January 25, 2010 · 2:58 pm

1-25-2010

Lately I’m thinking…

The 2PM Georgetown pub crawl was obviously a disaster. Everyone was in bed by 10:00 PM (me by 8:00 PM), and then everyone woke up at 3:00 AM and thought it was morning. That just meant I was hung over twice after one session of drinking, once at 3:00 AM and once when I woke up again at 8:00 AM. That’s about all i have to say about that

This is really interesting…

GREAT news on the training front – I ran 6 miles on Saturday with Seeley who easily did her best job running of all time. And now the DEVASTATING news on the training front – i’m going in for x-rays tomorrow on my foot because I can barely walk – snow joke

This is really interesting…

Steph got a new shirt, and if you’ve seen her anytime in the last 7 days, then you’ve seen it.

Currently watching…

Saw the last “Tonight Show with Conan O’brien” on Friday. First of all, he’s frickin hilarious. Second of all, NBC jacked this whole thing up so bad. I haven’t really read anything about it, but from what I can tell it seems like NBC paid 44 million to terminate Conan’s contract early, they now no longer have him on their network, he can go to a rival network in 7 months, and they don’t have a host for the tonight show. And this is all to help Leno’s ratings on a show they shouldn’t even have and nobody watches?

The Soapbox:

No more 360 degree sky-fives gone wrong until my foot is better. Nice mustache Brice

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January 22, 2010 · 3:27 pm

1-22-2010

Shout out to…

The Reader of the Week…..Ladies and gentlemen….Tanner Keil! Nebel, Mikey or Demaris would announce that on the mic every time Tanner walked into the Legion – classic. It also happens to be Tanner’s bday tomorrow, so don’t forget to call him at midnight tonight just to say hello. Tanner rarely, if ever, makes good decisions, but I think he’s actually tricked himself into believing that he’s going to turn the corner any day now. I’ll give you your free cocktail after Snow Joke, courtesy of the Filling Station – that’s just a little more incentive for me to actually finish the race. Happy Bday!!

Currently watching…

This video a player (Sylvester) on the UW football team made in high school. A lot of you don’t know who he is, and it’s kind of hard to understand what he’s saying, but the hits are just hilarious. There’s no way that nobody got hurt making it.

This is really interesting…

Steph and I were going to go this Belgianfest beer tasting thing with our neighbors tomorrow, but the tickets are sold out! But since we were already planning on a few beers during the day, we just decided to do our own Georgetown pub crawl at 12:00 PM…why not? who’s coming with us?

This is really interesting…

I went to an exhibit at the Frye Art Museum last night for a Path with Art event and then heard a local artist (Faye Jones) give a lecture about her work and process. The moral of the story (besides me being educated, well cultured, and kind of a big deal) is Heather, I want you to draw me a lot more pictures. Thanks in advance!!

The Soapbox:

Have a fun and safe weekend everyone!! I’m going to try and run 5 miles tomorrow. I went to Piecoras last night and after I put parmesan on my slices the wait came over, starred at it, and then said “uhh was that intentional?”

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January 21, 2010 · 3:20 pm

1-21-2010

Lately I’m thinking…

Happy Thursday Everyone! Joe’s in Minnesota, that’s why he’s not updating, so no need to call the police as I almost did this morning.

Currently watching…

This Journey video, wow thanks for the link Moop. These guys not only rock the air guitar, they rock the air <insert instrument name here>. Of course the only thing better than the air keyboard is the wall keyboard, go to about the 1:25 mark to see it, although I highly recommend just watching for 1 minute 25 seconds instead of jumping ahead

Lately I’m thinking…

Happy Birthday Jamie. Feel better Maddie (faker…)

Currently watching…

I’m with Tanner, I like Bear Grylls, and he can survive in anything, but the man vs. wild last night in MT was by far the most ridiculous one i’ve ever seen. I’ll tell you a couple things that you’ll never see me doing if I find myself in his position. A) Finding a boat in the middle of “nowhere”. B) making a rope ladder to go down a waterfall when i’m in the middle of nowhere and there is 359 degrees of other directions i could go, making my own zip line hundreds of feet above the ground, climbing 200 yards up to train tracks, and finally finding myself in that position without a pizza and a machine gun

The Soapbox:

It was really nice in Seattle today – we might set a record for warmest january of all time.

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January 20, 2010 · 2:56 pm

1-20-2010

Lately I’m thinking…

Hey Mitch, remember that one time when you made me sing at your wedding and I fell down during the first 20 seconds and broke that microphone?

