tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339064092024-03-13T15:40:44.156-05:00Anne with an "E"Like Liza with a "Z" but with a lot more Jesus and not all the husbands.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-4155750618450701082009-04-07T15:00:00.002-05:002009-04-07T15:03:40.091-05:00Conversations + SingingMy co-worker Sharon: What's up for Easter this weekend?<br /><br />Me: Jesus.<br /><br />The two of us singing in unison: Up from the grave he arose....Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-63656103037970160432008-12-03T14:52:00.004-05:002008-12-03T14:59:53.570-05:00My study made the news!!And by "My" I mean me and seven other people. :) Here's the <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/2008-12-02-fdic-study-overdraft-fees_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip">link</a> to an article about it in USA Today. I won't bore you with the actual paper because even I haven't read the whole thing. I tried, really I did.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-49504587697907868632008-10-24T10:56:00.016-05:002008-10-24T11:30:26.626-05:00PinkI am obsessed with the color pink right now. That’s not to say that I haven’t always liked and appreciated the color, but I’ve never been one to go out of my way to buy something pink. I don’t want to appear too girlie, ya know?<br /><br />Now all of that has changed and I don’t know why. I decided recently that I needed a new Nalgene so I went to REI just to pick out some blue-tinted Nalgene bottle but was so blown away by the beauty of this <a href="http://www.rei.com/product/776890">Camelback bottle</a> (in pink of course) that I had to buy it.<br /><br />I also recenlty changed our Intranets site at work to "Black Cherry." Now instead of a blue and grey scheme, we have sort of a redish-pink, grey/black thing going on. Whenever you scroll over a link it turns pink and this makes me happy. This is what happens when my boss gives me administrative rights to some site or database. I like to change the settings. :) He did get a couple of calls from some peeps at the Fed wondering what had happened, and although I told him I was the culprit, he just told the concerned parties that Intranets must automatically update their settings from time to time. They should just be happy that I did not choose the "Cotten Candy" color scheme.<br /><br />And then there’s the camera. My camera has been acting up lately so I decided I needed to get a new one. I took one look at a pink Canon camera online and knew I had to have it. But, I went to Target last weekend and they were having a sale on <a href="http://www.target.com/Sony-7-2MP-Digital-Camera-Pink/dp/B0011EA9FA/sr=1-12/qid=1224861431/ref=sr_1_12/602-8663699-5325413?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Asony%20camera&page=1">this pink Sony camera</a>, so I bought that one instead. I loved my Canon and it took some <a href="http://anne-with-an-e.blogspot.com/2008/01/this-exhibit-is-free.html">lovely pics</a>, but since it did basically die, I decided maybe I should switch things up a bit. So far I’ve taken only a few pics with the Sony and this is what I have to show for it:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260750323411426178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHwi-b1m4I/AAAAAAAAASg/ygbbingY1YA/s320/003.jpg" border="0" />Do you think I like these shoes? Don’t worry – I also have them in brown which means I really have 4 pairs. I wear down the heals of shoes so badly that when I find some shoes that I like, I buy multiple pairs of them. Yes I’m crazy, but my shoe trouble is another post for another time. So back to pink.<br /><p>I had a random camera flashback (haha) last night and remembered that my first camera was pink. I guess my parents started something when they bought me this pink camera back in the day. I found a picture of if online. Check out the “Le Clic” - the hottest camera of 1988. </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260750462610909570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHwrE_lKYI/AAAAAAAAASw/c-BvOYBKkrI/s320/leclic.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>Oh my gosh, I loved this camera!! I remember I took a lot of pictures of my Legos with this camera. I always knew how to entertain myself. Good times.<br /><br />Now back to the 21st century. There is one pink item that has been in my life for many, many years and has traveled the world with me and has never let me down. I found it on a sale rack at the Gap on Wilson Blvd (now closed, sadness) for only $9.99. For those of you who see me on a regular basis, you probably know that I am talking about my wonderful pink hooded sweatshirt (dib, dib, dib). I wear it allllll the time! If I ever lose it or spill bleach on it or do something to harm it beyond repair, I will cry and cry and cry and then cry some more. My wardrobe would not be the same without it. So I’d like to give a little shout out on the blog to my favorite item that hangs in my closet (except not so much because I wear it all the time):<br /><br />You’ve climbed the ceiling with me at our hotel in France:<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260750567204760386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHwxKosq0I/AAAAAAAAAS4/xgDrOuRnjl0/s320/IMG_1206.JPG" border="0" />You’ve participated in wedding rehearsals with me:<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260751004357989570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHxKnKJlMI/AAAAAAAAATg/jL3VCf6at_M/s320/IMG_3617.JPG" border="0" />You look lovely when paired with a white bow in the hair:<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260750746807665314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHw7ntXgqI/AAAAAAAAATI/cXhkbR6gkp8/s320/IMG_2735.JPG" border="0" />You like to visit state capitals with Liz and I: (who knows what capitol building this is??)<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260750662733785890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHw2ugl6yI/AAAAAAAAATA/gDUo1cifWaI/s320/IMG_2064.JPG" border="0" />You helped me say goodbye to my little red car:<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260750924882776178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHxF_FyEHI/AAAAAAAAATY/I0nTz2LPXfk/s320/IMG_3613.JPG" border="0" />You still fit when I was looking a little bit chubby on a visit to Switzerland in 2004:<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260751151979813618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHxTNF72vI/AAAAAAAAATw/ivLxTqGsf7I/s320/Lucerne+%5B11%5D.JPG" border="0" />You walked on the moon with me (Craters of the Moon in Idaho, that is):<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260750390666697698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHwm4-vm-I/AAAAAAAAASo/0lUed5cTZmk/s320/idaho+pink.jpg" border="0" />You served as my pink for the Apple Blossom festival a couple of years ago:<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260750834020784722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHxAsmmGlI/AAAAAAAAATQ/H_pWyDSy6r8/s320/IMG_2800.JPG" border="0" />And you like me better with long hair. I do too. Don’t know why I always cut it.