KRISTA OVERBY BEST FRIEND

and I miss my cat. How dumb is that? I miss my damn cat more than I miss anything. I guess that makes me a bona fide spinster. I know I am probably missing her more than she misses me. This is probably how it’s going down:

Me: Oh man, I miss my cat. She probably thinks I deserted her.

Betty: I’m hungry

Me: Maybe I should go get her. Maybe she would be happier to be with me, even if it means living in a small space. That would probably be so much better for her.

Betty: I’m sleepy

Me: Oh, woe is me. I am so sorry for leaving you this summer. If only you understood it’s for the best. I think about you all the time.

Betty: If only I could sleep and eat at the same time, life would be sweet.

Me: I hope Josh is giving you lots of love so it lessens your pain of losing me this summer.

Betty: I sure love digging in my litter box. Look at the poo fly!
Me: Oh Betty! I love you! I hate this separation! Ohhhhh! The pain!

Betty: Look one of those buzzing around things….I want to catch it! But I think I’ll nap a little bit first. I love tuna…zzzzz.
So, yeah…I’m pretty sure I am missing her more than she misses me.

I have a week to go before I move to camp. I think I’m gonna go into work with my sister next week…she wants me to rate her company as a temp…this shall be juicy.

Jobs I’ve had in the past:

Babysitter

Dorney Park Employee - funnel cake maker and second as a sandwich/all around food concession stand worker

Oaktree salesperson

Candy and Nut Sales Person

Salesperson at the Express (who hasn’t worked for Limited Corp?)

Fund raiser - for Art Museum (via phone)

Telemarketer - performer of phone surveys

HR Manager

Marketing Manager

Survey Analyst

Admin Temp

NFL employee - Admin
Admin Temp

Transcriber

Business Manager at Summer Camp (in a few weeks)

Jobs I would like to have in the future:

It’s possible that I do not have the qualifications or talent for any of the jobs below. It’s also possible these jobs are only cool in theory and in real life they would suck.

Radio Show Host

Cruise Ship Performer

Therapist

Choreographer

Painter

Drug Dealer

Candle Maker

Monk

Bartender

Judge

Jury

So, I haven’t received any questions lately for my advice column.  How the hell is Krista Overby Best Friend supposed to give advice if no one ever asks her anything???  I know you people have problems…hell, I know many of you personally and I KNOW you have problems.  haha.  So, ask Krista Overby Best Friend.  She knows her shit and she loves to share her brilliant knowledge with others.  If you have a question just write to askmybestfriend@gmail.com.

Also, please look for a future section - Best Friend of the Month - on this website.  This section will highlight not only, Krista Overby’s best friends (there are so many), but yours as well.  If you have a best friend you would like to feature, let me know, and your best friend will have a month devoted to them on this website.  Just send a picture of your best friend and a few details about them…I will make up the rest.

I officially don’t have a home in NYC any longer. Hell, I don’t have a home anywhere at the moment. It’s not the best feeling in the world. I’m living off of the kindness of friends at the moment and it sucks. I also miss my bed…which is currently residing in a 10×10 storage facility in PA.

“Because of you, I never strayed too far from the sidewalk”… boy that song has been in my head for quite awhile now… I think it means I need to buy the Kelly Clarkson cd.

Anyway, what was I saying…oh yes, I have no home all my stuff is in storage, but it is pretty outside today and I have a nice view from my office window.  It’s Cinco de Mayo this weekend and Abby is throwing a huge ass party and she’s promised to get me drunk…can’t get much better than that.

I think I’m gonna go watch Friday Night Lights on NBC now…they have all the episodes loaded on to their website and I’ve managed to watch about 14 of them so far…only 7 more to go!  haha.  I was freaking out the other day because I was crushing on the actor who plays the coach on that show and I realized that I now have passed over into the magical age where I no longer crush on the high school actors…no, I’m into the “grown ups” on the show….man.

Oh, I am also back to blond now.  Ally, my beauty school sister, colored my hair back to blond this weekend and she did a darn good job too.  I think that girl is gonna be on heck of a stylist!  And I couldn’t be happier.  There is nothing a blond likes better than getting her highlights done for free!  Whooo.  Also, I’ve planned to push her to become a stylist with her own haircare line..like Paul Mitchel, or Vidal Sassoon - that way she can support my temping ass.

That is all.

Phil, originally uploaded by Erin Lady Byrne.

To anyone who hasn’t seen this set on Flickr yet, you really must drop everything you are doing right now and take a look. Seriously…drop everything.

Now.

I am temping all this week and maybe the following few weeks at a company that does not allow access to internet based emial accounts.  Sure, it serves free breakfast and has great coffee, but no personal email access?  That just seems un-American.  If you want to get in contact with me, please leave a comment below with your email address (as I don’t know anyone’s email address from memory) and I will email you from my work address - at least they set me up with one of those.  Commies.  BTW - remember Yeltsin? 

Sign, originally uploaded by kriscuz.

I took a picture of this sign in Maryland. Um…seriously…CANNOT BE DESTROYED!

raccoon, originally uploaded by kriscuz.

As promised, here is my breakdown of visiting the camp I’ll be working at this summer. The picture is of Rocky, the guitar pickin mascot of the camp. I didn’t see any raccoons, but I DID see a woodpecker, osprey, eagles, and a white tailed deer that ran right in front of me while I was walking up a path…right in front of me!

Basically, it rocked and I’m so excited to start in June. It’s such a change from Brooklyn and city life, but I think it can only be good for me. Wearing hiking boots, no make-up, being in the sun, working hard, swimming, being around really silly people, singing a lot of songs that have repeating verses….what more can you ask for.

Something struck me as odd though and I haven’t mentioned this to anyone. I met a lot of camper parents this past weekend and you know what was weird….they were mostly around my age. And I realized that if I would have married at the same age my parents did and had a kid, I would have an 8 year old right now….and 8 year old! Who would be going to camp! Holy crazy pants! One of the moms was talking about when she went to camp…in 95…Um, I was graduating college in 95. Nuts. But I don’t care…they were all jealous that I could just drop everything and move into a cabin for the entire summer. So the jokes on them…procreating suckers!

Ok, major change in topic now…I’m writing this as I watch American Idol and they just credited Tim McGraw with writing When the Stars Go Blue…dudes..it was Ryan Adams…get it right. Man that’s a good song, I’ve never heard Tim McGraw’s version, but I guarantee it wasn’t half as good as Adams’.

Hips Don’t Lie

Rehab

Just died in yours arms tonight - this one gets good around 40 seconds.

Say it isn’t so

In Da Club -this one has some inspired moments - minute 2.47 is awesome - I think the only black people this guy knows are at the mall

This almost makes up for the whole irony incident.

Or maybe this is more your cup o’tea.