July 29, 2006
Thumbs UP Rob
Literally.
Sweet Jeeezus... This site deserved its own post rob/loren
We just gotta get some of those t-shirts
July 27, 2006
Bean Hole
Thanks for the Idea.
I made one, check it out
They call it "corn hole" in the mid-west. Thats's where I got the plans and rules.I'm gonna stick with Bean hole. It will go over better in the park. "Anyone wanna have a game of corn hole!"
I'm sure I'll get some takers
July 25, 2006
Dirt road, new car...
We (loren, kelly, becky, me) were driving along a gravel road this weekend on the way back from bass lake, and clatter rrrratttle clatter [not the sound of something good] around the front left tire. Loren got out and started walking with the car as I rolled it forward. It sounded WRONG.
We got out of the car and pulled over, and started tapping at the wheel, wheel well and behind around the axle and rotor. Oh, look at that! a rattle in the rotor shield cover. What the hell is it? Let's take off the tire!
We start digging and loren noticed that a stone somehow jumped up and fell in the "hole" that sits right next to the axle.
It dropped down into the space between the shield and the rotor. Stuck... with no way out except the little holes it came in on. We were tool'less in the woods so BEcky and Kelly found some sticks and he started pokin at it from underneath while I looked from above and tried to grab the lil bugger when it popped up. I was paranoid and didn't want to drive with it scraping the hell out of things... especially since the car was bought about 3 weeks ago and I haven't even made the first payment yet.
After about 1.5 hours the little bastard plopped out, sadly. I think it laughed at us and ran down the path. I owed loren and kelly some beer for their patience. Thank you guys for not making me drive with it in there!
July 24, 2006
Tivo Drive = Dead
Just started choking to death. Slowly... .menus.... no... all the .... recorded... programs.... guh.
I don't know what I am going to do now. I can no longer watch commercials, it is against my whole nature. I am waiting for loren to get back in town so he can tell me how to drop a new drive in.
July 21, 2006
Justin's new watch
My new watch, courtisy of my girlfriend Ashley
July 20, 2006
Hate
The average for a one-bedroom apartment in the Bay Area climbed nearly 7 percent, to $1,218, according to a quarterly report by RealFacts. In Silicon Valley, where the fallout from the dot-com blowout drove rents down by about 30 percent, the average rent ticked up 9 percent to $1,259 amid a strengthening economy and improving corporate profits.
The average mortgage payment Bay Area buyers committed to paying in June was $3,183, DataQuick said.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/20/BUGEHK21NP1.DTL
July 19, 2006
Gualala, Ca
Last weekend Becky and I went camping with Missy, Kelly, Brett, Erica. Here is a cool photo of a campfire:
Highlights include me swimming across a 2 foot deep river in order to pop the cork on Kelly's aerobed they were trying to use as a floatation raft. They were pretty pissed in a non-joking kind of way... cept brett who kept paddlin and drinkin his crappy budweiser.
From Gualala, which is tucked in a wierd little grove of Eucalyptus and Redwoods, you can walk a mile to the beach, which is covered in driftwood. We thought it would be foggy so we didn't bring our beach stuff. Bummer, because it was beautiful there.
At the campground we ate ourselves silly and I started drinking booze because our water was wierd tasting. That lasted about 5 hours and I don't even remember being drunk. I just remember the horrible camping hangover the morning after. I am on a bit of a beer-fast for a little while. Sticking to passion fruit iced tea (the kind rocco gave me a while back)
I would have to say though, hands down the best part of the deal was kelly's great breakfast. Eggs, pancakes, bacon and coffee all built on a campfire. Damn!
Oh, and we can't forget brett's favorite game of BEANHOLE - a classic horseshow style game of tossing a bag through a hole for points. Rob - you should build one of these for your camper. Hours of fun.
To Many Damn Links
Hey there...
This talblog is turning into linkfest! I need to get rocco a face so he stars writing something real.
Anyways, Loren has been flying all over the universe now that he is a paraglider guy, and he takes some pretty great photos doing it.
Check em out on flickr:
Now that we are all inspired by Loren's amazing photographic journeys... someone post some stories about what is going on in your part of the continent!
Rob? Justin? (post a photo... we hear you shed some pounds boy!) Missy? Brett? Kurt? Liz? Matt? Jesus?
July 18, 2006
The Vader Sessions
Ok. I realize I'm just forwarding posts but this is possibly the funniest one I've sent in a while.
Don't you pop at me girl. I'll pop at you so you'll never forget it. You get your black ass outta here.
"Holding her is dangerous..."
"What I supposed to do? Stash her in a little itty bitty hole someplace in nigga town and go sneakin up there at twelve o'clock at night."
"She'll die before she tells you anything."
"Or carry her around with me in a little box like a pet bunny rabbit or sumpinlike"
July 11, 2006
the eraser.
I forgot about this. Snipets sound good. Guess I'll have to pick it up seeming how the famine hasn't been fed.
Who knew he sang U2
Sunday, Bloody Sunday as sung by George Bush.
July 6, 2006
Sounds and Movies
Got Syriana at home... too lazy to watch it
Watch Lewis Black, Red White and Screwed... laughed at it
Listened to Film School... Really liked the deep deep lake song
Watched Confidence... movie sucked. Didn't like it at all
Ate an "El Pastor" Burrito. Delicious (marinated pork)
Makin Strawberry Jam this weekend if mom will send me the recipe. dang.
That's all.
July 4, 2006
Retired The Rav
This was a great weekend. I retired the rav (actually, I am selling it tomorrow) and bought my first new car! Not only that, but the day after becky and I picked it up from the dealer, we drove it up north to Eureka. Nothin like a road trip to break in a new vehicle. It is amazing up there, and if you live or visit california, driving way way up north is a must. We hiked and drove through redwoods, Hiked the beach and some rivers... walk around the harbors and old victorian streets. It was great.
Here is a picture of the new little tal-mobile in the big big redwoods, and a couple of others Becky took of the area...
