Fact: Women are not supposed to wear white dresses to another person's wedding.
Fact: I didn't know this before last week.
Fact: This is just crazy.
MoPo, JC, and I had a very interesting lunch conversation last week over this apparently malicious behavior--in which I largely judged this particular "etiquette" as completely absurd. Seriously, think about it: is anyone truly going to mix up the bride (who, you know, is wearing a wedding dress) with another female who is wearing a predominantly white colored dress? I doubt it. Perhaps someone doesn't get to dress up all that much and she really likes this white dress she found. Is that so wrong for someone to like what they wear?
Rest assured, I was informed that this level of innocence does not occur when it comes to females wearing white dresses to somebody's wedding. Apparently women are fickle creatures (keeping my language G-rated there) with nothing but hate in their hearts. There is no other explanation to explain this type of behavior.
This is why boys are better.
-KP
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
...and this just in.
I'm interrupting my all-afternoon recuperation nap to bring you this blog. Congratulations to Nick & Ashley, who are two of the best friends a guy could ask for.
I'm in the process of putting the pictures up here.
-KP
I'm in the process of putting the pictures up here.
-KP
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Emerging from the silence.
Hello, bloggers--it's been quite some time, hasn't it?
Work has been CR-AZY. Plenty of long hours, working a bit on weekends, and taking the bulk of the load to try and secure new business. I feel I've been doing some quality work but with wage and hiring freezes, of course, I don't really get rewarded or acknowledged by my bosses. To put it in perspective, by the time two of my colleagues celebrated their 2-year anniversary they had been promoted twice (and I still have only received a diddly prorated raise for my first 6 months of service). Don't get me wrong; I understand these are different times and there are plenty of people out there who wouldn't mind putting in 60 hour weeks.
So, besides work, what else is new?
I can't even tell you the last time I had a weekend to do absolutely nothing. Weddings and bachelor parties up the wazoo, the annual birthday bash and "camping" trip, and now we'll have a Brewer game or two to finish up the month of August (all of which are uber-fun). But it will be nice to get a weekend to do absolutely nothing (whenever that is), even though I'll complain of boredom when it does occur.
And to finish this post up (for now): Wow, trying to shake up the clubhouse a little bit? (Edit: and this too!) Molly and I are going to the game tonight (yeah, we're crazy driving up on a weeknight, but we had to take advantage of the Home Run Derby promotion--$28 tickets for $5... thanks, Prince!) and now I'm really interested to see how the team will react and perform. I have no delusions that we'll make it into the postseason, but having a winning record would be nice!
-KP
Work has been CR-AZY. Plenty of long hours, working a bit on weekends, and taking the bulk of the load to try and secure new business. I feel I've been doing some quality work but with wage and hiring freezes, of course, I don't really get rewarded or acknowledged by my bosses. To put it in perspective, by the time two of my colleagues celebrated their 2-year anniversary they had been promoted twice (and I still have only received a diddly prorated raise for my first 6 months of service). Don't get me wrong; I understand these are different times and there are plenty of people out there who wouldn't mind putting in 60 hour weeks.
So, besides work, what else is new?
I can't even tell you the last time I had a weekend to do absolutely nothing. Weddings and bachelor parties up the wazoo, the annual birthday bash and "camping" trip, and now we'll have a Brewer game or two to finish up the month of August (all of which are uber-fun). But it will be nice to get a weekend to do absolutely nothing (whenever that is), even though I'll complain of boredom when it does occur.
And to finish this post up (for now): Wow, trying to shake up the clubhouse a little bit? (Edit: and this too!) Molly and I are going to the game tonight (yeah, we're crazy driving up on a weeknight, but we had to take advantage of the Home Run Derby promotion--$28 tickets for $5... thanks, Prince!) and now I'm really interested to see how the team will react and perform. I have no delusions that we'll make it into the postseason, but having a winning record would be nice!
-KP
Thursday, June 25, 2009
And though you fight to stay alive, your body starts to shiver...
I'm in one of those moods where I have no energy but still want to be active; I don't want to move but I don't want to sit still; I'm tired but I don't want to take a nap. Where does that leave me, except to be utterly and completely bored?
*sighs*
Life is rough, isn't it?
Given my mindset, here are some things I think I think:
*I think I'd be pissed if I was Farrah Fawcett, with my death being overshadowed by Michael Jackson's and what not.
*I think I really am sad that Michael Jackson passed away (cue MJ musical montage).
*I think I'm easily irritated at work. Remember when I got "transitioned" into a new job role a few months back? Well, I'm finally point of contact with the client and now feel that I'm just a glorified babysitter... and it's not cool like in Adventures in Babysitting. I can't punch anybody in the face, either (just to clarify: I never was trusted enough to babysit anybody).
*I think I haven't cut my hair since mid-April. I also think my hair hasn't been this long since high school.
*I think I need to stop reading books about zombies. Between World War Z, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and polishing off the fourth hardcover of The Walking Dead recently, every time I wake up in the middle of the night I swear I see zombies in the hallway.
