the FNL wrap party, aka the time i touched tim riggins’ arm

oh Y’ALL. it’s hard for me to say this without tearing up but… friday night lights, the best show about texas of all time (sorry JR), not to mention one of my top 5 favorite TV series EVER, has finished filming. they wrapped up shooting on season five last saturday, and that’s it. like, for [...]

10 things i LOVE about you

for tonight’s girlie night at the ritz, i’m hosting one of my favorite teen comedies of all time: at the risk of sounding like an old person: THEY SURE DON’T MAKE TEEN MOVIES LIKE THIS ANYMORE! now, go get yr grandma her centrum silver and whiskey! seriously, though, “10 things” takes every teen movie cliché and turns [...]

aventuras en negocios deliciosos & divertidos, part 2

QUE TAL MUNDO DE LOS PANTELONES?!!! grab some queso and margaritas (which are actually more tex mex than authentic mexican but whatevs, it’s all NEGOCIOS DELICIOUSOS to me!), cos it’s time to meet up with our intrepid adventurers as they prepare to leave cancun and head to play del carmen! look how cute our luggage is, all [...]

land of the free, home of the pants

in honor of our recent national holiday, i feel the need to step away from my mexico praise for a minute in order to discuss a few of the many things that make america a totally awesome country for my pants to live in. bloggily enough, those things just *happen* to have all been a [...]

aventuras en negocios deliciosos & divertidos, part 1

HOLA MUNDO DE PANTALONES!!!!!!! in case you couldn’t tell by my amazing spanish skills, i just got back from mexico! me gusta mucho!!!!! also estoy triste that it is over. but c’est la vie. oops wrong language! sorry i’m so cosmo! see, i’ve been wanting to take a group vacation for a while now, so a few [...]

the family that crays together, stays together

last weekend, i got to experience one of my favorite summer traditions. and no, i’m not talking about the schlit (that’s coming in august, pantsers!) or my Being Rich Vacation (that’s coming TOMORROW HOLLA!). i’m talking about the nelson family reunion! as you may recall from my ‘06 post, the family on my mom’s side gathers [...]

brenda, that’s not a kitten.

for this evening’s girlie night at the ritz, i chose one of the best comedies of the 80s, the ultimate combination of chi (chicago & child care): the 1987 masterpiece “adventures in babysitting.” I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW! I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!! this movie was definitely one of my top slumber party picks from 1988 to, well, [...]

NYC: adventures in pantship (feat. the holy grail of tasty business!)

you guys! i’m back from NYC! and i’m bursting with tasty business and pantsing adventures to share with you!!! please read this before i EXPLODE FROM THE AWESOME! so, the main purpose of my trip was to meet up with jenny, my fellow troublemaker on foreveryoungadult.com, and attend the book expo of america (BEA), which is [...]

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