That is all I can say about ANTM tonight, Hooray! Bianca is FINALLY gone! She should have gone home 3 or 4 weeks ago! The only reason Tyra finally smartened up is because there is a new drama in the house and Bianca wasn't stepping up her drama game. Erin is now the new drama... she was being a real bitch tonight, pushing and shoving girls all around in the challenge. She REALLY wants to win and doesn't care who she throws under the bus to get there.... and that is good TV... Bye Bye Bianca. :)
I really liked tonight's episode, it was classic ANTM, as Tyra was the photographer. I was not a fan of the challenge they had... it was stupid. Who could run fast enough and push other girls to be the top 3 to make it to the end... stupid. They have done this in the past, but I think in the previous years it was done better. It just seemed kind of trashy, girls running through walmart pushing and shoving each other. lol.
Like I mentioned Tyra was the photog tonight. I kind of like it when she is the photographer because she gets to REALLY see how the girls are on set and how they are to work with. I am thinking the top 5 or 6 girls she called tonight will be THE top 5 or 6. I HOPE that dancer Ashley will step up her game... but I am thinking she just doesn't know how to model. She MAY be going home next or Kara with the man face.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Cute Picture
Monday was the BLM's annual employee appreciation picnic. I was excited to go and hang out with all of my BLM buddies from all the other offices that I've worked in. I got to see my friend Dawn and her new baby, Niko. I hadn't seen him in at least a month and he is just the cutest thing ever! Today Dawn sent a picture that they had taken of us from the picnic and it is just too cute not to share. :) I NEVER take pictures with my glasses on either... but this one isn't bad. lol
Friday, September 25, 2009
X
Richard X Garcia passed away last night after a very brief battle with cancer. He was a great man and a fabulous coworker. We were all lucky to have known him and are better people because of him. We will all strive to live our lives as happy and exuberantly as he did.
Today we got together for an impromptu memorial with all three of the federal agencies here. We all knew Richard, but we didn't all know each other. It was a nice gathering because Richard brought us all together and we all shared stories with each other of our favorite memories or moments with X. It was funny because a lot of the memories were very similar, with Richard walking into a room yelling either some one's name (Its' JACK-IE WAGG-O-NER!!)or yelling about it being another day in paradise.
I would like to share some of my favorite X moments with you guys:
We have a fabulous visitor's center (multi agency center). Everyone ALWAYS asks us how long the building has been there and when we say 10 years they freak out because it looks brand new. One of Richard's responses went like this: Well, things in the Southwest age a lot slower than the rest of the country. (The gullible people would usually respond, Oh really?) And then he would say, Yeah I am actually 120 years old! :) The first time he said that I about died laughing.
A couple weeks ago they were having a manager's meeting at the visitors center. He rushed out and got a bunch of forest service water bottles and propaganda to hand out to all the managers. Afterwards I told him he had something brown on his nose. Well, he didn't get it at first and was rubbing his nose like crazy trying to get the brown stuff off... Lol. Then he finally realized that I was just giving him hell for being a brown noser. But don't worry he got me back good, later that day he sent me into a room where a heated conversation was going on. I got trapped inside and couldn't escape and he was looking in the doorway cracking up laughin.... Karma.
Everyone will definitely miss his rambunctious attitude, his spunk and the light heartedness that he brought into any room. We know his spirit will still be in our building and the good times he gave us will help lift our moods.
RIP Richard, our office will never be the same without you.
Today we got together for an impromptu memorial with all three of the federal agencies here. We all knew Richard, but we didn't all know each other. It was a nice gathering because Richard brought us all together and we all shared stories with each other of our favorite memories or moments with X. It was funny because a lot of the memories were very similar, with Richard walking into a room yelling either some one's name (Its' JACK-IE WAGG-O-NER!!)or yelling about it being another day in paradise.
I would like to share some of my favorite X moments with you guys:
We have a fabulous visitor's center (multi agency center). Everyone ALWAYS asks us how long the building has been there and when we say 10 years they freak out because it looks brand new. One of Richard's responses went like this: Well, things in the Southwest age a lot slower than the rest of the country. (The gullible people would usually respond, Oh really?) And then he would say, Yeah I am actually 120 years old! :) The first time he said that I about died laughing.
