Ok topic of the day: Drinking and driving. For me this is a huge NO NO. Not only is it stupid to do for your own safety - you could hurt other people - maybe even kill them! It is so dumb yet most people I know either do it or have done it more than once. A friend of mine recently got a DUI and is all of a sudden re-evaluating things in his life. He has to spend a weekend in jail and loses his license. I think people that get DUI and shape up are the lucky ones. What if he had gotten into an accident and killed someone. He would be in jail a lot longer than a weekend. Another friend of a friend rationalizes her daily drunk driving as just "what I do", as if it were like telling bad jokes or eating too much sweets. "Sara, would you like a ride home" - "No thanks, I am going to drive home even though I can't even walk straight because that is what I do". People like that make me question the future of the human race.
But life goes on and people remain idiots and I will keep getting annoyed and waste my time writing about things that will never change...because that is what I do. Peace out.
Movies overload
I just realized yesterday, after watching one of the worst movies ever, that I have seen way too many movies lately. We get free passes all the time to go to the Arena theatre and in between shifts it is so easy to do - even though I should be out riding my bike or something. Anyway - save you some time from watching the bad ones:
Be Cool: should have been called Be Long - with tons of boring musical distractions. Next time just let the Rock and Vince Vaughn do their thing and it will be much better. Grade: O (for oops sorry I fell asleep)
Sin City: Hot young hookers, aging hot guys, and endless amounts of blood and gore. What more can you ask for? Plus Willis got hit by a car walking out of the movie. Grade: H (for hit and run)
Revenge of the Sith: Padme wasn't supposed to die (refer to the original trilogy), Anakin should not kill younglings in the evening when he was fine in the morning, and they seriously killed all of the Jedis (save Yoda and Obi-Wan) in one day? Powerful Jedis, I think not. You disappoint me George. Grade: F (for all the real fans that are weeping)
Bewitched: Will Ferrel is hysterical so I really don't think I will ever hate anything he does. not the greatest movie - but he makes me wish it was cake day - and I had a two story cake, and a leopard with a diamond studded collar. plus compare how he acts when he is "bewitched" and tom cruise on oprah. I think Katie may be a witch herself. Grade: C (for cake day)
Kicking and Screaming: ok I know I am supposed to hate this movie and think it is dumb but I still laughed out loud a ton! Plus those lesbians gave me a great idea.....adopt a little asian kid...they are small and funny and will grow up smart to take care of mommy when she gets old! Grade: D (for "da' Bears")
The Wedding Crashers: this really was the funniest movies I have seen in a really long time. Remind me to never make out with a stranger at a wedding! Grade I (for "I do")
Batman Begins: the best batman ever. I loved the 1st one but I think I liked this one better. It was definately more beleivable - which yeah I know comic books are supposed to be out there. I really didn't like Christian Bale though, I liked the creepy bad guy better. Grade: H (for holy comeback, batman)
The Machinist: ok so got this one because Dawn love Christian Bale now after Batman but this was like if Batman was doing the Lindsey Lohan story. He seriously weighed about 110 lbs and I couldn't focus on the movie because all I wanted to do was feed the poor boy a jelly donut! grade: f (for food: try it sometime)
Urbania: ok so this one ended up being more like gay porn than a real movie. there was some serious guy on guy, girl on guy, and guy on himself action going on. there was also some weird urban legend undertone going on that I didn't get at all. the worst part is that I watched it with Dawn and my grandmother. grade: e (for embarressing)
Dark Water: and finally the movie that made me realize that I was watching too many movies. Everything about this movie sucked - not scary, bad storyline, horrible ending. Grade: I (for I wish I had those 2 hours back)
The Movies of 2005
Be Cool: should have been called Be Long - with tons of boring musical distractions. Next time just let the Rock and Vince Vaughn do their thing and it will be much better. Grade: O (for oops sorry I fell asleep)
Sin City: Hot young hookers, aging hot guys, and endless amounts of blood and gore. What more can you ask for? Plus Willis got hit by a car walking out of the movie. Grade: H (for hit and run)
Revenge of the Sith: Padme wasn't supposed to die (refer to the original trilogy), Anakin should not kill younglings in the evening when he was fine in the morning, and they seriously killed all of the Jedis (save Yoda and Obi-Wan) in one day? Powerful Jedis, I think not. You disappoint me George. Grade: F (for all the real fans that are weeping)
Bewitched: Will Ferrel is hysterical so I really don't think I will ever hate anything he does. not the greatest movie - but he makes me wish it was cake day - and I had a two story cake, and a leopard with a diamond studded collar. plus compare how he acts when he is "bewitched" and tom cruise on oprah. I think Katie may be a witch herself. Grade: C (for cake day)
Kicking and Screaming: ok I know I am supposed to hate this movie and think it is dumb but I still laughed out loud a ton! Plus those lesbians gave me a great idea.....adopt a little asian kid...they are small and funny and will grow up smart to take care of mommy when she gets old! Grade: D (for "da' Bears")
The Wedding Crashers: this really was the funniest movies I have seen in a really long time. Remind me to never make out with a stranger at a wedding! Grade I (for "I do")
