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The Princess and the Frog

Casi — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:16:46 +0000

The Fall/Winter holidays are definitely my favorite’s of the year! The good times all begin when Halloween comes to town. I mean, who doesnt love roasted pumpkin seeds, carving pumpkins, and dressing up in the most ridiculous outfit you can throw together at 8:45pm the night before (begging the Walgreens employee’s to stay open long enough for you to choose between a princess costume and Santa Clause….because, that’s right! They already have Christmas stuff in stores!) If you hate any of those things you probably have no soul and hate Thanksgiving and Christmas too. What is wrong with you!?!

So here is my Halloween 2011 in pics for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Lauren and Gabetron came over for some pumpkin carving fun. We all pretty much rock at carving pumpkins!

Greg carved a pretty bad ass Iron Man. I vote for him as the winner of the evening.

Greg and I officially have a logo. How flippin’ cute and cheesy is that?!

As you can see, I went for the Princess costume over the Santa suit.

And the winner of the cutest dog costume this year goes to Axel Rose Barr. He looks so happy to be a frog…well sorta…ok…not at all.

What did you dress up as this Halloween? If it was Charlie Sheen all I have to say to you is STOP IT!

♥ Casi

Why Did We Go to Minnesota? Oh Yea, I LOVE My BFF Kate!

Casi — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:09:15 +0000

Last weekend I discovered the meaning of COLD.

Greg and I went to Minnesota to visit our very best friends, Kate and Darren. We were lucky enough to also see our other BFF Justin who flew to Minnesota from LA. It was a weekend filled with That’s What She Said jokes, food, and drinks. You know, the usual.

Another thing it was consumed of is COLDNESS. One lesson I learned this weekend is that we should never leave California in the winter. Yes, we love our friends, but they are coming to visit us from now on between the months of December and March!

We were “lucky” enough to be in Minnesota during Snowpocolypse, where the high temp was 23 degrees, the snow came from all directions, and driving was pretty much the scariest thing in the world.

Here is what we did in pictures:

First things first, we grubbed on White Castle. This right here made the trip to Snowpocoypse 100% worth it (and of course the constant hugging and hand holding I did with my bff).

Our first full day there we visited the Mall of America where we shopped, shopped, and shopped. I had to buy another suitcase…that’s how much we shopped. Don’t judge me! p.s. this picture was taken so we could meet our goal of being the most touristy people in the mall. It was a tough goal to accomplish, but I think we did it with this one.

My Bff Kate and I drank an enormous amount of champagne and other fun cocktails throughout most of the weekend. This is the only picture I have of us that isn’t completely ridiculous and filled with funny faces.

Then we went to a place that served drinks in pineapples! It was like Hawaii was in Minnesota! Except for the whole 10 degrees below zero thing…that’s my friend JA in this awesomely-awesome iphone-to-iphone picture. I’m an artist! Who knew!?

Can you guess what these are? Nooooooo, it’s not poo on a stick! It’s deep fried snickers bars! Yea, you heard me.

As I go through these pictures I’m wondering how in the hell I made it out of Minnesota alive. Yea, I came back with a major beer belly, but we survived and I think that’s the important thing we should focus on.

Here’s me and Greg in front of a bank just so we could prove the coldness we were enduring. That was probably the warmest day too. Brrrrrrrrrrr

Me and Katester in front of a frozen solid lake. That lake is where I tried to be a professional ice skater (on Uggs) and got this little beauty…

On our last day there Snowpocolypse hit…like a mother! I know this pic looks like my friend is at the top of a mountain during a white out, but really I am taking the picture from the snow plowed street while he is up on the “sidewalk”

The drive to the airport was the scariest thing. I had my eyes closed most of the time while we were on the freeway passing stuck cars at 13 miles an hour.

When we got to the airport (alive thank gawd!) we checked our bags and then this is what we saw: everything CANCELLED. I was secretly happy because this meant I wasn’t going to die in a horrible plane wreck.

So, we bought a bunch of lottery tickets and headed to the closest hotel to drink and gamble our sorrows away.

At some point in the night I thought it would be a GENIUS idea to stuff the rouge roll away bed into the elevator door. I had way to much fun with that one.

Then the next day arrived and we wondered back to the airport where apparently they were letting planes fly out even though Snowpocolypse was still furiously roaring outside.

We made it home back to blue skies and two days later the weather man told me it was going to snow in SF. FAIL.

