The weight has been lifted off my shoulders! I forgot I had blocked Mr. Lips on my MSN list, but I unblocked him so we could chat. We made our small talk and he asked me when I was free. I told him I was going to be busy, but then I told him I didn't think dating was going to work out.

Thankfully, he agreed. But I think it was unncessary to say "yeah, it was too much work." Another example of guys in Vancouver having only cars or class -- not both. I still had to get in the last word and try to soften it up afterwards. I just said that it wouldn't be too much work if we were more into each other, and then I told him that I had a good time when we did see each other.

In all honesty, I don't remember that much about the time we spent together. I do remember him staring off into space often. And I will remember that he forgot that he made plans with me. I was just looking forward to a big penis. Ultimately, I'm glad I didn't see it.

My friends don't use that feature. Why, I don't know. Someone will send out an email to a few of us. I reply all, and then one person will always just end up emailing only me back. It's frustrating to me. I feel like I end up being a messenger because I feel obligated to pass along the information. I don't want to be a messenger! I have no time for that.

It's another busy week and weekend already. It's only Monday and I am already stressed about thinking of the things I have to do. Every day I have something going on. I need to start planning on things to bring on my trip! And I desperately need to go to Stila. GRR! GRR! GRR!

I also didn't sleep well this weekend. It was so cold last night that I kept waking up. 

I don't think my body has enjoyed my weekend of grease. But that is okay. I will be back to normal tomorrow.

It was another action packed weekend. I am tired! I spent Friday with M. We had dinner and some dessert and then came back to my place. Then he left in the morning, really early to try to catch and earlier flight home. It was sad to say bye!

But Saturday was totally non-stop. I had to go help out with the company picnic, and it was FREEZING COLD. I was dressed for the kind of weather I wanted, though. I even turned the heat on when I drove home!!! Later that night, The Eater (I still can't think of a better nickname, but this one is really fitting) and I went on our first date. We had some dinner and then caught the fireworks. Then we went for more food. And then we passed by Wendy's when he went to drop me off.

It was a really good first date. He was a perfect gentleman, and the conversation flowed really easily. Dating a Chinese guy is kind of new to me. I almost cracked a small penis joke (like a joke about small penises...not a small joke about penises). He even commented that he could see why I'd date white guys.

I told T about him, and she said I sounded pessimistic even though things sounded promising. I guess I can get that way I am into a guy now. I've just had such bad luck. If the guy's not just into getting into my pants, then he's being dishonest about his status. I do wonder if The Eater is dating others, but I don't really want to ask. Also, from the way he is, I think he's the one girl at a time kind of girl.

Speaking of one at a time, I still haven't called Mr. Lips back. I guess I should at some point. I think I will just message him the next time I catch him online. And I talked to Cute Butt Boy again about not seeing each other and why (his partying and him seeming to want different things than I do). Then he told me his side, and he felt that had been a miscommunication. With me not hearing from him, he thought that's what I wanted. Previously, I had told him I didn't want to see boyfriends more than a few times a week. All this talking just makes things more convoluted. I mean I am attracted to him, but I don't know. The Eater has a lot more long term potential for me, but who knows what he wants with me now.

Oh yeah, I went to Red Hot Video to return a movie today. I wasn't all that comfortable standing in there waiting to drop off the movie. I wish they had a drop off thingee. Some guy was buying magazines and needed to have $50 bill broken, and I think he ripped off the store by 27 cents. "Oh well, you're just going to have to deal with it." Some times I wonder if I make men uncomfortable when I am in there alone?! 

For the last couple of days, it just smelled like poo everywhere. Okay, so it smelled more like puke in the elevator. I walk into the elevator to a nice stench. I walk around the office, and I think I smell poo.  I definitely smelled farts in dance class last night. UUUGH!

I need a nap. And I'm thrilled that the mercury retrograde is ending today. It seems like a lot of people have been feeling down lately.

My abs are killing me today, too...along with my shin. This running thing has been a challenge! Hopefully the podiatrist can help.

Mr. Lips returned. He called last night, and left a message. I wasn't in the mood to talk to him. so I didn't call him back. He apologised for not having called and said he had no excuse. Exactly. I'm not sure how to tell him I am no longer interested in seeing him again. 

And the latest guy ...still no nickname...I am sure i could think of something lame. I'll just call him the Food Lover for now. He reminds me a little of the P Man, but I think he'll be a lot more genuine. Both are sales guys and play a lot of hockey. He seems really keen on getting together. We're supposed to get together Saturday but then he asked about getting together today :-/ That is borderline too much for me!

And I prefer to see a guy one on one for a first date, but he doesn't seem to mind group activities. I think it's too soon for either of us to be meeting our friends :-p 

But today, nobody told me!

So this coworker and I...we've gotten quite chummy. I'm not sure what to call her, but she likes to talk and gossip. I am not sure how it got out, but she told Mr. National Geographic Shoes that I called him flakey. I've already said this to him, jokingly. But I don't understand why she'd feel the need to tell him that!

Anyway, Mr. NGS hasn't embraced being called flakey. "It was only that one time." It was more than once, but I seriously hate and lose respect for people who can't keep plans. And for me to call them on it makes me go UUUGH.

We have this company picnic coming up Saturday. Mr. NGS had offered to give me a lift, and I never game him a direct answer. Instead I told him I didn't know if I was going to go with him because he is flakey. He was like "alright. Just thought I would offer."

I feel kind of bad but I guess I am punishing him for flaking out on me repeatedly. Plus I just feel really used by him. I didn't like that he seemed to want to get really friendly with me when he was having a low point with his girlfriend.

But why am I even blogging about this? I had a great 3 hour conversation on the phone last night with a guy  I've totally clicked with. I have even matched my first name with his last name. They don't go. He has no nickname yet.

