A non-busy busyish sort of weekend.

So the weekend has come and gone oh yet again. And can you believe that after this weekend I didn't take a single picture, not one! Ah! What is wrong in the world?! haha. However, even without pictures it was still quite loverly...

Friday: After work I headed home and hung out with Matt and celebrated some good news and headed out to dinner. Twas quite the tasty dinner and a good quiet night. Afterwards we headed home, enjoyed some champagne, watched some shows on the DVR and overall had a fabulous relaxing evening.

Saturday: Woke up earlyish (seriously my body just doesn't like sleeping through the nigh any more it's freakin annoying) and got ready for the day. My cousin and her fiancee just bought a new house (well by just I mean three months ago, but still soonish) and had a lovely housewarming party with the whole family over. And it was definitely the perfect weather for a BBQ (85 in November?!??! WTF California!?!). Post-BBQ I went with my cousin and her mom wedding dress shopping and since I am the MOH (Maid of Honor, holla!) I got to go too. And really, it was sort of awesome. Yeah I got all lovey dovey afterwards but I mean really, how could I not? After trying several dresses on, we found "the one" and it was perfect. Seriously she looked amazing and I can't wait for it to all come together in a year. And not only that, but we found my bridesmaid dress too and I sort of love it. Chocolate brown and fabulous:

And yet again I have a goal for next year, woo. It's going to be lovely, woo for weddings!

After the day of weddingness I headed out to dinner with Matt and his dad, where I had one of the best pizzas of my life (arugula, prosciutto, sun dried tomatoes, artichoke and pesto sauce...yummmmmmm). Sadly after dinner my head was pounding and my night was cut short with Matt and I battling it out playing each other in Scene It Squabble, haha. After the game I passed out in hopes of sleeping away the headache...and apparently it worked because Matt said he came in ten minutes later with me conked out and my face in the pillow, haha.

Sunday: I got to sleep in which was awesome and Matt headed out to play golf so I had the place to myself. I finally moseyed out of bed and made my way to the couch where I plugged in my Ipod, played some classical music and enjoyed the last hundred pages of New Moon. Seriously I am in love with these books and cannot wait for the movie. I know I keep talking about it, but really I can't stop. I even went to a couple grocery stores (and had my aunt get one from her bookstore) to track down Vanity Fair and Entertainment Weekly's both featuring stories and interviews and pics from the movie, haha. I even got a book that chronicles the movie and the first book and it's fabulous. After my lazy day I went on my nine mile walk with my fam in prep for the half marathon we're walking (that's in a week!!) and came back to a lazy evening watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall and my Sunday shows and hanging out. Twas oh so nice.

And that my friends was my weekend in a loverly busyish sort of nutshell.

And how was your weekend?



happy monday!

I'm a Twilighter, are you a Twilighter?

It's Friday! Woo. However Friday also means...

...my brain is mush, mush I say! So with the mushy brain you get some bullet points of the random gibberish that are streaming through my head this fine Friday morning...annnnnd go:

• Twilight is taking over my life. I just hope my friends, my coworkers, Matt especially aren't getting too annoyed with my constant Twilight talk, I just can't help it!
  
  
• However, slowly but surely I am converting some of my friends to the world of Twilight, muaw haha.
  
  
• If a Twilighters Anonymous exists, I should probably join.
  
  
• I'm halfway through New Moon and Edward seriously needs to get back in the picture, like stat, it's driving me nuts.
  
  
• Speaking of Edward, Rob Pattinson also sings! He sings! Le swoon. I need the soundtrack like yesterday.
  
  
  
  
  
• Okay no more Twilight talk....
  
  
• for today :)
  
  
• I found $5 in my jeans pocket this morning. I think I screamed in joy.
  
  
• Tomorrow is wedding dress shopping with my cousin and I'm secretly really excited.
  
  
• Okay it's not really a secret any more, but I'm so excited!
  
  
• WTF?! Twilight showings are already selling out!!?! The movie doesn't come out for two weeks! This is worse than the Dark Knight! Come on people!
  
  
• Sorry, no more Twilight...I just can't help it :)
  
  
• I look like an OSU student today. Totally rockin the gray and scarlett. Even wearing some beads that from a distance could be buckeyes, haha.
  
  
• Four days ago we had rain, lots of rain. Today we have sun and lots of sun, not even a cloud. Oh California you crack me up.
  
  
• OMG! James Van Der Beek is going to be on his own TV show?!! Granted I most likely won't watch because I watch enough TV as it is and clearly it's Pacey Whitter that holds my heart, but still, that's exciting! Woo Dawson!
  
  
• Mmmmm I smell bread.
  
  
• Fingers crossed for good news today, good news people, good news.
  
  
• Is it really Friday? Yes!
  
  
• I definitely just spilled water down my shirt...I need a bib.
  

And lastly I present you with today's letter from the Universe that I just absolutely love and have to share:

Of course not everyone understands you, Katelin.
It takes crazy to know crazy.
It takes sexy to know sexy.
And most assuredly, it takes cool to know cool.
Yeah, un-hun, alright -
The Universe

Love it.

