So I went to Auntie Mae's "Trivia Smack Down" last night. Ouch. I think I need to buy a Trivial Pursuit game. Or I need to hang out with Josh Tedder more. Either way, I need to get smarter.
I feel like we got unlucky with our easy questions. For example, we were asked what the Dirty Dancing song by Eric Carmen was? We're 5 dudes who are hoping for movie and sports questions. Then when we finally get a sports question it's "in Nascar, what is the color of the flag signaling one lap left." Frick. I don't watch Nascar. And those were the easy ones.
Anyway, if you're smart. And know random crap. Please come join us Wednesdays at 7:45!! It's pretty stinkin fun.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
New Roommate...
Everyone needs to welcome Stephen Freese. He can do things like this:
I know right...
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Since he's new to Manhattan, I was thinking of all the must do's/see's that our wonderful little city offers. I've been here over 6 years, and this is the short list I've come up with. Feel free to add your own in the comments. In no particular order:
- Call Hall ice cream
- watch a storm roll in from "Top of the World"
- get kissed in the "A Hole"
- Lawn chair for 4 hours at Pillsbury Crossing
- Get a Fishbowl/Fishtank at Fats
- Vista Burger greasiness
- Any shot from the "I Double Dare You" menu at Shot Stop
- Anything from TADS
- Grill out at Tuttle Creek
- Walk into Rusty's just to see how disgusting it is
- Irish Car Bomb from O'Malley's
- Frisbee/Football/Soccer at Old Stadium
- Pita Pit, no earlier than 2:10am
- Pinapple Beer from So Long Saloon
- Fake Patties Day (only time i've ever seen a cop conducting a DUI test before 10:00am)
- 50 cent tacos at Tubby's
- Long walk at Konza Prairie
- Enjoy an evening at the Little Grill
- Hit up the Farmer's Market
- Compare Radina's to Bluestem 100 times and still not know which is better
- A bike ride with the DBC!
I know right...
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Since he's new to Manhattan, I was thinking of all the must do's/see's that our wonderful little city offers. I've been here over 6 years, and this is the short list I've come up with. Feel free to add your own in the comments. In no particular order:
- Call Hall ice cream
- watch a storm roll in from "Top of the World"
- get kissed in the "A Hole"
- Lawn chair for 4 hours at Pillsbury Crossing
- Get a Fishbowl/Fishtank at Fats
- Vista Burger greasiness
- Any shot from the "I Double Dare You" menu at Shot Stop
- Anything from TADS
- Grill out at Tuttle Creek
- Walk into Rusty's just to see how disgusting it is
- Irish Car Bomb from O'Malley's
- Frisbee/Football/Soccer at Old Stadium
- Pita Pit, no earlier than 2:10am
- Pinapple Beer from So Long Saloon
- Fake Patties Day (only time i've ever seen a cop conducting a DUI test before 10:00am)
- 50 cent tacos at Tubby's
- Long walk at Konza Prairie
- Enjoy an evening at the Little Grill
- Hit up the Farmer's Market
- Compare Radina's to Bluestem 100 times and still not know which is better
- A bike ride with the DBC!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Movies...
Some movies don't show me anything (Die Hard, the Incredibles, Dumb and Dumber) but they are just entertaining as hell.
Some movies speak a different message based on where I am in my own life. Braveheart and Band of Brothers, for example. When I first watched them, they made me want to fight a war and earn glory and honor. Now, years later, when I rewatch them, they make me want to believe in something outside of myself. To stand firm in a conviction of unwaivering truth.
I just rewatched (500) Days of Summer. The first time I watched it, I was floored. The movie reflected something about my life that I didn't like. An ache, an agony, and a desperation. It wasn't the movie itself, it was the emotions the movie brought out of me. The second time I watched it, I was floored again. But with a completely different set of emotions. I was made happy by it.
I was talking to a friend about the way that movies can make us feel. How Sleepless in Seattle makes us want to reach out and touch someone and know true love. How Motorcycle Diaries makes us want to live out on the road to find adventure and excitement. How Life as a House makes us want to reconnect with the ones we love.
But now I'm questioning...