Well, at least I'm not a loser.

Sorry, that sounds really judgemental! But I'm not really sorry.

I know that if a guy's glory days are his high school days, and if he enjoys getting plastered often, he and I will not have much in common.

This guy...he was a poor conversationalist yesterday (I hate when people chat me up where I end up having to make conversation and get lovely 1 or 2 word replies), but he managed to ask me a couple of questions.

Today, he repeated all of them. 

1. Are you in Vancouver?
2. Do you drink? 

When he asked me if I drank, I already knew he was going to be lame. 

So this morning he tells me he is hungover and that he was drinking in a park. I asked him if he was drinking something out of a paper bag. He didn't quite get it. I mentioned my friends used to drink in parks when we were in high school. I mentioned how they would get busted by the cops. He said that kind of stuff was fun.

This guy is 29, my age.

I told him that high school was over 10 years ago and that I'd outgrown all that.

Then he called me a bitch.

BWAHAHAHA 

The mercury retrograde is almost done! A couple more people I saw again included this guy I went to elementary school with. I just remember he had a hard time transitioning to the school, and he got picked on a lot. I don't remember if he even went to my high school. And then last night, this guy that used to work at my company sent me a message on one of the dating sites.

Actually, he was quite high up here. And I thought he was hot.

I heard from Mr. Lips. He hasn't really been memorable for me. Of course, he didn't mention this past Monday. And he hasn't called since he got back from his stag weekend. He said he would call me tonight. I don't want to talk to him though.

My chest is still a little tight when I do cardio. Ugh. I also feel a little dizzy when I wake up in the mornings. I wonder if it's because I'm not eating enough or what. I am not liking the numbers I see on the scale. Why do I put on muscle faster than losing fat?? UGH! I look leaner and more defined, but I'm still wider than I'd like to be. I don't want that muffin top!! 

I was surfing at PerezHilton.com today, and it had photos of David Beckham in some nice white swim trunks! YEEEEAH! Where can the common man get a pair??

This morning, I had another bad run. My chest still hurts. *sigh* And then the shin splints came again! I wonder if using orthotics would help. But I just made an appointment with a podiatrist. Apparently, it won't be covered under medical. I will send in the receipt anyway. 

Maybe I was still stoned yesterday, which was why I was so out of it. But today, I have the headache.

For about a day, I thought my Australian relatives were coming with us to Hawaii, but the cruise is too booked to accomodate them. Ugh! It makes me mad that the Aussies weren't diligent about making their plans. They knew about this trip back in the winter. But that is totally like them. I wish I could think of the English term for what I am thinking.

The last time I saw Mr. Lips, he had suggested we get together Monday, which was yesterday. I didn't hear from him at all. He is outta there. I refuse to follow up with people who ask *me* to get together. Why must people waste my time? Sometimes I think guys don't aim very high around here. They're content to ask out a girl and have her say yes. And that is it. They don't even want to follow through with actually going out with her. This comic reminds me of Vancouver guys and my dating experiences.

When I say I'm not going to do something again, I really shouldn't. I feel so out of it today (maybe it's from all that sun yesterday...who knows...), and my lungs HURT this morning when I went for my run this morning.

No more weed! Had it not been for the action, I wouldn't have smoked it.

I should know better! I treat my body quite well, and I'm so sensitive to sugar and caffiene and bad eating -- this feeling shouldn't be such a surprise.

One time I had one weekend of bad eating, and it took me a month to recover. My appetite was all out of whack. 

UGH. 

It's been non-stop action!

After work on Friday, I booted out downtown to catch Superman Returns. What a snoozer! Brandon Routh is cute, though. There were more highlighted crotch scenes in the first half of the movie than the last. And the movie only made me wonder (SPOILER ALERT) Superman and Lois got it on without killing her. While I was driving there, I got honked at. I was at a light, and this car slowed down, honked, and the driver was staring right at me. I was trying to figure out if I had accidentally cut him off at some point, and then I realised it was the P Man, one of my exes. UGH.

I ran 5 km yesterday, and my legs are tiiiight. I skipped my weights, and did a bunch of shopping and eating and sunbathing. To avoid the sun at its strongest, I decided to tan much later in the afternoon and didn't get much colour at all.

But TODAY...Oh dear. I am BURNT. Now I have to fix the untanned patches. I was sitting outside for much longer than I realised. I have a line going halfway down my thigh. My right arm is burnt. UGH! I am not looking forward to having wrinkley skin. I can't believe how quickly the time went by. I hung out with M, though, and it was really good to see him. We'll get together again when he is done with his conference and before he flies home. Maybe we'll catch another porn.

Last night I hung out with Cute Butt Boy. I told him it was our last hurrah, and that I was removing our status. I told him we were status-less. I guess what I didn't get across was that I didn't want anything from him anymore.

And ugh, I am stuffed -- uncomfortably stuffed!! 

This week was kind of quiet for Internet searches. People keeping looking for "rosietulips" from the same place. They're taking up keyword space! BWAHAHAA hmm.

So here are the limited searches people have done and stumbled across my blog (maybe I need to write about more exciting stuff?!):

haven't flossed in a long time
That's gross. Just imagine all the stuff that is growing between your teeth and gums. It's all eating away at you...decaying everything in sight! Start flossing now, and do it daily!!

annette o'tool nude locker room
I saw her once at a movie theatre. She is getting on in the years! I'm getting a visual of her nude in a locker room...okay, next...

bruises that get worse
Sometimes they look worse right after you get them. But how do bruises get worse? Stop banging the same spots!

fried perogies
I like to pan fry mine...add some onions. And then eat them with real bacon bits and sour cream!!!

tell someone you don't want to date them anymore
Okay, I will do that. The best way to do it is to say, "I don't want to date you anymore."

