during my drive home from work this morning, i was stopped at a light behind a guy driving a convertible. the weather has been really warm, so of course, hes got his top down. next thing i know, he opens up his door, leans out, and dumps out what was left in his cup of coffee.
maybe im just really tired, but i thought it was one of the dumbest things ive ever seen. i mean come on…youve got a friggin convertible!
-b
bonus pic:
working the graveyard shift you are constantly searching for things to keep you alert during your shift. staying awake really isnt much of a problem, but when you are working on heavy machinery its fairly important to be as alert as you possibly can, unless you really dont mind going home with one fewer digit than you arrived with.
the past 4 months or so, ive been dabbling in the realm of the energy drink. its amazing how many have appeared on the shelves of the convenience store in the last couple of years. some taste better than others, but ive found that people’s tastes really seem to vary when it comes to these drinks.
brenda came home with a new one the other day and gave it to me to sample that night when i went to work. im sure youve seen the commercial: Vault, "Drinks like a soda, kicks like an energy drink." well, it does drink like a soda, yes, but a rather weak one frankly. it ranks right up there with Sierra Mist, in terms of flavor: think of a very weak Sprite, and you are on the way. in terms of an energy drink, it just flat out sucks. its clearly got a lot of caffeine, but that just doesnt cut it when it comes to an energy drink. caffeine wakes you up, but it doesnt really keep you alert, and frankly, Mountain Dew keeps me more alert than this stuff.
"Vault, drinks like a weak soda, and doesn’t kick like an energy drink."
-b
just finished watching the u.s. lose another game, and our last game in this world cup. blame is already being thrown everywhere (coach, players, refs), but in the end it doesnt really matter. we didnt get it done, and better teams outplayed us. period. yeah, it would have been nice if donovan had shown up to any of the games, and if beasley had played a little more consistently, and if arena would have been more aggressive with his substitutions, and if the refs had pretended to have a clue, but none of that happened, and we are the better for it, cause frankly, our games really havent been all that exciting. after settling down from my initial frustration, i think that i would rather watch ghana vs brazil than the u.s. vs brazil.
-b
just finished reading through some of my last posts…who the hell was writing those? bitter bastard, thats for sure. dont know how he got on here…
so, im back. no promises for regularity, but maybe at least there will be the occasional funny or informative. just enough to keep both of my loyal readers checking in from time to time. heres a pic to keep you coming back for more.
from our (kinda) recent trip to tulum, mexico. this is a canal (about 1/4 mile long if i recall correctly) built by the mayans to connect two lagoons, so that they would have access to the ocean. we were taking a boat tour and in a canal further down the way were able to swim and float along with the current.
been busy so far this summer (and it isnt even summer yet). kayaking, backpacking, moving (ok that happened in march, clearly not the summer), camping, and of course, the girlfriend. she may take up a lot of my time, but shes worth every second.
we went car camping this weekeend while we attended FIBArk, which is a big white water festival in the town of salida. much fun. anyway, i had our big plastic jug for water with us in the back of the truck, and when brenda made the first pour of water into her hands, she notice that there were little swimmers in the water that looked like larvae of some sort…actually, they didnt look like larvae, they were. i came to realize that when i "topped off jug" that morning, i hadnt considered how long the "old" water had been in there. lets just say that it had been a few months.
theres two levels of grossness to deal with here. 1) we almost washed ourselves with and drank some manky water that had larvae of who knows what kind of insect (im betting on mosquitos). 2) how did they get in there? that jug had been sealed the entire time it was hiding in the basement. were they in there before i sealed it up (which means we were consuming some form of buggy the last time we used it), or while the jug was being stored, did they somehow penetrate the plastic without leaving any obvious leaks? ugh. yuck. big yuck.
my advice…empty your water jug and dry it immediately after each use!
-b
on the way home this morning i saw one of the funnier bumperstickers…
‘Is it 2008 yet?"
-b