last night I went to see David Sedaris. it was incredibly funny and touching as his essays are and it's been a long time since I laughed that hard for that long. if you ever have a chance to see David Sedaris live, I recommend you do it. unfortunately, Denver was Sedaris' 31st stop on a 32 city tour so unless you are going to be in Boston on Friday night (which a few of you actually might be) you're going to have to wait until the next time around.
at the end of the evening, to fill some time, Sedaris read us a funny entries from his diary: "September 25, 2007 - to mark the occasion of Marcel Marceau's passing, I observed a moment of silence."
the laughter that entry got was roughly equivalent to the imaginary laughter my miming bit received which is to say there was lots of it.
anyway, it's halloween night and I'm home alone watching ghost hunters. I usually can't watch shows like this by myself because I get too freaked out, even when there's nothing scary. people whispering in the dark is enough to do it and I have no idea why this is. it's a live episode tonight so that may be why I'm able to watch it on my own - they've gotta edit out a lot of nothingness and dumb comments that make no sense to come up with the finished product. for example:
dude #1 - hey! watch out!!!!
dude #2 - what?
dude #1 - that's like a 100 ft. drop over there!
dude #2 - yeah, but I'm like 10 feet away.
dude #1 - well that's 10 feet too far!
um...
to distract myself from all the scariness, I'm baking pumpkin cookies that are really sort of like muffin tops. yummy. they are cooling right now and then the final step is to drizzle them with dark chocolate. more yummy.
October 31, 2007
October 29, 2007
gone baby, gone
I officially sold my Jetta today. he was on the market for less than a week. only a few days, really. I posted him on the Denver Craig's List Saturday morning and I had an offer by Sunday night.
I definitely got a little sentimental about the whole thing. letting kyle go was like letting go of eight very meaningful years of my life, years through which I changed profoundly and became me. I wasn't ready to say goodbye to that part of my life and so I lingered over the paper work, explained the car keys, demonstrated the glove compartment. the buyers were unphased and seemed like they wanted to hurry things along. the whole transaction only took about ten minutes, which wasn't nearly long enough.
I wanted to give kyle a hug before they pulled away with him but I thought that might be interpreted badly so I just patted him and said goodbye.
the buyers could have cared less about my sentimentality. they were eager to get my car and start their fun and I have to tell you, I was a little insulted by it all. you know the worst part about it? they drove kyle away like they owned him or something.
I definitely got a little sentimental about the whole thing. letting kyle go was like letting go of eight very meaningful years of my life, years through which I changed profoundly and became me. I wasn't ready to say goodbye to that part of my life and so I lingered over the paper work, explained the car keys, demonstrated the glove compartment. the buyers were unphased and seemed like they wanted to hurry things along. the whole transaction only took about ten minutes, which wasn't nearly long enough.
I wanted to give kyle a hug before they pulled away with him but I thought that might be interpreted badly so I just patted him and said goodbye.
the buyers could have cared less about my sentimentality. they were eager to get my car and start their fun and I have to tell you, I was a little insulted by it all. you know the worst part about it? they drove kyle away like they owned him or something.
October 26, 2007
why wouldn't we?
so at work we've been talking about using wikis to share/store knowledge and I put together a little presentation to try to convince my boss that a wiki is the way to go. I thought only he and one other person would see the presentation so I made it a personal goal to use as many double-yous as possible in the presentation with slides that answered questions like "why would we want a wiki at work?" I guess the other individual liked the wiki idea and so she passed the presentation (and all of it's w's) on to her entire department. wow.
