I Suck At Angel

On Wednesday, Karen and I hung out with my friends (Marc and Kelley).

Marc was gracious enough to make dinner. As usual, the meal was delicious. And luckily for me, I got to finish off what Karen could not. I guess that is part of the benefits of having a pregnant wife. (I suppose you could also say it's a drawback as well because I have gained about five pounds since Karen became pregnant.)

Anyway, on the agenda for the night were a few episodes of Angel. Now, I suck at Angel. The episodes that we watched were: "Waiting in the Wings" about a supernatural dance troupe; "Couplet" about the return of the Groosalugg; and "Loyalty" about Wes confirming the translation of the prophecy.

Interestingly enough, starring in the dance troupe episode was Summer Glau. Apparently, Summer Glau was so good in the ballerina role that it eventually led her to read for another Joss Whedon gig on Firefly. Also interesting is the fact that Amy Acker, the actress who plays Fred, actually inspired the episode because Joss Whedon discovered that she had taken ballet for fifteen years. (The original story was to have her and Wes dancing ballet together.)

Needless to say, the episodes were great. Following Angel, we decided to catch a couple of episodes of Human Wrecking Balls. In the two episodes, the Pumphrey brothers got to destroy a post office and a fast food restaurant. And as it turned out, Nurse Abby actually got some face time in one of the episodes because Craig received a nasty gash on his head from breaking plates. (And people think Nurse Abby is useless...)

Anyway, as usual it was great hanging out with Marc and Kelley.

I Suck At Angel

Tonight, Karen and I hung out with my friends (Marc and Kelley).

Marc was gracious enough to make dinner. I don't know what the meal is called, but it was delicious. (Cue Rachael Ray's "Yum-O" sound.) The meal involved chicken, chocolate, and some other stuff. There was also a favorite dish of mine: asparagus. You have to love the smell of urine after asparagus. Nevertheless, the entire meal was very good.

For dessert, Kelley made some cookies. I am a sucker for Kelley's cookies. I love her cookies. I could eat a whole bunch of them at one sitting... which I did.

All in all, it was very good. I actually felt a little bad because I had to do some work when I first arrived at their place. I had received a call from my boss asking me if I could look into a specific problem. As I had the most experience on the particular project, my boss had contacted me. Always the good soldier (I did, after all, have my chance to be in the armed forces. If only they would have let me be a grunt and not intelligence... damn them!), I attempted to diagnose the problem for work. Unfortunately, I encountered technical problems at Marc and Kelley's so I could not do much work.

Instead, we got to watch a few episodes of Angel and a couple of episodes of Human Wrecking Balls. Now, I suck at Angel. The episodes that we watched were: "Lullaby" about the birth of Angel's son and subsequent death of Darla... sad; "Dad" about Angel's attempt to keep his son safe from demons and lawyers; and "Birthday" about Cordelia's birthday in which she gets to choose between her dream life or her current vision-filled one.

For Human Wrecking Balls, we got to watch the Pumphrey brothers tear down a house and a barn. Awesome! If I ever redo our shed (which will be someday), I want to tear the shed down... Pumphrey-style!

Anyway, it was fun night as usual. I also got to learn about some of the other intricacies that I seemingly forgot about at the Tree Trimming party on Saturday. My memory is awful as it is. (Hence, that is why I have this blog: to write down things... so I can remember it.) When I imbibe, I tend to forget a lot more. On Saturday, I imbibed thanks to my drinking buddy, Kelley.

That is not to say that I do not remember anything. I remember up to a certain point and then it all goes downhill from there. (And the freefall happens rather quickly and abruptly. It's like a switch turning off.) During the downhill slide, I tend to remember only trivial bits and pieces... like my friend's (Kim) love for Miley Cyrus's "Party in the U.S.A." or how Hawkeye is already taken in my friend's (Adam) phone. (Again, who takes Hawkeye?)

Needless to say, it was interesting to hear what I had forgotten. All in all, tonight was a great night. I had fun... work aside. (In fact, the reason why I am even up so late right now is because of work.)

I Suck At Human Wrecking Balls

Last night, Karen and I hung out with my friends (Marc and Kelley). Marc had cooked up a delicious mac 'n cheese dinner for everyone. I thought the mac n' cheese was quite good.

Speaking of which, Marc wanted in on the mac 'n cheese challenge with my friend (Hot Amy). Marc seems to think he'll beat both Hot Amy and I. I'm okay with losing to Marc, so long as I do not lose to Hot Amy... not that I ever will. I could probably put a dab of cheez whiz on a piece of pasta and I'd beat her... and then she'd cry out of her one good tear duct.

Trash talking aside, it was a pretty good night. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Kelley and I tested one of her libation recipes. Kelley even broke out the crystal bowl for the concoction. Luckily, we both had saved our long straws from the Imperial Terrace where we had shared a scorpion bowl. It was good.

Anyway, on the agenda for the night were a couple of episodes of Angel. The episodes that we watched were "Offspring" about Darla's return to Los Angeles as she still mysteriously carries Angel's baby; and "Quickening" about the return of the vampire hunter known as Holtz. Naturally, the episodes were good... in part because Darla was in them. (Blonde... shiny... yay!)

From there, we decided to catch a couple of episodes of the new season of Human Wrecking Balls. Now, I suck at Human Wrecking Balls.

(The video below is of the Human Wrecking Balls.)


For anyone curious, the premise of the show is very simple. The show follows two brothers (Paul and Craig Pumphrey), who are well-versed in martial arts, as they destroy certain things... with their body. It's pretty cool.

We watched them destroy a gas station and a carnival. It was awesome. Of course, after watching the show, I would now like to destroy something with my bare hands. I don't know what yet, but I think it would be fun. Similarly, Kelley now wants to kick in a door... just so she can.

Perhaps someday, if I ever redo one (or both) of the sheds outside of our house, I can demolish the sheds "Pumphrey style". That would be awesome. And probably painful...