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This weekend was pretty laid back but full of awesome food. Friday, we went to Sage with Nick and Nicole for Kari's little pre-birthday celebration. I love that place. We've gotten the same waitress everytime we've gone there and she rules - really knows her stuff. After that we stopped by the Cab of course.

Saturday I cleaned, worked on videos/web dev, stopped by Trent's house, then Kari's parents came over. Her dad and I went to buy a 4g iPod Nano, but apparently they sent all the 4gigs back to get better screens, heh. The advertisements don't really show how small they are... because all the advertisements are HUGE. But their size is pretty incredible. Too bad they are only 4gb. After iPod searching, we went to dinner at Bis…

OMG. This sucks. So, my friend Ben is having this underground rap festival Saturday the 15th in the Quad Cities. I've gotta go to help support Ben and of course, underground rap.

But, today I was checking some of my favorite bands' tour schedules. Bloodhound Gang and HIM both released new CDs, so I checked their sites first. HIM is really not coming near here, but they are stopping in Minneapolis, which is close enough for me to drive to for a show. However, they are there the 21st - the night before my wedding - GAH! Bloodhound Gang, on the other hand, is going to be @ Quest, Minneapolis on the 16th - the day after Ben's show. If I could get back here quick on Sunday, I could maybe find a friend to drive up there to see the …

Omg, this weekend was totally crazy - I loved it. I wonder how long I would live if all my friends lived closeby...

Anyway, Friday, Rich, Sean, Jeff, and Josh came into town for my bachelor party. We all headed up to Rico's to grill out, etc. They made an awesome meal for all 16 of us (it was a great base for the night we had - it definitely worked). We played monster golf, bocce, poker, etc. The rest of the night was absolutely crazy, here it is in list format... The bus picked us up, we went to the Cab, Lift, Royal Mile, Red Monk, Aura, Third Base, Cabaret, etc.

The night included: running, dancing, punching contests, slapping contests, running over minivans, getting interviewed by some TV station, playing with the …

So, Aaron's bachelor weekend was insane and there were only 10 of us. I can't even imagine what's going to happen with 20 of us. Here's the weekend breakdown...

Thursday, I went with Kevi to get another tattoo. I temporarily talked him out of that stick figure guy, whew.

Friday Kari's dad came over, we bottled our beer, then Turbo and Zach came over and we went out. Kevi threw a big tantrum because he came to my house and I wasn't there. It ruled. Then we went searching for him downtown and he cheered up a bit.

Saturday was the official bachelor party. We rode pocket bikes, sipped good scotch, smoked cigars, grilled, hung out, soaped, played pool, etc. There is this tradition in Turbo's family where he has to drink a …

I revamped the beer list that Nehru, Nick, and I have been working on. It now has our ratings, pictures, and comments for each beer. Plus it allows you to comment on/rate each beer. Check it out:

http://www.broox.com/beer/

So this weekend was nice, lots happened. Thursday I met some buddies at Rock Bottom, then went out to DMMC's True to the Art show. It was really good, probably the best Hip Hop show I've been to in Des Moines. Everyone had really good sets and there were 175+ people there - big for hip hop in Des Moines. Aeon Grey and Really Real had a great set. Gai Den was a little off, but still good. The Gutter Bros (Brandon J Atlas and Shaoo Zulu) were definitely decent. Rebel's Advocate (the guys whose music video I'm working on) were awesome. I recorded most of the show so hopefully video will be available on their respective sites soon.

Friday nothing really happened, just cleaning, hanging out, and Simpson's.

Then Saturday I tanned …

Man, what a weekend. Friday, the Coffins had a couples shower for Kari and I - a "stock your bar" party. Everything was a ton of fun. We had martinis, hung out, boxed, played a game, etc. Thanks to everyone that was there, especially the Coffins. Afterwards a few of us went out to Stix to play some pool and goof around. Great night. Kari's dad even walked home on chutes and ladders, haha.

Saturday we woke up, hung my new fan, did some landscaping, and then Jeff and I made beer (which should be ready about the day of my bachelor party, heh).

