Going to California...

Hmmmm....

What else is new. I really have nothing new to say. I just wanted to post something so that my birthday post went away! Kinda white trash to leave that up when my birthday has come and long gone.

I just got back from California. My best friend got married in Sacramento, Calif. I was the best man... in more ways than one (if you know what I mean. And, if you do let me know because I don't!). I had a good time... catching up with him and his family. I'm really glad I was invited and was really happy that I got to go.

I finally started sprucing up my moutain bike. My brother-in-law tripped it out with new handlebars, breaks and a rear derailer. But, my doting girlfriend got me some clipless pedals. I had never used them before and have spent the last couple days trying to learn how not to fall on my ass! Needless to say, it must have been an entertaining show for the people who had a view of the quad I was practicing. I also got new shoes to go with my pedals.

Ooop... Family Guy is on TBS. Must be entertained... Peace out!

PS - Only 22 days until The Simpsons: Season 8 comes out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday!!

That is a picture of the flower cake my wonderful girlfriend sent me today...

TODAY IS THE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY 21st BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me

(editor's note: sung to the tune of "Happy Birthday")

Here's what other magical things happened on July 17! And, if you're into the whole entertainment mumbo jumbo... here are some famous things that happened again on this magical day!

Have a good day... only 28 days until the DVD Release of The Simpsons: Season 8.

Happy Bastille Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Bastille Day to my French friends (I don't have any). Bastille Day is actually a funny thing... the liberation of its prisoners in 1789 by revolutionaries began the French Revolution. But, it was practiacally empty. A mere seven people were imprisioned! Imagine 100's of people storming a prison to liberate all these wrongfully jailed people... and there's only seven there! Ha, ha, ha!

Speaking of France.... vive le Tour de France. American Floyd Landis still dons the maillot jaune. U-S-A, U-S-A!!!

One of my co-workers lost her husband to Cancer on July 11. The funeral was today (July 14). I went. So, that was my second funeral ever and I don't think I'm going to do that anymore. That's just some sad stuff. I say no more dying. I haven't thought about the logistics of eternal life... and the drag it will be on economic and natural rescouces. I mean, a lot of people are employed because of the whole "death industry."

So, all you all that read this... no dying because I sure as hell am not going to another funeral! But, you all are invited to mine and mandated to attend! =) God willing, that's still a number of years away!

I finally got to go out mountain biking today.... after an unsettling two week hiatus. My "in-shapeness" hadn't deteriorated as much as I thought. I'm still really liking the whole mountain biking thing. When you're in shape and finally get the hang of it... it's actually quite a rush! I like it.

Hmmmm... what else.... my birthday is in three days. That's pretty exciting.... to me.

Vegas, baby! Vegas!

Hello everyone. I made it through the weekend in Las Vegas. It was my best friend's bachelor party and we all rented a house in one of the 'burbs and spent our evening on the strip. I know y'all are like, "Bust out some pictures, man," but I was not the trip historian. So, I took no holiday snaps! And if you think I was the locus of exciting doings.... well, I wasn't. I was merely an innocent bystander just tagging along for the ride!!

It was awesome seeing my best friend. We've known each other for a mere 26 years! The one thing I enjoyed was one of the people we hung out with was a government spook! Good thing I decided to pay my taxes last April, eh?! While he didn't speak about specifics, it was interesting to hear the things he could talk about. It certainly made my job look mundane...

Some good news! My girlfriend is getting out of the hospital after nine months in there. She's been fighting cancer and completed her chemo treatments while I was in the City that Never Sleeps. When I was in Boise, Idaho, over the Fourth of July, my brother-in-law saw someone wearing a cool shirt that said, "Beat Cancer? Hell, I kicked its ass!" I thought it was appropriate. Anyhoo, I'm very proud of my girl... and am anxious to get busy livin' life with her...

Speaking of girlfriend, I have to thank her for figuring out how to get a pic on my profile.

Some bad news. My last post I was talking about how me and my girlfriend were gonna get a dog and name him/her Premysl. I found out that I have to name him/her Oscar.

PS - Only 36 days until The Simpsons: Season Eight is released on DVD!!! Yeah, I can't wait either!!!

Puppy Love...

So, here's a picture of my two favorite pups. The one on top is Brit and the one on the bottom (looking half-dead) is Sasha. They're vizslas! I love vizslas. Had two growing up... Fritz (who died of cancer in 1985 at three years old) and Whiskey (who died of old age in 1996). I'm looking forward to getting a house with Ms. Humble and getting me a vizsla. I wanna name him Premysl (pronounced: Preh-mish-elle). I got the name from the Austro-Hungary history class I took at Colorado State (I know... snore!). Wenceslas Premysl is the patron saint of the Czech Republic and was one of the first enlightened despots. This same despot was also the inspiration for the Christmas Carol "Good King Wenceslas."

While I have Prague on my mind... if you don't like your government, throw them out the window on to a huge stinkin' pile of CRAP! Ha, ha, ha!!! This event perhaps rates as one of my favorite in history.

Anyhoo, those are my sister's vizslas... I was visiting her over the Fourth of July holiday. It's nice to get out of the Mormon stronghold every once in a while and get normal-strength beer!

I was very happy with my Fourth of July trip. My brother-in-law took me on a couple of good mountain bike rides.... effectively whipping my ass in to A LOT better shape. I finally figured out why I got into mountain biking. Took long enough but now it doesn't kick my ass anymore!

Well, I haven't seen anything worthy of a WTF nod this week, sadly. But, it is only Wednesday. And, I am heading to Vegas for my best friend's bachelor party. To quote Vince Vaughn in "Swingers"... "Vegas, Baby! Vegas!" I'm sure Vegas will be full of WTF's? In fact, I know it is. The fact that I'm making my fourth trip there this year is a WTF moment in and of itself.

Well, I'm gonna log off here... but before I off.. I'd like to welcome my mom to the blog portion of the information superhighway. Her slice of internet is right here!

PS - if my mom is a DAR-ling.... does that make me a SAR-ling? Methinks that's a question without an answer like, "What's the sound of one hand clapping?"