Chipotle-vana

Tomorrow, will be the day that all of my Chipotle dreams will come true! Tomorrow, is the day that a Chipotle opens up in West Hartford, CT! I will no longer have to make the hour plus jaunt to Shrewsbury, MA with my friend Joel! Now, we can make the 25- 30 min journey to West Hartford the land of synagogues, overpriced clothing stores and unaffordable housing.

I have been super excited about this all week! I even made dinner plans with  Joel and Sally for tomorrow night. Sally's a chipotle virgin, but I suspect after tomorrow night she will fall in love with chipotle's tacos. I mean who doesn't love their delicious tacos?

Anyway, I thought I would share my taco excitement! Until next time, this is Bridget peacing out girl scout!

 P.S. 

Today's book suggestion is "God's Behaving Badly" by: Marie Phillips. This book is hilarious! I have not been able to put it down yet. So, get it,read it and  fall in love with it!

Book Suggestions

So, I received quite a few emails over the past week asking for good book suggestions. Generally, I read about 2-3 books a week; and I have more than a few suggestions for a good read at any given time. I know that there are a lot of people out there that tend to read only certain types of books. I find that very boring, and I should point out to any new readers of this blog that I literally read everything....and when I say everything I do mean everything. I love everything from biographies, romances, historical romances, historical fiction, historical non-fiction, controversial science research papers, science fiction, horror and gore, thrillers, mysteries ...and everything in between. I love to read and if it's interesting and thought provoking I am willing to give it a try.

I decided to write this post today when I received an email from Kyle Kosick from Boston, MA. He said he "missed my weekly book suggestion posts from before I sold out, and started posting through blog spot." I'm sorry Kyle, but I should point out that my domain was costing me damn near a fortune to maintain, and the coding was a HUGE pain in the derriere. But, that is beside the point. Anyway, I've gotten quite a few emails like Kyle's over the past week or so, and it has made me realize that I miss writing my weekly book suggestions posts.

Books are my favorite topic to discuss, and I can't believe I haven't written one single book review for this blog yet. That is something I am determined to rectify immediately. While I can't promise that I will update with one of my famous book reviews each week I do make the promise to make them more frequent. I will also make a promise that I know I can keep. Every week I will post the books that I am currently reading or have read recently that I think my fellow book nerds will enjoy.

Since, I haven't done this in a while I will give you a list of 5 books that I really enjoyed recently:

1) "A Brief History of Time" By: Stephen Hawking.
First off, I should mention this book is a total mind fuck! It will change the way you think about the world, and about the universe. I had picked this book up from the library after it was suggested to me by my friend Joel. I highly recommend this book if you were not forced to read it for your freshman year of college physics class.

2) "Lord Loss" By: Darren Shan
"Guaranteed to gross anyone out!" is right! This book series like Shan's Cirque Du Freak is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Shan is a master when it comes to gore and making me go "EWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!" If you were a big fan of Goosebumps as a kid you will fall in love with this series and fast. It is fast paced and the plot has so many twists and turns it will definitely keep you on your toes. Be prepared to make a trip to Barnes and Nobel the day after you finish this book to buy book 2 in the series the "Demon Thief."

3) "Demon Thief" By: Darren Shan
This book was just as good as the first book in the series. The ending comes way out of left field. Enjoy:) 

4) "The uninvited" By: Tim Wynne-Jones
I loved this book! I literally spent a whole day and night reading it. It was very good and the ending was so unexpected. I loved Mimi and now I definitely want a mini cooper.

5)"Real Vampires Have Curves" By: Gerry Bartlett
This book actually made me laugh out loud in public! It is very clever and the main character Glory is very relatable...and it kind of made me want a talking dog/bodyguard named Valdez. 

Well, I hope you enjoy my book suggestions. Let me know if you agree or disagree in the comments and as always stay tuned.
--Bridget

P.S.
I went to the Agawam book sale this weekend with my friend Marcie and here are all the books I bought. All for only $5.00!

365 Photo Project

365 Photo Project

Have you ever devised a crazy plan with a friend over drunken IM's only to decide to implement said plans over sober IM's two years later? Have you ever been threatened with death by bulldozer for not implementing said plan? Or how about with a naked baby picture sex scandal? Well, I have and more than once I should point out.

And this is how the photo 365 blog came into existence on April 12th, 2010. Not only was I threatened with death by bulldozer, but I was also blackmailed with nude baby pictures, and nobody wants their nude baby pictures leaked all over the internet. So, to avoid a baby sex scandal and being flattened to the circumference of a pancake here I am taking daily photos of my mundane life.

