I really don't know what prompted me to post this, but I was sitting here thinking about my TOP 5 FUNNIEST MOMENTS IN MOVIES, and here's what I came up with. Feel free to respond with other "funnycrap" I can't think of right now. Like Ricky Bobby and Monty Python; mi hermano needs to get on those...
#5. "The Money Pit" (circa 1980s) Tom Hanks buys a fixer-upper house, and about halfway through renovations, when things aren't going so smoothly, the upstairs bathtub falls through the floor, with Hanks inside. He spends next two minutes sitting in the bathtub laughing his butt off and screaming, "HAAAAAA! HAAAAAA!"
#4. "Animal House" Come on. We've all seen it. The classic scene where Belushi, befiited in a toga, comes down the stairs in the frat house, grabs the guitar from the yuppie playing love songs, and precedes to smash the crap out of the thing, then casually hands it back to him. YES!
#3. "Napoleon Dynamite" His "destined to be remembered forever" line to his girlfriend: "I caught you a delicious bass." omg! I could laugh for hours at that one line!
#2. again, "Napoleon Dynamite" The scene where Napoleon throws oranges at Uncle Rico's van, prompting Uncle Rico to jump out of the van. The ensuing fight consists of Napoleon throwing an orange directly at Uncle Rico, and hitting him at point blank range. I laughed out loud as I wrote this one down!
And now, the number one, funniest moment I can think of in any movie...
#1 "Austin Powers #1: The Spy Who Shagged Me" Powers, making his way into the lair of Dr. Evil, steals a golf cart thingy, to travel faster down the hall. However, he has to maneuver and turn the cart around, going from drive to reverse. He does this for a while, then the camera switches to another scene. THEN, when the camera comes back to Powers, he has the golf cart WEDGED between the two walls, going nowhere, still switching from drive to reverse. I could rewind and watch that part of the movie EVERY DAY and it would NEVER get old! AGGHHHHH!!!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The summer passeth by...at break-neck speed!
Yes, a new template, a new look for the blog, in tribute to summer. A little more feng-shui, a little less lightening warrior. Don't get used to it, though. I like my black.
It's 2 a.m. and because I'd like for this post to be more coherent than the last one, I'll finish this up...this morning...later.
WEDNESDAY 6/20, 10:30 pm...
Can I just say that I HATE HATE HATE FIRE ANTS!!!! Little $%&*^)*^@#~s!!! Yeah, we're doing a ton of landscaping around the house, and I've managed to stay away from them--until today. Pulling up weeds unearthed a colony that didn't take too kindly to me uprooting their humble abode. I have a swollen pinky, a throbbing toe, and I even managed getting bitten on the NECK. Who knows. Perhaps I should reflect on the positive side off all this annoyance: our yard is going to look SWEET when all this is done. If we were to pay someone to do this job professionally (plants, mulch, spreading, rock work, pavers, labor), it wouldn't be a dime under $5,000. Guess how much we've shelled out? Around $400. OH. YES.
This weekend is Union County's 13th Annual Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. My church, Antioch Baptist, has sponsored a team this year. My best friend since "way back when," Danita, and I are team captains. We're in for a Friday all-nighter of camping out at the high school football field, walking, selling bottled water and smoothies, fellowshipping, and all sorts of good stuff. We've already raised about $2,300, and hope to add more $$ that night. We're in good company, too; last year there were about 40 teams there all night, adding up to about 2,200 people and over $150,000 raised. Not bad.
I still have a serious post brooding around in my head, but it's not to fruition just yet. Let me just give you a little taste: it has something to do with my frustration over how we tend to romanticize and rationalize people's bad choices and behavior. Sometimes even our own. I'm included in that group sometimes, too, unfortunately. I'm getting there on writing that one down.
Next week I'm off to UGA (GO VOLS! he-he) for training to teach my AP Language and Composition class next year. I'm excited, yet apprehensive. I have a lot to live up to, but I know I'll be fine. The kids are no problemo; 12 of the 20 in the class were in my first 6th grade advanced reading class. Love those kids. So eager, yet not so nerdy and overbearing that you want to pop them. They will be missed sorely as well; the next best thing to the class of '07. My biggest worry is getting around Athens by myself. I tend to get lost really easily in Athens. Casie, remember when we were going to visit Jenifer and I was, like, TWO HOURS late because I got stuck on the flippin' loop around Athens? I called and Jenifer had to come find me. It was terrible. I think I have a complex now because of my bad experiences driving there. We shall see.
