End of the Year Post
I haven’t posted in what seems like forever.
So I had an awesome Christmas. My wife, who rules all, got me a beautiful black ipod nano. I am having so much fun with it, especially since I lost my ipod shuffle about 2 months ago.
It is so stinking small.
Our parents went way above and beyond what we ever thought. We got enough money so that we can tile our kitchen (can’t wait for that) and I got 2 pairs of shoes. And I love me some shoes. My parents got me some custom Nikes (or gave me money to do so) and my brother gave me some retro sneaks. I also got Season 1 & 2 of Scrubs…can’t wait to watch. Awesome show.
And now, our friends are here for the new year…good times. I have made a decision this year (similar to last year’s new year’s resolution) that I am going to read 2 books a month + 1 this year. This will go from Christmas to Christmas. I have the list and I’ve actually already read my first book, A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby. I’ve been waiting to read this for a while and I liked it a lot. More than How to be Good at least.
Next on the list is How to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young, a memior about the rise and fall of a British journalist on the New York and Hollywood social scene while he worked as a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. I’m about 1/3 of the way through it and it is pretty funny. I’ll be blogging all my books so stay tuned.
Happy New Year and all that. Good times.
Kong-tastic
What a great movie.
Peter Jackson is so hot right now. So hot. Kong is awesome. Jack Black…best acting since High Fidelity (though he was hardly acting in that). Naomi Watts was great. Adrien Brody was…whatever.
A great 3 hours and 15 minutes of moviemaking. Good times.
The Apprentice Finale
I don’t know if it’s that I’m enamored with Donald Trump’s hair or that I just like a reality show that focuses on talent, rather than drama, but ever since the first season, I’ve been a loyal watcher of The Apprentice.
The 2-hour (semi) live season finale was last night and pitted Randal against Rebecca in a competition of charity events. I really enjoyed the finale a lot until the end of it (but we’ll get to that a little later). Randal and Rebecca both had to overcome enormous obstacles on their final tasks…Randal’s charity softball game was rained out and Rebecca’s celebrity emcee, Joe Piscopo, backed out at the last minute.
Both made the proper adjustments and held extremely successful events. It started to become very clear as they made it to the board room that both candidates were very successful and it was possible that Trump might hire both of them.
SPOILERS AHEAD
Mystique
I got to go to the Chiefs game on Sunday. It was cold, but it was totally worth it…
The later start meant that the game would end in the dark and with a forecast of…well…COLD, I bundled up, excited for the game.
And what a game. It started off badly, with Denver scoring on its second play from scrimmage. However, the Chiefs battled all game and Jake “the Snake” Plummer turned into his old self and managed to hook up with two different Chiefs for interceptions at key times during the game, one particularly in the endzone to Patrick Surtain.
During the game, I looked up to the jumbotron and read the words:
“Arrowhead is not what it once was. It has lost its mystique.”
-Steve Young, NFL Countdown, December 4, 2005
PROVE HIM WRONG!
I’ve been to plenty of Chiefs games in my life to know that something like that is plenty to motivate the fans to bring the thunder. And that’s what it felt like. It was so loud, everyone was yelling. And I lost my voice by the second quarter.
Young, you need to shut up. You haven’t been back to Arrowhead since you got rocked there the last time. How about the Arrowhead mystique on Denver’s 4th-and-2 play where the Chiefs needed replay to have the refs get it right (everyone in the stadium could tell he was short).
Sadly, however, I lost my cell phone in the parking lot and I think it got run over, so if you try to call me, you’ll get a weird message…hopefully, I can fix that today.
Joey’s Pizza?
No, not a Friends reference.
It’s a reference to another one of my favorite shows, which is unfortunately getting cancelled after the end of this season. Since my friend Sarah introduced us to Alias midway through Season 2, we haven’t missed an episode of this show.
Season 4 SPOILERS AHEAD