Have you ever noticed?

I watch a lot of TV so I have been noticing some similarities on shows or commercials. Check these out next time you're watching.
First, there are the wet streets. Yes, car commercials or any commercial that shows a street always shows a wet street. I don't know what is so ugly about a dry street or if concrete just doesn't photograph well but look and see for yourself.
Next, there is the generic bus, train back ground noise. It's the same exact noise in every show. They can put a man on the moon so why not make some new bus noises!
Also, there is the way people chew on TV. I know they have to shoot a lot of different takes so no actor really eats what they're eating but watch their mouths next time you see someone eating. I think it's funny.

This is my chocolat almond turtle climbing my white chocolat mushroom truffle. I bought them as A.J.'s (best store ever!) and wanted someone to see them before I ate them. 

You can't really tell in this pic but the bottom has 16 stitches and the top has 30. I am still proud of it. I don't know why the pic turned out so bad but you get the idea. 

Idle hands

I have recently taken up knitting. I am not very good yet but I am learning. I started with a book but the directions were terrible and the pictures were even worse. They were black and white hand drawn pics and very small to top it all off. So I asked someone who already knew how to knit and that made all the difference. Granted I still am not ready to start my first project, a scarf, but as soon as I do I will let you know how it turns out. There is even a show on the DYI network called "knitty gritty" and it's a bunch of knitter sitting around in a cirlce talking about knitting while they knit. It's actually kinda scary but if you get past them there is a girl who walks you thru projects and instructions and she seems normal, unlike her knitting party in the background. I wonder if they actually are talking or if they are just moving their mouths to make it look like they all like eachother and that they're haveing fun. If any of you know how to knit then maybe you could answer a question for me. Why am I picking up extra stitches the further I move along? The other night I realized I was up to 30 stitches when I only cast on 16.

Us just before the tour started.The woman who took our picture was a real smart ass. 

This is the wet cement Amy stepped in just outside the hotel. She was in flip-flops. 

Room #3. the dreaded staircase that Miss Jensen took to the attic. No ghosts here just some shotty dry wall. 

Room #2, more jip! that's the well in middle and hey is that Bob in the back on the bricks? No, just cement that the guide told us not to mistake for a ghost. 

Room # 1. What a jip! I pointed to the same "hot-spot" that eveyone else was shooting. Everybody got orbs on film but me! 

Not my best pic. This is the front of the hotel at the end of our tour. 

Going to the "hot bed" for my birthday

Last night Amy, Karin, Jackie and I went to celebrate my birthday. We went downtown to the San Carlos Hotel for the haunted hotel tour. It's a "hot spot of paranormal activity." We had to sign a release basically stating if we were scared to death that we couldn't sue (is that spelled right?) the hotel. It was a huge crowed of about 70 people and most of them had already had ghostly experiences and we ready for more. At the beginning of the tour our guide was saying how the spirits have been having fun lately draining the batteries of camera's and cell phones and not to be surprised if your camera died soon. Well I will be first one to admit that I am very suggestable but let's be honest, I do not believe in ghosts or paranormal activity. I think it's a bunch of huewey (don't think that's spelled right either) but it was a good way to spend an evening before Haloween . We got in to the first room (all rooms pictured above) and this is were they had been getting a lot of activity lately causing much of the staff to quit. A ghost going by the name of Bob was currently haunting it. He must have been on vacation because he didn't make an appearance while we were there. I took a picture like everyone else to try and capture some orbs (that's lame-man term for ghosts appearing in bubble shapes!) I didn't get any orbs but one woman got a bunch, which to me, could easily have been light reflections. Everybody was flashing their cameras and again these people see what they want to see. Then as we were leaving the room all therse women were saying "oh, my camera is dying, that's so weird" Well my camera was dying too but I expected it to since I hadn't charged it before I left the house and the battery is pretty much crap without a fresh charge. We went on to the basement and saw the old well, or "portal" from the "other side" in to this particular hotel. Three young boy ghosts haunt this area but they must have been off with Bob. Finally we went to the 7th floor were Miss Jensen had thrown her self off the roof (one more story up) back in 1928, over her break-up with the bell-boy from the hotel 2 blocks down the street. She has been reportedly sighted roaming the 7th floor and haunting the rooms of single gentlemen guests. She apparently wears strawberry perfume and ofcourse after our guide told us that a bunch of the women were like "oh I smelt stawberries when I entered, oh my god!" Yeah well I smelt crap outside the hotel before we entered, maybe that was Bob's cologne 'ode to poop'. I didn't see Miss Jensen either, go figure. Maybe they weren't all on vacation but rather a strike. All in all it was a good time but being the skeptic that I am had a good laugh at all the other people. I was just happy to spend time with my friends.

