There are a number of things that make me uncomfortable/annoyed. One of those is the wave at a sporting event. Really I don't mind the wave itself. I appreciate the enthusiasm that is represents. However, what I can't stand is the guy who insists that it is his calling in life to start the wave. That guy who insists on yelling at the front of the section to try and get everyone else to participate in this task he has deemed important enough to repeatedly yell at me as if it is my duty as well.
Actually I don't mind the initial attempt, even the second. But please after your second attempt at the wave fails because no one else is into it please stop. I personally think that security should step in after the second attempt.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The price is right
This one wasn't even on my list of things to do this summer. But I got an email about tickets to the show a few weeks ago and thought it'd be cool to win a new car. So I was able to talk Brendan Able into winning some stuff as well and I met him there at 8am at CBS studios. But brendan had to leave before we even got into the studio because the whole process took longer than we had expected. Luckily we made some friends in line so I was able to talk with them after he left. It was pretty cool to see them do the taping. The studio was a lot smaller than I would have predicted. And the whole taping only took about an hour for the episode. It actually seemed like they do a lot of the editing while the taping is happening.
So I had always heard that you need to be very outgoing to be selected for the show. But from what I saw, you have to act like an idiot. I saw adults wearing Hawaiian shirts and acting like 10-year-olds. And the two guys who each made it to show showcase at the end looked like creepers I'm all for feigning excitement for a car, but I couldn't bring myself to be like creepy mc creeperton.
This is a pic of me being excited, but not excited enough to win a car.
So I had always heard that you need to be very outgoing to be selected for the show. But from what I saw, you have to act like an idiot. I saw adults wearing Hawaiian shirts and acting like 10-year-olds. And the two guys who each made it to show showcase at the end looked like creepers I'm all for feigning excitement for a car, but I couldn't bring myself to be like creepy mc creeperton.
This is a pic of me being excited, but not excited enough to win a car.
My last big vacation
That title is actually more depressing than it should be. I am actually really excited about the next four weeks, but it is true that I will very likely never again get this amount of time off of work for vacation.
Given that fact I am going to live it up, like Babe, pig in the city. I've actually been working on a mental list of things I want to do during this time, but now I'm actually putting it in writing so that I can plan this all out. So far this includes:
1. Learn the dance from Napolean Dynamite. Not to perform for anyone necessarily, but just for myself. I realize the danger in this because people often claim I am like the character John Herder portrays in the film, but that's okay.
2. Go golfing, a lot. I already have a list of about 5 different people with whom I need to golf with, and I fully plan on playing with all of them.
3. Go to Tommy Davis's wedding in Hawaii.
4. Do some oil painting. I've found some classes near by, also plan on painting some with glen's girlfriend Kim.
5. Turn up the subwoofer in my car. For years I've used it but had it turned down quite a bit because I felt ridiculous driving around with a super loud bass, but not for now.
6. Try out paddle boarding
Given that fact I am going to live it up, like Babe, pig in the city. I've actually been working on a mental list of things I want to do during this time, but now I'm actually putting it in writing so that I can plan this all out. So far this includes:
1. Learn the dance from Napolean Dynamite. Not to perform for anyone necessarily, but just for myself. I realize the danger in this because people often claim I am like the character John Herder portrays in the film, but that's okay.
2. Go golfing, a lot. I already have a list of about 5 different people with whom I need to golf with, and I fully plan on playing with all of them.
3. Go to Tommy Davis's wedding in Hawaii.
4. Do some oil painting. I've found some classes near by, also plan on painting some with glen's girlfriend Kim.
5. Turn up the subwoofer in my car. For years I've used it but had it turned down quite a bit because I felt ridiculous driving around with a super loud bass, but not for now.
6. Try out paddle boarding
Italy Trip
About 4 weeks ago heather and I went to Italy for about 8 days, and it was awesome. While I'll not write too much on here, I figured I at least had to mention it and throw some pictures on here. We went to Florence, Venice and Rome. I think we liked Venice the most, it was just unlike anything we had ever seen. And we really only had like a day there so we left feeling there could have been more to do. Definitely the coolest thing we did was rent a moped for 24 hours while in Rome. Driving around that city with it's crazy traffic was a lot of fun, and it didn't even scare heather that much. Compared to out London and Paris trip two years ago I definitely didn't feel as lost on this trip as I did on that one. I think that is partially due
to the fact that ordering food at restaurants was not too difficult because we are already familiar with so many Italian foods. And of course there was always pizza to order that I definitely took advantage of.
to the fact that ordering food at restaurants was not too difficult because we are already familiar with so many Italian foods. And of course there was always pizza to order that I definitely took advantage of.
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