In one of her comments Jenny Smith said “Andrew–I am always amazed at how un-hoboblogger you are. You always have a zillion posts for me to catch up with.”
I feel that I’ve let you down. But right now I’m watching the debate. Then I have to go to something, but later tonight I’ll post twice, once about the debates and then once about In America (because I told you I would).
I just got done watching In America. I’m still crying. It’s 2:03am. I’ll post sometime later today about my thoughts.
But right now, all I feel is “I need a good hug” and “I need a girlfriend to watch this with”
Today was a busy day, despite finally falling asleep at around 4:15am and then got up at 7:30am.
Work was tolerable since it was cool most of the morning, but I managed to somehow get paint in every crevice in my body.
I got to have dinner with a good friend tonight. Becca just started at Fuller Seminary (where someday I’ll attend too), so I paid her a visit for dinner. Becca and I spent a summer working at St. Peter’s by the Sea Presbyterian Church as interns. It was really cool to meet some of her friends who had just started seminary too. I think I’ll be headed out to Pasadena more frequently. There’s always something cool about meeting new people who you just feel like you click with. (Jenny Smith, I’m sure you know what this is like) We made some homemade pizza which was just a fun activity to do. After dinner and some good convo (conversation), Becca and I headed down to Old Town Pasadena to grab some gelato. There is this great little placed called Tutti Gelati. Ohhhhh sooooo gooooooood. If you’ve never had gelato, get some, you’ll never go back to regular ice cream. We ended up walking around and talking for a while, just catching up. Good times.
On my way home I realized I needed a power strip, for plugging stuff in. But I realized that Target would most likely be closed after 10pm so my only other option was WalMart. I know, I know, I despise and loathe WalMart as much as the rest of you but it was there. I really only went in there to get the strip but impulse got to me. Damaged controlled I walked out with aftershave, deodorant, a candle and a candle holder.
I did get the copy of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind today in the mail from Blockbuster, I think it’s pretty cool that I could get the new DVD in my mail the same day that it was released. I did send back Bonhoeffer today since I really couldn’t get into it. It actually was the thing that finally put me to sleep last night. But it will be interesting to see the turnaround time it takes them to receive Bonhoeffer and for me to get Super Size Me. Hopefully it will be by Thurs. That would be really neato.
Mucho thanks to the commenters. A note to each of you.
Karen: Thanks for the comment, only thing left is your own blog.
Kat: Just do some research as to which one you want to get, Blockbuster or Netflix, see the link (3rd paragraph 4th link) in the other post today.
Jeni: Tell Kevin Hi for me, and Rick too. Tell them I miss them and really miss doing improv. And I’ll be there in late Nov or early Dec and I’d love to come to the improv class.
Katie: No prob on the comments, you read my blog, I’ll be sure to read yours. I’ll continue to leave you comments too.
To the rest of you, mas comments por favor.
Also NO ONE has jumped on the free iPod offer. Help a guy out.
In case you didn’t get the title it’s a parody of Oops, I Did It Again. Just sing it in your head.
It’s now 3:22am. I can’t sleep. I’ve watched Sixteen Candles and am currently watching Lucas on cable. I’ve checked my blog and email like 173,000,000 times and am quickly running out of things to keep my attention or to tire myself out.
I did do one thing that I see as an accomplishment, I finally finished a video game. Last x-mas I received a copy of Halo for the PC from my roommates and have played it off and on for the last year, but more recently in the last month I have spent a sizeable amount of time on it and have finally completed it. I don’t know about you, but it always feels good to complete a project that you have invested yourself in, and video games are no exception. I hate leaving things unfinished, it makes me feel like I could of, should of done better. The good news is that Halo 2 is coming out in Nov. The bad news is that for a while it will only be available for the XBox, it took the first Halo almost a year to come out on PC. Depending on certain circumstances I’ll have to see if a 149 dollar purchase of an XBox is in my future, mainly so that I can play Halo 2 without having to wait a year or so.
