What a day. It's gonna be huge. Calling it super Tuesday might be a little much though. I mean I know it's my birthday and all, but people can relax. Next year for my 30th you can call it super Thursday (leap year).
Oh yeah, and it's also the primaries. Guess we'll have to go vote before we go out to dinner. I still haven't fully made up my mind on who to vote for. A dem of course, hello. I heard about a nifty website called Glass Booth. You rank the issues on importance, answer about 10 questions (it's short) and it tells you the candidates you most closely agree with.
Hillary was the winner for me. We agreed on 86% of the issues. Mike Gravel (is he still even running) and John Edwards were tied for second at 84% similarity. Obama was third at 81%. It also tells you how you agree or disagree with each candidate. Just for fun you can compare your answers against another candidates from a dropdown menu. I put Mike Huckabee and it was only 26% similarity (the lowest of the republicans). It said we strongly disagree on almost every issue. Gee, ya think. President Huck. Whoa, scary thought.
I still haven't made up my mind yet. The top two have definite pros and cons. A twofer might not be too shabby. A little "change" might be a good thing too. I can't vote for John Edwards because he's all about guns. I've been told I have radical gun beliefs - I think only law enforcement should have guns, period. No hand guns, no hunting rifles, nothing. If parents didn’t have guns around the house Columbine might not have happened. And if the gun laws weren't so lax then the medically ill declared kid from Virginia Tech might not have been able to buy a gun. "Might" be the operative word in those sentences, but still.
Anyway, it's kinda interesting. Check it out. Who are you most similar with?
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
The weekend
We saw Atonement this weekend. Don't waste 2 1/2 hrs of your life. Unless of course you have no life and then go right ahead and see it. We went to a Garth Brooks concert at the Staples center. I've never been there before; it's a really nice venue. We had so much rain that Sunday morning we had a power outage for a few hours. It was a great excuse not to get out of bed - wish we could have more of them. We also watched the season of Flight of the Concords on On Demand before they expire today. Love the songs, but overall it's not my favorite series. That was the weekend in a nutshell.
And now it's crappy Monday. This morning I saw a bus driver strangely merging on the freeway and then swerving a bit. As I passed, I saw she was on her cell. Poor kids. I can't wait till the hands-free law hits LA. And the State of the Union is tonight - always interesting. Here's a good drinking game - a shot every time he butchers "nuclear". Stephanie Miller is part of the coverage on MSNBC so that will be quite comical.
And now it's crappy Monday. This morning I saw a bus driver strangely merging on the freeway and then swerving a bit. As I passed, I saw she was on her cell. Poor kids. I can't wait till the hands-free law hits LA. And the State of the Union is tonight - always interesting. Here's a good drinking game - a shot every time he butchers "nuclear". Stephanie Miller is part of the coverage on MSNBC so that will be quite comical.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I saw Spider Pig!
LFL brought a couple movies with him during his visit. The Spider Pig scene gets an A, but the movie gets a C+. Script gets a C. There were some funny scenes, but as a whole it could have been better. Springfield being blocked off from the rest of the world, except the Simpsons (of course) was not the best premise for an entire movie. Spider Pig was worth seeing though.
We watched Superbad too. You have to be in a low brow, male, high school humor kinda mood or you'll hate it. Rating it against an Oscar winner, I'd say it gets straight D's, but judging it for what it was, I'd say it gets a C, scriptwriting a B and acting a B+. The period pants part was my favorite. Sick, but funny.
We're going to see Atonement Friday night at the lot with my sister and Five. I hear it's sad, but good. We'll see.
We watched Superbad too. You have to be in a low brow, male, high school humor kinda mood or you'll hate it. Rating it against an Oscar winner, I'd say it gets straight D's, but judging it for what it was, I'd say it gets a C, scriptwriting a B and acting a B+. The period pants part was my favorite. Sick, but funny.
We're going to see Atonement Friday night at the lot with my sister and Five. I hear it's sad, but good. We'll see.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Here ya go
What a lovely three day weekend. I wish there could be more of them in the year. Only 26 days until President's Day weekend!
For the recap you've all been waiting for...
Saturday 3:00pm: We all met at the bowling alley. Brad Pitt II in his pre-approved outfit, playing it very cool meets Five. He thinks she's cute. We chit chat as a teeny bopper party is beginning next to us (mmmm, pizza). Awkwardness level - not too bad since we're with them. We bowled three games. Five is not a great bowler, but I don't have much room to talk. My husband got a 185 one game - 4 strikes in a row. He won 2 games and LFL won the last. Everyone was having a good time. But why was my kiddie ball wet every time it came up the shoot? Oil on the lane? Something more disgusting? Yuck.
