These rules are hilarious and I think most men might agree. Here are the top 10:

1 Every man shall allow one empty urinal of separation in a bathroom with three or more urinals
2 If a woman asks to open a jar, you must open it with ease, to prove your masculinity.
3 If it itches, it will be scratched.
4 When eating a banana, never look another man in the eyes and/or comment on the quality of the banana
5 If a man is eating nachos and they are all stuck together, it is considered one nacho.
6 A man will never be afraid of thunderstorms. Ever.
7 They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. To get to his wallet, you have to start a little lower.
8 Under no circumstances shall another man sit on your lap.
9 If a buddy is outnumbered, out manned, or too drunk to fight, you must jump into the fight.
10 The only pink things that men can like are lady parts and the inside of a steak.

You can read the others at Rules 4 Men and vote for the ones you like!

The best part about Memorial Day Weekend is all of the BBQing. I had korean kalbi, ribs, chicken drumsticks, and various beef and pork cuts. SO DELISH!

Also, this week is just a 3 day work week for me. Happy!

AND for the people who followed me from my xanga days…this is the last week that SSG is working at my company! He’s retiring! Double happiness.

So I’ve been reading up on the hazards and dangers of plastic water bottles and I think I’m going to invest in a stainless steel water bottle. It seems like even those trendy SIGG bottles might be “dangerous”! I remember when Nalgene bottles were all the craze too. I bet in a few years they’ll find something dangerous with stainless steel water bottles as well. Oh well…I found the perfect water bottle so for now, I’m happy with believing that stainless steel water bottles are the safest thing to drink water out of right now. Look how cute!

Next on my list of health craze paranoia is deodorant! I keep reading about the dangers of using antiperspirants and how it can cause Alzheimer’s Disease and other stuff. Well, I’ve decided I should try to go as natural as possible while still keep myself smelling good and dry! I’ve actually been using a powder deodorant from Lush but it’s such a pain putting on. I like the ease of a roll-on so I was happy to discover this one called “the healthy deodorant”

LAVANILA The Healthy Deodorant uses beta-glucan technology to effectively fight odor while soothing, conditioning, and strengthening the skin. It goes on clean, with no sticky wetness, and delivers long-lasting, luxurious results.

I don’t know…do you believe this stuff? It seems like everything out there causes cancer or something or other now. But cancer is on the rise. I think it’s better to be safe than sorry. I am just going to try and go as natural as possible with everything I do/eat!

Ahhh…our wedding date is looming closer and closer. Our weekends are consumed with wedding stuff. This weekend we:

– Worked on parts of our slideshow
– Worked on our guestbook
– Looked at wedding rings (We both found something we liked!). Man, it was really hard finding a wedding ring for me. I have a simple solitaire engagement ring so the jeweler kept pushing for an all diamond wedding ring but it was just too much for me! I’m not used to wearing so much bling. But then when I looked at the all platinum rings it looked so boring. I think I found something I liked that was sort of in the middle.
– Worked on ********. Don’t want to give away all the parts of our wedding!
– Burned more cds
– Checked out this nearby flowershop and got ideas. I think I sort of have the look I’m going for finalized.
– Got my brows did. I’m still searching for a good brow threader!

Amongst all of this we found time to have a little fun. We watched the curious case of benjamin button and Star Trek.

Benjamin Button is like a poor man’s Forrest Gump. Much longer and less entertaining in my opinion.

Star Trek was AWESOME. Best movie I’ve seen this year! I loved it!!!

Sorry about the slowness around here…I’m getting better though!

The truth about calbi bbq (the kogi truck copycat) (scroll to the bottom) – I’m sad to read this….it would have been nice to have a kogi alternative without the wait!
7 proposals gone bad – I cringe everytime I watch #6
The untold story of how 3 interns stole NASA’s moon rocks – interesting read!
Rare and interesting mental disorders – weird and creepy
How to beat up anything – Thank god…now I know how to beat up Mark Wahlberg if I ever meet him!
10 words the english language needs – forgive me if this is a repeat link…I can’t remember!
Crazy hot job – they post pretty cool jobs but I can only imagine how many applicants they get!

This picture makes me laugh everytime!!

Here’s 10 really useful youtube tricks you probably didn’t know about. Below are my faves:

1. View high quality videos
Youtube gives you the option to switch to high quality videos for some of the videos, however you can check if a video is available in high quality format by appending ‘&fmt=18?(stereo, 480 x 270 resolution) or ‘&fmt=22?(stereo, 1280 x 720 resolution) for even higher quality.

5. Embed only a part of Video
Just append ‘&start=30? to skip first 30s of the video. In general you can modify the value after start= to the number of seconds you want to skip the video for

10. Download Video
Although not inherently a youtube trick but useful all the same for downloading videos. Just change youtube to kickyoutube in the url of the video and it will take you to kickyoutube.com with all the options for downloading the video you were watching.

Paris Hilton, American Treasure – love this interview found on the smoking gun. it really shows how out of touch with reality she is. she’s never seen a phone bill and has no idea who pays her bills! hehe
The 10 most influential films of the last 10 years – I still need to see Coraline!
Americurry – a blog dedicated to finding the best japanese curry in america. the title is currently being held by go go curry in nyc
Letters to Obama – an article about how the 10 letters that obama get to read each day are chosen
10 years later, the real story of columbine – I can’t believe it’s been 10 years!
Nancy Cartwright is sort of crazy – yes the lady that is the voice of bart and is a scientologist!

Had my first physical therapy session today. It was painful, but sososo great. She answered all of my questions (unlike my drs) and gave me hope that I could walk normally again! I left the session in upbeat spirits.

Also, finally had my MRI. The process itself is painless but you know how when someone tells you not to do something you want to do it even more? So of course they kept stressing to me DON’T MOVE or you’ll mess up the image. So once I’m inside, all I could think about was how much I really wanted to move. I almost started feeling claustrophobic. It was the weirdest feeling ever! Good thing they were only doing my knees so it wasn’t very long.

Anyways, I’m so tired. Gnite!

How cost effective is it to make homemade pantry staples – maybe not much but it sure tastes better!
Best burger in each state – I can’t believe InNOut won it for California. Yeah it’s a good burger but the best in the whole state?
Hunkerin’ used to be a fad? – for all you asian people, hunkering=FOB SQUAT!
The White House is on flickr – pretty cool and the photos are great quality!
Woman paralyzed after turbulent airplane ride – uh this is why I NEVER get up when flying!
The Bride was beautiful – really sad series of pictures depicting a bride who had cancer and died 5 days after her wedding
My bullied son’s last day on earth – this story is so wrong. kids can be so cruel!!!

In case you ever followed my other blog qeeper, I officially closed its doors last week. It was my blog for cute finds that were under $30. I just didn’t have the time to post to it anymore and it was silly to keep paying for the hosting and domain name. SO…since I don’t have that blog anymore, when I find a qeeper….it will go here! Like this super cute (and cheap) ninja cable wrap!

This little guy would be great for keeping your headphone cables in order and he’s only $1.99!