My company is definitely different...

The GoDaddy Harley!

Bob Parsons knows how to rev up his sales staff.

The founder of domain-name registrar Go Daddy Software Inc. rode into the company's Scottsdale office Thursday afternoon on a brand-new Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

"The engine was so loud, I don't think they could hear him yell 'Go Daddy' as he maneuvered it through the door," said company spokeswoman Hollie Costello. "Employees started cheering and clapping. They thought it was great."

Parsons will be giving away two $11,000 Harleys as prizes to the two salespeople who show the greatest improvement in performance next month. The winners can choose a car of like value instead.

Some 155 employees at Go Daddy's call center are eligible for the contest. The winners will be judged on the percentage increase in their sales from August to September and on their quality-assurance scores for those sales.

The motorcycle Parsons rode is now parked on the call center floor as inspiration for the crew.

Rock on Bob!

I was bored and took a photo of my bed all nice and neat because it rarely is ever like that anymore. I hop outta bed and go off to make the world a little better everyday and come back to the house to conk out again in the wee hours of the morning.



Hey- only a man who's comfortable with himeself can sleep in a bed like this...

So shuddaaaaaaap.


c.

The wax job on the car?

Check out the pics!






Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Cheap GS300 for sale!!!

No silly, not mine! I found it on clublexus.com

Click here to pick up a 2000 Lexus GS300 for $13,500. It's got some high miles but hey- these cars are supposed to go forever right?

Attention to details...
It's interesting how people in other industries take into account the small details in their work.

For example- I take my car to the stereo shop to have the XM radio fixed because it was making some clicking noise in the right speaker and the guy actually doing the work is in my car sitting on his shoe so his shoe is on my seat. This is the same guy who works on Hummers, BMWs, Lexi, and Benzes... I bet none of the other owners take a look inside to make sure their car is being treated properly. And because of that it's basically up to the shop to offer services at a level of quality that matches or exceeds the quality promised or percieved by the customer.

It just surprises me that people are able to keep their jobs when they repeatedly fail to meet the expectations of their bosses and the customer.

In other events... I bought a digital camera for my trip and also because I'd like to go out and capture a memory to look back on when the moment has passed. Buying a camera and having this need to preserve a memory proves to me that I'm getting old. It's a feeble attempt to stop time and without saying it suggests a sense of sadness that the only thing salvagable fromthe moment is a memory and a photo.

Well, I'm putting too much thought into it. I really want to take cool photos for stock photography and for family and friends. I bought an Olympus C765. This camera and it's MPEG4 enabled big brother (the 770) are the smallest digital cameras in the world that offer 10x OPTICAL zoom. And at 4 megapixels, I'll have some rockin print quality photos in no time! I also picked up a wide angle lens with an adapter to fit the camera. I'll definitely post the photos I take with it here so stay tuned!

I waxed the car today. Had it washed at some hand washing place because I had a big coupon from the sterep shop from when the got it all dirty. I can't wait to go on my road trip. Hopefully I can pick up a painting that my friend Mike painted for my house. Him and his wife Jackie live in San Diego and I made a Web site for his diamond business so in return he painted something big and cool for the house.

One more final thought... this lesson was illustrated to me recently- when choosing a business partner, you can never be too careful with who you choose and make sure they're stable enough in their business and personal life or you could get burned. I know- you're thinking "no shit cliff!" but hey- shit happens.

Craigslist.com- go shopping!
So I'm selling some stuff on craigslist.com and I can't believe how easy it is. It's so much easier than eBay.com because the process is a lot cleaner with fewer steps.

Anyway- please search for these keywords and take them off my hands.

- cartman
- roady
- plexiglass
- palmv
- punching

In other news... life as a single guy is too perfect sometimes (entirely drama free)... getting off work, going home at my own leisure, taking leisurely drives, and going to dinner at 10:00pm @ changs on my own schedule... what more could a guy want?

