Big business is nasty

Really cool bird

optical illusion

Just follow the directions.. I promise that there is nothing scary... it is just pretty neat

30 unknown facts about ME

30 unknown facts about ME

1. What does your MySpace headline mean?
My myspace headline is just a phrase that I use in my internal dialogue often

2. Elaborate on your default photo:
on myspace it is just me hamming in front of our camera... on blogger it is... The same!!!

3. What's your middle name start with?
D as in Dale

4. What is your current relationship status?
Happily married

5. What are you wearing right now?
Tee shirt and a pair of "athletic" shorts

6. What is your current problem?
Susan's mad at me

7. Who do you love most?
My wife

8.What makes you most happy?
Susanlee and being lazy at home

9. Are you musically inclined?
I play bass and guitar

10. If you could go back in time and change something, what would it be?
Haven't you watched back to the future!? Of course not that would screw up the space time continuum

11. If you MUST be an animal for ONE day what would you be?
uhm... a loved housecat

12. Ever have a near death experience?
Too many too often... don't tell Susan

14. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
The theme song to Americas funniest videos... I dreamt it the other day in it's entirety and it has been in my head since... weird

15. Who was this cut and pasted from?
Susanlee's myspace bulletin

16. Name someone with the same b-day as you?
February 21 1924: Robert Mugabe,, First Prime Minister of Zimbabwe


17. Have you ever vandalized someone's private property?
uhm... of course not... never no... no...

18. Have you ever been in a fight?
Many... but not recently

19. Have you ever sang in front of a large audience?
I was in choir for a long time

20. What's the first thing you notice about the OPPOSITE sex?
Depends on the girl

21. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
I don't believe I have ever ordered anything from Starbucks... if this really matters to you ask Susan she would know.

22. Do you have a crush on anybody from your Top 8?
Susanlee

23. Ever had a drunken night in Mexico?
Yes

24. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a celebrity?
I get various fat guy celebreties... I personally think Fred Flintstone or Peter Griffin

25. Do you still watch kiddy movies or TV shows?
yes I do and I am proud of it

26. Did you have braces?
for like 5 years

27. Are you comfortable with your height?
It is one of the many things I am greatful for... jeez I weigh 400 pounds can you imagine if I wasnt so tall!?

29. Do you speak any other languages?
I can understand spanish and read french and sort of understand german

30. Whats your favorite smell?
Old books and rain

Wedding day!!!

Now I should say that if you had asked me a while back I would have said that we didnt need a wedding and that what was important is that we got married... Well that is true... but I am grateful that we had the ceremony and I will remember it for the rest of my life as one of the happiest times of my life.

The day started with me getting up and going to get my hair cut... after that I washed my car so we wouldn't be driving away in a dirty car. I then went home and got dustin up and we ate and messed around till around 1:45pm when we frantically started getting dressed... I have to admit that I dont wear a tux that often or a tie for that matter and Dustin had to help me dress myself... Come to find out they did not alter the pants at the tuxedo shop so they were both too long and too big so the whole time I was walking around pulling up my pants. So here is me in my tux... but it is lopsided :P



It is 100 degrees outside... oh my god it was hot I had to pack a hanky in my pocket to wipe my face with. Dustin and I then drive our separate cars to the gazeebo and I have to say the people who decorated it did a wonderful job it was beautiful sadly I dont have any pictures of it yet... hopefully someone will send us a good one of just the gazeebo all decorated up... well so when we got there just the photographer was there. We stood around for a long time and I was afraid that noone would show up... suddenly right about 3 people just sort of appeared... my parents even came. Well right before the ceremony it got cloudy and the temprature dropped to a comfortable level and a nice breeze blew in. The music we picked was perfect... I didnt know what I was supposed to be doing but luckily the Pastor Steve Vernon did... we went down the aisle then the music started I got to see susan for the first time and she looked amazing... here's a picture of me watching her walk down the aisle it was hard not to cry she was so pretty...





Here is what I saw...





