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San Francisco

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:28:00 +0000

Using some vacation time, I took 6 days off work to drive down to San Francisco and attended the 49er/Ram game this past Sunday with a buddy from work who is a St. Louis fan. I hadn't been to a Niner game in a long while, and it's something I really want to make an annual event. We got up there a day early so the majority of out Saturday was spent sitting in traffic before and after visiting Fishermans Wharf.

Google maps, on the iPhone, was put to full use and made a world of difference when searching for places to eat.

IN-N-OUT

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:52:00 +0000

Automatic Doors

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:10:00 +0000

The automatic doors on the north side of Albertsons are locked at 8pm.
It used to be 9pm but I imagine with DST it's off an hour.

An old lady with a diaper walked to the entrance door, then the exit
door, and once again the entrance door. She looked around for a bit,
walked ten feet in front of the entrance door, took a couple deep
breathes and said to herself "when our forces combine..." with her
arms firmly pressed against her sides and proceeded to walk face first
into the very locked automatic door.

I enjoyed this while waiting for my brother, listening to Love
Lockdown, and sipping on a caramel peanut butter mocha from Human Bean.

Sent from Adam's iPhone.

Randomness

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:25:00 +0000

This guy hates life.

Work those long nights, Don, I wanna see me some REAL scraggle.

I may start a new bit on the 'Rati: Quotes of a Costco Employee. "Man, you see that pregnant woman come in and sit on the dog food? She was a real porker." Interested or potential for massive lameness?

This was for sure my favorite video in 6th grade. I mean what the hell is it jumping for.

I was a huge Boba Fett fan. Me likey.

Travelin' Back, Back, Back in Time

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:08:00 +0000

Knife fight on Brokers.

A wonderfully glorious Cherry and Vanilla Coke Slurpee one night means a shit ton of ants the next.

Andrew and his scooter before he was pulled over for driving the wrong way on a one way road while not have a license, registration, insurance, and had a gun on his person, but had a gun license. Issues?

I Gots No Blingo

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:23:00 +0000

I haven't won on Blingo in a long ass time. It took almost a year after I won my first prize to win again, but in the 374 days since then I have won 12 times. I don't like paying for movies so lets try this again. And yes, Donnie, I still do search in hope of winning ya something joyous.

Twitter

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:48:00 +0000

User 74UWP09VUK is now following me on Twitter! Man, I'm happy about that.

Hatorade

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:24:00 +0000

Donnie was drunk when he was writing this. Between Alex, Austin, Andrew and I, we have seen it 11 times. You want more of The Joker? Here we go!

The Dark Knight

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:06:00 +0000

The Dark Knight was one of the most epic movies I have ever seen, no joke. There are so many things to the latest of the new Batman movies that show you that they aren't just looking to make a incredible superhero movie, but a top notch movie in all categories. Heath Ledger's Joker surpassed all expectations, Two Face was perfect, and batman has even more tricks up his sleeves, well, sweet arm blades. I don't want to say anything else about this movie. See it! And despite what you think you may know, this movie will complete your life.

Oscar Pistorius

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:51:00 +0000

This guy is pretty badass.

Stand Up Potties

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:11:00 +0000

This was a portion of a conversation between a dad and his young son
in the bathroom.

"Oh I love stand up potties! Don't you dad!?! I wish girls used stand
up potties."

(while laughing) " Heh, NO you don't."

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Randomness

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:29:00 +0000

Noice!

So I basically suck at Fantasy Basketball. Some guys at work were talking about their wives and how they play by just picking the names that sound cool. I didn't tell them that that is how I picked my bracket.

My brother is watching The Mummy VHS. I mean it's in full screen and you can't through chapters. Lame.

This could have been a great t-shirt.

Yeah, this is pretty funny.

Back In Time to the Millennium

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:54:00 +0000

I like the blog posts Scott and Donnie have delivered to us about funny and possibly controversial instances about each other. They were very entertaining. It has even aroused my interest to try and scrape something funny up about a family member. It kinda irked him way back when, when we would confront him about it, but nowadays it just good ol' dinner table humor.