VEHICLE REVIEWS
1998 Lexus GS400: Lexus? Yes, Lexus
Toyota's conservative luxury division busts loose with a performace sedan

MARK VAUGHN

Published Date: 9/8/97
Only three days before, the Winston Cup drivers had been trading paint on these very same high banks of the California Speedway. They were averaging speeds in the 170-mph range during their race. As we glanced at the speedometer near the end of the front-straight, we could see our car was pushing close to 140. Yikes. We eased off the gas, eased onto the brakes, pushed the wheel-mounted shifter buttons to go from fifth to fourth to third gear and at the same time gradually cranked the wheel over and glided down into Turn One. The car barely registered a roll, and each ripple of pavement (of which there were precious few on this brand-new track) identified itself in perfect clarity through the leather-wrapped steering wheel. It was so smooth and stable we could have gone through the banked turns much faster, maybe in fourth or even fifth.

The minute you drive the new GS 400 you know this is like no Lexus you've ever driven. It feels more like a taut BMW 5 Series or a stiffer Mercedes E-Class.

It's responsive, immediate and very tight, which seems almost out of character. A Lexus is supposed to offer vault-like silence and solidity, unparalleled isolation from the rigors of the road and an interior plastered with luxury features. The GS 400 has the luxury features but drives like a sports sedan. A truly sporty sports sedan. Even the SC 400, heretofore fulfilling the sports car role in the Lexus lineup, doesn't have the responsiveness and feel for the road that this car offers. What's going on?

It's like this: The GS 300 has been in the Lexus lineup for years but has never really had an identity. Sales peaked in 1993 at 17,000 units and have been falling ever since. The new GS is supposed to create a logical step up from the near-luxury ES, and attract buyers younger than those currently getting into LS 400s.

``Compared to other Lexus vehicles, this one is something wicked,'' said Hiroshi Kawakami, vice president of Lexus division. ``You know the movie, Beauty and the Beast? This one is both.''

The beauty part will be left to the eye of the beholder. Though it shares no sheetmetal with the previous model, the new GS 300/400 shares the same proportions and profile.

The beast is under the hood, right on top of the cylinder block. Bolted onto both the 3.0-liter straight six and the all-new 4.0-liter V8 are new heads with dual overhead camshafts controlled by Lexus' brand-new variable valve timing with intelligence. VVTi infinitely adjusts valve overlap on the intake cams via a helical spline inside the intake camshaft pulley. The system allows up to 60 degrees of variation of crank angle to provide 300 horsepower in the V8 and 225 in the six, both figures achieved near the top of a remarkably flat power curve.

A five- or six-speed manual transmission would have been just about perfect, but Lexus found that there wouldn't be enough buyers to justify offering a manual. The very fast five-speed automatic, however, just about makes you forget any manual. Called E-shift, Lexus' automanual has a console-mounted shifter with Park, Reverse, Neutral and Drive. Then there is a second gate with M (for manual), 3, 2 and 1. You can manipulate the stick manually or, by leaving it in the M position, change gears with buttons on the steering wheel. Push the button on the face of the wheel and you get a downshift, depress the button on the rear of the spoke and it upshifts.

Along with the performance benefits of rear-wheel drive, you get one of the most potent powertrain combinations available in the segment. Lexus says to expect a 0-to-60-mph time in the GS 400 of 6.0 seconds, which, after our drive, sounds entirely reasonable; top speed is listed at 149 mph. The GS 300 should get to 60 in 7.6 seconds and top out at 144 mph.

Sling all that onto a suspension so tight it twangs like a guitar string over expansion joints and makes the most out of a newly stiffened body (32 percent stiffer in torsional rigidity and 25 percent in bending resistance), and you have one of the best performance sedans on the market.

All this coursed reassuringly through our mind as we eased back onto the gas exiting California Speedway's decreasing-radius Turn Two. We'd left the standard traction control on during our track time, and whatever the traction control or standard ABS didn't catch, the GS 400's new vehicle skid control probably would have.

