Keep Brian in Your Prayers......

Just wanted to let everyone know that my brother, Brian, was deployed to Iraq yesterday. He will eventually be stationed in Bayji, Iraq (north of Tikrit) but it will probably take 6-8 weeks until he can get online to update us all. We will definitely miss him at our wedding, but there is a slim chance he may get to take leave then. As soon as I get an address for him, I will post it. I'm sure he would love to hear from you all. Please keep him in your prayers.

-Jenny

Been busy...

So I know I haven't posted in awhile because I have been crazy busy. Last week I finally went and got an apartment and I move in this Saturday...so I have been crazy packing. I got a nice 923 sq ft 1bed/1bath apartment near the beach. I will obviously post pics when I move in.

Also, this last Sat I got to go on this crazy high-class trip around Jax with people from work. We are talking private party bus, private art gallery, and a nice private dinner. I'll explain more later and post some pics. Just think Van Gogh, Picasso, Rembrandt, and Badacelli (know I spelled that wrong). Got pics of all of them! Until next time...

Happy birthday to me

Since nobody else took the initiative, I figured I'd do it myself. You forget, don't deny it :P.

24 years in the making...

Who is that masked man? It is I, on my way home today from a day-trip to Phoenix to purchase my first motorcycle. A 2003 Suzuki SV650. I picked it up from its original owner for $3750. It is basically stock with a little over 6000 miles on it. It has a Suzuki fender eliminator, Suzuki windscreen, and handlebar mirrors.

This is a good side-shot that shows the dimensions relative to my body-size (which is all muscle by the way).

Some things this bike has over my previous motorcycle experience (Josh's bike)... #1 Fuel Injection which comes with a low-fuel light (Josh will appreciate this), #2 LCD speedometer w/ multiple trip meters, #3 the extra 145 CCs aren't bad ;)

Here are some solo shots of the bike:

Converse...

Off to the Bahamas

I'm off to the Bahamas for a week of fishing. Leave tomorrow and get back 8/13.

Why hasn't anyone been posting lately??

Morning 2

Took Asa, Jared, Meghan and Casey out today.
Caught somemore snook too but got tired of taking pics of them.


I probably could have turned this pic but Im lazy, just turn your head.

short morning of fishing

The Highs got a new boat so Asa wanted to take it out fishing. We did ok for a morning.











We got a few more snook and a few jacks too.

What is everyone else doing???

Big Apple

Well im sure most of you know this for those who dont i love you anyways...but im moving this saturday to NYC i have one job interview lined up and im working on a few more but basically im staying on joey and drew's couch (jew and irishman) and we are going to start looking for a place to live there lease ends aug 31st ...i will keep everybody posted on my true job search and the search all be it an expensive one for a place...and after i score a job i will be able to solidify this vegas gimick

Nick D over and out

PS Miami's starting WR and RB just got suspended for the game against FSU...we need everything we can get when playing in the orange bowl....GO NOLES SEPT. 4 BABY!!!!!!!!!

A Sneak Peak:

To be continued...

Weather Rant

I will make this quick. I live in Chicago. It is supposed to be cold. It is now 9:30 at night and the feels like temperature is 99 degrees. Discuss.

Someone has to be creative

OK everyone, I got the job and I start Aug 16. Now I have to come up with a good name for the charter business.
What we offer:
Sunset Cruises
Daily and weekly local charters
Daily Fishing charters
3 day or longer trips to anywhere in the Keys you want to go or Dry Tortugas.
Possibly Bahamas Charters as well.

The Boat:
http://www.silverton.com/models/34C/34Conv06.html

Lets hear some names!

VEGAS UPDATE........

The weekend we chose is Friday, October 20th - Sunday, October 22nd. The room rates this weekend seemed to be cheapest for some reason. Jae and I booked at Bally's ( they are definitly the best deal for the location, and it is a nice hotel too) www.ballys.com The room rate is $179/night. If everyone gets 4 per room (although, just say 2/room when booking or they charge extra) it will only be about $100 per person for the whole weekend. It would be great if we are all at the same hotel, but feel free to stay anywhere you'd like. Let me know who all is coming for sure, maybe we can figure out if people want to room together to save some money.

Logan got a Job

If we can work everything out....
Its not what I went through those 4.5 years of college to do but it will be an awesome job for a little while. As some of you know I got my captains license and I will be putting that to use! I will be the captain for a family in Ft. Myers. He has a 34 silverton convertable. They need me to keep it clean and drive them around the Keys and Bahamas.
Fingers Crossed!

