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Ryu vs. Scorpion

Ending kinda sucks...but its very entertaining.

Where you at at at?

Mark Lipsmeyer: Have you seen Planet earth yet? you would crap your pants
Matt: Read this article, you will cry it is so funny (thanks brett)
Kurt: Have you heard Pelican? You will shit yourself. Listen to "March To the Sea"
Liz: Where are some new photos of your place. And on that topic, matt, post some too. Open a flickr account god dammit!
Brett: When are you gonna post a picture of the engagement ring man?
Justin: Are you a cop yet?
Rocco: Grow any 3 foot winter squash?
Missy: Run over anything in the supermarket?

New Project

Ah Jess.

A friend of mine at work has a jeep with no top. At night, he covers the car so it won't get dew inside. He also plays guitar. On the day of one of his shows (the showoffs is the band name) He brought his guitar and amp outside, put them on the sidewalk, and uncovered his car. He then got into his car (hungover) didn't hear the crack of the neck as he drove OVER his guitar, and continued down the street. He then realized that he forgot his guitar, went back, and found this:

Needless to say, he doesn't want to look at it anymore. The thought of his broken-ass guitar makes him feel sick. I raised my hand and volunteered to take it. To which he said "Take it, just fucking take it". So I did.

Next week I am going to take it to a friend's woodshop and try to glue it back to shape. It should be strong enough to hold

We'll see. If it doesn't work, I will saw the neck off and buy a new one. Regardless, I always wanted a gibson, and the pickups should still work just fine. I'll post it when it is all back together again :)

Yesterday Ruled

It was Brett's Birthday yesterday, and his girl Erica planned a bbq for him in a park in Novato (about 45 minutes north of SF). It was an amazing park on a lake/resevoir called Safford. Anyways, it was sunny and the fog slowly rolled in. As it got colder we started up a game of touch football. Missy, you should have been up here. You woulda loved it. Click through for some flickr goodness.

After that, Becky and I went home an passed out. Then woke up and rejoined the group for some schnitzel and big ass beers at the "schnitzelhaus" on 9th. God Damn. Forgot the camera, but the fried goodness is still in my belly, like a brick.

Good birthday brett. Happy Birthday

Where the F*#K is Missy

Is there no commitment in life anymore? Do friends abandon us with time? When we share our inner most secrets and vulnerabilities with each other can one not offer words to lighten our day or ease our pain? Is it too much to ask?
If so, join hands my brothers and sisters. Missy has found a new home and it is not here. "sniff"
Let us wish her well....( my keyboard is wet with tears and I'm blowing my nose now)

Since 300 is all anyone talks about these days...

This is a pretty cool website showing how the movie compaired to the comic...I thought it was interesting at least.....

http://www.solaceincinema.com/2006/10/04/300-comic-to-screen-comparison/

Tootles..

Test of a Flickr Link

My stomach was all kinds of fucked up today when I woke up. I was up around 5 and didn't go back to sleep. Needless to say I took the day off work and tried not to move around. Drank about 8 glasses of tea, ate nothing, and opened a flickr account.

300 vs. 70 Million

Here's a small piece of the article to explain it a bit...

"Everywhere else I went, from the dentist to the flower shop, Iranians buzzed with resentment at the film's depictions of Persians, adamant that the movie was secretly funded by the U.S. government to prepare Americans for going to war against Iran."

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2c8599%2c1598886%2c00.html?cnn=yes

Un-F'n believable. Now honestly no offense to anyone, race, culture, or whatever...but some cultures and people need to chill-ax a bit. Why do people look waaaay too deep into things when it comes to this crap? IT'S A MOVIE BASED ON HISTORY AND A NOVEL!!!! Not some secret plot against a country or something stupid like that... American's weren't even in the movie! Now I know it's not about American's vs. Persian's, and it's about the way the Persian's "looked" in the film....but honestly...Get a life! Crap like this annoys me to death, I'm sorry. Some american director makes a movie and therefor he's secretly working with the government to make some other culture look bad because well...it's just fun....come onnnnnnn!!! I could rant on and on about how stupid some people are about things like this but I'll leave it alone....so F'n silly. Sounds like it's some other deep personal issues or something. Hope they come to their senses and just enjoy a movie...I'd say I hope they don't even release the movie over there but that'd proly just be pouring gasoline on a fire....

appearance is a consequence of fitness

There have been a lot of rumors flying around about how the dudes in the movie 300 got all ripped for the part. I guess it wasn't cg. Click the picture of the yoked out madman for an interesting article on the subject

Uhhh....