If you're a professional, it's a good idea to take a business writing course. It's even more important to take the course if a lot of people are going to read your writing!

I was doing a lot of editing the last couple of weeks, and I am burnt out from it. (If everyone shared my writing style, I guess it'd be easier...) However, I have another document to edit today. It goes out to customers. I look at the writing, and I just want to not deal with it. Do people know what makes up a sentence?

These are not sentences:

• Modified the error messages to be more clear of where the transaction failed if any reason.
  

• As we seem to be having some cross contamination of information being displayed.

And I left my candy at home. I want candy!! Actually, what I realy want is to be in Hawaii right now. I'm also off to visit my best friend on the Labour Day weekend. I think we'll be getting some spa treatments!!! YEEEESSSS!

I can't wait to sleep this weekend. I am sleepy, and my body is tired. I keep thinking today is Friday.

I keep thinking about the things that I want to do...get a library card, get a tan, think about what I want to do when I'm in Hawaii, T's birthday, and I've lost my mind otherwise!

Maybe I am just going nuts about spending some me-time :-D But I am picking up some XanGo tomorrow after dance class, seeing Superman on Friday, having dim sum with my mom on Saturday, and a friend from Toronto is flying in on Sunday.

Saturday, I want to run 5 km, get in some weight training, and TAN. I bought some tanning oil today. I just want to lay out and get some colour. But thinking about getting wrinkley skin is not attractive.

Right now, I don't have much going on at all! Well, there is not much I want to blog about. I'm just kind of blah.

And today I read that Lucky Brand Jeans have some good choices for big legs. I noticed them when I was in Vegas but wasn't interested at all! When I get to Hawaii, I am going to find myself a pair, dangnabbit!! 

Finally, it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. For the last 2 and a half weeks, I've been editing all the end-user documentation for one of our groups. It was painful. The writing was not very good. I had originally estimated 40 hours of work, based on the number of pages, but I spent 65 hours total.

So for the last little while, I've been feeling a little burnt out and needing some me-time. That's why I wasn't all that excited to meet upwith PS Man. And yesterday, I met up with Mr. Nose Hairs. 

We'd been chatting a bit. He wasn't on my radar because he already said he wasn't looking for anything serious. I found him to be only a little annoying. People who "hehe" and wink a lot in chats annoy me. But he seemed a little needy, too. I think that was the kicker. At least he confirmed our plans to meet and didn't bail on me. I've experienced a lot of bailers.

In the morning, I told him it wasn't going to be a date and that I had no interest in dating him. I felt a lot better after that. We met up at Subway and had dinner. He looked okay for a short guy :-p But his facial hair really stood out to me. He had an Asian 5'clock shadow; thick, bushy eyebrows, and nose hair. He was nice.

I didn't put much effort into my looks, and I hoped he thought I looked kind of bad. YEEEAH! 

I just realised why I am so angry at men lately. I wonder if it's best to keep dating until this feeling passes or just take a break??

I feel used. I've had such bad luck lately with guys deceiving me, or being taken and still trying to woo me. It would be really nice if a guy was just genuinely interested in me and not because I'm some interesting distraction.

I think Mr. National Geographic Shoes was the last straw.

I am keeping my distance from any guy who is taken and shows interest in me. 

I'd like to think when people talk about their honesty, they mean that they *are*.

When Dr. T and I had that thing going on, he always told me really valued honesty. And then he was caught being a two-timer.

And The Talker...I can't believe this. I was surfing the site where I met him, and I saw his picture. Only he'd gotten himself a brand new NEW Profile. One thing he said in it was "I'm probably too honest for my own good." BWAHAHA I hope his girlfriend has dumped him since the last time I saw him. He was an outright liar...said he was a one woman kind of guy...didn't even casually date more than one at a time. I'm not sure how he defines it, but we didn't speak again when I caught him grocery shopping with his girlfriend (or whoever he was holding hands with).

Aside from my last ranty, i.e., lame, post, my Sunday was quite productive!

I didn't even get in time to do my toenails, and they are in need of polish! I read the latest issue of Marie Claire tonight, and I used to really like the magazine. It was just boring this month. However, I did read about a couple of new products I'd like to try.

I've been wanting to get Vitamin C products for my skin, but they're not easy to find, and I don't know what's good. However, you can buy Vitamin C in a powder that you can mix into your own moisturizer!! Sounds good to me! But the $200 price tag sounds not so good...Now...would the effects be the same, if I just took a Vitamin C tablet, and CRUSHED it??? I also want to check out Skindinavia products. They have a finishing spray to keep your makeup in tact in times of humidity and heat. It would have been good to try out when we had our "heat wave" here weeks ago.

Cute Butt Boy is still around, but I still haven't told him of my next move. He called yesterday to say hi, and I guess he wanted to possibly do something today. I didn't hear from him at all, which brought me some relief (and a bit of anger! BWAHAHAA). I ended up getting a delayed text message. He said he had just gotten home from work and was feeling pukey all day?! (I wonder if he was hungover...)

He had told me before that he liked older women. I don't think I've ever really preferred younger guys, but it just seems that I end up dating them. I started wondering...what do younger men have to offer? Especially me? I want someone who has some stability in their lives. I have a career, my own place, my own car, and I'm independent. What does a guy who's still finding himself and broke have to offer me? I don't want to work around someone's bus schedule. I don't want to dine on Subway for dinner because he can't afford to go somewhere that has serving staff. I don't mind paying, but all the time? I'm not rich :-p And enough of the guys who like getting hammered as a way to have a good night.

