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Paul Newman died and I'm CRUSHED. I know I didn't know him, but I did see him quite a few times in my life. I never had the guts to talk to him, but he always seemed in a good mood. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is one of my favorite films of all time. And my dad's, as well. I've seen it at least 20 times. I remember in 2006, when I worked at the Sundance Film Festival, Paul Newman was here. And just the day before, I had watched Butch Cassidy. I don't know, Paul Newman just kind of seemed invincible to me. And now he died of cancer. So sad.

dogs=better than people

Ten-year-old Cole Massie of Los Angeles, CA, may live with cerebral palsy, but he has all the support a kid could want, thanks to a very special black Lab/golden retriever mix named Ilia.

Recently crowned ASPCA Dog of the Year as part of the 2008 Humane Awards program, Ilia performs service duties like bringing items to Cole in his wheelchair and opening and closing doors. But the pooch also has that special healing touch that can’t be taught. “He provides amazing incentive to Cole during therapies, doctor’s appointments and procedures,” says Cole’s mom, Michelle Massie. “He calms, inspires and motivates my son far better than anyone ever has."

Or, as Cole sums it up: "I like when he lies next to me in bed at night and we listen to Harry Potter on CD, and that he helps to clean me when I'm in the bath by licking my face and arms. He's my furry brother and best friend—and a serious bed hog!

This past July, three years after boy and dog were paired by the nonprofit Canine Companions for Independence, Cole was faced with a difficult, but life-changing surgery. “He had walked on his toes, and his feet were totally rolled in,” says Massie. “The operation would allow him to use his feet and free him of the wheelchair.”

“Cole was frightened by the idea of surgery at first,” remembers Massie. “We explained how much more independent he’d be afterward, but he wasn’t buying it. Finally, we told him that if he had this procedure, there was a very good chance he’d be able to walk Ilia on his own—with no parents and no walker." After that, says Massie, "Cole would stroke the dog’s head in bed each night and whisper, 'I will walk you, Ilia. I will walk you.'"

After much coaxing, Cole underwent the surgery in Summit, NJ, and Ilia traveled more than 7,000 miles to be by the boy's side. The ten-year-old is now on his way to becoming an independent walker—and his dedicated service dog will be with him every step.

The entire family will attend the ASPCA Humane Awards Luncheon in New York City this October 30, where Ilia will be honored along with seven other extraordinary animals and people.

P.S. We'd like to remind you, pet lovers, that even heroes have their quirks. As Massie reveals, “Ilia knows 46 commands, but he won’t fetch!”

atchoo!

guess who has the flu or some kind of cold virus? me.
i have a lot to say but honestly, i am so not in the mood. i just found something out that i have have have to share with all you GG fans out there:



does anyone recognize those two? it's effing CHUCK and DREW BARRYMORE! what in the world! blair is gonna be PISSED when she finds out.

highlights of my work today:

Some like, royal Whole Foods master guy was in town and he let us know he was coming into the store about 30 min prior to his awesome arrival. it was chaos in there, and i loved every minute. my favorite part was when the guy shook my hand and it had pesto on it, so he wiped it on his pants. HAHAHA!

Danielle, the gorgeous vegan-master girl has a crush on Wesley, the super cool 19 year old that works with me and dresses like, AMAZINGLY. it is so cute to see them flirting. Wes is freaking out so bad over Danielle that he will not stop talking about her, and everything i try to tell him he changes into something about D. I was telling Wes I still need to learn how to make a few diff kinds of smoothies and Danielle needs to train me, and Wes said (in front of a costumer) "Danielle can train me anytime she wants....if she is naked and at my house." yeah. the lady that heard him wasn't too into it.

