10-21-2011

This is really interesting…

Headed to Portland this weekend for Ollie’s bachelor party – yikes.  Pretty darn excited though.  Hopefully it turns out better than last time I was in town, although Nebel and I did with the Black Cat 2011 Shuffle Board Challenge that weekend which was a pretty good accomplishment.

This is really interesting…

Steph and I just got on the family plan at AT&T for our cell phones, so you could say this marriage thing is finally official.  We were trying to figure out what plans we needed so we had the guy look up our previous usage from a couple months ago.  he said “Steph you used 750 minutes.  Blade, you used…25″.  He probably thought I didn’t have any friends, when in reality they all just use HeyTell.  Right?  Or am I in denial?  Anyway, turns out my Heytell has been broken for over a month, bust fixed it so I’m back!

Currently Watching…

Okay so I’m pretty out of it when it comes to politics, mostly because I don’t get it, but the other day Brett randomly showed me this video of the previous Godfathers CEO singing a pizza version of “imagine”.  2 days later I find out he’s running for President of the United States of America!  Total mind blower.  Pizza and politics, now that’s something I could get into.

This is really interesting…

Did you know in gmail it doesn’t matter if you use the period or not?  So blade.imsande@gmail.com is the same thing as bladeimsande@gmail.com.  Heck, even b.l.ade.im.sande@gmail.com is the same thing.  Wait, yep okay just confirmed it.  Thanks for that knowledge bomb Steph – this is a digital world and you are a digital girl.

The soapbox…

Have a fun and safe weekend everyone!!  Ollie, it was great knowing you

10-17-2011

Shout out to…

Megan Ramaley for quite possibly the best present of all time – A fanny pack with speakers that hooks up to your ipod/iphone!!  Not to mention the style is pretty kick-ass anyways.  I honestly couldn’t stop smiling (or dancing) for like 3 hours straight at the tailgate on Saturday.  Those little speakers really pump out the bass too (and yes I realize that everyone who was with me all 3 of those hours wishes I had more than 7 club-bangers on my playlist, I’ll work on that).  And thanks for the shoes Ryan!

Currently Watching…

College football.  UW is now ranked in all 3 polls (coaches, AP, BCS) after scoring 38 points in the 1st half against colorado while MSU is ranked #3 nationally after avenging their only conference loss of last year to nau.  Here is a little mid-season Bobcat video for all the fans out there

This is really interesting…

The other day Steph was really proud to show us the “brand new penny” that she’d been saving “forever”.  Of course that doesn’t make any sense, but apparently they changed the back of the penny again in 2011.  Get them now while you still can before the millions of them are one day gone and you’re relegated to just looking at Steph’s little collector item.

Currently Listening to…

My fanny pack

The soapbox…

Beep Bop Boop Beep

10-14-2011

This is really interesting…

Apparently we have rooftop decks on most of the building at work.  I’m really happy I found out about them just in time for winter.  Anyway, this is basically the weather I would prefer for tomorrow please.  (In retrospect, this picture probably would have been better closer to the railing, and possibly without the vitamin water)

Currently Listening to…

This Friday Hit!  It won’t get in your head and possibly ruin your entire day I promise.  In fact it’s done just the opposite for me.

Currently Reading…

Here is a cool article in the New York Times about tailgating at UW.  On a side note, I want a boat.  I will also settle for a friend with a boat, just HeyTell me.

This is really interesting…

Blind Pilot added a late concert to Seattle on December 2nd so Steph thought she’d surprise me and buy us tickets.  The problem is she’s pretty bad at keeping secrets so she told me about it 2 weeks ago after a husky game, then immediately regretted ruining the surprise.  Well she failed to realize this was at night after a husky game and I’m not known for having the best memory in the world.  So when the ticket came in the mail she showed them to me, I asked what they were because I had no idea, and she basically ruined the surprise again.

The soapbox…

Have a fun and safe weekend everyone!  Home games for the Huskies and Cats, I hope you can make it to one of them.  I’m getting my haircut on Sunday.  I bought a double disk Halloween CD in Portland for $1.00.  (50 cents a CD for those liberal arts majors out there).  One of the disks dominates.  One could just be renamed “noises”.  SPC dominated last night, noticed a little different beer scene with meetings on Thursday as opposed to Wednesday.

10-13-2011

This is really interesting…

Well big Cat victory over in Portland last weekend.  According to the MT affiliate stations the ol’ bobcat make an appearance (seen here in 2007 – wow that’s a long time ago).  I was thinking that would probably be my last time wearing it, but just realized Cat-griz also happens to…happen before I turn 30.  After looking at Christmas tickets I came to the realization I won’t be able to go back for Cat-griz, so looks like I’ll be watching that here at The Spot – sorry Mikey & Tanner.  Or is it you’re welcome Mikey and Tanner?  Anyway Portland was a blast, good to see Nebel, Shana, and Holzer.  I think I’ll be ready to do it again in 2 years.