Batman Begins: the best batman ever. I loved the 1st one but I think I liked this one better. It was definately more beleivable - which yeah I know comic books are supposed to be out there. I really didn't like Christian Bale though, I liked the creepy bad guy better. Grade: H (for holy comeback, batman)
The Machinist: ok so got this one because Dawn love Christian Bale now after Batman but this was like if Batman was doing the Lindsey Lohan story. He seriously weighed about 110 lbs and I couldn't focus on the movie because all I wanted to do was feed the poor boy a jelly donut! grade: f (for food: try it sometime)
Urbania: ok so this one ended up being more like gay porn than a real movie. there was some serious guy on guy, girl on guy, and guy on himself action going on. there was also some weird urban legend undertone going on that I didn't get at all. the worst part is that I watched it with Dawn and my grandmother. grade: e (for embarressing)
Dark Water: and finally the movie that made me realize that I was watching too many movies. Everything about this movie sucked - not scary, bad storyline, horrible ending. Grade: I (for I wish I had those 2 hours back)
fantasy life
Last night I took my sisters to the Drive-In Movies and we started talking about the new Harry Potter book. It comes out in two weeks and we were debating what we thought was going to happen in the next book. I know I am a huge dork.
- Dumbledore will die (he is the only thing protecting Harry now that Voldemort shares his blood and they have to build suspense for the next book)
- Sirius is not really dead (he fell behind a curtain - nobody knows where it goes but it might not lead to death)
- Ron and Hermione will finally hook up (even though she is way too cute and smart for him)
- The half blood prince is Hagrid or Lupin (both half bloods)
- Snape sacrifices himself to save Harry (or at least proves that he is not a terrible guy)
I love that all of my favorite fantasy books are becoming movies. I rememeber the day I found out they were making the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I figured they would suck but I was still excited they were doing them. Now the Chronicles of Narnia and a remake of Willy Wonka. I just reread the Magicians Nephew (the first chronilogical book in the Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe). The first time I read the series I never noticed the religious undertones and social commentary in the book. It was pretty daft of me since it seems pretty obvious but I was in grade school so I will cut myself some slack.
I think it is funny that people either love or hate fantasy. Just the idea of having good vs. total evil and having a single person being able to change the course of history is amazing. Let alone the magic and strange creatures and just the dramatics of the struggles the characters face. It's these things that always make me think I want to join the Peace Corps and go to a place that is not so controlled by technology and safe and easy on the soul. I feel like I am just going with the flow in life. Don't get me wrong, the flow is great but I would hate to look back on my life when I am 80 and think - I could have been so much more. My grandma always wanted to be a pilot and has never even flown before. What am I going to look back on and regret?
How about some more fun fries, guys?
So after a 5 year hiatus from serving I decide I should make extra money and get a side job waiting tables. This was fine 3 months ago when I was still teaching but now with school out I spend way more time there.
I had watched the South Park episode where the guys go to Raisins and Butters becomes obsessed with the waitress back when it first came out but it didn't really ring true to me until I saw it the other night. If you haven't seen this one it goes something like this:
Back to the South Park comparison:
So I have a couple groups of people that come in on a weekly basis and after watching that episode again I started to pay more attention to how they acted. I talk to my tables a lot but I wouldn't say that I flirt with them. It is more BS'ing than anything. Usually we talk about things like Star Wars or video games or just random things in the news. My regulars I talk to like they are just friends I am hanging out with. Well I noticed that whenever I go to another table to talk to them the guys will look over and it seems like they are listening to everything that I say and it really started to weird me out. It was almost like a boyfriend getting jealous of his girlfriend talking to other guys. They seem like really cool guys and they always ask me to meet up with them after work but it seems a little weird to me.
I mean as a waitress you get asked out a lot but thats what guys do. It's like a macho thing to ask out the waitress. I think I had a total of five numbers given to me on Red, White and Boom night. Do these people think that I would honestly call them up and say "Hey, remember me I brought you a chicken sandwich, wanna see a movie?" Althought there was one guy, who with any luck will come back in to work sometime, who I would have definately gone out with.
Set scene:
Jenni walking towards her table with two glasses in her hands.
Enter super hot guy who looks like Orlando Bloom's slightly older and sexier brother. We'll call him OB.
OB: "Excuse me, may I ask you a question?"
Jenni: (getting ready to point out the way to the bathroom) "sure"
OB: "Are you attached?"
Jenni: (staring at this way out of her league guy and looking around because she must actually physically be attached to something) "What do you mean?"
OB: (looking way cuter than ever with an adorable smile on his face) "Do you have a boyfriend?"
