I will be watching the final episode of Manhattan Love Story today. (I'm glad I remembered my media player. Now I don't have to sit through commercials telling me to buy term life insurance for someone over 60.) A full review will be posted sometime Monday. If I'm not too busy, it'll be up first thing Monday morning. Now I have to figure out what to watch next. I'm not sure I have anything ready! Eep!
Favorite Friday
Yes, it's Friday. Here is a very terrible song with "Friday" as the title. The song is so bad that it will inevitably show up as hold music or ambient music in some franchise soon. I just know it. I'll be standing there, waiting for my french fries when suddenly....."It's Fryday, Fryday." Hey wait....that might be cool. (And yes, her overprocessed voice makes Friday sound like Fryday. There's just a little too much emphasis on the 'i' sound.) Here you go. You tell me what you think:
Collectibles generally aren't worth much
I don't understand why people would buy silver bullion bars or those "collector's" coins you see on TV. You know, the [booming voice]Obama Gold Coin[/booming voice] or whatnot. These things aren't going to go up in value. If they do, they still won't be worth very much because the companies tend to mass produce them. They are a lot like Beanie Babies. (I bought Beanie Babies but I bought them because they were cute, not because I thought I'd make a fortune off them.) I just imagine these people showing up on Hoarders with piles and piles of collectible plates. At least you can snuggle a Beanie Baby!
Dating Site Taglines
I frequently joke with my husband about visiting free online dating websites. With taglines like "It's OK to look," it's just asking for married couples to try to cheat. Though, when I say "Hey Honey! It's OK to look! I'm logging on!"...he replies by tickling me. Ah, I hate being tickled! At least we get some fun out of it. But those sites really should come up with a different tagline. "Using an online dating site doesn't make you a loser!" :)
Acid?
As I was starting off yet another annoying day at work, I came across a link for Acid cigars. I chuckled to myself. Why would a cigar company want to name themselves Acid? Doesn't it sound like something that will kill you? Well, OK, smoking will kill you anyway but acid would kill you quicker if you ingested it! I suppose it's supposed to be edgy and hip. It just comes off as weird. Then again, I'm not into cigar culture. Maybe it's extremely popular and people love them. I just would have picked a different name.
A cute doormat?
We have a huge doormat on the porch of our house. Unfortunately, it's always getting blown all over the place and I hate it. I found these Personal Creations doormats that are so adorable. While my favorite is the one with the little flip-flops, I don't like advertising how many people are in my household. I feel the same way about those stickers people put on the rear windows of their cars. At least there are other cute doormats. I wonder what I can talk my husband into....
Quack Quack
I'm pretty sure everyone has seen the commercials for Aflacs disability insurance with the duck quacking at everyone. In case you didn't realize it (I'm not sure how you couldn't though...), Gilbert Gottfried provided the voice for said duck. He made some tasteless jokes on Twitter about the earthquake in Japan and, as a result, Aflac fired him. I, for one, say "Good job Aflac!" A disaster is not something to joke about - whether it's Japan or New Orleans or anywhere. We should be coming together to help each other, not point and laugh at someone's tragedy. Bad form Mr. Gottfried.
Cars
I had three serpentine belts replaced on my car this past weekend. Shortly before that, the rear brakes on my husband's car started making a squealing/grinding noise. (He calls it grinding; I call it squealing.) So, of course, when I left for work yesterday morning, I hear some squealing from my brakes. Though I'm pretty sure the noise has stopped on my car. Sometimes my car just 'complains' about being woken up in the morning. I believe my husband is taking his car in Thursday morning for a look-over. I'll have to listen to my car more carefully to see if mine needs to go in (again) as well. Blah.
Help Japan
Are you ready to strap on your kamik rain boots and head over to Japan to help? Unless you are trained in disaster recovery, stay at home. You can help out just as much at home. Salon.com has posted a list of ways you can help. In case you don't want to visit their website, here's a small list of places you can help:
Donors who want to give directly to the American Red Cross can do so at its website, or by texting "redcross" to 90999 to make a $10 gift. The organization is assisting the Japanese Red Cross, and providing shelter to those displaced by the tsunami in American regions such as Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest.
Lady Gaga has a "We Pray For Japan" wristband you can buy at her website. 100 percent of proceeds go directly to Japan relief.
Doctors Without Borders is sending teams to the areas that were effected the worst.
Let's show Japan how the world can come together to overcome tragedy.
What a busy weekend!
I'm not sure that my weekend was actually busy but it definitely felt like it! After my normal Zumba class on Saturday, I managed to get a migraine and spent the rest of the day asleep on the couch. Sunday was pretty much filled with laundry and a Zumbathon charity event. All these Zumba events and I'm not even teaching yet! I did get to teach one song in the Saturday class. I was extremely nervous but it went well. I made one little mistake...nothing huge. Now I'm all revved up to get my own class going!