And what Friday thoughts are you all thinkin today?


woo!



happy weekend!

Answers from Matt. (Part III)

First of all, thank you so much to everyone for the kind comments to yesterday's post. As you know I rarely get serious here but it all just meant so much for me to not share it, so thank you, really thank you.

Now moving on to more silly things, well not silly but rather more answers to the bagillions of questions you all asked Matt and he's still answering, haha. And here we go:

Hillary asked: What is Katelin's quirkiest habit that you've only discovered since moving in with her?

A: So believe it or not there isn't much I didn't know about her, even the quirkiest little habits. For example, she sneezes nonstop, it's kind of ridiculous, but still incredibly entertaining. Or, she's the strangest when it comes to sleeping. Like she gets really tired all the time right, but every now and then she gets a ridiculous burst of energy, and it's usually in the rare times that I'm actually tired haha. As for new quirky habits, not really a whole lot. Things to know about her though, at least through my eyes:

1. Ridiculously scared of any type of bug or insect(which means not only am I a mechanic and an all around Mr. Fixit, but also a exterminator.

2. Watches an amazing amount of television, it's really incredible.

3. Has a desire cook, and she's getting there, at the expense of a burned pot or pan here or there haha.

Oh, one thing I have noticed, she reads, like a lot. We've lived together now for about 2 months, and I think she's read like 3 books already. I'm still in the middle of 2 books, going very very slowly haha.
(actually it's probably more like 6 now, haha)

rs27 asked: How many times have you gotten yelled at for leaving your toilet seat up?

A: Actually none, and I'm not quite sure if that's because i've been good at it or because she's just been really patient with me haha, I'm sure we'll find out soon enough though haha.

chris asked: Describe Katelin in 3 words.

A: WOW, this is a hard one. Here it goes: Beautiful, Crazy, Loving.

sarah marie p asked: What is the best thing about living with Katelin?

A: Knowing that we're continuing our lives together, being able to say that yes, I live with my girlfriend and yes I love it.

and The worst?

A: Watching A LOT of girly TV. I mean really, is a man supposed to watch Grey's Anatomy, Top Model, The Hills, Stylista, and Desperate Housewives, I don't think so...... haha

and What do you think is Katelin's most beautiful feature?

A: Her laugh, her smile*

*=by that I mean her boobs and butt of course :)

dana asked: Does Katelin do anything that really annoys you?

A: On a constant basis, no not really. But she is much cleaner than I am so she is very organized with everything so she is constantly telling/reminding me to put stuff away, clean stuff, do stuff to keep the place in order, but that only annoys me when I was planning on doing whatever she tells me to do in a bit anyways.

and What is your favorite thing about Katelin?

A: hmmmmm, good question, as are they all. Um, well i'm not quite sure what to say here haha. I guess the fact that she can put up with me haha. She lets me tickle her, which is always fun, and she puts up with my nasty/quirky habits.

and What is your favorite thing to eat?

A: Ribs, I had ribs for lunch, that's why I'm doing this.

And now you're all that much closer to knowing Matt....and me...haha.

hope you all have a most fantabulous day!




happy thursday!

Mixed emotions.

Now I know I'm not really one to dwell on my feelings or emotions or really talk about anything serious here, but there is no way I can't talk about last night and this morning.

When the tallies started coming in I was still at work and constantly refreshing the CNN page to get updates and stats on the states as they were coming in. Once 6:30 rolled around I was on my way , but not heading home to follow the results, rather to go walking with my mom. In the "freezing" weather and muddyish track we went walking. I got to have a nice chat with my mom, get in some more marathon training and all around relax. When we were done I drove my mom home then headed home myself just in time to hear that Barack Obama had been officially deemed our next president. I was exhausted from walking but elated for the win.

My neighbor came over to celebrate and even Matt (who's libertarian) was happy about the win. We couldn't help but be excited and watch all the people in Grant Park and Spellman and Centruy City and everywhere else in America celebrating and screaming and hugging and crying, it was amazing. And once Barack came out with his family I couldn't do anything but smile. When he started his speech all I could think of was "wow I may actually listen to our president now, this man knows how to captivate an audience." We all listened, we all let out the occasional wow and we were all proud. But at the same time I know we were all thinking how open Grant Park is, wondering if he was wearing a bullet proof vest, hoping that the worst would never come.

And luckily it didn't. All we saw was a man about to make a change to this country and we couldn't be prouder.

However, when I was watching the news this morning and they showed clips of his speech again I started to cry. I didn't cry at all last night and I had no idea what was causing the tears this morning. Was I just that happy for this man to take charge of our broken country? Or was I just that sad that our country could elect this man to run our country but not support the unity of any two people in marriage?

To me the ban on gay marriage is exactly the same as the ban that was put on interracial marriage decades ago. A black man and white woman were prohibited to get married no matter what. And why was that you ask? We don't chose our race, we don't chose our skin color, but we do choose the people we love and why should anyone else deny you of that right? Why?