October 22, 2007
Too bad, Lee Ann
tonight, instead of going to my monday night yoga class, I decided to kick back and have have some me time. I turned on the TV to decompress and then went to get some dinner together. I wasn't really paying attention to what was on TV but then I heard someone say my name... I know my name isn't that uncommon but it's uncommon enough that when I hear someone say it, I look because chances are they're talking to (or about) me.
it turns out jeopardy was on and one of the contenstants was named Lee Ann. I was going to change the channel but I noticed that Lee Ann spelled her name the same way that I do (most other Lee Anns aren't really Lee Anns. they're Leigh Anne's or Le Annes or whatever). I felt an immediate kinship with this Lee Ann and Lee Ann was in the lead. I kept watching and Lee Ann kept winning. that Lee Ann was smart. however, she blew it all at the end when she failed to get the answer "the art of war." too bad, other Lee Ann. this Lee Ann would have gotten that one.
it turns out jeopardy was on and one of the contenstants was named Lee Ann. I was going to change the channel but I noticed that Lee Ann spelled her name the same way that I do (most other Lee Anns aren't really Lee Anns. they're Leigh Anne's or Le Annes or whatever). I felt an immediate kinship with this Lee Ann and Lee Ann was in the lead. I kept watching and Lee Ann kept winning. that Lee Ann was smart. however, she blew it all at the end when she failed to get the answer "the art of war." too bad, other Lee Ann. this Lee Ann would have gotten that one.
October 14, 2007
you know, I haven't visited my blog in a while and I forgot that I had added that clock. how annoying is that thing? I'm totally getting rid of that...
so, let's see - what have I been up to in the past few weeks... not much I guess and I think that's good. the times in my life when I've felt less content have been the times where I felt like I needed to achieve more. a few weeks ago, I ran into an aquaintance that I hadn't seen in a few months. he is a troubled individual, sort of angry at the world, and although her tries to make it seem like he has such a fun an exciting life, you can just tell he's unhappy inside. he asked me what I'd been up to and I said "the usual" to which his response was "so nothing to exciting then?" geez. so yeah, I don't have anything major going on but I have an incredible sense of contentment right now and that's one of the best feelings in the world.
anyway, I think the biggest thing I've been up to lately has been shopping for a new car. this is hard. I hate car shopping. hate it. hate it. hate it. I've had my Jetta for eight years, partially because it's a good car and is completely fine and partially because I hate car shopping. I'll spare you the details of the annoying sales people I've dealt with and all the decisions I've been struggling with and I'll sum it up by saying I think I'm going to get a honda element. I know, I know. I know. it's a box on wheels. and it's kind of ugly. I was soooooo very against one of these cars until my officemate convinced me to atleast go check one out. he and his wife have one and the love it. think it's the coolest car ever. so yesterday I went and checked one out.
and you know what? it was very cool. sort of maybe the perfect car for one who lives in colorado and, last weekend, bought a season ski pass! now the question is: what color do I want? do I want to go crazy and get the orange or the green or do I play it safe with something like blue or grey?
so, let's see - what have I been up to in the past few weeks... not much I guess and I think that's good. the times in my life when I've felt less content have been the times where I felt like I needed to achieve more. a few weeks ago, I ran into an aquaintance that I hadn't seen in a few months. he is a troubled individual, sort of angry at the world, and although her tries to make it seem like he has such a fun an exciting life, you can just tell he's unhappy inside. he asked me what I'd been up to and I said "the usual" to which his response was "so nothing to exciting then?" geez. so yeah, I don't have anything major going on but I have an incredible sense of contentment right now and that's one of the best feelings in the world.
anyway, I think the biggest thing I've been up to lately has been shopping for a new car. this is hard. I hate car shopping. hate it. hate it. hate it. I've had my Jetta for eight years, partially because it's a good car and is completely fine and partially because I hate car shopping. I'll spare you the details of the annoying sales people I've dealt with and all the decisions I've been struggling with and I'll sum it up by saying I think I'm going to get a honda element. I know, I know. I know. it's a box on wheels. and it's kind of ugly. I was soooooo very against one of these cars until my officemate convinced me to atleast go check one out. he and his wife have one and the love it. think it's the coolest car ever. so yesterday I went and checked one out.
and you know what? it was very cool. sort of maybe the perfect car for one who lives in colorado and, last weekend, bought a season ski pass! now the question is: what color do I want? do I want to go crazy and get the orange or the green or do I play it safe with something like blue or grey?
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