Juno, not like Alaska

I just finished the movie Juno. I liked it a lot. I remember seeing previews for it, and really wanting to see it in theaters but money and a marriage prevented me from doing so. So let's see my favorite parts. Well first off Dwight from the office as store clerk was hilarious! The words, "boss" and, "wizard" are going to become apart of my vocabulary because of this movie. Especially "wizard". The sound track, which I'm currently listening to right now, was wizard! Yeah definitely recommend you all getting a copy of that. I also learned a little about greek mythology. I never knew Juno was the name of Zeus's wife.

Man this soundtrack is making me want to reinstate the art of the mix tape. Hmmm.......

Anyway, when I was in school an instructor told me that the FAA was there to help out when needed. Well let me tell you they seem to be out to get you. At least that's my experience. Yeah, stupid government officials.

I found out that our dog, Stella, fetches. Which makes me happy. I miss playing fetch with my parent's dogs. So I'm going to going to play with her more.

Oh friday night I'm going to go see Iron Man with some friends. So I'll let you all know what I think of that.

All in all I'd have to say that my day went swimmingly.

Goodnight!

Octopus Please

I think I want to get an octopus. I want to get a Bimec octopus. (Octopus bimaculoides) I'm kinda doing research right now. I'd like to get a 100 gallon tank. I'm thinking start up is gong to be the biggest cost and hardest part besides finding and transporting an octopus. On another note, Katrina and I went to In-N-Out tonight. Which was good, and tasty! Afterwards we went to PetCo. And we ended up leaving with two African Bamboo Shrimp, some bamboo and two other fish. We got the shrimp to help clean up the tanks.

Let's see other than that the FAA showed up to work today. And asked us a bunch of questions. Which my boss wasn't too thrilled about.

Well I'm off to bed.

Goodnight!

Fish video

Here's a video of our fish tanks. I'd like to get a saltwater tank eventually but that'll have to wait until I'm rich.




I just uploaded it so give it time.

Goodnight!

Human Powered

I want to build a human powered helicopter. I think I've got two major problems fixed, the weight and the control. I don't want to get too much into it cause I want to be the first.

I'm super bored right now.

Goodnight!

um I mean afternoon.

All at once

Have you ever wanted to say what you wanted to say but circumstances or better judgment would not allow it? Just a thought.

So I spent an hour playing Halo today after work and dinner. I've got pretty far in it. That new controller of mine works really well.

I talked to the recruiter today and basically he doesn't want to talk to me unless I get under weight. I'm at the point to where I want to talk to the guy just to see if I'd make it in the air force and to see what my career options would be. I know I need to lose weight but my max weight for the Air Force is 191 lbs! I guess I just want to talk to someone to see if it'd be worth it.

Other than that.... I find it funny that I'm becoming a baseball fan. I never really was before. Weird!

Go Cubs!

Goodnight!

Something Big Green and Random

Fishes and Halo

Well Katrina and I just got back from Wal-mart. We got us a new fish tank to put all of our goldfish in. So we went from a 3 gallon tank to a 5 gallon tank. There was two goldfish in the tank in our bedroom. One is named Flowers, the other Brainiac. Then we had another goldfish in the tank in our front room, named Goliath, cause he's huge! So we put all three in the new tank and put the tank in our living room. I like fish eventually I'd like a 200 to 500 gallon salt water tank. I'll have to get some pictures of both tanks and post them.

Also, while at Wal-martI picked up a controller for my PC. Which means, I can now play Halo! So after we got home and set up the tanks I went to put my copy of halo on my computer. Guess what? I found my box, sleeve and instruction book for Halo but no disc! Needless to say I know of a few places on-line that I can get a copy of it. I'm still going to use my product key and box code.

Other than that I finally got to talk to a recruiter. Still no meeting set up though.

OK well it's off to save the world from the Covenant!

Goodnight!

Weekend wrap up

So this weekend was awesome. After I left you last time, I went with my friend Seth to his friend's house to watch a UFC pay per view fight. Which was fun.

