My Birthday!

Yesss, today is my 20th birthday and I am so happy! (And yes, I am writing a blog on my birthday)

On Friday my friend Randy (and avid blog follower) made me this birthday cake! Isn't it awesome looking? Let me tell you, it was delicious too! Strawberries galore!

So today, my mom gave me my birthday present (a Burberry jacket) and this little pamphlet type thing. It's called "1989 Remember When..." and has all these fun facts from the year I was born. Some of them made me go "Wow.." and others, "Eh, figures". Here's some of the facts from inside:

1989 TV Favorites: The Wonder Years, Empty Nest, and America's Funniest Home Videos.
[Never heard of the Empty Next but I loved the Wonder Years!]

1989 Sports News: After the Pirates took a 10-0 lead in the first inning against the Phillies, broadcaster Jim Rooker said he would walk from Pittsburgh to Philly if the Phillies won the game. They did win, and Rooker took his promised walk when the season was over.

1989 Interesting Facts: Irving Berlin, Lucille Ball, Salvador Dali, and Bette Davis all passed away in 1989.
Life expectancy - 75.3
Miss America - Gretchen Carlson (Anoka, MN)

OHH, this is my favorite! 1989 Cost of Living:
New Home: $120,000.000
Average Income: $27,225.00
New Car: $15,403.00
Average Rent: $425.00
Tuition to Harvard: $12,715.00 per year
Movie Ticket: $3.50
Gasoline: 97 cents per gallon [For the record, there is no cents sign on my computer. Hm, I wonder why..]
United States Postage Stamp: 25 cents each

Granulated Sugar: $1.12 for 5 pounds
Vitamin D Milk: $2.62 per gallon
Ground Coffee: $3.69 per pound
Bacon: $1.89 per pound
Eggs: 78 cents per dozen
Fresh Ground Hamburger: $1.29 per pound
Fresh Baked Bread: 69 cents per loaf

1989 Music & Movie Favorites:
Music -
Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
Like a Prayer - Madonna
Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
Movies -
Driving Miss Daisy
When Harry Met Sally
Batman
Dead Poets Society
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade


And that's all the cool stuff! This reminds me of growing up in the 90's. I will soon be writing a blog about my favorite things from the 90's. Oh that will definitely be a long blog! AH, I can't wait! =) But for now, time to go celebrate!

"Meme"

Recently my dear blogger friend Stephany tagged me in a "meme". Basically, you write seven things about yourself and then tag a couple other people to follow.

List seven things about yourself...

1. I hate feet. I can't stand feet; looking at them, touching them, having them near me. Anything involving feet I don't like. I always make sure my toes are done and my feet look nice because I feel dirty if I don't. I especially hate men's feet. I can't tolerate when men don't care for their feet and then I have to look at them. Ickkk, it makes me cringe!

2. When I first discovered sodoku it took me forever to complete one. I would write in pencil and end up erasing half of what I wrote. I would write in the corners and make notes and it would still turn out a mess. I just couldn't wait for the day I could use pens and not make mistakes. Now I can write in pen, no notes or anything, and I hardly make mistakes. I even like to time myself now!

3. I try to keep my itunes library as neat as possible. I have all my music categorized, they all have proper artists, titles, ratings (everything gets 5 stars cause it looks neat) and generes.

4. I can not stand when people automatically assume that I am Muslim. People assume that because I am from Lebanon that I HAVE to be Muslim. I think people are so ignorant when it comes to things like that, that it just gets too annoying to talk to any of them. Just a quick memo, not everyone from the Middle East is Muslim. So yes, I will have ham on my pizza.

5. Even though I am from Virginia, I am NOT a southerner. When I am asked where I'm from, I always say "Northern Virginia".

6. I'm obsessed with the Washington Redskins. My friend at work says she's never met a girl that's as interested in football as I am. (She needs to get out more) I don't care how bad they can be, I will always stand by them!

7. I want to be a journalist. My dream job would be either write for Seventeen/Cosmo or take part in the fourth hour of the Today show. I think Kathie Lee and Hoda have THE COOLEST jobs ever!


I'm not going to tag anyone. Stephany has already done one, and the only real people who follow my blog don't really have one.

Testing, Testing, 1-2-3.

Yesterday was my cousins 26th birthday, and she wanted a cake. So me and my other cousin (her sister) embarked on a mission to make one. We had all these ideas in our heads of how this cake was going to turn out, and we wished for the best. We started Friday night by making the two pieces of the cake, but one piece died. =( On Saturday we made another piece to replace the one that fell apart. As it all cooled, we went to Michael's to buy all the decorating things we needed, and of course they were all gone! The one day we needed cake decorating things, they were having a cake decorating class! We were on a huge time crunch so we went to a store called Hobby Lobby (which let me add, IS AMAZING!) and finished up our shopping. We then went back home and got to work. It turned out that decorating took longer than actually making the cake. We had to put the frosting in the layers of the cake, and outside the cake so the fondant would stay. Our goal was to make a green and purple cake. So for my huge piece of fondant I mixed blue and red to get purple. (DUH) But since I am so brilliant I missed over the fact that we had purple gel the whole time. It was a long process but in the end we were able to pull it off. And here it is!

RIP - The King of Pop

I'll make this short and sweet. The world has lost an icon. As we all know, The King of Pop, Michael Jackson passed away yesterday. He was only 50 years young. I would just like to say that I think it is pathetic that after his passing there are people who all they can say is "good, he's a pedophile" or making jokes about his child molestation past. Yes, he did have a rocky past but you know what, this isn't the time to bring it up. When someone passes you should show respect to the good they have done in their life. If it wasn't for Michael Jackson music would be extremely different. He's done wonders for the music in this world and for dancing. So all I'd like to say is Rest In Peace, you're now in a better place. God bless your soul and your friends and family.