Vegas re-do

The post got so long I figured I'd put a new one up...

What is everyone opinion on which days to stay? Possibilities include leaving after work Fri, arriving vegas fri night. staying fri-sat-leave sunday. another could be taking a flight that arrives in vegas sat morning early, staying sat & sun night and leaving late monday (taking a day off).

We want to know what everyones opinions are? If you have a better idea be sure to mention it.

Baker County Customs!

For those of you that don't know, I finally decided to upgrade my stock audio system in my car. I have been receiving my new equipment over the past couple of weeks, and my brother and I finally installed it this week. Since we had to learn as we went and did everything right and professional, the project took us probably like 60 man-hours bewteen the two of us, but after seeing the pics though I think you will understand why;) After researching I decided to go with a full Elemental Designs setup (except headunit): 1 13Kv.2 12" sub, a pair of eDi6500 component speakers w/ tweeter, powered by 2 NINe.2 amps. Headunit is a Pioneer AVH-p6800DVD 7" touchscreen 6-DVD changer with the Pioneer iPod adaptor that plays my iPod through my headunit. I also used 80 sq. ft. of v1SE2 deadening mat and two gallons v3 deadening paint...both Elemental Designs. Now I don't expect you guys to really understand any of that...so let me just show you.

First set of pics is of the deadening process. Since I have done so many performance mods i.e. cold-air intake, performance header, and test-pipe (no catalytic converter), my car has gotten pretty loud. In order to get full potential out of my system, we wanted to eliminate the road and exhaust noise. First step was to remove the entire interior down to the metal, then lay the deadening mat, and followed by two full gallons of deadening paint. Enjoy.

Next, we layed the deadening mat...

Followed by deadening paint...

Next we layed all the wire. We rewired everything included the stock speakers I did keep. Total we used about 300' of wire...this took the longest. All connections were soldered. Here is only a portion of the wiring.

Finally the finished product. A huge amount of work went into getting all this stuff in. Speaker box was custom made by my brother and I and carpeted to match the interior. For the door speakers I went from 5.25" to 6.5" meaning we had to cut the sheet metal in the doors and fabricate custom baffles for the speakers. For the tweeters, I used my handy Dremel to cut the holes in the door panels so I could flush mount them.

Well there you go. Now you know why it took us so long. It was well worth the time because my new system is like an eargasm! I have never heard anything so beautiful! Thank god I am done though:)

mmmm, good food

The Crock-pot is the greatest kitchen appliance ever created, my corned-beef and cabbage told me so.

Set it, go to work, and a delicious treat awaits you when you return home.

Tutorial for embedding Youtube videos

Here's a step-by-step guide for embedding Youtube videos in the blog...

Step 1) Find a good video to share

Step 2) Locate the box to the right of the video labeled "Embed".


Step 3) Copy the code contained in this textbox.


Step 4) You now have the HTML code. Start a new Blogger post as usual, select the "Edit Html" tab and paste your HTML code.


Step 5) Add whatever text you want and Publish

I got a job!

That's right kids...I am officially re-joining the workforce! I got a nice job in Ponte Vedra Beach (area of Jax) with a company called Capital Markets Cooperative as a Rate Lock Analyst (job will change in a few months). So I guess it is time to start apartment hunting! Yippee!!!

The BEST youtube vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8

Maybe Jae can fix it so the video comes up on his page.

Vegas Trip

Everyone post weekends in October that you are NOT able to go to Vegas. Do this ASAP or I will cut you!

PS: this is for our joint bachelor/bachelorette party.

-J

70,000 Beercans Found In Townhome

I stumbled on this story today and I couldn't believe my eyes. A guy actually lived here, I have no idea how. It's approx. 24 cans a day for 8 years!

time for yet another youtube post

un-Super man

anybody else see this movie? jenny and i went and both thought it was a waste of time. 1 hour of plot (crappy plot at that) and 1.5 hours of "look we can make a person fly!".

save your money and buy the larger popcorn when you go see pirates

Thanks for the invitation

Hey y'all! I hope everyone is doing well. I haven't talked to some of you in awhile but hopefully I can keep in touch better with this blog.

I am working on my seventh year at Auburn and hoping I will have something to show for it in a little less than a year. I am in clinics now which means I am finally getting some hands-on experience after spending close to three years in the classroom. I currently have no idea wher I will be or what I will be doing when I graduate.

Congrats on the wedding date Jae and Jenny!

Calling out Jae...