This is partly the reason why I am not totally shunning older men. Today's date with PS Guy was a lot of fun. He didn't look cheesey at all, and we talked about a variety of things. I've found that with the younger guys I'd been dating that they're not mentally stimulating at all. Who cares what happened in high school? No more drunken stories, either, thanks. Anyway, I have nothing quirky to report about PS Guy. It was a fun date, and he asked me if I wanted to get together again.

I don't know what crawled up my mom's butt today. Just about every moment we spent together was pure hell. Usually we have good Sundays together. Maybe she was pissed off I wasn't going to lunch with her. Who the heck knows.

She was bitchy on the phone this morning, bitchy when she picked me up (mind you, I was a little late, but she was complaining that I made her keep the car running...thus "draining her car battery which in turn breaks the car."), bitchy when we picked up my furniture, bitchy when she dropped me off, bitchy when I saw her again for dinner.

But OH!!! I picked up my patio furniture (I put it together and with a bit of awkwardness, got it through my patio door)! Since it wouldn't fit in my car, my mom and I went to get it in her car. She just waited in the car the whole time. But prior to picking up the furniture, she kept telling me I shouldn't have bought it. "You're not even going to use it. Why do you need furniture outside? How is this all going to fit on your balcony? I don't even know why you're getting this. What a waste of money." Blah blah blah. I just didn't even respond. She said the same stuff again to me at dinner while leaving through flyers. "Why couldn't you have gotten *this* set? It's only $40. Why didn't you get *this* table instead?" I gave her a lot of eye rolling. She often doesn't think much beyond prices. (Earlier, she thought a bar stool was a table..."Why couldn't you have gotten something like this?" Then she pointed out a side table to me from the flyer.) I'm sure I can laugh about this all later, but she's just damn frustrating sometimes.

When she dropped me off, she just stood there waiting for me to move my stuff to my apartment. I took two trips: one for the chairs and the second one for the table. Moving the chairs was not a problem, but the table was bulky. My hands weren't big enough to grip the box, so I couldn't lift the whole thing. The box was wide, and it weighed 48 pounds. And I had to move it all by myself. THe only tricky parts were the doors. It would have been nice if my mom opened the doors for me instead of just standing at the car. But I was too stubborn and pissed off at her attitude to ask for help. I had to lift the box just enough so I could slide it along the floor. 

And then tonight...I got more grief. The cable guy re-hooked up mom's set up all weird, and she wasn't able to tape stuff to her VCR. I can deal with cables without too much of a problem, but it was really awkward getting around the TV and boxes and cables. Also, I didn't originally set it up, so I wasn't sure what they had done. I managed to set it up where she could watch TV and be able to tape shows. However, the VCR had to be on while she was watching TV. But that wasn't good enough. "You couldn't fix it?! Well, David can is coming by tomorrow to fix it."

And that got me mad. My mom is just *that* way where if she wants something done, she asks a few million people the same favour. So I said to her, "if you already found someone to do it for you, why did you bother asking me?!"

"Well, if you fixed it, then I would tell David to not come. Then I wouldn't have to BEG other people for help!"

What I hate most is that she just assumes she can't do anything on her own, and she asks everyone and their dog to do her favours in case in can't ever be done. But not only does the person have to help, but it has to be done her way.

When I told her she had to keep the VCR on in order to watch the TV, she wanted to met re-setup it all back to the way it was. When I told her if I did that, then she wouldn't be able to tape her shows. I said she had to choose. She didn't like that.

Well, whatever. Beggers can't be choosers.

I feel like a teenager ranting about my mom...and how *unfair* the world is *whine* BWAHAHAHAA

I'm not sure Mr. Lips is fitting for him anymore, but that was the first name I gave him, so it's going to stay. I couldn't put my finger on something about him, and when he told me he used to smoke a lot of weed, the lightbulb went off.

I find that people who've smoked a lot of weed in their time just seem to react more slowly and talk more slowly.

Mr. Lips is awesome in that he's gentlemanly...It's so rare for guys to open doors for me and walk me to my door. I totally dig it!!

We saw You, Me and Dupree. I thought the movie was hilarious!!! We both liked it. Owen Wilson's character (Dupree) totally cracked me up. When we got there, the theatre was only accepting cash and coupons. He had no cash on him, but I had enough cash for one ticket, and I had one coupon. So I bought our movie tickets. He later ran across the street to get some cash from a bank machine. After the movie, we hung out in his car, and then he drove me home.

He would have gladly come up, but I said no. And he was respectful of that! Generally, he's respectful. UnPorsche started out that way, too, so we'll see.

I'm not sensing sparks for me, but I like him so far. We'll see if anything progresses. However, he seems keen on moving things forward (good!), but he put it in a way that it sound like there was going to be a lot more of him (Rosie freakout time!). He mentioned something about keeping one of my parking passes in his truck. I jokingly asked him if he was going to be living there (flashes of UnPorsche coming back), and he said no, but he he'd be visiting.

I hope more of his city-ness comes out although his outdoorsy-ness is a little appealing to me. And a pleasant surprise is that he seems to like all the freaky stuff I pull on guys on purpose to see how they react. Most guys say "YEEEOW" in a pained way. Mr. Lips used to have a Prince Albert (be still, my beating heart. BWAHAHAA)

So, that's the low down with Mr. Lips.

Tomorrow, I have a brunch date with...he has no nickname yet. But I'll just call him PS Man for now, short for Plastic Surgery man. He has that look that says he's had work done on his face, but I don't think he has. This will be the second guy in his 40s that I will have ever gone out with. And he already made reservations for us! I was impressed.

What I hate is when a guy asks me out and then I end up having to plan everything. I HATE IT. 

I think Nelly Furtado is setting a bad example. She's a mom and singing about being promiscuous. Is promiscuity something to encourage? Well, maybe if she was encouraging safe promiscuity, it would be better. I'm not saying just because you're a mother, you have to be oppressive and become asexual, but I think leading by example is a good way to live.

