Celebrating Kendal's Birthday
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
It was Kendal’s birthday last week and we began celebrating right after I received a citation for “ticket evasion”. You see, I stayed at a friend’s house the night before and got a ride to work in the morning. I also got a ride to the train station after work so I didn’t have to purchase a bus ticket, but because of this it wasn’t until I got to the station that I realized I left my wallet in my office at work. I was stranded at the station with no way to pay, but I wasn’t real worried because, naturally, this wasn’t the first time that it has happened. I took the train with no problems, but when I was at about the 5th stop on the DART, the DART security boarded and began checking tickets. I tried a little trick and showed him an old ticket while covering up the date on it but he was not easily fooled. This turned out to be a terrible idea because he now had no faith that I was telling him the truth about anything, including not having any I.D. on me. After making me get off at Pearl Station, calling several other officers to help him, and making me empty out my backpack, he finally just wrote me a $75 ticket based on the information that I gave him.
Back to the celebration, Kendal received a package from his Mom containing the largest rack of ribs I have ever seen. We devoured them while watching The Office, and they were delicious.
Friday night was the best night of celebrating and was also a result of Kendal’s Mom’s appreciation of Kendal. She and Marc took us out to my new favorite restaurant, Fogo De Chao. Here is a picture of its beauty.
I would tell you how amazing it was, but I wouldn’t do it as well as these pictures of a few of the meats we enjoyed.
It was a Brazilian all you can eat steak house, and Kendal and I ate the best meat in the world for over 2 hours straight. At one point in time I think we started competing to see who could eat the rarest meat and we may have tied.
The next night we celebrated by going out on the town with a solid group of friends. It started well with a Mexican feast, but our next destination was a dance hall of some sort and they were having an unexpected concert. So we settled on this crazy Indonesian/Egyptian/Indian/Pakistani hookah club that Kendal frequents and it was just alright. Mainly the music was a disappointment, but overall a good time.
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posted by benbox @ 5:32 PM,
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Beef Ribs
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Today was my birthday, and it was pretty sweet. Here was how it ended...
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posted by Kendal @ 9:52 PM,
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Lesson Learned, Part 1
Sunday, January 14, 2007
I am a recent proud graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, as I have stated here before. Here is a short list of random things I learned throughout my time in grad school:
- When preparing for an exam or writing a term paper on the Exodus motif in Isaiah, two pots of coffee is not a good substitute for sleep.
- If the school cafeteria runs out of Lucky Charms, it is best not to look for more in the back rooms of the kitchen without permission.
- If you happen to lose even so much as a rubber band while on school premises, no need to worry, it will be in the DTS lost & found (those seminary students are so honest).
- The only thing less important than the student government at the University of Texas is the student government at DTS.
- Make sure you are on campus during lunch on Tuesdays because that is when they set out the free loaves of bread.
- You can never have too many loaves of bread.
- There’s an inverse ratio between the size of the college you attend and the odds that, in the afternoon, you will run into the professor whose class you skipped that morning.
- Despite what my professors say, Google is still a more effective search strategy than anything else in lots of cases.
- Satan is present on a seminary campus, and he usually hangs out by the library's microfilm readers…who invented those things anyways?
- The dress code applies at all times when you are on campus, even if it's a Saturday and you just run up there to drop off an assignment and are only there for 2 mins.
- You can wear the same dress slacks for two weeks as long as you change up the shirt.
- The only thing funnier than Dr. Hannah himself, is Dr. Hannah leading the class in a chorus of How Great the Father's Love. He is also the wisest man I have ever known.
There are more to come…
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posted by Kendal @ 10:30 PM,
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A Good Little Weekend
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Friday: Nick picked me up from work an hour early, and we went and rented a couple games for the xbox 360 that he had borrowed from his in-laws. Sarah cooked us some food and Kendal, Nick, and I played Fight Night 3 all night long. Well, actually Kendal read while I embarrassed Nick in Fight Night (the same way I used to embarrass Shane in Madden).
Saturday: Slept most of the day but woke up in time to catch the last half of Rocky 4 and some football.
Sunday: Due to our future church plans Kendal decided to show me his old stomping grounds at Watermark, where we got an entertaining rundown of the Old Testament. After church we went to a little place called the Corner Bar. We first visited this place when 5K, Drew, and the other Haug were in town. Between the 6 Burgers and 6 Beers for about $15, and the amazingly passionate fans that come from all over the country to watch their team, it really is the perfect setting to watch 3 football games at the same time. The best part about this place though is the friendly atmosphere that starts with a gentleman named Ralph. He gave us an over the top greeting at the door, told us all about the TVs and channels that they offer, the best combo deals on the menu, the rules about fighting (even offered legal counsel if we were to follow the rules in the case of a fight), the rules on seating arrangements and game preferences, and all the necessary info regarding the SMU girls that come occasionally. Ralph is about 50 years old, lives next door to the bar, and doesn’t actually work there but is just a “regular” (We didn’t figure this out until right before we left). Real nice guy though, maybe a little drinking problem, but real nice guy.
