Friday Bits
I guess a little compulsory posting is good for a blog. Look where I went without it! A whole week full of nothing but some crazy bus stories. Haaa, bus stories.
Seriously, the buses here are great for crazy conversations. Maybe even better than in New York. You get some serious crazy in New York, but Denver has a breed of super friendly Crazy that is perfect for listening in on. I also failed to mention my favorite tick of the bus driver's (I have the same one every night, because in Denver? The buses come on a schedule. Like the same bus at the same time on the same route every day. I know, New York, you can reel now). He announces each stop as it comes up, but he first does it seemingly just for himself. That is, he'll announce loudly (to himself), "Next stop, Alameda and Broadway! Transfers available to X and Y buses." then he'll get on the loud speaker and say the same thing. The first few times he did this, I thought maybe he was just forgetting to hit the loud speaker button when he did the announcements and was forced to redo them. But after several trips on the bus, I occurred to me that he just likes to do it. It could be that he's practicing, but there's no hesitation and he's a big friendly guy, so I just think he enjoys saying the stops so much that he's built in an extra little time to say them. What more could you ask for in a bus driver?
We got a takeout menu from a new Thai restaurant and they have a dish called "One Night in Bangkok." It lists "crabs" as an ingredient.
Am I the only person who watches "The Amazing Race"? I think so. My favorite team got the boot last Sunday and I am pretty devastated. I couldn't even tell you their names because the show and all the contestants always refer to the other teams (and themselves) by generalized terms. But I loved the blondes. They were cute, upbeat, completely fierce competitors, and all the other teams hated them. By being the front runners, they became the underdogs, and I was hoping they'd end up taking it all. But instead they got beat out by the worst team ever, a couple who fights the entire time, beat up on each other emotionally, call each other "Babe," constantly, and are generally unpleasant.
Sometimes I think about who I would bring on "The Amazing Race" if I had to choose a partner.* You should think about this, too, because it's not always who would come to mind for other things. J would be great in a lot of situations, and I have a lot of friends with different strengths, but Kelly would be my "Amazing Race" partner. No question. Willow would be my "Supermarket Sweep" partner, though.
Re: ANTM, I would like to quote an email conversation RealGirl and I had when they first released the picture of the final 13 models. RealGirl is very good at predicting:
Me: okay, the one leaning against the sofa to the viewer's right [Melrose] looks the most dramatic to me. The rest look pretty drab. Any predictions for you?RG: Caridee (!?) looks just like first year's runner up whose name I already forget. They'll mention that sometime. Monique (far right) looks like their token ghetto temper girl. Tyra will love Megan's (pixie hair girl) hair and mention Mia Farrow. Jaeda (next to twins) is their token model-who-looks-like-a-man.
I get to see my first roller derby tonight! There's a part of me (the violent, skating part) that thinks I could be a roller derby girl. But then there's a different part (the liking my teeth unchipped part) that says, maybe not.
*I do this constantly, imagining myself in all kinds of unlikely scenarios and then thinking through how I'd handle them. Even bizarre everyday things, like "If I drove a school bus, I'd hand out candy on Halloween."
I totally watch the Amazing Race and I'm behind you 100% on the blondes. I think one of their names was Dustin? I think? Anyway, they were great and people hated them because they were competitive...HELLO, it's a race. I was getting tired of the Cho brothers being all nicey nice and waiting for people...I was like - come on people...there is a like a prize involved! So now I don't know who I am rooting for...def not the couple..did you hear her screaming during the tomato thing? I wanted to throw a tomato at her head after that. Maybe I want Bama to win now..just cause the models are too good looking.
Never seen the Amazing Race, but have always wondered why it always wins the Emmy.
Good job calling Melrose! What's the next reality show we can call? I guess the Idol, but it takes a while to get to the Hollywood crowd.
Did you hear the rumors that Tim Gunn might not be on the next Project Runway!?!?!? Usually they accomodate his schedule, but they might be filming when he's deep into the Parsons semester. Honestly, without Tim Gunn, can they make it work and carry on? I don't think so!
When I was little, I used to wonder who would be my partner if I ever got to be on Double Dare.
liz, we are totally obsessed with TAR. next to idol and LOST it is definitely my favorite show on the tv. i have to disagree about "the blondes" because if i heard them call the bama girls "the sistas" one more time, i was going to pull their bottle-blonde hair. i also thought it was soooo obnoxious of them to ask the gay/not gay model boys if they would be willing to "just trip or something" and let them get to the mat first. GAH, be quiet kandice and dustin!! what kind of names are those?!?
that being said, i don't really like any of the remaining couples. and glad to see the pushover chos gone, too.
but MORE importantly, uh, did you notice phil's, uh, tight pants this week???
i did, then thought it was just me, and then read about it on ew.com the next day. ga-ross.
I think Kelly is the perfect choice for an Amazing Race partner. I'd be good at the climbing and dancing parts, but not the eating gross fish eyes parts. Ew. But Supermarket Sweep? I'd go straight for the ham, baby.
My sister skates for the rocky mountain rollergirls and loves it (http://www.rockymountainrollergirls.com/content/view/67/83/). I think they've already finished their season though, so you wouldn't be able to see them in action until March I think. The rollergirls are the premier league in Denver and are members of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The denver rollerdolls are wannabes. Keep that in mind if you ever get recruited.
Also, the girls wear mouthguards to protect their teeth.
Thanks for the shoutout liz...we'd totally bust up amazing race! Does Willow think I can't dance??? I've got moves!! Jus' kiddin'..you know I loves ya Willow...and I'd eat fish eyes for y'all too!
Gorjus and I like to talk about being on The Amazing Race together because we would fight a lot and that would be entertaining for America. But then we realized that one of us can't swim and the other is afraid of heights. That would be a bad combination for sure.
Hey Liz - the first time when the bus drivers seem to be talking to themselves they're talking into a recorder and then they play it back over the speaker so the 2nd time no one's saying anything.. it took me a while to figure it out..
Heather and I watch Amazing Race. I haven't really rallied behind a team this season like I have in seasons past (like the hippies...how could you not root for them?). I guess I liked the Cho brothers from this season. Of the remaining teams...I really don't know.
Erica: No, I didn't notice the pants! But now I want a picture.
Brion: I don't know, these girls were pretty awesome. I might need me some skates...
Skinnyboy: Really??
liz, i don't have a picture, but from what i can gather on the ew.com message boards, there are pictures out there.
this is the great paragraph from the ew wrapup:
(Quick Phil digression: Did anyone else see what he was wearing in Casablanca? A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh, but what in God's name is in Phil's pants? At first I thought it was the testi-phils making their first cameo of the season, but it looked more like he had a whole codpiece — a Keoghpiece? — on under there. Come on, Phil, I just got HDTV, and I don't need to see every contour of your big Philly!)
I know I'm one to talk but...postie?