She literally took my breath away ... now we dont have our professional pictures yet so I dont have any of the actual ceremony but it felt like a dream... susan looked so pretty and everything... Some people have told me that I looked like I would fall over but I think I was ok. During the vows I finally broke down and cried and cried... I worried that Susan would think I ruined the wedding but she didnt think that so I am glad. I wish we could do it again and I hope everyones ceremony feels like that felt to me. It makes me sad to think that most peoples weddings dont feel like that.

Anyhow here is us being announced as Mr and Mrs Brinkley!



And leaving down the aisle



Here are some post ceremony pictures




Next we went to the reception and had cake and punch and talked to people and took a ton of pictures... here are some pictures from the reception!














After the reception we came out to our car to find it covered in condoms... literally covered... inside and out... gross!
Ok so here are some pictures of Me and Susan running to the car and driving off, note that I am pulling my pants up in one of them... always pulling up the pants... ugh... I really have never been so happy and I smiled so much my face still hurts over a week later... I love my wife!! It is so weird to be able to say I am a Husband and I have a Wife! Wow!

Day before the wedding

Now this account is from my point of view and so you would have to read Susan's blog to see what she did. She did do most all the work with her mom and aunt and family so I was lucky... i just got to mostly be lazy..



The day before started with Dustin my best man, pictured with me above, arrived. I then kissed Susan goodbye and we left to Lubbock to pick up my Tux... we got to the tuxedo shop to find 2 long lines going out the door... we waiting in the first to get my tux which Dustin so kindly payed for... and the had to go to the back of the next to wait to try on the tux... after "Forever" I finally got it tried on only to find that the sleeves were too long and the pants were too big. So I waited in the 3rd line to give my tux to the tailor to get alterations done... After hearing that this process could take up to an hour me and Dustin left to walk around the mall... I had to call Susan to tell her that I would be later than inteded in getting back to lubbock because I was supposed to go get my hair cut for the wedding that afternoon... not gonna happen ... anyway Dustin took me to dillards and bought us some really great neckties for the wedding... how cool is that. Anyway we got my tux then went back to Levelland to meet up with Susan and her family to go out to eat the night before... after eating the great buffet at this local restaraunt we went to the "gazeebo" to do a quickie rehearsal and stuff and that was really fun here are some pictures from that.






We then ran around town franticly trying to find stuff to make punch for the wedding... apparently there were alot of weddings here that weekend. I then had to kiss Susan goodbye and that was really sad but really exciting because I knew that the next time I saw here would be at the ceremony. Dustin and I then went back to the house and watched tv and played video games till pretty late...

sculptures

dont ask

Just using this as an image hoster

Stuff

Susan has turned out to be quite the handy girl she put in our new kitchen floor all by herself and redid the cabinets by using contact paper... it is really pretty... AND we got an oven finally! and not only an oven but one with the flat top burners!!! wooh!!! Susan's family is good at picking out presents :) our kitchen went from nasty to nice in like 1 week thanks to my wonderful lady! now... if we could only fix up our bathroom... anyone know how to remove a toilet without wreaking havoc?

hello! so i started a myspace and have started using that blog... so here it is MYSPACE

teach your body these tricks...

1. If your throat tickles, scratch your ear.

When you were 9, playing your armpit was a cool trick. Now, as an adult, you can still appreciate a good body-based feat, but you're more discriminating. Take that tickle in your throat; it's not worth gagging over. Here's a better way to scratch your itch: "When the nerves in the ear are stimulated, it creates a reflex in the throat that can cause a muscle spasm," says Scott Schaffer, M.D., president of an ear, nose and throat specialty center in Gibbsboro, New Jersey. "This spasm relieves the tickle."

2. Experience supersonic hearing!

If you're stuck chatting up a mumbler at a cocktail party, lean in with your right ear. It's better than your left at following the rapid rhythms of speech, according to researchers at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. If, on the other hand, you're trying to identify that song playing softly in the elevator, turn your left ear toward the sound. The left ear is better at picking up music tones.

