Thursday, October 25, 2007

Thursday Thirteen #2

Thirteen Movies I love:

1. The Princess Bride

2. French Kiss

3. Clueless

4. Benny & Joon

5. Life is a House

6. The Notebook

7. How to Lose a Guy in 10 days

8. North by Northwest

9. The Prestige

10. The Illusionist

11. The Bachelor and the BobbySoxer

12. The Little Mermaid

13. Dangerous Beauty


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1. Tales from a former Michigander

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Kids...

Alright...well...yesterday was an interesting day....
Lar woke up and realized he had slept through a class. Unfourtunatly it was a class that is taught by a total douche-bag who is not at all understanding. All semester Lar has talked about how this guy literally goes out of his way to make fun of the kids in his class, and even goes as far as locking the door at 8 o'clock on the dot when class officially starts. I'm all for being on time, and quite frankly i used to get annoyed at people who just 'waltzed' into class 15-20 min late like they had more important places to be. But I also think its a little ridiculous when teachers cant be understanding in the least when it comes to a first time offenses. So Lar missed his class...and I came up with the bright idea...I had to take my grampy to his dr's appt...what better excuse than one from a dr?!?!? So that was that, we went to the dr's, all four of us, grammy, grampy, Lar and I. Sure enough, the dr was great and wrote a note simply stating "Please excuse Lar from class today due to a drs appt." with the date and signature at the bottom. YES! Take that snotty teacher!
Well...my grandparents like to combine their outings...so it was a family trip to Walmart for groceries and other fun stuff. While there, I ended up getting some organizing tubs for my nicely re-organized room and my next project: the bathroom. I then wandered over to the candy section where i picked up a pack of my new favorite gum. As I walked away, I overheard a woman on the phone...being the snoop I am, after a few key phrases that caught my attention, proceeded to totally look engrossed in the candy and evesdrop.
"Yah, G-G...Ronny is 45 lbs...the doctor said he weighed in the 95th percentile of his age group. Yah, he's supposed to be on a new diet...restricted to good whole foods, lots of fresh foods and vegetables. hahaha...yah i know, we'lll be lucky if we can find anything that he'll actually eat. oh yah, I know G-G, he's doing so good, growing like a weed....*giggle giggle* We'll you take care....Ronny and I are at the candy aisle...yah time for him to pick out some treats! *giggle*" (gets off the phone)
"Alright Ronny...what do you want...pick some candy out..."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!?!?!?!
Did that woman even listen to herself and the doctors orders that she just repeated? Loud enough might i add that it obviously caught my attention. This 'little' kid was a chubby cheeked, double chinned big-butted redhead and probably was less than 4 years old. It's SO SAD! We live in a society where we are just setting our children up to be grossly obese adults. Come on people, we really need to get it together, read food labels and teach our children healthy living habits, not just easy ones.ARGH!

After our little adventure...we decided to go on a walk once we got home. It was a beautiful fall evening; crisp with the hint of burning leaves in the distanc--one of my favorite things of fall. The leaves have definately started to change and are looking more gorgeous by the day. Upon our walk around the neighborhood, we came upon a bunch of little boys--probably 4 or 5 of them. They had a football and earlier we had seen them throwing it around. Although, as we approached them, we witnessed these little ragamuffins throwing themselves on the ground, screaming in exhileration, "thats the funniest thing i've ever seen!" They were all laughing uncontrollably and looking and pointing up at the house they were playing in front of. So..I looked up....in the big front window of the upstairs were two little girls.....pressing their little bajingas (or as oprah calls it, their va-jayjay) up against the glass and pelvic thrusting and dancing around, then turning around and showing the world some 'pressed ham'. Little 8 year old girls or so...It was kind of funny...but also sad at the same time...Where are these kids parents? At least they were still all young enough there wasnt much to show....
Kids....
funny ones they are....

Thursday, October 18, 2007

THURSDAY THIRTEEN!!! Yippee









































Thirteen Places I'd rather be than here


1. In my favorite cafe in Collonges, France:




Eating the best ever apricot danishes and drinking the most amazing espresso. I used to go down early in the mornings, especially during vacations. Sometimes I was alone, sometimes I was with my roomie Linda. My own kind of "Cheers" atmosphere...where i could just sit, read, people watch or ponder...nothing but pure relaxation!



2. Sunning myself on the beaches in Maui with my bestie from high school Desi (who just returned from there. poo....too bad ive been so busy with my family drama and low finances that i couldnt go:(



3. Down at my bestie's apartment in Mishawaka playing her new wedding present Wii. Instead im waiting out a tornado warning at my Aunt's house while Lar is in class.



4. Eating at Lar's and my favorite restaurant in Carlsbad, Cali The Armanian Cafe
Man do i miss eating there! They have THE BEST middle eastern food....I absolutely LOVE ethnic food! I really miss Lar being stationed there and my frequent vacations out to sunny SoCal!



5. At a spa...with my bestie, perhaps here
6. Visiting friends down in Houston...Hells yah Melissa and Rudy!!! Along with of course Ben and Megan....its been too long since the 6 of us got together!


7. Playing with puppies....anywhere....:) I want a minature long-haired dachshund so bad!!!!

8. On a cruise with Lar...:)

9. In Greece, on the Island of Paros, skinny dipping in a secluded cove at 2pm in the afternoon

10. Studying Italian in Italy...I want to so bad!!!!!!

11. In the Seychelles islands....I've always wanted to go there...

12. Scuba diving in the Galapagos Islands...it's been too long since i've dived! I miss it!

13. On the show "The Amazing Race". I love that show...and with all my travels, im pretty darn sure i'd kick some major booty!


Links to other Thursday Thirteens!
It's My Life
Tales from a Former Michigander

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