Blog archives

A collection of all the nonsense I've posted to the internet over the past 25 years of my blog life

  • Stupid Freakin Look Alikes posted - 41 comments

    Ever since I started to hit puberty I've been referred to as 'looking like some sort of celebrity.' The first one I got was Devon Sawa, the kid from the Casper movie. I've never seen it, but apparently I used to look like him. It was super sweet for all the girls to call me Casper and bring me copies of the Teen Beat magazine when he was on the cover. Then in college I was told that I looked like Mark Hoppus from Blink 182. And for the past few years I've been told that I look like Bam Margera - like insanely... read more

  • Oh Yeah, I'm Back posted - 14 comments

    I'm home now. Things are still pretty nuts, lots of things to put away after the wedding/honeymoon. Plus about 1000 pictures to sort through and upload. Don't worry, they'll be up soon. In other news, I got a 60gig video iPod, now Kari and I have 4 ipods, wtf... read more

  • St Lucia Day 7 posted - 8 comments

    We woke up early to get breakfast at Tuscanini's. I got the steak and eggs because steak and eggs sounded awesome for breakfast. After breakfast we swam, played on the beach, and sailed a hobie cat out into the bay. Then we had to come back to the room to pack. Around this time I found out that steak and eggs in St Lucia were not that good... read more

  • St Lucia Day 6 posted

    Today ruled again - actually all the days have ruled so far. So anyway, we slept in pretty late, then decided to hike to the top of the mountains at the end of our resort's peninsula. It was really nice, pretty tough hike, but really nice. We went up to the fort on one peak and then across to the taller peak. After hiking we bought things: bounty rum, a couple cuban cigars, some huge necklace, etc... read more

  • St Lucia Day 5 posted - 4 comments

    Today ruled. We went on another excursion called the Jeep Safari Tour. We took this open top 16 person jeep through Castries, a banana plantation, some mountains, to a rainforest, and to a secluded beach. We stopped in the mountains at this little stand to try some fresh fruit, I drank out of a coconut, we had star fruit, fresh pineapple, etc. We also bought some banana ketchup to bring home, heh... read more

  • St Lucia Day 4 posted

    Today we slept in a bit, then woke up and found it raining - which it pretty much did off and on all day. Actually, the weather is really weird here. It rains pretty much everyday, but only for a little bit. Like it'll be sunny all day then it'll suddenly pour. for like 15 minutes... read more

  • St Lucia Day 3 posted - 2 comments

    Today ruled. We went on this Land and Sea excursion. They drove us all around the island and then we rode this huge catamaran around the shore back to a bay near our resort. There is too much to say about it... So here it is in list form - there will be plenty of pics soon... read more

  • St Lucia Day 2 posted

    So day 2 nothing really happened, we just wanted to relax after all the traveling and the last couple weeks of insanity. We laid around all day on the beach or in pools. The main pool here has this swim up bar, it rules, haha. I walked to the end of the beach where some natives were, I got offered pot by 3 different people and blow once, haha. Maybe I'll buy a ton, bring it home, and be a millionaire...... read more

  • St Lucia Day 1 posted - 4 comments

    After 3 layovers flying from Des Moines to Chicago to San Juan to St. Lucia, we've arrived. The airport here was pretty crazy. There are actually 2 airports in St Lucia - 1 is big and international, the other only services the islands - this is the one we flew into. The "terminal" is actually just an outdoor hallway covered with a roof... read more

  • The Wedding Day posted - 8 comments

    So, the wedding day ruled of course. But it started out sort of lame because apparently I wasn't allowed to see (or even talk to) Kari the entire day. However, it got cooler when a bunch of guys came over, hung out, played pool, had tons of pizza, tried the 2nd batch of homebrews (which turned out awesome, btw), played with the pocketbike, etc. After playing for bit, everyone left, Kevi and I got ready and we headed for the church to get photos, etc. Soon after the photos, people started showing up... read more

  • The Day Before posted - 2 comments

    I spent the day doing everything last minute (stressed, of course) - printing programs, printing table placements, buying groomsmen/usher gifts, getting my tux, etc. After all that insanity, we had rehearsal which went really well, then we all had dinner at Latin King. It was nice. After all of that we met a bunch of friends up at the Cab. It was so nice to see everyone, Josh, Tom, etc... read more

  • omg. soo stressed posted - 7 comments

    ok so, i have been stressed beyond belief over the last 2 days, haha. it's seriously ridiculous. it is so so annoying to be this stressed, but it is also really really hilarious. like i am seriously worked up, omg. besides that... read more

  • My last weekend as a single dudemeister posted - 5 comments

    Friday, Kari's dad and I bottled beer, then Nick and Nicole visited while we cut my hair. Saturday, Kevi and I drove to the Quad Cities for Ben's Wicked Undergroupd Rap festival. It was a lot of fun. There were some good acts and also some not-so-good acts. Dan Tha Saltine was really good, as was Claas, and the Unidentified Suspects... read more

  • Another Birthday and Wedding posted

    Whoops, I forgot that I have a web site to write on. A lot has happened lately - tons of wedding planning, Kari had a birthday, Aaron, got married, and I've been having fun. We ate a lot of nice food for Kari's birthday, I got her a K2 Skyla snowboard, and a Tiffany bracelet. I'm excited to snowboard with her. Maybe she will be better at that than inline skating, haha... read more

  • Bistros, cleaning, etc posted - 2 comments

    This weekend was pretty laid back but full of awesome food. Friday, we went to Sage with Nick and Nicole for Kari's little pre-birthday celebration. I love that place. We've gotten the same waitress everytime we've gone there and she rules - really knows her stuff. After that we stopped by the Cab of course... read more

  • So many Shows! So little Opportunities! posted - 2 comments

    OMG. This sucks. So, my friend Ben is having this underground rap festival Saturday the 15th in the Quad Cities. I've gotta go to help support Ben and of course, underground rap. But, today I was checking some of my favorite bands' tour schedules... read more

  • My Bachelor Party Weekend posted - 6 comments

    Omg, this weekend was totally crazy - I loved it. I wonder how long I would live if all my friends lived closeby... Anyway, Friday, Rich, Sean, Jeff, and Josh came into town for my bachelor party. We all headed up to Rico's to grill out, etc. They made an awesome meal for all 16 of us (it was a great base for the night we had - it definitely worked)... read more

  • Turbo's Bachelor Party Weekend posted - 7 comments

    So, Aaron's bachelor weekend was insane and there were only 10 of us. I can't even imagine what's going to happen with 20 of us. Here's the weekend breakdown... Thursday, I went with Kevi to get another tattoo. I temporarily talked him out of that stick figure guy, whew... read more

  • The Beer List posted

    I revamped the beer list that Nehru, Nick, and I have been working on. It now has our ratings, pictures, and comments for each beer. Plus it allows you to comment on/rate each beer. Check it out: http://www.broox.com/beer/ read more

  • Hip Hop shows n Limos posted

    So this weekend was nice, lots happened. Thursday I met some buddies at Rock Bottom, then went out to DMMC's True to the Art show. It was really good, probably the best Hip Hop show I've been to in Des Moines. Everyone had really good sets and there were 175+ people there - big for hip hop in Des Moines. Aeon Grey and Really Real had a great set... read more