would you rather...

would you rather have clay aiken or jessica simpson as a roommate? you have to commit for a year and you have to share a bedroom with him or her. in a one room flat.

when this week is over

it's nice to finally have some moments in the day to process all that's going on this week. painting, closing on a house, parents coming into town to help us move, living in a new house, forking out thousands of dollars, settling in lexington, moving out of the samson house (we'll miss them dearly). God is teaching me much about trusting him with the details here. i was a wreck the past few days thinking that the painting wouldn't be finished by thursday when my folks get here. well, thanks to our lovely friends, it will (more than likely) be finished. why do i fly off the handle when i worry? you'd think the simple solution would be to breathe and pray. if only. but i'll keep working towards holiness. thanks, lovely friends, for all the help that you have given and plan to give us. i hope that ryan and i are people that you can call on to help as well.

by the way, if you'd like to see some funny right-wing banter on will samson's blog check this out. some freakout conservative is having issues with what will's writing about. quite humorous. keep it up, will.

Kelis - Milk Shake

what is a milkshake and why does it bring all the boys to the yard? i've never been to a diner quite like this before. this video is pretty 80's. and pretty narstee.

energy expo

dear lexingtonians...the 2006 green living and energy expo is this weekend at rump (rupp) arena. the website gives times and such. if you are a somewhat earth-conscious homeowner, this is for you. check it out. oh yeah, last year there was a couple who builds hay insulated homes. very cool. if they are around, their pictures of the homes they built are worth a look.

to be an informed consumer

today i went to a couple of shops and started pricing front loader washers and dryers. why a front loader over the conventional top loader? a) saves an average of 20 gallons of water per load b) uses 30-40% less energy c) uses less detergent d) looks cool. as i was looking i realized that it is QUITE a bit cheaper to just purchase the top loader. so, i started thinking more about best use for finances than the conviction to have a greener household. does cheaper ultimately mean better? i guess that's our mentality as americans. the less money we spend on something...the more things we can get with our money. why are there so many walmarts? sam's clubs?

so this is the dilemma. the average price of a front loader is from $600-1000+. the dryers were a bit less. top loaders averaged about $350-500+. i also found out that maytag, GE, and LG appliances are made in Korea. whirlpool, frigidaire, and bosch are made in either the US or Germany.

my pick is the bosch. $799 for the washer. $699 for the dryer. energy use: 165 kWh. water usage per year: 4155 gallons. it also has a good track record for durability. the prices are comparable to the frigidaire and whirlpool.

i did go to a scratch & dent appliance shop, but unfortunately they were mostly GE (quality has gone down). and the price wasn't actually as good as i had originally thought.

all in all, my hope is have a greener home. that might mean spending a little more money up front along with realizing that i don't need to buy something that's cheap just so that we can have lots of "stuff". most of it would probably break quickly anyways. i guess we'll see, huh. i better start pinching pennies.

pimpin video games

do you remember the old atari? man, i loved that thing. best game ever...pitfall. what's your fave?

steve zahn sighting

steve zahn brief bio...movie star (happy, texas; saving silverman; sahara), married j. peterman's (seinfeld) daughter robyn, and lives on a farm near lexington.

while on a walk this morning, laura and i were passing by the sayre school on our way home and saw this muscley, greasy, redneck-looking guy getting out of a huge ass black truck. for some reason, we were both looking at him trying to figure out why this guy looked familiar. well, then it clicked. it was steve zahn. this might be sighting numero tres for me. it always takes me a minute too to figure out who he is, but i always keep staring. what a dork.

deep thought

"one thing kids like is to be tricked. for instance, i was going to take my little nephew to disneyland, but instead i drove him to an old burned-down warehouse. 'oh no', i said, 'disneyland burned down'. he cried and cried, but i think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. i started to drive over to the real disneyland, but it was getting pretty late".

jack handey

living in the ghetto

great article from the onion. a stellar news source. like no other.

