March Madness

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:12:39 -0700

Ott Suisse!

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:44:57 -0800

curling. is. awesome.

i didn’t really understand the rules as well as i thought i did before i attended the women’s round robin last night. but, once i understood how scoring and other mechanics worked, i realized how much strategy and skill is involved in this sport.

i may go as far to say that this is the most i have even enjoyed watching a sporting event. (it may have helped that we were watching six of the top teams in the world)

mirjam ott is the skip (captain) of team switzerland. she is my olympic hero. her launches would go exactly where they needed to with the exact amount of force. it was sad to the swiss lose to the chinese because the swiss chocked in the 5th round with time constraints, but it came down to the last stone throw by wang of the chinese team!

i could go on forever about how awesome the olympics are, or how they don’t tell you that the curling arena is just in a baseball diamond in the middle of a normal neighborhood. it just is enough to say that i’m really glad i went to the olympics.

Death by Chicken or The Best Party Ever?

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:30:49 -0800

invite for my friend ken’s birthday party:

“I have not eaten chicken since I was 16 yrs old. I had the Chicken Strip Basket at Denny's and almost died. My friends told me my breathing was labored, but I was too distracted with the chest pains to notice.

“More recently, the doctor told me my allergy to poultry seems to have gone away. He told me I should give chicken a try... just be sure I have an epi-pen handy.

“So here is where you come in. Anybody who would like a chance to try to kill me (and I know there are at least a few of you out there), bring some sort of chicken dish to my apt on the 23rd and at 8:00 pm, I will choose one to eat.

“What's in it for you, you ask (besides the possibility to finally be rid of me)? If I choose your dish as my first taste of chicken in over 13 years, you win the right to hold the epi-pen as I wait and see how my body reacts. I may even need you to stab me with it in the leg, but let's hope it doesn't get that far.”

i’m even considering taking off work to go to this one…

dream weaver

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:15:22 -0800

this video is the first thing i’ve seen of michel gondry’s in quite a while. i hear he gets most of his ideas from his literal dreams.

drawing

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 21:50:59 -0800

i’m starting to enjoy the tons of drawing i do. sometimes i spend a while on doing one and then realize that it looks like a monster face.

but that just makes me like it more.

one wish

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:02:28 -0800

if i could have one super power, it would definitely be to stop time. could you imagine? i could sleep for as long as i want, or just take a break to read a book with no repercussions.

i think about this too much…

points of interest

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:07:02 -0800

turns out i had a bank account i knew nothing about

everywhere in seattle is sold out of krylon fusion flat white spray paint

my transmission wasn’t attached to my car (until today)

licorice milkshakes are awesome

saw the anorexic girl i always see at the gym in fred meyer. she was buying food, but they were only condiments. mustard, salad dressing, and preserves… that seals my suspicion

my desk is a mess and that drives me crazy

sometimes i tweet something rather than make it my facebook status because there are a lot of people i don’t want to see all the things i’m thinking about

oh, drew…

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:08:47 -0700

at the trough

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:28:29 -0700

at the puyallup fair everything is big. the pumpkins weigh over 1100 lbs, the burgers have to be eaten by two people, the pigs have 15 babies at a time, and the bathrooms are no exception. wall-to-wall urinals and hand-washing troughs abound. as most sinks are these days, the troughs don’t run until they sense motion.

i was approaching one of these sinks while a black gentleman on the other side was waving his hands furiously, trying to get the faucets to start. he had just tried waving at a sensor in front of me, to no avail. on my first wave, the entire trough started running.

“oh, i see. it’s a color thing, isn’t it?” he said.

i was shocked and kind of mortified at his comment. the most i could do is kind of half chuckle and return his smile…

…is there an appropriate response in this situation?

customer service?

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:40:10 -0700

i haven’t really paid much attention to my paypal and ebay accounts for a good 7 years. recently, i got tired of entering in my real address manually every time i make a purchase or always having to pick the right account or credit card. so, i go in to change these things.

in order for me to change my address, i have to verify that it is me who wants to make the change. so, they ask whether i should verify myself through my old address or my old phone number. i don’t live in idaho anymore and i don’t have an idaho phone number either. i can’t change my phone either for the same reason.

calling them didn’t really help things either. they basically sent me through the same loops that their website did or they didn’t have the power to override the system. i can’t set up a new account either because my checking account can’t be assigned to two different accounts. le sigh…

looks like i’m stuck in idaho and manually entering my real information for ever and ever.

just one truth this time

Sun, 6 Sep 2009 22:35:04 -0700

if i find myself somewhat bored on the internet, i can spend hours looking at real estate for sale on craig’s list. two hours to be precise.