I just received an email from Alex asking me for your address so he can join our fantastic blog here. His email is kanzlja@auburn.edu so contact him and let him know what to do. Thanks honey.

Upcoming Btown Trip....

Hey Guys!
I will be flying in to Btown this Friday, the 14th, and staying through the 23rd of July for wedding planning and all. In case you haven't already heard, Jae and I finally set a date.....drum roll please......it will be Nov. 25th, 2006, yes I know it is soon, and it is also the day that the Gators will be victorious over that "other" Florida football team (don't worry, I'm sure we can manage to get a TV at the reception). Anyways, I'm hoping that wedding planning will be quick and easy, so that I have time to spend at the beach! Let me know if anyone wants to hang out at the beach or where ever. Talk to you all soon.

-Jenny

P.S.-My cell number is still 352-262-7849 if you want to reach me. :)

Internet, finally

We are back onto cyberspace after a brief hiatus (sp?). Decided to go with cable instead of dsl this time. Have 6Mbps downlink which is a big upgrade from the 1.5Mbps we had before. Unfortunately, it seems most everyone has cable in my area because my actual downlink right now (<7am) is between 1.5M and 3M.

Anywho, where the hell is everyone, nobody has posted since the 7th?

Road Trip

The Nick D and I are goin up to the smelly land where the girls flock like the salmon of Capastrono and the beer flows like wine. I'm taking about a little place called Tally. Anyone else up there, give one of us a ring!

google power, unite!

my mom wanted me to ask if anyone knows how to boost her ranking on search results?

she has a website http://newoptions.tsfl.com that she wants to come up when people search related terms.

let the recommendations begin...

AZZURRI

First congrats to The J on graduation....next I would like to put the focus on the AZZURRI for those of you who are not world cup fans that is what the Italian National Team is called. They play this sunday against looking like the french right now(half way thru the game right now....PK by Zindane). They have allowed one goal which was a own goal against the US of A. Everybody should tune in on Sunday and pull for the azzurri to win there 4th championship which would put them second by themselves behind brazil for most all time who has 5. These games have been nasty good its incredible. So join me in cheering widly for ITALIA...especially if its against france.....On another note we should all pay our respects to Kenneth Lay the founder of Enron who passed away. He was a visionary with his manipulation of accounting policies that brought down a corrupt big 5 and opened thousands of auditing positions nation wide...good way to avoid jail i suppose...and im not sure if alex is on this blog but this is for him cuz he was hating on the italians.

ESPN article on the game...alex claims Italy is the only team who takes dives

Players from both teams dived and over-reacted to the slightest bit of contact.
Michael Ballack often seemed happy to tap the ball to one side and fall over the nearest opponent. It would be nice if he could copy his national team manager Klinsmann and drop the diving habit when he moves to England.
Italy kicked the ball out for an injured player and Germany refused to give it back.

My graduation (finally)

Happy 4th of July everyone

The Greatest Show Ever

I have discovered the greatest show ever, and it is on public access. The lady got stabbed in the head and she has a pakistani girl who can't read as a co-host. They hunt ghosts and bigfoot in Tampa. www.its-my-show.com

ATHF

Who's got Aqua Teen on demand? ... THIS GUY, bwahaha

Along w/ a slew of other AS episodes.

jealous? i knew it

Tucson Move

We are also officially moved. Tucson though, not Tampa. We left LA this morning at 2am and arrived in Tucson at 1pm. The normally 8 hour trip was extended due to a flat tire in Yuma, AZ (and my repeated Burger King cravings).

We have a long list of to-do items including the DMV (where we become official Tucsonians).

The sign-up sheet is open for visitors. We have a comfy 2nd bedroom w/ full bath. We will also be getting a DVR and full seasons of Scrubs are guaranteed or your money back.

-Jae

The Joy and of Moving

I have officially moved to Tampa, and the new place is the sweetness. I have had a cable modem and a dvr installed so time to fill some tivo. The drive is not so bad coming across the bridge if you find yourself in bradenton stop by the 75th street branch of Wachovia and see me. I hate pakistani furniture delivery people who don't speak the language and don't know the area they work in. Also the devil himself designed the little tube behind the dryer. I will get some pictures of the place eventually.

Spidey 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my god I can't wait...

Watch the trailer...

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/spider-man_3/

I'm so excited because it looks as though Venom will be in this one...he is one of my favorite villains of all time. There is still a fourth villain who has not been announced yet. Man, I hope it is Carnage! Still going to be great though!

