A blog I can't stop reading...

So, one of my daily agenda items involves perusing the list of links listed on Reddit. A couple of days ago, I saw some obscure link title "Fired on my second lesson of teaching English". I don't know why I clicked the link, but I'm glad I did. I've been reading this blog for the past three days and the same thoughts keep going through my head each time:

1. "Why am I reading this again?"
2. "Oh this is why!"

The past two days were part of an ongoing story. But today, he wasn't able to get back to his story. Still, today's post is still great. Anyway, here's my plug to Firefly's blog.

A crazy Chicago sports weekend

You can take the guy out of Chicago, but you can never take the Chicago out of the guy. This has never been more true than with the subject of sports. I've lived out here in the northwest for almost a decade now and I have to be honest...Seattle sports bore me. But let's be fair...you can't expect anyone to root for certain teams for 20+ years and then just drop them because they move. It doesn't work that way!

Well, the stars have aligned and we're looking at 3 straight days of Chicago sports on the horizon! Woooo hooooo! Here's the tentative agenda for this weekend:

1. Friday - Head to Key Arena in Seattle to watch the Chicago Bulls take on the Sonics
2. Saturday - Make the 2-3 hour drive south to Portland to watch the Chicago Bulls take on the Trailblazers
3. Sunday - Cook some specially shipped pizza from Chicago and root on Da Bears in Superbowl XLI.

Man oh man, I can't wait! I just hope Sunday night involves a lot of celebrating!

Unveiling the Top 5

So if there's one thing that most people will rip me about, it's the fact that I have the entire Friends series on DVD. But, if there's one thing I've taken from the series that has stuck, it's the concept of the top 5 list. That is, the list of people that you're allowed to hook up with even if you're in a relationship at the time. Well, I've had this conversation over the last few years with different people, and seem to keep forgetting what the latest order is. Soooooo...tada! here's my first unveiling!

1. Scarlett Johansson
2. Jessica Alba
3. Angelina Jolie
4. Priyanka Chopra
5. Alyssa Milano
   

I'm leaving the list in a permanent spot on the right from now on and reserve the right to modify at will...but if I do, I'll be sure to post a new cover art. mmmm...hope you enjoy this one as much as I do!

JBox Fridays: New Order - True Faith

Well, because I'm bored...and more importantly, because i CAN, I'm instituting a new "feature" for my blog this year: JBox (Jesse's jukebox) Fridays. That's right, now you can come to my blog and not only be annoyed by my words, but also my taste in music! :o) This year, i'm going to try to keep a theme: 80's British music ala New Wave. Ok, so i tried doing some research into whether or not the music I'm talking about actually is New Wave and now I'm not so sure. But whatever it is, you should see at least a lot of similarities in the songs.

Today's choice is one of my faves: New Order! I'll let the band do their thing! Hope you enjoy it!

Daaaaa Bears!!!

Oh my gosh it's happened!! My beloved Bears are in Superbowl XLI! I have to admit, both of the last two games have left me a nervous wreck, but so long as they keep finding a way to win, I don't care!! It's almost surreal to see the differences between this year's team and that of the '85 Bears. I mean, back then, it wasn't a question of *if* the Bears were going to win, but by how much. This year, it I've seen critics talk about how there was no way the Bears would even make it this far with their QB and injuries on defense. Well, looking at the early odds in Vegas shows the Colts to be big favorites going into the championship. Man oh man, I hope the boys can pull it out!

Stereophonics - Rainbows & Pots of Gold (Live)

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the band Stereophonics. A friend of mine had me listen to a song of theirs a while back call Handbags and Gladrags. It's apparently a Rod Stewart cover. Anyway, ever since I heard that song, I've been a fan of the band. Actually, I'm usually a pretty big fan of any UK band...U2, Coldplay, The Beatles...and on and on...

Anyway, I was listening to this song a while back on my ITunes and just love it. But it wasn't until I went looking for the video on YouTube that I found out the story behind it. Or maybe I should say the "gossip" behind it. If you go to the YouTube site for this video you can read the comments there...otherwise, just make up your own theories based on the lyrics in the song...

Don Omar - Ella y Yo

So I found a neat little gadget to embed song lyrics on my blog and decided to try out how the layout would look next to the video of the song from YouTube. Looks pretty good to me!

If you're interested as to what the song is actually about...well...basically the main guy, Don Omar, is wrecked with guilt because he's been sleeping with a married woman. His buddy is trying to console him, but it isn't working. He tries to tell him that love should overcome even the fact that she's married and that her husband probably already knows he's lost her. Then Don Omar lays the bombshell on him...it's the friend's wife....oops!

A proper lap dance

A proper lap dance, originally uploaded by IlliniJester.

My response to Sung...you didn't think you were the only one taking pictures did you? looks like you had a good time ringing in 2007...

oh yeah...while we're at it...glad i didn't get any kisses from sung on New Years...

Sung's New Year Kiss...w/ tongue?, originally uploaded by IlliniJester.

Your girl may think different, but that might be a little too much tongue dood...