It's No Secret

I hate winter. A few reasons:

1. Being woken up at 5am by a snowblower in the driveway (though it would be infinitely worse if I had to operate the snowblower).

2. Cold feet.

3. Getting stuck on city streets because snow plows didn't do a particularly thorough job. Too busy concentrating on roads to hospitals and firestations, I guess.

4. Coats.

5. Frozen car windows, scraping windshields, and snow getting in the car.

On the drive to work, I contemplated the horror of winter and wondered, "Why do we even have to have winter?" And hearing Nate Fisher's calming, funeral director voice in my head, I answered back, "To make Spring and Summer important."

Today's Song: 9 Crimes, Damien Rice (even though I've got pop-Christmas songs in my head)

I'm Stealing from SLCUP.

Today's shoe: John Vavatos Venetian loafers in brown (damn, that sounds manly)
Calendar shoe: Not applicable

TRUE OR FALSE
Appearance:
I'm short: true (but taller than Tom Cruise and probably Keith Urban, though still shorter than Nicole Kidman)
I have scars: true
I tan easily: true
I burn easily: false
I wish my hair was a different color: true
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color: false
I wear glasses or contacts: true
I'm legally blind without them: false
I have 5 or more piercing: false
I have/had piercing in places besides my ears: false

Relationships:
I miss someone right now: true
I've gotten divorced: false
I've had a crush on a teacher: true
I've hugged a stranger: true - but I don't think it was my choice
I like my bubble: I don’t know what this means, but probably true

Embarrassment:
I've laughed so hard I've cried: true
I've glued my hand to something: true
I've laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose: true (I have also snorted a beverage)
I've had my pants rip/drop in public: true, as to both
I was born with a disease/impairment: false
I've sat in a doctor's office with a friend: true
I've had my wisdom teeth removed: true
I've had a serious surgery: false
I've had chicken pox: true

Experiences:
I've gotten lost in a city: True, true and true (on nearly every trip to London)
I've seen a shooting star: true
I've wished on a shooting star: true
I've gone out in public in my pajamas: true - just yesterday in fact - to Grand Central Station
I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator: true
I've been to a casino: true
I've been skydiving: false
I've played spin the bottle: true
I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour: false
I've been in a car crash: trueI've caught a snowflake on my tongue: true
I've sat on a roof top at night: true
I've played chicken: true
I've played a prank on someone: true
I've ridden in a taxi: true
I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show: partly true
I've eaten Sushi: true

Random:
I own something from Hot Topic: false
I own something I got on E-Bay: true
I own something from Abercrombie: true
I own something from American Eagle: true
I own something from Anchor Blue: false

More Random:
I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant: true
I watch the news: false
I curse regularly: true
I sing in the shower: false
I'm a morning person: false
I have listened to more than 30 CD's in a day: false
I've worn pajamas to school: false
I know how to shoot a gun: true
I laugh at my own jokes: true
I am really ticklish: false
I play video games: true
I'm good at remembering names: false (seriously, generally the name goes in one ear and out the other)

Today's Song: Personally, Karla Bonhoff

The Chrysler Building!

Above and to the right of Grover's eyes.

Some of you may be interested in this retail development.

And this is a pretty funny story.

Last but not least. My favourite part is this: "The bride had an escort of security guards dressed in medieval uniforms - all of whom had been given strict orders to have "a shave, haircut and sunlamp session" - and a roll of drums played as she entered the former stable where they exchanged vows." A sunlamp session!



Today's Song: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), Talking Heads

Misinterpreted Headline

Yahoo! News had this headline on the homepage:

"Turkey Fears New Homegrown Terror Threat"

The article is here.

Now, I thought this headline meant that terrorists were threatening America's turkeys in advance of Thanksgiving. More specifically, I thought that the Department of Homeland Security had uncovered some scheme whereby terrorists had tainted America's turkey supply and come this Thanksgiving there would be a huge wave of deaths due to toxic turkey being consumed. I gave this terror scheme and its ramifications some serious thought (and got a little unnerved) before I decided to read the article.

And the article had nothing to do with turkeys, but rather with Turkey. Turkey the nation.

This happens to me all the time. And is largely why I stick to celebrity news. (Of course the fact that I stick to celebrity news is probably a large reason why I misinterpret headlines. On that note, I am glad that Sharon (Stone) isn't still popping up everyday in Israel related headlines. Sharon this. Sharon that.)

