Its Freezing Balls....

So i have been really slow with the blogs lately because I have been absolutely positively sick and miserable... But even in my sickly state I still went out to support my roommate in the blistering cold for his intramural tennis match. Well I must say it was a very boring match... So boring that i cracked out my calculus book and started studying. The only interesting part was the fact that my roomates opponent was being picked on by hecklers... Well anyways Mario got knocked out in the first round with a 9-7 lost, Oh well better luck next semester.. Anywho here are the pictures from last night...

Can you tell which picture was the one after and before the lost???? But anyways the last two pictures were just ones i snapped to keep myself from falling asleep in the middle of the court!

Synopsis and Flamingos...

Well Well Well... I had to take a brief leave of absence.... I had a lot going on academically and honesty blogging was the lassssstttt thing in my mind... Well in the last 11 days a few things have happen such as My Favorite Little Cousin has turned 9, I finally got my HP back from best buy, My good swetter than sweet friend Karen passed away last night, and I got a 85 on my math test. So the past week and a half has been up and down but none the less i made it through with a smile on my face. Well since we are done with the summary of my last week or so on to the Flamingo Dinner i attended. The flamingo dinner was hosted and aspired by my friend Victoria who is obsessed with flamingos. So when it came to throwing a flamingo themed soiree she went all out but anyways i will let you see it for yourself...

The food was good but the flamingo cake was awesome... To eat Victoria had steamed brocoli, a flamingo fruit tray, Chicken Pasta (Which is pictured above and tasted way better than it looked) and a assortment of drinks which i chose the tropical pink lemonade.

Her decor was so cute... she had flamingo everything... Flamingo napkin holders, flamingo toothpicks, flamingo straws, flamingo pictures, flamingo beads and pink flamingo inspired flowers. Needless to say there was plenty flamingos to go around.

In order for me to get in the flamingo swing of things I went for the bohemian flamingo look with pink eyeshadow and a diamond incrusted flamingo pin (Okay so it was faux diamonds). All in all I cant wait until our 2nd annual Flamingo Dinner hopefully coming soon :)

Blogging With The Stars

Well I love Dancing With the Stars, and tonight was there all night name drop of whos is going to be Dancing With The Stars Season 9 Contestants. Well i had to fast forward past that crappy show brothers and sister to get the names there i a few im excited about and a few im not and here they are as follows:

• Lawrence “LT” Taylor (NFL Great)
  
• Shawn Johnson (2008 Olympic Gymnast)
  
• Belinda Carlisle (Go-Go)
  
• Lil’ Kim (Rapper)
  
• Steve-O (Reality Bad Boy)
  
• Denise Richards (Actress)
  
• Gilles Marini (Sex and the City)
  
• David Alan Grier
  
• Nancy O’Dell (Anchor)
  
• Chuck Wicks (Country Musician)
  
• Steve Wozniak (Apple Genius)
  
• Ty Murray (Rodeo - Married to Jewel)
  
• Jewel (Musician - Married to Ty)

Well there you have it.... the list of DWTS 9 Dancers.... Im so excited it starts March 9th! I just wanna say im looking forward to Lil Kim, Shawn Johnson and Denise Richards... But here are my predictions for season nine:Nancy O'Dell or Gilles Marini

Taken a Pause for a Nerd Moment...

Well I just heard some amazing news in the sim world, well the Sim team just released a statement regarding there now June 2nd release which actually has me a little happy that they pushed the release date 4 months...

Hi everyone,
We’ve heard many questions and concerns from our community regarding yesterday’s announcement and wanted to pass along this message from the game team -

One thing we want to clarify and are very excited about is that the game will be shipping on both Mac & PC on June 2nd. Both will be on the same disc which can be used for either platform.

The game is coming together really well and we are looking forward to the upcoming months and using this time to make the gameplay the best experience to date from The Sims.

- The Sims 3 Team

Well this news is especially exciting for me because i have going back and forth with my friend wayne wether to get the game on my MacBook or My HP and now I can run them on both.... This is simply just elating news for me and yes im a nerd, and no i didnt actually need to blog about this .. but who cares I run this here at umbrella dreams and I can blog about whatever I want! Anyways I have to go meet Wen-Wen my calculus tutor so good day to All!!! 

Right about now...
What am I watching: The Dish
What am I listening to: My Moms Voice on the Phone
What am I wearing: Black Sundress
Where am I at: My Bed
I want: Spring Break to hurry Up
A word to describe me right now: Elated
Mac Combo for today:  Im keeping it simple today with just cranberry on the lid

I fought the Weight, and the Weight won!

Well as some may know i started my diet last week, and so far it has been going terribly wrong.... During the day I have been doing a great job picking multi grain wheat bread over white and picking brown rice instead of white rice. But at night i get this unbelievable craving for crap food and i pigggggg out!

Here is an example of what I ate Tuesday:

• 9:30am - 1 sausage patty
• 2:00pm - Wheat Ham Sandwich and Baked Lays
• 7:00pm - Brown Rice, Broccoli, Carrot and Shrimp stir fry
• 3 Liters of Water/Crystal Lite 

and this is where trouble began...

