February 18, 2010
Certainly Everyone's Error
I have been feeling a bit under the weather recently but I think I am coming back from it, so fear not. Anyways, there are outstanding topics that I need to tell you guys!
Such as, did you know that Coffee Grounds in Rancho actually has grade-A coffee? Surprising, huh?
However, not everything is as ~*blasé*~ as that, I promise! For instance, I think that the fact that I bought a generously sized tub to put assorted crap into is pretty cool. The aforementioned tub is actually a Roughneck Jumbo and I put my own person Seal-of-Approval on it.
I put a lot of stuff into the tub including but not limited to, all my old high school and college assignments / yearbooks. Keeping those terrible memories company is a bunch of sports memorabilia, lunch boxes and VHS' (interesting plurality there. VHSes? VHS'? VHSs?). Yet, my room does not look any cleaner. Hmmmm.
Speaking of VHS, I am not sure if I told you all about my speaking engagement at Valhalla High School. On February 5th, I spoke to Valhalla's Digital Art classes (and more importantly, Mark's brother) about carreeers and ddessiggnn and inspirration.
Let me tell you, the experience was a stark contrast to teaching little kids. The majority of the high school students did not care about what was said, whereas the 7-13 year olds would eat it up like candy. The young ones were always starry-eyed and filled with creativity, imagination, wonder and excitement–not one was apathetic.
I imagine that the common response to this is that “Making the students interested is the most fun part!” I can level with that retort but I cannot imagine that it is the same as having the kids organically interested from Day One.
Either way, the best part of the day was having a Juggalo in one class. I bet if more students listened to Insane Clown Posse, they would care more about school. ?
While on the subject of secrets based in early February, I remembered that I never told you about the job opportunity I passed up with a local Twitter-based start-up. I blindly called them on a whim and they just happened to be looking for someone in my realm of expertise, everything looked great on paper. However, during my Christmas Eve phone interview, I found that they were relocating to San Francisco on February 1st. Naturally, I was incredibly excited about this chance, as San Francisco is my dream town but after a couple of days, logistics started to settle in. Could I actually find a place to live, pack my belongings and say my goodbyes in one month’s time? I decided that the answer was no, especially since I didn’t even have my tub at that time(!). Looking back, I hope this all will not result in an “Oops” later down the line.
On a much lighter note, I got my car fixed on Monday and it runs like a dream machine. Since I know nothing about cars, I am not sure which repair helped the most so I suggest that all of you get an oil change, and alignment adjustment and new tires.
Rounding this post out is going to be some bullet points because I am getting tired…
- Oil change + alignment adjustment + new tires = dream machine car
- Mark coached me via the Internet last night on how to make a Grilled Cheese. Needless to say, it was amaazzzinngg. I am proud that it came out, since it was only my second time!
- This is a hard subject for me to talk about but I think props should be given where they are due… Mark, Ashley and I played Scrabble the other day and Mark killed me by about 70 points. There are reasons why I should not be playing games like Scrabble or Trivial Pursuit; I take them far too seriously… Hence me downloading Super Rub-a-Dub on the PS3.
- It just occurred to me that I do not have a “voice” in my blog entries. It is all just randomly assorted garbage. Gina, help!
Okay, I will leave you with this:
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Active Discussion
Joey • February 18th 2010 • Reply
CEE IS DEAD. LONG LIVE CEE!!
Chris Jack • February 18th 2010 • Reply
The WoW account guy is funny because it's the EXACT voice Hazz does, and he has a picture of princess Leia.
Also, I get my oil changed every 3,000 miles, its one of the best things you can do to take care of your car. I would also recommend taking out your air filter and knocking the dirt out and even clean the throttle body if you are up for it; those are good for gas mileage.
Mark • February 18th 2010 • Reply
4. I agree, those buckets are amazing. Guess what happened when my mom found out about them?
1. I'm glad the grilled cheese came out well.
5. I also found out that denser and boads are not words. Next time we play there's an official scrabble dictionary online we should use to check things.
2. I'm really glad you included that Francis video.
3. The Super Rub-a-Dub trailer is amazing, haha.
Annie! • February 18th 2010 • Reply
You just have to play scrabble the right way, Lamajorgunsdoge!
Jeff Micklos • February 18th 2010 • Reply
@joe, those words... they send chills down my spine...
@chris, that sounds really intense for me to do and really expensive for someone else to do. haha. I wish my car was as easy to take apart as yours is...
@mark, shoot. I think playing with an official scrabble dictionary is taking it too far for me. Actually, I think any form of scrabble is taking it too far for me...
Also, I tried to get a Grilled Cheese at Cosmos and it just wasn't up to par. They closest they could get was Cheddar cheese on Sourdough.
ALSO, I found out that Super Rub-a-Dub is only $6.99! It is probably safe to say that I will own that game the next time you come over. Oh and we should totally rent Fear 2...
Mark • February 18th 2010 • Reply
oh god, who would play fear 2 if we rented it? We'd have to wait for chris to come down again. And seriously, only $7, you better have Super Rub-a-Dub by the next time I come over. We gotta save those ducklings.
Jeff Micklos • February 18th 2010 • Reply
Hahaha, we DO gotta save those ducklings! So so true.
And you should double check with him but I THINK Chris is coming down this weekend because Ashley is going to Arizona... But I am not 100% sure...
Chris Jack • February 18th 2010 • Reply
Jeff you better head to blockbuster right now and get FEAR2 because I am coming down in 10 hours and Ashley will be gone all weekend.
I will also be down next weekend too, lucky me.
Jeff Micklos • February 18th 2010 • Reply
Alright Chrissy, I will stop before I go home!
DEEDEEYEAYEAH!
Annie Szafranski • February 18th 2010 • Reply
Need to attend Fear2 event!