Clearly our country is en route to some big changes and I hope they somehow continue to be for the better, somehow...




happy wednesday!

I voted for Edward and Keanu.

Happy voting day everyone! I know I'm not really one to talk about politics here but really if you don't vote today, you're lame. I don't care who or what you vote for, as long as you vote. I waited 40 minutes in line to make my vote count and I'd like to think it did, holla.

Anyhoodles, moving on from the voting palooza that's happening everywhere today, I bring the latest and the greatest taking over Hollywood:

• Today's cutest celeb bebe pic comes from my favorite family of Hollywood yet again, the Garner-Afflecks. I mean really, how could I not post this adorable Halloween costumed duo:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  so freakin adorable!
  
  
• You know who else is adorable? Well maybe not adorable, but oh so handsome?:
  
  
  
  
  
  Oh yes. How can you deny the suaveness of Leo??!? He was out and about promoting Body of Lies some more before the rush of Revolutionary Road with his best counterpart, Kate Winslet, comes about (ah I can't wait!) and looking oh so daper, even if his pants are weird, haha.
  
  
• Speaking of Kate, she's on the newest cover for Vanity Fair and good gracious she is smokin':
  
  
  
  
  Not only is she rockin the cover, but some of the interview snippets about her life and Leo just make me so dang happy. My favorite quote being: " Leo and I, you know, are sort of kindred spirits—we’re cut from the same cloth." Aw. My second favorite pair, love them.
  
  
• Speaking of my favorites of the screen, remember last week when I said some dbag stalkeratzi took Keanu to court? Yeah well luckily those charges were dropped because the guy suing Keanu is an idiot. The guy claimed Keanu hurt his hand and all this jazz, but then there was video of him scaling a fence to chase after Britney Spears, haha, idiot. But yay Keanu! Now be careful of those crazy paps!
  
  
• In other faves news, I can't believe that only three weeks ago I was saying how intrigued I was by the Twilight movie and I hadn't read the books. Well you can change intrigued to obsessed. I read the first book in a week and absolutely loved it, I've watched the preview more times than I count and I find myself getting as excited as I was for the Dark Knight, it's crazy! And I'm about to start New Moon at lunch today and I can barely contain myself, ah!
  
  And Edward Cullen....errrr Robert Pattinson, oh my le swoon oh le swoon:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Thank you Twilight page on Facebook for all your fabulous pictures and updates and news and ah, love. So yes I'll admit it I have an addictive personality if you haven't noticed. Seriously it's ridiculous, I just latch on to things and get so completely enamored and engrossed in it I can't help it. But it's not a bad thing right? Right? Haha.
  
  
• And in non obsessive TV news....
  The Hills. Apparently Lauren got the memo that flapper was the way to go for Halloween this year too:
  
  
  
  Not too shabby Lauren, not too shabby.
  And as for last night's ridiculous episode in a nutshell. Audrina is dumb. Her sister is awesome. Heidi is a hilarious drunk. Spencer is still an idiot. Justin Bobby looks stoned 24/7. And you know Lo had a party when Audrina moved out, haha. For a better update I recommend checking out Trent later today, his recaps always crack me up.
  
  Top Model. I finally watched last week's episode over the weekend and man I was so sad. No more Team Sheena. She was by far my fave of the season. Now I don't know who to root for. Maybe Sam? Definitely not chicken bobber Marjorie. Perhaps Annaleigh? Ah, who knows!?!
  
  Grey's Anatomy. This season is definitely on the ups I think and I cannot wait for Cristina and Doctor Army to get together, ah, lurve. But the biggest Grey's news actually came today announcing that Brooke Smith, aka Dr. Erica Hahn aka Callie's sort of lover was written off the show and her last episode will be this Thursday! How totally random and that stinks for Brooke. Boo on ABC!
  
  How I Met Your Mother. I thought last night's episode was so sweet, pretty funny and overall sort of sad yet again. But man I can't wait until they write Alyson Hannigan's pregnancy into the show, squeee for bebes!
  
  
• And today's WTF news come from a girl that is auctioning off her virginity. Yeah you read that one right. Ew ew ew. She went on Tyra's talk show along with one of the current highest bidders and it is just awkward and gross and ew.
  

And that my friends is what's happening in the world of Hollywood and Katelin today, holla!




happy tuesday!

Boas, Bowling and Tommy Guns. Sweeeet.

Why helllooooo there everyone. I seriously can't get over how fast this weekend flew by it was slightly crazy. Want to hear about it? Well go to the bathroom and maybe grab some popcorn, this could be a long one, but I do have pictures, so that helps right?

Friday: Got home from work and relaxed with Matt a bit before getting all dolled up for the night (well I got dolled up, Matt just got handsome). After some prep time we headed over to my parent's house so I could see some of the cute neighborhood kids and my brothers and show off our own costumes:

"hey doll how ya doin there?"