New years sort of snuck up on us this year so we didn’t have much of a plan to celebrate. A little last minute we discussed going to San Saba for some hunting or to Shreveport for some gambling, but we ended up just going to the Gingerman for some darts (Drew, the Gingerman has Left Handed Milk Stout on tap). It was a regularly entertaining night until we met Samir, an awesome cocky Indian dude. Samir, having moved to the States from India to go to college, was still getting adjusted to the Western culture I guess you could say. He approached us looking for some information about the game of darts, like point systems, technique, jargon, and this type of stuff. He was a nice guy and we talked to him awhile before he asked to join our game. This wasn’t really possible since it was a two person game and we had already started but we told him some of the rules and let him participate as if he was playing. This got a little awkward towards the end of the game when he started to realize that we weren’t actually keeping his score, but it wasn’t too big a deal. Samir made for some really good entertainment because he was all about the American ladies and had some ridiculous confidence. He was using the New Years occasion cleverly by asking every girl he noticed about their New Year’s Resolutions. It was working better than you would think, but still overall pretty poorly. His best line throughout the night though was when a couple of girls asked if we were in line to play darts and he responded with “no, we’re in line for girls”. This sort of embarrassed Kendal and then we left soon after. Before leaving though, we invited him to join us on our busy New Years day plans. He seemed intrigued but didn’t end up calling until about 4 the next day, so he missed out. I have a feeling we will be seeing Samir again though.
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posted by benbox @ 8:24 AM,
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Driving Rain
Monday, January 1, 2007
The windshield wipers on my car haven't worked the past 4 months or so. I was hoping that fixing this would be as simple as replacing a fuse, but no luck. I was pretty sure that I was going to have to spend money that I didn't have to get them fixed, and how important are windshield wipers anyways, so I just went without. It's actually not that bad when you are going fast because the rain tends to roll off the windshield fast enough to enable viewing the other cars. However, when driving at night, not having windshield wipers makes it pretty tough to not hit other cars or obstacles. When another car's headlights are shining on you it is nearly impossible to see through a wiper-less windshield. Driving behind a semi-truck is miserable, and forget about seeing when a passing car drives through a puddle and kicks even more water onto an already blurry situation. A 3-hour trip in a monsoon coming back from hunting helped me realize all of this. But simply avoiding these situations has allowed me to post-pone the so-called required maintenance for a few months, or until June, when my next inspection is due.
Two weeks ago I woke up to a pounding rainstorm, but I wasn't impressed. I had taken on worse than this, so I jumped in the car and headed to work. However, for some reason this particular morning, my windshield was not shedding the rain quick enough. I immediately pulled over and waited for it to let up a bit. When I saw a hint of hope, I decided to get back on the road, but as soon as I got on the highway the second coming of Noah's flood began and I almost died 5 times. I knew I wasn't going to make it to work, but in a moment of brilliance, I pulled into my local Autozone and purchased some Rain-X to boost my chances of survival. Well, as it turns out, Rain-X doesn't work quite as well when your windshield is already drenched in water and the rain is still coming down. Nevertheless, I did my best to apply whatever it was in those Rain-X pads to my car (which I'm pretty sure was just some rubbing alcohol in a baby wipe). They did allow me to make it into work that day, which was more due to the fact that the rain let up right after I was through applying the mystery wipes.
My brother and sister were sufficiently worried, that they paid to have my wipers fixed for Christmas. I guess they work alright now.
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posted by Kendal @ 9:00 AM,
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The Authors
Kendal Haug
Kendal is a graduate of the University of Texas in Austin and most recently earned his Masters in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. He works for Bible.org and likes to think he knows how to play the guitar. His man-crushes include, but are not limited to: Ryan Adams, Donald Miller, Ray LaMontagne, Neil Young, Vince Young, and of course The Box.
Ben Box
Box, is a recent graduate of Texas A&M University and currently works for Medco Construction building hospitals and being important. Ben loves paying lots of money on broken down Jeeps and has a propensity for getting Kendal into trouble.
About This Blog
This is a multi-author blog devoted to the happenings of two bachelors living it up in Big D. We will record the daily nonsense that occurs when 2 life-long friends live together in the same apartment and have no shame, sense of fashion, or chance of meeting a girl in the next 10 years.
A Word on Comments
Ben and Kendal both highly encourage your comments. They look forward to hearing your thoughts and insights. No matter how harsh the criticism or if you just want to give them a good ole pat on the back and say "Way to Go!" or "Ha! That was a funny story!" or "That Ben sure does crack me up." And if you have a request of something you would like to see Ben and Kendal do or write about, let them know.
Disclaimer
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