Super excited about the 2010 Olympics! Here is a little taste of what I am excited about.
http://oran.gs/t8
I missed the opening ceremonies for China, and I dont plan on doing that this year. I will be glued to my TV this weekend, Valentines be damned.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Avatar at IMAX
So far I have seen Avatar twice. The first time I went with Amy while Jeremy was out of town. We saw it in 3-D at the regular theater. When I traveled to Sacramento to be with Jeremy we talked about seeing it. We decided to see it at the IMAX in Salt Lake, at Jordan Crossing. This IMAX is assigned seating, and we purchased our tickets online.
One the day of our movie, we went and were going to our seats. There was a man and his son in our seats and he stated that he purchased the tickets online also, but there was a glitch in the system and it left the seats open, and then we purchased them. He sent us to the manager at the doors. She came up and verified the mistake. She asked if we would be willing to sit in the aisle- on hard backed chairs, and she would give us free passes to come again. We didnt have a choice really, so we took the chairs. Right after we got our chairs the movie started, and the manager didnt come back.
The IMAX has 2 levels, and we purchased tickets on the first row of the second level. We ended up sitting on the bottom level pushed back by the doors. There was about 5 feet in front of us, and then the top row of seats. This meant that we couldnt see the bottom third of the screen.
After the movie we took our glasses outside and inquired about the manager who told us she would give us free tickets. Apparently she had gone home already. So we asked the older gentleman taking the glasses. We told him the situation, and he seemed doubtful. We explained that our seats were double booked, and his response was 'we dont do that'. He was extremely rude and short with us. Of course this made Jeremy angry. He then requested that the manager come out.
It was a different woman then the first woman that we had spoken to. We started to tell her about our situation- about the seats being double booked, and her response was 'I have already been apprised of the situation'. She told us that the tickets were reported lost. I had the tickets and asked how they were reported lost if I had them. She gave me this look. I stared in disbelief, and asked if she was accusing us of lying. That the guy who had the seats reported them stolen and then gave them to us. Jeremy also showed her the automated email that is sent after we purchased the tickets. This showed that we actually purchased tickets for the show. She still held fast to the fact that the seat numbers were not on the email. Even though we had the tickets. After about 5 minutes of us saying, NO that was NOT true, she stated that with our credit card she could check. We followed her to the front kiosk, where she pulled up our order.
10 minutes later she was apologizing. We were right, and were not lying. She gave us vouchers to come back to the theater.
I was really upset by this, b/c we had just come out of a great movie, and all I wanted to do was discuss it with Jeremy. Instead we were accused of lying by the manager. This really overshadowed my feelings on the whole experience. I have also contacted Jordan Commons to discuss this matter, and they have not responded.
I will NEVER go back to Jordan Commons, even with my free vouchers.
One the day of our movie, we went and were going to our seats. There was a man and his son in our seats and he stated that he purchased the tickets online also, but there was a glitch in the system and it left the seats open, and then we purchased them. He sent us to the manager at the doors. She came up and verified the mistake. She asked if we would be willing to sit in the aisle- on hard backed chairs, and she would give us free passes to come again. We didnt have a choice really, so we took the chairs. Right after we got our chairs the movie started, and the manager didnt come back.
The IMAX has 2 levels, and we purchased tickets on the first row of the second level. We ended up sitting on the bottom level pushed back by the doors. There was about 5 feet in front of us, and then the top row of seats. This meant that we couldnt see the bottom third of the screen.
After the movie we took our glasses outside and inquired about the manager who told us she would give us free tickets. Apparently she had gone home already. So we asked the older gentleman taking the glasses. We told him the situation, and he seemed doubtful. We explained that our seats were double booked, and his response was 'we dont do that'. He was extremely rude and short with us. Of course this made Jeremy angry. He then requested that the manager come out.
It was a different woman then the first woman that we had spoken to. We started to tell her about our situation- about the seats being double booked, and her response was 'I have already been apprised of the situation'. She told us that the tickets were reported lost. I had the tickets and asked how they were reported lost if I had them. She gave me this look. I stared in disbelief, and asked if she was accusing us of lying. That the guy who had the seats reported them stolen and then gave them to us. Jeremy also showed her the automated email that is sent after we purchased the tickets. This showed that we actually purchased tickets for the show. She still held fast to the fact that the seat numbers were not on the email. Even though we had the tickets. After about 5 minutes of us saying, NO that was NOT true, she stated that with our credit card she could check. We followed her to the front kiosk, where she pulled up our order.
10 minutes later she was apologizing. We were right, and were not lying. She gave us vouchers to come back to the theater.
I was really upset by this, b/c we had just come out of a great movie, and all I wanted to do was discuss it with Jeremy. Instead we were accused of lying by the manager. This really overshadowed my feelings on the whole experience. I have also contacted Jordan Commons to discuss this matter, and they have not responded.
