yo adrian - it's me...rocky III

For some random reason, I have recently just discovered a movie series most people have watched and moved on from. 30 years later, I saw Rocky for the first time and was instantly hooked. I am catching up on the series before the possibly doomed return of Stallone's Rocky in December. I just finished up Rocky III and can say that I fear the series may be heading down hill. I did enjoy the movie, don't get me wrong. It was actually funnier than the first two...between Mr. T's crazy talking antics, and the long runs on the beach between Rocky and Apollo (that one may not have been intended to be funny!) I was laughing pretty hard. Here was the problem with the movie: it simply did not pack the emotional "punches" of the first two. (Which basically means that I was not in tears at the end, and threatening to rename my cat "Rocky")


At any rate, I can't wait to see what happens next. I am told that if the next installment does not make a Toby Keith fan out of me - nothing will! I also cannot wait to see if V is as big of a disaster as I have been lead to believe!

creature of habit

As a person who does enjoy her routines, I can respect the after work ritual my cat has developed for us both. As soon as my key goes into the front door, I can hear the jingle of his little bell around his collar and I know what comes next. I have only had this cat for three months, so for awhile I wondered if it would continue. I know count on it and look forward to this time every day!

Once I am in the door, he does what we call "the plop" onto his side where he waits to be scratched and pet. He does not settle for a half hearted effort, and he stretches himself the entire time and expects you to join him on the floor. After approximately 2 minutes of this, he gets up, stretches and then moves about 5 feet, where "the plop" occurs again. I have determined that this is to test my loyalty, and I always move over there to continue. Then, he goes about his business of being a cat, and I go about my business of starting my evening.

No day would be complete without this delightful ritual!

the new laguna beach

The animals, the locations and the drama -- are REAL!!!





Meerkat Manor is the new Laguna Beach!






Don't get me wrong, I will continue to tune in every Wednesday night to see what that nasty little Kyndra will do next...it is the Beach, and it cannot be fully replaced.

How cute are these Meerkats? You want to talk about "real drama"...I can't remember an episode of Laguna Beach where they actually tried to find and kill the children of a "rival" family. That is real drama.

Learn about Meerkats!

hole in one!

East Bay - Provo
Hole #3
8 Iron - 155 yards
Congratulations Matt!

denimgate

We all put up with a lot of crap at our jobs – but an “Unspoken, unwritten dress code policy” that was literally made up by the big boss on his drive to work should not be one of them!

I am willing to admit, there is slight – very slight – possibility that an original policy had been communicated last January to the effect of when a client visit’s, we should not wear jeans. However, I know that emails since Jan/Feb have all said don’t worry about this client or this one and so forth until the visits meant nothing but “tidying up our area”. I know from my Supreme Court class in college that a “precedent” is not something to take lightly, and the precedent had definitely been set in this one. Anyway, I show up to work this morning to an email alerting us all that we were in some sort of violation and chaos ensued as we debated, discussed and argued the policy amongst ourselves. To add to my embarrassment about my seedy looking appearance, I was wearing gym shoes! (Those were due to an unrelated incident yesterday where I was unable to turn a corner without rolling my ankle, thus meaning I had to wear the comfortable shoes for my healing foot.)

The real kicker was when I was standing outside my cubicle bitching about the email with two co-workers and my boss walked right around the corner while I was yapping my big mouth. For those of you who were present for the Oscar Party fiasco of last year involving Ralph, peroxide and a Q-tip know exactly what I am talking about with my big mouth. However, this one was not quite as awkward, as my boss did not openly acknowledge he overheard anything, as Ralph did.

Denimgate seemed to really set a tone for today, and I have been unable to recover and just get on with my day. I should be old enough and mature enough to just let it go…but that is not fun, and has never really been my style.

happy birthday to me!

Def Leppard/Journey Stats

Standard Mullets - 7 (surprisingly low!)
"Aggressive" Mullets - 2
Shirtless guys - 6 (including member of Def Leppard)
Couples slow dancing during Journey - 2 (I suspect more were out of my view!)
Sammy Hagar look-a-likes - 1
Kenny Rogers look-a-likes - 2
Sexual assaults to my brother and friends by skanky drunk girls - 4 per victim (3 victims)
Boob flashings - 1
Amount of girls jumping on one car in the parking lot - 3
Number of creeps that layed on the hood of our car while we were stuck in the parking lot - 1
Length of time it took to get out of the parking lot - FOREVER!!!