Krazy 4 Webkinz
Posted by: Liz | From: March 27, 2007
I made good on my promise to make Mike and Willow come to the Geeks Who Drink pub quiz while they were in town and it completely paid off. We teamed up with a couple other super trivia-smart friends and we were un.stoppable. Seriously, the competition was fierce because there had been a month-long competition going, where the teams with the most cumulative points for March would win a snowboard, so everyone was in prime shape. But everything went our way: we got double points on a cover song round, we knew our South American countries, we were able to correctly distinguish which celebrities appeared on the Surreal Life and which appeared on Dancing with the Stars. My crowning moment was when I was able to answer that canola oil comes from rapeseed oil. (In college I had a fight with a crazy roommate who insisted that canola oil was bad because it was derived from a poisonous source and I told her she was nuts. There might be other reasons not to eat canola oil, but thinking it is poison is not one of them.) We only really bombed the South Park round, because we just don't watch enough South Park to distinguish characters' voices (and anyway, many of the voices are kinda the same). In any case, Krazy 4 Webkinz rocked the house. And now we have a $25 gift certificate for more drinking. I sense a vicious circle starting...
Remember my secret restaurant evaluation job? I just got assigned a fancy hotel evaluation in town and I'm psyched. I think the evaluation process is a little more intense, but it also comes with required room service, morning coffee reception, and afternoon wine reception. I also see that the hotel also offers IN-ROOM SPA SERVICES, and I'm praying to the gods of luxury and restricted budgets that they ask me to evaluate something of the facial/massage/manicure variety. Because if there's anything I enjoy more than being paid to lounge in giant beds eating croissants, it's being paid to lounge in giant beds eating croissants while getting a pedicure. Sometimes my life is so hard.
Willow and Mike leave town today and I'm sad to see them leave. I think they fit in just fine here and when they're sick of boring old Portland, I hope they keep Denver open as an option. We had big plans to hit up Casa Bonita (missing Skinnyboy by a day!) but due to waylaid plans, we had to miss out. I do believe Willow and Mike are planning on going today at lunch, and I can only wish them many cliff divers and exciting cave adventures. Also, after checking out Skinnyboy's pictures, I called Willow to remind her not to get the cheese enchilada, because they are apparently made with nacho cheese. Stick with the bucket of Coronas, dudes.
It's true, you would have rounded out the team perfectly. We would have been even MORE winning!
I don't think they'll move to Denver. But a girl can dream, can't she?
Posted by: Liz at March 27, 2007 10:42 AM
Oh, the hotel thing sounds so fun! You must hint to your employer how *important* it is to test the spa facilities.
Posted by: Real Girl at March 27, 2007 11:35 AM
Sweeeet. I'm totally doing a hotel one when things calm down for me. That one sounds good -- I'm scared of the ones that require one or more sit down meals. Too. much. work.
Posted by: beth at March 27, 2007 12:47 PM
No, Mike can't move to Denver, because apparently nobody likes the internet there. It's a dealbreaker.
Posted by: freddy at March 28, 2007 2:38 PM
p.s. Rapeseed oil -- good one! Nobody ever believes me on that. Have you ever seen fields of ... what, rapeseed? rape? rape plants? rape flowers? it all sounds awful. Anyway, the fields are BEAUTIFUL when all the brilliant yellow blooms are out at once.
Posted by: freddy at March 28, 2007 2:42 PM
Man oh man, we had a great time in Denver! We are not planning on moving, I'm sad to say, but we did enjoy Casa Bonita. Not the food part. The other parts.
Posted by: willow at March 28, 2007 6:09 PM
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Liz,
I totally could have helped out on the South Park voices round! Damn.
Really, are Mike and Willow thinking about moving to Denver, cause seriously how freaking awesome would that be.
K
Posted by: Krista at March 27, 2007 10:38 AM