LFL asked Five if she'd like to go out after bowling and she made a vague comment implying all four of us would go. So, Five and I were in the bathroom (I washed my hands for about five minutes straight, no kidding) and I asked if she wanted to go out just the two of them. She said she'd prefer we all go - maybe ice cream.
So I drove with Five and we all headed over to Burbank to go to B&G (Ben & Jerry's). Along the scenic route I took everyone (got a little lost) would you ever guess that in LA there is a horse only lane on the road? Picture a bike lane, but with lots of horse lane signs and more crap on the streets. Who knew? We were by the equestrian center in Griffith Park, but still.
We finally got to Burbank, passed the loads of poor saps waiting in line to see Cloverfield (the guys saw it on Friday night, both said it was terrible) and sat at B&G's for an hour or so. They both ordered Half Baked, a sign of true love? Of course.
It ended in the parking garage, with talks of meeting again over IM. It was clearly reminiscent of Rhett and Scarlett in a modern day Gone With The Wind. We shall see...
For the recap you've all been waiting for...
Saturday 3:00pm: We all met at the bowling alley. Brad Pitt II in his pre-approved outfit, playing it very cool meets Five. He thinks she's cute. We chit chat as a teeny bopper party is beginning next to us (mmmm, pizza). Awkwardness level - not too bad since we're with them. We bowled three games. Five is not a great bowler, but I don't have much room to talk. My husband got a 185 one game - 4 strikes in a row. He won 2 games and LFL won the last. Everyone was having a good time. But why was my kiddie ball wet every time it came up the shoot? Oil on the lane? Something more disgusting? Yuck.
LFL asked Five if she'd like to go out after bowling and she made a vague comment implying all four of us would go. So, Five and I were in the bathroom (I washed my hands for about five minutes straight, no kidding) and I asked if she wanted to go out just the two of them. She said she'd prefer we all go - maybe ice cream.
So I drove with Five and we all headed over to Burbank to go to B&G (Ben & Jerry's). Along the scenic route I took everyone (got a little lost) would you ever guess that in LA there is a horse only lane on the road? Picture a bike lane, but with lots of horse lane signs and more crap on the streets. Who knew? We were by the equestrian center in Griffith Park, but still.
We finally got to Burbank, passed the loads of poor saps waiting in line to see Cloverfield (the guys saw it on Friday night, both said it was terrible) and sat at B&G's for an hour or so. They both ordered Half Baked, a sign of true love? Of course.
It ended in the parking garage, with talks of meeting again over IM. It was clearly reminiscent of Rhett and Scarlett in a modern day Gone With The Wind. We shall see...
Friday, January 18, 2008
The Weekend We've All Been Waiting For
Five and LFL have both said they'd prefer if their blind date was a double date with the two of us. I don't really want to be some go between (been there, done that), but oh well. My involvement ends at the end of the date though.
Here are the plans: We've decided on the lovely activity of bowling. I am not a fan of wearing used shoes and you'll all think I'm a wimp, but those balls are heavy (keep your thoughts to yourself, Steve). I use the kiddie lightweight balls instead. I know, it's a sad fact about me. I'm much better at Wii bowling. At least my friends are of the human nature and I've never made styrofoam gifts for a squirrel. I shouldn't pick on my dear husband today though because he worked like 16 hours yesterday for a really ridiculous reason. I get why a meter maid sounds like a good alternative.
I digress. We're meeting Saturday afternoon. Five has agreed to come to the valley - I drive to Santa Monica M-F, I prefer my weekends to never include the 405 . After wearing used shoes starts to get boring and if Five and LFL are hitting it off, they might continue their date alone. Phew, here's where my part ends.
They don't allow smoking in bowling alleys anymore, do they? I hate walking out of those places smelling like the marlboro man. I better wear clothes I don’t mind burning, just in case.
I'll report all the juicy details on Monday. I was having Marshall from the tech department of Alias build me a mini camera out of a lip gloss tube, but it doesn't look like it'll be finished in time, darn it. So no video, but I'll be sure to include some comical dialogue.
So there you have it. Think positive thoughts for the little (literally, they're both short) love birds.
Hope you all have a pleasant three day weekend. Go Giants!