Sunday, we hung out at my cousins and ate frog legs. Then later we grilled and hung out with more friends at Jake's. And lastly, yesterday we hung out and boated at Saylorville lake all …

I usually don't write about movies and stuff, but this caught me off guard and not too many people know about it so here it is...

I was reading Modified Magazine yesterday, and apparently there's going to be a Fast and Furious 3. And apparently they have a bigger budget than the first 2... but they're trying not to pick any big actors for it. Which, pretty much shows that FnF is obviously more interested in cars than acting - as most of its viewers are. There is a lot of speculation that Vin Diesel may be back in it... The 2nd movie picked up where Paul Walker left off, the third is supposed to pick up where Vin Diesel left off...

"After being allowed to get away by his new undercover cop friend in the first movie, fast-driving …

This weekend was decent. I've been really sick which has been lame. Kari and I went to cedar rapids, painted a room, got a new fan, hung out with her family, etc. I also hung out with Ron Livingston's brother a bit, heh. Speaking of fame, Kari's dad met Frank Abagnale a few weeks ago, wtf.

Anyway, I'm home sick, it's lame. I told myself last night I wasn't going to stay home today, but then I woke up and hated life. I've got sooo much to do at work, it's stupid. People probably hate me there.

Maybe today I will lay in bed with my laptop and play with wikis... I really need to organize my notes, mediawiki will rule.

Throughout High School lunch, my buddies and I always goofed around in an immature fashion (imagine that). It was usually Me, Jeremy Ludin, Jeff Ballard, Boone Ebel, Kyle Wells, Luke Gochanour, Andy Mead, etc. First of all, we always mixed everything that was left at the end of a meal into some concoction. Every day there was a new name for it too like, super stinky dumpy, ultra gross jomblination, mega nasty sloppy, barfy dumpy pukey, etc... but overall we called it "Ultra Sloppy Barfy" It ruled so much. Then we'd put the tray with everything on it on top of all the other trays. Everyone would always look at us like, "omg those guys are so immature." Whatever.

Lots of things happened in our lunch room. Grub stole milk a lot and …

When I was in High School I was on the golf team. Freshman year, I spent many meets golfing with my buddies Jeremy Ludin or Josh Gooch. We've got tons of stories, but there is one in particular that I will never forget.

Josh and I were golfing with 2 kids from another school in this tournament at Golfmohr. We got to #2 which is a par 4, dog leg left with a pond starting in front of the tee box and running along the entire left side. If you really got a hold of your ball and cut the pond, the green was possible to drive.

So Josh got up to hit, tried to cut the pond, but shot his ball right into the water. He took his penalty, teed up another and hit it directly into the pond again. He took his second penalty, teed up his 3rd and final …

Haha, I'm on the Vox Vodka Website for the podcast at Buzz with Harper. It is so funny, and rules so much, haha. This is from their site:

"A Weekend Out in Chi-Town@ Buzz and Soundbar (Podcast Coming Soon)
8/17/2005

This past Saturday, Vox Vodka made a second appearance at Buzz nightclub in Rivernorth. The last time Vox dropped into Buzz, we celebrated the best of Chicago bartenders and entertainers at "Industry Night".

Saturdays bring a different crowd full of both Chicago residents & weekend warriors who come to experience the Chicago nightlife scene. CAUTION – weekenders tend to drive the cost of admission up and create very long lines (apparent by the long lines snaking around the buildings and alleys at Buzz to get …

Ok, you can comment on photos now, w00t! For some reason I had to enable comments before adding this pic. So yeah. Soon I'll add comments to videos. Maybe I should store cookies so yall dont have to retype your info everytime too...

Harper doesn't know how to make php cookies, hahaha.

This weekend was pretty laid back, we had people and dogs visit Friday and Saturday night. I worked on the Rebel's Advocate video a bit. I started organizing some storage and found GOLD. I will soon scan what I found and post it. We also grilled out at Doug's, hung out with Nick and Nicole, etc.

Yesterday after we got home from Doug's, our house seemed a little warm. About 82 degrees warm. So I went and checked things out, it seems like the turbine that blows air into the house was broken which caused the A/C to overwork all day. I also learned that I'm supposed to change my furnace filter, hahaha.

