My wife's once a year cooking

Once a year, yes, just once a year I get the pleasure of having my beloved wife cook dinner for me.  I really truly enjoy it and it makes my birthday that much better.  Unfortunately for Kelly, its like pulling teeth.  She moans and groans about it, but still delivers because she knows it makes me happy.  In past years, spaghetti and caesar salad  were the staples.  She switched it up this year.  Grilled chicken on a salad with carrots and cucumbers and even baked some cookies.  The cookie part was a nice touch as it made our place smell great too.  If only I could convince her to cook a few more times a year, I'd be a very happy man.

Korean Tacos

http://www.delseoul.com/

Mmmmm.   Very good!  Tasty!  Yes, yes, and, um, yes!  I've only been there once so far, but after much anticipation of this newly opened restaurant, I was very pleased.  I had the BBQ pork sandwich and split some kimchi fries.  The fries were good.  Not as spicy as I thougth they were going to be and definitely needed to eat them with fork.  The sandwich was the star.  A little sweet, a little spicy, and a little crunchy...beautiful!  The pork was flavorful and thinly sliced, the daikon and carrots gave it a nice crunch, and the jalapeno's added the spice.  I was especially happy that the bread held up since the sandwich was a little messy.  My buddy had 3 different tacos and he really liked them as well.  Needless to say, I can't wait to go again and try the other items.

Re: Guys' Night

http://inspirationandroughdrafts.blogspot.com/2010/10/guys-night.html

I'd like to start out by saying thank you to Melissa for appreciating and understanding what guy's night is all about and the therapeutic effects it can have on you.  All the shit we do and talk about is for the sake of amusement, that's it!  There's no big mystery, no big conspiracy, we're not hiding anything, nor are we trying to get away from the ladies.  MOST of the time we're doing 'guy' stuff that girls don't often like doing, i.e. poker, smoking cigars, playing video games, telling jokes, trying to one up each other, telling the same old story for the hundredth time, etc.  Now of course we do drink and head to the bars and sometimes things can get a little out of hand and those times of course are the ones we live to regret.  Its why girls are always so apprehensive when they hear there's gonna be a guys night. That being said, I LOVE guys night and hope to have many more to come.  Ladies, you know we have love for you!

Old

Confucius says "The journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step!" 

Today is my 31st birthday!  Damn I'm old!  This is the time of year with my birthday, my wife's birthday, and the holidays coming up in which I tend to get a little reflective.  The 'What's' invade my consciousness.  What have I accomplished in my life?  What am I doing now?  What's next?  What do I still want to achieve?  And the list goes on... 

I won't delve into my far past, but recently I have of course started blogging, not just talked about doing so and had my 1 year anniversary!  As for what I'd like to do in the relatively short term is go back to school for Mandarin and to run the half marathon next summer.  Yes, yes, laugh it up!  I just gotta remember to take it step at a time.

I've got a long life to live and a lot to do.  I better get started.  What have you accomplished?  What do you still want to do? 

My Unicorn

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unicorn

No, I'm not looking for a mythical white horned horse.  My own personal unicorn revolves primarily on the weekend and only during football season.  Its possible I may have achieved this goal in the past, but for right now, I can't ever remember doing so.  This achievement is a combination of fantasy football, 2 college teams, an NFL team, and a soccer team.  For me to find my unicorn, I need all of them to win.  I have 3, yes 3, fantasy football teams.  The other teams consist of the Iowa Hawkeyes, , Wisconsin Badgers, Green Bay Packers, and Chelsea FC. 

This past week, Chelsea lost and 1 of my fantasy teams lost by 1 point!  That's probably the closest I've gotten in recent memory.  Its not as easy as it seems.  You only play 14-15 weeks of fantasy.  Then there are only 12 college games, plus a bowl game.  Chelsea doesn't play every week w/international breaks.  Then you have idles and byes.  In reality, my chances of my mythical achievement only comes down to maybe 9 or 10 times a year.  Tough going! 

Ah well, Chelsea plays today on a rare Wednesday and there's an NFL game tomorrow so onward I go! 

Best game ever?!

Goldeneye!  Goldeneye!  Goldeneye!  'Yes', 'Awesome', 'Seriousy', Oh my god', have been the typical responses I've been hearing from people.  I concur!  Yes, there is a new goldeneye game for the Wii.  Yes, I will be gettting it.  Yes, the reviews are good.  Any questions?

http://www.goldeneyegame.com/

Apparently they haven't messed w/the original too much(quite possibly my favorite shooting game of all time, if not my favorite PERIOD).  Better graphics, new storyline, and a few new features.  They kept golden gun!

If you were like me and wasted way too many hours playing goldeneye tourney then I'll see you at my place soon!  Oh...and by the way....winner stays.

Random Randomness Ramblings

That's the alternate title to this blog, but I figured that somewhere in the world wide blogging realm someone might have that same title.  In reference to my winning title, if you know anything about me at all, you'll know that I'm pretty random, like to fly by the seat of my pants, do whatever is easiest and quicker, and perhaps this blog is reflective of that.  This just might be a temporary fad, a moment of inspiration that will fade away quickly.  Such is my life...  There's a seriously good chance I might only post a few times and then just completely 'forget' about my blog.  Then of course, I'll move on to next thing that temporarily enamors me...did someone say Twitter? 

Recently I've been reading some blogs and telling people that I might be writing one and a question has come up over and over again, "what are you going to write about?"  The answer I believe lies in both the title of the blog as well as the alternate title.  Basically, whatever happens to pop into my head. 

So, hope you all enjoy the insights, observations, and other crap that I wanna put on paper!  :-)