** I make manly appetizers and root for his football team, he sits through General Hospital. It's called marriage.
Here are the plans: We've decided on the lovely activity of bowling. I am not a fan of wearing used shoes and you'll all think I'm a wimp, but those balls are heavy (keep your thoughts to yourself, Steve). I use the kiddie lightweight balls instead. I know, it's a sad fact about me. I'm much better at Wii bowling. At least my friends are of the human nature and I've never made styrofoam gifts for a squirrel. I shouldn't pick on my dear husband today though because he worked like 16 hours yesterday for a really ridiculous reason. I get why a meter maid sounds like a good alternative.
I digress. We're meeting Saturday afternoon. Five has agreed to come to the valley - I drive to Santa Monica M-F, I prefer my weekends to never include the 405 . After wearing used shoes starts to get boring and if Five and LFL are hitting it off, they might continue their date alone. Phew, here's where my part ends.
They don't allow smoking in bowling alleys anymore, do they? I hate walking out of those places smelling like the marlboro man. I better wear clothes I don’t mind burning, just in case.
I'll report all the juicy details on Monday. I was having Marshall from the tech department of Alias build me a mini camera out of a lip gloss tube, but it doesn't look like it'll be finished in time, darn it. So no video, but I'll be sure to include some comical dialogue.
So there you have it. Think positive thoughts for the little (literally, they're both short) love birds.
Hope you all have a pleasant three day weekend. Go Giants!
** I make manly appetizers and root for his football team, he sits through General Hospital. It's called marriage.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Ya think you know someone
You all know the history, we were friends for 3 years during college, dated for 5 and have been married for a year and a half. So you'd think I'd know my husband pretty well after all that. I can easily interpret his vague comments. For instance, I'll call him at work and ask how he's doing. I can easily decipher the vast difference between "Ok" and "Ok, I guess".
So last night we're having an innocent conversation about how he thinks Connecticut is great even though he's never been there, when he goes, "I want to be a meter maid." Holy good God. Didn't see that one coming. I immediately disclosed that this new career goal and his subsequent reasoning was all going on my blog today.
He told me some story about seeing a meter maid with a giant box attached to him run from meter to meter sucking out the change. My husband theorized that the meter maids probably have a set area they have to empty and when they're finished their day is done, which explains why the meter guy was running. He said he thinks it would be a very low stress job - he's always trying to think of a low stress job.
The fifth thought that came to mind after hearing all this was "does he have a death wish?" I know it's just a bunch of change, but that adds up and you know there are crazy people who would try to rob him. To that he said, "Well, it's not like I'm gonna be a meter maid in Compton." Whew, glad we agree on that.
So last night we're having an innocent conversation about how he thinks Connecticut is great even though he's never been there, when he goes, "I want to be a meter maid." Holy good God. Didn't see that one coming. I immediately disclosed that this new career goal and his subsequent reasoning was all going on my blog today.
He told me some story about seeing a meter maid with a giant box attached to him run from meter to meter sucking out the change. My husband theorized that the meter maids probably have a set area they have to empty and when they're finished their day is done, which explains why the meter guy was running. He said he thinks it would be a very low stress job - he's always trying to think of a low stress job.
The fifth thought that came to mind after hearing all this was "does he have a death wish?" I know it's just a bunch of change, but that adds up and you know there are crazy people who would try to rob him. To that he said, "Well, it's not like I'm gonna be a meter maid in Compton." Whew, glad we agree on that.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Movie review and more...
We saw Juno this weekend at the lot. My sister and Five went with us. It was a good movie - kinda kooky. If you're looking for a mainstream movie, this has a little edge. Dwight from The Office is in it so what's not to like. It's brief, but it's obviously the best scene. I give the movie a solid B+, acting gets an A and screenwriting an A.
In other news, my sister told us she wants to leave LA. She said even if my parents move out she still wants to leave. She's hoping to move at the end of the school year in May. She only moved here in August so it hasn't been much time, but I get it, LA sucks. If we didn't have to live here for our occupation, we probably wouldn't either. Although, I have no idea where else we'd live, which is part of our problem. That beach in the Caribbean sure is nice, but not very realistic. Maybe as a vacation house though when we're 40 and rich.
In other news, my sister told us she wants to leave LA. She said even if my parents move out she still wants to leave. She's hoping to move at the end of the school year in May. She only moved here in August so it hasn't been much time, but I get it, LA sucks. If we didn't have to live here for our occupation, we probably wouldn't either. Although, I have no idea where else we'd live, which is part of our problem. That beach in the Caribbean sure is nice, but not very realistic. Maybe as a vacation house though when we're 40 and rich.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The Fun Begins
I was pulling into my driveway Monday night and there was a giant city notice posted on the garage door. Lovely. I parked, walked out and read the notice. They're holding a public hearing to turn our apartment building into condos on Thursday, Jan. 17th at like 10:30AM.
