you've been slapped

the other night, i got an invitation from a cute boy to ride to wal mart with him (now. we all know wal mart scares me most of the time, so this must have been quite the cute boy). I was secretly excited though because Wal Mart always has odd things upon its shelves. And odd people. And I needed a hair clip. I should probably admit that Mr. Cute Boy informed me upon entering Wal Mart that he hoped someone took a picture of me and posted it to peopleofwalmart.com. I mean, I didn't look any more ridiculous than I normally look (think UNC gear, glasses and no shower) but he hates UNC. But whatever. Somewhere in between the coffee pots and the hair clips, he discovered Slap Energy Drink.

WHAT?

So much energy it's like you got slapped in the face.

that's not their slogan. Mr. Cute Boy made it up. but according to this article, the Slap drink works like a charm when it comes to slapping that tired look off your face. I found it funny. and I needed to laugh since I was about to cry that he had found such a great treat at Wal Mart and I had not. Actually, he had found two. the Slap and the deeze. Mr Cute Boy, it was your lucky day at the Wal mart.

good thing it's the weekend. and wally world is just down the road. i got some slapping to do.

Call from Eli (in regards to the below post)

"Meredith, next time you have a moment, I want you to remember that I will be there. Front and Center. not with compassion. but with a camera."

taxes schmaxes

Today Eli called me to tell me the details of her new job. She told me she was going to have to pay taxes and that she just didn't think she was going to be doing that. I told her I didn't think taxes were exactly something you could just opt out of (what a novel idea! the optional tax!). She told me she had better things to do than pay taxes.

umm. welcome to the real world baby girl.

(and ps. this pic has nothing to do with taxes but I find it funny. plus, it is how I feel when it comes to tax time as my favorite accountant Taylor will tell you. and since Eli is my sister, there's a good chance I may or may not resemble this pic every now and again).

thought for the day.

"I can't take my tranquilizer on the airplane. someone might come and try to get familiar with me while i'm asleep." ~a real quote from anonymous.

...........is getting familiar on a plane with a sleeping woman a new form of the mile high club?

eatin' big

i have this saying that a girl's gotta eat (and this girl likes to eat big). i took it from natalie who i think took it from her mom, but hey, does it really matter? i mean, a girl DOES have to eat. this has subsequently become my mantra for why I do a lot of the things I do. At any rate.

The other day I emailed my mom to tell her I was going to a work lunch and that i planned to eat big because i wasn't paying. her response?

"always eat big when someone else is paying. although one time I had a date with a boy from duke. We had pizza. I ate my half and he didn't like it.We went out a few more times I guess because I know we went to a steak house and had an expensive meal. Maybe we didn't go out again after the steak dinner."

at least i know i come by it honestly. and when you're mother is giving you instructions to eat big, aren't you supposed to oblige? I mean, whatever happened to honor thy father and thy mother. plus, i'd like to note that this sounds about right for a dookie.

is nc state really the team i hate?

anyone who knows me knows I am a giant UNC fan. Now, I've always been a fan of any team I could get tickets to go see. I have been known to dress the part and cheer and really look like a real fan. I guess sports just don't really matter to me. Except then I moved to Fl. and more than one person just assumed I was a big ACC fan. Since I had a UNC jersey and some other fun paraphernalia in my closet (thanks ex bf!) and family ties to UNC, I said why yes, as a matter of fact I was a big ACC fan. Right then and there, I became a Tarheel born and bred. And then I moved back to NC. So you can imagine what it is like for someone like me, a die hard Carolina fan to be living amongst 900 million NC State fans. Like, you've never seen so much red. I haven't experienced so much hatred towards UNC since the night I met Sam Forehand in Bogarts' wearing a "go to hell carolina" shirt (what a bastard).

This weekend, I got invited to an NC State tailgate. i learned just how bossy some of my friends are too because i was instructed not to dare wear blue, that i better wear red and that as long as i looked the part, no one would tell on me for frontin. now, we all know the following: i do not like to miss a good party and much to my dismay, nc state knows how to throw a good party. i mean shoot, anything that is held on the state fairgrounds is bound to be a party! once a kid got shot there. and supposedly there's always a girl wearing cowboy boots who drinks one too many airplane bottles and falls out. I told my friends they would have no idea I wasn't a State fan. Why, I even have a pair of cowboys that are the perfect shade of nc state red. I purchased a team friendly bottle koozie to hide my Mike's Hard Lemonade, I shined up my boots, pulled out my red belt and off I went. I think I may have been the only fan at the tailgate who hadn't purchased something new for her tailgating outfit (bottle koozie not included). Leave it to those UNC fans to be resourceful. Speaking of resourceful, I wasn't about to walk the mile back to my house in my red cowboys. So I called a cab. I got some pretty judgmental looks on the way down to the highway where I got picked up. But, I mean, I guess I would have judged a girl in red cowboys leaving the tailgate with a cooler too.

grammar pet peeves

I am not usually a grammar nazi. lord knows I don't always speak correctly. but the confusion between suppose and supposed and use and used drives me crazy. this is a common confusion even people i know who are not dummies make. please read and let's all try harder in 2011 to use these words appropriately.

1. suppose v. supposed

I suppose i will do that.
i am supposed to do that.
you are supposed to do that.

it is NOT i am suppose to do something.

2. use v. used

i am used to that.
you are used to that.
i will use that.

it is NOT i am use to that.

oh, and while i'm at it. please do not caption your pictures "so and so and i at the mall" or anything like that. if you take so and so out of it, you would caption the picture "me at the mall" not "i at the mall."