What's in a name?

So, one of my friends told me about this trick on google. Well it's not really a trick. But, in the search box you just type your name and then "needs" and then see the first 10 things that pop up. It's pretty funny. Here are mine.

1.)Mimi needs to lose the attitude. (ha!)

2.)Mimi needs a tummy tuck. (I'll take it)

3.)Mimi needs help, women! (I'd prefer men)

4.)Mimi needs to find clothes that fit her (this was about Mariah Carey)

5.)Mimi needs a sweet home (I'm a dog now?)

6.)Mimi needs to strike back at Slim Shady! (Another Mariah)

7.)Mimi needs funding. (Ain't that the truth!)

8.)Mimi is too sexy for her jacket. (Yup)

9.)Mimi needs lots of sex (.... no comment...)

10.)Mimi needs a beam wagon (what the hell is that?)

Then, I looked up what a "Mimi" is defined as on Urban Dictionary. (Note- my personal favorite is number 5- it explains so much).

I found out that a Mimi is:

*1- A word to define a wonderful friend. Sweet, funny, sarcastic, but GREAT and beautiful. (I swear that's on there! I didn't make it up! however true it may be :)

*2- A small asian that likes to tell stories with no point.

*3- A cute and sexy babe that exhibits extreme gooorgeousness.

*4- Also known as a mini me

*5-Derived from the spanish word, dormir, it is Mexican slang for Sleep

So all together I'd like to say pretty accurate. Especially the small asian part.

So I thought that was funny. I encourage you all to try it when you're bored. Till next time,

Peace, Love and Leo

Mimi

The Mimi Awards > Academy Awards

Herro Mongorrians,

How are you all doing today? Everything I want to write about- all my good stories- I can't, because of attorney/client privilege. So instead of getting myself fired and disbarred before I'm even allowed to join the bar, I decided today I'd share with you guys my favorite movies.

People tend to put a lot of weight into what the Oscars deem Academy Award winning worthy, but in reality my opinion is much more spot on on what is real film making. So, the following are a few of my favorite films and why. FYI- I am measuring this by not only quality of movie, but how many times I watch it without getting sick of it.

*Note- I am limiting this to live action real people films, otherwise we all know Disney movies would likely take over.

1)Titanic.

Did you even have to ask? Now, aside from the fact that this was amazing acting by a then 23 year old Leo in 1997, he failed to win an Academy Award. Shameless. I know I wasn't the only one crying when he watched Rose get in that lifeboat only to hear Cal tell him there was no boat for him, while the music played on in the background. However, my Leo love aside, this actually was just a great movie. It brought the Titanic to life for our generation. And I remember, being 12, I thought that was the worst tragedy the world had seen. At the time I could not imagine anything worse than drowning. They put so much money into the movie, and the accuracy of the ship and the sinking- applause applause. And yes, the movie will would have made my list if Leo wasn't in it. It just may not have been number 1 :)

2.)Remember the Titans

"You make sure that they remember...FOREVER...the night they played the Titans!"

Oh Titans. Yet another one that hit me right in the heart. As someone that is obessed with Civil Rights and History, this movie was awesome to me. Heartbreaking, and awesome. Makes you feel good at the end. And just so greatly done. In high school, Beardmore and I could literally do the ENTIRE scene between Gerry and Julius at camp- "Hey man, lets just get some particulars and get this thing over with, alright?" "Particulars? No matter what I say you ain't gon never know nothing about me.." Okay, I'll stop. But if you don't like this movie, you have no soul. And you're a Klansmen.

3.)Dumb and Dumber.

Oh Harry and Lloyd. This was a movie you had to know and quote in middle school in order to be cool. Too bad it ended at middle school because I still say "Big Gulps huh? Alright...welp see ya later!" About once a day. This movie was great because the humor was so immature, but still funny. Not much else to say about Dumb and Dumber. Just a classic.

4.)Mean Girls.

I saw Cady Herron wearing Army pants and flip flops, so I bought Army pants and flip flops. This movie shows Tina Feys true genius, and how awesome Lindsey Lohan was before the coke. I mean every little thing about the movie was just so great. From the principal who hated his life, to the Plastics who were always looking for a Queen Bee to serve, to Shane Ownman in the projection room above the auditorium- just hilarious. This is a movie that is frequently quoted by my friends and I all the time as well.

5.)Blood Diamond.

