the office burns down

I'm so glad Melissa commented so I could see just how bad things really are. at this point, i wish i never even tried to tell the stupid poinsettia story, but now i'm too far into this pit of bad joke despair that i feel i have to try and explain it all.

So every year around Christmas, my company buys poinsettias for most everyone. They look like this:

Well Don was leaving for vacation and decided to play a joke on Cathy and ask her to water his plant. The joke was going to be when she walked in to this office with a watering can, she would see this:

so really it was Don's joke on Cathy. He did that to his own plant and was not seriously wanting her to water it.

this is what happens when i try to blog twice in one month. it's just too much pressure.

the office follow up

i have something very important to discuss. did my last post make sense? did you get Don's joke? I knew my retelling of the story wouldn't be nearly as funny as when it happened in real life. But I feel like my retelling maybe wasn't funny at all.

that's ok. i really just wanted to make a new post so I could show this adorable picture of richie in college i found tonight in my iPhoto library:

mmmmmmmm

the office

Don: "Catharine I need you to come into my office for a minute"
Me: "Okay"

(Don and I walk into his office)

Don: "I've asked Cathy to take care of my poinsettia while I'm on vacation."
Me: "Okay"
Don: "Will you make sure she is watering it regularly?"
Me: "Okay"

(awkward silence while i wonder about Don's obviously troubled past that has lead to this lack of trust in people to complete simple tasks like plant sitting)

(I see Don's eyes shift over to the corner of his office)

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(I laugh for the next 2 hours)

Highlights of 2009 - with pictures!

Late, but a recap of some favorite moments from 2009:


1.Melissa got married (It was my first time being a bridesmaid so I thought I was a pretty big deal)

2. Vacation to Hawaii

3. My best friend took me to see Demetri Martin for my birthday

Disappointed Demetri Martin isn't in this picture? Me too.


4. Richie passed NBDE Part 1
(there are no pictures of this and Richie wouldn't let me photograph his test results because he would be so embarrassed if anyone found out he scored in the top 15% of the nation) 


5. The night I wore a windbreaker and neon Umbro shorts to Power & Light  Marissa's 1984 themed 25th Birthday Party

6. I got a raise

Pioneer Woman

some blogs are lame. for example this one, which you are probably reading because you are my friend and feel obligated.

however-

some blogs are not.

one such non-lame blog that i read is The Pioneer Woman's . I'm pretty sure many of my obligated friends read her blog too, just without the obligation aspect.

I would now like to take you on a photographic journey through the night during which I met the Pioneer Woman....

She walks out of the stage door. Everyone stands up and blocks my flash.

She's getting closer. I see she is wearing a purple velvet blazer thing yet looks awesome.

Then she sits down to answer questions and be funny and smart and more awesome. I come to the realization that even without flash blockers, my camera is worthless.

Then she does Napoleon Dynamite and Ethel Merman impressions- only one of which i have to google when i get home to fully appreciate.

Then I got Marlboro Man's autograph. I talked to MM! It was a magical moment which Beth Ann tired to capture on my camera from the other side of the room. The picture didn't turn out quite like I had hoped.

Then Beth Ann got autographs from PW's two sons who were hilarious and adorable x2. I cry silently to myself after seeing my face in the picture of me and MM.

Then it's time for the real deal. People line up for PW. My friend Ashleigh and her mom were there and had really good ticket numbers. To spite my camera, i take some shots with my iPhone.

Then my turn arrives. I sit down and immediately begin blabbering a story about this burn mark on my nose from a tragic grease splatter incident that occurred while trying to make her chicken fried steak the night before in celebration of THIS VERY MOMENT.

After realizing I got some blah on her jacket, I show her my sweaty palms and explain I'm nervous.

Then I confess that the grease splatter burn only occurred because I don't own the proper kitchen utensils.

Then a miracle- she laughs with/at me. It's possible that this picture only captured a coincidental moment where we are both laughing at the same time, but if you squint, it looks like she thinks I'm funny.

And finally, here we are. Just two bloggers, faces overexposed by my remorseless camera flash.

giveaway link

my friend is doing a giveaway on her blog. here is the link if you like picture frames:
http://lifewithusinks.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-first-giveway.html

then, while listening to this song, click here, here, and here for some websites that also have to do with pictures.


if you don't like picture frames, sorry, no links for you.

Ashleigh

so i learned that my friend Ashleigh reads my blog because she commented on my last post. this post is for her.


Dear Ashleigh,

Remember when we went out for your birthday? Remember when you stepped on my foot? (You might not). I didn't want to concern you at the time, since it was your birthday and all, but I think enough time has passed for you to find out the truth.


But really Ash, no hard feelings. The pain and swelling only lasted a week and a half, and now it's almost completed back to normal color.

Oh and I'm sorry about my toenails in the picture. I was planning on getting a pedicure later that weekend but, well, i had to cancel.

Love,
Catharine