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260751098422964402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SQHxQFk_MLI/AAAAAAAAATo/KVndQdWM3eo/s320/lizallisonme.jpg" border="0" />To continue in my quest to fill my life with all things pink, I think my next move will be to buy some <a href="http://www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/onlineProductDisplay.vs?namespace=productDisplay&origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&event=display&prnbr=9F-231780&page=1&cgname=OSPNKSHTZZZ&rfnbr=4655">booty shorts that say “PINK” on the bum</a>, and pair them with my <a href="http://anne-with-an-e.blogspot.com/2007/06/trip-through-summer.html">white sequined tube top</a> and swing by the Drafthouse to watch House Bunny. Anyone want to come with?? :)</p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-9978289330140977572008-10-10T12:37:00.003-05:002008-10-10T13:20:01.605-05:00Dawn says it is time to update the blog.And she is right. I've had lots of posts running through my head but I'm too busy/lazy to update the blog. I almost wrote a post about all the old people on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Facebook</span> because it makes me happy and at the same time freaks me out. I've been chatting lately with my 6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> grade teacher, <a href="http://www.nvdaily.com/lifestyle/302530732288653.bsp">Mrs. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Laster</span></a>, who is just about the coolest person ever, and at 73, may be the oldest person on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Facebook</span>. My uncles (two in their 60's and one is his 50's) have been on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Facebook</span> for at least a year and just a few days ago I saw that <a href="http://www.cherrydale.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=30992&PID=593367">PK</a> has joined. That was just about too much for me to handle, but I guess he wants to keep an eye on his flock. :)<br /><br />Let's see, I've also been trying to figure out how I can join the Redskins Marching Band. Right now I think that would be the greatest thing ever.<br /><br />I saw a promo on TV the other day that said that Ellen would be calling Gladys again. I wasn't home to watch it, but I did go back and watch the funniest TV moment ever on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Youtube</span>. Please watch this clip. You will not be sorry. "Listen, I'll be honest with you. I love Jesus but I drink a little. "<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x3Fn1dx_Nmw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x3Fn1dx_Nmw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Besides working until all hours of the night on bank stuff every few weeks, Liz and I decided to take up soap wrapping again. Our house has been a mess and the soap smell is sometimes too much for me to handle, but the check that Jean Ann wrote me on Sunday will go toward my new camera that I hope to buy in the next couple of weeks. I totally want to get the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-SD1100IS-Digital-Stabilized/dp/B0012Y6958/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1223661463&sr=8-5">pink one</a>. Going to Michigan with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Kandi</span> in a few weeks so hopefully I'll post some pics from my new pink camera!<br /><br />Tomorrow I'm going to the Baltimore aquarium and hoping that the boyfriend does not break up with me there. Thinking about the aquarium always brings back memories of a trip I took there in the 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">th</span> grade where my boyfriend at the time broke up with me in the rain forest. Not cool. I had to watch him talking to other girls throughout the entire ride back to Winchester. I was even looking super cute that day. I remember I was wearing my favorite green-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ish</span> plaid shirt from Gap Kids, because I totally wore clothes from Gap Kids and Limited Too well into high school.<br /><br />And one final bit of randomness: I like <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/07/politics/fromtheroad/entry4507703.shtml">this article</a> about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Obama's</span> stinky plane. :)Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-88149861536515748482008-09-08T12:52:00.001-05:002008-09-08T12:54:15.144-05:00Check the rhymeThis is why I love Beth Moore:<br /><br /><object height="302" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1681395&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><br /> <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1681395&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="302"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/1681395?pg=embed&sec=1681395">Deeper Still - Joyful 2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user433942?pg=embed&sec=1681395"></a>on <a href="http://vimeo.com/?pg=embed&sec=1681395">Vimeo</a>.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-22764575468506678202008-08-26T13:41:00.002-05:002008-08-26T13:46:37.486-05:00If you're in the mood for some funChair Bair's <a href="http://www.vodium.com/MediapodLibrary/index.asp?library=pn100472_fdic_quarterlybankingprofile&SessionArgs=0A1U0100000100000101">press conference</a> is on in 15 minutes!Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-33743490592108556372008-08-11T14:41:00.003-05:002008-08-11T16:01:57.555-05:00It's because we don't want your autograph, Mr. Spitz.Just saw <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=afp-oly2008swimusaspitz&prov=afp&type=lgns">this headline</a> on the front page of yahoo.com and I had to laugh. I went to a conference one time where Mark Spitz was the keynote speaker and he basically talked about himself and his opinion on the Iraq war the entire time and I sat at my table and gave him the evil eye because he was annoying me. Later in the evening, Mr. Spitz was signing autographs and the friend I was with wanted to get one. So he got in line and I stood off to the side and continued to give Mark Spitz the evil eye. A minute or two goes by and Mr. Spitz looks over at me and says "Don't be shy. Come up here and get an autograph" and I said very bluntly "I don't want your autograph" and then he said "Wait! You're that girl from table 23 who kept giving me the evil eye during my speech!" and I said "Yes, that was me." <br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span> - so that last line about the evil eye didn't happen and I may or may not have been sitting at table 23, but if it had gone down that way, that would have been funny. Mark Spitz actually just looked at me like he must not have heard what I said, and I just stayed planted in my spot until my friend got the autograph. <br /><br />On another note, I've spent the entire day whining to my boss Alan that I'm way too busy and how am I going to get everything done this week and stop sending me emails and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bleh</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bleh</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bleh</span>. Then on my way up to the cafeteria, I run into one of the women quoted in <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abahg9z7p4wU&refer=worldwide">this article</a> on Drudge. I thought it was pretty funny because I'd just read the article earlier that day. We exchange some small talk and then I go on my merry way. Three hours later, the big boss (Alan's boss) comes into my office saying he got a call from said women who this very day was quoted in an article linked on Drudge, and she would like some of my time. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ahh</span>!!! Thankfully big boss was smart enough to say "not this week" but gosh!! Will the busyness ever end???<br /><br />And yes, I would like some cheese with my whine.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-46531715104461111332008-08-05T14:29:00.003-05:002008-09-10T08:24:21.805-05:00NostalgiaBefore I had this blog, I had another blog over at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">livejournal</span>.com. A couple of weeks ago I found the old blog and had quite a laugh reading my old posts. I thought I'd share a few (or maybe just one) with you all since most of my current readers did not read the old blog. <br /><br />This post was written on September 29<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span>, 2005. I was a wee lass of just 26. I think <a href="http://www.smaigers.blogspot.com/">Paige</a> tagged me to do this one. I've added some commentary in red to see how the responses have changed.<br /><br />Title: Fun things to do while on a conference call:<br /><br />Three Names You Go By<br />1. Anne <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(yep)</span></em><br />2. Annie Beepers <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(yep)</span></em><br />3. beeps <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(sometimes)</em> </span><br /><br />Three Parts of Your Heritage<br />1. English <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(yep)</em><br /></span>2. English <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(yep)<br /></span></em>3. More English<span style="color:#ff0000;"> <em>(yep)</em></span><br /><br />Three Things That Scare You<br />1. Sushi <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(eh - kinda)<br /></span></em>2. Relationships <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(Not so much. But marriage? That's another story)<br /></span></em>3. Elephants <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(Of course. Just try to get me to come outside when the elephants go by at Apple Blossom - not gonna happen.)</em><br /></span><br />Three of Your Everyday Essentials<br />1. Cornflakes (<a class="snap_shots" href="http://members.aol.com/EllenRigbe/flake.html">http://members.aol.com/EllenRigbe/flake.html</a>) <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(oh yes!)<br /></span></em>2. Chap stick <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(now it's Burt's. And I can survive a whole day without it!)</span><br /></em>3. Brownie mix <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(everyday?? well, on average only every 5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span> day)<br /></span></em><br />Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now<br />1. Red shirt <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(green shirt)</span></em><br />2. Dark Grey pants <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(black pants)</span><br /></em>3. watch <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(no watch, but now earrings)</span></em><br /><br />Three of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists (at the moment)<br />1. Liza Minnelli (now and forever my favorite) <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(eh - I'm in an off-Liza season right now.)</em><br /></span>2. Dave <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Crowder</span> <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">hmm</span>...how about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Mutemath</span>?)</span><br /></em>3. Elton John <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(digging JET at the moment.)</span></em><br /><br /><br />Three Things You Want in a Relationship (other than Real Love)<br />1. Humor (one half smart/clever, one half silly) <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(yep)</span></em><br />2. Bi-weekly watching of musicals (DVDs or live on stage) <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(I'm doing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ok</span> without this actually)<br /></span></em>3. Inside jokes<em> <span style="color:#ff0000;">(yep)</span></em><br /><br />Two Truths and a Lie <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(I'm confused because all three of these were true back in 2005. Oh well!) </span></em><br />1. I’m related to George Bush <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(and about 20 other presidents)</em></span><br />2. I have never eaten at Taco Bell <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(had my first Taco Bell experience about 6 months ago and I rather enjoyed it!)<br /></em></span>3. I have a mad crush on Snoop <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Dogg</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(it's probably still there somewhere deep inside.)<br /></em></span><br />Things about the Opposite Sex that Appeal to You (in order)<br />1. Smile <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(yep, along with a love for Arrested Development) </em><br /></span>2. Jesus like-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ness</span> <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(yep, especially when you add to that a love for Arrested Development)<br /></span></em>3. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Hottness</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(always nice, but a person becomes much hotter in my eyes when they love Arrested Development)</em> </span><br /><br />Three of Your Favorite Hobbies<br />1. Tap dancing/fantasizing about tap dancing on Broadway <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Pilates</span> - tap teacher moved away)</span><br /></em>2. Watching old movies <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(watching any movies)</em><br /></span>3. Going to the Library <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(taking walks)</em><br /></span><br />Three Things You want to do really badly right now<br />1. Make out (should the right guy come along.) <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(I will forever want to do this.)</span></em><br />2. Buy a BMW <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(Over it.)