VSC uses yaw rate, lateral g and steering-angle sensors to determine when the vehicle is approaching a spin. It then applies braking first to the rear wheels, then to the outside-front wheel and then to all four wheels to keep the car pointed in the proper direction. We'd had a chance to try it out in the speedway's huge south parking lot and found that it worked splendidly. No need to prove that again here at triple-digit speeds.

Powering onto the long backstretch we punched the upshift buttons twice and were soon back up to the high 130s, and ready to lift for Turn Three. With 80 percent of its torque available from 1800 rpm, the V8 had relaunched us back up toward terminal velocity so quickly that the turn came up before we knew it. We eased back onto the four-wheel power discs, though not hard enough to engage the four-sensor, four-channel ABS. The car remained unperturbed throughout the turn and, indeed, throughout the day. The GS 400 was as at home on a racetrack as it later proved to be on a twisting, two-lane mountain highway, especially with its optional 235/45ZR-17 tires. Those tires transmitted loud pings over tar strips, but weren't overly harsh. The standard tires on the GS 400 are 225/55VR-16s and are considerably quieter and softer than the 17s, but not as responsive to steering input. The GS 300 comes standard with 215/60VR-16s.

While the front double-wishbone suspension geometry in the new GS is largely carryover, the rear setup is entirely new, with aluminum upper wishbones and five links instead of four. To create more space in the trunk, the links are considerably shorter than the previous rear suspension arms, but stability feels like it goes way up. The shocks are relatively hard and the springs are dead linear in their response to compression and rebound. Nonetheless, the car doesn't ride like a buckboard; it's comfortable enough for everyday driving. The 540i and E-Class have softer rides, thanks to their progressive-rate springs that stiffen up under heavy cornering.

Comparisons with the 5 Series and E-Class are inevitable, and this is the first Lexus that can truly compete in terms of handling and performance. But the GS is also a runner in the luxury category. With an extra inch of wheelbase translated directly to cabin length, it has more interior space than either the BMW or Mercedes. A 0.29 Cd helps give it less wind noise than the 5 Series, and thicker glass with UV and infrared coatings helps keep the interior pleasant.

A satellite navigation system is avail-able, with detailed maps of 35 U.S. cities (24 more should be available in 1998). The system comes with Lexus' first touch-screen display, which also manages the climate control and audio systems.

But one of the most impressive ways in which the GS 300/400 stacks up against the 5 Series and E-Class is price. When it enters showrooms in October, the GS 400 will sticker at $44,800, $900 less than the current GS 300. And the new GS 300 will start at $36,800, far enough below the LS 400 sedan to make it a sensible step up from the ES 300. There are only a few options: a power moonroof is $1,000; a CD player, another $1,000; the navigation system is $2,300. One other option represents the best bargain on the list-the 17-inch wheels and tires are a mere $200 more than the stock set, and well worth it.


Original Article

So here are a few photos I've taken with the camera lately...

Ain't this ironic? Yes, that Kachina doll is holding a US flag. Didn't the Indians lose a lot of land to the United States back in the day?



Here's a pic of Tim checking out his laptop at his house. Undoubtedly I bet it's porn.



And here's my car's vehicle dynamics. The acceleration guage is on the left, the spedometer is in the middle and the side to side acceleration guage is on the right.

The green lines are the peaks of what happened in the car. I've done a -.5G stop and can almost get a .5 acceleration but the car is only a 6 cylinder. The right guage shows I made a wicked right turn that pulled more than .5G. I forget where I was but it was cool.

I just love this article.

And this site is so cool too!

I found nemo!

My friend Angie saved my life...
The more I think about it, the more I realize my friend Angie saved my life last night.

I was sitting at a light when it turned green. I wasn't really ready to jump on the gas because I was talking on the phone and as my foot was lazily moving to the pedal, a car ran the red light going at least 40mph 2-3 seconds AFTER the light had turned.

Had I gone out there, I surely would have been dead because the errant car would have hit my driver's door.

Thank you God and Angie!

It's been a weekend of :) and :(.
FRIDAY... After I got off work I went home, hung out for a bit, checked out Tim's new house, went out with my friend Eric, and rode in his company car- a new Chrysler 300.