I also saw her perform this song on So You Think You Can Dance. Up until that point, I did kind of like the song. Then I thought the song was boring. The same thing happened with Natasha Beddingfield's latest song. I liked it, too...until I saw her perform it.

I'm on my roll with Big Brother, too. Jase has such a beautiful body!! This is going to be an exciting season. 

It's been weeks, but the Friday Find-Me is back! People are still stumbling across my blog when they do Internet searches. Here's a bunch!

i met this guy and we really liked each other but he is moving away in a week and he just stopped
Stopped?? Stopped what?? Don't just stop there!

calling out
Repeat after me: Oh Rosie! Oh Rosie!

why are you so dressed up office
You know what they say -- dress for the position you *want* and not the one you have.

tblog movie
Who's going to play me?

i am tense
Get a massage.

mattresses for sore backs
Stay away from futons and those foam mattresses.

lack of stimulation in the breast during foreplay
You could ask for more. Or play with your own.

why can't i make make my boyfriend ejaculate during fellatio
You're probably not very good. Or maybe he has mental issues and doesn't really want his cock in your mouth.

don't get married men
Me either. They should stay focussed on their wives.

dating meeting his friends
It's a big step! If you've been "dating," and haven't met his friends, you're not really dating.

living near a park and noise
Don't tell me you're complaining. What do you expect if you choose to live near a park?!

insurance coverage rear ended collision other's fault
I hope you're compensated. Insurance agencies are a total bitch and are out to rape you. Get a lawyer, too.

my car wouldn't start blog
Does it go something like this? Day #1: My car wouldn't start. Day #2: My car didn't start today. Day #3: I tried starting the car today, but it wouldn't.

cafe nerd cambridge, england
I thought it was Cafe Nerd, too. But it's Cafe Nero. Damn font!

hair thick waist length
Thick waist? Or thick hair?

i think ppl
I think people who spell "people" like "ppl" should be shot.

magazines read in bathroom
It's usually Oxygen magazine for me. Or Marie Claire.

prefer circumcized cut
I don't!

guys wear baggy
...pants and shirts. What else?

going out to dinner alone with a coworker
Is he or she married? Don't do it.

being stalker ex
I'm sure my ex could give you some lessons, but why the hell would you want to be a stalker? Move on!

out in public with a skirt so short you could see my bum
I hope you were wearing underwear. Or tights. Tights are all the rage for you trendy folk.

major split ends scared of hairdressers
Don't be scared. You know those split ends have to go. Don't you want healthy hair? 

I was going to do a usual MEMEMEME post, but why when I can do something more fun!!! I enjoy TV shows immensely. They are my way of unwinding. I don't care if people think it kills brain cells!!

Bold all of the following TV shows which you've ever seen 3 or more episodes of in your lifetime. Bold and Italicize a show if you're positive you've seen every episode of it. If you want, add up to 3 additional shows (keep the list in alphabetical order).

Type your cut contents here.
24
3rd Rock from the Sun
7th Heaven
Adam-12
Aeon Flux
ALF
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alias
Allo Allo
American Idol /Pop Idol/Canadian Idol/Australian Idol
America's Next Top Model/Germany's Next Top Model
Angel
Arrested Development
Babylon 5
Babylon 5: Crusade
Battlestar Galactica (the old one)
Battlestar Galactica (the new one)
Baywatch
Beavis & Butthead
Beverly Hills 90210
Bewitched
Bonanza
Bones
Bosom Buddies
Boston Legal
Boy Meets World
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Bug Juice
Chappelle's Show
Charlie's Angels
Charmed
Cheers
Columbo
Commander in Chief
Coupling
Cowboy Bebop
Crossing Jordan
CSI
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dancing with the Stars
Danny Phantom
Dark Angel
Dark Skies
Davinci's Inquest
Dawson's Creek
Dead Like Me
Deadliest Catch
Deadwood
Degrassi High
Degrassi Junior High
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Designing Women
Desperate Housewives
Dharma & Greg
Different Strokes
Doctor Who (new Who)
Doctor Who (series 1-26)
Dragnet
Due South
Dungeons and Dragons (old cartoon)
Earth 2
Emergency!
Entourage
ER
Everwood
Everybody Loves Raymond
Facts of Life
Family Guy
Family Ties
Fantasy Island
Farscape
Fawlty Towers
Felicity
Firefly
Frasier
Friday the 13th: The Series
Friends
Futurama
Get Smart
Gilligan's Island
Gilmore Girls
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Green Wing
Grey's Anatomy
Growing Pains
Gunsmoke
Happy Days
Head of the Class
Highlander
Hill Street Blues
Hogan's Heroes
Home Improvement
Homicide: Life on the Street
House
I Dream of Jeannie
I Love Lucy
Invader Zim
Invasion
Iron Chef (Japan)
Iron Chef (USA)
Hell's Kitchen
JAG
Jackass
Joey
John Doe
Kath and Kim
LA Law
Laverne and Shirley
Law and Order
Little House on the Prairie
Lizzie McGuire
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lost
Lost in Space
Love, American Style
M*A*S*H
MacGyver
Magnum P.I.
Malcolm in the Middle
Married... With Children
Melrose Place
Miami Vice
Mission: Impossible
Models, Inc.
Monk
Moonlighting
Mork & Mindy
Murphy Brown
My Family
My Life as a Dog
My So-Called Life
My Three Sons
My Two Dads
Mysterious Cities of Gold
NCIS
Night Court
Nip/Tuck
Northern Exposure
Numb3rs
One Tree Hill
Oz
Perry Mason
Picket Fences
Pirates of Darkwater
Pokemon
Power Rangers
Prison Break
Profiler
Project Runway
Psyche
Quantum Leap
Queer As Folk (US)
Queer as Folk (British)
ReGenesis
Remington Steele
Rescue Me
Road Rules
ROME
Roseanne
Roswell
Saved by the Bell
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
Scrubs
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
Six Feet Under
Slings and Arrows
Smallville
So Weird
South Park
Spaced
Spongebob Squarepants
Sports Night
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise
Stargate Atlantis -- New season!!!!
Stargate SG-1 -- New season!!
Superman
Supernatural
Surface
Survivor
Taxi
Teen Titans
That 70's Show
That's So Raven
The 4400
The Addams Family
The Andy Griffith Show
The A-Team
The Avengers
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Bionic Woman
The Brady Bunch
The Cosby Show
The Daily Show
The Dead Zone
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Flintstones
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Golden Girls
The Jetsons
The L Word
The Love Boat
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mighty Boosh
The Monkees
The Munsters
The Mythbusters
The O.C.
The Office (UK)
The Office (US)
The Pretender
The Prisoner
The Real World
ROAR
The Shield
The Simpsons
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Sopranos
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
The Twilight Zone
The Waltons
The West Wing
The Wonder Years
The X-Files
Third Watch
Three's Company
Top Gear
Twin Peaks
Twitch City
Upstairs, Downstairs
Veronica Mars
Wings
What Not To Wear (US)
What Not To Wear (UK)
Whose Line is it Anyway? (US)
Whose Line is it Anyway? (UK)
Witchblade
Will and Grace
Wonderfalls
Young Hercules

