i'm a fairty in love.

my korean sister missionary, jelly (s3), sent the greatest card today.

she knows i'm ape for konglish.

(outside of card)
Happy Bubble

just having you close fills me with love and dream.
nothing is impossible with you by my side.

(inside)

Happy Bubble
you are my sweet song and you are a honey melody.
i have dreams and hopes.
i feel happiness.
i'm a fairty in love.
for the song to my heart.
make someone happy.
make just one someone happy.
and you will be happy too.
expecting tomorrow to be different from today.

i {heart} korea

bachelor breakdown 2

ooh friends, i'm thrilled that so many of you are as frivilous as i!
this weeks bach gave me epic hotmessiness by the gals getting ousted as well as the sobbers who were asked to stay.

first of all, it was so fun to see my friend, bradford, doing that ridiculous
GENERAL HOSPITAL activity.
but the wrap party?!

get it together, ladies!!
and jason!
why would you reward that ninny behaviour by eva mendez with a rose?!

ok, for the record... i don't think jason and mommy are MFEO, but i DO think she's so sweet (and ridiculous.... how awesome was her outfit during the singing challenge).

now on to the train wrecks (way to go jason for getting rid of all 3!!):

dear stalker,
let me get this straight...
you think it's acceptable to go in slobbery tongue first for a smooch when you've not only gleeked all over yourself, but have snot/napkin mixture on your face/in your mouth?
why is that ok?
and now that you're shipping home (with that horrible prom hair),
you finally stop blubbering ?
and why do you need to use your electric toothbrush before you tongue kiss your dog?
do you think your dog requires better hygeine than jase??

sideburn sandy bullock
(previously referred to as anne hathaway)

bhh.
really, bhh.
if kelly kapowski
can't bring back the girl-burns, i'm pretty sure YOU are not the gal to do it.
and why so many strange "talking to myself" confessions of neuroticism?
(note to self: NEVER stream-of-thought your feelings on national television)

and PLEASE, give yourself a break!
you're a pretty girl who seems borderline intelligent!
do some yoga... or medicate... just take care of it!

WASP

first of all, sweet cheeks, you need to get a grip on reality (or reality tv).... you re on the bachelor-not american idol....
and let me tell you, those gals were much gentler than simon would ever be.

worthie,
didn't wasp remind you of all of those horribly obnoxious entitled gals
at bloomies who are just hideous to everybody? ughh.

needless to say,
i'm glad these gals got the boot, but now who will rein supreme in the "biggest disasters" category??

thoughts?

mabel,

the mac

is in the computer hospital.

hope she gets well soon!!!!


--and hopefully, by then, i'll be off the serious painkillers and back to lucid posting
(wait.. have i ever been lucid?)



oooh .... you KNOW i have so much to say about the bachelor last night!!

two words: sideburns sandy bullock (uh.. that's 3. see? percadone)

donations

in lieu of flowers
to help off-set our sweet matt's medical bills
can be made
by visiting

www.teambigredcat.com

funeral information can also be found on that site.

thanks, erika !

driving a jazzy around costco

is awesome.
and terrifying.
how do old people maneuver these things?!
i almost mowed over a few small children!!!

jazzys are TRICKY!

good thing i scooted around in it!
ran into dr k... who TOTALLY bummed me out.

turns out, i'll be on crutches MUCH longer than i had anticipated.

boo.

turns out,

i had a team of friends who worked on my surgery!
2 parents of high school fb's.
and

miss gloria ashleigh
childhood bff who worked with the wonderful dr kimball
on my surgery.
it was so awesome to catch up---but wish it had been over lunch, not surgery!

when i woke up, i coudn't tell if i was in fb hell or heaven.

my foot... was in hell.. that is certain.

are you going to san francisco?

sussy, mim, bil, and molly schlepped the goods to san francisco.
during our exodus, we stopped in the most lavish of locales.

wt love in wendover

only thing worse than being single....
being single in wendover.

pit stops in :
winnemucca
elko

and a sleepover in:

mom's home town!
home of the wooster colts!!

by happenstance, we stayed at the former MGM grand....
where, coincidentally, mom and dad spent a small part of their honeymoon (gross)
and another famous smith/gale family story was born (more on that later).

a luxurious brunch @ the atlantis

where we had fried cuisine from around the world.
my fortune:

you will soon be singled out for a promotion. congrats!

