Blog archives

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

  • Buca, Servers, Ryan Dunn's Show posted - 7 comments

    Some things are going on. Kari's parents stopped out Friday night before their flight to Phoenix in the morning. We had a good time, went to Buca di Beppo, ate in the kitchen, had too many limoncellos. Her family loves food like no other. It's insane Saturday I got a lot done, sometimes it rules to actually stay home on weekends... read more

  • The Nova Edit posted - 7 comments

    For those of you that don't know, my first car was a 1963 Chevy II Nova. Here are some pics and a short story to bring you up to speed. Anyway, my dad and I completely restored the car, and while doing this we shot a lot of video. I've been meaning to put together a short edit for a long long time - I finally did it, and here it is. Just a word of warning, this might be a little boring to some of you... read more

  • B-days, Interviews, and Friends, Friends, Friends posted - 7 comments

    This weekend was supposed to be so chill, but then all of a sudden everything happened. I guess it was still pretty laid back, but a lot of visiting happened. I love visiting. Friday it was my cousin Gabe's 11th birthday. We met them at the Cheesecake Factory, which was different and better than I had planned... read more

  • Des Moines Alive posted - 8 comments

    Holy Busy. I've been meaning to post this for 3 days now. ...But the big news is: Nick and I's little project is finally done! A while ago, I had an idea to make an informational site about all the best places to go in Des Moines. It seemed like there were so many gold mines in the area that not enough people knew about... read more

  • Zach, Aaron, and Girlfriends posted - 12 comments

    Oh man, so I've been really really sick the past few days. This is the 4th time I've sat down to try to write this article. Last night I had a temp of 103, this sucks - I have so much stuff to do. Besides my recent sickness, the weekend was a lot of fun. Friday, Zach, Aaron, Amy, and Cassie all came up to hang out... read more

  • My Bumper's Fixed and My Drawers are Dirty posted - 9 comments

    Today after work I stopped by the body shop to pick up my car. I got a new front bumper, the fender fixed, and both are coated in brand new paint. Now I'm only $1k down, ha. BUT.. It looks really really good... read more

  • Kevi, Jeff, Will, and Ninja's Balls posted - 7 comments

    So this was a pretty unplanned weekend... Originally we were supposed to go to Mt Vernon to hang out with our friends. But since we're poor and have a ton of stuff to catch up on, we decided to stay here. Luckily it turned out to be a fun weekend anyway...Friday Ninja got surgery. He had his balls cut out and dew claws removed - for some reason it didn't slow him down a bit though... read more

  • I Hate Body Kits posted - 14 comments

    I hate bodykits, badly. To recap, a few months after installing my original fiberglass body kit, I backed into a truck in a dark alley. Obviously cracked the fiberglass. Then last winter I didn't see this snow covered curb and clipped my bumper on it. Last fall, my old mechanic at Grimes Automotive hit a curb and broke my front bumper... read more

  • Dear Whitney Westerkamp posted - 8 comments

    Blogs rule... sometimes they rule in weird ways. And blogs that link to blogs that link to other blogs rule even more. It's pretty funny how small the world gets sometimes. Check out this AIM conversation between Harper and Megan (who I met in Chicago on NYE) (22:24:04) Megan Westerkamp: So the other day I was in the the car with my sister... read more

  • GT4, Videos, TVs, Motorcycles posted - 4 comments

    Many of you probably know that Gran Turismo 4 came out last week. I've been telling myself for a couple years that when GT4 came out I'd buy a ps2... so I did. I got the new tiny tiny one and the game. It rules... read more

  • Nick is 26 posted - 5 comments

    So the week of watching my cousins is finally over. I've learned that I will not be ready for kids in a long long time. I think I'll just stick with pets. At least the only thing that got broken was my basement handrail. Saturday we had a party for Nick at my house where we tied lots of knots, played poker, hung out, etc... read more

  • v1, v2, and v3 posted - 4 comments

    My blog has gone through 4 different designs so far and since I still had all the old designs saved, I decided to upload them. I don't really know why you would ever want to see them... but if you want to see the last 3 blog designs, check out: v1, v2, and v3. Note that some of the old designs had different sections, i.e. forum, cars, dj, and portfolio... read more

  • I Need Aids posted - 13 comments

    So ealier this week I started having these pretty bad pains in my lower abdomen. By midweek they got really bad... Like it hurt to sit down/get up, etc. My friends and I were starting to think it was something serious with my bladder, appendix, or something. So I said that if it wasn't better by friday then I'd go to the Dr... read more

  • The Poker Juice is Coming posted - 5 comments

    What the flip! I need to write! Umm, last week we went to Kari's grandma's services, they were sad :( BUT I got to meet Ron Livingston's (from Office Space) mom, haha. Also, last week we finally released my project at work - it's so nice to have that friggin ball of stress out of my life for a while. I also learned about some new projects that will be interesting... read more

  • Zach is 22 posted - 9 comments

    Oh man, what a weekend. I love going to visit buddies - especially Zach on his 22nd birthday. Thursday after work I drove down to WIU (Macomb) to hang out with Zach for the weekend. As soon as I got there Aaron showed up on his way to see his girlfriend, which was a nice surprise. We all went out for a beer and then Turbo continued to Cassie's... read more

  • Poor Harper posted - 9 comments

    My plate is so full right now it's retarded. I mean, the only other person I can think of that has this much stuff going on is Harper. He's always working on too much and I'm starting to get a taste of it. I mean, once you get any kind of skill, everyone wants to use you. And once you acquire every skill (like me, hahaha) then everyone wants even more... read more

  • Sun Prairie's Snowboard DJ Took an Oil Leak posted - 1 comment

    This weekend I was at home again... Friday was a little weird because we found out that someone had broken into Kari's apartment garage and put a different padlock on it. After a ton of calling around, yelling, being lied to, calling the cops, finding bolt cutters, etc - it turned out that Sun Prairie rented out her garage without telling her. This is awesome because Kari still has stuff in there - stuff that we needed this weekend. Sun Prairie Apartments in West Des Moines suck so so bad... read more

  • Supergrub 2 posted - 8 comments

    I don't know if anyone here knows about Supergrub... but when I was 15 we had to make a superhero movie for a class in High School. It turned out awesome and we all got good grades. The original cast was Me, Jeremy Ludin (Grub), Scarlet Brooks, Jeff Ballard, and Andy Mead. Well, a year or so later, in 1998, Me and Jeremy Ludin (Grub) teamed up with Boone Ebel and started to film the sequal... read more

  • Steppin into 2005: Chicago Style posted - 4 comments

    It's 2005, so I guess I shuold write about New Years in Chicago to party with Harper. Friday night, Kari and I went to this pretty cool little bar/kitchen called Viand to hang out and have a martini. Then we met Harper, Saresh, Megan, John, and Mike (who is a deron miller look alike) at Rezas. The food was soooo good - persian food or something. We got lots of pitas, hummus, soup, dill rice, etc... read more

  • Christmas 04 posted - 4 comments

    OK, so Christmas was really good this year. It was nice to see everyone. Plus Kari and I gave a lot of good gifts. ...and I got tons of awesome stuff. Christmas Eve we went to Kari's parents house for food, presents, and games... read more