I had a weekend.
I laughed, I cried, I saw a great band in concert!!
Andy introduced me to the band (via iTunes) We The Living about 2 weeks ago, has had them on repeat ever since, and we got tickets to go to their Madison concert on Saturday!! It was TOTALLY AWESOME!! Go check 'em out on iTunes if you've got it, look up Half the Girl and give it a listen. I'd shoot you a YouTube link, but they only have live songs on there, which are varying levels of poor quality. ANYWAY i got to meet the band and all that jazz, which was super fantastic. They were all really cool, and the lead guitarist was painting custom t shirts for people after the show, and... it was just... crazy. New man crushes. They can have a spot behind Will Smith, Andy, and Neil Patrick Harris.
Other recent events:
Andy and I (and btw don't get confused. It's rarely just me and Andy going out, but the rest of the group is so variable, whereas he is kind of a staple member. Also, not gay, but supportive. anyway...) went to the Karaoke Kid on Friday AND Saturday nights, and... well, we actually sang the same song both nights. lol. We couldn't get enough Inside Out by Eve 6. We rocked the place... on both occasions.
Also, my friend Renee's birthday was today, and she requested that she be allowed to make use of our apartment for a birthday party on Saturday. It was actually a pretty sweet party! I got to see the 4th floor Slichter (my residence last year, REPRESENT!) crew from last year, which is ALWAYS fun, because Andy and I are like celebrities. We love you guys! I'll come visit soon. Anyway, Andy and I didn't stay long as we had out of town visitors to entertain, but it looked like a good time. They only broke 2 of our glasses!! That's a gift I think. Chelsea puked IN the toilet (I'm so proud), and we only lost 2 glasses. And there were oodles of freshmen there! a gift i tell you!!
BTW, for you grammar nazis out there... First of all, I am pretty clearly making very little effort to make this grammatically perfect. However i have been deciding whether or not i want to capitalize all my I's. Because i talk about myself a lot. Have U noticed that? :P I'm gonna make a decision soon, i promise.
My phrase of the evening: domonstrably fallacious. Thank you Big Bang Theory, i (I?) will now be attempting to slip that into every day conversation.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Shut Your Mouth Hole and Open Your Drink Hole!!
Tonight was the inaugural Bierstick usage night. And it did not disappoint! I will be honest friends. I hadn't tried the (what was at the last party i tried it at referred to as the "pain stick") bierstick in about a year. And i totally approached it inappropriately, resulting in beer going out of my mouth, up my nose, and all over the apartment! My body remembered how to do it on the second try however, thank goodness.
WOW it has been a long time since i POSTED! SoRrY!!! i have THINGS to SAY now though!
That first paragraph was from Friday night. This is my FOURTH attempt at blogging in the past week (though this one will be completed unlike those many others). It seemed that for one of the first weeks in Nick history, i was legitimately busy for a good portion of the week! I studied hard for exams, did all of my homework, maintained my social standing, and managed to catch up a tad on all of the television shows i juggle! I know that doesn't sound like a crazy week for some of you out there, but... i did homework AND i studied! These are things I've regularly neglected in my college career up to this year. I mean, I've crammed loads of times. But for these exams i STUDIED! It was crazy! (and for the record i got a 90% on my spanish exam. I'm not sure about my linguistics just yet)
Anyway, about the bierstick.
This weekend was all about it.
I am pleased to announce that despite their initial misgivings, every roommate tried the new drinking technology. Aaron and I were of course excited, but as my previous post mentioned, Andy was more than a little resistant, and Greg...
I'm sorry Greg, but they have to understand...
Greg does this thing. Firstly, he's very choosy about his beer. He only likes Newcastle. He will settle for a few other beers if the situation gets dicey, but he's not happy about it. ALSO if he opens one, one of two things happens.
1. The entire group is anchored to the apartment until Greg finishes (est. one hour) OR
2. We all try to peer pressure Greg into slamming the beer on the spot so we can get going to whatever our actual plans for the evening are. It is at this point that Greg refuses to succumb to our peer pressure, and elects instead to put his half beer back in the fridge for "later".
I shit you not, this happens on 85% of Friday and Saturday nights. Greg WILL NOT slam beer. EVAR! He doesn't like it. And the beer he accepts is not conducive to chugging anyway. So he puts it in the fridge, a place where "later" never comes. Of course by the time he finds his half beer in never neverland, it's a good 14 hours later, and... well, he's not gonna drink THAT swill now is he?
The point is, this habit of Greg's has turned his name into a verb meaning "to shamefully waste a beer by 'saving it' for later"
Don't worry, I know that was a little confusing. I'll use it in a sentence.
"Come on guys, I'm really full! Can't you just wait another, like, 10 minutes?"
"No way man! Hike up your skirt, Sally! But, I mean, hey, if you really can't finish it, just Greg it."
Greg was not down for the bierstick.
I saw the spark in Andy's eyes however. After watching a few other people try it (including me, unsuccessfully), I began to see some interest forming there. It was at some point during our peer pressuring of Andy that Greg piped up and said, "I'll do it if Andy does it."