Ammon and I have a joke about this old guy that lives in a building next to ours. The guy had a chocolate lab that passed away and he kind of gave me a too-long-of-a-hug when i went to say hi to him one day. Poor guy did nothing to deserve our mean comments, but he gets them anyway. So the game we play in honor of our neighbor is called "would you rather...". This game obviously gets really really gross and out of hand, but Ammon and I always surprise ourselves with our uniqueness. I managed to gross Ammon out so bad that I thought he was going to make himself go blind from all the nervous eye-scratching. And this would only be gross to Ammon, because to most people, anal sex with an old man or eating their poo is far more terrible than this. So I asked Ammon: would you rather give ______ a kiss on the neck or a pedicure? All hell broke loose as soon as I mentioned the word PEDICURE. We play this game before we go to bed, but this night he even had to get up and get a drink of water before he turned off the lights. That's how intense it was. OH and on a side note, Lacy Lace mentioned how annoing it is when couples say "i love you" all the time and stuff, and i completly agree. i used to be all into the verbal aspect of a relationship, but after i met Ammon it all changed. Yes, sometimes ammon and I would love to punch each other in the face, but holy shit do we love each other. And we don't have to get all sappy about it either, which kicks some ass.

i am reallly sick, guys. and tomorrow is ammon's birthday, which i would love to celebrate in health but it's just not gonna happen.

my mom gets here on sunday. i am freaking out. FREAKING out. my mom is DA BOMB! that's cute, "MY MOM IS DA BOMB".

this post doesnt make sense. im tired. i got home last night from work at 11:30pm and had to be at work at 7am today. i have seen John (the nice boss guy from the IRB) twice, but i think he only saw me once. what a nice guy! my goodness. everyone at work is sick, too. the cooks were even wearing those mask things. wah wah wah.

come visit me guys!

TONIGHT!

Tara, Brett and Ammon are coming to Whole Foods to have dinner with me tonight. Has anyone else (ANN, LACY, JACK, and even ANNIE or KATE?!) even MENTIONED they want to come and visit me? No. Thanks a lot, everybody.
Last night was another hilarious night. I am just going to really get into the highlights because I want to take a nap in a minute.
2 people didn't show up to work yesterday. Yeah. Good idea, fuck faces. Everything was KRAZY, from beginning to end. We had no stuff sliced for sandwiches, no pizzas made, no coffee in the coffee thing holder that you have to PUMP to make come out. Complete disaster. This one guy wanted a BLT and since we were out of bacon, I couldn't cater to the baby's needs. So the dude huffs all loud, like his world is caving in, says he doesn't want me to make him anything else and when I tell him to have a good day (I have to admit I kind of did the "have a good day!" with a huge smile on my face on purpose) he tells me, in his heavy New York accent, "YEAH, WHATEVAH". I had to turn around so he wouldn't see me laughing. Go home and make yourself a BLT, loser! I got bigger and better things on my hands...like reading VOGUE during my 10 minute break.
Ammon, Lacy and Ann's boss, John, was at Whole Foods yesterday. What a nice guy. My boss is an ultimate fighter with large tattoos on his neck. Nothin' wrong with that, he is actually really cool. Just sayin'.
When I was getting ready to go home yesterday, I was asked to take out the garbage. I didn't really mind, because my actual biggest nightmare is having to do dishes. We switch off and I guess my day has not come YET. So I take all the garbage in these two large rolling cans and I notice there is a party going on at Jamba Juice. Hey, btw, Whole Foods owns Jamba. Tell your friends, it's not really common knowledge yet so you'll look cool and "in the know". It's a bunch of 16 year olds and one of the girls even had a damn tiara and balloons. I actually huffed out loud and rolled my eyes. About 10 girls start walking in my direction and as one of them passes me, she goes (get ready, it's good!) "SHIT, THAT STINKS!" and her and her genius friends giggle. You would think it was some kind of joke, like when a lady told me that the panini she had in Italy was different than the one we serve at Whole Foods, but no jokes were going on here. By the way, I love it when snotty people mention Europe cause I start quizzing them about stuff (like where they were and where they ate and if they saw certain things) and they all get kind of nervous. People are dumb. Anyway, after the girl said my garbage stunk, I imagined myself taking the two largest bags out of the rolling can and holding a bag in each hand. I would start spinning like a super hero, getting faster and faster with time. After a few seconds I would be spinning so fast that the girls would be both confused and amazed at my spinning skills and that's when I would hit them in the face with the garbage bags. The bags would explode, getting chicken juice and ground up coffee beans all over their ugly, cheap outfits. I would smile and go about my business.
Enjoy your Saturday night guys, I have next Saturday OFF! FUCK YEAH!
Hey Ann, I wore my TEAM BLAIR shirt to work yesterday and this really sassy cook said, "WHO THE FUCK IS BLAIR AND WHY THE FUCK ARE YO ON HER TEAM?". Sad. So sad.

gross

this guy is so weird!

stuff

I'm bored. Please don't read my survey if you don't want to. It will be lame.

