Our Trip to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
We were there from June 20-27, 2005
We went with our good freinds Corey and Sue who have been there many times. They actually got married there in 1998 (same year we got married, but we didn’t know them then) go and they go back every year for their anniversary.
Greg relaxing at Alhambra, which makes really good Chicken Enchiladas. This was Corey’s favorite thing to eat here.
Posted under Random Thoughts
This post was written by Amy on June 28, 2005
So I’m going back for my one last tan before the trip. I asked the woman which bed I should use to get the most for my tanning buck. She said “Definitly the P90.”.
It comes with:
4 levels of facial intensity
3 levels of body intensity
Built in shoulder tanners
Quadruple Breeze Mist
It looks like a spaceship! I hope it doesn’t come with a probe, too.
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This post was written by Amy on June 17, 2005
…and don’t even think about robbing us (I mean, since I don’t know who’s reading this) because there will be a team of security and pet protection experts staying at the house througout our stay.
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This post was written by Amy on June 17, 2005
Many of you were present at one or both of the two shows Terami played at our house and so you know how very fabulous she is. She has a new CD out soon, and this is a little EP to whet your appetite!
This is only available to those on Terami’s mailing list, so join now! You can do so by clicking that banner, it will take you to a sign up page. There are only a limited supply of these, so jump on it!!
Her site is all redesigned (by T herself) and looks amazing…she’s one of those uber-multi-talented people who can do everything AND is gorgeous….kind of makes ya sick, right? But at least we get to know her personally. Maybe some of it will rub off?!
Posted under celebrity news/gossip
This post was written by Amy on June 17, 2005
Well, the Beth show was amazing. Thank you so much to all of you who attended. I’m lucky to have such supportive friends and I appreciate you all.
I’m pretty sure that everyone there is now in love with her regardless of your gender or sexual preference. She’s just that kind of person.
On another not nearly so nice note…we were at the liquor store yesterday picking up some can cozies for the trip and we heard a loud *BANG* and I looked toward the site of the sound and saw some commotion at the doorway. I looked outside and saw booze flying through the air just outside the door. Then outside on the curb was a HUGE man being restrained by a tall, but skinny man. There was broken glass everywhere.
Some yahoo tried to steal two bottles of something and the employees were not having it. The man restraining the criminal was actually a customer but the dude was chased out by at least two store employees. Then one came back in asking for The Cuffs. Someone (another customer) on her cell phone called the cops and the manager cuffed the guy.
Cops came and led the guy to the squad car. I said to the cashier (who was one of the ones who caught the guy) “I would expect this at, like, Hum’s…but here?� and he said, “Oh it happens all the time. But they never get away with it. They have to get through two doors and then they have to outrun ME.�
Quite exciting.
So then we finished our shopping, got our dinner and as we’re driving out of the parking lot I see a beat-to-hell pick up truck leaving the parking lot at the same time as we are. I notice it because it’s pouring, I mean cats and dogs, and the truck has NO back window. So of course, I look in and who’s driving? Oh the booze thief!! They let him go! I suppose it’s because he didn’t get away with anything…but still. The store is still out those two bottles because they broke. I’m quite sure if I tried to pull that crap I’d spend the night in jail. Does anyone out there know why the fucker would be let go? Please enlighten me. It’s pretty infuriating.
We leave for our trip in less than one week (6 days). Excited but nervous as well. But I’ve stocked up on Atavan so I should be OK!
Posted under celebrity news/gossip, happy hour
This post was written by Amy on June 14, 2005
A TV review
Short one, I swear I won’t get all wordy like it did with my last review…
We watched “The Inside� last night.
Eh.
Oh, you want me to be more specific? Well, it’s was OK. Just OK. It was quite gruesome (bloody). The storyline was pretty good, but it was so predictable. I knew exactly what was going to happen. But maybe that’s because I’ve read all the Thomas Harris (Hannibal), Patricia Cornwell, Jeffrey Deaver books. Plus I have watched nearly every episode of CSI (all cities). So it’s kind of hard to a) scare me and b) surprise me.
It was also a little annoying how they have to explain everything for the lay-person. Here’s one exchange that took place in the morgue while two characters are looking over the deceased (paraphrased):
FBI Agent: “What about toxicology?�
Coroner: “Nothing�
FBI Agent: “So there were no drugs in her system.� (thanks! Is THAT what that means?!)
And my favorite one from the same scene:
As the agent is looking at the body’s hands…again paraphrased, but this is damn close:
Agent: “Which hand was dominant?�
Coroner: “She was a southpaw�
Agent: “So left handed.� (Der!!)
So yeah, for someone who has no experience with this type of show/book/story, it was just fine. But then again, why would someone like that watch it?
I figure we’ll give it another week, but only if we think to watch it, it’s not TiVo worthy.
