Random Acts of Trivia

Round Two

Andia goes in for the right eye today. Everyone think happy thoughts.

New Stuff

Hello old friend.

Where the hell was I? Oh, we got a new television for the living room. It's a 40" lcd 1080p. The thing just barely fits in the Ikea entertainment center. I mean that too. Dad and I had to jimmy rig some stoppers to keep it in place. When I ordered it I didn't think about the stand adding another two inches to it's height. Luckily it has a built in dvd player in it that makes the base stable enough for it to stand. Anyways it looks awesome...well, save for the one dead pixel in the lower left corner. Not sure if it's annoying enough back to send it in.

The 32" got moved to the bedroom. Pryor and I had to make two trips to the hardware store to get everything needed for the job of mounting it to the wall. The wall in question is concrete. More jimmying was required. That thing isn't going anywhere.

My Mother Knows Everyone

Mom calls me the other night to tell me a funny story. She manages bank branches in Sand Springs, Owasso, Miami and Grove. A couple of times a month she travels to those branches with an investment officer. The other day she's talking to the girl on one of their trips. Mom discovered she graduated from Sand Springs and asked her what year. The girl says '93. Mom tells her that her son graduated in '92, but his last name is Matthews, not Barnes. The girl turns beet read in mom's passenger seat. The girl says, "oh my god! Jeremy was the first boy I seriously made out with." I start laughing because I know exactly whom she's talking about. Indeed, she was the first girl I made it to second base with. I told that to mom and she said that would make future trips awkward. I then added we made out in my room. Several times. Ahhh, Junior High.

Duel Screening It

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Nintendo DS is one of the coolest games I've played in a long time. It's everything you want from the GTA franchise with the added bonus of using the touch screen for various activities. Say you break into a car. Well, now with the touch screen you actually have to unscrew the steering column, disconnect the wires and twist them together to hotwire it. There's a convenience store that sells scratch off tickets. You use the touch screen to scratch the tickets.  You also use that screen to navigate the game map and choose weapons. Great game.

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The Dream is Pissed On

For those not in the know, the Watchman comic ends with a giant squid attacking New York. The book is set in a world where heroes are outlawed because the government things they're no longer needed. The squid is used by unknown forces as a worst case scenario (i.e. alien invasion) to show the world that heroes are needed. Alas, we've known for months that the big screen version of Watchman will not have the giant squid in it. Someone just broke the news to Hitler.

Momma Mia

We went downtown to Joe Momma's Pizza Saturday night and I gotta tell ya, we'll be back. You walk into the place and pass by the guy hand tossing the dough into the air. We sat down and ordered some fried mushrooms as we tried to decide what pies to get. When the mushrooms arrived a popped one in my mouth and instantly wished I was the only person at our table. The best fried mushrooms I've ever had.

Jay and I decided to split a 14" pie, half Lucky #7 (Momma’s red sauce, pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, black olives, red onions, green peppers, and mozzarella cheese) and half Chicken Bacon Ranch (Buttermilk ranch, chicken, thin strips of breakfast
bacon, Roma tomatoes, and a sprinkle of cheddar cheese.) Andia and Janina split there own pie. Half Six Cheese (Momma’s red sauce,100% whole milk pizza
crumble mozzarella, parmesan, romano, feta, provolone and cheddar cheeses) and half Betty White (Alfredo sauce, Roma tomatoes, Feta cheese, and crushed black pepper.) Other pies of note on the menu were the T-Rex (Pepperoni, Black Angus beef, sausage, andouille sausage, Italian sausage, salami, breakfast bacon, ham, and a sprinkle of cheddar cheese) and the Judgement Day (Spicy arrabiata sauce, sliced hot link, red hot
buffalo chicken, pepperoni, red bell peppers, habanero shreds and jalapeno peppers.)

Janina had the line of the night. When Andia asked he if she didn't like mushrooms Janina replied, "no, but they're growing on me." I then added an occasional shower would stop that. Also of note that night was the music the place played. All 80's hits. We got some Def Leppard, some Journey and we even got Rick-rolled. Great time.

Joe Momma's Pizza, you rock!