Friday, February 25, 2005
Technical Difficulties.
Having trouble getting pictures from my scuba trip off a cd. It is about to set my temper off. My temper consists of me quitting and going to watch a movie. Here are a few I'll post more tomorrow, ones that prove I actually went in the water. I have head through the grape vine that there are actually 6 people that read this. Since that is the case I will work on my spelling a little more. I have heard that it is slipping. Until next time.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Scuba Certification: Part 3
Like I said, we are in the water and ready to begin our Diving Career. Let me fill you in on the requirements of becoming a PROFESSIONAL DIVER. We were required to do five specialty dives. We could choose from a list of about 12, but these were the ones we did, with a brief description of each one because they are very confusing names.
1 A deep dive consisting of diving to a depth of stupidity, where you then experience narcosis, which means you have gone to a stupid depth. We only went down 90 feet. If you were to fall off a building that high you would die, so to me it seems stupid to go that far under water, away from the surface. But to tell you the truth it was not bad. Made things a lot funnier when you go down that far, Jay actually said something that seemed funny down there.
2. An AWARE Fish Identification dive is where you dive down and look at fish and try to remember whet they looked like and then use a book to point out to the instructor what we saw. This seemed like the easiest dive, but it was not so easy, since all of us had to find five different fish and most of the fish looked the same, and I had my eyes closed.
3. A boat dive meant we did just that, we dove off of a little raft boat. Getting back in with all that gear was not as easy, especially for the midget that was with us.
4. Underwater photography dive was another kind of dive that we did. This was neat and easy. At this point we realized it was not so hard to become a Professional Diver. We each took a camera around on a dive and took pictures of fish, coral, and each other making crude gestures to the camera.
5. We did a underwater navigation dive. This was not as much fun because it took up a dive of seeing fish and we had to try and swim in a perfect square by using our compass. I guess you have to give a few things up to become a professional. After doing an oval we passed with a C-.
6. Every one participated in a night dive. This was a dive were, as the title suggests, was done at night. Not at sunset where we could still see, it was done in pitch black. Does not seem like the most wise thing to do, but it sure was great. Seeing fish at night is way different then seeing them during the day. I guess it is the same with women and makeup. All we had to guide our way was what our Aussie guides called a torch. When I think of a torch, I think of something that I could make shadows on the moon with, but what we were given were tiny flashlights put in a zip-lock baggy to be made it waterproof. And yes, mine went out in the middle of my dive. I was lost, but they found me the next morning chillin with the little mermaid in a giant clam.
We did four more leisure dives on this trip, and skipped one due to exhaustion, better known as over sleeping. It was an intense trip, the schedule when like this: wake, dive, eat, dive, shower, dive, eat, dive, shower, rest, dive, eat, dive, shower, sleep, repeat. The rest time we had was about 3 minutes. But it was worth it. We had a great group of people on our boat as well. A group was from South Africa, some English blokes, a couple from the US, a couple from Canada, a couple from OZ (wife was one who spent her whole time in the loo), a guy and a girl that met while traveling and were going their separate ways after this adventure), and a surfer from New Zealand. You always meet interesting people on excursions like this, and this was no exception. The most interesting person by far however was our guide. We were older then him but he had experienced more in his life then probably most of the Kansas population put together. He was full of stories. Stories of jobs, stories of diving, and stories of girls and parties. He was full of colorful language as well. I will put in a story of his but leave a blank where each foul word belonged.
Well, does that make you want to become a Professional Scuba Diver like myself and Jay? If we can do it each of you five people now that read this can. It all started with a dream, and now has ended with a ID Card that gets us discounts on copies at Kinko's and allows us to dive to stupid depths our own. And all this for only a hundred dollars more!
Side note, I apologize to midgets and women for some remarks I made earlier, I have nothing against either. Until next time.
1 A deep dive consisting of diving to a depth of stupidity, where you then experience narcosis, which means you have gone to a stupid depth. We only went down 90 feet. If you were to fall off a building that high you would die, so to me it seems stupid to go that far under water, away from the surface. But to tell you the truth it was not bad. Made things a lot funnier when you go down that far, Jay actually said something that seemed funny down there.