I added Friday the 13th: The Series, Degrassi High, and Degrassi Junior High.

I got this meme from Sassywife. I'm not sure if I can link to her, so I'll just leave my props here!

Y O U … C A N … O N L Y … T Y P E … O N E … W O R D !

N O … E X P L A N A T I O N S !

1. Yourself: Tired

2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend: Non-existant

3. Your hair? Thick

4. Your mother? Anal

5. Your Father? Player

6. Your Favorite item? Pillow

7. Your dream last night: Forgotten

8. Your Favorite drink: Water

9. Your Dream Car: Convertible

10. The Room You Are In: Study

11. Your Ex: Stalker

12. Your fear: Heights

13. Where do you want to be in 10 years: Married

14. Who you hung out with yesterday? Poola

15. What You’re Not: Tall

16. Your Best Friend: T

17. One of Your Wish List Items: Diamonds

18. What makes you happy: Exercise

19. The Last Thing You Did: Sneeze

20. What You Are Wearing: Jeans

21. Your Favorite Weather: Crisp

22. Your Favorite book: [how can I answer this in one word?!]

23. The Last Thing You Ate: Cheerios

24. Your Life: Drama

25. Your Mood: Down

27. What are you thinking about right now: Grease

28. Your Crush: None

29. What are you doing at the moment: Slouching

30. Your summer schedule: None

I had some Big Brother 7 comments from Tuesday's episode, but I forgot to share them. It's old news anyway.

I saw The Devil Wear Prada tonight. Man, Meryl Street is awesome. And I loooved the clothes in the movie. I want the soundtrack, too. The movie was good! 

My mom ran into my dad while doing some food shopping a couple of days ago. My dad's a jerk. I think he's always used women to boost his self-esteem. Sometimes I think I am like him in that way, only I do it with men. But lately, I've just lost patience for them. 

If I ever had an ex like my dad, I think I'd eat him for breakfast.

So my parents ran into each other while food shopping. My dad was with his latest woman, but my parents still made pleasantries. Later on that night, my dad phoned my mom to chat about them running into each other. He had the nerve to tell her she was looking bad.

And then he said things were great now because he had someone cooking and cleaning for him. Not that my mom didn't do that stuff when they were married, but he always said it was better than having a maid. And he always said the only thing she was good at was keeping a clean house. But not only that, he didn't think that was such a big deal. I'd never seen him ever do any cleaning. I do remember him teaching me how to vacuum when I was 10. We had one of those central vacuum systems, and those frickin' hoses were HEAVY. Well, they were for me when I was 10. 

Just when I thought I'd call him to say hello, I get reminders of why I don't like him. 

Mr. Lips and I met up for a coffee date last night. I am tired. We were on the phone for a couple of hours the night before, so I had gotten only 4 hours of sleep. I also worked out yesterday. So this morning, I slept in. The date was short and sweet. We're going to get together again on Friday.

My thoughts...he seems shy? Introverted? But the kind of guy who'd go for what he wanted. The conversation wasn't uncomfortable but it wasn't one of those where we couldn't stop talking. I think he was checking me out a lot. He looks fit but has a smaller frame than I am used to. I guess we'll see how things pan out!

My legs are really sore today. Holy geez.

And you know what else is ironic? I've had two people say to me on MSN today, "So listen..." 

I tried out the new runners today and some new socks. I think I will just stick with my Asics socks. I really dig Asics runners and socks. My shoes were well-cushioned and maybe I am not used to that. I'm not sure if I like the cushioning or not.

Is there a happy medium for me? I'm either dead tired or wide awake!! I'm in my wide awake phase. It makes falling asleep and waking up at designated times very difficult! UGH!!!!

I need some secrets to getting sleepy fast.

I had a long post, and tBlog ATE it! AGAIN!!!

Of course it's never the same, trying to rewrite the original, so I will just summarise.

I complained that single men don't interact with me, but the taken ones comes in droves. Dr. L has a girlfriend. The Handyman has been saying for weeks that he is going to come by (tomorrow).

I don't know if the Handyman is just trying for the heck of it. He thinks I'm all moral now since I keep saying no to him and that he should work on things with his wife. He still loves his wife and wants to be boning her, but she's always tired. And they had a talk where they said how things had changed (not for the worse...just in general), and she said said it wasn't necessary to be intimate as often anymore. He gets it once a month. Poor guy.