A couple weeks ago they were having a manager's meeting at the visitors center. He rushed out and got a bunch of forest service water bottles and propaganda to hand out to all the managers. Afterwards I told him he had something brown on his nose. Well, he didn't get it at first and was rubbing his nose like crazy trying to get the brown stuff off... Lol. Then he finally realized that I was just giving him hell for being a brown noser. But don't worry he got me back good, later that day he sent me into a room where a heated conversation was going on. I got trapped inside and couldn't escape and he was looking in the doorway cracking up laughin.... Karma.
Everyone will definitely miss his rambunctious attitude, his spunk and the light heartedness that he brought into any room. We know his spirit will still be in our building and the good times he gave us will help lift our moods.
RIP Richard, our office will never be the same without you.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
ANTM
I wasn't really into ANTM this week. I don't know what it was... maybe I just had a lot of things on my mind. Anyway I thought the show was just kind of boring. I was, however, pretty happy that Lulu went home. She was very annoying and thought way to highly of herself. Her walk sucked, her face sucked, her attitude sucked and so did her pictures! lol.... Good ridden.
I really like the dancer girl (Ashley I think, but I'm too lazy to look it up). I think she just has a ton of potential, especially with her dancing background. I just hope she steps it up. This past episode it looked like she had a really good photo shoot, but the picture that they picked didn't really portray that.
Like I expected stupid Bianca did a tad better and they are praising her right and left. So she will stay for another couple of weeks for the drama and she will get the boot.
I really hope Rae steps up her game next week, because I think she COULD make it really far if she steps up.
I still am really bugged about the girls all wearing flats at elimination. I think that is soo stupid. grrr.... We know they are short, Tyra tells us every second. Let them be normal and wear heels like every other model!
The end... :)
I really like the dancer girl (Ashley I think, but I'm too lazy to look it up). I think she just has a ton of potential, especially with her dancing background. I just hope she steps it up. This past episode it looked like she had a really good photo shoot, but the picture that they picked didn't really portray that.
Like I expected stupid Bianca did a tad better and they are praising her right and left. So she will stay for another couple of weeks for the drama and she will get the boot.
I really hope Rae steps up her game next week, because I think she COULD make it really far if she steps up.
I still am really bugged about the girls all wearing flats at elimination. I think that is soo stupid. grrr.... We know they are short, Tyra tells us every second. Let them be normal and wear heels like every other model!
The end... :)
Monday, September 21, 2009
RIP Guiding Light
I always thought soap operas were the stupidest things... but then I realized, I was addicted. I was ONLY addicted to one soap opera, Guiding Light.
Guiding Light was the longest running soap opera. My great grandmother used to listen to it on the radio, my grandmother watched it in black and white, my mom watched it in color and I watched it on my 48 inch HD flat screen. Ha!
Because everyone from my great grandma watched this show, I knew EVERYTHING about each character on the show. All the knowledge was passed down. They were like our second family. During the school year when my mom and I wouldn't be able to watch the show (before DVR), we would call my grandma up and ask her what was happening to our favorite characters. It was amazing how fast you could catch up, after missing 6 months, just by knowing all the characters and piecing everything together.
Over the past year, I started recording each episode on my DVR. When I heard they were cancelling it... I was devastated. (I've saved the last 10 episodes for my mom to watch, when she comes and visits next) I know, it sounds soo silly. But to me it was like an end of an era. It was something that all the women in my family had in common and now that stops with me.
RIP Guiding Light. Your stupid stories and great characters will live with my family forever.
Guiding Light was the longest running soap opera. My great grandmother used to listen to it on the radio, my grandmother watched it in black and white, my mom watched it in color and I watched it on my 48 inch HD flat screen. Ha!