SATURDAY... Woke up and took the car to the stereo shop and then went out to check out houses in Surprise. Came back to the stereo shop and the car didn't look too hot.

I'll keep you all posted on what happens to the car and the shop.


Clifford

So I was on my favorite Lexus Web site tonight and I noticed this dude head banging like a rockstar and just HAD to have the image.

Check it out!



Wooo hoo!!!

yeah- ummmm- it's hailing right now...

i'm so glad i have a garage for the lexus... too bad mr. infiniti g20 is out there though... :( next time i drink- i'll pour out some for my homey g20.

but on the brighter side... my pool looks like a slushy now!! BWAHAHAHHAHAA!!

cliffibearhug (6:06:03 PM): friendster.com rocks.
*friend* (6:06:19 PM): why's that?
cliffibearhug (6:06:26 PM): i dunno - just cuz it's kewl
*friend* (6:06:28 PM): did you find office for mac?
*friend* (6:06:39 PM): whoa. am i talking to a teenager?
cliffibearhug (6:07:06 PM): YeAh - I aM a TeEnAgEr- MoFo!

Yep, I'm delirious and my name on AOL IM is cliffibearhug.

On a mental break at work...
So last night my friend tells me some foolproof way to get rid of hiccups. She tells me to drink water from the other side of the cup!!

So I do it...

And yep- my hippups were gone!

I am so sleepy... I definitely need to go to sleep earlier tonight.

To my friend who has a lot of friends who are girls but is still single yet looking.

Read this.

Read it and then delete the offending women off your cell phone, your aol aim, your msn messenger, your icq, your yahoo messenger, your friendster contact list, and any photos you have of them from your house and move on.

Remember the girl who I was interested in over a year ago? No, I don't remember her either now. And my life is so much better because of it.

Do I see her? nope.
Do I chat with her via aol? nope.

And what have I lost? Nothing.

What have I gained? Time to do all the things I want to do... community service, hang out with good friends, make new friends, treat myself out for dinner at Changs or Kona by myself, a nice pleasant road trip to California to see good friends in the near future, and best of all, a clear mind from all the thoughts associated with any possible relationship with 'the girl'.

I do my own thing, I live my life the way I want, and I haven't looked back yet.

Do yourself a favor and do the same.

Ok kids...

I am officially the nerdiest guy all of you will ever meet. I mean- it's debatable when I have parties at the house with a nice keg, beer bong, lights stringing around like your own private Mickey's Hangover but seriously... I have reached a new level of nerdiness.

So my friend Rick goes and buys the Treo600 right after me when I tell him I picked it up for 200 bucks. And then he decides he's going to test it out and see if he can update his site. So he does and he syncs his post to his laptop and then it gets posted... ok- kinda nerdy but there was still some room for nerdiness...

And that's when I stepped up to the plate. I downloaded some software off the tektonica site and started geeking out... minutes later I'm able to post to this web site from my Treo wirelessly. Next test, adding pictures!

I truly believe this is a new level of nerdiness because some people would be content in just logging into a site like xanga or blogger and posting their ideas. I can do it while sitting in traffic on the 101 or if the need was great enough, while sitting on the toilet! Yes, that's weird and no, I don't do it- but hey- I have friends that have Gameboys in the bathroom specifically for playing video games while they're in there and they're 26 years old! I haven't reached THAT nerdiness - but then again, maybe that's just a need to play video games... who knows. I mean, I had a playstation in the car for a while so I guess anything is fair game.

So we live in a desert... And naturally when you live in a desert water is your friend...

I just bought a lot of friends.

Staples, Office Depot, and Office Max are having a deal where if you purchase over $50 worth of stuff- you get free shipping. They all offer bottled water and the bottled water is usually priced at $5.50-$6.00 per 24 pack. But, Staples has a deal where if you purchase more than 2 packs of water, the price goes down to $4.00 per 24 pack. And naturally- what's the biggest pain in the butt in buying bottled water? TAKING IT HOME!!

