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Husband Tag

Jamie tagged me for this husband tag. I don't know the blog law and don't want to face any reprimands for not completing my tag so here I go. 

What is your husband's name?James goes by Jimmy and "professionally" Jim

How long have you been together? How long did you date? 5 1/2 years, dated for 9 months
Who eats more? Jimmy hands down

Who said I love you first? Jimmy said it after we saw the movie "Behind Enemy Lines", I know such a romantic movie. It was a week before our first Valentine's Day so maybe he felt the pressure to be my valentine.

Who is taller? Jimmy, let's ask the question who isn't taller than me that might be a harder question to answer
Who has more speeding tickets? me, Jimmy doesn't have any from speeding
Who is smarter? me :0), except when it comes to entertainment and church doctrine, so in the end I guess he'll win
Who is more sensitive? of course I am, especially around that time of month
Who does the laundry? Jimmy, he actually thinks I don't do it right because I don't let things soak first.
Who does the dishes? Both whoever didn't cook has dish duty
Who sleeps on the right? Jimmy, I'm stuck on the left because that's where the baby's cradle is
Who pays the bills? About half and half I pay the online bills and he handles the snail mail ones
Who mows the lawn? No one we live in an apartment
Who cooks dinner? Lately Jimmy has been cooking a lot, he likes to experiment with new recipes. I just like to cook anything that takes under 30 minutes which he calls cafeteria food. What can I say everything my mom cooked was to feed the masses.
Who drives when you are together? Jimmy always does I hate driving
Who is more stubborn? If I have to pick it wouldn't be me
Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? Jimmy because he's the one who is usually wrong
Whose parents do you see more often? We see my parents the most because they only live 15 minutes away. We don't get to see Mangie and Nards that often they live in Alpine, UT.
Who has more siblings? Me, I'm number eight of eleven kids. Jimmy only has one sister and one brother.
Who wears the pants in the family? Equally we each have a leg, but I think it would be a pair of cargo shorts Jimmy never wears pants.  Gotta love the warm winters in Texas. 
Who eats more sweets? I do
Guilty pleasures? Sonic's cherry limeade slush
How did you meet? We met at a hot chocolate get together after my roommate Katie's jazz concert

Who asked who out first? Jimmy asked me out to a Jet Li martial arts movie, because I pretended I was totally interested in it and wanted to see it. So it was more of a getting him to ask me out first.

Who kissed who first? Jimmy kissed me on our first date, after we saw the movie "The One", another great romantic movie. We watch a lot of movies so as you can see in my answers our memories always involve a movie.
Who proposed? Jimmy came down to Texas and tried to surprise me with the ring but I felt it in his pocket when I first saw him. He was afraid he might lose it if he put it in his suitcase.
Best Feature? He has beautiful nails, I know it sounds weird but look at them and you'll agree.

Best personality trait? Jimmy is passionate about anything he does and has a lot of fun and different hobbies/interests i.e. magic, board games, jiu jitsu, warhammer. When he gets into something he goes all out and tries to get everyone else into it with him.

Pet names? I call him Juon, because of this Japanese horror movie called "Juon" the American movie "The Grudge" is based off of it. Jimmy was obsessed with the Japanese version of the movie for a long time, and it's all he would talk about so I started calling him Juon and it stuck.

Where do I see us in 15 years? Here in Texas having fun and enjoying our family and friends.
What is my favorite thing about him? Jimmy can always make me smile and we have such a great time together. I love him.

Battlestar Galactica

As you know I am pretty plugged into what's new and looking for obscure things which are not readily noticed but are gems. I was pretty quick to jump on the Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Vampire Weekend and other indie band band wagon. The same goes for TV shows. I will give credit to my Bro-in-Law Chris for being the first to get us into 24 and then we spread that show pretty fast in our family. Now it is time to introduce a new show which I think is the best show on TV right now...Battlestar Galactica. I know, I know people are going to think this show appeals to big fat sweaty guys who wear black trenchcoats and roll multisided dice but does it?

The show is almost over with a Season 4 on the horizon and so far it has been the best show we've watched. Carol, who hates sci-fi and fantasy stuff enjoys it a ton. I believe the show approaches really complex human issues without being underscored with the fact that it takes place in space and other planets. My biggest problem with the show is some episodes can be quite racey and steamy.

All the episodes are quite linked to each other and you feel like there is an end in sight unlike Lost where they introduce some new monster, new character, new other. Carol and I hate watching Lost cause at then end we just have more questions. However, Lost is a good show and deserves credit, back to BSG(Battlestar Galactica)

Again BSG is a deep show and approaches all the basic human needs and conflicts we all deal with daily. One episode we recently finished went into people how strap bombs to their chest and commit suicide. Talk about relevant. Guys this show rocks and in my opinion the best show out there now. I could go on and on but you definitely need to check it out.

DJ's Magic Show

Well my mom teaches junior high and so she called me to learn how to perform a magic trick for her kids. I tried to describe one over the phone but I realized I would have to show her. So I made this little video of me acting really silly and trying to be funny so enjoy the show and the magic trick

DJ's Birth Video

So Carol finally completed her first video with DJ. I hope you all enjoy it!

 

Street Fighter II Glory Days

We have had this blogspot for awhile and we never post anything so I decided to chime in. I had a great memory growing up beating people up in the Street...Street Fighter II the game that is. In 7th Grade this awesome game came out and forever changed kids' expectations of video games. After school, my crew and I would roll to our local Round Table Pizza and have tournaments. We usually would line up our quarters on the actual game screen (Who came up with this idea I don't know but it was cool at the time.) From there we would battle and I usually would come out on top. I used Guile and was pretty aggressive with my attack style. I would love to have a tournament today to see how I hold up with people. I probably spent over $200 playing this game just in the arcade. Talk about a waste of time and money...but I must admit it was cool to brag about my feats to my friends and talk about my kills to the ladies since they all loved Street Fighter II back then. After winning the tournament the ladies would wait outside to kiss whoever was champion....if only that were true. Girls back then pretty much thought we were nerds for playing this dumb game where you can hear some character go "Haduken....Sonic boom...Sap Sap Yogurt...and all the funny SFII sounds. Oh well, good thing I didn't tell Carol I played SFII.

 

Carol and Jimmy Retro