67 Try out Chrome as a browser

I've been using Chrome off and on at home for the past few weeks, and I gotta say, I'm not sold... I think I'll be sticking with Opera and Firefox for the few sites that won't render in Opera properly due to bad coding. Just something with the feel of it I don't care for yet, also its slightly unresponsive on my system, not as quick as Opera and FF are.

61 Install Ubuntu server on the MediaBox

I finished this goal yesterday, and it was a pain in the ass. First tried to get it installed off of a flash drive, but it kept asking for the cd-rom drive, which wasn't installed in the case. After giving up and throwing a dvd-rw into the system, I install again, and it puts the boot loader on the secondary master instead of primary master, and won't accept that as the boot drive.

So after disconnecting all other drives except the primary one, I finally get it installed, and start to get all the software installed that I need on it for mediabox use.

Long story short, next time I decide to install a linux server, remind me how much of a pain it is, I was working on it for the better part of 12 hours yesterday.

12 Make a list of movies people tell me I HAVE to see and watch them within a month

So yeah, my friend Crystal told me I HAD to see Pinata Survival Island, a B Horror movie with Nicholas Brendon. This movie has 2.1 stars on IMDb, if that tells you anything. It was bad. Horribly horribly bad.

Do not, whatever you do, do not watch this movie. It's about a demon pinata that comes back to life and starts killing college kids on an island on Cinco de Mayo. It's a bad CGI creation, and will shapeshift from the pinata look to a big Megatog-esque demon but will revert back to its wimpy pinata form to kill... why not just stay badass looking the entire time?

If you decide to see it, do not blame me for it, I've given you all fair warning.

49 Try 50 new different beers (8/50)

Shock Top: the Sam's Club Cola version of Blue Moon.

It's not bad, it's just not Blue Moon.

My date last night

This should be the start of my blogging about things other than just my list. Last night I went out to eat after work with somebody I met online.

We went out to eat at IHOP (romantic first date location, lemmie tell you) because it was the only restaurant open when I got off work. I met her up there rather than pick her up because it was a public place, and it hadn't been determined if I was a scary stalker type yet ;). After eating we were talking by her car and watching the lightning storm, then sat in her car listening to most of the songs off DMB's new album to get me some exposure to it. We probably sat outside of IHOP for 45 minutes to an hour just talking and listening to the album.

I know we both broke the "don't call for at least a day" rule and I'm ok with that :). We were talking online after we each got home, and have been talking today too. She was leery about posting a blog about it fearing I'd read what she thought about last night so I told her I'd write one first. If she reads mine, I get to read hers.

So Sara, if you're reading this, let me know ;)

12 Make a list of movies people tell me I HAVE to see and watch them within a month

This is one that I've had a hard time with. Az told me I had to see The Dark Knight, which is apparently the best comic book movie of all time. The problem though, is that I am coulrophobic.

It was a struggle to make it through the scenes with the Joker and his henchmen, but I managed. And I will never see it again, I just can't sit through that a second time.

49 Try 50 new different beers (7/50)

One new beer, the Chili Beer is definitely interesting... and not one I think I'll get again. It has an interesting slow burn to it, it hits in the back of the mouth. There isn't much to it though, it's fairly light and just a little hot, not that great. I think I'm officially not caring for Mexican beers from now on. This beer may go good as flavoring for a chili or with ice cream to contrast the burn, but now for a regular drinking beer.

49 Try 50 new different beers (6/50)

So, I've tried two more beers over the past few days...

Flying Dog's In-Heat Wheat is a good beer, definitely one of the better ones I've had so far. I think I'm going to check out the rest that Flying Dog makes, I'm intrigued.

Fosters is the other kind I tried, and I'm not sure if I care for it or not.

Sorry for the little blurbs, it's been a few days since trying them.

Red Robin

So I cheated on my diet today, but oh was it worth it... Crystal and I left at 9 am to pick up Patrick from the airport in KC since he flew back from Bolivia today. On the drive back, we stopped in Topeka to eat at Red Robin. The Banzai burger and the Burger Parmigiana were the ones I had... and no, I didn't eat both. Crystal couldn't decide between the two and I couldn't either, so we each ordered one and had them cut the burgers in half, I got half a banzai and half a parmigiana. The banzai was good, as always, nothing better than a burger with pineapple and teriyaki sauce. The parmigiana though was very different... a mozz stick cut in half and marinara on it, mmm tasty. It also came with garlic parmesan fries. Extremely good

Wash that down with a 20 oz draw of Blue Moon, and I ate like a fat kid. I feel bloated, I couldn't finish my fries, but I think that makes it all the more satisfying, because I used to be able to eat all that plus another basket of fries.