Blog archives

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

  • Homeownership is Weird posted - 11 comments

    I just wrote this big long article about how owning a house is weird and when I hit submit my session timed out and I lost the article. I really hate web sites. Anyway... I've lived in my house for about 3 weeks now. So far it's been really cool... read more

  • Scarlet Wins posted - 10 comments

    So this weekend was my cousin, Scarlet's wedding. She's the first of our generation to get married in the family. So Friday, Kari and I drove to my parents house to hang out and stay the night. It's nice to get back home sometimes. Then, saturday my grandparents took Kari and I out to eat for her birthday... read more

  • The Falaphilia Factor posted

    So my buddy scottv contacts me yesterday and is like, "BROOKS, need your help, asap. I don't have photoshop here and I need some quick work done." He then goes on to show me the sexual harrassment lawsuit against Bill O'Reilly (from the O'Reilly Factor) and his strange falafel fetish... So Scott told me to photoshop an image of O'Reilly with his arm around a gigantic piece of falafel. Which I did (in about 3 minutes - as you will see). Long story short, scott bought falaphilia.com and came up with a pretty good definition of "Falaphilia." Harper is hosting the site and it's getting hit pretty hard - which is awesome... read more

  • The cAb Adventure is complete posted - 6 comments

    A while ago I wrote that me a couple guys I work with started an "around the world" adventure at the cAb. I am the last of 3 guys to finish the journey, but now that it's all said and done, I have a good understanding of what kind of beers are good. You can see my picture, comment, and rating of every beer, here. You can see our collective ratings here. Also don't forget to check out Nehru and Nick's pictures and comments... read more

  • Cornell Homecoming 2004 posted - 14 comments

    This weekend was homecoming at Cornell, which resulted in a ton of fun. BUT for some reason I didn't take any pictures, wtf. I'm really mad about this. Friday, Kari had some Theta thing, so I hung out with Mira a lot. I even let Mira drive my car... read more

  • Grimes Automotive posted - 12 comments

    I feel like I've been complaining a lot lately. But I really don't think it's my fault. Crappy things are seriously happening to me. So, while I'm at it, let's talk about Grimes Automotive and how many times they've screwed me. The first few times I went in there, they were really honest, did a good job, etc... read more

  • Kari's 23 posted - 10 comments

    So yesterday was Kari's 23rd birthday. It was fun. I was sorta stressed about the night and how it wouldn't go well due to my lack of planning, etc. But it was a good time. First we went to Bistro Montage which looks like this hole in the wall on Ingersoll... read more

  • Figures posted - 6 comments

    2 days after I move in, my car breaks. I went out to my car this morning, turned the key, cliiiiiiiick. Didn't have enough juice to turn over. So I met my first neighbor this morning. She brought her car around to jump me... read more

  • I Do Not Live in an Apartment posted - 6 comments

    Well, I moved into my house. Friday I took off work at noon to start moving, then my parents showed up around 8ish to help out for the weekend. We moved a lot of stuff. It was lame. I'm so tired and sore... read more

  • Update? Packing and Moving posted - 8 comments

    Yeah it's been a while since I've updated, which doesn't happen to often on this site. I've basically spent most of my time packing for the big move. Actually I can't really think of anything cool that I've done recently... except get more poor. Anyway, today I got the keys to my house... read more

  • Horror Films, Tech N9ne, etc posted - 3 comments

    So this weekend was pretty productive. I really had a lot of fun. First, Zach and Kevi met me at the cAb after work, then we ate at Rock Bottom. Rocktoberfest is out again and it is oh so good. After Rock Bottom we started filming our new movie, which we're entering in the Good Morning America: Scary Movie Contest... read more

  • Exhaust: Installed posted - 9 comments

    Alright, after months of dealing with this exhaust order and getting the wrong system I went ahead and installed it. I didn't want to wait until spring for them to correct it. So yeah, I now have a 3" stainless steel exhaust from my turbo all the way back through the Magnaflow straight through muffler - awesome. I also installed the Catco high flow cat for now... I might take it off someday... read more

  • Weekend at Home! posted

    So this was the first weekend that I've been home in weeks. It is literally the second time that I've been in Des Moines for a weekend since June, haha. I mean, I've gone to Cornerstone (Illinois), Heritage Days (Mt Vernon), L.A., Denver, Quad Cities twice, Minnesota, and Chicago Twice. The only other weekend I was here was during 515 Alive. wtf... read more

  • Chicago again - Steph's sister's wedding posted - 11 comments

    This weekend, Kari and I went to a pretty out of control wedding - it was freaking incredible. They reserved a couple rooms for us all to stay in at the Palmer Hilton of Chicago. The wedding was for Steph's sister (Maryanne) and her man, Chris. I knew it was going to be quite a good wedding since their parents (Dr Bob and Sheryl) are awesome. Plus we got word that Oprah's make-up artist was doing the bride's maids' make-up, wtf... read more

  • Chicago - Heelys and Metallica posted - 5 comments

    So this weekend I was scheduled to do a Heelys demo in Chicago. Kari was already going to Barrington (a suburb) to visit friends and see a Jimmy Buffet concert (dork, haha). So I rode along with her and cassie and got dropped off at a train station and played with my camera while I waited. Harper and I then went to Crobar at 2am with Jordan and Monica. It was nice to see Claudia and Red Hair Matt again too... read more

  • RnR Racing Turboback Exhaust posted - 8 comments

    On June 21 I ordered a custom exhaust from RnR Racing. I've heard great things about their products, they sound really good, and best of all, they're reasonably priced. I was super pumped when I ordered the exhaust. Here are the specs on my order: Item: FWD Standard Turbo Back Exhaust - $675.00 Quantity: 1 Generation and size: 2g 3" Standard turbo back Turbo Back options: Stainless Steel Bullet Muffler Straight through design Stainless Steel 3" Downpipe Stainless Steel 3" Catback 4" Stainless Steel N1 Style Tip Here's a timeline of how it went. -June 21 - I placed my order at RnR Racing... read more

  • Minnesota - Josh's Birthday posted - 6 comments

    What a fun weekend. The days were sorta weird due to messed up sleep patterns. It kinda seemed like one long day. But anyway... Friday, Kevi, Kari, and I drove up to Morgan to meet Josh Lueck for a Birthday Bash... read more

  • Beer posted - 12 comments

    Sometime after I started at Pioneer, some co-workers and I visited this small (smoke free) bar in Johnston called The cAb. The cAb had this contest that if you put your business card in this bowl you could be drawn for the After Work Club. We all put our cards in, and almost all of us won. This club entitled us to 1 free drink per day for the year of 2004, so we decided, that we would attempt to sample every beer (~70) and rate them. Since I was a late bloomer in actually enjoying beer, I decided this would be good for me... read more

  • Tug Fest 2004 posted - 6 comments

    On Friday Marv organized our first RC Regatta on the Pioneer campus pond. It was a ton of fun. First we raced the little boats, then a few of us got to race the big boats. Awesome. After work, Kari and I drove to my parent's house for Tug Fest, which is a tug-o-war competition across the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois... read more

  • Katie Barker'd!!!! posted - 6 comments

    So while shooting video at Jason's wedding, I got a shot of katie barker dancing with the flower girl. Together they are lethal. read more