I told you about the Blockbuster deal I signed up for as part of the free IPod deal. It’s pretty cool. I think I’d actually subscribe to it if: 1 I had a DVD burner. 2 If number 1 was met and I didn’t feel adverse towards the whole “burning” thing. 3 If the system didn’t use the “queue system” (where you make a list and then they send you what is available)
The things that I do like is that there is about a 2 day turn around for getting your DVDs. I haven’t shipped them back yet so I can’t tell you how that process works. Although this is exactly like Netflix, I think from what I’ve read that Netflix wins out in terms of being a better service, please see this site. But my overall opinion is that it’s kinda cool not to have to worry about returning things on time and then not even having to leave your house to get movies is a pretty cool thing, but I don’t think I NEED to watch as many movies as I’d get from the service to feel like it was making it worth my money and time.
The 3 movies that I have out right now are:
Bonhoeffer
In America
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The ones in my queue:
Super Size Me
The Ladykillers
I’ll try and keep you up to date on how this whole process pans out.
Well it’s now 3:54 and I’m watching Bonhoeffer, we’ll see if I can get some sleep before having to be at work at 7:30am.
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Use the cogitations (comments) for crying out loud. You’re making me feel unloved.
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Today the jerky is now done. As expected it is mediocre. Really only a 4 out of 10. Eatable, but tonight I’ll pass it around to a few people and get some feedback. I’ll try and let you know what others are thinking about it, but I’m looking forward to making a new batch and trying to get a better cut of meat.
In other news today, they announced the DVD release of the special edition Return of the King, so save Dec 14th. Oh joy.
And Zach Braff announced the DVD release of Garden State.
It’ll be a busy Dec.
If you know me at all you have some grasp of my disdain for my car. What a piece of crap. Made in Korea, like me, but far inferior. Yesterday I went to start it. Put the key in, turn, nothing… Lame!!!! I thought it was the starter, so I took it to the mechanic today and luckily it was only my battery. So good for me. But I really want something different.
As I’ve said before my dream car for right now would have to be a MINI, but we all know that won’t happen any time soon.
The Koreans should really stick to making TV’s, rice, nuclear bombs (well at least the north side) and such.
Don’t forget to get your FREE iPod
I’ll actually take this down sometime early next week, it’s just here so I can remember my thoughts. (addendum 9/28 I think I’ll just leave it up, no use in undoing my thoughts, enjoy)
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I’m here at the Lofgren’s house. Showing Karen the joys of Blogging.
We had a good evening. Jamie (her husband) and I spent some time playing horseshoes in the backyard. Before playing a little Gamecube. Joseph (or affectionately known as J-Liu) came over and we went to dinner at Route 66 (a restaurant in Canyon Country) which was good. I had the Big Rig. Good stuff. Topped it off with a medium shake at Jack in the Box. But the gal at the counter put in the LARGE cup, seriously way tooooo much shake for one person to consume.
We headed back to their house after dinner and while Jamie and I were playing Tiger Woods golf, I was shooting for a critical birdie put on the 18th hole and got really anxious and started doing a victory dance. But their dog Maverik, who was quietly resting in the corner got startled and reared up and snipped my leg. He even drew a little blood. I’m perfectly OK. Jamie is a little upset about the whole instance but I’m totally ok and hold no grudge towards Maverik or the Lofgrens. I will continue visit their house and enjoy their dog. Really I’m ok (that was mainly to reassure Jamie), except for the itching notion to go chase after the cars going by.
Hopefully Karen and Joseph will be welcomed into the blogging community. So keep your eyes peeled for them soon, and if you know them bug them about it.
So by now you should have heard about freeipods.com (please do not sign up through this link, see bottom of page if you are interested in joining). First let me say that this IS REAL. It DOES WORK. I personally know someone who has received their iPod due to this offer. See Adam’s site for details. And it has been featured on the G4TechTv show The Screensavers. Which I trust and they do their homework on these types of things.
Here’s how it works. I didn’t say it wasn’t a bit schemy but nonetheless it is true and you can get a free ipod. I sign up with freeipods.com and then refer 5 friends. I have to complete one of their “offers” (which does not mean that I have to pay for anything). The “offer” I picked was a 2 week FREE trial subscription to Blockbuster’s rip off of Netflix, where I make a list and Blockbuster sends me DVDs instead of going to the store to rent them. I do have to make sure that I cancel my account right at the end of the 2 weeks or I will be charged the 20 bucks for the subscription. Then once I get 5 of my friends to sign up and get a similar “offer” I then get to redeem my free iPod. Fairly simple. But you must make sure that you friends do one of the offers, not just sign up.
