So it's been awhile...

Dear People Who Put Up Signs In The Bathroom At Work,
Passive aggressive much? "Please do not urinate on our toilet seats" is a bit over the top.
Love,
Danielle
P.S. No I am not joking.

Dear Construction Workers Doing Who Knows What On The Floor Below Me,
Please stop scaring the crap out of me at work. Unnecessary. I'm pretty sure you just build things and tear it down again anyway.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Guy On The Sidewalk,
Thanks for waiting until the light turned yellow before crossing the street in front of me. Way to go. Standing there while you had the walk sign and then walking when it went away was awesome.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Girl With The Lemonade,
Maybe crossing 5 lanes of traffic where there wasn't a crosswalk and while the lights were green wasn't the best idea you've had lately. Hope the lemonade was worth it.
Love,
Danielle
P.S. Are you friends with sidewalk guy? If not you two should meet.

Dear People I'm Trying to Eavesdrop On,
Please talk loud enough for me to hear you. I'd hate to fall out of my chair because I'm leaning to one side trying nonchalantly to hear you. Please consider.
Love,
Danielle

Dear People Who Talk So Loud I can Hear You Over My Ipod,
Please stop. If I have the volume more than half way up and can still hear you there is a problem.
Love,
Danielle
P.S. Maybe you could help out your loudness impaired friends above? Thanks.

I got nothin for a fancy title today...

Dear Guy Driving Shirtless,
Don't. It's only 67 degrees outside. Channing Tatum you are not.
Sincerely,
Danielle

Dear Rat in Ratatouille,
How do you not burn your feet when dancing around the top of the pot on the stove?
Love,
Grabbed pots that were still too hot too often for her own good

Dear Remember The Titans,
It's been awhile since I've seen you, but you're still an excellent movie.
Love,
Danielle

T-t-t-today Junior!

Dear Starbucks,
Could you please consider installing a mini mart in your store? For example aleve, and other assorted things I may need. It would give me one more reason to stop by... one stop shopping. Or just put a shop in my target. That would work too.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Elbow.
Please stop bitching.
Sincerely,
Danielle

Dear Girl in White Pants at Work,
I appreciate your effort to wear white underwear. But when your pants are see through it doesn't really matter that you're wearing a white thong...
Sincerely,
Those Who Wish You'd Have Selected Other Attire For Your Legs

Dear NV,
Thanks for the entertainment at work today. Perhaps you might want to reconsider what you put in your emails in the future however?
Love,
Danielle

Dear Guy at Work with the Nice Ass,
Thanks for walking by every day. I appreciate the break. Now if you would just talk to me... (I know you do talk... I heard you last week...)
Love,
Danielle

Dear Tuesday,
You're just too much tv goodness for me. Please consider diversifying so I don't have to strategerize my tv watching. Thanks.
Love,
Danielle

Random Thought: Sometimes I wish a had a hula hoop that repelled dumb people and ideas. I would live in it.

Random Life Advice From My Ipod: Shake Your Pom Pom

Witty Title

Dear Payday,
You're my favorite. Love you lots!
Love,
Danielle xoxo

Dear Glee,
Awesome to see you last night. Welcome back into my life.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Yoga Night,
Be good but don't kill me ok?
Thanks,
Danielle

Dear Second Coffee,
Thanks for the assist.
Love,
Girl With a Coffee Problem

Dear PNC Cafe,
Vanilla Coffee every day would be appreciated.
Love,
One of the Many Coffee Addicts on the 25th Floor

Dear Random Dance Party,
Expect a visit sometime soon. No, I can't tell you when. It wouldn't be random then.
Love,
girl with an itunes problem

Dear Dishwasher,
Work. And tell your microwave friend to quit being a jackass while you're at it.
Sincerely,
Frustrated and Tired of doing dishes by hand and eating cold food in 321.

Dear Hockey,
Ok I conceed. I acknowledge I'm going to end up being a huge fan. You win.
Love,
Danielle

Tales (or Letters) from Tuesday....

As promised, even though a bit late....

Dear "Instant Lawyer - Just Add Coffee" t-shirt,
I will own you. And likely shortly.
Love,
Danielle, Esq.

Dear Chris Wright,
If you go pro I'll miss seeing you in a UD uniform. You should probably add to the "con" side of you're going pro list... I'm just saying.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Danielle,
Way to multi-task. Writing letters, texting, and watching Glee and Biggest Loser all at once is a pretty good haul. Pat on the back.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Guy Who Works In My Office And Who Clearly Got Sunburned While Wearing His Sunglasses,
Sunscreen next time perhaps? Just an idea.
Love,
People Who Remember Sunscreen

Dear People Who Give Me Dirty Looks At Work,
Quit. Yes. I said it. In fact I sometimes talk at work. Deal. Or grow a personality. Whichever.
Love,
Cube 148

Dear Sue Slyvester,
Your video as you as Madonna kinda freaks me out. I also love it.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Couch,
Thanks for being ridiculously comfortable.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Big Ben,
Keep Little Ben in your pants. Seriously. You're really not as awesome as you think you are.
Love,
Everyone.

PS. Ben, this is Danielle, stay more than 10 yards from me at all times. k. great. thanks.

New Week.

