So much happens in ten days, this is a brief checklist of things I would like to write about, but may never have a chance to get caught up on:

Thursday (May 17): The one-handed man on the plane from Seattle to Denver. Eventless flight to Omaha. Ride w/ Varvel to the bachelor party. Bachelor party.

Friday: Tyler + Luebbe + thai. Tux rental, rehearsal dinner, potential poisoning. Coffee w/ Cora. Final moments talking w/ bachelor-Phil.

Saturday: Wedding + the ups and downs. Sprite toast, substitute best man, seeing people. Dancing w/ the ladies. Tackling Phil’s brother to grab the garter. “May your quiver be full!” Cards.

Sunday: the dog, the airport, $9 roast beef + cranberry juice, mom. G&G, picked up dad at the bus station.

Monday: Getting the U-Haul, Wendy’s, lock, blankets, Mother’s day a week late, mowing the lawn, loading the truck, poker party w/ the Boulder crew. Suzanne unconscious and no good markers to draw on her.

Tuesday: Finish packing and drive. iPod. Stayed in Billings, MT. Smoky room.

Wednesday: Billings, MT to Kirkland, WA. More iPod. Country songs.

Thursday (May 24): Seeing Washington on the Eastside w/ my bro (wetlands, Medina beach, Chipotle). Movie: The Namesake. Trigun.

Friday: Work+

Saturday: Airport + grocery shopping + sausage balls + work.

Sunday: Church. Pirates 3. And typing, typing, typing…

Categories: Friends, Life
Tags: airplane, Colorado, Cora, family, iPod, Jenny, Luebbe, moving, Nebraska, Phil, Seattle, The Varv, Tyler

The only green I wore yesterday was my coat. I forgot it was St. Patrick’s Day until I began receiving text messages from friends who love the day.

It’s not that I don’t enjoy St. Patrick’s Day. I had a good one in 2005 with Phil and Varv in Newport Beach, California. Last year I was working.

I worked yesterday, too, but went out with Martin after work to an Irish Pub. I was afraid it would be dangerous to visit a pub, I was afraid my fondness for the Irish flavors of Guinness and Jameson Whiskey would conquer me. And Irish Car Bombs? Yeah, those too.

I had a Coca-Cola, talked with Martin, and watched the strange collision of humans becoming inebriated. One couple sat quietly on a bench in the corner looking displeased to be there, but showing no signs of leaving. A group of four girls bunched together towards a wall shielding themselves from interaction with anyone. A girl bumped into me and apologized while blaming her friend for making her dance their way through the crowd.

The soda was good and it felt good not to go straight home after work. I didn’t talk to anyone other than Martin, but going out of my normal realm helped me to feel more social.

Categories: Life
Tags: alcohol, Coke, Martin, Phil, St. Patrick's Day, The Varv

For the regular visitors, I thought I’d let you know I’ve updated the links on the side of the index page. Most notably, you’ll now find Erika and The Varv in the Friends section. The music, islands, and news sections each have a new site or two.

I’ve also added a couple comics to the comics section — PvP has been on the list in the past, whereas Questionable Content and Savage Chickens are new additions. I’ve got Savage Chickens comics posted all over my cubicle at work. They help keep me sane.

I’ve also added a “Community Trading” section. I’ve been using LaLa for several weeks now to trade CDs. For every CD you don’t want anymore and send to another user, a CD on your request list will get sent to you. It’s not a bad system and the cost is just $1/trade. The only “problem” I’ve had is some CDs didn’t get sent with artwork, but recently they’ve added an option to request only CDs with artwork. Shipping costs are included in the price LaLa charges for the trade (in addition to the $1/trade).

I just signed up for PaperBackSwap (book trading) and SwitchDiscs (CDs/DVDs/videogame trading) tonight, so I’ll give you more of a review on those later. Both of these sites ask you to pay to ship your own items, but in return you incur no shipping costs for items you receive.

With PaperBackSwap, after I listed 9 books I was willing to trade, it gave me three free credits towards books. I’ve used these and requested some books (Prey by Michael Crichton; a Calvin & Hobbes anthology; Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert), so they should be shipped to me soon.

I’ve had my first DVD requested on SwitchDiscs and will be sending that out soon. As soon as I get credit for the DVD, I’ll be able to request items from other users. With SwitchDiscs, my primary goal is unloading a bunch of old Playstation games I never play.

Also, remember to check out For Your Perusal in the sidebar (via del.icio.us) — an aggregate list of links I recommend taking a look at. If you’d rather grab the RSS feed, it’s right here.

Categories: Life, The Site
Tags: Erika, The Varv

In a partial bow to Phil’s demands, I will leave one certain video off the internet. I’ll hold onto that one until a future time when it may be more appropriate. Like at a wedding instead of on the internet. Who knew my blog isn’t the right place for all things entertaining?

The good news is I’ve got a different video of embarassment to post. Good job, Jenny, you’ve provided the content for the day. To the rest of you: Enjoy! (This one will probably make a lot more sense if you know the people involved — the voices you hear include Varv, 4L, & Tracy.)

(Direct Link to Video for the RSS Feeders)

For anybody that’s curious, I used VideoEgg instead of YouTube this time. YouTube does this weird thing where it destroys the aspect ratio of your video if it’s not a standard TV ratio (4:3).

Categories: Friends, Life, Video
Tags: 4L, Jenny, Phil, The Varv, Tracy

I saw many friends yesterday. I got to Nebraska shortly after noon. I proceeded to my former place of residence on campus and spoke to my Residence Director, some friends in a connected hall (Dennis, Zach), bought a book of undergraduate literature which includes three of my poems, saw and talked to more friends, and then went to SpaghettiWorks. At SpaghettiWorks, I saw more friends.

From there, I proceeded to the Crescent Moon and talked to Wiggins for quite a while. It’s incredible having somebody in my life who can listen to whatever I say no matter how personal it is and not have them think any worse of me. Wiggins is like that with me and he definitely threw a lot of truth and ideas to think about in my direction. If you don’t have somebody like that in your life… get it! It’s good. One of the hard parts about being in Colorado is I don’t have somebody like that in my life as consistently as I used to, but it’s good to have it at all.

At 8pm many people converged upon The Pit (Jake, Varv, and Phil’s house). A few episodes of Invader Zim were watched and some talking was done. I got to see Jesse Luebbe, Tyler, Jake, Phil, Cora, and Tracy. Grant also came by and we talked for a little while.

Once that was done, I left to go visit Pizzo. We were able to walk around and talk for a while and it was good.

So basically, in the last day I’ve seen, talked to, and spent more time with friends than I have probably in the last month (other than Main Event). I needed it.

That’s all for now. G’day.

Categories: Friends, Life
Tags: Cora, Crescent Moon, Jake, Nebraska, Phil, The Varv, Tracy, Tyler, Wiggins