HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOPATOMI

so this last sunday we were invited to a dessert party. it was later in the evening and was to be at the house of a bunch of girls. not a bad set up for a party. they had a multi level house and plenty of brownies and cookies to munch on.

as my roommates and i entered the house we were over whelmed by the clatter of "hungry hungry hippos." it was deafening. four full grown adults pounding on the plastic hippo butts as hard and fast as they could. about half way through the 'game' one of the hippos was completely broken off from the base. he lost. so did the hippo. my roommate commented, "yup, this game requires just as much skill as i remember."

we fought our way to the dessert table in the kitchen. ate some very good treats and decided to mingle.

after sliding in and out of a few groups, we all ended up on the front porch by ourselves again. so we started quoting "arrested development" to eachother (very good show, by the way). as we stood there trapped in self-inflicted isolation, we noticed other people were starting to gather around us to see what we were laughing about (i guess we laugh louder than 'hungry hungry hippos'). and pretty soon we found that about a third of the party was outside participating in our outcast conversation.

life is funny sometimes.

FEARLESS

this is a quick post to let everyone know that the new jet li movie "fearless" is awsome. i dont want to talk to much about it and spoil it. but it is very well done. plenty of great fight scenes, but not so many that i would warn the squimish from watching it. and it has a good moral.


enjoy some pics from the movie.



























if you want to see a trailer or more pics, check out this website.
http://www.fearlessthemovie.com/

YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP

so last weekend some friends and i went about two hours south and went 4-wheeling. we had two atv's (pretty nice one's i might add). from this trip i realized two things. first, i am getting one...eventually. second, it will have a 100-foot tow rope.

allow me to ellaborate on the tow rope (i assume the first point is selfexplanitory). you see, we almost lost an atv that day. no joke.

moydie was driving an atv with a girl who had never been on one before. just prior to their leaving i pointed out a really cool ridge by a dam to moydie. so naturally he wanted to go see. so off they went and on the other side of the dam they found a dried up resevoir. there was no visible water anywhere. so moydie started to cross the patch of mud where the water had once been. the mud patch was about 100 feet in diameter. about half way, moydie thought that he might be going too fast for the first-timer girl. so he slowed down. and sank. to the fenders.

luckily, i was also giving a girl a ride nearby and we drove past them as they were walking back to the cars. they had mud up to their knees and no atv in sight. moydie asks me, "does that atv have a tow rope?" it didnt. they told us what had happened and we went back to the scene. as we came over the dam, there it was. smack-dab in the middle of a 100 foot mud puddle. impressive to say the least.

so i drive around the mud a bit to see how close i can get with out sinking the other atv. after nearly losing my shoes, and ruining my pants i determine that we cant get my atv close enough for the tow rope on the stuck atv. this has to be the thickest mud i have ever seen. the top was a rock hard shell about 8 inches thick, below which was about the thickest, most grimy mud you can imagine for about 2 feet. so we go back to the cars and collect all of the rope and tie down cables and bungie cords we can find. it is just barely long enough to link the atv's together. so i rev up the atv and go and go and rev it some more and SNAP! we almost get cut in half by the tie down cables which have ripped in half and shot in opposite directions. i cant say i was surprised, but it was worth a shot.

our next attempt was to rummage through our fire wood and see if we could find some 2x4's long enough to shove under the back tires. we did. we had to take some nails out but they were long enough. unfortunately, the mud was too silky for the tires to get any traction at all (by the way, it required crawling on hands and knees to get to the atv without sinking two feet). so moydie decided to go back to his dad's house (30 minutes away) and see what they could come up with. we werent disappointed.

they came back with shovel, plywood, a few lengths of some very heavy chain, and a 100-foot cable twice the thickness of the tow rope. so moydie and his dad crawl out to the atv and we toss them the shovels and the plywood. we attach the cables and chains together and i rev up the other atv. the only problem now is that the atv is so stuck that my front end comes up and almost flips the atv on top of me. so we get everyone who isnt in the middle of the mud puddle and put them on my atv. that was enough weight to keep my atv on the ground and get the other atv out of the mud.

what a day.

