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All aboard at Procrastination Station!


Every now and then, whether in emails to friends or in my MySpace blog (once alive, now dead) I like to list my latest methods of procrastinating. It's fun. Also, it's just one more way of procrastinating. (Hannah, your lizard post inspired this list format--it's easy and fast. Funny and smart. I'm smitten.)

1) Eating. This is a recurring theme in many blogs here at But Hey...Pura Vida, perhaps because eating good food is so essential to living the pura vida. When procrastinating, I like to make fun snacks that remind me of my childhood. Like peanut butter smeared on celery sticks. Yum! Or, brownies.

2) Drinking. My first preference is alcohol, but if it's before 4pm I recommend Starbucks nonfat lattes. Low cal. Smooth flavor. Caffeinated. All around delicious.

3) Watching Flight of the Conchords videos via YouTube.

4) Lurking around on the MySpace pages of friends, family, musicians, strangers, celebrities, and hot dudes alike.

5) Online shopping. There's nothing quite like virtually shopping with some virtual money.

6) Real shopping. But only if you've just been paid. And actually, I don't highly recommend this one because when you use it too often as a form of procrastinating, you find yourself stuck with #5, which isn't that great of a suggestion on my part anyway. #5 is actually really depressing, when you think about it. Because that's what happens when you're fucking poor. You get depressed about it. Because as everyone knows, money equals true happiness.

7) Ogling/dissing celebrities.

8) Decorating. While procrastinating this last month, I have repainted our dining room (adorable and chipper pale pale pink), our dining room table (black), and our living room (light green with one darker green wall). This is an incredibly productive way of procrastinating and requires a keen eye (if I may say), a roommate's indifference, and loads of caffeine-induced energy.

9) More YouTubing. I've discovered a love for the new musical Spring Awakening, and rediscovered my love for Les Miserables, and also watched inane clips of things I shouldn't care about, like that model who fell through a runway floor, Britney's VMA letdown, and Beyonce EATING it (head over heels, face to the floor) during some performance.

10) Craigslist. But let me warn you: If you find something you want to purchase/take via Craigslist, jump on that thing like a ravenous motherfreaking wildebeest. You have to move at cheetah speed. It took me a month to find a couch only because within, like, 30 seconds of a Craigslist posting, some Olympian track star or someone already managed to get to the location of said sofa, pay for it, and haul it away. But also, the Missed Connection section is an endless guilty pleasure. I love reading stuff like, "To the blue-eyed beauty at the bus stop on Monday. We made eye contact twice. Up for more?"

May your procrastination endeavors be fruitful. Go forth! Godspeed!

Lizards: Pura Vida of Nicaraguan Living

Reasons Why I Heart Lizards:

1. Adorable. Undeniably.
2. They devour bugs that sting, i.e. mosquitoes.
3. They just chill.
4. No animosity towards me (unlike Scary Wasp).
5. The noise they make is cool.
6. They can squeeze through walls.
7. They let me take pictures of them.
8. Fun to draw.
9. I have no friends.

Friday Night Lights.

I am so hooked. Has everyone seen this show? It almost got cancelled this year, but luckily some NBC bigwig saved it because it is amazing.

When I wasn't working this weekend, I was curled up on the couch watching this show on DVD.

I felt it was really important to let you all know about FNL so that you all will also check it out, watch it, and make sure it doesn't ever get cancelled!

OK- let's get down to business. You may be asking- kiks- why do you think this show is amazing? You also like One Tree Hill. Why should we trust you?

My answer to this is as follows:

So I may like the occasional soapy WB teen show (read: DC, OTH, GG) but this doesn't prevent me from watching universally awesome shows like Six Feet Under, Veronica Mars, and Dexter. In order to recognize quality TV, you must first have something to compare it to- ergo, I check out tons of shows.

Getting back to the important stuff . . . FNL is tight. Really tight. Here is why.

1. The show is not about football. It is a drama about the everyday lives in small town Texas. So girls, don't worry about the occasional football scene. With all the romantic sub-plots and family struggles to watch, you will not be worried about what is going on with Dillon Panther Football.
2. The plethora of hot guys. This show has more hotties on it than any other television show I have ever seen. No joke.

