Wednesday, May 25, 2005

she's soooooo ugly!



Another update in the exciting world o'damfino! Last night me sis and her hubby came over for din din (which Jer made himself - bravo!). We had plans to play some tennis and some basketball... but somehow we got roped into watching Family Guy and American Dad for the 3rd time. HI-LAR-I-OUS!!! AD is really starting to pick up speed - if you are not watching, jump on board.

Dan and I played a little game of b-ball after dinner (massive amount of tacos + intense ball playing = extreme gut rot) and they took off after I kicked is yella @ss!



Tonight we head over to Hol and Dan's for dinner and the final 2 hours of LOST. This show has been semi-addictive. There have been some mind blowing eps... and some "not so much" eps. Still, very excited to view this season's conclusion. I will also be re-schooling his @ss in b-ball - Dan never learns.=

Looking at this blog - I am thrilled to see how my world revolves around TV. I do read... I swear it!

Finally, on a more personal glorification note - Here is the poster (designed by a graphic artist in our unit) for a video that I made last year. The video won an award - thus this poster (which is actually a display, the blue box is a monitor where the video will be playing) will be up for viewing at the conference. I will be gone at the conference all next week - it is in San Antonio... yes, my life continues to rule... and yours does a "not so much."

Yo

33 comments:

Kern said...

Congrats, my good man. Out of curiosity, what exactly was the video about? I kind of ignored the rest of the poster once I saw donuts.

How long are you going to be in San Antonio? Make sure to take some 1,000,000 SPF sunscreen, my pasty comrade. The Texas sun takes no prisoners on fair, young lads like ourselves...

Damfino said...

Video was about CECS - the office I work for. It was all about showing the several units that make up CECS (Continuing Education and Communication Services) - a real thrill ride. So we made it into a STRANGE BREW parody.

Not bad - shot and edited in 5 days. Even some 3-D work was involved.

Won 3rd out of 362 entries!

(Though I won 2nd last year)

Kern said...

Nice work, my man.

Sheriff Officer Greg the Bunny said...

Next time the sheriff comes to to town a damfino movie fest must be had...i have not partaken in the video wonders created by Mr. Dam.

krysta jo said...

Congrats - catch me in San Antonio and let me know where I can view the masterpiece. Heard the weather's going to be great. Too bad we're not close enough to the ocean. Maybe by that time, my sunburn will be all gone and I can roast in the sun while enjoying the cowboys and booze. I'll save a chair at the pool for ya.

Damfino said...

I have been playing semi-shirtless out in the sun hoping to catch a tan... right now I am just making innocent bystanders vomit in their shoes.

Sheriff - no need to view the masterworks of Jed - most are work related and bore viewers to tears.

Krysta - you are not on the bus? Is that correct? But you will be down there that week? I already know a few bars we have to hit - bring your dancing shoes (and take back the pink slippers from the dog).

krysta jo said...

I am flying out on Sunday (29th) and staying through Saturday morning. So ... yes I'll be there. I am always up for dancing - count me in.

I didn't vomit in my shoes, but I did puke a little in my mouth. Does that count?? kidding

Kern said...

How does one play "semi-shirtless"? It would seem to me that it's kind of an all or nothing proposition. Unless you meant you alternate playing shirts and skins in the same game...

You don't play four square in the quasi-nude also, do you? I'm afraid I would be overcome or catch the vapors or something of the like.

Don't worry, if we play any kind of sport when I come back, I'll be sure to leave all of my attire on for the good of humanity.

Damfino said...

Oh - Kern - the quasi-nude comment got a burst of laughter that shocked those near my office! BRAVO!

Semi-shirtless... halfway through game tossed off shirt cuz I was getting pissed at losing.

I think my doughy white flesh confused my opponent - I was able to win.

By the way Krysta - your bars were some of the greatest treats I have ever had. In fact, I offered them to my family (and Jer) with the condition that the offer would only be made once and that they can only have one.

I am actually looking forward to getting home and breaking into them again... more doughy goodness for the bystanders!

krysta jo said...

I am happy to hear they are good - I was slightly concerned. Just wait til next time...

Kern said...

I often use that tactic when I think I might end up in some sort of confrontation. Very much like the way cats try to make themselves appear bigger to ward off predators, I just take off my shirt. The object isn't one so much of confusion, but the use of pasty luminescence to blind the adversary in question. Pasty, doughy luminescence...

I am indeed a pale man. I would say I make Data from Star Trek look like Isaac Hayes.

Damfino said...

I hope the world is paying attention to the comedy that is pouring from every pale male orephous that Kern has!

I blame your condition on NetFlix.

krysta jo said...

Didn't you all hear? Sunshine is healthy for you. Stop living and dying by your TV schedule and start worshipping the sun gods.

Kern said...

Well, at least I hope it's comedy. Otherwise, I could be in for some rather embarrassing social situations.

I would blame my condition on Netflix, but the truth is I am still hoarding some Ozu flicks from February(!). I'm going to try to watch them tomorrow, since all the good Thursday TV is over for a while. No, I blame the internet and my mild obsession with painting the last few months. Maybe if it stays nice, I'll scamper out into the sun every once in a while.

Or not, since my eyes are extrememly photosensitive and I'd go blind without my Persols...

Kern said...

I think a little sunshine is probably not bad for you. But I don't like spending too much time in it. To say that it's "healthy" may be a stretch considering how little ozone we probably have left.(Thank you Aqua Net!)

