Animals, Travel, Theatre, and Coffee: May 2004

Monday, May 24, 2004

some links that won't interest you but oh well

My cousin is going to be famous (Caroline Betty)!

I haven't been able to go out in the sun, or do heavy lifting, (medication and back problems) so instead of helping Mom with the mulch this weekend, I helped clear out the house of Old Stuff and Books. Good times.

A word to the wise: Master & Commander is boring and has no plot.

Thursday, May 20, 2004

i hate the eighties

bold those that apply to you

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCH!"

2. You watched the Pound Puppies. no, but I played with them

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air." i think...

4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-Sitters Club and tried to start a club of your own.

6. You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.

8. Two words: M.C. Hammer

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock."

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales."

12. You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

16. You played the game "MASH"

17. You wore a Jordache Jean jacket and you were proud of it.

18. L.A. Gear

19. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.

20. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books.

21. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF."

22. You wanted to be a Goonie.

23. You ever wore flourescent clothing.

24. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.

25. You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

26. You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

27. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets

28. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence.

29. You remember Hypercolor T-shirts.

30. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.

31. You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up.

32. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.

33. You owned a pair of jelly sandals. more than one pair, my friends

34. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

35. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up!"

36. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

37. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip 'n' Slide.

38. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

39. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonald's.

40. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "totally awesome."

41. You remember Popples.

42. "Don't worry, be happy."

43. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights.

44. You wore socks scrunched down.

45. "Miss MARY MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"

46. You remember boom boxes vs. CD players.

47. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.

48. You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"

49. You remember watching Rainbow Brite and My Little Ponies.

50. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.

51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.

53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell," the ORIGINAL class.

54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - "YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME"

55. You played and or collected "Pogs" that was SO 1994.

56. You used to pretend that you could transform into a Power Ranger.

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

boredom

Gotta love it when you wake up in the morning...and you're bored. Afternoon, actually. That's been the summer so far (in a nutshell). Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying it, though! So far since being home, I've gotten some sun, done some reading (Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams and Wicked - books I found in Beth's room, in other words), seen some movies, played some Sims, and now I'm finally getting out of the anti-social mode that plagues me when I go home. Tonight I went out with Sam and Shan to see Shrek 2, which was funnnny, and tomorrow is lunch with Kristy. I'm so jealous of these people who went abroad this past semester; I wish I had been in Italy or back in London! And Jen and I saw Mean Girls last week, which was enjoyable, but it would have been nice if Jen had seen the movie, too, and I wasn't watching most of it by myself! ;)

I've really been enjoying that reading, I've been reading about 3 hours every day, except today. Wicked the musical is soooooooo nothing like the book, though - I'm a little dissappointed by that, but it's still a good read. I haven't seen much of Jason cuz he's been off working in NYC so much, but we saw Troy last night (finally), and I enjoyed it despite it's inaccuracies. My main problems with the movie were: a)the fact that Paris is more beautiful than HELEN is b)Agamemnon dieing and c)the hero shots of Achilles. Yes, he was chiseled and pretty and impressive, but the camera didn't need to IDOLize him quite so much!

Next Tuesday I have to head back to reality a bit with the SMT company "picnic", but it's just a few hours of reality before I can come home and live in my boring little bubble for a bit longer.

On a completely different note, what's with those gas prices, yo?