Where's Adri?

You might be asking yourself where I've been for the last two months...

....on vacation?

NO.

...chronically depressed?

MAYBE.

...stranded on a tropical island?

I WISH!

The truth is, life has been loco busy for moi.

Here's a quick and dirty list of what has preoccupied my time:

• WORK
• WORK
• WORK

No really, that's what has been my life this summer. Is it healthy? Probably not. But what's a girl to do?

Luckily, it's just for another 2 weeks and then my life will (hopefully) return to the domestic monotony that I crave at this moment. Dirty dishes, laundry, Primary calling??? Bring them on baby, I want them back!!

Besides work, I have spent quite a bit of my time doing something else this summer.

COMMUTING.

Yeah, at first it was cool to spend 8+ hours a week by myself on the road, but now it is getting flat-out O-L-D. I think I have just about every roadside billboard on I-40 memorized. My favorite one? Definitely the sign for the Mexican restaurant in Winona, AZ "The Hole Enchilada."

I know I sound pretty cynical. I really am not. I have actually had a great summer filled fun stuff and great opportunities at work. I just couldn't help but vent a little.

Anyways, to top off this post, I am including an almost forgotten past time. You guessed it. It's the Top Ten List Baby!

Top 10 things things I do on my commute

#10 Listen to my favorite sappy love songs on the radio show "Delilah"

#9 Daydream

#8 Watch for cops

#7 Stay awake

#6 Listen to Prairie Home Companion

#5 Practice singing Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" (with little success of course)

#4 Take in the view

#3 Do Nacho Libresque stretches at the rest stop

#2 Eat Maverick breakfast burritos

#1 Ask myself "Am I there yet?"

--A

Celebrity Corner...Flashback

I felt it was time for another Celebrity Corner.

Since I have been back to work, I have had limited time to ponder such trivial matters as my next celebrity-look-a-like victim. But alas, I must fulfill my blogging duties...

My next victim is none other than dear Aunt Ruthie. That's right. All you family know that AR is like one major babe...especially for her age....but dude she can hold her own with the 20-something bombshells, don't cha ya know!



Anyways, while AR has the looks of a celebrity vixen, it was actually pretty hard to pinpoint her look to any particular one.

When I asked Bucky about this one, she told me Jessica Simpson came to mind. But somehow I couldn't endorse such a comparison because AR totally has a better nose...and brain.



So, sorry Jessica...you don't make the cut.

Then, as I starting sifting blonde celebs through my mind, I realized AR has the look of a celeb of the past. You know, natural blonde, natural physiology, and three-digit I.Q. So, I thought of this candidate next:



Or maybe you know her better as this:



But the more I thought about it, the more I realized even though Robin Wright Penn is gorgeous, her personality is a little too serious to be compared to AR. (SIDE NOTE: My friend Emily looks a lot like RWP--she actually told me people told her that--but I'll have to save that for another CC...)

To make this match complete, I needed a blonde who wasn't afraid to give people some teeth. So my thoughts back tracked from the 1980s to the 1960s. And here's where I found the perfect choice:




That's right, Julie Christie!! Although I was never a fan of Dr. Zhivago, I have to admit that Julie Christie was some kind of major babe in her day and AR looks a lot like her.

Anyways, that's it for today's Celebrity Corner. Before I go, I have to give a big shout-out to AR for letting me stay with her this summer. You are THE BEST! Love you lots!!

--A

Why graduation is memorable....

Here's my top 5 favorite moments from Rajae's graduation last week:

#5 Putting the old bunny ears joke on grandpa

#4 Competing for the graduate's attention

#3 (Me) Looking like a zombie

#2 Capturing the candid moments...Why Rajae, what is your finger doing?

#1 Presenting Rajae with a one-of-a-kind Yo Adriane poster.

Congratulations Rajae on a job well done!! I hope you find success in the years to come and thanks for putting up with my immature humor for the night! Love you cuz!

--A