We'd gotten a letter over a year ago from our management company saying they were going to convert the units into condos and offered a 5% discount if we wanted to buy our unit. Are you kidding me? We have 4 separate leaks along the sliding glass door every time it rains. What a terrible investment.
Like I said, that was over a year ago and we hadn't heard anything since. We figured our crappy management company figured it wouldn't be worth their time/money, but I guess not. So we're currently looking for a new place. Ugh.
We actually went to see a 2 bed, 1 1/2 bath townhouse last night, but it wasn't quite as up to date as we'd prefer. And it had those hideous mirrored sliding closet doors in the bedrooms. Those are pretty much a deal breaker for us.
We can't even imagine moving, but we figure we better start looking and find exactly what we want instead of waiting till we get a 30 days to vacate letter and be forced into something not as awesome as we want. Who's gonna help us move?
We'd gotten a letter over a year ago from our management company saying they were going to convert the units into condos and offered a 5% discount if we wanted to buy our unit. Are you kidding me? We have 4 separate leaks along the sliding glass door every time it rains. What a terrible investment.
Like I said, that was over a year ago and we hadn't heard anything since. We figured our crappy management company figured it wouldn't be worth their time/money, but I guess not. So we're currently looking for a new place. Ugh.
We actually went to see a 2 bed, 1 1/2 bath townhouse last night, but it wasn't quite as up to date as we'd prefer. And it had those hideous mirrored sliding closet doors in the bedrooms. Those are pretty much a deal breaker for us.
We can't even imagine moving, but we figure we better start looking and find exactly what we want instead of waiting till we get a 30 days to vacate letter and be forced into something not as awesome as we want. Who's gonna help us move?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Sexy Bagger
Monday/Tuesday evenings we (usually just the husband) do our grocery shopping. We usually don't like to waste the precious weekend at grocery stores so we save it for after work. I figure the day's already blown because I've been at work for 9 hours so why not spend an hour or so at the store.
So last night was no different. We went to Ralphs (which is one of the nicest of the chain stores). We carefully selected our tissues, olives, yoplait yogurts, etc and were headed to the checkout. The lines were unusually long (too many people on break at the same time was my guess). I strategically assessed each line and picked what I thought would be the shortest wait. It ended up being the longest. I need to better hone that skill.
We wait and wait and finally we're up. Robin, the cashier, quickly scanned our items. In the meantime, they had no baggers so my husband started bagging. They usually hate it when you bag your own groceries and will swoop in if they see it happening. This time there was no one to take over. I pay, we're just about to leave and Robin goes, "Thanks for your patience and thanks for bringing that sexy bagger with you." To which I said, "My pleasure." We got in the elevator to the parking garage and I said, "Did she just call you a sexy bagger?" If I hadn't been around, I think Robin would have given my sexy bagger her phone number.
So last night was no different. We went to Ralphs (which is one of the nicest of the chain stores). We carefully selected our tissues, olives, yoplait yogurts, etc and were headed to the checkout. The lines were unusually long (too many people on break at the same time was my guess). I strategically assessed each line and picked what I thought would be the shortest wait. It ended up being the longest. I need to better hone that skill.
We wait and wait and finally we're up. Robin, the cashier, quickly scanned our items. In the meantime, they had no baggers so my husband started bagging. They usually hate it when you bag your own groceries and will swoop in if they see it happening. This time there was no one to take over. I pay, we're just about to leave and Robin goes, "Thanks for your patience and thanks for bringing that sexy bagger with you." To which I said, "My pleasure." We got in the elevator to the parking garage and I said, "Did she just call you a sexy bagger?" If I hadn't been around, I think Robin would have given my sexy bagger her phone number.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Random stuff
Storm Watch: Crazy big storm is just starting to hit our fair city. The overly dramatic weather people are saying it's gonna be "the worst storm to hit in decades". I'm choosing to ride it out at the Macys one day sale tomorrow.
I got to work in under 25 minutes today. It usually takes an hour and 15ish. Every night this week I've gotten home in roughly 25-30 minutes. This is a beautiful thing. I don't want the holidays to ever end, or the schools to go back in session or the strike to resolve. This town is actually pleasant (that's right, pleasant) when 3/4 of the people are gone.
