For those who missed this hilarious (and quite understandable) mini-freakout:
MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski refuses to talk about Paris Hilton as a *Lead Story* on the Morning Joe show.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0
Our friends are adding a second story to their house. When we were over last weekend for game night, Scott was telling us about what was planned. He said there would be a gameroom, a full bathroom... I thought he had said "faux bathroom."
Being a home decorating junkie, I was intrigued! I asked about the faux bathroom. Oh man. That followed me around all night. Eventually there were comments about the "hibachi toilet" and similar features of the faux bathroom. Too funny.
By the by... I can't believe Joel Siegel died. He looked so good when he was on GMA recently. I know he had a poor prognosis, but he just looked so great I thought they'd had some kind of miracle or something. His reviews were so witty and entertaining.
I am here, just not much to talk about! Let's see...
My foot still hurts, just when I'm sitting.
Paris is out, and making a fool of herself as usual.
The head of the WWE made the surprising declaration that there is no such thing as 'roid rage. The term was invented by people who have experienced it. I loved when Meredith Viera kept quoting him in her interview, and he kept having to sidestep her. What's his angle, anyway?
I don't need an iPhone for $600. Add on the expensive monthly rates ($60+), and it's only for those who will love it and use it all the time.
I would like a talking GPS in my car though. Are there ones with guy voices?
10 Favorite Bands of All Time
1. Duran Duran
2. The Police
3. The Beach Boys
4. The Bee Gees
5. The Beatles
6. The Go-Gos
7. REM
8. No Doubt
9. Abba
10. The Eagles
Well... it turns out I did break my toe three weeks ago. Now I've developed fasciitis in my foot from walking on it funny all this time. So I have to wear shoes with support (no flip flops!) and rest it and ice it for a few days. Boooring.
I'm reading The Book Thief, watching TV and web surfing.
Maybe I'll go Google myself.
Webmistress-speak follows. Most of you will want to get out while you can.
Well, I guess I have to give this book its due! I used Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day by Jennifer Grappone and Gradiva Couzin to optimize my newest website. Ten days after lots of research and what was actually just a tad of tweaking, I have gone from #27 in Google for my site's most important and relevant keywords, to #7! That is the difference between someone finding you and never knowing you exist on the web.
Coolio! I bow to Jennifer and Gradiva, the masters of SEO.
Speaking of Google.... They may be... coming to Austin!!
Lookie what I found. In the all-too-familiar category of "Am I the last to know?" posts, here is the link to Crate and Barrel 2 (a.k.a. CB2). It's a more contemporary spin than their standard store inventory. Two brick-and-mortar stores in Chicago and one coming soon in NYC.
In particular, I love this glass mobile. View the things hanging in a room (pic #2). So cute!!
10 Favorite Movies to Quote
1. Princess Bride: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
2. Steel Magnolias: "A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste."
3. Hi Fidelity: "We're no longer called Sonic Death Monkey. We're on the verge of becoming Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but just for tonight, we are Barry Jive and his Uptown Five."
4. Forrest Gump: "Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it."
5. Lord of the Rings: "I don't think he knows about Second Breakfast."
6. Silence of the Lambs: "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."
7. The Shining: "Heeere's Johnny!"
8. What About Bob: "What are you doing with the gun, Dr. Marvin?" "Death Therapy, Bob. It's a guaranteed cure."
9. Scary Movie 3: "George it's a wake." "She's alive! Sue, your teacher is alive!"
10. There's Something About Mary: "Is it the frank or the beans?"
The one good thing about my fridge freezing everything is that when the milk is pretty full, it doesn't freeze, but it is VERY cold. Ice cold, I'd say. It is so good. So grab a cookie and have some icy milk at my place, because tomorrow the new fridge is coming!
Read more...A must-listen: Samson by Regina Spektor
I heard it the other day for the first time, and I just love it!
One of my favorite comedy bits is Jim Gaffigan's thing about Hot Pockets. It is absolutely hilarious. There are several clips on YouTube. Check it out if you haven't seen it on Comedy Central.