It's the little things

Now that lunch time is here I can blog without interuption and also guilt free, not like when I am supposed to be working and i am blogging or reading about Britney Spears and her white trash husband on MSN.com instead. I was looking through other blogs after mine as I usually do after posting and I find that the foreigners have always post their self pics and that they are always looking so seriouse. The pics are usually in black and white, and they are very dramatic. Some people post what look like passport or greencard photos. I find it funny the little differences between Americans and the rest of the world. Being a foreigner I think I'm lucky to see both sides of the fence. American blogs always have pics of themselves doing something stupid or it's just half their head or just a body part. Also, americans blog about daily random stuff and vacation photos. I saw a blog the other day about the local revolution and hardships in this small south american village. Just crazy what we pre-occupy ourselves with (example, my previous post about giant burritos!) I had a point when I started and now I don't, sorry to waste your time.

All hail the massive burritos!

Can I just say how much I love Chipotle! I was like a giddy school girl this weekend when Chad and I were driving by the mall and saw a sing for Chipotle coming soon! I yelped in delight. If you have never had the good fortune to dine at this fine establishment then I am telling now stop what you are doing and find the nearest Chipotle near you and put them on your speed dial and on your cell phone for quick ordering because the lines can get long. I highly recommend the giant burritos. They have a very small menu and I think that's what makes it so good. So you go now, I promise it's worth it.

It's all the rage!

So the hot thing at my house is one-legged crickets. Yes they are all over the house and they are all missing a leg, usually the right one. The most exclusive crickets get harrassed by my dog for about 20 minutes before she eats them. Also the big thing lately is cars without hoods. Yes, there no longer seems to be a need to cover up your engine. Just free-ball it down the highway, hope no one needs your distributor cap! Finally paying for a 69 cent candy bar with your credit/debit card is catching on very fast. On an average day I will have atleast 10 credit/debit cards receipts for less than two dollars. Most of them don't want their receipts either, so I guess keeping your checkbook in balance is an old fad.

Can I just say I love TV, but it seems that networks or studios or who ever is in charge of putting out weekley shows is getting lazy. One of my favorite shows, The O.C. has been off the air since May and they just started their new season in September and they have played 4 new episodes and won't play more new episodes until November. What the hell is that? You put out 4 shows and you are entitled to 4 weeks off? No wonder reality shows are so much more popular. They may be crap most of the time but atleast you get new crap each and every week, no re-runs at all. I am sure this will happen with my all time favorite show LOST because they too have aired 4 new shows but they seem to do it too. I bet after next week's show they will run re-runs for 2 weeks and then come back for 2 or 3 new shows and then do off again. These actors do about 16 show a season on average and they get all the rest of that time off? They also get paid up the ass too! I am in the wrong business. If I ran the studio I'd make it so you got 32 weeks of new programming and then re-runs the rest of the time. Us regular working stiffs don't get half the year off. No we come to work 5 days a week atleast and do it every week of the year. we don't have the option of handing in the work from 2 months ago. Actors are a dime a dozen. You don't want to act in 32 new shows a year, well guess what I'll find some other dude to do it and pay him less too. I'm telling you once I take over things are going to be better!

Great Minds...

