I missed Damon!

Okay, so in the last post I stated that I only cared about seeing two celebrities. Well, apparently there is one more.


I watched "Lost" religiously. I watch "The Vampire Diaries" religiously. In each case, my favorite character was played by Ian Somerhalder. Boone and Damon, respectively.

My husband also loves "The Vampire Diaries" (VD from here on out), but don't tell him I told you that because he'll deny it. He's also a big fan of Damon.


Well. A month or so ago we were riding our bikes on the beach and there was a HUGE event going on. We're talking huge. So we stop and look but then ride on.


We then see an ad for the CW and Bing search engine featuring Ian and VD. And they show footage of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation, including a beach clean up. 


I'm sure you're seeing where this is going....


So I see this ad a hundred times and I think nothing of it. 


Jason sees it once and says, "Uh, Shasta - that was that event." And I brush it off because I have no idea what he's talking about. So we see it again. And he says, "Shasta. I hate to tell you this but that was that event we rode by and stopped." It suddenly clicks in my head. NOOOOOOOOO!!! My response was, "Well, that makes me very sad."


At least I saw Obama. Ish.


http://vampirediaries.alloyentertainment.com/ian-somerhalder-kids-clean-up-california-earth-day/#4

I think it was Obama!

So today I was running at my favorite running spot - LAX. I love running there because it's a huge rush to have these huge planes take off right over your head. 


Well, today I was running and I noticed a huge police presence. I mean, it felt like every other car was a police car. But I thought nothing of it and kept running. 


Soon, I realized that I hadn't seen a plane take off. Odd. Yet I still thought nothing of it. 


As soon as I went to turn around, five massive helicopters took off, directly over my head. Five massive military helicopters. Literally directly over my head. It was really cool to watch them fly off into the sunset. 


So I knew this had to be huge. It had to be someone political and very famous. Politicians are really the only celebrities I care about seeing, other than Gary Oldman and Stephen King. So I really wanted to figure this out.  


So I Google Obama. Nothing. 


I Google Biden. Nothing. 


I Google Romney. Nothing. 


But do I give up? No. I keep Googling. (I have no idea if Google as a verb should be capitalized and "Breaking Bad" is waiting for me so I'm not taking the time to look.) 


So back to the point - I keep looking. And this is what I find: 


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/obama-fundraising-george-clooney-gay-marriage_n_1505615.html 


Yep. Obama is hanging out with Clooney. I totally saw Obama. Or his helicopter, but whatever. I totally should have waved. I wanted to. I should have. 


And I forgive that bad driver in the SUV who almost ran me over trying to look.

Coachella

So, I'm pretty anti music festivals. Don't get me wrong - I love live music. But the people who go to music festivals always seem like such douche bags and the price of these events is insane for no real reason. So, I don't go.


That being said, Miss Casey went to Coachella last weekend and discovered this gem:

He's so amazing I had to show the world.


Apparently he was dancing up a storm and when the music ended he panicked. 


Awesome.


And it doesn't at all support my theory.....

I'm obsessed!

So I'm half way through my training for "Run for Your Lives" and I'm OBSESSED! I love it!


Every day I can't wait to run. I have to hold myself back because I know I have to let my body heal. I'm even running through severe knee pain because of my awful shoes.


Yesterday at physical therapy I was told that I was not allowed to run again until I bought better shoes. Well, that's what I'm doing today after work because I don't want to miss a day!


I started using this wonderful app called 5K Runner. It has me running intervals that gradually increase. I started at one minute and could barely do it. I'm up to five minutes. It hurts, but I can do it.


http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/5k-runner-start-running-c25k/id439852091?mt=8


Bring it on, zombies!

WATCH THIS MOVIE

"God Bless America"

Apparently, Bobcat Goldthwait crawled into my brain and made a movie about my fantasy.

My fantasy is to destroy people who are just mean and/or rude. That's the premise of this entire movie!!

Seriously. Everyone in the world should see this. It would make the world a better place.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/god_bless_america_2011/

People have way too much time

Exhibit A:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo9yk747v-E


As well as all of the people who commented the following:


"I almost died."


or 


"I [censored for language and incredibly poor grammatical skills] died."

Republicans don't litter

So, I love my father. I do. He raised me by himself while commuting two and a half hours each way to and from work. The man is fearless and fun and loyal.

But.....

We strongly disagree on politics. We mostly disagree because he thinks everything conservative is the gospel and I think having an open mind is the only way to fix this country.

And then there was yesterday. He told me that he didn't understand why liberals were pushing a reusable drinking container agenda when they were the ones that litter. I said that I think everyone litters because people just suck in general. He informed me that this was not true because Republicans don't litter. He knew this because he was at a Tea Party event of 1,500 people and when they left there was no litter.

Ummmmm......

I told him that I was at a trade show with more than 1,500 people and there was no litter. I said that maybe there were just plenty of trash cans. I said that I was guessing there were both Republicans and Democrats at the trade show.

Well, apparently I was wrong. Because I was then informed that we all know Democrats litter because of Occupy Wall Street.





So this man's logic is to compare a Tea Party gathering with Occupy Wall Street, which everyone knows was a ridiculous mess. Yes. Flawless logic.

I asked him when the last time he had been at a liberal gathering. He said he had been. And there was litter. Okay.... so when. Well, he had to admit it had been years. But it didn't matter because Republicans don't litter and liberals do.

Then he brings up that he went to a gay rights event and they wouldn't let his dog in. I asked what that had to do with anything. He said that they were supposed to be open-minded and accept everyone.

So.... we are now comparing the rights of a group of people to the rights of a dog coming into a park? Uh....

So, stupid me, I say, that's because no one cleans up after their dogs.

The response? (Come on. I know you're dying to know.)

He says, "Hm. I'd be interested to see who does clean up after their dogs. I'm pretty sure it would be Republicans."

What?!? WHAT?!?

So, folks. Now you know. Republicans don't litter and they clean up after their dogs. Liberals litter and let their dogs poop on your yard. This is infallible logic so believe it!