Anyone else catch it? Anyone else agree? Think I’m full of shit? Come on, I can take it. Comment already.
Posted under tv/movies
This post was written by Amy on June 9, 2005
OK so when I have nothing important to say regarding my life, I will now give movie reviews since all we do now is watch movies.
Last night we watched “The Company”. I knew of this movie when it came out. I was mildly interested, but obviously not enough to haul my ass to a movie theater, pay $20, and watch it. Thank goodness.
We bought it because we don’t rent movies anymore. We get charged for late fees when they’re not late, it’s a pain the butt, etc. So we wait until they’re cheap and buy them. “The Company” cost $8.88. Not too bad. Still less than we would have paid to see it in the theater.
The woman at the video store grabbed it and shouted, “Oh my god, this is SUCH a good movie!! I mean, it’s not like a movie-movie, it’s like a GOOD movie!” Well, great! That’s a pretty good review, huh?
In case you are not familiar with the film it centers around a The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and it’s company members. But as far as plot…ummm, if there was one I couldn’t find it. I kept waiting for the story to start. The only time anything “happened” is when one dancer snapped her Achilles tendon. It’s not even like she was the star and the understudy had to go on in her place. Oh no, nothing that dramatic. Nothing that would hint at a plot, no matter how inane or overused.
The credits said the story was written by Neve Campbell and Barbara Turner. I would love to have been in these “writing” sessions.
“Um, OK so how about we open with a dance number”
“Good, good, then we show some of the dancers talking to each other…not about anything in particular, just generally shooting the shit in their underwear. But we don’t let the audience in on what they’re talking about.”
“Yeah, that’s great…then how about another dance number!”
It took two people to write this story.
Now granted the dancing was very nice. There were parts that were very modern and freakish but there was once dance between Neve and her partner that was so beautiful I wept a little.
I guess part of the “story” surrounded a freak of a choreographer trying to put on his ballet that was about some giant blue snake and involved some red monkeys in shaggy outfits and a purple girl with a balloon on her head. Avant weird. Whatever, not enough to keep me interested. Greg said it was like Guffman for the ballet, only the actors/dancers, were actually talented. But even this was not much of a story. The dude wanted to put on his ballet and he did. No problems, no “oh the lead can’t go on at the last minute!” nothing. Eh, who gives a shit?
The head of the ballet played by Malcom McDowall kept getting whisked out of a room by his lackey to tend to something. I kept thinking that we’d find out later that he was dying or losing the company or anything, but nope…nothing. Never explained.
There was also some hint of something about how she used to be with the guy who used to be her partner, but that was only touched upon when she said to him at a party something like, “I didn’t like that I was the last to know about you and Mitsy” (or whatever the hell her name was). That was it. They acted like it would come up again, and it didn’t!
There were lots of moments like this. I’d think, ‘ooh boy here we go! Plot time!’ only to be disappointed when the characters just whispered something to each other and it was…end scene.
Oh wait, one more thing happened…Neve’s character fell during the weird show while wearing the purple outfit with the balloon and she hurt her shoulder. Then her cute chef boyfriend showed up at the show with his hand wrapped up and he muttered something about slipping into the bouillabaisse….and curtain.
Oh my god. It’s worse the more I think about it.
But if you like ballet and modern dance I would recommend seeing it, since the dance numbers really are the whole film. But only if you don’t have to pay for it. Even $8.88. I’m giving my copy to my dance teacher mother at least she can enjoy the dances.
Posted under Drama, Movie Reviews
This post was written by Amy on June 6, 2005
I’ll write more later, but for now:
I was in a hurry when I wrote that, but it’s a really funny article about how the makers of “Riding the Bus with My Sister” want Rosie O’Donnell to be nominated for an Emmy for her role as Beth, the retarded sister. I saw the film, I actually liked it. So sue me. But when you look at Rosie’s part in it away from the plot, it’s pretty funny.
There was a link to a video montage at [THIS SITE] but last time I checked it was down. Give it a shot, it’s funny.
Posted under fun/games, tv/movies
This post was written by Amy on June 4, 2005
We have gotten really hooked on the show, “Dead Like Me� on Showtime. I’m so bummed we didn’t know it existed before we saw the box in the video store. If you’ haven’t seen it yet, get thee to a video store and start watching from episode one. It’s really cool. Website
I took out the Ouija board last night and set it on the table. We’ll see if anything happens. Maybe we’ll sit down and try it out tonight.
I just had to share this: Anne Deming helped me out by reviewing a CD that was sent to me some time ago. I don’t care for blues, so when I get ones that is real bluesy I give them to Anne because she LOVES blues and can write a much better review than I ever could.
This is her latest: Song Inside Me
This post was written by Amy on June 2, 2005