The Mac Guy ("Hi, I'm a Mac," a.k.a. Justin Long) is in the new Die Hard movie. How cool is that.
Our refrigerator's temperature regulator thing-a-ma-bob went out, and all the stuff in my fridge is freezing. Neat-o. And.... due to hail, we need a new roof. When it rains, it pours! lol!
Our old bedroom stuff has been hanging out in our dining and living rooms for a few weeks now. I got used it, I think. Now it's gone! Whee! So much space!
The in-laws are coming for the weekend.
Garden Ridge isn't carrying the massive mirror I want anymore. See what happens when you don't buy on impulse?
Hope everyone is having a lovely summer...
Yay Spurs!!
This week's Ten on Tuesday is Brag About Yourself. Ack. Do with that what you will...
Here's a random Ten on Tuesday:
10 Personal Things in Your Office
1. my digital camera (in my inbox?)
2. a photo of Angel and me on the party bus in Miami
3. my baseball cap autographed by Bob Schneider
4. a list of possible bathroom wallpapers
5. a photo of DD at the Hershey Store in Niagara Falls
6. photo booth strip of me and DD when she was 2 or 3- hilarious
7. photo of DH and me in St. Maarten
8. photo of me with JC Chasez at a radio promo
9. my iPod
10. my Foundation paperweight
DD started dance camp yesterday, and about an hour in, she totally injured her foot while doing some sort of spinning leap. She went back to camp this morning, until the doctor's appointment, when the doc said, "No more dance camp." Awww. Her foot isn't broken, but the top is completely swollen and blue. Ouch! She has a lovely medical boot to wear for the next five days.
Don't even get me started today on Paris and her wacky parents (maybe that's where she gets it). On a more positive note, I see that Nicole Ritchey takes responsibility for her actions. She said on Letterman that she was ready to take whatever punishment she has coming for her drunk driving.
I need to send my dad a Father's Day card. Are you guys ready for Sunday? Don't forget!
The best of these is still Ocean's 11, but this one was pretty good, too. Very funny stuff.
SuperDave???!!! LOL. I thought he was going to be the one to do the motorcycle jump, but no!
Jerry Weintraub had a significant time on screen for a "cameo." Cute.
I loved Andy Garcia in this one.
The heist was perfect.
I know, it's a random review. We're still in the "ooh! ooh! remember this?" phase after seeing it last night. The movie is just a great piece of entertainment.
And I remind you all again. I was there. At the Las Vegas airport. Waiting three more hours for my flight when my aunt found them filming the interior airport scene from the end of the movie. Did she call me? No. She's off the Christmas list. Forever.
:)
This morning on the radio, the DJs were talking about this whole Paris thing, and comparing it to the other celebrity news we've been overly caught up in before. They talked about Tonya Harding and OJ and those kinds of legal scandals. It was amusing and true. And on that note...
Paris' biggest problem to me is that she doesn't think she did anything wrong. Instead of crying that she was depressed in jail, didn't like the food and felt like she was in a cage (wouldn't all criminals like to get out for those reasons? Ahahahaa! Get in line, honey.), she should, even in a contrived speech, say out loud that she regrets repeatedly driving drunk and that she drove with a suspended license. That would be enough for the majority of people. Not me, of course, but most people. At least she would seem like she "gets" why she's even in jail at all.
And she says she just "acts dumb."
*insert George Clooney's super-hot Ocean's 13 eyeroll here*
1. What do you consider more important to your long-term happiness: your relationships, your location, your career or your dreams?
Relationships
2. Other than a significant other, how many people do you feel you can truly turn to for advice?
Six
3. Of the people you think know you best, how surprised would you think they would be if they knew “everything” there is to know about you?
I think the people who know me best know everything there is to know. I don't keep the "shocking" or less-flattering things a secret from them.
4. Take the quiz: Are you living the wrong life?
Your life is 41% off-track. Right now, you're taking things one day at a time.
Some things are going well, but you can't help but wonder if you're getting the most out of life.
It's time for you to slow down and reflect a little. You can change your life - but it's up to you!
