Nerdvember: The Final Days

It’s kind of hard to finish off Nerdvember during Thanksgiving AND the last USC football game of the year. But I did try. Day 28: Elf from Rise of the Guardian Inspiration: Christmas tree decoration at the office! I wasn’t going to wear the same ol’ elf hat for that. 😉 Components: The beautiful, handmade shrug from Pandoras Kloset. (Same person that I got my Jayne’s arm warmers from. And no, I cannot afford a full coat.) Red t-shirt. Red leg warmers. #settostunning #Nerdvember Day 28: Elf from Rise of the Guardians. We’re decorating Christmas tree at work today. 🙂...
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Five For Friday: Christmas Video Edition

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Five for Friday is a weekly (well, almost) series about the five new things I learned each week. For this week, it’s just all about awesome holiday-themed videos! You just never know what you might find on the internet to fill you with Christmas cheer. I found a handful these past few weeks that I would like to share! Mary, Did You Know…that Jesus is Hot? Seriously. No disrespect for the religious content of this CeeLo’s video. But god damn, Jesus is hot! And I keep forgetting how amazing of a singer CeeLo is! Brighton’s Christmas Prank Wish you’d thought...
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Shave THAT Barkley!

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Dear Matt, Oh Matt. Matty Matt, Matt. What’s with the ‘stache, bro? WHAT’S. WITH. THE. ‘STACHE?!?! When are people going to take this USC Quarterback Facial Hair Curse seriously? It has been consistent almost every year!  Sanchez. Booty. Leinart. Palmer. “What is WRONG with the team today?!?” “Wait. Was that…? Is that…?? Oh my GOD, it’s the fucking mustache!!!!” “Nooooooooo!” With at least once per quarterback, this happened. Gridiron Goddess Amy and I have the same discussion every single year when USC football team crashed and burned when they shouldn’t have.  It’s been YEARS of this and nobody ever paid...
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Five for Friday: Running, Camping, Drinking, and Chris Hardwick Envying

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Five for Friday is a weekly series (and at the rate I’m blogging…pretty much the only posts these days it seems, LOL) about the five new things I learned each week. It could be anything from a new recipe, new skills, or a new life lesson. Fireball Whiskey When I go to USC football games, I hang out at Psychogate, the official tailgate of Roy “USC Psycho” with whom I’ve been friends since college. While Jagermeister has been the alcohol of choice, this week, we were introduced to Fireball Whiskey. I feel like calling this sweet cinnamon awesomeness a whiskey...
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Powder Blue Panties in a Twist

USC Marching Band drum major has been stabbing his sword into the middle of the football field for god knows how long as a part of the band’s act. Our field. Their field. Any field. We have been taking special pleasure when we play at the Rose Bowl because our Trojan ALWAYS gets to stab through fucla logo in the middle of the field.  I don’t know where the bRUINS have been this whole time but we’ve ALWAYS noticed. Now that the familiar scene to us Trojans got included in the PAC 10+2 promotional video, suddenly the fucla athletic director...
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