This is really interesting…

Yesterday Stephanie was trying to think of the name of a restaurant, and the only hint she could give me was that it started with an “L”. I obviously couldn’t figure it out, then she remembered it was mexican. So I was like “El Camino”? and she was like “Yeah!”. Then I said “umm i know that sounds like it starts with an ‘L’, but it actually starts with an ‘E’. And she said “I never said that”, and I was like “uh ya you did, they spell it ‘EL'”, Turns out she actually said “El” all along, I just heard it as “L”!!!! Hahah ummm……….

Lately I’m thinking…

If you’re still reading this, and I would be shocked if you are, then you should probably bail

This is really interesting…

I had MOD pizza for lunch and I’m having Zaw pizza for dinner. Today was a good day. (Anyone know any other 3 letter pizza places I should try today??)

The Soapbox:

Well you know what they say, “Not every gadget can be your best one, but it seems like every gadget could be your worst one”. …..I made that up

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January 19, 2010 · 3:55 pm

1-19-2010

This is really interesting…

Last Thursday Steph came home and found Seeley the Dog had blue paws and a blue mouth. Turns out she ate a pen. While it’s no glass candle holder, I’m sure it must have been delicious. Rumor has it her first poo after that was even blue. Anyways it’s now tuesday and her paws are still blue.

Currently watching…

While Friday and Saturday might be the peak of fun nights during the week, Sunday and Monday have taken over for peak TV viewing. Sunday night is “Tough Love 2”, which is just excellent. Then Monday has “How I met your mother” AND “The Bachelor”. Ali, don’t blow it.

Currently reading…

(listening to) check out this website sent to me via Elie Soueidi (whose full name would be hard to guess in Wheel of Fortune without any money for vowels)

This is really interesting…

I got my hands on a “Nerf N-Strike Longshot CS-6” with two clips at work.

The Soapbox:

“What was Tigger doing examining the toilet? ……….. He was looking for Pooh!”

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January 18, 2010 · 3:16 pm

1-18-2010

Shout out to…

MLK, totes obvs

This is really interesting…

There is a guy who hangs around downtown that drives this “ferrari” segway. I put ferrari in “quotation marks” because I don’t really think Ferrari is jumping into the performance segway market anytime soon. Notice the rims and phatty cart that can be attached. Oh and for good measure the guy who owns it rolls around in a Ferrari jacket and leather gloves. wow.

Current Status…

8.5 – Had a good weekend, dinner at volterra on friday night, open house at JB’s saturday followed by some Kings hardware (bar) then showshoeing yesterday. I also ate at the meat place with the whole company and ate the most meat, although not as much as I usually do so everything is still going okay. minus 1 point for having to work on a holiday, there aren’t even lights on in our office building lobby, it’s like a ghost town down here.

Lately I’m thinking…

We need more snow. The olympics are coming to the NW soon. Oh and so is Michael Phelps, via swimming through land….to the WINTER olympics….for some reason. Anyways this is probably about par for the kinds of updates you can expect from me on holidays.

The Soapbox:

“You hit two cones back there. Those could have been people… they could have been guests at her wedding”

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January 15, 2010 · 3:17 pm

1-15-2010

Shout out to…

The first Reader of the Week in 2010….Joseph Soueidi! Joey and I went to every school together since we were one year old, which includes the school of hard knocks. We actually have this same picture of us when we were 2. Joe has adult braces but should be getting them off soon. I figured since you have Monday off i would go ahead and make this the best weekend of your life by featuring you today. Sorry you didn’t win before Christmas which would have given me lots of time to buy you a cocktail, but thanks for all the Ronrico and Mr Boston rum. Click here to see a photo that shows we’re more than just tough guys. Go America!

Current Status…

10 easily! I was kind of hung over this morning (thanks AJ and Miller) but all of a sudden got really hyper and felt great! Now I’m off to MOD pizza and then dinner tonight with miss Stephanie

Currently reading…

The husky football blog – i made my first comment on it yesterday and skeelo saw it. On the Internet! I’m really glad Sark is staying. I’m also excited that Lane Kiffen is in the Pac-10. Here was a quote the LA times got from an anonymous assistant during the early Pete Carroll years: “Chow schemed plays, Sark developed quarterbacks, and Lane got the coffee”

Shout out to…

(kind of) Britt Hesse who told me about groupon.com. Basically they email you a deal every day. It started out promising with a pizza deal, but since then the two offers have been “50% off Electrolysis” and “Up to 57% off Trapeze Class”. It’s the “Up to” part that concerns me, as those deals always turn out to be way less

The Soapbox:

Have a fun and safe weekend everyone! Couple quick hitters: Went to the UW game last night and it was a dunk fest. I’m never going in Seeley Lake again without pants and shoes. I’ve ran 3 miles since my last half marathon and I was sore for 3 days. The next half marathon is in a month. Instead of “running” it I might try instead to set the MT state record for fastest time driving a half marathon.  Holzer our reunion is June 4th!

