Hope for the Ordinary

Alright. Alright. I did it. I too got sucked into the "Twilight" series of books by Stephenie Meyer. I stayed up late last night finishing the first book.

I can't help but wonder why the main character, Bella, is so...unendearing. I found myself hoping she would live for the sole purpose that the story could continue. She is constantly described as ordinary and klutz-like. Too much so in my opinion, until I got thinking about it. If she were gorgeously breathtaking as Edward seems to be, we would hate her. The fact that she is so ordinary gives all awkward and drab girls everywhere the hope for an enthralling love. Because heck, your blood might be captivatingly alluring. One can always hope.

Tomatoes = Manna?

The Great Lambini game to visit this weekend! She kindly brought me some fresh Bakersfield grown tomatoes, peppers, and a few other garden items. From the moment the box of veggies entered my grasp, I had visions of heaven's vegetabliest fruit - the tomato - dancing in my head.

Last night I raced home from work and whipped up a nice batch of salsa. Not knowing the heat of the Bakersfield pepper variety that I was given, I cut the tips off of several peppers and had a little taste test. After the first tester, my mouth was on FIRE so much so that I have no idea how hot any other pepper was after that. I carefully removed most of the placenta and seeds and added it to the vat. (It ended up quite delightful.)

Now, it is common knowledge that one should use gloves when working with hot peppers as the peppers contain capsaicinoids, that produce the burning sensation in the mouth (FIRE!), wrecking havoc on your exocrine glands, causing you to leak - tears, runny nose, and sweat. Every few weeks I stick my pepper ridden hands in my eyes to take out my contacts resulting in a nice burning sensation, not only then, but in the morning when I put the contacts back in. I still don't use gloves, but I was told to use Aloe Vera to sooth the pain. I am here to report that Aloe on a cotton ball rubbed on my eyelids did cause relief!

Incredible that you can fight one plant with another one, eh?

If the glue sticks...

Isn't it funny the things you said as a kid? Especially when you fight with words or argue. "No backsies." "blah blah blah...infinity." Do you remember the famous children's adage "I'm rubber and you are glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you."?
Yesterday at work two coworkers were exchanging some words. Then the first apologized to the second for always giving him a hard time. The second responded, "Yeah yeah yeah, don't give me that I'm rubber and your glue bit! You throw some glue at some rubber and you'll see that it sticks!" I laughed for a good five minutes. That is not even the point of the saying.

Tribute to the Olympics

Dear Olympics,

How have you been? Oh, how I have missed you!

Love,
Jay-Dub


Seriously folks, that opening ceremony was nothing short of awesome!


As amazing as the opening ceremony was, I am sure we are in for an equally amazing badminton tournament this year!

Tribute to Sea World

Dear Sea World,

How have you been? Oh, how I have missed you!

Me? How have I been you ask? Same 'ol.

Love,
Jay-dub

It has been a few years since I last went to see Shamu and friends. Not much has changed. Shamu is still a big black and white whale and you still get wet if you sit in the first ten rows.

BELIEVE is the new Shamu show and it was pretty entertaining with the music and the pagan whale worshiping.
No matter what you say, the dolphin show is my favorite. It always will be. It gets me every time and I can still sing the pre-show song. (Don't tempt me..."If your sitt'n in the first ten rows...")





Here is a picture of some Shamu loving fools. (Gail, Me, and Danny - my work mates.)


Yay for Sea World!