This was a mistake
Andy then held power over someone! His actions could directly influence Greg's! Moments later, our friend Britney spoke up claiming that if Greg did it she would, sealing Greg's fate. Two lives in the balance was more than Andy could pass up, so we loaded the bierstick, and Andy took it like a champion.
As i re-evaluate that last phrase (lol) i realize another side note is in order. The bierstick is very fun, however it requires a bit of instruction for first timers. NO MATTER HOW you try to explain it, it sounds like you are teaching the person how to suck a dick. Which becomes funnier the more you use the stick. (see what i mean?) Direct quotes from bierstick tutelage:
"Just relax your jaw and swallow"
"You have to grasp the stick firmly"
"You are too tense! Just relax and let it happen!"
And it got worse as the night went on.
THE POINT IS! Greg eventually tried the bierstick. He was then the way we got other noobs to try it.
"Hey, no matter what happens, it can't be worse than when Greg tried it!"
The only way i can describe it is as a beercano. There was some overflowing, and then everyone had to run for cover!
I am so sorry Greg. I still respect you as a man, and as a friend. Drinking beer quickly just isn't your gift. And that's ok.
Last night we went to a "Hipsters vs. Bros party, an event filled with mustaches (both real and fake), skinny jeans, popped collar polos and baseball caps worn at funny angles. In other words it was a TOTALLY AWESOME PARTY!!!! The bierstick was a huge hit. It was almost as cool as all the facial hair present.
There's Joe, with his creepy hipster 'stache (there's a bro in the background) and then me, being all the bro i know how to be.
O, and Greg thought his costume looked a bit like Friedrich Nietzsche. And I totally agree! See for yourself!!
WOW it has been a long time since i POSTED! SoRrY!!! i have THINGS to SAY now though!
That first paragraph was from Friday night. This is my FOURTH attempt at blogging in the past week (though this one will be completed unlike those many others). It seemed that for one of the first weeks in Nick history, i was legitimately busy for a good portion of the week! I studied hard for exams, did all of my homework, maintained my social standing, and managed to catch up a tad on all of the television shows i juggle! I know that doesn't sound like a crazy week for some of you out there, but... i did homework AND i studied! These are things I've regularly neglected in my college career up to this year. I mean, I've crammed loads of times. But for these exams i STUDIED! It was crazy! (and for the record i got a 90% on my spanish exam. I'm not sure about my linguistics just yet)
Anyway, about the bierstick.
This weekend was all about it.
I am pleased to announce that despite their initial misgivings, every roommate tried the new drinking technology. Aaron and I were of course excited, but as my previous post mentioned, Andy was more than a little resistant, and Greg...
I'm sorry Greg, but they have to understand...
Greg does this thing. Firstly, he's very choosy about his beer. He only likes Newcastle. He will settle for a few other beers if the situation gets dicey, but he's not happy about it. ALSO if he opens one, one of two things happens.
1. The entire group is anchored to the apartment until Greg finishes (est. one hour) OR
2. We all try to peer pressure Greg into slamming the beer on the spot so we can get going to whatever our actual plans for the evening are. It is at this point that Greg refuses to succumb to our peer pressure, and elects instead to put his half beer back in the fridge for "later".
I shit you not, this happens on 85% of Friday and Saturday nights. Greg WILL NOT slam beer. EVAR! He doesn't like it. And the beer he accepts is not conducive to chugging anyway. So he puts it in the fridge, a place where "later" never comes. Of course by the time he finds his half beer in never neverland, it's a good 14 hours later, and... well, he's not gonna drink THAT swill now is he?
The point is, this habit of Greg's has turned his name into a verb meaning "to shamefully waste a beer by 'saving it' for later"
Don't worry, I know that was a little confusing. I'll use it in a sentence.
"Come on guys, I'm really full! Can't you just wait another, like, 10 minutes?"
"No way man! Hike up your skirt, Sally! But, I mean, hey, if you really can't finish it, just Greg it."
Greg was not down for the bierstick.
I saw the spark in Andy's eyes however. After watching a few other people try it (including me, unsuccessfully), I began to see some interest forming there. It was at some point during our peer pressuring of Andy that Greg piped up and said, "I'll do it if Andy does it."
This was a mistake
Andy then held power over someone! His actions could directly influence Greg's! Moments later, our friend Britney spoke up claiming that if Greg did it she would, sealing Greg's fate. Two lives in the balance was more than Andy could pass up, so we loaded the bierstick, and Andy took it like a champion.
As i re-evaluate that last phrase (lol) i realize another side note is in order. The bierstick is very fun, however it requires a bit of instruction for first timers. NO MATTER HOW you try to explain it, it sounds like you are teaching the person how to suck a dick. Which becomes funnier the more you use the stick. (see what i mean?) Direct quotes from bierstick tutelage:
"Just relax your jaw and swallow"
"You have to grasp the stick firmly"
"You are too tense! Just relax and let it happen!"
