Weekend Observations

I hope everyone had a fun and safe weekend. Just in case you are curious, and I know that you are, only 12 more days until Vegas. Anyway, here are five observations from this weekend:

· The other night I caught a TBS showing of “Fools Rush In” as I was getting ready to go out. Early in the film, Selma Hayek’s character is telling Matthew Perry’s character that, “she had never gone home with a strange man before,” or something to that effect, and he responds by saying he hadn’t done anything like that before either. C’mon. You’re telling me two single people in their early 30’s never had a one night stand? She works at a casino and lives in Sin City, he lives in New York and went to college, they are both single, and they never had a one-nighter? I’m sorry, I’m not buying it. Especially from him. Matthew Perry has frat-boy written all over him – I know he had a couple one-and-done’s during those college days. Anyway, my point is that since I watched that movie, anytime someone says, “I have never done anything like this before,” to me, I am going to be extremely suspicious.

· Is Twister the most overrated board game? Sure, there was a day when it was fun to play with someone you just met and you were both shy about physical affection or at a party where everyone had consumed a few too many adult beverages, but after observing a game this weekend – it seems like it gets boring really fast. Take away sexual tension and alcohol, and suddenly the game is as exciting as the 4th hour of a Monopoly game.

· The award for the Most Annoying Email Forward goes to those emails you get from your friends wanting to know how many times you been toilet-papering, what’s your favorite day of the week, who is most unlikely to respond to the email and all those other questions. Maybe if the questions were a little bit more thought-provoking like, “what are the three best road trip snacks,” or “what’s your favorite song to sing-along to in a car,” I might be more willing to respond. Someone should really come up with a much more interesting questionnaire so you can actually get to know your family and friends better.

· I’m not complaining, but has anyone else noticed that the Travel Channel is one or two shows away from becoming the Las Vegas Channel. From Vegas: Urban Legends, to Secrets to Winning in Las Vegas, to Vegas: World’s Best Buffets (did you know the largest in Vegas is at the Excalibur?) to Vegas: What’s the Nicest Public Restroom on the Strip? – it’s getting a tad ridiculous. All those shows are great if you have an upcoming Vegas trip (which I do), but how many of those helicopter shots of the Strip can one take before you really don’t need to know which hotel has the thickest bedroom walls?

· My friend Ryan felt misled the other day when we went to McDonalds to grab a quick bite before we went out. Ryan nabbed the McNugget combo and found out after he paid that they ran out of BBQ sauce. What an act of deceit! As McDonalds best dipping sauce, they really should put a sign up at the drive-thru menu if they run out. By the time Ryan found out there was no BBQ sauce, he couldn’t change his order and was stuck with Sweet and Sour, which is a find sauce, but it’s no BBQ. Definitely detracted from the overall enjoyment of the meal. We’ll eat at McDonalds again, but definitely a sad experience.