Dear Blog,
Sorry for neglecting you. I'll try to be more mindful of your feelings this week and visit you daily.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Lady Who Lives in My Apt. Complex,
Your daughter's tights and a tshirt are not appropriate outside clothes. I'm just saying you might want to rethink that outfit. In fact, please do.
Love,
Everyone Else in the Apt. Complex

Dear Tree Outside My Window,
Thanks for being pretty. That's all.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Park House,
Thanks for reminding me of MacLarens. I will be back to visit. Promise.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Next Friday or Sat.,
If you could please manage to have no rain I would appreciate it. I would like to go to the Pirates game, and baseball + rain isn't really a particularly good combo in my opinion. Thanks.
Love,
Danielle

Dear Monday,
If you could hold off for a few more hours that would be awesome.
Love,
Danielle

Uncreative Title

So in a little break from the letters (don't panic, they'll follow) I have 1 fact about me, and one random thought.

Fact: Generally I break cupcakes apart. That way I get one part that's all cake and the other has a ton of icing. aka the best of both worlds. Really. You should try it.

Random Thought: so my coffee cup today had "Life's too short not to..." and then the rest was blocked by the cardboard sleeve. My first thought was "Life's too short not to... be caffeinated."
Ten signs you may have a caffeine problem.....

Monday Yet Again

Dear Starbucks,
Thanks for sending my own personal Starbucks card. With my name on it. The piece of plastic in return for the thousands of dollars I've likely spent there (ok maybe not that much, but quite frankly, I don't want to know how much) is a great trade. Looking forward to getting it in the mail!
Love,
Danielle

Dear Reunion Weekend,
I can't wait for you to get here. I'm hoping you live up to my expectations.
Love,
Danielle
PS. Tim's be ready (and if you could clean up once before then that would be good too... I'm just saying June may be enough notice).

Dear BG,
I'll be watching you tomorrow. Did you come up with that zone offense yet?
Love,
Danielle

Dear Male Gender,
Could you be more confusing? Really?
Sincerely,
Frustrated in Pittsburgh

Dear DVR,
I hope you're ready for tomorrow. Biggest Loser, NCIS (both of em) and the Dayton game. You're gonna have to man up b/c I clearly can only watch one.
Love,
Danielle
P.S. GO FLYERS!

Dear Ted's FB Wall,
See you tomorrow at 7pm. It's a date.
Love Danielle

and another

Dear Kurt,

Still not sure why you start. It's been four years. I don't consider myself stupid. I just don't get it.
Really,
Danielle

And...

Dear Trent Meachum,

You still suck.

Love, (and by love I mean not love)
Danielle

Letters During Basketball

Dear Jody,
Once again, props for "the dream." It was a good one. But I don't need to tell you that. Clearly. Now we need to work on that one coming true. Ideas?
Love,
Danielle

Dear Robin,
You should not make 2 of your employees work this weekend. A particular two. If you need me to name them just ask. Things will not go well for you in the karma department if you don't. I'm just saying...
Love,
Danielle
PS. I may also have some shoes I can throw if you mess up my weekend.

Dear Flyers,
Please continue playing well. PLEASE.
Love,
Danielle


Dear 438 Crowd aka Boozahol,
We rock at game commentary. We should probably collectively co-star a game with Bobby Knight. I call dibs on the chair next to his.
Bazinga!
Danielle

Dear Seth Greenberg,
Thanks for being awesome and involving your student fans. Being accessible is a really cool thing for you to do. I award you 10 cool points.
Love,
Danielle
(background story - SG does a Q&A session/scouting report on game day in one of VT's dining halls before every game for the students)

PS. BG you may want to consider this. Maybe people would like you better.
PPS. Still waiting on that zone offense BG. just sayin....


Dear Danielle,
Get motivated to work out. Seriously. You need to.
Love,
Danielle


Dear Laundry/Cleaning Fairies,
If you could come visit that would be great. I can leave you a list under my pillow if you'd like suggestions. Just to be helpful. I'm only thinking of you really.
Hopefully see you soon!
Love,
Danielle


Dear Biggest Loser,
Thanks for being a huge motivation. Way Awesome.
Love,
Danielle

PS. I forgive you for sometimes making me cry.

more letters Monday

Dear ESPN,
I know this is a lot to ask, but PLEASE have Bobby Knight commentate the Dayton game. It would be amazing. You'll see. Just send Bobby to Cincinnati.
Love,
Danielle


Dear Wine and Brownies,
Clutch performance tonight. Thanks.
Love,
Danielle

Monday

Dear People I Work With,
Please do your job. Correctly. The first time. I'm getting really sick of redoing your work on a daily basis. Seriously. I know our job isn't the most glamorous, but please don't make me hate my life because you can't do your job. Ok? Great. Thanks.
Love,
Danielle


Dear Monday Night TV,
I hope you live up to my expectations tonight.
Love,
Danielle

Dear People Who Don't Appreciate My Humor,
(or at least respond to it in an appropriate amount of time)
You suck. That's all.
Sincerely,
Danielle

Dear Readers....

Dear Readers,

(yes all 2 of you...) I have decided that from now on, my blog will consist primarily of all of those letters I love to write. Which, if you're reading this, you already know I love my letters and you love me in spite of this fairly quirky habit. So enjoy!

Love Danielle.



Dear Danielle,

Next year, DON'T CHANGE YOUR INITIAL PICKS. Seriously. You do it every year. Just quit.
Love,

Your Brackets



Dear UD People who keep calling me for money,

I'm onto you. You always call from the same number. It's been 3 years and I still haven't picked up. Maybe you should quit calling me.

Love Danielle

PS. How DID you get my cell number anyway????

so maybe I should get back to this.

So It's been pretty much a year since I've written anything...

I'm now in a different city, with a temporary job and still looking for that "real" lawyer job.

At the same time, it's kind of amazing how much I've changed how I look at things (and how much has gone on in the last year).

Something amusing tomorrow.