Sunday morning Katrina and I went to church with her parents. Said hi to some friends and then it was off to lunch with Katrina's entire family at Chili's. We went to celebrate Katrina's Dad's birthday. Then it was a three hour drive home.

Work went well. (HAHAHA three 'w's!) I didn't get canned like I thought I did on friday. Also the flight school that's opening up just got there first two airplanes. So now I'm kicking around the thought of wether I should get a motorcycle or my pilot's license.

If I do get a bike I'd like this one.



It's a Triumph Bonneville Black. I really like the old old old british bikes.

Goodnight!

Manteca What can I say?

Today was awesome. I woke up and went to Costco with Katrina. She needed to grab some stuff for the wedding shower that she was throwing. Then it was off to play disc golf with my friend Seth. Who I beat by the way. Just kidding Seth it was close. I think the score was 74 to 69 I think, par was 54.

Tonight I am going with Seth to watch a UFC fight at his friend's house. It sounds like fun. So I'm going to go finish this session on the pot, and hang out.

Goodnight!

What a week!

Let me start off with today. Work was super boring, up until the part that I was waiting for showed up. Then it was four hours of trying to get 2 of 8 bolts in. My boos said to just take the part out and see what was the matter. I pulled it out and noticed that one of the tubes that was connected to the part, was bent almost shut. Which I didn't tighten. That would be my co-worker. Yet take a guess at who got blamed. Yep yours truly! I quickly told my boss who it was, which didn't calm him down so needless to say I went home early.

I'm watching Letterman right now and you know what? He's not that funny.

This weekend Katrina and I are in Manteca. That's all I want to talk about right now.

Goodnight!

Tuesday Tuesday Today!

Work was a hurry up and wait day. Wait for this part. Wait for this guy to show up. Wait for nothing to happen while looking at something that had to be taken off. All the while with a pain in my lower back that went down my leg.

Katrina and I went to Jamba Juice tonight. We originally wanted Cold Stone but they were closed, but Jamba was next door and still open. Oh and this was after the amazing pulled pork that Katrina made, which was amazing! Yes it deserves two "amazing"s!

Other than that life has been quite boring. I did find this piece of web gem today.


http://view.break.com/487616 - Watch more free videos

I'm a huge nerd, so the music in the video is what really got me excited.

Our dog is a nut. All I have to say is "Who is that?" and her ears perk up and she starts to look around crazily. It's really funny to watch. I'll try to get a video of it sometime.

So, Goodnight!

Cookies.

I'm making cookies right now while finishing up Sunday's episode of Eli Stone. Actually I just took the last batch out, and they all look DELICIOUS!

I'm using Safari right now too. It's Apple's new web browser. I really like it. I got it when I updated my I-tunes. I'm sure if you want to try it out, you could download it for free. It's got some neat features. Check it out.

Here's a list of movies I want to see this summer.

Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Speed Racer
WALL-e
Narnia: Prince Caspian

I'm sure the list will get longer as I see more things that interest me.

Work went well today. Nothing to really report.

I'm off to eat some of my cookies before Katrina gets them all.

Goodnight.

Awe man! It's over!?!

Yep the weekend is over and I'm super bummed out. I can't complain too much though, we did a lot this weekend.

First we went up to Katrina's parents property and helped with the construction of they're garage/living quarters. It was nice to actually help this time even though I don't feel like I contributed that much. Stella came with us again. So of course she was a dirty mess when we brought her home.

Today Katrina and I had brunch with Katrina's Nanny. It was nice, we haven't seen her in a long time. After breakfast we met Adam and Renee and they're dog Jack at the dog park. So we spent an hour or so there with Stella running around meeting other dogs. Then we decided to bring Stella to the groomers at Pet Smart. We brought her there with a hint of red in her coat and got her back with a hint of red in her coat. Needless to say we weren't impressed with they're service. With the weather getting warmer I'm just going to tie her up out side and get the washing done out there.

We've decided to sell our Jeep. It's a Grand Cherokee Laredo with a V8. In other words a gas hog. We talked it over and I would like a Samurai or a Tracker. They are both good on gas. We saw one advertised that claimed 40 mpgs. Normally they come with 4 wheel drive, which will make traveling in the winter easier. So pray that we can sell our Jeep.