Michael Joseph Jackson
"The King of Pop"
August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009

Christmas in the City

Ever since I was a little girl all I've wanted to do is go to New York City during Christmas time. I have always been one of those people that loves the snow, holidays, family time, fireplaces, decorations, holiday shopping, and everything else about December. I've always lived in Virginia and it's usually always been the perfect mix of weather. However, these past couple winters there hasn't been quite enough snow for me to enjoy. But as I was growing up I would watch as many holiday movies as I could, as of today I even have two Christmas movies still saved on my DVR. Anyway, back to my point, for some reason most of them would be set in the New York City. I was always so jealous of the beautiful decorations, the shopping, and especially, the snow! This past March was the first time I'd ever been to NYC and I fell in love. Since then I've told myself that I WILL spend one Christmas in the city. For the past couple weeks I've been trying to talk my mother into letting us spend this Christmas there, but so far she hasn't been so fond of the idea. She knows it's always been something I've wanted to do, but she doesn't think it's the right time for it. All I know is that if it's not this Christmas that I spend in the city, that I'll make sure of it that I'm there next year. Well, it's still only June so I still have some time to talk my mom into us going this year, so wish me luck! In the mean time, maybe I'll just walk around singing Christmas Carols.

Speidi and Their Claim to Fame

"I'm too rich and I'm too famous to be sitting with these people, and cleaning up their shit in the jungle, my man. And this cast is devaluing our fame right now. I'm sitting next to VH1 comedians that I've never even seen before. Stars of shows get treated like stars dude." - Spencer Pratt

If all you have to do to become famous these days is to go on a reality show, then sign me up. But if I end up like Spencer and Heidi, then I take it back! After being two of the characters on "The Hills", Spencer and Heidi joined an NBC show to help win money for charity. Recently on the NBC reality show "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" (only four days after the show began) Spencer and Heidi wanted out of the show so they called the big boss of NBC, Ben Silverman and had a chat. Spencer took the liberty upon himself to talk, and he gave such a, not so, brilliant statement. I mean, come on, not to burst your bubble Spencer, but I'm pretty sure that, even though a lot of the other celebrities on the show aren't so famous, you are in no way more famous than a Baldwin brother and ex-supermodel Janice Dickinson. Oh, I'm sorry, I take that back. I forgot about all those 16 year old girls that are obsessed with "The Hills". Well anyway, so it's kind of ridiculous how Spencer and Heidi were ever even given the opportunity to become famous. Spencer and Heidi are just obsessed with the publicity and they'll do anything to get it. After leaving the show, then coming back, there are now claims that Heidi was rushed to the hospital and was diagnosed with a gastric ulcer. Spencer and Heidi claim that her ulcer is from stress and all the "torture" from being on the show. Really, I mean, REALLY? No one forced them to do the show, and we all know it's just a plot for them to "sue" NBC and try to get some more money. I thought they were too rich to be on the show?

Even though reality tv has become the core of ratings for networks these days, what has it come to? Apparently finding some 20-somethings with nothing but drama is the way to make some money. It's also funny that they even called "The Hills" a "reality" tv show. I find nothing more stupid than watching Spencer and Heidi on tv, and that's why I don't do it. Those two people should not be allowed to be making thousands of dollars to be on tv. Their claim to fame will soon end, because as a lot of us know, they have no real talents. Heidi can continue attempting to be a singer, and starting up a flip-flop and bikini line, but once that quickly fades away, so will the once popular couple known as "Speidi". Just a memo to those two: enjoy it while it lasts, you will soon amount to nothing and will have to find another way to support yourselves, because quite honestly, MTV isn't going to help you stay famous forever. That's all, have a nice life Speidi!

"My Friends Are Victims Of H8"

Let me start off by saying sometimes I get stuck in a rut about what I should write about. Well today I'm home sick so I figured there's no better time to write a blog. If you've been watching the news lately you would know that today was decision day for Proposition 8. So after waiting, and waiting the California Supreme Court decided to uphold Prop 8. This means same-sex couples are no longer allowed to get married in the state of California. However, they did agree that they will honor the marriages of the 18,000 couples that did get married before Prop 8 was passed.

Honestly, I was hoping for the destruction of Prop 8. I will say that it is good that they are still honoring the marriages that were done before Prop 8 was passed. I am very much for same-sex marriage. I believe in LOVE. If you're in love it shouldn't matter if it's with a man or woman. Why is it necessary for people to hate against others? Everyone keeps bringing up the bible and how it says marriage is only between a man and a woman, well there are a lot of things the bible says that people no longer follow. Adultery is a sin but millions of people do it anyway. I am, by no means, insulting or showing hate towards the bible at all. I only say this because I believe God put everyone on this earth for a reason, and that he made people they way they are for - a - reason. God wants us to overcome obstacles that we never thought we could surpass, and this is just one of those obstacles. You would also think since it's 2009 we, as a country, would be over something like this. We now have a black president, we also have actors and transgenders as governors and mayors. Also, we've finally accepted interracial marriage and it's time we accept same-sex marriage. I do think it will still take a long time for same-sex couples to get the respect they deserve, especially since we are still overcoming racism. I pray for my gay/lesbian friends that one day everyone can accept same-sex couples as they would anyone else. And for the record, you don't have to be homosexual to show respect to people and to believe in love.

"Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more... from Jack Black