Meagan, you'll appreciate this story

29 August 2006
So yesterday my mom and I went shopping at the mall. We were out to find some trendy outfits/clothes/accesories for the trendy tech check look they want me to have for TV here at my job.

So not trying to break the bank, my mom suggested we go to Claire's to get some necklaces - which I could get to trendize the clothes I already own. I hadn't been to the store in forever, maybe since I was in early high school and it was cool to go hang out at the mall. I was suprised that the contents of the store had gotten a bit better, but at the expense of promotion and branding by teen pop princesses.

Yep Ashlee Simpson has a punky line of stuff, Hillary Duff not at gothic like stuff, The Olsen twins with jewelry plus other trikets and Niki Hilton with a bit of everything - not really that much of anything though.

As Cindy and I perused the stuff there was a few pieces in two of the collections that we liked. It was hillarious cause we first saw Ashlee then I was like, oh my gosh Hillary and so on. I joked that whatever I bought was going to be a fight between the divas. =)

So sadly I ended up buying a headband from Ashlee and a necklace from Hillary in addition to another necklace from the Claire's brand. I still laugh when I picture our shopping experience in that store. You could go check it out and laught for yourself.

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Just a little football note

26 August 2006
So I have about 15 minutes before the news starts and have a minute on my busy boring Saturday at the lonely office to make this comment:

I was watching College Gameday preview show thingy and they were talking about Texas, repeat, post Mr. InVinceble and they sited some examples from the past two years exampling the fact that Vince, and him alone, won them a few games durng his career. Can you guess what one of those "without Vince they wouldn't have won games" was? Well your first thought probably was Texas v USC national championship, because it was the most recent, but you are incorrect. It is the one game that KU football will never live down and, even when they beat Texas, will always be mentioned when looking at the KU-Texas match-up. Yep, it is coming back to you, the game in Lawrence during the 2004 season where KU's defense let him slip through for (I believe) a 16-or-so-yard touchdown to seal the Texas victory. Yes, they did mention that today on College Gameday. If you were there you know and if you weren't you certainly remember Coach Magino's comments afterwards. So you can look at this two ways: one, do they have to keep rubbing salt in the wound or two, we were mentioned on College Gameday.

One week 'til the start of 2006 and the chance to hopefully make more happier moments.

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Stuff

21 August 2006
So in the last week, I have gotten my car back from the shop, after over a month-yeah!, at work I begun doing tests for a future segment on the news (which also includes a small makeover to fit the image they want for me) and attended the world's longest running rodeo. These are a few of the notables.

The rodeo was quite the experience but really didn't live up to the hype. Even though I have lived in some southern states where rodeo isn't uncommon, I have never been to a rodeo. My dad and I traveled about an hour northeast to Payson, Arizona and soon came to realize that the longest running rodeo wasn't anything to get excited about. It was a rather small rodeo and there were only like five people in each event. I twas a beautiful drive there so worth it I suppose, cause there really wasn't anything else in the town.

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Are you ready for some football?

12 August 2006
Well of course I am and today the Arizona Cardinals opened up their preseason. As I sat at work and watched the preshow and now watching game it is weird to think about rooting for another team.
The thing is Green Bay will always be my team, but you always want to pull for the home team. But now that I think about it I was never really into the Kansas City Chiefs. When I lived in St. Louis I rooted for them, but maybe as a bandwagon cause of their success they were having at that time. Who knows.
I am excited to go out and see the new stadium they have built for the team and hope the Matt Leinart hurries up and agrees to a contract so I can see him play. And maybe if I stay in Phoenix long enough I will become a Cardinals fan.
While the new arena and Leinart have created excitement and led to a sold-out season, people here aren't really fans of their team. In conversations I have had with people at the office, there seems to be an attitude that they will just flop again and so there aren't any expectations out there. And apparently even if they have a good preseason, which I guess they usually do, that doesn't mean anything for the season according to what people here think.
I am going to give them a chance, they looked pretty good against the defending Super Bowl champs in the first quarter. I mean red is my color.=)

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This could make you laugh:

08 August 2006
I don't know what my horoscope is trying to say but read it, you'll laugh:

This is a favorable time for you to conjure up an imaginary friend who also happens to be a muse. You can pretend that he or she is perfectly real, just invisible. Or you can fantasize that he or she is a mostly buried part of you that you rarely express, or maybe your ideal of what a friend should be. I urge you to give this ally a name. Visualize his or her vivid personality and appearance in detail. See the world through his or her eyes. Have dialogues, exchange confidential information, hold hands, and soak up the balm of your tender communion.

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Finally it's August

01 August 2006
July was crappy, so crappy in fact that I boycotted my blog and turned to a paper journal (yes I know, reverting back to olden days) and I thought someone was trying to tell me that I shouldn't have come to Arizona.
In July I started a job, that I didn't like and still don't love, but it is alright. On my first day on the job I was rear ended, which caused my car to be out of comission for about three-and-a-half weeks (it is still in the shop expected to be back on Thursday). Moving my stuff to Phoenix proved to be a huge challenge, it arrived a few weeks late, and it didn't all arrive in one piece. On top of that I have had hassles with the moving company claims and the car insurance claims.
But, alas, it is now August and well I know things are going to turn around. In dealing with all this and adjusting to working on Friday night and Saturday mornings I haven't had a chance to go out, socialize and meet people. That is going to change. I soon realized into the month of July that I couldn't be miserble and that that I was starting a new life in the Valley.
So now with the new month, I will hopefully be starting my new beginning on the right foot. I still miss living in Lawrence and I hope that part of me will always miss that time (I don't want to forget those memories).
So with all that said, I will be posting so many pics as I got my computer sort of working again and I will start regulary blogging again.
Thank gosh it is August (even though that means the end of summer-wait I don't care about that now-living in Phoenix I can still go swimming in December-that is why you all must come a visit!!!)

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