</span></em><br />3. Go to Ann Taylor loft <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(I do have a coupon...)</span><br /></em><br />Three Places You Want to Go<br />1. Greece <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(yep)</span></em><br />2. Africa <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(yep)</span><br /></em>3. Florida <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(been there -now maybe the Great Wall of China?)</span></em><br /><br />Three Things You Want to Do Before You Die<br />1. Have a husband and kids <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(yep)</span></em><br />2. Visit all 50 states and all 7 continents <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(I'll do the 50 but not so sure about the continents)</em><br /></span>3. tell tons of people how great Jesus is <span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>(yep)</em> </span><br /><br />Three Ways that you are stereotypically a Chick/Guy<br />1. I want to have babies <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(not as sure about the babies but I told my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">SG</span> a couple of weeks ago that I felt ready to look cool pushing around a stroller.)</span></em><br />2. I like to buy clothes <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(yep)</span></em><br />3. I say too much before I get to the point <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(most definitely still true.)</span></em><br /><br />Three people I would like to see take this quiz<br />1. Paige (except she already did) <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(Rachel)</span><br /></em>2. Dawn <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(Michael)</span></em><br />3. Alan <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(Christine)</span></em><br /><br />Well there you have it. It seems like not a lot has changed, but then again, so much has changed!! I'll have to re-post this in 2011 and see what's going on in my life when I'm 32!Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-51474528042765043762008-08-05T11:51:00.003-05:002008-08-05T12:12:29.459-05:00This is what happens when you take the map off your wall.*I tried to look up where a bank was located and when the results came up, I stared at the letters "NE" for a good 60 seconds trying to figure out what they meant. My brain kept telling me "New England is not a state!" I was seriously about to report an issue in our issues database explaining that the "State" field should only return results for real, live states (because "New England is not a state!") but then the words "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cornhusker</span>" and "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Osborne">Osborne</a>" popped into my head and it was all better.<br /><br />*I took the map off the wall in my office so I could teach Emma to do a headstand after she made the following statement about what she wanted out of life: "Not a husband, just a headstand."Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-77714531335329777592008-08-05T10:59:00.003-05:002008-08-05T11:02:24.761-05:00The Best FeelingDriving away from the reception site as fast as you want because your car is filled with empty cake boxes. Congrats Seth and Lyndsay!! <div> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231064347744097634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SJh5TxR_VWI/AAAAAAAAASM/vjmsrY1gfUk/s320/Cake121.JPG" border="0" />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-33286319462384122572008-07-18T17:18:00.002-05:002008-07-18T17:35:28.099-05:00I'm a bad bloggerLike you haven't noticed. I've been meaning to blog about the awesomeness that was Martin and Jesse's wedding a few weeks ago in Pittsburgh. Wedding at the Phipps Conservatory, reception at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PPG</span> aquarium (now I understand why my friends <a href="http://octopuspi.lauraandeben.com/">Laura and Eben </a>are obsessed with the octopus), <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">caricature</span> artist on hand at the reception (don't ask to look at his drawing of Mike and I - we look about 50!), and some of the best wedding reception dance music I've experienced.<br /><br />I've been meaning to blog about all the fun that is going on at work. The conference I went to with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Bernanke</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Paulson</span> and Chair <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Bair</span>, the great line that came out of that conference "your home is not an ATM," the fun we've been having with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">IndyMac</span> and the fun that is to come in the future, the lunch today with my coworkers where Sharon and Ed spent the entire car ride to Ben's Chili Bowl shouting expletives at the other drivers on the road, and then when it's time to eat, they both are staring at me and Ed says "Aren't you going to ask the Lord to bless our food??" Crazies.<br /><br />I've been meaning to blog about my 349 note streak on Guitar Hero the other night. And this was not on the easy level - this was on medium!<br /><br />I've been meaning to blog about the great stuff I've been reading lately. <a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-first-person-account.html?PageNr=1">This article</a> on John McCain was super interesting. He wrote it after he returned from his captivity in North Vietnam. And <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071701839.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns">this article</a> from today's Washington Post. Read it if you're wondering who <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Obama's</span> greatest admirer is. Made me chuckle.<br /><br />And finally, I've been meaning to blog about these ladies from America's Got Talent. I've watched them <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">soo</span> many times I can't even tell you!<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DZeY__qLshM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DZeY__qLshM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-9646600635103264592008-07-02T09:58:00.003-05:002008-07-02T10:07:56.855-05:00Have I mentioned that I love my coworkers?<p>Well if I haven't, I do. Only Mark could pull off the great thing that happened today in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PDD</span> meeting. Agenda item 3 looked like this: </p><p>3. Quarterly Financial Data</p><ul><li>Call <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Reportz</span> – all <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bankz</span> – This is the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">schnizzle</span>.</li><li>Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Past Due <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">loanz</span>. </li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">UBPR</span> all <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">bankz</span>.