Elevator Shananigans

Getting on the elevator in my building, heading up to my apartment, there was a very attractive Spanish girl and (what I assume to be) her mother. They are speaking Spanish to each other and then the girl looks at me with her beautiful eyes and says, “You look like a UFC fighter,” which my reply was “hmm, I’ve never heard that one before…” Annnd enter awkward moment. Now, let me explain; people tell me fairly often that I look like their “really good friend” or someone else they know. Or people comment on my size and how “I must’ve played football.” I feel like I must have the most familiar face possible, although I do not know anyone that I think looks like me. The girl in the elevator goes on to explain a particular UFC fighter. I just assumed that she meant in general…no, she told me I looked like Brock Lesnar. As soon as I got into my apartment I woke up my Mac and Google’d this fellow to find –what I assumed would be a big, attractive beast-of-a-man – unfortunately, what I found was ‘roid-raging, gorilla-of-a-man. . I do not think we look anything alike. ANYTHING. Maybe it’s just me, but I am slightly offended that my elevator companion compared me to this guy. The only thing worse that this is when a girl told me that when I smile really big, I look like Will Sasso from MadTV. Yea, the fat guy. Thanks a lot. So now I am trying not to look like a ‘roided out gorilla who smiles too big because I’d hate to see what that will get me. I wonder if there is a support group for something like this?

Moving on. I leave for PV tomorrow, which is really exciting. Is it just me or does everyone have a tiny little heart attack when traveling concerns a passport? I can pack my passport in a very safe spot, or slip it in my front pocket, but I will still check several times to make sure it is still safe in my belongings. I am not sure if this is an OCD thing or I am just losing it. I pulled my passport out earlier this week and sat it on my night stand, where I was sure to see it every day. There is no way I am forgetting it. I will pack tonight and put it in my bag and will end up checking to make sure its there every 20 minutes until I am in the air. Man, I cannot wait to be in Mexico.

In other news, I am getting a dog upon my return to the States. I haven’t decided on a name. just yet, but I am excited about it. It is not very common to see me get excited about added responsibility, but after thinking about it for a while, I feel like the gain of having a dog outweighs all the crap that goes along with it. I’ll try to post a picture after I pick her up.

That’s all for now.

"We're all going to die!!"

I am so tired of hearing about the Swing Flu (not to mention the ‘when pigs fly’ puns). Although I do have a vacation riding on this thing, I am getting sick of seeing pictures in the paper of people walking around in masks. I am supposed to leave for Puerto Vallarta in exactly 18 days. I’ve read online that no reports of Swine Flu have been reported in Jalisco (the state we will be in), nor in neighboring states. I am not worried. I know everyone is freaked out about it, but as long as you have decent hygiene and are a generally healthy person with a normal immune system, you will live to fight another day…

I actually read the other day online that this is just a government conspiracy to keep people at home so they will spend their money here, as opposed to the Mexican vacation spots. Give me a break. If you honestly believe this I hope you get swine flu. Wouldn’t that just be a big slap in the face?

Another “doosie” that I've heard recently is that Al-Qaeda is responsible, and this is a terroristic attack. Yeah, I am sure the plan of attack goes something like this: A – Hijack US planes and fly them into buildings and kill thousands. B – Spread flu to make people feel like crap, but we’ll start the whole thing in Mexico. That will throw the dumb Americans off of our trail. Hah. Seriously people, if we were going to be attacked, don’t you think they would be targeting the US with a more deadly chemical or virus?

Now with all of this being said … watch me go on vacation regardless of the opinion of the CDC and become infected. Should I become tremendously ill and die, please someone hack into my BlogSpot and delete this message, because no one likes the “I told you so conversation!”