Zach Gilford. It is hard not to immediately fall in love with the awkward secondstring quarterback, Matt Saracen. He takes care of his dementia-ridden grandma while working at a local ice cream shop to make ends meet and on top of all of that, he is thrust into the spotlight as the new QB after the first episode! He also has the sweetest love story of the whole show with . . the coach's daughter! Effing adorable.

Tim Riggins. Ok, first of all his name- it is a sexy football player name. It goes perfectly with his brooding, self destructive personality. For all you VM fans out there, I think I can safely say that he is the "Logan Echolls" of this show, but I don't want to pigeonhole him. I don't really think I need to tell you too much about his character because really- look at his picture. Then watch the show and constantly change your opinion of him. Why? Because he is so complex.

Gaius Charles plays "Smash" Williams. In addition to being the star running back on the Panthers, Smash talks about himself in third person and has tons of personal turmoil. He also has an adorable love interest on the show. He is cute and I love his name- Gaius.

Kyle Chandler. I love him. He plays the inspirational Coach Taylor. Besides having the perfect southern drawl, Kyle Chandler is an amazing actor. The on-screen dynamic between Chandler and Connie Britton, who plays his wife, is incredible. Not to mention that the scenes between Coach Taylor and the players bring me to tears. Total DILF.

Anyways, there are actually more adorable boys on the show I could blog about, but I have to get to other blog-worthy things about FNL.

3. The cinemaotography/ direction/ music choices for the show.

The other awesome thing about FNL is the way it is filmed. After memorizing their lines, the actors shoot the scene. The thing is- the directors shoot the scenes with steady cam and the actors have no idea where the cameras are while they are filming. So even though it is scripted, the show presents itself as a documentary.The music choices for the show are also great. First of all, the opening credits song is by a band called "Explosions in the Sky". When I heard the name of the band, I was immediately repulsed. It sounds like some alterna-Christian band. Good thing I effing love the song in the credits. The instrumental rock song's crescendo parallels the build up of angst for all the characters. The show also uses Iron & Wine, Ryan Adams, and Spoon.

4. The show is about football. Yes, this is also a reason to watch the show. You can't help but root for the Dillon Panthers after watching their hot Coach give inspirational speeches and act as a father figure for all the messed-up, cute high school boys.

The second season premiere is on Friday, October 5th. I am DVR-ing it. All day on Friday, Bravo is playing season 1 beginning at 8AM. Check that shizzy out. You won't regret it.

Hoodies.

You know what I love about autumn?


I love walking outside to check the weather.


After I feel a slight chill in the air, I turn right back around and go inside. Why? SO I CAN GO GRAB A CUTE HOODIE. They are the best! Once I have my hoodie on, I am ready to face the day and look cute doing whatever fall-y thing I want to do. Hoodies rule for tons of reasons.


1. They keep you warm and cozy. When it is windy or rainy, don't worry about messing up your hair! Just pull that hood on.

2. In the spirit of the blog, I have to say that hoodies are great to chill in. If you want to just curl up and watch some TV to DVD, you can wear a big baggy "boyfriend" hoodie. I am jumping ahead of myself here, but I have to say guys love chicks in hoodies. This is undeniably true. Especially when the girl is wearing his hoodie. Getting back to my point, I am chilling, blogging, and wearing my favorite hoodie.


3. Anyways, you can also make fashion statements with hoodies. When I was on a tour bus in Scotland, I saw the jazziest hoodie ever. A Canadian girl on our tour was wearing a fitted army green hoodie with a diagonal zipper. She bought it in London. To this day, whenever I am in a trendy shop, I always look for cute diagonal zip hoodies.




4. I can't think of anything more adorable on a guy than a worn-in hoodie. How cute is it when a boy stuffs his hands in the lil' pocket in front?













My best friend bought me a great hoodie. It is just the right size and super soft on the inside. It is also navy blue- one of my favorite colors to wear. This is kind of what it looks like. I luv it.

I love blogging about food.

Guys. I have discovered a breakfast cereal that will make you swoon. It's called Puffins. Isn't that a cute name for a box of cereal?

The thing is, I love cereal. It is cold and delicious and just the right amount of filling. But often times, cereal is loaded with calories and massive amounts of sugar that I fear will land unflatteringly on various appendages.

