Monday, September 12, 2005

This past weekend


For any of you who didn't know, Amanda and I went to Wichta for our friend Preethi's wedding. Preethi was Amanda's old roommate, and even though we were not in the wedding party, we were invited to the rehersal dinner. So we both took a half day and drove the 3 hours to Wichita. But since we arrived early I read while Amanda played Gameboy.

The rehersal went well, though the priest was very stern to the point of being rude. After the rehersal was done, we went to "Pizza Villa" and got to know everyone a little better. After which we checked into the Hyatt and got ready for tomorrow. By the way, I am not going to be staying in a Hyatt ever again...

Anyway, we woke up at 8 because we agreed to help setup the banquet hall where the reception was being help. We workd from 10 to about 1, then we took showers changed and went to the wedding (which was at 2).

The wedding was nice; and for a catholic wedding, went very fast. After the wedding the photographer took 45 minutes to take MOST of the pictures... Also, after the wedding I believe the AC was turned off because it became warm very quickly.

When we got to the banquet hall I spent a lot of time trying to find an elevator that works because one of Brian's grandfathers was physically unable to walk up stairs. Beyond that was just a good time. We got a chance to catch up with some old friends from college that we had not seen in awhile. At one point the DJ asked if anyone had a song with the word "love" in the title. Kevin (not me) raised his hand and said "Love in an Elevator" by Areosmith. Well, he had to sing a verse before we could go up to get dinner. Needless to say we got a good laugh out of his Steven Tyler impression and were the first ones in line for dinner, which was excellent.

There was an open bar, and I drank a lot, but never even got so much as a buzz. It was also hot in the banquet hall because one of the bartenders accidentally turned the AC off. So all the dancing and hot indian food really just made things worse. Though I still had a lot of fun.

Friday, September 09, 2005

blades don't need to be reloaded


My brother dealing with some zombies. He is a big zombie movie fan and after reading the "Zombie Survival Guide" I was inspired to put this one together.

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Dave Matthews concert

Yesterday Amanda and I went to a dave Matthews concert because we won tickets when we went to see the "40 Year Old Virgin."

It was a good concert, but this being only my 4th concert I am reminded why I have not been to more. I am don't mind Dave, but I was not really excited to be there. I have to really like a band to go to a concert. Most of the time I would space out and think of other things. I would watch the crowd and be amazed at what I saw. For example; we sat at the back of the lawn, which is pretty far away. And this stoned idiot would put his arm up and yell at Dave, "Over here... DAVE!" He just kept yelling if there was any way Dave would actually be able to see let alone hear him. I doubt he could do either.

Anyway, it was nice just to spend time with Amanda. Hopefully the next time we see someone I will be a little more into it.

Sunday, September 04, 2005

The "special day"


Well, our anniversary was nice... To a point.

The day started off just fine. We both worked and got off early. We ran some errands and went home and got ready for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, P.F.Changs. We had a very nice and surprisingly inexpensive dinner, and went home. We decided to take Lucky out for a walk.

We hadn't gotten more than 200 yards from apartment when Amanda fell and hurt her ankle. She couldn't stand on it, and was in a lot of pain, so I carried her while holding onto a very hyper and reluctant dog. Anyway, I put Amanda on the couch and went to the fridge to find that we didn't have any ice, though we had produce. So I put some frozen corn on her ankle and went to the store to her some ice.

When I got home I checked her ankle some more because I thought it was weird that she immediately was immobilized. She said that she heard a pop, and because it was so tender, we decided to go to the hospital.

So I carried Amanda to the car and later into the hospital. It was surprisingly busy for 8 at night. Shortly after we arrived a high school football player came in with a broken ankle. There was a kid who ran into something, and many other people just waiting around. Well, I caught up on my reading, and 3 hours later, after x-rays and a lot of waiting we found that it was indeed a sprain.

Now, she is walking around fine, but it's still a little tender. Oh well...

Friday, September 02, 2005

3 Years

Today is the 3 year anniversary of my first date with Amanda. It's a good thing she got back from "Rago" (I don't know if that is spelled correctly) yesterday. I mean, "Rago" isn't even a town, it's some feilds or something...

Anyway, I was extremely tired yesterday because I stayed up until 2 the night before doing all sorts of stuff to make everything nice for when Amanda got home. And she got home early, mind you. She was supposed to come home today, and that would have messed up a couple of things.

Tonight we have reservations for one of our favorite restaraunts, P.F. Changs. Other than that we have no real plans. It should be a calm day; which would be nice...