Category: Amuse Me

On Monday, as I drove in to downtown, I noticed that there was a flag man in the parking lot next to Minute Maid Park. This lot is far from any of the downtown office buildings, and there couldn’t have been a game that early in the morning, so it seemed really odd.

Tuesday morning as I drove in, I noticed a police car over by one of the stadium entrances. There seemed to be a line of people there too. Strange – too late in the season for people to be lining up for jobs at the park or something like that. Not that people would line up to work there, but I couldn’t think of a better reason.

Yesterday morning, I finally found out what was going on. It seems that we are one of the cities hosting American Idol tryouts. 1500 tried out, 400 got call backs yesterday, but only a handful will make the final cut.

I don’t know if I could ever do it. Even though the tryouts were only 30 seconds long, it would take me longer than that to get over my nerves, and even then … I couldn’t do it. Doesn’t matter though – I also found out that the tryouts are limited to 18 – 24 year olds. What?! You mean, at almost 34, I can’t be an American Idol? I think that’s just outrageous. Why do they limit it to people so young? Something about that really bothers me, and I can’t quite figure out why…

Every time I see the Pink Hello Kitty Laptop, I wonder if Tom will let Kathy do this to hers. I mean, come one. People get cool cases for their PCs decked out with clear panels and lights, right? So what’s wrong with a Pink Hello Kitty Laptop?

Lately I have had a lot more to say here, but I can still truly relate to this… (Click on image for the full size view.)

Snagged from Su, found online here. I can’t stop giggling.

Speaking of comics, the Houston Chronicle has a Build Your Own Comics Page feature. How cool is that? [via Promo, found by Adam.]

By the way – a new episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is on tonight! 7pm and again at 11pm CST. Come on, you know you want to watch it… I highly recommend it! I can hardly wait!

I just got a spam e-mail with the subject line of “You have been depressed lately!” Uhm, thanks? Do you really think telling me that – with an exclamation point no less – is going to excite me and make me want to buy the junk you’re selling? No. Bye-bye spam.

There is only one thing that would make surfing the WiFi at Starbucks better, and that is if there were footrests at these comfy squishy chairs. That would be a Good Thing(tm).

Speaking of Good Things(tm) – or rather not good things – Martha Stewart Living stock (or was it profits?) are down 86%. Not surprising, but what a change…

I didn’t buy anything at Starbucks because I’m using the WiFi. A guy just walked in with a burger and a coke. Maybe it’s just me, but isn’t that odd? Would you bring outside food here and not buy anything here to go with it? Maybe he works here though and is on his lunch break. Damn, that burger smells good.

Reminds me … I’m kicking the Weight Watchers thing in to high gear again. Points, points and more points. (Or no points, however you want to look at it.) I’m still going to the gym too, but need to do both. I know what I need to do, I have my inspiration people out there, now I just have to do it.

Mmmm… WiFi is a good thing.

There is a part of me that wants to see “Gigli” just for the pure it’s so bad it hurts factor. Fortunately, thanks to George I can wait to see it on HBO – he has summed it up in a fantastic blow-by-blow post. Oh yes, it can’t get any worse than this.

I think that “I’m the sultan of chic, the ruler of cool.” is going to be my line for the rest of the day.