oscars ain't no bull

first and foremost, my sister-in-law is the only one of you who loves me enough to have participated in my little oscar game. maybe that's fitting.

since i promised an ode to the winner if it wasn't me, and she beat me by three points (although to be fair, we both stunk it up pretty good), here is the promised ode:

ode to kelly

a better sister-in-law,
one could not ask fer
among her finer attributes,
that kinky 'curly like a black girl' hair (yes, that's what we call 'slant rhyme')

she loves to laugh
and try new things
and very few
more sweetly sing

she often finds herself
in the service of others
the girls at church
and at work, the mothers

her heart is kind
her mind is tough
most people wish
to be made of such stuff

and thus concludes
my ode to the girl
who beat me fair and square
i think i'm gonna hurl

ta. da. aside from my loss, i am so excited that slumdog and benjamin button did so well, and that hugh jackman was so spectacularly hot in that tux. all in all, a good night.

in other news, i have a secret. i'm a little bit country. and country doesn't come to town all that often in southern california. so when it does, i absolutely have to take advantage. in doing my regular research to keep the 'california hot list' updated, i learned that pbr (the bull riding association, not the beer) was going to be in town for a couple nights, and since i already had a date scheduled (not the one from the most recent post) with an activity yet to be determined, i thought it would be perfect. even if the date was bad, i'd be doing something i'd enjoy!

ouch.

and boy did i enjoy it! this was no frills serious bullriding, on serious bulls who liked to charge once they bucked their riders. so fun! it's also entertaining to attend sporting events of any type here because there is almost always a celebrity in the house. this time, john elway, and, wait for it, waaaaiit for it, luke perry.

obligatory brunette, luke perry, obligatory blond, john elway

for those of you who don't know, luke perry (depsite his 90210 roots) was in a fantastic bull riding movie called '8 seconds.' As a result, his attendance was actually pretty cool as opposed to just being retarded. and john elway, well i don't know what his excuse was, but he was wearing a cowboy hat.

i quite literally took 500 photos (all of bulls and cowboys) and there are a lot of good ones, so while i've included a small taste in this post, it's going to take me a bit to get them uploaded.

i love it when they fly

i loved seeing all the cowboy hats and boots wandering around the honda center and getting a chance to wear my name in rhinestones on a belt buckle. i was reminded that a little country is a lot good for my soul!

so, until i get all the pics uploaded you can twiddle your thumbs in anticipation of a wednesday recap of the tuesday night date with the 'very cute boy', and a new and awesome playlist by week's end, featuring my new musical obsession, plushgun.