• 10:00pm - 2 Cheese gordita crunchs and cinnamon twist
• 12:30am - Checker burger and Large fry

And i don't know why i ate this... I wasn't really even that hungry, and if i was hungry i could of had a banana. I'm trying to avoid the "cheating" way of losing weight which is surgery but it gets harder and harder to resist when you spent most of your life eating fast food... I hear people talk about there weight lost stories and what triggered them to lose weight, and a lot of their stories happened to me but yet it didn't trigger me to get the ball rolling in my court. I'm trying to lose 80 lbs in 6 months so i don't look like shammoo at the water park for my family reunion but for some reason its not clicking that ever fry i shove down my mouth is a pound further from my goal. I don't know but something has to give, and i cant let it be my life, it has to be this weight and it has to start now.. So basically I'm blogging about this not for people to read and judge or feel sympathetic or apathetic for me .. but to declare to myself what has been happening cant continue and the past is the past and right now starts a new hour of the rest of my life. Anyways I just had to get this off my heart and into another form. Ta-Ta for now.. I have to get some rest for the first round of the racquetball tournament tomorrow...

Im Skinny... Call me Beautiful!

Okay so i was doing my daily web surfing that i do routinely and I came across this picture on style and the first word that came to my mind was DISGUSTING! I mean how skinny are these girls gonna get before we say enough is enough... I mean you can tell this is not the size they are suppose to be because their head clearly doesnt fit their body. I mean here you have Rachel Zoe's big ass head that looks like it belongs on a size 8 body rather than her skeleton like size double zero body. Nicole Richie's body has always been ridiculous ever since they stop taping the Simple Life. I mean how can you look in the mirror and think that being able to see your chest bones is sexy. These girls need to run to a cheeseburger quicker than they run to a toilet after a meal, because clearly this is not beautiful.We need to see more Beyonces more Selma Hayeks more people whose hips and waiste are not the same size of a 3 year old. Oh well what do i know im no where near a size zero and im nothing close to a celebrity maybe im just jealous or maybe im just speaking the truth... Oh well until later have a great umbrella dream

A Peak In the Pit of the Walk-In

Well I was in the process of going through my closet for a fundraiser that March of Dimes is having were we donate clothes and I realized that I have A LOT of crap!!!! I counted all of my shoes and im at 89 pairs (including my wall of flip flops) which I feel is so ridiculous. But i was hoping that if i was to take a picture of this abundance it will help motivate me to donate half of them. Well I can tell you know that it didnt work, I dont know what it is as americans that keeps us so attached to our mterial things. I mean I have a floor full of shoes i hardly wear, a rack full of tops that have tags on them and boxes full of crafts that are collecting dust. I hope that writing this blog will one day give me clarity to release my self from the possessions that clutter my life. Oh and by the way... yes i color code my closet....

My wall of flip flops and my rack of shirts that must be in order by color.

This shelf is reserved for heels 4 inches and higher and part of my floor of shoes... and yes my floor is dirty (fridays are my vacuum days)

Those boxes hold my arts and crafts... You can buy them at michaels... And my stack of close toe patent leather pumps.

Well Gluttony here I AM! Have Mercy....

Right about now...
What am I watching: King of the Hill
What am I listening to: Rilo Kiley
What am I wearing: Pajamas
Where am I at: My Bedroom
I want: to Pass my Calc. test
A word to describe me right now: Aching
Mac Combo for today: Parfait: inner lid, Sketch: Outer Lid.. Blend it all pretty fading purple look :)

Whats Happenin' Manhattan?!?

So I dont know if its just me, but isnt the manhattan real estate market kind of sucking right now... I mean the same old crap is on the listings... and new listings are at a stand still... anyways through all my shuffling and searching I found this Manhattan gem in the heart of Battery Park City

30 West Street, Apt. 17G
2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths - 1200 Sq. Ft. - 

My Carnival Legend Cruise (Random Boat Stuff)

Casino: I won 75 dollars on the slots and I won 200 dollars playing roulette, but then i lost 450 dollars being greedy so all in all the casino got about 150 dollars of mine.... DOH! But it is okay because I had a blast playing for seven days so it was worth it. Everytime I won in roulette there was this beautiful peru dealer who was soooo sweet and funny, her name was Josetti and we could not leave the ship without taking a picture with her...

On the Boat: The staff was great and very accomidating....the drinks were amazing!!! Our room was great, we had a extended balcony (and i will never cruise without a balcony ever again). Although there wasnt many people our age we found some college students who we played beer pong with and clubbed with lter that night. Me and my cousins entered about every trivia contest and tournament the boat offered. But overall we had a great time. We won a few of the plastic ship thingys but i think we ended up throwing them away. Here i leave you with some miscillaneous pictures from the cruise...

My Carnival Legend Cruise (Belize & Honduras)

Belize: Dont Get Off the Boat... or out of the Gates! Worst stop ever.... Carnival really needs to consider taking this port off of the list. It is truly a poor nasty country, the people are rude if you dont let them braid your hair or if you dont buy their crappy jewelry. They have a gate around the port where they set up some overpriced vendors for you to shop at, and they put a sign up saying leave out the gates at your own risk. All in all we left the port early so me and my cousins can go to the mini golf tournament back on the ship. Sidenote: The sell so many bad knock off purses here its ridiculous...

Roatan, Honduras: One of the best stops thus far, the shopping was good, the homes by the beach were BEAUTIFUL and the beaches was amazing! Although coming off the boat, the tour guides were so aggresive that we almost turned around to get back on the boat, but we decided to go on a tour with a guy whos name I cant remember and it was surprisingly nice. He took us around the whole island and the culture there is so amazing. They are building some new homes and condos there that makes me want to pack up and move there right now. Tabayanna Beach was absolutely beautiful, with white sand and crystal clear water we ordered margaritas and had a very nice time there. Our tour guide also took us to the iguana farm which scared me half to death, i mean literally the iguanas would walk all around you eww, next to the farm was a peir with nothing but barracodda and lobsters around it... that was truly interesting.