I don't know how I feel abou this:

2 phone pic posts.. what is becoming of me? Really though, you can't blame me for finding the need to share this thing with you. It is what happens when you tell some french guy to build you a toilet and "make it a throne". Yes, that is a music box to the left of the bowl. It plays tinkly music while you tinkle.

Doh

You know what is silly? Setting your phone down 3 inches away from the charger but not plugging it in. Some days I amaze myself.

I never wanted a camera in my phone. I never found the idea appealing and I still think that there are more useful things to do with the space that circuitry takes up. I do have to admit though, there are times when having a camera on my phone is handy. Take for instance... last weekend.

The first picture is Scott on a bull. The second picture is Scott... no longer on the bull (unfortunately Scott is laying behind the bull).

Z is a good letter to put in a title.

Today was the first day of the new semester. It was the first day of school for 2008. It was the first day of the rest of my life.. ok, not really. It was just another day in the rest of my totally awesome life. A life I started for myself 4 years ago when I decided to stop dicking around, become a serious student, marry the girl of my dreams and move back to Arizona. 2 out of 3 is pretty damn good.
Today was a day that I have been dreading for 2 weeks. Christmas vacation is always odd. It like cracking a 2 liter soda you just spent the last 3 months shaking, releasing just enough pressure to get the foam up to the cap, then screwing the cap back on. I found myself between classes with the urge to just walk back to my car, get in, and drive home. I am starting the 4th year of school and it is really starting to wear on me. The constant suspension of what I feel is my normal life due to the temporal and financial strain the pursuit of higher education is starting to take its tole. I've only been back to school for 1 day and I already need a vacation.

In a completely unrelated topic, the Chargers beat the Colts and are headed to the AFC championship. I have mixed feeling about this. I am really happy the Chargers did so well and where able to pull of the win. On the other hand I have no illusion that they can beat the Patriots to get to the super bowl, especially with the physical toll they paid to get to the championship. I think the Colts have a much better chance of beating New England and my loathing of the Patriots seems to be outweighing my love of the Chargers. I guess I should just be happy I have had a good season. Chargers make it to the championship game, Redskins made the playoffs (barely), and the Cardinals didn't have a loosing season (I know, hard to believe!)

Blogging to Blog

So I went to see "I am Legend" yesterday. I thought it was a pretty good movie although it was slightly depressing. This isn't a bad quality in a film, it jut caught me off guard. This blog isn't about the movie though. Its about soda. Specifically the cup you put the soda in and the subsequent holders for said cup.
AMC 24 at Stapely Center in Mesa has new cups for their large sodas. No longer is it a giant wax covered cardboard tub like the medium and small, but a slick and smooth plastic cup. A cup your could take home with you, and if your are so inclined, us for a few week. It is of sturdy quality that appears will be able to withstand the ravages of a few runs in the dishwasher. It would also make a great coin cup to save up for movie tickets, especially if you don't have a student ID or go to the matinées, like I do.
Unfortunately all is not well in the land of huge screens and overpriced concessions. The tower of cold, carbonated goodness has one fatal flaw. The cup follows the form of most plastic cups seen in the fast food saturated world of ours. The top of the cup is large and it tapers and the bottom, with a section at the very bottom of the cup that is indented to be an even smaller circle. I am sure you are all familiar with this form, the purpose of which is to make this over sized behemoth fit into the standard cup holder (which is conveniently sized to accommodate a reasonable amount of beverage). Unfortunately the new cup from the theater does NOT fit in the provided cup holder.
Thats right, after spending $5 for $1 of soda full to the brim with ice, no matter how many times you tell them no ice, you also get the privilege of holding said beverage in your hands for the next 2 hours. Sure, you could put the drink on the floor, but then you risk the kicking it over in a fit of laughter or an uncontrollable flinch as an alien bursts from someone's chest cavity.
You could put this ice cold (and usually sweating) beverage in your lap (or nestled in your crotch) but I don't go to "those kind of movies."

After 2 hours I have to say I did enjoy the movie, and my 64 oz ( 24 after ice) of cherry coke. I did not enjoy my 2 cold hands or the fact the my manhood had shriveled itself back into boyhood.

I hope you enjoyed this unnecessary ramble as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Oh, BTW, Christmas was pretty good. I got a bunch of DVDs to watch with my new 5.1 surround sound system. I also got a skateboarding penguin. My wife got pearls, lots of pearls.