♥ Casi

You can check out all the other fun and obnoxious pictures that were taken in my flickr feed.

I Got a Job, I Got a Job! – The Big Reveal

Casi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:45:02 +0000

WARNING The guy in this picture has nothing to do with my job, other than I took this picture on my way home from work. After several sleepy head bobs he unfortunately did not go face first into the pole. Sorry, but that would have made my day!

OK! OK! I’ll spill the deets on my recent employment.

After Several tweets/emails/buzz’sgs(?) requesting to hear all about the big news, I am finally ready to divulge!

To tell you the truth, I didn’t want to jinx anything, but after receiving my very first paycheck, I think any curses that may have been looming have vanished completely. Or haaaaave they….

Yes, they have!

On February 16, 2010 I became the Coordinator of Strategic Partnerships for Real Girls Media. Fancy title hu!?!

Real Girls Media is a group of smart, creative, talented women AND men (YES, men too!!!) working together to create a fun, informative, and unique community at DivineCaroline.com

I personally work with talented bloggers from all over the country to help make DivineCaroline.com the best it can be. I am also on the lookout for new creative bloggers, and I help manage DivineCaroline’s Twitter and Facebook. So. Yea. I read blogs and tweet all day. What can be better than that?!?!?! Ummmmm NOTHING! It’s pretty much my dream job. BE JEALOUS!

*Quick Story* My manager E. (she reads my blog so: Hi E.!!!!) told me that part of the reason they hired me, was because of the recommendation letter I posted on my blog from my BFF Kate. I’m pretty sure Kate peed her pants when I told her that!

I’m so happy to have a job! I’m even more happy that it’s a job I love! Not only am I a SanFranciscoNoob, I am now a RealGirlsMediaNoob. I can’t wait to continue learning and growing with this great company.

Somebody pinch me…I may be dreaming! WAIT WAIT! Don’t pinch me, I don’t want to wake up!

♥ Casi

P.S. My Birthday is in 20 days!! Feel free to check out my wish list…

References? Can My BFF Kate Be a Reference?

Casi — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:24:10 +0000

It’s customary to be asked for references when applying for a job. Makes sense. Your possible new employer wants to be sure you’re not some crazy serial killer or con artist who has come up with an elaborate plan to infiltrate their company. Well, today I received an email from my BFF Kate. You may have seen her past letter of recomendation for me. She pretty much has signed up to be head campaign leader for “Find Casi a Job.” It’s a real campaign, and YES I take donations. You know, for the cause and all.

Anyway, my whole point is, if I could add Kate as one of my references I would. The reason I don’t is I believe she may be a bit too vulgar. Therefor her letters of recommendation/encouragement go on my blog:

WARNING: The following is mostly comprised of facts. If you have any negative thoughts on any of the below statements; just consider it false information.

Actual email I received from Kate: 2:58pm Tuesday, February 2, 2010
[Subject] Things I want:
1. Casi
2. To be sitting on a couch drinking wine with Casi
3. To go shopping at Forever 21 with Casi while she steals fur vests
4. To snuggle with Casi in her Snuggie
5. To not have school like Casi
6. To be laying on the beach working on my tan with Casi
7. To be drunkinly eating a cheeseburger with Casi
8. Oooo, El Coyotes margaritas with Casi
9. To sit with Casi and invent more pet names for ourselves
10. To get a pedicure with Casi
11. To get a manicure with Casi
12. To not write Casi’s name when I am typing at work (this may or may not have happened like 30 seconds ago – allegedly)
13. TO GO POLE DANCING WITH CASI
14. A puppy which I can play with when I am with Casi
15. To be at Casi’s house in SF right now
16. To have an iphone like Casi
17. To play ispy games with Casi when she solves them and they are inappropriately funny
18. To make fun of bad hair days and falic sculptures with Casi after she solves ispy games
19. To live with Casi so my life would never be bleak and empty like now (OOOO, what if we did live together?!? Would we be the fighting roommates though? I hate most everyone I live with.)
20. To go to a gay bar with Casi
21. To go to a hula hoop class with Casi
22. To win the lottery so Casi and I can retire and play together every day
23. To make sure Casi knows this email is probably the creepiest email I have ever sent, and I meant every word
24. To make sure that Casi knows I am not interested in sexual relations with her – I’m here strictly on a snuggle basis
25. Also to make sure Casi knows if she ever talks about period shits with me, I might vomit
26. To go wine tasting with Casi (well, Darren and Greg can come along too because we need someone to drive and someone to pay)
27. To sit and pet Casi’s soft hair (bonus if it has been washed recently)
28. To learn how to be hardcore like Casi and drink beer
29. To learn how to be hardcore like Casi and speak geek
30. To wear sweats all day like Casi (this is purely an assumption, but I would assume you don’t put real clothes on, and if you do – WHY?)
31. To beat Casi’s boyfriend at a burping contest (which for the record I have not lost, I just get too drunk to remember said contest)
32. To one day wear my furry boots in public with Casi when she wears her furry boots
33. To own a bumpit and legitimately convince people Casi and I are related to Snooki from the Jersey Shore and we have been cast in season 2
34. To own a bumpit and just look at it’s amazingness (with Casi of course)
35. To have Katester be one of those words on Casi’s website that grows when you say it a lot – like beer (but I’m clearly superior)
36. For the world to one day revolve around me and Casi (well, more so than it does now)
37. To not get pregnant by November so I don’t have to name my child Casi – mostly cause I don’t like losing bets
38. – Too inappropriate for SanFranciscoNoobs.com – Casi
39. To apologize to Casi for the obscenesss of #38
40. Casi

