Reasons why I miss summer

Hey Guys,

Haven't had a post in a while, so I figured this was the time to finally get around to blogging about my summer. Seeing as a picture is worth a 1,000 words...

VENICE

LAWTON....the middle of nowhere.

HONOLULU

Thats for you Laila...

Did this ever get finished?

The Horebird...removed :(

Game Show Challenge: Let's Play!

So here's how this is going to work (dunno if anyone checks this anymore, but let's bring it back!):

Each week I will post a series of game show challenges--the games may be different each week. In the comments section, post your responses. We are on an honor system here; what I would do is copy the questions, click the comments link, quickly scroll down to the text box and paste the questions, and play the week's challenge. After you are finished you may proceed to read the comments and smack yourself over the head for stupid misses, have your "aha" moments, et al.

For discussion of the questions, please do not post in this comments section. You can post comments on the questions here. Please use this comments box for answers.

Without further delay...enjoy.

Jeopardy!:

Scoring: Win points for correct answers. Lose half the question value if you are wrong. If you don't know, leave it blank.

SOUNDS LIKE A NEW POKEMON

2. Chimu won't defeat anyone nowadays: it's a people of Peru defeated by this empire in the 1400s

4. Melodeon's only power is to give enjoyment: it's a reed one of these

6. If you put down in your pokedex that you have anorak, you've got one of these, similar to a parka

8. Scimitar could help you win some battles: it's one of these

10. Plateosaurus was a grass type of dinosaur: it wasn't a carnivore or an omnivore but this third type

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

4. Once the seat of the Holy Roman Empire, it's now the capital of Austria

8. The Ionian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea are parts of this larger sea

12. Hokkaido is one of this country's main islands

16. In Australia, this city is second only to Sydney in population

20. This mountain range separates Spain and France

Millionaire:

Scoring: You may walk and take no score for a question. If you are wrong, you lose half the question value.

4:

Featuring "yellow brick sidewalks", the small town of Chittenango, NY is the birthplace of what famous author?

A: John Steinbeck B: Ray Bradbury

C: Ernest Hemingway D: L. Frank Baum

16:

Coveted for its flavorful and relatively healthy fat content, wagyu is a variety of what meat?

A: Beef B: Pork

C: Duck D: Lamb

Good luck!

BTNOLA, Come on Down!

I'm lazy. I don't want to do the whole formatting thing all over again (since formatting is a bitch). I just posted some pictures from my game show short course on my Facebook, but I have another entry (with a few of the photos) on my own blog here.

Enjoy.

Awesome Commercials

Ok, this has nothing to do with anything - but I just saw one of these and I felt the compulsion to blog about it.

THREE BEST COMMERCIALS EVER

These are not the three funniest commercials ever, or the three coolest looking commercials ever, these are, in my opinion, the three most conceptually genius, perfectly targeted commercials.

3. TIE (Coincidentally the same general product) - Deoderant commercials
Those new commercials where the guys lift up their arms and sweat literally just sprays out in every direction. Also, this newer one I only saw once where the people are walking around with a bubble around them and they won't go closer to people than their bubble. These are both ways I feel when my deodorant just isn't cutting it. And the sweat spray one is disgusting, but effective.

2. Nicorette Gum - Shark Arm
The one with the guy sitting on the pier, and a shark jumps up and bites his arm, and all he's thinking is "cigarette. cigarette. cigarette. cigarette. cigarette." and then he takes a nicorette gum piece and calms down, then notices the shark, and is all like "SHARK! SHARK! SHARK!" I don't smoke, but after watching this commercial I understand exactly what a nicotine addiction feels like.

1. Claritin - Claritin Clear
These commercials are the inspiration for this entire category/blog. I mean seriously, viewing life through that annoying haze. Nothing is easy to focus on, and you don't even want to open your eyes. Do you have allergies? Because during your commercial you do. And they're serious. This is EXACTLY what I feel like when my frickin' nerd-curse seasonal allergies crop up. Then the screen is lifted and... GET ME CLARITIN NOW!