5. What is the longest you’ve stayed in a job you weren’t happy in?
2 months, one summer during college, at a mall shoe store.
6. What single factor made you stay the most?
I didn't want to go through the hassle of changing jobs for just a summer thing.
Web stuff here---
I have invested in some books about SEO, and started working on tweaking my sites. The funny thing is, no matter what you do, your site's popularity going to increase over time. The internet is a viral kind of place, where sites get ever more popular with no attention at all from the webmaster. (Unless your website sucks, of course.) Optimization or none, you'll see results! I suppose you have to analyze past popularity trends before your changes are implemented, to really see what changes are due to optimization.
Hmm. It won't last long. The TMZ guy is on her side. lol.
Went to College Station for the funeral. That place changes so much between visits (every five years or so). It's a major city compared to when we were going to school. The Dixie Chicken is still there, thank heavens. Pitchers for $2. Couldn't beat that with a stick. They're probably $10 now. I realized the places I wanted to see again were all bars and restaurants, so we didn't take too much of a tour. We just drove by my grandparents' old house and around the university a bit. My cousin Diane said we should definitely come back without the family and kiddos and do the bars and restaurants.
I'm totally jealous of the parking situation at A&M. They have all these garages now, when we would have to fight for spaces way back when. I just rode my bike most of the time to avoid the hassle.
We had dessert at Cafe Eccel. OMG. The pastry chef there is a friend of DH's. The desserts are out of this world. Evidently this is the restaurant for really nice dates. I don't remember any place like that when we were there!
Y'all cook your rice in the microwave, right? I'm sure I'm the last to know, but just in case:
Microwave Rice
(no sticking! no mess!)
1 cup long or medium grain rice
2 cups water or chicken stock
Add ingredients to 2-3 qt microwave-safe dish. Cover with lid or wax paper. Cook 5 minutes on High, then 13 minutes on Medium (50%). Brown rice takes 30 minutes on Medium instead of 13 minutes.
I'm making cilantro-lime rice. When your rice is done, add 1/2 cup chopped cilantro, the juice of 2 limes, the zest of 1 lime, and salt to taste. Yummo!
And Paris Hilton... I'm sooo relieved that socialites don't have to serve their sentences in regular jails with regular criminals when they commit crimes. Whew!
That Other Paper reports that Prince played a private party here at the Belmont last Saturday. Wowee kazowee.
Inside sources tell That Other Paper that a very, very wealthy individual has commissioned Prince to fly to Austin and regale his wife with Princey hits and over-sexified renditions of “Happy Birthday.”
Over-sexified renditions of "Happy Birthday." How awesome would that be. Only $1 million!
Can I say how much I love that picture of the girl with the poster in the article? Her expression is priceless.
Laura has me hooked on Discovery Channel's "Man vs. Wild," where the British Special Forces dude gets dumped in various scary places and has to find his way back to civilization. Our game is to figure out at which point in the show we would have croaked due to a mistake or lack of some personal characteristic required to make it through a particular challenge. She holds the record at 3 minutes in. (Yeah, we count the record for the shortest survival time.) Although... I must say I might have crashed into the rocks on that island when he got dumped into the ocean. Or maybe I would have just drowned getting there. Who am I kidding? lol
Whatever happens, I will never... ever... drink water from squashing elephant poop over my mouth. Ever. Dead in Africa about 30 minutes into that episode.
Turns out my uncle died of a massive heart attack, completely unrelated to his cancer. His blood pressure had been running pretty high for a while, and they think that's the cause. He had felt "bad" for a few days, and had been to the doctor, who didn't find anything. So it was sudden and unexpected. I'm really glad I talked to him last week.
The Foundation internet project is underway and functioning on the back-end (that's my end). Yay!
We're almost done disposing of our hazardous waste from the garage. Only fertilizer and paint remain. That will take an afternoon trip out to the Household Hazardous Waste facility in East Austin. Load 'em up! Move 'em out!
