I've always wanted to find a job that i don't really feel is a job, but something i really enjoy doing. In the past few years from analyzing my goals, dreams, unhappiness, and happiness... i've constantly been thinking of different ideas, jobs, inventions and such that would make me enough money and give me enough happiness and adventure that i wouldn't have to have a 9-5. Jonah and i just watched movie titled "10 mph" that pretty much went right along those lines.
I would love to do something that would allow me to see the entire world, without me having to break the bank, or go long periods of time without seeing family and friends, and would make waking up in the morning extremely easy. I certainly don't know what this is, but i will continue to think about it and i will let you know if i find it.
Cubs are 4.5 games back at the All-Star break, and there isn't a doubt in my mind that it's going to be one of the biggest let downs in Cubs history.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Sunday, July 8, 2007
shoulda sung neil diamond
Really contemplating shaving my head when i leave for florida next month, and not shaving the entire week. Maybe a new look for me, see how that works out.
Had a good weekend..Friday night i watched the "man vs. wild" marathon which was fine by me. Saturday we played some tennis right in the middle of the day...i felt like my game is improving, hit some solid forehands but still got beat.
Saturday night the 3 of us went to Nick's co-workers house for a cookout(or as they like to call them in AZ, a barbeque(which makes no sense unless you are barbequeing in my book)). Had a lot of fun, met some nice people. Did some swimming, brought my ping-pong game out of retirement which turned out very successful i must say, and overall had a very good night. Bummer Nick had to miss a lot of fun due to the bottle of Jaeger that quickly became his buddy, then turned on him.
But Jonah and i closed out the party strong by making it to the finals of the American Idol Karaoke tournament. We both got perfect scores in the 3rd round after my rendition of the Piano Man and jonah busting out some "straight up" by Paula Abdul. Unfortunately i picked a tough song in the finals, Jonah just didn't bring his A-game, which left Crystal to take home the title. Fun times though, and i think it's time to buy a karaoke machine.
I've come to realize that i struggle to sleep in like i used to. I really love to sleep in, as i am not much of a morning person. But i guess now that i am growing up my mind and body doesn't want me to waste any more hours of my life than i should. I miss not feeling bad about sleeping past 10am.
Had a good weekend..Friday night i watched the "man vs. wild" marathon which was fine by me. Saturday we played some tennis right in the middle of the day...i felt like my game is improving, hit some solid forehands but still got beat.
Saturday night the 3 of us went to Nick's co-workers house for a cookout(or as they like to call them in AZ, a barbeque(which makes no sense unless you are barbequeing in my book)). Had a lot of fun, met some nice people. Did some swimming, brought my ping-pong game out of retirement which turned out very successful i must say, and overall had a very good night. Bummer Nick had to miss a lot of fun due to the bottle of Jaeger that quickly became his buddy, then turned on him.
But Jonah and i closed out the party strong by making it to the finals of the American Idol Karaoke tournament. We both got perfect scores in the 3rd round after my rendition of the Piano Man and jonah busting out some "straight up" by Paula Abdul. Unfortunately i picked a tough song in the finals, Jonah just didn't bring his A-game, which left Crystal to take home the title. Fun times though, and i think it's time to buy a karaoke machine.
I've come to realize that i struggle to sleep in like i used to. I really love to sleep in, as i am not much of a morning person. But i guess now that i am growing up my mind and body doesn't want me to waste any more hours of my life than i should. I miss not feeling bad about sleeping past 10am.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
flight of the conchords
You may have heard me talk about Flight of the Conchords, a new show on HBO. I find it to be hilarious, as do others apparantley. Anyway, below are parts 1-3 that make up episode 2. It's certainly different, but funny.
4th of July
Kinda strange having 1 day off in the middle of a work week. Mother Nature could of helped out a little bit and not made it the hottest day of the year, about 117 to be exact. Needless to say i ended up catching up on some sleep and stayed inside.