Are all these emotions bullshit? Are they movie magic trying to make us feel one way or another without being authentic? Or, do these movies bring up underlying things about ourselves that are already true? Are they a new kind of mirror, allowing us to reflect?
I'm settling somewhere closter to the latter. I think the emotions already exist. It's the movie that stirs the pot.
Either way, (500) Days of Summer, great movie. You can watch it here. You can actually watch almost ANY movie there.
Some movies don't show me anything (Die Hard, the Incredibles, Dumb and Dumber) but they are just entertaining as hell.
Some movies speak a different message based on where I am in my own life. Braveheart and Band of Brothers, for example. When I first watched them, they made me want to fight a war and earn glory and honor. Now, years later, when I rewatch them, they make me want to believe in something outside of myself. To stand firm in a conviction of unwaivering truth.
I just rewatched (500) Days of Summer. The first time I watched it, I was floored. The movie reflected something about my life that I didn't like. An ache, an agony, and a desperation. It wasn't the movie itself, it was the emotions the movie brought out of me. The second time I watched it, I was floored again. But with a completely different set of emotions. I was made happy by it.
I was talking to a friend about the way that movies can make us feel. How Sleepless in Seattle makes us want to reach out and touch someone and know true love. How Motorcycle Diaries makes us want to live out on the road to find adventure and excitement. How Life as a House makes us want to reconnect with the ones we love.
But now I'm questioning...
Are all these emotions bullshit? Are they movie magic trying to make us feel one way or another without being authentic? Or, do these movies bring up underlying things about ourselves that are already true? Are they a new kind of mirror, allowing us to reflect?
I'm settling somewhere closter to the latter. I think the emotions already exist. It's the movie that stirs the pot.
Either way, (500) Days of Summer, great movie. You can watch it here. You can actually watch almost ANY movie there.
Friday, December 4, 2009
christmas-y
I'm feeling uber Christmas-y and i'm not exactly sure why. When I was a kid, I LOVED decorating the house, putting up the tree, playing christmas music, and all that. But in highschool, I lost that magic. This year, I found it again.
We had a bunch of people come over to the house for Christmas Decorating 2009. We used all of Kathy (our landlandy's) christmas decorations. It was a magical night: christmas songs, cookies, putting up the tree, stringing lights. But it also had its trashy side, with the 1 string of lights in the window, the star of david made out of beaded chains on the wall, the black baby angel on the top of the tree, and the fan that turned into abstract decoration art. You should come over sometime, it's great.
Bethany and Sarah were party guests of the night because they wore the most christmas-y christmas sweaters. Starkey was DJ extraordinair. And Roth's pranking made the night a hit. I loved every minute of it.
my personal top 5 chrismas-y things:
5- from age 6-12 we hung up a picture that had small candy compartments in it that you opened the days of december. i was the even numbers, my sister the odd. i loved that thing.
4- my mom on the piano and the 5 of us (dad, sister, grandma, grandpa, and me) would sing christmas songs. we sounded horrible, but i can still hear my grandma's vibrato in my head.
3- the arguments over what movie to see the day after christmas (everyone had to see the same one). feelings would get hurt, it was awesome.
2- when mom put me in charge of putting the decorations on the tree. we had a tall skinny box of decorations and one year, i was put in charge of all decorations. i was 8 or so, and LOVED it.
1- our "christmas videos" vhs. it was a compilation of charlie brown christmas, rudolph, frosty the snowman, mickey's christmas carol, and twas the night before christmas (the one with the cartoon mice). my sister and i watched it every year. then we would usually put in 'white christmas' and we'd both fall asleep around the "count your blessings instead of sheep" song.
i'm getting a heavy wiff of nostalgia, so i'd better head out. merry christmas everyone.
We had a bunch of people come over to the house for Christmas Decorating 2009. We used all of Kathy (our landlandy's) christmas decorations. It was a magical night: christmas songs, cookies, putting up the tree, stringing lights. But it also had its trashy side, with the 1 string of lights in the window, the star of david made out of beaded chains on the wall, the black baby angel on the top of the tree, and the fan that turned into abstract decoration art. You should come over sometime, it's great.