Guess what? Amy brought me one of my birthday presents early. A light-up pillow!!! I told her about the one I bought last night so she figured no reason to wait until my birthday to give it to me. Now I have a set, both Chad and I can have one! It's funny people have been telling Amy and I how much we look alike. We went to dinner on Saturday night and our waiter asked us if we were sisters. We think alike a lot and most day we come to work dressed the same, like same color pants and/or shirts. So it only makes sense that she'd buy me something that I also bought for myself. What am I going to do when she leaves? Who will I think like then?

Lesson learned

The pain has not lessened and I am more useless than normal. I bought some instant heat pads and wore one over night and it felt pretty good. I also managed to blow 20 bucks on a pillow that lights up and changes colors, very cute, don't really need it. But you shouldn't wear the heat pads for more than 8 hours in a 24 hour period so I am going pad less until I go back to bed tonight. Everytime I rolled over last night I woke up in pain. I had been asleep an hour and then Shadow started barking at lord knows what and when I got up to check on her I had stiffened up so bad, just walking to the kitchen was the worst. I have loosened up at work but I am really tired from standing up straight all morning. I know if I keep moving it won't hurt so bad but I am getting sore from not slouching!! I probably would have taken the day off but Amy is at a meeting all day so I can't go until Aimee gets here at noon to releave me. Too many Amy's! Karin said I should go see my doctor but what's he going to do? maybe give me some stronger pain pills but I have to pay him $20.00 just to get in and with that money I could buy another light pillow!

Now I really am an old lady

Well I have been blogging for one year now, I know, not as often as I should but back off man, I'm lazy! didn't you read my profile? I say i am an old lady because that was the title of my birthday blog but today I officially became an old lady when I threw out my back at work. Oh yes, bent over and picked up a 30 or 40 pound box, twisted to drop it off on a cart and while I twisted I got the pain in my lower back. I have never ever thrown out my back before so this is new territory for me. Atleast my back pillow for the car serves a real purpose now. It hurts to walk, unless I walk backwards, that's OK and it hurts to stand still too long. Sitting is good. I have not tried to bend over yet but I don't think that's adviseable. Also my left thigh hurts in front, I think because I am putting my weight on it while I walk. Amy said this will probably take a week to feel better... greeeeat!
On other news, noting to report except my dog and my screen door. I had the back door open last night to get some cool air and I was outside sweeping the porch and the dog was out with me. when I went back inside she saw me close the screen door so she walked in thru her dog door. Not a minute later she decides to take a running head start straight in to the screen door. Bent it right in half and it was just hanging there on it's last little alignment wheel. Her nose was also running so she left a huge wet spot on the screen (that part was funny) but the rest wasn't and I thought my head was going to start turning in circles, I was so pissed.

It may not be the ghetto anymore but...

Last night Amy and I came home around midnight after going to the theatre. Amy was getting in to her car and she looks across the street at my neighbor's open garage. "Does anything look strange to you about that?" she asked. The car was in the driveway and the driver's door was open all the way and the car was beeping, like when you leave the keys in the ignition. The whole house was completely dark. I thought maybe it had been broken in to. The neighbor leaves his garage door open all the time so that wasn't funny, just his car door being open looked suspicious. Amy asked "is there someone inside?" so we went closer and saw what looked like a leg. So we got a flash light and got closer and sure enough it was a leg. We didn't get close enough to see anything else just the leg on the brake peddal. I've seen enough Law and Order to know how those situations end. Amy started calling out hello to him (hairy leg, had to be a guy) but no answer. Oh My God! my neighbor has been robbed and left for dead in his own car so we run back across the street and I call 911. I tell the operator what I see and that I am way to freaked out to go see if the person in the car is conscience. While I am talking to her Amy gets closer and triggers the light to come on in the garage. Well that woke him up and he got out of his car. Amy asked him if he was alright and he was like "oh yeah" like why would you even ask? So I tell him I've got 911 on the phone and he's like "oh I was on the phone with my neice and yada yada" like this was no big deal at all. So I hang up with the operator and he just says "well it's nice that you were concerned." He was either drunk or on sleeping pill or something but jesus he scared the shit out of us.