the yankees...seriously

*picture is from the NY POST
Ok...the Yankees opened their new stadium yesterday (officially) and they lost (and not by a little)...now I know that Girardi said that one game won't make your season, but come on...we are the New York Yankees and we always win when the game matters (except of course in 2004 when we lost games 4, 5, 6, and yup 7 to the Red Sox...but seriously I try to forget about that year and the day they signed Arod).

For everyone who does not know...I am a die hard sports fan, but baseball (the Yankess) is my true passion, its in my blood (as much as the Italian craziness). So let's start by giving a high five to Jorge Posada for his HR (cause let's face it no one wanted Arod to hit the first HR in the new stadium, well except maybe management and some stupid sports people)...Posada and Jeter, the two classiest guys in baseball, actually even a Red Sox fan that was over here with me yesterday said he couldn't agree more (so there, its not just me).

Ok let me vent (other Yankee fans know that you will agree on 1 or 2 below, I'll settle for one)...now here are my issues:
1. Not living in NYC anymore I don't get the YES network and therefore do not get the Yankee games...all I get day in and day out is the stupid Red Sox games...ARGH, yes I am very bitter...so everyone I need game updates this season.
2. Joel Sherman's article in the post today is about how "muted" the new stadium is and that heckling or cheering cannot be heard...ummm I am sorry, what??! To know that it sounded dead silent when CC had 2 strikes and 2 out is wrong on so many levels...seriously. Your fans are your home field advantage, if you can't hear your fans then you have no advantage!!!!!!!! (Hank and Hal, you could learn something from this...seriously). After 4 years at ND football games and basketball games, I know what a stadium should feel like...even when ND is losing (which is often these days) the stadium rocks with noise...so Yankee stadium with no noise, LAME...I guess I will have to wait and see for myself in October, although if Arod comes back there will probably be no October for us, damn curse...seriously.
3.The last and biggest issue...AROD, AFRAUD, MR SPRING TRAINING, MR APRIL...whatever you call him these days, I cannot stand him...he is the curse of this team, which should probably be spelt teARODm...from his "I'm too good looking and bi-racial" comment to dating Madonna to calling Jeter a "non-threat"...why Mr. Steinberner, why...seriously?! No one else wanted him a year ago and you picked him up again...WHY?! So that he could finally confirm that he had been taking tic-tacs for 8 years while breaking all his records, in the words of a good friend...puhllllease. If Arod is done for the season I can go back to being a happy Yankee fan and only have 2 issues...ahh that would be nice.

Lastly for you loyal NY sports fans does anyone know why Joel Sherman (who is my favorite sports writer in NY) has changed his tone when writing for the Yankees? My theory is that they are screwing him for asking a tough question of Arod at his "press conference" (I prefer to call it drama 101 with no questions...PITIFUL, seriously)...Joel I hope you keep asking Arod the tough questions, we deserve to know...seriously!

And as always...GO YANKEES.

my apologies...seriously

Sorry for the delay in posts...but I had a slight fight with my internet and then I was at the beach and decided I didn't have time to post...but I am back, or I will be back tomorrow.

Next posts will be about:
Rock of Love finale...cause i love it.
How I Met Your Mother on Monday...cause what would a week be without a post about it, seriously.
the beach...OMG the beach is amazing everyday!!!

OHHHH and I will have another "Stick with Jeans and a T-shirt" and man did I see some great ones.

I will be back, seriously.

i have bought a lot of informercial products this year, but this...seriously!

One thing about insomnia is that you watch a lot of really bad late night TV (ok well maybe this only applies to me...but I doubt it)...I didn't sleep from December-February, ok that is an exaggeration I didn't sleep well...maybe 3-4 hours of sleep a night (unless I had been out that night...I always slept well after a night of wine drinking)....ANYWAYS...bad tv, meant really bad commercials, mostly informercial products...the Snuggie (bought it...actually bought the 2 for 1 special), the Strap Perfect (bought it), the thighmaster (bought it), the Bender Ball (tried to buy it, but had some major issues with the automated phone person), Shamwow (really want to buy it!!)....and then when I thought I had seen it all with informercials I came across Rob's blog (which is awesome...and a new informercial product the "Go Girl"...seriously?!

what is it, you ask??...their product description Simply put, GoGirl is the way to stand up to crowded, disgusting, distant or non-existent bathrooms. it's a device that allows you to urinate while standing up. It’s neat. It’s discreet. It’s hygienic...wow I thought I had seen it all, but serioulsy?! I mean there aren't many times that I have thought to myself darn it I wish I could pee standing up...seriously?! I did think this was a joke at first, but its most certainly not a joke and check out the website.

Ok so seriously...if you have any other infomercial stories, I would LOVE to hear them....also a great resource is a site that rates products, check it out. Ps...love the snuggie, strap perfect is ok, thighmaster is awesome...seriously!

online dating...seriously?!

I am going to start by saying I am not judging...maybe a little. Yesterday while at the brewery (yup mid-day at the brewery, didn't get to do that in NYC)...we were talking about starting speed dating on friday nights on the island (hilarious, tons of single men and about 4 single woman on the island)...whatever, so this lead to the conversation about online dating. Two of the four of us had been "online" before...it took 2 beers and a cocktail for us to admit it...but no one can judge either of us because we did it as an "experiment" (keep telling people that...bottom line we sucked at dating). Anyways...the topic was people lying on their profile (duh!), I mean are people that unaware of themselves...if you are 5'6" don't say 5'11"...if you are 30 don't put the picture from your 21st birthday up...if you are a total prick don't call yourself awesome...seriously?!