All that sleep I got the night before wreaked havoc on my hunger and eating habits yesterday. I guess I didn't get enough fuel because my workout was sooo tough! However, there was one exercise that was GREAT for relieving stress. I LOVED it. It's an obliques exercise. You start off kneeling, and you throw a medicine ball against a wall. You rotate your body at the waist while you throw the ball as hard as you can. Oh, it was GREAT! I was cursing as I was throwing.

The 80s party was fun. Everyone got dressed up! We listend to 80s songs. We ate 80s snacks. I was too young in the 80s to really get into the fashion, but I did get into the jelly bracelets and big sweatshirts. 

Can I have actually caught up on sleep????

I turned off my bedroom phone ringer last night knowing that my mom would no doubt call me in the morning before 10. Anyway, the other phone woke me up when she called. But I still went back to sleep and WOKE UP AT ONE!!! PM!!!!

I wouldn't mind going back to bed, but I'm going to get in a workout.

Tonight I'm off to an 80s party. My new runner shopping will have to wait until tomorrow!

I've been watching So You Think You Can Dance, and that show is so darned entertaining. The only thing I don't like about the show is the host. I can't stand her nasally voice!! 

YEEEAH! I can't wait to get together with some girls tonight because man...guys are annoying.

The Complainer is complaining again to me about his job and the women he works with. I told him to stop complaining to me. I'm not his mother or his girlfriend. He said he doesn't want to worry his gf so he doesn't bitch and whine about his job.

Dr. L...reminds me of The Talker with his inconsistent appearances. Whenever a guy says he fell asleep and didn't hear his phone ring when I call is bullshitting. The P Man did that too. These were people who've told me about being woken up in the middle of the night by phones and who were light sleepers. Dr. L sent me an email just saying "I miss you." Kind of creepy considering we don't know each other and only sent a flurry of e-mails yesterday!

And I pointed out to Mr. National Geographic Shoes that he is only friendlier to me when things are on the down with his girlfriend. It was starting to get on my nerves. And that kind of treatment is unfair to me

I have very few nerves left today!

And this dude...First he suggested (yesterday? Day before?) getting together and I said maybe next week. He said that was okay and there was no rush. Then today he brings up getting together next week. He is sort of scaring me off already. I am not into him, but he's fishing for signs of my interest "do you like my company? I have to go now. Are you going to miss me?"

Geez!!!

I don't want to date womenly men.

And the Friday Find-me will return at some point. I have been swamped at work, but there is always time for a rant!

I tend to dread mercury retrogrades because it's a time for failure. However, I always find it neat that people from my past always turn up around this time.

Today, I was emailing with Dr. L. Now, he and and I aren't friends or anything like that. He was using my friend's MSN account for a while when he didn't know how to get his own. Anyway, I ended up deleting that account because my friend wasn't using it anymore. So today my friend came online and chatted me up.

Only, she was acting a little strange. Her typing style was totally different. Anyway, we talked about Dr. L, and she was like, "I think he's so sexy..." blah blah She sent me a photo of him. And then she told me to email her a picture of me to pass along to him. But then she tried to set up a time for me to MSN with her again (totally unlike her!), and since it wasn't going to work out, she told me to send Dr. L an email since he was going to come to town next week.

So I sent Dr. L and email, and he regretfully told me I was the butt of a prank! It was his cousin all along. Anyhow, we just started emailing back and forth. He thinks I am absolutely gorgeous. But whatever. His written English was so good! (Well, he is English, after all...) And he sounds dreamy...he travels, volunteers at a children's hospital, and lives in LONDON!! He gave me his number. I think I will call him.

I couldn't do it tonight. I just didn't feel tonight was the right time to cut off Cute Butt Boy. I'm not sure when I am going to do it. Nonetheless, I am choked that he didn't talk about getting together any time soon when we spoke on the phone today. I had my opportunity to share my thoughts. I had told him I wanted to talk to him about something. (How girly of me to not just spit it out?!) He asked me if it was something he should be concerned about. Is it? I don't know. *L*

Oooh and Big Brother 7 started tonight. The schedule this summer is so much better. At least the show is always on at the same time, and it's also on Sundays. These houseguests are hardcore. They are already plotting! I don't know who I want to win right now, but I've always liked Janelle. I hate George. And Diane was actually looking good!! Will got ugly.

Edit: Dr. L seems a little off to me. I'm going with my gut on this. And I did not call him! We had another flurry of emails. When I brought up talking on the phone, he said "later." And when I asked him why, he just said ":-)" And when I asked, "do you not want to wake your wife," he said, ":-)" WTF?! 

I went to the Greek festival tonight and had some really good food. Speaking of food, I have way too many leftovers in my fridge. I am all set for all my meals until Sunday. Will I ever get to cook dinner again?? I guess I bought the bag of potatoes for nothing. Not only do I not have any time to cook them, but the sour cream I bought these potatoes for expire in a day or two. Ugh, I hate food wastage!

So anyway, tonight...the Greek festival...It's a place where you can listen to live music and eat Greek food. The first time I ever went was with an ex of mine. He was Greek. I kept thinking about him while I was there. Then I wondered what it'd be like to run into his family. (He's probably still living in the US right now.) We had good times. *sigh*

And *L* -- he was in my life over 4 years ago. BWAHAHA *sigh* 

I think Cute Butt Boy is going to be getting the official boot, but maybe we can still fit it another session which includes the use of pot. I think that would be fun!

Even if this is me kicking someone to the curb before I let myself experience anything, then so be it. I am looking for something long-term, and he knows it. When he suggested we date, I guess I thought it'd be something more than casual. It's like nothing has changed.

