"The DOG? You were named after the DOG?"

The other night I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark with some friends and, aside from a few obviously holes in the plot, we noticed one other important aspect: Indiana Jones does jack shit in the end to actually kill the bad guys. All the Nazi's are killed by the arc while Indiana stands by with his eyes closed.

So today, to continue the series, I watched the Last Crusade (because we all know Temple of Doom is awful). Once again, I noticed that Indiana does nothing to save the day. All he does is retrieve the grail in order to save his father. It's that greedy little ho, Elisa, who crosses the seal with the grail in her hand and, consequently, brings down the entire temple. It's just pure luck that the three good guys manage to just escape with their lives while all the Nazi's are crushed and killed.

Like I said, we all know that Temple of Doom is awful but I looked up the plot on Wikipedia (I've only seen it once or twice). As far as I can tell, the main bad guy dies because he trips and falls off a cliff to be eaten by crocs while the rest of the bad guys are apprehended by the British Indian Army.

I don't know if I consider this revelation a good thing or a bad thing, but it certainly makes Indy a little less bad ass in my eyes. He just has a stupid amount of good luck. Seriously, he should have been killed by now.


Enjoy this one on your way out.. "He chose... poorly."

Grammys: Live

I'm watching the Grammys and I don't feel like constantly bombarding facebook with my comments so I will do it here..

Rihanna's dress is hideous. Sorry.

Ok, why does Christina have a special, red microphone? What has she done recently that warrants her standing out so much? I mean, really? And man.. there was a major diva-off at the end of that tribute.

I love that Ricki Martin has embraced the gay and is wearing tight, silver pants. Good for him.

Lady Gaga's performance? Hmm.. not crazy about it. The FX make up job is cool. I guess its because I'm just not a huge fan of the song. It sounds like a Madonna rip off. I like Lady Gaga because I feel like her songs are unique to her. This latest one feels very pop generic. Slightly let down.

"Three young, break out artist" performing = my chance to take a nap while I wait for something exciting to happen. The only thing I can comment on is that Bruno Mars sounds really good. I don't know his music all that well but, as far as I can tell, he sounds pretty much the same singing live as he does on the radio.

Muse literally just woke me up from what was promising to be a deep sleep with their acceptance speech. It was really awkward. No need to mention Kate Hudson. It's the Grammys.

I'm happy to see Lady Gaga so surprised and happy at winning. Good for her. You might not like her music but I feel like she's very real in the hard work that she puts into her career.

MUMFORD!

Uh Bob Dillon say whaa..?

1. I didn't realize Lady Antebellum was a country singer.
2. She is really pretty.

Okay, really excited about Cee Lo (and Gwyneth). I love this song... AND I LOVE HIS RIDICULOUS COSTUME! He has a muppet band! Best grammy performance, hands down. It's a must see!!



NPH is in the house! Reppin' How I Met Your Mother. I love him.

John Mayer kinda rocks the pirate look but then you look at his face a little closer and you remember who it is. Way to reach for awesome and fail, JM.

Back to Lady Antebellum, I really like that song. I'm happy for their win.

Ahahaha.. Seth Rogan's pot jokes are totally over done but I enjoyed his joke at Miley Cyrus' expense. Especially because she is probably in the audience.

I like Rihanna's dress during her performance with Eminem. It's very cool. It was an artsy way of making it look like it was part burned. I recommend watching the first 40-60 seconds of the performance on YouTube to really get a good look at it. Sorry for my shitty photo. It doesn't do much justice to the dress.

As for the chick who just won best new artist.. I have no idea who the heck she is but her hair be cra-zay! (and her dress kinda fails)

Ok.. so the Grammys started at 8. It's 10:40 right now. My GOD they take forever! This is my first time actually watching the show. This is the last time actually watching the show. Next year I am reverting to my methods of continuing on with my life and watching the highlights later on YouTube.

Congrads Marshall Mathers.

Okay, 3 hour mark.. this is getting torturous. But.. I'm committed and can't back out now.

Arcade Fire just gave me a seizure.

I am not a fan of Barbra Streisand by any means (not that I don't appreciate her very successful career) but I need to say that for a woman who is almost 70, she looks absolutely stunning.

And, although I almost died the first time, congrad to Arcade Fire for winning album of the year and then getting to perform in celebration. That's pretty awesome.

MOST IMPORTANTLY!

I think its finally over. Thank god.