*I think I feel like I haven't attended enough Brewers games this year, even though I've already been to eight.
*I think I'm looking forward to being up north for a week over the 4th of July.
*I think I'm still very, very bored.
-KP
*sighs*
Life is rough, isn't it?
Given my mindset, here are some things I think I think:
*I think I'd be pissed if I was Farrah Fawcett, with my death being overshadowed by Michael Jackson's and what not.
*I think I really am sad that Michael Jackson passed away (cue MJ musical montage).
*I think I'm easily irritated at work. Remember when I got "transitioned" into a new job role a few months back? Well, I'm finally point of contact with the client and now feel that I'm just a glorified babysitter... and it's not cool like in Adventures in Babysitting. I can't punch anybody in the face, either (just to clarify: I never was trusted enough to babysit anybody).
*I think I haven't cut my hair since mid-April. I also think my hair hasn't been this long since high school.
*I think I need to stop reading books about zombies. Between World War Z, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and polishing off the fourth hardcover of The Walking Dead recently, every time I wake up in the middle of the night I swear I see zombies in the hallway.
*I think I feel like I haven't attended enough Brewers games this year, even though I've already been to eight.
*I think I'm looking forward to being up north for a week over the 4th of July.
*I think I'm still very, very bored.
-KP
Thursday, June 11, 2009
TGI-almost-F.
It's been a pretty stressful week at work but thankfully there's been enough fun-filled evenings to even it out. Unfortunately, Molly and I are now 4-2 at Brewers games this year but I'm hoping that their late-game hitting today, although never with runners in scoring position, will carry over and produce some wins for the two games I'm seeing this weekend. Also? Whoever invented happy hour deserves a gold star.
I received my scans from ScanCafe late last week. Overall, I'm pretty impressed. Some of the pictures were taken under some less than ideal lighting situations and I tend to think those are the ones I view less favorably. But it's been a lot of fun revisiting the wedding photos and the pictures I took when I studied abroad. I'm going to send all of 'em to get scanned eventually, I think. Feel free to check out the test rolls I sent here.
-KP
I received my scans from ScanCafe late last week. Overall, I'm pretty impressed. Some of the pictures were taken under some less than ideal lighting situations and I tend to think those are the ones I view less favorably. But it's been a lot of fun revisiting the wedding photos and the pictures I took when I studied abroad. I'm going to send all of 'em to get scanned eventually, I think. Feel free to check out the test rolls I sent here.
-KP
Thursday, June 4, 2009
The prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone.
I feel like you and I have become strangers. I don't call; you don't write. Let's rectify this.
1. I can't believe I haven't written about Star Trek yet. Blockbuster movie clichés aside (e.g. bad jokes, superfluous scenes that only exist for the popcorn factor) I really thought this lived up to the hype. I thought it was well shot, well written, and geeked out a little when they embraced the "reboot" aspect and blew up ******. I didn't even mind that they had ***** shackin' up with *****. I can't wait for the DVD release and I can't wait for the sequel. Whoever thought a Trek movie would gross over $200 million?
2. Interleague play and Miami aside, how awesome have the Brew Crew been lately? I've already matched my game attendance from last year (five games, 5-0 record last year; this year 4-1) and am going three times next week. Give me a shout if you're at the game Tuesday, Friday, or Saturday nights.
3. This is the second time in a row I've gone to a Decemberists concert and bought the CD of the opening band (last year it was Laura Veirs; this year it's Blind Pilot). I thought the Decemberists did a bang up job... it took a while for the "rock opera" that is The Hazards of Love to truly grow on me, but I think seeing it live really helped cement it as something special. Also? Best cover of "Crazy On You" I've ever heard.
4. I should be getting back the four rolls of film I sent to ScanCafe any day now. The scan "proofs" looked good before I submitted my final order (they were really just large thumbnails, however, so not a great judge of quality just yet) and I'm crossing my fingers that the true digitized images are going to be pretty high quality. I'll put 'em up on my Flickr page when I get them.
5. I have had way too many issues with malware and viruses this past year. I never have had a problem before now, even when I didn't know better. What gives?
6. We've been lucky enough to see Leslie & Jimmy twice in the last few weeks! Seeing them regularly is one of the things I miss most about living in Waukesha/Milwaukee...
7. We've got a new neighbor that lives below us. He's a a nice, young guy that had his wife and kid move here from India just yesterday (which isn't relevant to this story--I'm just sure that's a very exciting thing for him). However, he must desperately want DISH service as opposed to cable because, when the guy told him he couldn't get signal because of a rather large tree, he actually knocked on my door to see if they could install the dish on my deck. I think that's rather ballsy, don't you? I don't think I'd ever impose on someone like that, but maybe that's just me.
8. What's a GrooGrux King?
9. I collect a fair amount of television shows on DVD and it peeves me off like nothing else when they change packaging mid-run. For instance, the first four seasons of 24 had similar packaging (a bit bulky, but the same nevertheless) but they switched it to a more narrow style of box for the fifth and sixth seasons. It just doesn't look right altogether. And now what do they do? They release the seventh season in a box no wider than a standard DVD case! What gives? What's the aesthetic value in that?
