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On her breasts getting bigger

C: Just wait, one day you will be jealous when I'm able to suck my own boobs.

J: (pants getting tighter at thought of C sucking her own boob)

I Don't Know This Guy

State Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, said the Legislature will have to "play some defense this session" in terms of transportation funding. People are buying and driving more fuel-efficient cars, which means gas tax money revenues are not coming in as high as expected, he said.

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How You See the World

C: "Hey, here comes the City inspector. Get your shit together guys!"

M: "awwww, she's nothing. I know how to sweet talk her--tell her she looks like a movie star."

C: (confused look)

M: "Just don't tell her that she looks like the Penguin from Batman Returns."

The Metric System

"Three countries have not officially adopted the International System of Units as their primary or sole system of measurement: Liberia, Myanmar and the United States."

Thank You For This

Beauty In Motion

Blogger is choking on a fatty right now. Click on the image to see intended animation:

Mother's Day Dinner

Dachsund, Attack!

"Rhylie, look, I got your ball."

(Rhylie at full speed) "Give me the ball."

(Me losing my balance and falling over.)

"Sorry, ball please."

Ithacappella Sings Dig

There are more Ithacapella videos at their website.

Lasse Gjertsen

Harborside Fountain Park

The Harborside Fountain Park is slated to open on May 5 at 10AM. During construction of the park, I got a first-hand tour of the park. When most people think of parks, the immediate thing that comes to mind is grass. You will find little to no grass at this park. Instead you'll find huge boulders, many types of tree and plant species native to the Pacific Northwest, multi-colored granite pathways, and of course the large copper water fountains. Standing in the middle of the park made me feel relaxed and isolated from the hustle and bustle of downtown--why we enjoy our parks in the first place. It's unlike any park I have visited and it will be a park truly unique to Bremerton. For more information about the park, check out the City of Bremerton's website.

30th Floor

Last week I had training in Seattle in the 1111 Third Avenue Building (the Wells Fargo Building). Here are some pictures from the 30th floor facing south towards SoDo and Pioneer Square.

Viaduct Vote

The Stranger has a great article about the upcoming viaduct vote. I am completely against rebuilding the viaduct--the same 1950's thinking that built the original viaduct is what got us into this mess. That same mindset is definitely not going to last us another fifty years. I am not opposed to the tunnel just so long as they can find a creative financing solution that wouldn't result in new taxes to state residents.

View From the Boardwalk

More over here.

Urban Land Magazine

One of my proudest accomplishments at my current job is a waterfront rendering that I helped to create. It was featured in the January 2007 issue of Urban Land Magazine.

Windows Vista Eve

Shoplifting

I was forwarded this article over at Slate that talked about meat being the #1 shoplifted item at grocery stores. The link was sent from a friend who thought I would be shocked at this statistic, but little did he know that I worked for a grocery store.

In the 6 years that I worked for Safeway, I can vividly recall our store security apprehending a dozen or so people shoplifting meat—anything from a filet mignon down to packages of sliced deli meat. While most tried to sneak meat out of the store with the goods packed into their clothing (it brings a new meaning to having a sausage in your pants), some people tried placing the packages of meat in empty Safeway bags that they had packed in their pockets and tried, albeit unsuccessfully, walking out the front door, giving off the appearance of having gone through the checkout line and having their items bagged. The worst attempt I saw at stealing meat was packing a grocery cart full of meat (and beer) and making a dash right out the front door. Nice try.

Other items that I remember being lifted on a regular basis:

• Cosmetics: Like you wouldn't believe—these are usually higher priced than say food or beverages so when they go missing or unaccounted for, they usually show up on inventories in big bold red letters. People who were caught with these items were usually middle-school and high-school females with the occasional homemaker attempting to sneak out a tube of mascara.
• Baby Formula: This is also another higher priced item, usually running $40 for a 48 oz. can for Infamil. I would say that almost all of the people who stole Infamil were single mothers. Occasionally I would see a baby's daddy getting caught, but I can only recall a couple instances. The one depressing moment I won't forget is the sight of a single mother being escorted by a security guard to the back office while her child is being cared for by a Safeway bagger.
• Alcohol: This item was lifted by all age segments, even old retired ladies, but mostly by teenagers who aren't legal to buy and who couldn't find someone in the parking lot. The funniest attempt I saw was during the summer of 2004, 3 teenagers run into the store directly to a 4^th of July display conveniently located near the entrance to the store, each takes two Bud Light cubes—one for each hand, each one turns and run towards the door, as they are approaching the door one yells out, "drop the cash." One of the teens comes to a halt as the other two escape to the parking lot, the teen inside puts the cube of beer down, reaches deep into his pockets, drops a wad of twenty dollar bills, picks up the cube of the beer, and makes a dash out the door.
  
  Had they paid for the beer, they would have been about $10 short, but the gesture of leaving money behind was uncommon and very funny. As luck would have it, a shopper in the store recognized one of the teens and reported him.
• Sudafed: Before stores kept Sudafed behind counters, they stocked this on the shelf right next to the other cold medicine. When the meth epidemic was in its hey-day, this was probably the most lifted item, more so than meat. Sudafed was always shoplifted by junkies and never by anyone who was sick.

Superman

So Close...

Upon leaving Endfest '00, Dain and I run across Coby, the lead singer from the band Papa Roach. He was on his way out too so we hurriedly huddled together--well everyone but me--and before I could wedge myself in between Dain and Coby, I heard "cheese" and when I looked up I saw the flash from the piece of shit Safeway-brand 35mm disposable I had packed with me.


I didn't know this picture was taken until after it appeared in the local newspaper. In the above picture I'm trying to be sociable around Tom from MxPx, my girlfriend, and one of my co-workers. Had I known a picture was going to be taken, I would have tried to position myself behind someone ;)


When we lined up to take this photo, I thought to myself, "you know better--get your ass in front," but after sizing up the other meet and greeters I had noticed that the majority of the fans around me were teenie-boppers and were well-below my 6'0" height. What I didn't factor in was Mike's fro. Damn, that's a lot of hair!