Day 179

Today is a great day to be awesome. I mean everyday is, but I'm wearing that shirt again. I would still make them for distribution, but I need more than two people to sign up. But I digress.

Road trips are always awesome. What is not good about getting in a car with a couple buddies and driving for a few hours to hang out with some other friends for a few hours? Nothing, that's what's not awesome (did you follow that whole double and triple negative chain?).

So were getting close to Champaign, Illinois where my buddy Jim lives. He's got a little event/party thing going on, so Aaron, Ian and I decided to make the three hour drive. I spent most of the drive up finishing up the video for church tomorrow, which I would still like to polish some, but its totally passable now. We've also been listening to some gangsta-ish rap and stuff, which is not awesome, but not too bad.

So, next time you have a chance, or just a free Saturday, get in a car aand drive a while with friends, its awesome.

Have a fabulous evening!

Day 178

Happy Boxing Canadians, eh!

Quick joke, since I'm talking about Canada. Know how they came up with the name Canada? They drew letters out of a hat: C, eh? N, eh? D, eh? Get it!! I crack myself up!

Back to what's awesome. Conserving energy. I do that by keeping my place frigid. All the time, basically. So, it gets really cold at night. And, despite my two comforters, I have trouble staying cold in bed. So I asked my mother for some warmer sheets, or an electric blanket or something. Therefore, I got me some flannel sheets for Christmas and they are freaking awesome! Here is a photograph:

Doesn't that just look crazy inviting?? Well, it is. It is very comfortable and warm. I love them.

In case you were wondering, I also got a lot of other cool stuff for Christmas, including, but not limited to, a whole mess of clothes, a sweet stocking cap (handmade by my sister-in-law, thanks Adriane!), a Christmas ornament (to adorn my Christmas tree that stays up all year), more clothes, and an awesome calendar (that included a great surprise, but that may not be for me to divulge just yet) and probably some other cool stuff. Great Christmas.

So, what cool stuff did ya'll get this year?

Ok, enough, have a great day!!

Day 177

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

I hope you all had a very merry Christmas! Today's awesomosity is, shockingly enough, Christmas. What a great day! The second day in less than a month you get to spend with family, gorge yourself (at least I did), and for the double bonus, there are presents involved.

I'm gonna keep it short and sweet today, but I would love to hear all about how awesome your Christmas!

Remember a few weeks ago, when I talked about Google Docs and there was a form to fill out? Well, had you filled out a form, you would have received an email with a link to a video that was awesome. Here is a frame of that video.

See you tomorrow!!

Day 176

As I take a break from wrapping my presents (yes, I am wrapping presents at midnight on Christmas Eve, I mean, I just bought them all yesterday! Merry Christmas!) I came across a service that I could have use had I been a little better prepared. I give you "Crap Wrap"

That's right, none of my loved ones would have been the wiser, had I used this service. If you are too lazy to watch the video but want to know the story, here is a link. Basically, this website, www.firebox.com, has started offrering a service where they specifically wrap presents to make it look like a man did it. Uneven cuts, packing tape instead of clear tape, and just generally mashed together. They even use tacky paper. Awesome.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!

Day 175

For today's awesomosity, I turn to a story that came up on my iGoogle homepage this morning. Today is a busy day, so its nice to see a great story every once in a while. Today, I am working animating some text for some slides for next Sunday's service at church. Then we're gonna try to shoot a man on the street video, assuming people will be willing to talk to us in the bitter cold. Then its off to do my Christmas shopping. Yes, I have not even started my shopping. Oh well.

So, back to the news story I saw. Here it is in it's entirety:

Merger of Christmas ans Hannakuh announced.

Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Hanukkah will merge. An industry source said that the deal had been in the works for about 1300 years.

While details were not available at press time, it is believed that the overhead cost of having twelve days of Christmas and eight days of Hanukkah was becoming prohibitive for both sides. By combining forces, we''re told, the world will be able to enjoy consistently high-quality service during the Fifteen Days of Chrismukah, as the new holiday is being called.

Massive layoffs are expected, with lords a-leaping and maids a-milking being the hardest hit. As part of the conditions of the agreement, the letters on the dreydl, currently in Hebrew, will be replaced by Latin, thus becoming unintelligible to a wider audience.

Also, instead of translating to "A great miracle happened there," the message on the dreydl will be the more generic "Miraculous stuff happens." In exchange, it is believed that Jews will be allowed to use Santa Claus and his vast merchandising resources for buying and delivering their gifts.

One of the sticking points holding up the agreement for at least three hundred years was the question of whether Jewish children could leave milk and cookies for Santa even after having eaten meat for dinner. A breakthrough came last year, when Oreos were finally declared to be Kosher. All sides appeared happy about this.

A spokesman for Christmas, Inc., declined to say whether a takeover of Kwanzaa might not be in the works as well. He merely pointed out that, were it not for the independent existence of Kwanzaa, the merger between Christmas and Chanukah might indeed be seen as an unfair cornering of the holiday market. Fortunately for all concerned, he said, Kwanzaa will help to maintain the competitive balance. He then closed the press conference by leading all present in a rousing rendition of "Oy Vey, All Ye Faithful."

Well, I hope you enjoyed this story of a Christmas miracle. Have a very Merry Christmas. And for those of you that filled out my Google form a few weeks ago, your Christmas present will be in the email very shortly, and its gonna be extremely awesome.

Have a great day!!

Day 174

What a great day to be awesome. And still cold. Also, a great day for donuts. Not just any donuts, but possibly the best donuts in Saint Louis, at World's Fair Donuts.

You can find WFD at the corner of Vandeventer and Shaw, and I highly recommend you do. They have some of the best buttermilk donuts ever made. And they are just $.47. Bargain. The best part about it is that the place is run by this old couple, Terry and Peggy Clanton. He makes the donuts in the background, she is the counter person and has the most awesome beehive and a few pounds of makeup. It's quite the trip. Peggy also has some crazy math skills, you can order a dozen, tell her what you want, and before she even closes the box, she has a total for you, iuncluding tax, to the penny, without even touching a calculator or the really old school cash register they got. It's amazing.

Here is an article the NY Times wrote about Saint Louis a few years back, and of course, WFD got a nod. Decent article.

Here is the view inside the shop waiting for some donuts.

That is another counter girl they have apparently hired recently. Terry is just out of view in the back, and Peggy is just in view over the guy's left shoulder. Go and see for yourself how awesome it is.

Here I am eagerly awaiting my breakfast. Have a splendid day!!

Day 173

Good afternoon everyone! What a great day to be awesome!! And cold.

So, I'm sitting in church this morning, wondering how I'm going to hear the Christmas story this year, when my church showed a pretty cool animated video. So cool, in fact, that it's today's awesomosity. I was sitting at my folks house with my momma, showing her a really cool video that was on d'anarthria a few weeks ago. Then I decided to try and find this cartoon we saw this morning. It took apporxiamately 3 seconds. Here it is, enjoy:



So, I think that video is awesome. It helps me remember the real reason of Christmas. To know that stories are just that, stories. Songs are just songs. traditions are just traditions. But that star, and what it means, give my life meaning. Awesome.

Have a wonderfully warm day!