Chopstix!

So, I went to P.F. Chang's tonight with my family and I ate my entire meal with chopsticks! Want proof? Here's some evidence:

Brian's Life Changing Albums

(in no particular order)

01. This Providence - "Our Worlds Divorce"
02. Jack's Mannequin -"Everything in Transit"
03. Mae - "The Everglow"
04. Fall Out Boy - "Take this to Your Grave"
05. The Devil Wears Prada - "Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord"

06. Foo Fighters - "The Colour and the Shape"
07. Third Eye Blind - s/t
08. Motion City Soundtrack - "Commit this to Memory"
09. Nirvana - "MTV Unplugged" (or whatever it's called)
10. Thrice - "Illusion of Safety"

Christmas!

well, i took a day off to post, and now i'm currently waiting for my relatives to arrive from california, soooooooo i figured i'd say merry christmas. what'd y'all get? i got some new underwear and socks! unfortunately, no zooey deschanel :-( oh well, maybe next year ::crosses fingers::

Brandy and Cheesecake!

Brandy rhymes with Sandy. And tonight Sandy, Katie, Alex, Andrew, and I are going to Cheescake Factory to have good times and fun! Alex rhymes with Arex and he is my BFF, and we're exchanging gifts tonight. Andrew rhymes with Spandrew because that's what this kid Alexi used to call him. Brian rhymes with Blian! and Sandy likes to call me that. And Katie rhymes with orange (because nothing rhymes with Katie except for pirate words) and she'll probably beat me up for that, but meh, she can deal, so deal Katie! That is all. :)

i'm brian. i guess i'll keep talkin' . . .

i want (500) Days of Summer. but unfortunately, no one has it on sale. this annoys me greatly.

oh, and i think i may have figured out the bigger story for the movie alex and i are writing. it's kind of cliched, but it'll work as an overall story to go along with the storylines alex's and my characters go through. i'm just sayin'.

a text i received from katie: "i do, on occasion, talk like i'm in a movie." the truest of all statements for, well, at least, me. i'm sure it's true for alex, too, but i think mostly me (thanks a lot, john hughes and john cusack).

Brian's Christmas-Wish List

1. Zooey Deschanel
2. Natalie Portman
3. Isla Fischer
4. Emma Watson
5. Eva Green

Oh, snaps! This is my celebrity hook-up list. Oops. Oh well, it works as a Christmas list, too. Alex, Andrew, Katie, MAKE IT HAPPEN! I just want to shyly say, "Hi," ask for a picture, and then run away. Is that such a crime?

oh no! i fail. i meant to keep posting. oops. sorry katie. :( please don't let the witz slap me!

Lack of Updates, Oops?

Well, it's been a long while and for that I must apple-o-gize for our absence. I started getting more hours at work and then life just sort of takes over from there, but we are excited to get back into the list! Thw Witz has been knocking out the easy ones while Tramel and I have been beyond lazy and complete failures (as you can see by the videos, he and I are the only ones getting slapped).

There is still much to accomplish, and Katie, I'm sorry I haven't kept my promise to update this blog daily, but you'll see, tomorrow there will be an update, and the day after that, and the day after that as well, and so on, and so forth. For now, though, we're going to get ourselves together and start finishing this list one thing at a time.

Update!

So, we took care of a few things today. First, we were quite decisive and we ate at Uno's Pizzeria without too much debate. Surprisingly enough, Alex and I had never eaten there. I've been there before, but only for drinks. Speaking of drinks, Alex and I tried Sam Adam's Winter Ale so, that's another new beer for us (only 19 more for me and 18 more for Alex).

We also recorded our first comedy skit for YouTube. Check it out here:



Oh, and here are a few of the slaps we've been owed because of swearing and other fouls:



And finally, here are a few pics from the night:

Week 2

Well, week one down, and The Witz has completed two goals. He does however, owe me a slap since I've failed nail biting. Alex has given me my slap already. Alex is hopefully still working on that book, otherwise a slap will be coming his way -- from both Witz and I.

Anyway, week 2 brings this:

Brian:
- Continuing the no nail biting (day 5)
- No eating past 9PM for the week (and hopefully beyond)
- No being a douche for the week
- Compliment a stranger

Alex:
- Should be finishing his 100 pages, and starting on the next 100
- Be on time for the week
- Finishing a sudoku

The Witz:
- No soda for month
- No fast food for a month
- No nail biting for 3 weeks
- Be on time for the week

The three of us:
- Deposit $50 into our savings

Things We're Currently Attempting

Brian:
- No nail biting for 3 weeks (*Failed twice = 2 slaps)

The Witz:
- No being a douche for a week (so far so good)

Alex:
- Reading book one out of 7 (needs to finish 100 more pages, for 150 total, by Tuesday, November 10, 2009, or else he gets slapped)

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101 Things to do in 1001 Days

Health:

