Saturday, September 6, 2008

My Favorite (almost) Fall Words:

Animations - football-05


Touchdown Red Raiders!!!




2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders 2-0

Friday, August 29, 2008

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Overwhelmed

On Saturday I went to Target to pick up a few things and walked into an aisle where the parents were with their college age daughter, picking up stuff for her new digs and I was overwhelmed by the memory of doing the same thing with my mom, getting stuff for my new dorm room. It's been 33 years since my first day of college and my memory made me feel like it was just yesterday.

I miss my mom.

Monday, August 18, 2008

Lake Day

Captain Kyle

Saturday Aug 9, 2008 ^^Robbie

A beautiful and relaxing day at the lake, a time to forget all of your cares.

I'm still recovering from the sunburn.

<< Deb

New Delhi Freight Train


This was at a street dance on July 3. The Maines Brothers Band is finishing up their show with 'New Delhi Freight Train' and a really good time was had by all. Steve is on the far left, by the monitor. Kenny is on lead, in the vest. Lloyd is on steel guitar and behind the pole Donny is on the drums. Richard Bowden is on the side playing his fiddle. We can't see Cary Banks or Jerry Brownlow. The original Maines Brothers band. The kids in the black shirts are next generation. What talent.

Speaking of talented next generation, Lloyd's daughter is Natalie Maines, the big mouthed but talented lead singer of the Dixie Chicks. Or as Larry the Cable guy calls her "that little fat chick in the middle".

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Dr McDreamy is a jerk

I really like to Netflix entire seasons of television shows so I can watch without waiting. And I don't have to commit to a show so when it's screwed up by the networks and gone before I know it, I won't have wasted my time. Even without Netflix, I record everything I watch. But Netflix is a very good thing.

That being said, I did not watch Grey's Anatomy from the beginning but now I am speeding through season 2. I really like the medical stuff and most of the relationships and the characters but there are some things that really annoy me. Dr Sheperd aka Dr McDreamy is gorgeous, no doubt, but is a jerk. He picks up a girl in a bar (Meredith) and then finds out she is an intern who will be virtually working for him. Instead of stopping things, he continues the affair even though Meredith faces extra scrutiny from her fellow interns and bosses when they think she'll get special treatment. Then it turns out he's married to Addison. Addison cheated on him and they are separated but it turns out he did not even mention her to Meredith. She shows up at the end of season 1. Meredith is naturally shocked and hurt.

Fast forward (in Netflix-land) to season 2. Addison has asked McDreamy for another chance. He is torn. Addison hurt him but they have history. Should he try again with with his wife of 11 years or go after Meredith? In true 'My Fair Lady' fashion, he decides to have it all his way. He decides to stay with Addison to work on his marriage but doesn't put his heart into it. He talks her into giving up her practice in New York and moving to Seattle so they can work on things. She gives, he takes. Then he moons over Meredith the entire time. He won't tell Addison he doesn't love her but won't let Meredith move on with her life. And Meredith...OMG...what a whiny, selfish bitch. She can't walk away either...she sleeps with everyone along the way all the while bemoaning that she'll be miserable for the rest of her life without McDreamy. She has good friends that love her, a good career and all kinds of opportunity yet without McDreamy her life is over and she's gonna whine into infinity. Bitch.

There are now 4 seasons in the books and is this gonna happen for 2 more years? It was time to move on in season 2.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Movie Innocence

Tonight I watched 2 movies...The Music Man and Walk, Don't Run. These are 60's movies...1962 & 1966 respectively. I've seen both before but could watch both over and over. I have in fact. Both have sweet and innocent love stories, no violence, no blood, no 'f' word. Just good stories that leave you feeling better for having watched them.

The Music Man tells the story of Professor Harold Hill, a con man who goes into Iowa to swindle an entire town by selling them on a boys band, not to be confused with a 'boy band' of the new millennium. His plan is to have the money collected for the instruments and uniforms and be on the last train out of town but he falls for Marian the librarian who sees right through him from day one but later realizes that he has instilled a sense of pride into the town that benefits them all. And he tells Marian's little brother Winthrop that for the first time in his life he got his foot caught in the door. Everything works out, of course, and the 76 trombones go marching down the street. Love it.

One side note, Winthrop is played by cute little Ronny Howard, later little Opie Taylor and bigger Richie Cunningham. I saw an interview that he was pointing out that the camera never showed his feet as he was dancing to 'Gary Indiana'. And once on Happy Days, Marion & Howard came out of 'The Music Man' and she commented on how much Winthrop reminded her of Richie when he was little. Too funny.

Walk, Don't Run was Cary Grant's last movie. Older but still a compete charmer. He is a businessman in Japan during the Olympics who shares an apartment with young and beautiful Samatha Egger. He ends up meeting Jim Hutton the street and bringing him as another roomie at the apartment. He then plays matchmaker for Sam and Jim who are adorable together. Again another happy ending. Just like I like them!! Cary Grant was too adorable. Always