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100th Post: A Retrospective

HEY GUYS, WE ACTUALLY MADE IT TO 100 POSTS! And it only took us...over a year. Whatever.

Now let's get all nostalgic and look at our favorite highlights:


Tool Academy obsession
So trashy...but so, so good.

Emily goes on TV shows
Ridiculous. Within about two months of moving to L.A., I was on Ellen DeGeneres AND The Price Is Right. Still to come: Mythbusters! (Yeah, I forgot to blog about that one. I'll make a big deal about it when my episode airs.)

Alexa visits L.A.
YEAH SHE DID! The duo reunited for one awesome week.

Black AmEx competition
Alexa got the first one...but I got more!

Alexa goes to Paris
Champagne on top of the Eiffel Tower. WIN.


See also:

• Alexa wants a robot, hates people, references Twilight, and really wants a robot


• Emily destroys a couch


• Alexa ponders boybands in a serious way

Here's to even more ridiculousness to come!

Because Emily Told Me To

Me: And now I have to go to bed. Because I have a confession. I have to work tomorrow.

Emily: WHAT

Me:at the coffee shop

Emily: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

Me: ...yes.

Emily: ALEXA NO
YOUR SOUL
IT WAS CRUSHED ONCE BEFORE THERE

Me: BABY NEEDS A PAYCHECK

Emily: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHhh

Me: So Baby will go back there, until Patrick Swayze comes to say "Nobody puts Baby in a corner!"
...wait. Fuck.

Emily: LOL

Me: Regardless, I needs dollarz.
So I'll report in tomorrow about it. I'll even blog.



And on that note....bed.

Emily's Olympic highlights

So the Olympics came and went, and as much as Alexa and I LOVE THE GAMES...we hardly blogged about it. That's a FAIL on our part.

I now give you my Olympic Highlights:

The Opening Ceremony whales
I cannot find photos/video of it online, but oh man. Video whales on the floor, spouting up some mist. Awesome.


Canada's Mittens
They are freaking cute and made me happy.


Apolo Anton Ohno
Winning medals and hearts. (Okay, due to my extreme desire to WIN THE OLYMPICS, any athlete who can bring home several medals has basically won my heart.) I may have missed a few speedskating events' coverage, but I always watched Apolo's races. I also loved his announcements of his personal medal count after each win.


Moguls
Bump, bump, bump, launch...spin!...land, bump, bump. AWESOME. I never noticed moguls before, but holy cow this event rules. Plus, just look at that outfit: looks like comfy pajamas.


Charlie White & Meryl Davis
Silver medal in ice dancing! Their "Phantom of the Opera" costumes were amazing! Also, Alexa knows Charlie! GO TEAM!


Shaun White wins again
In the words of Alexa, "GOD Shaun White is just SO much better than everyone else." Seriously. He consistently gets more air and turns out better tricks than anyone. His "victory lap" was scored even higher than his first run. I feel like the event itself was just a formality—Shaun White was going to win, period. And I have to comment on team outfits again: USA rocking the plaid shirt and jeans? Of course we did.


Scott Hamilton's figure skating commentary
"Triple axelllllll....YEEESSS!" "Whooooa...ooohhh..." This is a man who loves the sport, and I love his commentary.


Lysacek pwns Plushenko
LOL RUSSIA. We beat you even without a quad!


Snowboard Cross
I just love how they jump and go whoosh.


Bode Miller wins gold
Hey, he finally got one! Way to turn around that "go big or go home" attitude from Torino. (Notice the trend: I love people who win medals.)


Closing Ceremony hijinks
It looked like a Thanksgiving parade threw up in Canada. Inflatable animals and mounties and singing maple leaves...I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. It was completely unexpected during what I thought was supposed to be a classy affair. WHATEVER, it was amazing.


