Simpsons @ MindSay

FOX just had "Stark Raving Dad", one of THE best Simpsons episodes EVER on.

I know, I know, everyone is kind of sick of all the focus that's been placed on Michael Jackson since he passed away.  I don't spend a lot of time with media, so I think I'm less sick of it than most others, (I also don't think I really believe that he's gone) but ... it was absolutely perfect.  I call my best friend Lisa EVERY YEAR on her birthday, and sing, "Lisa it's your birthday ... happy birthday Lisa" thanks to this episode.  Find a way to watch it if you've never seen it. 

Sidenote, the All-Star line-ups have been put up, and I am SOOOOOOOOO excited for the game!  I loooove baseball.  Why is Ted Lilly the only Cub on the team, though?  The NL is stupid, this is proof, but I am excited to see D. Wright, Yadi, and Zimmerman get to play.  I am an AL girl all the way, and am super excited to see our finest kick NL ass AGAIN for home-field advantage, but this is the one time of the year I'm supposed to be able to see everyone at once.  Game is going to kick ass.

On a more unrelated thought, I need new music.  Preferably, music that one can work up a nice sweat to.  I am someone who needs a lot of motivational noise to keep running/ellipticalling when working out. 
All suggestions welcome :)

Ever wonder how you'd look as a 'Simpsons' character? No, not Jessica, or O.J. I mean the other Simpsons - Homer, Bart et al.

 

Well there's a website that will tell you - www.simpsonizeme.com

 

To make this more fun for you all, I've done one of myself:

 

 

 

Jelli Simpsonized!

The past few days have been great.  Wednesday afternoon, my sister arrived, and we had our usual great time together.  Thursday, we did some sightseeing.  I took her to the Jelly Belly factory; she enjoyed that.  Friday we just hung out around here.  I took her to the office and introduced her to most of the folks I work with.  We went to see The Simpsons Movie.  Her idea.  It was okay.  I like The Simpsons, but had no pressing desire to see the movie.  Saturday, rather than put her on an airplane at the buttcrack of dawn, I drove her down to Orange County.  We were able to spend several more hours together (on her birthday, no less). 

I was hoping she'd be done with her work last night in time to go see Shannon Curtis in concert in Costa Mesa, but she wasn't.  So I went alone.  Shannon was surprised to see me, of course.  It was nice to see her and to hang out with her boyfriend, Jaime, for a time.

This morning, I said goodbye to sis and drove back up to Sacramento.  It's always a bummer saying goodbye to her.  Wish we didn't live on opposite sides of the country.

On the drive down, along I-5 in California's "lovely" Central Valley, we passed by lots of vineyards.  Some of them have strips of some reflective material (I'm guessing mylar) hanging throughout, for the purpose of scaring away birds.  As we came upon the first such vineyard, my sister pointed at the flashing glints.

"They must make sparkling wine from those."

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And people wonder why I have such a weird sense of humor.

i saw the simpsons movie yesterday. it was funny. not as funny as i'd expected. and the first thing that happened was that Green Day died. great way to keep me watching. (not) whatever. i watched the whole thing anyway. it actually moved pretty fast. i don't remember being too bored.

 

'kay. i'm going to my friend Sarah's house tomorrow. that should be fun. i'm nervous that my brother will break my guitar while i'm gone cuz he likes to use my stuff without asking. he's such an ass. he stole the reciept for my guitar, probably for drug money. anyway, i stole it back. he also stole some of my CDs that i have yet to recover: 3 cheers for sweet revenge, nimrod, guns 'n roses greatest hits, rock against bush, and one cold night. he probably sold them. he'll pay if he did. he's a loser. if i kill myself, you'll all know who to blame. not that i'm going to, of course ;)