Two weeks to go until the big blind date between Five and Looking For Love. Details are TBD, but I'm thinking it'll be dinner and a movie on Sat night.
Can you imagine being this guy?
I got to work in under 25 minutes today. It usually takes an hour and 15ish. Every night this week I've gotten home in roughly 25-30 minutes. This is a beautiful thing. I don't want the holidays to ever end, or the schools to go back in session or the strike to resolve. This town is actually pleasant (that's right, pleasant) when 3/4 of the people are gone.
Two weeks to go until the big blind date between Five and Looking For Love. Details are TBD, but I'm thinking it'll be dinner and a movie on Sat night.
Can you imagine being this guy?
Apparently, the kayaker is a marine biologist and was investigating a great white shark. Little did he know, the shark had been following him from below and then came up for a closer look. The pic was taken by a guy on a nearby boat. (S&S - they call him a canoeist!) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=505753&in_page_id=1770
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Recap
Where to begin? The week of hell went well. No bad snow, whew. My parents house was nice and relaxing. Got together with friends, enjoyed some Wii, and played with the babies and kids of my friends, which I always enjoy. Christmas was weird without my grandfather, but it was still a nice, fun day with the fam. I got the husband XM radio. Awesome not to have DJs and commercials and he can listen to all the Mets games. He got me a portable DVD player, which I really wanted. We watched HP5 on the flight back home - nice to take up a couple hours doing something fun (I was disappointed with the movie though).
The long drive between our parents house was uneventful. We drove through Scranton and sang The Office theme song. I miss that show.
The in-laws house was fine. Good to see them and his friends. At one of his friend's house we were there when his 9 year old found out there was no Santa. I feel a tiny bit responsible since I stated the conversation about how hard it is to get a Wii and asked how they got it for their son. His friend explained when and how his wife bought it as she was giving him dirty looks. The Wii was from Santa, whoops. Luckily their son kinda had a hunch so it wasn't some terrible, traumatic experience. It was memorable.
While visiting his other friends, I got my best Christmas gift. His friend Sheila is an artist and for years I've been admiring one of her original paintings. She made me a painting based on the original. I love it. I was really surprised and I literally cannot take my eyes off of it. Thanks again, Sheila!
I made another new life rule on the trip: I don't want to travel to any place where our XM radio doesn't work. Unfortunately, it doesn't work at the in-laws, but I can't exactly stop going there. But with that exception, I'd like to keep up the new rule.
The long drive between our parents house was uneventful. We drove through Scranton and sang The Office theme song. I miss that show.
The in-laws house was fine. Good to see them and his friends. At one of his friend's house we were there when his 9 year old found out there was no Santa. I feel a tiny bit responsible since I stated the conversation about how hard it is to get a Wii and asked how they got it for their son. His friend explained when and how his wife bought it as she was giving him dirty looks. The Wii was from Santa, whoops. Luckily their son kinda had a hunch so it wasn't some terrible, traumatic experience. It was memorable.
While visiting his other friends, I got my best Christmas gift. His friend Sheila is an artist and for years I've been admiring one of her original paintings. She made me a painting based on the original. I love it. I was really surprised and I literally cannot take my eyes off of it. Thanks again, Sheila!
I made another new life rule on the trip: I don't want to travel to any place where our XM radio doesn't work. Unfortunately, it doesn't work at the in-laws, but I can't exactly stop going there. But with that exception, I'd like to keep up the new rule.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Happy New Year!
We practically slept through New Years, but we did wake up in time for the Dick Clark countdown. I'm happy 2007 is finally over. It was a pretty bad second half of the year for my family, so I'm very happy it's 2008 and I'm hopeful for a healthy year for us and our family and friends.
Make any new years resolutions? Mine is to make better dinners. Not very exciting, I know. But in the time it takes to make our usual dinners, I could really make a good, fresh meal. I'm gonna go through some recipes and make a list of ingredients for some new meals.
I also want to continue my 2007 resolution, which was to keep in better correspondence with my friends. I was pretty good with it last year so I want to keep it up. Thank goodness for email.
Week of hell recap to come tomorrow.
Make any new years resolutions? Mine is to make better dinners. Not very exciting, I know. But in the time it takes to make our usual dinners, I could really make a good, fresh meal. I'm gonna go through some recipes and make a list of ingredients for some new meals.
I also want to continue my 2007 resolution, which was to keep in better correspondence with my friends. I was pretty good with it last year so I want to keep it up. Thank goodness for email.
Week of hell recap to come tomorrow.
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