We went to Jason's Deli the other day. This sandwich was massive... but I conquered it. I'm still on my quest for the Ultimate Sandwich Grail.
The search continues...
Check out the Sandwich Project link on the left. If you can put it between two pieces of bread, I want to eat it!
I have a bad habit of not finishing the entire box of cereal. I leave like 1/2 a bowl at the bottom and the box disappears to the back of the pantry.
Kevin combined the 19 bags and boxes of cereal in my pantry to make the most ultimate cereal known to man. I fear for my life, yet know that it is my destiny to face this foe and not shrink in defeat.
ULTIMATE CEREAL GLORY WILL BE MINE!!!
Here's Kevin in front of the basketball arena, as we waited for the gates to open.
U of A!!
Here's us in our seats prior to tip off.
Well... Let's just say that the Wildcats need some work passing the ball. UNLV hit like 20 three pointers in a row. A blind man could make more baskets than the UofA basketball team. ugh.
We checked into a hotel near the football stadium after the basketball game. The building should be condemned, but the rooms were clean... kinda. For some odd reason the entire building seemed to be crooked, as if the foundation had settled funny.
The door to our room had some curious gaps... it was hung crooked which left a 2 inch gap on the bottom, and an inch gap on the top. The gaps allowed the mice to travel freely from room to room.
Our seats were on the 30 yard line, 10 rows up. Perfect seats. As the sun went down, so did the temperature, and it stayed around 30 degrees the entire night. Our seats were in the middle of the BYU section however, which didn't stop my brother or I from heckling the cougar fans. David Hasselhoff sang the national anthem, weird.. I know.
My brother and I are idiots.
The game went well, there were some ups and downs. U of A beat BYU 31-21. Even before the game was over, fans started to jump the fence to storm the field. After the game ended.. the entire field was filled with crazy fans jumping up and down. We jumped down on the field for the trophy award show thing. People were going crazy... Mounted police kept the masses away from tearing down the goal posts. This was the first bowl game for the Wildcats in 10 years, and this win was awesome- giving me bragging rights over all the BYU fan idiots in Utah.
The ride back was quiet. The snow had melted from the road, and we pretty much slept the entire way back. The cold from the game, and the bad weather made me sick- which is about right because I contract an illness during every holiday season. I'm getting over it.
The snow storm this morning made my commute absolute insanity. I was half an hour late to my first final because it took me more than an hour to drive from my house to school. We live too far away
I'm done with school until spring semester. These are the classes I'm taking:
I'm tired. This semester turned out to be harder than I thought. I don't know how I finished all my projects in the last 4 days. ugh.
Studying for finals.
Went for a bike ride today to nat's school and back. Even though they said it was supposed to snow, it didn't, so I got out of the house for abit. I changed the gearing on my raleigh single speed mountain bike, so I wanted to see if everything lined up.
The higher gearing increased my top speed by 4 miles per hour, and the bitter wind was brutal. I got to nat's school in record time. The ride back was tough, going into a headwind, and uphill. My quick patch job held up, and my brakes seemed to work ok.
It wasn't a long ride, but it was a ride.
I haven't worked on my peugoet bike since I got it. But I've got plans. They'll have to wait until next year though.
What's in my bag?
not pictured: old Dell Inspiron Latitude notebook computer, and AC power adaptor. black palm centro.
Kevin struggling to text on his new phone.
Breakfast tuesdays were a tradition this semester. Kevin and I would shoot the breeze and read newspapers. Then we would just observe people and create hilarious social commentary. My favorite was reading the UVU police blotter in funny voices. It got rowdy sometimes, and we would laugh the entire time.
My last breakfast consisted of two slices of French Toast, slathered in butter and syrup with a couple slices of overcooked bacon. It was good, but the bacon crumbled to dust in my mouth. Lame.
We'd then wander around the school, get some fresh air and meddle with the weird weather thingy. People are strange... some girl with big clunky heels was walking down the walkway... Kevin started laughing because I think she heard me say "MAN! Those are loud freaking shoes!!"
Yeah.. Good times.
I met with my advisor today. I have 3 more classes left... and then I'm done.
But it will be hard.
The crank looks solid. Closer examination makes me think that the bottom bracket and components are actually USA/British style, not French (which is probably right, since the bike was sold here). I'm not going to mess with the bottom bracket for now... I don't have the right spanner to remove it anyway, and as far as I can tell it works fine.
Here's the broken rear derailleur. If you look closely you can see that the teeth are broken off of both of the small cogs that run the chain. It's an old Simplex derailleur, and looks kinda cool.
Stem shifters. Most road bikes have these shifters on the down tube, but on this bike the shifter were up on the stem. I guess that could make shifting a little awkward, and present a dangerous situation should I ever crash.. Those levers could go right into me... you know.. down there. I don't even want to think about it. I removed them for safety's sake.
Cool old Campagnolo pedals. Very solid.
This is the frame, just sitting here in my office. I'm not sure what I'm going to do to it next, I need a large hex key to adjust the handlebar stem (I'm hoping it isn't frozen). The handlebars will probably stay as is...
the short list:
Too much stuff. I won't get around to it for a long long time. I'll keep my eyes open for some wheels though.
I don't think I'm going to be able to get this bike up and running anytime soon... I'll probably work on it over the winter months and have it ready by summer next year. Cool find though.
We went Christmas shopping today, and we're pretty much finished. Afterwards we went to that Red Mango frozen yogurt place. Good stuff.
I wish I had something funny to say... but my brain is tired.
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The 4,300-year-old monument most likely belonged to the queen mother of the founder of Egypt's 6th Dynasty, several hundred years after the building of the famed Great Pyramids of Giza, the country's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said as he took the media on a tour of the find.