Another Leo flick, yes, but SO good. I love movies that make people aware of social issues. I immediately decided I didn't want a diamond ring ever in my life...that lasted about 3 seconds, but I do check out every ring and dealership now to make sure they are conflict free. I mean, to put it bluntly, that shit was fucked up. People are cruel. Blood Diamond also fueled my desire to go to Africa even more. It's so sad to me that the continent of Africa is arguably the richest continent on the planet in natural resources and abilities- and yet people have raped and robbed it for centuries, eschewing its true beauty and using it for their gain. (Yes, there's some racial undertones here. Bad, white people, bad.) I just love movies that have a good story and get you thinking at the same time. The only reason I don't watch this as much as other movies is because it makes me sad- I don't want to watch those violent awful scenes over and over again. And what they do to Dia breaks my heart.

6.)Heavyweights

COME ON YOU DEVIL LOG! This is by far the best Ben Stiller movie I've ever seen, and it was before he was really famous. He clearly based his Dodgeball character on Tony Perkis. "I'm feeling skinny, Tony!" Again, one of the most quoted movies in the history of my existence. I could go on forever. "Dear Grandma- they say, war is hell. But they've never been to fat camp. I knew the food would be bad..but even worse..today he killed the blob. As for the go-karts...well, may the rest in pieces." *And in the background his dad yelling 'I DID NOT SEND YOU TO GO-KART CAMP.' HAHAHA. so classic.


Alright folks, I'm gonna stop there today, partly because my lunch breaks almost over and partly because I just don't want to write anymore. I will do some more all time greatest's another day...until then,


Peace, Love and Leo,


Mimi

I remember one time, she wasn't even ON MY BUDDY LIST

Herrro! (This is Domer right after I left for Vermont this weekend...sad of course)

How is everybody? First off, my apologies. I know I don't update as much as I should, but work has kept me busy and so has this past weekend in Vermont. I went with my girl Byrn to Matt Koehler's wedding, and it was SO MUCH FUN. Him and Maria are PERFECT for each other. For all you Westsiders wondering who was in attendance, it was me, Byrn, Shea, Cassidy, Hickman, Nate Hainje, Jimmy, Sammy, Tony and Gerry. And of course Matt's sisters. And Mr. and Mrs. Wollenburg who Byrn and I cut some major rug with!

Oh and how could I forget...HUNGARY STEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Such a great surprise! He was the life of the party of course. He is an Investment Banker in London now. Pics to come on facebook.

*Sidenote*- You know how when you go to a wedding, there are name cards you pick up, that say, for example- Matt Hickman and Nate Hainje- Table 13. Well ours said- Byrn and Melanie Kendrick, Table 12. HAHAHA. Just Byrn. Not Sarah Byrn. But Byrn.

Naturally, this weekend made me sad because I'm always sad about growing up. So of course, there was lots of high school reminiscing going on between me and Byrn. For example we talked about:

*-AIM and Buddy Lists. Like how annoyed you'd get when you tried to Add a buddy and you were at your limit. And consequently how hyped you'd get when AIM upped the maximum buddy list. And how important font and your profile was. Jamie and I used to spend forever picking the perfect color combination for our font. HA.

*-FOP. All you WL'ers know that there is not a damn thing on this earth greater than FOP. Walking down there and hanging out, going back and forth from the softball to baseball fields. And of course, the concession stand. And you were even cooler if you got to work at the concession stand. All the elementary school and junior high love connections happened at Fop. If you weren't there, you were nobody.

*-Spirit Days at CC. For a high school with uniforms, spirit days were your opportunity to show how stylish you were. But generally you were limited to something CC oriented. So kind of an oxymoron.

*-Being friends with kids from other schools. Before Facebook, if you knew kids from other schools you were so legit. Like, "I'm hanging out with some McCutcheon kids tonight...or we're going to the Harrison basketball game." The high school socialites, we were.

Also, we all know I have personal vendettas toward a lot of states in the Union, particularly those south of the Mason Dixon line. However, I never thought I'd add Vermont to the list. Well, let me change that tune- Vermont I don't have a problem with per se, but I don't know how anyone could live there. Matt and Maria seem to love it though.

So what's the basis of my beef with Vermont? Well...let's see. There's more people in just a little over half of the city of Indianapolis then there is in the ENTIRE STATE OF VERMONT. For a social butterfly like me, such an unpopulated state does not fly. Like, there was nobody there. And the exits were like 10 miles apart and Byrn and I couldnt find a fast food restaurant if our life depended on it. Plus they have moose.

However, if you like nature and ski'ing that's probably the place to be. I like neither. In fact, I hate nature. (Well I don't HATE nature, I'm all about saving it- but the only time I want to be outside is if I'm by a pool or at the beach. Literally that's it.) So in sum- go to Vermont if you like nature and hate being around people. Oh and you like Moose.

Alright folks, that's all for now...I promise I'll post more frequently. Click here to follow me on Twitter for numerous daily/hourly 140 character witty remarks.

Peace, Love and Leo,

Mims