OSU vs. PSU VIP

So my parents are the greatest people alive. They gave Leah and I their tickets to the OSU vs. PSU game on saturday. Those tickets came with field passes. Their friend has a pretty decent inside connection. So an hour before kick off, Leah and I strolled down to the field to watch warm-ups and pre-game revelry. We saw LeBron James with his entourage. Leah was stalking him and mad they didn't meet and become "friends." She has a slight crush. We saw Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, the PSU coach with fire engine red hair, Archie Griffin, football players, band members, recruits and fellow dumbstruck fans. Leah high fived Brutus. She has a slight crush. We cheered as the drum major came sprinting in and led the best damn band in the land down the field. It always blows me away how crazy 105k people go for a marching band. We watched Coach Tress run out with the team in his super fresh white sneaks. Then we watched a killer Big Ten battle, complete with a half time performance of the 1812 Overture with fireworks and Script Ohio. We ate hot dogs and shared a $4 coke. Leah kept me up to date on LeBron's whereabouts on the field. I kept her up to date on various elements of football strateegery. The fourth quarter rolled around and the good guys lost. Leah, however, said she felt "happy" for JoePa. She has a slight crush.

"Fire"

3:15

Things you could do in three hours and 15 minutes:

Travel from the Nati to the armpit of America. Toledo, Ohio.

Crunch your way thru or just watch 8-minute abs 24.375 times and still look chubby..

Marinate various meats in various savory liquids.

Count really high.

Watch Michael Corleone go from apathetic son to vengeful mob boss.

Watch Sugarland and their good friend Beyonce bless the world with a heaven-birthed collaboration 50ish times.

Actually participate the multiple ways one can skin a cat.

Make it through the line at the polls on November 4th?

Watch part of a baseball game.

Help that poor woodchuck chuck wood.

Crack corn with Jimmy and not even care.

Begin your eternal dirt nap after your three hour and 14 minute hike leads you to a bear.

Run 26.2 miles thru the streets of Columbus. That is if you have the fleet feet that my boy JP has. His first ever marathon and he ran 26 CONSECUTIVE miles at a insane pace of 7:28/mile. We saw him at mile 19 in front of my friend Hoffmann's house. He stopped for a couple packets of liquid carbohydrates. He was out of it. It felt a lot like when I tried talking to him at 2am on a Friday night in college. He was totally stoned. Binge jogging. I wished him luck, watched him run off (towards glory) and then went and got myself another piece of bacon and cup of coffee. Watching marathons is exhausting.

Raw Talent

He makes it look so easy....



ps. if you own one of these magical music machines i want to buy it from you. give me a price.

Lobo Adolescente

Ante UP

This video resonates with me I think because Bert and Ernie are dear friends from the past. And on one of our many treks from Boston to NYC (college) Tyler, Elliot, Harbarger and I jammed to this song flying down 2nd Ave. in my GMC Jimmy, windows down pretending to know all the words. An experience I remember quite vividly.

3hings In Common Game

Let's play a game. I just made it up. Like two seconds ago. Swear to gosh.

List three things these two men have in common. (they have roughly 1,056 things in common so no fear that we'll guess them all)

1. they both have perfect vision but are afraid of pokey things.
2. they both hate kenny rogers and everything he stands for.
3. they both can't eat their food without a taste tester. (they're also afraid of poison)

Girl Talk

So on Friday I heard this story on NPR about a mash-up artist named Greg Gillis (stage name: Girl Talk). He just quit his day job as a biomedical research engineer to make music full time. He samples hundreds and hundreds of bits of music and smashes them together into something brand new and beautiful. So as I rummaged the internets looking for more, I found this guy on youtube who takes Girl Talk tracks and matches videos up with them. They are flipping amazing. The art created by these two dudes has simply blown my mind. It makes me want to jump on trampolines and fill the world with cotton candy. Explore and enjoy.

The Buddy System

Found this image on the world wide internets. I think it's Jesus shooting up with a guy who has a lot of vices and is daring enough to pair a skull and candle together as decorations. I can't tell if Jesus is in pain or ecstasy. It kind of looks like Jesus is giving him a back rub AND shooting up. The weirdest part of the whole thing though are the nunchucks hanging on the door handle right under the ghost hand. Maybe the guy is crazy forgetful and this ensures he won't leave home without them? That's like rule #1 for any blackjack-playing, skull-collecting, chain-smoking, main-lining ninja for Jesus. Right?

FIX IT

Oscar Rodgers really does it for me for some reason. I may take his approach in dealing with my staff and volunteers.