Because everyone from my great grandma watched this show, I knew EVERYTHING about each character on the show. All the knowledge was passed down. They were like our second family. During the school year when my mom and I wouldn't be able to watch the show (before DVR), we would call my grandma up and ask her what was happening to our favorite characters. It was amazing how fast you could catch up, after missing 6 months, just by knowing all the characters and piecing everything together.
Over the past year, I started recording each episode on my DVR. When I heard they were cancelling it... I was devastated. (I've saved the last 10 episodes for my mom to watch, when she comes and visits next) I know, it sounds soo silly. But to me it was like an end of an era. It was something that all the women in my family had in common and now that stops with me.
RIP Guiding Light. Your stupid stories and great characters will live with my family forever.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tough Day
Wow, today was a sucky day. I found out some horrible news about one of my coworkers... he is dying of cancer.
A couple weeks ago, Richard X (The X-man) Garcia felt under the weather. He went to the Dr. and they told him he had a kidney infection. He came to work anyway and I was working. I freaked out because I've had a kidney infection before (they stink) so I told him to get some cranberry juice and I nagged him all day to drink it. The next day he felt better.
Later that next week he felt worse. He goes back to the Dr. and they told him it wasn't a kidney infection, but a stomach infection. This nasty stomach infection that they told him he could have prevented if he ate more broccoli. We all freaked out and bought broccoli on our next trip to the grocery store... but Richard never got or looked any better. Last Wednesday he came in and he looked horrid. He was a gray color and his eyes were yellow. He was only at work for about an hour when his sisters came in and asked if they could take him back to the Dr. The next day he called and said he would be out for awhile because the medicine they gave him was kicking his butt. They wanted him to go to a specialist in ABQ and he had an appointment for Tuesday. They were going to take tissue samples... and everyone knew that was bad. For some reason, I was just in denial. How bad could it be... I remember thinking. He will be back to work before we know it.
Today, right as we were opening up the visitor's center, one of the X-man's sisters called. She asked to talk to my colleague and I knew right away that something was wrong. Richard was in the hospital in ABQ. He has cancer. It started off in his Colon and has already spread to his liver and other parts of his body. There is nothing the doctors can do, please let his bosses know, he will not be coming back to work. My colleague, a clan brother to Richard, the X-man, broke down in tears.
He immediately hung up and called Lovelace hospital where he heard Richard was. He talked to Richard, until he broke down and then he handed me the phone.
He started off strong, "Richard" I said with an uplifting voice. "JA QUE!" He said with his normal enthusiastic way. But after a couple of short answers I could tell he was fading. I told him to go rest and that we all loved him and he said thank you and we hung up.
I am soo sad. How can someone be ok, lively and happy one day and then a week or two later, be on his death bed with cancer.
Our Visitor's Center has 5 staff members and we actually all get along really well and are all pretty close. Richard was the rambunctious one, the one who yelled your name when you walked into work in the morning and would always be the life of the party... or office. There was never a dull moment with Richard and I just Loved working with him. Oh and in case you were wondering where the X or X-man came from... he didn't have a middle name and there were already too many Richard Garcia's in the Government's email system. So they gave him a middle initial, an X. He has gone by X or the X-man ever since.
If you get a minute say a littler prayer or keep him in your thoughts. :(
A couple weeks ago, Richard X (The X-man) Garcia felt under the weather. He went to the Dr. and they told him he had a kidney infection. He came to work anyway and I was working. I freaked out because I've had a kidney infection before (they stink) so I told him to get some cranberry juice and I nagged him all day to drink it. The next day he felt better.
Later that next week he felt worse. He goes back to the Dr. and they told him it wasn't a kidney infection, but a stomach infection. This nasty stomach infection that they told him he could have prevented if he ate more broccoli. We all freaked out and bought broccoli on our next trip to the grocery store... but Richard never got or looked any better. Last Wednesday he came in and he looked horrid. He was a gray color and his eyes were yellow. He was only at work for about an hour when his sisters came in and asked if they could take him back to the Dr. The next day he called and said he would be out for awhile because the medicine they gave him was kicking his butt. They wanted him to go to a specialist in ABQ and he had an appointment for Tuesday. They were going to take tissue samples... and everyone knew that was bad. For some reason, I was just in denial. How bad could it be... I remember thinking. He will be back to work before we know it.
