Archive for the year 2009
I Wouldn’t Want to be Kanye Right Now
Posted on September 16, 2009 by Ching under News, Videos.
Actually, I take that back. I wouldn’t want to be Kanye West ever. LOL.
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September 26 is Museum Day
Posted on September 14, 2009 by Ching under Date Ideas, Things to Do, Wishlist.
Wichita State University’s Lake Afton Public Observatory (LAPO) will be participating in Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day. You know what that means? Cheap date!
I’m not keeping up with the Cheap Dates Blog anymore. It’s pretty much abandoned. I will continue to share my brilliant cheap date ideas here, though.
It’s a real shame because I think this is the day that we’re playing paintball. I’d never been to LAPO before and this would’ve been an excellent opportunity to go check it out. I guess LAPO isn’t going anywhere so I can check it out at some point. I could even wait until next year. LOL.
Anyway, go here to print your Museum Day admission card and here for a list of museums participating in this year’s event.
These are the placed I’d want to check out around these parts:
I’d been to all of these except for LAPO and the Cosmosphere. I’m still hoping that Brian will take me on a date to both places at some point before we’re too old to appreciate it. My eyesight continues to fail and get worse each day. Maybe we’ll get to go before the year is up.
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Chingism at Gander Mountain
Posted on September 14, 2009 by Ching under Things to Do, Wishlist.
After lunch at Freddy’s Chad, Brian, and I decided to check out some shotguns at Gander Mountain. I learned a lot about guns and hunting that day. Humans are considered big game, apparently, or so one of the store employees told us.
Along those lines I made an astute observation only one as clever as myself could make. I told Chad and Brian that the guns on the rack labeled “waterfowl” are for shooting waterfowl and the guns on the rack labeled “turkey” are for shooting turkey; therefore, the guns on the rack labeled “youth” must be for shooting youth. Now that school is back in session, I wonder if youth hunting season is over. LOL.
I’m joking, of course. They really need to relabel those gun racks, though, because it really is misleading. What if someone truly thought they could shoot kids because they have a valid hunting license? Bwaha ha ha ha ha ha! =P
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Grandparents’ Day
Posted on September 14, 2009 by Ching under Family.
We took grandma and grandpa to Freddy’s Frozen Custard for Grandparents’ Day. David and Donna were there to join us, and Chad and Jan came for lunch also.
Brian and I usually split a hotdog and a double cheeseburger. It’s the perfect meal for us. The only downside is that you don’t get as much fries when you do a hotdog and burger combo because they take up so much room in the basket. LOL.
Donna had a patty melt and onion rings.
Always save room for dessert. I had a classic turtle with bananas. Yum!
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Zoobilee 2009
Posted on September 13, 2009 by Ching under Things to Do.
April hooked us up with volunteer jobs at Zoobilee. Brian and I had never been to Zoobilee before because we’d never been able to afford tickets. We thought that volunteering would be a good opportunity to see what it’s like.
We found out at the volunteer orientation on Thursday that we actually get to attend Zoobilee and partake of the festivities for free. That was a welcome surprise. They told us that we could come any time before our shift (9p to 12a) and just change into our volunteer shirts and check back in about fifteen minutes before our shift begins. That worked out great.
I heard that there were several restaurant vendors who bowed out of the fundraiser this year namely Carrabba’s, P.F. Chang’s, Heroes and Abuelo’s but there were still plenty of samples to go around. I think one of the best things we sampled came from the On the Border booth. Brian and I used to go there a lot for empanadas and we just hadn’t been in a while. It was a good reminder. In fact, we had On the Border empanadas for dinner tonight. 🙂
I found this Zoobilee video by John on YouTube:
I think Brian’s favorite part of Zoobilee was the free cigars from ABC Liquor. My favorite was probably getting to see the tigers up close. The theme this year is “Tango with the Tigers” after all.
The last time we were at the zoo the tigers were just lounging in the distance and didn’t come close to the glass. Last night one of the tigers actually paced in front of the glass by the observation room. It was an amazing sight.
By 8:30 pm my feet were tired and I was actually looking forward to manning our post as door guards to the P&E/PI hospitality tent. We arrived at our post to relieve the first shift volunteers about ten till. It’s funny because everyone was picking on Brian and I for not leaving our post at all (except for the one time I went a few paces to get a glass of Pepsi for us) during our three-hour shift. It may be a volunteer job, but I’m taking it seriously darn it! I think it would be absolutely awful to get fired from a volunteer job so I’m going to be the best door guard I can possibly be. LOL.
Hopefully we did a good enough job that they will invite us again next year. =P
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