So IMDB is one of my favorite things. I find the most bizzare connections, and the most obscure shows that I actually used to watch but forgot about. Anyway, my most recent trip into the film world, started out with a search to figure out what else Monica Potter from Parenthood was in.
Turns out she was in this movie, and then I looked up what the grandma from parenthood was in, and it turns out she was in this movie with this guy. Who also happened to be in one of my favorite childhood trilogies, Not Quite Human. His sister in the movie is a girl named Robin Lively. You may not recognize her, but she was in a movie called Teen Witch, which my roommate and I (mostly me, I'm sure) became obsessed with this summer because of this.
So then I found out that Robin Lively was a half sister of Blake Lively, who was in Gossip Girl and some show about magic pants, weird, but the kicker is, she was in my favorite episode of my favorite show ever. She was in the high school reunion episode of 30 rock, but I didn't even recognize her!! She's the one on the right in the picture. (This is seriously the best episode ever.)
While this was fun for me to discover, the best part about this was that it led to one of the weirdest dreams ever.
Here's the dream:
Somehow I'm hanging out with Robin Lively, and I said, "I was shocked when I found out that you were Kelsey Winthrop in 30 rock." She told me, "That wasn't actually me. I was cast for the role, but then changed my mind which is why it was listed on imdb." "Ok, because I really couldn't believe that was you."
(My dream thoughts are now going to be in italics, as in these are the thoughts I had as the me in my dream.)
"I should tell her that I have 'Top That' on my ipod." "Maybe I shouldn't. She probably gets that all the time."
END OF DREAM.
When I finally remembered this dream and told Kali about it, I realized that she probably doesn't get that all the time. People probably don't even recognize her as the girl from Teen Witch anymore. So now I really wonder what would happen if I told her I had Top That on my ipod. And yes, I actually do have that on my ipod along with this song.
Finally, just to make things clear, that really was her in 30 Rock, and I really am not obsessed with Robin Lively in any way, this was just a weird dream that I blame imdb for. Thanks a lot.
Saturday I'm going to see this lady at a benefit where the dress code is cocktail attire or western formal. I have some fun little cowboy boots now, so I would rather do western formal. When I googled that to find out what the rest of my outfit should look like and I found this.
Last May I made a resolution. I was not going to buy anything that had a sports logo on it for myself for an entire year. 5 months into I think I've done pretty well. I did break down and get a pair of Broncos shorts, but that was more because I wanted long workout shorts with pockets, and they just happened to have the Broncos logo on them. But that's the only thing! Even with Victoria Secret coming out with the PINK Broncos stuff that's pretty cool. Either way, I have too much sports stuff. I realized this at soccer when I was wearing Broncos shorts, a BYU t-shirt, a Coyotes shirt over that, Royals socks, an Avalanche hat, and a nuggets jacket. (That was not a real outfit I wore, but it's been close to that. And for the record I don't really like the Coyotes, but i think it's funny that I have more Coyotes gear than all of my Arizona friends combined.)
How did I get so much stuff? Well, 2 years of working for sports teams who pay you in t-shirts can start quite the collection, but it's also an easy gift to get me. My massive collection of all things orange crush started because of extremely thoughtful people trying to help me replace the loss of my $.37 t-shirt that was ripped in flag football. Let's be honest, anything you get me with my team's logo on it will make me happy. however, with my new resolve I probably should avoid logo-ed gift items as well.
I locked myself out of my car tonight. I blame my pants. I decided to wear my jeans with the short front pockets which my keys don't stay very well in. This hasn't happened in a very long time, and it got me thinking about my old car. Don't get me wrong I LOVE my updated version of the Kia Sportage, including the fact that it's almost paid off and it runs like a champ, but there are many things to be missed about the '96 version I had in college.
Things I miss about the 1996 Kia Sportage
If I locked my keys in the car I could open the back door that was always unlocked and get in.
The latch on the tire required a trick to open so I could leave the back unlocked without worrying
I had to have a tire cover on the back, so I had the sweetest orange crush tire cover ever.
When you turned the heat on it made the car smell like waffle crisp
Manual Transmission
The hockey puck stick shift
Being able to pull into a parking spot and pull the keys out before even coming close to stopping.
Being able to start the car without turning the key if you were parked on a hill or being towed.
The turning radius. I could make a u turn on a one lane street with cars parked on both sides. (This trait is all the more appreciated after driving a '76 F150 with no power steering.)
When the muffler pipe rusted and had a huge hole in it so my car sounded like a motorcycle for about a month.
The hay we could never manage to get out of the pockets behind the front seat. (We have no idea what the last owners used the car for.)
Finally, I miss having the car knowledge necessary to keep that thing running for as long as we did. I almost did enough work on that car to build a whole new one. (All with my dad's help of course.) Having a car that's not ghetto definitely made me lose some of those skills, but we did replace the brakes ourselves on it a couple months ago.
I'm sure through this whole post your wondering who gets a kia, let alone 2? I still love it, and I'll own papa smurf till he dies, but let's just say I will not be getting the 2011 version anytime soon.
I really don't eat success for breakfast. I don't even really eat breakfast. Times are a-changing though.
I've decided to start moving in the direction of success instead of just settling for a pretty sweet life that's about 8 hours a day short of being a retiree. I've decided that part of being successful is to have semi-decent writing skills. Well I don't write a lot, which has led to quite a few grammatical errors in the things I do write. It's gotten so bad that my Taiwanese co-worker who's been in the country all of 5 years makes fun of my English.
So I want to write more. I get a lot of thoughts in my head that I want to hang on to, but there's too much to sort through so I need a place to at least put some of them. So congratulations world, I'm sure you're in for some doosies. I'll also occasionally post accounts of my amazing adventures, from my totally awesome life!
My old blog had some posts that were bothering me, so I decided to start fresh. I may throw a few old posts on here just for fun, but this is about the new me that wants to at least start eating success by the handful in between meals.
I have a new favorite artist, and I'm now inspired to explore the sound options on my $8 keyboard and make an album. 
My favorite is Magna Dance, and even though "Land of Freedom" is on the disc 5 times, it never gets old! 
