Wow - it's been a long time! I'm not even sure I want to open this whole can of worms, but I thought I'd share the video we made at work today.

We hold a monthly Twitter contests for one of our clients, SmartyPig. If you're looking to save for something, say, a wedding, or a new TV, this is the place. I'm not plugging for them, but genuinely believe in their service.

Back to the main point. The video. Enjoy us being complete nerds (my cohorts are Jason, Cofounder of Room 214,  who is doing the sweet dancing, Wendy, also with some sweet dance moves of her own, Stepan, who is lurking in the corner and James, Cofounder of Room 214,  doing a great job filming): 

Yep, we actually posted that on their blog for all of their customers to see. With that, Happy Halloween!

My Dad is visiting this weekend and I'm looking very forward to it. We're going to the Stanley Hotel for a Ghost Tour on Saturday - SPOOKY, hopefully. I'll have some updates and pics when the weekend is over. I also have a long overdue post going out to one Miss Genevieve!

TTFN

Tags: awesome crap, work, stanley hotel, estes park, ghost tours

Well, you ask and I write. Doug and I are officially engaged! I know everyone wants me to post something about the ring - so here it is!

It's really me, isn't it? I know - I think so too. It's a pink-purple center diamond set in platinum and rose gold. Total carat weight of 3.43. I've heard the saying that it's not really love unless it's 2 carats and I couldn't agree more. The person who came up with that saying is a friggin genius. Pure geniusy. I now know that he loves me 3.43 much. That's a lot.

How much, you say? Well, I'm not sure I really should reveal that, but, oh, fine, make me. A measly $259,999.99 from Costco, if you want to go out and get yourself one of these beauties. However, mine is one of a kind, so good luck finding it. It looks even better in person without the photo-shopped sparkles.

Honestly - if one is going to spend $259,999.99 do you think they're buying it at Costco? Is it really necessary to make you think you're getting a deal by placing the $0.99 on the end? Actually, I can answer my own question: yes - if it were $260,000.00, there is no way in hell you'd catch me wearing that thing.

Now onto the good stuff. Doug proposed to me on my birthday after a great dinner and FABULOUS dessert, I might add (It was a towering bowl of whipped cream, marshmellowy substance of some kind and a bunch of berries. I'm getting hyper and double vision just thinking about it. Um, okay, I shouldn't really think about that again. In fact, I should probably wear a button of some kind that says "Do not feed sugar." Then I could bust out the line "as evidenced by this button").

Back to the good stuff - he proposed to me in our neighborhood park while we were walking Zoe. Here comes the warm fuzzy stuff - it was perfect. Even though it wasn't really a surprise (I was told he was going to do it just hours before), I had butterflies in my stomach and can't remember one word of the wonderful stuff he said while he was down on one knee. Notta one. I think that might mean I love him more than 3.43 much.

Tags: awesome crap, engagement, wedding

Okay, okay - I'm sorry I have to do this, but if there is someone out there who hasn't seen this yet, watch now. You won't regret the 5 minutes you spent doing so. I was starting to like Tina Fey more and more with each episode of 30 Rock, and now I really like her.

Done with my lunch now, so must get back to work. I've done something idiotic and joined a coed soccer league that plays on Wednesday nights. Last game I pulled both of my quad muscles and hobbled around for the next two days on my 'wounded stumps' (Doug's sweet reference to my legs). I'll blog later and let you know what kind of pain I'm in as a result of tonight's game (for your information - I didn't play more than 2 minutes of the game last week - I pulled them before the game even started).

Tags: awesome crap, pop culture

Well - this will be the last post of July and the last post in which you, my readers, try to figure out what I'm quoting in the title. I see all three of you really need to update your Netflix queue to include one of the better shows to hit television since Arrested Development.

That said, I think my top 5 comedies that were/on TV are:

1. Seinfeld
2. Arrested Development
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. The Office
5. Flight of the Conchords (although, 4 and 5 haven't really been on long enough to be able to determine that - but that's the list as of now).
   

We're off to the north woods, John Candy style for the weekend/week. Then we'll hit Mad-town, home of Camp Randall stadium, the stadium with the most envy of the Big House in all the land. Wow - it's almost college football season. Not sure how good the Victors will be this year, that makes me sad. You Badgers fans were hoping for a different kind of wow, weren't you?

Anyway, I've come to learn that my readers need to brush up on their pop culture trivia so I've decided that in August, I'm going to run a little contest - this time, for a prize. Like extreme sports band-aids, a squash from our garden or a Portland Beavers bobblehead from '94. No, I kid, I kid. I think it'll be for a cooler prize than that, like a signed autograph 8x10 glossy, Dolph Lundgren style.

So, for the last week of July, I go away, to the land of no internet and no cell phone reception. I hope to come back a more enlightened being, which will be impossible not to accomplish. Perhaps I'll learn how to levitate.

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye - adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu. Brush up on your pc trivia while I'm gone, will you?!

Oh, and watch this clip:

Tags: awesome crap, tv, pop culture

Crap - my home computer is on the fritz! I went to blog last night because I haven't blogged in forever and couldn't even get the damn thing to start. How annoying.

I have so much to blog about, too - that never happens! My trip back east, my nephews, my surprise at work when I came back from vacation, the community gardens, my upcoming trip to Portland for Jess's bachelorette party (happening tomorrow) and a whole slew of other 'random shit in the city' (that one's for you - and you know who you are).

I can't take time out at work to blog, so I'll update you as soon as my computer is in full swing again (sometime next week, I hope).

In the meantime, I'll leave you with this:

Ha - it's just too good to be true!!

Tags: awesome crap