3. Overcome your most primal urge!

Need to pee? No bathroom nearby? Fantasize about Jessica Simpson. Thinking about sex preoccupies your brain, so you won't feel as much discomfort, says Larry Lipshultz, M.D., chief of male reproductive medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine. For best results, try Simpson's "These Boots Are Made for Walking" video.

4. Feel no pain!

German researchers have discovered that coughing during an injection can lessen the pain of the needle stick. According to Taras Usichenko, author of a study on the phenomenon, the trick causes a sudden, temporary rise in pressure in the chest and spinal canal, inhibiting the pain-conducting structures of the spinal cord.

5. Clear your stuffed nose!

Forget Sudafed. An easier, quicker, and cheaper way to relieve sinus pressure is by alternately thrusting your tongue against the roof of your mouth, then pressing between your eyebrows with one finger. This causes the vomer bone, which runs through the nasal passages to the mouth, to rock back and forth, says Lisa DeStefano, D.O., an assistant professor at the Michigan State University college of osteopathic medicine. The motion loosens congestion; after 20 seconds, you'll feel your sinuses start to drain.

6. Fight fire without water!

Worried those wings will repeat on you tonight? "Sleep on your left side," says Anthony A. Star-poli, M.D., a New York City gastroenterologist and assistant professor of medicine at New York Medical College. Studies have shown that patients who sleep on their left sides are less likely to suffer from acid reflux. The esophagus and stomach connect at an angle. When you sleep on your right, the stomach is higher than the esophagus, allowing food and stomach acid to slide up your throat. When you're on your left, the stomach is lower than the esophagus, so gravity's in your favor.

7. Cure your toothache without opening your mouth!

Just rub ice on the back of your hand, on the V-shaped webbed area between your thumb and index finger. A Canadian study found that this technique reduces toothache pain by as much as 50 percent compared with using no ice. The nerve pathways at the base of that V stimulate an area of the brain that blocks pain signals from the face and hands.

8. Make burns disappear!

When you accidentally singe your finger on the stove, clean the skin and apply light pressure with the finger pads of your unmarred hand. Ice will relieve your pain more quickly, Dr. DeStefano says, but since the natural method brings the burned skin back to a normal temperature, the skin is less likely to blister.

9. Stop the world from spinning!

One too many drinks left you dizzy? Put your hand on something stable. The part of your ear responsible for balance—the cupula—floats in a fluid of the same density as blood. "As alcohol dilutes blood in the cupula, the cupula becomes less dense and rises," says Dr. Schaffer. This confuses your brain. The tactile input from a stable object gives the brain a second opinion, and you feel more in balance. Because the nerves in the hand are so sensitive, this works better than the conventional foot-on-the-floor wisdom.

10. Unstitch your side!

If you're like most people, when you run, you exhale as your right foot hits the ground. This puts downward pressure on your liver (which lives on your right side), which then tugs at the diaphragm and creates a side stitch, according to The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Men. The fix: Exhale as your left foot strikes the ground.

11. Stanch blood with a single finger!

Pinching your nose and leaning back is a great way to stop a nosebleed—if you don't mind choking on your own O positive. A more civil approach: Put some cotton on your upper gums—just behind that small dent below your nose—and press against it, hard. "Most bleeds come from the front of the septum, the cartilage wall that divides the nose," says Peter Desmarais, M.D., an ear, nose, and throat specialist at Entabeni Hospital, in Durban, South Africa. "Pressing here helps stop them."

12. Make your heart stand still!

Trying to quell first-date jitters? Blow on your thumb. The vagus nerve, which governs heart rate, can be controlled through breathing, says Ben Abo, an emergency medical-services specialist at the University of Pittsburgh. It'll get your heart rate back to normal.

13. Thaw your brain!

Too much Chipwich too fast will freeze the brains of lesser men. As for you, press your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth, covering as much as you can. "Since the nerves in the roof of your mouth get extremely cold, your body thinks your brain is freezing, too," says Abo. "In compensating, it overheats, causing an ice-cream headache." The more pressure you apply to the roof of your mouth, the faster your headache will subside.

