Archive for July, 2007

Self-Jentered

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Did you watch Big Brother last night? How great was it? The houseguests this season are so wickedly awesome, they are making me forget all about my beloved Dr. Will and Janelle.

How much did I love the drinking game Mike and Zach had going on where they drank every time Jen said the word “I”? I loved it too much for words, that’s how much. I was just sitting there dying laughing, much like they did after Jen walked out to the backyard. There were so many other gems from this episode:

  • Finding out that Jen was the only one in the house who voted for Amber. Talk about being out of the loop!
  • Nick trying (and failing) to keep a straight face when Jen was talking to him about who to nominate and she said, “I’m not stupid.” Heh. Heh. Heh!!!
  • MAGNUS AND KRAGNUS!!!!
  • Evil Dick going into the bedroom to tell Jen off, but good.
  • Jen’s nervous little laugh and wave to the camera after Dick told her off.
  • Nick trying to sex up Daniele and Daniele playing hard to get. My word is he hot, though.

The casting people over at CBS did a rip-roaring job this time – major props to them. Loving it.

Driveway Alarms

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Did you hear about the poor Wisconsin State Senator who backed over his granddaughter and killed her last week? So terribly tragic. I can’t imagine what he and the rest of his family are going through right now. I know in my car I have the camera on the back so I can see what’s going on behind me on my dashboard monitor, but not every car is equipped with that. It’s a nice feature, that is for sure.

I was checking out these driveway alarms and thought with a little tweaking, this technology could definitely be put to use to save lives. They’re not currently designed to work in this manner, though. The driveway alarms are designed to signal an alert inside the house when someone approaches the house, whether on foot or in a car, so they are a great tool for letting you know you’ve got visitors. We could have used this yesterday when we were all downstairs playing pool and were expecting visitors. Instead, one of us kept going upstairs to check to see if anyone had arrived yet.

So, while the function these alarms provide out of the box is fantastic, just think of the potential they could hold of alerting you that a small child or animal was crossing your path behind you.

FiOS, Baby!

Monday, July 16th, 2007

We had FiOS installed today and so far, things are looking pretty darn sweet! Yes! We were so sick of Comcast’s cable package; we had nothing but problems with it. I only got to see the set up for a short while on my lunch break, but from what I saw so far, I think I’m officially in love. The menu options to search for and record shows is much more intuitive than what Comcast offered. Rob went through and set up all of our shows to be recorded already and he got our websites on our server up and running, too. Not too shabby. I’m so excited to go home and play with it!

Hawaiian Shirt Gonzo Friday the 13th

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Like that title? I was channeling Wheel of Fortune with a Before & After puzzle. *cough*

So our department has this thing about wearing Hawaiian shirts on Fridays. Not everyone does it, but Rob and a few others are trying to convert everyone in the department over – and eventually they want to have the entire world office following suit. It’s a fun tradition, and I think it’s about to get even more entertaining because Rob said they are now trying to find the most obnoxiously loud patterns possible to wear. I am even getting into the spirit by wearing a shirt with big flowers on it, since I don’t own a typical Hawaiian shirt. I was going to wear some loud pants that are red with white flowers and palms all over them, but when I tried them on this morning I realized they are now too big. Bummer. I even put on matching red underwear. So now my underwear doesn’t match since I’m wearing green/khaki capris.

I was thinking about Hawaiian Shirt Friday, or Gonzo Friday as it is known in these parts, and wondering where that tradition started. I guess I shouldn’t have been too surprised to learn that it originated in Hawaii. In fact, we have Hawaii to thank for casual Fridays! Who knew. The one thing that did surprise me was that this tradition of wearing Aloha shirts (as they’re called in Hawaii) started in the 40′s! That’s a long time ago. Here I thought this was something some radio disc jockeys made up in the 70′s or 80′s.

Today is also Friday the 13th. Cue spooky music. I love Friday the 13th because I was born on Friday, February 13th – it’s a lucky day for me. My mom had twins on Friday the 13th, who put her through hell for many years… I wonder how lucky she considers this day? I’m sure she’s recovered from those years, so hopefully she thinks it’s a great day now, too. I hate all the bad press Friday the 13th gets, and make sure to let everyone know that this is a lucky day, not a bad, evil, scary day. I mean, if I am not proof enough of that, I don’t know what is.

May you enjoy your Hawaiian Shirt Gonzo Friday the 13th!

The Jeninator

Friday, July 13th, 2007

What in the world was up with Julie Chen’s necklace last night? She looked like Betty Rubble wearing Wilma Flintstone’s necklace. Absolutely priceless.

Soooo everyone hates Jen and wants to get her out, but Daniele decided to not stir up the pot when she won the Power of Veto and lo and behold… who wins HoH? JEN! Brilliant!

The cattiness between Carol and Jessica reached its peak last night, and Carol admitted to lying in the house when she said Jessica had changed since high school. She reneged on that real quick and basically said, “She’s the same stuck-up bitch she’s always been.” Which seems to be pretty true. I was surprised that the votes were 10-1 to evict Carol considering how many people were saying they wanted Amber gone when they were in the diary room. I miss the good ole days of Big Brother when the house guests were still naive enough to tell the truth in the diary room sessions. Now everyone’s game is on 24-7.

Oh, and how funny was it when Julie asked Kail about Eric confiding in her (the BS story he made up) and Kail was all, “Yeah, well, I’m the oldest one in the house, so it was just natural that he come talk to me and bow down to my wisdom.” Ha! Guess she bought his story hook, line, and sinker. I wonder how the house guests are going to react once they find out about the America’s Player thing. I still don’t understand the point of it. And if the house guests know there is someone in the house who is America’s Player, wouldn’t they be trying to sniff them out? It seems like it would be a huge disadvantage to be picked for that.

Looking forward to Sunday to see who Jen puts on the block. I think Kail is hoping it’s not her – did you see how she completely embraced Jen when she won? Jen’s face was like, “What are you so happy about, woman?” Heh.