I have a ridiculous infatuation with Chelsea Handler. The kind of love that dragged my sick butt out of bed an hour early this morning just to get to Barnes and Noble at opening time just to get a copy of her new book! It came out today, CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG is so far, a chapter in, just as awesome as her other two books. She kills me. Just love her. One of my besties, Dana, got us tickets to see her do her show at Radio City in May and i’m counting down the days until I get to see her in person! Until then, i’ll read her book and look forward to every weeknight at 11pm on E!

Umm and if you’ve never read one of her books . . . they are LOL-worthy.

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Tomorrow is PARADE DAY!!! In Hoboken! Scrantonites, don’t have a cow. You’re not totally out of the drunken loop, parade day in Scranton still goes down next weekend . . . and yes, i’ll be making this tray happen again next week too!

I don’t know when or why I became the designated jello shot maker, but it happened a while ago and I take pride in my trays of vodka/gelatin delciousness. (I think it all started bc it was obvious I wasn’t going to ever amount to much of a cook and jello shots became my trademarked contribution to parties)

 This is one of my FAVORITE recipes! Melon jello with vanilla vodka! Mmm! Umm hello though, check out that presentation!!?? This girl means business.

Pretty much can’t wait for the Scranton parade day though! My friend had shirts made for us and I have more green STUFF than I think i’ll even being able to put on my PERSON. I’m still eyeing up green sunglasses and an “IRISH BITCH” chalice, but I think the “Birthday Bitch” pimp cup I carried around on my birthday was a enough CHALICE for Amanda til next year!

I’ve been in a WILD STAGE with my hair for a couple years . . . but today, I tamed it down a bit. I went a little less blonde, a little more blended brunette!  Lavish, the store full of amazingness on Linden St. in Scranton, is also now a gorgeous, trendy, intimate salon! So not only do they feature their own line of bath and beauty products along with a ton of other lines you won’t find wandering the product aisles in Target, but you can also find unique gift ideas, home decor and accessories, and even (my fav) perfumes and makeup! I like spicy-ish, different scents that no one else wears and my nose was LOVING touching all of the testers! Yes, I at one point rocked patchouli oil in college days, but let’s not go there. Ok, back to the point. I went in this morning and the lovely Lisa did my new do! If you’ve never stopped in, check out Lavish next time you’re strolling around Scranton or if you’re due for a little pampering – make your next appointment with them! 

 They do it all . . . manis, pedis, facials, waxing . . . but the trendy atmosphere just makes it a fun place to visit, poke around, and find some new products to enjoy. On top of all of the that, Matt and Jon the owners are like my new favorite people. This store/salon is going to become a dangerous place for me to love . . . I have a feeling. Check them out for yourself . . . I already can’t stop thinking about all of the things I wish I bought while I was there this morning . . . including this soft microwavable stuffed animal that smells like lavender . . . (obviously not for me, for Joelle, Dana’s baby!)

http://lavishbymattandjon.com/index.html

…even while i’m getting my hair done, my crackberry never leaves me hands, it’s getting a little pathetic. Umm – and how gorgeous is that pattern on the wall?

Saturday is PARADE DAY in Hoboken and I finally found a shirt I felt good about wearing. It says . . . DRINK TIL HE'S CUTE! I'm a fan. I got a ton of green stuff to throw on and i'm making the green jello shots tonight! Woooo! I'm pretty excited about this weekend because the plan is to meet up with a couple of my friends from college who live on LI and even a few girls I went to high school with who live in NJ now.

I looked in the mirror last night and kind of startled myself. I'm ghostly. I'm definitely not a fan of the Jersey Shore Snooki looking tan, but this girl needs a tan. It makes me feel moisturized and good ... even though i'm not a cripsy brown fist pumping guidette, i'm also not loving my Casper shade of white skin. Went to see my girls at ATOMIC TAN  ...  great deals going on ... stop in to get un-white.

Chat Roulette.com is my new favorite way to waste time online AND SOCIALIZE with randoms in Norway! (minus the ridiculous amounts of nudity, it's actually pretty cool)

Check out this awesome dude on there who sings to everyone who comes on his screen! Reminds me of a guy I was chatting with from Boston ... he sang our ENTIRE CONVERSATION!

A few weeks ago I started painting again! I just fiinished my first piece and hung it up last night. I’ve always loved the fleur de lis symbol and  even though my mom painted a HUGE one on my living room accent wall, I thought it would be fun to paint one! All of the art hanging in my apartment is stuff my mom has painted specially for me to go with my furniture/room colors . . . so I wanted to do something for myself and tap into my creative juices!  Here it is . . . in the hallway from my kitchen to the living room/bedroom! It’s not perfect, but it was fun, stress relieving (and causing) and I did it all by myself! It was NOT as easy as I thought it would to split one image on 4 canvas’s … now onto my next mission . . . Jeff wants me to paint him something! Ahhhh … i’ll never hear the end of this.

I don’t usually complain about the weather and about how the snow needs to go away . . . but it does.  I usually LOVE the seasons and embrace the cold for all it’s worth . . . wearing cute sweaters, scarves, and long coats. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH already . . . really! I woke up today and knew I was done with winter because I didn’t feel like getting dressed. I’m soo done-zo with wearing vests, Uggs, sweater coats … over it … you should see what i’m wearing today … a hot mess in a fuzzy hooded vest and Uggs. Totally not work attire.

