Funniest thing I've ever seen. If only I can see them in person...
If I have a farm when I'm older, I will have a goat farm with just these guys. Everyday would be a good day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg
(I'll get a better link to view the video, but this will do for now.)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Back in the Saddle
Obviously, it's been a long while since I last wrote. Life has been a whirlwind, but I'm back in the saddle again (as Steven Tyler would say.) I won't bore you with the details of life since my last excerpt, but I will let you all know the latest and greatest...
- I live in a great little home in Denver and absolutely love the place. (The same place I posted pics of early on.)
- I finally landed a big girl job back in April - an outstanding company with terrific coworkers, not stressful and no demanding hours. I couldn't ask for more. What do I do? A little difficult to explain (definitely not the quick "I'm in advertising" response that I favored.) I'm an inside sales rep for a software company responsible for its licensing renewals. Huh?...I know, but it was worth a try to explain. The point - I'm happy and for those of you who knew my advertising days, you understand how big that is for me. Cheers to being happy with my job.
That's the big stuff you've missed since my early weeks in Denver. As for making more friends in Denver, I'm no longer befriending the squirrels in the park. I'll leave that up to the homeless crazies who probably put peanut butter on their lips to talk to the squirrels.
Highlights: Film on the Rocks for The Big Lebowski, Wii party with coworkers, hiking in the snow in June and the funniest Apples to Apples game. Inquire about any or all and I will share the entertaining details.
Accidental Denver...
My new favorite store in Denver is Le Equipment in Larimer Square. I stumbled upon it one day when I was roaming around the city during my first solo trip downtown. It's a quaint shop that sells anything wine or drinking-related with a store owner who entertains with stories and recommendations. To top it off, there is a sweet golden retriever who mans the place by laying on the hardwood floors in the most inconvenient spots. His strategic resting gets me everytime and I end up petting him for half the time I'm there. The reason why I love stumbling upon something new in Denver.
Life is good at high altitude and looking forward to what's still to come.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Drag Show...and I'm not talking racing
We had a blast and Chris hung in there like a champ...and actually enjoyed parts of the show. Since it was my first one, I didn't know what to expect. The MC leads with a comedy bit and then introduces each performer. The performer then lip-syncs a song and dances among the crowd. It's all pretty harmless and extremely entertaining, especially when the ladies pick on the straight guys in the audience (which surprisingly there were quite a few of.)
Chris made the wrong decision to take a bathroom break during Miss Nicole Summers's performance (there were two Miss Summers.) She was walking to the back of the crowd when she eyed Chris walking in the front of the stage. Nicole made a beeline for Chris and stood there singing to him...all 6'8" of her. Chris stood there like any straight guy would react and then told her, "I have to pee." That's my man, my very very straight man.
They sang and danced to many of the latest pop songs in various outfits. One performer stood out like no other based on a particular "outfit." The show in general is rated R for the language and content in the comedy bits, but for the special guest, Jennae Burdeaux, it was another story. She came out shaking and dancing to one of my favorite songs, Milkshake (a classic house party song from my freshman year at KU.) The jaw-dropping part was her outfit...if you could call it that. She wore pasties over her non-existent chest and pasties (or maybe just body paint) over her lower regions. All of us girls could not stop staring and trying to figure out..."Where did it all go?" The way she was shaking and dancing around...there was no telling. Chris took the opportunity to order double Jack and cokes until the end of the night. He deserved every shot that night.
At the end of the show, we decided to go to a "straight" bar. Chris was happy. We topped the night off with a few more drinks. Despite a few uncomfortable dancing moments in the show, Chris said he had lots of fun...although he will not be returning anytime soon. I had the best time and I look forward to more entertaining shows at Hamburger Mary's.
Heavenly Daze
I went snowboarding the other weekend with Chris and Nate at Steamboat Springs. I had to try my hand at the sport because snowboarding just looks so cool. I should clarify that snowboarding looks cool when you are good at it. I won't say that I looked like a fish out of water though, because I have to admit that I picked it up pretty quickly. I give a little credit to the beautiful weather and perfect powder conditions.
Excited for another run on the mountain...at least some of us are.
It was absolutely beautiful from the snowstorm just a couple days before.
Chris and I were supposed to meet Nathan at the top of the gondola, but Nate had already taken off on his skis. When we reached the top, there were only blues and blacks down the mountain from there. We picked the blue slope called Heavenly Daze -- it sounded sweet enough. Turns out that "Heavenly" Daze was the slope I pointed out on the Gondola ride up. I believe my words were, "Too bad I don't have my skis because there's no way I'm getting on stuff like that with my feet strapped to this board." Yep, that was my first trail on a snowboard. I actually rode it down pretty well, but got cocky at the end when I was cruising to the bottom. As I threw my hands up in victory for making it down the slope with ease, I caught the front end of my board and landed face first in the snow. Chris could not stop laughing...and honestly, neither could I. Why is it that moments like that never get captured on video?
