So I haven't posted in a while... It seems like I've had a lot going on but at the same time I'm bored out of my mind. Most of you reading this will already know that I got laid off about a week and a half ago. So I've been job hunting and trying to formulate a game plan. Everyone has been really encouraging and listening for any job openings but there isn't anything so far. I really felt blessed to have that job and God really opened a lot of doors in order for me to get it. I had a plan and then it was like, "Psych!" But hey... enough with that. I have to have faith that God will work things out for me. And I need to appreciate the time off.
Right now I'm watching Friends with Ashley while she is on her lunch break, they've used the term "yetti" about 20 times in this episode and that in itself might make it one of my favorite episodes. Then I'm going to go grocery store with my mom later.
And I've decided I want to ride bikes more... I have one in the garage that my dad gave to me, but I NEVER ride it. The other day I had diner with my family and afterwards Bryson wanted me to ride bikes with him to Foodtown since after all he had 2 dollars in his pocket that he needed to spend. And what better place is there to buy two dollars worth of crap you didn't need? I hadn't even realized it but I think it's probably been at least a year since I've ridden a bike. No good people, no good. Katie has next Monday and Tuesday off and she's super excited about me being home to hang out with her. So she's already planning stuff like bike rides to the park (even though it's across the street) to have a picnic and me possibly going to pick up my parents dog so her moms dog will have someone to play with while we do puppet shows for them... yeah basically a bunch of stuff that I wouldn't do if you paid me. I'll probably compromise and go with the bike rideing and the picnic but "On-e ot-e hte-e ogde's" for sure. (note: that was my attempt at typing up pig latin)
Ok got to go Garron is calling... I love getting calls.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Drayton Michael DuPree
He has no idea I'm posting this... and he doesn't read this blog so he will likely never know. But I think he deserves a blog post dedicated to him and his vast stores of knowledge.
I got the inspiration for this post just moments ago when a fellow twitter-finatic (TheGreatBohac) tweeted this: "Its hard to tell when some one who "knows everything" actually gets something right or not." Of course I thought of my little bro Dray.
I used to tell him he was making things up, but that would only ensure me a one way ticket to lecture-ville for the next 20 minutes all to come to the conclusion that I'm an idiot, he's a genius, and I shouldn't try and correct him... EVER. Hahaha... you know the best thing about those situations is that he wasn't offended that I didn't believe him, nor was he mad at me for having the "I'm older and therefore always right" attitude that I had 90% of the time. When I didn't believe him he was only concerned with making sure I had my facts right, and that if I ever happen to need to know the dietary habits of an angel shark that I would have the correct information.
I mean how many of you actually have a brother who likes to go through and find historical or biological mistakes in National Geographic magazines? For example, at breakfast one day my dad Wade(who can be just as nerdy, although he has slightly more socially acceptable interests) started reading an article on the oldest hair ever found. Well he's reading away about this new mummy they've found that still has it's hair, and Drayton all of the sudden stops him with...
Dray: WHAT?!?!?! A mummy that is 9,000 years old?!?! That's historically impossible since the oldest artifact, let alone mummy WITH HAIR, that we've found in Egypt is only 6,000 years old!
Wade: Oh no, it says here that it was in China.
Dray: Are you kidding?!?! This has to be one of the most nonfactual articles ever! When did the Chinese mummify??? I mean I took Ancient Chinese History and they have their entombment processes but they aren't classified as 'mummies'!
Wade: Oh sorry I read it wrong, it's Chile.
Dray: Oh ok... good. I mean in Chile it would be fairly easy for them to find a mummy that old because they had a different process of mummification, and we find civilizations there that date back 12,000 years. But they need to specify that it's Chile first thing in the article, because anyone reading would know that there aren't mummies that old in Egypt which is where most people assume all mummies are from.
Me: Um... I wouldn't have known that.
Dray: Are you kidding? Well then you might have believed it was found in China too!
Me: Oh well probably if that's what they said.
Dray: Great... history is dead.
Me: Sorry, I hope I didn't kill it.
That is just one of many things to love about him... but I have to admit we (meaning my 3 other brothers and I) often take advantage of his passionate disposition. I think he didn't speak to us for at least a day because we wouldn't take the rapid death rate of coral seriously. We were just being facetious, I mean he had all of his facts and in 100 years when all life on earth is dead we'll all know that he warned us.