</li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">UBPR</span> single bank, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">fo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">sho</span>. </li></ul><p><a href="http://www4.fdic.gov/call_tfr_rpts/index.asp">Call Reports</a> are the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">schnizzle</span>, by the way. </p>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-58811660135223221942008-06-24T11:26:00.004-05:002008-06-24T12:50:05.013-05:00Girl breaks nose while watching Full HouseMost of you readers know exactly what the title of this post is referring to, but for those of you who don't, it's time that I fill you in on my unfortunate nose breaking incident of 1995. This moment in my life has come up many times in the last several months, so it may as well be out there for the world to read about on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">interweb</span>.<br /><br />Obviously you all know I love to dance. And a lot of you know that I spent a great deal of my childhood and teen years watching musicals and memorizing the dances. Then I would perform them for my sister and her boyfriends. One boyfriend at a time, of course. Don't go getting the wrong idea about my sister.<br /><br />Anyway, I loved the show <em>Full House</em> and there happens to be an episode all about Stephanie and her dreams of becoming a dancer. The final scene is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Stephanie's</span> dance recital where she dances to the song "Motown Philly" (loved this song, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">btw</span>). One afternoon (I'm pretty sure it was a Wednesday - why do I remember that?) I'm at home watching TV and this episode of <em>Full House</em> comes on. Of course I jump up off the couch and start dancing along with Stephanie and her "advanced modern" class. :) At some point (probably during the line "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">kickin</span>' it just for you...") I kick my leg up while simultaneously flinging my head down. And this is when my knee slams into the bottom of my nose and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ahhhh</span>!!! I can still hear the crack. So much pain!!! Ever since that day I've had a deviated septum which I affectionately refer to as my blood clot, because that's what it looks like to me. Don't ask.<br /><br />Flash forward to today and me sitting at my desk eating lunch and trying to think of something on the Internet that might entertain me. Then it hit me - "I wonder if Stephanie Tanner's dance recital is on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Youtube</span>?" And guess what?? It is!!<br /><br />There are actually quite a few people who are obsessed with the dance <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">stylings</span> of Stephanie Tanner which was a pleasant surprise! Unfortunately, I was only able to find one video that shows the entire "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Motown</span> Philly" dance routine and it's not the greatest (the sound is off from the picture) but it will have to do. So here you have it. My life and my nose will never be the same because of this moment in television history.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sGE_iy-A1gQ&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sGE_iy-A1gQ&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />One more thing - <a href="http://www.belletexanne.blogspot.com/">Rachel</a> and I just signed up for an intro to modern dance class! Watch out Stephanie!Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-57496361563088160862008-06-02T13:25:00.003-05:002008-06-02T15:33:05.766-05:00Home again home again jiggity jigJust got back from Idaho and Oregon. The trip was fun but it totally wore me out! I told Liz I was giving up the whole 50 by 30 thing and not going to Hawaii. Seriously. Long plane rides are no fun and 49 states is plenty!!<br /><br />Whenever I get back from a trip I put a pin in each of the states I’ve visited on the map on the wall in my office. I started to put the ID and OR pins in today, but then I realized I’m moving to a new office next week. I’ve messed up many an FDIC wall over the years with my pin holes, so I decided I’d wait and leave my old office wall with two fewer holes in it.<br /><br />I was informed by an 11 year old that I need to be more organized so hopefully this move will help. One of the girls I sit for must have come to work with her mom sometime last week because when I got into the office this morning, my computer looked like this:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207383481658587122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/SERXr8l_N_I/AAAAAAAAASE/wZABEwJmqIc/s320/office.jpg" border="0" />There were about 10 more post-it notes on my desk (on top of all the piles which I'm not posting a picture of) and one note that said: "I hope you move into your new office soon and love it. Don't forget to organize!!!! :) Love, Maddy."<br /><br />I will try my best. :)Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-69068083103264884582008-05-20T15:19:00.002-05:002008-05-20T15:22:38.085-05:00MTM and Comp TimeHow much do I love Kandi right now? You’ll find out when I tell you about my day yesterday.<br /><br />7:45-3:00: BORING!!<br /><br />3:01: Kandi sends text: “Oprah today is the cast of Mary Tyler Moore.”<br /><br />3:16: Something in me tells me to check my cell for messages. See text from Kandi. Sad because I am not home to see MTM.<br /><br />3:18: Realize I have comp time left over from my training course. Visit wmata.com to check bus schedule. Bus leaves Rosslyn at 3:45. Perfect!<br /><br />3:20: Tell Alan I am rollin out. Submit leave request and pack up junk.<br /><br />3:23: Walking out of FDIC.<br /><br />3:30: On platform at Farragut West. Train arriving in two minutes.<br /><br />3:38: Climbing the fourth longest escalator in the world (I made that up) at Rosslyn.<br /><br />3:39: Out of breath and riding the rest of the way up.<br /><br />3:40: Bus waiting outside of station.<br /><br />3:45: Bus leaves Rosslyn with me on it.<br /><br />3:57: Sitting in front of TV waiting for <a href="http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200805/tows_past_20080519.jhtml?promocode=HP31">Oprah and MTM</a>.<br /><br />4:00: Oh Happy Day!!<br /><br />4:59: Off to grocery store to buy brownie mix. What better way to wrap up an hour with the cast of the MTM show!Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-9297233937770161522008-05-16T10:02:00.004-05:002008-05-16T10:22:21.380-05:00I think I’ll never blog again.Well not really – I just haven’t been in the typing mood lately. I’ve had lots of fun things going on and I’ve written some funny posts in my head, but up until now, I haven’t been able to find the time to sit down and update this darn blog. <br /><br />So let’s see – what’s happened in the last month?