The Bachelors are here, the Bachelors are here!

I am a cheater.  Yes, I read Reality Steve this week and know alllll about this season of The Bachelorette.  Even the final 2.  Ha ha ha-ha ha.

The bachelor bios have been posted on abc.com.

Check them out.

Overall, I find them less then impressive.  But I guess blue eyes, blonde hair and bad teeth does it for Ali.

25 men all for Ali!?  Where are my 25 men!?

1 Day of Hell

I survived the 1 Day Cleanse!  Barely.  I was quite hungry all day yesterday but I felt good about know that everything I ate (drank) yesterday was raw and natural (boring and tasted like dirt.)

Below is a link to the One Day Wonder Cleanse if you are interested:

http://www.redcarpetcleanses.com/RCC_OneDayWonderCleanse.pdf

Here's the breakdown the super challenge Heylee and I did on Tuesday:

MORNING JUICE

7:00am

ACE OF BLADES

1 Cucumber

4 Pieces of Celery
1 Apple
1 Kale Leaf
Cilantro
Lemon Juice
Use a juicer
Serving Size 16oz

The nice gentleman behind the Juice Bar at Whole Foods made this one up for us.  This was by far the worst one.  It was NOT delightful.

Breakfast on left, 'snack' on right

SNACK
9:30am
LEMON LIP SMACKER SHOT
2 apples
4 Kale
1 Lemon
1 Dropper Echinacea
Juice all and add tincture
Use a juicer
Makes 1 Shot Glass

Now I don't know why this is considered a 'snack.'  It was another green drink that tasted like dog poo.  (Not that I would know.)

I wrote my name on my 'snack' so no one would steal it out of the TDMN community fridge.

LUNCH
12pm
RAWKSTAR SMOOTHIE
1/2 cup of Almond Milk
1 Kale Leaf
1 cup of Frozen Mango
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
5 Drops Stevia
Blend until creamy
Serving Size 16oz

This was at least a little better.  I think I used well more than 5 drops of Stevia to sweeten things up.  It does taste pretty similar to the cactus it's sitting next to tho.  (Not that I would know that either.)

Everything I've had today is green, eek!

DINNER
5pm
SUMMER MINT SALAD
2 cups of Mesculin Greens
1/2 cup of Cucumbers
5 Crumbled Walnuts (optional)
1/2 cup Blueberries
2 tbsp of Mint
Shake the following in a jar
1 tbsp Rice Vinegar
1/2 tbsp Coconut oil
Herbamare to taste
Makes 1 serving

Finally!  Something I can chew!  Unfortunately, I was so dang hungry I did not get a photo of my salad before I ate it up in :45 seconds.
 

Barbie Salad

I went to bed super early last night to prevent myself from doing a Chick-fil-a late-night drive thru.  This morning I felt pretty refreshed and pleased with myself that I survived the dreaded cleanse.  Goooo team!!

Look at me, I'm a cat!  Meow!

Still Cleansing

4 pm cleanse update... I'm freakin' starving!!

Dear Lord, please bring me some chicken nuggets

Cleanse - Day 1 of 1

Heylee and I are doing a cleanse today.  It's basically veggie and fruit juices all day and then a salad for dinner.  More details to come.

We call this 'breakfast'

Monday mayhem

It's time again for random thoughts... Monday edition!

1)  It's my favorite time of year.  A new season of ABC's The Bachelorette starts on Monday, May 24th!!  Ali Fedotowsky is our new Bachelorette!  You may remember her leaving last season's edition of The Bachelor, (staring the hunky, charismatic, witty, amazing dancer known as Jake, the pilot from 'Dallas,') for her job.  (Kidding about those adjectives... he's about as exciting as watching paint dry.)

Don't cry Ali, he has 2 left feet.  And you know what they say about boys who are bad dancers...

So Ali has once again left her gig at Facebook in San Fransisco to find love in 6 weeks or less among a group of 25 stand-up (loser) men.  Unfortunately, the brief bios of the men (boys) aren't up yet.  I will continue to stalk abc.com so I can learn more about these amazing (creepy) men.

She's baaaack... and she has blue kicks!

2)  I've decide that I like chick bands.  Not all-chick bands.  But bands with chick-lead singers.  Garbage came on in my car yesterday.  Remember Garbage from the mid-1990's!?  Shirley Manson is the sh*t.

 

'Stupid Girl,' 'Only Happy When it Rains,' 'Push it'  All classics. 

Other chick bands I love include, Hole (can't get enough of that train wreck Courtney Love), No Doubt (Gwen was such a badass in her O.C. days) and Paramore.  Hayley Williams of Paramore is only 21 and homegirl rocks it!

Check out Decode below by Paramore from the Twilight soundtrack.  Really, a chick band and vampires?  What's better than that!!

3)  The Hollywood 'Bling Ring' trial starts today in L.A.  It was also just announced by TMZ that actor Orlando Bloom will be testifying in the trial about the heist at his home.  Orlando is one of numerous celebrities including, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Megan Fox, Ashley Tisdale and Rachel Bilson who's homes were burglarized by a group of teenagers during an 11-month spree. 

