Guess What I did!?!?!?!?

First, I'd like to entertain you with my favorite clip from Robot Chicken:

Hope you enjoyed. I really just logged in to tell you... GUESS WHAT I DID??!?!?! I changed my oil. My car will live for at least another 3,000 miles because I've turned into a responsible car owner. If you don't know what I'm talking about, read my blog entry titled, " I don't want to lose my Blog readership like I lost my car!" from June 10, 2008. Now, let us never speak of it again!

Another Day, Another 50 Cents (before taxes):

I don't know what to say today. I'm just logged on and doing this so that I can say, "Hey, I've recently updated my blog." Because, before this post, I couldn't honestly say that. Now could I.

Really hum-drum weekend. I went to a BBQ festival with a friend on Saturday evening. It was up at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort (note: summer in the title, so you know it doesn't close when the snow melts). Sadly, we got there at the tail end and the BBQ was sold out. So, we sat and had nachos and beer. I'm okay with that, though!!

Sunday, and this is where the weekend got really exciting, I just cleaned the house. I scrubbed, dusted, vaccuumed, polished, cleansed... you name it, I did it. I didn't clean the baseboards or light switches... like my girlfriend does. But, that's just me!

After I was done cleaning, and I sat down to relax, I saw my cat scurrying after something on the patio, and he was being stalked by two birds. Upon closer inspection, Stewie (the cat) had caught a little finch and brought it the patio for my approval. Apparently, the bird's friends didn't approve, though. I got Stewie, put him away, and went to help the poor little birdie... but I couldn't find him. I go out to have a beer on the patio later... and the dogs found the bird right away. I scooped him up with a shovel and put him in the bushes. I left Stewie inside today, to give all the birds a rest from his harassing ways!

Start another week here... good times.

I'm hoping to have some earth-shattering, exciting news in the very near future. Well, let's quantify that. I'm hoping to have two pieces of earth-shattering, exciting news. The first piece is my sister's pregnant, and I can't wait until he's born. Not only do I want to meet the little bugger, I want to know his name! So, that news should be coming down the pipe in the next week or two!

I hope to have more earth-shattering news... but I can't say anything until it's a done deal. It's still a bit shaky if it's going to happen, so I don't want to get (for the most part) my hopes up too much!!!

Well, keep tuning in... and you'll be like the 100th person to know my earth-shattering news. I mean, I gotta call my girl and family... you'll know shortly after.

Another Weekend...

... has come to pass, and I'm still one million dollars short of being a millionaire. Even short now that I bought the new car.

So, I went shooting with my friend on Sunday. We found an old abandoned building in downtown SLC. Here's what I came up with, after some photoshop assistance:



Hope y'all enjoy the pic!

New Subi!!!

Here's my new Subaru. I feel rather materialistic, as I went with a "more luxurious" model than I have ever owned. Don't get me wrong, this isn't top-of-the-line. It's not an LL Bean model or a Limited model. But, it's got the heated seats, heated windshield wipers, heated mirrors... ooooooh and an input connection for iPods!! Quite fancy, though! Here it is (drum roll, please):

So, two days into ownership, and I'm happy with it. I used to have an '03 Outback Sport. It was a smaller version of the full-size Outback, and it was a good, fun car. But, I actually feel like I own a real adult car! It's about time I start acting like I'm in my 20's (now that I'm going to turn 33). I'm old!

Ho hum... back to work. Gotta pay for new car... =(

The Blog Post Hat Trick!!

Could it be? Three posts in three days? This is unprecedented. Does this make me a regular blogger? I mean, I know that there are people who do this everyday, and call themselves bloggers. But, when can I be a self-proclaimed blogger? Is it three straight posts, is it four straight? Is it five posts over a seven-day period? I don't know. Maybe Wikipedia knows. Maybe the answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind.

So, I got my new car. It got a Subaru Outback 2.5i. I was originally sold a plain old Outback. But, that's cheap. I mean it came with hub caps! Hub caps are for Taurus' (god rest its soul), Cavaliers and Escorts!! Not Outbacks!! So, me took it back and got the car I wanted. It's Newport Blue/Pearl. It's a thing of awe-inspiring beauty. It's fun to drive. Me likes a lot!

More later... and if you're nice... maybe even a picture of my new car!! But, all you out in the blog-o-sphere have to be on their best behavior! Yes, that means you, too!

It's Coming Up, So Mark Your Calendars!!

This blog was birthed on June 26, 2006. It's second birthday is just around the corner. If you're wondering what this blog wants for its birthday. Here's what I'm looking at getting it:

1. A new car
2. A rack for said new car
3. A user who actually updates it!

BTW... let's do more embedding! I can't believe I used to watch this crap... and with an overzealous fervor. Hey... "No ga-news is good ga-news with Gary Ganu!"



That is all!

I don't want to lose my Blog readership like I lost my car!

What readership, you ask? Well, I read it from time to time.

So, I've been on a hiatus... since Dec. 15. What's it to you out there. It's not like I got people sitting at their computer waiting for me to update this!

Well, if everyone out there is mad at me for my wanton neglect, perhaps I can win you back with this little funny:



So, I've never embedded before. I'm an embed virgin, and I hope I did it right! I don't need any lawyers calling me, throwing copyright law in my face. If they do, I hope it starts with a cease and desist order, because I'll rightfully comply. When you join the Witness Protection Program, you promise not to break any laws. Breaking the law as a member of the WPP causes more paperwork (new identity, new location, new family, new pets, etc.). Oops, said too much.

Anyhoo... life is just peachy here in the Beehive State (Utah, for you people out there not up to snuff on your "State Nicknames"). I learned "an expensive life lesson" as my dad put it. It seems that the "change your oil often" rhetoric isn't just needless rhetoric. Apparently, you ARE supposed to change the oil frequently or great peril will fall upon your engine. Needless to say, great peril fell upon my trusty and loving Subaru Outback Sport. At just five-years-young, the mighty locomotive went dry and gave up on me!

So, I'm off looking for a new car to ruin. Please, wish me luck (or in this case, wish the car luck) in my latest car endeavor.

Hmmm.... nothing else going on here. I still got my two doggies. Premmy is going to be two here next month. He's a lot more calm and mellow now. Then, there's Otta. Sheesh. She has a lot to say, and still likes to pee on the carpet. What makes it worse, she likes to walk while she pees, so there's just a long trail of piss to clean up. Hey, at least it's sterile, right?!?!? Life will be better once Otta "gets it!"

I'll let everyone (and by everyone, I mean all of my readers, AKA just me) know what happens with the whole car thing. I know I'll tune back in for an update!