10. I really need to get to a golf course and do some drinking--I mean, golfing! Yeah, swing the ol' club, the ol' 9-iron! In a very professional, golfer way!
-KP
"How come you never tortured me? You know, when I first started?"
"You were Bambi. Somebody had to teach you how to walk."
"Thank you for that. For being my teacher."
"No problem."
"Is there anything I can do to repay that favor?"
"Tell me my husband loves me more than he loves you."
"It's about the same."
"I'll take it."
-J.D. & Carla, Scrubs
1. I can't believe I haven't written about Star Trek yet. Blockbuster movie clichés aside (e.g. bad jokes, superfluous scenes that only exist for the popcorn factor) I really thought this lived up to the hype. I thought it was well shot, well written, and geeked out a little when they embraced the "reboot" aspect and blew up ******. I didn't even mind that they had ***** shackin' up with *****. I can't wait for the DVD release and I can't wait for the sequel. Whoever thought a Trek movie would gross over $200 million?
2. Interleague play and Miami aside, how awesome have the Brew Crew been lately? I've already matched my game attendance from last year (five games, 5-0 record last year; this year 4-1) and am going three times next week. Give me a shout if you're at the game Tuesday, Friday, or Saturday nights.
3. This is the second time in a row I've gone to a Decemberists concert and bought the CD of the opening band (last year it was Laura Veirs; this year it's Blind Pilot). I thought the Decemberists did a bang up job... it took a while for the "rock opera" that is The Hazards of Love to truly grow on me, but I think seeing it live really helped cement it as something special. Also? Best cover of "Crazy On You" I've ever heard.
4. I should be getting back the four rolls of film I sent to ScanCafe any day now. The scan "proofs" looked good before I submitted my final order (they were really just large thumbnails, however, so not a great judge of quality just yet) and I'm crossing my fingers that the true digitized images are going to be pretty high quality. I'll put 'em up on my Flickr page when I get them.
5. I have had way too many issues with malware and viruses this past year. I never have had a problem before now, even when I didn't know better. What gives?
6. We've been lucky enough to see Leslie & Jimmy twice in the last few weeks! Seeing them regularly is one of the things I miss most about living in Waukesha/Milwaukee...
7. We've got a new neighbor that lives below us. He's a a nice, young guy that had his wife and kid move here from India just yesterday (which isn't relevant to this story--I'm just sure that's a very exciting thing for him). However, he must desperately want DISH service as opposed to cable because, when the guy told him he couldn't get signal because of a rather large tree, he actually knocked on my door to see if they could install the dish on my deck. I think that's rather ballsy, don't you? I don't think I'd ever impose on someone like that, but maybe that's just me.
8. What's a GrooGrux King?
9. I collect a fair amount of television shows on DVD and it peeves me off like nothing else when they change packaging mid-run. For instance, the first four seasons of 24 had similar packaging (a bit bulky, but the same nevertheless) but they switched it to a more narrow style of box for the fifth and sixth seasons. It just doesn't look right altogether. And now what do they do? They release the seventh season in a box no wider than a standard DVD case! What gives? What's the aesthetic value in that?
10. I really need to get to a golf course and do some drinking--I mean, golfing! Yeah, swing the ol' club, the ol' 9-iron! In a very professional, golfer way!
-KP
"How come you never tortured me? You know, when I first started?"
"You were Bambi. Somebody had to teach you how to walk."
"Thank you for that. For being my teacher."
"No problem."
"Is there anything I can do to repay that favor?"
"Tell me my husband loves me more than he loves you."
"It's about the same."
"I'll take it."
-J.D. & Carla, Scrubs
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
A word on Ryan Braun.
If I were a kid, I'd idolize Ryan Braun. Hell, I think I will anyway.
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Braun also made a couple of highlight-reel catches, including a fully stretched-out, diving catch of Skip Schumaker's drive into the corner to end the third inning.
"He came into the dugout and said, 'That's the greatest catch I ever saw,'" Macha said.
Braun confirmed that statement, but of course it was in jest, he said. At least, partially, if you know Braun.
"It's always fun to make a catch like that," said Braun, who remained on his back, on the dirt in foul territory for a moment, arms splayed. "I seriously considered doing a snow angel but decided against it."
-KP
PS: I can't believe it's been a month since my last blog. I really need to write something of substance.
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Braun also made a couple of highlight-reel catches, including a fully stretched-out, diving catch of Skip Schumaker's drive into the corner to end the third inning.
"He came into the dugout and said, 'That's the greatest catch I ever saw,'" Macha said.
Braun confirmed that statement, but of course it was in jest, he said. At least, partially, if you know Braun.
"It's always fun to make a catch like that," said Braun, who remained on his back, on the dirt in foul territory for a moment, arms splayed. "I seriously considered doing a snow angel but decided against it."
-KP
PS: I can't believe it's been a month since my last blog. I really need to write something of substance.
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