Monday morning randomness

Family guy season premier this week was awesome, total knock off of star wars, scene for scene. I suggest you try and download it and watch it. I think my favorite was when Chris (luke) is looking at the two suns and the music is playing in the background and all of a sudden he goes "ladies and gentlemen, John Williams and the london symphony orchestra" and the screen pans left to show the orchestra. Then when the home gets attacked and the aunt and uncle are no more, he is more concerned about john williams b/c that meant we'd have to continue the episode with only danny elfman doing the music.

Also I pretty much rock at fantasy football. I'm 2-1 (the one was a tough loss, which involved me flying before the games so i couldnt change something that should have been changed). Anyway the first week i was the best in the league, and for this week i'm the second best. My co workers were saying i'd suck cuse i'm the girl in the league, but i'm showing them!

also my parents left, but not without taking me to citronelle first. thats prob the best dinner i've had in dc. mmmmm.

call me a safe bet, i'm betting i'm not

sometimes there are weird coincidences in my life. like this week i've mainly been listening to Brand New. A band that i like but hadnt listened to in a couple months, then yesterday I met mike at potbelly's in college park for lunch and there is a dude there playing guitar---only brand new songs...so then i get back in my car and want to hear more and i'm listening to the line "is this how a toy feels when its batteries run dry"...and just as it plays that line my ipod runs out of batteries. FREAKY.

Also last night was fun, my parents and sister are in town so they took me, peter, julie, and jordan to the melting pot! thats seriously one of the best restaurants ever. how can you go wrong with melted cheese and chocolate. seriously.

Today while i'm at work my family is on a segway tour, so if you are in dc and see some people on a segway that look like me feel free to say hi :)

Tommy

Ok so i've spent a good part of my life listening to and enjoying the rock opera that is The Who's Tommy, but i've never seen it. That is untill this week.

You see a couple months back I impulse bought it on ebay--you know how it is, you see something you like, make a bid for it not thinking you'll win, and end up winning and are forced to buy it. (Its ok because I now know I can just get super ebayer Levi to re sell it for me).

Anyway, i was pretty mocked for buying it and was even told it was terrible and i'd hate it. This didnt stop me, i was still determined to watch.

To my surprise it was AWESOME. i mean its a little corny and ridiculous, but really thats what makes it so great.

I've got one question though...how does playing pinball make him a millionaire? If so maybe i should start working on my pinball skills.

also i could do without the sally simpson chapter. that part was totally random and really went no where with the storyline.

so thats what they meant when they told me they had a penthouse suite....

So I took the super shuttle from Dulles to my apt since i got in at 6am which is way too early to make anyone come pick me up. I got to my place and the driver goes

"hey, I know this place! Penthouse has a unit in there. They send the centerfolds there for a little recuperation"
(pause)
"ummmm....are you a playmate?"

signage

At most beach access points there were all sorts of "you're gonna die" warnings....All of which we promptly ignored--well except these two:



Man of war huh??? well I think we all know what that really looks like...if they want to call it man of war fine by me...I guess it works



Sharp Oral? ok ok, i realize this sign was modified by some hawaiian punk who thought it was funny to scratch off the "c"...but at the same time its also a good warning.

Second star to the right and straight on till morning

Well I'm back from Beautiful Maui! It was amazing. I'll post more including photos etc later in the week. usually i dont have a problem with jet lag, but i'm having quite the time adjusting back this time :(

Jessica and Robbie's wedding was incredible. They couldnt have had a more beautiful setting, and the circle of love made for some great pictures.

Surfing was so much fun. I'm thinking about quitting my job and becoming a pro surfer. I think my next stop is the tow in competition this winter at Jaws.

Snorkling I can do without, but it was still cool to see the fish up close (but far enough away so they dont bite me! (i just like swimming in the waves really)

hiking was fun especially since there was a (very cold) fresh water pond at the top to jump in and then hike back in our swim suits.

Sunset atop a dormant volcano was pretty darn cool. Litterally. it was like 40 degrees! the ladies and children sat in the semi heated convertible while watching the stars but poor robbie and levi had to sit outside.

ummmm I'm sure there is a lot more so I'll blog more later :) keep checking back!

Hawaii Bound

After a lovely long weekend I am at work for one day, then ready to head out again for another extended vacation. Ten days in hawaii! Jessica, Robbie, Lindsay, and Ross are already there and me, Leslie, Charlotte, Levi, and family (and extended family) leave tomorrow!

I might be blogging from hawaii if anything awesome happens blog worthy since Leslie will have her laptop and I might start to miss blogging.

I am going to go check into my flight now. If you want to reach me you can still email or call while I'm away, just remember there is a 6 hour time difference :)

Also dont lose faith in my blog, I'll be back on the mainland by sept 17th so come back to my blog then :)