DEAD WEEK

I am sure that you college students have heard this term before (Dead Week). For me this never meant anything at LSU. But, today I tell you this to let you know that this will be my last post for a while.
I am in the middle of moving out. That means no more computer play time. I have to get to packing and everything like that. Sorry for having to do this. I know that my blog pretty much makes your day.

I will leave you with this funny picture:

Remember that - 1.5

This was from I do not know how many years ago. Maybe three years or so. It was right after Kelly, Eric, and I just finished our last final for the semester. We went home and threw papers everywhere in excitement of being DONE. School may be worth doing just for that feeling of it being over, ok not really.

Today was my last day of the semester. I am done till next semester. I am going to enjoy my next week by slowly cleaning/moving into the new house.

Remeber that - 1.4

I am not allowed to tell you who this is in the picture. I am also not allowed to tell you what this person is making. What I can tell you is that the cops showed up shortly after a very very loud noise. We had no idea where that noise came from.

Remember that - 1.3

Not many people would know about this picture. I still think that it is worthy of bringing it up. That was a lot of fun and I am laughing while typing just thinking about it. We will just say that the person who lived in that room was not happy! It was all fun and games though.

Nintendo Wii

I thought that it was very important for the public to be aware of a couple of things. It seems that people are having trouble keeping that remote in their hands. There is a strap that comes with this remote but it does not seem to work very well. These are a couple of pictures to give you examples of what can happen.

YOU REALLY NEED TO CHECK OUT THIS WEB-SITE: http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/

Remember that - 1.2

I have had my share of family vacations with the Head family. This was one of the many trips to Texas. This particular shot was taken in Galveston.
I thought that I would post this for my little sister who just showed up on my blog with a couple of comments. I thought that she would enjoy this wonderful picture. Love ya A-K.

Remeber that - 1.1

Our famous canoe trip that we made after finals. I think that we made this trip two years in a row. I am not sure which one this was. I think that this was the second one. I cannot remeber though.
In this picture we have Jake, Caleb, (Someone), Tara, Matt, Amanda (Courville), Scott, Justin, Jen, Josh (I think), Stephanie, Dustin, Eric, Kelly, Shawn, and last and least Kristen. Can anyone make out who the other person is next to Caleb. I am so sorry that I can not make out who that is! Don't be mad!

Well that was just another picture from Remember that.

Remeber That -1.0

I have been flipping through pictures over the past couple of days so I think that I am going to be posting some memories up here for all of us to remember. Unless you were not there, then you would not remember.

This one right here was from my 2nd year at LSU. I was moving to Baton Rouge, into an apartment. Sean and Justin came to help me out that day. Me and Sean shaved our heads and tried to get Justin to but that was not happening. BUT...look at how short his hair is! I do not think that it has been that short since probably when that picture was taken. I think that we need to gain up on him and shave his head for him.

Well I hope that you enjoy this picture. There will be more later. Sorry about the quality of the photograph.

Shaw Christmas Party

Well it was my first company Christmas Party and I had a blast. I loved being able to see all of my office buddies again. Since I have not been to work in a while. The food was WONDERFUL. They had lots of it to go around. I saw plenty of spouses that were there just because they had to be, and they knew nobody so they looked bored! It was different for Amanda and I since we knew pretty much all of the same people, so it was not bad at all.

Overall I give my first company party a 9.9, only because there were a couple of people that I would have liked to have seen there and they did not show. Oh well...their loss.

Do you remember when....?

Ok, so today was the last day of classes at LSU, yes, unlike ULL we are still taking finals.

So I was wondering something today. Have I totally lost it? I mean I know that I lost it a long time ago, but now I think that I am losing everything. When I got out of my last class of the semester what did I do? I walked across campus and I went talk with my math prof. I asked some questions about homework and I left his office. Did I go home after that? NO, I went to my other profs office and I went over some homework with him. So it was not until like 2 hours after my last class ended that I came home. Did I party when I got there? NO, I started fixing super, kissed my wife good-bye (she was leaving for the night) and I started watching some TV. Yeah, that is right...no hooping and screaming. Where is the excitement in my life? I know that finals are still ahead of me, but I remember the days when I would go home to my friends and love it up that we did not have classes for another 6 weeks.

Am I getting old?

LSU Christmas Tree Lighting

I figured that since it was my 7th year at LSU that I would go ahead and go to a Christmas Tree lighting. It was pretty cool. I think that I had seen the Christmas tree before, just not the official lighting of it. There was also some other incentive to going, there was free food after. I had Deano's Pizza, yeah that is right Deano's was over there. There were a bunch of other places too, I ate at most of them. You can also see that they had ballon art. Can you guess what Amanda's was suppose to be? We also took pictures with Santa. I have to find the web-site they were posted to though. I lost the sheet that told me. So maybe I will post that for you later on.