14. Prevent near-sightedness!

Poor distance vision is rarely caused by genetics, says Anne Barber, O.D., an optometrist in Tacoma, Washington. "It's usually caused by near-point stress." In other words, staring at your computer screen for too long. So flex your way to 20/20 vision. Every few hours during the day, close your eyes, tense your body, take a deep breath, and, after a few seconds, release your breath and muscles at the same time. Tightening and releasing muscles such as the biceps and glutes can trick involuntary muscles—like the eyes—into relaxing as well.

15. Wake the dead!

If your hand falls asleep while you're driving or sitting in an odd position, rock your head from side to side. It'll painlessly banish your pins and needles in less than a minute, says Dr. DeStefano. A tingly hand or arm is often the result of compression in the bundle of nerves in your neck; loosening your neck muscles releases the pressure. Compressed nerves lower in the body govern the feet, so don't let your sleeping dogs lie. Stand up and walk around.

16. Impress your friends!

Next time you're at a party, try this trick: Have a person hold one arm straight out to the side, palm down, and instruct him to maintain this position. Then place two fingers on his wrist and push down. He'll resist. Now have him put one foot on a surface that's a half inch higher (a few magazines) and repeat. This time his arm will fold like a house of cards. By misaligning his hips, you've offset his spine, says Rachel Cosgrove, C.S.C.S., co-owner of Results Fitness, in Santa Clarita, California. Your brain senses that the spine is vulnerable, so it shuts down the body's ability to resist.

17. Breathe underwater!

If you're dying to retrieve that quarter from the bottom of the pool, take several short breaths first—essentially, hyperventilate. When you're underwater, it's not a lack of oxygen that makes you desperate for a breath; it's the buildup of carbon dioxide, which makes your blood acidic, which signals your brain that somethin' ain't right. "When you hyperventilate, the influx of oxygen lowers blood acidity," says Jonathan Armbruster, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at Auburn University. "This tricks your brain into thinking it has more oxygen." It'll buy you up to 10 seconds.

18. Read minds!

Your own! "If you're giving a speech the next day, review it before falling asleep," says Candi Heimgartner, an instructor of biological sciences at the University of Idaho. Since most memory consolidation happens during sleep, anything you read right before bed is more likely to be encoded as long-term memory.

Justin's books Wishlist

art of discworld book
Goblins!
Goblin field guide book

is is really stealling if the person is okay with it?

Susan turned this to a meme...it was an email

"Welcome to the 2006 edition of getting to know your friends and
family. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to a
whole bunch of people including the person who sent it to you. The
theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your
friends, if you did not know them already. "
1. What time did you get up this morning? 11:35 am... ugh so early :P

2. Diamonds or pearls? i like black pearls

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? uhm... corpse bride ? maybe

4. What is your favorite TV show? right now Scrubs or My name is Earl or house... of all time probably Star Trek the Next Generation

5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Cereal or whatever i can eat fast before i go to work

6. Favorite cuisine? Asian

7. What is your middle name? Dale

8. What food do you dislike? uhm... brussel sprouts ? does that even count as a food?

9. What is your favorite CD at the moment? I have a cd of video game music remixes Wooo HOoo!

10. What kind of car do you drive? Blue ford focus

11. What is your Favorite sandwich? hmmm.... real ham on plain bread possibly with miracle whip...

12. What characteristic do you despise? People who ... uhm... lots of ... people

13. Favorite item(s) of clothing? I am too fat right now so all i can wear is giant hanes tshirts and jeans... bugh

14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would
you go? japan I think it would be fun cause i am pretty tall comparitavely here but there i would be a giant! you know... godzilla is only 5' 8"

15. What color is your bathroom? pretty orange and white thanks to Susan!

16. Favorite brand of clothing? any thing that fits

17. Where would you retire to? mmmmm retirement....

18. What was your most memorable Birthday? one when i was like 5 or 6 and my mom invited all the kids in my class and she made lots of cool games like she painted a clown face cut out thing for beanbag toss and all kinds of stuff... birthdays suck now :(

19. Favorite sport to watch? i don't like sports but watching arm wrestling tournaments on espn 2 can be fun!

20. Furthest place you are sending this? what does that mean?

21. Who do you least expect to send(steal) this? i dont think anyone reads my blog exept future justin ... he reads all my blogs