I think that for one in this day and age to say that sunshine is healthy for you is like saying that smoking a pack of Lucky Strikes while eating a Monster Thickburger as one is sitting in a Yugo ensconced in a closed garage with the engine running "may not be good for you".

Practice safe sun!

UV Kills, People!!

krysta jo said...

Ahhh but recent research says that 10-15 minutes of sunshine without SPF 50000 per day is healthy and provides you the Vitamin D you need desperately. However, if people start calling you Leather Heather or other obscene names, it may be time to pack up the beach chair and head inside for hours of movies and TV.

Thanks for the reminder - must get a new bottle of Aqua Net tonight at the Wal-Mart store...

Kern said...

Leather Heather...ha ha. Gotta remember that one. I've become sort of used to getting my Vitamin D from milk, because here in Seattle, the sun is relatively unreliable.

Even when it's not raining, we don't usually get full on sunny days until summer. My younger sister makes fun of me sometimes, because my eyes are so photosensitve; she's affectionately dubbed me "Vampire".

Damfino said...

Oh miss Nibe - how easily you buy into the media garbage. I love the idea that now every little wonder who usually would sunscreen it up and not spend too much time on the beach - will now get little cancerous growths on her face. All because our stupid media world takes one little idea and blows it way out of proportion.

Leather Heather will suffer.

Kern - since you affectionately referred to your sis as "F*cking Cheerleader B*tch" or a more intellectual version of that idea... I think "vampire" is near complementary.

Kern said...

Moi? When was that?? You must be referring to the Angst and Suffering Years...I certainly wouldn't refer to her that way these days. We've come a long way, baby.

And Megann, if you're reading, whenever I said that, I'm sure I meant it in the the most flattering way possible.

Kern said...

Is it just me or did Dam's last post sound borderline virulent?

Quick, someone get this man some Metamucil...Stat!

Jed, I'm kidding of course. Well, mostly.

krysta jo said...

I prefer to believe the media when it furthers my own skewed version of the crazy world.

My favorite news stories are those that are "live from the trailer park." Try counting how many of those stories appear during the late night news each week. The numbers are absolutely outstanding.

Jed-o is just angry because he forgot to pack a treat in his lunch box today.

Kern said...

A-ha! I knew there was a good explanation.

I'm really not a mean guy who says horrible things about his sister...all referenced comments were from a very dark, disturbed time in the life of Kern.

Not the joyful, doughy, pale bundle that cracks wise for everyone's enjoyment that we've all come to know and tolerate.

PS-Someone buy Jed a Nutty Bar or something

Damfino said...

Allright - no more discussions about my dietary needs. I will fulfill my desire to engulf some Rhubarb bars when I return home.

Until then - pass the Metamucil.

The life of Kern is a dark and odd tale of suffering and redemption - with some badly made cheese cake to boot.

2:00 - and still no drinks.

krysta jo said...

I was having the same thoughts about drinks...it might be time to institute 2 p.m. shots. Anyone up for it??

Only siblings can get away with calling each other mean names ... I encourage it - those names secure the tight-knit relationships. You should hear what I call my sister who is working on finding herself.

Damfino said...

I think I said this to my brother last night...

"You f*cking dick! Why do you gotta be a f*cking dick? Your such an @sshole - I swear. You f*cking @sshole!"

Ahh - how the heart warms. He actually would not lean forward to hand me the remote... can you believe that?

krysta jo said...

Not only can I believe that, but I can hear your rage when you yelled that at him.

I usually try to keep the swear words out of it when I call my sister things...it's more creative to come up with ways to explain how she dresses and makes her money at the bar.

ps. get your mind out of the gutter - she's a bar waitress. Thanks.

Kern said...

Jed, this cheescake you are referring to...was that the one I was trying to make when I was going out with Beth oh so many years ago? Ha ha ha...

God, what a bloody disaster that was...my baking skills are now revered.

That also reminds me of how funny it was that instead of a good bye kegger that summer, I threw a dinner party while my parents were out of town.

God, I'm a strange bastard.

Kern said...

Oh, and how I wish I could participate in some afternoon drinking delight. I'll take a Sapphire gimlet, please.


It seems that sun has graced Seattle today and I got my fifteen minutes without going blind.

Victory is mine!

krysta jo said...

I think we have your clouds/rain. If the afternoon doesn't end soon, I'm leaving work for a gin and tonic with a side of tequila shots.

Kern said...

It's dragging over here, too. Except here it's only 1:30.

Agony!!!

Damfino said...

Ok alchys - I am booking out soon - bravo to Kern on the rememberance of the cheesecake. My brain is mush - new the word cheescake meant something.

Bravo to Krysta Jo for continuing with the 4o'clockshots routine... she just added gin and tonic to her list of drinks.

Bravo to me... for making it through this boring day.

Yo

krysta jo said...

Oh Jed...I have always been a gin and tonic girl (did you know that the local dive bar Thumbs serves them on Thursdays for 75 cents??).

I'm out as well - no drinks but I am about to go peruse the sales that Victoria has going on this week.

Kern said...

And then there was one...

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

Two can be as bad as one

It's the loneliest number since the number one

Seriously, has anyone ever really studied those lyrics? I mean, I'm no authority on songwriting or anything, but that seems like the clumsiest opening line ever.

My apologies for dragging Three Dog Night into this. I'm slapping myself across the face as you read this.