Spiderman 3

I wanted to be able to put this video directly on my blog page but I am not good enough to do that. I have no idea how! I tried going to google and simply hitting "put on my blog" but it was not working out. Maybe somone can help me out with that later on.

Anyway...
This is the preview to "Spiderman 3" if you feel like watching it. I thought that it looks good. We have a couple of things that are coming together in this one. Although JT will most likely not like the movie since it most likely will have things that do not follow the comic exactly, such as in X-3. Thanks for letting me pick on you JT.

here is the video link:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=f05bc72f-be54-4c3e-90de-54a7f4de5e02&f=msnmovies/64&fg=copy

What a turn of events

Ohio State Buckeyes VS. Florida Gators

Who would have thought that was going to happen? USC losses to UCLA and does not make it to the National Championship. Florida slides right in there. That is crazy! I do not know much about the BCS but I think that messed up LSU's chances of making to the Rose Bowl. Oh well.

On one hand I would like to see Florida get STOMPED on just so I can laugh at big bro. On the other hand it would be nice for another SEC team to hold the Championship. I guess that we will see how that turns out in just a couple of weeks.

Back in the day

This is most likely all jumbled together since I just copied and pasted it in here, but hey I am not perfect. A friend emailed this to me, I do not like to read long stuff either but this was good. The one about the street lights really hit home!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because .WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were nolawsuits from these accidents.We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.They actually sided with the law!

Symbolism

So what does this picture represent in my life at this moment?

I picture Justin as being...umm...SCHOOL. Specifically MATH 4038 and CE 4440. It has me in the head lock and I do not have much left in me to fight back.

Car Fax

Has anyone ever seen the commercial for the company call "Car Fax"? It tells you about all of the wonderful things that a car has been through so you do not buy something that you do not know everything about.

I was thinking of this company when I saw this car:

It is a 57 Cheverolt Car. In great condition. Motor still runs, 46,435 miles. A/C and heat. New tires, only 5,000 miles on them. 10 disc CD changer. New speakers. Leather seats.

If you never saw the commercial you will not understand this blog, sorry.

Do you think that I had fun?

Anyone who knows me, even a little bit, would know that I did have fun. I finally got my hands on the tractor with the bush-hog. I was waiting for this moment for quite a while. I thought that I would share this wonderful picture with you.

House pics

So I promised pictures of our future home and here it is. It is about 900 sf. Very comfotable! It has 1 room that holds the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and dinning room. Sweet huh?

This a view of two our oak trees in the front yard.

This is the front view of our other house on the property.

Two car garage with a little breeze-way on the side.

Other side of the house.

as Jessica would say - does anyone know what today is?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

This year I am thankful for many things:

- mom and dad, for always being there to help me out - no matter what!
- Jacque, for driving a minivan - and for being a big bro and always being concerned about me
- Jenny, for marrying Jacque, that should say it all right there, for giving me a beautiful niece, Bella, for being a great sissy to me
- Beau, for being a big-little bro - he is always there for me too
- all of my friends, I would list them but then you would know I do not have many friends - for taking me hunting, for taking me fishing, for going in the hot tub, for sleeping in girls dorms, for dropping me in a parking lot with an Adrien's bagger's cart, for showing me how to do my favorite watersport-wakerboarding, for always giving spiritual support, for making the best funny videos, for always having a good laugh, for calling chalk "2-D" so we could have a great laugh, for taking me 99 mph when I was down, for helping me use a library 4 days before a research paper is due, for letting me eat their incredible food, for letting me sleep over anytime, for teaching me how to be a better roommate, for letting me ride their ATV, for baking a cheesecake JUST FOR ME, for giving me free t-shirts from her work, for letting me cut thier grass, for inviting me over for dinners, for playing old man football in Tiger Stadium, for getting wrapped up and tossed into Cane's, and I could go on forever...
- my special non-friend, for always letting me use you...you know who you are
- my new house, for having deer on my land
- my new neighbors, for helping me clean up my land
- my in-laws, which fall under friends
-my WIFE AMANDA, for being the first person to be there for me, for going to work and kicking butt to make ends meet everyday, for cleaning house even though she worked all day, for taking care of me when I am sick even though I dont know what she means when she tells me she is sick, for being a great friend to me, for understanding that nobody can understand my active behavior (except sean and justin), for always clearing my point of view to match her point of view (haha thats not always true), for kissing me good night, for being the love of my life, and the rest comes with the last comment

- my Savior, Jesus Christ, for NEVER GIVING UP ON ME!