2. An AWARE Fish Identification dive is where you dive down and look at fish and try to remember whet they looked like and then use a book to point out to the instructor what we saw. This seemed like the easiest dive, but it was not so easy, since all of us had to find five different fish and most of the fish looked the same, and I had my eyes closed.
3. A boat dive meant we did just that, we dove off of a little raft boat. Getting back in with all that gear was not as easy, especially for the midget that was with us.
4. Underwater photography dive was another kind of dive that we did. This was neat and easy. At this point we realized it was not so hard to become a Professional Diver. We each took a camera around on a dive and took pictures of fish, coral, and each other making crude gestures to the camera.
5. We did a underwater navigation dive. This was not as much fun because it took up a dive of seeing fish and we had to try and swim in a perfect square by using our compass. I guess you have to give a few things up to become a professional. After doing an oval we passed with a C-.
6. Every one participated in a night dive. This was a dive were, as the title suggests, was done at night. Not at sunset where we could still see, it was done in pitch black. Does not seem like the most wise thing to do, but it sure was great. Seeing fish at night is way different then seeing them during the day. I guess it is the same with women and makeup. All we had to guide our way was what our Aussie guides called a torch. When I think of a torch, I think of something that I could make shadows on the moon with, but what we were given were tiny flashlights put in a zip-lock baggy to be made it waterproof. And yes, mine went out in the middle of my dive. I was lost, but they found me the next morning chillin with the little mermaid in a giant clam.
We did four more leisure dives on this trip, and skipped one due to exhaustion, better known as over sleeping. It was an intense trip, the schedule when like this: wake, dive, eat, dive, shower, dive, eat, dive, shower, rest, dive, eat, dive, shower, sleep, repeat. The rest time we had was about 3 minutes. But it was worth it. We had a great group of people on our boat as well. A group was from South Africa, some English blokes, a couple from the US, a couple from Canada, a couple from OZ (wife was one who spent her whole time in the loo), a guy and a girl that met while traveling and were going their separate ways after this adventure), and a surfer from New Zealand. You always meet interesting people on excursions like this, and this was no exception. The most interesting person by far however was our guide. We were older then him but he had experienced more in his life then probably most of the Kansas population put together. He was full of stories. Stories of jobs, stories of diving, and stories of girls and parties. He was full of colorful language as well. I will put in a story of his but leave a blank where each foul word belonged.
______ man, that____ _____ ____and _______ was a________real_________ _________, she_________ __________and ___________with _____________ hours , she ________ elephant _________ _____________ friends _________that________ and _______girl. In the ____________ end _______.
Well, does that make you want to become a Professional Scuba Diver like myself and Jay? If we can do it each of you five people now that read this can. It all started with a dream, and now has ended with a ID Card that gets us discounts on copies at Kinko's and allows us to dive to stupid depths our own. And all this for only a hundred dollars more!