Last night the roomies and i went to see Die Hard. Definitely entertaining, typical Die Hard type of movie. Tonight we decided to hike to a spot on Camelback Mountain to get a good view of some fireworks. I personally thought it was an awesome spot to see them....and when i say them we were able to see about 12 different firework shows at the same time. Actually the best part was just seeing the city lights at night. If your ever in the Phoenix area for the 4th and have nothing better to do, i definitely suggest viewing the fireworks from up there.
Jonah just got Pizza Hut at 11:30pm, and now i am craving it. I guess it's a good thing i am going to bed. I've been eating like crap of late. I did finally make it to the grocery and bought some really good soup, tomato bisque i believe...It's really good to dip bread into.
This has been a pretty piss poor blog entry, but i am tired and just rambling.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
the week that was
Well, it's sunday evening the 1st day of July already. It certainly feels like july as it is supposed to be 117 on the 4th. Can't wait to spend my day off in that weather.
I played 3 softball games yesterday in a tournament. It had been about 3 weeks since my last softball game and any real strenuous running. And today i can tell. Normally when you play right center field in softball, you don't get too many balls hit your way. For some reason yesterday, i think about 50% of all the balls put in play were hit in my direction. So i was running around like crazy at full speed, not to mention running the bases after my fabulous weekly hit ground balls... So today i wake up and i am sore as can be and stiff as a bored. I wanted to climb camelback this evening, but there isn't a chance in hell of that. I am really starting to understand what it feels like to be getting old. This sucks. I need to hire a personal trainer to whip me in shape.
The past week has been another typical week in the life of Joe Sanders. Lots of work, lots of eating, lots of internet browsing, and lots of wishing it were the fall season already.
Things i did get accomplished were:
1) Finishing a book
2) Purchasing a plane ticket to Chicago for September
3) Purchasing a plane ticket for Indiana for Labor Day weekend
4) Consolidating much of my debt onto an American Express card
5) Paying way too many bills.
5) Not making my bed 1 time this week.
Overall, a very productive week.
Last night Jonah and i went on our Saturday night ice cream date after both having major cravings...and i asked for a banana split. So of course i am salivating for this 6$ chunk of delight for like 10 minutes as he makes it. Finally he tells me he is out of strawberries (jonah must of taken the last of them as he ordered some strawberry thingy) and that i can substitute something else if i would like. So after not finding any other berry type thing that fit my liking...the pressure was on. He mentioned apple fillling, and i said ok. Of course after taking my first bite, all i could taste was this apple filling and it quickly became one of the grosest ice cream things i had ever eaten, and so 3/4 of it was tossed. On the bright side i am still not fat.
My goals for the upcoming week are not to spend money. I spent way too much last week on plane tickets and crap. Even though i make more money now than i did a year ago, my bank account still seems to keep the same amount in it...I need to try and reverse that trend.
Cubs are rolling, won 8 out of 9 and could be within a few games of first place before the all-star break if things keep up. That past sentence obviously brought to you by a cub fan who still hasn't learned.
I played 3 softball games yesterday in a tournament. It had been about 3 weeks since my last softball game and any real strenuous running. And today i can tell. Normally when you play right center field in softball, you don't get too many balls hit your way. For some reason yesterday, i think about 50% of all the balls put in play were hit in my direction. So i was running around like crazy at full speed, not to mention running the bases after my fabulous weekly hit ground balls... So today i wake up and i am sore as can be and stiff as a bored. I wanted to climb camelback this evening, but there isn't a chance in hell of that. I am really starting to understand what it feels like to be getting old. This sucks. I need to hire a personal trainer to whip me in shape.
The past week has been another typical week in the life of Joe Sanders. Lots of work, lots of eating, lots of internet browsing, and lots of wishing it were the fall season already.
Things i did get accomplished were:
1) Finishing a book
2) Purchasing a plane ticket to Chicago for September
3) Purchasing a plane ticket for Indiana for Labor Day weekend
4) Consolidating much of my debt onto an American Express card
5) Paying way too many bills.
5) Not making my bed 1 time this week.
Overall, a very productive week.
