Womanizer premiere

We'll see how long the video stays on youtube... but here's Britney's new video for Womanizer....

omg...I'm going to be hit by a hurricane....

OK.

So I wasn't too stressed about Hurricane Ike, until I heard the update on it.  It's apparently going to hit Saturday morning at the coast and reach Austin with up to 70 MPH winds.  Oh my goodness....I'm going to fly away.  So needless to say I'm a little worried.  It's already killed over 100 people on it's way here.  Luckily I'm a ways in from the coast...where as Corpus or Galveston are going to get hit the worst.

So hopefully all will be well.  They are advising Austinites to fill up their car and have food to cook as the wind might knock down power and the such.  Should be exciting.  I'll be blogging any crazy activity that happens!!! 

Just so you out of country/state people know where I'm at...the top photo is the forecast for it's path and the map below is of the Lone Star state.... so Austin is a little ways in!! :)

they transformed my face!!!!!!!

so above is an original picture of me..... from a good time this year in San Francisco, CA where I was sent there by work for some training.  Lots of fun.  NOW below.... is my face transformed!! :) haha... check it out! It's scary! :)  

via Faces of the Future

Me as a Baby --->

me as old --->

me as African American --->

me as Asian --->

me as Middle Eastern --->

me as Anime --->

me as Ape Man --->

SCARY!!!!!!

MY 200th POST!!!

YAY!!

We've hit another landmark!! It's my 200th post!! Thanks again for reading and emailing me your thoughts!!! :)

here's to another 200!! 

-- T

lack of posts

as some of my friends and loyal readers have emailed me.... i've been on a little posting hiatus! sorry!  i was packing and moving (just a couple miles south)  so forgive the slowness!! 

front row kitty!!

cutest thing ever!!! 

:)

I bought my ticket HOME!!!

YAY!!!!

So my birthday is next month! (WOOT WOOT!!!) ....and I have about 2 weeks of vacation time to get rid of....so I got a ticket to fly back to Denver, Colorado for about 10 days during my birthday!!  It also is incidentally during the Democratic Natl Convention (which my cousin Brian is working) .... should be interesting.... 

BUT my cousin Megan (who's birthday is the day before mine....the 26th).... got us second row tickets to Brandi  Carlile!!!! WOO! I'm starting to become a stalker of hers! :) 

So Boulder, Brandi Carlile, Democrats, and ROCKY!!!! I'm so very excited to see all my family!! :) 

So if you're one of my friends and you know you'll be in Colorado during the last part of August... give me a holla! :)

love/hate #2

I LOVE....

:Lean Cuisine Pizzas

:Whataburger has BREAKFAST tacos 24/7... OMG (OK I just was informed by Robert/Bobby that they are only 11pm-11am.... I'M PISSED!) 

:the $1.00 Diet Coke I get that's 44 oz. at the mall... bwahaha

:WALL-E

:Fried Pickles. Seriously. They changed my life. Check them out

:That there's an annual Picklefest in Atkins

:That I have friends visiting me in July/August/September/October

:I actually requested time off for the Corgi Celebration in Austin

:That I made the "Hot on the Town" list for my 4th of July appearance...

:Central Market

:WALL-E... seriously...go watch it.

:I took my iPhone out of it's case..it's NAKED! :) 

:Falling asleep listing to Sigur Ros

:Altar Boyz...umm.. it was hilarious

:Communicating with deaf customers

:Feeding the Dolphins

:That Austin, TX premieres movies before NYC and LA

:AnnaLisa from work ALSO drinks Pickle Juice from the Jar! :)

:I got hit on by someone's Great-Grandma

:Alex Wagner... for getting me the best $1 Diet Coke I've ever had! :)

:"That's what she said"

I HATE....

:that Corinne Bailey Rae's husband died

:skinny people

:midgets with an attitude

:I'm working seven days in a row

:Obama's campaign (I still love Hillary...)  :)

:AnnaLisa (aka Banshee) for sitting next to me and cussing at Hillary

:When someone says I look like a "hot tranny mess"

:texting while driving

:TRAFFIC

:I gained 5 lbs from visiting Kristie and Chris

:Micro-managers (not like SMALL managers... although they are obnoxious...micro-managing bothers me)

:Cover charges at clubs? I don't think so...this is Austin

:That my family lives 1,000 miles away

:People that wink at you. WEIRD

I <3 Sigur Ros

So Sigur Ros just released a new CD last Tuesday and it ROCKS.  I love it. Go get it! :)  Some of my old friends may know that I've loved Sigur Ros since 2001 when I discovered their incredible music.  I can't believe it's been 7 years since I first heard them....but their music has always played a special part in my life and I hope it will continue to do so.  

here are my three favorite songs in order of how much I love the videos.... :)

"Untitled One (Vaka)"

"Viórar vel til loftárása"

"Ágætis byrjun" 

my fav breakup song

I'm stuck in the 90's music scene I know.... but here's a goodie....

Alanis "You Oughta Know" ....it's that time of the year.... you know who you are

OMG.....Google thinks I'm famous.....

So I was uber bored at work and we all were Wikipedia-ing and Googling our names and I found something that BLEW MY MIND...

When you Google search - Tim Pennington - (my name, duh).  My award winning website is NUMBER ONE!!! :) WOOOOO!!!! :) AHHAHAHJHAHKJHALS:DJKXMO:I>KM<~! so flippin' cool!!  I can't believe Google thinks I'm popular.... maybe it's becuase I paid for it to be there... I KID I KID! :)  Take THAT Obama! :)

some pictures form my going away party....