There is more, but I have to pee, then I have to try and stay awake during a fascinating lecture on commercial transaction law…but mostly I’ll be thinking about Casi. <3

♥ Casi
p.s. Beer

That’s What Kate Said

Casi — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:16:13 +0000

So, I have this friend…Her name is Kate. She’s not just a friend, she’s more of a best friend and co-conspirator. We spend more time chatting with eachother than our boyfriends (well, her fancy ass is getting married! So her fiance). We plan rendezvous (<~~ totally had to spell check that one) which include sharing my leopard Snuggie, drinking LOTS of wine, watching girly movies, and talking about really gross stuff and gossip. It boggles our significant others minds how we are able to talk so much. We seriously never run out of things to say! Most of the time we talk about how awesome the other one is, but occasionally we talk crap about people, our jobs (or lack there-of in my case), and her wedding colors. Did I mention I'm going to be her bridesmaid!?! No? Well, I am!

Anyway, besides the millions of reasons I ~~like~~ love her, there is one MAJOR reason. She makes me pee my pants a little everyday with how fricken funny she is. I know I’m starting to sound like a secret lesbian, but seriously we are just friends (NO benefits!) I think everyone should have their own miniture Kate because then life would be good for everyone. Since she doesn’t like the idea of chopping herself into a million little pieces we have decided (OK, I decided) to add a new feature to SanFranciscoNoobs.com. It’s called: That’s What Kate Said. You know, like “That’s What She Said” only better! Since she has many one liners I have also included a Daily: That’s What Kate Said under the Daily Casi in the top right side bar of this very blog you are reading now.

The inspiration for this new feature was thought of after a very “interesting” story Kate told me today. So for your reading enjoyment, here is the very first segment of………..

THAT’S WHAT KATE SAID
(BTW I call her Katester and she calls me Cuzandra)

Katester: CAN I TELL YOU MY TARGET STORY????????????? YOU MUST HEAR!!!!!!!

Me: You’re right! I must hear it NOW!

Katester: So, yesterday I had to go to Target to pick up my bc refill, which I buy 3 months at a time. I think there is some magnet force that pulls me in against my will into the clothes department whenever I walk into a Target. While there, I found the 75% off rack and it was full of plain long sleeve shirts – 75% off! so only $3 each! The catch was they were maturnity shirts. I inspected them and there is no extra pouch and they looked normal so I bought them…three of them to be exact. I go to the counter with my 3 months of bc and my 3 maturnity shirts and the checkout lady gave me the weirdest look EVER so to explain myself I said “just in case.” which i thought was a funny joke hahaha. get it?

me: omg i litterally might die right now!
i wish i was with you! it could only have been better in person!

Katester: do you think “just in case” is at least funny?

me: that’s the funniest part!

Katester: I got the look of death from the checkout lady! BITCH!

me: Totally! BITCH!

Katester: I’m ONLY buying maternity shirts from now on, they are GREAT
they are extra long and lose in the tummy, like I’m totally gonna pork out today cause I fucking can

♥ Casi

P.S. Beer (see previous post P.S.)