So yeah, I slept in the basement last night, luckily our house is under warranty for 10 more days. Stupid houses.

This week …

BMW sponsors this event called the Ultimate Drive where all you have to do is sign up and drive BMWs... then for every mile you drive they donate $1 to the Komen Breast Cancer Fund. So instead of working today, Nehru and I drove BMWs, haha. We got to sign a 645i. Then we drove on this 15 mile route they had plotted out. I drove the 545i and 3.0 Z4. Nehru drove the 645i, and I think a 330 after I left. We also rode along with Ron in a 325.

It's tough not to treat the streets like a closed course when you're in the cars we drove... especially when they plot out a map that looks like a road course. So needless to say, we pushed the cars pretty hard... and we each got honked at by people that we made nervous, haha. Whatever, yall …

Kari and I went to the Iowa State Fair again last night. It's still the same. Every year, we seriously do the exact same things, but whatever Kari loves it. Here's how it goes.

You have to...
· get fresh squeezed lemonade
· get a turkey leg
· get grilled corn on the cob
· see stuff made out of butter (particularly the cow)
· check out the art exhibits
· get home made root beer
· get salt water taffy
· see the varied industries
· ride the double ferris wheel
· ride the sky lift back to your car

Sometimes I get to see a couple new things. Like dominoes, International's new truck, Tiger Woods, and a clock I really want. It's amazing to me that this fair was ranked in the "top 10 places America goes to have fun" by USA …

Man, things have been crazy as usual. Last week Harper stopped by on his road trip to Colorado. We hung out a bit, Ninja got loose, and we rode the pocket bike, then he kept driving.

The plan for the weekend was to shoot a music video for a hip hop group called Rebels Advocate. So, Friday after work, we caravaned 3 car loads of people to Maywood, which is a ghetto westside suburb of Chicago. We got into town around 12:30, got to bed around 2:30, then had to wake up at 6:30 to start working on the video. It was a good time - everyone I met was really cool. A lot of people showed up, it was pretty much everyone's first video shoot, and the weather was pretty sketchy - so it made for a lot of work... but 12 hours later the video was …

So, to finish out sunday... Kari and I checked out this brewery called Humperdinks - great place. The only thing that sucked was that their 2 best beers were seasonals, heh. After dinner we swam at the hotel. I saved 2 baby bunnies that decided to jump in with us. Swimming bunnies are pretty hilarious.

Today, kari and I checked out this insane electronic store called Frys. They actually had high quality stuff and a cafe inside. I was impressed. Then we went to Galleria. It sucked. I mean, it ruled, but it sucked because I found out that I ran out of money. I mean like, RAN OUT. Checking balance: $0. I wanted to spend so much money at this mall; they had great stores. The only shopping we got done was picking out the $5k in …

Man, San Antonio was pretty nuts... not nuts like off the chain, but nuts like lots happened. Kari and I drove down Friday morning (my birthday) to get to our hotel and Bre'anna's wedding rehearsal. It was obviously incredibly boring, but definitely necessary. Weddings are such a production. Especially in this mega-church. If it werent for the decorations on stage, you wouldn't know this place was a church - more like an auditorium of some sort. This was a huge huge complex. I think the place held 4,000 people. After the rehearsal was the rehearsal dinner where we ate, people gave toasts, and people cried. It was pretty funny, Chris's family had like 7 people toast, our side had 1, haha, we rule. After diner, Kari and I went out …

Man, this was a long day. Kari and I got into Dallas at 11, then met Maddie for lunch. We checked out BJs brewery then toured the HSL offices. It was pretty awesome. I was like a kid in a candy store. I got to see a couple prototypes for new shoes. One is really dope. The other is in the super early stages, so it was pretty funny. I can't really say anything about it... But if it gets invented I will laugh. Roger (the inventor of this prototype - and Heelys) rules. He's in the guinness book for being the youngest person to rollerskate, haha. Like 8 months old or something.

Anyway, there are huge heelys and soap posters everywhere, plus the entire place has hard floors so people can heel around. It was nice to finally meet …