Michael "PUNKY" Koch

DANCEOFF with Rachel!!!!

2009-08-23T22:21:00.000-07:00

Well Rachel was a nice sister and decided to go with me to Blockbuster so we could grab a movie to watch, but little did we know that it would start out a CRAZY night of clubbing in Dad's office....It started with positioning ourselves in the right spot for our dance off that was about to occur....I decided to teach her a few moves and of course my favorite is the robot......She started to get really into it as you can see by her just being a big blur in the picture.....and then we got really into and the serious faces begin....Then it was freestyle time......I think we created a few different moves that have never been seen before.......................

after a bit Rachel took her defeat and decided to exit the dance floor..............and what a better way to end a dance off with a little Watermelon. Until NEXT TIME RACHEL!!!!

My First Home......

2009-08-01T09:24:00.000-07:00

Well everyone knows that I recently moved back home and it really hasnt been as bad as I thought it would be because Mom and Dad are pretty good roommates. I dont know if I am the best roommate to them or if I am the best at following all of their LOVELY rules but it isnt that bad. So the reason I moved back home is because I didnt want to sign another lease at my apartment complex knowing I wanted to get into a house. The day has finally come where I found my house and got an accepted offer. Hopefully I will be in my house by late August or early September. So here is a pretty bad picture of my first home! Its 1580 sq feet, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 car garage out back and the walk in closet in the master is almost the size of one of the other rooms. Well anyway....just wanted to let everyone know that I might be a home owner soon so I guess I can go look at time shares the next time we go to Hawaii. :)

Backyard Baseball and Victoria......

2009-07-13T15:14:00.000-07:00

Well a few weekends ago was Adams birthday and we had a family BBQ. This time I actually brought a girl home to the family which is something I dont EVER do. This girl is a little different and I think she is gonna be around for a while. I gotta thank Amy for introducing us though because I wouldnt have met her if it wasnt for her. Ill get back to her in a bit, but of course we had a blast out in the backyard playing some random sport like we always do. This time we decided on Baseball!! Adam counted everyone off by giving numbers 1 and 2 but for some reason he ended up with all the little kids on his team and all the old timers on my team. I wasnt able to get a picture of everyone but here are a few of the Baseball players that day....

Charlie was our MVP....Taylor had the best batting stance by far....Mason was crowding the plate to intimidate the pitcher....David struck out on this at bat but we let him keep swinging since we felt so bad for him....Dad hit this one into the Ficklins yard.....Bradley was showing off his guns he's been working out on....and Victoria did ok but at least we always knew where she was with her hot pink shirt.....Mom and her were sharing fashion ideas after the at bat. So back to Victoria. She is one of the awesome girls Ive ever met and I am hoping she doesnt get sick of me and wants to stay around for a while. We are trying the whole long distance thing right now and it is pretty tough but Im hoping she'll be able to move back up here in a few months if it all works out. THanks again Amy!! This is Robby, Jerry, Victoria and I showing off our Robot moves.

Pictures Changed...please revisit...Going back to Church with Mom and Dad!!!

2009-06-21T14:40:00.000-07:00

(A few pictures have been altered so that I still have a place to live tomorrow)

Well I just moved back home with Mom and Dad as some of you know and it has its perks and one of them for sure if going back to church!!! You know how excited I am about that one. My most favorite is not staying out on Saturday nights and trying to explain to people that I have to be home by midnight.
Here is a picture of me looking stoked driving to church....Even MORE EXCITED!!!! I was trying to make that face that Ginger and Dad did but I dont know how well I did. It was nice going back to the home ward and seeing everyone. Mom and Dad were soo attentive and watching all of sacrament...but then....

Someone started to get a little drowsy.............

....and we've lost him.......and then.....

.......not did just Dad fall asleep but now we have lost both of them!! Until next time at church when I am able to take more exciting pictures of Mom and Dad.

A quick rundown of my life lately.....

2009-06-18T01:29:00.000-07:00

Well of course I havent blogged in a while but here it goes to catch up on what I have been up to. A few weeks ago I was able to go down to California to visit Adam and Nora and to see June's baby blessing. I was pretty bad at taking pictures because I just forgot to take them pretty much. This was the start of my journey...good old zzyzxx road. I had a a tough time staying awake as you can see so I did whatever i could to stay up.

After the blessing we all had a little time to eat and hangout which you can tell Adam was stoked about. While Adam and everyone was inside I decided to take Charlie for a little ride. It is so funny how attentive he is to everything. I grabbed the tricycle because I wanted to ride on it and little did I know that Charlie would come running to jump on the back with me. Funny little kid. Also while in California Audrey told me while I was styling my hair for church...."EWWWWW......Michael you need to cut your hair like a good mormon boy". It kind of made me laugh and of course I had to listen to her so when I got back to Vegas....I did exactly that.Look at that Rats tail! The ladies love it so much so that is I kept it....ok it was more of a thing that I couldnt let go of for some reason.

While i was getting my hair done this girl appeared in the mirror behind me and I recognized her and was in shock. This girls name is Mileide and she is from Brazil. She was in one of the areas I was in when I was 20 years old. She moved here to the US and got married to an American missionary about a month and a half ago. She lives in Utah but came down to Vegas found out where i worked and luckily I was at the salon and came to visit. Lets just say....my Portuguese is TERRRIBLE!!!! But it was awesome to see her. Yes I know I have a belly in the picture but soon it will be gone cause I have been going to the gym for about 3 weeks now. Since I live so close to Mom and Dad and am the only Bachelor in the family I get to see them a lot. These 2 pictures were taken while I visited Mom and Dad one night and I just had to share them with you. Ginger also came in to get her hair done and decided that she wanted to mimic Dads face. On my way to work the other day I saw a familiar face crossing the sidewalk at a fast pace. Can you guess who that is....kind of tough to see...None other than MASLOW MIKE!!! I laughed and was driving while taking the picture that is why the quality is so great.

