26 - 10-29-2010

Initial Impressions 

26 - October 29, 2010

1.     1.  So they are bringing back one of my favorite cereals of all time, Boo Berry, just for Halloween.  But wait, they dump it in a store, Target, that is like an hour away?  So the question is do I drive that far for cereal?  Hell I did 2 hours for Chick-fil-A, right?

      2.  You ever notice that some of these meatheads at the gym look like someone literally shaved an ape and put clothes on it?  Big forehead, slack jaw, walking with their arms out to the sides like their carrying kegs under their arms, freaks. 

3.       3.  So as Thanksgiving gets closer I saw three turkeys in someone’s yard playing/fighting.  I wondered if it was something where the loser got cooked.

4.       4.  Do you ever feel like you’re being taken for a ride by someone, but they don’t even know they are driving?

5.       5.  A few days ago a pair of old ladies pulled up at work, slammed on the car horn for me, then after I told them what time we opened one of them yelled out ‘Wow!’  Like I had just explained how the universe was made.

6.       6.  After watching it enough I have decided that the character of Pam on The Office reminds me of my friend Lorena.  Those of you who know her, or if you read this yourself, I mean that as a compliment.

7.       7.  So I asked our Brazilian dishwasher Jose today about another guy named Duval who worked with us for seven summers.  He owns a small motel in the town of Conceicao do Mato Dentro.  When I asked him what the name of it was he said ‘Pousada.’  Turns out when I looked it up pousada is the Portuguese word for motel.  Yay, that was helpful thanks Jose.

8.       8.  The reason why in my opinion the Celtics will go further this year than the Miami Heat is the fact that Boston’s Big 3 is all about the team while Miami’s Big 3 have all been selfish players their entire careers and will need to adapt or it will be an epic fail.

9.       9.  It’s Halloween time, right?  It is time to be scared and watch bloody horror movies, right?  I think that if you’re a network for kids, or families, you should not be allowed to show any chopped up versions of horror movies, it is so beyond stupid, you basically never see anyone get killed and the plot is just pointless.  Well, those horror movies that have legit plots that is.

10  10.  Really love how in the NBA you are not allowed to even talk to the refs about bad calls.  Yeah because these refs are gods and never make mistakes, right.  Sorry they suck and are more often than not wrong about calls.  When will refs in any sport be held accountable for their shoddy officiating?  

11    11.  Do you think that Hollywood has officially run out of fresh ideas?  I mean I love the 80’s, my childhood but damn if I am not tired of every single idea from the 80’s being remade.  Hey there are writers out there with original stories, go find them and stop being lazy.

Quote of the Day:  “To suffering there is a limit, to fearing, none.” – Sir Francis Bacon

Song of the Day: Ekolu – You Are My Sensation buy Mp3 here

Memory of the Day:  Zips Shoes at Stride Rite  

Photo of the Day: 

Marblehead Harbor

5 - June 4, 2010

Initial Impressions

Christopher Setterlund

June 4, 2010

1.      Sorry lady, but if you are going to start changing into your workout clothes in a room with a huge window facing the gym of course people are going to stop and stare.  Not all dumb jocks are men, you are an example.

2.      I believe that on Cape Cod there are more Dunkin’ Donuts per capita than people.  They out number churches, police stations, and hospitals combined.  I guess coffee is more important than religion, safety, and health, oh wait, hell yeah it is.

3.      Not every day that I nearly step on a foot and a half long brown snake as a hawk hovers overhead.  Not sure if it was looking to eat it or if it was coincidence, but it was cool none the less.

4.      Only 6 months ago I saw Wes Welker tear two ligaments in his knee.  Now he is practicing during the OTA’s?  I just want to know what he took to heal so fast so that I can have some on hand in case I get hit by a bus.

5.      If you keep missing a connection by one second does that mean it’s not meant to be, or that you need to arrive one second earlier?

6.      Didn’t realize how much twin beds suck until I slept in a queen-sized for the first time in 7 months last night.  Twin beds are like sleeping on balance beams, roll an inch too far and you’re on the floor.

7.      One of my all-time favorite sports heroes, Ken Griffey Jr., retired today.  With all of the steroid-era players I believe in my heart that he was clean and therefore one of the greatest ever to play the game.  We will see him again, in 5 years at Cooperstown.

8.      Why does Hollywood feel the need to remake/reboot so many films?  Now it’s The Crow, one of my favorites.  Think up some new ideas, I have plenty, give me a call.

9.      Umpire Jim Joyce made possibly the worst call in history as he called a man safe at first with 2 outs in the 9^th.  Why the worst?  Detroit pitcher Armando Galarraga had a perfect game going.  The man was clearly out and this umpire ruined it.  Apologies only go so far.  They should reverse his call. 

10.   In the Gulf of Mexico the oil is still pouring out, just thought I’d keep that in everyone’s minds since it’s been more than six weeks.  It was a joke to begin with, a disgrace after a week or so, now it might be the beginning of the end of oil period, the outcry for clean energy is going to go off the charts.

11.   The phrase ‘get your (blank) on’ needs to go, it is so irritatingly over used.

12.   So sad to hear about the loss of the legend John Wooden.  One of the greatest coaches in sports history and one of the greatest ambassadors for basketball as well.  At age 99 he lived an amazing life, rest in peace sir.

13.   Only when you go off Cape do you realize just how much open space/farm land there is even just over the bridge.  It blows my mind each time.

Quote of the Day:  “Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Song of the Day:  All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers

Photo of the Day: The Bourne Bridge