I really did have the best intentions to accomplish a list of this weekend and, boy, did I fail. I did manage to finish some freelance work and that was it for Friday’s list. The Saints winning the Super Bowl will put an extra $25 in my pocket, so it ended up being somewhat of a profitable weekend.
I downloaded the SparkPeople app for my iPod Touch (whose name is Eddie Danger) and now I’m nearly obsessed with it. It wasn’t until Thursday night at bowling when I added up 1000+ calories that I had drank that day alone. Holy balls, right?
I had half a can of Dr. Pepper yesterday and nothing but a can of sugar free Red Bull today. Yesterday’s 6 hour headache from caffeine withdrawl had me second guessing my decision to kick pop to the curb, but 10 calories for sugar free Red Bull? That is a big hell yeah.
"In light of the recent decision by the John Carroll University administration to not specifically include the protection of Lesbians, Gays, Bi-Sexuals, Transgendered, and Questioning students in its Anti-Discrimination Statement, we, the students, faculty, and alumni of John Carroll University choose to voice our support for those the university leaves without protection."
I love the boy at the very beginning who gets grabbed by the cop and shrugs off his jacket, so he can carry his rainbow flag out onto the court.
Visit the gym down the street and make sure it’s not ultra-douchey
Become impregnated by Tim Tebow and tell his mom
Catch up on laundry assuming the slumlandlord has replaced the washing machine that’s been laying on its side in the middle of the basement floor for two weeks now
Cheer for the Saints, only because I’ll win the pool at work if the win
Get caught up at least two weeks of DVR’ed shows
Work out at least once to some degree
Take The General to the movies, because we haven’t been forever
I’m horrible at to-do lists, so we’ll see how it all pans out. The only thing that absolutely has to get done is the first one. And possibly number five, since it also pays money.
I don’t think I should have to list the reasons why it makes me want to punch babies (that’s my latest thing when I get mad), but it’s your lucky day, because I’m in a sharing mood.
The subject line of this email: Valentine’s Special — Give Your Guy ESPN The Magazine. Well, guess who has two thumbs and a subscription to ESPN Magazine that just happened to conveniently run out? This girl. GIRL. (I can show proof, if you need it.)
The body of the email: Give the perfect present to all the guys on your Valentine’s Day shopping list, and they’ll thank you the whole year round. While I appreciate the suggestion, the only guys on my Valentine’s Day shopping list would be my dad (sports history = playing church softball when I was a baby), my brother (sports history = middle school soccer and basketball until he blew his knee out), and The Kid (sports history = going to WNBA games with me a few times a year). And, really, ESPN, the idea of any of them thanking me year round creeps me out the slightest little bit, because I have a dirty, dirty mind.
As much as I would like to swear off anything ESPN related, let’s be serious here.
I suck at boycotting anything.
I love sports too much.
I don’t know what I’d do without ESPN – Streak for the Cash… even though I’m sucking wind with it right now.
Point of the story: I’m mad at you, ESPN, and I’m not renewing my subscription to your crummy ol’ magazine now. I guess you’ll have to live with without my $14.97/month.
Lately, I’ve began to develop some sort of disdain for the Minneapolis police. Whether it’s parking in a No Parking sign so they can go in and have Chipotle at lunch or updating their Facebook status on those giant laptops they carry in the front of their cars, I’ve been highly irritable with them as of late. So my new favorite thing? Green Police. One of my favorite colors happens to be green, so that’s already an improvement! The Green Police is an organized group of people that roam the grounds of the Glastonbury Festivals in the UK. One of their primary job duties is to prevent people from urinating in the water and hedgerows. They don’t want the urine seeping into the water supply. I can’t say I blame them. However, I’m not going to be jumping at the chance to fill out a Green Police application when there are that many bodily fluids involved.
It sounds like they do a pretty good job of convincing people cigarette butts don’t belong all over the place. And, really, I’m glad to see that anywhere. It reminds me a little of the new Downtown Improvement District (DID) people we have milling about all the time in downtown Minneapolis. Although, I can’t imagine those guys dealing with urine at all… especially since their shirts are the same color as it.
After you watch the above video (or at least part of it), you should go here and vote for Pete as the MVP! Pete was our foster dog through Pet Project Rescue. When he lived with us, his name was Merlyn and is pretty much tied as my favorite foster dog we’ve had so far. Yay, Pete!
“Life In The Fast Lane” by the Eagles: When I was in my early 20s, still living in Sedalia and with my parents, I worked for an ISP. And while it truly provided a great amount of learning and professional experience, the one thing I remember the most is the damn radio spot we had that I’m pretty sure lasted the entire 3ish years I was there. And back then, it was just a dial up connection, so the “Fast Lane” was a whopping 32.6K connection at best.
Oddly enough, the only lyrics I could remember from that radio commercial were: Life in the fast lane / Surely make you lose your mind / Life in the fast lane.
You now what lyrics I never knew were a part of that song until just this very second when I Googled the lyrics? Ones that include phrases like: “They were good in bed”, “They took all the right pills”, and “They didn’t care, they were just dying to get off”. None of which apply to an internet connection.
*Pandora at work tends to make me remember things like this. Especially when we listen to Journey radio for three days straight.
As if the acrobatics weren't impressive enough, the 30-year-old singer also belted out "Glitter in the Air" from her album Funhouse while in full spin. "I would say that no one ever has another excuse to lip sync," she joked. — YES, PLEASE, EVERYONE ELSE.
It’s February and that means ESPN’s Streak for the Cash if starting fresh again. See, if you get the highest streak for the month, you win $100,000. $100,000. That can buy a lot of apps for Eddie Danger the iPod Touch or a lot of clearance Adidas shoes.
Anyway, you should all play. It’s free. And it’s easy. And, honestly, even if you’ve never watched a sporting event in your life, you could possibly do better than some of the other people playing.
Oh. I got an iPod Touch tonight and am sort of in love already. I named it Eddie Danger, after the foster chihuahua we had that humped everything including Riley’s head. After enduring three hours at The Mall of America on a Friday night, I felt like I owed it to myself. That and my other iPod is from 2004 and the scroll wheel stopped working on the way back from Missouri earlier this month. A new car needs a new iPod, right?
And I wrote this entry all on Eddie Danger! See? In love.
Hi. I'm Wendy. I've been doing this blog thing for 10 years and am tired of cute little about me paragraphs on the first page. I live Northeast Minneapolis in a duplex with my better half, her 13 year old son, and our two boxers (Riley is mine and Kentucky is hers). We have some guppies, but I refuse to acknowledge them because they eat each other and that's horrible. I love sports, photography, puppies, camping, travel, movies, beer so light it looks like water, and have an overwhelming addiction to caffeine. At least all that's true today.
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