Other than that a pretty normal weekend.

Goodnight!

Cheese and Wine

Today was a day of whining. My boss whined and complained about his taxes all the way up until 1:30 this afternoon. Then my co-worker complained and complained about the airplane we were working on. I agree with most of it but whining will get you no where. Seriously!

Other than that life was a bit nice today. I took Stella for a run. The house smells wonderful, cause Katrina cleaned house and she's making fajitas for diner tonight. So yeah I'm off to shower before Adam and Renee get here.

Goodnight!

Blisters on Teusday

Work went well today. My boss took me and my co-worker to Chili's. That was a nice change of pace. Getting ready this morning to leave was like a scavenger hunt. The cat had batted my wallet off of where I keep it and it was under the desk we have in the living room. Then I found my keys in Katrina's purse. Last night, Katrina, went to the store and used my keys, so that explains that.

I'm sitting here watching tv and I just viewed an esurance commercial and the human guy with the big law book, is kind of feminine. I don't know.

A.t.C. update! I've got him most of the way together but something is wrong. Only one of the motor spins and then when you hit the sensor switch the other one spins. I'm going to finish it the rest of the way, and go from there. As soon as I got it working properly I'll post up a video. I'm giving my self the deadline of next week Friday.

Oh man I got super stoked today, while I was going to the restroom and checking my e-mail. I saw the first trailer for the Incredible Hulk! It looks amazing! As a matter of fact check it out yourself!



Oh well I'm getting of and going to eat some Oreos!

Goodnight!

Moments of Mondays

I finally understand why Garfield was always complaining on Mondays. Work sucked today. A lot going on and I was doing it all.

On another note Katrina and I went for a walk around that park. It was nice to just get out and walk around and forget the day. I was trying to think of some of the best comments that Stella, our dog receives. I think one of the best comments was a little kid who asked his mom, "How did they catch a wolf!?!".

Ok comic time again. I've been reading Invincible. A super good comic written by Robert Kirkman. Check it out. Even though they discontinued it, it's amazing.

Well that's all I want to write right now. I'm going to eat some Oreo's and read some more.

Goodnight!

Frustration in all the wrong places.

OK about last night's little rant. I shouldn't have given Katrina all the bad rap for our financial debacle. It rests on me just as much. At church tonight, our pastor gave a sermon about being giving and content. Well needless to say Katrina and I didn't tithe this payday cause "we needed the money for, blah blah blah". I'm not saying that God is punishing us but I think things are a little tighter because we (and by we I mean I) didn't fully trust Him with our (my) situations. So yeah Katrina if your reading this, I'm sorry for the previous post.

On a happier note Katrina and I explored a new dog park with, Stella, today. It's a really cool mile long type walking trail that follows part of the Carson River for a while. Next time we go I'm going to have Stella pull me on one of my off-road skate boards. I'll have her take me to the river portion of the trail, walk that part, and then have her pull me the rest of the way home. Maybe tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow. WE'RE GOING SNOWBOARDING!!! I get to pt my new toys to use! Can you tell I'm excited? We're going in the morning until early afternoon. Then it's come home and take Stella for a run, and heal up from the falling that I'm sure both of us will be so fortunate to experience.

OK I know this is weird but, I want to start playing paintball again. Eventually I'd like to start playing competitively again. I miss the thrill and just the atmosphere that you get within the paintball community. Plus, I've secretly been craving to shot people in the face again. There's nothing like taking down a player with a gun blazing with a single shot from your pump paintball gun. You just can't shake that feeling. Oh and being able to say stuff like "I shot you in the face" or "He's behind the doritto" or "I bunkered your Mom" and actually meaning it. Seriously some kid's mom showed up to play at a field one time and I..well..bunkered her.

Enough for tonight. I'm going to wipe, flush, and spend some time with my wife!

Goodnight.

TGIF?

O.K. normally I'm excited for the weekend to come but today it's different. Katrina and I are going snowboarding on Sunday which I'm excited about. But it's tomorrow that I'm not to thrilled about. We were going to head up to Reno to hang out, but now we're not. Kinda bummed. Maybe I'll finish my robot. I need to get to it.

