TOP 10 HIGHLIGHTS OF 2003
1. I'm a TV star! My episode of "Date Patrol" airs March 17.
2. Going to Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany, with Chris and Amy.
3. Discovering Las Vegas and going four times.
4. Reality Check goes on the national newswires.
5. Meeting my favorite furrier, Dennis Basso.
6. Waterfest.
7. Fleet Week in New York City.
8. Driving 90 mph through Vermont mountains and seeing a moose.
9. Atkins.
10. And finally, my love for the best show on TV, Viva la Bam.

I thought about listing my Top 10 Disasters of 2003, but there's no point.
Now bring on the gluhwein and VW sausages for German New Year's Eve 2003!

I've been a bad blogger lately, I know. I guess I'm a busy little bee. Once I stop pounding mugs of Gluhwein mit schuss (that means German mulled wine with a shot) and scrape myself up off the floor, I'll come back to the land of the living.

romanian danceparty.
wow.

back again. drunk in europe. don't know who is watching.
i want to go home BUT I NEVER WANT TO GO HOME EVER.
i want to see j and b and ruff and drive OTTO of course.
i'm so on vacay that i dont even use punctuation.
but sometimes i wish vacation had no internet. no dealing with all my thoughts of everything i may have messed up and left behind and now i have to return to.
and then amy yells at me and says BASTA.
there were italians here.
and we made friends with...
a kyrgys pop star
german hiphop stars
an american diplomat sleaze who stared at our chests and had weird vampire wife
some boy named atilla thinks i'm famous (but i am!)
and more importantly i went to fucking wolfsburg, VW paradise
but now i sit here and worry because in 14 hours i must go home and deal with non-lazlo drama:
3 Ms, a serious R, a guatemalan, a Westerner, another R and god only knows who else,
and fucking christmas bullshit.
and i still havent packed
and we have so much goddamn booze and meat and VW paraphernaila to bring home.
fuck.
i have to go find the italians now.
and drink more of course
fucking vacation
go!
i need to go hug amy.
and chris.
but amy because she deals with this shit.

uhoh drunk in budapest.
someone let ME make cosmos for the euros and now the whole continent in wasted with me.
hehehe.
um. lazlo/gabor/atilla danceparty.
now.

I am in Wolfsburg!
Real life VW danceparty!
I have already seen two R32s and we drive Touaregs tomorrow.
Kinder eislaufen gluwein danceparty!!! Woohoo!

Amy and I are in Hungary.
Woohoo!!!

SAGITTARIUS
If today is your birthday...
The most important thing this year is that you move with the times. If you don't, you will find yourself lagging behind. Fortunately, being a Sagittarian, you find it easy to adopt new methods and soon you will be moving in a new direction. By this time next year, your world will look completely different -- and a lot nicer than it does right now.

Yay!

Woah snow!
I left work at 2 p.m. yesterday.
I got home at 7 p.m.
It's never taken 5 hours in the snow before! I-95 was a mess. I got from Stamford to Shelton (about 35 miles) in 3 hours 45 minutes. But once I got to Shelton, things took a turn for the worse. Roads all over the city were closed because of all the accidents. The only way home was through some serious hills, so I decided not to chance it. I know Otto and I could make it, but I'm scared of other idiots plowing into me. So we parked at the Shelton police station and my dad rescued us in the Jeep. I was at my wit's end by 5 hours in the car.
I dug Otto out this morning. He's home now. But the roads are a mess, and the worst is yet to come.
I expect to see at least a foot by tonight.
So the question is... do I stay home, or do I continue on with birthday plans and make this an adventure?

OK, I think I last wrote like an hour ago?
There's already a half inch of snow on the ground.
Dammit, it's going to be traffic hell this afternoon.

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.
Hmpf.

According to Weather.com, "A Nor'easter is taking shape. A potent coastal low pressure system will bring significant accumulations to the Northeast for the duration of this weekend."
They're talking a foot of snow. Welcome to Connecticut, hope you brought your sled.

The sky is so gray and it's so cold. The snow's going to start any minute now. I'm ready. Otto has his snow boots on and we can tackle anything in a front-wheel drive six-speed. But I'm afraid Saturday's birthday plans in New York City may be affected by the weather. At least half of the partygoers will get snowed in (read: wimp out), and that makes me sad.
Oh well. I will be there. So will Bone, Heather and Bunny, that's for sure. And the four of us + martinis + crazy New York City snowstorm = Absolute madness.

So shut up, Kara. Stop whining.
Let's go party our snowpants off.

I love "Viva la Bam." It's my new favorite show. I watched the Christmas episode last night and it made me laugh so much it hurt. Like the infamous Kara HAHA laugh.
I don't know how Bam gets away with the stuff he does to his mom and dad. And he must have a huge budget from MTV. (How did they not blow up the neighborhood lighting up the house like that?)
But Bam is adorable, and so is Ryan. And Bam's little Philly accent is the best. I haven't heard that since Tony/Philly days.
Oh, and the Margeras live in West Chester, Pa., which is also the home of QVC, which makes Bam that much better.
And Bam drives an Audi. EVEN BETTER! (Did you know Bam was supposedly at Waterfest this past summer?! Bam + Waterfest = best ever.)
I want him to turn my house into an ice skating rink and paint everything in my kitchen blue. And I want him to have medieval battles in my front yard.

So go watch the Christmas episode of "Viva la Bam."
And Merry Christmas, little jerks.

p.s. Can I have Bam for my birthday?

I want the weekend now.
Because then it will be the start of my birthday celebration week (I'm such a princess, getting a whole week) and we get to go here and here and maybe even here.
And I think I'll have my parents take me here.
I don't care if it snows all weekend, I want to play.
Snow=fun.
And of course, in one week from tomorrow, Europe!
AUTOSTADT in 12 more days!
Princess, princess, princess. All I want for my birthday is martinis and boys and VWs!

SNOW!!!

Boy, am I glad I put Otto into winter mode last week.