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I ran five miles today for the first time. hooray for me! No but seriously that was the first time ever. I have devised a perfect track that is a giant circle with two big hills and each circle is 2.5 miles. Tomorrow I am trying for 7.5 miles. I have a new goal and it is to run the Des Moines Marathon this coming fall. That's 26 miles. I will run it in under four hours. That allows for just around 9 minutes per mile. Hell yes. I am excited.

I don't know what is more exciting a new professional Lacrosse team moving to chicago in 2007 or the fact that Samuel L. Jackson just signed to play on a movie with out reading the script. Wait till you hear the movies title: From IMDB.com: Pulp Fiction star Samuel L. Jackson was so amused by the title of new movie Snakes On A Plane , he signed up without reading the script. The movie features an assassin who intends to kill a passenger on a flight by releasing a batch of deadly snakes. Jackson explains, "I didn't even read the script - I just saw the title, 'Snakes on a Plane' and said 'Ok, good. I'm there.' You have got to love that. That's exactly what it is - 500 poisonous snakes released on a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles. They are (set free) on a time release half-way there, so we can't go back, we've got to keep going. It's fun!" Now that's pretty funny if you ask me. I mean no longer is there a question about my Sa...

So this is funny. Not only does it make fun of the stupidest sport out there (fishing). Don't get me wrong I love fishing while camping or actually eating the fish but not that throwing it back crap. That's cruel and unusual punishment. That would be like doing a walk by stabbing in a crowded club. Also, I don't know if you kids are watching the food network these days but sometimes on Iron Chef America they have live sea creatures as the secret ingredient. Now if you're any sort of normal person you squirm and cring when you see the chefs bash the hell out of live crabs or that a giant clever to the chest of a crawfish. It's just gross (and disgustly fun). Now this brings up another question. Can a vegetarian eat fish? I am changing my vote to no. I pretended to be a vegetarian for a year but after changing this vote I realize that I was trying my hardest but the fish negated the effort. I mean come on it's an animal and chef's around the world call the par...

So somebody won the biggest Powerball Jackpot ever last night. The jackpot was set at 350 some million dollars. If you haven't guessed... it wasn't me. But heck if I didn't dream about what I would do with half of that (half because taxes drag you over the coals and leave you with half of your winnings). But 175 million is nice, nice nice. So Marieta and I were having lunch and my old dream of having my own abandoned factory came back to me. Okay so you've seen Wayne's World II right? Well for those of you who have yet to see it (shame on you), Wayne and Garth move into an abandoned Acme Doll factory. It is freaking cool; four or five floors, brick walls, wood floors, several kick ass rooms, and of course a bat pole. This is my dream house (after a few adjustments). So I was telling Marieta all about my dream house and added some of my other dreams to list since I am a multimillionaire in this powerball jackpot dream. So you want to know my adjustments? No prob. But...

Dude, did you watch All Star Saturday night? It was awesome. The shooting stars thing crapped out, the skills contest was all right, and the three point shoot out was lack luster; however, the Dunk Contest was freaking insane. I don't really need to tell you about because I can show you it. It was freaking awesome! Yep, I watched the whole sha bang with Jordan and we were just talking ball and what not. We decided that next year we are gonna go to NBA All Star Weekend. Our main motivation is that it is in Las Vegas so it will probably be the biggest All Star weekend of all time. We'll take our ladies along but it ain't the casinos, strip clubs, or dirty little secrets that are attracting us. It's Nate Robinson's Defense as Dunk Contest Champion. All right now all I need is some cash.

Or so it doesn't. It appears that Marieta doesn't like violentish (heavy on the ish) movies and pointless comedies. How do I know? Well we watched Snatch tonight and she just didn't go for it. It was a little too "scary" and "bloody." While I admit it was a wee bloody, it is not scary (at least to me) so I am in a bit of a pickle. Marieta is not a fan of my movies, not a sports fan, the only waters that haven't been truly tested are musical ones. I mean she has listened to a few things I dig, and digs them herself, but I am cake of many layers and there is bound to be a flavor she doesn't like. Girls? What is the deal?

Ah yes, Valentines Day, time to show the one you love how much you appreciate them, eat some good food, and just live it up amour style. There was our dinner (yum yum) and chocolate... wow. I know chocolate and Valentines day are synonymous but look at these pictures and tell me that we didn't go a little over board on chocolate. We made Chocolate Mousse, frosting, cake, and Ginocche. There would have been more but Marieta's small oven burnt the bottom of the cake and we lost our spirit so we had to improvise. I dug my creation "The Chocolate Abomination." Good lord it was delicious and I decided that the only way to properly eat it was with your hands behind your back. Here are the pictures.

So yeah... I dont have much to do but update this thing and watch College basketball. So what have I been doin on the net today? Well the usual but also some new page surfing. Alton Brown, the host of Good Eats (one of my new favorite shows, check it out here www.foodnetwork.com ), has a webpage that Marieta discovered; yup that's right you guessed it www.altonbrown.com . After a little extra research I have discovered that Alton's webpage has just been updated from an older version which also included a "Rants & Raves" section. I wish I would have been keen to Alton prior to the revision because I love reading blogs of cool peeps such as Alton Brown or Zach Braff (totally unrelated but both funny and bloggin). Well I am gonna go back to rockin the net and what not... maybe I'll update this thing more as the day progresses... here's Alton: Alton says watch Good Eats every weekday on the Food Network at 7 et/ 6 ct. Also catch our favorite crazy cook as an a...

