Thursday, June 01, 2006
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Happy end of May!
Today is the 31st. That is not insignificant, because today is the last day of May. May is nice, I suppose, if you are into the whole finals, school, stress, deadline thing.
I personally, much prefer June. So tonight when you are celebrating the end of may, kick one back and think of me.
/end maybashing
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OK. I am in the most beautiful place in the world. I kid you not. I am in Jackson, Wyoming. Here is a view from my "Cabin" where I am blogging right now at 646am.
Not bad huh? It's a cabin in the sense that it is made of logs and is in the wild west Teton Village. However, it is the only cabin i've ever been to with cable, AC, Heat, and wireless internet. Here is another picture of our living room/kitchen.
As you can see it is quite nice here. Yesterday, we toured Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
Wow. What an experience. It was the absolutely most beautiful vistas that i've ever seen. It absolutely blew me away.
Grand Teton might have been more beautiful than Yellowstone, but less interesting. The 360 degree panoramic views of nothing but valley and then mountains on either side blows me away. Hundreds of heads of Bison wandering. Awe-inspiring sage brush as far as the eye can see. The mountains are so close to you that you get a truly impressive view of them. The Grand Tetons (comes from the french derogatory word for breasts, so i'm told. Here is a hint: rhymes with zits). For those who have visited the Colorado Rockies -- you got nothing. There are no real foothills leading up to the mountain, so the view is so much more dramatic. Here are some pictures of Grand Teton national park.
That was Grand Teton. Amazing views, but not that intense. Tomorrow I will take you to Yellowstone.
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Bits and pieces:
*We saw Air Force Two (the Veeps plane) at the airport in Jackson. Apparently, he has a home here on the 18th Green of the golf course we are golfing today. Our waitress said, that gas prices were cheaper in Jackson because of his connections. I call bull.
*I feel like i should be riding a horse and carrying a six-gun in this valley. This valley brings the gunslinger-mountainman out of me.
*Man those bison are huge.
*I ate at the mangy moose last night, i had ribs. Unfortunately, they were regular plain beef ribs, not moose.
*Hey world, GO TO YELLOWSTONE AND GRAND TETON, you will appreciate the national parks in a whole new light after being there
*My guide was a badass. His name was Cowboy Bob. Ex-navy, ex-police, current tour guide does summer tours with his GMC Yukon and winter tours via snow car. He has a nice life to have an office in a national park.
*In another life, i should be a park ranger
*Golf today: maybe we can hit another eagle.
Later alligators!
I personally, much prefer June. So tonight when you are celebrating the end of may, kick one back and think of me.
/end maybashing
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OK. I am in the most beautiful place in the world. I kid you not. I am in Jackson, Wyoming. Here is a view from my "Cabin" where I am blogging right now at 646am.
Not bad huh? It's a cabin in the sense that it is made of logs and is in the wild west Teton Village. However, it is the only cabin i've ever been to with cable, AC, Heat, and wireless internet. Here is another picture of our living room/kitchen.
As you can see it is quite nice here. Yesterday, we toured Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
Wow. What an experience. It was the absolutely most beautiful vistas that i've ever seen. It absolutely blew me away.
Grand Teton might have been more beautiful than Yellowstone, but less interesting. The 360 degree panoramic views of nothing but valley and then mountains on either side blows me away. Hundreds of heads of Bison wandering. Awe-inspiring sage brush as far as the eye can see. The mountains are so close to you that you get a truly impressive view of them. The Grand Tetons (comes from the french derogatory word for breasts, so i'm told. Here is a hint: rhymes with zits). For those who have visited the Colorado Rockies -- you got nothing. There are no real foothills leading up to the mountain, so the view is so much more dramatic. Here are some pictures of Grand Teton national park.
That was Grand Teton. Amazing views, but not that intense. Tomorrow I will take you to Yellowstone.
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Bits and pieces:
*We saw Air Force Two (the Veeps plane) at the airport in Jackson. Apparently, he has a home here on the 18th Green of the golf course we are golfing today. Our waitress said, that gas prices were cheaper in Jackson because of his connections. I call bull.
*I feel like i should be riding a horse and carrying a six-gun in this valley. This valley brings the gunslinger-mountainman out of me.
*Man those bison are huge.
*I ate at the mangy moose last night, i had ribs. Unfortunately, they were regular plain beef ribs, not moose.
*Hey world, GO TO YELLOWSTONE AND GRAND TETON, you will appreciate the national parks in a whole new light after being there
*My guide was a badass. His name was Cowboy Bob. Ex-navy, ex-police, current tour guide does summer tours with his GMC Yukon and winter tours via snow car. He has a nice life to have an office in a national park.
