24HBD #16: Brag a Little.

Brag a little. The “tell us a little bit about yourself” questions are always the ones I hate the most. I never know what to say, and I feel awkward talking about myself. BUT NOT TODAY!

So here’s a list of some things that are awesome in my life right now:

• I have the best wife.
  
  
  Mary and Charlie.
• We own a house!
  
  
  So grand! So new! So last year!
• We both have steady jobs.
• I’m in an online graduate program at Purdue. That’s right, I’m back in college. Where the party at?
• My hair’s pretty sweet.
  
  
  Just look at it! Magnificent.
• My improv group (Ad Liberation) is having a really productive fall. We are super legit now, and our group synergy has never been higher. I feel that I’m doing a pretty adequate-to-decent job of being the in-charge guy.
  
  
  You mean the official photograph, where I'm doing this?
• I got these new shoes, and ladder-laced them.
  
  
  Contrast! Ladder!
• I am super home-improvement guy. Last summer I built a fence and deck (from scratch, like a cake), and I put gutter guards up last weekend. Is my last name Taylor or what?
• I’m slowly but steadily losing weight, and I’m managing it without really doing any work (just eating less… go figure).
• I’m pretty awesome at TF2.
  
  
  Wannannannanna!
• Mary and I got new phones, and they are the bestest bests.
• I’m one of 3 remaining bloggers still awake during 24HBD. The finish line is looming!

24HBD #15: Using a Randomly Generated Word, Find a Picture and Tell its Story

 

The thing about huntin’ posssim, yeah? The thing is, is yeh’ve gotta have the… the… wossname… the right equi’ment, yeah? Yeh cain’t jes’ go out there inna… inna… woss… loike a li’l Johnny B. Tidy scootah wif’ the little hard rubbah wheels, roight? Yeh’ve got teh  have tha bes’ equi’ment for theh job. So’s when I saw this beau’ heah in ol’ Feathehwood’s, I said to misself, I said “Jeremy, ol’ guy, yeh know yeh’re goin’ possim huntin’ next Thursdey, and all yeh’ve got now is that li’l pea shootah yeh got frum yeh mum when yeh were in prim’ry school.

So ah bought ‘er. And ah bought tha boots and socks and knickahs and vest and tie and cap to go wiffit. And theh whole boondle oonly cost meh tweelve hoondred pounds!

 

(The word was “gamekeeper”.)

24HBD #14: Open Your Phone Camera Album. Tell the Story of Why You Took the 5th Picture (from either end)

 

Man, so many blog situations that have already been posted about.

The story of this photo can be found here.

Blog accomplished!

24HBD #13: The Nature of Identity

Identity was a pretty good movie. I enjoyed it, at least. I didn’t know it at the time, but it has a really great cast. Alfred Molina, John Cusack, Amanda Peet! John C. McGinley’s in it, I mean come on!

So basically, all these people are stuck in this hotel together, and something keeps killing them. There’s a pretty great twist at the end. It’s a horror film, but (I think) a smart horror film. The ending might seem cheap to some, but only if you’re going about it as a mystery you have to figure out.

The rules of fairplay don’t apply to horror films, guys. That’s just ridiculous.

Anyway, if you like murder movies, you should watch it. I sort of forgot about it.

Oh yeah, and Ray Liotta’s in it! Smokin’ Aces, anyone!?

24HBD #12: Create a How-To Manual for Something You Do Well

Oh man. It’s a good thing I’ve already done this.

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Man that’s a seriously phoned-in blog. Maybe I’ll try something else.

HOW TO BE A GOOD HUSBAND
(I think I’m pretty good at this.)

• Understand the importance of pajamas.
• Know all about Egg.
• Be able to build a deck if you need one.
• Make good chili.
• Be enthusiastic about bottomless pits.
• Like frecks.
• Know the difference between Squirrels and Chipmunks.
• Mow the grass.
• Know how to change a flat tire.
• Chipotle.
• Call when you’re almost home from work and tell her that you’ll be home late but really you’ll be home in just a few minutes to surprise (trick) her and she’ll be like “oh, you tricked me” and you’ll be all like “yeah gotchya!”.

24HBD #11: Tell the Story Behind the 15th Picture of You On Facebook

 

Hey look! It’s a picture where I’m not doing a completely weird thing.

This is a picture Mary and I took while we were on vacation in France. It was actually our anniversary, so we put on adult dress-up clothes and tried to go out to eat. There’s a pretty good story behind our attempts at an anniversary dinner, and it can be found here, on the blog I wrote for the France portion of our Europe trip.

It was a really great anniversary, as we couldn’t speak or read any French at all, so everything was kind of funny. I ended up getting the worst dessert probably possible on the menu of the restaurant we chose for dessert one night. Some kind of orange-rind milk-pudding thing.

Super good times.

24HBD #10: Map Out A Road Trip You Would Like To Take

In the summer before my freshman year of high school (I think), my family went on a road trip to California and back. We drove all the way out there with a pop-up camper, visited some family, and then drove all the way back. It was really fun! We got to stay at some interesting campsites along the way, and see some really cool bits of history.

When we went out, we went through Kansas to Colorado, then over to Cali. We came back a more northern way, going to Yellowstone and seeing Mount Rushmore.

I thought about using an actual map and drawing a course I’d like to take on a different road trip, but I’m a blog behind so I’ll just go a little faster.

If I were going to plan another road trip, I would hit up New England, I think. I’ve never been up that way, so I think it’d be a good experience. I’d get to see New York, Niagra Falls, go to Maine for some reason, maybe go to DC again, and then home. T’would be fun.

Phoned in blog complete. Not even a picture. Sorry doods.