I think the reason I was bummed out yesterday was that I feel like I'm working for nothing sometimes. Every once in a while it's nice to get something small as a reward to yourself for the hard work you've put in. I don't think that I've gotten a "toy" in a while. Then my dog goes and eats my hat, I find one that I like to replace it and I'm told that I have to wait until payday to get one. Payday comes still no hat. It wouldn't bug me so much if Katrina didn't get just about everything that she wants. I know I joke about it with her but sometimes I feel like I have to beg for things.

The thing that scares me is that this was one of the big things in my parent's marriage that brought a lot of strife. I'm going to start getting more involved in our finances, if anything just to see where our money is going. Plus the way I look at it, it'll keep Katrina and I accountable to each other in the spending department.

Other than that my Friday went well. Got off of work early. Didn't do too much hard work while there. Oh and just got back from having dinner with some friends.

Goodnight!

Waiting for the day to end.

Today was rough. Work was rough. My boss was a big turd today. I'll leave it at that. Katrina and I took a walk with, Stella, our dog. Katrina got to use her new lens that she got for her camera with her birthday money.

We watched the movie Enchanted tonight. It was O.K. Super cheesy.

I'm a huge hockey fan and I found out tonight that my team, the Nashville Predators, made it to the play offs. Hopefully they do well.

I'm just a bit bummed tonight. I can't put my finger on it but I am.

Goodnight.

Monetary Gain.

At work today I was thinking about how much the things I work on cost. I mean today alone I put almost two grand worth of parts on one airplane! And that's just parts not labor! O.K. let me just put it this way. I've worked on only three airplanes this week, (and it's only wednesday night) one of those three planes cost half of a million dollars! Just one of the three! The other two equal up to $500,000. So this week alone parts and planes included I've messed with over a million dollars worth of equipment! I'm finding it harder and harder to not covet where I'm working.

On a side note I got to take home a propeller spinner. For those of you that don't know, it's the pointy thing that is in the middle of the propeller. We replaced it with a newer one on a Cessna 310 last fall. My boss was going to throw it out, until he saw me messing with it and he then offered it to me. I'm either going to make wall art out of it or turn it into a viking helmet and wear it as such.

I took Stella, our dog, for a run today. She was couped up all day in her cage waiting for us to come home, so I figured she needed one. I'm getting kinda bummed out though. The weather is getting warmer, and huskies don't do well running in temperatures over 50 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm going to have to resort to walking Stella and making sure that when I do, I have enough water for the both of us.

Anybody catch the Dookie Houser reference on this week's "How I Met Your Mother" episode? I was thinking today that he must have been the world's first blogger. Kinda weird hunh?

Last thought before I jump off. I want to go snowboarding. I got a snowboard for Christmas and have yet to use it. My friend Eric's sister-in-law gave me and Katrina lift tickets to go but we haven't. I'm guessing that this weekend might be our last good weekend to go so pray that we get to.

Alright that's it.

Goodnight.

Thoughts for today.

First thought, I hate taxes. Not the yearly taxes, I normally get stuff back. But the every paycheck type taxes. Those suck!

Next thought. I kinda wish I were a helicopter mechanic. I like helicopters ok, ok I love helicopters! I even got the t-shirt to prove it! They aren't supposed to fly, they are super super touchy, they cost a lot and they're just rad!

Also I was thinking about career choices again. I love what I do and who I do it for. (My customers are awesome.) But it's just not something I can make a lot of money doing right now. I'm being drawn between doing what I enjoy and doing what pays. I kinda either want to go back to school to finish my bachelors program or to go back to school to become an airline pilot. I know, I know just last week I was thinking about joining the air force. But you see the air force would offer me the chances of doing either. Not only that but it would give me the chance to build experience which looks good on a resume.

Lastly I'm also wanting to find out how to get into doing voice overs.

Yeah that's it I'm done. I'm going to watch Beauty and the Geek and finish this episode of NCIS.

Goodnight!