Ok, I screwed up

I bitch about how guys take so long to call me and then turn around and play games with them. Dr. Phil told me to tell guys I was busy when they asked me out. Being the psychobabble junkie that I am, I did just that. Everyone told me not to, but I did anyway.

The only problem is that the guys don't call me back.

Next time, I'll have to admit that I'm sitting home on a Saturday night with Pepper watching BBC mysteries . . .

On a totally different note, when you do a google image search of Dr. Phil, all of these random foreign sites pop up. Apparently Europeans like psychobabble too.

Category: Life

Really, really freaky

So I'm googling myself (hey, we all do it) and a link came up for an article I apparently wrote way back freshman year of college when I was on The Tartan for all of like 2 months. I don't remember writing it, but I'm pretty sure I was the only Heather Frantz on the Tartan that fall, not to mention at CMU the entire 4 1/2 years I was there. Very odd, especially since this is not The Tartan's website, but some wire service . . .

Category: Random Links

What does Dr. Phil say about this?

So last night when I was watching Bleak House on PBS (awesome miniseries by the way), I noticed that in the Charles Dickens era people get engaged really fast. Like they look at each other and get engaged. Flash forward to today and it takes guys days to email me from speed dating this past weekend. In the amount of time guys take from receiving the speed dating matches email to actually composing a 3 sentence note to me, people back in the olden days got engaged.

Talk amongst yourselves.

Category: Thoughts

Paris isn't pretending to be an idiot

Check out this article about a deposition Paris Hilton recently gave.

"He said that she threatened to send Mexican people to come and beat the s..t out of him."

Category: Random Links

All the cool kids are doing it

OK, so the great speed dating event took place this past Friday to mixed results. The event lasted about 3 hours and I spent ~4 minutes talking to each of the 18 guys (there were supposed to be 21, but 3 losers didn't show).

Each of the conversations mostly went like this.
-Are you from the Triangle originally?
-What do you do?
-What do you like to do in your spare time?
- Bell rings

After 4 minutes, you get 30 seconds to write notes about the person while you are sitting right across from them, awkward. Fortunately, the notes were made in a binder so you could hide what you were writing. Some guys didn't get this though and were openly making notes about me right in front me. Being the humble person that I am, I didn't look.

After doing this for 3 hours, my jaw hurt from the talking, I had a headache from the noise, and could only remember a couple of the guys. I ended up being generous with my choices and said "yes" to 7 out of the 18 (a decision I now regret).

Come Saturday afternoon, I got an email from the speed dating company with my matches, a total of three, an average results according to the dateswitch website. The good news was I matched with the 2 guys I found to be the most fun (Kristi agreed too) and one guy neither of us could remember (thus my regret about being generous above). My notes on him consisted of "Lexus" and "Southern".

The reason I'm saying this speed dating thing has given me mixed results is because 2 day later, I still haven't heard from any of them. I'm assuming they're all playing cool and waiting the requisite 3 days to email, but if I don't hear anything by Tuesday evening, I may swallow my pride and email the two cool guys.

In conclusion, I like speed dating a lot more than online websites. You meet around the same number of people (normally the speed dating events have around 10-15 guys), spend the same amount of money, and waste a lot less time and energy. If none of these guys works, I'll probably sign up for another event. Plus, it also really helps me polish my Dr. Phil dating do's and don'ts.

Category: Life

The Bus is going home!

Category: Steelers

Ben & The Bus BFF

ESPN.com has an article about how Ben and Jerome are BFF on and off the field!

(I had to include a picture of Ben's game winning tackle.)

Category: Steelers

Twinkies: Man's Secret Weapon?

We all know how much I love the Peeps Research and I just found some similar scientific endeavors performed on Twinkies.

PS The site also mentions that Twinkies aren't really baked, they just colored on the bottom to look golden brown . . .

Category: Random Links

Too little, too late

The NFL is acknowledging that the ref made a mistake when he overturned Troy's interception. All I can say is that good thing the Colts missed that field goal or there'd be even more hell to pay.

Category: Steelers

Troy, will you marry me?

I love Troy Polamalu and those refs robbed him. Watch out Denver, you're next!!!!!

Category: Steelers

Am I too old for my belly button ring?

So as you may or may not know, I got my belly button pierced Spring Break sophomore year and at the time, it was "cool." In recent years, I have actually forgotten about.

I was thinking today though that maybe I'm getting too old for it. No one really ever sees it except for on vacation and my mother always thought it was kind of trashy (I had to rebel once in my life). Do guys even consider them hot anymore? Thoughts, comments?

Category: Life

Kittens & Bacon

Here are two videos about things I think most of us like, kittens and bacon.

Category: Random Links

Dr. Hello Kitty

Apparently in between being cute and showing up on every product imaginable, Hello Kitty got her PHD in Psychology. Take her Psychological Test.

Category: Random Links

Yeah boy!

I admit it, I love Flavor Flav. Not in a I want to have his babies kind of way, but rather a he's such a freak, he makes me laugh my ass off kind of way. His latest venture into reality TV is The Flavor of Love, a Bachelor type show with him as the bachelor. All of the female contestants seriously want to be with him - what? Not only that, but most of them are so incredibly trashy, they make Flav look normal (check out the contestant's pic on the left).

This so is so incredibly bad, it's good.


Category: Life

Take that Chad Johnson!

Who rules the AFC North? Watch out Indy, it's your turn next!
Category: Steelers

It's the worst time of the year

When I walked into Target yesterday, I realized that it is the time of year I hate the most - commercialism Valentine's Day. Lasting from January 1st to February 14th, this time of year, it always reminds me how I'm single and will probably consume at least one heart shaped chocolate container (not really helping me to solve the single thing).

It might be different if the holiday only lasted one day instead of 45 and it was shoved down our throats every time we walk into any kind of store. Also, I doubt it ever lives up to anyone's expectations. It's just too much pressure for one day in the dead of winter.

Still, I will be at those same stores the day after to pick up 1/2 off chocolate and red decor for my apartment.


Category: Thoughts

Thanks Jerome

Jerome Bettis will no doubt go down as one of the best Steelers ever not only for his performance on the field but also as a team leader. I was fortunate enough to go to his last game at Heinz Field this past weekend and it was a bittersweet experience. Thanks for all of the years of saving our butts Bus!
Category: Steelers

Yay for 2006!

Here in no certain order are the reasons why 2006 is going to rock!

- I'm going to Europe!
- I'm buying a townhouse
- Excellent summer movies (Pirates of the Caribbean 2, X Men 3, etc)
- I'm turning 25
- The Winter Olympics
- I'm going to Europe!


Category: Thoughts