(yeah! right!! a promotion to being crippled!!)

nicole's creepy fortune:

soon, a visitor shall delight you.

eesh.

we were most thrilled by the soft serve ice cream.

you know you're a fat american when you leave dents in the buffet seat upon exiting.

when in rome.....

pay the penny slots (i won a whopping $3.10!!) on the breezeway out of town.

i'm a classy classy lady.

i left my heart in san francisco

pretending i'm danny tanner from full house.
we also saw the painted ladies houses and frolicked where the tanner kids played

first stop: in n out burger

clang clang clang went the trolly!

mom had to climb the trees in washington square park

brunch at boulette's larder, treats at miette and recchuiti confections
love the ferry building!

brunch @ mama's.
soooo worth the wait.

boulevard restaurant
was delish.

insisted upon being in every picture.

so did sussy.
yumm....chocolate

my favorite features from nic's new pad:
the random corsage pinned in the middle of a random wall....
and the bathroom door graffiti-ed, "banjo para mujeres y hombres"

on the water, with molly, the portugese water dog
(please, obama!!! don't get one! they'll get too popular and they won't be cool anymore!!!)

bil

lombard street

if it looks like all we did was eat... you'd be right.

our dear matt

passed away today.
he was one of the only 3 hill cousins near my age and i so love him.
we loved to talk theatre,
movies, and other silly things. .. he does, after all, know everything.

he sang a mean "benjamin calypso" and kept his humor thru his brief struggle with testicular cancer (his blog was brilliantly named,
"matt's spectacular testacular cancer blog").

he is an inspiration.
he is missed.

matt and his beautiful wife, liz on her baptism day.

i love you, matt.
i love you, liz.
i love you, hill cousins.

so grateful for what we know.
we will see you soon, hombre.

i {heart} the bachelor

mommy

dear me!!
i'm finally catching up on my vital tv homework now that i'm "laid up."
not sure i can express in words how much i'm OBSESSED with this season of "the bachelor."...
also can't express how sick i am that i didn't apply for this season so daddy and i could live happily ever after in seattle.
jase, you really scored points by ousting that hot mess, natalie
(ugh. i can't believe we share the same name!).
but smooching EVERYONE @ the rose ceremony? really?

but let's talk about the ladies.....

mommy (pictured above)
ok. so she's clearly been to the paula abdul school of over-accessorizing, but i can't hold that against her.
i love love love her.
she truly seems like the first truly honest, kind, and mature woman in bach history.
how refreshing.
and to see her with sofia?!
she's so dear.

miss canada
this gal "gets" the game.
she's the only one who creates fun experiences and doesn't make him DTR 24/7.
plus, she's incredibly talented.
me likey.

and now,
my favorite of all of the train wrecks......

potty mouth "role model"
seriously? role model for who??
sister, just keep your trap shut.

stalker

creepytown.
i LOVE her.
seems emotionally unstable to a spectacular degree....
did anybody notice that she's pretty much spot on "lenora" from CRY BABY?
(if you don't know who that is, check out my friend alli as "lenora." comic genius)

oooh also hot mess anne hatheway. she's GREAT.
(too loritab-ed to find the pic... but you know who i mean, right?)

thoughts?

lesson learned: never fight with a glass shower door.

the crime scene

just my luck....

getting out of the shower, the glass door shattered all over my body.
the biggest casualty was my right big toe.

turns out, the glass severed my tendon so i'm having
emergency surgery today. (thanks dr kimball!)

borderline devastated: no skiing (this season). no dancing (for 3 months).
no louboutins (for a while).

.poor me.

YES, michelle!

yes , YOU can.

love the dresses.

love the obamas.
love the change.

i pretty much sobbed my way thru the inauguration...even the funny bits.
did you love the dresses?

planes, moving vans, and cable cars

blends!

i've just returned from san francisco!

sussy, bil, molly, and their treasures made it safely
but my stomach was stretched to unsafe limits.

an epic post is forthcoming..... but until then,
enjoy the pretty pretty treats from miette.

we did.

finally.

a workout sport top that hides a muffin top.

genius.

i want one.
thanks, champion!

sussy, bil, and mim take a road trip.

we're off to move the newlyweds into their san francisco love nest.

i'm hoping a strong adventure in reno is in our future--
and that we don't eat each other in the donner pass.

have a sweet weekend!

photo by suss

where eagles fly!!

so one of my favorite people in the world, happens to be my cross-the-hall neighbor, evan.
turns out, he owns shorty's (9th ave btwn 41-41nd)
which is the most amazing (and authentic) philly cheesesteak bar and grill.
(true confession: i eat there 3+ times/week)

watch evan's incredibly charming fox interview.

pic of the ridiculous cheesesteak and fries and a sweet review by nycfoodguy

head to shorty's this weekend
to watch the eagles soar to the superbowl and get your cheesesteak on!

graduation party

found via marta

by far, the most heartbreaking part of graduating from Rydell is
missing my fellow classmates.

i am blessed to know them and hope our friendships last longer
than our 18 month show.

... and hopefully,
we'll all look a little more rested than we do in these pictures :)

pretty friends

my main man at the brooks, tommy

his main squeeze and my good friend, janice

my twin puerto rican brother, xavier

party girls

please look at susan's face over my shoulder

dan dan double fisting

yum. a saldi-squeeze.

glo-worm is a very busy busy man.

party boys

quite possibly the tamest a/chris pic i've ever seen at a party

my pretty leading ladies with the puerto rican.