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My quote of the week: "And thank you so very much for being so
sensitive towards childbirth. :) I love the way you put it..."drop the
basketball"...and no, if I do go into labor, I will make it a point to
scream during your solo. :) Just for you darling..."
I inspire confidence!
I decided I need a place all my own. The rest of the site is so organized...I need a page about the random little things in my life that can't be categorized. This will probably be the most personal of all the pages. Right now I have no plan on organizing this, so just read down for more tidbits. Let me know if the page takes too long to load, and maybe I'll split it up.
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One of my favorite film genres is the 'heist film'. I love the whole intellectual game. I used to actually imagine scenarios like this when I was a kid. And I really love it when they start using high-tech spy equipment. The geek in me just goes crazy.
My Top 10 Favorite Heist Films ------------------------------ The Thomas Crowne Affair Mission Impossible Hackers Oceans 11 National Treasure The Score The Italian Job Entrapment The Game A Perfect Murder
The last two are technically 'con films' not heist films, but I think they're great, so they had to be on my list.
And another important list... my favorite films from when I was a kid.
My Top 10 Childhood Films ------------------------- Neverending Story Pete's Dragon Labyrinth Flight of the Navigator Dark Crystal Animal Olympics Secret of Nihm An American Tail *Feivel* The Rescuers Explorers *probably my fav. of the list... check out this 1985 movie* The Goonies Princess Bride *OK, this one is on EVERYONE'S list* Big
an anecdote: Rick enters singing. He is home for a visit after being away for a year. Rick: "Hey Anna, do you think my voice has gotten any better?" Anna: "Well, you've certainly gotten louder."
My Recipe for Awesome Iced Tea
Anna and I are total fiends for iced tea. We've become connesiuers of a sort, and each have our personal favorite places. Mine happens to be Arby's. Not sure why, but their freshly brewed iced tea gives me chills. Anna's favorite, if I remember correctly, is Jack in the Box. But if you want to make great iced tea on your own, here's how you do it.
Get an old snapple bottle or something of that size, with the twist on metal lids. Grab a packed of your favorite iced tea (best if it has a string) and some sugar. pour the sugar into the bottle to your taste, then drop the teabag in, making sure the string hangs over the side. Finally, boil some water and pour it in. This worked great for me in college with my water boiling pot. Make sure to keep your finger on the string or the teabag will fall all the way in and you'll have to pick the string out of the boiling water. OK, so now that you're done, screw the lid on right over the string. (This way when you open it later you can pull the teabag right out.) Then shake a few times and leave outside on your windowsill overnight. You'll have a great chilled, sun brewed iced tea the next morning. If you don't happen to live in a frigid environment, I guess you could put the bottle in the fridge.
The Chinese pepper challenge. 30 peppers in 5 minutes. I ate 1/2 and choked. Here's the video. Note: This file is BIG. Like 40 MB. You're better off right-clicking and selecting "save as". Then wait an hour.
Here's a picture of me, Larry (A fellow Whittie), and Marilyn (the mother of a dear Whittie named Shannon who passed away after our Junior year). This was taken at Cary Trevor Omukai's house after her wedding.
Rick's Swim Challenge!!!
I've gotten back into the gym finally, and am lifting weights and swimming about a mile and a half a day. Anna thought it would be a good idea to have some kind of benchmark for the swimming like I do for the weightlifting, so we decided on a timed 2000 meter swim, which is a pretty standard long-distance swim. The YMCA pool is only 20 meters long, 5 meters shorter than a standard pool, so this means 50 laps without stopping.
I actually thought it was going to be much harder than it was. Having Anna there was great, because she gave me (most of the time) a hand signal every 5 laps. So I really only had to do lots of little sets of 5 instead of one big set of 50. Still, I was a little tired at the end.
There are big charts on the wall so people can keep track of their swimming. Of course, the second I saw this I got into competitive mode. Here's me showing off the fact that I'm now 60 laps ahead of the nearest opponent...I mean member.
The Mexican side of my family still calls me "Little Ricky". I think I've filled out rather nicely.
Here are my race times:
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