all day

I saw neither hide nor hair of the detective all day, unless it was when I was in my closet and happened to look in the corner of my shirt shelf.  I think he can sense that I'm getting ready to go out of town so he's giving me the cold shoulder in preparation.

That picture I took this morning when I was putting on my running clothes.  Hours and hours later as I gathered my things and planned my outfits for the coming days I found him again, this time more awake and alert:

Still just as angry.  Previously he would lay on top of the shirts that were in that spot, as of today he has started shoving them off the shelf altogether.  Of course if I put some kind of cat bed there I'm sure he would abandon the spot quickly.

I learned a long time ago to stop trying to understand why he does the things he does.  It's just his nature.  He's weird.

For now he's left his fortress of solitude and joined me out in the living room so I am going to take advantage of the opportunity and get to packing.  I'm crossing time zones tomorrow!

I can't pick a favorite

Those zombie ghost girls are pretty amazing but then the massage chairs.  Oh the massage chairs.  I seriously laughed until I cried at the massage chairs.

It doesn't even matter that I have no idea what they are saying.  This video speaks the international language of good old fashioned physical comedy.

It's also given me a few ideas for pranks to pull on my coworkers.  Muahahaha.

I failed at running

The only good thing about me not being able to make it to my usual stopping point is that it means I get to spend more time at the beach as I walk my lazy ass along A1A instead of running.  So I took a picture for you all to enjoy.

Spending less of my run actually running meant that I spent more time on the streets.  I think that is what contributed to the three different passing motorists giving me appreciative horn honks.  I guess that's another good thing about being too lazy to run the distance I normally do.

If I have any hopes of breaking that record though I'm going to have to get back with the program the next time I work out.  Maybe I'll go for another run when I get home from work today.  We'll see.

north beach

When we finished setting up camp Linden said, "There's beer in the cooler, I hope you don't mind using the pink drink holder".  Once I saw what it said I knew I'd have no problem using it at all.

It was a great beach day, everything worked out in our favor.  I think it was a fitting way to celebrate my one year anniversary down here too.  And I enjoyed my final day of rest and relaxation before a week of hard work followed by a weekend of intense travel.

I'm glad I at least have a healthy glow to carry me through the week.

good for her for trying

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Jonathan sent me this in an email and said that she should have been pulled off stage by the big hook hahaha.

I don't think she did that bad, but this video speaks to how incredible Mariah is.  The thing about Mariah is that she makes it seem so effortless, the notes float out of her mouth like butterflies, so you end up thinking, "what makes her so special?  I coud sing like that".  And then you wake up after blacking out trying to sing along to "Without You".  At least that's how it goes for me.

I think Kelly's problem was a combination of not having rehearsed and trying to stay too close to the original melody.  She sounds great when she does her own Kelly Clarkson thing, but then you can hear her getting caught up in the Mariah vocal gymnastics and losing her way.

If you're anything like me you're going to have to wash out your ears after watching that video.  Here you go, I hope this helps:




My favorite comment on this video:

The part I want to teach you is VERY EASY... no Mariah, it's only easy to you ;)

juancro9 2 weeks ago 2 

Diane Warwick?

Hahahaha thank you Jonathan for sending this to me.  I can't pick which person is my favorite, they are all so good.

I'm going to be laughing all day about this.

rabbit rabbit rabbit

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Woooowwwwwwww.  Can you believe I have lived down here for a year?!  I certainly cant.

These next two months will be interesting as they are the ones I spent in Sarasota last year.  I have a very different September and October planned for this year, although I've learned that anything can happen.

I got a much needed phone call from Eliza this morning that sweetly paralleled my life.  She was bemoaning having just moved in to a new apt and not having anything besides a set of Tervis tumblers. She didn't even realize that I was lost in memories of a year ago when I was in the same boat.  I can't remember how many nights I slept on the leaky air mattress before I finally broke down and bought a bed.

I told Eliza, it takes time but believe it or not you will eventually feel like you've settled in.  A year is both a very long time and a very short time.

Thankfully I still have Barbie to keep me grounded and remind me whats what.  Apparently this month it's all about formal evening Lady Gaga:

I love it, especially her disinterested expression.

The good news is that Ariel and JD are finally coming down to visit this month, the bad news is that it took a year for that to happen.  And don't even get me started on the lack of Meghan in my life.

There's still time though, I signed a 6 month lease so I'm here for at least that much longer.  Hopefully in that time I can get my ducks in a row so I can move out in February to some place a little more comfortable.

Today though, oh today, it's all about the beach.  Too bad you can't join me.