Congratulations Cynthia!

My friend Cynthia just was accepted into the Harvard MBA program!!!  Congratulations Cynthia!  Good luck and have fun in Boston!

Ingredients in a Fun Weekend

In order to make a fun weekend, obtain the following ingredients:

• 3 White Russians
• 1 Depressed Man in Bomber Jacket
• Bachelorette party with 11 girls
• Martha Stewart’s Bruschetta
• 1 sex blogger
• 12 fatty patties
• 8 pork loins
• 3 cases of good beer
• 1 packed hot tub

Begin mixing and cooking at 4 pm Friday in a low temperature bar and gradually increase the heat throughout the weekend.‚  Toss in copious amounts of alcohol and beware of explosions.

Quarter Century Old Today

Happy birthday to me!‚  I turn 25 on this date February 7, 2009.‚  I am now the ancient of days.‚  All who come in contact with me should revere my wisdom and authority.

I am planning on going out and having a birthday party on Friday when I get back.‚  All are invited.

New Years Eve 2008: ACT Theatre

Tomorrow, Joel and his hordes of minions descend upon the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle to celebrate all of the joys of 2008 and cheer the coming of 2009.‚  Jarek, Nick, Plato, Bryan, Kenny and many other friends will join me in ringing in the New Year with unlimited drinks, food and beautiful ladies. Adventures will be had, stories will be made and Seattle will be rocked.

To Jeremy & Daniel: It didn’t work out for me to join you guys in Las Vegas for New Year’s Eve this year, but I will be there with you in spirit.‚  Buy yourself a shot of Johnny Walker and put my spirit inside of you.‚  That nice Vegas bartender will put his… spirit.. in you later.

To my brothers: Sing a rousing edition of “Happy Birthday Joel” to me at midnight.‚  You weren’t there when I was born, you don’t know I wasn’t born at that time.‚  Don’t question my supremacy.

To everyone else: Have an amazing New Year’s Eve and BE SAFE!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is supposed to be a time to reflect on what you are grateful for, so I will do the standard post listing a few things that I am grateful this year:

• Still being employed in the rapidly sinking American economy.
• Having awesome friends and great brothers.
• Being in very good health (crosses fingers).
• Living in what is still one of the free-est countries in the world.
• WordPress for making my blogging much easier.
• Crazy women for making my life more interesting.
• My sexy body for providing me endless mirror-staring fun.
• Karoline Kurkova, sexiest woman alive according to E!
  

  Karolina Kurkova

• My weekly dinners with my close friends and Ian, the best chef in Seattle.
• Flag football.
• Disturbing indie movies for broadening my mind.
• First Thursday art walk in Seattle for free wine and decent art.
• “Trace”- very fun iPhone game that has entertained me on the toilet almost as much as the NYTimes.com website.
• Sleep

Tenderloin, Swiss Potato Casserole and Herb Roasted Carrots & Onions

I cooked up a huge tenderloin for our monday night dinner last night.‚  On the side I served swiss potato casserole (which rocked) and herb roasted carrots and onions.‚  Everyone in attendance loved it (Ian, Di, Ben, Plato, NIck).‚  Very good times, but now I have a ton of cleaning to do.‚  At least I have some leftover swiss cheese potato casserole!

Bike Ride to Golden Gardens

I rode my bike today to Golden Gardens after work and back. I did the trip on a bit of a whim- I was supposed to hang out with a friend, but she was lame and cancelled. So I did something way better… cruised to Golden Gardens and back. I actually haven’t done any cardio in a very long time, so I was pretty sore by the end. The trip was a lot of fun and took about two hours and forty-five minutes round trip, including stopping for 15 minutes at Golden Gardens and 10 minutes at Gas Works Park in Seattle. The round trip distance from my apartment in Pioneer Square to Golden Gardens and back is 20 miles. Below are some photos I took during my bike ride to Golden Gardens.

The Montlake Cut

Above is the first place I stopped to take a picture, the Montlake cut at the University of Washington. It was a beautiful day today, 77 degrees out when I reached Golden Gardens.

Joel sweating in the sun

The picture above shows me sweating my butt off. I took this picture right after I took the first photo of the Montlake cut.

Golden Gardens Gorgeousity

Golden Gardens was beautiful, tons of sail boats (you can see them if you squint).

People playing at Golden Gardens

Tons of people were out enjoying the sun today at Golden Gardens.

Play field at Golden Gardens

I recommend bringing a frisbee to this field and playing. Fun times.

House boat on Lake Washington

I REALLY want to get a house boat on Lake Washington. How sick would that be?

Gas Works view of downtown Seattle

I love Gasworks park. Such a beautiful view.

Downtown Seattle across Lake Washington

Everyone was out playing on their boats today.

The Gas Works at Gasworks

Can you believe that the best real estate in Seattle was originally a garbage dump?!?

More Sweaty Joelness

Great ride.

Float Plane above Gasworks

Grandpa’s favorite.

Atop the bridge over Lake Washington. I5 Bridge in the distance.

Coming home.

Mission Accomplished

Mission Accomplished- 20 miles to Golden Gardens and back to my place in Pioneer Square.

Beautiful day.

Vacation Update

• Amber was graced by the presence of the Crew and Trent threw the most ridiculous lines heard in history like spears at poor melons.
• 4 lbs of oysters per person were eaten on the 4th of July.
• Beer was imbibed under the bridge, bicycles from a homeless man was ridden and the Sea Sound Lounge was conquered.
• Trent pepper sprayed Frodo, Frodo underwent the worst pain of his life for an hour.
• Plato lost his reason and found himself locked out of his apartment naked.
• Joel was safe, sound & smart as always.
• Campagne, one of the finest restaurants in Seattle, closed the doors when we came in and we drank fine drinks at the bar for several hours.

L.A. Baby. Then Vegas!

I just booked myself a flight to Los Angeles for Friday, April 18th to visit Trent and have some fun. We are going to drive to Vegas in his new car on that the following Thursday or Friday and party like rock stars till I fly home on Sunday, April 27th. Hell yes. Now I just have to find a hotel to stay at in Las Vegas.

Friday Night Adventure

Last night I was feeling a little bit cooped up from the winter, so I decided to go on an adventure with Plato.

Turned out to be a fine adventure indeed, featuring the world’s largest mixed drink, a tasty dinner, dodgeball at Cal Anderson Park, various Capitol Hill bars and a hipster fight.

Plato and I started out by having a nice big dinner featuring gorgonzola and mandarin salad, honey pepper chicken thighs and two bottles of the finest wines from my collection.

Plato is a tad sarcastic. But look at how good that food is! Yum, my cooking skills are improving.

Mmmmmm……

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