Everyone and their family seems to have gone to see their parents or in-laws this weekend. Which under normal circumstances for us, is a great thing (we're hanging out at the in-law's house right now) but this weekend. Not so good.
I can't use my new phone here. I have no cell reception, WLAN access is sketchy and I've got a new phone I am desperate to test. Life is so unfair...
Happy 4th of July to all Americans.
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Why am I writing cryptic? Because the best hubby in the world bought me a smartphone. If I could actually contain my excitement I would write more or post a picture…but I can’t. I tried but failed miserably. Sigh
ADD – talk to you later peeps.
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Those Kiwis sure are a relaxed bunch. I guess that’s what living down under does for you but on to the topic du jour.
You know how stressful flying is nowadays? When your butt has finally made it aboard the aircraft, you just want to sit back and relax, read the paper or sleep.
It’s got to be quite frustrating for the aircraft’s crew to stand there, doing their safety demonstration or showing the safety video with nobody watching.
Air New Zealand released a new in-flight safety video that is truly something else and is certain to generate more views. The video features employees dressed in nothing but body painted uniforms and some strategically placed props but see for yourself.
P.S. I can’t stop laughing about that blonde male flight attendant’s smile. He reminds me of Kermit the frog.
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………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………While this hippo in South Africa went into the pool to cool down, it got itself stuck in a water tower. Don’t worry, it was rescued and is fine.
The hippo however has nothing on this Dude, who went into the water the cool down…
Don’t worry, he was rescued and is fine. LOL
Sometimes life just grabs you by the balls…
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I just learned that the hubby, who was responsible to rsvp-ing our attendance to his friend’s 30th birthday party, forgot to let him know that we would like to avail of the special rate they would get at a cute little hotel that is literally next door to their apartment.
A lovely hotel it was too. The hubby couldn’t care less. He despises hotel stays. He’s away on business a lot. Spending evening after evening alone in a business hotel, in rooms without a lot of convenience and that probably all look the same, isn’t his idea of fun. For me a hotel stay is an indulgence. Something you do only on special occasions.
Now I wasn’t particularly looking forward to the party. Not because I don’t like my hubby’s friends. Quite the opposite, they are lovely people. It is the fact that I will be at a party where I will know absolutely noone apart from the hubby and the other couple. So I was looking forward to spend a lovely night at the hotel, enjoy the brunch, enjoy the jacuzzi…
After a lot of nagging the hubby finally called today but we learned that the hotel was booked out. I don’t know about you but when I had something in mind and suddenly the plan changes it ticks me off. So I was tempted to go all nasty on my better half’s ass. Then thought better of it and let it go…
Am I not flexible enough? I have never been a big fan of spontaneous decisions. Is that so terrible?
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You know how it is. Every so often you will encounter people in your life that will simply rub you the wrong way. At first you try to ignore it (not them) but as they settle in nicely, their habit become more annoying.
Currently I am irked by:
Mr. IknoweverythingevenifIdontbutmustcommentanyway. It can’t be easy leading life as a person that knows everyone and everything and has to comment on every little detail and be it the most minor detail.
Unfortunately these people have another trait which forces enables them to talk incessantly. All the time. ALL OF THE DAMN TIME. Even when nobody pays attention to them. They talk. To no one in particular mind you. They don’t even seem expect a response. It is driving me insane.
I do not care what you had for lunch, nor that you think you need to look up a site on the web or that you need to call your mechanic. I don’t care what you need to do next or how you’re going to do it. All I know is that I want you to shut up. Shut up, shut up, shut the f**k up.
Seriously I remember when I was on a commuter train having a talk with my friend, a complete stranger felt the urge to voice his opinion even though it was none of his business. I mean heck, it wasn’t a very private talk and we weren’t speaking very loudly. Dude, if I had wanted your opinion I would have asked for it.
Anyway Mr. Icantshutmyfreakingtrap is getting on my nerves.
Is there no way to politely tell them that we need not know their every thought? Does that annoy you too and what do you do when you encounter a person like that?
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You may remember this actor’s tragic death by swine flu.
All you can do is to prevent an infection with the nasty and potentially life threatening virus.
How – I hear you ask? That’s how:
Seriously, that totally cracked me up though I feel really bad for piglet.
Is it weird that I am concerned about contracting swine flu when flying to the US next month? Even before SARS, avian flu and swine flu I wasn’t too fond of sitting in a huge tin can with about 300 fellow sufferers passengers. There always seems to be a nasty bug that I pick up. Aircrafts are just gross.
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I’m finally able to blog about something that happened to me last week. It is not so much the fact that it was embarrassing that kept me from blogging about it but rather the fact that every time I remembered it I had to cringe and then started to giggle uncontrollably. My husband hasn’t had it easy with me over the last few days.
So on Thursday last week we had a friend, who also works for the same company but in another town, come and stay with us and I made my famous Spaghetti Bolognese. I use a ton of onions, garlic and root veggies for the recipe, which makes it oh so delicious.
Dinner went over very well with the men. Only the next day I was suffering the after effects of that very dinner. I couldn’t very well let one rip in work as there’s just no privacy anywhere.
As I was suffering through my workday I couldn’t wait to finally have some privacy. I headed towards the parking garage. As I sat in my car, windows up, radio on I made sure noone was around to witness me very (un)ladylike letting one rip. Seriously I was on the verge of exploding so a little relief was needed.
As I turn on my car I see our friend in the rear-view mirror walking out of the building. He spots me and comes over to my car. I was getting really nervous, hoping he would settle for a little wave good-bye but he was having none of it. He gestured me to roll down my window but I was hesitant so he just opened the passenger door and stuck his head in. I almost died of shame and felt very much like the female character in the infamous commercial below.
Luckily our friend did not twitch nor did he bat an eye but I was soooooo very embarrassed. When I came home I told my husband about it and couldn’t stop laughing.
So there you go. Pretty close but not exactly another toilet story :)
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Funny how time flies. I look at my blog and oops it’s been a while since I last blogged and before that it’s been even longer. Lately I haven’t been in the mood to blog but I also cannot bring myself to call it quits. Not that I have ever blogged about something of note here but I do like to keep it as a place to come for a good rant or other random shit.
In other random thoughts: only two more months until we get to enjoy the first aisles full of Christmas shit in the supermarket. I can’t wait really. Soon we’ll be able to buy that stuff all year and ruin the Christmas spirit early on and then it’s too late because we didn’t nip things in the bud.
Happy for all the new parents in my circle of friends but I’m begging you – no more stories about poop, diaper rash, baby food, sleep deprivation etc. during lunch. I am simply NOT interested.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and I thought about my copy cat friend and decided to let things go. Doesn’t she deserve the same happiness than me? It took me three months to come to this conclusion but feel all the more happy about it.
I had a ton of fun creating a mini-playmobil-me:
Have a go at it yourself here and share your mini versions with me.
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Used the long weekend for a little visit to Prague. It was pretty.
Pretty awesome, pretty sunny, pretty hot and pretty crowed but nonetheless pretty.
We were lucky to have friends who showed us around. Czech is a pretty tough language :)
I want to go back. Probably not during tourist season but I want to go and look at all the sights again without the masses rolling through the streets.
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