Side note, I apologize to midgets and women for some remarks I made earlier, I have nothing against either. Until next time.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Scuba Certification: Part 2
So we have our certificate that allows us to scuba dive in the ocean. It even has our picture on it. Next step, get there. And we did. We flew 12 hours to Australia. More specifically Cairns. Great place, check out the Woolshed if you ever go. Anyways, we needed to find a scuba trip to take. We had been planning on a day trip, something that included about 3 dives and then back to shore that night to "hang out." We went to the adventure tours area of our hostel to sign up, and for only 100 dollars more we can get 11 dives and spend two nights on a boat. We are on that like white girls on black athletes. The only slight inconvenience was it left at 7:00 am the next morning and we had already made plans to stay up real late and get, acquainted with the city. Needless to say, the next morning came quite quick, and was a bit hurried, but we boarded the 20 man boat on time. It was an interesting boat, like a two story very miniature house, with bathrooms so small you could pop a squat, brush your teeth and shower all at the same time. I'm sorry if that is not a pleasant image, but add a violent rocking and sea sickness to it and you have a more realistic description. Anyways, we all gathered in the dining/living/kitchen/office while the boat started on its 3 hour journey away from the safe shore. The captain gave a speech about what to do in case of an explosion, how not to vomit off the boat, and then made us sign a sheet that stated, that if we die while on board he can feed us to the sharks for a photo op. It was during this speech by the captain and a few others, we were offered the opportunity, for only 100 dollars more, to become Professional Divers. This peaked our interest because, besides me being a professional mail guy and movie watcher, and Jay being a professional student and cell phone operator, we had no other Professional titles. So we signed up. This took a good deal more of paper work, the kind that require reading. This is not a good when mixed with a boat that is moving up and down, the exact opposite way that your stomach and breakfast wants to move. We did not read the whole thing, we promptly signed it, missing that part that we were going to be required to take tests, and ran to join about five others leaning over the rail, and tried to talk our last nights liquid diet and this mornings bagel to stay down. One poor lady never recovered and stayed in her cabin, moaning in bed the entire three days, only getting in the water once, to clean off. I am proud to say that Jay and I both managed to keep everything inside, even though it was a harrowing experience. The boat finally came to a stop and we were at our first dive spot. Well, we could not be more excited, were finally going to do it. We are going to dive down in the ocean and spear helpless endangered fish and cook them for dinner. I'm kidding of course, but a good poke won't hurt anything. The tanks are full, the masks are on, the fins are cumbersome, the wet suite is tight, the buddy check is complete, the water looks inviting, and darn it.... I've got to go to pee. To be continued...
Monday, February 21, 2005
Scuba Certification: Part 1
I am going to share with you the amazing story about how me and my friend Jay became professional scuba divers. It is a story that has stupidity, pain, danger, research, death, excitement, heroism, tax evasion, sex, and drugs (all notified by italics). It all started on a Tuesday afternoon about 3:45 I believe, when Jay (who was on his cell) came to me with the idea of traveling to Australia. I was of course excited about the idea. Oz, as it is called by people too lazy to say or type Australia, we learned has one of the Seven Wonders of the World. That being The Great Barrier Reef, and in order to explore it correctly we were going to need to learn how to breath under water. We researched for about 5 minutes and decided to pay a months wages to Oceans Window to teach us the ins and outs of Scuba Diving. We had a good group of people in our class, and we had a great teacher, Terry Oaks. Everything was going great, we were learning about safety guidelines, we practiced what we learned in the pool and cheated on quizzes. Well, we passed the written exams, and all of our pool exercises, so now it was time to head out to Aquarena Springs to do the open water part of the certification. One problem. Oceans Window had not been paying taxes for the past six years and the IRS shut them down, leaving us without a certification and there would be no refund! Now we are out money and the trip to OZ is in danger!.... wait.... Terry Oaks to the rescue. He volunteered to certify us all on his own. Instead of going to Aquarena though we had to go to the Frio River, which for those of you who are not ambidextrous, that means COLD. Is was not only cold in the water, it in the 20's outside. Two people froze to death and seven people had frost bite but Jay (who was still on his cell) and I come out unscathed, except for a jammed finger. We were not not able to dive to the depths that we were supposed too according to guidelines, being in the Frio, but Terry passed us all anyways and we celebrated by burning the trees from the park and dancing around the fire screaming. One side note... When getting certified, over a two day period like we were, after the first day is over do not wad your wet suits up and shove them in a trunk, wet. Jay (who was on his cell) did that to ours. Putting a wet wet suit on that has come out of a car that had been sitting overnight in freezing temperatures, is a bad experience. I would compare it getting hit with a bat as hard as possible. But, thanks to the help of Terry Oaks, our dive partners safety checks and our fins, we became Certified Open Water Scuba Divers, and had a photo ID that proved it. We have now conquered the 12 foot deep stream! Our next dive spot? Non other then the 10,000 foot deep, shark infested, 400 miles from shore, Great Barrier Reef. I asked Jay if that made him nervous, but I didn't get a response. He was on his cell. To be continued ...
Sunday, February 20, 2005
These are a few of my favorite things...
