Cinderella at the Ball

Last Saturday night I volunteered to attend the Junior Achievement Benefit Auction/ Banquet at the Antlers Hilton (a fancy schmancy hotel downtown) as part of a group of employee sponsors for the event. It was a black tie-optional event, which was my primary motivation for volunteering myself for what was guaranteed to be a brain-numbingly dull evening chock full of stuffy CEO's and their fuddy-duddy wives.

You see, I am at heart a huge girly girl and love nothing more than an opportunity to dress up as lavishly as possible, so at the chance of looking fine in my favorite LBD and pretend to be ladylike while stuffing my face with lavish hors d'oeuvres, I will be the first to jump up and scream, "TAKE ME TOO!"

So was it worth the painful fake smile I plastered on my face? Was it worth it despite the assistant manager of our North location ogling me shamelessly for nearly three hours?

Simply put, yes. It was worth it just because Derek and Lauren and I mocked the women wearing atrocious outfits whilst eating bacon-wrapped scallops (is there a more perfect food?) and because afterwards when my regional director jetted, we made our way to 15c, the cigar bar a few blocks away. Reminiscing about the woman who wore what appeared to be her puffy-sleeved wedding dress from 1987 and the adorable chocolate lab who was auctioned off for a ridiculous $1200, we smoked our stogies and drank our dirty dirty martinis with mock- James Bond style coolness. It was a good night.

In other news, I saw the new Star Trek movie the other night; I absolutely ♥loved♥ it and I think J.J. Abrams did a fabulous job really updating the look and feel of the crew and the Enterprise. I was already in love with Zachary Quinto before this movie, but now I am actually borderline obsessed with him. He was the hottest most badass Spock ever, and I fully dig him and his phenomenal eyebrows. I watched an interview with him and Leonard Nimoy with Jimmy Fallon and he was wearing the most amazing Buddy Holly-style glasses; I practically drooled on myself through the entire length of this interview. I think I have a problem.

Chris Pine was an excellent James Kirk though- as cocky and independent as I always thought he should be; the bad-boy attitude and womanizing green women were nice touches too. The only character that I was a little turned off by was Uhura- Zoe Saldana is a great actress and a beautiful girl, but bloody hell was she too damn skinny. It made her look severe and gaunt with her hair back like it was, and as a result I kind of cringed everytime she was on screen. Other than that minor detail though, it was well-cast and one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. And that opinion has (almost) nothing to do with Zachary Quinto... so there.

I think that's all I've got for now, but I'll be back!

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