how I roll...

everyone has quirks. This is just one of mine. I separate my m&ms befor consuming.

i can't help myself

Some days I get good ideas. Some days I get very creative ideas. Today I got neither, so I made this on CafePress. Paris Hilton is headed off to jail. Whoop-dee-doo. I could say the news inspired me, but clearly that is not the case.

Now I am not suggesting you buy something. But, it certainly wouldn’t bother me if you persuaded some of your less “classy” acquaintances to do a little shopping.

http://www.cafepress.com/parisfree

Oh yeah! Don’t forget my hip, “talkin’ jive” line as well. It’s DOPE. All the fly kids be sportin’ that gear.

OK, now I am completely humiliated. Have a swell day.

G

ummm...yuck!

I like natural and organic stuff as much as the next guy, but there are some things I just won't try.

our fearless leader

prepared to lead us off into the rugged, dark wasteland known as city park.

doing what eric does...

paper or...paper?

This is awesome. I can only hope it moves eastward very soon.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/27/environment.baggs.reut/index.html

When we were in Amsterdam for a week over X-Mas 2005, our studio apartment came with a supply of heavy plastic bags. The landlord warned us that we would need them if we went shopping.

Sure enough, when I went shopping for supplies soon after getting settled, I noticed the clerks weren't even offering bags, let alone paper or plastic. If you needed a bag, you had to ask, and you were charged for it.

Thanks to my recent trip to South by Southwest in Austin, I have doubled my stash of canvas shopping bags. And they knock a few nickels off my shopping bill every time I use them. Sweet!

G

$8.32

Charges for that exact amount appear in my bank account at least twice a week. Now you know what I want for christmas.

back to the grind

refreshed and re-energized to be sure.

holy crap!

it is 11:09pm in austin, tx. We were supposed to leave at 4:50pm Our NEW plane is supposed to leave in 6 minutes. BUT there are "mechanical problems" with a seat. Apparently they have called the mechanic. We are never going home.

united sucks!

our flight home was seriously delayed due to the plane we were supposed to fly on having "mechanical problems." Right now they tell us we should get home around 1am, after a replacement plane arrives around 10:30 pm. We aren't confident. Mike wants to be compensated with "some sort of a meat sandwich." Stacy prefers a candy bribery.

culinary awesome-ness

"Protein 2000" and potstickers at the all vegetarian joint, Veggie Heaven. I didn't mean to post the same picture twice. I will swap one out with another food pic I took. It was all so tasty.

veggie heaven

near the UT campus. Delicious. Mike is enjoying the Mount Fuji Wrap. Full of "vegetarian chicken".

pizza again?!

standard dinner on 6th street in austin. There are about 37 different pizza windows along the bar crawl. 34 of them are the same company. All of them are mediocre.

ahhhh...

the life of the open bar...

the waitress was wandering through the throngs of badge-wearers with a tray full of Sierra Nevada Pale Ales and shots of Patron looking for a group of geeks that had left the party. I felt it was my duty to lighten her load. I mean, it's all free, right? Ok, the tequila went un-consumed.

inside the paramount

this is the ceiling inside thie old theater that seats 1200.

street pizza and balloon animals

more lines

this time, we are in line to see "knocked up" the latest comedy from judd apatow. He's the guy that made "40 year-old virgin" as well as "freaks and geeks".

team segway

went to church on sunday

the premiere of "what would jesus buy?" was great. More q/a from the good reverend billy, morgan spurlock and the director (sorry I don't remember his name offhand**- he wasn't very talkative) as well as a great performance by the entire "stop shopping gospel choir" followed the movie.

I thought the film was very well done. Like "super-size me" it was a serious message delivered with a good dose of humor. the plan is to have this documentary released at christmas time.

**This post, as well as all others at SXSW 2007, were posted on the spot via my Palm Treo. Some details slipped through the cracks. Thanks to the comment on this post, I was reminded that the director of the film is Rob Van Alkemade. **

showtime

inside the paramount, waiting for the lights to come down. we are all about to learn about the sins of commercialization, as preached by the reverend billy and the stop shopping gospel choir.