Post-Typhoon Monday

The "Typhoon" hit us over the weekend including a Typhoon Day on Monday. But as is the case often in Minnesota with Snow Days - the actual event was far less spectacular than the prediction. Don't get me wrong, there was over 80 inches of rain dumped in southern Taiwan - but in Taipei (northern part), it rained heavily with some wind blowing, but far from the severity they were predicting. It's most likely my last Typhoon Day so we spent it watching movies with friends. Actually, the whole weekend was pretty much only good for watching movies with friends with all the rain (and now extreme humidity) that does come with the Typhoon Season.

We did go see G.I. Joe last night. I was thrilled of course since I was the GI Joe kid in the family. Jeremy was the Star Wars kid. You can tell he was the favorite child since my parents held onto his Star Wars toys (which are being enjoyed by the next generation of kids in his family) while they shipped off my GI Joes to Goodwill many many years ago so I no longer have that portion of my childhood. I know I know, my parents were SO mean for doing this. I do have the memories still and 4 seasons of GI Joe cartoons downloaded to remind me of my days of youth starting at 3:30pm for 30 minutes.

The movie was pretty well done. The only thing that bothered me was that the voice of Cobra Commander sounded WAY too close to Don LaFontaine who became popular for doing voiceovers for movie previews and the phrase "In a World". LaFontaine actually just died last year by the way:( Anyway - other than that, the plot was good for introducing the GI Joe concept as well as some character background. Baroness was WAY hotter in the movie than in the cartoon plus she lost the cheezy accent from the cartoon days. And of course I still stand by my childhood crush on Scarlett;) Lots of action, ok plot (actually very typical of most cartoons) and they did a nice job "modernizing" the cartoon version to look like it's 2009 standards. Go see it if you haven't already.

Eat to Die Hotpot tonight for a going away celebration for a coworker (not me). I guess we should start planning my going away celebration at some point this week. Only 3 weeks to go! Can you believe it?

Gearing up for another season of Iowa State Football. The few words that are dedicated to the Cyclones from the "experts" state that basically it can't get worse than last season and ISU could surprise a few folks. Isn't that basically the statement every year? The life of cheering for ISU - hope for surprises but ultimately get your hopes and dreams squished by an interception after having 1st and goal from the 3 yard line. If you have to ask, you weren't there.

Enjoy the week - summer weather finally to the MidWest, hopefully short lived as I'm sick of the 100+ degree days here. Better be back to fall weather by Labor Day!