sometimes when i am suffering at the gym i ask myself why i am doing this. i think most people want to get in shape or drop a few pounds so they can wear swimwear in public without shame or look good in a cocktail dress or something. me, i realized i am exercising so i can fit into my robot blouse again which i put together 4 years ago.

i browse the internet on city buildings.

birthday girl alexis mackenzie

katie explains how wii works to john of fecalface.com

“OMG I love Wii”

guess i’m really disconnected from my catholic heritage because it’s been at least a decade & 1/2 since my moms last badgered me about mass attendance and/or important catholic-related holidays that i must celebrate to avoid eternal damnation. so, i forgot how fun easter can be! i didn’t know until today, but the washington post has a peeps diorama contest. pretty fun me thinks. the birds one is killer – i loved that they used the boat scene. hitchcock & bodega bay forever. seriously, this scene looks like a scene i would enjoy eating.

i know i have mentioned flip flop flyin’ here before but i can’t remember why. these illustrations of famous artists/musicians craig robinson made remind me of playmobil figures. kinda fun trying to guess who they are

i picked up a some pins of legendary railways the last time i was at the san jose train station because i liked the logo/typography and i think i inadvertently started a collection. and possibly reached new levels of nerd.

i’d like to take a scenic cross-country trip on a luxury train one of these days.

i saw an american werewolf in london when i was really young and just watched it again. it was a lot more funny, entertaining & gorey than i remembered, almost in an evil dead way.

i think i have a crush on griffin dunne circa early-80s now.
yeah, that griffin dunne. the guy who chased madonna around in a 1 1/2 star movie and starred in a movie where he talks to his manhood for advice about career decisions. yeah, the guy that was named after a virile mythical greek beast. i’m grossed out by it too.

i’ve witnessed fires before but never a building engulfed in flames. this must have been on the back end of the building. the large group of spectators cheered when the firefighters got someone out of the building. it’s amazing the only casualties were cats. if this happened in the middle of the night, people would be screwed. unfortunately, 60 people are out of a home now.

when i was walking home out from the BART station after work i saw huge black billows of smoke in the sky blowing from the direction of my home as well as news copters flying above. i came up on that corner of my intersection scared stiff and kept thinking over and over please god, don’t let it be my building…

the fire was so big that it spread to 3 buildings (4 alarm = approx 130 firefighters). i never really thought of myself as a particularly lucky person, but god damn.

OMG, I discovered an excellent northern soul podcast. Finally! Check it out . If you want to subscribe in iTunes click this and if you want to subscribe in google reader click this.

last night young and i made pizzas at my house and watched the project runway finale. my pizza had bell peppers, fake sausage & broccoli on it. young’s had about 50 toppings. i was embarrassed when i realized i didn’t have a pizza cutter. now i want to make more and i want to start with recipes from this awesome recipe blog that i stumbled upon last week. i wish i took a picture of our pies cuz they looked pretty. not pretty like this one though

and by pretty i mean kinda terrifying. can you eat something when it’s looking at you like that?