Ten on Tuesday
10 Occupations You Wanted to be When You Were Young
1. Doctor
2. Singer
3. Writer
4. Travel Agent
5. Radio DJ
6. Cruise Director
7. Anything at NASA
... I think that's about it!
The really cool game we played at the gaming party, that I couldn't remember the name of.... is Crokinole.
Read more...I just got a call that my Uncle John died this morning. He's been in treatment at MD Anderson for a couple of years now for lung and kidney cancer. He was 52.
I had gotten a call from him last weekend, that ended with one of those "I'm so proud of you" talks, which did strike me as odd at the time. I specifically asked how he was doing, and he said he was fine. So now I don't know if he knew himself he was this sick and wasn't saying anything, or whether this took him by surprise. Not that it matters. These are just the things you think about in hindsight.
I hope he and Mom are somewhere having a margarita. (Because the afterlife is obviously like Key West? ...Something like that.)
Okay, hold on. I'm laughing too hard to type...
My trash company's website actually says, "We're here to help you identify your special waste."
Ahahahahahaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Oh lawdy, that's funny.
I know. It's late.
Kathy, DD and I went to the Parade of Homes in Georgetown yesterday. It was a really good one this year. The only complaint I have is that the color schemes were very similar in every home, no matter the decor. There's a Frank Lloyd Wright -inspired one, a Spanish style, Mediterranean... all types... all gold, red and sage. Awesome decorating ideas. I'm not usually a fan of murals, but there were some beautiful ones. Amazing houses, for $1.8 million to $8 million. You do get a golf cart garage, though. Heh. The show runs through next weekend, and benefits The Caring Place and Lone Star Circle of Care. Go see!
We've been playing Mario Party 8. It's pretty fun! In the Boo's castle board, Boo uses his "redecorating mojo" to change all the rooms when you get a star. Ba-da-bing, ba-da-boom, and all the castle is redecorated! I need that! lol
We organized the garage today. I thought I would die of heat exhaustion, but I made it. We were sweating buckets. Literally. No, not literally, but we were dripping sweat all day long. I did suffer a garage injury when some wood fell on my toe. It looks broken- swollen and completely blue/red- but I can move it, so it must not be. It doesn't hurt much. Now I just need to find the correct drop-off points for all our electronic and other hazardous trash.
Saturday Six and Sunday Seven from Patrick's Weekender!
Name seven things you fear most.
1. Being in a submerged car
2. Cancer
3. The back of a crowded elevator
4. Snakes
5. Big dogs
6. Any illness where I could not communicate
7. Airplane take-off
1. When did you last compute the average number of miles to the gallon your car gets?
Last week. It gets about 20mpg city.
2. Do you use regular, midrange or premium octane fuel?
Regular.
3. If you had to give up one or the other because of a government-mandated fuel-saving law, would you prefer to go without your car’s air conditioning or automatic transmission?
Are you kidding? Automatic transmission.
4. Take the quiz: What muscle car are you?
1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
You are a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z28. You love your car....your friends love your car and that's whats most important to you! Your car really hauls ass! You feel bad that they aren't making Camaros anymore....but don't worry...cuz you know they'll be back!
5. Of the cars you have driven and/or owned, which had the worst gas mileage? Did that have any impact on your decision to get rid of it or make plans to get rid of it?
My Toyota Sienna got a little less than my Santa Fe does. Gas mileage was a small factor in getting rid of it.
6. On a scale of 1 to 10, with ten representing the most, how much will “environmental friendliness” have on your decision to buy your next vehicle?
3
Saw Daughtry on GMA this morning. They are so awesome.
It is sad that after all her more recent acting gigs, I still think of Kim Delaney as Jenny Gardner on All My Children. Remember Jenny and Greg, and Angie and Jessie? Those were the days, man.
Summer has been busy so far. I've been working on a major web project for the Foundation. Kiddo has had Pep Band Camp every day. We're all about to dig in and organize the garage.
If you addictive personalities out there want a fun game to take up all your free time, try Chuzzle. Pop furry balls of fun! Just play it online. No need to download the trial Deluxe version. My high score is 338,195.
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