January 23, 2014: Seinfeld Reference #122
I was proofreading some scripts for AX, and the title of one of them was "Write Offs". Of course my first thought goes right to:
Jerry: "You don't even know what a write off is." ...
Kramer: "Well they're the ones writing it off."
January 23, 2014: Seinfeld Reference #123
I recently got my Outlook upgraded from the 2003 version to the 2010 version, and there are so many new features. One of them is the "ribbon" at the top. I was looking at some of the settings and it said "Minimize Ribbon" and "Hide Ribbon". For some reason, the first thing I thought of was when Kramer didn't want to wear the AIDS ribbon, and in my mind as I was reading those settings, I was reading them with the accents of the Puerto Ricans that said "Who? Who doesn't want to wear the ribbon?"
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January 23, 2014
January 16, 2014
Music Ironicness
1. I was leaving work to go home, and the first song that played in the car was Daughtry's "Home", in which the lyrics actually state "I'm going home".
2. Today was a stressful day, and I've got a lot of things I'm worrying and stressing over. One of the songs that played randomly while I was working was The All-American Rejects' song "Why Worry".
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2. Today was a stressful day, and I've got a lot of things I'm worrying and stressing over. One of the songs that played randomly while I was working was The All-American Rejects' song "Why Worry".
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January 9, 2014
Seinfeld Reference #121
Today I read a news headline that read: "Man accused of killing stepfather with 'atomic wedgie'". ATOMIC WEDGIE! No kidding! How ridiculous?! It's sad that someone died, but how can you not think of George getting an atomic wedgie by Mr. Heyman, the gym teacher.
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Music Ironicness
This morning I was in the bathroom getting ready. I hadn't put in my contacts yet, and I was debating if I just wanted to wear my glasses, because the last few days my eyes have really been irritated. As I was thinking, my eyes started burning, as they do sometimes. And as I was thinking to myself "man, my eyes are really burning this morning"...my alarm playing music was playing the song "The Collapse" by Adelitas Way, and in the song there is a line "I want it to break, I want it to burn".
January 8, 2014
Music Ironicness
A couple of strange music things happened yesterday:
1) The random song that was playing was Katy Perry's "Wide Awake". In the song there is a line that goes "...falling from cloud nine". At the time that that line played, I was scrolling through some songs and exactly when she sang "nine" I was looking at the Casey James song "Jealous Guy", that appeared on Season 9 of American Idol (and I have that as the album title). So she was singing "nine" and I was looking at "9" at the same time.
2) 2 random songs happened to play in the same day with the line "shake that thing". I think these 2 songs are the only 2 songs in my 9,000+ song collection with that phrase. The 2 songs couldn't be more different. One is a country song from the movie Country Strong ("Shake That Thing" performed by Gwyneth Paltrow) and the other is from a sort of rock group ("Paris" by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals). Very strange.
1) The random song that was playing was Katy Perry's "Wide Awake". In the song there is a line that goes "...falling from cloud nine". At the time that that line played, I was scrolling through some songs and exactly when she sang "nine" I was looking at the Casey James song "Jealous Guy", that appeared on Season 9 of American Idol (and I have that as the album title). So she was singing "nine" and I was looking at "9" at the same time.
2) 2 random songs happened to play in the same day with the line "shake that thing". I think these 2 songs are the only 2 songs in my 9,000+ song collection with that phrase. The 2 songs couldn't be more different. One is a country song from the movie Country Strong ("Shake That Thing" performed by Gwyneth Paltrow) and the other is from a sort of rock group ("Paris" by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals). Very strange.
December 18, 2013
Twitter Interaction
Shawn Hantz (Russell Hantz's brother and Brandon Hantz's father) really wants to be on Survivor. He tweeted to Jeff Probst that he was ready to go, just say the word. I thought it would be fun to ask him which tribe he thinks he should be on. Next season's theme is Brains, Brawn and Beauties, and each of those is a tribe. I also asked him which tribe he thinks Probst would put him on. Here were his responses:
Seinfeld References #118-120
December 18, 2013: Seinfeld Reference #118
This is a carry-over from yesterday's "Morry" incident. The nickname has really caught on at the office. Yesterday, we had the "Bizarro World" reference. I got to thinking more about it and I guess you could say that Morry Shawolker is my alter-ego. That made me think about when Elaine was called "Susie" by a co-worker and she didn't correct her. Then when "Elaine" did something to make the co-worker, Peggy mad, she couldn't say her name was, so she had to be both Susie and Elaine, and then Susie started getting assignments at work, and she ended up saying that she committed suicide. Well, what if I just started giving some of my workload to Morry! Ha!
Since this nickname has caught on, I posted something on Facebook and said "I always wanted a cool nickname". I was hoping to bait one of my fellow Seinfeld lovers into playing along. Sure enough, Uncle Jim took the bait:
This is a reference to when George wanted the nickname T-Bone. Someone in the office ended up getting the name, and the boss suggested Coco for George instead.
December 18, 2013: Seinfeld Reference #119
Diane was making soup for lunch and as she passed by my desk, she said "I don't have any crackers" and I said "then it's not a meal". Referencing when Bania made Jerry buy him a fancy dinner. He ordered soup and said he'd save the meal for another time. When Jerry complained he said soup wasn't a meal. When he explained this to Elaine, she asked if he crumbled any crackers in it, because that could be considered a meal.
