Must Be In the Genes...

My parents used to have driveway throw downs before they has a sick backyard. Amanda and I are continuing the tradition. Last night we threw down on my majorly good grub. Then we just hung out in the garage and had fun taking photos.

Long exposure goodness...
Little heavy handed with Lightroom but I like this style of photo that looks like we were drawn with chalk...
I don't know why I think this pic is cool but it is...

Keeps Getting Better...

Based on my last post, I thought it couldn't get better...
Kind of did...
Eating Cookie Dough Ice Cream.
Watchin' Entourage on iTunes.
Enjoying my #2 spot in my bracket where I shall continue to dominate.
Amanda's watching Greys on the DVR.
Weekend shreds...

Great Freakin' Weekend...

Weekend was stupid fun...
Quick recap for all you fans out there...
Friday night - Picked up Cara (Amanda's So Cal Friend) and had a great dinner at Osteria 832. Love that place. Good food. Kind of cheap. It was great to hang out with Cara and learn about her biz...She was selling some website goodness at the World Congress Center this weekend...Heard she closed a few...Great job Cara! I think I may have convinced both Amanda and Cara to start blogging as well. We shall see...
Saturday - Amanda and I went our own ways and got a bunch of stuff done. By bro man Jimbodini has been so kind enough to store my grill this last year and since it's officially Spring, I had to reserect that fool from the dead. Got a bunch of stuff from Lowes and Home Depot to bring it back to life. More on that later...Janer and I went to a great b-day party on Sat. night. Great times with some new folks that are turning out to be some great friends.

Sunday - Top 10 service today at Buckhead Church. "When tempted, don't say don't, say help." Really, really good. Lazy for a bit and then used the Weber. Red Snapper a couple of different ways along with some grilled asparagus. Although we live in an apartment, we throw it down. Had a great time hanging outside, grillin' and listening to some Jack J...

The goodness on the grill - Snapper on Cedar and Snapper in Foil...Holler for the recripe.
Our little set up...
Ridiculously hot and awesome wife...
Great weekend. Loved every second. Looking forward to a great week...Hoping you have a great one as well...

Why I don't do Facebook...

Over the past several weeks there have been a couple of blog discussions going on about a couple of things that have been rather interesting...One has to do with moral integrity and what some people do to safeguard their marriages. The other having to do with relationships in a Web 2.0 world.

And I thought since I've been getting asked by about everyone (sorry Grandma) I know about joining Facebook, I thought I join in the discussion on both fronts...

I know everyone has their opinion on these things and I'm not offering my opinion on either of the two above subjects but more of why I do what I do...

First off, I have the propensity to be an idiot. That being said, for me, I don't do facebook for the simple reason of not having a chance to be an idiot (at least in the social networking front). When I did the whole myspace deal back in the day, it was so easy to reconnect with people of the past. And I caught myself being way too involved with checking out how so and so was looking and spending more time checking out pics of people than wanting to know how they were doing. Basically, I was being an idiot. So I gaffed the myspace thing as did Amanda and we agreed that we wouldn't do the facebook deal. I'm sure it's a great thing but it's just something that Amanda and I have chosen not to do...I know we could probably have an account together so we can hold each other accountable but it's still a risky prop...Because remember, I can be an idiot...

To the second part of the discussion...I feel at times I'm a crappy friend. I'm so ridiculously blesssed to have the raddest friends on the planet and I feel I don't spend enough time with them or call/email them to see how they're doing. I have friends right here in Atlanta that I haven't hung out with 6 months. That's crap. I have friends in HB that I haven't talked to since I've gotten married. That's crap. I have a friend that had a baby 3 months ago and I just called him a couple of days ago. That's crap. I have a friend in Bolivia that got married in January and I haven't returned his call or email (Sorry bro). Not because I don't like him but because I'm lazy and I take my friendships for granted sometimes...So for me, joining the Facebook revolution would probably make me a worse friend as I can't even juggle the friendships I currently have...I know reconnecting with little Billy from 4th grade homeroom would be rad but I need to give some shout outs to my bros that I got now...Once again, I'm sure people are able to make that whole deal work but I just can't see myself making it happen. I have too many relationships that I need to work on...

Enough said...I gotta get on the phone and send some emails...

I don't forward emails but I will post this one cause it made me laugh out loud...

A soldier ran up to a Nun. Out of breath he asked, "Please, may I
hide under your skirt. I'll explain later."

The Nun agreed. A moment later two Military Police ran up and asked,
"Sister, have you seen a soldier?"

The Nun replied, "He went that way."
After the MPs ran off, the soldier crawled out from under her skirt
and said, "I can't thank you enough, Sister. You see, I don't want to go to
Iraq ."

The Nun said, "I understand completely."
The soldier added, "I hope I'm not rude, but you have a great pair of legs!"

The Nun replied, "If you had looked a little higher, you would have seen a
great pair of balls. I don't want to go to Iraq either."

Reason 8.72 Million...

My wife shreds...
She was proud of her dude and got him a gift today...
Since flowers just aren't manly, she hooked me up with something better...
Fruit flowers!!
How cool are these?
Freakin' love this chick...
Ridiculously lucky.
The fruit is pretty bomb too...

Fact! I'm faster that 80% of all snakes...

Rainn Wilson, AKA Dwight Schute is blogging these days and it's a pretty cool website/blog.
www.soulpancake.com just launched and it's definitely worth the look.
I never would have pegged this dude as a spiritual guy but it seems that he really is. I hope this becomes a cool community with people sharing their opinions to life's big questions.

Check it..

New Breakfast Spot...

Amanda and I skipped our Friday night date night to this morning instead...Usually, we take it down to Highland Bakery for breakfast but I was given the task of finding a new spot.
That new spot...West Egg Cafe...
Awesomeness, awesomeness, awesomeness...
Really good food and a great vibe. Amanda got herself a smoked salmon benedict and I got the huevos tejanos...Amanda also got a red velvet cupcake which she hasn't grubbed on yet. Apparently this place is known for their cupcakes.
If you haven't been there, you should. Don't be lame.
And behind the parking deck was this cool looking building and I attempted to be cool urban photog...Attempted being the key word here...

Winter Vonderland...

Snowed in the southeast today. Walked out of church at noon and it dumped for a good three or so hours. Had a blast taking photos of my hot wife.

I'm pretty much ready for it to get warm now though...

This is the view from our bedroom looking down onto the pool area...







Out like trout.