Dream home

Some people want a gourmet kitchen or a house on acreage.

I want a view of the Gold Medal Flour sign.

Friends from college may remember that my & Kerry's balcony had a view of the Gold Medal Flour sign, but I think it's safe to say that place was no one's dream home....although good old 5B never did me wrong.

Obsessed

I can't get enough of Mika's CD. It's the perfect CD for summer.

Speaking of perfect + summer, it's a fabulous Mpls day today and I'm about to get in a car and drive for 3 hours. No worries, though - I've already read on my balcony, went for a walk and got in some beach time....plus there's a famous Ironside family cocktail cruise waiting for me at the end of the drive. Wisconsin Rapids, here I come!

Guess where I get to go in Chicago...

Hint:

Heck yes!

Why I hate Ticketmaster #436

Preface: Amy Winehouse are coming to Minneapolis in September. Together. I couldn't be more excited. Laura and I were both on Ticketmaster's website ready to buy tickets the second they went on sale. Both of us got assigned great tickets and then were told we couldn't buy them because - now, get this - ticket purchases are restricted to people who live in the area. The State Theater is in Minneapolis; Laura and I both live in.....Minneapolis. We try different personal cards. No go. We try our AmEx cards, with billing addresses in Eagan and Edina and they're accepted. So by Ticketmaster's rationale, Eagan and Edina are in the Minneapolis area, but Minneapolis is not.

Ticketmaster's job is simple and they charge dearly for the service they provide and they can't get this simple concept correct. F$#&ers.

Holla!

This Onion infographic reminds me of my time spent living on Franklin Ave....the harassment was so frequent we girls put a list of hollas we received on the refrigerator for our & our visitors' entertainment.

The 28% answer is my favorite since we always questioned why men felt the need to yell - what was the best case scenario in their minds? Had this method of picking up women worked before for them? For the sake of women everywhere, I hope not.

Super (Target) News!

A new Target is going up near my house and my friends and I have been speculating whether or not it will be a SuperTarget. I searched the Target website, asked friends who work at Target, and drove by the construction site, but couldn't figure out if it would be a regular Target (good) or a SuperTarget (great). Today I passed the construction site on the way home and a SuperTarget sign has been hung on the store....so unless Target is pulling a big practical joke, I will have SuperTarget as a neighbor come October.

Today I went to the Get Motivated seminar at the Target Center.

....which is completely unrelated to the picture in this post.

It's official

Prince Harry is now the cute brother. Didn't see that one coming.

On a somewhat related note, a wise woman (OK, it was just Laura) once asked me whom I'd rather be friends with: Prince Harry or Harry Potter. It was a really tough question for me. Who would you choose? At the time, I chose Prince Harry, but my only differentiater was that my friendship with Prince Harry would be considered slightly less creepy.

Yes, this is the sort of shit we talk about.

S$%t! Do they know something I don't?

Today I got this in the mail:Yeah.

They have it half right. I am working, but I definitely am not a mother and do not plan on being one in the near future.

At first I thought it was similar to AARP Magazine, where I was sent the magazine free of charge because I fit into a certain age and/or income demographic. But no, I most definitely have a 12-month paid subscription to Working Mother. I feel like just having it in my house is bad luck.

If you sent me this as a joke (my main suspect is Marc Wendorf), it's fricking hilarious, but I will be cancelling my subscription. I can't handle a magazine with the word "mother" in it showing up every month when I least expect it. Plus, I feel bad knowing that it will go straight to the landfill. But well played.

New friends

Over the past few days, I've discovered new "friends" in the Twin Cities.

Thanks to Finnegan's Summerfest, I learned I really like Joanna James's music and Mark Mallman puts on a show that is definitely worth seeing again and again.

Thanks to the Jaycee's meeting, I learned I really like R.T. Rybak. I knew I liked him as my mayor since he has given me light rail and city-wide wifi, but it's the first time I've seen him in person and I was impressed with him. Plus he has a blog.

New shoe last Saturday

Forgot to post these. I love Francesca's Collections and wish I didn't have to trek to Woodbury or Maple Grove to visit one and find cute, reasonably priced clothes and accessories. I've become somewhat obsessed with green patent leather this season so these were a no-brainer.

Happy

My Life on the D-List is back and better than ever. It and Kathy's new special "Everybody Can Suck It" both debuted last night on Bravo. It was like getting an extra birthday.

Angry

I believe anyone who buys concert tickets fully intending to resell them for significantly more than face value is just plain evil, so anytime I read an article like this one from the Star Tribune, my blood starts to boil. As if concert tickets aren't expensive enough to begin with....between Ticketmaster and online scalpers, the average concertgoer is getting the shaft BIG TIME.

Where's Eddie Vedder when we need him?