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THE Willie Smith Video continued…
Posted by on August 21st, 2008 in News · 1 CommentAs you remember, last month I (re)found the infamous video of Willie Smith from the 1990 US Track & Field Championships and uploaded it to YouTube [if you haven’t seen the video before, watch it now]
Well… this morning, I got a message from someone claiming to be Willie’s son. It reads…
Miketown,
I know YouTube is basically to make fun of stupid and idiotic events/ people, and trust me I love looking at YouTube too, but it can be really hurtful when it’s your own family. I’m not trying to stop you from posting anything, and I’m defiantly not trying to start anything with you, but just watching this post, literally makes my stomach turn.
Willie J. Smith III, the “bad …. commentator,” is my father. I was about 6 years old when this happened, and trust me watching it on YouTube, like watching it on that day 18 years ago, still makes me hurt badly for my father. He is a three time Olympian, an Olympic Gold Medalist (1984 Los Angeles), a NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Champion, a SEC Track and Field Champion, and graduate of Auburn University (1978).
Yes, this clip is probably hilarious to most people, because he does completely mess up but if you knew him, honestly, watching this would make you feel hurt for him.
I’m asking you to please, please take down this video. (I’m actually begging you.) I know I can’t make you do it, but I would truly appreciate it if you did! I would just like to spare my father, and the rest of our family, from re- living this humiliating moment in time. Thanks so much!
What would you do? Please comment.
Heading to the Final 4
Posted by on August 11th, 2008 in News · 0 CommentsSure, it’s 7 and 1/2 months away but I got a letter this weekend from the NCAA that I was selected in the lottery for a pair of tickets to the Final Four in 2009. This includes tickets to the 2 games on Saturday and the National Championship that will be on Monday. Now… who wants to go with?
Getting Tickets for the Patriots/Seahawks Game
Posted by on August 6th, 2008 in News · 0 CommentsSingle game tickets for the Seattle Seahawks went on sale at 10a this past monday. After chatting w/ Jon, Ben, & Tony we were all ready to get multiple tickets for the game.
At 9:55 I started clicking… The tickets you have selected are not available or on sale yet…
Then at 10:00 my request for 6 tickets in the $47 level went through- No luck…
6 at any price? Nothing.
4 at any price?Heck no.
2 at any price? No sir.
I finally was able to secure two individual tickets for the game. Sec 343, Row DD. Sec 344 Row I.
In short… I’ll be at Qwest Field when the Patriots come to play the Seahawks for the Sunday Night Game on December 7th.
Flights for the past year
Posted by on August 5th, 2008 in Travel · 0 CommentsHere is a map of my flights from the past year…
100 Miles- Dumbest Idea EVER
Posted by on August 4th, 2008 in 100 Miles · 0 CommentsThe title says it all.
My August Challenge
Posted by on August 1st, 2008 in 100 Miles and News · 0 CommentsOver the past 3 years I’ve been consistently averaging about driving 500 miles a month. I don’t really drive that much, and I’d even go out on a limb and say that 95% of that is on the weekend. But I do make wasteful trips to the supermarket or the dry cleaners or back downtown after work (when I could just stay).
So I am challenging myself to only drive 100 miles in the month of August and I know it is going to be difficult. Thrown in with the fact of planning my trips in advance, I feel that my feet, my bike, and my bus pass can be leveraged even more to make this more of a reality.
My Ground Rules
1. 100 Miles August 1st through August 30th
2. This is going to involve any driving or riding that I do in a car. I’m considering it cheating to say “Kirsten you drive so it doesn’t count against my mileage…”
a. I’m torn on how to consider carpooling- I am thinking that I will not consider those miles if the person does not go out of their way for me by more than 2 total blocks.
3. Bus rides do not count
4. The drive to Mason Lake for Matt & Brina’s party will not count.
Why am I doing this? I don’t know. Gas is getting cheaper so it’s not an effort to save money. The environment? Sure, maybe- even though I already do a damn good job at trying to minimize my driving. I just think it’s an effort to see if I can do it. I’ll try and keep my escapades and driving here.
What do you think? Will I be able to do it? If not, when will I “fail”?
Oh, and this is a chart of the price of gas (87 unleaded) at the station near my house. It’s for my dad…
Lifestream sorta working
Posted by on July 31st, 2008 in News · 0 CommentsSo, there’s a new fad in websites known as Lifestreaming… In it’s simplest form it’s a chronological aggregated view of your life activities both online and offline. It is only limited by the content and sources that you use to define it.
