bond

Ok, screw that other watch, im going with the Omega Seamaster 300M Diver... This is the watch that Pierce Brosnan wore in all of his movies that he played James Bond in.... Its one of the most popular watches in all of Omegas line and it has that really cool bezel that rotates so you can tell elapsed time or time remaining if diving (or other various situations)... The watch goes for about $2000 and I should have one on my birthday so stay tuned then for an extensive review! yes, I am buying this watch partially because of the James Bond awesomeness, but Ive wanted a luxury timepiece since I was in 8th grade and got a chance to take apart a really excellently crafted rolex replica that ran on a swiss made automatic movement (self winding and uses no batteries). This is one of those types of watches and if you even knew what went into producing one of these you would see why they cost so damn much. This isnt some ordinary target-bought timex here.... this will be a piece that I will hope to someday pass down to future generations of my family...

hot sauce review 2

ok its that time again.... time for another hot sauce review since i have some excellent new additions to the collection...first are probably two of the most well known and definately my top two favorites at the moment...

on the left we have daves insanity sauce.... this was the first sauce to incorporate the extracts of hot peppers for that extra kick and when it first came out, he was kicked out of a sauce awards show for it being too hot.... well, compared to the insane extract based stuff thats out on the market now, this stuff is pretty mild but will still make you NEED a glass of milk... it has a reaaaallly good flavor too and makes an excellent addition to chip dips, salsas and chicken.Second in the picture is Blairs Jersey Death. two words: FUCKING CHRIST! this stuff is double the heat of the last hot sauces review hottest sauce.... this stuff is 750 times hotter then a jalapeno pepper and you can just see the wickedness in the bottle... there is sort of a resin that forms on the side of the bottle in this really dark red syrup. It doesnt really pour out of teh bottle, it just kind of runs out really slowly the way that really thick honey would. i tried a couple dabs on a toothpick and for the first ten seconds i couldnt feel the back of my throat and i think i stopped breathing until i could handle the pain enough to muster up a cough.... this is pretty much the hottest stuff that you can get in a bottle for under ten dollars... Blair currently makes stuff that is 16 times hotter then this but you have to shell out a pretty penny for the bottles because they are quite rare and collectible and really arent even supposed to be consumed. There are warnings on the Jersey Death that tell you that this shouldnt be consumed without diluting it first. amazing stuff. i cant wait to try it on some ramen later today!second, this is the rest of the Blairs line that I have obtained...

i think im only missing one or two pretty rare ones in the "death sauces" line that he makes.... all of these are pretty much the same with a few differences in flavor and each one is progressively hotter then the next by leaps and bounds.... the "possible side effects" is arguably the tastiest sauce in the line and has a lot more ingredients then just peppers and vinegar. I would reccomend this as a good starter sauce in getting into the world of insane killer sauces. the other two are really hot and i havent had much time with them to taste the difference in flavor but i do know that there are a few different ingredients in them so they should be interesting once the burn resides and you can actually taste what is in it!

construction

ok so there was a post last summer about some high rise buildings going in near southdale at the end of teh galleria... well, i was mistaken in thinking that the structure that they were working on was the building itself... that structure is now completed and it turns out that it was the parking ramp for the building that they are just starting on now... they have finally dug the giant hole and put the cranes up... this should be a pretty cool building and make all the other buildings in the area jealous...here is a nice darkened contrast photo of the colossal cranes getting ready for some serious building making

omega

This is the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra. This watch is not mine yet, but it will be on my birthday (June). I know its not a Rolex but its along the same lines (if not better). Hell, Omega was the first watch on the moon and is the choice of the current James Bond (Pierce Brosnan and now Daniel Craig and all future Bonds). This watch retails for a little over a grand and a half, so its more affordable than a Rolex, and it will be my first experience now that I am getting into the world of fine timepieces and luxury toys!

warning

thanks to molly's wit, I now have a warning sticker on my uzi case ;)

kickin it up a notch

ok, there have been entries in this journal about spicy foods before, but let me show you guys my collection as it stands today....

