Just saw a trailer for Peter Jackson’s King Kong and I’m a little excited for it now. I never really got into the old King Kong/Godzilla/etc movies from way back in the day but this one looks like it’ll be cool. Why oh why did I ever doubt Pete?
What? Did someone say Meet the Feebles?
I found $10 in my pocket the other day!!! It was my money already, but finding it and not knowing it was there makes it seem like it’s money I never had. Things have been really slow at work the past couple days. Sam and I were talking about bringing in some movies to watch while nobody’s around. That sounded like an awesome idea til I started thinking about a lot of the movies I own. Most of them probably wouldn’t be safe to bring in - mainly because there’s swearing of some sort in a lot of them if not other content that will be sure to offend somebody. Oh if only I owned fluffy films good for sharing with the masses. I should take in some spanish stuff to work on tomorrow in case it’s another slow day.
While lifting today I decided to give somebody some pointers on some stuff. First time somebody hasn’t told me to piss off(in one way or another) when I’ve told them they’re lifting incorrectly in quite some time. It’s always interesting how people respond when being told they’re wrong, doing something incorrectly, etc. I know I’ve definitely reacted in the wrong manner at times. It’s so much easier to spot things in other people though. I was reading once it’s easiest to spot your own faults in others…as opposed to things you don’t struggle with. This seems to make a lot of sense, however, I also spot things in people I don’t think I have a problem with. Maybe these are just personal flaws I haven’t recognized/dealt with/am willing to admit. Or maybe whoever said that was full of crap.
If you’re looking for something that should be interesting to read, The Voiz will be discussing Hell in the near future. I got it linked off to the side there. Not sure exactly when he’s gonna be posting but you should definitely check him out. He has good things to say.
Looks like Liz made it safely to London. I’d really like to travel through Europe some day. Don’t know when that’ll ever happen though. There is however a good chance I’ll be able to head down to Mexico sometime in the future, if some things happen, with the university. Now that would be fun. I’ve never been very far south into the country but I love it so much. I wasn’t born there and have never lived there, but it just feels like home. Hard to explain. Even though I love living in the luxury I have in the United States there’s just something about Mexico that resonates with me.
Hear Ye Hear Ye……
¡¡¡TAB BAMFORD IS ENGAGED!!!
That’s right. You heard it straight from me. The Tab is getting hitched. That’s big news if you don’t care and even bigger if you do.
Also, I decided to do a fu manchu after the hermanito has been asking for the past 3 years. I don’t know how long it’s gonna stay, but it’s summer so I’m safe for a while.
Today I helped neighbor Steve a bit moving some things to his new house. He and the Mrs. are moving on to bigger and better things. It was most definitely a sweaty day, but Steve bought us Powerade from the gas station, burgers for lunch, and pizza for supper. We finished the day off with a nice round of frizolf. We stopped at the souphouse to grab Sam but ended up snagging Mark instead. Got to see the upstairs of that place. It seems really nice.
I’d have to say that today my final shower was awesome. Most definitely very awesome. Wanna know what’s even more awesome? Oh, of course you do. I’ll be making PJ’s run #2 of the weekend. How’s that for a record setting event? It may be taxing on the pocket book and expanding on the waistline….but seriously, who cares? On a side note, Lofton will be making an appearance and I think this’ll be the first time we’ve seen him since May. It’s been a while.
Well it’s that time of day when I send out some emails, take out the contacts and maybe watch a little TV.
Another sweet PJ’s encounter only we weren’t pickin the tunes. It was however, still a good experience minus a slight time-piece mishap. Afterwards we played a round of frizolf and watched Slackers which ended up being not nearly as cool as I was expecting it to be. Soon Liz will be off to France. I’ve been instructed to keep on her and try to make her come to movie night.
It seems like every once in a while I realize something about myself. Lately it’s been very apparent to me how I get easily frustrated with people when they don’t possess certain skills, experience, amount of maturity or a level of intelligence in something I feel they should be more adequate in. I remember reading something about my personality type with the Myers Briggs test and it said something along those lines about my personality type.
A few of those things that irk me are when people can’t read a map or follow directions, people who are perpetually unorganized and continue to do things that make themselves even more haphazard and disjointed, and when people never have anything thought out or planned ahead. Being a bit of a computer programmer and what I divulged earlier about the way my brain is constantly analyzing stuff this may or may not come as a surprise to you. My main point in talking about this is that I feel like I shouldn’t be so critical of others. Usually I am a somewhat patient person but occasionally I just really get fed up with people. Luckily I rarely show it outwardly, however, this doesn’t mean I don’t need to work on my attitude. A positive note would be that I am aware of this and that’s definitely the first step in solving a problem.
I don’t know about you, but being a moderately chubby kid most of my life, I’ve always loved free food. Seriously, who doesn’t? Scored myself a big panther burger and fries and then got to talk about projectors and various AV-ish setups with some vendor guys all afternoon. It’s always interesting hearing people talk and talk and talk about all kinds of stuff, trying to ‘wow’ you. Maybe I’m weird or skeptical or something, but I’m usually not easily wowed. I heard once it’s a midwest sort of thing. People from those states are much more even-keel and middle of the road than one extreme or the other…don’t know how much stock I put into that.
Well tonight is gonna be another PJ’s night. Unfortunately Toll won’t be in attendance so I’ll have to pour some out for my homies in the form of a dedicated song on the jukebox. First Crickit, now Toll. The good news is that Toll might want to go Sunday. If so I’m most definitely going because then I’ll break my own personal record of going to PJ’s more than once in a 3-4 week period.
Another slow day at work. The plan is for Sam and I to go get TU burgers from the grille. This’ll be his first time. I’m pretty sure he’s been really anticipating this because apparently I talk them up a lot.
