Zombies at the Water Cooler Part 4

One of Matt's loves is movies. He loves any kind and probably one of his favorite places to be is in a movie theater. He's seen tons of girly movies with me, just to get the chance to be in a movie theater seeing something, anything on the big screen. He doesn't just watch movies, he loves to make them as well. Last year he, me and one of our friends made a Halloween movie for the local paper's movie contest. They screened the winning movies at the huge haunted house downtown. Matt's video won and this year all his coworkers wanted to be in the new one. The Democrat did not hold a movie contest this year, but he made a movie anyways. It's actually really great. I'm proud of him for all the work he did on this. It will make you laugh, cry and laugh some more, in Matt's words"

My latest Halloween film is available for public viewing. This year's entry contains comedy, horror, action, and absolutely no romance. Go here to see "Zombies at the Water Cooler Part IV":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwGw-8V5bhg

-Matt C.

Please watch and enjoy.



p.s. I promise not to turn my blog into a bunch of video posts, but I loved the Aha video and now I have to give publicity to my hubby's awesome hobby.

Literal - Take on Me by Aha

This is awesome.

Did you ever want to see a music video where they just sing what's actually happening. Now you can, with one of my favorites. If you haven't seen this yet, please watch and enjoy. If you can't see the video, click here.

Beachy Fall

The nice thing about the beach in the fall is that you usually have it all to yourself. We all had a great time at the beach Wednesday afternoon. It was totally deserted so the dogs had the run of the place. I think Wil sniffed and "marked" all the sea grass we passed. We packed a picnic dinner. There were so many shells, and as you'll see, plenty of room to run.

Sunset

Steve and Wil had a GREAT time running all over the beach.

I love this picture. She's so happy and the colors of the sun and sky are gorgeous.


Wil is pretty happy to be there too. You can't really tell from the picture but he's covered in sand.

Picnic dinner with the pups.

This picture was totally spontaneous. I love how the dogs are chasing him.

This picture is less spontaneous, but it looked too fun not to try.

Enjoying the sunset with my hubs.

Catching up...

The new job is still going well. I'm still doing a lot of the old job stuff too, plus, filling in for another assistant who recently moved to another section of the building. I'm pretty swamped and I'll be glad when the 2 new assistants get their paperwork through.

We painted the living room and put up crown molding last weekend. I was recovering from that all last week. It was tiring! It looks great though, we're really happy with it.

This is the old living room....

And here is the new look...

The green paint didn't quite turn out the way I thought it would so I was ready to go back to a more neutral color.

Matt's camping this weekend and I'm cheering for Bama. Roll Tide!

Good news!

I just started a new job at the Deparment of Education working as a program specialist under the Title-II D grants office. This grant focuses on integrating technology into the classroom. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the best i can do in a nutshell. I'm excited to be doing something new and the work is really interesting and challenging.

Matt and I are doing well. We were home last week. Matt went to the AU-Vandy game with his dad and had a great time despite the loss. Currently he's hashing out the firing of Tony Franklin with his mom, another huge Tiger.

We're staying in tonight, resting and reading and listening to the rain outside. It hasn't rained here in several weeks. Things are going well and I'll get a longer blog in later.

Clear Blue Water

Let me just start off this blog with stating someting, I love politics. I minored in political science in college along with public relations because I wanted to run political campaigns. I wanted to write speeches and be part of the team that gets behind a great candidate and helps promote the beliefs we all share. I campaigned in college during the presidential election, I worked the phone bank making calls on behalf of the local county commission candidate. I proudly wore my candidates button everywhere I went. I joined politcal groups, I rallied, and I encouraged others to do the same. I watched the last two inagurations like some watch the Oscars. I knew all the faces and names. When I went to D.C. in high school, my friend Lora and I had our pictures made with statues of William Jennings Bryan and got starstruck when we passed the office of the Senate Minorty Whip. I love politics....

Having said that, though, even with my passion for the stuff, lately it's putting a foul tast in my mouth. I'm tired of it. I really am. I'm tired of this presidential election. Doesn't it seems like it's been going on for years?Our entire country is almost completely divided in half. I'm tired of the polarizing effect that the election is having on people. It's stressful. It's a taboo topic with friends and coworkers. No one seems to accept the other person's opinion anymore. No one seems happy. I realize this is all just part of what's going on the world today. There's wars, bad economies, people without jobs, high gas prices, global warming...and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. That's not going to magically change, no matter who is elected in November.

My political leanings or opinions are not important. I'm not going to use my blog to force them on anyone because I really don't want to read anyone else's opinions on this. It won't change my mind and I don't expect I can change anyone else's. Everyone has to make their own decision. I urge you to do your research. Being in public relations, I KNOW how the ads and speeches are spun to make the other look the worst. Check on the facts, don't take them out of context. Don't listen to the pundits, be it Hannity & Colmes, Bill Maher or John Stewart. Go to each candidates website, find the issues that matter to you and find out who will take the action you want to see.

It's something I'll be praying for....

Clear Blue Water - Originally a term from competitive rowing referring to an obvious gap between the leading boat and those following. In more recent years it has been used allusively to mean the discernable distance between the ideologies of two political parties.