1. Do you like blue cheese? I LIKE MOST CHEESE, LIKE 99% OF ALL CHEESES, BUT NOT BLUE.
2. Your Favorite Shoes? UGGS!
3. Do you own a gun? NO.
4. Your favorite song? I DONT THINK I HAVE A FAVORITE!
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? NAH...PROBABLY BECAUSE NOTHING REALLY SCARY HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME, NOT EVEN A CAVITY.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? I LOVE THE DAMN THINGS! BUT I WILL BE A VEGETARIAN AGAIN, OH YES, I WILL BE A VEGETARIAN AGAIN.
7. Favorite Christmas song? SLEIGH RIDE!
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? DOUBLE SHOT OF ESPRESSO, MADE BY ME!
9. Can you do push ups? YES.
10. Are you afraid of flying? NOT REALLY. MORE JUST ANNOYED/BORED BY IT.
11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? THE CARTIER WATCH MY GRANDPA GAVE ME.
12. Favorite hobby? HORSEBACK RIDING
13. Animals: love them or hate them? LOVE THEM MORE THAN I LOVE PEOPLE.
14. Do you have ADD? NO...?
15. What do you hate about yourself? I WISH I WAS LESS SENSITIVE AND DIDNT LOVE ANIMALS AS MUCH AS I DO.
16. What is your middle name? AUGUSTA. AFTER A PORSCHE ENGINE. YEAH. AND MY NAME IS FLAVIA BECAUSE OF A DUCATI PART. MY DAD WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment: I HATE CANDY AND THE WAY IT MAKES ME FEEL AFTER I EAT WAY TOO MUCH OF IT. I IWSH MY MOM WAS HERE. I WISH BRASIL WAS A CAR RIDE AWAY.
18. What's your favorite number? 11
19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? WATER, COFFEE AND LEMONAIDE.
20. Current worry right now? WORK TOMORROW...UGH
21. Current hate right now? MY LAZYNESS WITH YOGA AND RUNNING.
22. Favorite place to be? MY COUNTRY.
23. How did you bring in the New Year? AT HOME IN BRASIL AND JUMPING IN THE SWIMMING POOL AT MIDNIGHT TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS IN THE SKY! WOOHOO
24. Where would you like to go? BRASIL.
25. Bad habits: HMMM...I DON'T KNOW! MY PROCRASTINATION?
26. Do you own slippers? YES, UGG ONES!
27. What shirt are you wearing? ONE FROM MY FAVORITE BRASILIAN RESTAURANT!
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? I DIDN'T LIKE IT. COTTON IS MORE MY THING.
29. Can you whistle? SURE CAN!
30. Favorite color? GREEN AT THE MOMENT.
31. Would you be a pirate? NO. I WOULD BE A FILM DIRECTOR, THOUGH.
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? I DON'T REALLY SING IN THE SHOWER...OUTSIDE THE SHOWER IS MORE MY THING.
33. Favorite girl's name? LUCY IS KINDA CUTE. RUBY? PETUNIA.
34. Favorite boy's name? BOOMER. WOOF!
35. What's in your pocket right now? NOTHING, MY BOXERS DONT HAVE POCKETS.
36. Last thing that made you laugh? BOOMER HOWLING AT ME WHILE I SANG A SONG FROM LITTLE MERMAID. THATS HOW GREAT OF A SINGER I AM, I MAKE MY PUP HOWL.
37 . Best bed sheets as a child? HOLY SHIT MY CABBAGE PATCH KIDS ONE! WOW, THOSE WERE THE DAYS...
38. Worst injury you've ever had? MY MANY HORSE-JUMPING FALLS.
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 1!
41. Who is your loudest friend? NONE OF MY FRIENDS ARE LOUD.
42. How many dogs do you have? OOOH! I AM GOING TO NAME ALL THE DOGS IVE HAD, BECAUSE THEY WILL ALWAYS BE MINE. HUTCH, MY FIRST DOG, WAS A GOLDEN RETRIEVER AND DIED WHEN HE WAS 15. HERSHEY, A CHOCOLATE LAB, DIED WHEN SHE WAS 16. WAFFLES, A YELLOW LAB, IS 10 AND LIVES IN BRASIL WITH MY MOM AND SAME WITH NOAH, A WILD GOLDEN RETRIEVER WHO IS ALMOST 2. AND THEN I HAVE BOOMER, MY YELLOW LAB, WHO IS ABOUT 5 AND PETUNIA, A JACK RUSSELL TERRIER WHO IS ABOUT 6.
43. Does someone have a crush on you? I HAVE NO CLUE. I DONT THINK IM VERY CRUSH-WORTHY.
44. Favorite Book? JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL.
45. Partying hard or Laying low? NO PARTYING, IM TOO OLD THESE DAYS.
46. What is your favorite candy? ANYTHING. LOVE IT ALL.
.47. Favorite Sports Team? I LIKE BRASILIAN SOCCER.
49. What were you doing 12 AM last night? SLEEPING.
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? YAY, NO WORK!
51. If you are married, where did you meet your WIFE/HUSBAND? IM NOT TELLING THIS STORY YET AGAIN.

