a guy friend of mine recently had the balls to try to tell me that i don't really care about cleveland sports.

WHAT?!?!

that the only reason that i (and other girls like me) even pay attention to sports is because drinking is involved.

THE HORROR!

that it's just a social activity for me, and i (and other girls like me) don't even care to watch the game cause all we are worried about are getting good seats.

ON NO YOU DIDN'T!

immediately i took offense to the accusation, because telling me that i don't truly care about cleveland sports is about as bad as telling me that i can never wear the color black again.

and that's bad.

but then i started thinking about what he said and while i still don't agree with him (obviously), i did suddenly realize that there is one convenient reason why being a cleveland sports fan is a benefit for a lady like me.

men.

you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that 98% of men love sports.

men flock to games, bars, tailgates and their living room couches just to show their support for their teams of choice. they quote stats to each other, argue, debate and want to discuss the topic with just about anyone, even women.

so why i can't i be that woman?

heeeeeeeeey, fellas.

fact - i'm a serious lover of all things cleveland, specifically their sports teams, but let's call a spade a spade here, the knowledge that an abundance of men are always around when sports are involved doesn't exactly hurt - nor do the celebratory beers.

you can't keep this single girl away.

i've decided to start my new year's resolutions a little early this year - this past monday in fact.

because why wait till january 1st?

when you're ready, you're ready - no reason to put off the inevitable.

you see i have a lot of things to look forward to and prepare for in 2010:

1. going to salt lake city, utah AND the sundance film festival in park city, utah end of january to see georgia peach, nameless and big pete
2. the first annual fluorescent february party (invites to come, but save the date for february 20th cleveland people!!)
3. jumpback ball at playhouse square, i.e. a good excuse to buy a new fancy dress
4. heading to scottsdale, arizona in march for tigger's bachelorette party with 10 of my college besties
5. traveling to pittsburgh more times than i can count for teen's bridal shower in march, bachelorette party soon there after and wedding in april that i'm honored to be a bridesmaid in!
6. a week in southern california in june for tigger's wedding and then further exploring the region
7. my 30th the beginning of july

that's a lot of stuff to be excited for - some are happening as soon as two months and some are a bit farther off, but regardless of when these events are going to occur i've hit a breaking point pushing me into action.

which is why i'm starting to train with overload fitness is westlake (they also have a location in beachwood).

i had my first session this past monday and holy crap am i excited to get going, specifically because the style of training they do at overload fitness is something i have never experienced before.

i'm going to be doing two sessions a week, at only 30 minutes a session with a focus on strength training in a unique environment that includes a clinically temperature controlled workout environment where my trainer says that i'm never going to sweat - well we'll just have to see about that.

i'll be sure to give you guys a status update in a couple of weeks to let you know how the training/diet is going and if i've even succeeded at my first homework assignment - eating breakfast.

i'm finally motivated people, take note.

(and wish me luck)

well actually, no chicken dinners will be given away during this post, so the title is a lie.

oops.

but i am announcing the winners of my Starbuck's Doubleshot Energy+Coffee giveaway.

drum roll please.

courtesy of randomizer.org (no time for a fun video competition drawing the winners this time), the following numbers were randomly chosen out of 69 comments and then assigned to their corresponding comment number.


congrats to the winners:

christina k

jinxygrrl

suburban sweetheart

WFNY scott

jenniferalaine




i picked some pretty good numbers in my humble opinion as four out of the five winners i have met and are my friends in real life.

jinxygrrl, we apparently need to meet sometime soon to make it a solid five for five.

thanks again for entering kids, and your Starbucks prize package will be coming your way via mail once i gather all of your addresses.

that's it for now, but stay tuned for a post about my new personal training program at overload fitness in westlake to start operation "get my shit together to be in weddings, go on 37,836 vacations and turn 30 in 2010".

the past weekend started promptly at 5pm this past friday when i met lara, AJP, jenn and some other fun kids at the blind pig for happy hour.

AJP, jenn, lara and jessica at blind pig

dive bar shots with AJP, me and lara

some of the kids at little bar - AJP, captain, ahmed, justin, jen, travis, andy, the klutz, martha, nikki, kim, lara, cubby and jeremy

red(ish) is the new black

warning: this post may or may not have been written under the effect of great lakes christmas ale.

i don't know what it is about the last booth in the bar at flying fig in ohio city that always has me leaving the restaurant feeling SAUCY.

i've sat in the exact same booth at flying fig during happy hour on too many occasions to count with always the same result.

it may have been the bourbon apple ciders, the grenache wine or even just misty and salami rose's company but whatever it is that causes the state of mind change, i love it.

which got me thinking about other things that make me feel saucy which in turn was the catalyst for an excellent conversation over christmas ale at bier market.

it was one of those nights where a cocktail napkin becomes a blog memo pad...

1. no, that isn't the alcohol making my handwriting sloppy, i just have horrible handwriting. 2. yes, that is a four color pen.