NOTE: I just had my mom sign up so that helps me, but the thing was that her offers didn’t match mine, so you may or may not see the blockbuster ad, but there was another one for some fax thing with a 30 day trial that wouldn’t cost you anything. I urge you not to spend any money unless you really want one of the services listed. I am NOT selling anything. Nor do I endorse or condone anything other than getting a Free iPod.
If you would like to help me out in getting my free iPod and think you may know 5 people who would like to help you get YOUR free iPod, please click on the link below:
HELP ANDREW GET HIS FREE iPod
please click on this link if you want to help, do not go directly to freeipods.com it will not get me my referral
Damn the Man!!! (Lucas, Empire Records)
Well maybe this whole thing is a pyramid scheme…oh well…give me iPod
Here’s Adam’s endorsement
Cory’s site
Here’s the latest on the jerky endeavor.
#1 I think I screwed up the cutting of the meat. The pieces weren’t too thin and they were pretty small too. I think it may have been due to the cut of meat that I bought at the store. Since I didn’t take notes on the last batch I couldn’t remember what cut of meat I got. And I got anxious to get a batch rolling since I promised some guys that I’d have a batch done by Monday night. The piece of meat I got was really kinda fatty so I ended up cutting off a lot, and then it ended up in little sections which didn’t make for bigger pieces of jerky meat.
#2 I wanted to make this one really good, so I will let the meat marinade for at least 24 hours. I used the plastic bag technique. Which means you put the meat and the marinade in a bag and try and take out as much air out of the bag so that the marinate touches the greatest amount of surface area.
#3 Official notation of recipe:
2.88 Lbs of Chuck Roast (which once cut down probably only left me with 1.85 Lbs of usable meat)
1/2 cup of Soy Sauce
1/3 cup of Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 cup of Teriyaki Sauce
1/16 cup (about 4-6 shakes) of Hickory Liquid smoke
2 Tbs Kosher Salt
3 Tbs fresh ground pepper
1 Tbs Lawrys Seasoned salt
1 Tbs Crushed red pepper flakes
3 Tbs Honey
5-6 cloves finely chopped garlic
#4 We’ll see how this batch comes out on around Sunday and I’ll most likely do another batch next week, and I’ll make sure to go to the local butcher for my cuts of meat which I’ll have him cut for me.
I’ve done some geeky things in my life such as
going to buy a Simpson’s DVD the day after Thanksgiving to save 15-20 dollars
going to see Star Wars Episode II 3 times in 24 hours
and being totally obsessed with the Simpsons
and I’m sure a number of other things
But I think tonight has to take the cake.
I spent my (late) evening buying the new Star Wars DVDs (star wars and dvd are 2 links) at Best Buy where they were selling it at Midnight.
Here’s a timeline of my evening:
10:42pm I leave my house for the Best Buy in Westwood
11:17pm Arrive at Westwood Best Buy to find line stretched down a LONG city block
11:59pm One minute til DVDs go on sale
12:00am DVDs go on sale
12:01am Line has not moved
1:10am I can finally see the front doors of the store
1:20am I am finally let in to buy my copy of the Star Wars Trilogy DVDs
1:53am My transaction is finally complete, due to the slowest cashier (see price notes down further)
1:55am I get into my car to head home
2:16am I step into my house (note time to Best Buy vs time home from Best Buy
I am really glad I had a book in my car that I took in line with me to read since I didn’t have a friend to accompany me tonight.
I did get a good deal on my DVDs. I paid 43.63 for the DVDs, 2 20oz Cokes (which should have been free, but Mr. Cashier rung it up wrong), 8 free trial issues of Entertainment Weekly, and a free trial subscription to Netflix (which I’m sure I’ll never use, so if you want it let me know and I’ll give you the info). The whole package was supposed to be 37.99 plus tax. Not too bad of a deal since they were selling just the DVDs for 42.99. Yes, all the stuff was cheaper than just the DVDs. But I’m not sure my extra time was worth saving the 5 bucks. It took FOREVER for them to collect all my information, which seemed like they got everything aside from my original birth certificate. The only thing I have to do now is to remember to cancel the subscription to EW so that I don’t get charged later.
I’d be a super ultra geek, if tonight I planned on watching all 4 disks of the set, which include all 3 movies and 4 extra hours of bonus features. But I have to go to sleep now since I have to work tomorrow.
Please remember to save May 19th 2005 (which will actually be the Wed night before, since you know I’ll be at the midnight screening) for the release of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Nite Nite
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