I spent Saturday at Vinoy Park in St. Pete eating a lot of BBQ at RibFest 2010. Got there around 10:00am or so and dove right in on the rib scene.
Author: Chewbode
Hot dogs!
In Which I Commit…
I'm eating a decent dinner of chicken tenders with a slice of pizza. Diet Coke. Why do you care? Well, you don't. However, I'm telling you because it's my last meal... Tomorrow morning I get up an hour earlier and begin the P90X workout series. I'm committing to it to get in shape and feel better, and I'll be eating better again. I've let myself go the last couple of months and gained too much weight. And to motivate myself, I'm gonna put it all out there... Well, uh, out here... UP here. We'll start by weigh-ins and open up to full menus, etc. very soon. Weight: 223.6 lbs.
Numero Dos
I couldn't help myself...
Content
I had an amazing time at Alex and Nel's yesterday. I got to their place around 4:00pm. I had brought some items to make cocktails and immediately dove into bar-tending. First up was shots of Brain Hemorrhage, which consists of peach schnapps, Bailey's, and Grenadine. Then I poured some Dra-Kahlua Martinis which had Cointreau, Congnac, Kahlua, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Really good. Lastly, I threw together Melon liqueur, Bailey's, and vodka martinis. We never finished them as they were pretty strong and we were all full from dinner. We took the kids out Trick Or Treating. Brandon dressed up as Darth Vader and Ryan went as the older Anakin Skywalker. I took several photos and videos, but one in particular I decided to spruce-up: After a couple of hours out and about, we headed back and the kids had some candy and went to bed and us adults hung...
Happy Halloween!
I was under the assumption that Alex and Nel wouldn't be having their annual Halloween get-together today since Alex told me they all had the flu this past week. I was surprised when he IMed me this morning and told me to come on up. I just went to the store and got some stuff to make some fun cocktails and will be bringing that with me later today. I got home and mixed a of couple sample drinks just to make sure everyone would like them, and I think they will. :) I've been playing guitar a lot more lately. My trusty ol' Ibanez SGT-110 has been getting a hell of a workout. Might need new strings soon. I recently found that if I tune down a whole step, it makes singing a lot easier for me. Even though I'm able to sing at a higher key, I end...
Hunting Continues…
I'm house-sitting for someone next week for about eight days. This person has a separate guest house on their property that I will be checking out too. If it looks good, then I'll be moving into it over the next few weeks, so looks like the house-hunting is just about over. Best part: it's in South Tampa, not far from Arnold's place (and work). I'm going to start working on SCS017 again tonight right after I read a script that Carl sent me (sorry, been busy man).
Hmm…
Looks like I'm not getting all of the old blog posts. I would surmise that Archive.org only scrapes the page and doesn't do deep link inspecting. I had an option set to only display the five most recent entries on the old site, so I'm only getting five entries per month. But, I guess that's better than nothing. Maybe I'll have some old entries somewhere else. I've gotten all of 2004 and 2005 now transferred over to the new site here.
Old Blog Entries
Ok, I spoke too soon. After crossing my fingers, rubbing the lucky rabbit's foot and the buddha's belly, I found all of the old site's blog entries on Archive.org. I'm spending time now copying the entries (manually!) to the site. So far, April 2004 is up here.
Getting Sick
One of the features of the original site was Sick Thought of the Day, which was a footnote to each blog entry. There were hundreds of these, which were lost forever. Lucky for you all, I created a Twitter account for this a while back and I've just added the feed to this homepage of the site (scroll down a little - it's on the right side). Enjoy!
A New Hope?
I visited the studio apartment tonight and liked it a lot. It had plenty of room for me. I'll have to get a stackable washer and dryer combo, but that's pretty much it. And, oddly enough, there wasn't a closet, so I may have to look at getting a wardrobe for my clothes. I'll check out IKEA after I'm done writing this. The lady who owns the property was really nice. Her husband passed away recently, and I think she took a liking to me. I need to hammer out some details tomorrow, but I told her I'll have a decision to her no later than Thursday. I'm feeling really good about this. Other than the drive to work, I think it'll be a good fit.