HEY LOOK, A WORM

recently i have noticed more and more people who dont like me. some have gone so far as to say they hate me. i am going to relay some of the more recent scenarios so you can see what i mean.

on my way back from the bookstore i ran into one of my roommates who was talking to a girl i had never seen before. i walked up to them and joined in the conversation. they were talking about buying books for their classes. usually at the beginning of each semester i have to fork out an extra $200-$300 for text books. this semester was an exception. i pointed out that i only had to buy one book this year. and it cost me $22. the girl i just met says, "i hate you."

well later i find out that i actually have to buy another book. and i have to go to the local "hogi yogi" to buy it. i guess it was by a local printing company who wanted a location closer to campus. so i go to the hogi yogi and find the lady with a booth set up next to the donuts. the book cost me $18. i point this out to a friend on AIM and she tells me that i suck.

later in the week i was at work talking with a co-worker. he was going on and on about how tough his work load is. he gets up at 5:30 am to train with the ROTC and has classes until noon, then comes to work all afternoon and so on. and he is right. his work load sucks. i have three legitimate classes (ice hockey barely counts as a class). two of them have the same teacher. this teacher has yet to even lecture in either of the classes. the first day we went over the syllabus and got out early. the second day he was at a conference so no class then. and yesterday he took our pictures so he can learn our names. since he took pictures alphabetically, i got to leave in the first 10 minutes of both classes. and my other class is run by an old quack who loves busy work and thinks lectures should include as much inspirational, life-changing material as actual pertinent material. my co-worker hates me too.

then there is the house. i cant tell you how many people are jealous of our new house. i dont usually brag, but we got really luck on this one. we have two full size fridges, stadium seating (three couches and a lazy-boy), comcast (8Megs split five ways for the internet), two full surround sound systems, washer, dryer, dishwasher, home-made ice cream maker, bbq, private parking lot, 30 gallon turtle tank (they love it bytheway), what else... oh ya, it is NOT the villa!

let the hate mail commence.

MORE MIS-ADVENTURES IN FAST FOOD

as i waited for my order i saw middle school kids, standing next to high school kids, sitting next to college students, sitting next to college students with facial hair (me!), standing next to newly married college students, sitting next to married middle-aged people, sitting next to middle-aged people who wished they were married, standing next to middle-aged people who wished they werent married, standing next to old people who wished they were married...again, standing next to old people who wished they werent married, standing next to a very pregnant woman (i assume she is married, too), sitting next to people who cant spell "married," sitting next to people who will never be married, sitting next to people who will never be married and who are ok with that. and yet not a single child as far as the eye can see.

school must have started.

I <3 ART

some people dont really like video games. most of those people think they are a waste of time. i actually really like video games, but im not going to bother convincing those who disagree with me. that's their problem. one of the things that i enjoy about games is the visual art. yes, it is art. you can even get a degree designing this stuff.

just look at this stuff. these pictures are all from world of warcraft.

this one shows the screen for when you die. even that is pleasant to look at.








well, "blizzard" is hosting an art contest based on their games. you can check out the contest and prizes and such here http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/contests/artcontest2006/.

this is my entry.

THE SHORT BUS TO WORK

i have a friend who is currently interviewing applicants to the bowling ally she manages. she asked me if i had any suggestions for crazy questions to catch them off guard. here are her examples of crazy questions: "if you were a hotdog, would you eat yourself?" "what is your favorite movie?" i wouldnt say i am a great interviewer, but...these are my crazy questions. enjoy.

do you like beef hotdogs or kosher hotdogs?
do you have a flip flop collection?
can you spell 'insinkerator?'
do you watch "yes dear?"
have you ever had a lice inspection? if so, did you pass?
have you ever driven a car without a license on your person?
are you ticklish?
do you use pens or pencils?
have you ever puked on a date?
have you ever been puked on, by a date?
have you ever kissed your mother?
have you ever kissed my mother?
do you like sleep overs?
name ten candy bars.
can you please stop farting?
chicken: fryed or rotisserie? go!
describe yourself in three and a half words.
im missing a sock, can i borrow one of your's? just for the interview of course.
do you listen to hip hop? if so, why?
do you eat cottage cheese from the carton?
have you ever spilt milk and cried...alot?
have you ever dressed up as 'tigger' for halloween?
do you like pretzels for their nutritional value?
do you prefer the taste of fiji water over dasani?
while growing up, were your neighbors hippies?
have you ever had a dog who swallowed a needle...and died?
have you ever laughed so hard you peed just a little bit?
do you like to bake?
if you were ghandi, what would you ask muhammed ali the boxer?
can flying squirrels really fly?
if you were a pansy, what color would you be?
may i have this dance?
would you like to give a shout out?
what part of your nose would you change?
how long do you think you will last here?
david lee roth or sammy haggar?
what was your favorite part in "rambo: first blood?"
did you go to LHS too?
is there any reason i shouldnt fire you?
have you ever salted a slug/snail and fed it to your cat?
do you eat tofu?
did you play the flute in fifth grade?
is it ok if i call you by pet names? (if yes) do you prefer "snuggles" or "handsome rob?"
if you were samoan, what would your name be?
would you rather be the "slow child at play" or the "deaf child at play" in your neighborhood?