Bethany and Sarah were party guests of the night because they wore the most christmas-y christmas sweaters. Starkey was DJ extraordinair. And Roth's pranking made the night a hit. I loved every minute of it.
my personal top 5 chrismas-y things:
5- from age 6-12 we hung up a picture that had small candy compartments in it that you opened the days of december. i was the even numbers, my sister the odd. i loved that thing.
4- my mom on the piano and the 5 of us (dad, sister, grandma, grandpa, and me) would sing christmas songs. we sounded horrible, but i can still hear my grandma's vibrato in my head.
3- the arguments over what movie to see the day after christmas (everyone had to see the same one). feelings would get hurt, it was awesome.
2- when mom put me in charge of putting the decorations on the tree. we had a tall skinny box of decorations and one year, i was put in charge of all decorations. i was 8 or so, and LOVED it.
1- our "christmas videos" vhs. it was a compilation of charlie brown christmas, rudolph, frosty the snowman, mickey's christmas carol, and twas the night before christmas (the one with the cartoon mice). my sister and i watched it every year. then we would usually put in 'white christmas' and we'd both fall asleep around the "count your blessings instead of sheep" song.
i'm getting a heavy wiff of nostalgia, so i'd better head out. merry christmas everyone.
Monday, November 30, 2009
drawing on napkins means its time to leave...
why does walking to radinas to get on twitter and facebook seem so much more productive than doing it at home? maybe because i enjoyed talking to the lady behind the coffee counter who made my hot chocolate...who knows
does anyone feel like a smooth operator when they are behind a keyboard. but as soon as your on the phone or talking in person you turn into M O R O N. i could be don juan if i didn't have to look people in the eye.
final sickness update. 7 straight days of being out with 'the strep.' now i'm feeling great. i learned that you can truly feel rested if you sleep over 12 hours a day for 7 days straight. even though i was sick, i feel like my body is c0mpletely rested. when i woke up this morning for work at 6:45 I was instantly wide awake feeling great. all i could think of was, "so this is what waking up is SUPPOSED to feel like."
trying to find good twitter accounts to follow. if you have suggestions, tell me. (don't say people like shaq, ashton, or famous people that i don't care about) i'm looking for things like this or this. like a cnn of funny things, is there a twitter for that. same with blogs. tell me if you know any of those too...
i'm out. radinas partner has resorted to drawing on napkins...this means we need to leave.
does anyone feel like a smooth operator when they are behind a keyboard. but as soon as your on the phone or talking in person you turn into M O R O N. i could be don juan if i didn't have to look people in the eye.
final sickness update. 7 straight days of being out with 'the strep.' now i'm feeling great. i learned that you can truly feel rested if you sleep over 12 hours a day for 7 days straight. even though i was sick, i feel like my body is c0mpletely rested. when i woke up this morning for work at 6:45 I was instantly wide awake feeling great. all i could think of was, "so this is what waking up is SUPPOSED to feel like."
trying to find good twitter accounts to follow. if you have suggestions, tell me. (don't say people like shaq, ashton, or famous people that i don't care about) i'm looking for things like this or this. like a cnn of funny things, is there a twitter for that. same with blogs. tell me if you know any of those too...
i'm out. radinas partner has resorted to drawing on napkins...this means we need to leave.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
reading at the speed of light through 10-page books
'a series of unfortunate events' makes me feel like i can read really fast. a feeling i've never had. but when each page is only 22 lines, you can seriously fly through a book.
is it possible that my upper lip is caving in on itself due to chapped-ness. will my lip be gone by the time i'm 50. i'm seriously a little worried about it.
lately, i've been a part of/read about/heard stories about/seen a lot of confrontation. they should rename november to "confront that one guy about the thing" month. or no shave november. that probably works the best. one day i'd love to participate in no shave november and not look like i have dirt all over my face.
i learned a lot about my old friends this weekend. i will be confronting you about it these stories in the near future. most of the confrontations will sound like this, "how could you have not told me you did...such and such... that's such a great story!"
is it possible that my upper lip is caving in on itself due to chapped-ness. will my lip be gone by the time i'm 50. i'm seriously a little worried about it.
lately, i've been a part of/read about/heard stories about/seen a lot of confrontation. they should rename november to "confront that one guy about the thing" month. or no shave november. that probably works the best. one day i'd love to participate in no shave november and not look like i have dirt all over my face.
i learned a lot about my old friends this weekend. i will be confronting you about it these stories in the near future. most of the confrontations will sound like this, "how could you have not told me you did...such and such... that's such a great story!"
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
tiny rambos and internet mistresses...
i don't know why i go on these long breaks with blogger. i guess it's hard to date 3 different websites at once. twitter is the girl who's every moment makes you happier. it's still in the 'get to know you' phase, but the time we've spent together is magical. facebook is the steady girlfriend. the one where we know eachothers flaws but love eachother anyway. facebook and i are in love, while twitter and i are just in 'passionate like' with one another. blogger, however...blogger is the girl you call up when you're really drunk, really lonely, really happy, or a mix between all 3. blogger sees the extreme side of you, but is always ready and willing for that 1:00am text or call.
it's hard having 3 mistresses.
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few things i've been wanting to say:
1- most intense day of my work life was today. i'll try my best to throw in a few tid-bits at a second twitter i started (MidSchoolQuotes). but i'm pretty sure i'm not allowed to say much legally. i will say that it involved the police, a runaway, a wrestling match between a 74 pound kid and a 200 pound principal, the police again, a small version of rambo, and divine intervention. ask me. it's a good story.
2- chicago trip this weekend (fingers crossed). pact crew to visit chitown without a single plan. sounds like the perfect weekend. also getting a chance to see this girl who i haven't seen in a thousand years. it's a tragedy that needs a remedy. and that remedy is saturday night.
3- started reading lemony snicket. love it, which officially makes me have the reading level of a 4th grader. but to make myself feel better, i started yesterday on book 1 and am already half way through it.
4- i'm learning how to save people's lives. no kidding. but emt class is freakin hard. why God made the human body so complex is a mystery and i don't like it. (btw, don't ask me to save your life yet, i'd probably wet myself attempting)
5- attn. all KC readers of this blog. find me a job, find me an apartment, find me a 4 year school, and i will join you. as cheap trick said, "i want you to want me. i need you to need me. i'd love you to love me."
6- didn't i didn't i didn't i see you crying, didn't i didn't i didn't i see y......ummmm....sorry.
7- i did my first ever 'defriending' on the advice of her. don't hate me if we're not facebook friends anymore. but if you read this, we should be fine...
in the words of my middle school companion "i'm leaving here and there's no way anyone's going to stop me. now get out of my way so i can leave"
it's hard having 3 mistresses.
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few things i've been wanting to say:
1- most intense day of my work life was today. i'll try my best to throw in a few tid-bits at a second twitter i started (MidSchoolQuotes). but i'm pretty sure i'm not allowed to say much legally. i will say that it involved the police, a runaway, a wrestling match between a 74 pound kid and a 200 pound principal, the police again, a small version of rambo, and divine intervention. ask me. it's a good story.
2- chicago trip this weekend (fingers crossed). pact crew to visit chitown without a single plan. sounds like the perfect weekend. also getting a chance to see this girl who i haven't seen in a thousand years. it's a tragedy that needs a remedy. and that remedy is saturday night.
3- started reading lemony snicket. love it, which officially makes me have the reading level of a 4th grader. but to make myself feel better, i started yesterday on book 1 and am already half way through it.
4- i'm learning how to save people's lives. no kidding. but emt class is freakin hard. why God made the human body so complex is a mystery and i don't like it. (btw, don't ask me to save your life yet, i'd probably wet myself attempting)
5- attn. all KC readers of this blog. find me a job, find me an apartment, find me a 4 year school, and i will join you. as cheap trick said, "i want you to want me. i need you to need me. i'd love you to love me."
6- didn't i didn't i didn't i see you crying, didn't i didn't i didn't i see y......ummmm....sorry.
7- i did my first ever 'defriending' on the advice of her. don't hate me if we're not facebook friends anymore. but if you read this, we should be fine...
in the words of my middle school companion "i'm leaving here and there's no way anyone's going to stop me. now get out of my way so i can leave"
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