So yes we went with the flapper and the gangster, Party City to the rescue, haha. I loved rocking it all, even if I did get boa feathers all over my car and everywhere else I went. After my parent's house we headed to a party at our friend's house. Even though we knew practically no one there it was still a good time, not the drunken mess of Halloween's past, but still fun. I actually didn't really take any pictures at the party (surprised? oh I know, I am too) but one was already put up of all the ladies there that I sort of loved:

So yeah party, party and Halloween was a success. And I think my favorite costume(s) of the night were the twin girls down the street from me that are 2 and were dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2, it was simply precious!

Saturday: Got to sleep in a bit which was awesome. After I organized the massive laundry pile Matt and I had I headed out to run some errands which was just as awesome. Got to meet some friends and my sister for a bit and then headed to DSW because seriously I needed some new shoes. According to my blog the last time I got new shoes was last November, November people! Almost a full year without any new footwear! Blasphemy! Nonetheless I found two pairs of fabulous shoes that I sort of really love:

When I saw the zebra print ones I was seriously in LOVE. I said to myself, "if they have my size, I have to get them" and alas a size 10 was there waiting for me, a sign of fate. As for the tan shoes, I sort of like them, sort of love them and sort of not sure. What do you think about them? I'm sort of on the fence, but I still like them, haha. After the shoe success I headed out in search of some new jeans and Hark! I found some new American Rag Co. jeans that fit just perfectly, seriously I'm in love.

Post shopping awesomeness I came home to catch up on some TV and relax with Matt for a bit. Afterwards we headed to Marina Del Rey for our friend Gianni's 25th birthday bonanza at this delicious Italian restaurant. Seriously the food was amazing and it was tons of fun hanging out and getting to know some of Gianni's friends.

he was pretty excited about his birthday cake

After dinner a couple of us went bowling at a place nearby and it was AMAZING. I love bowling. I may not have talked about it before, but seriously I love me some bowling. It's always a fun time and always a good time and really, I just love it.

check out those sweet bowler names,
I was Trish, my preppy alter ego, haha

the ladies were the "9 club" for a while,
reppin the 9s

all the guys in the arcade

in between our turns, smiiiiile :)

the birthday boy and his gf, Laura so cute!

the best game of my ENTIRE life!
166! four strikes in a row! ah!

me celebrating with my score, wahoo!

After my kick assness at bowling we played in the arcade for a while (seriously who doesn't love DDR and basketball) before finally calling it a night. Seriously, such a great night, loooove it.

Sunday: After some more sleeping in and relaxing in bed I pulled out Twilight and finished it. And ohmygoodness. You can just add me to that group of crazies that looove it all and want to meet their own Edward, le swoon. Seriously I loved the book and cannot wait to see the movie, now I just need someone to see it with me, haha.

After I finished Twilight I headed to the movies with my mom to see The Secret Life of Bees. I thought it did a pretty good job of following the book and I was definitely a fan. A very mother/daughter movie outing too.

Post movie was another 9 mile walk in prep for the half marathon (that is only 11 days away!). And man was I exhausted afterwards, 9 miles is a lot to walk, and to think I'll be doing 4 more than that, haha.


And that my friends was the weekend, whew.

And how was your Halloween? Any crazy stories? Any weekend awesomeness?




happy monday!

Happy Halloweenie! :)

Happy Halloweeeeeeeeeeeeen everyone!

Hope you are dressed up and taking advantage of the day. And hark! We finally have some clouds in California, not 100 degree weather, but real clouds like October should have, woo!

Speaking of dressing up, today at work I am channeling my inner youth:

not only am I rocking the straight hair,
but the side pony tail as well, holla*

oh and that shirt, heck yes it's an original NKOTB
I'm a true fan through and through :)

See, told you I was a fan. I still have this shirt and another one, along with pins with all of the guys faces, and today I'm wearing Jordan and Joey because obviously they were my faves.

However, tonight's costume is much more elaborate. I don't think I've let it slip here what I'm wearing with Matt and sadly I don't think it was one that anyone suggested, just happened to find it and love it at Party City. But I do know I let someone know because she's dressing up as the same thing! And I have to say I'm pretty excited to wear it to my friend's party tonight.

Seriously, I love Halloween. There's candy and parties and cute little kids in the most adorable costumes (seriously I think the baby chicken suit may be my fave so far, haha) and all around awesomeness.

Annnnnd I'm almost done with Twilight which appropriately is all about vampires that are so Halloween and have gotten me even more excited for today. I lurve it.

Okay that's enough rambling for me, I'm too excited to type, haha.

And what are your Halloween plans? Any awesome costumes? Can't wait to read about it Monday!



Have a most fabulous and safe Halloween everyone!




happy weeeeekend!

"I put a spell on you."

Last night was awesome. Awesome I say.

After the week I've had at work already, it was just the night I needed. I came home after work to help Matt make dinner and I finally got to try this recipe I saw on City Mama for broccoli casserole. It was so easy to make and so incredibly delicious:

So yes, if you like cheese and broccoli then you will definitely enjoy this easy dish...yummm.