So I had these AMAZING posts planned... my review of Wall-E, What in the world is Google Analytics, how I've re-fallen in love with Jill Scott's first CD's music and lyrics. BUT. I can't sleep and it's 4am and OH I have to run into work tomorrow on my day off to take care of some evals.... ugh... but alas.... I found some fun pics from my going away party last May 2008.  So enjoy....and look for my posts coming soon! :) 

love/hate #1

So I've decided to create a weekly love/hate blog column... to kinda just illustrate what of the week I'm loving and hating

6/23/2008

LOVE

I love the San Jose Hotel

I love Austin

I love being the best driver in Austin

I love being single

I love avoiding fights on 6th street w/Josh

I love North Campus living

I love my roommate

I love watching Tila Tequila

I love that's everything will be alright

I love breakfast Tacos

I love Jill Scott

I love it takes me 12 minutes to drive to work

I love that Austin's median age is 29

HATE: 

I hate the first cockroach I've seen in Austin

I hate my obnoxious neighbors

I hate half of my 12 minute drive to work

I hate I can't afford sushi every night

I hate right wing conservatives that act like Lesbians

I hate humidity

I hate power outages (apparently they happen a lot in Texas.... weird)

I hate people that say one thing to me and another to someone else

I hate the fact that cockroaches can come up a bathtub drain... EWWWW

Unborn in the USA

So I'm innocently logging into MySpace (which I loathe btw) and  have an email from my good friend Ryan Barone.... (who's one of the greatest men I've known) and he tells me that he saw myself in a documentary called "Unborn in the USA".  Which I was surprised to know about.....I mean I vaguely remember talking to some people on CSU's campus but that was so long ago!  So if anyone knows about it or has a copy....let me know :)

via IMDB

Driving in Austin

I was looking over the blogs I have written and this one made me laugh.... 'cause it's still true..

THIS IS HOW I FEEL DRIVING IN AUSTIN

Some of my footage of Brandi Carlile

As some of you may remember I was front row at Brandi Carlile's concert at Stubbs BBQ in good ol' Austin, TX a couple weeks ago...here's a couple of her songs I captured on my camera....

Brandi's New Song NEVER performed live until Austin!! ---

"Closer to You"

"Turpentine"

i get to see Brandi Carlile tonight!!!

AHHHH!!! I'm so excited!! I get to see Brandi Carlile at Stubb's tonight! WOOT WOOT! :) Can't wait to see her again! here is a pic from when Megan and I got to meet her...

and my three favorite songs from her are below.... I'M SURE THERE WILL BE PICS POSTED FROM THIS AMAZING CONCERT... :) so look for 'em! :)

"What Can I Say?" 

"Have You Ever?"

"Turpentine"

rude chipotle women

First I must start out by saying I am Spanish and am in no way being racially disrespectful to my own people...ha!

Ok, so I've been to the original Chipotle in Denver, Colorado more times than I can count.  One of my FAVORITE places in the entire WORLD is Chipotle.  I've really but unhealthily obsessed for YEARS now... I think I've actually been a fan since 1999/2000 is when I remember first eating there all the time.

  

ANYWAYS.... my point being this--- 

I love you my Mexican-Mamacita line servers, but enough with the attitude.  

From every location I've been to-- Denver, Orange County, NYC, and most recently Austin..... have had the most MOODY-life-hating servers! The other day I go in and it's the ..."How can I help you?" in the suicidal tone.  After asking for Chicken Fajita.... then asking for more fajita, more, NO more please! Same with the hot sauce, more hot sauce please, NO more please, MORE! .....the cheese, everything! Call me crazy but for $6.25 I want my burrito packed.  I love it though becuase I don't look especially Spanish....so two things-- 1. They don't think I can handle my HOT sauce like I can....and 2. They don't know I can understand certain Spanish phrases used to describe me and whomever I'm with.  Not that it's that bad, but 'moron' and 'demanding' have certainly come up....

Now the CLENCHER is that if they are at all irritated me during the execution of the PERFECT burrito (Chicken Fajita, tiny bit of black beans, EXTRA hot (red) sauce, a little bit of green sauce, lots of cheese and a little bit of sour cream) I will always ask for them to stir it up with a fork.  ALWAYS gets an eye roll and I LOVE IT! :) 

SO please take a moment to loosen the bun underneath that hairnet and just relax for a bit... boy-kay? 

my 100th post!!

Ok...so my coworkers are making fun of me right now because i'm UBER excited that it is my 100th post here on Blogger!! WOO!!! Thanks for the laughter, the drama, the comments (or lack there of!).... to my small fan base... THANKS!!!! 

i <3 my familia.....

so last night I was fortunate enough to be able to video chat with the family!! THAT made my day... scratch that... MY WEEK! :) they make me so happy!! So I gave them a tour of my new place, the roommate's cat (UCHI!) and the such!! WAY fun!! (even though iChat was being mean and we resorted to Skype....thank you heaven for Skype!!)  

Here's some screen grabs that make me happy!!! (OH and my dog Rocky was staring at the speakers apparently wondering what in the world I was doing inside the computer!!! SOO CUTE!) 

photo 1 --- I like this one 'cause I am in the top looking really happy that Rocky and I get a chance to catch up on things!!! :)

photo 2---- I LOVE this one... 'cause I got my amazing roomie Nadine to grab the cat (Uchi) and have her cat talk to Rocky....haha....