And it got worse as the night went on.
THE POINT IS! Greg eventually tried the bierstick. He was then the way we got other noobs to try it.
"Hey, no matter what happens, it can't be worse than when Greg tried it!"
The only way i can describe it is as a beercano. There was some overflowing, and then everyone had to run for cover!
I am so sorry Greg. I still respect you as a man, and as a friend. Drinking beer quickly just isn't your gift. And that's ok.
Last night we went to a "Hipsters vs. Bros party, an event filled with mustaches (both real and fake), skinny jeans, popped collar polos and baseball caps worn at funny angles. In other words it was a TOTALLY AWESOME PARTY!!!! The bierstick was a huge hit. It was almost as cool as all the facial hair present.
There's Joe, with his creepy hipster 'stache (there's a bro in the background) and then me, being all the bro i know how to be.
O, and Greg thought his costume looked a bit like Friedrich Nietzsche. And I totally agree! See for yourself!!
It's uncanny!
I've actually lost track of which is which.
I've actually lost track of which is which.
Alright, well there have been more bro-ings on in the past week, but i haven't posted in awhile, and i don't wanna give you all of my thoughts in a single post! Because then what would i write about tomorrow?
Friday, October 2, 2009
Arkansas: where even being pregnant doesn't stop you from getting pregnant.
Last night, i attempted to write a 4 page Shakespeare paper. The problem? I had only slept 4 hours the night before, I had class all day, and i worked once in the afternoon, and again at night. I had about 2 free hours in the middle of my day, so i got about a page and half in before i had to go to my final obligation of the day. I got home from work around 11:30 PM. I was not getting to bed early.
Luckily, I had purchased a 4 pack of monster energy drink during my break in the afternoon. One for each page if it came to that. Don't think i wasn't committed. This thing is getting DONE! It did not end quickly. I discovered that energy drinks, while keeping me awake, didn't help my brain function. I lost most of my utility by about 2:30 in the morning, and from there on my last page and a half was the slowest of slow crawls. When i had finally finished my paper at about 5:45 AM, i decided it might be fun to edit the paper for simple spelling and grammar errors. The content after all (I thought) would be irreparably mediocre, so i could just get my 10 points for proper spelling and 10 for an original thesis, (which i had written back when i was forming coherent thoughts), and come out with at least a BC paper. I found a few missing words and grammar flaws, but i also found some content that appeared a bit less... professional on the second read through. The following was an actual extract from my original paper.
"Unfortunately, this attitude is causing him unnecessary friction in his life, and in my opinion he need not be so anti-fairies. Fairies are people too. Except they aren’t people. They are fairies."
My thoughts as i read this, in the order i had them:
1) Ha, fairies
2) Oops, I mentioned myself in my paper
3) Hey, this is formatted grammatically as though I'm writing a blog post!
4) OMG WTF THIS MAKES NO SENSE!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I THOUGHT THIS WAS A LEGITIMATE ARGUMENT
*queue maniacal laughter.
Good lord, that night was not good times. I have just awoken from my 4 hour post class nap, feeling very slightly less retarded than I had hours ago, and i am just sitting here begging my body to forgive me. I promise body, I'll never do that to you again!
Random image is random.
Yesterday afternoon (while i was sleep deprived from the previous night, but still fighting valiantly for sanity) i was at work serving food to the masses. I handed this girl her cheeseburger or whatever she asked for, with an, "anything else for you?" At this point, she glanced down at my name tag and exclaimed, "Hey, you're that guy that ditched Beth!!"
OK, 2 things. One: I am tired. Ive never met this girl before, and she introduced herself using a situation that i had to struggle to comprehend actually happened
AAAAAND two!: i did NOT ditch Beth! I was totally psyched for my shift with Beth!! I picked up another class!!! Beth, your cousin verbally assaulted me when i was mentally unstable! It was traumatic, and... kind of flattering! Because you MUST be talking about me to your cousin (Melissa? i think?). maybe we should go out some time?
Speaking of work, on the same shift, my gay friend/coworker told me a story from last year. We'll say his name is Johnny Hammersticks. At Liz Waters (my place of employment) we have comment cards lying out. People write their comments down, and then the head manager of the dining hall writes a comment back, and puts them up on the comment board. Someone wrote a comment that said, "Johnny Hammersticks is the best!!!"
At this point, the manager decided she was gonna be funny, and wrote back, "at what?" Someone then finished the very bathroom stall-esqe conversation by inserting "cock sucking". Johnny saw the sign before the managers took it down and said, "HA! I'm finally being recognized for all my hard work!!" lol. You go, Hammersticks.
Luckily, I had purchased a 4 pack of monster energy drink during my break in the afternoon. One for each page if it came to that. Don't think i wasn't committed. This thing is getting DONE! It did not end quickly. I discovered that energy drinks, while keeping me awake, didn't help my brain function. I lost most of my utility by about 2:30 in the morning, and from there on my last page and a half was the slowest of slow crawls. When i had finally finished my paper at about 5:45 AM, i decided it might be fun to edit the paper for simple spelling and grammar errors. The content after all (I thought) would be irreparably mediocre, so i could just get my 10 points for proper spelling and 10 for an original thesis, (which i had written back when i was forming coherent thoughts), and come out with at least a BC paper. I found a few missing words and grammar flaws, but i also found some content that appeared a bit less... professional on the second read through. The following was an actual extract from my original paper.
