Archive for the 'Now I've Seen Everything' Category
When we walked down to the lobby the concierge said “Can I help you ladies?”
I said: “Yes. This might sound strange, but I am looking for the Wienermobile.”
All three of us stifled back some laughter and he said “Actually, I know exactly what you are talking about and it was parked out front earlier.”
I was excited. When I woke up that morning I saw this from my hotel room window.
THE WIENERMOBILE!
I know. It is kind of stupid, but did you know that they don’t just let anybody ride in The Wienermobile? I know this because the commoners who were walking by (and by commoners I mean people who weren’t at my conference) weren’t allowed on. But the wiener lady let Laurie and I get into the giant hot dog!
We’re laughing like that because the wiener lady would not stop saying things like “Does one of you want to sit shot bun?” and “We’re all wieners” and “It is bunderful.”
Really. She did. And she did it deadpan.
And she didn’t stop as we drove around Houston.
To be frank with you it was fairly surreal.
The wiener lady gave me these stickers. That said “I tweeted from the Wienermobile”.
So I did.
And it was good.
When we got back to the hotel we ran into Tanis and took some more pictures because 1) It was a blogging conference and that is what we do and 2) IT WAS THE FUCKING WIENERMOBILE!
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The irony is that neither can read or write very well, but they are already using social media of sorts. They are calling it “Chat Room”. The apples don’t fall very far from the tree.
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1:01 am |
My sister-in-law is getting married in September. She has done me the distinct honor of asking me to be her matron of honor. It is in this capacity (and also due to the fact that we only live about 20 minutes apart form each other) I get to do awesome things like getting to taste different kinds of wedding cake.
Mmmm. Cake.
This is no joke. Some people might think going to the florist and the photographer and helping pick out music and stuff like that is a chore but I honestly enjoy doing that kind of stuff.
I used to work in event planning and I think if it had paid better I wouldn’t haven’t minded staying in that industry.
But that isn’t why I am telling you about this. I am telling you about this because today, while tasting cakes, I saw the most awesome thing I have ever seen.
A Ray Lewis carrot cake.
This is no joke. I saw the picture and I started freaking out. Here is why:
It looks exactly like him!
Fortunately, my mother-in-law, sister-in-law and future brother-in-law are used to me freaking out over stuff like this. I may have taken the wedding planner and the lady who made the cakes slightly off guard.
Kendall (from Kendall’s Cakes who made this cake) asked me if I wanted to keep the copy of the picture. I said yes please and then did what any good blogger would do and said “Can I put this on the internet?”
AND SHE SAID YES!!!
A Ray Lewis carrot cake, and it looks like Ray Lewis. This is a sports bloggers dream come true.
Oh, and I sampled the carrot cake and it was good.
And I don’t even like carrot cake.
Unless it shaped like Ray Lewis.
Evidently.
My birthday is in two weeks. I wonder if she can make one that looks like Warren Sapp?
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4:43 pm |
They’re Here.
Really, they’re back.
And this time they like Beck.
Let me explain.
I had an incident about two years ago when my tv would just turn off all by itself. I blamed paranormal activity (not the movie, but the phenomenon). That all stopped when we got a new tv.
Coincidence? Probably not, but you never know.
Yesterday my computer started playing music when nobody was in the living room.
Honestly, I didn’t think a thing of it. You see, my husband downloaded this ap for his iPhone that makes his cell phone act as a remote for our iTunes. Usually he uses this function either to put on some music while we are having a nice family dinner or to torture me by putting on really shitty music from another room.*
Then I heard Gabe tell the kids “I think Mommy is playing a joke on us with her iPhone”.
But it wasn’t me. I was in the kitchen doing dishes.
It was strange, but I let it go.
Then today I came home from the grocery store to an empty house.
The empty house was listening to Beck.
I know for sure I didn’t leave any music playing when I left the house. In fact, I checked every light, both computers and the coffee pot before I left the house.
What do I make of this?
I figure there are several options:
1) I have a poltergeist.
2) My cats love Beck and figured out how to use iTunes. Apple software is very intuitive.
3) I have a stowaway – possibly hiding in a pile of laundry.
4) There is a disturbance in the force.
5) A glitch in the Matrix?**
6) I accidentally mashed a whole bunch of buttons and set my computer to open iTunes and play something of its choosing at random intervals.
I don’t know. Pick whatever sounds reasonable to you. For now I’m going with the poltergeist.
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