<br /><br />1. A couple of weekends ago I kid-sat for my coworkers 3 girls. We’ve had many a crazy weekend together over the years, and this one was by far the best. I think age is a great thing! They don’t whine nearly as much. We made it to every event basically on time - soccer practice (Jilly), soccer game (Maddy was the MVP!), crew practice (Becca), crew regatta (Becca), girl scouts (Maddy), slumber party (Becca) choir practice (Jilly), church (M&J) and softball game (M&J). And somewhere in the middle of all that I was able to take a shower and walk the dog. We had a little downtime on Saturday afternoon so I put two of the girls to work washing my car. That’s what any good sitter would do, right?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iH8fT6maHew&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iH8fT6maHew&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />My car has made its blog debut! Maddy was very excited about the new car. When she saw it she yelled out “no more cranky windows!” (they were fascinated by the manual windows on my old car because they had never seen them before).<br /><br />2. My friends Eboni and Anthony celebrated their one year anniversary last week, and they reported back that their wedding cake was mighty tasty after spending a year in the freezer. Actually, Eboni told me that Anthony was not at all happy when he found out they were having old wedding cake for dessert, but after they’d each had a piece and Eboni was about to throw the rest away, Anthony said “What you doin, woman? I want to eat more of that cake!” <br /><br />3. I think my coworker JJ might actually be human and not a robot. In our staff meeting this week he ate some M&M’s. Trust me, this is a big deal!<br /><br />4. I’ve had many funny interactions with my coworkers lately. The first is with Ed:<br /><br />Ed: Have you updated the database with the latest failure?<br /><br />Me: No. I’ll get it done by Friday.<br /><br />Ed: Well, I don’t really care. Who uses this data anyway?<br /><br />Me: Your Mom.<br /><br />Ed: Oh right - she was really mad that you didn’t have the database updated for Mother’s Day.<br /><br />And this one with my boss Alan:<br /><br />Me: You rejected me!<br /><br />Alan: Hahaha…you should’ve seen it coming!<br /><br />Me: I like to hope…<br /><br />Alan: It’s hopeless.<br /><br />And conversations with Emma always make for a good time (English is her second language). We love to keep track of Emma-isms around here. <br /><br />Me: I think I look fat in that picture.<br /><br />Emma (completely serious): No, I think your computer has fat resolution.<br /><br />Me (cracking up): Uh…what??<br /><br />Emma: It’s true!! Some computers have fat resolution and some have long skinny resolution! Fat resolution is common one!<br /><br />5. I’ve listened to Weezer’s new song <em>The Greatest Man That Ever Lived</em> about 19 times this morning. If I wrote a song, I’d want it to be just like this – a little mix of hymn, rap, rock, alternative, and spoken word. And then I'd want the Liza of 1974 (when her voice was awesome) to sing it.<br /><br />6. I’ve had a really good time with my banks this quarter, but I’ve obviously made it very clear to all of the section chiefs in our division that I do not want to do any extra work related to banks and their call reports. This email went out from another Ed (the call report chief) this morning and it made me happy, even though it probably makes me look like a slacker:<br /><br />“I would expect that there will be sufficient downtime during the conference for you to be able to check messages and respond to urgent matters during the week so that nothing falls through the cracks. If you REALLY need someone to call a banker back and handle something for you, you can call Anne and ask her to follow-up for you. Please do NOT leave Anne’s name or number on your voicemail message.”<br /><br />Yeah – that’s about it for now. Check ya later!Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-60743668935689787982008-04-14T22:47:00.002-05:002008-04-14T23:03:12.776-05:00I kid you not.Tambourine girl (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Neko</span> Case) for the New Pornographer's was sick tonight and did not perform at the concert! I think <a href="http://anne-with-an-e.blogspot.com/2008/01/best-of-2007-finally.html">I've mentioned before </a>that one of my life goals is to be tambourine girl for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">NP's</span>. It was like a sign from God that I should go up on the stage and fill in for her. Unfortunately, I'm all talk and I just stood in the crowd fake playing my fake tambourine. <br /><br />Since <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Neko</span> wasn't there, they didn't sing a lot of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">fav</span> songs ("Go Places", "Myriad Harbor", "Mutiny, I Promise You") but they did sing "Challengers" which just about killed me. I love that song, and lately I haven't been able to move past that song on my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">NP's</span> CD. Best line: "Whatever the mess you are, you're mine, okay." (Thanks Rachel for pointing that one out to me!)<br /><br />Here it is:<br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bHWWWa8EvzI&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bHWWWa8EvzI&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-85969811592729357032008-04-08T21:09:00.005-05:002008-04-08T21:35:26.541-05:00The Dawn and Dave WeddingI've promised some of you that I'd post pics from Dawn and Dave's wedding and here they are. The wedding was great, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">btw</span>. Best part - D and D's first dance. They danced to "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Me_and_My_Gal_%28film%29">For Me and My Gal</a>" sung by the one and only Mary Lou (Dawn's Mom) with many of the guests singing along. You know I was singing because hello - Judy Garland!! Love this song! Unfortunately, I was in the process of changing my camera setting from pic to video and missed the first 20 seconds of the dance, so hopefully Dawn has video of the whole thing somewhere.<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BjPiYxWDKX8&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BjPiYxWDKX8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />Here's D and D with the flower girls (super cute, except for the fact that Helen, the older one, told me "TO DIE!") <div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187065527427346962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/R_wonWz7MhI/AAAAAAAAARk/HvUbINwabJA/s320/IMG_3824.JPG" border="0" /> <div></div><div>And here's the Edison Girls v1.2: Liz, Kate, Dawn, Courtney and Anne. Man did we have some good times. The Edison House was (and still is) famous. I'll blog about it some day when I'm feeling nostalgic. Anybody up for some red fabric on the ceiling? </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187065750765646370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/R_wo0Wz7MiI/AAAAAAAAARs/sEeBT9GenbM/s320/IMG_3836.JPG" border="0" /></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-25382710922495482512008-04-08T16:51:00.011-05:002008-04-08T21:43:52.352-05:00Music Makes Me Happy :)<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span></span> - I couldn't pass up <a href="http://www.belletexanne.blogspot.com/">Rachel's</a> soundtrack meme so I decided to do it for myself.