I guess I could tell him I feel like he's not making time for me, but I hate saying stuff like that. I just think that if a guy is really interested in spending time with me, it will happen. But I hardly even hear from him.

I'm just going to tell him I don't think the dating thing is working out for me. I'll remind him that I want something long-term and more serious, and that he can't provide that for me right now. I know...we're supposed to use "I"s instead of "you"s in these kind of situations. But that's how I feel. And that is the truth of the matter.  

And if we were truly dating, I'd be bored to tears! Well, I am bored. Come to think of it, I wasn't that comfortable with him on our first date. We just never talk that much when we're together. I can't think of anything to talk about. We don't go out and do much because I always think he doesn't want to spend a lot of money (unless it's alcohol).

I will miss his massages and his tongue, most!! 

Good bye, Cute Butt! I was going to wait 'til I left for Hawaii before saying anything. But once I decide these kind of things, I hate waiting. I don't like wasting anyone's time by postponing the inevitable. I don't think I need to give him another month to step up to the plate!

Yeah, right. BWAHAHAA

I wrote a short and mundane post last night, and tBlog *ate* it. 

THere is not much excitement going on lately. I slept in this morning, but at least I think that takes care of my sleep deficiency.

I really wanted to get to the gym. I am starting to see more results of my efforts! Now if only my runners would arrive. I am itching to get back into it. I am going to get myself a heart rate monitor, too. I'll stick with this cute Timex one until I decide I want something fancier. I would've gone for the Polar since the watch is PINK!!

And I always love a good deal. I got a box of Vector cereal giving me 20% off at the store. Good thing I like Vector even if it is high in carbs.

A couple more days and I should be done with my smoothies. They're tasty, but ... too high in carbs!!   

I've been wanting to sit on my balcony even though I can't lay out there and work on my tan. It's been so nice! And if I ever get around to smoking my cigars, I must do it outside. And I don't really want to use my dining table chairs out there. They're not very comfortable, anyway.

So I have this blow up armchair that I have been wanting to get rid of. It takes up a lot of space, and now I use it for a blanket and pillow rest in my living room. I guess it does come in the handy when I have more than 2 guests over.

Yesterday night I got the great idea of moving it to my balcony! But now I just realised how hot the chair would get -- or would it? It would get a little dirty over time, but it's very cleanable. And then I'd have more space in my living room. But then where would i put all those frickin' blankets? I'd have to buy something to store them.

I found out about XanGo mangosteen juice on the weekend, and I've been going on a frenzy to see where I can buy some without having to go through the woman at the trade show. I've gone to the official Web site, and it just wants you to buy and sell the stuff. Ugh! It's a Multi Level Marketing scheme. I am too suspicious of anything that has to do with schemes, but I'd really like to drink this juice. I must find out where I can buy it!

I went out for dinner last night with a co-worker, and we talked a bit about Mr. National Geographic Shoes. I told her how I was weirded out by how he was paying so much attention to me since he has a woman in his life (somehow they're sort of a break but they're still together). I also mentioned that things with his woman must be going well because he's definitely not paying as much attention to me anymore. She mentioned she had noticed something going on. Ugh. The last thing I want to be is part of office gossip.

And my face is so itchy! All this sweat and makeup is no good! I know I should be removing my makeup asap, but I have been too lazy. Bad Rosie! BAD!   &nb sp;

Is it okay to date someone with whom you don't see a future? Is it a waste of time? I think it kind of is.

Man, my nails are long. I never use finger nail polish. I don't have the time to wait for them to dry! And then they get chipped so quickly.

Friday night, I went out with some people from work. One of them was a temp we had. I finally figured out what the proper term for her was -- princess! We're about the same age (born in the mid-70s), and she  is obsessed with finding a man and getting married. However, she has standards. When she says them out loud, it almost sounds kind of superficial. Maybe she just has the guts to say it.

She just wants to be married to a rich guy and then she won't have to work. Her typical day during the work is this...get up for work, work, go home, nap, wake up when dinner is ready (she still lives at home), go out, come home, and sleep.

So her future husband has to be educated and makes more money than she does (like double). I'd like to date a guy who has a university education, but it's not a must. I find that I get really bored talking to people who don't have an education or have a clue what's going on in the world. I'd like to be with someone who makes at least what I do. I am used to my way of life, and I think I would be dragged down by someone who doesn't make a lot.

She wants her future husband to be Chinese -- preferably a Honger (slang for someone from Hong Kong who hasn't embraced all facets of Canadian life). That part should be easy enough. She doesn't want a white at all! I wonder what it'd be like to date a Honger. I am so clueless about modern day Chinese immigrants. All my closest friends are white. Some might say I'm a banana (yellow on the outside, white on the inside), but I never use that term!!

I'd like a white guy who either knows a lot about Chinese culture or who would be open to embracing it. Do I sound like I'm placing an order at a fast food restaurant? I told the temp I like my guys between 5'10" and 6'2" around 180 - 220 pounds. She said that'd be impossible for a Chinese guy. BWAHAHA I didn't mention I like them well-endowed, but I do -- the girth of my wrist and two handfuls length-wise would be perfect. Oh, and uncut. But all these things are not deal makers or deal breakers.

Anyway, I am a little bored with Cute Butt Boy. I'm not sure we have that much to talk about. Maybe it's because we don't have that much in common. And my feeling is that he is just into casual dating even though he said he was ready to focus on just one girl. But from what he says, it's like he's ready to focus on just one girl but not really be committed.

When a guy calls me not well in advance to make plans with me, doesn't really include me in his future plans, it makes me give up. I guess I need to feel like I am a part of his life. I'm not feeling the connection. At what point do I cut things off?!