In two days, I'll have $80 bucks worth of water at my doorstep... THAT'S RIGHT! 480 BOTTLES OF WATER!

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet...

Why do I do things like this? Saves time, saves money, and it's just daaaaaaaaaamn ass silly.

c.

Today was my Mom's Birthday!!! Dim Sum tomorrow Mom- my treat!!!

So this is what I did today... I didn't get to go to sleep until 5:30am. Woke up at 10 to put on something nice to wear for my friend's wedding (Congratulations Mary and Jake!). Went to the wedding at 11. Went to the reception at 12:30. Helped MC the reception and then went home to take a nap at 5:30pm.

And I slept...

and slept...

Until 9:30!!!!

Woke up- ate dinner at my friend's house, and then went out to Tempe to see Ed Deleski. I haven't seen this guy in like 3-4 years!! Got home at 1:30am and my friend Hansen IM'd me with a link to a Web site where I have finally believed with my own eyes that President Bush's ability to grasp the English language is what the Germans would call - "Nicht so gut" - translation: Not so good.

I admit that I don't know all the words in the world but I like to think I have a decent vocab and when I don't know something- I look it up or I'll go ahead and concede that I don't know what the person is talking about and get informed accordingly. Like the word 'sovereignty'. Before looking it up on dictionary.com to give you the raw definition, my definition of this word is to be independent. I normally see the used for describing the independence of an organization, group, or country and I think I learned this back in high school government.

Well- apparently the standards of education have been raised and back in the day when President Bush went to school, they didn't learn the word.

Check this out- it's a big file but definitely worth the wait!




Oh- it's so painful to watch someone dance around ignorance. Yeah- the "I" word... I said it! IGNORANCE! *Wayne, that one's for you bro*

Anyway- to help all you readers out when you're in a pinch like the Pres was in the video, here you go:

sov·er·eign·ty ( P ) Pronunciation Key (svr-n-t, svrn-)
n. pl. sov·er·eign·ties
Supremacy of authority or rule as exercised by a sovereign or sovereign state.
Royal rank, authority, or power.
Complete independence and self-government.
A territory existing as an independent state.

-Source

So anyway- long post even longer, the wedding was great and here are some photos from my digital camera. I didn't take them so I can't take responsibility for the way they turned out. These were taken by Justin aka Photographer of the year.
















Time for me to get a new digital camera!






Still life by Justin Kartler.




Science experiments conducted by a trained professional, please do not try this at home.











And here are some photos I took with the Treo600. What a groovy phone!

Washed the car this morning at 5am.






























A VERY emotional Seth Moody...






Becca!!!


Justin and Teresa Kartler!



Eric and Becca!



Teresa.



Eric and Becca again.



Me!



Eric!



Smoochy smoochy!!



Ice Ice Baby!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

My Mom turned 45 today.

It's 5am and I'm still awake... I suddenly got tired however in 6 hours I have a wedding to attend and I am speaking at it.

Wonderful.

So I was driving the car today on the freeway... driving driving driving - la la la - and it's really windy... and suddenly the grandpa of all tumble weeds blows into my lane from the side of highway and brings along with it something plastic or cardboard...

'bwooosh!'

Tumble weeds: 0
Cardboard: 0
Lexus: 1

But the tumble weeds and the cardboard box put up a good fight, my bumper got a few marks on it and I have to buff it out tomorrow... preferably before the wedding- which means that I have to be up in less than 6 hours. I would have taken a photo of the bumper but it depresses me too much to look at it.

Everyone is getting married... Brian Deck just picked up a new girl(friend) so the last bachelor is now tapping away on a laptop at 5:23am...

Which could be why he's still a bachelor...

Blah- oh well. I'm going to sleep.

For you Target lovers, here's a coupon for 25 Free Digital Prints!
You're welcome!

c.

By the way- all of these photos were taken with my phone!! Cool huh?

