March 13, 2007
I use the word 'awesome' too much, but...
I think this birthday present from Judy speaks for itself:
Yeah, I'm getting Heelys. This is after seeing my stepmom's grand kids fly around my dad's house, and managing, somehow, not to get traumatic head injuries. It really amazed me that a wall, or a human being, seemed to be perfectly acceptable tools to slow one's decent before smashing onto the ground. Clearly, I need some of these.
Other presents, which are also very cool:
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz - If you don't know (which you don't), it's a Wii game. Oddly enough, not the weirdest one I own.
- Borat DVD Niiiice. Who needs more of me saying that all the time? Apparently Judy.
- A Mini - Okay, this one was my own purchase. It matches the Heelys, too. Basically, Carmax really screwed up and managed to offer me more than my car was worth (more than I even paid for it). So I had 7 days to unload it, and there was a car in VA that's pretty much identical to the one I had before - except it hasn't ran into a wall anytime recently. So, yeah. Good times. Posted by Rick at March 13, 2007 07:09 PM
Wow. There's a lot of terrifying stuff going on:
- Rick in Heelys. For so, so many obvious reasons.
- Rick in another Mini, "pretty much identical to the one before." I can remember driving around with Rick in a hurricane, both of us, um, less than clear headed, while Rick put on a display of the traction control system. There is another concrete wall in his future.
- Rick will talk about a "Super Monkey" too loudly in a bar and someone will think it's a racial slur. That won't end well.
- The Borat thing goes a little further and Rick starts trying to nude wrestle everyone.
They realy make Heelys in adult sizes? Can you drive with them on, or is the wheel out of the way? What the fuck is a Monkey Ball Banana? Do I want to know?
Happy Birthday Ricky. I got you a really awesome burrito, but since you aren't here I'll have to eat it for you.
Posted by: Chris at March 13, 2007 08:09 PMCongrats on the sweet gifts! And can we see pics of the mini?
Posted by: roy at March 13, 2007 10:05 PMShouldn't you have to master shoes without wheels before you get shoes with wheels. Why don't we just give Rick rollerskates to walk around in all day. Those things should at least have training wheels. Personally, I would be a little scared to wear them. I am sure I would paralyze myself lacing them up. However, they do seem pretty sweet. I want a piggy-back ride on them. Ooooh, chicken fights on wheels!
Posted by: John at March 14, 2007 12:15 PMYou can take the wheel dealie out if you want to minimize hospital visits, so that's nice. I still don't know how to really work them though. I'll let you all know when they come in the mail.
And here's my new car, next to the asshole in the next building who always double parks. Excuse the quality of the picture - our work camera is beyond horrible - it uses floppy disks to store data.
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nice! i like how you even got the glint off the headlight. let's hope this isn't a "before" picture and that all of your accidents involve the new kicks.
Posted by: roy at March 14, 2007 02:02 PM