Not so with Puffins.

It's filled with low-calorie deliciousness. It also has a ton of fiber, which is good for 1) pooping (I'm sorry, but it's true), and 2) staying a slender little hot ass. I'm not sure a nutritionist would put it in these exact terms, but fiber is to your body what adorable orphaned children are to Brangelina: The more you have, the better you look.

Puffins, with their slightly sweet flavor and crunchy bite-sized shapes, are truly the perfect breakfast cereal. (I'm sorry, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but you are junk food, not healthy, slenderizing breakfast food. You seductive, beautiful bitch.)

I feel like I've come to the end of a long search for buried treasure, and Puffins are what I found in the treasure box. Also, they sell them at regular grocery stories and at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, so you can feel all hippy-crunchy-Gwyneth-ish.

Don't let the packaging fool you. That puffin only looks all militant and refined.

What's Going On?

What a great Marvin Gaye song. While Marvin was questioning war and whatnot, I'm here to see what is up with all my fellow HMPV blogsters.

As for me, I have been busy with non-stop chilling- with no time to post! I know what you thinking- blogging=chilling. Sorry!

So, in true Kiki-fashion, I'm just gonna go ahead and do what I do best- list things that have been keeping me chilling all August long.

1. Robins egg meets Tiffany's box blue.

I painted my new room this color and I cannot even begin to tell you about how chill my new room is- and I think it is mostly due to the color palette. The bright color serves as a great background for all of Smash's artwork as well as my cute new UO duvet cover! Now that my room is painted an inviting blue, all I ever want to do in lounge in bed and straight chill.

2. Ryan Adams-"Easy Tiger"

Okay, so it is no "Cold Roses", but I think this is a pretty enjoyable album. Ryan definitely does what he does best- singing about broken hearts with his falsetto country voice hitting the high notes. So far I have listened to this album on road trips, drinking on the porch, and unpacking my new room. My favorite song is "Two Hearts".

3. Not Working.

This should actually be listed as #1 if we were listing in order of importance. It is really hard to chill . . . at work.

4. Vimeo

Vimeo is the facebook version of youtube. It has a clean design and all kinds of privacy settings when you post your video. You can also do "credits" for the videos you post (if your friends are on vimeo). I love chilling on this site and watching videos. Also, most of these videos are made by the people that post them. For instance, on vimeo, you can't really find Rihanna's "Umbrella" video.

See: http://vimeo.com

5. The Pool.

Even though the docs tell me I shouldn't leave the house without SPF 50 because my skin is so fair, I love to go to the pool and tan. My skin just looks so much better slightly tan instead of the wintery ghost white. In addition to reading mags and catching rays, I also love to go to the snack bar at the pool and get chicken salad wraps. Delish! Going to the pool is a great chilling activity because you can be very independent about it and just go by yourself or you can invite all your friends to chill with you. When in doubt of how to chill in the summertime, just head to a pool.

Question: When will I get sick . . .

of listening to the Cocteau Twins while chilling?

A: Probs never.

Major Problem.

What is my problem?

Turkey Hill Extreme Cookies 'N Cream Light Recipe Ice Cream!

It is too freaking delicious. So I go to Ukrops yesterday to buy a 1.75 qt tub and here I am-- 24 hours later scraping the melted chocolately liquid off the bottom of the container.

Srsly. Buy this stuff if you don't suffer from ice cream binging and you crave a cold creamy treat that isn't too unhealthy.

Here is the description of the ice cream and some nutritional facts.

"Chocolate light ice cream with chocolate cookies and crunchy chocolate cookie swirl"

Per 1/2 cup: 140 calories, 5 grams of fat, 22 grams of carbohydrates.

So basically in the past day I ate 2000 calories of 'scream. Embarrassing!

Oh yeah, and all that cookie mumbo jumbo in the description is ALL TRUE. There are tons of big oreo like cookies in the ice cream. You know what is the worst? When ice cream doesn't live up to its description. Ben and Jerry's is notorious for that.

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This site is awesome. Check the image galleries for examples of Superman being a dick, or just for ridiculous comic book covers. Click the picture for reading ease.

http://www.superdickery.com/