freebeard

Apparently contrary to popular belief, chicks do not dig beards...well, at least the only chick that matters to me, my wife, doesn't.
so i have decided to conduct an informal poll. use the comments section to vote whether or not to keep the beard. after a weeks time i will tally the votes.

Writing now in hindsight with this day almost behind us, i regret writing my former submission entitled "tempting fate"...for it seems that i have in essence tempted fate. We have recieved no offer on our home...and also it seems that Cold Stone Creamery ice cream is actually bad for you. approximately 1100 calories in my fav...coffee lovers only. oh well life goes on, and every day we live brings us closer to the next ice age so why not have a little meat on our bones (my sympathy to you Anne (fackin Bakken boobs 'n bones) for you have no meat.

don't forget to "VOTE OR DIE".

tempting fate

i didn't want to write this yesterday because i didn't want to tempt fate, but my realtor said we should be getting an offer on our house today. i don't think it will be for what we want so we will have to negotiate. apparantly the offer is from our neighbor across the street (weird) who fell in love with our house. one of our realtor's partners knew that they were looking for a house so went over there and knocked on their door. i kinda think they just wanted to see inside...to see if the pet cemetery actually has any effect.
if you still haven't seen my house since yesterday i think you can check it out here. Unfortunately the link doesn't go directly to the house so if you are feeling like an adventure...the MLS# is 05-302.

i have included (for ease of use) links to my friends' blogs on the right side of this screen. Amelia and Mike. congrats on the blog mike...it will be like your "Rebel Without a Crew".

my house is a frickin sweet place...so why won't anyone buy it?

uhhh...its been on the market for a good four months now.
no offers, not many lookers even. i need to be living in wash by sep 1st...so the selling deadline for me is the first of august.
its funny because my realtor says that everyone that goes through says the house is beautiful. apparently people don't think so...otherwise, you know, my wallet would be harder to sit on.
i guess in hidsight i shouldn't have moved into a state with such high personal income tax...or maybe i just shouldn't have built my house on a pet cemetery.
if you have never seen my house...you may not see it. i am thinking of burning it down and collecting the insurance. then again, i don't like fire and i wouldn't want to burn my computer.
do i switch realtors or what. if you want to buy my house talk to Patsy at coldwell banker.

time to blog (starring Samuel L Jackson)

okay here's the thing...i drive and talk on my cell phone all the time. i don't understand how they won't allow that, but instead allow a "hands-free" headset. i don't think the problem is your hands...i think its your brain. when i am on my cell phone in my car my brain isn't driving, it's talking.
enough of that.
i just got two of my wisdom teeth pulled 5 days ago and i am starting to feel better. when they put me under i could feel them move my head and pull my teeth. an interesting feeling while under. my favorite part of having my teeth pulled is that i got out of work for two days. my least favorite part of having my teeth pulled is now i have TWO (more) HOLES IN MY HEAD.

my friends

here is a shout out to those who will most likely be reading this shi-ite in the future.

Ian---someday you and i will fly somewhere that we couldn't walk to within a day.

Michael S.---you and i are going to do lots of post-production work on your films.

Erick---i am moving to live closer to you where we will revive Tougher Than Fred Savage, our band.

Laura---my operation buddy...shorter than me but with more spunk.

Mikey B.---my minneapolis buddy who will soon have controlling interest of my favorite chain...best buy.

Cody---my brother who is now a floridian. if you need shark protection...he's your man!

Paul---lives in colorado and wants to work for the FBI. thats cool, but...don't get killed.

Justin W---moving to florida too...helps me with problems...going to have a kid named cletus.

Tommy C---living and dreaming in LA. i hope he makes it so that i won't have to work so hard when i try.

Sarah P---sorry dude, but we aren't moving to iowa anymore. ruth still thinks you're hot though.

Sarah H---Teacher. i see her once a year and we always talk about the good old days. i love those good old days!

Fackin Bakken Boobs 'n Bones---how's it going in the south. you're ladies miss you!

Steph ---i wish that we were still going to live in the same town...but i guess i will have to survive without Rossie.

Amy Jo---graduated from art school. making shirts and drawing and stuff. waiting for her husband to graduate a doctor so she can go into creative retirement.

Jake---banking hardcore. back in school for his masters. one day he will audit me and say, "no."

Lincoln---knows that he wants to be a nurse...but still lives with his dad and doesn't go to school.

Amelia---my inspiration to type words into this machine...looking down so that we may constantly strive. i miss your hairy legs.

Jesse---moving to Indiana so he can fly to where i will live to go snowboarding and make wonderful movies.

Kevin---my MAC friend. inspires me to spend more than i have to get things i don't need, but want really bad.

Lips and Tips---i will definately miss whatever it is that we have...i can't wait till you move to the PNW too!

LuuuuuKE---helped me to see the light coming from the left!!! WEST WING forever friend!

Skip - where are you?

Eric E ---what are you doing in california? are you going to rejoin TTFS and produce our album?

Cargile---dude...married and a kid. nice. i think a texan...so don't mess with him. Remember the towels?

Katie H-B---married my mac friend. her hair is really cool right now.

Giz---your huge hair and personality are missed. did i hear wedding bells?

Kelli---moving to New York...wow...i want you to make it as a designer so that when i am nominated for a grammy, or an academy award, or you know, just for lounging, you can design me an outfit.

meegs---banker extrodinaire. i havn't seen you for ever...plus today.

A.J.---should i call thee captain? boat cruise dancer. i always knew you'd be a hot dancer.

Darcy---my old roomie. we kissed on stage.

Jenni D---my asian friend and future scientist...saving civilization one test tube at a time.

Abby---i havn't seen her since graduation '99. still breaking webbies heart i presume. doing well i'm sure.

Orbs---the world is changing.

Sister---i tricked my bro-in-law into thinking we would move down to AZ. sorry...i am a jerk.

Dot---you son of a peach. or daughter...what are you up to?

Ande Poehls---i watched you burn your happy place with methane gas.

i know there's more...but i have to commit to my BM!

my hearts path

so anyway...to make four words into a story...
when my wife graduated from UND with a master's of social work and couldn't find a job here in the great cities of north dakota, i decided to take it as an opportunity to ruin my dads plans for me.
my dad had visions of me going into the family company to take it over and buy him out...well, truth be told i did too until i remembered how much i loved school.
i have decided to go back to school for music composition and film scoring.
first i applied and auditioned at U of M Twin Cities...after they said not this year then i went on down to ISU where an old prof. of mine does his thing Dr. James Rodde. i auditioned there and was accepted. being accepted makes my ego go yay.
after my wife, Ruth, and i decided that we were going to move to ankeny, ia...i decided i would rather live in the Pacific North West.
so now ruth and i are going to move there when our house sells (more on that later).
the four words being i'm going into music...or railroad's not for me...or sharks can bite hard.