View from the top of the gondola
Funny moments seemed to occur quite often throughout the day, especially when I had to get off the lifts. I smoothly got off the lift with my first attempt, but two and three were a whole other story. Let's just say that at one point I had to jump off the chair because I waited too long to slide off of it. Then, because of my jumping off stunt, I fell into a heap right in front of the swinging chair. The girl running the lift didn't slow it down so I had to duck from getting clocked in the head with the turning metal bench. I laid there waiting for the chair to pass then struggled to hobble out of the way to the oncoming skiiers. I was a hot mess. Thankfully, I got a good laugh out of all these "incidents."
Strapping in and probably moments before sitting back down again -- haha
The rest of the day my legs grew weary very quick from my lack of experience. Chris was way better this trip than his Copper experience, and cruised with ease (most of the time.) He was patient with me during all my breaks and frustration.
At the end of the day, I healed my wounds (aka exhausted body) with some KFC and a hot tub. Despite the greasy chicken and the soak, my ENTIRE body was numb with soreness the next day. I could not get dressed without grimacing from the pain. Skiing never does this kind of torture to your body. Yea, you may be a little sore in the legs, but never the entire body. Snowboarding is supposed to be a sport, and sports are supposed to be fun...fun is not supposed to cause so much pain.
Despite feeling exhausted and horribly sore from snowboarding, I plan to try it again so I can get better at it. I will always be a skiier though.
Excited for another run on the mountain...at least some of us are.
It was absolutely beautiful from the snowstorm just a couple days before.
Chris and I were supposed to meet Nathan at the top of the gondola, but Nate had already taken off on his skis. When we reached the top, there were only blues and blacks down the mountain from there. We picked the blue slope called Heavenly Daze -- it sounded sweet enough. Turns out that "Heavenly" Daze was the slope I pointed out on the Gondola ride up. I believe my words were, "Too bad I don't have my skis because there's no way I'm getting on stuff like that with my feet strapped to this board." Yep, that was my first trail on a snowboard. I actually rode it down pretty well, but got cocky at the end when I was cruising to the bottom. As I threw my hands up in victory for making it down the slope with ease, I caught the front end of my board and landed face first in the snow. Chris could not stop laughing...and honestly, neither could I. Why is it that moments like that never get captured on video?
View from the top of the gondola
Funny moments seemed to occur quite often throughout the day, especially when I had to get off the lifts. I smoothly got off the lift with my first attempt, but two and three were a whole other story. Let's just say that at one point I had to jump off the chair because I waited too long to slide off of it. Then, because of my jumping off stunt, I fell into a heap right in front of the swinging chair. The girl running the lift didn't slow it down so I had to duck from getting clocked in the head with the turning metal bench. I laid there waiting for the chair to pass then struggled to hobble out of the way to the oncoming skiiers. I was a hot mess. Thankfully, I got a good laugh out of all these "incidents."
Strapping in and probably moments before sitting back down again -- haha
The rest of the day my legs grew weary very quick from my lack of experience. Chris was way better this trip than his Copper experience, and cruised with ease (most of the time.) He was patient with me during all my breaks and frustration.
At the end of the day, I healed my wounds (aka exhausted body) with some KFC and a hot tub. Despite the greasy chicken and the soak, my ENTIRE body was numb with soreness the next day. I could not get dressed without grimacing from the pain. Skiing never does this kind of torture to your body. Yea, you may be a little sore in the legs, but never the entire body. Snowboarding is supposed to be a sport, and sports are supposed to be fun...fun is not supposed to cause so much pain.
Despite feeling exhausted and horribly sore from snowboarding, I plan to try it again so I can get better at it. I will always be a skiier though.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Maverick Survived But Goose Is Dead
In the last 25 years, bird strikes have caused major accidents for five large jetliners in the USA according to the Bird Strike Committee. More than 56,000 bird strikes have occurred in the last seven years. Today, you can add another notch to that list.
As Chris was driving across Kansas on Interstate-70 this morning, he had quite the "goosely" encounter. This is the call I received from Chris today.
"I hit a goose," Chris says.
I respond, "Was it on the road?"
"I hit a flying goose," Chris specifies.
"You hit a flying goose?!"
"Yep."