Have you ever had your favorite thing change on you? It happens to me all the time. I'll like one show, CD or movie a whole bunch, thinking that I could listen/watch this every day for eternity, and be happy, only to realize that a month later, the CD that was my favorite has changed without any specific time where I remember changing it. That sentence was confusing, here it is in Kevin terms, listed below are a few of my favorite things, as of Sunday, Feb 20th, 2005:
No really here are a few of my favorite things.
MUSIC. This is one area where one favorite has been consistent for the past 8 years. And that is Ben Folds, formerly Ben Fold Five. I am a fan of the piano, so I pretty much like any band that incorporates a piano in their stuff. I like the kazoo as well, but I have not found many bands that use this as a dominant instrument. One that is close is Squirrel Nut Zipper. I am really into this band now, to put it in the words of a music dork. They have had nothing new for a while and it is a bit odd but try it, its kind of like quiche you might like it. Some other favs of the moment would be Dave Matthews Band, Cake, George Straight, John Denver, Dwight Yoakum, Josh Groban, Gavin Degraw and most songs by Barney.
TV SHOWS. Hands down my favorite is The Amazing Race Probably stems from my desire to travel the world and live off a billion dollar trust fund. I live vicariously through the contestants. I know for certain that Jay and I would win the million dollars if we were to get picked to be on it. We haven been picked yet, mainly because we haven't signed up. By the way a new season starts up on March 1st, at 8:00 on CBS. Survivor used to be one of my favorites but I have not seen the last five seasons of it. I was a big fan of the first two. I really like most of the shows that HBO offer as well. I tend to rent the shows on DVD. I prefer Six Feet Under, Sopranos and OZ . And of course the staple would be SportsCenter, oh yeah, and Dora the Explorer.
DVD's I have a little over 230 DVD's and I do not buy one unless it is my favorite at the time, so let me just list them all. Kidding. One stand out is Dumb and Dumber , I don't know if I am proud of the fact, but I can recite the whole movie word for word. I even know the body language. And I know it all in Spanish too. Anyways, here is a quick list of a top ten for me in no particular order.
1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy - what's better then a hobbit saving the world
2. The Godfather Trilogy - what's better then horse heads in the bed
3. M. Night Shyamalan Films. In order Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village
4. Fight Club - what is better then selling soap and beating yourself up
5. Gladiator - what is better then 2 hours of super violence and death
6. Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, The Red Dragon - what is better then Sir Anthony Hopkins
7. 21 Grahams and Amores Perros - I like Alejandro González Iñárritu movies
8. Most Foriegn Films - City of God (Cidade de Deus), Carandiru, I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura), Y Tu Mama Tambien, and Love Me if you Dare (Jeux d'enfants), just to name a few.
9. Almost all Focus Film movies - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Motorcycle Diaries and The Painist to name a few.
10. The Italian Job and Snatch - only had ten spots
Well I successfully crammed about 45 films into my top ten list. Until next time.
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
Cream colored ponies and crispapple strudel
Doorbells and sleighbells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
Girls in white dresses and blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on your nose and eye lashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
No really here are a few of my favorite things.
MUSIC. This is one area where one favorite has been consistent for the past 8 years. And that is Ben Folds, formerly Ben Fold Five. I am a fan of the piano, so I pretty much like any band that incorporates a piano in their stuff. I like the kazoo as well, but I have not found many bands that use this as a dominant instrument. One that is close is Squirrel Nut Zipper. I am really into this band now, to put it in the words of a music dork. They have had nothing new for a while and it is a bit odd but try it, its kind of like quiche you might like it. Some other favs of the moment would be Dave Matthews Band, Cake, George Straight, John Denver, Dwight Yoakum, Josh Groban, Gavin Degraw and most songs by Barney.
TV SHOWS. Hands down my favorite is The Amazing Race Probably stems from my desire to travel the world and live off a billion dollar trust fund. I live vicariously through the contestants. I know for certain that Jay and I would win the million dollars if we were to get picked to be on it. We haven been picked yet, mainly because we haven't signed up. By the way a new season starts up on March 1st, at 8:00 on CBS. Survivor used to be one of my favorites but I have not seen the last five seasons of it. I was a big fan of the first two. I really like most of the shows that HBO offer as well. I tend to rent the shows on DVD. I prefer Six Feet Under, Sopranos and OZ . And of course the staple would be SportsCenter, oh yeah, and Dora the Explorer.