from left to right we have:Cholula - pretty mild stuff, no real burn to it... used as a staple hot sauce at many popular mexican restaurants including don pablosBlairs Original Death Sauce - Blair is one of the most well known names in the hot sauce world and currently holds the title for having produced the hottest sauce in the world... this isnt it... this is a relatively mild habanero based sauce that was his original creation that got him into the world of spice... pretty garlicky but can add flavor to just about anything... goes really good with chicken!El Yucateco Chile De Habanero - another staple sauce found at many mexican eateries, allthough a few drops of this one will leave you probably wanting a sip of something... not too bad thoughEl Yucateco XXXtra hot chile de habanero - same brand as before, but hotter then the previous one as i believe there may be more varieties of pepper in the recipeThe Hottest Fuckin' Sauce - well, not actually the hottest but this was my first experience into the world of hot sauce extract sauces (they extract the pure spiciness from the peppers for double the heat, its what is used in pepper spray too) This stuff will make your average joe sweat and feel like chugging a glass of milk but believe me, there are WAY more worse sauces then this... this is pathetic compared to the next one....Blairs Mega Death - dear god. this stuff is 550 times hotter then a jalapeno pepper... this is a tomato based sauce (you can taste it for a few milliseconds before the heat kills you) with a nice smoky flavor. nice and thick too... I put a drop on a dorito and in order to get rid of the burn completely i had to chug a full glass of milk and eat a bunch of crackers and string cheese... this stuff hurts and it NOT for the inexperienced... Blairs Queso dip - GOOOOD cheese dip! tastes like a normal cheese dip for a good handful of chips and then you start to sweat and feel the endorphin rush.... it contains fire roasted habaneros, thats why! This stuff is cheap and really tasty!Habanero Rub From Hell - tis is supposed to be used as a dry rub to put on steaks and meats before you barbeque but i use it as an additive to some of my cheese dips and such.... really dry smoky flavor and a tiny bit of bite.... quite tasty but i should really use it what its for on BBQ next timecustom home made spice blend - this is my own personal blend of home grown and home dried habanero, cayenne and jalapeno peppers all crushed up into powder and mixed into one bottle... goes good on everything... really good in salsas and cheese dips!Blairs Death Rain Nitro - i posted a review of this stuff before but put it this way... this is dried and powdered habanero peppers with the Blairs Mega Death sauce i mentioned earlier sprayed over the powder... a pinch of this stuff in a bowl of ramen will leave your lips burning for a whileBlairs Death Rain Chipotle - VERY flavorful powder... contains roasted jalapeno (chipotle) powder as well as some other various spices that are so amazingly awesome when dusted on a dorito!Crushed Red Pepper - the stuff you put on pizza... good additive to anything.stay tuned because i will most lilely be obtaining more hot sauces in the next few months and will post another review similar to this one! Let me know what you think!

twisted metal!

ladies and gentlemen, i present to you, muthafriggin PLAYSTATION ONE games on my CELL PHONE!!!!this is not a trick or a photoshop... thats the original playstation game, twisted metal 2 (the best game in the entire universe), running in full speed, full screen, with sound, on my cell phone!!!! this is not just some re-made skewed version of the game, this is the original program files that from the actual playstation disc being used and emulated.... allthough this does push my phone to its limites of waht it can do and drains the battery faster then anything else ive run on it...

now, if only i could get xbox 360 games on there id be all set!!!

asshole cops

ok so im driving to work last week and i get off the exit ramp and as i look in my rearview mirror, there are six squad cars behind me.... needless to say i panic and freak out but get a sigh of relief as they turn the other direction.... still curious, i look in my rear view again and one had gotten a little down the road and then turned his lights on and pulled to the middle of the road and blocked traffic so the other five could turn around in the middle of the street.... i panicked again but as i watched in my rear view i saw they they were getting back on the entrance ramp on the highway.... at this point i lost sight of them but i was still interested to see what was going on... i drove up to the next bridge that crossed the highway, went over it and turned left to double back on where i was before, but on the other side of the highway.... i looked down on the highway and there were already two people pulled over by two of the squad cars and as i drove a little further to see the entrance ramp there was three of the squad cars waiting to catch more speeders.... as i came across the next overpass bridge there was the 6th squad car on to with a trooper radaring people for his 5 friends down the line...FUCKING ASSHOLE COPS! i didnt get pulled over or anything but this just seems like a pointless waste of time and police force that could be used to stop REAL crime! i dont know HOW they are catching speeders on that little stretch of road, because whenever im on it, i always end up doing 30 MPH on the FREEWAY because most of the population around my work are crackheads who sholdnt be alive, much less have a license.look at these piggies:


anyways, just a word of warning, if you ever actually get your car above 35 MPH out near the airport, watch out! there are some bully cops teaming up to ruin your day! or you could just avoid the freeways and go rob a bank... you wont get cought because every god damn officer in the state is waiting to give the oh-so-dangerous "speeders" on crosstown a "speeding" ticket.

