Gus and stuff

Well apparently Gus has been fixed. Thank goodness. Also even better than Gus getting fixed, he got fixed for cheap. At least that's what I heard. So a quick shout-out to the best mechanics in American Samoa, Ikea/Maco/Sione's shop in Nu'uuli. Thanks for the work and done at a reasonable price. And by reasonable I mean cheap. I'm still not sure what they did but my starter is working.

Someone forgot to turn the sun back up before I got back to the SC. Its dreary and overcast and very little light. Its sorta depressing.

The flight back went fine with a stop at the beach in HA and and impromptu extended layover in Las Vegas. I had an alarmclock malfunction and missed my flight. But I also went looking for Dr. Pepper and wound up with $30 extra dollars.

Paul Murphy

...in my shoe

I've decided to change some things. First I decided to change my starter and was denied. Anger. Then I tried some more. Now I am forced to take it to a mechanic because my car is jacked up. I've since decided to change my truck's name from Morty to Gus. Gus- because he makes me want to cus, I really hate him.

So much junk has happened in the last week that I can't remember the really good stuff. Oh wait, yes I do.

So I went to Bank o' Hawaii to (hopefully) deposit my (multiple) checks Tuesday(Night deposit at the ATM wasn't working for a month and they close at 3pm). I took my truck after push starting it. When I got to the bank some kids came up to beg some change off me. So I obliged with $1.15. But then they noticed I had more change and accosted me about it. So I told them to go away and turned my car off. But wait the starter doesn't work. So when I got back from the non-working ATM I realized I goofed.
In theory you can push-start a car in reverse. I had never tried this, and since I was parked backwards on a slight hill it was about to happen. Luckily it does work.

The bus to me to the middle of nowhere today and I got off thinking I was somewhere else. Realizing I was in the middle of the Jungle I hiked out. More on this story later.

In honor of Jeremy Stoneburner and my bashing his movies we are having Pad Thai tonight. Here's to you Stoner and your marvelous cooking and mediocre movie selection.

Paul Murphy

Paul's Picks

So here are my movie picks for 2006. Now that doesn't mean they came out in '06 but that when I saw them. Thanks to Philip, Stoner, and Thomas for renting most of these great and not-so-great movies.

Good Movies
1. Talladega Nights
2. The Benchwarmers
3. The Constant Gardener
4. Cinderella Man
5. Million Dollar Baby
6. Glory Road
7. Lord of War
8. St. Ralph
9. Friday
10. Wedding Crashers
11. Grizzly Man
12. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
13. Fun with Dick and Jane

Just like Santa there is a "Bad List"

1. Unnamed movie x
2. Chrystal (1st billy bob movie)
3. Unnamed Movie Y (another billy bob movie)
4. The movie about those two guys that end up in all whiteness
5. Matrix Revolution
6. Matrix Reloaded
7. Brother Bear 2
8. Anything in "3D" that comes on video
9. Kung Fu Hustle
10. Fantastic Four

Aight

Paul

I like the idea

Brad Stine is a funny guy. In fact he's a funny christian stand-up comedian. Plus he doesn't go on racial tirades like other stand-ups. Now he's no Dave Chapelle but still funny. He's funny. His latest venture is kind of a snub to Promise Keepers. He apparently decided that it wasn't manly enough with women starting to come and all. So they started this thing called "Manliness is next to Godliness." I like the idea. It's on the same lines as "Wild at Heart" except without the whining in the middle.
The idea is that church has become to girly with its flowers, holding hands, singing about long embraces, and fighting over the color of the carpet. So they decided to do man things. Its kinda like PK meets Wild at Heart meets Jack#@$ meets an Audio Adrenaline concert. That's some of what I haven't enjoyed about PK, that they say their having a christian band for a guy function then bring out Chris Tomlin. Noting against Chris Tomlin, but he's just not a manly man singer guy. Give me Relient K, Switchfoot, or some hard thumping band. And that's what Stine et. al. have done. And if any women don't like the whole idea of guys being guys, especially at church; I say "Put a helmet on!"

Next best idea of the week
At Boston University the College Republicans are offering a scholarship to a scholarly person. Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher; they must write two essays. Best of all they have to be at least 1/4th white. Now my question is what self-respecting Afr.-Am goes to Boston University for anything besides ball. Also, who's going to be like "Hey I'm 3/8ths white, I'll apply for this $250 scholarship. I like the idea and may send some money. At Harding I wasn't elligble for most scholarships b/c I wasn't: from Mexico, a missionary's kid, a preacher's kid, in the Bible dept., from Paragould, a 1st gen. college student, a girl, or any other absurd definition for scholarships. It kinda stinks to think that Diana will only have to hold a 3.5 gpa and 1250 SAT (old) to get an almost full ride to most universities. At the same time, Austin only has to make a 3.5 and 1250 to get a full ride. So there's hope for mom and dad. I don't like the idea of having race based scholarships. But, if everybody else is doing it then Whity should get to as well. I just wish is was a more reputable group then the College Republicans offering it.

Paul "No more holding hands with guys" Murphy
that's a refference to the church thing not to any "problem"

Dear Jason- I've given you enough for a good lashing. I expect greatness.

Terrorists?

Today I messed up. Today my class was scheduled to go on our first fieldtrip. I use to love fieldtrips. On our fieldtrip we were going to Lion's Park to launch our rockets. The park is a big open field about 1800 ft long and pretty wide. It is also where all baseball and softball is played on the island.
So off we went. Parents showed up to drive right on time and we drove out to the park.
Now Lion'a park was probably not the best place on the island for our fieldtrip. We might should have gone to the never used baseball stadium. Unfortunately they don't let anybody on the field, not even baseball teams. So the park was a good option.

Now when we arrived at the park there was a little wind. A little wind never hurt anyone right? So Group 3 took out their emmaculately painted and constructed rocket. They spent a lot of time making it and making it look good. It looked great. But I don't have a picture and this is why.
To launch our rockets we were using C6-5 engines. These are the Tim Taylor engines of small model rockets. So Group 3's rocket took off. Blasted up to the cloud overhead, sliceing through the air. It looked great. Great until the parachute deployed and it started drifting. Now a lost rocket isn't a big deal but these guys put alot of time and effort into it. Worse it was heading toward the adjacent airport. Not good. It continued to drift and narrowly missed some powerlines. It settled gently on the airport. I'm sure this is some sort of Federal offense, launching rockets at an airport with airplanes inbound. Worse, I'm thinking about going and getting it tonight.
Overall we lost two rockets, one of which was the one I built that spun erradicly out of control from take-off. Ooops.

Paul "The terrorist training camp" Murphy