we got a puppy.

I hope you enjoy your free car, Kidney Foundation. P.S. It's broken.

Leonard (Lenny) the Lumina has been sitting in our apartment complex for one solid year. His transmission gave out, and a car without a working transmission is incredibly hard to drive. I have found this out through intense research and experimentation.


One day, Elissa came home to find that our Apartment complex had placed an annoyingly sticky and gaudy yellow sign on his windshield. Really astute guys, my car has been in the same parking space for over a year.

"WARNING. Expired tags and expired registration. This vehicle will be towed at owner expense by Tuesday, Aug. 3rd."

I went to Chesterfield Auto Parts and talked to a nice lady at the Kidney Foundation who gladly told me that they would take Lenny for free.


The tow guy came the next day, and I bid adieu to my 'college car.' There was definitely some nostalgia thinking back about all the good times I had driving around my grandpa car. He may not have been flashy, or cool in any stretch of the imagination--but he did his job for over 5 years.


I hope that his parts are used in a lot of Lumina's around town, cause there are some REALLY junky ones out there. I also hope that none of his parts will be used to fix up a drug dealers ride.

Is that too much to ask?

smith mtn lake

Smith Mtn. Lake in early August--I am in love with you and all your water. Hope to see you real soon.

A letter to my future self.

"If you don't own a JetSki yet, then you have failed me."

Sincerely,
Brent

4th=fire

I love fire. I love fireworks. I love lighting fireworks on fire and watching them work. I love making fireworks with my friends.

I love the 4th of July. Monus Ponus.

I had a birthday this summer

And here are some pictures.

Vendor Client relations in a nutshell

Quick links of Rad stuff

Check out this rad video!



Anyone remember that old movie from the '80's? I remember watching it at my friend Marty's house. The climax of the flick is when the lead character does a back flip on his BMX bike, right at the end of a clutch race sequence. I was speechless.
Well, this Danny MacAskill fellow is so rip-roarin' amazing on his bike, I'd love to see a full-length movie of him taking on the local heavies in a BMX competition.

"It's going to take a lot more than skill for Cru Jones to conquer the toughest BMX challenge in the world. It's going to take a miracle."

I smell a trilogy, don't you?

lazy blogging and some new stuff

Liss and Lindsicus surprised Brade and I with a silly Easter egg hunt on Friday. It was fantastically fun geeking out and running around the backyard like a loon.

See LindSAY's blog here What can I say, she summed it up perfectly, and I am totally capitalizing on her work. Thanks Linds & Brade for a wicked awesome pre-Easter hang.

On to the real Easter. We hopped in Mr. Orange and drove on up to NoVA for a nice weekend.


When we were there, we did the DC thing, the egg hunt thing with Ms. Sophia (she has a laugh to die for) and had a nice visit with Gino and Syd. Can't wait to eat all the goodies the E. bunny sent our way. Including a FULL size 'Reester' Easter chocolate and peanut butter bunny. Only about 800 calories per bite. Giddyup.


On Sunday, we went down to get Smithsonian-smart in the Air and Space and Natural History museums.


How DID they do it? Wonder no more! Thank you Smithsonian!

screengrab of my life

This is how my morning has been so far. How has yours been?