Awesome Friends!!!

So last weekend Megan and I had two friends, Ryan and Ben, come visit us from Las Vegas. Other than having fun hanging out with these guys, a part of the weekends festivities was to watch UFC 76 Knockouts! I was super excited to go to my parents house and watch it on their sweet 60" plasma.

Little did i know that my friend Ryan had a better plan for me and Ben... Friday night as we were preparing to make a trip to the desert, Ryan made a comment on how we needed to be back so that we can be up in Anaheim by 4:30. To my confusion i said, "Why, we arent going to the fight." While I was saying those words, Ryan points to the table where 3 golden tickets were lying... 3 tickets to the sweetest event of the year UFC 76!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That awesome punk dropped $300 a ticket so we could all experience the event.

I think my favorite part of the whole surprise was when I was in shock and saying no way, he responded with , "You think I would come all the way out here JUST to visit you?"

I think if i had a 3 wishes from a genie in a bottle (not the Christina Aguilera song) one of my wishes would be that i had foresight... yeah should have seen that coming.

Anyway it was an amazing event, if you like that sort of thing.



















This is why everyone should have awesome friends!!!

-RC

Google is taking over the world!

If you didnt know, Google now has a feature called Google SMS. Using your cell phone, you text message a question to Google and they will text you back the answer. This feature hasnt been fully refined but it is pretty sweet. Using your phone text Google at 46653 (google) with a question and google will respond in a quick manner. **Disclaimer** Standard Text Message Rates Apply! Happy Texting!!

-RC

Jake As JT???

Yesterday after a great Sexual Harassment Training day, a few people from work went to chick-fil-a for lunch. First, on that day, I had the best dining experience of any fast food place i have ever been to. While dining, they provided us with refills, a tray of sample brownies, which taffy may have taken more than one, and a tray of sample chicken salad sandwich triangles which were amazing!

While dining, one of our friends serving us mentioned to Jake the he reminded her of Justin Timberlake!?!?

To my surprise, Jake responded, "Yeah, I get that all the time." You do? I mean dont get me wrong, I love Jakey, but you get that all the time? JT? Interesting... maybe its his musical genius... I dont know. But what i do know is that it was definintely an interesting moment...

here is a poor picture of our lady in question...

















-RC

Saved By The Bell!

Earlier today my friend Annie and I were talking about Saved By The Bell and it made me wonder just how strong my SBTB trivia is. So I searched a bit online and I found a few good websites that have different trivia questions...

Check them out and see how you do. Most importantly, tell me how you did on your quizzes.

Here is a fun site for trivia:
Saved By The Bell Trivia


Good luck!!! And let me know!!

-RC

...So I am pretty sure I dont impress my wife

Last night I was rocking out to my sweet new game "Guitar Hero" on Xbox 360. While i was deeply engaged in "Carry on Wayward Son" I hear my wife giggling to herself as she is taking photos of me...
















So there I am... no longer cool...not that I ever was...playing my sweet new video game!

-RC

Is it Fall already?

So yesterday we went to the ever so delicious Taco Bell for lunch and for the first time this year, I saw a girl wearing a sweatshirt, jeans, and UGGS!!!!!

I guess fall is here...

-RC

The Juice Is Loose...

Recently our staff received an e-mail from Rick with an article from USA Today talking about OJ and his current stint in prison... here is what it said he received.

"According to a press release from the police department, the former football star is being held in isolation and spends about 20 hours a day inside a standard 98-square-foot cell.

A judicial official said yesterday that Simpson will appear before a judge tomorrow morning.

Since he arrived at the facility, the jail says he has met with three private attorneys and two public defenders."

A minister stopped by to deliver reading glasses and copies of the Bible and A Purpose Driven Life, according to the release.

-RC

How baseball fights should happen...

Leave it up to the Japanese to do something like this....



Thanks taff...



-RC

McDonlads continues to give back...

Not only does McDonald's a great Angus mushroom swiss burger but no they are starting to give back. According to Channel 4 news in the UK, McD's will be transforming their rubbish to energy! Awesome! Here is a clip from the article.

"Buildings such as hospitals and theatres will be powered by rubbish from McDonald's restaurants in a new pilot scheme.

Eleven fast-food restaurants in Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley, South Yorkshire, will take part in the initiative, which will turn waste into electricity and heating for 130 buildings in the area.

The scheme will save each restaurant from sending 100 tonnes of refuse to landfill each year and could be rolled out across the country if successful.

The restaurants will become the first in the UK to send no waste to landfill. Instead, any rubbish will be collected, treated at a state-of-the-art energy recovery facility and converted into electricity and heat."

-RC

iTunes

I recently received an iTunes gift card so i figured i would share a few of the songs I purchased...I got this idea from Griff...

1. Ayo Technology-50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake
2. Our God Saves- Paul Baloche
3. How Far We've Come- Matchbox 20
4. Everlasting God- Lincoln Brewster
5. Never Wanted Nothing More- Kenny Chesney
6. Mighty To Save- Hillsongs
7. The Pretender- Foo Fighters
8. Over You- Daughtry
9. Gangsta's Paradise- Coolio
10. So Small- Carrie Underwood (for Megan)

I still have a few more bucks left but that is all i bought for now...