And no matter how much we protest he insists on playing fact/trivia games at the dinner table. And if we can't get out of it we at least get a good laugh out of the fact that he's the only one giving serious/appropriate questions and answers. And for all his efforts to further educate us, he still takes it like a champ when we ignore it.
So this post is for Drayton, when he get's his doctorate in some field that I wont be able to pronounce I promise to call him "Dr. Dray" in my most gangsta style and give him all the street cred I can. Because no matter how much we tease him he still remains one of the coolest guys I know.
I got the inspiration for this post just moments ago when a fellow twitter-finatic (TheGreatBohac) tweeted this: "Its hard to tell when some one who "knows everything" actually gets something right or not." Of course I thought of my little bro Dray.
I used to tell him he was making things up, but that would only ensure me a one way ticket to lecture-ville for the next 20 minutes all to come to the conclusion that I'm an idiot, he's a genius, and I shouldn't try and correct him... EVER. Hahaha... you know the best thing about those situations is that he wasn't offended that I didn't believe him, nor was he mad at me for having the "I'm older and therefore always right" attitude that I had 90% of the time. When I didn't believe him he was only concerned with making sure I had my facts right, and that if I ever happen to need to know the dietary habits of an angel shark that I would have the correct information.
I mean how many of you actually have a brother who likes to go through and find historical or biological mistakes in National Geographic magazines? For example, at breakfast one day my dad Wade(who can be just as nerdy, although he has slightly more socially acceptable interests) started reading an article on the oldest hair ever found. Well he's reading away about this new mummy they've found that still has it's hair, and Drayton all of the sudden stops him with...
Dray: WHAT?!?!?! A mummy that is 9,000 years old?!?! That's historically impossible since the oldest artifact, let alone mummy WITH HAIR, that we've found in Egypt is only 6,000 years old!
Wade: Oh no, it says here that it was in China.
Dray: Are you kidding?!?! This has to be one of the most nonfactual articles ever! When did the Chinese mummify??? I mean I took Ancient Chinese History and they have their entombment processes but they aren't classified as 'mummies'!
Wade: Oh sorry I read it wrong, it's Chile.
Dray: Oh ok... good. I mean in Chile it would be fairly easy for them to find a mummy that old because they had a different process of mummification, and we find civilizations there that date back 12,000 years. But they need to specify that it's Chile first thing in the article, because anyone reading would know that there aren't mummies that old in Egypt which is where most people assume all mummies are from.
Me: Um... I wouldn't have known that.
Dray: Are you kidding? Well then you might have believed it was found in China too!
Me: Oh well probably if that's what they said.
Dray: Great... history is dead.
Me: Sorry, I hope I didn't kill it.
That is just one of many things to love about him... but I have to admit we (meaning my 3 other brothers and I) often take advantage of his passionate disposition. I think he didn't speak to us for at least a day because we wouldn't take the rapid death rate of coral seriously. We were just being facetious, I mean he had all of his facts and in 100 years when all life on earth is dead we'll all know that he warned us.
And no matter how much we protest he insists on playing fact/trivia games at the dinner table. And if we can't get out of it we at least get a good laugh out of the fact that he's the only one giving serious/appropriate questions and answers. And for all his efforts to further educate us, he still takes it like a champ when we ignore it.
So this post is for Drayton, when he get's his doctorate in some field that I wont be able to pronounce I promise to call him "Dr. Dray" in my most gangsta style and give him all the street cred I can. Because no matter how much we tease him he still remains one of the coolest guys I know.
Monday, May 04, 2009
Free Coffee
There are some things that will always make your day better... free coffee is one of them.
So here's a shout out to my man Adrien (even though he doesn't know my name, or read this blog) from the Starbucks by Fry's! I really appreciated the Iced Double Shot upgrade from Grande to Venti... it really made my day. However, I am now shaking substantially.
That's all for today folks.
So everyone go listen to "Free Coffee" by Ben Folds.
So here's a shout out to my man Adrien (even though he doesn't know my name, or read this blog) from the Starbucks by Fry's! I really appreciated the Iced Double Shot upgrade from Grande to Venti... it really made my day. However, I am now shaking substantially.
That's all for today folks.
So everyone go listen to "Free Coffee" by Ben Folds.
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