It’s My Dads Birthday August 20, 2008

Ok, so that’s a slight fib. It’s Robert Plants birthday. For those of you who do not know, I maintain that Robert Plant used to be our milkman and is in fact actually my father. Is that even close to true? Nah, but I prefer to live in delusion.

That being said, Happy Birthday pretend dad!!!

It’s actually the birthday of a lot of men I love. James Marsters, known best as Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and also known as my future hubby is 46 today!! Lets all take a moment and bask in the glory of his hotness.

Siiiiiigh.

Also, Mr. Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit is celebrating today. I love the me some Bizkit. DON’T JUDGE! And Freddie is one of those I CAN’T HELP IT (!!!!!!) kinda little crush things. So Fred, thanks for the tunes and those lovely blue eyes.

Happy birthday boys!!

Ian can bite my smaller butt…. August 12, 2008

So I told Ian I was going to write a really good blog about him late last week and I had evey intention of doing so. WordPress, however, was not cooperating everytime I tried….and now I’m having second thoughts. “Why the cold feet about spreading the word of Ian’s awesomeness?” you may ask. Well, yesterday he made us run….and I’m still pouting. =)

BUT the initial reason for my wanting to pat Ian on the back is just a little too exciting to not share. So here goes. Thursday morning I got up and was getting ready for work and as I’m changing clothes I glanced in the mirror and noticed something…. my upper abs have some definition!!! Overall I’ve noticed the most change in my arms and legs. I have muscle now! What a wonderful and welcome addition to my body. This is very exciting stuff, ladies and gentlemen. Very exciting. Also, I’d like to add a little thanks to Ian for listening to me whine. I’m pretty sure if you asked him to quote something I say often it’d be, “I haaaate (insert workout move here)”  Also Ian, if you’re reading this know that I’m not actually a Negative Nancy, you’ve just got a special talent.

August 5, 2008

Just a couple of things.

Number 1- Shame on me for not talking about Ian and our working out lately. He’s still whoopin us into shape. Yesterday was a bunch of crazy madness with weights and lunges, and weighted lunges and of course pushups. I. AM. SORE.

Number 2 - Why do Nikki and I both dream about skeazy “rock stars?” Nikki’s is Brett Michaels and mine is Kid Rock. Ew.

It’s a Natalie Dee-a-tastic kinda day. July 21, 2008

I have decided that Natalie Dee, webcomic arteest extrordinaire, has a comic that is relevent to everything I have to talk about here today and therefore I shall include one after every topic. Note: if you visit her site you may find some language and content that you may not appreciate depending on your sensibilities. You’ve been warned so don’t yell at me.

First: BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tonight! Finally! I get to see it! This weekend was sooooo jammed packed that I couldn’t even fit it in. Speaking of the weekend let’s talk about it, after this bat related comic.

 

Friday Sara Beth Clark and I finished yet ANOTHER CYP Amazing Race Challenge. Fun times were had by all. We made new friends and got munched on by bugs!

 

Then Saturday I headed up to Nikki G’s new apartment for an evening of housewarming and progressive hors d’oeuvres. Fun times were had by all and I learned not to drink the purple. Purple leaves Brittany with a headache the next day.

Sunday I just hung out with cricket and did a little house cleaning.

So that was the weekend. On another note entirely the Q-Wake-Up Crew has very interesting off-air conversations. Most of them are along the lines of Nikki and I asking Dan random and weird questions and Dan asking why women do *insert things women do here*. Todays most memorable topic was why do women get mad about men looking or making comments about their breasts when they have them all jammed up into a pushup bra while wearing a “look at me look at me!” shirt. The only reason I tell you this is because one of Natalie’s newest comics was this:

It made me laugh and fit the conversation so there you have it.

So Nikki G, as you may have heard, is going to be gone the rest of this week. Her sister is getting married so she is going to be off doing her Maid of Honor duties. Let’s hope nothing like this goes down.

And to wrap this Natalie Love-a-thon up is a comic that in my case is always appropriate.

SHAME ON ME! July 10, 2008

Feel free to punish me for slacking on the blog. I wish I had something hilarious and/or fabulous to write and the time to write it in, but life has just been nuts! I’m going to come up with something great though. Promise!

I ain’t scurrrrred. June 20, 2008

Ok, so maybe I was a little scared. Today was Mystery Box Day. As most of you know QMIX hosted a blood drive on Monday and we all promised to do something a little crazy if we got 107 pints of blood donated. Well, thanks to you we surpassed that goal and at last count had over 150 pints of blood. SO! Dan Fleming wrote a wonderful bluegrass version of Baby Got Back that we aired on Monday. Nikki G dyed her hair pink, and Keith Maddox let us Nair a “Q” into his chest hair. Today was my day to back up my end of the deal. I had to stick my hands into 3 mystery boxes not having a clue what I would feel inside and let me tell you something. THAT WAS THE SCARIEST THING I’VE EVER DONE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. The contents of the box were absolutely nothing to be afraid of, but the anticipation and actual act of shoving your hand into the unknown is HORRIFYING. That being said it was a blast and we all got a great laugh out of it….but still. Mystery box #1 contained olives in a bowl of vegetable oil, #2 was a wig (accidentally covered in some spilled oil), and #3 was New England Clam Chowder. So see, all of those were NOTHING to be afraid of, but man was I nervous.

Pics are on the website @ www.QMIX.com.

Wow. June 16, 2008

Ok, so it’s been a minute since I wrote a blog. Needless to say things were A LITTLE hectic last week. To be completely honest I still haven’t really had time to gather my thoughts and I sorta started this blog with absolutely nothing in mind to write about. So I’m thinking it is going to be a list of this and that.

*All of the generosity shown throughout Columbus and surrounding areas this past week has rocked my socks. Rescue workers went above and beyond and we are really seeing the best sides of people. Thank for restoring my faith. I’m sorry it took a catastrophe to do so.  

*Packing to move sucks. Especially when you know you just have to turn around and unpack it all again. I mean, what’s the point in packing things all neat just to move a couple of miles across town? Sure it’s efficient and its easier to haul a box than random armloads of crap, but still. It makes me all grry.

*Dog/cat vomit is gross. For that matter all vomit is gross and cleaning it up also makes me grry.

*Still no Manolo Blahniks in my closet. *wails*

*I think we need to pick Columbus up and move it to Nevada. Right outside of Las Vegas. Just pick the entire city up and take it there. It doesn’t flood in Las Vegas. (BONUS: Chippendales. ‘Nuff said.)

*I’ve spent too much money this past week. Goodbye economic stimulus check!! Online shopping will be my downfall.

*Still need an idea of what to do if we get our 107 pints. Nikki is dying her hair pink. KeithMaddox (K-Mo) is going to Nair a Q into his chest hair and Dan Fleming wrote a fabulous remix to Sri Mix-a-lots Baby Got Back. Leave me a comment with your ideas and we’ll pick one!

Shoe Crack. June 3, 2008

Hello. My name is Brittany Gray and I’m addicted to shoes.

I LOVE SHOES. Yes, I’m one of those. Dan Fleming asked me one day how many pairs of shoes I owned, to which I replied, “Uhhhhh….a lot?” I’ve never taken an official count, but if I had to hazard a guess it’d be 50+ Now sadly in my defense, my closet isn’t full of Manolo Blahniks and Jimmy Choos so my addiction could be much harder on my credit.

“Why shoes?” some may ask. Well, I think the question is really, “Why not shoes?” Fabulous shoes are something that can make the hugest difference in my day. If I’m rockin’ some spectacular footwear chances are I’m rockin’ some confidence too, and there ain’t nothin better than feeling great about yourself. The way I see it there are definitely worse things I could be spending my money on.

Now, all of this was brought up because of course over the weekend I saw Sex and the City (referred to as SATC from here on out) with Nikki G. It was part of her sobering up process. If you have no idea what that means pop over to her blog and read all about her hijinks during Fridays show. Everytime I see anything SATC related I use it as an excuse to cruise on over to the neimanmarcus.com designer shoe department and torture myself to no end. Oh Carrie Bradshaw! What I wouldn’t give for all of the clothes in your closet to be my size magically appear in my room! (Sidenote: Best. Girl movie. EVER)

So, as part of my treat to you dear reader I give you the lovlies I found on thise trip around the torture chamber.

Dior:

 

Christian Louboutin:

  

Jimmy Choo:

And finally the crème de la crème. The shoes that hurt my heart. The shoes that made Nikki G say, “It looks like Jesus made them.”

Manolo Blahnik:

 Oh Manolo, how I love thee….

Side fabulousness: Here’s the Dolce and Gabbana dress I want to go with the Manolos

Honest to Blog??? May 28, 2008

Why is it that when I’m just bebopping around throughout the day I think of all kinds of great things to write about, but when I’m actually in front of the computer I completely space all of it? It makes me kinda grrry. I guess I’ll just blabber about randomness. 

So May Day was pretty great. Finger Eleven was, to be honest, a bit of a let down. I just wasn’t impressed with their live performance. Seether was pretty awesome as usual. Their set list was better this time, at least in my opinion. They played most of my favorites. 3 Doors Down rocked my socks off yet again. They remain on my top 5 best bands I’ve seen live, and I’m sure they’ll stay there for a while. The first time I saw them they opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd and I was with a friend who wasn’t a fan when we got to the concert. “Oh they’re ok. They just really don’t do much for me,” he says. Well, by the time they were finished he was ready to go out and buy the three CDs they had out at the time. I already had a lot of love for them, but after that I was hooked. Shoot, I was…dare I say it…in love. To me, 3 Doors Down is just one of those bands that has something to fit any mood I may be in, and no matter how long I go without listening to them, all the love just comes flowing back when I pop one of their CDs in. In my opinion it’s being able to instill those sort of feelings that is the mark of a truly great band. Of course, I do realize those are my opinions, but I highly suggest seeing them live if you’re a fan. Trust me. You’re like will only grow from there.

In other news I’ve started kind of shopping around for a CD player for my car. My six disc changer is jammed and can’t be fixed without shelling out way more money than its worth. I figure if I’m going to pay out the wazoo for something I may as well just go ahead and upgrade completely. I’m thinking I may go the direction of the touch screen/ipod ready/cd/dvd/navigation/teleport/time machine. Any suggestions?

“If your trainer doesn’t occasionally make you gag, you need a new trainer” - Dawn Daugherty-Andrews May 23, 2008

Boy Ian was rough on us girls yesterday. We did some spinning and some abs and some arms and some legs and let me tell you what. Dawn hit the nail on the head when she said the quote above. I almost blew Nikki’s birthday cake all over the gym. The workouts are hard - as hard as they were the first day, but the difference there for me is that for the first couple of weeks I was wiped for the rest of the day after a workout. Now, I just go home, have some food, take a breather and then I’m up and running again. My energy level has definitely gone up, making it much easier to get up at 3:30 in the morning and not want to crash as soon as I get off of work. So, YAY!

As far as results go here’s what I’m seeing: I can’t say as I’ve really lost pounds, because we’re doing so much strength training, and as we all know muscle weighs more than fat, and I’ve definitely gained some muscle. There is a huge difference in being a size ten and have any excess being flab and in being a size ten and having it be muscle. Things (arms and legs mostly so far) are starting to look and feel more toned. 

Overall working out with Ian has been pretty great. If you’re looking to start working out yourself I highly recommend starting out with a trainer. It’s a great way to learn what you need to be doing in your workouts and stay motivated. Give Ian a call at Tipton Lakes Athletic Club and he’ll help you out. 

Moving along to other news IT’S A THREE DAY WEEKEND! WOOT! I somehow managed to go basically all week without realizing this so imagine my excitement when it dawned on me. So, I hope you all enjoy it. We’re supposed to have GORGEOUS weather and I for one plan to make the most of it. Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be headed to Verizon Wireless Music Center for MAY DAY 2008! Featuring Atreyu, Theory of a Deadman, Finger Eleven, Seether, and Three Doors Down. If you happen to be headed that way too, keep an eye out for me!