would you rather...

would you rather have clay aiken or jessica simpson as a roommate? you have to commit for a year and you have to share a bedroom with him or her. in a one room flat.

when this week is over

it's nice to finally have some moments in the day to process all that's going on this week. painting, closing on a house, parents coming into town to help us move, living in a new house, forking out thousands of dollars, settling in lexington, moving out of the samson house (we'll miss them dearly). God is teaching me much about trusting him with the details here. i was a wreck the past few days thinking that the painting wouldn't be finished by thursday when my folks get here. well, thanks to our lovely friends, it will (more than likely) be finished. why do i fly off the handle when i worry? you'd think the simple solution would be to breathe and pray. if only. but i'll keep working towards holiness. thanks, lovely friends, for all the help that you have given and plan to give us. i hope that ryan and i are people that you can call on to help as well.

by the way, if you'd like to see some funny right-wing banter on will samson's blog check this out. some freakout conservative is having issues with what will's writing about. quite humorous. keep it up, will.

Kelis - Milk Shake

what is a milkshake and why does it bring all the boys to the yard? i've never been to a diner quite like this before. this video is pretty 80's. and pretty narstee.

energy expo

dear lexingtonians...the 2006 green living and energy expo is this weekend at rump (rupp) arena. the website gives times and such. if you are a somewhat earth-conscious homeowner, this is for you. check it out. oh yeah, last year there was a couple who builds hay insulated homes. very cool. if they are around, their pictures of the homes they built are worth a look.

to be an informed consumer

today i went to a couple of shops and started pricing front loader washers and dryers. why a front loader over the conventional top loader? a) saves an average of 20 gallons of water per load b) uses 30-40% less energy c) uses less detergent d) looks cool. as i was looking i realized that it is QUITE a bit cheaper to just purchase the top loader. so, i started thinking more about best use for finances than the conviction to have a greener household. does cheaper ultimately mean better? i guess that's our mentality as americans. the less money we spend on something...the more things we can get with our money. why are there so many walmarts? sam's clubs?

so this is the dilemma. the average price of a front loader is from $600-1000+. the dryers were a bit less. top loaders averaged about $350-500+. i also found out that maytag, GE, and LG appliances are made in Korea. whirlpool, frigidaire, and bosch are made in either the US or Germany.

my pick is the bosch. $799 for the washer. $699 for the dryer. energy use: 165 kWh. water usage per year: 4155 gallons. it also has a good track record for durability. the prices are comparable to the frigidaire and whirlpool.

i did go to a scratch & dent appliance shop, but unfortunately they were mostly GE (quality has gone down). and the price wasn't actually as good as i had originally thought.

all in all, my hope is have a greener home. that might mean spending a little more money up front along with realizing that i don't need to buy something that's cheap just so that we can have lots of "stuff". most of it would probably break quickly anyways. i guess we'll see, huh. i better start pinching pennies.

pimpin video games

do you remember the old atari? man, i loved that thing. best game ever...pitfall. what's your fave?

steve zahn sighting

steve zahn brief bio...movie star (happy, texas; saving silverman; sahara), married j. peterman's (seinfeld) daughter robyn, and lives on a farm near lexington.

while on a walk this morning, laura and i were passing by the sayre school on our way home and saw this muscley, greasy, redneck-looking guy getting out of a huge ass black truck. for some reason, we were both looking at him trying to figure out why this guy looked familiar. well, then it clicked. it was steve zahn. this might be sighting numero tres for me. it always takes me a minute too to figure out who he is, but i always keep staring. what a dork.

deep thought

"one thing kids like is to be tricked. for instance, i was going to take my little nephew to disneyland, but instead i drove him to an old burned-down warehouse. 'oh no', i said, 'disneyland burned down'. he cried and cried, but i think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. i started to drive over to the real disneyland, but it was getting pretty late".

jack handey