The wrong food encourages randomness

Yesterday, some food item I ate made me sick. I'm not sure how to narrow it down and determine what it is so I never eat it again.

It could have been the Mexican food we ordered out for lunch. Or the chicken, black beans and rice sample I tried at the grocery store after work. Or the hummus and tomatoes I had for dinner. Or those five fun-size pieces of candy I ate (it was Halloween, you know). Ahem,  pretend you didn't read that.

I'm betting on the grocery store sample. No way it was candy. No way.

Whatever it was made me miserable last night into today. Thankfully, I'm feeling better. That is the only good thing about food poisoning: it's over quick.

While my body (and mind) recovers, I'll leave you with some bits of randomness.

• I'm the featured blogger at Fitblogger today! Check it out ... if only for the sole reason of seeing a picture of me with my hair down.  
• In a week, I'll be preparing to head to Texas to see my Alma mater (and No. 2 team in the nation), Kansas State, take on the TCU Horned Frogs. I haven't been to an away game since college (a LONG time ago). It should be interesting since both schools' colors are purple.

Victorious in enemy territory (I didn't wet my pants; it poured
the entire game).

• Then, on Dec. 1, my boyfriend and I will be in Kansas to see Kansas State take on Texas. Hopefully, they'll still be undefeated and in that No. 2 (or 1?) spot. It should be a fun game, if only for the fact that my brother despises the University of Texas and our seats are by the Texas ramp. Texas players and coaches walk by us each time they head on or off the field ... and my brother isn't afraid to taunt them. I'll do the horns down symbol, but that's about it. I despise other teams much more (hello, University of Kansas and University of Oklahoma).

Source

• I love holidays. I love traditions. So, I can't believe I let one drop. Well, yes I can. I got so burnt on carving pumpkins last year with this disastrous, difficult pattern that I didn't even bother this year. Kinda sad, but I can still feel the irritation so I figured it best to not have sharp carving tools in hand.

• After seeing all the costume photos (from friends and celebrities), I now have all of these ideas for costumes for next year. Unfortunately, I won't remember any of them and will start wondering what I'm going to be for Halloween next September. Oh, well. That's part of the fun, I guess.

How was your Halloween? Did you avoid the candy (unlike me)? Did you carve a pumpkin? What are your traditions? What was your favorite costume you saw this year? Do you like college football? Do you go to games (home or away)?

Wacky Wednesday

It's not my favorite day of the week, but I try to make it a little better with some wackiness:

• I'm used to people calling my dog cute (these people are brilliant, by the way). What I'm not used to is people stopping their car in the middle of the road to yell this out. Tonight as Chloe and I were walking around the neighborhood, a guy stopped his car and yelled, "What a cutie! She looks just like Spanky's dog." I did not know if this was good or bad or dirty.
• After I asked the smartest person I know (Google), I discovered that Spanky was in the "Little Rascals." (On a side note, careful on that Google. I speak from experience.) I guess there is a resemblance, but not enough that I would stop my car and yell at someone (with them possibly thinking I'm a dirty freak).

•  I get way too worked up over sports and sports-related happenings. When I heard that Frank Martin was leaving Kansas State to coach basketball at South Carolina, I was sad. Why, oh why, would he leave the beautiful purple school that is my alma mater? Then, I got mad! Really, Frank. Why did you leave an up-and-coming basketball school to go coach a school in a football conference? It's a step down (no offense to South Carolina fans). And what did someone do to make him leave? Ahem! Athletic Director?!? Anyway, I've determined yet again that I need to get a life.

Purple pride (and a strange brother)

• My other hobby, celebrity goings-on and gossip is in full force, too. (Yes, I know that this doesn't qualify me as having a life either.) Selena Gomez is filming a movie in the area. She's been spotted. Her boyfriend, Justin Bieber, has been spotted too. Now, James Franco is here! I have yet to see any of them, darn it.