Now...a friend of mine has been doing online dating and is quite successful at it, he gets lots of dates (lots of other stuff too) and a couple of psychos along the way...the one is way off the charts on the crazy/hot scale (yup there is my How I Met Your Mother reference). In case you don't watch the show...here is Barney's explanation of the crazy/hot scale, which was used to analyze "blah blah" a girl Ted met online (people WATCH THE SHOW and life will just be better)..."A girl is allowed to be crazy as long as she is equally hot. Thus, if she's (see diagram in picture) crazy, she has to be (see diagram in picture) hot. You want the girl to be above this line. Also known as the 'Vickie Mendoza Diagonal'. This girl I dated. She played jump rope with that line. She'd shave her head, then lose 10 pounds. She'd stab me with a fork, then get a boob job."

Ok so back to my friend...recently received a picture from a girl via her cell phone camera and mirror, wearing nothing but a tshirt, why would you send that to someone you have never met, seriously?...ok so things to keep in mind, 1. he has never met her, 2. she told him she was into him before their first date and didn't want him seeing other people (wow a ring before you meet a girl, seriously?), 3. she sent him a picture of her boobs, 4. she called him tacky....ummm seriously?!

Then there was another favorite of mine...a 23-year old that after a couple of dates (night and morning) said she couldn't be with him because she wants to be with only one person and its not him...ouch, harsh...but wait isn't online dating about meeting several people, dating several people (maybe a little hoo-ha on the side)...when did someone decide that commitment had to happen instantly...slow it down crazy girl, you are more than jump roping the crazy/hot scale, you just trampolined over it...not pretty!

Ok...so the net, net...online dating, I don't believe the eharmony commercials (and its not only because I worked in advertising)...consider your experiences or your friends experiences and refer to the hot/crazy scale and think do I really want to do this...seriously!??

Stick with Jeans and a T-shirt...seriously

Ok...sorry for the delay in postings (I know I got distracted with the beach, my new schedule...I can keep going with excuses, but I don't need to cause its my blog and I will do what I want).

I saw a woman in CT last week when I stopped at a gas station who really needed a good tap on the shoulder and a simple "please don't wear leggings...instead stick with jeans and a tshirt." Unfortunately my picture was too blurry so I found a similar one of the Glamour magazine "don'ts" site (its SUPER comparable, seriously)...I don't honestly know what this woman was thinking but even kate moss shouldn't wear white leggings (some guys may disagree) but I think all girls should avoid them...kinda like white bathing suits (Brookie...you know what I am talking about)...anything that ever can be considered "sheer" whether dry or wet should be avoided.

If you have any "Stick with Jeans and a Tshirt" sightings please email them to me...seriously!

The Yellow Subarmine is packed...it's time...seriously.

I remember the first thought I had about getting out of NYC and moving to Nantucket, it feels like yesterday I over analyzed the situation (for those of you who don't know me...I am a calculate risk taker- aka risk adverse). The time has passed so quickly between finding a job, settling housing issues and resigning from my job in NYC (during a freakin recession...maybe I am more of a risk taker than I know!!!).

So the yellow submarine (aka the car) is packed with way too many clothes for my new lifestyle, but maybe I can't quite leave all of NYC behind (although I am leaving behind my Christian Louboutin's...I mean blue suede shoes on Nantucket are like whale pants in Tribeca)...Maddy is packed with her food, toys and yet she is wearing her staple "suitcase" look tonight (anyone that has ever had a golden knows the "suitcase" look...the how could you be leaving me behind look)...Maddy has spent 5 years traveling with me (SF, NYC, ACK, x-country, VT) and the "suitcase" look still exists...she is going to dog heaven (not literally)- town, lots of other awesome dogs, beaches...did I mention the beach...seriously what a life for a dog!!!

Let the journey begin...seriously, it's time. I'll be blogging from the beach...serioulsy.

reality trash TV...seriously?!

We are all suckers for trashy reality tv...don't lie you all know you watch it! And if you don't watch it then you totally check up on what happened...seriously, might as well just watch it, it can be freakin entertaining!! My secret reality trash obsession...its bad...Rock of Love. It started with season one...my friends (you know who you are, don't deny it) and I used to keep track of how many times brett michaels said "awesome"...I think we maxed out at 12 in one episode...he "hearts" that word....and if it wasn't "awesome", he replaced that with "i'm totally turned on"...seriously brett?!

So after two seasons of trash and no love for brett (although Heather was close)...we moved from a mansion of drunk, stripper groupies to a tour bus of drunk, in-denial stripper groupies....not as fun, but HOLY TRASH...I didn't think Rock of Love could get trashier...ok so I just read up on last week's episode and Brett is down to 2 girls...both annoying as hell, both strippers...although ms. penthouse calls herself a dancer, ummmmm??! By definition I believe a stripper is a dancer that takes her clothes off...ummm honey, you are a STRIPPER.

I am honestly not sure where I was going with this thought other than...where do they find these people??! Between these girls and the girls on some new VH1 show "Tough Love" and then the show where girls make out with Flav...seriously??! Ladies...I know guys in the "real world" use lame ass pick up lines (refer to my March blog entry) but a tour bus? brett and his bandana? competing against strippers? making out with a guy that wears a clock around his neck?

ladies..puhleasse...seriously, where is the trashy reality tv show with hot frat boys or something...seriously?!

tomorrow's blog will be from the road...let my journey begin!