*In another life, i should be a park ranger
*Golf today: maybe we can hit another eagle.
Later alligators!
Thursday, May 11, 2006
No updates...
Hi World. Sorry i haven't been very dilligent with updates right now, I am too busy with finals and whatnot. One more week left for me! Last day of class! Woo!
Here is a video to make you laugh.
Colbert roasts President Bush
Best Line: I believe the government that does the least, governs best...by that standard, we are doing a heck of a job in Iraq.
Here is a video to make you laugh.
Colbert roasts President Bush
Best Line: I believe the government that does the least, governs best...by that standard, we are doing a heck of a job in Iraq.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Monday Update and roommate search
Hi World. I had a pretty good weekend. Relay for Life was good, but I wasn't feeling very good so I left early. I know, i'm a bum. On Sun, we had a DF picnic which was a blast. Ultimate was great.
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I need your help. I am still looking for a roommate for next year. A couple of things that I had going fell through, so i'm stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. If you hear of anyone let me know, I'd really appreciate it.
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I need your help. I am still looking for a roommate for next year. A couple of things that I had going fell through, so i'm stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. If you hear of anyone let me know, I'd really appreciate it.
Friday, May 05, 2006
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Two logical proofs that will piss off every woman that reads this:
One Proof
• 1. There is no point in a fetus’s development where we identify it becoming a person.
• C: Therefore, it is always a person; from conception
Another
• 1. Persons have a right to life.
• 2. Women have the right to do whatever they want to do with their body.
• 3. Right 1 > Right 2
• C: Abortion ought not to be allowed
I got these in my philosophy class. I wish these didn't make sense to me. Any good rebutals?
• 1. There is no point in a fetus’s development where we identify it becoming a person.
• C: Therefore, it is always a person; from conception
Another
• 1. Persons have a right to life.
• 2. Women have the right to do whatever they want to do with their body.
• 3. Right 1 > Right 2
• C: Abortion ought not to be allowed
I got these in my philosophy class. I wish these didn't make sense to me. Any good rebutals?
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
WikiWednesday
Ok Nation. I am a dork. I love wikipedia. I love to wikisearch and go from link to link to link. It is fun, I promise. So in honor of that, today is WikiWednesday, where I'll give you a list of articles to read before I see you next or you could fail your course in Jarrod 101.
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Wikipedia Entries:
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (this poem blows me away every time i read it)
Jimmy Neutron (maybe the best TV show ever)
Smokin' Suckaz wit Logic (I just love the name)
Wikionary Entries:
Homeslice
Fantastic
Wikiquote Entries:
Dave Chappelle
Bengali proverbs
Wikibook:
Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter
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Enjoy! Let me know what you think of WikiWednesday
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Wikipedia Entries:
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (this poem blows me away every time i read it)
Jimmy Neutron (maybe the best TV show ever)
Smokin' Suckaz wit Logic (I just love the name)
Wikionary Entries:
Homeslice
Fantastic
Wikiquote Entries:
Dave Chappelle
Bengali proverbs
Wikibook:
Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter
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Enjoy! Let me know what you think of WikiWednesday
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Car Hail Fun (part two)
As you may or may not know, my car was hailed on two Sunday's ago. I took it to American Family for an estimate. They told me that my car had the worst hail damage (at least $5,000) of any they've seen in Lawrence. Rock on. At least I'm first at something.
I'm getting it repaired on the 15th and I'm renting a car from Enterprise then. Apparently, if you have a claim in with an insurance company, you are allowed to rent a car even if you are not 21 or 25. Woo hoo. I like driving different cars.
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Update on video below. It's kindof blurry on the video, but you did see it correctly, the defender grabbed Chris Kaman's junk and pulled it back. Apparently, he wasn't ready for that move. I think the quote should have been, "Hey, only my doctor and wife go there, I wasn't ready for that sortof action."
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EDIT: Tomorrow is WikiWednesday, so come on back later for some WikiGoodness.
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EDIT 2: Link of the day: Who is living in your neighborhood?
I'm getting it repaired on the 15th and I'm renting a car from Enterprise then. Apparently, if you have a claim in with an insurance company, you are allowed to rent a car even if you are not 21 or 25. Woo hoo. I like driving different cars.
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Update on video below. It's kindof blurry on the video, but you did see it correctly, the defender grabbed Chris Kaman's junk and pulled it back. Apparently, he wasn't ready for that move. I think the quote should have been, "Hey, only my doctor and wife go there, I wasn't ready for that sortof action."
