Fun in NYC

I recently had the opportunity to travel to New York City on business. I spent the week working 14 hour days, and the nights were spent hanging out at bars with NYC co-workers. The best part of the week was hanging out with Scott and Carl the Friday before flying home. Typical of Scott, I told him about being in NYC on Thursday, and he bought a flight that day, flew out on Friday, and flew home Saturday morning.



Hanging out with Clefs in the city is fun, even for an hour.

So the funny part is that apparently NYC brings out the "finger-giver" in me. Every picture taken of me includes my middle finger. I wasn't mad... I just really like flicking people off in New York.







So long New York City! Until next time!

Meez.com is fun!:)

I (Elaina) found this site called Meez.com. You can make a personal avatar by choosing hair color, eye color, nose shape, background, clothing etc....you know you want to try it! You know you want to post the link to yours in the Comments section so I can look at it:)

Here's mine:
Here's Eddie's:

Merry Christmas '06!

Merry Christmas!!

We hope everyone got lots of toys and alcohol for being so good this year.


Among other things, Elaina got a "Yogi" gingerbread man in lotus position.


We accidentally made the Grinch on a homemade sugar cookie.


And luckily we were visited by the Christmas T-Rex! He brought us lots of toys and goodies...


...including really hip clothes from Metro Park...


...a cordless vacuum cleaner...


...a digital photo frame and Lacoste shirt...


...a Manduka Black Mat for yoga...


...a big homemade sugar cookie...


...a generous Crate&Barrel gift card...


...and an elf hat which Professor... loved?

And for as long as this link lasts, see what happened to me when I made fun of an elf:
http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=5a2dfae20f9431e87c212adG06122408

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Best wishes for 2007!!

Creepy Moustache Party 2.0

On Saturday, December 16th, Elaina and I had the privilege of attending the second edition of the Creepy Moustache Party. As you can expect, this year was creepier and moustachier than last year. Take a look:





A highlight of the party was Marty, who last year came as Ned Flanders, and this year came as a police officer:



Well done, Marty. Well done.

So until next year, rock on Creepy Moustaches everywhere. Rock on like Slayer. 1984 Slayer.

One Semester Down...

As of Tuesday night, I finished my first semester of the Evening MBA program at the McCombs School of Business! Woo-hoo! All things considered, this has been a great semester and I can't believe how much I've learned in a matter of months. I had three classes this semester: Financial Accounting, Statistics and Decision Analysis, and Managing People and Organizations. Out of the three, Financial Accounting kicked my butt the hardest. Having never taken an accounting course, many of the concepts and verbage were foreign to me, so I struggled to keep up with the course lessons. The final exam was probably the hardest final exam I've ever taken in my life. Luckily I wasn't the only person lost--in fact, half-way through the exam the professor made everybody put their pencils down, take a deep breath, and then he apologized for making such a hard final exam. As a consolation, he gave us 15 extra minutes to work on it (out of three hours). Hah!

Next semester: Managerial Economics and Marketing Management. Hell yes.

Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black

Saturday night Elaina and I went to Emo's to watch Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black's stand-up show! You may remember these two guys from The State on MTV (over 10 years ago), Wet Hot American Summer, Stella on Comedy Central, Ed, Reno 911, Best Week Ever, and Celebrity Poker Showdown.

This was the funniest comedy show I've ever seen, full of R-rated jokes and pictures. Michael Showalter showed us a picture of a '70's Porno Smurf, along with genitalia (seriously) and Michael Ian Black asked a couple in the audience if they've had anal sex. Holy crap it was funny. Keep an eye on these two guys, and go see their show if they go on tour again. Click here for Michael Showalter's website.

The Science of Sleep

Writer/director Michael Gondry's brainchild, "The Science of Sleep" (originally La Science des Reves) is a strong contender for one of the best movies I've ever seen. If you appreciated his direction in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," you'll find this movie is not only more openly disoriented, but it also embraces its derangement. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal (Y tu Mama Tambien, The Motorcycle Diaries), the pace and simplicity of this film are a perfect balance, and makes you very aware of the nonsense of dreams (and reality).

Without giving anything away, I highly recommend that you see this movie. And let me know what you think!