I will NEVER go back to Jordan Commons, even with my free vouchers.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Adding Julian
So a few short months after getting Mason, Jeremy told me he was interested in getting another dog. We looked at all types of non shedding dogs. Jeremy really liked the poodle mixes- either with a labrador or golden retriever.
First we went to the pound. It was so sad, all of these beautiful, sad animals, who just wanted to be loved. We couldnt take any of them, they all shed. Anything mixed with a poodle was already taken. So we decided to look online in the local classifieds. We found a couple different places, and called on a golden retriever-poodle puppy. I was out with my boss the night that Jeremy went to go check the puppy out. He brought the little boy home, I was so excited. He did tell me that when he got there, the little puppy was living outside, by himself. Inside the house was totally dirty, and smelled like animal urine.
The breeders house was about a 45 minute drive from our house. Jeremy brought the puppy home, and during the drive this little dog threw up at least twice in our car. Jeremy took our friend Dave with him, and Dave got the brunt of the throw up. Once they got home, Jeremy gave this puppy a bath in our sink. He had diarrhea for at least a week. I took him to the vet, who told me he didnt have worms, but was underweight. I assume that this little boy, Julian, was probably the runt. He stayed at the house after his siblings left, and didnt get the training they did, on not peeing where they slept.
It took me longer to potty train him than it did Mason, but it was worth every extra mess. He is a darling dog, and I would never give him up.
I came home, and the puppy was wrapped in a towel, still wet from him bath. Jeremy and I talked in depth about the name we would give this puppy. I wanted to name him Boone, after my favorite Lost character. Jeremy finally convinced me to name him Julian, after the character in Love Me if You Dare, which is one of our favorite French films.
Mason was immediately taken with this little animal. He would play with him, usually start by sitting on him, and then chasing him around the room. At this time Mason was about 35 pounds, and Julian only weighed 8 pounds.
First we went to the pound. It was so sad, all of these beautiful, sad animals, who just wanted to be loved. We couldnt take any of them, they all shed. Anything mixed with a poodle was already taken. So we decided to look online in the local classifieds. We found a couple different places, and called on a golden retriever-poodle puppy. I was out with my boss the night that Jeremy went to go check the puppy out. He brought the little boy home, I was so excited. He did tell me that when he got there, the little puppy was living outside, by himself. Inside the house was totally dirty, and smelled like animal urine.
The breeders house was about a 45 minute drive from our house. Jeremy brought the puppy home, and during the drive this little dog threw up at least twice in our car. Jeremy took our friend Dave with him, and Dave got the brunt of the throw up. Once they got home, Jeremy gave this puppy a bath in our sink. He had diarrhea for at least a week. I took him to the vet, who told me he didnt have worms, but was underweight. I assume that this little boy, Julian, was probably the runt. He stayed at the house after his siblings left, and didnt get the training they did, on not peeing where they slept.
It took me longer to potty train him than it did Mason, but it was worth every extra mess. He is a darling dog, and I would never give him up.
I came home, and the puppy was wrapped in a towel, still wet from him bath. Jeremy and I talked in depth about the name we would give this puppy. I wanted to name him Boone, after my favorite Lost character. Jeremy finally convinced me to name him Julian, after the character in Love Me if You Dare, which is one of our favorite French films.
Mason was immediately taken with this little animal. He would play with him, usually start by sitting on him, and then chasing him around the room. At this time Mason was about 35 pounds, and Julian only weighed 8 pounds.
Julian didn eat well, and he was malnourished. It took a while, but I was able to get him to eat enough to finally outwiegh his brother. When he was little he would cuddle all the time. If you couldnt find him, all you needed to do was look under the blankets around anyone sleeping. He is also very shy. Jeremy would sit and watch basketball, and yell at the screen. Julian would run out of the room, thinking Jeremy was yelling at him. We have worked with him lots to try to build his self esteem.
He is still pretty shy, but takes most of his queues from Mason. So when someone new comes over, he usually will hide with Mason, but really wants to come out and meet them.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
How interesting IS my life?
The reason I created this blog was because of request from my office. I have though about and never created a blog before this for one main reason:
Is my life really interesting enough that people actually want to read about it?
I mean, I live a relatively normal life. I am married, have dogs instead of kids, and I work.
I know that funny things happen in my life, and I have funny stories to tell. But do I want to tell these to potential strangers? Do they want to even know about my inane stories?
While I contemplate this, I will continue to post a commentary on my life...
Is my life really interesting enough that people actually want to read about it?
I mean, I live a relatively normal life. I am married, have dogs instead of kids, and I work.
I know that funny things happen in my life, and I have funny stories to tell. But do I want to tell these to potential strangers? Do they want to even know about my inane stories?
