smooth as buttah

Tonight, Karen, Natalie and I went to my first Yelp Elite party over at Butter. Not only were they serving Miller High Lifes ("the champagne of beers"), but they were giving away free tater tots, jello shots and fried twinkies.

All of which I, in my good diet behavior, refrained from.

(Besides, there is NOTHING remotely appetizing about fried twinkies!)

Halfway through the night, we ran into Eric Pop. Ironic, since we were commenting how there was another guy there that looked like Eric Pop. "But I saw the real one," proclaimed Karen, looking a lot drunker in the below pictures than she actually was.


Karen, me and Natalie in our Butter white-trash hats. Karen is all ghetto-ass, yo.


Natalie and the ultimate hors d'oeurve - pimento olives.


Russ Simmons, founder and CTO of Yelp, eating Spaghetti-Os


Gratuitous close up of Spaghetti-Os


The ePop sandwich. Karen looks drunk, but she's not

I was good. But all that fried food made me yearn for the days of, well, fried food.

just realized something insane

I've been measuring my weight loss from 134 - which is the weight that I've been stuck at for the last year or two. But I realized that I gained about 4 lbs before my surgery 3 weeks ago. Which means, that at 129, I've lost NINE POUNDS in the last 3 weeks.

A lot of it is water weight (retaining water from eating tons of salty food), but still! 9 lbs is a lot different from 5. And I was up to a size 8 during that month surrounding my surgery - now a size 6 is starting to feel big.

Holy crap.

nude britney giving birth

I'm not really sure what to say, except that this just completely convinces me that the pro-lifers are nuts.

Here's the article:

Dedication Honors Nude Britney Giving Birth
Pop-Star's Pregnancy Idealized in 'Monument to Pro-Life'

BROOKLYN, NY (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A nude Britney Spears on a bearskin rug while giving birth to her firstborn marks a 'first' for Pro-Life. Pop-star Britney Spears is the "ideal" model for Pro-Life and the subject of a dedication at Capla Kesting Fine Art in Brooklyn's Williamsburg gallery district, in what is proclaimed the first Pro-Life monument to birth, in April.

Dedication of the life-sized statue celebrates the recent birth of Spears' baby boy, Sean, and applauds her decision of placing family before career. "A superstar at Britney's young age having a child is rare in today's celebrity culture. This dedication honors Britney for the rarity of her choice and bravery of her decision," said gallery co-director, Lincoln Capla. The dedication includes materials provided by Manhattan Right To Life Committee.

"Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston," believed Pro-Life's first monument to the 'act of giving birth,' is purportedly an idealized depiction of Britney in delivery. Natural aspects of Spears' pregnancy, like lactiferous breasts and protruding naval, compliment a posterior view that depicts widened hips for birthing and reveals the crowning of baby Sean's head.

The monument also acknowledges the pop-diva's pin-up past by showing Spears seductively posed on all fours atop a bearskin rug with back arched, pelvis thrust upward, as she clutches the bear's ears with 'water-retentive' hands.

"Britney provides inspiration for those struggling with the 'right choice'," said artist Daniel Edwards, recipient of a 2005 Bartlebooth award from London's The Art Newspaper. "She was number one with Google last year, with good reason --- people are inspired by the beauty of a pregnant woman," said Edwards.

Capla Kesting denies the statue was developed from a rumored bootleg Britney Spears birth video. The artist admits to using references that include the wax figure of a pole-dancing Britney at Las Vegas' Madame Tussauds and 'Britney wigs' characterizing various hairstyles of the pop-princess from a Los Angeles hairstylist. And according to gallery co-director, David Kesting, the artist studied a bearskin rug from Canada "to convey the commemoration of the traditional bearskin rug baby picture."

Oh. My. God.

I don't know why, but I thought this was hysterical.

great start to a new week

I conked out early last night, which meant that I was up and about at 8am today. Even though I was too lazy to trek over to the gym, I started the day by trying the Crunch Fat-Burning Yoga DVD. Not so fat-burning after 2 years of Bikram, but it was a good stretch... particularly since I was totally sore after my hip hop class and walk up Potrero Hill yesterday!

Carolyn came over and we went off to Noe Valley to paint ceramics at Terra Mia. We wandered around shopping a bit, and of course, I had to stop in to Ambiance. I found my Tell-All Dress! Its a strapless black dress made out of soft jersey, ruched at the top, and then flowing out once it goes past my waist. Its cute and wearable to any cocktail party or nice dinner, but still does the job of "telling all", since it shows my entire torso past my butt. Of course, I look *horrid* in it right now (I got a small), but the idea is to keep taking pics in it until I (a) look hot and am ready to wear it in public or (b) totally stretch it out ;-)

Little black dress - check!

I painted a spoon rest for my mom with a big pig on the front, and Carolyn, that secret artist, made a fancy cup and saucer set. "I need to do something totally random with it," she claimed, then proceeded to write the word "CUP" on it. "Put the 'of' on the bottom of the cup," I suggested. "Then the saucer can equal sunshine."

While we were there, a woman came in with a bottle of champagne and met up with 4 of her girlfriends. "I got engaged!" she squealed. It was such a happy sight, especially in the airy, pleasant atmosphere of Terra Mia, and the gorgeous daylight outside.

After Carolyn dropped me, we snapped some "before" shots of me for this week's blog, and then chatted a bit before she left. I made a super-yummy Shrimp and Tofu Teriyaki stir fry, packed full of broccoli, bamboo, baby corn and carrots, which turned out only to be 3 points per serving! As of right now, I've still got 9 points to go for the rest of the day, but I'm determined to get into that dress sooner rather than later.

I'm looking forward to a great week.