The Life of Brian

3 Bed, 2 Bath Home For Sale in Plano

October 21st, 2009 / View Comments / by Brian

My house is officially for sale – it hit MLS this morning, I think, and I just had my first showing!

So if you know anybody in the market, please pass this along!

MLS # 011292648

ABSOLUTELY CHARMING and move in ready. Warm and inviting big living area with wood burning fireplace. Breakfast nook could be used as a study or a play area. Entertain in the formal living and dining area or relax with a good book in the natural light of the sunroom. Split bedrooms. Galley kitchen with white cabinets and updated appliances. A MUST SEE HOME. Priced to sell quickly.

Pics here

Full listing here (this was just the first site I found it on today when I Googled)

Please buy my house. :)

Posted in: House

Tags: for sale, House

No Better Time

October 8th, 2009 / View Comments / by Brian

I just wanted to point out to friends and family that Tressa, Keith’s youngest sister, is on her way to Rwanda as a member of the Peace Corps, and that she will be blogging about her experience at http://tressawessa.blogspot.com/ (“No Better Time” is the name of her blog).

I’m so excited for her – this is something she’s always wanted to do! Keep an eye on her blog – I’m expecting some pretty cool pictures and stories in the coming weeks and months.

Posted in: Family

P!nk

September 24th, 2009 / View Comments / by Brian

Last night, Keith and I were lucky enough to see P!nk in concert – the Funhouse Tour (Thanks Rachel for the free tix!!!). We saw her several years ago in a much smaller venue – but this time she performed at a packed American Airlines Center.

I’ve always adored P!nk, though my adoration has been overshadowed by Keith’s. The last time we saw her we were lucky enough to end up on the second row, and Keith actually got to kiss her hand at one point. I think he told that story last night as many times as he could. ;-)

Anyway, last night she told us (yeah I like to think of it as a P!nk -> Brian & Keith conversation) that she’d recently dislocated her shoulder, so she wouldn’t be able to perform all the acrobatics she normally does. I found out today at work that what she did at the VMA awards this year (which I completely missed) was one part of the concert. She still sang this song — in fact this one was right before she broke out Bohemian Rhapsody!

So being the geek I am :) I looked the video up. And let me just tell you – I LOVED this performance! I’ve watched this video at least 100 times today.

I love that she sings the whole way through, even while she’s flipping every which way up in the air! Britney doesn’t even compare.

So without further ado…. P!nk at the MTV Video Music Awards:

Pink – Sober (MTV VMA) (Live) (2009)

Click here if you don’t see the video

I tried taking pictures and video at the concert, but we were so far away the pics didn’t turn out that well, and video sucked — even the audio was horrible with all the distortion. (it was LOUD!) But here are a couple halfway decent shots of the stage at least. ;-)

P!nk, Funhouse Tour, Dallas TX 9/23/09

EDIT: I swear I’m obsessed with her! I just found this video of the same act from her tour. There are some differences but it’s basically the same. Awesome!!!

Posted in: Entertainment

Tags: acrobatics, concert, P!nk, Pink

Dog Pile

September 13th, 2009 / View Comments / by Brian

I woke up this morning and discovered some pictures Keith had posted on his blog and Facebook… Apparently sometime after I passed out on the couch last night he snapped these pics of me and our two Yorkies:

Samoa, Brian, & Bingo

Bingo, Brian, & Samoa

What cracks me up is that Samoa had been trying to take over my pillow all night and it was a battle of wills… I was determined she wasn’t going to take MY pillow! lol

Looks like she won after all. ;-)

Khaki’s under the blanket somewhere too. It was a full couch!

Posted in: Family, Pets, Pics

Dancing Flash Mobs

September 11th, 2009 / View Comments / by Brian

Have you heard about the whole “flash mob” craze? Apparently it’s been around for several years – but I just heard of it a month or two ago. Then yesterday a friend posted the Oprah video below on Facebook, which prompted an hour or so of flash mob video watching at home last night… So I decided to throw a few of the videos here on my blog.

What is it, you say? Wikipedia says, “a flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse.” The term can apply to groups of people doing all sorts of strange things, but my favorite are the ones where they do choreographed dances (a Google video search shows not only the dance ones, but also people falling to the ground, or freezing in place, etc.)

So without further ado….