christmas!!!

ok sorry for not posting in a long time yet again! I just figured id show off my new prize posession.... its my new xbox 360 that i got for christmas from my wonderful girlfriend!thats all. if you dont know what this is or what it does, go punch yourself.

close ups

just messin around with the camera again... this time with extreme close ups of food items cus i was bored.... so heres some vanilla bean ice cream and diet coke...

bright

ok, just experimenting with my camera settings at don pablos.... this place is usually dark and dim so i decided to leave the shutter open for like 8 seconds... now it looks like some outdoor place in mexico with the sun shining really bright on palm trees.... this was about 10 at night...

cookies!

ok its almost been a month now since ive updated the journal.... sorry to leave you guys hanging but in the winter, i really dont get out and do that much interesting stuff.... winter sucks. but heres some holiday cookies that my mom and girlfriend made the other day.... too bad you cant taste the goodness!!

bright darkness

sunset last night was awesome... once again though, i had to edit this in photoshop to give you guys an idea of how i really saw it first hand.... pictures still dont do it any justice

pink

Ok for those who dont know, the pink plastic lawn flamingos you sometimes see in peoples front lawns are going extinct...why you ask? well, because the creator, Don Featherstone, is unable to keep up with rising costs of plastics and materials needed to keep producing these birds. The birds have existed since 1957 and would have celebrated their 50th birthday next year but are unable to nkow that the last ones have been produced. The plant officially closed its doors on wednesday november 1st.This is the day that ebay went NUTS with these things.... you could not find a pair for under $150-$200!! every single site that was selling them online was out of stock and they were no where to be found... even after checkig today, they are still going for around $150!I found a couple little known sites on the internet with my expert searching results that still had these things for $18 a pair. I ordered a pair for myself and am still awaiting packages from two other places so I can make profit on ebay with them! easiest $100+ bucks ive ever made!anyways, dont go thinking that just any old plastic flamingo will sell for this crazy price, you have to have an original Featherstone flamingo from Union Products of MA... check underneath the bird for Don's signature embossed into it. all others are ripoffs.

three of a kind...

ok, so yesterday, me and two other buddies from the local Lotus club all got together and had a little photoshoot with our cars... the cool thing is, these are all the same car... they are all red lotus esprit SE's... what you are seeing here is 3 out of a total of 211 that were brought into the us for the year they were made. truly a rare sight...

whole collection!

ok i found teh frankenberry i was looking for! now i have the entire collection!!!my new ULTIMATE favorite cereal is a frankenberry / boo-berry mix.... its so god damn delicious!!!

flies need lovin too

took this picture on the camping trip but its just so damn funny that it needed its own journal entry here.... this was on dustins dash of his jeep. by the way, have i mentioned how much i love the capabilities of this camera?!?!

roughing it!

ok, better late then never, here are the pictures from my camping trip with my girlfriend and friends dustin, and anna, on the weekend of october 6-9... we went to whitewater state park in southern minnesota...this is our first awesome campsite... away from everyone else... we got there late and the next day when we went to check in they told us it was reserved so we had to move into a different site

the second site:

the first day we were there we saw this fire watchtower on top of a really tall hill so we decided to see if it was climbable... these are the stairs leading up to it.... including the stairs in the tower itself there is somewhere over 700 stairs....

the views from the top... that little town is called Elba, MN and has a population of about 200...

the view looking straight down from the top of the tower (looks shorter then it actually is)

looking back up at the tower:

the tower as seen from the ground...

after the tower we spent some time on the ground and came across this nice old military deuce-and-a-half sitting in the weeds:

a campfire i made:

the next day we went hiking in some hills and bluffs.... these are some cool moss covered rocks i found:

this is a farm that from where we were, looked like it was waaaaay on top of a mountain... who the hell would put their farm up there???!!!

the view from one of the best bluffs we climbed:

the bluff from the ground:

throughout the weekend i took lots of photos of the various rivers and streams running around the area.... these were my best ones: