Top Ten Must Have's For Spring and Summer 2007

I’ve been getting requests on compiling a Top Ten List.
Here it is for Spring / Summer 2007

1. Patent Leather accessories – sexy!
2. Black and White contrasts – classy, simple and clean.
3. Wrap one pieces – slimming and flattering on figures of all shapes and sizes.
4. Short and Skinny – Last fall it was the skinny jeans, this spring it’s the knee-length fitted shorts.
5. Long and Wide – for those of you that can’t pull of #4 go with the wide legged pant with shrunken jackets and / or short tops.
6. Empire Waist – comfy and flattering!
7. Nautical – cool and chic.
8. Metallics – gold, bronze and silver add some drama!
9. Peek-A-Boo Flats and Pumps – from casual to dressy, it works with everything.
10. Circles and Dots – Yes polka dots are back!

Planet Earth

Every Sunday evening I have a date with Planet Earth and a glass of wine.

I, (as all of you know) am not a big fan of animals, nature-ish types of things.
However, Planet Earth is spectacular.
SPECTACULAR!

Lauren does not do GEEK TERMS

cat says:
hey
.....:Lauren:.....POWERyoga says:
yeah
cat says:
how much do you still have on your ms software account?
.....:Lauren:.....POWERyoga says:
like three hundred
cat says:
could i ask you for office2k7 sometime this week or next?
.....:Lauren:.....POWERyoga says:
huh?
.....:Lauren:.....POWERyoga says:
what is office2k7?
cat says:
2007
.....:Lauren:.....POWERyoga says:
yeah
cat says:
sorry, that was geek speak
.....:Lauren:.....POWERyoga says:
OMG
.....:Lauren:.....POWERyoga says:
as in 2k
.....:Lauren:.....POWERyoga says:
2 thousand?
.....:Lauren:.....POWERyoga says:
THAT is SUPER SUPER screech!

Building A House... Yes A House, Literally

This weekend I will be off to Ensenada Mexico to build a house.
Yes me, Lauren Choi and yes a REAL house.
Wish me luck! And for those of you that STILL do NOT believe me, I will take pics.

On Korean Moms and Dads....

A friend of mine sent me this email regarding her parents. Quite hilarious indeed.

Mom ended up with a really cute light green tankini---we spent most of the night spelling tankini for her and then laughing when she realizes it's a tanktop bikini. My god, our mother's pick on sandals surprised me once again. She got these sandals that have tons of studs on them, I was like are you sure you like these? "YES!" Well alright.....


As for our Dad, WOW. Surprise of the century. Our dad on his own time, went to Salvation Army and picked up 4, Yes FOUR Hawaiian shirts for $2 each. When he showed them to me I was instantly reminded of the socials and what the frat boys all wore. Then he shows me a pair of white shoes he got for $5, they are really white with some sort of buckle. As he is showing this to me at home after shopping, Mom is folding her new nice clothes and says "Yucky, sooooo dirty...I never do that, I buy one nice thing, deng!" Dad is smiling and saying to me, "Good deal right? You can't beat that! You can't beat that!"


Anyway, dad ended up buying swimtrucks at the salvation army too and I was like hell no. So yesterday on the shopping trip with the parents, I got him some new trunks that he says he loves. Also got him a really nice white collared polo shirt and some black sandals. Shopping with your Dad is ridiculous. He kept grabbing women's sandals saying he liked those----maybe that's where Greg gets it. You guys know his home slippers are women's right? He says the size fits better and they are more comfortable....um.....

S.A.D - M.A.D.- G.L.A.D

So with the shitty ass weather we’ve been having in Seattle, I thought I was starting to suffer from S.A.D (Seasonal Affective Disorder).
This realization coincided with my in-laws coming over for a visit.
Upon me sharing this tid bit of internal suffering with Jay thinking he would lend me some moral support, he stated that I had misdiagnosed myself and stated that I am NOT suffering due to S.A.D. rather M.A.D.

What is M.A.D. you ask? It is what Jay calls the “Mother in law Affective Disorder”.
I then proceeded to ask him IF I am indeed suffering from this MAD then what is his prescription?
He then stated that in due time I will be GLAD – Go and leave my ass disorder

Sure enough after they left I was cured and felt G.L.A.D.

Rost in Transrashun

My poor peeps, ESL man ESL

"I put some clean shits on the bed"
"The audience crapped for a long time after the concert"
"Rots of ruck on your coming erection" (Lots of luck on your coming election)!

WTF List – Edition One

1. one white sock, one black sock with slippers (one knows NOT to wear socks with sandals BUT at least if you choose to, wear MATCHING socks)

2. 5 shots tall latte (yes we know we have to sit in front of the computer trying to stay awake but is this really necessary?)

3. big trucks in compact spaces (stick the damn thing in a slot that fits, no forced entry)

4. bed hair (it CAN be pulled off if you’re in a band and have that cool factor, but not roaming the halls with your one white sock and one black sock)

5. say “excuse me” (if you’re walking down the halls and looking at your laptop at least know where you’re going without running into me)

Vicious Cycle

A friend of mine has been going in circles with this one guy for the last several months.
Here is the general idea -

They date
They fight
They break-up
They “see” other people
They get back together
Cycle repeats itself over and over and over and over….


Anyone have any insights as to why this occurs? And how one overcomes it?

Eleven Minutes

Another book by Paulo Coelho.

"Eleven Minutes"
Sex as an adolescent
Sex as a teenager
Sex as an adult
Sex with someone you love
Sex with someone for money
Sex for pleasure
Sex for pain

It’s about sex in different angles and what happens when you combine sex with intimacy and love.

Work out revelation

So I was chatting with a close friend (prend) of mine, he was asking me what my plans were for that evening. I told him I was going to eat dinner, go work out and then go to sleep. He then proceeded to tell me that I am doing it ALL wrong. That I should not eat before working out, that it is not the way to do things. I was very surprised cause that is the way I’ve always done it. Now those 8 times I have gone to the gym in the last 29 years has ALL has been a waste, NO wonder my muffin top and rollS have NOT subsided!

The Zahir

A book about a man's self revelation in search of himself during the search for his lost wife. Some insightful thoughts regarding men, women, marriage, love and sex. Reflections on the monotonies of life, relationships and routines.

Project Runway, NYC Fashion Week...

Ok it's going to be a dangerous couple of days in NYC during fashion week.
I hope I don't end up selling my soul to the fashion devil.
Ok it's official, 9/15, Project Runway finale and me. I can't wait!
We got invited BACKSTAGE as well.
Maybe we'll get to meet Heidi and the Seal pup.
How fantastically fabulous!