So today was an interesting day. Allow me to list off the things that happened:

1) This morning the pool man came today and charged me $120 dollars to fix my pool pump which hadn't been working thus causing the water to become dirty and green.
2) This morning the pool man fed running water from the garden hose into the pool and left.
3) This afternoon I came home and it was raining.
4) This afternoon when I came home- there was a note on my garage door saying "Clifford, your pool is flooding our backyard. - Your Neighbor"
5) This afternoon I look at my pool and the water level was here:


6) So I backwash the pool using these hoses specifically made for the job.


Which ran out to the driveway.


Which provided a nice quaint stream all the way down to the storm drain 3 houses away.




Finally the water came down about 6 inches to here:

Before:


So, my pool is a 5ft play pool... 5 feet is 60 inches... and let's just estimate that the pool is a 10,000 gallon pool. It's about as big as my neighbor's pool and his is a 10,000 gallon pool... This equates to 166 gallons of water per inch... and the pool rose up about 6 inches and then flooded!

So I effectively went through more than 1,000 gallons of water because of my pool guy's mistake.

7) Tomorrow I'll be calling my pool guy and asking him if he drank the bong water today. Apparently the flooded water could have soaked my neighbor's yard thus risking the pool to be 'floated'. This means that the water pressure in the surrounding soil of the pool frame is more than the pressure on the inside of the pool which could lead to "floating". Essentially, the pool floats right out of the ground like a boat. This is usually prevented from keeping the pool filled with water but still is possible under crazy wacky conditions.

When the pool is drained it is possible for the pool to be forced out of the ground by water under the pool. Do not risk permanent damage to the pool and equipment. Contact a pool professional to drain the pool and protect against "floating" the pool. A pool can "float" in as little as 24 hours if no hydrostatic relief is provided. If cleanup requires draining the pool contact a professional. - Source

Thanks James!

My neighbor with the floating pool thanks you too!


c.

New phone...

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet...

You know you want it... now you can have it... I'd get it but it would clash with the one I already have.

A stripper pole and table in your house!!



Oh yeah- for those of you who didn't know I took the Mickey's Hangover magnet off my car... I put it back on. You gotta stay loyal to the place that'll hook you up till 3am.

One final quick thought before I go to sleep... so my wireless network at home is powered by SMC. The software in my machine that allows it to see the network has a link quality of 40-60 percent and it considers that 'good'.

What the hell?? I wish I had this software report my grades in college!

Time for 802.11g or at the very least a more sensitive wireless card.

I understand that connectivity speeds will bottleneck when it gets to the outside line however at least the internal connection will be higher than 40-60 percent and I'd be able to surf more outside by the pool when the weather becomes more salubrious.

Oh - by the way- having a pool is great. Having a green pool with a pump that broke 2 weeks ago sucks. The pool pump fixer man is coming out on Wednesday. I can't wait to see what the bill will be! :)

And for those people who talk about how much water a pool goes through over the course of the summer... ummmm- my water bill in July was $36.31 - maybe my neighbor is paying for my pool water? And speaking of water... Arrowhead bottled water tastes so good! I just bought 70 bottles today and another 24 bottles of Gatorade at COSTCO. I love COSTCO...

Ok - time for sleep. This was supposed to be a short post but alas, my fingers have a mind of their own...

I'm going to try to stop buying stuff. Buying clothes, furniture, posters, etc... anything that would have to be packed and shipped if I moved. I am still open to purchasing electronics but nothing too big like a DLP big screen TV or huge speakers. This leaves me room to purchase my beloved Treo600. The Treo600 is really the only thing left that I want to buy.

I already have a couple of flip-out monitors for the car but I'm not sure which one I want to put into the car yet. I'm tempted to sell them and to purchase a newer model that has GPS and stuff but that would require me to purchase something else in addition to the Treo600. Oh - here's a list of things that I could buy to make me smile.

