Sprizee :: A simple girl replete with complications

Oh Happy Day.

Oh Happy Day., originally uploaded by sprizee.

I picked up some fresh flowers yesterday and I've been reading Valley of the Dolls for this month's book club. Oh, and what else? What else?

Oh yeah, I bought a friend's v.1 iPhone last week, had another friend unlock it and since Saturday I've been rocking it with my T-Mobile account. Since I'm not using AT&T adding a data plan was only an extra $6/month. Uh huh! 

Honestly, the only thing stopping me before was the understanding that I'd have to kick T-Mobile to the curb and I love their service (and the fact that they told the NSA to come back with a warrant) far too much to leave them.  Ah, but the iPhone + T-Mobile.  Heaven!

I'm holding my breath for Egan to finally cave and get one. He likes to follow me around.  Blogger, Typepad, Flickr.  I can't blame him though.  I'm pretty awesome.  Oh, modest too.  Of course, I stole all those ideas from other people and Egan already has an iTouch.  What can I say?  Egan is a pretty cool guy.

Sprizee-ified

It's fun to be busy and stuff.  I thought it would be a great idea to do a Yahoo! image search for "sprizee".  This image showed up in the top five.  I think it's safe to assume the mysterious Sprizee lives in Seattle.  Next issue!   

How's the mildly famous neighbor doing?  What color are your toenails these days?  Have you used a loofa before?  What shoes are you wearing today?  Do  you twirl your hair?  How long will it take you to notice this blog post?  Will you remove the post or simply fix the lame spacing issue between the two paragraphs?  Sprizee is the bomb!

Blogger pro tempore

Suprise*!! Guess who can now post on Sprizee's blog? Yes, that would be me. Hi, my name is Egan. Sprizee and I used to be co-workers. She's the one who coerced me into starting my own blog. I won't stop by often, but we all know Sprizee has been busy getting situated in her new house. The cable guy was due to stop by today so hopefully access to the internets have arrived. I hear the tv reception at the new house unbelievable. So wonderful that Sprizee doesn't have to show off her mad vertical hold skills. Man, remember the days when remotes, cable, and TiVo didn't exist? Take care everyone.

Things Sprizee and I have in common:

we both live in area code 206

we are homo sapiens

Revlon lips that never lie

blog providers

yellow magnet ribbons make our hearts warm

a love of Odwalla orange juice

Twin Peaks was the best tv show ever

our savior

..... most importantly...

Home Ownership!!

*in the true spirit of Sprizee I misspelled the word surprise.

Like totally!

"I personally am mourning the loss of the straight leg."  Amen.

Part music, part movie, part monkey.

Keane. The lead singer just checked himself into rehab.  As a result, the band will be taking a break from touring and some US dates will be postponed.  Yep, that includes the McCaw Hall show I bought tickets for earlier this month.

Snakes On A Plane. Send a personalized talking message in the voice of Samuel L. Jackson to someone you know.  The Dude sent me one earlier in the week without giving me a heads up and it was pretty pretty preeetttty good.

Go Monkey Go! Egan is participating in his first Ironman this Sunday.  You can track his progress and get updates over on his Triathlon site.  I had always thought when it finally happened I would be on the sidelines cheering him on, but with the new house and other random stuff the timing is all wrong, so I'll have to settle for being there in spirit which is so not the same. Go Egan!

Why I Got Egan to Blog is Crazy.

Editor's note: Egan left a present in my site last night.  I had almost forgotten I gave him access.  His unedited version is in black.  My response Reality is in this color.

Egan is a cool (and humble, don't forget humble) former co-worker of mine that I never got to know all that well (when we both worked together in the same office and didn't know what the hell a blog was). 

Right before I left his current company I told him he better keep in touch or else (actually...I sent an email to all the people left at the company I didn't want to murder and shared my email so people could stay in touch). 

I even introduced him to Instant Messaging (if he says so) and then blogging (Damn straight.  I setup french word of the day and then added him as a contributor long before les singes was even a twinkle in his eye.  I think even after he started posting on the french site I still had to convince him setting up his own site would be a good idea). 

I had to pull out all the stops so I could stalk my favorite former co-worker. (Um, okay.  I don't know exactly what that means but it reminds me of a funny story.  At one point, Egan got totally paranoid and had this wild idea that Murphy and Sprizee were the same person.  Like I have time for TWO blogs, let alone writing about a city I've never seen before.  Um, anyways, moving on.)   

I had no idea what sort of monster I had created (well I had some idea which is why I encouraged him in the first place) when I suggested he start blogging (but what I didn't realize is that less than a year later Egan would be completely and utterly ADDICTED). 

Now he's getting an insane amount of comments on his blog. (Yes, even if you're smart enough to do the math and remove the 25-50% which are his, it's still a crap load of comments...unless you do the male/female ratio and well, nevermind.) 

Should I turn my back and ignore him forever?  (Will I ever give him his birthday card from his birthday last May?  Will I at least give it to him before his NEXT birthday?  All valid questions.) 

He rarely IMs me anymore because he very busy pimping his blog. (Tu mens!  He's still always still trying to distract me from The Man which is very much appreciated.) 

Well, I think he's too much fun (no such thing as too much) and I know he really cares about me.  (Word.  He's good people.) 

He wouldn't try to convince me to buy a new Passat if he didn't care.  (Or didn't work for Volkswagen.)

Poop Shoot Celebrity Guest Post

Hi folks!  Bet you can't guess who this is?  I will give you three guesses.  Maybe five if you are lucky.  Okay, I just want to let it be known that I can post here because Sprizee likes me.  Have a splendid weekend and check out this cool blog when you get a chance.

EFo

Remember Mr. Dreamy?

Introducing reason #11. Make a note of it.

"I am a man in Seattle. Slighty disgruntled, but oh so fun to have in your life."

I can vouch for that one. Indeed, he does live in Seattle. Kidding, kidding. He's funny too.

Top 10 reasons EFo is cool dreamy

...in no particular order.

1) He speaks French.

2) He drives a Mini.

3) He owns a house in Seattle.

4) He has pretty blue eyes.


5) He looks good in goggles.



6) He loves his job.



7) He procrastinates and IMs with blazing speed.

8) He owns an iPod AND a Mac.

9) He runs and swims on a regular basis, or so I've been told.

and...drum roll please

10) He once (yesturday) told me and I quote, "No worries. I am raging dork too, so don't worry. I don't think we can offend each other with our dorkiness.*"

Also, his wife works at Starbucks AND owns some really cool glasses. Technically I've never met her but I've seen pictures... and, seriously, her frames alone, by default, automatically make anyone standing next to her dreamy.

*Officially my new favorite quote.