Beer and Ska ....

... make me happy :-).  Drinking through my IPA that my buddy Keith and I brewed still.  Bought the stuff to brew a Tripel, which naturally put me in the mood to drink a homebrew.  Here's a picture of my IPA in a cool glass that Theresa got me as a gift - its basically a double blown glass with the inner shape looking like an upside down bottle:

Looking forward to brewing the Tripel sometime in the next week or so.  Should be an interesting one to brew.  After this one, I really want to try and branch out and try brewing some beers that are a little more out-there.  I want to try to experiment a bit more and find something interesting and different.  I'm sure this will result in a couple batches not coming out as expected, but it will be fun doing it and I think I will learn more about brewing by doing that.

Mark reminded me something in a text message today - ska rules (to quote Mark, "Hooray ska").  Been mostly listening to ska lately with bits of metal sprinkled here and there.  Downloaded Streetlight Manifesto's album "99 Songs of Revolution" a few weeks ago - it really reminded me how much I love Streetlight and how talented they are.  The album is a bunch of covers of songs (for the most part), some of which are obscure, others not.  My favorites on it are their version of "Me and Julio", their cover of the NOFX song "Linoleum" (which they have actually been playing live for a long time because one of their horn players used to be in NOFX), and "We Provide the Paint" (which is originally by Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, who is pretty much just acoustic Streetlight with some string players, etc.).  If you like ska, and especially if you like Streetlight, its definitely worth picking up.  If you like ska, and don't really know Streetlight, check out the album "Everything Went Numb" also - definitely my favorite Streetlight album, and probably in my personal top 5.

Funny quote by Theresa from tonight: "It should be 'Joe Horse', not 'Joe Buck'."  Its true, he does kinda look like a horse haha.  Coincidentally, he also has the intelligence of a horse.

Still trying to figure out what to be for Halloween.  I was going to be Dwight Schrut from "The Office", but then i realized I would have to shave my beard so that ain't gonna happen.  So, the search continues for a Halloween costume idea.

Looking forward to another relaxing weekend filled with hanging with Theresa and the Abby the bulldog, video games (mostly Halo: Reach probably), and perhaps brewing a new batch of beer.

Song of the Day: "Better Place, Better Time" by Streetlight Manifesto
Beer of the Day: Homebrew IPA (brewed by my buddy Keith and I)

Side Note: Weebles wobble but they never fall over.  What should we learn from this?  Don't get in a wrestling match with Weeble.

Weekend Recap

Weekend was pretty superb/relaxing :-).  Here's a little recap on the weekend goals:

• Relax with Theresa (Great Success :) )
• Watch the Phils kick some ass in a couple games (Phils won one and lost one)
• Play video games (mostly Halo: Reach) (Success)
• Make some bangin chili dogs on Saturday (Dominated the hell out of those chili dogs)
• Organize a bit around the apartment and run errands (Made some progress)

So I am working from home for at least the next couple weeks, which I'm super psyched about! :)  Its nice actually being able to be home and relax with Theresa every night :-).

In nature of supporting the Phillies' effort of kicking ass in the NLCS, here is a couple pictures of Theresa and I in our Phillies t-shirts after a couple of the games :-).  Looking forward to seeing Hamels dominate tomorrow night!

 

Another highlight of the weekend was waking up to the pup in bed staring up at me :-)

Should be a pretty solid week - chillin with Theresa, watching a couple Phils games, cooking up some good food, brewing with Keith on Thursday night (not sure what kind of beer yet - possibly some sort of holiday ale), doing some more organizing, and a smattering of video games sessions here and there.

Song of the Day: "Linoleum" by Streetlight Manifesto (cover of NOFX)
Beer of the Day: Oak Aged Yeti Ale by Great Divide

Hooray Beer!

Beer is good.  Went to Pinnochio's Beer Garden and picked up a few goodies today.  Main mission: find and purchase a bottle of Stone Vertical Epic 10-10-10.  Mission status: Fail.  Apparently they will probably get it in the next couple weeks sometime.  Bunk.  Oh, well, got some other goodies, including another bottle of 09-09-09 (to age).

Theresa and I split the White Birch Tripel.  Pretty delicious - good start to the weekend :-).  Abby (my bulldog) even wanted to partake haha.

Abby loves beer ... no seriously, she does haha.

Weekend Goals:

• Relax with Theresa (In Process)
• Watch the Phils kick some ass in a couple games (Not Started)
• Play video games (mostly Halo: Reach) (Not Started)
• Make some bangin chili dogs on Saturday (Not Started)
• Organize a bit around the apartment and run errands (Not Started)

Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.

Song of the Day: "Beer is Good" by Psychostick

... Joined the Club

So I decided to do this whole blog thing recently.  Figured it would give me something productive to do with some of my thoughts and entertain those bored enough to read.  Anyway, I'll probably be talking about everything from my daily life, to video games, to music, to beer, and pretty much everything in between. 

A little about me.  I'm a 24-year-old living in the Philadelphia area (Media, PA) and recently got engaged to an amazing girl named Theresa :-).  I currently work for IBM as an SAP Consultant.  Some of my interests/hobbies include my dog, video games, playing guitar, listening to music, cooking, hiking, fishing, baseball, hockey, and cross-country skiing.  I went to college at Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY (middle of nowhere in the Adirondacks of New York ... pretty much Canada for those not familiar with the area haha) and graduated in May of 2007 with a degree in Information Systems and Business Processes.  I grew up in Penfield, NY (just outside Rochester, NY). 

Anyway, that's all for now - if all goes well I should be updating this fairly regularly with what's going on in my life.  Hope you enjoy!