DVD's I have a little over 230 DVD's and I do not buy one unless it is my favorite at the time, so let me just list them all. Kidding. One stand out is Dumb and Dumber , I don't know if I am proud of the fact, but I can recite the whole movie word for word. I even know the body language. And I know it all in Spanish too. Anyways, here is a quick list of a top ten for me in no particular order.
1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy - what's better then a hobbit saving the world
2. The Godfather Trilogy - what's better then horse heads in the bed
3. M. Night Shyamalan Films. In order Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village
4. Fight Club - what is better then selling soap and beating yourself up
5. Gladiator - what is better then 2 hours of super violence and death
6. Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, The Red Dragon - what is better then Sir Anthony Hopkins
7. 21 Grahams and Amores Perros - I like Alejandro González Iñárritu movies
8. Most Foriegn Films - City of God (Cidade de Deus), Carandiru, I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura), Y Tu Mama Tambien, and Love Me if you Dare (Jeux d'enfants), just to name a few.
9. Almost all Focus Film movies - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Motorcycle Diaries and The Painist to name a few.
10. The Italian Job and Snatch - only had ten spots
Well I successfully crammed about 45 films into my top ten list. Until next time.
Friday, February 18, 2005
Scions, Spurs, Rednecks, Eulogies
I have a few things to talk about tonight, so lets jump right in it. I am 99.12% sure of the car I want to purchase. It is the Scion tC. Cool name huh. Remind you of the great Terry Cummings, maybe not. To see if picture of the cT, click this sentence. Nice huh? I am debating between grey and white for the color though. I am a fan of the two door sports car because, if there is a group of people wanting to carpool somewhere, they will not look to me. Saying that, the back seat is large enouph to hold Oprah Winfrey, her life long toy Stedman and their kids. The back seat does lay back as well, which will come in handy when... lets just say it will be handy. I test drove it tonight and it drives quite nice. I scared the sales man by entering the highway and driving the wrong way for a couple of miles dodging cars and semi-trucks, you know, to see how it handles under pressure. Well, I'm happy to tell you that it performed great and it has a excellent seat protectant as well! A peculiar feature about it is that it has a sun roof for the driver and shotgun, but the people reclining in the back seat get a moon roof of their own. This feature makes the entire top of the car glass (you have to see it). Well I could go on and tell you all about the engine and the warranties, but I know nothing about either of those. It does smell nice though. By the way click here for the real pics of the car.
Go. Spurs. Go. It is midway through the NBA season and my San Antonio Spurs are in sole position of FIRST PLACE in the league. This is a first time for as long as I can remember. This means we have a big weekend this weekend. Not just, this weekend, but All Star Weekend. Beno Udrih is in the Rookie Game on Friday night, Manu Ginobili and Timmy Duncan are in the All Star Game on Sunday, and Pop is the coach of the West squad. Every All Star games in the past has been run-n-gun, with high scoring, but with VanGundy and Pop as the coaches I think the score will be just 110-145 with the West winning. Go. Spurs. Go.
Well, I think a few Guinness Book records get broken this weekend. And two of my friends get to witness them. It will be the largest gathering of rednecks, and the largest amount of empty Keystone Lite cans in one place. DAYTONA 500 is this weekend. Doc and Jeff will be right there to show off there full set of teeth to everyone there. I saw what Doc packed and knew he would be right at home, two wife beater t-shirts, cutoff jeans and no shoes, all in a Wal-mart bag. If anyone was confused at what a redneck looked like, I found one here! And of course I am kidding, Doc really packed in a Styrofoam cooler.
Your movie update for today is EULOGY. It is a funny movie, not on the level of Dumb and Dumber or Steel Magnolias, but it is funny. It is a bit harsh with the language, so kids under 6 shouldn't watch. It has Ray Romano, Hank Azaria, Kelly Preston and Rip Torn. Go rent it then thank God that your family is normal compared to theirs. Until next time.