Today, right as we were opening up the visitor's center, one of the X-man's sisters called. She asked to talk to my colleague and I knew right away that something was wrong. Richard was in the hospital in ABQ. He has cancer. It started off in his Colon and has already spread to his liver and other parts of his body. There is nothing the doctors can do, please let his bosses know, he will not be coming back to work. My colleague, a clan brother to Richard, the X-man, broke down in tears.
He immediately hung up and called Lovelace hospital where he heard Richard was. He talked to Richard, until he broke down and then he handed me the phone.
He started off strong, "Richard" I said with an uplifting voice. "JA QUE!" He said with his normal enthusiastic way. But after a couple of short answers I could tell he was fading. I told him to go rest and that we all loved him and he said thank you and we hung up.
I am soo sad. How can someone be ok, lively and happy one day and then a week or two later, be on his death bed with cancer.
Our Visitor's Center has 5 staff members and we actually all get along really well and are all pretty close. Richard was the rambunctious one, the one who yelled your name when you walked into work in the morning and would always be the life of the party... or office. There was never a dull moment with Richard and I just Loved working with him. Oh and in case you were wondering where the X or X-man came from... he didn't have a middle name and there were already too many Richard Garcia's in the Government's email system. So they gave him a middle initial, an X. He has gone by X or the X-man ever since.
If you get a minute say a littler prayer or keep him in your thoughts. :(
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
ANTM
Man.... I JUST finished watching ANTM and I am COMPLETELY disappointed! Usually Tyra and I are on the same page with who should go home... but NOT tonight.
Last week mean, nasty Bianca was in the bottom two because she has a bad attitude... she didn't like her makeover and she was unhappy with how they did her makeup for her photo shoot. They told her that she better be happy next time because she is a model and needs to learn how to deal with what she is given.
Fast forward to this week, Bianca is in the bottom two again for what you ask?? For giving attitude and not liking her hair and makeup in her photo shoot. AND TYRA KEEPS HER! UGH.... To top it off, one of my FAVORITES, Courney was also in the bottom two and she went home. I think Bianca's pictures looked like a hot tranny mess compared to Courtney's. Boo... :(
I think Tyra just wanted to keep Bianca around for her drama. All the girls hate her and you KNOW there will be a ton of drama. Also, I don't know if anyone caught this, but for the preview for next week, they are walking in a fashion show.. and it looked like a lot of walking. That could be another reason why they sent Courtney packing, since she has a broken foot. You know that Bianca will probably prove herself and take a good picture next week and will probably stick around for another couple weeks. But she will not be in the top 3 because she looks like a man. :)
Anyway... this isn't really a good review because I wrote it mad! lol
On a side note from my rant... does anyone else notice that the girls are always wearing flats! I don't think they would ALL choose to wear flats, I think Tyra makes them so they look shorter.
Last week mean, nasty Bianca was in the bottom two because she has a bad attitude... she didn't like her makeover and she was unhappy with how they did her makeup for her photo shoot. They told her that she better be happy next time because she is a model and needs to learn how to deal with what she is given.
Fast forward to this week, Bianca is in the bottom two again for what you ask?? For giving attitude and not liking her hair and makeup in her photo shoot. AND TYRA KEEPS HER! UGH.... To top it off, one of my FAVORITES, Courney was also in the bottom two and she went home. I think Bianca's pictures looked like a hot tranny mess compared to Courtney's. Boo... :(
I think Tyra just wanted to keep Bianca around for her drama. All the girls hate her and you KNOW there will be a ton of drama. Also, I don't know if anyone caught this, but for the preview for next week, they are walking in a fashion show.. and it looked like a lot of walking. That could be another reason why they sent Courtney packing, since she has a broken foot. You know that Bianca will probably prove herself and take a good picture next week and will probably stick around for another couple weeks. But she will not be in the top 3 because she looks like a man. :)
Anyway... this isn't really a good review because I wrote it mad! lol
On a side note from my rant... does anyone else notice that the girls are always wearing flats! I don't think they would ALL choose to wear flats, I think Tyra makes them so they look shorter.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Speaking of ANTM
If my predictions are correct, here is America's Next Top Model!!