01. No soda for a month. (Andrew finished)

02. No fast food for a month (limit twice a week for when working) (Andrew finished)

03. No nail biting for 3 weeks (*Andrew and Brian have finished)

04. 700 push-ups and 700 sit-ups over 2 week span

05. No eating past 9pm for a week

06. Receive a professional/proper massage

Food & Drink:

07. Try 30 different alcoholic beverages we've never had before (No idea where we are all at, but we're getting up there)

08. Chug a Das Boot

09. Eat 24 (traditional) wings each (6 must be a sauce hotter than we're used to)

10. Eat an entire meal with chopsticks (Brian and Alex completed)

11. Eat at 10 restaurants we've never eaten at before (at least 3.5)

Bad Habits:

12. Be on time for everything for a week (mostly Alex)

13. No texting during movies (no full conversations, can answer with “busy, ttyl”) (so far, no problems)

14. No being a douche for a week (The Witz completed)

15. Be decisive (make instinctive decisions)

16. No swearing for a day (includes “that’s what she said”) [slap penalty]

17. Delete Myspace account/Don’t check Facebook for a week. (Brian and Andrew completed)

18. No quoting lines while watching something we've seen before. (slap penalty)

Challenges:

19. Save $3000

20. Deposit $50 every two weeks into savings (can’t touch until after 1001 days)

21. Quit Showplace/Target/etc.

22. Get better, “real,” better paying jobs

23. No quoting movies/t.v. shows/etc. for a day (includes “that’s what she said”)

24. No texting for a day (Andrew completed)

25. Create our own catch phrase

26. Say hello to 20 strangers (outside of work)

27. Take the Witz on big roller coasters all day

28. Watch all 8 Harry Potter films in a row (the 8^th must be in theater)

29. Have a mini horror movie marathon (3 movies in a row; for Brian)

30. Use cheesy pick-up lines on 3 stranger girls

31. Get in a bar fight

32. High five a stranger

33. Compliment a stranger

34. Participate in a geo-cache

35. Complete a corn maze at night

36. Watch Lethal Weapons 1-4 starting at 8pm

37. Watch 25 classic movies we’ve never seen before

38. Finish crossword puzzle

39. Learn how to play and finish Sudoku (Andrew and Alex completed)

40. List all 50 states in under a minute

41. Learn to drive stick

42. Finish a big coloring book

43. Learn how to properly iron clothes (Alex completed)

44. Finish a 2000 piece puzzle together

45. Build a fort/tree house-type thing

46. Perform an hour and a half long set on Guitar Hero (no skipping, no failing)

47. Go gambling

Sports:

48. Go to a Black Hawks game

49. Go to a Bears game in the dead of winter

50. Play a game of Calvin Ball (make up rules as you go along)

51. Golf 18 holes under 100 (Alex and Brian), under 180 (The Witz)

52. Play football in the snow

53. Try snowboarding

54. Bowl over 175

55. 50 yard dash under 8 seconds

56. Play a game of Quidditch

57. Go paintballing

58. Go ice skating (possibly play a little ice hockey if applicable)

59. Go jet skiing

Writing & Reading:

60. Finish movie script (Brian and Alex)/Write and finish 3 micro-fictions (Witz) (Andrew:1)

61. Read 7 pre-approved and recommended novels (1 can be a graphic novel) (Andrew:4, working on 5)

62. Write new topical slash/femme fiction (The Office or How I Met Your Mother)

Travel:

63. Roadtrip without a destination

64. Go camping

65. Visit Cooperstown

66. Acquire passports and cross into Canada.

Get Creative:

67. Write and film 5 low budget YouTube comedy skits (1 down 4 to go)

68. Make funny t-shirts

69. Build snow castle

70. Write a song and film a music video for that snow castle

71. Create video resumés

72. Immortalize our names in theater 3 of River Tree Court Cinemas

Just for Fun (Misc.):

73. Get buzz cuts

74. Throw a beach party

75. Host a classy suit-up party

76. Have a bonfire in November

77. Go bar-hopping in Chicago

78. Suit up! for laser tag

79. Decide on & purchase a new mp3 player

80. Vote for the local politicians, not just the President, etc. (Alex completed)

81. Suit up! and check out the Art Institute of Chicago while pretending to be snooty

82. Go to Shedd Aquarium (*bonus challenge: provoke a duck to bite our butts)

83. See Nick Swardson live

84. Celebrate Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck Day (October 9th)

85. Get picture taken with Santa Claus

86. Strap a bunch of bottle rockets to an action figure and launch it into the sky

87. Write a message in a bottle and send it off

88. Take Witz to a strip club

89. Go to an improv comedy club

90. Go to a taping of a t.v. show

91. Do karaoke

92. Host a cook out at a park

93. Play a game of hide ‘n’ seek

94. Boys night out to Blarney Island

95. Play “penis” game in a park (*with children present)

96. Take a brewery tour

97. Host a Madden tourney

98. Attend a film festival of some kind

99. Go see a drve-in movie

100. Successfully put on a punk rawk show for charity

101. Rent a dwarf