Recently

Today I went biking for eight miles. It felt great. While out I saw my first blue bird of the season, spring has sprung!! At first I was like, (crazy low goofy voice) "what kind of bird is that? An indigo bunting?" Then I came back with, (Crazy high you're an idiot voice) "No you putz, it's a BLUE BIRD!" Yeah, it's such a great feeling to know things are changing. Even though things are already mostly green here, it's still great to see things happening.

The other night I was watching Dumb and Dumber really late at night and found that when Lloyd's in the bathroom and realizes it's 2:15 and ol' what's-his-nuts is coming to please himself with Lloyd's nether-region, HIS WATCH SAYS MARCH 25!!! That's Elisabeth's birthday! Wowowowowow!! She's like famous and stuff. How great is that?!?! I'm dating a famous person. Anyone want autographs? I can hook you up, I know the chic pretty well.

Something I'm not terribly proud of, although it does remind me a great times and great friends, was my craving for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer tonight. It's been getting hot here already and after my biking/golfing day all I could think about was a good ol' PBR. I'm gonna buy some for our Nintendo party on Saturday...you're all invited...and I bet NO ONE will want one. Haha, it's like 48 for $10.00. When I open the first one and drink on Saturday, I'll be thinking of you guys! Cheers.

South of the Border

Have any of you ever traveled on I-95 south through SC? Jen? If not, you really should. If you have, than you are very aware of the excitement I am about to illustrate:

South of the Border

SOB is an attraction just off 95 at the first exit into SC and is super sweet. Here is a little photo journal of our trip there this past weekend. Most of it was closed for the "winter", but if you guys all come here for the summer get a way, we will for sure stop there. It's close and looks crazy funny, we had a great time in only 45 minutes. Enjoy!!!

The approach...that's a giant sombrero that you can get inside!

Once we got there, I started making friends with the locals. South of the Border is so exotic. The language barrier was hard at first, but I figured it out. Good thing I carry pesos with me at all times!

As soon as we got out of the car, Elisabeth ran over to the heard in attempts to hitch a ride to the sombrero. No luck though, they were way too fast and not interested in helping.

Here I am calming down this steer John Wayne style, ear biting. Yeah, I'm a man. It obviously has worked, look how calm and cute he is.

Still on her quest, Elisabeth tries to love the chickens into giving her a ride. They weren't interested, she loved them anyways.

South of the Border II

Elisabeth still really wants to ride something. This hippo is in no mood though, she decides to give him a tooth check-up instead. Everything looks good.

Here I am having a nice conversation with the bouncer.

Elisabeth FINALLY gets to ride one of the beasts! It was tough, she had to run fast to catch it, but success at last!

Me with The Hot Dog that guards The Hot Dog Stand. Here you can buy hot dogs, but not yet, closed for the winter. :( I'm not sure why he's licking the ground, it was rather dirty.

Me and Elisabeth posing near the cactus and one of the pink flamingos...

South of the Border III

Here is the sweet sombrero and all its glory. It costs one dollar to go up and see south AND north of the border, truly a treat for all ages. It changed my life.

THE Hot Dog Stand highly guarded by the Hot Dog.

The sign of welcome and mystique. It's the bringer of jollity...Jupiter plays in background.

This is from the top of the sombrero and you can easily see all things south of the border. According to the mini railway that runs through this part of town, this is known as, "The Carolinas and Northern Mexico." In the way back is, "The worlds greatest putt putt." We played some that were much better later that day at Myrtle Beach.

I was shedding a single tear as we drove by and were unable to visit again.

The majestic realm at night

Free Time

If you got some time, it doesn't take long, but this is really funny. Thanks Dan!

Leprechauns

Eco Footprint

I checked my ecological footprint today and found that if everyone lived like me we would need 1.9 Earths and that I use a total of 9 acres for my daily needs, not bad considering that the average number of acres used is 24!!! How many acres do you use?

Bats

I really like bats, they aren't my favorite animal, but certainly my fav mamma. I think they are cool b/c they are the only mammal with true flight. They are not scarey or gross, just slightly unrsearched so they get a bad name. I did some research on a bat in Australia called the flying fox. It sort of looked like one and was about the same size as a small fox...NUTSO! This is also my 100 post!

Great Day

Elisabeth got back from Myrtle Beach today and we had a good time. We went to the store and picked up the ring she had gotten cleaned, it was missing a diamond, so we brought it back. Then we went and played put put...I won...THEN we went and played frisbee golf. This corse is super challenging, it was great and Elisabeth did a wonderful job learning how to play. It was such a nice day out, low 60's. Then we came back and made dinner, fun fun.

I made deviled eggs and egg salad just now. Elisabeth had hard boiled and dyed a whole bunch for her kids for Dr. Suess' birthday, but then realized she can't bring in anything other than store brought foods or she'll get fired. So I made a whole bunch of stuff. I added horse raddish to my salad, I really enjoy it. I want to make chicken fingers again soon so I can use more horse raddish, I really dig it.