"Unfortunately, this attitude is causing him unnecessary friction in his life, and in my opinion he need not be so anti-fairies. Fairies are people too. Except they aren’t people. They are fairies."
My thoughts as i read this, in the order i had them:
1) Ha, fairies
2) Oops, I mentioned myself in my paper
3) Hey, this is formatted grammatically as though I'm writing a blog post!
4) OMG WTF THIS MAKES NO SENSE!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I THOUGHT THIS WAS A LEGITIMATE ARGUMENT
*queue maniacal laughter.
Good lord, that night was not good times. I have just awoken from my 4 hour post class nap, feeling very slightly less retarded than I had hours ago, and i am just sitting here begging my body to forgive me. I promise body, I'll never do that to you again!
Random image is random.
Yesterday afternoon (while i was sleep deprived from the previous night, but still fighting valiantly for sanity) i was at work serving food to the masses. I handed this girl her cheeseburger or whatever she asked for, with an, "anything else for you?" At this point, she glanced down at my name tag and exclaimed, "Hey, you're that guy that ditched Beth!!"
OK, 2 things. One: I am tired. Ive never met this girl before, and she introduced herself using a situation that i had to struggle to comprehend actually happened
AAAAAND two!: i did NOT ditch Beth! I was totally psyched for my shift with Beth!! I picked up another class!!! Beth, your cousin verbally assaulted me when i was mentally unstable! It was traumatic, and... kind of flattering! Because you MUST be talking about me to your cousin (Melissa? i think?). maybe we should go out some time?
Speaking of work, on the same shift, my gay friend/coworker told me a story from last year. We'll say his name is Johnny Hammersticks. At Liz Waters (my place of employment) we have comment cards lying out. People write their comments down, and then the head manager of the dining hall writes a comment back, and puts them up on the comment board. Someone wrote a comment that said, "Johnny Hammersticks is the best!!!"
At this point, the manager decided she was gonna be funny, and wrote back, "at what?" Someone then finished the very bathroom stall-esqe conversation by inserting "cock sucking". Johnny saw the sign before the managers took it down and said, "HA! I'm finally being recognized for all my hard work!!" lol. You go, Hammersticks.
Happy friday all!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Crayons Can Melt on Us for All I Care
Hello again my friends!!!!
SO the Das Boot night pictures are FINALLY HERE!!!
YYYYAAAAAYYYY
Our photographer had left by the time we had gotten to the Karaoke Kid unfortunately, but I'll give ya what i can!
So this is Me, Andy, and Drew drinking from the ol' boot!! Drew is really good at it.
Too good perhaps. Relax the jaw Drew, relax the jaw and swallow ;)
Ya know, in hindsight, i wish we would have captured the massive difficulty everyone had while they were trying to get past the bubble in the toe! Because that is a totally legitimate difficulty, and you have to be either ultra confident in addition to having seen the movie Beerfest, or SUPER careful! And on the first time around, the whole circle was a strange mix of the two, resulting in beer slapping us all in the face. SHAAAAAMMMMEE. We had 3 boots between the 5 of us. it was some really good times!!
The other day (2 weeks ago?) Andy and I went out to dinner with our friend Ashley for her birthday at Uno's in Madison. We had been seated, and were just chatting amongst ourselves when our waitress skipped over (and i'm barely exaggerating here) and introduced herself. She gave us the usual hello, my name is... but when she got to her name, she drew this napkin out of her little check pouch dealie (whatever that's called) and with a MASSIVE flourish, she set it gently, almost lovingly on the table. It had her name on it (Rachel), and she timed it such that as she said it, the napkin was landing. And then she got this look on her face that told me she was hungry for approval, like she was a kindergartner, and she needed me to tell her that the picture of the pink duck she had colored was really splendid and original.
I literally laughed right in her face. Which i immediately regretted due to the hurt look on HER face, but what was i supposed to do? She had colored outside the lines, and what kind of ducks are pink anyway? Have i taken this metaphor too far? The point is, she wasn't going to get her approval from me. On the plus side, i wasn't her most abrasive customer. One of our other friends made a fuss about portion sizes, and ended up sending her food back (lol Stacey, fight the man).
Andy and I beat Gears of War 2 today!! Truthfully, Andy beat it by himself for the most part. The campaign bored me a little, and the co op campaign is set up so i can come and go as i please, so i did. The end was pretty anti-climactic, and I'm not gonna lie, the game is getting old for me. If you have any leisure activity suggestions, I'm up for something new! (disclaimer: the multiplayer option for this game was truly wonderful, we just played it for a lot of hours, and I'm ready to move on to bigger and better things. Or bigger and better games.)