Go. Spurs. Go. It is midway through the NBA season and my San Antonio Spurs are in sole position of FIRST PLACE in the league. This is a first time for as long as I can remember. This means we have a big weekend this weekend. Not just, this weekend, but All Star Weekend. Beno Udrih is in the Rookie Game on Friday night, Manu Ginobili and Timmy Duncan are in the All Star Game on Sunday, and Pop is the coach of the West squad. Every All Star games in the past has been run-n-gun, with high scoring, but with VanGundy and Pop as the coaches I think the score will be just 110-145 with the West winning. Go. Spurs. Go.
Well, I think a few Guinness Book records get broken this weekend. And two of my friends get to witness them. It will be the largest gathering of rednecks, and the largest amount of empty Keystone Lite cans in one place. DAYTONA 500 is this weekend. Doc and Jeff will be right there to show off there full set of teeth to everyone there. I saw what Doc packed and knew he would be right at home, two wife beater t-shirts, cutoff jeans and no shoes, all in a Wal-mart bag. If anyone was confused at what a redneck looked like, I found one here! And of course I am kidding, Doc really packed in a Styrofoam cooler.
Your movie update for today is EULOGY. It is a funny movie, not on the level of Dumb and Dumber or Steel Magnolias, but it is funny. It is a bit harsh with the language, so kids under 6 shouldn't watch. It has Ray Romano, Hank Azaria, Kelly Preston and Rip Torn. Go rent it then thank God that your family is normal compared to theirs. Until next time.
Thursday, February 17, 2005
New Cars and Prison
It is getting late and I just do not want to type much today. It is not that I don't have 10,000 things to say, it is just that I think my fingers can only type about 2 tonight before they turn on me and goudge out my eyes. Just to let you know though, a post about some car options should be coming up soon. If either of you two that read this don't know, I am driving a slightly modified BMW. It is a '88 Cutless Supreme by Olsmobile, the red headed step child to BMW to be exact. But I am looking hard into replacing it with something that holds less then 12 people. So I am going to be doing some research on cars I am intrested in over the next few days, which to me consists of smelling them, timing how fast the windows roll down, kicking the tires and tooting the horn. Oh yeah, and test driving them. I am excited about the whole process, minus the part of finding how much they cost, finding out I have no credit, and being lauphed at over the p.a. system, then thrown in a dumpster. Anyways, as long as my salesman does not have hair plugs, wear plaid or have bad breath, I imagine it will be a pleasant process. I'll let you know how it goes, if it goes well, or if it goes bad, you can read about it in the obituaries. Side note, if you have 6 weeks of free time rent the first four seasons of OZ. It is a t.v. show on HBO about a prison. It will cause you go to church and even keep you from taking codoments from Taco Cabana, with out asking first, because you will not want to go to prison after watching this series. Plus it has some good story lines. Has me hooked, I'm off to watch Episode 43: Welcome to OZ, I Own You Now. Until next time.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
TRAVEL IDEA 2 - 59
I feel like typing a lot tonight, so I will just dive right into my next 57 travel ideas, give or take a few dozen. Traveling in South America sounds great with the beauty of the whole land, and how diverse it is really excites me, but I have to weigh the idea against the idea of traveling to different continent. Europe. I have never been to Europe except for a lay over on a flight to Africa, so I would love to go back. Over the past 4 years or so I drool over my annual brochures from Contiki Tours and I tell my self that this is the year that I finally go on one. And each year I never do it. I have done fun things instead of this, but the fact is I still have not gone on one. I feel that getting bussed around Europe on a stinky buss with 30+ strangers from up to 12 different countries and sleeping in hostels that have three twin beds and sleep eight, sounds like a great way to spend a month of vacation. It really does. It is a way to see the most for your buck. The rash I would have, and the debt I would been in when I get back also seem like they would be just mild side effects, to the experience. I am leaning toward doing the European Vista trip but all of them seem fun.I need to decide which type of tour I want to go on. The superior seems like it is to pampered, the camping one seems a little to tribal, and the budget one seems a little chinchy. But this is just an idea for a trip, besides I have made it this far in preparations each of the last four years. So we will see.
