January 4, 2006 at 10:49 am | friends | No comment

Busy and relaxing weekend!

Today, er yesterday was a full day. We had some guests over and checked out Union Station and the Liberty Memorial, as well as Hallmark’s Crown Center. My only complaint of the day was that Hallmark didn’t have a throughway to it’s own ice rink. We saw people skating, but we couldn’t figure out how to cross the construction lot.

My neighbor Ben came over yesterday and gave me a movie. He said I must watch it and it was very funny. A french movie with subtitles. I hadn’t seen a french movie in a while, so I took him up on it. I highly recommend Apres Vous. It is very funny and one of the best movies I’ve watched at home in a long time.

Today we drove our guests back home in a more rural part of Missouri. Before we headed back, we had to play around a while though.

January 1, 2006 at 1:15 pm | friends, photography | No comment

Weekend in Springfield

We went to Springfield, Missouri for the weekend and had a good time. While there, we attended some homecoming events from my Alma Mater. We were able to crash at my friend, fraternity brother, and former housemate Kris’s house for two nights. Now I must contrast the word “crash” from being a temporary “house guest.” A house guest means that the guest’s arrival was anticipated by some preparations. Things were cleaned, linens and towels readied, room was prepared. Crashing means that the person who comes to stay fends for themselves, brings their own linens and pretty much make do with the mess in the bathroom. This is not so much a complaint, as it is a humorous reality that fraternity life never ends. It was fun and Juri was definitely a trooper.

I ran a 5k Saturday morning, but unfortunately my time was about 27 minutes. Many ten-year old girls beat me that morning. Afterwards we went to the MSU homecoming parade and then went to breakfast at a place called Gailey’s. Later, we went to the Japanese Stroll Garden and shopped around the city. I was disappointed not to find my book at the Barne’s and Noble. Either they were out, or never ordered any. While in the store though, I met a guy who was perusing L*a*b color, the Canyon Conundrum and we started chatting. Turns out he had a great contact for an online photo printer Millers Lab that does great work on large size prints. I think between Walgreens and Millers Lab one can really enjoy getting prints from digital cameras.

Sunday morning, we visited with an old partner in crime, John H. He and I used to collaborate on projects and now serve as sounding boards for the various ideas we have in film, design, or home maintenance. Despite all the fun, getting back felt great. We gained a daylight savings hour and I am able to relax a little before jumping into freelance work.

October 30, 2005 at 3:01 pm | friends, rants | No comment

friends wedding

Just got back from Ohio a couple hours ago. My friends Jen and Jason flew us in for their wedding. It was really beautiful. What a scene. And they lucked out with perfect weather. That stupid saying you always hear when it rains “Oh don’t worry dear, rainy day weddings mean good luck.” Yeah whatever. Raining wedding days suck pure and simple. Everything is getting soaked, it’s windy, muddy. There’s no luck involved, so quit trying to feel better about it, buck up and have a good day in spite of it. Even attending Christian wedddings, you sure find a lot of people who have pagan type beliefs. Not this past wedding, but in general I mean. Rain = Good Luck? Mmm ok whatever you say!

I love discovering new sites. I’m going to recommend a couple. Some days for me, when I have time, I’ll just travel the net a little. Link to link to link. It’s fun. Wil Wheaton, the actor from Stand by Me and Star Trek – Next Generation has his own website and blog. His readme file is cool. He made the site himself and he did a good job. All the questions I had were in his readme. Instead of doing an Faq about him, he just said, “first time at my site? Read this.” good idea.

I like Wil’s site and Wil because he seems like somebody I’d be friends with. I can’t say that about some actors. Wil might be an eccentric a** but I doubt it. He likes Mac which is Ok, but I’m hoping he’s not like other Mac users where they think their Mac is alive and has feelings. *shudder.

From Wil’s site, he talked about this other weblog called Overheard in New York. I love it when somebody thinks of something like that. Conversations overheard are often more memorable than whatever it was you did that day. Plus, New York has some good spirits. I’m impressed by the vocabulary and intensity.

May 29, 2005 at 12:51 am | friends | No comment

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