My brother Austin for the longest time harbored a secret crush on the Backstreet Boys. The dates on paper don't seem like they match up in my head, but I remember him asking our mom for the Backstreet Boys new CD Millennium and a new CD player to listen to it on. Christmas morning came and 10 year old Austin came running upstairs and starting going through his stocking. He exploded in his pants when he found his brand new Backstreet Boys CD and a shiny new CD player. He opened it up and listened to it right there and all throughout the day. He even made up a new dance move the likes of which the world has never seen, and devoted it to that CD. Later, when little Austin found out that the rest of his brothers didn't like the Backstreet Boys, he broke up his CD and hid it underneath his bed. When we asked him why he broke it he said it was because he never even really liked 'em, and that mom for some reason got the impression that he wanted it for Christmas along with a new CD player. He claimed he didn't understand how mom came to that conclusion, but later admitted that he was embarrassed and said he realized that guys didn't listen the Backstreet Boys and that they were, and are, a joke. Everyone knows that 'N Sync was way cooler. I mean they had good dances moves, like the one where they are acted like puppets. Jesus that was clever.

Anyways, what a funny guy.

Blingo

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:27:00 +0000

In the clutch my buddy has won on Blingo! This time it was $25 Amazon
cash. I have $45 saved up thus far since I stopped accepting the movie
tickets.

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Meet The Fankle

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:13:00 +0000

This is maybe after 24 hours the original accident. I had an x-ray done and it is just a bad sprain, no broken bones or anything. Hopefully work lets me greet people at the front door, because I am not allowed to walk, stock, lift, pull, jump, stand, think about standing, drag, think about dragging or anything else that my demands of me per doctors orders. I busted out about 50 hours at work this week in hopes of being able to work about the same amount this week because of the corporate walk that is on Tuesday.

Fankle

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:08:00 +0000

I about broke my ankle last night at work. I stepped back, caught my
ankle on a pallet and rolled my ankle to the outside. I guess while
rolling on the ground I turned blue and was sweating up a storm. While
in the office manager let me know that I looked miserable and was
turning green. I'm at the hospital right now getting ready to get an x-
ray. I'll get some pictures tomorrow, since I know all of you wanna
see it, and update y'all tomorrow.

Sent from Adam's iPhone.

I'm Back

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:08:00 +0000

Got back this morning from Portland. We had some nice dinners and some well spent family time. Alex went 2-2 and was knocked out before the round before the placing rounds. He wasn't happy about the way he finished the season but he beat guys that beat him last year at state, and it damn near made me cry when he did. He's also wrestling seniors that have about 15 pounds of muscle over him. He's got a lot of heart. In between his matches I got new jeans, new shoes, new keyboard and one more day off.

@ State Championships

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:29:00 +0000

WoW Is Intense

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:38:00 +0000

Here is a soundboard made up from a vent session during a raid on WoW. Favorites: Ninja Turtle, Retard Check, Know WTF to do, Strider Coke.

Also, my brother placed 2nd as his district wrestling tournament. He is ranked 9th. He goes to State and wrestles Thursday through Friday. I took 5 days off form work so that I can watch him and just take a break from work. I will probably go skiing while on my break and buy some new clothes while in Portland.

Superb Show

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:47:00 +0000

The Super Bowl was a great game. New England on the verge of immortality with the hottest quarterback and wide-out in the game, and on the other end New York who won only 10 regular season games but got hot when they needed to be: The playoffs.

I said once it was NY and NE to be in the final that it was either going to be a blowout in favor of NE or NY was going to win by a hair. NY just doesn't have the fire power to totally dominate NE, but fortunately the Target was on NE and Tom Brady.

Eli was for sure the MVP in this one.When he scrambled away from that near sack and got the throw off to the guy that caught it with his helmet was the game changer. A few plays later it was the rookie tight end that really got the Giants rollin'. For anyone who didn't know, Kevin Boss, the rookie TE I speak of, graduated from Philomath High School, dominated for Western Oregon University and was drafted in the 4th round. Hell of a way to start his NFL career.

It's Just Not Gangster

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:34:00 +0000

My brother made me aware that he feels that it is ridiculous that people, while driving , will talk on the phone with their right hand and steer with their bad hand. It doesn't at all seem ridiculous to me granted that I am under the impression that the majority of the population of people with hands are dominant to their right. I think that there are a few different explanations that might help him, and anyone else that may have come to a similar conclusion, understand and possibly help cope with the fact this act, in all actuality, is very polite.