Once we were done with dinner and dishes, our neighbor came over to carve pumpkins and watch Hocus Pocus. It was so much fun. I never knew pumpkin carving could be so entertaining and a movie that's fifteen years old could still make me so happy.

Matt's a pro pumpkin balancer

using the scooper to clean out the pumpkin

I would have gotten more pictures of the carving process except my hands were covered in pumpkin goop and we were having too good a time to stop and take pictures. However once all the pumpkins were done of course I got my camera out:

us with our masterpieces, woo

all three of the pumpkins,
a bat, a skull and a ghost
we're so creative!

all lit up
oooooooooooooooo

So yes twas a lovely night. And I'm definitely in the Halloweeeen spirit now :)
Is it Friday yet?




happy thursday!

Answers from Matt. (Part II)

Although Edward Cullen has currently taken my literary heart, Matt is still my numero uno boy, haha. And he's still answering your most fabulous questions, so here goes:

San asked: Do you ever get upset when Katelin spends too much time on the internet?

A: Ya I do, it gets frustrating, since Kate works online all day I actually think it's kind of funny when she comes home and pulls out the laptop to go back online. However, I do realize that it is one of her passions and i love her for that.

thatShortChick asked: What is your favorite NKOTB song?

A: Even if there are a lot of them and even if Katelin does listen to them consistently, I just don't really appreciate the music, it's just not my thing, sorry. However, I do think Jordan is just a dream boat.

Lacey Bean asked: Which New Kid do you think your most like and why?

A: Joey because Kate says I kind of look like him(I don't know if that's good or not haha.)

CageQueen asked: When are you guys going to get engaged?

A: I refuse to answer this question seeing as Kate will read this and that would kind of take the surprise out of me actually popping the question haha.

Wickedly Scarlett asked: What's your favorite outfit that Katelin wears? Do you remember what she was wearing on your first date?

A: I don't really know if there is a particular outfit that I like most. She wears a lot of pajamas and t-shirts when I see her, and if there is one outfit i don't like it's the leggings or whatever there called, the tights. But I do like most of the skirts and dresses that she wears, I am a sucker for a skirt, just can't help it.

Hollywood Sucker asked: What's your favorite cereal?

A: Cooooooookkkkkkkiiiiieeeee Crisp

Allison asked : What is your favorite gift Katelin has given you?

A: The first year we were dating I was still in school in Arizona and she flew out multiple times to visit. Never really in a surprise manner, but still it was a big deal to me because it was a long hard year living out there away from my family and friends and especially her. So ya that was the best gift since we started dating. However, not to sound too mushy, but my favorite gift Katelin has given me was the chance to start going out with her. I knew for a long time that I liked her, it just took her a while to catch on too ;).


Seriously you guys asked some awesome questions, I love it. I can't wait to see what you think of when I open the floor for myself, haha.


Anyhoo hope you all have a most fabulous day!




happy wednesday!

Bebes, Keanu and ridiculousness.

It's Tuesday and you know what that means everyone....time for the latest and greatest in good ole Hollyweeeeeird:

• I was looking for some of the cutest Hollywood kids in their Halloween costumes but none really stuck out at me just yet, however Violet never fails in the cuteness and who am I to deny a Violet picture:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  freakin adorable!
  
  
  
• Okay although they're not my faves (granted I've yet to see their show), Tori and Dean totally rocked the family costume this weekend and I sort of love it:
  
  
  
  
  presh!
  
  
  
• Lastly in bebe news, Amy Poehler gave birth to little Archie Arnett over the weekend. Seriously Archie and Olive Cohen can date when they get older and be the funniest kids on the block with their seriously hilarious parents, haha, lurve it.
  
  
• In not so cute and adorable news, American Idol alum and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew were all brutally murdered this weekend. Seriously it is just so incredibly sad and coming at a time where Jennifer is at the height of her game with a new movie and solo CD. And to lose people so close to you I can't even begin to imagine. My prayers and thoughts go out to the Hudson family, and hope they'll be able to make it through together.
  
  
• In other saddish, ridiculous news, some crazed stalkeratzi is suing Keanu saying he ran over his feet with his car. The initial assault claims were dropped a month ago but the civil suit is still going strong and the jury selection started today. Seriously, why couldn't I be on that jury??? Granted I'd be a little biased...just a wee bit.
  
  
  
  
  
• In other things that I love, I just started reading Twilight and seriously why didn't I start reading these books sooner??? It's like reading a Fear Street book mixed with a Nicholas Sparks book and I sort of am in love. And really, Edward, le freakin swoon, haha. And Robert Pattinson cast as Edward, perfecto. So yeah I've watched the trailer to the movie a couple times already and I'm about 100 pages into the book. Oh man I'm excited, another book I love and a movie with vampire awesomeness.
  
