It's All in the Family

So over the weekend, I met one of the writers of Family Guy at a house party. And I totally geeked out with him. I asked him all sorts of questions about how the show came about, what it's like in the writing room, how does their camp feel with South Park taking jabs at them, etc. I also learned that the random "vignettes" throughout the episodes are referred to as "cutaways."

And it was truly fascinating! Very down-to-earth family man. Didn't have a Hollywood sized ego. It made me like Family Guy EVEN MORE. And who would have thought my middle aged Uncle would be the one who first introduced me to the show years ago. What a hip dude.

And I was sooo invited to go see a live read of a future episode. Yes, I accept bribery in many forms.

I'm glad they're not MY brothers!

So I recently went to Portugal and Spain. Amazing trip, all around. Except for the part when I was bitten twice by a Portuguese buggie and it made my arm swell like Popeye's...that I could have dealt without.

One of the highlights of the trip, I must say, was our last night in Madrid when we went to see the performance "Los Vivancos Hermanos". Now, I have seen A LOT of musicals and dance performances. I'm not easy to please in these genres. But, hot damn, this was one of the best performances I've ever seen. These guys are multi-talented. Play instruments beautifully and are some of the most gifted dancers I have ever seen. They do it all.

And, it doesn't hurt that they are gorgeous and half naked the whole time. Nope, you don't see me complaining.

Still puppy obsessed

Are you kidding me with this face? I just recently discovered yet another adorable hybrid puppy: the Chug (half Chihuahua, half Pug). If I'm not careful, I might end up like this crazy dog obsessed socialite!

Why Woman Think They Like Pink

Okay okay, so my blogs are infrequent. But when I do make time to blog...dammit, I'll hit you with a couple. So deal with it. Danke.

So, I just came across this article I found quite intriguing. There is a study that claims there is a biological reason why women like "pink" and men gravitate more towards blue. This didn't sound entirely scientific so I read further. Here is the article.

Apparently, when women and men were shown a series of colored shapes and asked which they preferred, then men chose shades that were on the blue spectrum, and the women were drawn towards the "pinker" end of the spectrum. But this begs the question, are we shaped to prefer these colors by society? If a guy says his favorite color is "pink"...well, he is deemed a huge woosy and playing for the other team essentially.

The article goes on to say that as a whole, there is a universal preference towards blue for both sexes, but in addition, women like red as well. So, they deduce that red and blue are a combination of a woman's preference in colors...thus...purples and pinks. I dunno, London....you Brits are crazy with these studies!

My favorite line in the article is "For men, thinking about colours was less important because as hunters they just needed to spot something dark and shoot it..." Hehe.