Evil Giraffes and Elephants on Skis

Goings on...

2009-02-24T09:02:00.003-06:00

So I has back surgery on 1/26. It went really well. The recovery process was much shorter than I thought that it would be. I was essentially back on my feet in a few days. Update 1.

I spent a week in Colorado: Breckenridge and Vail. It was fantastic. I was glad that I was healed enough to actually go big mountain skiing. We had a hell of a good time.

We arrived on 2/7 in the early afternoon after 15 or so hours on the road. Nebraska in the dark is a treat. I skied Sunday and Thursday in Breck and Tuesday in Vail. I can't describe how huge Vail is. It took me 45 minutes to get from the middle of the resort to Lionshead Village. Yikes.

Anyway, I had an excellent time. I'm looking forward to next year, wherever we go. That's provided I can go. We're planning our honeymoon for just about this time next year, so we'll see how it goes. Update 2.

On tap for this weekend: Annual Lutsen trip. It should be just as big of a riot as it was last year. You're jealous. I'm sure I'll have a fantastic story of Charles sleeping with towels...As per usual.

100 Truths

2009-01-30T11:41:00.002-06:00

Because I'm on a lunch break and I haven't done one of these in years. Thanks, Hinzman

001.Name → Jordan Eldridge
002. Nickname(s) → Jordo
003. Status → Engaged
004. Zodiac sign → Aquarious
005. Male or female → Male
006. Elementary → Castle
007. Middle School → John Glenn
008. High School → N. St. Paul
009. Smart → Very. Humble, too
010. Hair color → Black, when I have it
011. Long Tall or Short → Long tall or short what?
012. Loud or Quiet → Loud
013. Sweats or Jeans → Sweats
014. Phone or Camera → That doesn't make sense
016. Drink or Smoke? → Drink
017. Do you have a crush on someone? → Of course. I'm engaged to her
019. Piercings? → None
020. Tattoos → 7
021. Name best friend? → Angela

FIRSTS:
023. First piercing → Tongue
024. First best friend → Jeremy Churchill
025. First award → Something to do with track & field day at Castle
026. First crush → Sarah Comeau
027. First pet → Jinx the cat
028. First big vacation → Florida
029: First memory: Reading a billboard to my mom
030. First big birthday → eh
031. First Kiss - Raeanne
032. First Love - Jess
033. First Heartbreak - Don't remember. Must've blocked it out
034. First time on an airplane - Flordia
035. First Job - DQ

CURRENTLY:
049. Eating → Just finished
050. Drinking → Cherry Coke Zero
052. I'm about to → Go to the bathroom
053. Listening to → Co-workers talk
054. Plans for today→ Work, nap, 2 hours of work
055. Who are your close friends of the opposite sex→ Ang (of course) Sara

YOUR FUTURE:
058. Want kids? → Eventually
059. Want to get married? → July 17th, 2009
060. Careers → What I'm doing now works
061. Any ideas of who you want to marry? → See: 003
062. Could you see yourself with someone you know now → See: 003
063. plans for any future (being with someone) → ...

WHICH IS BETTER WITH OPPOSITE SEX?
068. Lips or eyes → Eyes
069. Long or short hair - Depends
070. Shorter or taller? → Even or taller
072. Romantic or spontaneous? Both
073. Nice stomach or nice arms → Stomach
074. Sensitive or loud → Those aren't opposites
075. Hook-up or relationship → See: 003
077. Troublemaker or hesitant → Little bit of both

HAVE YOU EVER:
080. Become friends with an ex. boyfriend → I don't have an ex-boyfriend
081. Ran away from home → Nope
084. Broken someone's heart → Yep
085. Been arrested → Nope
087. Cried when someone died → Yep
088. Been in love → Yep

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself → Most of the time
090. Miracles → I haven't seen one, so not yet
091. Love at first sight → maybe
092. Heaven → Maybe
093. Santa Claus → I did at one point in life
094. Sex on the first date → Not really
095. Kiss on the first date → Depends
096. Going out with someone more than once → What a silly question

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now → See: 003
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → Right now I am
099. Do you believe in God →
100. Post as 100 truths then tag -->

The holidays

2008-12-24T09:46:00.001-06:00

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and happy holidays. I don't have much. I'm making a foray in to the world of the Blackberry. I'll post more about it in the next week or so after I've had time to play around with it.

With that said, I hope that the holidays are safe and happy for everyone!

Party of the Year, ver 5.0, 12/27/2008, 9:00pm-2:00am, Bootleggers, 323 1st Ave N, Minneapolis, MN

RE: Why Not?

2008-12-18T13:51:00.002-06:00

In my first post, I asked why Mischke had been fired. Well, here you go. This is from David Brauer at MinnPost.

Part one

Part two

Lunch o' Death

2008-12-16T14:28:00.003-06:00

So we had an end of the year team lunch today at Buca. I haven't eaten that much since Thanksgiving. I feel like I'm going to literally explode. I had to order the penne all'arrabbiata for two reasons:
1) I've never had it before, and
2) It's a central theme in the "Death Star Cantina" bit by Eddie Izzard.

It's always interesting, if not down-right entertaining to go "out" with co-workers. You always end up hearing stories that probably shouldn't be told or you end up being in a story that shouldn't be told.

I'm going to play bingo tomorrow after work. Hopefully I can carry my winning streak over to bingo from pull tabs. I won $105 on Friday night. Paid for the night.

Why not?

2008-12-15T14:14:00.000-06:00

Not that anyone cares, but I decided to jump on this blog bandwagon about 8 years too late. Such is life.

This won't be about anything in particular, just random musings, things that interest, confuse and irritate me. Of course the moment that I decide to start this, I can't think of anything to post...

Have I been living under a rock for the past 6 months? Where did this Caylee Anthony story come from? Do I just not pay attention? Why is this such a huge story? I think that this sort of thing happens more often than people think, sadly, so why does this particular case make national headlines?

Who honestly cares of Biden or Obama gets a bloody dog? Does this have any bearing on how they're going to run the country?

Why was T.D. Mischke fired? Who fired him? He was one of the most unique radio pesonalites. EVAR. He was the reason that I started listening to talk radio. I remember staying up late in high school to listen to his show from 10-midnight. He was so different from anything else on KSTP or WCCO. I hope that another station gives him a chance. If they do, I really hope that they'll allow him to make his brand of radio and not try to stick a square peg in a round hole.

Where do the bail-outs end?

Are we 100% positive that Omar Epps and Mike Tomlin are two different people?

In regards to C.C. Sabathia: I'm setting the over/under of what he'll weigh come February when he reports for pitchers/catchers at 295.

What can I do to successfully replace Jeff Probst? That man has the greatest job in the world.

Who can I email to convice Joss Whedon to revive Firefly?

Get used to it. This is how most of the posts will be...