Yay, a date!
Adam and I are going on a date on Saturday! We’re going to eat at Moe’s Southwest Grill on the strip, and then we’re going to the Tennessee Theatre to see Monty Python and the Holy Grail on the big screen! Unless we decide to go to the Regal cinema and see something like Juno or Cloverfield instead. We’re still kind of undecided on that. It’ll be a casual, fun date — the best kind. We haven’t gone out to a dinner-and-movie in forever, so I’m pretty excited.
Adam’s birthday is coming up too. I’m going to get him the Terminator movies since all three are on sale on Amazon. I’m also going to try to get my hands on a plush Companion Cube, but they’re selling like crazy ever since Valve put them on the market, so I’m not sure how well I’ll manage that.
I caved and started playing World of Warcraft again. I’ve gotten my human rogue, Adrie, up two levels in the past two days. If you don’t see me around much for a while, my resurfaced WoW addiction would be the reason.
Off to bed with me! Whether I’ll be working tomorrow or not is a toss-up. I haven’t worked in two weeks and they called me to stay home again today. My boss kept apologizing on the phone and she sounded very sincere. I guess they really can’t help it — hotel policies and all. When it’s not busy, they can only have a certain number of people come in. I do need to seriously start pushing for another job, though. I’ve put applications in at a couple of places but didn’t pursue them enough because I kept holding onto the hotel. I need to just let go already and move onto something bigger and better…with more pay. 
Popcorn Popper, oh how I love thee!
Adam and I made an awesome purchase recently:
A West Bend Stir Crazy popcorn popper!
It’s one of the best things we’ve ever bought, honestly. Adam and I eat lots of popcorn. Most nights we’ll watch either a movie or something on TiVo (Mythbusters, Futurama, and Metalocalypse are our current favorites), and we’ll pop some popcorn to go with it. The Stir Crazy popper makes preparing our favorite snack easy and fun (I sound like an infomercial…). You simply pour the oil and kernels onto the popping surface, place the lid over it, and plug it in! It only takes about four minutes spent watching the kernels pop and jump around, and then it’s done. The lid also serves as a bowl, so when it’s finished, you just flip the popper over and voila! — you have a bowl of popcorn.
Nope, I’m not a bit ashamed of my love for this thing.
Solomon Island Leaf Frogs
I have a new favorite animal: the Solomon Island Leaf Frog. Why are they cool? Well, for one, they have leaf-like (leafy?) features, which allows them to camouflage in trees and on forest floors. Any animal that can camouflage is pretty awesome. Secondly, they completely skip the tadpole phase and emerge out of their eggs as tiny, fully-formed frogs. They’re the only frog species that does that. Itty bitty frogs that can hop around on your palm a.k.a “froglets”?! Friggin’ adorable!
A couple of pictures of the frog fully grown:
Thanks to Tad 20D for the photo!
And to see the “froglets”, click here.
By the way… I’m trying to keep this blog going, I really am. I’m just busy with RL stuff, so please bear with me.