Every day, I post a new photo of something exciting or something that made me happy over the course of the day. Generally, my pictures feature  everything from books that I am reading, signed copies of books I have received from authors I have stalked on the street, my dog, and me just being an all around nerd. Some of the pictures are entertaining, and some just make me wish I never picked up the camera that day, and they can all be found in my Photo 365 Project album on my facebook page.

 I never thought I would ever want to do this project. I hate getting my picture taken let alone taking a picture everyday for a whole freaking year. However, I am over a month into the project, and I am not as bored/ annoyed/lazy as I thought I would be. Sure, there were a few days where I was too busy to post, but I always post to make up for the days I have missed. The project has been fun thus far, and it is kind of cool knowing that  I have photographic documentation for a whole year of my life. I know Mike feels the same way, but then  again he lives in Vegas, and lives a more exciting life than I do. However, it is still nice to know that we are going through the same experience together no matter if one of us was threatened by the other to participate.

Anyway, I thought I should explain why this mysterious photo 365 project has completely taken over my facebook page.

And, just in case anyone was curious about the drunken conversation...don't worry we saved it for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy:)

( To protect our privacy AIM screen names have been deleted)

Mike: "I don't take any photo's! I spent $500 on this damn camera and I don't even use it. It just sits here on my desk collecting dust. It's a $500 knick knack."

Bridget: " Don't blame the camera for your lack of an exciting photo taking lifestyle. It's not the camera's fault you're  boring and don't take enough pictures."

Mike: " Thanks Bridget! True words of wisdom right there! Thanks for the clarification I never realized I was boring."

Bridget: "Happy to help."

Mike: " Well that still doesn't solve my  lack of camera use dilemma."

Bridget: " So start taking pictures with the damn thing! Get your money's worth. For five hundred bucks you should be using that thing on a daily basis."

Mike:"OMFG! Your right! I could take daily picture of whore's on the strip turn it  into a book and make millions. I could call it "Sluts of the strip a daily adventure"

Bridget: "Or not...who are you the guy from girls gone wild?"

Mike: " Ummmmmm yeah"

Bridget: " It would be cool to take pictures everyday and document your life though. It would be something cool to show the grandkids."

Mike: "OMG! Bridget! You are a genius! I should take a picture everyday for a year. That would be seriously cool and I would get some use out of my camera. It wouldn't even have to be pictures of me.  It could be pictures of hot chicks at the mall and freaky midget dogs on the strip."

Bridget: "Statutory rape much? Or they could be pictures of you know like Bruno your quirky dog or Janelle your equally quirky girlfriend."

Mike: "Don't call Janelle quirky she doesn't like that. I did that once and she punched me in the face and let me tell you that broads got bite. But I guess it would be cool to see Bruno and Janelle progress over a the years. You know Bruno's drool and well..."

Bridget: " Janelle's drool?"

Mike: " Yeah! You should see when she sleeps it's like Niagara Falls is coming out of her mouth"

Bridget: "EWWWWWWWWWWWW"

Mike: "Tell me about it. I feel like I'm taking a bath every time she sleeps over"

Bridget: "That's gross"

Mike: I might do this photo thing though. You know...like do it like over a year or something. Just take a pic and post it on my facebook.

Bridget: "That would be cool! I've seriously missed Bruno's drool. I think you should do it!"

Mike: "Me too and I would get to see how Bruno and Janelle's drool progress over a whole year! That would be sick!"

Bridget: " Do it!"

Mike: " I will and you should do it too! But yours should be like books. You have that whole naughty librarian thing going on."

Bridget: " Ummmm...thanks? I think?"

Mike: " No babe it's a good thing. Like drinking water when you are thirsty. So, you gonna doooooo it?"

Bridget: "Maybe"

Mike: " I'll do it if you will? So is it a deal babe?"

Bridget: "Uhhhhh...sure but you have to stop calling me babe. It's not like you will remember this is the am anyway."

Mike: "Fuck yeah I will! The captain can't bring me down! Unless I get the altzhiemers then well I'm screwed and tattooed with a dirty needle. Hello tetanus."

Bridget: "Whatever."

Mike: "So bardot do we have a deal?"

Bridget: " Sure Meyers...we got a deal."

Mike: " Well have to shake on it when I'm back in CT for x-mas. But no spit. Spit can totally ruin mexican food."

Bridget: "Ummmm....ok"

Updates Coming Soon!

I just wanted to let everyone know that updates will be coming soon...I promise. I have quite a few updates written, but I just haven't had time to edit them all yet. Expect  many posts over the coming weeks and as always stay tuned.
--Bridget

P.S. Here are some new pictures from a project I am working on with my friend Mike...Don't worry I'll explain everything in my next post!:)