacness don't mix!

UPDATE: No I won't feel better, cos tonite's ANTM is the recap show. ddsafasdasflkfda. Apparently I'm just going to have to smile with my eyes, Tyra!