How I Spend My Sunday
I’m loaded up like a pack mule, with my chairs, umbrella, cooler and radio, heading out to the beach. Find a nice comfortable spot, position myself in the shade under the umbrella, listen to some tunes and relax. Nice.
Waterparkin’
I thought that it would be fun riding the featured waterslide at the Aquatica Waterpark. Shooting down a tube, gliding on a jet of water, through a dolphin habitat and then out into a pool of water. Sounds Awesome! Right? Nope, more like torture.
Goodbye Civic Arena
With the Penguins loss to the Canadiens this past Wednesday night, it was the end of an era. No, not for Penguin hockey, but for the building that housed it. The Civic Arena (Mellon Arena) is closing its doors. Nicknamed “The Igloo” due to its shape and being the home to the Penguins for over 40 years, it has housed many a major event. From the Beatles, Elvis, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, Hulk Hogan, lots of names have performed under its dome for the residents of Western Pennsylvania. What I wanted to do here was share some of my personal favorite memories.
Randy’s Top Moments from the “Igloo”
5. “Sudden Death”
I thought that it would be fun for a day to be an extra on a movie set. The movie was “Sudden Death” starring Jean Claude Van Damme as a Pittsburgh fireman that somehow gets caught up in a plot to assasinate the Vice President at game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. I was there for a day, got a hot dog and coke, and witnessed the thespian skills of JCVD from a few feet away.
36th Birthday Tweets
As a stunt for my 36th birthday, which was this past April 23rd, I thought that it would be fun to record the day through my Twitter account. I decided that every 20 minutes I would update my status, with either a photo or a brief description of what I was up to. The following is a result of this day.
just woke up. i’m now 36. another birthday, another twitter marathon. every twenty minutes updates on the festivities. just like last year. 6:48 AM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hq6a3 – Lilly takes care of business
7:02 AM Apr 23rd
Watching Sports Center – The Pittsburg Pirates are now dead to me. 20-0 yesterday? Really???
7:21 AM Apr 23rd
You shouldn’t try and tweet while on an eliptical. You gonna fall.
7:40 AM Apr 23rd
shave
8:01 AM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hqnrw – On my way to work
8:23 AM Apr 23rd
Just got to the office. Here until 4:00. Should be an exciting day.
8:40 AM Apr 23rd
OK, time to get serious. Get some work done.
9:02 AM Apr 23rd
working on my official birthday portait
9:26 AM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hr7ss – Chatting with Liz about email blasts
9:42 AM Apr 23rd
I keep getting caught up in work that I forget my twenty minute updates.
10:07 AM Apr 23rd
talking with wave about the mx website
10:20 AM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hrnxr – From the command center
10:43 AM Apr 23rd
reworking the mx website with grand plans to make it pretty. thanks for the b-day texts and call and facebook posts.
11:07 AM Apr 23rd
getting close to lunch. what’s going to be my special birthday lunch? hmmmmmmmmmmmm
11:25 AM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hs4fx – My Steeler Shrine on my desk at Spirit
11:43 AM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hs8qc – Talia’s for lunch – Bronx Bomber.
12:00 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hse47 – Lunch in the park
12:20 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hski1 – Still at the park – the scion lays in wait
12:44 PM Apr 23rd
back in the office. afternoon is looking good. a few short hours I will be out of here.
1:01 PM Apr 23rd
caught daydreaming – late on the post – nothings happening anyway – sitting at my desk
1:28 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1ht023 – Almost photo realistic
1:43 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1htbiw – My neverending project
2:29 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1htg1i – Stacy talking about banner display
2:47 PM Apr 23rd
T.C.o.B. – taking care of business
3:06 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1htop5 – 40 more minutes until i am out of here
3:22 PM Apr 23rd
LOVE those last second panic jobs…. LOVE THEM!!!
3:42 PM Apr 23rd
Out of work.
4:04 PM Apr 23rd
Best Buy
4:50 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hudqm – On the road
5:03 PM Apr 23rd
On my way to the swimming pool
5:22 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1humst – Poolside
5:41 PM Apr 23rd
Hanging with Lilly at the apartment
6:04 PM Apr 23rd
starting my prep for this evening
6:24 PM Apr 23rd
Oopps, dozed off for a moment
6:41 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hv7hj – C’mon Lilly let’s go for a walk
7:03 PM Apr 23rd
Roll Out … Heading downtown Delray
7:20 PM Apr 23rd
Bull Bar – Watching the Steelers draft an OLB?
7:40 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hvo4r – Walking east on the ave
8:03 PM Apr 23rd
Beers at the Hurricane
8:24 PM Apr 23rd
Sitting at Carolina’s
8:40 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hw4zy – Dinner at Carolina’s
9:03 PM Apr 23rd
Drunken guy just squeezed through the locked gate to crash my birthday
9:21 PM Apr 23rd
Waiting on birthday pizzas – let’s get this party started
9:41 PM Apr 23rd
Drunks can’t call me a douche bag on my birthday. No, not cool.
9:59 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hwu7t – Cake Time
10:27 PM Apr 23rd
I may need a clean pair of panties before the night is done.
10:37 PM Apr 23rd
Forget that last tweet. Panties are over-rated. I am going comando!
10:39 PM Apr 23rd
http://twitpic.com/1hwzi0 – Gay
10:43 PM Apr 23rd
Wrapping up the bill at Carolinas. How’d we make it into the $200+
10:59 PM Apr 23rd
Drinks at the Hurricane
11:26 PM Apr 23rd
Miller Lite please
11:40 PM Apr 23rd
As a stunt for my 36th birthday, which was this past April 23rd, I thought that it would be fun to record the day through my Twitter account. I decided that every 20 minutes I would update my status, with either a photo or a brief description of what I was up to. The following is a result of this day.
New Orleans Twitter Recap
I was in New Orleans for Jazz Fest, and the four days were packed with shows. I knew that on this trip I would be all over the place, bar to bar, bar to restaurant, restaurant to restaurant. The amount of eating and drinking would be difficult to keep track of. This made it the perfect subject for an ongoin twitter blog.