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EDIT: Tomorrow is WikiWednesday, so come on back later for some WikiGoodness.
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EDIT 2: Link of the day: Who is living in your neighborhood?
Monday, May 01, 2006
Blogalicious
Wow, two posts in 20 mins. Man, I rule.
Avi, my brother, now has a blog. Enjoy. (Wow, awkward comma use. I, suck, at this English, thing.)
Sorry my non-sports-loving friends for my previous post. That was a bit sports heavy. It's not my fault that the greatest NBA game of my life was on the same weekend the NFL Draft was too.
This weekend was all right. Amy's bonfire on Saturday, which was less than bonfirery due to rain. Still, we had smores, which increases the coolness factor of everything by at least four. Went back home on Sunday. Skipped Delta Force for dinner with the rents in Overland Park.
Today. Mowed the lawn. Almost needed a combine. It was 10 inches long in the back because I ran out of gas last time. Took an hour and a half. Rocked out to Arctic Monkeys. Good times.
Shout out to Mitzi because she read my blog. Makes me feel special.
I wonder why this diet never took off.
Avi, my brother, now has a blog. Enjoy. (Wow, awkward comma use. I, suck, at this English, thing.)
Sorry my non-sports-loving friends for my previous post. That was a bit sports heavy. It's not my fault that the greatest NBA game of my life was on the same weekend the NFL Draft was too.
This weekend was all right. Amy's bonfire on Saturday, which was less than bonfirery due to rain. Still, we had smores, which increases the coolness factor of everything by at least four. Went back home on Sunday. Skipped Delta Force for dinner with the rents in Overland Park.
Today. Mowed the lawn. Almost needed a combine. It was 10 inches long in the back because I ran out of gas last time. Took an hour and a half. Rocked out to Arctic Monkeys. Good times.
Shout out to Mitzi because she read my blog. Makes me feel special.
I wonder why this diet never took off.
A lesson on the imperative:
Hi Nation. Do what I do.
Read: A Hali of a story.
Watch: This is brutal. This is why I'm afraid of football players. His nickname is the bonecrusher. I just hope he doesn't murder anyone next year for the Chiefs. (Unless they are playing Oakland.)
Enjoy: Today
Listen: To the Arctic Monkeys. Thanks to Charles for the CD. If you want a copy, email me, I'll burn you a copy of "Whatever People Say I am, I'm not". They are that good.
Go: to Spangles. Actually, not really, but is anyone else just about crazy after their advertising blitz in Lawrence?
Be amazed, be very amazed:
Read: A Hali of a story.
Watch: This is brutal. This is why I'm afraid of football players. His nickname is the bonecrusher. I just hope he doesn't murder anyone next year for the Chiefs. (Unless they are playing Oakland.)
Enjoy: Today
Listen: To the Arctic Monkeys. Thanks to Charles for the CD. If you want a copy, email me, I'll burn you a copy of "Whatever People Say I am, I'm not". They are that good.
Go: to Spangles. Actually, not really, but is anyone else just about crazy after their advertising blitz in Lawrence?
Be amazed, be very amazed:
Friday, April 28, 2006
It is over.
Die Ilse ist Weg ist done. Thank the good lord. I woke up at 6:00a to re-skim the entire book. I still feel like i have a 70% comprehension of that stupid depressing book. I'm in English right now, enjoying Chester Sullivan talking about tragedy. He just asked what is tragedy. I really wanted to answer: tragedy is when i cut my finger, comedy is when you fall down a manhole and die. Thank you Mel Brooks.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Hail can hurt
Hey world. Sorry it's been a bit, but here are a few updates:
So last Sunday, I was at the ECM, being a good Delta Force soldier. Lauren called me and said, "hey, have you gotten any hail?" I said, "No, just rain, I think it missed us." Way to go Nostradamus.
Here are the photo's of the damage, for your entertainment, you can play where's Jarrod on a couple of them:
See the nice huge dent in the windshield there, yeah, really sweet.
If you are sharing in my pain, leave a comment, any DFer's out there with similar wounds? I don't want to sound like a brat here, but I know someone who lost someone near, and this is just money, (and i'm insured with some very nice parents helping me out with my deductable).
Speaking of money
Check out Rick Reilly's latest column here. Some of his stuff is hackneyed and cheap, but this is real. Here I am bitching about getting hailed on my new car, some of these kids are dying because they don't have any mosquito nets. I'm such a punk.
Other reading for fun
Read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Worth it. I promise. Fascinating study of how we come to conclusions and it focuses on how do we subliminally come to know what we know. Fascinating.