1) Tein suspension setup on the lexus with an EDFC. This would allow me to control the floating feeling I get at spirited speeds on the freeway and will allow me to lower the car 1.5'' w/o sacrificing the ride quality. Cost: 2,200

Thoughts on 1: car would feel great, look great, and it would be neato however do I really want to sink that money into a car that I already want to upgrade from? Ideally I'd like to have a GS400 or GS430 but that will come in later years and because of that, the suspension setup for that amount of money doesn't seem to be the wisest decision.

2) Treo600. This would enable me to keep all my appointments, phone numbers, notes, e-mail, and all that stuff in one device. Cost: $500

Thoughts on 2: I would love to get rid of my archaic phone. ATT is having a deal where you can sign up for a two year agreement and get the Treo600 but I'm not sure if that's only for new customers. It would be fantastic to move all my stuff into one device. I actually stopped using my Palm Vx because it was crazy to carry all these devices with me. I wear cargo shorts to work and out and about all the time but hey- I don't wanna have to fill every pocket wherever I go.

3) Flip out monitor for car and upgraded stereo. This would let me control 12 discs in the CD changer, watch DVDs or play playstation at my discretion. Cost: $400

Thoughts on 3: Same mentality as number 1 but I already have the equipment, might as well throw it into the car. But then again- I'm not a kid anymore... I'll have to think more about this one.

This month's cool purchase: XM radio for the lexus!

Click here to get the unit for 50 bucks and XM radio for your car!

Paste this code into the login page: xmdphxm04

Wait a few days and you'll be ready to rock and roll!

c.

So once I had the digital camera out for snapshots of the car... I just couldn't stop taking photos.

And what good are photos if you don't share 'em???

Here we go!


The other 'Red Dragon' that wasn't in Old School.



The 'Red Dragon' with shades.



Remember that umbrella I found a while back? - There you go!



Oh yeaaaaaaaaah Homeys. Bling Bling on the umbrella. Rockin the .8 Dub (16'' rim)



It's a shame I don't spend more time at home... Such a great little environment for hanging out with friends, geeking out on the laptop, and watching movies.



The 'Big Red Dog' poster is going just above the lamp. And yes, that is a beer bong. The same beer bong as in this photo:
Aren't my parents cool?

That's Brian in the background holding up the beer bong. What a guy!

I woke up to the best thing this morning. :) My friend Angie called super early and we chatted for a bit. Then I dozed off and went to work at 8:15. I need a female version of this! Hahaha!



Bed buddy ... the Boyfriend Arm Pillow in action.

SINGLE women in Japan have been offered the ultimate bedtime mate: he won't stay out late, he doesn't snore and he won't hog the doona.

Women of all ages have reportedly been rushing to buy their very own Boyfriend Arm Pillow - a snuggly alternative to the real thing.

Manufacturers say lonely hearts have been queueing around the block to snap up their own faux-boyfriend. He comes with his own shirts for those who miss fussing over their man and one model has a vibrating alarm function to gently shake their sleeping beauty awake. But the bed-buddy doesn't come cheap. At £43 ($111) he's a bit more expensive than the outlay for your average first-date.

The pillow is currently only available in Japan but there are plans to begin exporting. And for the boys who feel left out - a limited edition Girlfriend Arm Pillow is also on the way.

Hahahhaa!! They are coming out with a female pillow!

Oh man... wow.

In other cliffy-news, I was listening to Blink 182's 'I miss you' song the other day and I didn't realize that he actually says:

...I counted the webs from all the spiders catching things and eating their insides...

What the heck??? That's so funny these words are in this song. The last time I was at the Cheesecake Factory they played this song and I didn't know all the lyrics so I was like - "Cool song! - Cheesecake Factory + good friends + cool song = happy times!"

And when the food came, I caught things and ate their insides...

Just kidding- I had the Bang Bang Chicken. My fav.

Took photos of the G20 today. I hope to sell it soon so I don't have to worry about it just hanging outside on my driveway. Awwwwww- the GS is going to be lonely- it'll be his first time being the only car in the garage/driveway...

Ok- battery's gonna die. IBM needs to find a better supplier of their batteries.

Can you beat 29?


My score.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... edamame...