Take a moment and admire the hotness

One of the defendants, 18 year old Alexis Neiers, of E!'s skanktastic new show Pretty Wild, has been charged with one count of felony burglary in connection to the Bloom robbery.  According to sources, Neiers turned down two plea deals from the L.A. County D.A.  The first for a punishment of one year in jail, the second for a 6-month jail stint.  Now, she's pushing her luck and may be sentenced to 6 years in state prison.  Brilliant.

4)  Don't 'butt dial,' 'pocket dial,' or 'accidentally' call me.  I'm on to you, and it's lame.

Below is the definition of pocket dial according to urbandictionary.com:

pocket dial

Pocket dialing is when your cell phone, seemingly of its own free will, dials your friends (or worse, enemies) at inappropriate times. This could be caused by small pockets or objects in the pockets that press buttons on your phone - including the send button.

John:  Sorry, I didn't mean to call you!  I must have pocked dialed you.

Ha, nice try.

5)  Also in Urban Dictionary, the definition of Kate:

Kate



A girl's name for the coolest person you will ever meet.


1. I wish i was Kate
2. Kate is great.

The coolest girl you know

Pretty things I can't afford

Pretty things I'd like to have that would place me straight into debt... but at least I'd look fabulous!

Marchesa dress

Christian Louboutin shoes

Rachel Gilbert dress

Camilla Skorgaard shoes

Jimmy Choo clutch

Rebecca Taylor (it's a romper!!)

Rebecca Bruno mini

Rebecca Taylor dress

 

Burberry Prorsum

D & G skirt

All pieces at Net-a-Porter.com

Miley mania

Yes, I do like Miley.  I know, she's a precocious, country-bumpkin teen who is about to really piss off the Disney Co., but I like her music.  I was lucky enough (right place at the right time) to see the premiere of her new music video on E! News on Tuesday evening.  The track is called Can't be Tamed and Miley proves she is no longer a Disney princess.  She is now a naughty little minx channelling a cross between a grimy Ke$ha and a chaps-wearing Christina with a bit of that J-Lo sultry blank-stare thrown in for good measure.

See video link below and brace yourselves for "next step in the evolution of Miley" :

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b179357_Exclusive__Miley_Cyrus___quot_Can_t_Be_Tamed_quot__Video_World_Premiere_.html

The track has already hit the airwaves too.  I listen to Yahoo Radio at work everyday and lately have been listening all day to Chicago's B96.  It's basically like Kiss FM in Dallas without the Nickleback and Daughtry crap.

And if you are a huge fan of the Miley classic, Party in the USA, like I am.  Check out this version with some good ol' boys.  If this doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will.

So I just read this on Ryan Seacrest's blog (don't hate on Ryan!)

There is a list of top 10 cities for single women as determined by SingleMindedWomen.com based on employment opportunities, cost of living, access to travel, entertainment options, social opportunities, ratio of women to men, singles population and healthy lifestyle.

These cities are:

10.  Boston
9.  Washington D.C.
8.  New York City
7.  Seattle
6.  Philadelphia
5.  Phoenix
4.  Denver
3.  Pittsburgh
2.  Dallas
1.  Austin

Dallas... #2.  Really!?

"Dallas: It's where Jessica Simpson snagged her Cowboy, but it's not just exes who live in Texas. As recently as 2007, there were 40,000 more single men than women here. Lest you think it's all 10-gallon hats, the city also boasts six performing arts centers and an opera house. Not to mention a cost of living almost as low as Pittsburgh's."

Where are these 40,000 more single men!?

Clearly, this is bullsh*t.

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Cinco de Mayo!

Did you know that Cinco de Mayo is not just a holiday for Americans to take tequila shots, eat obscene amounts of guacamole and ride mechanical bulls!?  There is actually history behind this day we celebrate, the 5th of May. 

Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.  Gooo Mexcio!  The holiday is primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla and in the United States.  The rest of Mexico virtually ignores it!

Typical Americans.  Any holiday to eat, drink and be merry.

Enjoy your day!

If my life was a movie...

I love dance movies.  I wish I was the young girl fighting to make it to Julliard or to prove my parents wrong or working to unite my urban neighborhood or to dance the cha cha in the face of a political revolution!

Below is a list of my top 5 favorite dance movies in no particular order:

1)  Save the Last Dance
- ballerina's mother dies, she moves to Chicago's south side, meets boy, learns hip hop from boy, falls in love with boy and gets into Julliard.

2)  Dirty Dancing:  Havana Nights

- girl moves to Cuba in 1950's, meets local bus boy, enters Latin dance contest, parents disapprove, interrupted by national revolution, still fall in love and know they will dance again though she must return to the States.

3)  Center Stage

- ballerinas at a school in NYC, promising dancer falls for bad-boy choreographer, later realizes she's meant to be with (straight) ballerina boy.  Peter Gallagher and music by Jamiroquai.  Doesn't get much better than this. 

4)  Footloose

- this actually happened at my high school!  I'm the daughter of a minister from a small town and a boy (with great hair) from the big city came and helped us put on the prom of our dreams and we showed the town we were really all professional dancers who had been suppressed by our elders in the community!  ok, I totally made that up, but it sounds pretty sweet.

 

5)  Step Up

- this may be my favorite one.  Troublemaker (hottie) is sentenced to work in a school for the performing arts.  Turns out he's a hip hop dancer so he starts working with a ballerina at the school for a competition, then they teach each other new moves, fall in love, fight, then dance in the grand finale and he gets accepted into the school.  Hell ya!