A Spectrum

Well, the pretzel is on the floor right now. I am not sure if someone will pick it up or step on it and smash it to smithereens.

What is happening on Garfield? Jon Arbuckle gets a kiss. I supposed after 20 years it's about freaking time!!!

Apparently, Eva Longoria. I don't know if that makes much sense. It also listed Shirley Temple, that I can buy. But that's what I get for having no decent pictures of me and taking one this morning when I am barely awake. Check out who else I look like. Very interesting.

Here is a prime example. This is the best picture I have of Jason and Laura from their wedding, pretty sad. Jason was really sick. What an awful time to be sick. But here's a couple more of Tom being goofy. Now these I think are good photos. However, the subject leaves something to be desired.

Check out these ten private islands for sale. I personally like #9, a private island on the beautiful Kankakee River. !?! Are you serious? Why would anyone find that glamourous?

This week I was questioned by a federal investigator from the Department of Defense. Scary.

My cryptic statement of the day...

I may soon become a Pretzel.

I went to Lake Geneva, WI with my mom this past weekend. Very fun, relaxing. No crazy stories to report besides getting lost a few times. I did get my very first pedicure and massage at the resort's spa. They were lovely, except the horrible bed at the resort pretty much negated the relaxing effects of the massage. We went on a boat tour and learned about some of the amazing mansions on the lake. There is a ton owned by the Wrigley family. We played mini golf, and got ice cream , and went swimming. Good times.

I finally have my other blog in a form I really like. Plus, I finally have it updated. Enjoy.

Movie Mania

COMPUTER ISSUES + FULL TIME INTERNSHIP = FEW POSTS

The most random thing just happened. I ran into my mom's college roommate in the 2nd floor bathroom of my building. Somehow there's a foreign language class in Davis that she's taking for her PhD. How Bizarre.

Although, I do plan on seeing Cars the movie this weekend, this post is not about that. I had to drive Trisha's Ford Explorer to work today because our car is getting its front end fixed after Tom hit a raccoon and knocked off part of the bumper. Let me tell you, Trisha's car does not like me. It took me three times to get it started this morning. Then the engine was making this weird hissing sound so I turned it off and a little bit of smoke proceeded to come out of the hood with this lovely burnt smell. I started it up again with the hiss and took off because I needed to go. Then at the first stop sign I come to I notice that while I am stopped the engine starts revving every 2 seconds and the volt gauge goes wacko. It was a fun drive. Then on the way back, it pretty much did the same thing. So when Tom comes home he takes a look and finds that SIX separate hoses have come off. He raves about how this is not possible and that someone is sabotaging her car. I am not sure how I even made it to work and back. Apparently these six hoses aren't entirely crucial but they do mess with the fuel pressure. He was able to put all but one back on (somehow we can't find the last one!). Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better drive and with any luck I won't end up in a blazing ball of fire.

Big Idea is making The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggietales Movie and Universal Pictures is distributing. It's catagorized as being in production on Universal's website and I couldn't find anything about it on Big Idea's site. The pirates are my favorite. Aye, aye Captain Crunch. Hee he he he he.

In the past week I've been over to Seth and Crissy's house twice, both times for a party.

Party Uno.
The first was last friday for Crissy's birthday. It was the most bizarre party ever. Now, granted I had a wonderful time. But let me just relay some of the events of the night. It started off normal with introductions of other attendees, talking about what they had done to the house and eating dinner. However, after dinner our entertainment consisted of throwing a tennis ball back and forth over the top of their house. It took me a few tries but I finally managed to succeed once before we inevitably lost the ball. However, our friend Samanatha was unable to throw it over but managaed to somehow throw it straight at Seth who was grilling which resulted in a large "GONG" as the tennis ball bounced of the top of the grill he was holding. It was hilarious. This game also resulted in a great quote by Seth to Jacob who at the time was trying to catch the ball after it flew over the house. "Jake, that was one step away from a frolic." (Hmm, maybe that is not as funny if it's not in person). Anyway, the next game involved throwing the balloons which were decorating the house around until they popped, I did not participate in this but it took about 20 minutes of the party. Then we were outside again playing a normal game of bags and trying to light a fire. However, the fire was lit in part using table legs so the top of the table was free to amuse us as neccessary and of course did. The guys took turns standing on it, carrying and spinning each other around. Finally, before we left we played a great game of Scene it, also fairly normal, except my team lost. Oh well. It was really close and the other team had a similar crazed movie fan like me.

Party Dos.
The second party revolved around the season finale of Lost. This party was originally going to be at our place, but they have HD so why not. Seth and Crissy hadn't been watching the show like the other eight people there, but I think they are not sufficiently hooked. It was such a great episode that answered a suprising number of questions. My favorite part was Sayhid, Jin, and Sun finding the large foot statue with four toes. Plus there were some great storms coming through during the show which added to the mood and let us run outside during the commercials to watch the amazing lightning (They live in the country). I was with other storm lovers!!! Of course, what Lost party would be complete without some Dharma Intiative Chili. Now at your local grocer.

Check out my new movie mania blog. Now under "links." It will probably go through several variations before I land somewhere. Enjoy.

A goose hissed at me the other day. During my breaks at work, I walk to the East Lagoon on Campus to enjoy the nice weather which I don't usually get to enjoy on campus normally. The lagoon is populated with ducks, geese, birds, etc. The geese families have these adorable goslings. It's so fun to watch them swim in a line with the Mom and Dad guarding the ends. But apparantly as my coworker Katie and I were walking to the island yesterday one goose thought we were a little too close to her goslings and hissed at us. It was rather funny to think that my first ever animal attack could come from a goose.



The job is going fairly well. I enjoy Davis Hall in the summer, much more relaxed. I've been named team leader which means I get to boss around the other students, all undergraduates. However, one of them has a personality that just doesn't mesh with mine and I could really use some prayer on how to respond to him. Other than that I really enjoy the work even if it is boring some of the time and I like the challenge of being the lead on the project, the creative opportunities, and that my computer is the only one with headphones. Yahoo radio is such a blessing.

My friend Jamie sent this to me. I laughed heartily. ;)

Not that you need another post to confirm I am a geek, but here it is anyway. I am one of the 10,000 finalists of The DaVinci Code Quest on Google. I finished their 24 puzzles and now am qualified to compete in the final challege where you can win some pretty awesome stuff valued at about $130,000!!! A trip for four to New York, London, Paris, and Rome, and a bunch of Sony Electronics like a laptop, a large flat screen tv, a walkman, digital camera, etc... Not that I have any chance of winning but it will be fun anyway. Plus as a finalist, I received a limited edition cryptex in the mail. (You can ooo and ahhh at my picures below). Plus, a congratualtory message from Sir Ian McKellen. Ah, Gandalf... Anyway, Make that my number two piece of free movie souveniers. My first was 3 pieces of actual film from the Lord of the Rings for going to Trilogy Tuesday. Who knows what else will I be able to obtain in the future? Mwah ha ha.