Welcome to the Good Life

So much for life being blase lately! Well I guess present still kind of is but future is beyond exciting. I have so much to look forward to in the coming month & a half, I don't even know where to start.

Okay, so the original reason I chose My9 over FOX is that 9 has Yankee games & I thought this could be a good opportunity.  I have of course come to the realization that my team is done this year but that doesn't mean I still don't love each & every one of those guys. This all being said, I get to go to a Yankee game as a reporter on Friday! That's right! Kimberly Jones all the way! We're talking on the field, in the locker room, the whole nine! Dream come true!

If that wasn't enough to make me happy for the rest of my life, I was also given my graduation present from Ma & Pa Aubrey...the vacation of a life time! Some people have friends in low places, not me. I have them in amazing places. The trip will start out in L.A. so I can see that Stripper Theo I love so much. I'll be there for a few days & then we're driving to San Diego & I will be spending that portion of the trip with Billiam & K.Marsh (separately of course haha). Then after 6 days in Cali, I fly over to Hawaii to see my fiance Sarah Anne! I'll be there for 8 days & also get to visit my family & pseudo-cousin who goes to school there. My uncle has a boat so I'm hoping to get out with him one day & maybe swim with wild dolphins like he says he does all the time. AMAZING!!

After my 2 weeks of bliss, I come home & barely have enough time to get over the jet-lag. I'm off again to Miami a week later! The 3 coolest kids on campus return for a weekend that includes all my favorite things, like a Miami football game & a Thursday night/football Sunday at the Sandbar. Then I come home & it's Halloween, which is in my Top 5 favorite days of the year! Basically I'm living the good life. Now throw your hands up in the sky!

"I don't highlight my hair, I've still got a pair..."

So I know I've been a super slouch with this blog lately but life's just been so blase lately. Well anyway, tonight I heard a conversation that got me thinking & this was the gist of it...

"Well ugly girls get boyfriends easier then pretty girls do."

"That's because pretty girls are picky & don't put up with as much bullshit as ugly girls."

It was said in such a way that made it seem like this was obvious to everyone. Certainly was not obvious to me but it made sense. I have of course experienced this phenomenon first hand. A girl who was both ugly & fat swooped in on a former flame of mine. What did she have that I didn't have (aside from an extra hundred pounds or so)? The answer to this is that she gave him free use of her brand new Acura, all her leftovers, cooked for him, cleaned, bought him everything & even got him an embroidered blanket. Putting up with more bullshit then me is an understatement.

Now this is by no means me saying that my friends who have boyfriends are ugly. Perhaps it's because of my superficiality but if they were ugly, trust me they wouldn't be my friends. These girls are simply very lucky. I'm also not looking for excuses as to why I don't have a boyfriend & saying that I'm the best looking girl in the world. I am certainly confident enough however to feel that I'm what they call a "good catch". I just haven't found the right fisherman yet. Speaking of fisherman!...

Everyone asks me what my type is & as far as I'm concerned I don't really have one. The most common thread I find with guys who I genuinely care about is that they are tall & very good looking (although this is not absolute AS can be seen with a former habitual bad decision of mine.) But then I heard it! The description of my perfect man. Listen to the song "I'm still a Guy" by Brad Paisley & that's what I'm looking for! If you know anyone like this, pass my number along. A man's man. Someone who I am quite sure I will not find on the Isle of Staten. Someone Southern! Someone who might even be on a "Studs & Spurs" calendar. My heart belongs to a cowboy.

Super Fantastic

I've recently come to the conclusion that I like fantasy far more then reality. Yes, this seems obvious to everyone because who wouldn't love their own Superman, but for me I cannot tell you how much I wish this was the world I lived in. From super heroes to vampires to wizards, I want this to be my life.

I just started reading Twilight. I'd seen all those Facebook bumper stickers & always wondered about this Edward Cullen person. Who was he & why was he so wonderful? Well, I'm not that far along in the book & I can already see why he is such a big deal. It's good so far, but it's supposed to get more suspenseful, which I like. Some people have criticized my choice of book because of it's "lame story line" but I could care less. Call me kinky but I enjoy the occasional biting so a vampire sounds good to me!

Now I am also a huge Harry Potter fan so falling in love with Edward Cullen, I feel like I'm cheating on Harry. I basically wish every single day that I were not a muggle & could fly on a broomstick & apparate from place to place & use Polyjuice Potion to become Jessica Alba, but let's face it, I have no magical powers. I am past the age of acceptance into Hogwarts & I am saddened by this consistently.

As for super heroes, clearly Peter Petrelli has my heart. It's always the magical ones who I fall in love with. As Jess on Gilmore Girls, Milo Ventimiglia had no appeal to me, but as Peter, I have never been more in love with a human (or super human in this case). Anytime I see previews for the new season of Heroes I almost can't contain my excitement.

I'm telling you, the reason I have not found any guy worth my time is because I have expectations that are impossible to meet. It started at an early age with Disney princes and it has continued to this day. Get it through your head, Amy...fictional characters cannot be your boyfriends!

So Cute

My brother showed this to me & I am not ashamed to admit that I cried. I know I haven't posted any blogs in a while but I've just been so busy. I thought this one was just too cute to pass up. Enjoy!

Fantasy Psychic

OK so I was just going to write about my love for special dates & times & the upcoming 08/08/08 but that was kind of boring. I'm watching the Yankee game & Xavier Nady just hit a homerun to tie it. I have had Nady on my fantasy team all year & I'm so glad my real team saw what I saw, especially after his 6 RBIs yesterday.

Now I have a bit of a 6th sense when it comes to fantasy baseball & the Yankees. As I just mentioned, I had Nady & then that's who the Yankees traded for. During Spring Training I remember playing a game against the Pirates & I noticed Damaso Marte as he was pitching. Michael Kay had nothing but excellent things to say about him so I put him on my "Watch List". I didn't pick him up because he was only a relief pitcher & not a closer so he wasn't all that valuable in the fantasy world. I did however keep up with everything he was doing throughout the season. Who also came to the Yankees in the same trade that brought over Nady? You guessed it...Damaso Marte.

Now this all doesn't seem so unusual until my next move. I had Jorge on my fantasy team but when he went down I needed another catcher in addition to Joe Mauer. Since catchers don't play every single day it's a good idea to carry 2 of them. Looking through the available players, I stumbled upon Pudge Rodriguez who I couldn't understand why he was a free agent & Jose Molina was not. Molina is a great defensive catcher but as a hitter, why would you have him on your fantasy team? But so anyway, I grabbed Pudge & thought this was an excellent pick up. I guess the Yankees had similar thoughts because literally the next day, he was a Yankee. I'm going into broadcasting but if the Yankees need any help in the front office, I could probably be of some use. It's like I have ESPN or something.