Nicole Tasker Woods

Today is my sister-in-law’s birthday and tonight we are going to Beso, check it out here. Trendy, right? I’m stoked to go. It is a tradition we have for everyone’s birthday, we either go out that night for a nice meal or we make a meal at home and all enjoy it together. When we go out to eat, it is an excuse to dress up and enjoy a night out, usually in Hollywood or Downtown Los Angeles, which we do not frequent that often.

Tomorrow night I am meeting up with Brady and some of her friends for drinks at The Arsenal, check it out here. I do not go out that often, I like to curl up on the couch with my hubby and puppy and watch TV until we fall asleep. Exciting, I know, but that’s what I usually do and generally what I like to do. But every now and then I’ll go out with friends and end up having a really great time, which is why I am looking forward to Friday night.

So in true Nicki-fashion, I will be helping Brady celebrate her birthday over two days time. Every girl deserves a birthday weekend—no birthday week—let’s just make it a month!

I feel like The Bachelorette cries at least twice every week. I wish she would buck up and quit it already. Toughen up! I’m not too happy with Jillian for this reason and for the fact that she let go one of my top runners, pilot/perfect-Jake. He was seriously the perfect guy and Jillian chose the following dork-chops to meet their families next week:

• Reid – who she has nothing in common with but thinks there’s a “mysterious” connection since day one
• Kiptyn – who has a freaky name, big nose (just like Jillian) and is a good cuddler
• Jesse – super hot hottie wine maker from Carmel, need I say more?
• Michael – barely-out-of-diapers break-dance instructor, too young to sit still, never mind know what he wants
• Wes – only-here-for-his album lying, cheating, no good singin fool, who has Jillian wrapped around his little finger, his words, not mine!

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I felt like last night’s episode of The Bachelorette was anti-climactic. They were all in Whistler where Jillian likes to go to do snow-centered activities and you would think that there would be more than just cozy-by-the-fire fireworks. But there were not.

I do not even care that Ed had to go home because if he didn’t, he would have lost his job. I agree with Jake–in this economy, you can not afford to choose to be unemployed. I’m glad he’s gone because I think it gives Jillian a tougher choice on who to pick. She can no longer float by, she actually has to get serious and cut who she can not be 100% serious about spending her life with.

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Cali and I had an encounter with a squirrel this morning. It was the same one we see every morning beneath a short tree along one of the paths in our complex. It hangs out underneath this tree and feeds on the bird food on the ground that falls out of the feeder. Cali saw the squirrel, her back hair spiked up and she took off. 

I wonder if she knows that she can not catch these creatures but she continued to chase it until it went up the short tree. However, the squirrel should have been smarter and gone the few extra steps to one of the bigger trees. The short tree just made Cali think that the squirrel was actually attainable because it was closer to the ground.

And the squirrel made the loudest noises I have ever heard a creature that small make and that just infuriates a basenji. Cali kept clawing at the tree and balancing on her hind legs as if she was saying, “Come down little squirrel, I just want to play…” But I bet she was thinking to herself, “I will get you squirrel! You’re furry tail is mine!”

In last week’s previews for this week’s episode of The Bachelorette, ABC made you think that some of the Bachelors had girlfriends at home and/or were on the show for the wrong reasons. Drama!

As it turns out, a couple of the guys (foot-fetish-Tanner and Reid) were the ones who told Jillian at the cocktail party that she had to worry about some of the guys. But they did not say who had girlfriends (cough-cough-Wes!) or who were here for the wrong reasons, perhaps to further their singing career (cough-cough-Wes!).

Chris Harrison helped Jillian confront the guys after she called off the cocktail party so she could get right down to kicking some of them off the show. But no one came forward despite her begging them to do so with her sad, weepy eyes. Some of the guys got really pissed at hearing this news–was it a cover or does that prove it was not them with the bad intentions?