Last night Jonah and i went on our Saturday night ice cream date after both having major cravings...and i asked for a banana split. So of course i am salivating for this 6$ chunk of delight for like 10 minutes as he makes it. Finally he tells me he is out of strawberries (jonah must of taken the last of them as he ordered some strawberry thingy) and that i can substitute something else if i would like. So after not finding any other berry type thing that fit my liking...the pressure was on. He mentioned apple fillling, and i said ok. Of course after taking my first bite, all i could taste was this apple filling and it quickly became one of the grosest ice cream things i had ever eaten, and so 3/4 of it was tossed. On the bright side i am still not fat.
My goals for the upcoming week are not to spend money. I spent way too much last week on plane tickets and crap. Even though i make more money now than i did a year ago, my bank account still seems to keep the same amount in it...I need to try and reverse that trend.
Cubs are rolling, won 8 out of 9 and could be within a few games of first place before the all-star break if things keep up. That past sentence obviously brought to you by a cub fan who still hasn't learned.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Only in Indiana
This story came to mind tonight, thought i would write about it so not to forget.
This one fall day(maybe spring...can't really remember) in Indiana, 3 of my buddies and i were headed from Kokomo to Lafayette, to hang out at my college apartment. I decided it might be quicker to take the country roads. For those of you not from the midwest, a country road basically means you drive on really skinny roads that cut between corn fields.
So anyway, i'm riding shotgun, my buddy Thatch is driving, with Case and Migrant in the back seat. Thatch had never taken this clever way of mine, so i was trying to guide him as we went. So as the sun is setting and we slowly approach this stop sign in the middle of nowhere, i told Thatch to just keep going straight, thinking he would follow the road. I didn't think i needed to tell him that there is about a 30 foot jog in the road to the right after the stop sign.
So as he rolls through the stop sign, i realize he isn't realizing there is no road directly ahead, rather it's a few feet to the right.
So at about 5mph, we slowly drive straight into this freshly rain-soaked muddy field in our littly chevy. I think the 3 of us passengers were immediatly befuddled as to why he drove straight into a cornfield, instead of following the road, and then also continued driving straight about 50 feet instead of stopping.. We all just kinda looked at each other and started laughing hysterically.
Anyway, this is where the fun began. Of course this little chevy was pretty much stuck out 50ft or so into this muddy cornfield. This college age girl stopped shortly after we got stuck and told us she would wait in case we needed her help with anything. So the 3 of us passengers got out in this muddy ass cornfield and decided we would try and push. So as we started pushing, of course the wheels started spinning and mud was flying everywhere. We continued trying to push even though we weren't making any progress....and of course we were all totally covered in mud as Thatch sat in his car clean as can be.
This Amish guy stops and tells us he would go to his barn nearby and get a rope to try and pull us out. Then this redneck farmer comes in his big truck and just tells Thatch to floor it and try to get out without us trying to push.
SO of course that worked and there was no need for any of us to get dirty in the first place. We were able to get out of the field before Amish guy came back with the rope. However, we were all so covered in mud that we all had to totally strip down to our boxers and ride the rest of the way in our underwear...
Anyway, i am still baffled as to how Thatch came to the conclusion that the field looked like a road....and i am also thankful for the 3 people that stopped to try and help us, who actually were probably thinking we were 4 cityboy idiots.
Those were the days.
This one fall day(maybe spring...can't really remember) in Indiana, 3 of my buddies and i were headed from Kokomo to Lafayette, to hang out at my college apartment. I decided it might be quicker to take the country roads. For those of you not from the midwest, a country road basically means you drive on really skinny roads that cut between corn fields.
So anyway, i'm riding shotgun, my buddy Thatch is driving, with Case and Migrant in the back seat. Thatch had never taken this clever way of mine, so i was trying to guide him as we went. So as the sun is setting and we slowly approach this stop sign in the middle of nowhere, i told Thatch to just keep going straight, thinking he would follow the road. I didn't think i needed to tell him that there is about a 30 foot jog in the road to the right after the stop sign.
So as he rolls through the stop sign, i realize he isn't realizing there is no road directly ahead, rather it's a few feet to the right.
