If only the ailing Glenn Beck, 16 months ago, had received the health care he’s raving about today.

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After accomplishing wedding stuff for four days, Jenny and I get to use all of Easter to… do more wedding stuff. We have managed quite a bit, however. We’ve finished getting registered, completed work on invites, shopped for wedding bands, filed for passports and an officiant, and numerous other miscellaneous tasks. Ok, not all four days were spent exclusively on wedding. Jenny’s got an interview coming up at a local high school and is getting a portfolio ready. We’ve also been working on homework projects so we can graduate next month.

I also bought a refurbished Dell Mini 9 from the Dell Outlet store for about $200. It’s about the size of my day planner and supposedly easily modded with GPS, OSX, and touch screen.

Last, we rented Son of Rambow:

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For several months, any time I enter a Best Buy or Wal-Mart I always start my shopping by looking for a Wii fit. I never become disappointed when they aren’t in stock because they have become as rare as the Wii console (if not more so). Jenny and I ran into Wal-Mart to pick up a prescription and I immediately headed to the electronics area. Two employees were placing about a half dozen into the Wii display case from a discrete cardboard box; one worked while the other guarded the box.

Today my Wii Fit age was 27 (I’m 28), but my BMI is obese. I set a goal to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks. It said I was too optimistic, but I ignored the warning because if I can lose 10 pounds my BMI will lower to the “overweight” range.

It said the optimum BMI is 22, which means I need to lose 60 pounds! Not gonna happen…

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I’m in Panera, working on my final paper for my Leadership class, and I overhear from the table next to me, “A professor cannot mention intelligent design in the classroom without being ostracized and fired unless they have tenure.” Have they forgotten that we are in Kansas? Luckily, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has given us hope with informative yet inspiring pictographs:

Then a group of hotties wearing almost nothing sat down at a table across from me and I forgot what I was typing. I’m pretty sure they’re at least 18.

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First off, I added some pictures that Jenny has finally unloaded from her cameras, so check out the photos tab to the right to view them. Anyway, I worked all day Saturday until about 7:15pm, then Jenny, her mom, and I went to the Wichita Wingnuts game. Jenny won tickets on the radio, and we had a great time even though we didn’t get to the game on time nor did we stay until the end of the 9th inning. They are the minor league replacement team for the Wranglers, who moved to Arkansas. Coincidentally, the Wingnuts manager – Kash Beauchamp – made national headlines after July 9th’s game for his funny tirade:

With tickets ranging from $6 to $12, I think we’ll go again soon.

We left at the bottom of the 8th inning to drop of Jenny’s mom and pick up some friends to go to the Loony Bin comedy club to see the Sandman. He is a very, very raunchy comedian hypnotist and it was our second time to see him make the audience do funny and dirty things.

For today I have planned… homework. Ugh.

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I love this ad:
Discovery Channel: I love the World

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Work on Saturday went slow, like most holiday weekends, and was a welcome break from the summer time rush. Jenny and I had dinner with Jenny’s mom, then we went out until about 1am touring Wichita on my scooter. It was a cool evening, by far the lowest temperature since June. Sunday started with me sleeping in until 10:30am, which I’m sure is an all-time record for my morning-loving self. Jenny and I then met with Cary and Aubrey at Saigon for lunch before heading to Botanica.

Afterwards we headed to my soon-to-be former apartment to get Kim’s scooter and drop it off at her apartment. She’s going to leave it outside of her apartment, which I don’t think is very safe, but thankfully she feels like she can take over insurance, tags, and other costs of having the bike. Already in the late afternoon, Jenny and I went back to her house to move an old sofa, recliner, and end table to her mom’s house to make room for my furniture. We then packed furniture from my apartment into my car and Jenny’s truck with the help of Cary and Aubrey. At around 11:00pm we quit and Jenny, Aubrey and I headed to meet some friends at Club Glacier to watch a drag queen show.

I slept in again on Monday since it was a holiday from work. Around 1:30pm Jenny, Cary and I went back to my apartment to finish cleaning it out. Cary left to take his son, Travis, home for a nap later in the afternoon. Jenny and I finished around 9pm. I’m now officially moved out!

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Jenny and I went to Final Friday last night with her sister Brenda and Brenda’s husband Jake. In downtown Wichita, several art galleries and studios open their doors alongside other shops, restaurants, and bars on the last Friday of every month. We hit several places such as the Fiber Studio, Dock 410, and Shift Space. I was impressed by all the people we ran into that Jenny knew, deepening my belief that Jenny will know someone no matter where in Wichita we go. We ended the evening at Old Chicago for dinner. We didn’t leave until about 11:15pm, spending part of dinner playing “3 Items” (a game I learned from Adam and Kassie) in which each person tries to hypothetically shop for 3 items from Wal-Mart that would scare the hell out of the cashier. For example, ammunition, a ski mask, and a machete – all available at most Wal-Marts – would probably freak out a cashier. Some other items mentioned in groups of three included a cucumber, condoms, KY Jelly, duct tape, tie straps, whip cream, girls underwear, pacifiers, red lipstick, Nair, Season 3 of Full House, etc… You get the idea. The discussion alone is enough to freak out, for example, your typical unassuming Old Chicago waitress.

Along with Final Friday, everything else is going really well. I recently bought Batthfield II after being insisted upon by a few friends from work. I installed it yesterday but have yet to play it. But the talk of an online first person shooter with driveable tanks, planes, and helicopters easily persuaded me. Also, last Sunday Jenny and I met several of my friends from work at the lake for a BBQ. Since Sunday follows a typically late Saturday night (in this case, at a nearby bar with some friends), we didn’t last very long at the lake. I also have been helping Jenny on her house recently, trying to paint and make a lot of small improvements throughout the house. Our goal is to have this completed by the 23rd – we’re having a BBQ with a lot of friends and family for my 27th birthday.

In addition to this, I paid the termination fee for my apartment’s lease and will be moving in with Jenny this weekend! I’m very excited and feel very confident about the decision. Now I’m trying to move out of my apartment as early as possible – there’s a waiting list of 10 people looking for a 1 bedroom loft at my downtown apartment, and the sooner someone moves in to my old place the more I’ll get back from my lease termination fee.

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This American Life (web) is, as once mentioned before here on this blog, the best entertainment program on any medium. Saturday afternoons it can be heard at 3pm in Wichita on NPR (89.1 FM – KMUW). Now the show is coming to Showtime, in which I’m sure even more people will discover and be enlightened by all the true stories of American Life.

Try this free 60 minute episode for a taste.

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