Hawass said he believes the pyramid belongs to Queen Sesheshet, who is thought to have played a significant role in establishing the 6th Dynasty and uniting two branches of the feuding royal family. Her son, Teti, is believed to have ruled for around 20 years until he was possibly assassinated, a sign of the time's turbulence.
The Egyptian team is still digging and is two weeks from entering the burial chamber inside the pyramid, where Hawass hopes they will find proof of its owner -- a sarcophagus or at least an inscription of the queen, he said. Finding anything more would be next to impossible, as robbers in antiquity looted the pyramid, Hawass added, pointing to a gaping shaft on the structure's top that remains a testament to the thieves' actions."
I wish I was in Egypt.
I'm sure if I was unemployed and sat by a small space heater, I would have more time to blog about ninja turtles and feminine emo hairstyles. It only makes sense.
All I can say is congratulations to dan. When he gets hit by a car tomorrow, I'm sure Jesus will be happy he spent his time wisely here on earth.
"did you really make out with a fish?"
lol!
My internet is slow enough, and now that I have word verification I'm going to have to work faster.
This blog war has taught me a few things:
I think that's it.
Holy crap.
Hey dan!
At the bottom of your post do you have the word verification?!
it says:
Type the characters you see in the picture above.
If you make a large number of posts in a single day, you will be required to complete word verification. After 24 hours, the word verification will automatically be removed.
are you kidding me?
Is this to stop us from blogging till the world explodes?!
this is against my rights!
Late night infomercials.
Weight loss. Blenders. Election stuff. Nutritional secrets. Get flat abs now!!
Do people really buy into this stuff? Is there that much of a demographic: Late night insomniacs with credit cards?
I thought the magic bullet commercials were cool until that weird lady with the cigarette in her bathrobe showed up. It totally ruined it for me. I've even stood at Bed Bath and Beyond looking at that stupid blender thinking... "Do I really need this?"
DeathCab for Cutie is on Jay Leno tonight. And boy do they suck. I'm not sure if its the lame attempts at vocalization or the supid lyrics themselves. I mean, how can you actually produce music that is so terrible and get on television? I'm sure they practice all the time in the mirror so they can get their head bobbing and dance moves timed perfectly. If the singer had any sense, he'd go back to shelving books or serving coffee or whatever he did before he thought he was writing good music. I was kinda hoping Leno would stop them mid song and ask them to leave, but that didn't happen. I hope their van explodes in a fiery wreck and no one can identify they bodies.
I'm sure like 2 people were happy to watch that. They were probably up way past their bedtimes anyway.
Ah... Siamese Dream. I keep coming back to you every time. I don't know what it is, the beginning of the song "Rocket" or the chorus of "Cherub Rock"? I think you symbolize a time when before Billy Corgan went crazy, or before that touring keyboard player overdosed and died. Smashing pumpkins was different back then. It wasn't this overbearing, electronica weird crap that finally did you in. I know most of the album is one big guitar overdub, and that's ok. The big muff distortion really screams alternative youth! Siamese Dream, you will always be in my top ten.
Test tube babies are among us. They are not humans, but replicated organisms that will one day rise against us. They can read our thoughts, and they poison our food. Test tube babies will stop at nothing until we all become part of the growing collective. Their twisted experiments will breed a new race of humans.... by the power of science!!
We must go back in time and stop this before it's too late!!
Garit. Are you trying to be like Macgyver? Can you make a hover_jector out of random parts and save the secret formula before the oil rig explodes? You are close, but there is one thing you still lack: A mullet of power.
One day garit. one day. It is your destiny.
Never lose a thing with this tie!
This is one of many useless Japanese inventions. I would probably buy this though. I could put my iPod in there and listen to music during church.
Flight 5 is out now.
Flight is a collection of short stories by graphic artists. If you haven't seen it, I suggest going down to the book store and checking it out. Ok, I know it's in the graphic novel section next to all of those D&D gamer manuals, but you'll be ok. Just take it off the shelf and sit down and behold the artistic mastery.
Previews of Flight 5 can be found here: http://www.flightcomics.com/flight5preview/
Take a peek. You won't be disappointed.
Was man ever meant to fly? Had we been born with leathery wings, would we too fly into the setting sun. Was man's fascination with flight the result of so much conflict here on the ground. Indeed, the further Icarus flew, the farther he fell.
When I look back from my escape module and see the blue earth below, I will not be sorry. Was it just a matter of time before we could build something to escape the pull of Earth's gravity?
It will only be a matter of time before we wish we were back on solid ground.
This is getting rediculous. I seriously just googled the phrase "Pregnant Gorilla"
I've hit new lows.
Ben and Jerry's is giving away free ice cream on election day. At participating scoop shops, just show up and enjoy some. I don't think we have a ben and jerry's around here anymore? Am I wrong? I could be.
I like Chunky Monkey, and what was it called? Irish Mudslide? I don't know. There's too much to choose from now a days.
Garit rolls the dice. A 20!
Dan's kobold zombie is stunned
Dan rolls. A 6!
Dan resisted the effects of poison and is granted another turn.
Garit nervously surveys the game board.
Dan rolls again! a 1o!
Alas poor Garit! You have lost all of your hitpoints.
Where do you buy a Segway? I don't know when these things were invented, and I know that its a retarded invention, but where do you get one? Is there like a dealership?
Segways are strange. I've never ridden one- but would like to give it a shot. Mark posted a funny youtube on his blog about a monkey riding one of these. It was funny, but still just a low quality blog. Lol.
I see Adam from Mythbusters riding around on his Segway in many segments of the program. Though I would expect him to, because he's a weird guy. One time I saw a dude at school weave in and out of people on his way to class on one of these. I think everyone thought he was a nerdy jackass. An then there's the campus police with (this is funny) flashing lights on their Segways. Those rent-a-cops deserve it!
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
