Dress Up, Dine In

SeaWorld was the greatest job of my life next to maybe my career job. It was like working in your childhood fantasy. I got to dress up and American-Idol-judge the camp kids, play around Happy Harbor, hang out by the pool (as Shamu ) at some swanky timeshares, and spend my lunch break anywhere in the park. Since we worked the afternoons in Happy Harbor we were right next door to Shamu stadium. We'd go over on our lunch break to watch Believe (which has just recently started at the time) or take cover there when our sets would get rained out. We saw the show enough to distinguish which whales were which and notice when they weren't in the mood for all the tricks. My sister came to the park on one of those days that they weren't in the mood. I don't think it was obvious to anyone who hadn't seen the show a million times but they were off. Tilly ( Tilikum ) was in the holding tank while his "girlfriend" at the time was performing in the big pool. He

So, while this horrible sick thing has knocked me out of the past week it wasn't enough to stop our ongoing saga as house hunters. On this particular outing we found another short sale to put an offer in on. This one is a split level on a "big" parcel (and by that I mean big as far as city lots go) and it's not like anything we've seen. It 's not as old as we usually like but it's got a lot of potential. Also on this trip I realized how house hunting is like legally being able to urban explore. In our short time running through other people's houses we've found some strange and gross things. As much as we're trying to find our forever home it's almost just as fun finding ones that won't ever be. Here are some of the unusual things we've come across on the hunt: a bomb shelter in Sugar House (wish I loved the rest of the house as much as this) a lock on the outside of one of the bedroom doors (this is totally coming off if w

Last weekend we embraced the chilly weather and the fact that the Sundance festival is practically in our backyard. We didn't fest as hard as others or run into any famous people but we got into New Low (filmed in Gainesville) and we had a good time. I think that makes for a successful first run. hiding out from the 0 degree weather in the heated wait tents in line early for New Low early morning movies = easier to get low wait-list numbers yay! time to go in! director Adam Bowers q & a with the cast me being a nerd and getting my picture taken with fellow Gainesville kids the Egyptian is the symbol of the festival see you next year!