packing your lunch has some advantages…  one of which is that you can get it out of the way quickly and explore your new surroundings.  today i found a little place by the office that has a little cafe.

i haven’t read the local paper in ages….   it wasn’t a very good read.

Must say… I’m pretty disappointed in myself for forgetting my camera at home today.  The day was sorta uneventful.

I did however get to see my parents at lunch and I caught a screening of Cop Out with my mom tonight.

I’m delighted to be home tho’…  me’thinks that things will get back to normal real soon.

Got an email from my friend Nano today to tell me that there’s a demo game for the Nintendo Wii we needed to check out. It’s for a game called Monster Hunt Tri (or something to that effect)… I haven’t thrown it in yet for a spin, but what I was most excited about was getting to walk around the Game Stop to check out recent titles.

I hope to pick something up soon… I just don’t know what yet.

A few weeks ago… I weighed in on the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards.  Below is how I did on those picks.  I didn’t do all the categories… but went 6-1.

Best Picture
Will Win : The Hurt Locker

Best Director
Will Win: Kathryn Bigelow

Best Actress
Will win: Sandra Bullock

Best Actor
Will win : Jeff Bridges

Best Support Actor
Will win : Christoph Waltz

Best Supporting Actress
Will win: Vera Farmiga Mo’Nique…  I’m at a loss for words.

Best Animated Feature Film
Will Win: UP

Ya know… I don’t mean to gush over my new job, but they just hooked me up with 4 tickets to the Company Suite to check out our local AHL Hockey team…  The San Antonio Rampage.

My parent’s (and sister) to the best of my knowledge have never been to a hockey game before… so I was pretty stoked to not only take them over to the AT&T center but to have them enjoy an afternoon of one of my favorite sports.

I wanted very much to take Fin with me but she had to work tonight…  I was originally going to take my father but got word on my way to pick up the tickets that I would get a few extra tickets so I got to take my Mom and Sister also.

All in all, Hockey night was a roaring success.  Both my sister and mom got over served, my dad was really enthused about seeing a few plays on offense develop and called out 2 of the 7 goals scored before they happened.  We all also really enjoyed the perks that come with watching the game in a suite.

Below are some photos of the night…  You should be able to see a game of dodgeball that took place between Humans & Mascots,  hardcore fans that come in Ribeye and Sirloin shirts.  I took a photo of me with my family in our seats… one of the suite we were in and my mom making a make shift flag out of napkins and an empty whalebone Margarita glass.  She was out of control…

I wish I could describe how exhausted I am in this photo…  I got in freakishly late after spending too much time on South Padre Island getting my drink on – thanks to Spring Break 2010.   I put in a half day of work, then picked up my parents at their house and drove them over to my Sisters.

I finally made it home to kiss my beautiful Fin and shared a dinner here in town.  We both wanted to do something after not seeing each other for a few days so we decided to catch the new Tim Burton movie : Alice in Wonderland.

I insisted in seeing it in 3-D after seeing a trailer for it before Avatar.   I really wish that I had passed on the movie all together.  This won’t come as a shock to anyone that knows me but I really think that Tim Burton is a hack.   That’s not to say I don’t dig all his work…  I love both Ed Wood and Big Fish.  Both just happen to be movies that don’t have all the cartoony trappings of Burton…

If you find yourself saying “It can’t be as bad as Willy Wonka”…  prepare to be amazed.

It also sucks that I have to wear glasses over glasses.  For this, and this alone – I’m breaking up with you 3-D movies.

So my workday has been a real doozy…  It looked like it was going to be a pretty simple roll out but the store I was working at, opted to open up a day early.  All still went well until I ran into 2 computers that would not co-operate.  This photo was not supposed to capture me freaking out…

Today’s photo of the day is pretty simple…   I got a hotel room and I’m unsupervised.  Hells Bells I’m jumping on the bed!

and I really enjoyed it.   That’s right.  I said it.

Maybe it was the 8.6% proof beer I had…  or the heavy dosage of Motley Crue in the movie, but I must say that it was one of the best B-Movie comedy’s I’ve seen in a long time.

I should know, because I go out of my way to see B-Movie comedies all the time.

I can safely say that the movie will not play well for anyone under the age of 32 or over the age of 40.   This film is pretty much directed for a specific demographic…  guys in there mid to late 30’s.

I happen to be in that demographic and laughed my ass off throughout the movie.

My favorite part was the ending… which I won’t ruin for anyone reading this that may go out and see it.  It’s a hard “R” and it has a lot of drug use, swearing and a pinch of sex.

A guy flick thru and thru.

Must say… i’m pretty proud of myself.  It’s relatively early and I have everything packed for my business trip tomorrow.  Only thing left to do is wash one of Elliot’s stuffed animals.  He managed to dump it into some mud the other day, so its going into the wash.