March 24, 2006
Let's say that I've started and then gotten distracted from writing this post for so long that it originally began "I go back to work tomorrow!" (Which means I started it on the 14th!) Procrastinate much there, Crystal?
So, yes, work started again on the 15th. I've really only had half a hotel to work with most of this time, though, because some crazy storms came through about a week before we opened, and the huge hail took out every single window screen on one side of the building, plus broke a few windows. We've got most of them fixed now, though- thankfully!
I was just browsing through the reservations for the next 7 days to see how busy things would be, and I came across one that’s under the name “Bsahlshkash Ejkfsfdg”. I’m pretty sure I made this one yesterday when I was training someone new, to show her how to make a reservation, but I thought I deleted it. The actual funny part is that the girl who works mornings has added a note to the reservation, which asks “Is this a real reservation?” I now totally want to pay one of my friends to show up that day and say that their name is Ms. Ejkfsfdg.
Driving past IMAX on the way home the other night, I saw that they’re now playing Narnia on the big screen at 8pm. However, the only night I have off that I could go would be Sunday, which would mean I’d have to miss Grey’s Anatomy to see it! Worth it? Not sure.
I’m actually sore from dance class for the first time in months, and I have no idea why! We didn't do anything harder than usual, so it makes no sense! Very odd. I think we're finally going to learn the rest of the choreography we've been working on soon, which makes me very happy, because I love it and I'll be happy when we can finally perform it (or at least have it feel complete!) Probably won't get to do it for an audience for a while though- the soonest upcoming performance we had planned was an artfest, but the coordinaters have decided they only want one one middle eastern dance performance this year. How screwed up is that? Are they limiting other kinds of dance, too, or just us? Makes me grumpy.
I got a message a while back from the author of the upcoming "Scrapbooker's Guide to WDW" asking if she could use some of my photos in the book. She's requested about 30 of them, but I won't know for a while which ones are going in. Anyway, when it comes out, I'll tell you so that you can all look for it at your bookstores just to see my name in the photo credits!
I had to take Tallulah to the vet this week- I found some weird lumps on her rear end that I didn't remember seeing before, and it got me worried. Luckily it turned out to just be fat (she sooo needs to lose weight!), but she did enjoy her trip. You know how most cats hide when the vet comes in the room? Lula ran up to him and snuggled him. She licked his hand as he listened to her heart. He seemed enchanted by this. Must be a nice change from the cats that hiss and scratch while he examines!
Given that I’m back at work, that means I’m back to having way much time to sit around and watch TV and read (especially since our internet isn’t working- boooo!). I was flipping through the April issue of Cosmo, and only got a few paragraphs into a Lindsey Lohan interview before I saw something that surprised me. Then something else, then another, until I was at the interview, holding my head from how stupid she sounded. I used to like her when she was little, but oh man, listen to some of this stuff!
Cosmo’s Question- “Would you ever do a nude scene?”
Lindsey- “I’m okay with being topless in front of people, but I’m not sure I’d want to do it onscreen. If it’s a role that’s going to win me an Oscar, it would be different.”
That’s right, kids! You should totally change what you feel about a subject if there are fame and glory at stake! Note that she doesn’t say “if I felt it really added to the movie”, or “that the emotion of the moment just wouldn’t be the same without it”, or anything that actually pertains to the film- only what she can get out of it. And not only being Oscar-nominated, so not if it was a role that was acclaimed and respected, but a role that would WIN the Oscar. Oh yeah, and this is just the beginning!
Cosmo’s Question- Then why did you write songs about him (her father) on your album?
LL- …I felt it was a good message for young girls who look u to me. I want to show that no one’s perfect. I may be on the red carpet in my fuckin’ coture dress, but I still have problems.
Oh yeah, Lindsey, way to set that example for all those kids looking up to you. And man, I always thought that coture = no problems! Carson Cressley has led me so astray!
Cosmo’s Question- So many young stars are getting married and having children. Do you think you will?
LL- Marriage is a big deal, but who’s to say I’m not going to pull a Vegas and get married, just to get married and see what it’s like for a minute?
…. I… Oh man, where do I even start here? Well, first of all, getting married in Vegas “for a minute” is not only another great message to those girls looking up to you, but it will totally show you what being married is like! (Am I the only one that can’t wait to see what happens when she does this and forgets the prenup?)
Cosmo’s Question- Did you feel pressure to get really skinny?
LL- I felt like I had to maintain keeping the weight off because being skinny was a fad.
“because being skinny was a fad.” Hey, kids! If something is a fad, go for it! Follow it! Who cares if it’s a serious health risk? You know, I hear cocaine is the big fad now, so you should all do it! You must obey the fad!!
Cosmo’s Question- Your boobs got smaller when you lost wait, and the breast implant rumors stopped. Was that a relief?
LL- People must have felt like such idiots, right? I hope people felt stupid. I was a D; now I’m a C.
Okay, first of all, If those aren’t implants, I’d kinda like to know Lindsey’s secret here. Whenever I lose weight, it seems like my boobs get smaller before anything else. You can seriously get down to crazy bone skinny and still be a C? Seriously? And did nobody just wonder if she got the big implants replaced with smaller ones? I don’t even know what to say about the “I hope people felt stupid.” Lindsey, if you’d like a better answer to this question? Try something along the lines of “I wish people didn’t focus on discussing actresses bodies more than their work, but people are always going to talk, you can’t let it affect you too much. But yes, it was a relief to have that particular rumor squashed, since people aren’t always going to just believe it when I say a rumor is false.”
Something like that? Or at least something a little less “people suck and I hope they die!”
(I won’t get into the other question where she talks about how she wants to get into a “crazy workout phase”)
Cosmo’s Question: “My favorite body part is:”
LL- My boobs. They say it gets me work.”
I don’t think I even need to comment anymore.
I may or may not have squealed with delight. Then she said one of her characters was a dancer, and I decided that I loved her. (Plus, her character had some seriously cool hair, so cool that I almost want a human char. now just so I can have that hair.)
THEN she arrives at the airport with this really long cardboard box, and I thought "No! She didn't! It's too good to be true!" I bet you anything she had a lightsaber in that box, but if she did, they never showed it. Maybe next week?
On a totally unrelated note, Santino is having a yard sale this weekend, and I seriously wish I could be in L.A. just to go. Seriously, how cool would a Santino yard sale be??
If you've read my MySpace journal lately, you know that I went to Target and got a snow cone machine! (And tomorrow is Snow Cone Saturday at work, if you want to drop by! Snow cones for all!) It is seriously the best $20 I've spent in a very long time.
On my Target trip, I also bought the following:
*a block of cheese
*ritz crackers
*bottled Starbucks frappuccino
*Cadbury eggs
Now that I think about it, I could probably survive quite happily on just those four items for a very long time.
(Is this post long enough? My internet at home was out for a while, so I just kept adding notes to my word file. Sorry!)
The company that makes my snow cone machine, Back to Basics, pretty much rules. They also make this combination toaster/egg cooker:
So now I am going to post this, just so that I don't have to go back and change the date to April or something when I forget about it, and don't remember to post it for another week!
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