It's 2 a.m. and because I'd like for this post to be more coherent than the last one, I'll finish this up...this morning...later.
WEDNESDAY 6/20, 10:30 pm...
Can I just say that I HATE HATE HATE FIRE ANTS!!!! Little $%&*^)*^@#~s!!! Yeah, we're doing a ton of landscaping around the house, and I've managed to stay away from them--until today. Pulling up weeds unearthed a colony that didn't take too kindly to me uprooting their humble abode. I have a swollen pinky, a throbbing toe, and I even managed getting bitten on the NECK. Who knows. Perhaps I should reflect on the positive side off all this annoyance: our yard is going to look SWEET when all this is done. If we were to pay someone to do this job professionally (plants, mulch, spreading, rock work, pavers, labor), it wouldn't be a dime under $5,000. Guess how much we've shelled out? Around $400. OH. YES.
This weekend is Union County's 13th Annual Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. My church, Antioch Baptist, has sponsored a team this year. My best friend since "way back when," Danita, and I are team captains. We're in for a Friday all-nighter of camping out at the high school football field, walking, selling bottled water and smoothies, fellowshipping, and all sorts of good stuff. We've already raised about $2,300, and hope to add more $$ that night. We're in good company, too; last year there were about 40 teams there all night, adding up to about 2,200 people and over $150,000 raised. Not bad.
I still have a serious post brooding around in my head, but it's not to fruition just yet. Let me just give you a little taste: it has something to do with my frustration over how we tend to romanticize and rationalize people's bad choices and behavior. Sometimes even our own. I'm included in that group sometimes, too, unfortunately. I'm getting there on writing that one down.
Next week I'm off to UGA (GO VOLS! he-he) for training to teach my AP Language and Composition class next year. I'm excited, yet apprehensive. I have a lot to live up to, but I know I'll be fine. The kids are no problemo; 12 of the 20 in the class were in my first 6th grade advanced reading class. Love those kids. So eager, yet not so nerdy and overbearing that you want to pop them. They will be missed sorely as well; the next best thing to the class of '07. My biggest worry is getting around Athens by myself. I tend to get lost really easily in Athens. Casie, remember when we were going to visit Jenifer and I was, like, TWO HOURS late because I got stuck on the flippin' loop around Athens? I called and Jenifer had to come find me. It was terrible. I think I have a complex now because of my bad experiences driving there. We shall see.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Beware: Insomnia prompted this random post...
Did you all know that Huntsville, Texas is the "Lethal Injection Capitol of the World?" Well, now you do! Thanks, History Channel, "Death Devices," at 1 a.m. Gee, what a bumper sticker that would be. I'd put it on my car if I lived in Huntsville, Texas...
I think I'm allergic to my cats: I just sneezed four times. Or, maybe I'm allergic to Jon, who is asleep beside me, LIKE I SHOULD BE.
Oh, and get this: today, USPS delivered a package to the house. NO, that's not the punchline. The name on the package was "KAN FINAE HUBBLING." Yep. It was my package, a box of books ("Fountainhead," for my 9th honors class) from the Ayn Rand Institute. They emailed me to apologize for the incorrect name. I'm fascinated now. Who is this mysterious "Kan Finae Hubbling?" Irish, perhaps? Maybe Polish. Irish-Polish?? I feel I must find out more about him/her and our inexplicable package connection.
My fave websites this week: anything Josh sends me, and Jenette and my brother's blogs. Anyone who reads my blog needs to check theirs out, too--they're listed on this page under "Cool People." Jenette's posted an incredible tribute to my husband this week and Jeremy (a.k.a. Mr. Murphy's Law) explains in great detail his latest fiasco: spraining his ankle at company headquaters in California while playing basketball with his colleagues Monday.
My fave quote this week: "In democracy, it's your vote that counts. In feudalism, it's your count that votes."
My fave joke this week: Two peanuts walk into a bar and one was a salted.
Fave song this week: Hayseed Dixie's remake of Snoop Dogg's classic "Gin and Juice"
Fave shows this week: SNL's "Best of..." series and "Frasier"
Things that annoy me ALL THE TIME: the American public's fascination with celebrity lifestyles, NO RAIN, allergies, people at the board of education office who push papers all day long and huff when you ask them for a P.O. number to spend the $800 that the GA Dept. of Education gave you because you earned a $2500 grant and will be teaching a new AP class next year...but NO! We must not complicate the fragile universe of those who push papers, because apparently thinking of that eight-digit P.O. number would implode the inner workings of the powers-that-be. whew...got that out. It's a long story...