“300”
25x Pull-up +
50x Deadlift @ 135# +
50x Push-up +
50x Box Jump @ 24” box +
50x Floor Wiper @ 135# (one-count) +
50x KB Clean and Press @ 36# (KB must touch floor between reps) +
25x Pull-up
300 reps total

Sculpture

I just found out about this sculpture blog. Pete Konig is a concept artist who works here, and he is pretty @#%%ing awesome. Take a lookey:

Hello from Down South

Looks like a lot has happened since I last checked in! I would love to hear Missy's Ocscar nite stories! Things keep moving along down here. Weather is relatively nice. I am now an Aunt. My brother's wife gave birth to their son at the end of February. Pretty cool! Kurt is almost done teaching his first class at one of the design schools here. Its been an interesting experience. I want to hear more about Matt's house. It looks great. We need interior shots - any updating/renovation going on in there? And how are things elsewhere?

Flank Steak, for your Pleasure....

Transcribed and delicious...

Ropa Vieja con Moros Y Cristianos
(shredded flank steak with black beans and rice)

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
4 lbs. flank steak, cut with grain into 6 pcs.
2 tbsp. chili powder
1 bay leaf
8 cups water
2 med. onions
2 med. red bell peppers, sliced thin
2 med. green peppers, sliced thin
2 med. yellow peppers, sliced thin
14 med. cloves garlic (aka, fuckloads)
2 12 oz. cans peeled tomatoes in puree, drained and coarsely chopped

Prehead grill, blot the flank steak dry with paper towels and season generously with chili powder, salt and pepper. Brush meat with oil and grill over medium/high heat, about 3 min. per side. Place in a large pot and add water and bay leaf. Bring to boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer until the meat is very tender (daaaaaamn), 1.5 - 2 hours. Transfer the stewed meat to a large bowl and cover with foil. Reserve 3 cups of the cooking liquid goodness. Toss bay leaf in the trash. In the same pot, heat the remaining 1/4 cup of olive oil. Add the onions and red/yellow/green peppers to the pot and cook over high heat, stirring frequently, until the onions are soft and golden. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant (2 mins) Stir in th tomoatoes and the leftover 3 cups of cooking liquid. Bring to a boil, reduce heat immediately and simmer until sauce thickens, 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Meanwhile, using 2 forks, pull apart the meat into long shreds. Add the meat to the sauce and simmer over loaw heat until warmed through... then serve.

I am going to go ahead and not write the black beans and rice part.

I have had it!

Russian River

Last Saturday we went up to the russian river for what is known as "barrel tasting". Basically, you drop 10 dollars and get a glass and a wristband, then for the rest of the weekend you have a pass to go to every winery in the region, and they fill you up with a taste, er, or gulp. Since some of the wineries had about 12 to taste from, I don't really remember saturday.

Some highlights

1) We got to sleep in the "inlaw" of the cottage that our friends rented. It was a shed in the back with one wall that was the stump of a burnt out old redwood tree. Neat!
2) Food samples with all the wine - bbq ribs, paella, shredded skirt steak. Think costco sample counters manned by chefs
3) The very fact that it was 10 dollars for the whole weekend! This doesn't happen anymore.

The new digs

dork

Mahlarky I say

Google - The Master Plan

And is there seriously anything you have that needs to be that secret?

Matt's new house

This is what matt's new house looks like - or at least what I assume it looks like until he posts a god damn photo. Hey Matt, how are those stilts holding up?