My picks for gene pool skimmings

Coolest video yet

This vid instead...

For us FSU fans...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzSXR3XftfY&search=FSU

PS...don't know how to post a vid like Jae...sorry.

F-Ya

I know you missed me

We're back from Connecticut. Had a blast doing nothing but drinking and the occasional gambling at the casino.

I have a lot of random pictures that I may weed through eventually (right now we're staring down the barrel of moving to Tucson in a few days).

We had some trouble getting back home. I'm going to tell you the moral of the story first, then elaborate. The moral of the story is, never fly Northwest Airlines. Of the 4 flights that we had on Northwest (1 stop bothways), 3 of the flights were delayed by an average of 1 hour. The only flight not to be delayed was our last connection home (from Detroit). So Jenny and I got to spend a night in Detroit (never thought that would happen). The airline did pay for our hotel ($38) and we got some food vouchers (2 x $13).

This adds Northwest Airlines to the list next to Delta (being that Delta sucks) as airlines that I will never use again.

Hope all is well, packers come tomorrow to pack all our stuff and movers come on Tuesday.

-Jae

Nadia's last day of work (for now)

Ok guys, here's my first post! This was the last day of school. Those were my first grade kiddies. ( It's hard to get 20 7 year olds to look in the same direction at the same time!) The barely distinguishable teacher in red back there would be me. Next year they've got me teaching Kindergarden (eek!) so we'll see how that goes.

Seriously, how awesome are Italians?

I post this question in regards to the unselfish play of the Italian world cup team. Not only did Italy score on itself so that we could tie them, but they also beat the Czech Republic which, if we won, would have put us in the next round. They held open the door for us. Gotta love Italians.

For Adam

A NZ traffic jam...we waited while they cleared the road....i had some great lamb there the sheep out number the people about 4 to 1 in NZ

some NZ pics

Milford Sound- carved out by glaciers that are still moving today












Nick D looking good and standing on the glacier that did the work...flown up by helicopter








Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The wordrob (sp)....used extensively to film most of the outdoor scenes













named "The Remarkables" used many many times mordorff i believe
















remarkables










The small hill just beyond the trees was used in Lord of the Rings i believe at the end of the first movie but i could be wrong when it was used















Well i have a shitload more pics but this is time consuming...NZ could be the most amazing area iv ever seen, since it was mostly glacier formed all these things are like straight up...it was a bit cold but that snow/ice stays year around....truly amazing

NICK D IN DA HOOSE

Sup ladies and mostly gents...there is shitload of posts and dont feel like reading them all but congrats on the place valamos...and jae USA looks like shit we may have tied italy but they scored on themselves...so now basically we have to beat ghana and we still are not in for sure if italy wins as well we are in but there is a chance i believe if we win and the czech win but it comes down to goals and we have one to show and have 4 scored on us so we are negative 3 which is shit...either way NZ and AUS was fucking awesome did some awesome stuff bungy jumping and things i will attempt to load some pics up if i get motivated...hope everybody is doing well and if not...tough shit....im sure i will slowly talk to most of you losers on the phone...aight im jet lagged as shit iv been up since the Italy USA game that was at 5 in the morning on Sunday...yes i had the pleasure of having 2 sundays awesome stuff....night bitches...catch ya on the flip side

The New Place

I finally have an internet connection! As requested, here is a video of the new apartment, almost fully furnished.



We still need to hang some art, get a washing machine, get a cover for that ugly-ass wingback chair, and possibly replace the desk that the computer is currently on top of. Let me know what you think!

San Diego Day-trip

MLS Game w/ the fam (done w/ Windows Movie Maker)

Funny video...

First USA Match

Well that totally didn't live up to what I was hoping for :). I did enjoy watching the good soccer on the other side of the ball, but we were way too flat-footed with no sense of urgency even after being down 2-0. Anyone else watch the game? Any comments? I didn't get to see Italy play since we were in San Diego, any thoughts on how they look?

p2p Program

Let me first say that I do not normally steal music and use iTunes for everything. HOWEVER, iTunes does not have some artists I am trying to get on my iPod i.e. Tool, Linkin Park. I used to have these, but have lost them over the years and want them back. I loaned out my Linkin Park CD to a friend at Smokey Bones, and he got killed in a car accident...that is why I don't like to loan things out. OK, getting off topic...do you guys know of a good p2p program that is reliable and easy? Unless, you guys can post music on here! I'm sure someone here has the CDs I'm looking for! Thanks.

The New Pad