30 Rock: My Truest Love

It all started a little shy of two years ago.

My ex and I discovered 30 Rock together during a date night at home including burritos, beer, and netflix. We watched the entire first season in one night, (it was love at first watch.)

Now all this time later, of course, the show has outlasted the boyfriend as the show and I just celebrated it's 100th episode this week! (If you count sitting at home with cookies and wine watching the episode a "celebration")

Let's face it, Tina Fey is a master at her art and writes great comedy. If you want to encounter some truly "funny shit" and haven't seen the show, you should go rent the first season and get hooked! It's had me laughing even on my most Eeyore like days.

I even got a better birthday present this year from the show than from the ex! As chance would have it, when I was in NYC for my birthday I ended up sitting right next to Tracy Morgan during the Broadway show, The Lion King! On my actual birthday! I was the only one he took a picture with that night, and I got to talk to him for a bit during intermission. He was a very down to earth guy and I felt very special. Obviously our worlds collided because the show is my truest love =P

So cheers to you 30 Rock, to your 100th episode, to a job well done, and a show well loved! I'll stay faithful til the end.

White Elephant in Jingletown

I went to the White Elephant Sale in Oakland yesterday with Lizz as a very spur of the moment idea, but I'm so glad I went! It was in a big warehouse in the artistic jingletown district and it was the biggest rummage sale I've ever seen. We went on the last day mid-day and stayed until the end to see if prices would drop. It was a little hard to stay focused on the searching , there was so much going on! Next year I'll have to go prepared with a strategy. As for yesterday, I ended up getting a huge beautiful painting for only $4! It was great...only it was such a large painting, it didn't fit in Lizz's car =( We ended up meeting a woman with a van who offered to hold onto it until I can get it from her house, what a life saver!

I already have a running list for what I'm going to search for next year: a bread maker machine, furniture, vintage jewelry...and a fur coat!

While wandering around the warehouse I found myself in the women's clothes section of the rummage sale and saw this sign. It made me laugh =) Maybe you'd have to live in downtown Berkeley at some point in your life to understand the humor, but thinking of all the Berkeley hippies, PETA, and environmentalists in the bay and then seeing two racks completely empty with this sign above...well it made me giggle.

Better luck next year.