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Best Spam Ever

I’m getting some awesome spam these days. My favorite is the one that just says “http://www.logantwedt.com coolest domain name ever”. I have to say, I think its a pretty sweet domain name, and I’m glad others (even though theyre scripts running on someones botnet out in the cloud somewhere) think its cool too.

In other news, I’m unemployed. Would you like to employ me? I can beat Minesweeper on Easy in under 10 seconds. I think that’s a skill - maybe I should add it to my resume. I can also write some neato Java code, but I think the Minesweeper thing may just be my ticket to stardom.

Oh, I’m also training for Grandma’s Marathon… but I haven’t registered yet. Hopefully I get that done before registration closes, but I dont feel like I can register for a marathon when the farthest I’ve run without walking is about 2.5 miles. Give me a week, we’ll see how bad my legs hurt.

Now that I’m totally off the topic set by the title, I think I’ll quit. See ya next time.

New Theme

I’m getting to think that most of my posts on here are related to theme changes. I’ll get back into that whole blogging thing at some point.

I dont have the footer done either, its pretty much totally generic. When you read it and it makes no sense… well, just give me some time.

Blogging!

I don’t have anything to say right now. I just wanted to move the inappropriate video down a little on the main page. 

But really, I’m glad it’s 2009. Last year wasn’t too great, what, with losing my job and all. Not to mention losing my iPhone in a cab and having my brand new jacket stolen out of the booth that my friends were occupying and standing around. That took balls.

That is all over, as far as I’m concerned. I do still need to get a new jacket, but the old one (crappy zipper and all) is working for now, whilst I do my penance for leaving it with people that didn’t necessarily know to protect it. Last year is done, and things can only get better from here on out. I’m looking forward to that.

Too funny. Coldplay’s ‘Scientist’ just came on my Pandora station, and the lyrics “Nobody said it was easy” played as I was trying to figure out what to write next.

It’s tough to be optimistic about this new year since I’m currently focusing on all the crap that happened, but I am. I have no doubt that it will end up better than last year.

SNL on Hulu

I really just wanted to test out embedding hulu video clips, so here’s the funniest video on hulu.

Oh, Mom…

I really debated posting this. I try to keep private the lives of people that have chosen to stay off the internet. But this is just too good to not talk about. I wont be divulging any major details, but I’m including a bit of an email I got from my mother this morning. First, though, you need some background.

Christmas has always been a special time in my family, particularly for my mom.  Christmas music starts playing in my house the day after Thanksgiving (or, when she thinks she can get away with it, on Thanksgiving) and sometimes I feel like it doesn’t stop until my birthday (early February). We decorate the tree as a family as soon as possible and sometimes, like this year, we end up decorating the tree on Thanksgiving night. That tradition, of putting up the tree, is probably the most important chunk of time in my mom’s year. She likes her traditions.

Not opening gifts before Christmas is one of those things. I don’t know if it can really be called a tradition, but its a rule that cannot and will not be broken. I think I can remember only one time when I opened a gift early. My brother and I must have thrown some wild tag-team-tantrum or something, I don’t remember, but it must have been good.

Flash forward again to this year, yesterday, in particular. Heading out the door in the morning I pull on my jacket and try to zip it up - half of the zipper comes off in my hand. Good thing I just got a new jacket.

Oh crap, mom took that, and I’m getting it for Christmas.

It’s wrapped. Probably under the tree already.

I cant open gifts early… but this is Minnesota. Last Wednesday it was 6 degrees below (F) with wind chill factored in. She has to cave, doesn’t she?

I sent an email to my parents shared address, hoping for mercy. Here’s what I got in response:

Hi–

Sorry to hear about your jacket zipper–I really don’t want to give you the new one–How are the snaps working?  Some jackets only have snaps, so probably it is kinda like that–your new jacket only has buttons–so not much different.  Think of it as helping you get use to the new one.