Mustaches are coming back

I saw an article today about how mustaches are coming back.

Then...

I was picking up tax forms for the office and I saw a lady with a FULL mustache!! Not a few hairs, not shaved... She was old, and couldn't see very well so, maybe, she has no close friends to tell her to shave.

It was a shocker.

An ode to Madison

Not the President, not the river, not the city... the car.

I sold my Subaru this week, which was lovingly named Madison. She was a good car. She carried me where I needed to go, didn't give to too many fits, plowed through snow, and provided a nice overnight shelter on more than one occasion. Unfortunately the move to DC was done without her, so I had to sell her.

Her new owners better treat her well, give her some (much needed) love and not have road rage.

On the mall...

While walking with friends today on the mall, a thuggish man walked past wearing a long fur coat and matching fur beret. It of course spurred a rather interesting conversation.

Highlights:

1)Pimp is both a noun and a verb

2)Wearing a fur coat and fur hat, and being male, does not necessarily make a person a pimp. Likewise, a pimp does not necessarily wear a fur coat and fur hat.

3)If the man is wearing items in #2 along with gold chains with money symbols, large diamond earings, and/or a platinum grill, the probablility of such man being a pimp are greatly increased.

4)I should start carrying my camera around.

Flight of the Conchords Ep 3 Think About it

Have you seen these guys?

Resolutions kept, resolutions broken

Last year, determined to make and keep new years resolutions, I wrote them down, put them in my wallet and marched on. The problem is, I can't find the paper. I remember a few goals I set, and a few I accomplished (run a marathon and visit a new and exciting place come to mind). The real question I find myself asking at this time every year, is have I grown at all as a person in the last year? Am I any better? Am I any smarter? Have I picked up any important life lessons?

This year was interesting, before, many of these questions were determined by education in my life. Every year since I was 5, I have been in school for at least part of the year, so the questions were easily answered. Progress was measured by grades completed, classes taken, and subjects learned. This year, growth was definately more personal. These questions I ask are subjective, and what I see as personal growth or moving forward is probably seen to some as a giant fall back. Example: I dropped out of grad school in '06 to become a ski bum in '07.

Well, for the record, yes, to all of the above questions. It wasn't the real job, or the move across the country that did it either. It was the moving forward, accomplishing goals, and having new adventures. Oh, and the people I associated with.

2007 is going to be hard to beat, but somthing tells me, 2008 is going to do it.

Thoughts from an airplane...

I flew home for christmas which was great (another blog about that to follow soon), except I had a really odd return flight. We boarded the plane and were supposed to be ontime but then, the CATERING service was late, then brought the wrong truck to load the plane, then took forever, so by the time we got de-iced, we were taking off two hours late. Yes, we sat in the plane for two hours waiting to fly. I got to BWI at 1:00, and back to my house at 3:30 am. Argh!! So here are my thoughts:

1) Catering?!? Really? All they had on the flight was snacks you had to BUY. Shouldn't we have at least gotten free food?

2) The flight attendant said it would be just a "skulch (sp?) longer" is skulch a word?

3) Will my ipod actually interfere with plane signals during take off and landing? I really question this... and why do your seat backs have to be all the way up? And is it really going to cause an injury if your tray table is down while the plane is taking off? Because, the realist in me is thinking that if I'm in a plane crash my tray table isn't going to cause anymore damage to me than the rest of the plane.

4) Fly out of Reagan, on a different carrier, who gives you free food.

Not quite singing in the rain...

This morning was the first time in the months that I've been here I have truly wanted a car. I do own a car, problem is, it is 2000 miles away. I usually have no problems taking the metro or walking everywhere. This morning though, I woke up a little late for church but with plenty of time to get there. I got ready and walked outside. It was raining. I grabbed my rain jacket and thought it wouldn't be too bad, so off I went. I got to church dripping wet, and a little late. Unfortunately there is no slipping in the back since all the seats were taken except on the front row. I and another late comer walked to the front row. I felt like a mess. Luckily a friend from the ward was kind enough to give me a ride home. I can't decide if it would be wiser to invest in a car, or an umbrella.