ANgry in the AM

Well, I think it's a good metric, that when the world's largest dance mob can't cheer you up, you're in trouble and probably should go back to bed. Check this out... even in my sour mood I had to watch it three times before I left for work this morning.

By my first meeting I was full of joy, and dance mob goodness. I mean really, if over 2o thousand people can get it together that well, I can get something done at work.

Sangria is coming Sangria is coming

That's right folks - Sangria night is right around the corner. After months of the staid and safe "wine tastings" at my place I thought why not flip the switch. So, now all the cool kids are coming out of the wood work and the steady winos are pulling up stakes and skipping the month.

I asked everyone to either bring sangria or a tapa. And everyone except one decided on Tapas! Well. I have been to the mountain and the mountain has Sangria Recipes. And I have chosen... we'll find out tomorrow if I have chosen wisely.

By way of preview the Sangria's of choice are.

1. Sparkling Sangria, basically a Bellini with booze marinated fruit.
2. Strawberry Rose Sangria, think of every Strawberry flavored product you could put in a drink (including strawberries) and add a strawberry flavored Rose wine and well, that's Rose Strawberry Sangria
3. Hottie Sangria. no this is not wishful thinking. thus stuff actually has a jalapeno in it! And then the usual suspects.
4. All In Sangria, I have made up the name because I put in everything I had left after making the other sangria and not finding all the ingredients for the other two recipes I wanted to make.

After making these four Sangrias I have the following advice...

1. It's probably better to have a recipe when you don't know what you're doing.
2. Don't cut up the Jalapeno on the same cutting board as the other fruit.
3. Don't cut up the Jalapeno first.
4. Don't cut up the Jalapeno and then touch your eye, mouth or any other body part with out washing your hands twice.
5. Recipes are really quite a good idea.

On other fronts, Cardio Dance has grown a new head and it is Latino. Yes folks, I have succumbed to Zumba. That spazy, Latin-inspired cardio class with lots of yelling and gyrating. Me likey!

It does it to me every time...

OK. I came home. hungry and a little irritable. And I turned on HBO. What was playing... E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. First off, I have to say that this movie is genius and enduring. I know what's coming and yet I cry like a baby. every time. AND, this movie is appealing on so many levels. It's a buddy movie, a prison break movie, a tragic love story and depending on my mood it can strike me at multiple levels. Genius. The only thing that distracts me now is the similarities between the E.T. sound track and the sound track to Star Wars... Check it out some time. It is almost disorienting. I half expect Han Solo to pop up from behind E.T. with a light saber... E.T. I am your Father.

A little chanel surfing after the movie and I run across. 36 hour Cialis or Cialis for Daily use... uhhh... why not Cialis for every 36 hour use... I love how drug companies tweek formulas so they can get another patent or what not. There have been cases where the drug company changed the coating on a pill and get a new patent -- fascinating. More later.