meow!

Hi guys!
Yesterday work was fun. It is slowly getting better, as I get more and more used to being looked at strangely by customers. Slicing gross deli meat, making sandwiches and sometimes being over at the smoothie and coffee part I guess means you aren't cool to some people. Good thing I have friends who still love me just the same as when I didn't have a job. Heehee. And I've been making some friends at work, too! I have been invited to go out with them twice. I am so dead after standing up for 8 hours though, honestly the last thing on my mind is drunk karaoke at some awesome bar.
I have a great story that happened to me yesterday, during lunch. I am going to try my hardest to be as descriptive as possible, because this story is very cool and you need to picture the full on snottyness that is this lady.
As I sit over by the juice and java bar thing, I see a lady walking towards Abby and I. Abby is this totally gorgeous, totally nice girl I met yesterday and who I have apparently fooled into thinking I am cool like her. Anyway, here comes this lady. She had on black pumps (LAAACYYYY!!!), black tight leggins and a black sweater-shirt with a thick gold belt around her waist to accentutate her figure. Keep in mind this lady is around 75 years old. She had a shitload make up on as well. She starts talking to Abby and I and asks Abby (who was at the little register) to weight her salad from the salad bar. There was practically no salad, and a smidge of tuna was in the corner. It looked like cat food. I hate tuna unless it's raw, like sushi tuna. Anyway, the lady asks where the water was. It was right in front of her, in one of those jar things that you have to push the little lever down for the water to come out. What does the lady do? She holds her glass up to the water thing and LOOKS AT ME, SO I WILL PUMP THE DAM WATER FOR HER! I nearly peed my pants. I was in total shock! I didnt even have time to think about what I was doing, I just pumped it for her (sounds like I did a dirty dance number for her or something! I "pumped it for her"! hahaha) and looked at Abby. So then, the lady, who I later found out is known as "Botox Face Lady" by all employess at Whole Foods says "I liked the old water filter better." I was busy looking down at the register, so what does Botox Face say? "ARE YOU HEARING ME?!" Holy shit! I said I was and I was sorry to hear about her water issues. Bummer for her. Maybe she can get more botox to make herself feel better when she is done with her smidge of tuna? So Abby and I giggle as Botox Face leaves and Danielle, equally gorgeous and sweet and vegan queen master asks us if we realize who that is. We didn't. Well, turns out Botox Face is....are you guys ready? This is HUGE. I seriously gasped out loud, Ann style. Okay, so Botox Face is THE ORIGINAL CATWOMAN! From like, Batman and Robin in the 70's! There was some tv show or something and she was it, she is the real deal! We even saw 2 people asking her for autographs while we giggled at our celebrity encounter.
Who says Whole Foods is all bad? HA!