The Blue Line meets Jersey Shore!

Brian's a mechanical engineer and works hard to make airplanes safe for us. But when he's not analyzing confusing physics and math equations, he's being a rockstar!

His band is going to be playing at Shamrock Fest @ RFK Stadium next month on March 12th. Buy your tickets HERE and come see them rock out next to DJ Pauly D! (Yes, the Jersey Shore phenomenon)... WOO!

If I were a Vampire...

Lately I have been getting into The Vampire Diaries, a TV show about two vampire brothers who cause a string of mysterious events when they return to the town of Mystic Falls, VA.

Watching the brothers use their vampire powers for the greater good, (or evil), has really made me wonder... What would I do if I was a vampire? I have therefore compiled this list of...

"Awesome Things I'd Do If I Were To Become A Vampire"

1) Quit my job and finish my novel.

2) Fly to Scotland & use powerful vampire charisma to lure J.K. Rowling into helping edit, publish, and promote said novel.

3) Go to a bank & lure random bank-teller into giving me several million dollars. Repeat annually.

4) Live in California where the sun is always shining. 

5) Figure out a way to survive in the sun due to new habitat.

6) Use powerful vampire charisma to convince politicians of worldwide veganism. 

7) Survive on blood from blood banks & hospitals, (not others necks).

8) Buy trendy expensive clothes to adorn hot vampire body.

9) Travel often.

10) Use large portion of stolen money to save abandoned puppies.

11) Steal more money & help feed starving children in Africa.

12) Buy a dachshund. Name him Unagi. Take him everywhere!

Assaulted in a Library!

Almost every Saturday between the hours of noon and 1pm as I am coming home from Brian's, (I'm kind of habitual), you will find me frolicking through one of our local libraries embracing my inner nerd.

You see... I LOVE the books! Particularly fiction. Reading relaxes me so much & temporarily transports my mind to a different setting... and plot, (book humor). As long as the book doesn't suck, reading makes me very happy. (And the fact I haven't met any vampires in the real world doesn't bother me at all.... I swear!)

So yesterday, (Saturday), at approximately 12:35pm I was happily browsing through one of our local libraries. I was looking at the rack titled "Popular Book Club Favorites" when someone grabbed my ass. Yes, someone.... grabbed... my ass... in a library!

The first thing that came to my mind was: "Brian, what are you doing here?" It didn't even register to me that some perverted stranger could be fondling my buttocks. But then I thought... "Wait, I just left Brian's! Oh my God, a stranger just touched my ass!" And so, extremely flustered and confused, I turned around to discover the identity of my ass grabber.

And it was my mother. Oh-my-freaking-GOD, I know! My mother grabbed my ass in a public library. I feel like I've reached some sort of ultimate low. At any age, this unusual act would lead to extreme embarrassment and mortification. So I just stood there, dumbstruck, as my mother had to lean again a book shelf because she was laughing so hard. I couldn't talk for about 60 seconds as I registered the situation. After about a minute I chuckled humorously and walked away, leaving my mother with happy tears streaming down her face.

F-M-L!

Adulthood

Have you ever had one of those... "Oh my God, I'm getting old!" moments?

Earlier this week, I found out that one of my closest childhood friends is pregnant. It seems like only yesterday that she and I were devouring cheese doodles at sleepover parties, having picnics in a big field in our neighborhood, and... (God help us), tying a bed-sheet around my waist and belaying me down the side of her beach house! (I had an interesting childhood).

I guess my point is... Where did all the time go? High School was a complete blur, (possibly due to my repressing most of it). College absolutely flew by! (Maybe I drank too much?)... And NOW: I find myself with a full time job, too tired to party on weekends, pregnant friends, engaged acquaintances, car problems, and bills to pay!

I lay in bed the other night pondering these occurrences and came to a bright conclusion... Change is inevitable. It's also exciting, nerve-wracking, and downright scary. BUT- it often provides excellent opportunities to chit-chat and throw parties! ERGO: We should all embrace the new and unavoidable happenings in life with positivity, but still hold on to the things that make us happy. (I say this as an excuse to listen to Harry Potter books on tape forever).

Carpe Diem!