Lately I’m thinking…

Did I get a flu shot yesterday?  Or did Mike Tyson punch me repeatedly in the left arm?

Currently Reading…

So I know I don’t usually post Florida Marlins news, but…it’s a slow news day here on the gadget.  Apparently this is their new logo, and if that isn’t bad enough this little guy (scroll down to the animation) is what’s going to happen in center field every time they hit home run.  In my opinion you should also get a stuffed animal to give to a teammate or girlfriend when hitting one out.

Lately I’m thinking…

SPC at Stellar Pizza tonight!  Speaking of SPC, check out our (still a work in progress) http://seattlepizzaclub.com website.  We’re so official it’s ridiculous.  On a side note, I own more domain names than I do matching pairs of socks

The soapbox….

Last night at around 7:00PM the forecast changed from it raining today through Sunday to being sunny today through Sunday.  Although I’m not very confident seeing as how easily it changed in the first place, I’ll definitely take it, especially with a UW home game on Sat.

10-4-2011

Shout out to…

the Cats who beat Sac State at home (who last week beat the griz and took MSU to overtime last year) which I watched on a painful to quite painful online telecast on my laptop and the Dawgs who won convincingly on the road (ro-ads, roods) at Utah.  I watched at home with Steph (on an actual TV!) and Bonar who both decided extra noise from a guitar would be helpful.  It was a little chaotic but I’d say football in general has been more fun to watch this year than let’s say oh 3 years ago.  (bonus shout to Moopie for this photo)

Lately I’m thinking…

about whether I’m too old to wear the bobcat suit this weekend in Portland.  Part of me feels like I am, but then I think about it and I’m like “well 30 years old is probably the cutoff, and I’m only 29″.  I asked Tanner and he said the cutoff was more like 40 years old so I’m not sure if that was helpful or not.

Shout out to…

Steve Klitz on his birthday yesterday.  Since he’s working in Olympia and Cyndi was helping Brett semi-move to our place in Seattle it meant we got to celebrate with dinner at Jaks and some homemade ice cream from Steph that never quite made it past the liquid stage.  I would definitely give it a B+ for effort though.

This is really interesting…

I’ve went to REI 5 times in the last 9 days.  I personally have zero belongings to show for it, which is probably good?

The soapbox…

Here are my favorite seasons in order from best to worst:  (Seattle) Summer, fall, winter, spring – whoa weird those are in order, it’s basically just a steady drop until things shoot back up.  (Montana)  Summer, winter, fall, spring.  That was fun.  Feel free to tell me yours sometime.  good talk

9-30-2011

This is really interesting…

Well Boyz II Men and I are basically best friends after they stopped by Amazon yesterday.  I’m thinking about making next Thursday B2M night at karaoke, hopefully they’ll be able to make it.  Otherwise after all the practice Heather and I had singing “it’s so hard to say goodbye” when we were younger I’m pretty sure I can fill in just fine.

Lately I’m thinking…

A little bummed I won’t be there for homecoming tomorrow.  Three years ago there was a foot of snow.  The last two years in addition to snow it was so cold I left at halftime (I’m not insulated for cold like I used to be…).  Tomorrow?  86 frickin degrees and sunny.  Figures.  The good news is Holzer is coming over to Portland for the MSU-psu game next weekend, and I still hope to get back for Cat-griz.  CATS!

Currently Reading…

Here is an interesting article about a “Community” actor walking on at UW.  Never knew that.  I think the summary of the article is people just try to kill walk-ons?  Thanks to Scott for the article and to Steph for the “things in a Seattle dog’s belly” article earlier this week.

Lately I’m thinking…

Don’t look now, but tomorrow is October, meaning it’s okay to put up decorations.  I don’t really have a lot going on this weekend besides watching football all day Saturday, so that seems to work out pretty darn well for everyone.  Good luck coming over to our house in October and not being scared out of your mind!  Steph even found my fog machine that Joey correctly talked me into.  Good job Steph!

The soapbox…

Anyone have plans for the UW game tomorrow?  Have a fun and safe weekend everyone!

9-28-2011

This is really interesting…

Well here is what I’ve been working on the last 6 months (that has helped cause a slowdown in gadget updates, which won’t end for a bit…), the Kindle Fire.  It’s part of 3 new Kindles (including Kindle & Kindle touch) that were announced today during a demo by Jeff Bezos.    Sorry for the link barrage but here is a commercial and a couple more tech articles.