  
• Speaking of other things I love, TV, obviously. Here's the two second cap on the shows.
  Heroes: Seriously this show is getting so effing weird. I love it, I hate it, I still love it.
  Brothers and Sisters: Definitely becoming one of my faves, oh those crazy Walkers and illegitimate children.
  Desperate Housewives: Seriously I was screaming at Edie's husband the whole time and wanting to fight for Mrs. McClusky so much. And yay for Catherine being awesome to Bree, love it. This show is getting better and better I think.
  The Hills: Thank god I don't have their drama. Or a friend like Stephanie. Or their douchey boys(except Brody, he always cracks me up), gah. But I do want Lauren's wardrobe, minus those holey pants I already have those. And Brandy!?! On the show!?! Where the hell have you been the past couple years? You've resorted to the Hills to get refamous, good gracious, what is this world coming to? haha. And Audrina, shut the eff up and get over JB and his dbagness. How do you turn down an Australian?!?! Gah I can't watch this show any more!
  Top Model: Team Sheena! That girl is my fave, I freaking love her.
  
  
• And to end today's post I bring not so much WTF news but ASC (awwww so cute) news of a super dog that stayed inside a burning house to make sure four newborn kitties were okay. Seriously this dog is adorable and precious and the dog and all the kitties made it out okay.
  

And that my friends is today's Hollywood happenings, anything I missed, fill me in?





happy tuesday!

Fog can't stop the weekend, but it sure can make it interesting.

Driving twelve hours in one weekend up and down the California coast is seriously exhausting. Yeah that was my weekend in a nutshell, haha, but here's the semi-extended version:

Friday: Got home after work and kicked back with my DVR and it was pretty sweet. I was supposed to go out with a girl friend but she had to cancel last minute and Matt was in Vegas so it was just me and my TV for the night. At first I was kind of nervous because I don't really do well in quiet or by myself, but I made it through. Caught up on my DVR somewhat and then popped in one of my most favorite Halloweenish movies, Practical Magic. Seriously I love that movie and I always watch it around Halloween, same with Hocus Pocus which I'll be watching before Friday some time, woo. My friend who I was supposed to meet with ended up calling me and we talked for such a long time and it was great only because we hadn't talked in such a long time and only knew how the other was doing via our Myspace pages. Seriously, catching up with friends and relaxing is the remedy for a lovely night.

Saturday: Woke up ridiculously early to pick up my mom and aunt and head up to Big Sur for a cousin's 60th birthday bash. The party was at this cute little cabin like resort tucked up in the woods and was awesome. There was a great lunch, lots of wine, a great blues band and tons of family, all in all amazing:

the scenery was amazing in Big Sur
there were even chairs in the creek, amazing

my cousin julie and i


mmmmdesserts oh desserts


check out all those purdy toes


everyone smile with the birthday boy


the birthday boy playing harmonica with the band

All in all the weather was great (although a bit chillyish), the food was amazing, and it was great to see family.

The most ridiculous part of the night though came on the ride home. Driving up the coast in the middle of the night on a windy road...yeah I saw my life flash before my eyes a couple times. I'm pretty sure the fastest I drove home was around 20 mph, it was a little ridiculous, there was so much fog on the road I could barely see in front of me. Luckily I had my mom and aunt as copilots for the drive but man it was still scary. After the drive from hell we eventually made it to our hotel in Monterey and were able to unwind and relax and sleeeeeeep.

Sunday: Woke up to more fog and slowly got on the move. Then my mom, aunt and I headed over to visit and aunt and uncle on their ranch and chat for a bit. Afterwards my mom drove the bare minimum speed limit (haha, you know you did mom) and we eventually hit the midway point where I took over driving duties and we made it back to town in two hours. Once we got back I spent the night hanging out with Matt, watching some TV and just relaxing, it was lovely.


And how was your weekend? Any death defying experiences to tell about, haha?




happy monday!

Answers from Matt. (Part I)

Happy Friday! Wahoo! Yippee! Hallelujiah! It's almost the weekend! I don't know why but these last two weeks have been so incredibly long and I'm so ready for a good and busy weekend, woo! Have anything amazing planned for such a fine weekend? I'll be heading up to Big Sur at the crack of dawn tomorrow and coming back Sunday, yeah talk about a quick trip, so expect an exhausted Katelin come Monday, haha.

Anyhoo on to answering some of those questions you all asked Matt yesterday. He seriously was amazed at how many questions you guys asked and since he is long winded like me he only answered five people's questions for now. He'll get to them all eventually but here goes round one of "Get to know Le Boy":

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Hello to all of Kate's readers. Thank you all for you interesting, entertaining, and intriguing questions. I promise i will answer all of them honestly and to the best of my ability. Just so i can keep track i'm gonna start at the top and work my way down from there. So, here we go!
(ed. note: I swear he doesn't talk that formally all the time, I think he was just nervous about stepping onto my blog, haha, oh I love him)

lspoon asked: My husband hates the fact that I'm obsessed with showtunes and more specifically, Wicked. Although (and he would be loathe to admit this) he does enjoy it when I belt out Defying Gravity every time it comes on the ipod. So my question for Matt is: what is your guilty pleasure showtune? :)

A: To tell you the truth, I grew up watching a lot of plays and musicals, and since I openly admit it I don't think it's really a guilty pleasure, but it's hard to say which one is my favorite. However, more recently I've seen the Producers, Wicked, and the Lion King. The Lion King, being my favorite cartoon movie when I was kid, I would have to say one of the songs from that is my favorite, probably Hakuna Matatatatatatatata, it's a great song, who are we kidding here, probably the greatest one around, ever. and if you think otherwise, I will punch you, right in the ovaries. ;)

dmb_libra asked:Why do guys like scratching their balls? is it more readjusting or just scratching?