There's nothing like beating a personal best

About 6 months ago I suddenly decided I was going to run in the LA marathon.

Well, that was a joke because (as I quickly found out) I wasn't nearly close to the fitness level I needed to be even to start training. That doesn't mean I have given up on my goal! I will still complete that marathon one day, it will just be a matter of when.

Back to that fitness level thing.. I was fairly active on a regular basis through various activities but I really haven't run regularly in years. So when I started running again, it was really hard. I also have graves disease (a hyper/hypo active thyroid) which caused some problems when I started my running (I have since gone back on medication. No more symptoms means no more interference)

Anyway, taking all this into consideration.. I was running a pretty slow mile.. for what I want to be able to run. It was slightly above "average". For a long time, it didn't improve. It was getting a little frustrating (I think part of it did have to do with my body needing to balance out on my medication) but I love running and I have stuck with it.

A few days ago, I lowered my average mile by about 30-45 seconds. Today, on my third mile, I was a full one minute and thirty seconds faster from where I started. Granted, I know I won't be able to run every mile like that yet. But the fact that I did it and that I am finally seeing progress is the most exciting and satisfying feeling. It took me awhile to get here but I feel like in the next 6 months to come I am going to see a lot more improvement.. hopefully enough to put me in a good starting position to train for 2012!

Bring it.

Dark blah

Fun fact of the day... I spent my superbowl at Tia Mowry's house. If you are part of my generation, you know her from a little show called Sister Sister.

That aside, I just watched a movie called Dark Streets. It came out within the last few years. I netflix'd it because the costume designer came into my class back when I was in school. She was just starting on the project and showed us what she was making, etc. I liked what I had seen costume wise and she played us a "teaser" of the soundtrack (which is all blues) and so I was intrigued..

Final results:

Music = good
Costumes = visually pleasing
Basically everything else = Ehhh

I rated it a "didn't like" on Netflix (that's rare for me). I would say just go listen to some good ol' New Orleans music and google pictures of 1930's night club dancers. You'll be golden.

Not everything God gives is a gift

I am pretty vain about my hair (which is not much of a secret.. it is pretty awesome). I also have been dying my hair for the past 7+ years (also not much of a secret) because it has one defect.. it's not really an attractive color. I used to be blonde and then as I went through puberty, it started to get darker. It decided to stop changing color in that "dishwater blonde" or "ash brown" stage. Both awful names for the complete boring, awful color that is my natural hair.

Anyway, recently I has decided that I was sick of dying my hair all the time so I decided to try to let my hair grow out. The color transition wasn't horrendous as far as I could tell and so I haven't dyed my hair in about 6 months (not counting my black stripes). People in the past week have been commenting how light my hair was getting.. and then I saw pictures from a few nights ago. AWFUL! My old faded colors had turned brassy and gross!! (Btw, thank you everyone in my life who sees me on a regular basis and never thought to tell me)

So, I stopped by the store today and bought a semi permanent color (just to give it a splash) that matched my roots. Well, my hair looks shiny and healthy again and that I am happy about. The part that I am sad about is that hair color out of a box with the name "Ash Brown" is still prettier than my natural hair color..

So sad... it looks like I'll be dying my hair until I go grey.

Virgil, blogs, and bad movies

So I started reading a blog by Johnny Virgil awhile back called 15 Minute Lunch. (It's actually what kinda got me into doing this) He has a similar sense of humor and outlook on life that I hold, so I find him very entertaining. He also has a quote on his page: "Want some advice? Don't love the ocean too much. It doesn't love you back". Well, I always kinda enjoyed it and last night I discovered why. It's a quote from the CLASSIC film.... MEGA SHARK VS GIANT OCTOPUS!!

This movie is awful, which is why it is so wonderful. I feel a bond with Mr. Virgil now... a mutual love of really bad syfy movies.

Is this conversation happening?

Customer: Excuse me?

Me: Yes?

Customer: Do you have any new ones? (referring to a perfect condition, lime green rug)

Me: Um.. let me check.
(after I check)
No. That's the last one.

Customer: Oh...

Me: Is there something wrong with it?

Customer: It was on the floor.

Me: ...

Customer stares at me.

Me: ...well... it looks like its fine.. and it is a rug, which usually goes on the floor anyway, so I think you'll be okay.

Customer: ...

Me: Sorry.

And I walked away.



I saw her later still holding it, I'm pretty sure she still bought it (despite it's floor touching defect)