Jenni: (looking around to see the ugly friend he is trying to hook her up with and realizing he is out to dinner with his parents, both of whom are watching with big smiles on their faces) "Yes"
OB: (looking a little suprised and sad): "I see, thank you for letting me down easy."
Jenni: (speechlessly watches her destiny walk away from her)
End scene
Apparently he noticed me singing and playing around (I was in a really good mood that day) and asked his waitress about me. My co-worker not realizing I had gotten back together with my boyfriend briefly had informed said hottie that I was single and getting my Master's in education and that I was very sweet and fun and said that he should ask me out. His parents agreed and rest is history. But seriously, what interest would I have in a mechanical engineer (smart) that like to travel (adventurous) and go camping (fun)? C'est la vie.
I had watched the South Park episode where the guys go to Raisins and Butters becomes obsessed with the waitress back when it first came out but it didn't really ring true to me until I saw it the other night. If you haven't seen this one it goes something like this:
- call the customers by some retarded pet name like cutie or sweetie
- giggle a lot and dance around and act cute
- act like you are so glad to see them because they are so much cooler than everyone else
- touch their arm to up your tip from $5 to $20
Back to the South Park comparison:
So I have a couple groups of people that come in on a weekly basis and after watching that episode again I started to pay more attention to how they acted. I talk to my tables a lot but I wouldn't say that I flirt with them. It is more BS'ing than anything. Usually we talk about things like Star Wars or video games or just random things in the news. My regulars I talk to like they are just friends I am hanging out with. Well I noticed that whenever I go to another table to talk to them the guys will look over and it seems like they are listening to everything that I say and it really started to weird me out. It was almost like a boyfriend getting jealous of his girlfriend talking to other guys. They seem like really cool guys and they always ask me to meet up with them after work but it seems a little weird to me.
I mean as a waitress you get asked out a lot but thats what guys do. It's like a macho thing to ask out the waitress. I think I had a total of five numbers given to me on Red, White and Boom night. Do these people think that I would honestly call them up and say "Hey, remember me I brought you a chicken sandwich, wanna see a movie?" Althought there was one guy, who with any luck will come back in to work sometime, who I would have definately gone out with.
Set scene:
Jenni walking towards her table with two glasses in her hands.
Enter super hot guy who looks like Orlando Bloom's slightly older and sexier brother. We'll call him OB.
OB: "Excuse me, may I ask you a question?"
Jenni: (getting ready to point out the way to the bathroom) "sure"
OB: "Are you attached?"
Jenni: (staring at this way out of her league guy and looking around because she must actually physically be attached to something) "What do you mean?"
OB: (looking way cuter than ever with an adorable smile on his face) "Do you have a boyfriend?"
Jenni: (looking around to see the ugly friend he is trying to hook her up with and realizing he is out to dinner with his parents, both of whom are watching with big smiles on their faces) "Yes"
OB: (looking a little suprised and sad): "I see, thank you for letting me down easy."
Jenni: (speechlessly watches her destiny walk away from her)
End scene
Apparently he noticed me singing and playing around (I was in a really good mood that day) and asked his waitress about me. My co-worker not realizing I had gotten back together with my boyfriend briefly had informed said hottie that I was single and getting my Master's in education and that I was very sweet and fun and said that he should ask me out. His parents agreed and rest is history. But seriously, what interest would I have in a mechanical engineer (smart) that like to travel (adventurous) and go camping (fun)? C'est la vie.
Take Two
So I accidently deleted my first blog, way to go Jenni! So for anyone that did not get to read my last one here is the reader's digest version:
- I am really lazy - need to go out and do more things
- if you order your burger "beef, well done, with American cheese" you may be a redneck
- swimming in freezing cold water is not a good idea
- trail maps are good - lost in the woods is bad
- no electricity = a big pain in the butt
- public service announcement: don't tell your waitress service was great and then tip 8%
I deleted m
y first log because I was trying to figure out how to get this picture into my profile. All I ended up doing was creating a new blog with 800 pictures of myself on accident. I never knew this would be so complicated!
I took this picture because I am getting really bored of my long hair (almost down to my waist again) and I wanted to see what my hair looked like short. Pretty sweet huh?
I went camping and hiking again yesterday with my ex's co-workers girlfriend Andrea. I have never really hung out with her before so I thought it might be a little weird spending all day and night with her but it was fun. We hiked about 8 miles at least, every trail they had there. I have been to Hocking Hills a million times and I have never go
ne to Catwell Cliffs or The Rock House.
This time I only had one brief moment of not knowing where we were at or going so it was an improvement over my last hiking experience with Matt. Of course Andrea didn't strip and swim in ice cold water on our hike so it wasn't quite as entertaining as last time. I did have to hike the whole time in flip flops because my heal is still messed up which totally sucks for traction so I was really lucky I never wiped out majorly and headed over one of the cliffs!
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