I think that I have covered everything there. Let me know if you feel left out, I can add you in there.

I think that it's that time!

Today I went to Wal-mart and Sam's and I noticed something. People are everywhere in the stores right now! I think that this is the time of the year that I stop going to stores between 6 in the morning and 12 at night. Seriously! I cannot go to stores to watch all of these people go crazy over all of the "Sales".

If that is what you like go for it, I will be at home staying out of your way.

getting into a new house is tough

Amanda and I are going to be moving into a new place by the first of the year. We have not really told many people about that, so if you are hearing this for the first time, trust me, you are not alone. It sits on about 3 acres. It is a pretty nice house too. It is still being remodeled right now, so we are making slow progress. The land is what really drew me to it! There is a lot of cleaning to do out there, a lot! It belongs to Amanda's side of the family, we are just going to be renting it. It was a little neglected for a while with the yard. I have been out there two weekends now getting random stuff done to it. We have been burning a lot of trees, etc... It is coming along nice though. Some inside work was done this past weekend. We put up 5 fans with lights and a couple of other lights in hallways. Amanda did a lot of cleaning up inside throughout the weekend. The inside is coming along good too! Everything is going to take time, I know that, but I just want to move in there and it all be done.

I hope that once we move over there that everyone will be able to come and visit. I am going to have a party when we move out there. We will have a big fire and stuff.

I will have some pictures up sooner or later.

my favorite activity on the beach

This was by far the best part of the beach. I really enjoyed looking at the water and just moving with the wind. I could have done that all day long. I am going to get rich and buy a big sail boat and house all of my friends for a whole summer while we sail all over the world.

I cannot stop looking at it!

This is a picture of me looking at my wonderful trophy. I earned this trophy by winning a competition of scholastic achievements. It was a game show that took place while on the cruise, hence the cruise-ship trophy.
I was competing against a guy from Baton Rouge and some lady from Arnaudville, I think she was my mother-in-law. They were looking for some crazy people in the audience so J.C. (the mother-in-law) starts to scream and shake like a crazy woman and I just could not be out done so I did the same if not more. We were both chosen.
The questions were very difficult at times but I did manage to get ahead. Here is an example of a question: What was the occupation of Al Bundy? See I bet most of you do not even know the answer.
There was a request that even if we did not know the answer we should say something stupid, my phrase was: "Six shooter" revolver. So for like 3 questions that was my response. In the following game there was a contestant that gave the response "'Six shooter' revolver". That was very funny that I started a trend.

I hope that you like looking at my trophy as much as I do.

Our Cruise

I know that most of you did not even know that I was going on a cruise this past week so I thought that I would fill you in on it. Amanda called me about 2 weeks ago and gave me 3 seconds to decide if I wanted to go on a cruise. It was a limited time price that was given to us, so a quick decision had to be made. It was pretty cheap too! Amanda got a bonus from work so that is what she wanted to do with it. The discount was a senior citizen discount since we booked with her mom and dad.

We went to Cozumel Mexico. It was very FUN. Being on the boat had good and bad to it but the good was much more than the bad. So you ask about the bad....the bad was actually really good. I ate constantly for four days, good for eating, bad for OVEREATING. Cozumel was INCREDIBLE!

I can tell everyone about the cruise later on when I see or talk with you. It is too much to make someone read. So when you see this and I have not called you, give me a call and I can tell you about it.

How far will advertising go?

A couple of months ago this chicken place opened up near our house. I thought that it would go out of business within like 2 weeks but it is still there. This sign definitely caught my eye!

I quit eating Raising Cane's about 3 years ago because of an advertisement that I did not agree with. It showed a picture of a woman's hip/butt with a Cane's sign "tattooed" on her. I think that this place has me laughing at it more than being bothered by it, not that I would eat there chicken anyway.

Our trip to the Audubon Zoo

One day before my birthday Amanda took me to the Audubon Zoo. I took a lot of really cool pictures while I was there and I wanted to share a couple with you. I would put them all b/c I like all of them, but you would be here a while.

So here are some pics:

This was when the trainer was telling the orangutan to show his stomach.

Is he looking for fleas?

Pretty Tiger!

SORRY

I am so busy with school right now that I have not been keeping up with this blog. I am sorry that I do not have anything for you to look at/read everyday lately. I feel like I am letting you down. After my two test this week I will be back.