December 18, 2013: Seinfeld Reference #120
Diane was talking about her brother's dog and how he's kind of a wuss, and I said he wouldn't be a very good dog to put in a dog fight unless you want him to "take a dive"...referencing when Kramer had a rooster he called "Little Jerry Seinfeld" that he entered in cock fights. At one point the guy running the fights told him that he needed Little Jerry to take a dive.
This is a carry-over from yesterday's "Morry" incident. The nickname has really caught on at the office. Yesterday, we had the "Bizarro World" reference. I got to thinking more about it and I guess you could say that Morry Shawolker is my alter-ego. That made me think about when Elaine was called "Susie" by a co-worker and she didn't correct her. Then when "Elaine" did something to make the co-worker, Peggy mad, she couldn't say her name was, so she had to be both Susie and Elaine, and then Susie started getting assignments at work, and she ended up saying that she committed suicide. Well, what if I just started giving some of my workload to Morry! Ha!
Since this nickname has caught on, I posted something on Facebook and said "I always wanted a cool nickname". I was hoping to bait one of my fellow Seinfeld lovers into playing along. Sure enough, Uncle Jim took the bait:
This is a reference to when George wanted the nickname T-Bone. Someone in the office ended up getting the name, and the boss suggested Coco for George instead.
December 18, 2013: Seinfeld Reference #119
Diane was making soup for lunch and as she passed by my desk, she said "I don't have any crackers" and I said "then it's not a meal". Referencing when Bania made Jerry buy him a fancy dinner. He ordered soup and said he'd save the meal for another time. When Jerry complained he said soup wasn't a meal. When he explained this to Elaine, she asked if he crumbled any crackers in it, because that could be considered a meal.
December 18, 2013: Seinfeld Reference #120
Diane was talking about her brother's dog and how he's kind of a wuss, and I said he wouldn't be a very good dog to put in a dog fight unless you want him to "take a dive"...referencing when Kramer had a rooster he called "Little Jerry Seinfeld" that he entered in cock fights. At one point the guy running the fights told him that he needed Little Jerry to take a dive.
Music Ironicness: Ben Jelen - Stay
I was reading a tweet on Twitter from Vytas Baskauskas (from Survivor), and he is going to be leading a yoga retreat in Costa Rica. The next song that played randomly was Ben Jelen's "Stay". In this song, he references yoga! I don't know of any other song that has yoga in it. Just another carry-over full moon thing I think.
"She's off to yoga just to clear her head out"
"She's off to yoga just to clear her head out"
December 17, 2013
Seinfeld Reference #117
December 17, 2013: Seinfeld Reference #117
In an earlier post, I showed the weird way that my name was spelled. Uncle Jim of course responds with a great Seinfeld reference. First he said it was the Bizarro World (which was the backwards world where Elaine met opposites of Jerry, Kramer and George).
Then he referenced the Chinese Restaurant when the the host yells out "Cartwright, Cartwright" and no one comes. George was waiting for a call, and he yelled out Cartwright instead of Costanza, therefore making George miss the call.
In an earlier post, I showed the weird way that my name was spelled. Uncle Jim of course responds with a great Seinfeld reference. First he said it was the Bizarro World (which was the backwards world where Elaine met opposites of Jerry, Kramer and George).
Then he referenced the Chinese Restaurant when the the host yells out "Cartwright, Cartwright" and no one comes. George was waiting for a call, and he yelled out Cartwright instead of Costanza, therefore making George miss the call.
My Favorite Photo?
I love to take pictures, and I am always the designated photographer on vacations. I pride myself on being able to capture great moments and frame scenes perfectly. I love taking pictures of nature more than just about anything, especially beautiful skies. Clouds, sunrises, sunsets, etc.
I have taken a lot of great pictures in my time that I'm really proud of. But, few months ago, I captured something I didn't expect, and it has turned into one of my favorite photographs that I've ever taken. For this picture, I was just trying to take a picture of the sun and clouds because it was a beautiful day. When I went back and looked at the pictures I had taken that day, this one immediately stood out. There was something special about it. As I looked at it closer, I realized that the rays of the sun formed what looked like a cross! It was beautiful! Ever since then, I keep coming back to this picture and realizing just how awesome it is. Had I snapped the picture a few seconds earlier or later, or held my phone at a slightly different angle, the picture could have been completely different and just plain ordinary. I love this picture so much that I printed it out and put it in a frame in my living room so I can look at it every day. I look at it as a special message from God.
I have taken a lot of great pictures in my time that I'm really proud of. But, few months ago, I captured something I didn't expect, and it has turned into one of my favorite photographs that I've ever taken. For this picture, I was just trying to take a picture of the sun and clouds because it was a beautiful day. When I went back and looked at the pictures I had taken that day, this one immediately stood out. There was something special about it. As I looked at it closer, I realized that the rays of the sun formed what looked like a cross! It was beautiful! Ever since then, I keep coming back to this picture and realizing just how awesome it is. Had I snapped the picture a few seconds earlier or later, or held my phone at a slightly different angle, the picture could have been completely different and just plain ordinary. I love this picture so much that I printed it out and put it in a frame in my living room so I can look at it every day. I look at it as a special message from God.
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