"Are you okay? Did it hit the windshield?"
"Well, if you were in the passenger side, you would've been front row to it all."
"Did it break the windshield?"
"Nah."
"Oh my God. I can't believe you hit a flying goose."
"Yea, it was pretty awesome," Chris chuckles. "It flew away, but I'm sure it's dead by now."
"Aw, poor thing." I always sympathize with an injured animal.
"There was a semi driving behind me when it happened. He drove up beside my car after I hit it and gave me a thumbs up."
"Glad you were able to impress the truckdriver."
"Yea, I think hitting a flying goose just made my week."
To the Goose who flew into Chris's windshield: I'm sorry you had to get into an accident with such a crappy car, but you should've known to avoid car models named KIA.
As Chris was driving across Kansas on Interstate-70 this morning, he had quite the "goosely" encounter. This is the call I received from Chris today.
"I hit a goose," Chris says.
I respond, "Was it on the road?"
"I hit a flying goose," Chris specifies.
"You hit a flying goose?!"
"Yep."
"Are you okay? Did it hit the windshield?"
"Well, if you were in the passenger side, you would've been front row to it all."
"Did it break the windshield?"
"Nah."
"Oh my God. I can't believe you hit a flying goose."
"Yea, it was pretty awesome," Chris chuckles. "It flew away, but I'm sure it's dead by now."
"Aw, poor thing." I always sympathize with an injured animal.
"There was a semi driving behind me when it happened. He drove up beside my car after I hit it and gave me a thumbs up."
"Glad you were able to impress the truckdriver."
"Yea, I think hitting a flying goose just made my week."
To the Goose who flew into Chris's windshield: I'm sorry you had to get into an accident with such a crappy car, but you should've known to avoid car models named KIA.
"I told him to stay in the V, but does he listen? No."
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Nate's Downtime
My brother has quite the sense of humor, especially when I'm around to provoke the behavior. It's in Nathan's downtime when his creativity gets the best of him.
Here are a few of the greatest hits.
That's my nickname written in paint on his wall before he painted his room.
And my favorite...
March Madness
Things have started to pick up in Denver, hence my lack of blogging for the month of March. Here's a fast forward version of the last month.
My parents visited the last weekend in February. I played host that Friday and showed them around Denver, although I didn't have a good grasp on the city then. We skiied at Winter Park on Saturday which is always a good time.
My parents visited the last weekend in February. I played host that Friday and showed them around Denver, although I didn't have a good grasp on the city then. We skiied at Winter Park on Saturday which is always a good time.
My dad and I on the slopes.
The first weekend in March I flew back to Kansas City to celebrate Chris's birthday, see my girlfriends and attend a KU basketball game. I had the best time and it made me miss all my friends and the familiar atmosphere even more. I also missed all the great KC/Lawrence food - Aixois, Classic Cup, Free State Brewery, Zen Zero and First Watch. I will have to make a special trip back soon to go to Milton's though...and to see my girls again. =)
Beautiful day on the Plaza
SO happy to see my girls!
Since my trip to KC, I've been making more of an effort to give Denver a chance. I am always taking walks around the neighborhoods, visiting Wash Park or Sloan's Lake, hiking and biking with Nate and trying out new places to eat. Last weekend I was invited to dinner and a party with new friends. I had a blast and was able to experience new places in LoDo and Uptown which I hope to frequent more often in the future. The party we went to was actually hosted by a fellow Jayhawk which made it all that more fun. I'm taking mental notes on the great places I'm trying out for my future guests. A few of the places on my list: Heidi's Deli, Dixon's, Steuben's, Hamburger Mary's and Anthony's Pizza. By the time you visit, I'll be able to show you around town like a real local.
That brings me to my latest and very exciting news. Chris and I found a house that we'll be moving into by April. We're renting the main level of the house which has just been remodeled by the architect that owns it. The house is in the Highlands neighborhood just west of it's downtown and blocks from Sloan's Lake. We have a cute little yard and a fabulous deck with a view of Pike's Peak. The landlord is also letting us use his living room furniture which seems brand new. Thank goodness because I tossed my old Goodwill couch and chair before I moved to Denver. It's all too good to be true so I'm still holding my breath until the first night we're sleeping there. I will post more pictures once we move in.
With April fast approaching, I feel that I'm getting more settled into my Denver life. Although I'm still job searching while working at Anthro, I feel all the good things coming our way (to Chris and I.) It's only a matter of time until it all falls into place and I'm enjoying every moment when life here gets a little sweeter. New friends, new home, Chris almost here and spring just around the corner -- I have no complaints, only gratitude.
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