I can’t wait to wear a linen dress, some flip flops, and sunglasses! Ahhh!

Ok, that’s enough ranting. Today I did something I probably shouldn’t have done, but felt compelled to, so I did. Facebook suggested I become friends with my ex-boyfriend. Not just any ex-boyfriend, but the first real one. The one that screwed me up. Most of us have that one person that you let your walls down to for the first time, let in, and trusted.  .  . yup, that one. It’s been over 3 years since we’ve talked and there’s great reason for that, but really, I walk around preaching about living each day like it’s your last and being an open person and striving to say exactly what i’m thinking at all times … yet here I am, cut complete contact off with someone who at one point was a big part of my life. I think it’s stupid that we don’t talk anymore. Don’t get me wrong, there’s NO WAY I would ever want to be with him again and there’s no way I could ever trust him again, but it’s crazy to me to think that we can’t occasionally update eachother on our current lives.  Before we dated, we were friends … we became best friends actually and promised eachother that if we dated and things didn’t work out, we would stay friends because we had an awesome friendship to start. Well, things ended with a horrible falling out and being friends wasn’t an option at first.

So . . . time has passed, life has gone on, and we still don’t communicate at all. So what’s the big deal with sending an email, you know? Well, that’s atleast the way I was thinking before I sent the facebook message. Now i’m wondering if that was just opening up a stupid can of worms. Whatever, it’s what I wanted to do at the time. . . that’s what matters, right? I wasn’t mean, I was nice, and just wrote to see how he’s doing, wish him well, and get a little life update. I have him to blame for the root of my commitment issues, the least he can do is reply, right? Ha, I doubt that’s going to happen, but we’ll see.

Oh, Joelle from Dupont area … if you’re reading this . . . hi! We met so LATE on Saturday night that I feel bad that we didn’t get to properly talk … or atleast chat sober! So, it was nice meeting you! Hopefully next time we meet, it’ll be earlier in the night. Maybe a few drinks earlier atleast! Thanks for keeping up with my blog sister! xo

If you're a chick, you've probably shed a few tears over some jerk dude that dumped you, cheated on you, or never called you back. This probably happened in your teens or adulthood. Imagine being 3 years old and being so in love, having those gut wrenching, twisted, insanely passionate feelings?!? This little girl is so in love with JUSTIN BEIBER that she can't CONTROL her emotions and is literally SOBBING because of her love for him. She's HYSTERICAL. I laughed out loud like 5 times. Just sit back and enjoy.

BTW - he ended up seeing this video and surprised her on Saturday night by meeting her.

who finds Jersey Shore’s Mike “The Situation” incredibly charming. I know, I know . . . he’s in love with himself and gave himself a nickname, (who does that?) but there is just something about him (besides his abs) that has suddenly attracted me to him. It might be his confidence, maybe his demeanor, but holy … I never thought i’d say this, but Mike “The Situation” has charmed me.

It was this appearance on THE VIEW that did it for me. What is my life coming to?

Yesterday we were talking about CHATROULETTE.com … it’s this new video web chat site that randomly pairs you with someone else in the world.  It’s virtually a social roulette game.  When I tell you that this is THE MOST FUN WAY TO SPEND A FEW HOURS ONLINE, you either need to trust me, or try it for yourself!!! You can see them, they see you, and you IM back and forth. I even read that a 17 year old came up with the idea. Whoever did, is a freakin GENIUS.

Once you get past the dudes who are holding signs that simply say “boobs” and the guys who are doing totally inappropriate things … the site is a BLAST. Last night I chatted with people from Russia, Brazil, Kentucky, Texas and even a group of college students as close as Penn State! Not EVERYONE on there is a creep. Warning to the parents – your kids should DEFINITELY NOT be checking this site out. One minute i’m watching American Idol flipping through random chats and the next I look down and it’s 2:22 AM!!! The time flew because I was just being a social butterfly … with complete strangers. It’s a strange feeling actually. The guy from Brazil was sitting there with a guitar. He told me to pick a song. He didn’t know any John Mayer, so we played me some PEARL JAM and even SANG for me too! A complete stranger, sharing his talent with me, a random girl sitting on video chat.  I was about to log off and then clicked NEXT one more time. That was my mistake. I was connected with a super cute guy named Chris in San Diego. We chatted for a LONG freaking time. . . purely for research haha … the thing about this site is that there is NO POSSIBLE WAY to reconnect with someone once you close out your chat with them. There’s no login, username, nothing. I guess the appropriate thing to do if you want to stay in contact with someone would be to give them your facebook or email. Chris gave me his so we could continue our chat another time, but something tells me he had a secret wife and kids upstairs sleeping in his beautiful California home.

The site says you have to be atleast 16 to use it, but there’s no way of stopping younger kids yet. Just an FYI – this is definitely not the kind of thing your kids  exploring. There was WAY MORE gross people than normal people . . . but chat roulette is just now getting all of this attention in the media, so hopefully they can weed through the creeps and filter out all of the nasty users.

If you google Chat Roulette you can seen some examples of some of the more interesting screen shots people have taken . . .

If you find yourself looking to chat with new people and have some serious hours to blow, try it out! It’s a LOT of fun, but you definitely have to be ready to see some questionable things and just NEXT them!