I also get told that I’m scary looking, unaproachable, etc. People also seem to think I’m the kind of person to beat people up and stuff. Last night, I saw Brian in the weightroom and he’s like, “Dude - Chalupa! I had a dream about you last night.” Apparently in his dream he sees me from behind and ’something’s going down.’ Either I was beating the crap out of somebody or going to kill somebody or something like that. I’m not that violent…really. However, we also got to make fun of this kid that was in there a while back who would do 3-5 reps of something, then get up and go to the mirror. He then proceeded to roll up his sleeve, flex in the mirror, check himself out, smile and then repeat the whole process. I witnessed this happening for a good 30 to 40 minutes. Quite hilarious.
Well, I should probably get back to work or something like that.
Saw The Machinist tonight with Robby and Liz. It’s really cool watching films with other people that like to sit and talk about film sometimes. It’s not that I detest watching movies with other types of people, I just enjoy the comments, understanding and insights. Also got to hang out with Liz a bit afterwards and just talk about all kinds of random stuff. Liz is heading across the ocean for a bit of vacation so I’ll be minus one regular for movie nights for a while.
Isn’t it weird how as a kid you’re afraid of some things and not others? It’s really interesting how brains work sometimes - especially imagination. For instance, I know when I was little I’d read books and then have dreams about the books and “imagine” other stuff happening. Then I’d tell people about the book but add in all this extra stuff that I thought had happened…only it was just a dream. I’m glad I realized what was happening eventually.
I sometimes wonder how many other people out there in the world have brains that work like mine. My friend Josh is really similar to me, but I haven’t actually talked to anybody else about this topic in particular that has said, “oh yeah, me too.” If you didn’t know, my brain is always working. If I’m not specifically thinking about something, my brain is going off on its own tangents…sometimes even while I’m thinking about something else.
I see people and I size them up wondering if I could hold my own with them or not. I walk into rooms and notice all exits in case I have to make a quick escape. I sometimes replay conversations in my head wondering what exactly they meant or something I’ll think about something I need to tell to somebody and I’ll run scenarios in my head thinking about all the possible outcomes. Sometimes it’s like my life is one huge game of chess and I’m always trying to think 6 moves ahead. Is this weird? Probably. Am I unique in this? Not really. Does it kinda annoy me sometimes? Most definitely.
So there, now all of you know. When I’m usually sitting there and not saying anything it’s not because I’m having a bad time, not enjoying myself, feeling extremely awkward….it’s because I don’t have anything of use to say at the moment and I’m observing everyone else. There’s always something going on in that brain of mine.
Back at work this morning and there’s not much going on. I had a 4 day weekend of sorts with Sat and Sun back in Iowa for CJ’s wedding and then my lungs decided not to work so well so I spent most of Mon and Tues on my bed or couch watching movies. I sometimes wonder how bad it’s going to get because I know there’s something in the building I work that aggravates my asthma. I know there’s been other people that have had to be transfered somewhere else because their bodies couldn’t handle it for one reason or another. Hopefully that won’t happen to me.
Netflix has been awesome. I’ve been able to see a lot of movies. I think I’m up to 960-970 or so movies that I’ve rated (that includes TV shows on DVD) and almost 200 queued up to watch. I’ll have to celebrate when I break 1000. Tonight I’m planning on watching The Machinist. So if you’re interested check out the movie blog cause I should have something about it on there soon.
Oh, and for those of you in close proximity I should have a batch of enchiladas made by saturday. I also would like to mention that my stats tell me I have other people reading my blogs now whose native language is set to not-english on their machines. I think that’s awesome. I’ve also being seeing hits from up to 9 different time zones. Makes me feel cool.
Back again from another weekend excursion. This was my 3rd trip to Iowa in a month or so. Kinda crazy. I was glad to be able to see some friends though. On the way I saw two cars from Illinois with license plates reading ‘Jamin’ with a number after them. It definitely wasn’t Jamin’s car and it definitely wasn’t Jamin driving. Was able to get some sweet sweet Harris pizza and even bring some back with me. That’s always nice.
I was just chillin on my floor when all of a sudden it felt like I was getting stabbed in the back and the chest when trying to breathe in. Gotta love it when people are burning things. Well tomorrow I get to teach another PowerPoint class. Better get my beauty sleep.
Once again, Christian Bale has pulled out a strong performance. It was awesome. Saw it with Liz and Sara. It’s been a good week so far. Yesterday I had long, intelligent talks all day long with several people about movies. Today I had a TU burger that was extra big cause I had to wait a while and they like me over there and Dr. Bedi gave me a hard time about me wearing a Union University t-shirt saying stuff like, “don’t worry we’ll still let you come here” and “first thing we’ll get you a better shirt”, etc, etc. I think he was under the impression that I was a perspective or a high school student here for summer honors. Then he came back over and started in about how Union really is a good school and he’s good friends with the president and that guy in the Education Dept….Tom……Tom……Tom….uh, I always forget his last name…..
I then told him I’ve never been to Union…I just have this shirt. Then he saw my TU burger, made a loud exclamation and wanted to know what in the world was that and who was gonna eat it. That’s when Martha pointed at me and said, “that’s Chalupa’s lunch.” Bedi seemed amazed that I could eat something that big and even said, “Ha! I’d like to see the person that could eat that.” Apparently he didn’t know he was talking to the guy that downs cowabunga burgers in 2-3 minutes for a snack at times. Also got to see Mr. Lofton and Phil. Tim was around but I didn’t run into him. I think last time I saw Mr. Lofton on campus I was wearing the same shirt.
Oh, and today I had my first random comment on my spanish blog. They say they’re from Mexico and stuff and are surprised I want to speak spanish cause it’s an extensive language and full of surprises. Isn’t english supposed to be one of the harder languages out there?
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