Today's Song: New York State of Mind, Billy Joel

Some Shakins

For me, nothing announces "the holiday season" is upon us quite like Kay Jeweler ads. I don't think I've seen a Kay Jeweler in Utah.

It Happened One Night with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert was on TCM the other night. I watched for a few minutes because I remembered reading an article about the movie and recalled the movie was famous for something to do with undershirts. While watching, I remembered that the movie somehow caused undershirt sales to plummet:

"While shooting the scene where he undresses, Clark Gable had trouble removing his undershirt while keeping his humorous flow going and took too long. As a result the undershirt was abandoned altogether. It then became cool to not wear an undershirt which resulted in a large drop in undershirt sales around the country. In response, underwear manufacturers tried to sue Columbia."

They tried to sue! I need to read more substantive magazine articles.

I'm not a fan of Claudette Colbert.

In 1991, I spent a week living in a hotel in a San Francisco suburb with three friends. Every night I watched a couple hours of Nick at Nite. Shows like, The Dick VanDyke Show, Dobie Gillis, The Patty Duke Show, Bewitched, and the like. At the time those shows were nearing 30 years old. Now, however, Nick at Nite is showing The Cosby Show, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Designing Women. Those shows were on prime time in 1991! I have a point in there somewhere, but I'm not quite sure what it is.

Whenever I go to London, I inevitably buy products from Boots the Chemist. And this last visit was no exception. However as soon as I got home, I wished I'd purchased more so as not to run out before my next visit. On a lark, I logged onto eBay to see if any were available. They were, and they have since been delivered to me. Bless the internet.

I take great relief in knowing that we get to put our clocks forward an hour on March 11 this year - 4 weeks earlier than in the past.

I deposed a grumpy old woman yesterday and had to ask her about an accident that occurred on July 21, 1999. She didn't have a clear memory of the day and got hostile with me. "I'd like you to tell me what you were doing NINE YEARS AGO on July 21, 1999!" she hollered. "Well, ma'am - that was seven years ago, not nine, and I guarantee you I was at a pool."

That's all.

Today's Song: Is It Any Wonder, Keane

I Voted

I voted in Davis County. At the elementary school I attended. I realize that I should be registered in Salt Lake County, but in the 14 years that I've been voting (and living in Salt Lake), I've never quite gotten around to it. My vote would certainly do more good in Salt Lake County where the races are closer and more contested (and Democratic candidates have a chance of election), but truthfully, I kind of like the visit to my old school. It is very much a time warp to vote in the same room where I played dodge ball, took the Presidential fitness test, and sang patriotic songs ("God Bless the USA") in school programs. Some of the teachers that taught there when I attended are still teaching there. The faculty pictures were posted so it was nice to see Miss Jones, Miss Canfield, and Mrs. Neal. Not surprising that the Misses are still teaching there, I guess. They were/are spinsters. That's not nice - I don't mean it.

I hope you all voted too.

Today's Song: God Bless the U.S. and A., Lee Greenwood
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EDIT:

Today's Song is actually: God Bless the U.S.A., Dolly Parton (check out her cover version on iTunes and you'll see why the edit was necessary)

Hear My Prayer!

I saw the Borat picture this weekend. I need to visit an Evangelical church. Not to mock, but seriously, just to witness it. Hopefully, this character will not be preaching. Though that might be interesting as well. So, who knows of an authentic Evangelical church along the Wasatch Front?

The Pet Shop Boys concert was really good on Friday night. Tickets were only $10.19 thanks to a radio promotion, and the crowd was surprisingly sparse - which meant good seats for everyone.

Chunk from The Goonies is probably one of my favourite film characters. Of. All. Time.

Today's Song: Domino Dancing, The Pet Shop Boys

Welcome (Back) to the OC, bitch!

After last season's OC finale, I declared that I wasn't moving on to college. I have since changed my mind. The press and reviews are in for this season, and for the most part, it is all favorable. (I read in Entertainment Weekly that the fourth episode of this season is mind blowingly well-written.) So I'm going to college after all. Hopefully, I will see you there. I also hope that they leave the Greek system alone.

Today's Song: Running Up That Hill, Placebo (cover)