Unfortunately, I couldn't find videos for two of these commercials. Weird, because whenever I don't want to see commercials I have to, and I would think that they'd want youtube to be absolutely swimming with pirated copies of them. Oh well, whatever. You probably know the ones I'm talking about.

Justin Bieber - Baby

I think this guy used to go to our school. Either way I highly recommend you watch the following video. It's pretty awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5NZwcSsK8I

in case you were wondering about my summer...

ohhhiii bk4

ok- it's been a while since i last blogged, so my blogging juices and creative flow may not be what they were at the height of the blog-nazi reign, but i'll give it 120%. if that's possible.

right now, i'm just chillin' in HAWAII (unfortunately, i'm not with brennamalaila). kauai is a nice place though. eating so much fish i'm probably due for a bout of mercury poisoning in the coming days and laying out in the sun to tan (burn) from 10-4 is quite the life i must admit. and- only a week and a half until i'm moving into TROY apartymentz for the year. crazy. where did this summer go, people?

here's the gist of how i spent my summer:

month one: (the BK/SC withdrawal phase) wake up in the morning- or around 3pm- feelin' like p. diddy, watch a couple videos on youtube, check facebook, think about working out and opt to lie in bed instead, read a few chapters of a book, make a sandwich, nap, miss USC, facebook stalk some more, meet up with friends and take advantage of all reno has to offer (sit at someone's house or drive around and eat food.) sleep.

month two: (the travels begin, and never end) texas: visit with bk7 people and watch the world cup while eating copious amounts of BBQ and texmex (OMGAH QUESO), get a little tan on, swim, start sayin' "y'all", brief stint with country music, love humidity, deal with mosquitos, etc.

san diego/LA: see USC campus and miss it, want move back right then, cry a little on the inside, collect self and go to URSC conference, dress up and make fool of self, visit tandra le and go peacock hunting, eat crepes, go to a club to see chris brown minus the chris brown, dance anyways, love LA and miss bk4 people to the extreme.

month three: more travels

fourth of july at tahoe: swim in the lake, lie on the beach, swim in a pool at night, play cards, invent new words and phrases, watch amazing fireworks, watch more fireworks, read nonfiction books and get made fun of by friends, DGAF and read on, eat tons of food, continue to avoid exercise, acquire sunglasses tan, download music, live the life.

colorado family reunion: read harry potter and the half blood prince, question how one could go through life without reading harry potter and the half blood prince, half-sprint to barnes & noble to buy the seventh book, wonder how/why it took so long for me to read these books, devour seventh book, love it, drive around denver, people watch, catch up with my cousins, make awkward small talk with distant relatives, dodge questions about girlfriends and marriage, defend political science as a practical major, force self laugh at familial jokes, spite family, eat food, more food, no exercise, read another book, miss reno and reno friends...

and now ~da i$l@Ndz~.

so i guess that's where it went- to people watching in the airport, more humid climates, and revisiting the best things about home in the space between. it has been a great summer, and i'm so happy it's almost over.

bk4 love. happy summer,

ale-alejandro

Yeah

Last night I had a dream about BK4.
It was the best dream...

Somehow we all got a night to be reunited over our long stint apart over summer. But just for one night. So we all behaved as if it were out last night on BK4. I mean, that's how much fun we had--as much fun as we all had on our last night of BK4. It was without the sadness of that last night, though because we all knew, just like in real life, that we're gonna be back at home in just about a month!

So if I had woken up right after this dream and decided to write it all down, I would remember and have more to write about it. I did wake up, but just to pee and I was so tired that I thought about writing it down but thought that was stupid so I just went back to bed.

So Jon, Will, Tandra and I had a deep conversation sitting on the grass in the night.
There was dancing and ipods covered with brown paper so they wouldn't get wet (?).
We were jumping on mattresses that covered the floor. (Sound familiar?)
There were tackles/hugs.
There was a candle.
There was some chicken I think.
Sandra was wearing blue eye-shadow.

Everything was really really good.




...Yeah that's nice.