Back With the Good and Not So Good

I haven't written about my likes and dislikes for a long time, but today I am feeling very opinionated (and hungry), so while I eat my lunch, I will serve you some sides:

GOOD:

1) Justin returns from a four night business trip this evening, so I won't have to miss him until next week when he leaves for another three night trip. Speaking of Justin, I never mentioned that he was served a big promotion at work about a month ago. He is the youngest person in the history of his national company to hold the spot (sorry, I won't mention the title or company because he is a little more private than me...no MySpace, no blog). It is a big deal, and I remain proud of him for getting there.

2) The sun is out, the sun is out!

3) My younger sister Lexy and her husband Ben are in town visiting, so we get to hang out. Last night, we went out for my dad and his wife's 23rd anniversary in a loud group of eleven. I enjoyed the chaos and was highly entertained by my younger brother Kyle who sat next to me singing, "I love salad and breadsticks." I am not sure he knew people were listening, but it cracked me up.

4) I applied for, interviewed, and quickly got a job offer for a program manager position at a residential girl's program in Portland...but decided to turn it down. The pay wasn't what I was looking for and I was pretty mixed about heading back into residential, even with the title. So I continue on the application path. That means a little more commuting until further notice.

NOT SO GOOD:

1) Don't ask how, but I suckered myself into watching the final episode of Seventh Heaven. I have only watched this show about two times in ten years, but have some adoration for final episodes. Let me tell you, they have something to celebrate yanking this show. The acting is horrendous! Now, I'll admit that I think it is a good 'family friendly' show, but to cap the series with the announcement from three of their seven kids that they are each pregnant with twins was absolutely idiotic. Only in television.

2) Moving on with television, I have noticed that affairs and divorces are THE thing to have when you are in TV world. I don't want to make TV the scapegoat for people having affairs in the real world, but I can't help but think that tons of people watch Desperate Housewives and shows like Extra and Access Hollywood and think about the exciting prospect of living like these jerks. Can't we just take a bunch of this crap off the air and require people watch more of the educational channels? Maybe people will pay attention. (Oh, and sorry to some of my friends who watch DH...but I just think it is highly over rated.)

3) I need to take a really long vacation to a really far away place. I took a three day weekend last weekend and it just didn't cut it. Hmm, maybe I will work on this one.

4) Some of my friends have decided to skip our ten year reunion. As I presented to Julie...come on, don't you guys want to go with me and make fun of all the guys who still think they are cool because they played football in high school? I am going to start Operation Go to Our Damn Reunion and start pumping up the troops. We only have one more month.

5) Speaking of our ten year reunion, I joined a Yahoo forum a while back that exclusively includes people from my graduating class. I did this so I could keep informed about what was going to be happening at our reunion. Well, some new former classmates have joined and turned it into their personal chat room to talk about warcraft games and write 'lol' and 'winks' back and forth to each other (one of these includes a girl who intentionally filed her nails into sharp razor like talons and clawed her sister's face during high school). Guys, this is what personal email is for...no one wants to read these besides you. Now I will probably get kicked off for bashing the forum, but I just HAD to get that out.

Alright, how about some songs...I am currently into Happier by Guster. Not a new song, but I love it. Out of My Mind by James Blunt and Boston by Augustana also get my vote.