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This video makes me want to paint my place solid white and throw paint around.

Hello blog, its nice to see you again…

My heart skipped a beat when I read that I’ll be able to wail out the sweet sounds of “Raining Blood” by Slayer in Guitar Hero 3 this Fall.

Jesus Christ. Still a rad video. See below.

JESUS CHRIST.

Update: Apparently my “copy/paste” skills are not up to snuff and I posted the wrong YouTube video above. Here’s is what I meant:

Working in an office can be a bit stale most of the time but every once in awhile I overhear/partake in a conversation that makes me glad to be stuck in between cubicle walls. I’ve got a feeling this will be a more than weekly feature.

• Worker #1: “I wish I would have won that paid day-off at the raffle today.”
• Worker #2: “What DID you win?”
• Worker #1: “Olive oil.”

• Being approached by a guy who promised he could get me “a lot of money” doing part-time modeling on the weekends. He assured me “This isn’t a gay thing” and that he has a wife that he “screws every night” about 50 times. I politely declined and told him that I don’t care if it is “not a gay thing” and that I just couldn’t see myself modeling. Plus he was drunk and said I would have to work out so that pretty much sealed the deal…
• Seeing the Brewers spank the Twins two nights in a row at the dome and witnessing my first grand slam home-run (courtesy of Geoff Jenkins).
• Randomly stopping at a sushi bar for a drink and staying for my first sushi, squid, and sake bomb.

Its been awhile. Seriously, quite awhile. In case anyone was wondering, here’s what’s up:

After paying a small fortune on rent every month for the past year, I decided that monthly small fortune would be better off going into an investment than the pockets of a (more than likely) stinkin’ rich landlord. This led me to the seemingly endless search for a house/condo. As exciting as looking for your first property may sound, it is time consuming, mentally draining and not something I look forward to doing again for a long time. But after many hours of searching and dragging my real estate agent to properties, I settled on a small studio condo in the Uptown/Lake Calhoun area of Minneapolis. Getting used to living in a smaller space (about half the size of my last apartment) will take some time but the area is great and it feels good to be back in the city. I will post many photos of my new living space as soon as Coon (the cat) and I get settled in.

That is all for now, I will leave you with a few random bits of awesomeness:

• Hop, skip, and jump over to the newly re-designed andylaub.com and waytoocrowded.com. Note to the two of you: I’m noticing a trend towards clean, white, simple layouts with your last few designs. Could it be that white is the new black? Not according to dabootski.com…
• The Milwaukee Brewers are pretty much ruling the MLB and my life. Thank god for the dirt cheap season long audio package from mlb.com. If anyone is interested in catching a game or two this summer (at Minnesota or Milwaukee) let me know as I’m itching to get to one.
• The new Dinosaur Jr album is super good. I don’t normally link to the iTunes store but this one is so good you should just buy it. Take my word for it. They are playing here in Minneapolis on the 29th and 30th of May so again, if anyone is interested, let me know as I’m for sure checking out the show.
• Free cable in my new place! I don’t know how long it will last but you can bet I’ll be taking advantage of it while its here! Skinamax in HD!!!
• The St. Louis Park skatepark has me excited again to skate obstacles that aren’t mini ramps. We’ll see how long that lasts.

Sometimes I take you for granted. Its not that I don’t realize all the things you do for me, its just that I work with you all day and by the time I get home at night I am tired and need some time away from you. Even the nights that I spend time with you after work, it is almost like I am with you but I’m not really there. Does that make sense? Regardless, tonight while we were together I paid extra attention to you and discovered some things that really made me realize how great you are:

One (Description: Skateboarding on Barriers, Metal, Satan, Skateboarding and more METAL!)

Two (WARNING: This one is a download, a big one. The idea of skateboard videos in HD make me feel like a little girl.)

Three (This might be the best of the bunch. I’ve been staring/listening in amazement for almost 30 minutes straight…)

Seriously! Some of you may have already known, but yesterday I went in for Lasik eye surgury. It was something that I had been wanting to do for the last couple of years as my eyes were no longer capable of handling contact lenses for more than 2-4 hours a day.

Anyway, to make a long story short, yesterday I couldn’t see (well, you know) and today I can. Booyah.