And now its question answerin' time!
Lauren, I'm not super impressed with your questions. Very low energy, I can tell you didn't put much thought into them. That being said prepare for them to be answered in PAINSTAKING LENGTH!!
First of all, I'm not a huge Bagel eater. But if i did eat them regularly i would probably... wait, wtf is a SALT bagel? ish. i guess poppy, given those options? Whatever. But when i eat bagels, its like... i dunno, this is gonna sound really lazy, but they're hard to chew. I get about halfway through 'em, and then I'm pretty much sick of chewing. Also, they don't have much flavor. You need to douse them in cream cheese to make them enjoyable. In fact, when I eat bagels, i make them into sandwiches more often than not. And even then i would almost rather have bread. The extra stuff in the middle of the bagel doesnt make it any easier to chew after all.
And the meaning of life. I suppose i would say the meaning of life is to develop relationships with those around us. We are here on Earth for a very limited time, and as one of my favorite Relient K songs says, "Our hearts are all we'll get to bring, so let's go ahead and make them worth something!" O by the way, I believe in God and heaven, and while I am currently spiritually speaking a bit further from Him than I'm comfortable with, I will be reconnecting very soon. Feel free to ask me about my beliefs if you are curious.
O and speaking of questions, i didn't actually tell you what they were, but that's partially because they were kind of silly (or vague and cliche). They were in the comments of yesterday's post. However if you have something you wanna know about me/hear me talk about, throw a comment on this thing, and i'll get to you tomorrow! or maybe Friday, Ive got a paper to work on.
http://xkcd.com/406/
SO the Das Boot night pictures are FINALLY HERE!!!
YYYYAAAAAYYYY
Our photographer had left by the time we had gotten to the Karaoke Kid unfortunately, but I'll give ya what i can!
So this is Me, Andy, and Drew drinking from the ol' boot!! Drew is really good at it.
Too good perhaps. Relax the jaw Drew, relax the jaw and swallow ;)
Ya know, in hindsight, i wish we would have captured the massive difficulty everyone had while they were trying to get past the bubble in the toe! Because that is a totally legitimate difficulty, and you have to be either ultra confident in addition to having seen the movie Beerfest, or SUPER careful! And on the first time around, the whole circle was a strange mix of the two, resulting in beer slapping us all in the face. SHAAAAAMMMMEE. We had 3 boots between the 5 of us. it was some really good times!!
AND THEN I FOUND BRUCE WILLIS!!! ZOMG!!
Andy spotted him toward the middle of the night, and made everyone look at him. I was determined to get a picture with him in a discrete manner, but in the end i got frustrated and a little too drunk, so i just walked up to him and said something to the effect of, hey Bruce Willis, will you take a picture with me? And then he said yes. LOL. What a sport.
Andy spotted him toward the middle of the night, and made everyone look at him. I was determined to get a picture with him in a discrete manner, but in the end i got frustrated and a little too drunk, so i just walked up to him and said something to the effect of, hey Bruce Willis, will you take a picture with me? And then he said yes. LOL. What a sport.
The other day (2 weeks ago?) Andy and I went out to dinner with our friend Ashley for her birthday at Uno's in Madison. We had been seated, and were just chatting amongst ourselves when our waitress skipped over (and i'm barely exaggerating here) and introduced herself. She gave us the usual hello, my name is... but when she got to her name, she drew this napkin out of her little check pouch dealie (whatever that's called) and with a MASSIVE flourish, she set it gently, almost lovingly on the table. It had her name on it (Rachel), and she timed it such that as she said it, the napkin was landing. And then she got this look on her face that told me she was hungry for approval, like she was a kindergartner, and she needed me to tell her that the picture of the pink duck she had colored was really splendid and original.
I literally laughed right in her face. Which i immediately regretted due to the hurt look on HER face, but what was i supposed to do? She had colored outside the lines, and what kind of ducks are pink anyway? Have i taken this metaphor too far? The point is, she wasn't going to get her approval from me. On the plus side, i wasn't her most abrasive customer. One of our other friends made a fuss about portion sizes, and ended up sending her food back (lol Stacey, fight the man).
Andy and I beat Gears of War 2 today!! Truthfully, Andy beat it by himself for the most part. The campaign bored me a little, and the co op campaign is set up so i can come and go as i please, so i did. The end was pretty anti-climactic, and I'm not gonna lie, the game is getting old for me. If you have any leisure activity suggestions, I'm up for something new! (disclaimer: the multiplayer option for this game was truly wonderful, we just played it for a lot of hours, and I'm ready to move on to bigger and better things. Or bigger and better games.)
And now its question answerin' time!
Lauren, I'm not super impressed with your questions. Very low energy, I can tell you didn't put much thought into them. That being said prepare for them to be answered in PAINSTAKING LENGTH!!
