If you didn't hear by now, Sarah and I won first place in the door decoration contest for my apartment. The prize was a gift card to Barnes and Noble. This was on top of winning a Pizza Hut gift card, Dave & Busters gift card and a bottle of Chardonnay. Also, I still have a $100 gift card I got for "finding" my apartment on Rent.com. Merry Christmas.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Holiday Tree '08
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Gingerbread Door
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Wordle
Can you guess which wordle is from which famblog? Click below to see the answers.
1. Dr. Nello (giant spiders)
2. Nello Family (look what's inside Obama)
3. Suarez Family (love, family and overgrowth)
4. JustINeSPIRED (prolife, Catholic and hospital-prone)
5. Here in Somewhere (guess what industry I work for)
6. Ask Mother Mary Nello (now we all know who the golden child is)
Sorry, Vin, not enough words on your blog.
Friday, December 5, 2008
My Free Dinner
I walked in and saw five people from my structural modules team who were about to leave to go to another bar, as apparently that's where everyone else was. When we got to the bar the hostess asked if we were with the Westinghouse party and directed us to a back room. Turns out it wasn't really a bar with a back room but a restaurant with a front bar. We modules people quickly realized that we totally crashed a non-modules Westinghouse party for the piping group and our Spanish design partners. We felt a little awkward, but when the waitress asked for our orders and directed us to the one table that was empty and conveniently had six seats, we decided to stay. I got filet mignon, red wine and chocolate mousse cake.
The guy who was in charge of the dinner party came over later and said, "What are you doing here?" We got nervous and tried to explain, "We didn't know ..." but it turned out he was just asking one of us why we were in the U.S. instead of China.
[That's a stock photo of filet mignon, and the turkeys below are from Google images, too. Sorry, I don't always have a chance to use my camera.]
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Why Did the Wild Turkeys Cross the Street?
I don't know, but there were about a dozen, and they held up traffic for a bit. Maybe they were trying to get to the library?
Monday, October 27, 2008
I Am Going to Fix This Myself
Notice the left side is longer than the right.
How long it is in the front ...
... compared to the back.
This is with my hair "spiked." Normally, it is the front that sticks up, not the back.It couldn't be worse.
Lesson learned: don't fall for the $5 haircut coupon. Stick with the more expensive stylist that actually gave you a good haircut.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
"He Needs to Get Educated ... That Was Disappointing"
Just got out of a teleconference between an Obama spokesman and the NA-YGN (North American Young Generation in Nuclear). Some highlights:
The three Westinghouse people to attend were myself (Republican), a woman I didn't know (presumably a Democrat), and my coworker who invited us (undecided, "probably going to stoop to vote Republican").
- Obama is opposed to Yucca mountain, the current storage facility of nuclear waste. To this, the presumdem said "Wow. He really needs to get educated." It reminded me of an Alec Baldwin HuffPo article.
-- Obama is also against recycling nuclear waste as he believes it will put out more weapons grade material. So it seems like he doesn't want to store the waste or reuse it (and our current nuclear methods mean there will be waste).
-- The spokesman kept saying "if it turns out nuclear is the best source of energy ... ". Keep in mind this was to an audience of all nuclear industry workers. This would be like saying to autoworkers in Detroit "if American cars are actually the best ... ".
-- McCain has pushed for at least 45 new plants, but the spokesman said they questioned his sincerity. When asked how many the Obama camp wants, the question was unsubtly dodged.
-- Several studies since 9/11 have shown that these nuclear plants we want to build are safe, but when this was mention, the spokesman said that Obama still wasn't sure and mentioned Three Mile Island (which, mind you, wasn't the catastrophe it was made out to be, and nobody suffered from radiation effects).
Update more later ...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Viva la Vida
My new place in Monroeville!
The living room (bowling trophy lamps for the end tables are coming Thursday). The couch and chair are microfiber, which repels liquid.
The home theater.
The dining room (matches the living room end tables and coffee table).
The kitchen (with Jessica's coffeemaker and Justine's vegetables).
The office (in the bedroom).
My bed, which has the same bedding set as Anna. (The rest of the bedroom is boring because I don't have a dresser yet.)
The bathroom.Friday, July 25, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A Job. A Test. A Disc. A Something.
I accepted a job with Turner in upstate New York this week. I'll be working 45 minutes away in Oxford (not the one in Britain) as a field engineer. I'll help out building a nursing home, which should be completed by the end of the year, just in time for my mom to move in.
The job starts April 1, but I'm taking a test April 12 so until the job starts I'll be studying for that. I'm taking the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, which eventually leads to another test that might someday make me more valuable and worth more money.
Meanwhile Gnarls Barkley is rush-releasing their next album. This makes me happy because it was supposed to come out April 8, then this morning the release date was moved to March 25, and just now it was announced that it's for sale as of tomorrow. This is the band that sings "Crazy," so you know I'm excited.
Can't think of a fourth thing yet but it'll come to me.
Monday, March 3, 2008
There And Back Again
I stopped by 30 Rockefeller Center, but I didn't see anyone from the show. Hopefully I'll get the job with Turner I interviewed for (the reason I went to NYC).
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Fun Music Videos
While most music videos are stupid and immoral, there are a few that are pretty good. Take Feist's "1234" (from the iPod commercial). I really like the colors and the fact that it's a one-take shot.
Feist is also up for a few Grammy awards. One of her older ones, "Mushaboom," reminds me of my favorite flying dreams.
I'm not going to embed every video, but here are some others I think are pretty fun.
Alanis Morrissette - Everything (Not really one-take like "1234" but similar)
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy v1 and v2 (Still my favorite song)
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (Maybe PG for the lyrics but I really like the dancers)
Feist - My Moon My Man (Another Feist one)
White Stripes - Fell in Love With a Girl (They have a bunch of special-effects filled red, white & black videos)
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Sigma Alpha Lambda (Not a Fraternity)
Since I didn't go to a real high school and because I inadvertently messed up graduating with honors from FUS, I don't have a ton of academic accolades. I didn't have this blog when I got my Phi Kappa Phi award, but now that I've also been asked to join Sigma Alpha Lamba, I am going to give myself a pat on the back for my accomplishments.*
* I should note that I was asked to join Sigma Alpha Lambda based on my 4.0 GPA at Binghamton University, but I only took two or three classes at a time when I was there.
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