This is really interesting…

I took a picture of myself on Tanner’s camera at work during the wedding…but apparently that was the work camera not his camera.  He said people were passing it around at work on Monday trying to figure out who it was, and he had a “sinking feeling” as it made it’s way to him.  Then sure enough he was like “yep, that’s blade” to which someone replied “I’ve never seen anyone actually wear those wolf shirts before”

Currently Watching…

We went and saw Moneyball last night at the big picture – really good movie.  I would also recommend the white cheddar popcorn

Currently reading…

This article about things pets have eaten.  I’m starting to think now that Seeley ate my jeep key I lost 3 years ago because I can’t find it anywhere.  Now if she ever ate Steph’s prius key we would know because the car would unlock as she walked by.  That would be pretty cool actually

The soapbox…

“What in the hell is a marquee doing there!?”

9-27-2011

Shout out to…

Bone City.  After winning our semifinal game on Thursday, we lost by one run in the championship game to steroid team in the bottom of the last inning.  This might be the end of the era, we’ll have to ask Jerry Reinsdorf that, but it’s been a great run making the championship game 5 out of 5 years with 3 titles.  Dy-nasty

Currently Watching…

Well that was almost the best football weekend of all time.  The Cats won at EWU, which is always a tough place for them to play (that red field is brutal on TV by the way), UW got a big win against Cal, the griz lost, and heck the seahawks even won.  oregon ruined the perfect sweep, but what can ya do.  Bonus fun fact:  Keith Price leads the nation in touchdown passes with 14.  Locker had 17 all of last year.

Lately I’m thinking…

How does anyone make any money at all off of sunflower seeds?  For like $1.29 you get thousands of seeds, seasoned, in a package.  That’s like .00086 cents a seed. I would have to think if they just sold the seasoning only it would be like $2.00 to package it and distribute it.  Total mind blower.  BTW I wish I could combine the BBQ seasoning of David with the seed of spitz.  But it would take forever.

Shout out to…

Brett who got his first out of college job in Bellevue.  He’ll be moving north in the next couple weeks.  Steve and Cyndi are also moving to Olympia (kind of) for a new job so this is quite the northwest shift.

The soapbox…

The hardest transition from summer to fall is the switch from flip flops to shoes.  Not only are they uncomfortable, but I feel like a (slightly taller) idiot wearing them

9-21-2011

This is really interesting…

You know the kid who plays darth vader in the VW commercial?  Well apparently he’s from MT and his parents are big bobcat boosters, contributing a bunch of money to the new scoreboard and end zone seating.  So at the grand unveiling earlier this year they had him light up the scoreboard for the first time with the force.  Cats!  Unfortunately it looks like this year will be the first homecoming in 11 years I’ll miss.  I think next weekend is just a little too close to the 11 days of work I just took off.  So I’m looking at going for Cat-griz instead, if anyone ever hears of any tickets available please let me know!

Lately I’m thinking…

about college football mostly.  UW had some terrible calls go against them against Nebraska, and didn’t handle them very well letting the 3rd quarter get away from them – which is on them.  Big conference game this weekend against Cal (our biggest recruiting rival in my opinion and probably the most evenly matched conference team this year), with the forecast calling for sunny skies and 77 degrees!!  Basically warmer than any day this summer – I’m really excited. Throw in a bonus 30th birthday pub crawl afterward for Nate & Cam and Saturday looks, well I’m not sure the right word for it.

Currently Listening to…

The new Blind Pilot CD.  It’s every bit as good as the first

This is really interesting…

I parked the ol’ prius illegally overnight in a pay lot in Bozeman, and  wasn’t able to pick it up for 2 more days.  When I got there I was super relieved that it wasn’t towed like I kind of expected, and instead just had a parking ticket on the windshield.  I opened it up on the way back and realized it wasn’t even a ticket, just a parking warning!  0 dollars.  Put me in a better mood than if I didn’t have anything at all.

The soapbox…

Blazey’s friend bought the UW motorhome.  I basically have 0 valid excuses why I don’t own it. I blew it.

9-16-2011

Lately I’m thinking…

I need a couple hundred dollars from all of you.  I’m serious, and thanks in advance. The RV Jake’s (first name basis) family and friends would take to the husky games is for sale on ebay starting at only $5,000.  $5,000!  Basically the steal of the century.  Anyone who doesn’t get in on this deal is basically burning money.  Mom, it has a roof and I wouldn’t have to keep it in your driveway!

Shout out to…

Bone City!  Big playoff win last night to avenge a loss in the regular season.  I’d say I kicked poor to quite poor but the team played great, and there’s no “blade didn’t get on base” in team.  Nice to be back at Leny’s for some terrible rum and cokes too.  Some tough tests to come but you can obviously never count out bone city

Currently Watching…

This awesome video of the best Chinese hurdler around – thanks Alex!  Cracks me up I’ll tell you what, I can’t get enough of it.  The fact he doesn’t even stay in his own lane is just icing on the cake.

Lately I’m thinking…

I literally can’t even handle how excited I am to go get Seeley – off to Portland after work.  It’s also Steph’s 10 year high school reunion.  I think I’m going to wear the bobcat costume.  CATS!!

The soapbox…

Have a fun and safe weekend everyone!!  Go UW & Go Cats!!