A: Personally, it's just readjusting. However, I believe it's a case by case situation really. I mean there are guys out there that have been, ummmmm, a little more adventurous in their escapades with the ladies, so for them it might be a little more on the scratching side(eeeeeewwwwwwwww), but again for me, it's just readjusting for me.

Grits asked: What is Katelin's best quality, what do you love most about her?

A: WWEEEEEELLLLLLL, way to put me on the spot, she is literally sitting right next to me right now haha, how am i supposed to answer this without making her all mushy haha. We have a great connection together, we spend most of the time laughing together, granted most of that is because i'm tickling her, but still, we have a fantastic time together. But my favorite quality of Kate's, her ability to put up with me haha. I work hard most of the day and ya find time to cook dinner and scratch her back and all that. Which ya sounds fantastic,.but i do get grumpy, and i do get very tired, so i can be a bit of a grump, so her patience with me and her abitlity to laugh with me when i give her crap, pretty much all the time, ya i'd say that's what i love most about her. That and her boobs.

and What's you favorite drink?

A: Are we talking alcoholic or nonalcoholic here. I do love me some energy drinks. My newest favorite is the Sugar Free Rockstar. Since I hate coffee, it's a great pick me up in the moring, gets me going at work and all that. As for alcoholi drinks, i'm a huge fan of vodka tonic's, rum and coke's, and Clos du Vois Chardonnay wine. They're all great.

Shannon asked: Katelin loves blogging, What's you outlet?

A: I have multiple outlets. Cooking is one, working on cars another. Pretty much anything that keeps my mind busy. I love crosswords and sudoku, trivia games, and jigsaw puzzles. I have this game on my cell phone called Brain Exercise, I do it every day, it's a lot of fun for me because I like challenging my mind, and I love creating/fixing things, hence the cooking and the cars haha.

Daddy Dan asked: Is there any room on the DVR for your favorite shows? What is your favorite and least favorite of Katelin's must-see TV shows?

A: Hahahaha, ya there is just barely enough for me to fit my few and proud shows in. I'll go over an average week in DVR at our apartment. Monday Night: Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, The Hills, and Jon and Kate Plus 8. Tuesday: SVU, Greek, Fringe, Without a Trace. Wednesday: ANTM, Knight Rider, Criminal Minds, CSI:NY, and now Stylista. Thursday: CSI, Grey's Anatomy, and Eleventh Hour. Friday: Crusoe. Sunday: Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Brothers and Sisters. Out of those, mine for myself are Eleventh Hour, Knight Rider, Family Guy, and Crusoe. I don't mind most of her shows, but the couple that i really wish she didn't watch are The Hills, Greek, ANTM, Stylista, Grey's Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives. OUT OF THOSE HAHA I'd have to say The Hills and the model/style shows drop to the very bottom of my list. It just boggles my mind that people watch these shows, they are just plain terrible. That's my thoughts at least.

Apparently I'm fairly long winded so I'll come back on another day soon and get a couple more in. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Take care.

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Oh isn't he adorable? Haha. Gotta love the long windedness, yeah you can tell we talk a lot.


happy friday!

Ask le boy.

So when I tried writing this post last night I was having some serious issues....er more like a brain fart. Apparently I'm running low on the blog post ideas which is so weird because I always have something to say about anything. But alas, a couple glasses of wine later I could not put together a semi-decent blog post.

However, I did get the bright idea to open up the floor to my blog readers. But not to me, to Matt! Yes, yes one day I will have the "ask the blogger" anything and everything post when I absolutely have to, but in the meantime (and by pseudo inspiration of SO@24) how about you ask my most favorite boy aka the roomie aka le boy aka Matt, my boyfriend anything you may possibly want to know about him or me via him?

He said he's game for any questions so ask away and I'll post the answers soon after. I'm curious what you guys have up your sleeves? Woo.

happy thursday!

I saw it in that movie.

So it's no surprise that I love Hollywood and movies and all that jazz. Although I talk about all celebs and TV and music and craziness, by far my most favorite Hollywoodish thing is the movies. I love movies. I aspire to gain fame similar to Siskel and Ebert and one day attend the Academy Awards (with a seat right next to Keanu and Sandra). A girl can dream right?

Anyhoo, where am I going with all of this? Well I've realized over the past couple of days that I have learned so much from the movies. I kid you not. People, events, sports terms, medical mysteries, I've learned about a ton of them from the movies. What have I learned you ask? Well... let me share.

