boredom + alcohol = really amazing ideas

just got back from snowboarding in utah.  it was nice not having to go to work, but really, we got more snow in atlanta on sunday night than we did in park city, which made for a pretty crappy trip since we planned to spend every day all day on the mountains.  the company was great, but the conditions were terrible, and i won't be going back unless it's free.  i'll gladly revisit solitude & brighton, but park city - listen: we're done.  although i may have to go back for the chicken flautas at baja cantina.  yeah, that'll be it.  those things are epic.

view while riding up the town lift.   i've been to park city mtn three times and this was the first time i'd ever thought to snowboard right into town.  kinda cool.  

after hitting up the hot tub on tuesday afternoon andy & i holed ourselves up in our hotel room at the canyons with some grocery store sushi and booze.  i poured myself a drink - coke zero & makers mark - but had nothing to stir it with. i ripped off one of the giant wax drips from the bottle and stirred my drink with that.  i'm sure i'm not the first person to do that, but andy thought it was a great idea and said i should send the idea to makers mark in the hopes of scoring some free stuff.   then the idea of sending an email to them kinda evolved into us filming a video.

you know how when you're drunk you get ideas that seem really awesome at the time, but are kinda stupid?  *this is the perfect example* 

drunky mcdrunkerson comin' atcha!  

this video was accomplished on the 2nd take and without the use of a script.  we were pretty amused with ourselves.  now it just seems foolish.  

gobbles mcbutterball made the trip.  he doesn't much care for snowboarding though. now that i think about it, i guess i could have stirred my drink with the clean end of a chopstick from the sushi box.  

colonel mustard...in the library...with the rope

ok, here's something unsettling i found in my condo by the front door. it appeared early last week and to my knowledge is still there.

what the...

new door stop, or evidence? damn you, overactive imagination.
(probably just a tool that the landscapers left behind)

now let's talk about the snow & ice situtation.  first day after the snow, totally awesome (unless you had somewhere to be, i guess).  obviously no one was going anywhere, ie. i wouldn't be able to cure any boredom with mindless bargain hunting at tjmaxx. so i left my place to walk around outside and survey the damage.

mmm abandoned cars.

i was scouting for terrain that would make for a good ski run but knew i'd never actually take my snowboard out on the road for fear i'd scrape it up too bad (or hurt myself and/or look like an idiot).  i walked all the way up to my office but figured it was pointless to go in and work.  so i walked home, got some chores done and relaxed a bit.  well, a lot, actually.  i must have launched over 1,000 angry birds.  by the end of the evening i was a little restless and bored.  well, ask and ye shall receive, because around 9pm i heard a loud "kabooooom!!" which of course got me looking out my window.  i thought a car had crashed into the gate or something.  and then i heard it again, followed by the sound of people running on the snow.  check it out:

so thankfully it wasn't a grisly scene and no one was injured.  

leaving for utah on thursday.  hoping the ice melts so we won't have problems getting to the airport. i'm especially stoked about this trip because we're joining naomi & brandon out there (but sad that i'm going to miss the falcons game...lets hope they win b/c i've got tix to the nfc championship game!!)

3 years of blogging, and some toilet humor

if you glance at the archive menu on the right of the page you'll see that i've been blogging for a solid three years.  amazing that i kept it up. it's filled with as much pointless stuff as ever, and i don't intend to stop any time soon.

random anecdote: andy went to ulta with me yesterday. all i needed was to return a few things that i ended up not giving as Christmas gifts and pick up one or two things for myself. i knew he wouldn't want to go in there but he's nice so he tagged along.  i was browsing for products and he came up to me and said you know what this store needs? -i already knew what he was going to say - an area for men, like a man-cave.  i agree. but i said "well you know they have products for dudes" but he wasn't amused. funny.  but i will say, there's something oddly satisfying about a man who only buys his personal care products at grocery stores.


my coworker, "champ," was proud to show me a menu from a local thai/chinese restaurant:

i guess this explains the "special brown sauce" that is referenced in some entrees.

he asked me if i liked crab angels and thrust the paper menu at me.  when i saw the mistake, he said he thought it was good blog material.  i didn't think it was too great, but since it's been a while since i've posted i figure i'd humor him, and now it's turned into a decent post, i think. so yes, it's interesting that the mistake is on both the printed menu and the website.  this leads me to believe that there may be a situation that needs to be investigated, ie. i may need to eat lunch at this place or at least get takeout. here's the conversation that followed, perhaps you'll find it humorous.