Not too much went down this past week, some of it is still a work in progress, this may also be the first week this year I do not have any pictures to show for, so enjoy reading/watching videos.
On Tuesday March 25th, 2014, I attended a great high school lacrosse game between Neuqua & Naperville Central. This crosstown rivalry went down to the wire with my alma mater taking the one goal win.
Fast forward to Friday March 28th, & I am picking Rachel up from train in Naperville. We then headed over to Gordon Biersch for dinner. We each had a tasty beverage to along with my chicken, mashed potatoes, rice & beans. Rachel had some fish 'n' chips along with some asparagus.
After finishing up dinner, we arrived home to my cousins Emma & Anna who were awaiting our arrival. We watched some home videos for a bit, before conjuring up an idea for a video to shoot. We filmed the video & it came out great!
Emma, Anna, Beth, Rachel, & Josh perform and make a one shot music video for Happy by Pharrell Williams from Despicable Me 2
Before we headed to bed, Emma had a great plan to do a little Sleepers 101 video where we see how Rachel & Beth sleep. Brilliant!
Saturday March 29, Rachel & I woke up around 8 and got in the car to go see a four hour seminar about health. Picked up some helpful tips & great information on some things to eat & not to eat! Afterwards we headed over to Emma & Anna's house for a family party for both of their birthdays. After celebrating with more pizza, we turned on the movie Frozen. It was my first time seeing it, and I thought it was a pretty solid Disney film. After the party, Rachel, Squid, & I headed to Jewel and picked up 3 bottles of liquor at their big half price sale. After getting home, we then played hearts with my parents and Squid. It was my parents & Squid's first time playing, but it was a fun time for everyone, except Squid who lost. Ha! After this it was getting late, but we put on Runner Runner. Rachel & Squid fell asleep, but I stayed up for the whole movie. It was a decent flick, but nothing too special.
Sunday morning we continued our movie marathon trend by loading up Monsters University. I loved the movie Monsters Inc. and this prequel was just as awesome. By far the best movie of the weekend. We followed this up with Harsh Times, a Christian Bale movie where an ex-solider battles with trying to become a cop while struggling with an alcohol addition. Enjoyable, but overall depressing movie. We headed back to Jewel for Rachel to pick up some groceries & then headed to the city. At Rachel's we made a delicious lettuce wraps dinner. During dinner we watched two episodes of Breaking Bad season 3. The show is getting good & hopefully we can finish it by the end of the year?
Monday morning I had to wake up at 5:45 am and drive to work. After a day full of three 2 hour classes Gio & I hopped on over to Crosstown for dinner. I ordered 5 parmesan wings & 5 chili garlic grilled tenders. We also had a dark revolution beer that was delicious. Opening day for baseball, so we watched the White Sox beat up on the Twins as we enjoyed our spicy meal.
That sums up my week, nothing too eventful. But a lot of movies...Here are some other classic films I watched this week: Sunset Blvd & Citizen Kane. Decent old time films.
A couple of video clips to spice up this post
Epic Meal Time makes Epic Pretzels. Yum!
GoPro offices look fun. Creative soccer dribbling video in the GoPro office.
HeliYum beer by Sam Adams. Clever!
A man struggles to control his addiction. Thanks Phil K for the link
Below is a video highlight I just finished up editing from a Benedictine University game on March 16. Hopefully will film a couple of college games this week!
Until Next Week!
Josh