Bye Bye Wii...

My friend James bought a Wii a month or so ago. He didn't have a TV at the time, so it got to live at my house. See the fun we've been having:


James bought a TV last weekend. He took the Wii away.

My fun naked-ferret-dancing-naked-picture-taking-webcam neighbor also moved away last weekend.

Too much sadness. Too much.


Bye bye Wii. Bye bye Melanie. You know what they say, out with the old, in with the new. Hopefully the new is just as fun.

I'll let the video speak for itself...

This is a Big One Guys...

The new Harry Potter came out last night. Yes I was here to buy it at midnight. After the show (Unaware, Donny's Skybox 9pm, Fridays) Tahnee, James and I went to buy the book. We all pre-ordered it at the same store. So sweet you guys.


Sherman came along for moral support.

Yea Happy....

So the week I was supposed to start temping my parents came in town. I also got hired to work a day at the casting office.

The second week I was supposed to start temping I landed a gig from my day working at the casting office. I impressed some people with my ability to read aloud (who knew that was such a skill) and was hired to read an off-screen voice for a series of commercials shooting this week. This means by the end of tomorrow and I will have spent 5 days in Oak Park being a "crew member." It's been awhile since I've been one of those. I love it. I wish you could do both acting and "Crewing" (my made up word) but that's not an option in this world.

I have also taken the Green Line. Who does that?

Fun facts for the week:

- I like sitting in the front of the train because it has the best view of downtown AND is like riding the Runaway Mine Train at Six Flags Over Texas.

- I left for the shoot Monday and my parents left later that day. I came home to discover they had washed my towels, Swiffered my floor, bought me new detergent, a microwave (I've been without since I moved here) left me a bar of dark chocolate (my favorite) and $40. I like them. I think I'll keep them around.

Good Days...

I have had some really good days and some positive things happen in the past couple of weeks. To make things even more great and wonderful, my mom and dad are visiting for the next few days. I like them. They like me. It's cute.

One good thing that happened is that I finally got to hang out with my old friend Tim. We went to high school together and did improv together back in Texas, but since we've moved here really haven't seen each other in awhile. Ten months to be exact. Look at Tim and his iPhone:

Tim and I vowed not to wait ten months before we hung out again. I then stole is book on Coldfusion to ensure this would happen.

Also, Monday was first official Funday (or Nerdnight if your name is Kate). We played board games. Mainly Catch Phrase. Two notes on Catch Phrase:

- Iraqi Spider Hole is actually a phrase in the game.
- This game is WAY more fun in the dark.

It was also Sherman's birthday. My friend Katy and I surprised him with cake. We couldn't find candles so we substituted toothpicks. Crafty, I know.






















Fun Fact: Meeting people at the airport is one of my favorite things to do. It makes me happy.

The end of an era...

This is the last morning I will wake up 4:3o and walk through drug deals and tranny hookers to serve coffee to grouchy businessmen and waspy mothers. My smile is way to big right now. :)

Something even better then the Twilight Zone...

I got Police Tickets. Yep.

It all started around 7am when a regular at my coffee shop said his friend had some to sell. I got the cash from a handy dandy little ATM next door and when I returned the friend had sold them.

A few hours later I arrived home and proceeded to sit down, relax and cry for awhile. I got a call from work that another regular had some tickets for sale. This one worked out folks and for HALF of what I was going to have to pay the other guy. Seriously, I got a good deal from a very nice man and his very nice wife.

So I got to see my favorite band ever play Wrigley Field and it was amazing. Did I mention amazing? Because it was amazing.


That's me being happy. This was one of my favorite things since I've moved here. The Police! At Wrigley Field! Oy.

Happy 4th!

What better way to celebrate a holiday then with a Twilight Zone marathon? I live for days like this. :)



This show is one of my favorite things.

So Happy...

I have today off. Can I tell you how amazing I feel? I just had two giant bowls of chocolate Lucky Charms and am happily trudging through my DVR. I am three weeks behind on most of my shows. In fact, I just got around to watching the Lost season finale last Saturday night.

I also finally loaded all the pictures I've taken in the last few weeks onto my computer. I want to share this one:

Unnamed coffee shop had us doing some mandatory volunteer work a few weeks ago. It was fun. We participated in the Chicago Cares volunteer day and painted a school on the south side. This was the bulletin board in our room. I know the teacher used "da" instead of "the" on purpose...but it still...it still...just gets me.