Confessions Pt. 2 (Remix)

First, don't worry; I am aware that the horse is dead. I will not attempt to get any more mileage out of using various forms of that title. Besides, I'm pretty sure that if I were to try it one more time I might end up with a cease and desist letter from Usher's lawyers. With the overused jokes out of the way, let's move on to the confessions.

1. I've talked before about loving the Pepsi iTunes promotion. The contest is just about over; tomorrow is the last day to redeem codes for free songs, and I realized the other day that we've cashed in around 30-40 of them. That's great, since it's the equivalent of winning $30, but it's not as good once I stop to consider how much I've spent on Diet Mountain Dew over the past couple of months. Well, that and I think my stomach no longer has any lining left.

2. I was at the store yesterday and went to grab a drink. They had a few Diet Mountain Dews, but none offering a chance to win. The regular Mountain Dews, on the other hand, had plenty of promotional bottles. What did I do? Of course I bought the regular. Sadly, after drinking diet for so long, the full-sugar version tasted like a green Otter Pop. Again, it's a good thing the contest is almost over.

3. We bought a cookbook by Rachel Ray this weekend. For those of you who don't know, Rachel Ray is the host of 30 Minute Meals on the Food Network. I'd love to blame MK for picking this book up, but unfortunately it was at least as much my fault as hers.

4. I'm a little upset that MK (who has now started her own blog) not only wrote about having to draw a nude model in her art class, but also used the Family Guy reference I had intended to include. Yeah, it was her story, but I've been waiting to write about that since she told me at the beginning of the semester that it would be a requirement.

5. Speaking of Family Guy (those of you who don't watch or don't like it, hang on, it's only necessary for the set up), we were watching an episode the other day and Stewie (the baby) was running away from home and left a note for Brian (the dog). Here is the text of the letter (from the memorable quotes section on IMDB):

Dear Stupid Dog, I've gone to live with the children on Jolly Farm. Good-bye
forever, Stewie. P.S.- I never got a chance to return that sweater Lois gave me
for Christmas, I left the receipt on top of my bureau. I'm probably over the
30-day return limit, but I'm sure if you make a fuss they'll at least give you a
store credit or something. It's actually not a horrible sweater, it's just I
can't imagine when I would ever wear it, you know? Oh and I also left a button
on the bureau, um I'm not sure what it goes to but um I, I can never bring
myself to throw a button away, I know as soon as I do, I'll find the garment it
goes to and then it'll, wait a minute actually could it have been from the
sweater? Did that sweater have buttons? Hmm. Well I should wrap this up before I
start to ramble. Again good-bye forever. PPS- You know what, it might be a
little chilly in London, I'm actually going to take the sweater.

After he read the note, MK said, "Wow, it's like listening to you tell a story." I should have been upset or insulted, but I really couldn't argue.

6. I'm currently watching Supervolcano on Discovery. It's a movie (on Discovery?) about the eruption of the supervolcano in Yellowstone. The volcano in this movie is apparently going to erupt and destroy most of North America. As I watch, I can't help but feel a little ashamed (thus it's mention in this post), but then I see Tom Brokaw introducing sections of it and think about the fact that it's on the Discovery Channel and I realize that perhaps I'm not the one who should be ashamed.

Until later...