Showing posts with label John Wayne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Wayne. Show all posts

December 26, 2008

What I learned over the Holidays

During these past couple of days of joy and gift-giving, I've learned a couple of things...

- Learn the aisle right-away hierarchy in stores before you go Christmas shopping, otherwise you'll get t-boned. For some reason, shoppers would rather give their first child to a Chinese Slave Army as opposed to giving some space for you to squeeze into the electronics aisle.

- AMC's showing of John Wayne movies was a pure stroke of genius, and then I saw they're going to show Clint Eastwood movies on New Years. That means that roughly all of Americans will be watching, while the ones that don't are simply communists.

- I like people that sent me personalized "Merry Christmas Brandon!" text messages as oppose to the generic, mass-texted ones. However, the more I think about it, I didn't send out a Merry Christmas text so perhaps I'm the one that's an a-hole.

- Read this story about Kurt Warner. Awesome stuff. Right down to him learning how to "Walk it Out."

- Four large holiday meals within 48 hours is pretty much deadly. I was in a food coma where I had dreams about Super Mario Bros, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Montana fans stalking me, and a dream where I apparently gained the ability to shrink in size, making me perfect for re-enacting Adam Morrison's NBA career.

- Relatives never question how much you eat. In fact, I get called a "growing boy" ... awesome.

- People are actually kind of pissed about Gonzaga's loss to Portland State.

- Pumpkin Pie does not need whip cream. In fact, why the hell do you need the whip cream? It masks the flavor!

- College World Series re-runs on ESPN Classic... yep, I'm addicted to sports.

September 28, 2008

How I know I'm old


Just a few months removed from graduation I can see it's only downhill from here. Here's a couple of signs I might as well get the tombstone payment plan down.

- I'm in a bowling league, getting beat by an 80-year old woman with a limp and hair that reminds your of Marge Simpson.

- The highlight of my week is the College football pick em' game I play on ESPN.

- I watch the local news, because you know, I want to know whats going on in the neighborhood.

- I refer to high schoolers as those "meddling kids"

- Drinking gives me hangovers. I don't like hangovers anymore. Therefore I'm thinking about switching to Milwaukee's Best Light.

- My knees crack more than the US economy.

- I find myself doing the whole "this place has changed so much" monologue... for Cheney, Spokane and Chewelah. It gets really sad when I drive by empty buildings and remember what business use to be in there.

- I like reading old newspaper articles.

- I quote John Wayne.

- 10:30 is getting a little late for me unless I'm at work.

- The highlight of my mornings is getting coffee.

- All I want to do is go fishing or hunting.

- Movies are too violent and have too much sex in them these days.