I have a test on Wednesday and Friday. Both test are test that will determine what I am going to do about the rest of the semester...if you know what I mean. Yeah, it is that serious with my school right now. So just be thinking about me and my test coming up.

Smoking Laws - by Jacque

I thought that my bro had a good point. Let me know what you think. Or you can even go to his blog and tell him (Jacque's Blog).

This is a subject that I really don't understand with some people, especially my wife. Houston has, or is in the process of passing a law to prohibit smoking in Houston area businesses. I totally disagree with the law. Should this not be the owner's decision? This is just like the local government coming to my house and telling me that I cannot smoke in my own house. What right do they have to do this? I can understand enforcing this law in all public buildings run by the government since we pay for the buildings and the organizations themselves. My wife thinks that she has the right to go anywhere and not be bothered by second hand smoke. I think she has the right to not go into that establishment. If the owner was worried about losing her business then he/she will make it a non-smoking establishment. My wife questions why should she have to choose based on smoking or non-smoking?, she should have a right to "smoke-free" air. Well the owner of the establishment should have the right to decide whether your business is needed. I mean lets say you owned a restaurant and wanted to display the ten commandments in the center of the restaurant. Well the city decides that they want to pass a law that there will be no displays of the Ten commandments in the city limits. If the smoking law is ok this would be ok...right? I am not a smoker but I am for the rights that this country has to offer. I am looking at the long term affects of our decisions rather than what benefit we can gain from the decisions we make in the next couple of years.

Shrinking my life

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be as small as a napkin dispenser? While I was in New Orleans I took advantage of some "hocus-pocus" and made myself small for 20 minutes. The first thing that I wanted to do while I was small was to steal a car. I was too small to drive so that did not work. I had to move on to the next best thing...that is right...I took a picture on top of a napkin dispenser. I was going to do some more really cool stuff but I ran out of time.

If you could shrink yourself, what would you do?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEE!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to ME ME, Happy Birthday to meeeeee!

Today is the day that I get a cake. Since it is my cake I can eat it however I want to (even if I want to eat it with my hands).

A Birthday EVERYDAY!

We should life as if every single day was a special one. I mean it seems like a great idea. We could do things that we really wanted to because..hey it is a special day. I guess if I lived that way I would be fat and have no money at all. So why think about everyday being special? Because I would cook (and eat) PAN FRIED RED FISH EVERYDAY! Just look at that picture, cannot you honestly tell me that your mouth is not watering just looking at it. If you really want to get the full experience I have put in a special picutre (it is a "scratch and sniff"). Seriously try it, but I have to warn you once you smell it you are going to want some.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WIFE!

Happy Birthday Amanda!

I hope that you are having a wonderfuly day. Do not let anyone give you work to do.

Louisiana Weather...Not into Halloween Spirit :-(

Amanda and I carved pumpkins on Saturday afternoon (as you can see from "Hallowing Spirit"). After 4 days of 200% humidity and 90 degree temperatures our pumpkins are not looking to good. I was disappointed to know that LA does not cooperate with the Hallowing spirit.

Of course I took pictures of the "O-SO" discusting pumpkin.

Halloween Spirit

This was the first year that I can remember really going out and getting a pumpkin. I always remembered getting pumpkins after Halloween (taking them from neighbors door steps etc..), but that was to throw them in the road or shoot them. Amanda wanted to get some pumpkins and cut some holes in them and put candles in them and make it look spooky. So we went to Wal-Mart and got everything needed. By the way the pumpkins were like $2 cheeper at Wal-Mart then Sam's.

So I wanted to show you the process of the pumpkin:

Looks like some good eatin' right there.

Amanda did not want for me to put this picture on there b/c it shows how hairy her arms are.

It really did not taste that bad. Very chewy for a while but it was worth trying out.

There are the finish products, well Amanda's needed a little more work.

There they are at night! Spooky Right?

"I SO MADE THAT"

I guess seeing that phrase makes you think about what object I made. Well it is actually a phrase that is short for "i so made that up". I am going to go out on a limb here and say that the person who I got that from was Nick, if not him directly it was inspired by him.

I am not going to make the same mistake he did though. He totally should have put his stamp on "My brotha from anotha motha". I am going to put my stamp and Justin's stamp on two phrases today. First....does everyone know these two guys?










Well one day I was thinking about the phrase...make like a tree and "leave" and make like a baby and head out....well I wanted to make one of my own. It goes something like this: "make like Tom and Cruise".
This past weekend I was with Justin when he made one for himself: "make like Li and Jet". Let that go down in the books that WE SO MADE THAT!