-RC

City Workers Have Fun Too...

While I was setting up for church in San Clemente I saw two city workers out in the street who appeared to be playing ring-around-the-rosy with a pole stuck in the ground. It made me happy to see that you can have fun no matter what you are doing... "The majority of people are as happy as they choose to be." -Abe Lincoln

Here are a few action shots of them running around in circles while a third guy is waiting for someone to be out so he can jump in.



























Take a chapter out of these guys' book and take joy in all you do! Complaining will do nothing but stoke the fire of bitterness.

-RC

Good Food

Here are a few pictures of a meal that my wife and I ate while in LA at Pink's Hot Dogs...

Dog # 1 (in background, left) typical Chili,-Cheese Dog
Dog #2 (background, right) "The Ozzy Dog" polish dog, chili, nacho cheese, american cheese, diced tomato, guacamole, and grilled onions
Dog #3 (foreground) "The Planet Hollywood" polish dog, chili, nacho cheese, american cheese, grilled mushrooms, bacon, and jalapeños!

Megan and I finished 2 1/2 dogs together. They were pretty awesome, but I definitely felt the repercussions later on...Sorry Megan!


















-RC

Popular Videos...

Recently I heard of this youtube video that was super popular with over a million hits in a week... Its called Chocolate Rain and I want to share it with you... This song was so popular that John Mayer jokingly covered it while on VH1's Best Week Ever. Check them both out...but **Warning** this song will take over your life!

-RC

Josh Griffin Blog Counter...

I decided to tally how many times my co-student JG would blog while we participated in our first OT seminary class...the count is at 6 right now and I know he has it in him to break a record of 7. I told him that blogs written to be released in the future do not count as blogs for the day... Lets do this Josh! Do work son, Do work. You can check him out here or on the Saddleback Church ETV blog

-RC

OT 1 Intensive Part 2

The day is about 2/3 complete and I have come to the conclusion that my attention span does not last for 8 hours...to be honest it doesn't even run 4 hours...Professor Yates lost my attention before lunch while talking about Pentateuch and I for sure thought that coming back from having a full belly would make me set for the rest of the day...Nope. Right now I cant wait for our last break to arrive so i can run and suck down an Iced coffee drink of some sort.


-RC

Old Testament 1 Intensive

Currently in my OT class...so awesome...the beginning of 4 intensive classes...8 hours a day of learning about the Old Testament... here we come.

Things to look forward to:
1. Learning more about the OT
2. Learning sweet new tricks for my computer
3. Hanging with Josh G, BD, and Jimbo Baggins
4. Sitting in class for 8 hours with my horrendous cough.

-RC

Carzzz II

If you saw my previous post labeled Carzzz you have a bit of history as to why I am posting random pictures of cars... well once again my truck went into the shop to have it detailed and this is what they gave me as my loaner car...not to shabby...It was fun to drive around for a bit.



































-RC

Do you know what type of school your kids go to?

The reason why I pose this question is because I may have concerns about our beloved San Clemente High School. Recently I was dropping off one of our trailers on the schools "freshman campus", which the high school performed a hostile takeover of an elementary school to expand their ever growing student needs. And I digress...After dropping off the trailer, I noticed the schools announcement board was welcoming incoming freshman. However, according to whomever made the sign, freshman was spelled "fresman" Now above the sign is the San Clemente High School Blue Ribbon sign.

I may have overlooked this minor spelling glitch, however this error occurred not once but twice. Now this leads me to one of two assumptions:
1. The school is too poor to buy "H's" to put in their signs, or
2. Our education is going down the pooper!

What do you think?

-RC

Top 10 things of Endless Summerfest

This top 10 is dedicated to Taffy for being Filipino

Top 10 things of ESF:
10. OneRepublic canceling because of inclimate weather, although by the time they were supposed to do sound check the entire school was completely dry...
9. Riders4Christ jumping with Kyle Loza who won Gold at the X Games and Dan Norris (Nad) jumping for the first time in a show since his accident...Great job Dan!
8. Bounce house slides in the rain which makes for extremely fast rides
7. Food! Carls, Hot Dog on a Stick, Archies Ice cream, rockstar energy drinks, cotton candy, shave ice, kettle corn, funnel cakes a sugar lovers dream!
6. Avner playing as "OneRepublic"
5. Sleepless me continuing to play despite the deluge that was occuring!
4. Sleepless me hanging out and playing a second time as "Avner"because a previous mentioned band didnt show
3. The ability to win Truth Soul Armor stuff just by making a few putts Tiger Woods would have broke the bank...or would he?
2. Having people show up to the event despite the weather...and in said people, having Tony Hawk show up for the festivities
1. A 1000 ft water spout forming a mile off the coast of San Clemente at the beginning of the event creating a scene that I still to this date refer to as "A scene from Ghostbusters."