don't ask me how i found this

if you know james and anna walsh, you should really check out this photo. someone at the herald-leader took it of those two and seamus waiting in line to get into the legends game where roger clemens was pitching. for some reason the caption needed to let us know that they had gen. admission tickets. i thought they'd have box seats for sure.

walsh link

they are picture number 2. surprisingly enough, i believe that seamus has had a growth spurt since then.

auburn vs. lsu

beside the fact that auburn won this game (whew)...the coolest part of being there was when spirit (the eagle) flew over the stadium before the game. my stepdad and i were in the upper deck, i mean, i was out of breath by the time we arrived at our seats, and the eagle comes from behind where we're sitting and just circles the stadium. so cool. by the way, for folks who are concerned with animal cruelty, the auburn vet school takes in hurt eagles and rehabilitates them. so, war damn eagle.

back on the trolley

for my first blog in over a week, i'm going to suggest five songs that folks should listen to at least once in their lives:

mockingbirdsing-ryan adams
super sexy woman-sufjan stevens
kid A-radiohead
long ride home-patty griffin
sliding down-bela fleck, edgar meyer

feel free to add your own. i'm always in the market for good music.

week of travel

tomorrow i head off for a visit to the beautiful south. or as ryan calls it, "the dirty south". i'll get some beach time and a ticket to the auburn/lsu game. lsu's going down. then, as usual, i'll be more than ready to get back to lexvegas and my hubby. just how it goes.

The Chieftains & Patty Griffin - Whole Heap Of Little Horses

now, here's some real music.

this ain't right

today, while zach was catching some zzzz's, i watched a bit of the view. rosie started today. she took meredith viarra's (that looks too much like viagra) place. she did fine. her normal bit. kind of a camera hog, but i think she's pretty funny.

this is the part that fired me up...they had jessica simpson on as a musical guest. she sang a song from her new cd (which, by the way, got 1/2 a star on a recent review) called "let him fly". stop here. the dixie chicks have already borrowed that song from patty griffin and it was a hit. not to mention, it was actually pretty good. but jessica simpson! no way. how could patty let this happen? she is one of the best female songwriters ever. and this song is jessie's emotional retaliation to her divorce from nick lachey. let him fly? she's the one that broke up with him.

oh yeah, her skirt was so short that she was "accidentally" showing a smidge of her undies when she was interviewed sitting on a couch. this is uncalled for, i tell you.

a visit with the vampire

i've been dreading this day for a week. i had to have some blood drawn. besides the fact that i had to wait almost an hour to see the doctor, it was a good blood sucking. i was nervous b/c the last time i had blood taken (i was 15), i almost passed out at the checkout window. so, this morning, i ate two biscuits (one with egg and cheese and one with syrup) before i went and was fine! praise the maker. i do want to keep this cool blue thing on my arm all day though.

welcome back, college football

this saturday marks the beginning of my favorite season of the year. college football. mainly b/c it marks the beginning of fall (cooler weather, thank god), family get togethers, chili parties, and lazy saturdays. my auburn tigers are ranked in the top ten right now. i don't have my hopes up too high, but it's pretty exciting. this sat. night they play washington state. anyone interested in a chili party?

from the book of common prayer

O God, whose days are numbered without end, and whose mercies cannot be numbered: Make us, we beseech thee, deeply sensible of the shortness and uncertainty of life; and let thy Holy Spirit lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days; that, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience; in the confidence of a certain faith; in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope; in favor with thee our God; and in perfect charity with the world. All which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

pop music

this is my new favorite cheesy song. i allow myself one every once and a while.

mcD's and SUVs

this summer mcdonald's is giving out hummers in their "boy" happy meals. pretty creepy. which is worse...a sketchy ham (or probably dog) burger with sugar coated french fries or encouraging our young ones towards gas guzzling vehicles? i think that the oil companies and arnold swarzennager have something to do with this. also, a clown is kind of a creepy mascot anyways. what ever happened to the hamburglar?

here is a link to letter written by the union of concerned scientists to donald thompson, chief operating officer, asking him to remove the hummers, that you can put your name on and send away. you do have to give them some info, but they'll send some pretty decent emails about the state of our earth.