Isabella Grace Conticelli! lol
PS. She must be related to me, she is already accessorizing! ;)
Isabella Grace Conticelli! lol
PS. She must be related to me, she is already accessorizing! ;)
ANTM Is BACK!!!
Well, it is that time of year again... America's Next Top Model!!!! :) (please keep the groans to a minimum. lol)
Tonight was the season premiere of Cycle 13 of America's Next Top Model! Whooo Hoo! As usual Tyra was kind of a nut job, but she did tone it down a little compared to last year's premiere, but as usual she brought along a couple coo coos with her! My absolute favorite was Amber the crazy girl turned Jesus freak, she was absolutely hilarious... unfortunately she left. I was still kind of in shock, she was selected as one of the top girls, but didn't show up the next day. What the heck! She would have been SOO entertaining to watch... oh well. The other Crazy one is Nicole, she is a crazy red head and is just plain weird. She takes a good picture, so I am betting she will be here for awhile, but man she is definitely different.
And as Ryan, my other critic says, Bianca is a Bitch and he is totally right.
So who are my favorites? Well, I absolutely love Rae. She is a beautiful, strong woman and a mother, hands down my favorite of the season. Next comes Laura and Courtney... they both have a long road ahead of them when it comes to modelling, but I like their personalities and I think they have a ton of potential. Laura is a country gal who lives on a farm. She is hilarious and takes a really good picture. Courtney has a freaking broken foot! She even put on high heels and limped with crutches to practice her runway... totally crazy. But she is a very cute girl and hopefully she will get her cast off soon. I also like Ashley, I liked her makeover and she took a really good picture, she is definitely going to be around awhile.
So who is going home next? I think... Kara, Brittany or Sundai
Something different that Tyra did this time around was, she did the girls makeovers during this premiere. One disappointment... she didn't chop any one's hair off. She usually chops at least one girl's hair off and it is fairly entertaining because the girl cries her head off, but not this season. Nobody really got anything too drastic, except for some different colors and some longer locks.
So that is it... The madness is BACK! And I am VERY excited for it!
Tonight was the season premiere of Cycle 13 of America's Next Top Model! Whooo Hoo! As usual Tyra was kind of a nut job, but she did tone it down a little compared to last year's premiere, but as usual she brought along a couple coo coos with her! My absolute favorite was Amber the crazy girl turned Jesus freak, she was absolutely hilarious... unfortunately she left. I was still kind of in shock, she was selected as one of the top girls, but didn't show up the next day. What the heck! She would have been SOO entertaining to watch... oh well. The other Crazy one is Nicole, she is a crazy red head and is just plain weird. She takes a good picture, so I am betting she will be here for awhile, but man she is definitely different.
And as Ryan, my other critic says, Bianca is a Bitch and he is totally right.
So who are my favorites? Well, I absolutely love Rae. She is a beautiful, strong woman and a mother, hands down my favorite of the season. Next comes Laura and Courtney... they both have a long road ahead of them when it comes to modelling, but I like their personalities and I think they have a ton of potential. Laura is a country gal who lives on a farm. She is hilarious and takes a really good picture. Courtney has a freaking broken foot! She even put on high heels and limped with crutches to practice her runway... totally crazy. But she is a very cute girl and hopefully she will get her cast off soon. I also like Ashley, I liked her makeover and she took a really good picture, she is definitely going to be around awhile.
So who is going home next? I think... Kara, Brittany or Sundai
Something different that Tyra did this time around was, she did the girls makeovers during this premiere. One disappointment... she didn't chop any one's hair off. She usually chops at least one girl's hair off and it is fairly entertaining because the girl cries her head off, but not this season. Nobody really got anything too drastic, except for some different colors and some longer locks.
So that is it... The madness is BACK! And I am VERY excited for it!
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