I found a new car! After researching and test driving, I found one that I absolutely LOVE. I brought it home Tuesday night. It's a 2012 Chevrolet Sonic LT Turbo, in "Inferno Orange" paint with black and dark gray interior. You may not have seen many Chevy Sonics on the road (I haven't seen any!) but you may know it as the car from the OK Go video:



The car drives like an absolute dream and just has everything I could possibly want. The turbo engine accelerates like WHOA, but it still gets awesome mileage and it's very eco-friendly. It got AWESOME safety ratings. The layout and design of everything is just gorgeous. There's no other way to put it. I've never been a "car person" but the design of the Sonic really, really appeals to me. Something about the Sonic is very retro and sci-fi at the same time, and I adore that.

Anyway, as you can tell, I am totally in love. :) I have named the car Buster, after my favorite ballplayer, Giants catcher Buster Posey. Like his namesake, Buster is cute, all-American, fast, agile, he rocks the orange and black, and he's all about protecting home plate. Er, me. Okay, the metaphor kinda fell apart, but you get it.





The pictures don't do the paint justice...it shimmers in the sun and looks anywhere from tangerine orange to deep red-orange, depending on the angle you look at it.

Rest in peace, "little sister." You were so loved and so loving and we all miss you.

I swear, this video is better than Prozac.



Ugh, E!Online, why do you suck so much? You can watch the video here.

Just got some of the official photos from the race. I think it's pretty clear from these how much fun magickalmolly and I were having. :)

( Click to see the pictures. )

This past weekend, magickalmolly and I participated in our very first half marathon, the inaugural Tinker Bell Half Marathon at Disneyland! We'd been training for months, and it all came down to one Sunday morning at o'dark-thirty. ;)

We were joined by my lovely mother ambenz for a fabulous weekend at Disney.

( TONS of pictures under the cut! )

Would I do it again? Most definitely yes! In fact, I'm planning to run in the Disneyland Half Marathon over Labor Day weekend...that gives me 7 months to train harder and get in better shape. And of course, I wanna run Tink again next year! :D

Enjoying a day off in preparation for my trip to Disneyland tomorrow! :)

Lo and behold, this made my day even better...



Werk it, gurl.

Back on LJ...and making a conscious effort to post more. Let's see how this works.

Next weekend, I will be at Disneyland with magickalmolly and my fabulous mother for the inaugural Tinker Bell Half Marathon. We've been training for this for months...I can't believe it's almost time! We're all BEYOND excited. Seriously, it's all I can do not to jump up and down and scream like a little girl at this point. This is going to be the longest short workweek EVER!

In addition to my annual end-of-year mix, I made two fanmixes as Christmas gifts for magickalmolly, which I will also share here.

These are both Glee fandom-themed. First up, a mix for Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson, McKinley High's power couple. This mix is unabashedly sweet and romantic. I can't help it with this two. :)



1. Matt Nathanson - Faster
2. Selena Gomez & The Scene - Love You Like A Love Song
3. Lady Gaga - Highway Unicorn (Road To Love)
4. Scissor Sisters - Skin Tight
5. Snow Patrol - You're All I Have
6. Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed
7. No Doubt - Running
8. Cee Lo Green - No One's Gonna Love You
9. Amy Winehouse - Our Day Will Come
10. Travis - Flowers In The Window
11. Jamie Cullum - Love Ain't Gonna Let You Down
12. P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect
13. Guster - Do You Love Me?
14. Owl City - Honey and the Bee
15. Little & Ashley - Stole My Heart
16. Harry Connick, Jr. - I Could Write A Book
17. Landon Pigg - Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop
18. She & Him - Fools Rush In
19. Seth MacFarlane - You're The Cream In My Coffee
20. Michael Buble - That's All

Click here to download a zip file of the mix and the cover art. Play it loud!

The second mix focuses on Blaine Anderson. While we don't know that much about his home life yet, we have gotten little hints into his less-than-ideal relationship with his father and the bullying he endured at his past schools. I think there is a lot of darkness in Blaine beneath that sunny smile, the perfectly coiffed hair and the designer bowties.



1. Billy Joel - Prelude/Angry Young Man
2. Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
3. Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want To Be
4. KT Tunstall - Fade Like A Shadow
5. Keane - Is It Any Wonder?
6. The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
7. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me?
8. Patrick Stump - Spotlight (New Regrets)
9. Bruno Mars (feat. Cee Lo Green and B.o.B.) - The Other Side
10. Coldplay - Lost!
11. Rufus Wainwright - Rebel Prince
12. Alanis Morissette - Perfect
13. Talk Talk - It's My Life
14. The Smiths - This Charming Man
15. Jonsi - Boy Lilikoi
16. Imogen Heap - Little Bird
17. John Mayer - In Repair
18. Rufus Wainwright - Beauty Mark
19. Lily Allen - He Wasn't There

Click here to download a zip file of the mix and the cover art. Play it loud!

Please comment and let me know what you think if you download. Thanks! :)

My holiday gift to all of you...my traditional end-of-year mix. I hope you enjoy it!



1. Darren Criss - Human
2. Mumford & Sons - Roll Away Your Stone
3. Coldplay - Paradise
4. Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark
5. fun. (feat. Janelle Monae) - We Are Young
6. Fitz & The Tantrums - Don't Gotta Work It Out
7. Glee Cast - Rumour Has It/Someone Like You
8. Ellie Goulding - Lights
9. Darren Criss & Chuck Criss - New Morning
10. OK Go & Bonerama - Rock & Roll Suicide
11. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
12. Matt Nathanson - Mercy
13. Glee Cast - Misery
14. Freelance Whales - Kilojoules
15. Patrick Stump - This City
16. Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory
17. Martin Solvieg & Dragonette - Hello
18. The Go! Team - Bust-Out Brigade
19. Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand
20. Travie McCoy (feat. Bruno Mars) - Billionaire
21. Camilla and the Chickens - Forget You


Click here to download a zip file of the mix and cover art. Play it loud!

Please comment and let me know what you think if you download. Thanks! :)

Edited to add: D'oh! I made a mistake on the track listing on the cover art and in the ID3 tags. Track 6 is "Don't Gotta Work It Out" by Fitz and the Tantrums, NOT "Pickin' Up The Pieces". Sorry about that!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating it today. I am so very grateful to have all of you in my life. Enjoy this day with your loved ones and know that I am thinking about you.