Adventures in... Paint-Balling!

What did I do this weekend? Let me tell you...

Saturday morning I woke up, schmeered Brian and I some bagels, and the two of headed off on a gripping adventure to go PAINT-BALLING!

One of Brian's buddies was turning 24, and what else would a dude want to do to celebrate the year before his quarter-life crisis? DUH... wear bad-ass gear, (like Darth Vader masks), and shoot little balls full of paint at his friends!

SOOO we drove into the paint-balling arena before the rest of the party patrons and started picking up on some tips from the experiences players walking by us. Most of the guys were over 6 feet, over 200 lbs, wore freaky camouflage outfits, and carried their own gear on special ammo belts. (Oh Shit! What were we getting ourselves into?)...

In a nutshell: paint-balling was awesome! (Despite the cold weather, 6 inches of snow, and utter muddiness haha)... True Fact: Brian totally shot me in the leg at the end of the first game! Yes- upper thigh, straight shot, the redness is still there. I got a cute little, "OOO- Sorry, Boo!" after he fired the gun. For the rest of the rounds- we played on the same team (haha)...

Afterwards, we enjoyed some bar action at a cute little place in Columbia, MD called "Pub Dog"... I ordered a blueberry beer which was one of the best alcohol beverages I've ever consumed. It tasted like a light beer and then left a glorious, creamy, blueberry pie-like aftertaste. OMG... mouthgasm!

The Award for the "Worst Dog Alive" goes to....

My older brother, Andrew, has sadly been very sick this week with his Crohn's Disease. ERGO: Mama and Daddy Leister fled to Connecticut to visit the sickly one in the hospital on Thursday and I was asked to take care of the dog.

Becky is her name. My smelly, obnoxious, 11 year-old Border Terrier with tons of attitude. She's a total attention whore. I had to pick her up Thursday and drive her to my apartment so she could spent the night w/ me and my good friend Traci. WELL: taking Becky anywhere in the car is like dealing with a screaming infant. She cries the entire ride and always opens the windows with her paws making me, the driver, a frantic, nervous wreck.

Devil dog whined and barked several times during the night whenever she heard someone outside my apartment door. All the new smells and people made her hyper and antsy as hell. It was a nightmare.

BUT: The worst thing Becky did happened last night. I had driven her back to my parent's house and was eagerly waiting for Brian to come over and keep me company. He got to the house around 9:30 and we hopped onto my family's comfy blue-suede couch to watch a movie. Things went quiet for a few seconds, and then he said... "Umm, is your dog peeing?"

YES, Becky peed on our basement carpet, IN FRONT OF BRIAN! OH-MY-FREAKING-GOD! I could have killed her, I was so embarrassed. Becky really helped set the mood. (Brian was a great sport though, laughing at me as I cleaned it up haha)... But you can BET that animal isn't getting any cookies for weeks!

Also... before I left my apartment, I found this adorable note on the kitchen fridge! (I wonder who it's from?)

Sushi Cupid Day!!

Valentine's Day was LOTS of fun this year! I went over to Brian's place and he answered the door with a beautiful bouquet of red, pink, & white roses as well as some delicious chocolates that were specially designed by marketers for yours truly...

Brian and I decided to make sushi to celebrate the holiday. We bought lots of fish, veggies, rice, seaweed, soy sauce, etc. so that we'd be able to make the best sushi EVER! Our sushi-making methods were way more advanced that the chefs you'll find in restaurants, and we definitely had an awesome time rolling rice in the kitchen...

The finished product was not only delicious, but was pretty and cute and colorful and ooooo so romantic!



Best-Valentines-Day-EVER!

OMG I am SO effing BORED!

Tonight was very exciting... I watched "ADAM," the saddest movie ever about a man with Aspergers syndrome, and various parts of "Richie Rich," "My Best Friend's Wedding," and "Pretty Woman"... I also made this kick-ass video!



I swear I have friends. Happy Valentine's Day EVE!

We're All Gonna DIE!!

Snowpocalypse 2010... WHAT a shitshow!

For those of you living under a rock, the DC area was hit with over 20 inches of snow this past weekend. Because of the insanely large amount of white stuff, DC residents completely lost their minds...

The storm started late Friday morning, so naturally- every grocery store was packed with raging lunatics on Thursday night. My roommate tried going to our neighborhood Whole Foods yesterday (Sunday)... there was nothing left on the shelves and drunk people were running up and down the aisles. MAYHEM!

Some crazy people living near Capitol Hill made a fort out of snow in their front yard and put an ad on Craigslist for a $140/month beautiful snow castle in an unbeatable location. Too freaking funny! (http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/roo/1590447051.html)

School was canceled for me today and I'm praying that I won't have it on Tuesday or Wednesday either. We're expected to get 8-12 inches of additional snow Tuesday night and possibly more accumulation this weekend. OH-EM-GEE!

For those of you trying to stay sane... here are some adorable Google images I downloaded of cute snow puppies! (And who watched the Puppy Bowl this weekend!?)




People, stay warm and dry... and embrace the SNOWPOCALYPSE!

I Capture the Castle...

What wonderful things in my life keep me happy, healthy, and glorious as ever!?

Here are just a few...

Broccoli! (Yum, my favorite vegetable)... Steamed and sprinkled with lemon, salt, and pepper. Delicious!

The beautiful turtle ring that Brian gave me for Christmas. (Turtles are my absolute favorite!)

Sexy werewolves that hang on my bedroom wall... (I don't know HOW New Moon wasn't nominated for any Oscars this year!?)

My abundant earring collection. A girl can never have too many :)

My faux fur snow-leopard mittens. Best-gloves-EVER! I get lots of compliments on these babies haha...

SOOO... What keeps you upbeat, sane, and kicking!?

So Ummm.... Where's Spring!?

1) That stupid groundhog saw his shadow yesterday... 6 more weeks of Winter... FML! One of my favorite things about living in DC is being able to walk & Metro everywhere. I'd willingly spend hours just strolling and shopping and being productive or not being productive and soaking up Vitamin D and releasing endorphins but NO: the cold weather has me locked up inside my crappy little apartment, wasting money on heat and getting horrible cabin fever... BOOO!

2) The vegetarian-eganism is going well! No meat has been consumed and I'm slowly weaning off the dairy day-by-day. I've yet to get a multi-vitamin, but that's this week's goal. My Mom, who was originally strongly against the whole thing, is slowly starting to accept it... (Not agree with it, but accept it. So hell, I'll take it!... Yeah animals, woohoo!)

3) My life is totally awesome, except for the fact that I drove my car into a ditch at the end of my parent's driveway and accidentally made it straddle a small brick wall. AAA was called and successfully lifted the car in about 5 minutes, but this writer has felt like a complete idiot since then haha.

4) Here are some pretty pictures to take us all away from the cold...