Stupid is as stupid does

I learned the hard way how to not sweat the small stuff and put life into perspective; I lost my mom too early. I remember thinking when mom died that I would never again allow myself to get all worked up for nothing. I would never allow myself to put meaning in the meaningless, place importance on the non-important and worry about things I cannot control. Well I blew that out of the fucking water this week.

Sunday night I'm enjoying a lovely evening at home. I'm looking at my Twitter and @IamDiddy tells me to turn on BET...so I do, and start watching the BET awards. Next thing I know I go to do some work and voila...no internet. I check my home phone line also provided by Comcast....no phone either. I imagine this is something that can be handled easily so I give Comcast a call and 2 days, 7 conversations, and tears later I still have no fucking internet. OK...well, I do now because I just got it back but you get the point.

It's one thing to go without TV, Phones, and Internet when you're on a camping trip but when I'm at home (and I work from home mind you) I want these things to work, and work well, and work quickly. I have literally been a raging bitch for the last 2 days. I had multiple anxiety attacks and had to have a glass of wine at 4:30 yesterday so I could continue to breathe. (Veronica, if you're reading this I swear I only had one and I went back to work).

The bottom line is that I'm an idiot. Why in the world would something without importance, meaning and definitely something that I can do nothing about get me so worked up? Why did I let it get to me? I have my priorities figured out, right?

So now the internet is back on and I can tweet, blog and email in peace....but mostly I can put myself in a serious TIMEOUT. Worry about what you can control....the rest is trivial.

That's my REV RUN blog for the month.

Monday Night June 28, 2010-- I'm getting out, are you?

Tomorrow night is Monday and although I rarely go out/am in town on a weeknight anymore there are 2 amazing shows I want to tell everyone about. The first is my good friend Lindsey's, Masters Recital for cello at the Belmont Mansion. It starts at 7:00 and is free to the public.

The second stop will be the Benefit for Bella at Exit In with American Bang, Will Hoge and Ricky Young. Those American Bang boys are awesome and I haven't seen Will play in quite a while. There's a $10 minimum donation at the door and all proceeds go to help little baby Arabella Cobb's medical expenses. I don't personally know the parents but since seeing the show I've been keeping up with the blog and have been thoroughly touched by this story. You can also follow the blog at : http://arabellacobb.blogspot.com.

Burger Up or....down?

I've just returned from my first visit at Burger Up....Nashville's newest (and only) speciality non-chain burger establishment. I'll start by saying that I love the location- 12th south in the Paris building right next to a long time favorite- Las Paletas. The restaurant is relatively small and has a few smaller tables and two long community tables. There's also a well stocked bar full of trendy liquors like Prairie Vodka and Corsair, Plymouth, etc...you get the point.

Dinning with me this afternoon was Cara L.--- who is always up for trying new food and experiences. We were sat in a 2 top right next to the front door-- a high boy and stool situation that didn't allow me to cross my legs or really get comfortable...but not completely horrible.

I started off with the Bloody Mary which came highly recommended from our server and Cara had an Amstel Light. The Bloody Mary was interesting. Not bad...but definitely not 3 Crow's or Jackson's. Grade: B

We then ordered a Crab, cheese, habenero fondue of sorts. The toast points served with it were a little soft and the dip missed the mark to a degree. Plenty of crab (which is rare) but not enough cheese to really call it a fondue. Grade: C+

Next UP were our burgers- I went with the Turkey Burger and Cara had the Mushroom Swiss. My burger was good and had plenty of moisture which is tough when cooking ground turkey. Cara also really enjoyed her burger and the sweet potato fries that came on the side. I thought the fries were soggy and lacked seasoning and pazazz.

I enjoyed the side salad that would have been fab had the greens not been completely drenched in the bacon vinaigrette. It could have used half the dressing but was still tasty.

Grade: B+

Overall a pleasant experience and definitely want to try again once I get back on the Cow and Pig to try the Woodstock burger that boasts Benton's Bacon and a white cheddar cheese...yummm.

Check them out at: http://www.burger-up.com/.

Side note: Rumours East will be closed for a week or so due to remodeling (they are apparently taking an amazing old historic home in East Nashville and modernizing it's interior). Potential bad call but I could be eating (or drinking) my words later about that one. http://www.rumourseast.com/