So at about 5mph, we slowly drive straight into this freshly rain-soaked muddy field in our littly chevy. I think the 3 of us passengers were immediatly befuddled as to why he drove straight into a cornfield, instead of following the road, and then also continued driving straight about 50 feet instead of stopping.. We all just kinda looked at each other and started laughing hysterically.
Anyway, this is where the fun began. Of course this little chevy was pretty much stuck out 50ft or so into this muddy cornfield. This college age girl stopped shortly after we got stuck and told us she would wait in case we needed her help with anything. So the 3 of us passengers got out in this muddy ass cornfield and decided we would try and push. So as we started pushing, of course the wheels started spinning and mud was flying everywhere. We continued trying to push even though we weren't making any progress....and of course we were all totally covered in mud as Thatch sat in his car clean as can be.
This Amish guy stops and tells us he would go to his barn nearby and get a rope to try and pull us out. Then this redneck farmer comes in his big truck and just tells Thatch to floor it and try to get out without us trying to push.
SO of course that worked and there was no need for any of us to get dirty in the first place. We were able to get out of the field before Amish guy came back with the rope. However, we were all so covered in mud that we all had to totally strip down to our boxers and ride the rest of the way in our underwear...
Anyway, i am still baffled as to how Thatch came to the conclusion that the field looked like a road....and i am also thankful for the 3 people that stopped to try and help us, who actually were probably thinking we were 4 cityboy idiots.
Those were the days.
Monday, June 25, 2007
the luckiest
Top video games from a 27 year old who never plays video games, but at one time played a few when really bored.
1. Super Mario Bros.
2. Tecmo Bowl
3. Mario 2
4. Mario 3
5. Mario Kart
6. Excite Bike
7. Tetris
8. MLB 2000
9. Double Dribble
10.College Football(newest year)
Honorable Mention:
Paperboy, Micro Machines, Track and Field, FIFA, Marble Madness, (can't think of any others, probably forgettting some really important ones}
Really digging this song by Ben Folds called "the Luckiest"...
I fully believe everything in life even's out, and it's just all about the attitude and approach you take to life that depends on how happy you are and how good of life you consider yourself to have. I feel like if something really good happens, there's probably 2 or 3 challenges right around the corner, and same holds true for the opposite. I think that is what makes my personality so even keil most of the time. Maybe not a good thing, but i can't help it. You can't really say i am an optomist because half the time i am thinking something bad will happen...but i am not a pessimist because half the time i know something good is coming. I guess i am just an even steven and try to walk the line and try not to get down as i know there is no point. Well, that makes sense to me anyway.
I'm still on the Country music kick. Maybe i should hit up the Brad Paisley concert coming soon. Actually the Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney concert was one of my favorites i have ever been too, and i didn't even really know who they were back then.
Anyway, big win for the cubbies today....hanging in there.
1. Super Mario Bros.
2. Tecmo Bowl
3. Mario 2
4. Mario 3
5. Mario Kart
6. Excite Bike
7. Tetris
8. MLB 2000
9. Double Dribble
10.College Football(newest year)
Honorable Mention:
Paperboy, Micro Machines, Track and Field, FIFA, Marble Madness, (can't think of any others, probably forgettting some really important ones}
Really digging this song by Ben Folds called "the Luckiest"...
I fully believe everything in life even's out, and it's just all about the attitude and approach you take to life that depends on how happy you are and how good of life you consider yourself to have. I feel like if something really good happens, there's probably 2 or 3 challenges right around the corner, and same holds true for the opposite. I think that is what makes my personality so even keil most of the time. Maybe not a good thing, but i can't help it. You can't really say i am an optomist because half the time i am thinking something bad will happen...but i am not a pessimist because half the time i know something good is coming. I guess i am just an even steven and try to walk the line and try not to get down as i know there is no point. Well, that makes sense to me anyway.
I'm still on the Country music kick. Maybe i should hit up the Brad Paisley concert coming soon. Actually the Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney concert was one of my favorites i have ever been too, and i didn't even really know who they were back then.
Anyway, big win for the cubbies today....hanging in there.
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