22. Person you expect to steal it first? Future justin

23. Favorite saying? "huh?" <---- susan hates that!

24. When is your birthday? February 21 1982

25. Are you a morning person or a night person? I love really early mornings like 30 minutes before sunrise till 30 minutes after exept when i have to be somewhere but i usually am asleep for them... i am mostly awake at night

27. Pets? A stupid dog that we didnt want and 2 cats that i like but susan does not Mgee a big fat black crotchety old man cat and yumi a big fat grey fur ball

28. 28 sucks

29. What did you want to be when you were little? a fireman, a radiologist, a ninja and a gi joe... i still want to be those all

30. How are you today? very very tired

31. What is your favorite candy? i like whoppers and riesen

32. What is your favorite flower? daisies

33. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? when me and susan can be married

paydays are the greatest days

Paydays are great... we get up, dont have to work, drive to lubbock and get payed! then we get to go out to eat or do something fun... or shop, hehe, i actually like shopping most of the time. (HIJACKED by Susan! The previous statement is a LIE a dirty dirty LIE! See my blog for more details!!) I think we are going to eat furrs today... i know furrs is just a crappy caffeteria but i like it... and havent eaten there in a few years so i am stoked. Susan is purtyin up in the bathroom ... i have to prepare myself for my breath to be taken away when she walks out... i have asthma, so these kinds of things can be hard. Anyhow i just wanted to post and give a shout out to my homie payday! yeah!

I hate arguing

I tell you my one true constant goal in life is to make Susan happy. She used to tell me that this was not possible and that she did not believe in having fun, I scoffed. I have found that she is a wonderfully fun girl and that I love her very much. I have also found that she IS damned near impossible to make and or keep happy... Case in point:
This weekend, tuesday and wednesday for us, we were broke and therefore just hung out at home pretty much the whole two days. Now, to me this is the ideal weekend. I got to play video games on my computer... watch tv... just be lazy... It should be mentioned that my ideal weekend generally consists of 1 day where I run errands do chores etc. and 1 day where I do nothing. Not really nothing but I mean, play video games, visit friends , watch tv, you know that sort of nothing. Well, Susan is the opposite, she likes to run errands, shop, visit family(which to me is not the same as visiting friends... but we dont have any friends real close by so that doesnt happen alot) , do chores etc. This is fine with me, 1 out of the 2 days but she likes to stay busy pretty much of the time. So... like I said we stayed home most of these last 2 days... I did something I enjoy doing, played videogames on my computer... I told susan that at any time she had the right to veto me and make me do what she wanted me to do... and she most wonderfully left me to play my games pretty much the whole weekend... now, "what a wonderful weekend!" you might say... but alas my friend trouble was brewing, you see, because Susan likes to be busy all weekend she resented the fact that I was comfortable just putzin around on the pc all day... I really dont know what she was thinking I wish that I did. She said she is really bored and I understand... but I am an easily entertained person, give me a computer or a tv or a book or some grass to watch grow and I am pretty much ... good. Well so after trying for a time to help Susan find something to do, but realising that it was not helping, I state that I am going to go play on the computer but she should let me know if she wants me to come pay attention to her or talk or anything at all... She rolled her eyes and made that tsk noise... so I asked "what?" She said nothing but after some prodding she said that she didnt understand why all I want to do is play on the computer... I asked "what else would you have me do?" you see I had said earlier "you tell me if you want me to stop playing I wont resent it and I will do something with you or anything" well... apparently this statement doesnt work... so ... bugh... we argued... I dont understand why? Why is it offensive that I enjoyed myself this weekend ? it sucks!