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Now that all of my regular TV shows have aired their season finales, I am finally able to watch The Bachelorette on Monday nights live!  I am so excited about this. I actually enjoy the suspense between commercial breaks and anticipate the return of the show.

On Monday night’s episode, the foot fetish guy, Tanner P. had me squealing with uncomfortable laughter. He wants to not only see Jillian’s feet, but he also wants to touch them, kiss them, suck on them…ick!  She has no idea what a freak this guy is!  I know he won’t make it to the end because she will get the gist of how crazy in love he is with feet and say ‘goodbye foot fetish guy!’

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I succumbed to peer pressure and signed on to Facebook yesterday. My mom sent me an email from her Facebook account (yeah, I know, my mom had it before I did) and I could not view the pictures unless I signed up. So I did.

I was able to link my Twitter account to my Facebook account so that anything I tweet from my phone goes right to Facebook–totally love that. I have been able to find all of my cousins, aunts and even some uncles using this networking tool, as well as people I knew in high school and college. It is actually kind of cool to see who is married, who has kids and who looks exactly the same.

I have said before that I have bad car karma and last night furthered my belief in this. I was on my way home from a long day at work and traffic was bumper-to-bumper. I had a cop behind me so I was focusing on the road, no radio, no mirror glances to admire my classic smile–I was determined to not be pulled over.

Cops are notorious for pulling over anyone and everyone before a holiday weekend for doing something so minimal and insignificant, thus my cautious driving. It was 5:35 and I was about 10 miles from home when I heard a loud thud thud thud coming from my left rear tire. I though I had gotten a rock stuck and it was getting kicked up inside of the car causing the noise, but when it did not go away, I turned my hazards on and pulled over on the 101, one of the busiest freeways in the San Fernando Valley. I crawled into the passenger seat, got out and carefully stuck my head into traffic to see my tire, which was now flat. Argh!

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After seeing Star Trek, Wolverine, Angels&Demons and Terminator Salvation I think the latter will be my all time favorite movie of the summer. I know it is still early in the summer months, but I got really excited about it after seeing it a few weeks ago. I totally loved Christian Bale and Sam Worthington wasn’t bad to look at either.  The film’s story line was very easy to follow and despite being the fourth installment of this series, it did just fine standing on it’s own two feet. It did have a couple of shout-outs to the other Terminator films with some classic lines and props that made me laugh or say to myself, “I remember that!”

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Today, my older brother Curtis says ‘farewell’ to Northwood, New Hampshire as he pulls out of the driveway and heads west towards San Jose, California. He has his whole trip mapped out with his give-a give-a give-a Garmin GPS and Google Earth.

He is making a stop in Rochester, New York to see some college buddies and spend a night or two and then he’s crossing about a dozen states until he reaches Las Vegas, Nevada for a quick rest and maybe strike it rich. His longest rest will be spent at my place in Thousand Oaks, California where he will get some much-needed Cali time as well as his laundry cleaned. Then up north he will travel to San Jose where he will stay with our cousin Kristyl and her husband Jim until he and his friends can purchase a house.

I do not think I could handle that kind of road trip on my own, but Curtis is such a devoted person. When he wants something, he does not stop until he reaches his goal. I wish him luck on this journey and hope he calls me if he gets drowsy at the wheel. I can not wait to see him in a week. New Hampshire is sad to see him leave, but California is so lucky to have him!

I am not a huge fan of the NBA. My favorite professional sports to watch on TV are MLB and NFL. My favorite teams to watch are the Red Sox and the Patriots. But watching any of the NBA teams (even the Celtics) is just so boring to me. I do not mind tuning in to the last 30 seconds of a playoff game, that can be interesting, but regular season games are so blah.

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I had a free minute at work yesterday afternoon so I grabbed a post-it and a pen and began to make a list:

• weather
• car
• what we did this weekend
• Sophie/Cali

Then I dialed my Grandpa’s home phone number to have a brief chat. I like to check in on him, make sure he is doing ok and give him the scoop on what has been going on in my life.

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