Category: Media

For some reason, I'd been wanting to see the old Sesame Street short where they make crayons. I don't know how many of you remember this. My sister certainly does, but friends even just a few years older than me don't seem to recall it at all and my husband (we're about 3 months apart in age) only “vaguely” remembers it. So I did a search for it last night and was delighted to find that someone had placed it on You Tube for me to enjoy. Talk about good memories.

They also have my #2 favorite for Sesame Street shorts … Pinball 12. Genius!!

My Mother in Law got me a wonderful book for my birthday last year: Marley and Me by John Grogan. I read it almost immediately and thoroughly enjoyed it. However, as it was getting towards the end of the book, I could see where it was going .. directly to Marley's eventual demise and I couldn't read it. So recently, Matt started reading it to me again and I was enjoying the story all over. So last Friday, after we got home from dinner, Matt went to play video games. I wasn't in the mood for computering, so I laid down to read some magazines, but they didn't hold my interest. So I picked up Marley and Me and read it from where Matt and I had left off … and this time, I finished it. Sure enough … I spent the last 20 or 30 minutes (the last two chapters), crying like a baby. After I finished, still blubbering, I went downstairs to find Loki and give him a big hug.

Happy and sad, Marley and Me is a wonderful book … anyone who has ever loved a dog simply must read it. The tears are worth it. Honest.

Friday we had my company picnic which is always a good time. Beer and brats, you know. Saturday, went to our neighborhood garage sale with friends who have babies or are about to have babies … my neighborhood is FULL of rugrats, so practically every sale has a ton of kids stuff. Didn't buy anything for me, but the kiddos got good stuff. Followed that up with lunch with Matt's bro, errands, and loads of housework.

Sun morning, we snuck in a trip to the theatre and saw Pirates, which I found to be immensely enjoyable. Johnny Depp is superb in his role and the rest of the cast was great too. We didn't anticipate that being so long, so we had to rush to get up to my aunt and uncle's house to celebrate my cousin's 13th b'day. After that, back home and s'more laundry and housework and to bed.

I'm happy to see that summer TV is looking up this year. Before now, it seems it was mostly some crappy sappy stuff on the WB and re-runs. But with all the competition for air time, we're getting more and more decent TV during the summer… Both Stargates are coming back to Sci Fi on the 14th for their 3rd and 10th seasons. Monk, one of USA's original shows, is back with new eps this summer as well and they are adding Psych, a show about a guy with a photographic memory which he uses to fake being a psychic police consultant. Treasure Hunters on NBC is an amazing race sort of reality show that has pretty good potential … teams of three, including ex-CIA, airforce (my faves for the win), the geniuses, Miss USA (surprisingly competitive), and the Wild Hanlons (rednecks … love 'em) … have to break clues and follow a path to x-marks-the-spot to get their treasure. It's been pretty interesting so far. What're your summer TV picks?

We had a very nice and busy weekend. I was in the field all day Friday working on some file storage issues, so my Friday went very quickly. Friday evening, we went to dinner for my mom's birthday. We went to the Melting Pot in Louisville, CO. If you've never been to one before, I really do recommend them. My favorite bits are the cheese fondue appetizer and the chocolate dessert fondue…. mmmm. The atmosphere is nice as well; you're usually off on your own and you can talk easily. This particular Melting Pot was in a mine themed building (possibly a 70s remnant?) that they'd over-hauled. A very nice evening. Continue reading “Another Weekend Shot!”

I'd been hearing loads about this game, Brain Age that they made for the Nintendo DS. It's sort of like a personal trainer for your mind. It takes you thru a series of tests to determine your “brain age.” You do things like simple math at rapid speed, memorize words and regurgitate them, and some other tricky stuff. My initial age is 35, which from what I hear is pretty decent, despite that it should be around 25. It also has a built-in Sudoku game … highly recommended fun, really uses the power of the DS. Nintendo is turning out sooo much cool stuff these days. I can't wait for the Wii.

When I got into my mailbox after lunch yesterday, I had a WONDERFUL surprise. The gentleman who I sent my movie suggestions to for Film on the Rocks (surely I've banged on about this long enough that y'all know what I'm talking about) had kindly included me on his mailing list to announce this summer's lineup. Here it is, from my email to your eyes.

Monday, June 19th – Top Gun Continue reading “Film on the Rocks”