Yeah, I'm so tired I can't sleep. Ever felt that way before? So, instead of fighting it, I've decided to channel the energy into something constructive. I do feel a post creeping up about some very important issues that I'm churning about in my mind. It's not quite all together yet, so stay tuned. Enough of this wealth of useless knowledge.
I think I'm allergic to my cats: I just sneezed four times. Or, maybe I'm allergic to Jon, who is asleep beside me, LIKE I SHOULD BE.
Oh, and get this: today, USPS delivered a package to the house. NO, that's not the punchline. The name on the package was "KAN FINAE HUBBLING." Yep. It was my package, a box of books ("Fountainhead," for my 9th honors class) from the Ayn Rand Institute. They emailed me to apologize for the incorrect name. I'm fascinated now. Who is this mysterious "Kan Finae Hubbling?" Irish, perhaps? Maybe Polish. Irish-Polish?? I feel I must find out more about him/her and our inexplicable package connection.
My fave websites this week: anything Josh sends me, and Jenette and my brother's blogs. Anyone who reads my blog needs to check theirs out, too--they're listed on this page under "Cool People." Jenette's posted an incredible tribute to my husband this week and Jeremy (a.k.a. Mr. Murphy's Law) explains in great detail his latest fiasco: spraining his ankle at company headquaters in California while playing basketball with his colleagues Monday.
My fave quote this week: "In democracy, it's your vote that counts. In feudalism, it's your count that votes."
My fave joke this week: Two peanuts walk into a bar and one was a salted.
Fave song this week: Hayseed Dixie's remake of Snoop Dogg's classic "Gin and Juice"
Fave shows this week: SNL's "Best of..." series and "Frasier"
Things that annoy me ALL THE TIME: the American public's fascination with celebrity lifestyles, NO RAIN, allergies, people at the board of education office who push papers all day long and huff when you ask them for a P.O. number to spend the $800 that the GA Dept. of Education gave you because you earned a $2500 grant and will be teaching a new AP class next year...but NO! We must not complicate the fragile universe of those who push papers, because apparently thinking of that eight-digit P.O. number would implode the inner workings of the powers-that-be. whew...got that out. It's a long story...
Yeah, I'm so tired I can't sleep. Ever felt that way before? So, instead of fighting it, I've decided to channel the energy into something constructive. I do feel a post creeping up about some very important issues that I'm churning about in my mind. It's not quite all together yet, so stay tuned. Enough of this wealth of useless knowledge.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
The Long-Awaited Pictures
Here are the pictures you all have been waiting on. Three leaf clover, celtic interlacing, black ink shading. I'm satisfied with it.
We spent last night in Athens with a friend who will be a senior at UGA this fall. Ahh, the college life. I'd almost forgotten what it was like--for some. Apartment furnished with second-hand, broken furniture, posters and tin signs decorating all the walls, minor scratches on walls and beverage stains on carpet, Lord knows who crashing in your room at any and all hours of the day and night. Oh, and who could forget the collection of miscellaneous and empty liquor bottles decorating the top shelf above the kitchen cabinets. LOL. Casie, remember all those trips to Jenifer's? How many places did she live at that we visited? I remember one dorm and one apartment, but I'm sure there was more than that. Oh, and we did stay at Kevin's that time, too. Alas, the creeping in of the thirty-something age range makes it a little difficult to live that lifestyle. I appreciate my privacy and own bed too much these days. Nevertheless, we had a great time, and maintained our respectable adult facades...yeah.
We spent last night in Athens with a friend who will be a senior at UGA this fall. Ahh, the college life. I'd almost forgotten what it was like--for some. Apartment furnished with second-hand, broken furniture, posters and tin signs decorating all the walls, minor scratches on walls and beverage stains on carpet, Lord knows who crashing in your room at any and all hours of the day and night. Oh, and who could forget the collection of miscellaneous and empty liquor bottles decorating the top shelf above the kitchen cabinets. LOL. Casie, remember all those trips to Jenifer's? How many places did she live at that we visited? I remember one dorm and one apartment, but I'm sure there was more than that. Oh, and we did stay at Kevin's that time, too. Alas, the creeping in of the thirty-something age range makes it a little difficult to live that lifestyle. I appreciate my privacy and own bed too much these days. Nevertheless, we had a great time, and maintained our respectable adult facades...yeah.
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