In other news, I watched Dogville the other night. It is a powerful movie. I am part of a movie club that meets twice a month to talk about movies, and this was our featured film this past Sunday. To tell you the truth, I learn more about what a movie is about when I go to film club then I do when I actually watch it. But I am starting to be more insightful, i guess. I tend to just get lost in the story when I watch a movie, like a dumb fat kid eating pop-corn watching Willy Wanka, so I tend to miss the points that lie under the superficial part of the movie which is all the lights and sounds. Anyways, this is truly a thought provoking movie which has it's big fans and harsh critics. I recommend watching it and deciding for yourself but don't just watch the pretty colors, watch for the undertones of political and theological meaning. Then tell me what you thought.
If this post seemed less funny then the last few, it is because I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. See... Until next time.
In other news, I watched Dogville the other night. It is a powerful movie. I am part of a movie club that meets twice a month to talk about movies, and this was our featured film this past Sunday. To tell you the truth, I learn more about what a movie is about when I go to film club then I do when I actually watch it. But I am starting to be more insightful, i guess. I tend to just get lost in the story when I watch a movie, like a dumb fat kid eating pop-corn watching Willy Wanka, so I tend to miss the points that lie under the superficial part of the movie which is all the lights and sounds. Anyways, this is truly a thought provoking movie which has it's big fans and harsh critics. I recommend watching it and deciding for yourself but don't just watch the pretty colors, watch for the undertones of political and theological meaning. Then tell me what you thought.
If this post seemed less funny then the last few, it is because I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. See... Until next time.
Happy Valentines Day
Hope all had a nice Valentines Day, all 3 of you that check this. I had a nice day at work. The sun came out for the first time in 17 days. I think that would be a record, if they kept such a worthless stat. It does however mark the official day that San Antonian's can officially start wearing shorts, which lasts all the way until 01-11-06. Our five weeks of Winter are over, meaning it is time to transition into Spring and Summer. It also marks the time to transition into travel preparations. Sending pics from my Oz trip has set a fire under me to do a bit of research into planning my next vacation. There are several ideas I have in my head. Here are a few.
IDEA ONE: Travel on a motorcycle all over South America. I figure there is no better way to see and learn about a new country then to swallow bugs from each of them. I would want to spend a majority of the time in Argentina, home of MANU GINOBILI, an all-star guard from my San Antonio Spurs. It is also where the tomb of Madonna is. They call her Evita in Argentina. In Buenos Aires I hear they can dance very well, and since I can dance/tango with the best of them, I figure I could spend a week lending my expertise. Anyways, they must have computer nerds just like us here in North America, because they have a excellent web site, that shares all sorts of useful info, like which roads you will get stabbed on and which ones you will be given drugs on. So check it out here Argentina is Muy Bueno and then send me congratulation cards for figuring out how to have a link show up in a sentence like this. Maybe I should move to Argentina and design web sites, or maybe I should just give props to JOEL SCHUTZ. I will attach some photos of Agrentina that I stole from a little old lady below. Ok, this is getting long so I will have to post travel ideas 2 - 62 over the next two months. So keep checking back. And remember to brush your teeth after all those chocolate hearts. Till next time. Boris
IDEA ONE: Travel on a motorcycle all over South America. I figure there is no better way to see and learn about a new country then to swallow bugs from each of them. I would want to spend a majority of the time in Argentina, home of MANU GINOBILI, an all-star guard from my San Antonio Spurs. It is also where the tomb of Madonna is. They call her Evita in Argentina. In Buenos Aires I hear they can dance very well, and since I can dance/tango with the best of them, I figure I could spend a week lending my expertise. Anyways, they must have computer nerds just like us here in North America, because they have a excellent web site, that shares all sorts of useful info, like which roads you will get stabbed on and which ones you will be given drugs on. So check it out here Argentina is Muy Bueno and then send me congratulation cards for figuring out how to have a link show up in a sentence like this. Maybe I should move to Argentina and design web sites, or maybe I should just give props to JOEL SCHUTZ. I will attach some photos of Agrentina that I stole from a little old lady below. Ok, this is getting long so I will have to post travel ideas 2 - 62 over the next two months. So keep checking back. And remember to brush your teeth after all those chocolate hearts. Till next time. Boris
Saturday, February 12, 2005
My trip to Oz
Jay and I traveled to Australia and Thailand last May-June, and had a great time. An eleven hour plane ride started the trip off. It is amazing how many people you meet on a trip like this. It is really amazing how many you meet when you go with Jason, who is a bit more outgoing then I. But it was really a great adventure. I saw and did things I might never do again, like scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef, see five million stars at once(give or take 100, I counted), do a pop-a-wheelie on a tuk-tuk, sail in a 1896 boat, get a Thai message, function on 8 hours of sleep a week and many many more. I enjoy traveling just about one level below breathing. I can not wait till I have the opportunity to travel again. I will share more about the Oz trip in other posts, mainly because I might run out of things to say and I can always go back to that trip and have endless stories. Anyways, on a side note if you want to watch a movie about a woman sleeping and lying her way up social latter then Vanity Fair is for you. It is set in England way back in the day, but it is a pretty good movie. Anyways till next time.
