Although most everyone already knows, I thought I'd post about it anyway. Dion and I are engaged. We don't have a date set or anything, but as soon as we do, I'll post it here for all to plan around.
Andrew and I just watched Tin Cup. He owns it, but I'd never seen it, and it's awesome. You don't have to be a Kevin Costner fan to enjoy this movie, just don't let him turn you off of it. It's got Don Johnson, Rene Russo, and Cheech Marin supporting, and they all do a terrific job.
Costner plays Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy, a "driving range" pro; Marin is Romeo, his best friend; Johnson plays David Sims, his golf pro rival for life, and Russo is Molly, Sims' girlfriend and Tin Cup's new object of desire. The film has hilariously outrageous scenes showcasing the rivalry between McAvoy and Sims, as well as great dialogue and chemistry between Cup and Romeo. This is Rene Russo's second best role she's ever had, the first being Karen Flores in Get Shorty.
If you're looking for a light, funny comedy I definitely recommend this movie.
Dion's brother, Albert, and his wife, Christie, are going to have another baby in about 7 months. They currently have two boys, Christian and Ethan.
I thought I'd tell ya'll about two delicious meals I've tried recently, and a couple old favorites. The first new meal is simple. It's one box of macaroni and cheese mixed with a half pound of ground beef. It's basically Hamburger Helper, but it's really cheap to make and tastes great. The other new meal was something I had for dinner tonight. It's found on the frozen aisle in the grocery stores and it's called Chicken Voila!. It comes in a variety of flavors and only takes 10 minutes to make. I had the Three Cheese Chicken tonight. I also bought the Teriyaki Chicken.
The two old favorites are snacks rather than meals. The first is to buy a box of Gerber's Mixed Grain Cereal. I'm sure it would work with the other two varieties, but I've always used mixed grain. Pour the flakes into a bowl, add 4-5 spoonfuls of sugar, then add water or milk (I prefer milk) until cereal has reached the desired consistency. If you've done it right, you'll end up with a sweet, cold, porridge-type snack. It is very delicious. Lastly, my other snack idea is very easy. It's called Doughnut Toast. My uncle Rob introduced it to me. (He's on the left) You take a glazed doughnut and cut it in half, then butter it and microwave it for 20-30 seconds. Now you've got a warm, soft, buttered, sweet snack. None of these are very healthy I'm sure, but they do taste great.
In an effort to keep my posts from being exceedingly boring by posting every other day, I suddenly let 2 weeks go by with nothing posted. I'm gonna try to keep it around 1 a week or so. That being said, here's the rest of my post.
A couple days after my last post the free cable Andrew and I had been getting since last November was turned off. When the cable guy showed up last November to install the basic package we had ordered, he said they had given him the wrong part, so we ended up with the mid level package, which was all the cable channels but no HBO, etc. Every month we only had to pay for the $10 basic package we had ordered. It was a glorious system, but they finally caught up with us.
The big problem was that the finale for Joe Schmo was a few days away when the cable was turned off, but Ram was good enough to let me watch it over at his and Parker's place. He recorded it using his DVR for Andrew, who has yet to watch it. The ending was awesome. Parker and Ram both got into it enough to ask questions about it and watched the finale with me. It was a very cool show.
The same week our cable was turned off, Andrew and I played a couple rounds of miniature golf at this new place called Austin Park 'N Pizza. Afterwards I was in a golf type mood, so I thought I'd give his Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 for PS2 a try. That game is easily as much fun as Gran Turismo or the Grand Theft Auto series. I can't really explain it, but it's addicting. Sadly I'm very near the end of the game. However, to Andrew's delight I've decided to rent Tiger Woods 2004 after I'm done with this one.
Last weekend was my family's annual Halloween party, not just the Wilkys but all the aunts, uncles, etc. In keeping with my family's "Griswold" status it isn't just a regular party, it's a lip-sync contest. I assume we all know what that is, but basically it's pretending to sing a song while doing some sort of routine with it, trying to be as funny as possible. We videotape it and oh yeah, this year was the 17th one we've had. You can see some pictures from the party here.
Finally this brings us to Monday, a scant 3 days ago. Where Andrew and I while flipping between commercials during Monday Night Football found a new show to watch religiously. This one is called Average Joe. It's like the Bachelorette, which was a show where a very attractive woman chooses her soulmate from a group of equally hot guys. Average Joe, however adds a twist to it, 95% of the guys are not hot, in fact some of them are downright nerds and dorks, and some are bald on top of that. The girl, Melana, is a former NFL cheerleader, and had no idea that the guys aren't as hot as she is until the first contender gets out of the bus and she sees him in all his 5'4 bald software test managing glory. The expression on her face is priceless as all 15 "average" guys meet and greet her. A couple are decent looking, most aren't. Mine and Andrew's favorite is a 21 year old university professor who is nearing completion of his PHD. His name is Tareq Kabir. He's by far the coolest looking guy on the show, he's got the Indian appeal, but he has no game whatsoever. He exudes a terrifying amount of self-confidence and pretentiousness. On Tareq's being pretentious, Andrew said, "He helps define the word, he is on par with Akash."