In an effort to learn some new technology I’m trying to add this on MIKETOWN. I’ve been working on it on and off for 2 or 3 months now and have something that sort of works. There are definitely some growing pains in trying to figure out how to make this work…
Refills at Starbucks
Posted by on July 31st, 2008 in News · 0 CommentsSo over the past few weeks, I’ve been finishing my cup of coffee quite early. It barely makes it past my bus ride in and my initial scan of my email. So, still needing some more coffee, I went down to get drip at one of the 5 Starbucks within a block of my office. Before I went downstairs, I was like- oh, I’ll just bring my mug and save a cup for the environment. So instead of paying $1.90 for a grande drip, my refill was only ¢55.
Think about the investment a mug can be- figuring an average $10 mug, you will recoup that money before your 8th cup. And this doesn’t even consider the environmental impact of using fewer cups.
So go out and get yourself a new mug to use on a daily basis. Save yourself some money. Cut down on waste.
Current Hold List at the Seattle Public Library
Posted by on July 29th, 2008 in News · 0 Comments1408 - 5 of 20
10,000 B.C. - 31 of 593
27 dresses - 12 of 639
28 weeks later - 3 of 19
3:10 to Yuma - 4 of 72
30 days of night - 5 of 32
A mad & faithful telling - 103 of 225
A march to madness : the view from the floor in the ACC / - 1 of 1
Accelerate - 59 of 223
American gangster - 5 of 120
Arctic tale - 4 of 13
At Mount Zoomer - 78 of 166
Atonement - 12 of 488
August Rush - 9 of 235
BABY MAMA (DVD) - 490 of 494
Be kind rewind - 54 of 790
Bee movie - 8 of 222
Before the devil knows you’re dead - 43 of 443
Beowulf - 8 of 77
Big love. The complete first season - 7 of 66
Bright shiny morning / - 81 of 133
Charlie Wilson’s war - 35 of 797
Cloverfield - 26 of 468
Dan in real life - 7 of 159
Definitely, maybe - 205 of 938
E=mc2 - 12 of 149
Elizabeth the golden age / - 8 of 75
Evan almighty - 4 of 29
Everywhere at once - 28 of 80
Fantastic 4. Rise of the Silver Surfer - 2 of 19
Fleet Foxes - 88 of 346
Flight of the Conchords. The complete first season - 174 of 404
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (DVD) - 483 of 494
Go green, live rich - 18 of 29
Good luck Chuck - 3 of 34
HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR (CD) - 41 of 60
Hot Chip- Made in the Dark - Ready for Pick-up
Hot fuzz - 9 of 40
I am legend - 14 of 257
In ghost colours - 58 of 129
Into the wild - 13 of 116
Jumper - 205 of 785
Knocked up - 8 of 45
Last dance : behind the scenes at the Final Four / - 2 of 2
Led Zeppelin the complete studio recordings. - 69 of 147
Little children - 21 of 41
Live free or die hard - 5 of 33
Love in the time of cholera - 54 of 281
Lucky - 106 of 117
Mad money - 27 of 302
Með suð ieyrum við spilum endalaust - 148 of 198
MINGLE (CD) - 25 of 37
Modern guilt - 240 of 334
Mr. Brooks - 17 of 37
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium - 8 of 42
National treasure. Book of secrets - 21 of 702
Next - 12 of 35
No reservations - 11 of 60
Notes on a scandal - 18 of 28
Now that’s what I call the 80s - 35 of 121
Once - 15 of 99
Reign over me - 5 of 32
Rising down - 59 of 210
Rockferry - 236 of 291
Santogold - 47 of 175
Semi-pro - 5 of 618
Shooter - 6 of 16
Sicko - 9 of 65
Soon I will be invincible / - 1 of 14
Stay positive - 55 of 101
Stop-loss - 167 of 510
Sun giant - 151 of 328
Superbad - 6 of 42
Sweeney Todd the demon barber of Fleet Street / - 22 of 283
The Darjeeling Limited - 10 of 94
The Drunkard’s walk : how randomness rules our lives / - 66 of 174
The good shepherd - 19 of 53
The great debaters - 27 of 522
The holiday - 6 of 26
The King of Kong. A fistful of quarters - 32 of 102
The Kingdom - 16 of 46
The kite runner - 47 of 437
The miracle of St. Anthony : a season with coach Bob Hurley and basketball’s most improbable dynasty / - 1 of 1
The mist - 12 of 106
The office. Season three - 1 of 121
Third - 228 of 412
Vantage point - 9 of 942
Waitress - 16 of 63
Walk hard the Dewey Cox story / - 138 of 310
Weeds. Season 1 - 25 of 218
Weeds. Season two - 6 of 226
WIRE, THE: COMPLETE 5TH SEASON (DVD) - 150 of 216
Your government failed you : breaking the cycle of national security disasters / - 16 of 30
