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Wes

Thank God football season is over. 10 days until the first spring training game!

About Me

October 26 - Top Ten List
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
Baking. That's right, baking.
Scrabble
Cooler Weather
My wife's Chicken Marsala
My wife in general
Volleyball at Captain Bill's
Bike rides (AKA death wishes) with Brollie
Dark Chocolate
My Espresso maker
I swear to God I used to be all cool and punk rock. Now I'm busy baking pies, drinking lattes and playing Scrabble. Wow.
Things to Look Forward to:
Winning another tournament trophy at Captain Bills
Moving up to B league for the Fall League
New Jimmy Eat World Album 10/16/07
Mae and Anberlin playing the house of blues in October
Anniversary weekend spent at the cabin in Western N.C.
Ordering the new Last Days of April CD from Sweden
Homemade Ice Cream
Fall Softball
The baseball post season!!!
Cooler Weather
David Moore's solo album (this year maybe?)
The third annual Bechtel's Thanksgiving Bash
Apple Cider
Wearing hooded sweatshirts
Beating my Scrabble high score
My last list:
Kristen
Brolladeus
Juanita Tortilla
Being a movie star
The thought of owning my own business
Hating my job
Fantasy Baseball
My Weber Grill
Driving the Jeep topless.
Fresh Market!
(Not) Running
Longing for more Vacations
New York Yankees
Arrested Development
ESPN HD
My homemade Carbonara
My wife's Mexican cooking
My wife's Italian cooking
Cheeseburgers in paradise
Having Brollie drag me around on my bike.
The acoustic EP that came with the new Lovedrug CD
Spending all my money on music and food.
Magic Hat #9
Shorts and Rainbows
The Fighting Carls taking first place!
Waiting for David Fincher movies.
Waiting for Chuck Palahniuk movies.
Rereading Chuck Palahniuk books.
Food Network
Probably other stuff too

My Interests

Music, Sports, Food

I'd like to meet:

People to play scrabble with.

Music:

I'm basically an Encyclopedia of good music. Currently:
Last Days of April
David Moore
Chuck Ragan
Jimmy Eat World
As I Lay Dying
Every Time I Die
Chamberlain
Gratitude
Mae
Anberlin

Movies:

Fight Club
Seven
Momento
Road to Perdition
American History X
American Beauty
The Game
Zodiac
Panic Room
Wedding Crashers
Jarhead
Zodiac
Bolden!

Television:

DVR List
Yankees
Baseball Tonight
Good Eats
Recipe for Success

Books:

Chuck Palahniuk
Douglas Coupland
Max Barry
Alex Garland
Craig Clevenger

My Blog

Good news, Bad news

So which should I do first, the good news or the bad? I always felt it was better to end well then start well. Save the best for last if you will. So for that reason, here's the bad news. I'm five...
Posted by Wes on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:33:00 PST

My New Favorite Restaurant

So today Kristen and I test drove a Honda Element which we did not end up buying, but while driving were informed of a Mexican restaurant that we should try.  Since we didn't spend $11,000 plus a...
Posted by Wes on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:57:00 PST

The Best Album in a Long Time

I purchase a lot of music.  Probably too much music.  Maybe four or five albums a month.  So I know what I'm talking about.  The best album to come out in a long time is Say Anythi...
Posted by Wes on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:27:00 PST

Wanna blow your mind?

Listen to track 8 on the new Killswitch Engage record. Holy crap.  Might as well listen to the rest of the album while you're at it....
Posted by Wes on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:48:00 PST

Dear America...

Please take down your gigantic blow-up Christmas decorations.  They are tacky and they annoy me a great deal.  Just because you have the biggest nylon Frosty sitting in your front yard ...
Posted by Wes on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:18:00 PST

Song of the Year

So yeah, it's only March.  A little early perhaps, but the best song I've heard in a long time is Say Anything's Admit It.  You should probably check it out immediately.  The best closi...
Posted by Wes on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:38:00 PST

Rizzo-Wolfe Wedding Pictures!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96842946@N00/
Posted by Wes on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:43:00 PST