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January 13, 2010 · 4:21 pm

1-13-2010

This is really interesting…

(not interesting, obvs) I took this picture at the Blazer game we went to over Christmas, because I wondered how on earth people found their seats at the Rose Garden and what section this meant we were in. When I got to our seats to show Steph she just said “uh that’s where the sections start and end, it wraps around”. Good point. At least when I was taking the picture nobody bumped me and spilled my beer. not

Currently watching…

speaking of basketball (oh by the way this is also not really interesting) this video that shows Cole Aldrich, a graduate student team manager and 2 friends hitting 4 half court shots in a row. This just goes to prove that Kansas doesn’t rebuild its graduate student managers, it reloads. (Click here to see it)

This is really interesting…

The last 3 days we’ve had about 15-30 minutes of nerf wars at work, it’s pretty intense. I’m usually tired afterwards and I don’t even leave my desk. I’m starting to think this is going to turn into an arms race, so there’s a 0% chance that the next time I go to target I don’t buy a new gun. I’ve already walked away way too many times (or for short, “I’ve already walked aWAY too many times)

Current Status…

9.5 – AJ is currently in town so we kicked it last night, and today I got 4 free tacos from Qdoba thanks to my Q card (and the 4th possibly due to a clerical error). My day was kind of thrown for a loop though when I got to work and saw that Joey’s gadget hadn’t been updated yet

The Soapbox:

“What is this? A center for ants?”

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January 12, 2010 · 1:07 pm

1-12-2010

Shout out to…

Ali, my early season pick to win the Bachelor this year. She’s probably too obvious of a choice to win, but right now I can’t really see Jake marrying any of the other crazy girls. Lucky Ali got to have a private concert from Chicago last night, complete with rip roaring guitar solos and everything. Let’s slow dance!

Currently reading…

This email that was sent in by a former employee. He was fired right when I started, probably for odd behavior. He at one point was fired and sued by Microsoft for violating a NDA, was turned in as a suspect after a suspicious bag was found at greenlake and had to be destroyed, and has a history of getting drunk and emailing in innapropriate comments. Turns out it all might have an explanation though-see the soapbox to read it.

Currently watching…

Joey, we saw the Blind Side over Christmas, it’s super good. My grandpa has a hard time staying focused/awake at movies, but when we left he said “I can’t remember ever seeing a better movie”. That’s the equivalent of over 400 thumbs up

This is really interesting…

wazzu plays a game in seattle because there is a large # alumn/fans in Seattle that will pay to see a game here as opposed to driving to pullman. It probably also helps with recruiting exposure too. They do a bball game here at Key arena once a year too. The fact that the Montana State might be one of the games to be played here is pretty darn convenient. CATS!

The Soapbox:

“Hi Joni! This is me, Robby! I just want to apologize. I heard through the grapevine that I might have said something inappropriate to you about a year ago. I was SO stoned that day. In fact, there was a week where I don’t remember anything. I was hanging out with this guy named Oklahoma Mike, and I was taking some drugs. Thankfully, I got off my drug kick, and now I am as dorky as can be. am still single, but I feel very good about the future”

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January 11, 2010 · 3:05 pm

1-11-2010

This is really interesting…

hmm looks like this guy would have been better served backing his truck towards the water. I was going to say at least my Monday isn’t as bad as this guy’s, but to be honest I’d rather be in his situation in the sunshine than in mine. Let’s jus say the weather is crappy to quite crappy right now. Thanks for the picture Dan

Lately I’m thinking…

There’s 7 days between Mondays, except when the Bachelor is on TV. In that case it feels like it’s 100 days between Mondays. I’m looking forward to tonight. (On a side note I hope in 5 years I don’t look back and feel embarrassed for watching and talking about the bachelor, but I guess that never happened with Laguna Beach, so i guess I’m good)

Currently watching…

Steph posted this a little while ago, but I think it’s funny so I’m posting it too. Click here

Shout out to…

(this is pretty late) Sam and Britt for the birthday candy. Twizzlers in the candy bar size are probably the best deal ever, you get like 10 in that little package! Seeley wanted some peanut M&Ms, but she already went 298 M&Ms over her lifetime limit when she ate a ton, threw up all over the couch and then had to go to the vet emergency room last year.

The Soapbox:

Over the weekend (in addition to all the sports) Under Siege AND Bad Boys was on. That reminds me, bonus shout out to the guy from Tennessee who accidentally banked in a 3 pointer against Kansas, and then made 3 more in a row after that. They had a better percentage from the 3 point line then they did from the foul line, impressive.

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