I have some of the worste dandruff ever. It's amazingly great! It will cover anything in about two or three swipes and will never fade. I figured it would lessen after intense scratching or rubbing, but it doesn't. I'm amazing that way.

Elisabeth's family is coming to stay with us Thursday night and Sunday night on their way to and from Myrtle Beach for Amanda's cheer competition. I bet I'll go, it should be fun. It's crazy loud at those, makes me a little uncomfortable, but it's always good to support those you care about. Plus, I bet it gives her dad a breather from all the estrogen.

I applied for a Zookeeper job today at the North Carolina Zoo. That would be cool, plus it's full time perm...which is amazingly difficult to find. It's with the bat section, my favorite mammal! I bet there's a lot of room to grow there, too.

North Carolina

On Wednesday I graduated from Shawnee State University and moved here to North Carolina. It's very nice here so far, been in the 70's the last two days. It's funny how I was able to take my every possesion and fit it into one desk drawer, an entire dresser and a book shelf. It is certainly Elisabeth's apartment and I'm living in it. I'm sitting her alone already, she went off to Myrtle Beach with the girls for the holiday. Leaves me time to get acclimated, research possible jobs, unpack, and just sort of recoup after finals.

Friends of mine from northeastern Ohio were just here for the last couple days. They were people I worked with at the park and Andy was down here for an interview. Jessica, his girlfriend who works at the park super part time but is mainly a school teacher at the middle school, came also but desperately wanted him to not get the job. It was interesting. I know Andy better, and I know that he wants this full time gig, but I had the pleasure of spending the entire day with Jess and we waited for him. Through this time I heard her argument of why she didn't want him to move...it reminded me of my argument. Then she went so far to tell me about a job in Solon, Ohio, which I applied for and Elisabeth said it would be ok.

I look at Jess and Andy and Elisabeth and myself and feel pretty lucky. While Andy and Jess fought the entire weekend about him possibly moving away, Elisabeth and I sit down and talk about it, I like that. I also like how either of us is will to sacrifice a little, or a lot, for each other and we don't carry a crudge afterwards.

(Cowboy Troy sounds like a country western version of the Sugar Hill Gang! Odd.)

Hahaha

Do you see the two hotties in the background?

Curling Fun

Here is a link to play puppy curling. It's from Zaydle...thanks!

It's pretty fun, but I think it's impossible to beat the computer. Anyone wanna come down here and play two playres with me?

Ecuador

Today as I was walking to class a crazy man came running out of the main building holding and waiving an Ecuadorian Flag over his head and screaming. I was immidiatly reminded of my illustrious roommate from Hocking who was a self proclaimed "jewish prince of Equador". Did anything happen in Ecuador today, Urosh? Did a family member of yours kill the current president and all those in his way until, he infact, was the current president....again?

God Bless Ecuador and Her Royale Family.

Short and mean....

Here at the university there are these two guys in wheel chairs that always travel together. It seems pretty uneventful most of the time and I always figured they had a lot in common so it worked well. I never payed much attention to them, as I don't most people here, and they never really stuck out in my mind, even though they were in wheel chairs. Today, however, they were wearing the same jacket and tooling around the campus together. It was REALLY funny to me. I kept imagining them in a wheel chair gang.

I thought of them going out to the store and buying these awesome Michigan jackets in hopes that others in wheel chairs will want to join their world order. Oh man! They were trying to pop wheelies and get going really fast facing each other and slap hands as they passed...all in their jackets. I couldn't help but hope they would try and mug me!

They may have already had these jackets, and probably worn them before, but for some reason today it struck me as histerically outrageuos. I know it's mean, but I don't care. If I saw any group of people, handicapped or otherwise, thinking they were super cool with matching jackets and slapping hands I would laugh at them. I'm an equal opportunity mocker.

The Hills are Alive

Last week there was a forest fire across the river from campus. It was sort of nutso, almost apocalyptic. The sky turned black, the winds picked up and the temperature dropped about 15 degrees. Apparently a house fire broke out and spread to the hillside. Here is a photo from the paper and one I took. It burned through the night and was spectacular to watch.

Rick Answers

What has antlers and sucks your blood?
- A Moose-quito

What do you call two spiders that just got married?
- Newly Webs

What did the sun say when the moon rose and surprised it?
-You scared the daylights outta me

What did one firefly say to the other?
- You glow girl!

No Bowl...

I got my hair cut in my house again last weekend, but this time without the bowl! Katie and Caitlin, my sister and cousin, decided to cut my hair around midnight on friday. I wanted one badly, but I am becoming ever the more broke and without income, this was the best solution. Here is a little slide show of the happenings:

The best part about cutting your hair at home is that you get to do funny things with it! That's Katie and Caitlin, my hair dressers afterwards. Don't I look like a Ninja!!!!????