<br /><br />Here’s how it works:<br /><br />1. open your library (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">iTunes</span></span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">winamp</span></span>, media player, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">iPod</span></span>)<br />2. put it on shuffle<br />3. press play<br />4. for every question, type the song that’s playing<br />5. new question — press the next button<br />6. don’t lie<br /><br />Unfortunately, I have to admit to having one song in my shuffle that I really did not want to include in this list. But I've got to follow the rules, so here goes. I also decided to add my favorite line from each song because it's often one line that pulls me in!<br /><br />Opening Credits: "Sweetest Thing" - U2. This song makes me happy (it's in my top 5 love songs list). I know Rachel will be happy to see this as part of the soundtrack. Best line - "I wanted to run but she made me crawl."<br /><br />Waking up: "Oh God Where Are You now? (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)" - David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Crowder</span></span>. Appropriate. Calling on God first thing in the morning. Good idea. :) Don't really have a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">fav</span></span> line from this song - it's more of a song I'd listen to for the instrumentation.<br /><br />First Day of School: "Tell Him" - Lauryn Hill. I could try for a random first day of school connection but I don't really want to. Best lines - "Let me be patient, let me be kind. Make me unselfish without being blind. Though I may suffer I'll envy it not and endure what comes cause he's all that I got and tell him..."<br /><br />Falling in Love: "Open Up" - Dispatch. First of all - you all need to download some Dispatch songs because they rock. It just so happens that a song by Dispatch is #1 on my top love songs list (it's called "Out Loud"), but I can't imagine anything about the song "Open Up" relating to falling in love since the song's about someone on death row who's about to die. Oh well. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Fav</span></span> line: "I said relax man get off my back. I said relax man get off my back." Yeah - I love that they say it twice.<br /><br />Breaking up: "John Wayne <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Gacy</span></span>, Jr." - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Sufjan</span></span> Stevens. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Ok</span></span> - you all are going to start to wonder about my music choices. This song happens to be about a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy">serial killer</a>. I guess I'd break up with him too if I knew his true nature. Actually - I have a thing for guys who I briefly suspect (but then later confirm are not) serial killers. Best line - "in my best behavior I am really just like him."<br /><br />Prom: "Entering <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Bootytown</span></span>" - from the <em>Music and Lyrics </em>soundtrack. I kid you not I had no idea this song was in my library. I admit that I did download the entire soundtrack so I should have known, but I have never listened to this song. I'm happy it found its way into the "Prom" category though!<br /><br />Life’s okay: "Dreamworld" - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Rilo</span></span> Kiley. I tend to do a lot of dreaming when life's just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ok</span></span>, so this is pretty appropriate. Best line - "You exist, when you're living in a dreamworld."<br /><br />Breakdown: "I Will Glory In My Redeemer" - Sovereign Grace Worship. Oh yes I will. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Fav</span></span> line - "I'm satisfied in Him alone."<br /><br />Driving: "Good Things" - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">BoDeans</span></span>. I drove to this song this weekend. Takes me back to high school days. Best line - "And I say no, no, no, don't pass me over, no, no, no, don't pass me by. See I can see good things for you and I. "<br /><br />Flashback: "When Your Mind's Made Up" - <em>Once </em>soundtrack<em>. </em>Flashback to last summer when I was obsessed with this movie and flash forward to next month when I'll hear this song live in concert. Best line - "So, if you ever want something then you call, call, then I'll come running."<br /><br />Getting back together: "Please" - U2. Please take me back!! The title could work for this scenario, but the lyrics - not so much. I think <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Bono</span></span> is completely done with whoever he's singing to here. Best line - "So you never knew love until you crossed the line of grace."<br /><br />Wedding: "Out Loud" - Dispatch. Made the list without even trying! Will definitely play this song at my wedding (reception that is). <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Fav</span></span> lines - "and if you were walking and heard the cold night coming would you call my name 'cause you know I'd come running... if you'd call my name out loud."<br /><br />Birth of child: "My Minnesota Home" - from <em>A Prairie Home Companion</em> soundtrack. Maybe if the kid was born in Minnesota? Don't really have a favorite line, but I love that Meryl <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Streep</span></span> and Lily Tomlin are singing!<br /><br />Final Battle: "The Way You Do The Things You Do" -The Temptations. Looks like I will be winning the final battle. Downloaded this one for Dawn and Dave's wedding soundtrack. Had to look up the lyrics but I think my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">fav</span></span> line is "The way you swept me off my feet, you know, you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">could've</span></span> been a broom." That's deep.<br /><br />Death Scene: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings" - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Barenaked</span></span> Ladies with Sarah <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">McLachlan</span></span>. Best Christmas carol arrangement out there. I put it on repeat for most of the Christmas season. Love every minute of the entire song! I'd be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">ok</span></span> with dying while listening to this although I'd always envisioned dying with Bolero playing in the background.<br /><br />End Credits: "Material Girl" - Madonna. Guess that sums it up. I like stuff! (yeah - not really, but it's a fun song.) I might not be too much into stuff but I do know that "the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mr. Right."Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-31172882465804577772008-04-01T21:24:00.002-05:002008-04-01T21:32:25.016-05:00Awesomeness on the InternetCan be found at <a href="http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/">Stuff Christians Like</a>.<br /><br />My favorites are:<br /><br />#34 - Subtly finding out if you drink beer too.<br /><br />#47 - Rooting for secret Christians on American Idol.<br /><br />#95 - Fearing God will send you to Guam.<br /><br />#105 - Wishing your testimony was more exciting.<br /><br />#106 - The side hugAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-69583968791373409612008-03-27T06:10:00.001-05:002008-03-28T06:23:21.315-05:00Another Edison Girl walks the aisleDawn is getting married this weekend! Huzzah! Here's the rockstar bride with her Diva bridesmaids.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182750665842831874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Cn4BkgwrJP0/R-zURWz7MgI/AAAAAAAAARc/lrYJr0vSdso/s320/IMG_3617.JPG" border="0" /><br />We're off to NY for the wedding. Oh - and I am alive. Just forgot about the blog a little bit. As my brother would say "I blog your pardon." :)<br /><br /><div></div>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-69238332134938815972008-03-06T09:46:00.004-05:002008-03-06T14:39:46.531-05:00The fun has already begun.My birthday is tomorrow, but most of my coworkers seem to think it is today. Fine by me. Two days of fun. :)<br /><br />When I came into my office this morning, I saw a card on my desk that said “Ann.” Crap. It had to be from someone who knows me well enough to know it’s my birthday, but who doesn’t know me well enough to have heard me complain about receiving emails cards, diplomas… that say “Ann.” Turns out the card was from Sharon who I love to death so I didn’t mention the name spelling thing, because I have already offended her too many times in our years of working together (but she still loves me) so I decided to just forgive her and be happy and thankful for the card.<br /><br />Emma (aka “Emma-lu”, “Lulu”, “E-Lu” “E” “E.R.” and probably some other names I’ve called her that I can’t think of right now) got me a two month Netflix trial subscription. Holla! The first movie on my list will be <em>The Sterile Cuckoo</em> with the one and only Miss Liza Minnelli. No library or video store in the area carries this movie and I have been desperate to see it for years!<br /><br />Mike (aka "McPhurse" – all of my coworkers are given nicknames) stopped by to wish me happy birthday and when he came around the corner he kind of popped into my doorway and clicked his heals together and struck a little pose because that’s what I always do when I show up in his doorway to ask a question. Then he said “So… Happy Birthday!” because according to him I start every question with “So.” And I probably do.<br /><br />Tonight I’ll be enjoying some fried chicken at <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/restaurantreviews/1151.html">Flavors Soul Food</a>, tomorrow the coworkers are taking me to lunch at <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/restaurantreviews/1107.html">Bangkok 54</a>, then it’s off to the <a href="http://www.modernpoollounge.com/photos.html">Continental Modern Pool Lounge</a> for a few rounds of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotation_(pool)">rotation</a> if I can convince the friends to play the best billiards game evah! Good times.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-90073199414205211752008-02-28T12:52:00.003-05:002008-02-28T13:04:59.515-05:00Complete and utter randomnessIn an effort to post something other than <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">youtube</span> videos, here are a few random moments of fun from my week:<br /><br />I got into the training program I’d applied for which will eventually allow me to travel for work. I will be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">rollin</span> into a city near you to shut yo bank down. Yeah, yeah! Read about it in <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/27/bank.safety/index.html">this</a> article on CNN.com.<br /><br />Spending half of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Pilates</span> class discussing the Alvin Ailey performance with my super cool <a href="http://www.aerobixinc.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Aerobix</span> Inc</a> teacher. She is obsessed too. I think the rest of the class was wishing we’d shut it. <br /><br />Dreaming about guitar hero and seriously thinking of buying some type of game console to play it on. But then discovering that those things are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">freakin</span> expensive!<br /><br />Finding out from Rachel that Glen and Marketa (of <em>Once</em> fame) will be doing a show in Baltimore in May. If she emails me next week to tell me Band of Horses is coming to town I might just flip out.<br /><br />Wishing my sister a happy birthday on the blog, although I did remember to call her this morning. Happy Birthday, sister freak!Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-69068887799838382082008-02-25T20:47:00.002-05:002008-02-25T21:12:12.910-05:00Falling SlowlyMy song won as Oscar last night! Thank goodness I turned the TV on when I did, because I had completely forgotten how obsessed I was with the <em>Once </em>soundtrack (and espcially the song "Falling Slowly") last summer. Go rent this movie if you haven't seen it. The music is awesome!<br /><br />Last night's Oscar performance:<br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nLJobVC7uR4&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nLJobVC7uR4&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />"When Your Mind's Made Up" (another great song)<br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eUS2ieIO5os&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eUS2ieIO5os&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906409.post-53062089628326701972008-02-22T12:35:00.006-05:002008-02-22T12:50:46.914-05:00Alvin Ailey - You rocka my soul!Oh my goodness! <a href="http://belletexanne.blogspot.com/">Rachel</a>, Gina and I went to see Alvin Ailey last night at the Kennedy Center. The show just kills me everytime (well, I've only seen it twice!) but it is soo good!! I told Gina last night that the Alvin Ailey performance is by far my favorite show/musical/theater/dance type of performance I've ever seen. Liza who??? I know! When Rachel and I went last year to see it I literally wanted to stay at the KC for the rest of my life and watch the whole thing over and over again. Here is a clip from "Revelations." It's random highlights of the performance and the quality is not so great, but it includes one of my favorites (Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham... how many times did that phrase go through my head last night while I was trying to fall asleep!) and one of Rachel's favorites (Fix Me Jesus).<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gWJzSP7irwM&rel=" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290461462625460845noreply@blogger.com3