:: Mindrella's Life ::

:: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 ::

Ten on Tuesday!

It's been a while but here's my latest Ten on Tuesday in no particular order.

Ten Great Commercials:

1. 24 Hour Fitness with Lance Armstrong.
2. Wells Fargo commercial with the Christmas Tree on the stagecoach - it always makes me teary eyed.
3. The "In the Jungle The Might Jungle" Advantage Flea commercial with the cat in the garden and the singing dog/pidgeons.
4. The GE commercial with the elephant dancing to "Singing in the Rain".
5. Any of the Citi consumer fraud commercials - especially the one with the man in the trailer home with valley girl voice talking about the leather bustier that lifts and separates.
6. The Stay in School commercial where the old guy is asking girls to the prom. Hysterical!
7. Any of the old Morris/Nine Lives commercials.
8. The Mountain Dew commercial with the guy and the big horn sheep.
9. Any of the old commercials with Rodney Allen Ripey (yes, I am dating myself)
10. A Japanese commercial for soap (I think) but it was a line of school boys sitting in a public bath and one of them farts. I just remember laughing so hard I snorted the first time I saw it.

Runners Up:

Where's the Beef!?
The flea commercial with the singing puppy at camp ("Hello Mudder - Hello Father")
Pepsi commercial with the goose and the the guy free falling
The Mountain Dew commercial where the guy chases the cheetah and then pulls the can of Mountain Dew out of its mouth.

Of course there's probably a million others but of course you can never think of them when you need to.

:: Melinda 9:00 PM [+]

I did it!

I fixed my comments all by myself. Okay so it may not seem like that big a deal to all my 2.87 readers but they're all computer whizzes and I'm not so I'm going to brag a little.

On another note, I'm home nursing a sore back. Oh the trials of trying to get back into shape.

So since it's been forever and a day since I've updated this thing and since my last post was pretty much a cry of vengence with a machete in my hand - this is what's been happening in my life.

The Tour:

I've pretty much been glued to the television in July watching Lance win his 7th and final Tour de France although with all that has happened and all the history in the making the thing that sticks out in my mind the most from this particular Tour?

Dave Zabriskie sleeps in the buff.

I know - you can't take me anywhere.

Roommate Update, Chapter 3336 (okay not really but it sure as hell feels like it):

We're at an amicable standoff or, if you like, a sort of armed neutrality. I've gone above and beyond what a normal roommate should go through (more on that later) so now it basically boils down to this - she's there until (1) I can't handle living with her anymore or (2) I find another roommate - a situation she is fully aware of. So I've decided for the moment not to spill her dirty laundry (pun intended) but that could change - it all depends on her. Hence the armed neutrality. And to answer the burning question in everyone's mind -- yes I am a difficult person to live with although in this case, for once, I have every reason to gripe.

Family:

Immediate: Are a pain. Well not all. Mainly just my mom. We've never been close and the past couple of years, especially the last 8-9 months have been particularly trying and decisions had to be made and - to put in a nutshell - I'm not a very popular family member right now. Every family has a black sheep. My mom was one and so am I. To quote a popular phrase - "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

Extended: Are not a pain. Maybe because I've handpicked them? Not sure. Although I almost lost my "adoptive" grandfather. He's fine now, a little slower and can't walk without his cart and/or walker but he survived and is literally a "walking miracle." All I can say is that my heart stopped when I got the call from the hospital. My oldest nephew is also starting kindergarten this fall and the youngest is celebrating his first birthday/baptism on August 5.

Skating:

They changed the Sunday practice times from 11:45 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. back to 7:00 a.m. And I've been once. I didn't survive. In gaining the extra 35-40 pounds after my surgery my feet also got bigger (makes sense) so now my skates don't fit. Which sucks! And don't even get me started on the skinsuit. Just visualize a neon blue and yellow hippo on skates stumbling across the ice and you'll get a pretty good idea of how I look in it. I don't say this to be negative. I'm just being truthful. Besides, that doesn't fit right now either. Give me another month or two.

Has anyone seen my resolve/willpower/determination out there? I've put it down somewhere and I can't remember where.

Miscellaneous BS:

Project T is coming along. A big shout out to Aquaman for all his help (and to Christine who brought us together). You are the best! I just sank roughly $500 into my car but now it runs great and should (knock on wood) last me another year. I joined Netflix so if anyone has any good, offbeat movie suggestions for me I'll gladly take them. I recently went to San Diego's Comic Con and had fun. Actually, I had a lot of fun. A post will be forthcoming. I never thought of myself as a comic geek but there was a lot there to keep me busy. I just have four words after my day there - Tim Burton's Corpse Bride! September 23rd. I can't wait! And yes, I joined the fan site too. In other news, I was a victim of fraud. Someone got a hold of my Visa debit card and charged a couple of hotel rooms on it. Someone claiming to be my boyfriend. Someone named Pete. Sigh. At least it's taken care of. I have my suspicions on how it happened but it's over and done now and it's time for me to move on. Oh and to answer Molly's question - "Slutrella" was a nickname given to me by an old boyfriend when I was in my 20's. He used it as a spin off of another nickname I had (Mindrella) that another friend had given me. So there's your answer.

Well that's about it for now.

:: Melinda 9:22 PM [+]