Anyhow that probably made no sense at all but, thats ok, goodnight


SPECIAL REPORT:
We interupt your normally scheduled closing of the justin blog to bring you this special report we promise that it wont last any longer than the commercials and that "moving semi rythmically with the c list celebreties " will be back on in a moment... We have just been informed that Justin and Susan did not "argue" ... such a nasty term... but they "dissagreed" you see Justin does not understand relationships and it should be noted that he thinks any small dissagreement in which he feels stupid and Susan is smart is an argument. Thank you very much and we now return to your regularly scheduled program

I hate bills

I feel burried under a giant mountain of bills currently... My current best friend is the payment arrangement... can I get a "woo hoo" for the payment arrangements? ... oh yeah... anyway my head has hurt for a while because we dont have any hot water... our hot water heater is broken and has been broken for quite some time... because our landlord is Susans sister we cant be mean about it... so we are stuck with cold water until it gets fixxed... one day... actually Susans dad is supposed to switch it out tomorrow... today... uhm... very soon... we will see...
Well the reason my head hurts is because to fix my hair I have to wet it down or else I look like nick nolte in that mugshot... you know...
Yeah that one... so ... like I said I have to wet my hair in the sink... because we dont have a shower just a big ass pedestal bathtub... but no shower... so I take "bitch baths" in the sink.
And wetting your hair with cold water sucks... gives me a headache. And that is it for the bad news for today and heres tom with some good news

Tom: Susan smells really good
Back to you Justin

Justin: uhm... thanks Tom... I think...

Special report!

This is Justin Brinkley with a special report...

Bwooooooogaaaah!

That is all

it's alive!

Uhm... so I dont know what to say since I have been a neglectful blog parent... so... uhm... lets see... ok well yeah things are great... since the last time I posted... got engaged! ... bad things happened... moved to levelland... worse things happened... moved to new house... more bad stuff... but all in all it is not bad at all... I just said all alot... hmmm.... yeah I have Susanlee and that is all I need... I have an old black cat that scares away ghosts and stuff... which is a bonus... and a fat grey ... gray... blackish whitish bluish cat... that eats the bugs and annoys susan which is fun... and a stupid dog in the backyard that got dumped on us... it would get under the house and whine and whine... so I blocked the hole... now it sits outside the hole and whines and whines... and howls like a wolf... actually it sounds alot like a child crying... the hole is outside my bedroom window "doh!" Stupid dog... I guess I would say that I am a cat person... dont like the dogs much.... jeez... I forgot how to use real punctuation since I have been a relay operator. That is aweful! oh well... so... I forgot what I was talking about... damn... ok so... I guess i will end this post with a post from my old livejournal that I was thinking about, actually my dad brought it up. It is a story about a night with some friends... and it was possibly the grossest thing I have ever been a part of so if you are eating and on the computer... wait a while before you read it... it may not gross you out at all but ... my live journal is at http://brinklj.livejournal.com ...I will just shut up now

brinklj (brinklj) wrote, @ 2003-02-27 09:05:00

Current mood:

cheerful

Explicit content: read at you own risk
So... we had a strange moment at the trailer last night... I'm sitting there with my friend Nathan's dog Boo in my lap, and all is good. My friend Jensen gets up and informs us all that he has to take a shit, not sure why, but that's what happened... I notice that it reeks in my general vicinity and ask Jensen if he didn't already take a shit... then I notice that Boo, the dog, has the squirts, and has squirted my leg... I tell Nathan that his dog just shit on my leg and he freaks and grabs her and goes to take her outside.. well all the while she is unable to control what she is doing so Nathan pretty much drew a big smileyface in the carpet with the squirting dog... We are all laughing our asses off as Nathan finally just sets her down so she won't spread it any more. She grunts really loud and shoots this GIANT Squirt all over Jensen's shoe. At the sight and smell of this Jensen begins to retch, loudly, causing Corbin to retch, LOUDLY...Please note that everyone is still laughing hysterically, and poor Boo has no idea what is going on. I take off my now dirty pants and run outside to get away from the retching. It's like 5 degrees outside and snowing but I can't go inside because I'd surely throw up and can't put my pants back on because they have shit all over them. Then Jensen runs outside and begins to spew all over the porch which makes me spew too... all while laughing very hard... the neigbors were outside too... god knows what they thought. Eventually all settles down and Nathan now knows not to feed boo Tuna...

thank you and enjoy your meal

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