Whiter

We finally finished the White Strips. Because of various camping trips and other activities, it took us 25 days to finish a 20 day program. All three of us have noticeably whiter teeth and we are really happy with the way it turned out. I have used them once before, but I think the technology has come a long way. They take less time in fewer days and use what the package claims is less chemicals. I’m all for anything that takes chemicals out of my mouth.

We went and saw the new movie Predators and it turns out it is pretty much exactly what you would think it was. Mindless shooting and a lot of people dying before they finally get to a point where the storyline couldn’t support itself any longer. They throw in a little humor and get back to the killing. It was apparently great for anyone who had seen the original according to a lot of the reviews we read but I saw the original not too long ago and it really didn’t do a lot for me. Maybe you have to see the original when you are younger?

One of the guys and I purchased some belt buckles to wear to the dance hall. Here is the buckle with my hand next to it for measurement’s sake:

And here is what we looked like for a night out:

Ah, good times.

We went to a friend’s house because he owed us dinner and we all promptly fell asleep in the den while he worked on dinner in the kitchen. Apparently I sleep with my eyes open a little bit which prompted another picture:

I just think it makes me look like I am enjoying my sleep.

Dance Hall

We went to a dance hall and camping this week because we had a four day weekend to enjoy! We had two more people from out of town visiting this weekend and thought we would take them out for a little country fun. The place we went is really nice and at the end of the night everyone agreed that we should go back sometime. When I was driving everyone home, we stopped at the same restaurant, one of the people in the car really wanted food from a local restaurant. That certainly didn’t help out with the caloric intake of the weekend. There are a lot of pictures on the picture tab of both camping and dancing, so take a look if you want to check them out.

We camped at a family-oriented campground which turned out to be an absolute blast. We got talked to once when a ‘ranger’ asked us to move our tents a little closer to the picnic tables. We had no idea why (our tents were backed up against the woods and there was nothing to be seen behind us for 80 feet or so. We told the ‘ranger’ that we would move and promptly forgot. One of the guys we were with said that we always get in trouble while camping even though we try really hard to keep to ourselves and not break any rules. Maybe we just look suspicious.

After saying all the things about time constraints from the past few weeks, I was reminded by a friend of an old quote: “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” Maybe they were just better at scheduling things than I am.

Game

We had a bunch of people over to watch the US game this week and things were going really well … until USA lost.  We found out that people really don’t feel like hanging out and partying too much if there is really nothing to celebrate any more.  We started with 12 people and about ten minutes after the game was over we were down to five and those were the five that were living in the apartment for the weekend.  Everyone suddenly had something they remembered they needed to do.

We had some friends in from out of town so we were busy going out to eat, going to the pool and just hanging out.  It turns out they like Blokus a lot and were intrigued by the Trigon version I have.  We sat out by the pool in the evening and played which was a great way to end a good afternoon of hanging out and having a good time.

At one point this weekend, one of my roommates left a half eaten pancake on his plate and got up.  When we asked if he was going to finish it, he said he was too full at which point a chase ensued.  I had the pancake in my hand and we both ran around the apartment; him to escape and me to force that pancake down his throat if it was the last thing I did.  I ended up kicking a wall and possibly breaking a toe.  He still didn’t eat the pancake.  Jerk.

Double Down

We went out and got ourselves some Double Downs from KFC.  If you haven’t heard of this creation, it’s a sandwich where the bread has been replaced by two deep fried chicken breasts and the meat is bacon, cheese and cheese sauce.  It’s a quick and salty way to both increase your blood pressure and increase your likelihood of keeling over at any time with cardiac failure.  That was definitely a one-time issue.

We were out at an Asian food mart the other day and saw some large live lobsters.  Without thinking the plan through very well, one of the guys and I picked up four large lobsters and took them home.  The ensuing fun made for a great night of laughing and watching a movie with a 3.5 lb lobster on the plate in front of us.  I will say it was difficult to come up with the pots large enough to cook enormous shellfish.  Thank goodness for nice friends and neighbors.

We finally finished all six episodes of Star Wars.  We watched them in order from One to Six because that’s the way they are supposed to be.  I know a lot of people think it is best to watch them in the order they were created but that just seemed pointless.  All in all I really liked the movies.

One of the girls at work wanted us to install a fitness pole in her living room.  The only place it could be was right in front of her TV.  She loves her Bravo and other trash TV so we will see how this works out!