Since I received my license I have seen a great number of different people, with varying race and age and belonging numerous ethnic groups, the drive with only one hand, and typically, believe it or not, the common hand to steer with is the left hand. Now if the majority of all people with hands are dominantly right-handed, why are there so many people that steer with their left? Hmmm, weird. I believe it to be common courtesy. When you drive you have, or have the possibility to having, passengers, correct? Yes. They didn't make rigs with seating for up to seven additional people for nothing. They did it because traveling in groups is fun, or potentially the most annoying and space invading experience you may ever know.

So where do those passengers sit? They don't sit on the left side of you; they sit behind and to the right of you. Now if you were to say, use your right hand to steer, you would be closing yourself off to your passengers, your guests, your friends. It may also put out the "vibe" that you are angry, upset, or even depressed. I mean have you ever seen anyone that steers with their right hand? It's just saddening and it looks as if they just came from a funeral. If you have a female passenger this might lead to the dreaded "what are you thinking?" question. The truth is that steering with you left hand only opens yourself up to being able to communicate and flow with your friends, family, and loved ones that may be in the vehicle with you. Also, it makes them feel like they are "part of the group," and vice versa. Everyone wants to be part of a group or rather, nobody wants to be left out. When you use your right hand to talk on you phone you are telling your passengers, "Okay, guys, I'm am on the phone with someone else, but I am still here for YOU." I guess to sum up this claim I would like to say that when you see someone steering with the left hand, despite the fact that they are probably right handed, you can come to a strong conclusion that, "Hey! That seems to be a really considerate person. He/she has some really lucky passengers."

I think another valid argument is that it is just not gangster. When you steer with your left hand you are able to slouch your body down towards the center of the car as to not be detected by the authorities. It mean if you slouch toward the window, all dem homies on the street would see your face and that could potentially lead to harm being brought upon you and your family (blood family and gang family). And when you steer lefty your right arm it totally free to crank up dat Soulja Boy, thus producing dank amounts of boom, and more than likely increasing your street cred, which is so vital in this world today. How you gonna get gat out of the glove box if your right hand is on the wheel? Heh, amateurs baffle me.

There is a a good saying I like to use when trying to prepare myself for an acting roll that is of the "gangster" type. The saying is, "Left is right. Right is wrong." This can be directed at the idea of steering lefty vs. righty. I also believe that this also pertains to the characteristics of our country and the gangsters the inhabit it. The left coast is the west coast, and that's the best coast. Fact, 'nuff said.

And the ultimate conclusion when it comes to steering with your right hand? One: It is in bad taste and unbecoming of someone who would like to remain in good terms with friends, family and guests. And two: It's just not gangster.

Mini Vay-Kay

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:47:00 +0000

Yesterday marked the 5th day that I have not had to work. I scratched my eye last Saturday, had Sunday and Monday off, and they called me to say not to come in Tuesday and Wednesday. I took vacation pay so I wouldn't have to feel the effects of not working, and far as cash flow. I've gone almost 2 years without using any of my vacation pay and if they have to cut hours I might as well use it. In like 5 months all my paid days off (approx. 120hrs) gets renewed anyway, so I don't feel so bad about using it.

Anymore days off and might forget what to do at work.

There Will Be Blood

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:38:00 +0000

Twas definitely a interesting movie. I left the movie theater trying to figure out just what it was missing. Something just didn't sit well once the movie came to an end the and the credits started rolling. After talking with my brother it wasn't that the film was missing anything at all. Seems like so many of the films you see, even if there is no other story going on or a sequel lined up, it leaves you hanging there with a 'what next' kind of feeling. The story in There Will Be Blood was simply just wrapped up beautifully by the end. It was kinda weird.

Daniel Day-Lewis was the movie for sure, but a big note worthy performance that of Paul Dano. For how little you see him in the film, and in any other films for that matter, his presence was definitely felt here in this role.

"I'm finished."

Are You Ready?

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:27:00 +0000

I'm ready for Super Bowl XLII? Are you?

Randomness

noreply@blogger.com (Adam) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:36:00 +0000

Jagg Off. 1:38 reminds me of life back at the apartment when I was still working mornings at Costco.

Cory just couldn't apologize, and now he has a tee shirt.

"Worst Spider-Man ever." 'Nuff said.

This is why steroids are bad for you. I had a hard time watching this.

I can't wait to see Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.

Crank dat Saved by The Bell!