So I am sitting at home on Thursday and UPS knocks. I go to the door and there is a styrofoam cooler address to Matt Johnson (there is an everyday american name right?) well I call the company that sent it to see when they will pick it up. They say that since the contents need to stay cold that by the time ups returns it to this omaha based company it will all have gone bad... so they said I can keep it. Well the contents were 4 bacon wrapped filets, 6 special burgers, 6 stuffed potatoes, and a knife set. That's pretty freaking crazy. So My valentines day is set up! Here's a picture of the hall And of course here is last night's haul. Back in APril (maybe March) I found this root beer at Wheatfield Grocery in Ames. I went back to get some more and they were out so I cried and went home. Well World Market has it, and THEY HAVE IT IN PARTY KEGS! HELL YEAH!! As for that Relax Riesling? Well I just thought it was a sweet bottle and it is a riesling so it bodes well for me. Aft...

Okay so last night Marieta and I saw The Matador . Let me start by saying the Pierce Brosnan was freakign hilarious (and also very good), but this movie sucked. There was close to no reason to continue watching the flick. I never walk out theatres, I will sit in a theatre thinking "is this all I'm gonna get for my 6.25?" and invariably these movies never get better. The Matador was shot very well, it had a good idea to start (an assassin and the guy he kind of forces to help him), but it never freaking went anywhere. Yuck yuck yuck. We saw the Ice Harvest a while back and it had the same problem. Main actor was awesome but the story just deflated from the get go. Great Expectations. Other things from the wide world of P@: I rediscovered these: Hello Panda little guys. Delicious junior Mint sized versions of E.L. Fudge. You need to get em at your local HyVee. And I made my own frosting, delicious. Au Revoir

Okay so Let's recap the weekend. Friday night I was on my own and just watched movies, Saturday I went to the Art Center with Marieta to check out some of their new stuff, went over to Bethany's parents house (always a treat) and drank some quality beers, got my delicious Cheddars Chicken tenders, and Sunday was of course the Superbowl. That Superbowl had no action and when there could have been action there was a flag. The worst part was the commercials didn't make up for it. The only commercial that was laugh outloud funny was when that guy threw his cell phone in the other guys face. Now that is kick ass. Back to the game; That 75 yard willie parker run wasn't exciting, the gadget play wasn't exciting, and when the seahawks did something exciting the refs called them for B.S. holding calls. Overall I think this Superbowl is probably at the top of the list for Superbowls to forget. Such a great season and instead of ending in fanfare it ends with a wet fart. B...

Holy shit Look at all the super hero movies coming out in the next few years: X Men 3 (2006), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Iron Man (2007), Fantastic Four 2 (2007), Foreverman (2006), Nick Fury (2007), Superman Returns (2006), Captain America (2007), Ghost Rider (2007). That is a kick ass list of flicks. I am sure there will be more coming out. I heard Hulk 2 is coming together, COnstantine 2 is supposedly in the works, Batman Begins will definitely have a sequel soon . Could You be anymore excited? Let's breakdown my favorites from this list: X Men 3 Well Obviously this movie is exciting because the X men have a few of my favorite superheros; Wolverine, Jean Grey, Gambit, Magneto. But there are other reasons to celebrate This movie is going to end with a to be continued for sure because it circles around the Phoenix and a cure to end mutations. There is supposedly to be some gearing up for a Brotherhood vs X Men vs Humanity battle in this film. now that is some sweetness. Two part-er...

IS that how you spell fritz? Is it more like Phrytize...definitely not. Anyways. I am bored and don't want to watch any of the basketball games today so I just decided to go on a friend finding spree on this thing. Kind of lame but hell, who I am trying to impress? Maybe I should take a shower and get my day started... Hey what are you doing for the suprebowl? I think I might rub cocoa butter all over my belly while riding a tricycle and singing "Lalala"

Okay it's late and I already posted a rather lenghty entry but I just read on ESPN.com that Troy Polamalu has "tweaked" his ankle in a practice for this Sunday's Superbowl. Well let me just say right now that if the Steelers lose I am gonna be so pissed if all we hear is how the loss of Troy Polamalu hurt the Steelers too much. I am of the belief that injury in Sports is part of the game. It is the risk you take in a physical game. You can't do the coulda, shoulda, wouldas. I mean Illinois lost the national championship last year and it broke my heart but I didn't spend the whole year going "Man what would have happened had Luther Head not turned the ball over when the game was tied with a couple minutes left." That is crap. It's history. If Troy is hurt and can't play his usual game that is how the chips fall. People who boo and hoo off of that shit aren't worth the sox they wear. In other news. I got the We Are Scientists album and ho...

Okay, so last night one of my dreams was fulfilled. I went to a restraunt and asked for one of everything on the menu. Well, let's not get TOO crazy or anything. One of everything on the Dim Sum menu. Now in case you are my parents or just a fiscally concerned bystander don't worry there was only 12 items to choose from and they were all 4.50 so do the math and split that bill in half and you get the bill for two couples. Nerds. Those couples were of course Bethany and Jordan, and Marieta and I. We all went out to eat last night at Cafe Su in search of Dim Sum. What we found was more of an Iowan version of the tasty chinese food stuff. Dim Sum are like these small delicious palm sized yum yums that are supposed to look like this: Interesting little treats that comprise a meal. However, if you were to order Dim Sum at Cafe Su (Probably the best chinese you're gonna find in these parts) it's gonna look more like this: Now those look like a bunch of Chinese Appetizers (sp?...