$30 coffee mug

yep. thirty freakin bucks. i’m a moron.

yesterday the ups man dropped off a package from bodum.com. it contained this mug.

(actual picture)

should i name this mug? or just leave it, “dis (a.k.a. this) mug”.

cause “dis-mug” begged me to drop 30 washington’s and i quickly obliged. and it’s now beggin’ for a name. any suggestions?

a short list of other things that might cost the equivalent of “dis-mug”:

-like 2 or 3 hours of music.

-hitting a golf ball 75 80 85 times at a local public golf course for 4 hrs.

-almost a half a tank of gas. (for my bronco)

-1 shoe from a pair of running shoes.

-the buy it now cost of a manute bol autograph. (for my friend jason.)

that’s all i got.

but oh… let me attempt to justify. i’ve been looking for a new mug and my friend peter suggested i tried bodum’s website. while he suggested this i remember saying, “if they’ve got a stainless-steel-single-use-travel-press… i’m buying it on the spot!” obviously since i’m a man of my word. bling!

today was my first of many incredible coffee experiences for the rest of my life.

mainly, cause i’m keeping “dis mug”… for the rest of my life!!

footloose

well. in case you haven’t figured it out… i’m jumping on the blog wagon.

and why not?

you know, i love reading other’s blogs. i love reading them so much i feel the need to possibly, maybe, do fellow bloggers a service by allowing them to read what i got going on.

it’s funny for me to think about…i’m feeling a little pressure to perform here. i got these thoughts like, is there really going to be anyone interested in this, or…don’t you have to be ultra-smart to put one of these together. we’ll see about that.

partly, the reason i think others get excited about reading blogs is they like putting themselves in the writers shoes and think about how they would interact with what is being written. as least often that holds true for me.

so here we go, i’m jumping right on in…. a lyric by kenny loggins himself.

it’s honestly the first song i remember listening to and dancing to while growing up. maybe that’ll tell you something about me. also, i might not should share one other piece of info… i’ve had more than one person say that i look a lot like kevin bacon. please don’t agree. thanks.

if this doesn’t get you pumped up i dunno what will!!!

Everybody cut Footloose

You’re playing so cool
Obeying every rule
Dig way down in your heart
You’re yearning, burning for some
Somebody to tell you
That life ain’t passing you by
I’m trying to tell you
It will if you don’t even try
You can fly if you’d only cut
(Chorus)
LOOSE, FOOTLOOSE

look at that massive “music player” on his hip!! yes!!