Homeward Bound!

Tomorrow i leave for a family vacation back to Oregon where I spent the first 6 years of my life.
it has been a decade since i've been there, so i'm pretty excited to revisit some childhood memories.

We're going to a resort called Black Butte Ranch (and no, it is not a dude-ranch, despite what dayna might try to convince you of!) that we went to every summer for 8 years.
it's basically a family oriented golf resort with community pools, 3 golf courses, rec centers, horse back riding, miles of bike trails, etc.

In honor of my return to Oregon, here is a list of 5 things that I will likely encounter while I'm there:

1) Hippies--let's be honest....Oregon is replete with hippies. impressed with my use of the word "replete"? you should be.*

2) The great and beautiful city of Portland. My parents tell me that the weather right now is clear skies and about 42 degrees in the morning and around 80 degrees at its hottest.

3) Lots of Weed--i'd better not get emails or messages from people telling me that Christians shouldn't acknowledge that weed exists...(cheers to self-righteousness!)

4) Round Table Pizza--I grew up on this stuff and I think my little league team pictures are still up on the wall.

5) Nike Town-- Portland is home to Nike's world headquarters, so you can imagine how huge this place is. the picture really doesn't do it justice.

I'm sure I'll post plenty of pictures from the trip, so check back in about a week.

* I'll be honest...i had to use dictionary.com to make sure that I used that word right. I'm not smart.

Where The Light Is

I recently purchased John Mayer's new live dvd and am completely blown away.

the dvd contains an acoustic set, a John Mayer Trio set, and a full band set, and is an incredible experience.

I highly recommend that everyone go and buy this cd/dvd combo (or either one individually).

Things That Make Me Want To Stab Myself In The Eye Vol. 3

I'm not a mean or angry person.

like i've mentioned in previous postings, there are only a few things that really make me mad.

bad drivers is at the top of that list.

here is a list of driving flaws that probably result in me saying certain four-letter words:

- not using a signal then slamming on your breaks to make a turn at the very last second

- driving excessively under the speed limit

- tapping on your breaks and driving slow because you're trying to find the street that you're turning onto

- driving slowly in the left lane on the highway and not moving over when other cars are stacked up behind you

- driving behind me with your brights on

freaking get your act together and stop driving like an asian woman! (i'm gonna hear about that one....)

*note*: not all asian women are bad drivers. i chose to simply perpetuate the stereotype

Addition to Previous Post

This is an official edit of the last posting:

Dayna has informed me that she does not just "somewhat" receive joy from watching me get angry at said scratched DVDs, she LOVES watching me get angry at such a small, petty thing.

Things That Make Me Want To Stab Myself In The Eye Vol. 2

my girlfriend and I watch a lot of movies.

When you live in a town like college station where there is almost nothing to do, movies start to sound like the greatest thing ever.

Usually when you pay $4.68 to rent a movie from blockbuster, you expect a certain amount of quality assurance.

When I say "quality assurance", I'm referring to small things like DVDs not being scratched, the right movie being in the case, etc.

It's beginning to seem to me that the blockbuster corporation is involved in a conspiracy against me that involves the intentional scratching of particular DVDs that they know I'm going to select.

take this scenario as an example: It's been a long week of classes, it's really hot and humid outside, and all you want to do in that moment is sit on the couch and enjoy Denzel Washington shooting people. so you get in your car, sit in traffic because you forgot that the city of college station is doing construction everywhere, finally arrive to blockbuster to select your movie of choice, sit in traffic on your way home from the store, put in the movie, and then realize that the disc is skipping and there is no way that you could possibly enjoy the entire movie like this.

AWESOME.

am I the only one who has experienced this?!

it drives me absolutely crazy!

i think that my girlfriend dayna somewhat receives joy from watching me get upset about such petty little things.

I'll go ahead and step off of my soapbox for now......but seriously blockbuster. get it together.

Things That Make Me Want To Stab Myself In The Eye Vol. 1

i like to think that i'm not an angry person.

there are not a whole lot of things that really make me mad enough to want to punch through a wall.

one of those things, however, is when i'm trying to open a door but have to many things in my hands to easily accomplish the task.

does this piss anyone else off besides me?

i mean, sure, i could just put everything that i have in my hands down on the ground, open the door, pick everything back up WHILE trying to hold the door open long enough to barely get through it...but c'mon!

the worst is when i come back from the grocery store holding all of my bags and the front door is inevitably locked. then, i have to dig through my pockets and find my keys to unlock the door. and THEN, my roommates are too freakin' lazy to get off the couch and come open the door. 

this is just one of the few things that really annoys me.

stay tuned for another installement of "things that make me want to stab myself in the eye"!

Apologies..

It has been far too long since i have posted, so i offer my apologies.

in an attempt to regain your respect and lost trust, i present to you: 

WWW.CUDDLEPARTY.COM

enjoy!