Last week, after I got home from work, I saw that Sarah Street had left me a Facebook message suggesting topics for the blog post I had just finished. I told her she was too late, she told me that I should make a post that covers her suggestions. Now I'm not one to cater to the whims of the masses1, but she had some good suggestions, so here we go.
Sarah says, "Write about..."
The Grammys - I'm not an awards show guys, and I'm not really much of a music guy either. Which isn't to say I don't like music, I just tend to listen to things people suggest, or to music made by people I know, so I'm usually out of the loop about the big artists of the year. So needless to say I don't really care about the Grammys, like, at all. I was shocked to see that Kanye was up for some awards, not because I didn't think he deserved to be, but rather because it seems like his album came out forever ago as opposed to last January2.
Gardens - My most vivid garden memories involve both of my grandparents' gardens. My grandpa Joe (mom's dad) had a garden up in Wisconson, and more than anything I can remember that he grew beets and would pickle them, so everytime we went to visit we would eat beets out of mason jars. I loved them, but we never had beets any other time, or any other way, until recently when I started roasting them. My grandparents on my dad's side (Kenneth and Katherine) had a garden as well, I remember it was on the other end of their property by a creek. To get there you could either walk through the woods or follow a long path all the way down from the house3. I can still picture sitting on my grandfathers lap as we drove the riding mower down to the garden, everything about their backyard has a mystical glow about it in my mind. I also saved my sisters life once when she almost fell in to the creek, I only bring this up now because if she is reading this I want her to remember it when she is comes to a later item.
Olympics - Let's get this out of the way right up front: The Winter Olympics are way better than Summer. Curling alone would do it, but add in an event where you ski and then shoot targets, or guys flying down an icy mountain as fast as they can on a tiny sled, it's just way more exciting. I guess the Summer Olympics are coming up with year, maybe I'll try and watch some soccer4. Maybe.
Favorite 90's singers - In the early 90's it was easily Boyz II Men, who are one of three artists to replace themselves as #1 on the Billboard top hundred5. In the later 90's I was more into alternative rock (or Alt-Rock if you will). Groups like Cake, Sublime (who were really more Ska-Punk), Green Day, The Offspring.
Most useless article of clothing - Thinking about this as a guy was tough, I feel like there isn't much we have to wear that doesn't serve a purpose. However, I did come up with two things. One that I've warn and one that I haven't. Vests, either sweater or suit, are kind of dumb, just put some sleeves on there. Sock garters, I don't know if any men still use these6, but we've got elastic now, your socks will stay up on their own. The vests are what I have worn.
Buffet Lines - Years ago, when I was on staff with Young Life, I asked one of the students that I knew what he wanted to do for his birthday. He told me that he wanted to go to the Black Buggy Amish Buffet in Washington IN, which was like an hour away. It was summer so I said, "Sure." So Nick (the student), his friend, a co-leader of mine (also Nick) and I drove up to Washington to get Black Buggy. The thing you need to realize is that Black Buggy has the best buffet ever. It's legitimate Amish food which means it is a) delicious and b) very, very heavy. What makes this story more ridiculous is that we ate, then immediately headed back down to Newburgh because there was a Ultimate Frisbee game that evening. Eating at a buffet, driving an hour, then playing Frisbee was not the best decision I've ever made. Food was good though.
Circus Peanuts - What idiot invented these? They have everything going against them: bad taste7, gross texture, sad looking. When you eat them you end up feeling like you wasted your time and come out a worse person. They are the Michael Moore of candy.
The MLS - I've never seen an MLS game, I'd like to at some point. I think it would be a fun experience.
My wedding - I'm taking this to mean Sarah's wedding, not my wedding. And that's going to get me into some trouble. My sister got married last October, the wedding was down in Nashville, TN. It was an amazing weekend, I had a fantastic time, the food was great, we took pictures all around the city, the venue for the reception was phenomenal, my sister was as beautiful as any bride has ever been, and as an added bonus, she married a great guy. I say all that so that you will understand how serious I am when I tell you that when Tim and Sarah got married a month later it was the BEST wedding I've ever been to (dear sister, please remember that I once saved your life). It was a great combination of lots of friends, lots of dancing, lots of beer, great food, face plants, post wedding hangout, reunions, laughing, and them more dancing. This picture sums it up pretty well.
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So congratulations Tim and Sarah, my sister probably hates me now.
Steve Martin - You know what movie I really love? Bowfinger. Here's some things it's got going for it: Steve Martin being funny, Eddie Murphy being funny (surprisingly), Yoda directs8 it, rips on Scientology, Heather Graham doesn't ruin it (surprisingly), a great Robert Downey Jr cameo. I wonder if it's on Netflix Instant view?
The color orange - Would that be a 2 wing 3, or a 3 wing 2?
__________________________________________________________1 Oh, wait. That is totally what I do
2 Technically, the January before last
3 It probably wasn't as long as I remember, but I was much smaller then
4 Or football, if you rather
5 The others were The Beatles and Elvis
6 Other than to denote stereotypical rich guys in movies
7 Taste is the most important part
8 Frank Oz, who was the voice and puppet master for both Yoda and Fozzie Bear
