Behold!

How much cooler is that?

Next time someone asks me how much I weigh, I’m going to tell them I fluctuate anywhere between 14 and 496 pounds depending on the day. Oh yeah, and what planet I’m on.

How much do you weigh?

This year we had a very small Thanksgiving, especially for a very large family. It was just my father, step-mother, step-sister, and me. It was nice, and the food was incredible, but without the rest of the family there, we had to entertain ourselves.

Christina and I were sitting on the couch watching videos on Youtube. Specifically, we were watching videos created using stop motion photography. We were cracking up. Then we realized, we could make our own stop motion video. So we did. And seven hours later, here it is.

Don’t be too critical though, it’s the first feature film of Sinzzo Productions. Enjoy.

The cruise was a blast and Bermuda is absolutely gorgeous. There’s more than just beauty there though, it’s an extremely fascinating country. Did you know that Bermuda has the highest per capita income in the world? Over 50% higher than that of the U.S.A. It shows too. Middle school kids were walking around with laptops and PDA’s. But enough about that.

The food on the cruise was incredible. I seriously gained 5 pounds last week. Gourmet breakfast, gourmet lunches, and gourmet dinners everyday. If you wanted to skip the restaurant scene, they also offered buffets on the top deck three times a day. On the back of the boat they had a 24 hour grill that served hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, pizza, and fries. The fries were fabulous; and they were even better at 3 in the morning. I’m not sure why. They had a chocolate buffet Friday night from 11:00 to midnight. I’m not a chocoholic by any means, but this set up would have impressed anyone. And of course there was 24 hour room service which we took full advantage of. So, in short, the food was great! The drinks were even better. We were drinking Bloody Marys, Dirty Bananas, Coco Locos, all kinds of foo foo drinks and more buckets of beer than could fit in our state room. Koji and I drank cognac and smoked Cubans on the back deck. That was great.

The first day in Bermuda we all hit the beach at Tobacco Bay. Tobacco Bay has this cool little cove, complete with its very own tiki bar. While we were in Bermuda the weather was close to perfect. On the way back to Boston we ended up hitting the tail end of a storm which kind of kicked the crap out of us. But let’s get back to the good weather. Tobacco Bay was really nice. As I’m sure you’d expect, the water was crystal clear and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Tropical fish were swimming all around us. That was pretty cool and yet sort of freaky.

Meg and I broke off from the group every now and then and explored the Island. We had lunch in St. George on Tuesday and lunch in Hamilton on Thursday. Both cities are really unique. St. George, where our ship was docked, is a very quaint little city, whereas Hamilton, the capitol of Bermuda, was more of a conventional city. That didn’t take away from its charm, though.

One of my favorite parts of the trip was horseback riding. Meg and I went on an hour and a half guided tour of southern Bermuda all on horseback. My horse kicked ass. He was 1/3 Clydesdale, 1/3 Black Stallion, and 1/3 dragon. They say he was untameable. They say he killed men for fun. He was so fierce that they had to blind fold him so he wouldn’t kill me on site. Behold, the fiercest horse ever to set foot in Bermuda:

His name is Buddy. I think that’s somehow short for The Almighty Horse of Destruction. We bonded. He was much better than Meg’s stupid horse TJ. Who the hell names a horse TJ? But that’s neither here nor there. I enjoyed it so much that I think I’m going to look into horseback riding around here. I might even buy cowboy hat.

TJ,…please!

Wednesday was the wedding. The whole reason for going on the cruise. For me, it was by far the best day of the trip. The actual wedding was beautiful. The wedding dinner was fantastic. And the wedding reception was…. a bit fuzzy.

Koji and Michelle got married at the Grotto Resort which overlooks the ocean. It really was picture perfect. After the ceremony, we went back to the ship for dinner. I’m not exaggerating when I say I had the best piece of steak I’ve ever tasted in my life. I eat a lot of steak mind you. There was an open bar in the disco from 8:00 to 10:00. You’ll have to read about the rest of the night on another blog because I don’t really remember the details. I heard it was fun though.

Koji just emailed me and said that they’re already planning another cruise for next year, this time to the Caribbean. Sign me up! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, cruises are worth every penny. If you ever have a chance to go on one, I would highly recommend it. I plan on taking an Alaskan cruise sometime before I die and I’ll definitely be doing a geek cruise in the foreseeable future. But for now, it’s back to reality. I already miss everyone I went on the cruise with. There’s something about being isolated in the middle of the Atlantic that really brings people together. Or maybe it was the booze. But seriously, we couldn’t have gone with a better group of people. I uploaded over 350 pictures of the cruise, Bermuda, and the wedding to my flickr account. You can check them out here. Enjoy.

TOO THE DISCO!!!

Hopefully I’ll be able to post some pics as the week goes on. I even brought my laptop to do a little writing. That is, of course, assuming that internet access isn’t something ridiculous like $100.00 an hour. In that case….. see you when I get back.

Which OS are You?

I love the last line in the description. Especially the part where it says “even desired”. So true, so true.

You can fly over New York, Washington D.C., Paris, Tokyo, and London all while laying down strafing fire.

Mmmm, Scarlett…………………. sorry, what? I drifted off there for a second.

Another important note, this very well could be the last time I’m allowed to write on my blog once my girl friend reads this entry. It’s been real nice knowing all of you…

Umm, I’m not sure how Ralph Fiennes made it on this list. That’s just plain weird.

• TurboTanks
  This game is like a stripped down version of Combat for Atari.
• The Ultimate Face
  I spent way too much time on this website trying to create an exact replica of my face.
• Cool Mosaic
  This is a neat Mosaic. You really get the sense of infinity here.
• Dungeon Escape
  A simple little action game, but still very addicting.
• Treasure Box
  I can’t even describe this game. It’s pretty damn cool though.
• Java Sand
  Sand. Lots and lots of sand.
• Lightning Pool
  Speed pool. Really addicting.
• Escapa
  I hate this stupid, stupid game…
• Stick Arena
  Here’s a cool multiplayer shooter. Takes a little getting used to.
• Bert is Evil
  I know this a old, but I was looking through my del.icio.us tags and I saw this. It’s just too funny.

Okay, there you have it. Don’t blame me if you get fired.

Give it a try. Remember, there are no tricks to this riddle, just pure logic. Good luck.

1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke
different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

CLUES:

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

Did you get it? Don’t give up, but when you think you’ve figured it out you can check your answer here.

Ironically, it seems I’ve misspelled the word “genius”. Thank god for spell check.