First of all, I'm not a huge Bagel eater. But if i did eat them regularly i would probably... wait, wtf is a SALT bagel? ish. i guess poppy, given those options? Whatever. But when i eat bagels, its like... i dunno, this is gonna sound really lazy, but they're hard to chew. I get about halfway through 'em, and then I'm pretty much sick of chewing. Also, they don't have much flavor. You need to douse them in cream cheese to make them enjoyable. In fact, when I eat bagels, i make them into sandwiches more often than not. And even then i would almost rather have bread. The extra stuff in the middle of the bagel doesnt make it any easier to chew after all.
And the meaning of life. I suppose i would say the meaning of life is to develop relationships with those around us. We are here on Earth for a very limited time, and as one of my favorite Relient K songs says, "Our hearts are all we'll get to bring, so let's go ahead and make them worth something!" O by the way, I believe in God and heaven, and while I am currently spiritually speaking a bit further from Him than I'm comfortable with, I will be reconnecting very soon. Feel free to ask me about my beliefs if you are curious.
O and speaking of questions, i didn't actually tell you what they were, but that's partially because they were kind of silly (or vague and cliche). They were in the comments of yesterday's post. However if you have something you wanna know about me/hear me talk about, throw a comment on this thing, and i'll get to you tomorrow! or maybe Friday, Ive got a paper to work on.
http://xkcd.com/406/
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
"It's curtains for you, Dr. Horrible. Lacy, gently wafting curtains"
I am exhausted this evening, so this blog may be brief.
I don't know if i can muster the strength to be funny this evening, so instead, this post will be more of a get to know Nick post.
I've never been in love. I've dated, and I've had random party make outs, and I've had random party make outs that end in dating, but nothing too terribly serious.
I am a recovering terrible student. Homework is almost impossible to do until i reach panicked, night before it's due mode. It's not conducive to good grades. I'm working on it.
My favorite beer is New Glarus Spotted Cow. You can't buy it in Minnesota, and this makes me very sad. I am sippin' on one as i type this.
I don't have a 'type' per se. I guess we can start here: I like girls. It baffles me that certain hair colors or eye colors so greatly affect people's attraction to other people. HOWEVER that being said, I DO find myself less attracted to Asian girls. I don't know what it is. There are a few exceptions, but in general... not for me.
I am fascinated by objects (and specifically animals) that are larger than i am. Whales, SHARKS, sky scrapers, transformers, DINOSAURS, jungle cats, etc. Remember that scene from the new King Kong movie where king kong fights off like 3 t rexes?!?! totally awesome.
Things that swarm frighten me/creep me out. New Indiana Jones film, with the ants or whatever? I know, most of you are trying to pretend they didn't make the new movie, but I'm kind of a sucker for Shia. And shameless action flicks.
I would really love to write a book. However, what with this blog, schoolwork, REGULAR work, and screwing around, i simply can't find the time. Also, i get the feeling i would REALLY love it, and try to like, make a career out of it, and if i did THAT, well... why did i even go to college? Lord knows my writing skills haven't much improved over the course of my Madison experience. I'll get to it eventually. As a side project.
OK, I'm too lazy to add fun links and pictures and such. Maybe i can do some REALLY cool things tomorrow to make up for it? ok sweet, it's a deal!
Ciao!
I don't know if i can muster the strength to be funny this evening, so instead, this post will be more of a get to know Nick post.
I've never been in love. I've dated, and I've had random party make outs, and I've had random party make outs that end in dating, but nothing too terribly serious.
I am a recovering terrible student. Homework is almost impossible to do until i reach panicked, night before it's due mode. It's not conducive to good grades. I'm working on it.
My favorite beer is New Glarus Spotted Cow. You can't buy it in Minnesota, and this makes me very sad. I am sippin' on one as i type this.
I don't have a 'type' per se. I guess we can start here: I like girls. It baffles me that certain hair colors or eye colors so greatly affect people's attraction to other people. HOWEVER that being said, I DO find myself less attracted to Asian girls. I don't know what it is. There are a few exceptions, but in general... not for me.
I am fascinated by objects (and specifically animals) that are larger than i am. Whales, SHARKS, sky scrapers, transformers, DINOSAURS, jungle cats, etc. Remember that scene from the new King Kong movie where king kong fights off like 3 t rexes?!?! totally awesome.
Things that swarm frighten me/creep me out. New Indiana Jones film, with the ants or whatever? I know, most of you are trying to pretend they didn't make the new movie, but I'm kind of a sucker for Shia. And shameless action flicks.
I would really love to write a book. However, what with this blog, schoolwork, REGULAR work, and screwing around, i simply can't find the time. Also, i get the feeling i would REALLY love it, and try to like, make a career out of it, and if i did THAT, well... why did i even go to college? Lord knows my writing skills haven't much improved over the course of my Madison experience. I'll get to it eventually. As a side project.
OK, I'm too lazy to add fun links and pictures and such. Maybe i can do some REALLY cool things tomorrow to make up for it? ok sweet, it's a deal!
Ciao!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Bad Hair Day
Today I am insecure.
. . .
I woke to find that yesterday should definitely have been laundry day. All of my stylish/socially acceptable pants were dirty, leaving me with these jeans that are too small in every dimension. They are neither attractive nor comfortable. Cleanliness is really all they have going for them. Also, the best of my 3 shirts available is a long sleeve t shirt with a biblical message on it. Not only have i passed the phase of my life where i believe i can influence people's opinions/thoughts/faith through a witty shirt, "long sleeve" was in this case rather a loose term. In addition, in my weakened state of self-esteem, i noticed that my hair is getting far too long and unruly, and i should have shaved before classes. HOWEVER, now all of that is over, and i can remedy some of the aforementioned issues.
My friend corey made a note that something very important was missing from my favorite shows list: Firefly. Corey, all i can say to you is that i must have repressed all memory of the show during the horrible depression i felt upon learning there would be no more seasons.
For those of you unaware, Firefly is a really wonderful show. If there's even a tiny touch of geekiness in you... well, you should already have seen it. It was cancelled after its first season due to a Fox network scheduling snafu, leaving countless questions completely unanswered, and countless geeks unimaginably disappointed. Thankfully, Joss Whedon agreed to make a movie a few years later, which was nowheres near as good as the TV series, but did its best to wrap up a few of the hundreds of loose ends the show had left.
I thought i was gonna be done talking about Firefly after that paragraph, but i've changed my mind. Its a show about SPACE COWBOYS essentially! They run around doing heroic and morally questionable things! Actually, they may be more akin to space pirates...
AND look at the female cast of this show!!
I was gonna put pictures of all the hot girls that are featured at some point or another in Firefly, but I'm trying not to lose all 2 of my female subscribers in one fell swoop. I'm including Christina Hendricks because... well LOOK at her!! Her breasts are friggin' larger than her head! EACH ONE is larger than her head!! She is outrageously proportioned!! In a good way. (I know this is becoming a pattern, but i swear, this isn't going to turn into 'Nick's Hot Chick of the Day', just stay with me lol)
But so long as we are being misogynistic, while i was at work this evening, one of my friends told me that from birth, a newborn infant's eyes are the size they will always be, while a person's nose and ears continue to grow throughout their lifetime. Initially, this caused me to think, 'well, i suppose that's why some people age better than others. Their ears and nose didn't grow too fast.'
When i made this declaration to my friend, he asked if i thought mouths grew throughout one's lifetime as well, at which point i noted that when a baby is born, their mouth is juuuuuuust big enough to fit a nipple in! And if our mouths remained baby sized, we would surely starve to death. And THAT'S when it hit me! ... We are doing it wrong...
I'm on a roll? Hey, why are girls stupid? because they suck at sports!
Honestly now. I'm done pandering to my male readership
I might not be. Dont worry guys, everyone knows men have better vision than women
So this past weekend i got pretty drunk, and upon returning home to the apartment, i got the hiccups. I decided the only way to get rid of them was holding my breath until they went away. I held my breath until i passed out. So... VICTORY!!! NO MOAR HICCUPS! And i got a nap in! A really long one.
Alright, have a lovely day everyone. I'm off to go be responsible!!
. . .
I woke to find that yesterday should definitely have been laundry day. All of my stylish/socially acceptable pants were dirty, leaving me with these jeans that are too small in every dimension. They are neither attractive nor comfortable. Cleanliness is really all they have going for them. Also, the best of my 3 shirts available is a long sleeve t shirt with a biblical message on it. Not only have i passed the phase of my life where i believe i can influence people's opinions/thoughts/faith through a witty shirt, "long sleeve" was in this case rather a loose term. In addition, in my weakened state of self-esteem, i noticed that my hair is getting far too long and unruly, and i should have shaved before classes. HOWEVER, now all of that is over, and i can remedy some of the aforementioned issues.
My friend corey made a note that something very important was missing from my favorite shows list: Firefly. Corey, all i can say to you is that i must have repressed all memory of the show during the horrible depression i felt upon learning there would be no more seasons.
For those of you unaware, Firefly is a really wonderful show. If there's even a tiny touch of geekiness in you... well, you should already have seen it. It was cancelled after its first season due to a Fox network scheduling snafu, leaving countless questions completely unanswered, and countless geeks unimaginably disappointed. Thankfully, Joss Whedon agreed to make a movie a few years later, which was nowheres near as good as the TV series, but did its best to wrap up a few of the hundreds of loose ends the show had left.
I thought i was gonna be done talking about Firefly after that paragraph, but i've changed my mind. Its a show about SPACE COWBOYS essentially! They run around doing heroic and morally questionable things! Actually, they may be more akin to space pirates...
AND look at the female cast of this show!!
I was gonna put pictures of all the hot girls that are featured at some point or another in Firefly, but I'm trying not to lose all 2 of my female subscribers in one fell swoop. I'm including Christina Hendricks because... well LOOK at her!! Her breasts are friggin' larger than her head! EACH ONE is larger than her head!! She is outrageously proportioned!! In a good way. (I know this is becoming a pattern, but i swear, this isn't going to turn into 'Nick's Hot Chick of the Day', just stay with me lol)
But so long as we are being misogynistic, while i was at work this evening, one of my friends told me that from birth, a newborn infant's eyes are the size they will always be, while a person's nose and ears continue to grow throughout their lifetime. Initially, this caused me to think, 'well, i suppose that's why some people age better than others. Their ears and nose didn't grow too fast.'
When i made this declaration to my friend, he asked if i thought mouths grew throughout one's lifetime as well, at which point i noted that when a baby is born, their mouth is juuuuuuust big enough to fit a nipple in! And if our mouths remained baby sized, we would surely starve to death. And THAT'S when it hit me! ... We are doing it wrong...
I'm on a roll? Hey, why are girls stupid? because they suck at sports!
Honestly now. I'm done pandering to my male readership
I might not be. Dont worry guys, everyone knows men have better vision than women
So this past weekend i got pretty drunk, and upon returning home to the apartment, i got the hiccups. I decided the only way to get rid of them was holding my breath until they went away. I held my breath until i passed out. So... VICTORY!!! NO MOAR HICCUPS! And i got a nap in! A really long one.
Alright, have a lovely day everyone. I'm off to go be responsible!!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
"Braveheart: they should have just called it Moon Titties!"
Good evening friends!! Andy and i have FINALLY finished watching Braveheart (last night got a little... distracted. however in addition to remembering just how good the movie is, i NOTICED SOMETHING whilst checking yesterday's post, and i'ma break it for you now!!
DO YOU SEE IT?!?!?!?! RIGHT THERE!!
Awesome.
Moving on.
I also began watching season three of Arrested Development this afternoon, and it was SO BRILLIANT!! I honestly havent even seen most of season 2 truthfully, but this show is just SO well written. Everything ties together and... man, i'm really geekin' out about it right now.
While we are on excellent TV shows, here, these are my current/all time favorites in order to the best of my abilities from my favorite to... well, my very slightly less favorite.
-How I Met Your Mother
-The Office (seasons 2, 3, and 4)
-Arrested Development
-Big Bang Theory
-Heroes (Season 1)
-Family Guy (about 3 years ago and before)
If you trust me - and you definitely should - and if you haven't seen the shows i just listed, please please PLEASE!!! Go watch them right now. In the order specified. You may stop at Arrested Development if you like. I can accept 50%. Also, the bottom 3 are a bit geekier. Well, not Family Guy, but you know what i mean. You're pickin' up what i'm puttin' down.
Also, last night with Das Boot and Karaoke Kid was a HUGE success!! Unfortunately as I was not the photographer for the evening, the photos are not yet available to me, and without them i really think the story may be... Well, I just think it will be infinitely more amusing with visual aids. And since I'm the one in charge, we are waiting til tomorrow for the story!!
i was gonna end it here, but I've decided in the spirit of convincing you to watch my favorite TV shows that i'm gonna throw some clips in here at the end! Enjoi.
How i met your mother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9l83B_r1_A&NR=1
The Office (this one's a little long. I'm not sorry.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pw_eX97TUw
Big Bang Theory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBj7-50bloE
And finally (I'm sorry this has no relevance to anything but) CHECK THIS OUT!!! Hours of distraction.
http://inudge.net/index.en.html
DO YOU SEE IT?!?!?!?! RIGHT THERE!!
Awesome.
Moving on.
I also began watching season three of Arrested Development this afternoon, and it was SO BRILLIANT!! I honestly havent even seen most of season 2 truthfully, but this show is just SO well written. Everything ties together and... man, i'm really geekin' out about it right now.
While we are on excellent TV shows, here, these are my current/all time favorites in order to the best of my abilities from my favorite to... well, my very slightly less favorite.
-How I Met Your Mother
-The Office (seasons 2, 3, and 4)
-Arrested Development
-Big Bang Theory
-Heroes (Season 1)
-Family Guy (about 3 years ago and before)
If you trust me - and you definitely should - and if you haven't seen the shows i just listed, please please PLEASE!!! Go watch them right now. In the order specified. You may stop at Arrested Development if you like. I can accept 50%. Also, the bottom 3 are a bit geekier. Well, not Family Guy, but you know what i mean. You're pickin' up what i'm puttin' down.
Also, last night with Das Boot and Karaoke Kid was a HUGE success!! Unfortunately as I was not the photographer for the evening, the photos are not yet available to me, and without them i really think the story may be... Well, I just think it will be infinitely more amusing with visual aids. And since I'm the one in charge, we are waiting til tomorrow for the story!!
i was gonna end it here, but I've decided in the spirit of convincing you to watch my favorite TV shows that i'm gonna throw some clips in here at the end! Enjoi.
How i met your mother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9l83B_r1_A&NR=1
The Office (this one's a little long. I'm not sorry.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pw_eX97TUw
Big Bang Theory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBj7-50bloE
And finally (I'm sorry this has no relevance to anything but) CHECK THIS OUT!!! Hours of distraction.
http://inudge.net/index.en.html
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