While I contemplate this, I will continue to post a commentary on my life...
Friday, July 17, 2009
New and Improved En-Caustic Art
This week at my art class we started to use different tools to create our pictures. We used the hot plate last week.
When I use the hot plate I put the color that I want down. Typically I would do the main color that I want. With one picture, I put down mostly red, a little orange and some yellow- for the sky. When I wipe it on my paper, I can never seem to get the back and foreground right, so it looks like a sunset. I would try to wipe it again and end up with a mixture of color that isnt close to what I wanted.
This week we started to play around with and iron, yes the type you iron your clothes with. My teacher had a super old school one that didnt have any of the steam holes in it. Another student brought in an iron that had the holes, and we wrapped tin foil over it. In using these irons, I was able to manipulate the wax to do more of what I wanted.
Here are some of the pictures that I have made so far.
First is a landscape scene:
Next is my fortress of solitude:
When I use the iron, I color on the hot iron, and the wax melts. Then I lower my iron like I am going to iron my shirt. In doing this, I am able to see what direction I am moving, and how it looks. I am also able to go over the wax again with the iron and move the wax from one spot to another if I dont like what I have. It mostly gives me the ability to do fore and backgrounds.
When I use the hot plate I put the color that I want down. Typically I would do the main color that I want. With one picture, I put down mostly red, a little orange and some yellow- for the sky. When I wipe it on my paper, I can never seem to get the back and foreground right, so it looks like a sunset. I would try to wipe it again and end up with a mixture of color that isnt close to what I wanted.
This week we started to play around with and iron, yes the type you iron your clothes with. My teacher had a super old school one that didnt have any of the steam holes in it. Another student brought in an iron that had the holes, and we wrapped tin foil over it. In using these irons, I was able to manipulate the wax to do more of what I wanted.
Here are some of the pictures that I have made so far.
First is a landscape scene:
Next is my fortress of solitude:
When I use the iron, I color on the hot iron, and the wax melts. Then I lower my iron like I am going to iron my shirt. In doing this, I am able to see what direction I am moving, and how it looks. I am also able to go over the wax again with the iron and move the wax from one spot to another if I dont like what I have. It mostly gives me the ability to do fore and backgrounds.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Office Prank
For anyone who knows me, knows I love my place of employment. The company I work for is an internet marketing company. We basically do the marketing online for small to medium size businesses. I was recently promoted to the Team Lead position in the Account Management department. The attitude of my company is extremely fun. For example, we recently put up a billboard that states "Your mom uses Billboards". It is pretty awesome.
So last week there was a guy in our office to was moving his desk. As he was walking by Keely saw that he had a huge box full of bubble wrap. She grabbed it and made a beeline for my desk. She came over and asked whose desk we were going to wrap. Karleigh, who sits next to me, Keely and I got to work.
We decided to bubble wrap the desk and effects of Caleb. Caleb is right around 6'6, and we decided that he was a danger to himself being so tall. He needed to have his desk Caleb proofed. We wrapped his chair, the waste basket, and the drawers. Then we got to work on his computer tower, computer screen, mouse, and keyboard. Next was his phone, which he needed to use, so we wrapped the handset separately from the rest of the phone, so he could make calls. We also wrapped all of his awards that he won for his blog, his random bottle of Orange Soda, and Gatorade needed to be wrapped as well. Then was his post it note pad, and his regular notepad, we would have wrapped his pen, but couldnt find any bubble wrap small enough.
Here is the finished product:
Caleb came in to find his desk all wrapped, and he sat that way for at least half the day. Once he unwrapped his desk we had to find someone else to save from themselves...
We chose my boss- he had gone camping for the weekend, and we were worried about his return.
So last week there was a guy in our office to was moving his desk. As he was walking by Keely saw that he had a huge box full of bubble wrap. She grabbed it and made a beeline for my desk. She came over and asked whose desk we were going to wrap. Karleigh, who sits next to me, Keely and I got to work.
We decided to bubble wrap the desk and effects of Caleb. Caleb is right around 6'6, and we decided that he was a danger to himself being so tall. He needed to have his desk Caleb proofed. We wrapped his chair, the waste basket, and the drawers. Then we got to work on his computer tower, computer screen, mouse, and keyboard. Next was his phone, which he needed to use, so we wrapped the handset separately from the rest of the phone, so he could make calls. We also wrapped all of his awards that he won for his blog, his random bottle of Orange Soda, and Gatorade needed to be wrapped as well. Then was his post it note pad, and his regular notepad, we would have wrapped his pen, but couldnt find any bubble wrap small enough.
Here is the finished product:
Caleb came in to find his desk all wrapped, and he sat that way for at least half the day. Once he unwrapped his desk we had to find someone else to save from themselves...
We chose my boss- he had gone camping for the weekend, and we were worried about his return.
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