Winters Icy grip continues over the willamette valley. It was so cold I was awoken from my sleep about every 2 hours last night.
Yesterday I intended to go with Matt to the driving range and shag some balls into former-snow-turned-ice. The problem was that my golf clubs were in the trunk of my car and my trunk was frozen shut. So we settled on getting a Stuffed Chicago Pizza, which was delicious.

Q is snowboarding today though. I am pretty jealous. It made me wish I even a fraction of disposable income needed to go snowboarding even a few times a year. If and when I can afford it, on my fellowship stipend, I will be in a part of the country to that doesnt accomodate such luxuries: best to put it out of my head.

Enough rambling, and smell you later.

In case anyone missed it, in practices and the Register Guard, this is going to be the Yellow Alternate Helmet that we have been waiting for. It has a chameleon paint scheme that changes from lightning yellow to green and has SILVER FLAMES. Nothing Says Oregon like Silver Flames

Fuck it. Here is a bonus

first of all this is for John Mentos Show

I ended up watching part of the video music awards despite the fact I didn't watch a single video that was nominated all year. There is a counter intuitive trend in music videos. All the worst songs have the best videos...apparently. They sure won a lot of VMAs.

All the taco bells in the area are out of lettuce tonight. I know - GASP. I couldnt get a rain check on it either. The cashier said that if I came in later and just wanted the lettuce I didnt get I was out of luck.

Picture Perfect with Jennifer Aniston...not great or terrible...actually now that I reflect on it, terrible.

Working tommorrow from 9:30 until 8.

This is a pretty funny video if you watch all of it. Ha ha ha artists.

One night removed from returning to Eugene. A couple of things to note.

In Portland:
My Achilles Tendons both have tendonosis, or series of microtears in the tendon. I have stretching exercises to do but essentually the main thing was avoid overexertion. Ideally if I do my stretches it won't give out on me in high impact activities.

Apparently my grandparents house -which my grandfather built with his two hands - is haunted or something. The house itself has been sold and resold 5 times since 2002. Lastly to Danny Ainge's brother who just now sold it himself. The word on the street is that people just don't feel comfortable there. Could be the fact that two people died in that house or property but most likely it is the stuff my dad did there. We had a look around since no one has moved in yet. I have to admit, it definately was some negative energy. Especially in the shed in the back where my dad lived.

I saw David and if he doesnt come down this weekend he is officially a choad.

I hate Portland for the drivers. On my way out of town people tried to merge in front of me from the off ramp after they had sped past traffic in the exit lane. Some lady flipped ME off when she started to merge into my hood where there was no room. Learn to drive Portland: also no one cares about your little league team.

YouTube:
Apparently this shit is real and we should try it sometime.

"Funky Butt Loving!" That is a direct quote from the hit movie Rookie of the Year. It is the exclamation of a doctor after his nose is broken by the title character.

Wasting days isnt quite as fun when you aren't procrastinating. A Saturday at home where you accomplish nothing lacks a certain latent urgency as when you wake up with a grand plans on your day off. The end result is the same but the road there isnt quite as fun.

That said I watched Jack, the 30 minutes I hadn't seen of Mr and Mrs Smith and Rookie of the Year in 4 hours I can honestly say I am not particularly proud of.

On a side note, I think Diane Lane is the most beautiful 40 year old on the planet: maybe the most beautiful face in Hollywood.

This wont be very long since I have to be up in 5 and half hours and in Portland in 24 hours - long after the group of friends has disapated but not before I will be bored out of my skull on Monday and Tuesday night.

YouTube for tonight is much shorter than last time. But if you are a duck fan or at the very least a Keith Jackson fan this will be a good clip

Today I officially finished my Summer Session classes. I proceeded to celebrate by taking a nap on the couch for the rest of the afternoon. I will be in Portland Monday through Wednesday although I will be helping paint the house up there most of my free time. Also if anyone is going to be in town on Sunday evening wants a free BBQ dinner, Jerry's company piknik is an all around good time. I can only take one person so don't all answer at once.

Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds is a very interesting movie and not good interesting either.
The movie lacks development for any of the characters. It fails to provide any real motivation for the characters as well. The characters are introduced in the beginning and remain static characatures of their "personalities" for the remainder of the film. Tom Cruise fails to transform himself at all in this movie which contributes largely to the inability of this movie to capture the audience. Dakota Fanning does a decent job - for a child - with a character that seems truely impossible to understand or empathize with.
Steven Spielberg failed most of all in creating an alien race that the audience would feel one way or another about. I am running out of picture space so I will sum up the rest. Nothing in this movie is developed or explained to satisfaction. There is no climax in the movie. The problems of the movie are resolved in the last five minutes with no build up and only a voice over before the credits to explain it.
Where and When to Watch: Hungover Sunday afternoon on TNT in 10 years...for the special effects.

As a footnote to the movie, I got a kick out of the fact that Spielberg nearly copied the Raptor-kitchen scene in Jurassic Park in this movie.

I downloaded a two disk jam session between Eric Clapton and Duane Allman in 1970. I am only through the first song but already this is proving to be my favorite album of all time. 950 MB of FLAC goodness.

Finally I will leave you with a YouTube clip I think is worth watching. In this case I feel very strongly about it. If you can get through the first 3:26 of this video, you will be treated to one of the most surreal experiences of your life...and you will probably learn something too.