• The Flying V. I don't really watch hockey and can't really keep positions and moves down but I do know what the Flying V is and it's all thanks to the Mighty Ducks.
  
  
• William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pullitzer. Okay I don't really want to admit this, but I have to. I didn't know these guys were really people. I seriously thought it was just from Newsies, haha. Alas history class told me otherwise, but at least I'd heard of them right?
  
  
• Canopic jars. Anubis. The Book of the Dead. Oh yeah, I learned about it all from the Mummy. Now it may not all be accurate, but heck I'd never heard of canopic jars before and when I saw them at the King Tut exhibit I felt pretty smart since I knew what they were for, haha.
  
  
• Nikola Tesla. Again I don't know why I'm admitting this, but I had no idea who this guy was until I saw the Prestige and even then I didn't really know he was a real guy. What can I say? I don't know a lot about history. But alas, when his name did come up I already knew what it had to do with, that's a plus right?
  
  
• A metro station in LA. Yes I have lived within twenty minutes of Los Angeles my entire life, however I was unaware of a metro station of any sort in the downtown vicinity until Keanu chased after the Dennis Hopper in Speed. Good to know.
  
  
• Opes Dei. Did these people even exist before the DaVinci Code? I kid, I kid. But yeah I'd never heard of them and hope they're not nearly as creepy as they were in the movie/book.

Seee? Movies are so educational? Who'd a thought. And of course there is also the nice general every day knowledge that some movies protrude as well...such as:

• Don't ever get on a big boat that doesn't have enough life boats for everyone, thanks Titanic for that one.
  
  
• If your nanny has a British accent and could tackle you in two seconds, chances are it's your dad in drag...or just Robin Williams a la Mrs. Doubtfire.
  
  
• When a bad guy is chasing you, it's probably a good idea to not run upstairs as the opposite is demonstrated in almost every horror film.
  
  
• When in doubt during the big football game, the Annexation of Puerto Rico always wins, just ask the Little Giants, they made it look so simple.
  
  
• Chocolate solves everything, even during Lent. And it sounds even better when call it Chocolat.
  

And that's just a smidgen of the plethora of knowledge and fun facts that movies have to offer, haha. Anything you've learned from the movies lately???





happy wednesday!

Hollywood may have bad TV, but it's got cute bebes.

Hollywooooooooooood. Yeah I went there and said it like that. Just sing it and you'll love it. Anyhoo moving on we've got the bebes and the music and TV and WTFness, so let's go:

• Today's bebes are seriously some of the cutest in Hollywood (not to be outdone by my fave Violet, but pretty dang close). Little Olive Cohen is almost 1 and she is freaking adorable and Isla is one cute mom too, so precious:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And bebe numero dos comes from little Kingston the rockstar rockin his Halloween costume a bit early, but oh so adorable as a wee little skunk:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• In other adorable, precious and amazingly awesome news one of my most fave musicians, Craig David, has reemerged with a new song and apparently a Greatest Hits CD coming soon. Sadly it's all staying in the UK, but that doesn't mean I can't watch this new video over and over, enjoy:
  

• In other fantabulous video/music news, I can't stop listening to Brtiney's "Womanizer." It's so damn addicting I just can't stop. However, I must say that Joel McHale's version may be the best thing I've seen in a while and I lurve it. Check it out and prepare to laugh.
  
  
• Unrelated to music and bebes some celebs have really been rockin the best fashion lately and I just have to share. I sort of really love the dress Ann Hathaway wore to the premiere of Rachel Getting Married:
  
  
  
  
  
  I don't know if I could rock it, but man I would love to try.
  
  And another dress I'd love to rock is the gorgeous yellow number Thandie Newton wore to the same premiere, dashing:
  
  
  
  
  
  It's so simple, but I love it.
  

• And on to some horrendously awesome television recaps/revelations/thoughts/exclamations:
  The Hills. Seriously can I be friends with dbag Doug? He has his own jet. How is that not awesome? But I guess if I was friends with Doug I would have to hang out with Justin Bobby and I think he's the biggest of the dbags (with the exception of Spencer). And Stephanie's new guy, Cameron? Where the crap did they find this loser? I mean really where do they find all of these ridiculous guys. Gah I can't even type any more about this show, it drives me nuts!
  
  How I Met Your Mother. Let's just say, I did not see that coming. What an episode, both funny and sad and funny but more like wow. What is going to happen!?!?
  
  Desperate Housewives. Susan and Mike's son MJ is freaking adorable, seriously what a cute kid. And Edie's husband needs to stop being so creepy, it's just eerie. And ummm yeah that's all I got for now.
  
  
• And lastly, today's WTF news come from a horse named Cholla. If that name alone doesn't sell you I don't know what else will. Oh well besides the fact that this horse paints and its artwork will be going on display. Seriously what will we be seeing next? Heidi trying to have a singing career? A monkey win an Oscar? Who knows.
  

And that my friends is the happenings of Hollywood. Woot woot.



happy tuesday!