FROM MOUNTAIN MAN TO CHILD MOLESTER ::
I grew a gnarly-ass beard for my holiday snowboarding trip. It was successful; it both frightened bears and pissed off my girlfriend. Before shaving it last night I decided to try out a few looks first. I think the burly one with only my chin shaved might be the best. Not sure what it’s called, but I think the words “burly” and “trucker” should pry be involved.
JARED UP TOP, LINDSEY DOWN BOTTOM ::
Check out The Hero Factory for yourself and make your own hero. This is my company’s Christmas invite, and designing it destroyed about two weeks of my life.
I’VE NAMED HIM SPRINKELS ::
In typical Sze fashion: a sweet hand-made Christmas statue. Damn, she be amazing.
THERE AIN’T NO XMAS ON MALMAC ::
I love Christmas movies and specials. My favorite Christmas movies are Home Alone, Christmas Vacation, and Muppets Christmas Carol. But I also love animated ones like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (I always felt a bit of a kinship to those banished to The Island of Misfit Toys), How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Charlie Brown, and Mickey’s Christmas Carole. This year, I’ve gotten a chance to watch some obscure sitcom specials though (see video above). There’s even an entire Site devoted to such nonsense. I watched the Perfect Strangers special there last week. So great.
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN ::
I saw Let The Right One In at The Mayan Theatre in Denver this weekend. Amazing. Probably the best vampire movie I’ve ever seen. It’s got some gore, of course, but it’s mostly intellectual. And there shouldn’t be very many teenage girls there, like another vampire movie that’s out right now.
I’ll probably be back at The Mayan Theatre soon to see .
THE CACTUS IS NAMED FILBERT II ::
I’ve recently been improving my apartment. Painting a bit, getting new (mainly used, to be honest) furniture - that sort of thing. It actually is feeling a lot like home now.
THE SNOW-MAN ::
I finally made my way up to the mountains for some snowboarding this past weekend. Amazing. I’ll be back this weekend. I can’t wait.
OBAMA ‘08. ::
This is my third presidential election that I’ve been able to vote for. The stakes today are quite a bit higher than the first couple. I voted first thing this morning and was a little bummed to not have to wait in line; I was actually looking forward to being irritated if it meant getting caught up in a lot of passion and excitement. I’ll attempt to get my fill of such things watching the results tonight.
On a voter fraud note, my brother just called me. He had just voted in Weston, NE and noticed my name was still on their voting list, even though I’m registered in Colorado.
“So, if Jared came in here before 7 PM he could vote here?”
“Yep. Wouldn’t be a problem.”
“Even though he already voted in Colorado?”
“He’s registered here, so he can vote here.”
Pretty crazy. You hear about voter fraud all the time, but this just seems too easy. I wonder how many states I could register in and try to vote in.
HEAR ANGEL TRUMPETS AND DEVIL TROMBONES. YOU. ARE. INVITED. ::
This Halloween, I was Alex the Great from A Clockwork Orange. Turns out I look a helluva lot like him. Lindsey had planned on being one of my droogs, but fell ill and had to stay in. Still, her costume was a sight.
A DREYFUSS SANDWICH ::
I had a lot of trouble pegging down what bothered me about the movie W. Dreyfuss mentioned on the view that Oliver Stone excluded the American people as a character; that hadn’t dawned on me but I think that’s where the movie lost me as well. Pretty cool guy, actually.