Gas on the Cheap

February 1, 2016

Song of the Week: Mississippi Rain by the Weeks. Found these guys when they opened for Deer Tick back in 2014 at the Metro. They sound a lot like Kings of Leon. I'll be seeing them again in a couple of weeks! Check them out!

Meanwhile, gas is the cheapest it has ever been in my life (I think). I paid a mere 1.47 per gallon the other night. Road tripping across the US seems a whole lot more affordable now!

The Blind Hockey video I made has been getting reposted about the internet a bit. Check out a couple of the links. Link 1 Link 2

Tryouts for the Cats are exactly 29 days away. Looking to be a great year for the boys. It is all starting to come together here.

Last week The Edge restaurant and bar closed nearby, now another one bites the dust. Best Buy is no more! I am hoping some better places move in, but who knows how long that may take.

Finally, I am still on that iPhone4 life. With seeing all these new smart phones floating around, they all have one problem in my opinion, they are way too large. Is there a smart phone similar in size to the iphone4 that is out there? Any tips on this would be appreciated! Otherwise iphone4 forever!

TV Show of the Week: Nothing yet, thinking about starting Game of Thrones though!

Video of the Week: GoPro: NHL After Dark is a new YouTube series featuring some of the stars of the NHL. The camera work and skill in this video is off the charts! I look forward to these coming out weekly.

Movie of the Week: Soaked in Bleach. A newer version of the Kurt & Courtney movie. This 90 minute documentary movie about the murder of Kurt Cobain does the job that Making a Murderer does in 10 one hour episodes. Check it out on Netflix.

Until next week.

Yaboy Josh

A Start to the Season

January 25, 2016

The FV Season started on Saturday 1/23, I am coaching a C level U13 team this year which is a nice setup for the busy year I will have with Varsity. First practice and some kid already hit me in the face with his stick. Joy!

Song of the Week: Pretty Pimpin by Kurt Vile. Shout out to John for showing me this jam. Potentially may see this guy come April.

The Non-Drinking streak is over folks. Stopped at a standstill at 20 days in to the new year, thanks to the woman at Jewel who was giving out free tastings of wine. How could we say no? We indulge in some more wine later that night, she sold us a bottle of the sample... So we go 20 days without drinking, only to realize that we just end up snacking and eating more food, but it was good for our livers I am sure!

After practice, Rachel and I met up with Rachel's bro Phil and Dad, as well as my mom to pick out our Tuxes for the wedding. Gonna look baller. Later that evening Beth, Rachel, Rob, & I all hung out watching some Gossip Girl and complaining about the complainers of the world. During this time, I came to the realization that before YouTube and videos online, I would search for videos on KaZaa (similar to Napster) and then torrent/download them. Was anyone else in the same boat as me? Now it is amazing that almost anything you want to see can be found on YouTube or similar video sharing websites, and you don't have to download anything!

In the meantime, I have been training endlessly on Mario 64, dominating Bowser and all his minions, claiming 120 stars and meeting with Yoshi for a secret rendezvous a top the castle while Peach bakes a cake for me. But seriously, I got so frustrated a few times with the video game I would just yell at the TV, tell Mario to suck one, and then shut the game off. Only to come back 2 minutes later and get back after it. My gamers out there know the feeling.

A couple of quick shots to sum up the weekend. Rachel, Beth, & I drove past a car with 2 goldens in the back, lovely guys! Rachel even yelled at the guy in the passenger seat for sleeping when there were such beautiful goldens in his presence. Also witnessed the closing down of The Edge Bar & Grill down the street from us. We had only been once, but this place was open 24 hours a day! Kind of sad to see it go!

Video of the Week: Finished editing the Tallest Man On Earth show John, Rachel, Melissa, & I attended at Hope College back in September. Great show!

Movie of the Week: Get Hard with Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart. Sad dogging it from here on out. This movie got me hard.

TV Show of the week: Finished up Making a Murderer. Sad times. Being poor and living in a small town where you are not on the side of people with power seems like a very bad combo. Personally I think Steve Avery is innocent, even though the show is scripted and edited to do just that, it seems very hard for a couple of "dumb" folks to clean up a huge mess. Also his poor nephew who doesn't seem to know left from right gets pulled into it. I am a man of conspiracies though so would love to see some argument for the other side.

Podcast of the week: Serial season two. P.O.W Private Bergdahl leaves his post and gets captured by the taliban. Finally released after 5 years. Is he a deserter and traitor, or should he be let free? First 5 episodes down, released bi-weekly now. Give it a listen!