Listening
Camille Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals. Totally brings me back to Orchestra in 6th grade. Sometimes I miss the Cello. I just love The Swan.
Thats it for now
Come back soon for some KU sports stuff and the importance of the word fuck.
Also, wish me luck on my Die Ilse ist Weg Prüfung am Freitag. Ich bin screwed.
So last Sunday, I was at the ECM, being a good Delta Force soldier. Lauren called me and said, "hey, have you gotten any hail?" I said, "No, just rain, I think it missed us." Way to go Nostradamus.
Here are the photo's of the damage, for your entertainment, you can play where's Jarrod on a couple of them:
See the nice huge dent in the windshield there, yeah, really sweet.
If you are sharing in my pain, leave a comment, any DFer's out there with similar wounds? I don't want to sound like a brat here, but I know someone who lost someone near, and this is just money, (and i'm insured with some very nice parents helping me out with my deductable).
Speaking of money
Check out Rick Reilly's latest column here. Some of his stuff is hackneyed and cheap, but this is real. Here I am bitching about getting hailed on my new car, some of these kids are dying because they don't have any mosquito nets. I'm such a punk.
Other reading for fun
Read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Worth it. I promise. Fascinating study of how we come to conclusions and it focuses on how do we subliminally come to know what we know. Fascinating.
Listening
Camille Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals. Totally brings me back to Orchestra in 6th grade. Sometimes I miss the Cello. I just love The Swan.
Thats it for now
Come back soon for some KU sports stuff and the importance of the word fuck.
Also, wish me luck on my Die Ilse ist Weg Prüfung am Freitag. Ich bin screwed.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
About myself.
This was going to be the stereotypical "this is who I am" entry, but I didn't want to do that so I decided to be a bit more elusive. I was going to do a "hates/loves" type thing but my dad tells me I am not allowed to hate anything but Nazi's and the Oakland Raiders. We'll call this a "Likes/dislikes" thing then.
Likes:
Books
Fun (wow this sounds very platformish, I'm a book and fun supporter, vote for me!)
KU
Philosophy
Basketball
Football
Delta Force
Good people
Good booze
(sometime those two go along perfectly)
Chester Sullivan
Rain/storms
Lauren
Music that makes me feel
Wikipedia
Dislikes:
Confusion
Sadness
The Royals breaking my heart every summer
Classes with attendence policies (hey teacher: make it interesting enough that i want to come)
Grammar and spelling police
Analyzing poetry too deeply
German novels (Die Ilse is Weg is murdering me, soon, i might be gone too)
Myspace
More to be added soon...
Likes:
Books
Fun (wow this sounds very platformish, I'm a book and fun supporter, vote for me!)
KU
Philosophy
Basketball
Football
Delta Force
Good people
Good booze
(sometime those two go along perfectly)
Chester Sullivan
Rain/storms
Lauren
Music that makes me feel
Wikipedia
Dislikes:
Confusion
Sadness
The Royals breaking my heart every summer
Classes with attendence policies (hey teacher: make it interesting enough that i want to come)
Grammar and spelling police
Analyzing poetry too deeply
German novels (Die Ilse is Weg is murdering me, soon, i might be gone too)
Myspace
More to be added soon...
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Call me anything but a liar
Royals suck. This makes me feel sad. (and inadequate)
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Call me anything but a liar.
me: spelling is overrated
i'm listening to Matisyahu right now, he wouldn't take the time to spell things correctly, i'd guess
rebekahheacock: hah
that should go on your blog -- "Matisyahu wouldn't take the take to spell things correctly, I'd guess"
nice
me: heh, i'll do that
I need a picture, so here it is.
That is me ----->EDIT: It's kindof creeping me out seeing two pictures of me right next to each other.
Senegal has no HIV*
*Basically. According to my guest speaker in Journalism Ethics (some would call that an oxymoron, i'd call them a moron) Senegal has a HIV infection rate of less than 1 percent. That is low, folks. We are always hearing about famines, wars, and AIDS in Africa, we don't ever hear about good things. Unfortunate, but if it bleeds it leads.
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Side note, Joel from that class asked if Senegal was a city. Then he tried to correct himself and asked what size of a state it is. Then he asked the two african guests if Africa was a continent or a country. Somedays I hate Americans.
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Side note, Joel from that class asked if Senegal was a city. Then he tried to correct himself and asked what size of a state it is. Then he asked the two african guests if Africa was a continent or a country. Somedays I hate Americans.
This is the first step...
...to pretentious psycho-self babble. I've always resisted creating a blog before this, but I'm curious and I've decided to join the dark side. Wish me luck with this endeavor.
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