Me and some of "the girls" in Colorado

Here are some pics from my recent trip to Colorado. More pics and related blog postings are coming soon.

I think this one should be my new facebook pic

Cousin Darla on Rye and Nikki on Cowboy

Celebrity Sighting

At the airport in Denver, Nikki and I were in the same terminal with Shawn Johnson, Olympic gymnast and recent winner of DWTS (sorry - I still think Gilles was robbed). Mark was disappointed that we didn't congratulate her on her dancing victory, but I believe that just because someone is famous doesn't give me the right to invade their personal space and I'm not one for randomly talking to people I don't really know, unless they are JW's. If it were Hugh Jackman or Patrick Dempsey or a few other people, it may have been different....

G-Dawg the Sk8er Girl

In preparation of another summer at Alki, I am trying to teach Gobi how to ride my skateboard. So far, so good - it is a slow process, but we are definitely making progress. I will have to post pictures/video once we get her really going.

Late Morning T

Location: I'm physically at work, but in my mind, I am on a white sandy beach in Hawaii

Listening to: A Starbuck's CD - Mele O Hawaii (Songs of Hawaii), which explains where my head is right now.

Mood: Pensive and longing to be somewhere tropical.

My Talk

So last week I had a talk on happiness - in the front school, mind you. I think I like it better when I do an impromptu because I don't have as much time to panic. Well, anyway, I think as long as I don't throw up, pass out or die during a talk, it can be considered a success. Holy spirit is a powerful thing!

Tiff's Words of Wisdom

Don't put cans of hairspray and deodorant next to each other because some morning you might be getting ready for work while you are still half asleep and end up going all day with sticky pits and hair that smells "powder fresh."

Bhangra Bloody Bhangra

I recently got a new CD with the above title - it is Indian techno hip-hop music covering old Black Sabbath songs and I must say that I LOVE it.

American Idol Winner, Kris Allen

I don't think anyone was more shocked that Kris Allen to hear that he had one Season 8. Although appreciative, he almost relunctantly accepted the title after saying something like, "but Adam deserves this..." No one could ever accuse this kid of lacking humility.

Is it just me

Or did Katy Perry look like she was wearing an adult diaper last night on American Idol?

Tiff's Tips On Life

If you want to make a comment at the meeting on Sunday and your comment happens to contain information about doggy poo (ie how Paul compared the things of God and things of the world and he said everything else was "refuse" or as the KJ Bible puts it, "dung," meaning dog dung) it's best to think of an appropriate word for poo so there isn't an awkward pause before blurting out "doggy doody". I'm just saying...

Star Trek vs Wolverine

OK - they both have had huge media buzz, they both have state-of-the-art special effects and they both have origin stories. Who will win the battle of the blockbusters? So far, it looks like Trek is going to take it hands down. What do I think? Well, I must say, I'm a bit torn. Star Trek has a better story line that steers it away from the old Trek without compromising the essense of the a Star Trek movie, but the one thing it doesn't have that the new X-Men movie has is Hugh Jackman. Quite frankly, I may be out of my Vulcan mind, but the whole Wolverine movie could have consisted of Mr. Jackman sitting silently in a chair and I still would have seen it.

Geek?

So does the fact that I am seeing the first showing of the new Star Trek tonight after meeting make me a geek? Well, if it does, at least I'm not alone.