Archive for July, 2008

13
Jul
08

shortness… a word exercise

sort of word association meets form writing…

animal, bear, car, devour, eating, fresh, gory, heartless, intense, jammed, killed, loss, meaningless, nowhere, ouch, pain, queer, rapid, satiation, tummy, upset, vomit, weakness, xenophobia, yellow-bellied, zoo

13
Jul
08

Going… going… GREEN.

I don’t know how work manages to keep me so busy, only being there 40 hours. Sheesh.

I noticed an ad on Planet Green for a new show they have where Whole Foods and Emeril have teamed up. It’s called Emeril Green and I’m kind of excited about it. I spent the evening yesterday watching Planet Green, it’s a Discovery Network billing itself as the only All Green network. I’m not sure how deep that goes (are they buying wind credits? more than that? less?) but the philosophy sounds cool. I’m also wondering how ’sustainable’ (yes I just did) the thing is, I mean, I’m sure it’s got an easy 20 years of life, but after everyone gets green figured out, how much can they continue to push green? Anywho, they’ve got some cool stuff for now, so I’ll just mention one more show before I become a total sellout/product-placement-whore… I’m excited about Bob Woodruff’s ‘Focus Earth‘; it’s a joint news show with ABC and it’s entirely dedicated to the environment. That’s Cool.

03
Jul
08

Two-a-Day’s

I remember playing football in High School and having these summer camps where we’d have a mild physical practice in the AM, go sit in a classroom and study for a while, and then come out and have a pads-on practice in the afternoon. Two practices in one day.

I think I might like to blog like that, writing a bit on what’s going on, and then a bit of ‘lit’ or something creative. Good idea? We’ll see how long it lasts…

image…

03
Jul
08

Cramping minus the ‘r’

heh,

so I told my boss this week that I was going to be available should we need some OT.

Now my plans prohibit it and, of course, they called. Suck. moving on…

After telling various people various things and dealing with a goofy work schedule, it came down to not doing anything in the city for the holiday, but getting the heck out of Dodge and chilling at a Cabin in the Mountainworldland with Kelly and her family.

I feel bad that I tried to make plans with people and then bailed, only to then make other plans. But honestly I feel like there really wasn’t much of another choice.

02
Jul
08

Happy Birthday

To Kelly!

02
Jul
08

You have serious thrill issues Man.

Last night a few of us watched Finding Nemo and had McDonalds Happy Meals (mine wasn’t a ‘Happy Meal’ per-se but it made me happy) anyway, this is the third in a series of nights where we are watching a movie and eating food that is associated with it. Nemo and McD’s isn’t the strongest, but it sounded fun. We started off the whole thing with The Three Amigos and Mexican food. That was a blast so we had to continue. Last week was The Sandlot and Baseball food (including Dogs, Brats, Beer, etc. and for snacks we had Sunflower Seeds, Peanuts, and Big Juicy Bubblegum.)  It’s been fun and I can’t wait for the next few.

Not sure what order these are coming in, but here are some of our ideas…

‘The Godfather’ and Italian food

‘Forrest Gump’ and Shrimp-fest (totally my idea [says the seafood guy])

‘The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly’ with bbq’d ribs and other such “western” foods.

‘Kill Bill’ with sushi (love this one)

‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ with Greek/Mediterranean/middle -eastern food

‘Beauty & the Beast’ with French food

‘Karate Kid’ with Buck-a-scoop Chinese food
(thanks Micah for several of those)
and then there were some not-so-normal suggestions…
McDonalds again, but this time watch ‘SuperSize Me’.
and, from the ill mind of Kelly…
Beef Jerky and watching ‘Alive’
Oh, we’re bad.
Anyone have any other ideas? Good or bad? Comment! Comment! Comment!
(and please keep the cannibalism to a minimum)