WE WON THE OLYMPICS
Okay Canada, you got more golds than anyone...but we won more overall medals than anyone, and we all know that's what I really care about during the Games! 9 Gold, 15 Silver, 13 Bronze...37 total medals...USA! USA! USA!

iamamiwhoami - WE HATE YOU

Emily: ALEXA
Alexa: yes?
Emily: ALEXA
Emily: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rpD_eclfTY
Emily: WATCH THAT
Emily: IT'S CREEPY
Emily: THAT IS A NIGHTMARE IN YOUTUBE FORM
Emily: It's apparently a viral campaign for some artist "yet to be revealed"
Emily: Video #6
Emily: CREEPY I AM SCARED
Alexa: OKAY. I DIDN'T EVEN GET LIKE. 10 SECONDS IN
Emily: FINISH IT
Alexa: I am afeared
Emily: GOOO
Emily: I am here, digitally holding your hand
Alexa: lol
Alexa: ok
Emily: 0:33
Emily: I'm gonna have nightmares
Alexa: obvs
Alexa: terrified
Alexa: Why? Why? WHY?
Emily: I need to know who is behind this
Emily: so I can hate the proper person.
Alexa: You mean it isn't the work of Satan?
Alexa: Okay. AWFUL
Alexa: I have to shower, but when you find out who did this, TELL ME

Alexa: That shower cleansed that video from my soul

TOTALLY AMAZINGLY AWESOME

Emily (11:58:48 PM): YOU KNOW AN OLYMPIC MEDALIST
Alexa (11:58:58 PM): I shalll blog in the morning
Emily (11:59:04 PM): NOWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Emily (11:59:08 PM): IN THE MOMENT

And here I am, blogging in the moment.
CHARLIE AND MERYL WON SILVER!!! I am SO PROUD of them and it was an amazing performance and GO USA!

Doctor, doctor, what be ailin' me?

I think it's my OLYMPIC FEVER.
As it's been told, Emily and I are totally afflicted with the disease. It came to a head in 2006 during the Torino Winter Games (when we were living together) and then went totally out of control with the 2008 Beijing Summer Games.

That being said, we have serious Fever.

It is also very exciting this year as I know someone in the Games. We're not total BFF or anything, but I went to high school with Charlie White, who competes in ice dancing. It's just so much more thrilling when you know someone there. He is a really nice guy, one of those genuinely good people, so I recommend everyone watch and root for his as he goes for gold!!

It just makes me mad that I have class tonight and I have to TiVo some awesome downhill skiing, snowboarding and other awesomeness.

YAY OLYMPICS

VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC FEVER

Just to make this clear:

ALEXA AND I LOVE THE OLYMPICS. OLYMPIC FEVER, BABY!

We were all about TORINO '06 while living down the hall from each other in the dorms, and bonded again over BEIJING '08 (though we lived apart then). In a matter of hours (even if it's 36+ hours), the madness begins again!

I just signed up for my NBC Olympics email/text alerts (I am all about the medal count), and added some awesome widgets to the blog's sidebar.

USA! USA! USA! USA!

OLYMPIC FEVER!

Less Snow Than We Thought

The snowmageddon missed us, thank goodness. That's not to say we didn't get any snow, but at least where I am we didn't get the 6 to 10 inches there were forecasting. Excellent news, if you ask me. However, my class got canceled tonight. I find that annoying. You couldn't have canceled classes yesterday? When it was snowing?

In other news, Captain Phil Harris from Deadliest Catch passed away. Emily is the one who told me, and I find it very sad. Love the show, and goodness knows he was a fixture on it.

We'll miss you Capt. Phil

Hijinks I say

To say I've been up to some hi-jinks is a lie, but it's a fun word to say.

Still very much "pseudo-fired". It sucks.

Will have to quite ballroom dancing at the end of the month in order to not be even more broke than I am now (if it was even possible).

In other news-6 to 10 inches for the metro Detroit area over the next day or so. Oh winter.

Now that I consider to be a "hi-jink", if you will.