Feeling comfortable in this strange land of Thailand, I decided to mingle with the locals. They stood in line to dance with the Whiteboy. It was about as long a line as the one I stood in at Western Union the next day, getting some money since one of those innocent dancers took off with my wallet.
Pics by Boris
Mailman stays away.
Well, what an interesting day today was. At 12:35 Doc checked the WOAI web site and the big story was, "SOURCE SAYS MAILMAN TO PLAY FOR SPURS." woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=8822CF87-C709-48B3-9031-91A36B142694 This caused my blood pressure to rise to unsafe levels and my breathing to become labored. I do not know what I would do if the one player in the NBA that I despised the most ever since I was 7, won a championship with the team I have loved since I was 1 and 1/2. I have been dreading this moment for the last six months when I heard first the possiblility that the Mailman might team up with the Spurs. I have thought many hours about whether or not I could bring myself to root for this man that knocked D-rob out and just plan made me mad for 18 seasons. Him and Stockton and Hornesek for that matter have never had even a remote spot in my heart. So to make this short I am relieved that at 12:40 Doc checked ESPN.com and we learned that Karl Malone is going to retire. http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=491677 This set me at ease because now I do not have to worry about how to cheer for the Spurs when they have the enemy on their team. It would have been like a wolf in the mist of sheep. I bet the players would hate that analogy. Anyways. I hope these links work... From where I am now they look like just a bunch of letters and numbers... But we'll see. I did not view The Sky Captains Flight of Tomarrow, it has been delayed. I am watching Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon tonight. Go Spurs. Borris
I am adding a note to this, because I relized that you can not just click on the links like I thought you would be able to. Sorry. Next time.
I am adding a note to this, because I relized that you can not just click on the links like I thought you would be able to. Sorry. Next time.
Friday, February 11, 2005
My First Post.
Hello to all that read my Blog. First of all I am not really sure what a Blog is so if this is not what I am supposed to be doing, live with it. I think I understand that when I have something important to say or earthshattering to announce or a joke, then I log on and Blog it down. That is my plan. I will keep you posted on every thing that is going on in my life. I plan on keeping each of you,that check this Blog each day, entertained and informed with at least 5 Blogs a week. Like my work out programs and my diets, I assume that these will last for at least three days before I get bored with it and move on to eating more cinnamon Life and watching Netflix. But maybe I can last 5 weeks and make everyone's life better while I'm at it. Another thing I should clear up before I start Blogging everyday. I am aware that at times, usually when I have had little sleep or had a case of beer, I tend to misspell words. When this happens, know that it is on purpose. I know every one has a little nerdy English teacher in them and want to be picky about other peoples works of art, but just read past it. Thanks. Now that that is cleared up I will let you know that it is 11:35 at night and I have a movie to watch. I plan on keeping you informed on my movies that watch and so I shall start tonight. I am about to watch, Night Eyes 6. Just kidding. I will be viewing Sky Captain and the Wold of Toarrow. I have no high hopes for this movie but I will give it a go. Untill next time. Borris
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