The other night I also did something that I am sure all of you would love but it isnt that graphic so dont worry. I had a few friends come to town and since it was late we decided to get piercings done together. Thats Tiffany and I just about to sign away our lives to the piercing guy.
I had to the rub the little tiki guy for good luck......

....and away we go. The guy who did it had his whole head tattooed which was kind of a little scary to be honest. and the finished product. Tiffany got it done on one side and I got it done on the other. and i figured since I chopped most of my hair off that I needed to fix my hair so it had a little style. Nothing like Blue, Turqoise and an Ace of Spade. Well until next time!!!

CARL?...could it be?!?!

2009-03-31T23:35:00.000-07:00

So about 4 weeks ago I was laying on my couch and watching my DVR'd shows for the night when I heard a very annoying sound. The sound of a cricket which would NOT be quiet! I searched and searched for this guy and I couldnt find him anywhere!!! It got to the point where I honestly felt like I was out in the wilderness sleeping at night with this stupid cricket. I posted a few things about him on Facebook and everyone named him Carl. So finally I decided to take some action and kick Carl out of my apartment with a big can of Raid!!! I moved my fridge and sprayed everywhere....sprayed behind my dishwasher.....was spraying this stuff EVERYWHERE!!!! Finally........silence!!!!

So its been about a week and as I got home tonight I heard a familiar sound ....could it be......yep.......look who I find. CARL!!!!

I am actually thinking of keeping him as a pet......or introducing him to a new friend called le toilette!! Until next time!

be positive.....

2009-03-30T19:16:00.000-07:00

Well today I had a client come in and she had some bad news for me. She had lost her job that she had been working at for the past few years. Lately this is all my clients are talking about is the economy and how bad it is and it got me thinking a little about that little plaque that grandpa gave us last Christmas. It talks about our attitude and how pretty much we cant control what happens to us but we need to have a good attitude about everything that comes our way. They are saying the economy is one of the worst we have ever had and in a weird way I think its a good thing for us. The majority of us havent really had anything to crazy hard happen to us in our lives that we couldnt ever get out of easy or with a little help. So here comes this way of living that we dont even know and it is hard for us to adjust. This year is going to be so tough for so many people and if you think about it....this is the year we are going to grow like crazy. We are going to appreciate the things in our lives that we take for granted. I have never really had anything in my lifetime that has been too much of a struggle in this way and now this comes along to make us appreciate how easy we have it.
So what I am trying to say is......try and be positive with all the crap that comes your way as hard as it is. Love you guys

MC HAMMER and VANILLA ICE?!?!?! WHAT!!!!

2009-03-05T21:52:00.000-08:00

Well I know a lot of you are jealous by the title of this blog already and I am sorry but some of you just arent 2 legit 2 quit and I couldnt bring you along to enjoy this fantastic voyage of dancing, eating and having fun of course.

Gotta start off the trip with the Skittles which is what I get every road trip with out fail because they are the best candy. These ones are awesome though because they dual flavors....I should get sponsored by Skittles for road trips and then they could pay for everything. I could throw bags of Skittles to little children in the streets like a parade....ok Ill stop.

I had to put the racing stripes, steps, lines...whatever you wanna call them in the bag of my head to get the full effect of the concert. Dont act like you are surprised...I think you are just jealous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SibDUXYi3DE ICE ICE Baby....robby and I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ui_64I0Yn4 Just a small town girl!!!

This guy kind of put me to shame when he had 2 Legit 2 Quit designed into his head. He kind of looked like Rainbow Brite though if you ask me, or maybe he could drive around with me and be the Skittles mascot handing out candy. Finally we got in the concert! You can see MC Hammer in red on the jumbo tron!MC Hammer on the right in red! After each song he took a break though which was hillarious to me. The guy hasnt been on stage in 18 years and seemed like he could keep up til the song was over when you heard panting on the microphone...jkWe moved up a little when the last song came on which was Cant Touch This. This was me doing a little Hammer dance of my own......the video wouldn't work cause it was too dark.What is a Utah Trip in Provo without good old Doc's Pizza Buffet. As many of you know I can eat pizza almost every meal of the day and be fine with it. Well this place was where I would spend most of my days while I went to Hair School. Robby and I wolfing down some Pizza while crazy lady in the back tried to get in the picture as well...kind of scary if you ask me. She was staring at us the majority of the time while we were there.....ha ha Well this is where it all began!! It was cool going back to see my school but all of my teachers were down at a hair show in Vegas. Kind of sucks because I was looking forward to seeing all of them.Heather, me and Whitney in from of the Utah Jazz stadium. I honestly hate the Jazz and dont know why we went but we thought it would be fun to see a game while we were up there. We had the best seats in the house!!! They were a whopping 10 bucks! YEs that is Jonny Peterson on the left. He came down to hangout with us as well. This is how Jon felt about the Jazz! He caught this T shirt from some dude throwing it from the rafters above and it was like XXXLFinally Jonny, Robby and I headed to Macaroni Grill to end the night. The waitress thought that we were drunk or something because we were having so much fun just talking to eachother and laughing. It was pretty funny.

Well until next time!!

Getting Out....

2009-01-19T10:51:00.000-08:00

Well lately I feel like I have been doing the same old things every day....wake up....go to work.....hangout with my buddies....watch a movie....go to bed....wake up...... So I decided to change that by joining this group called Getout Las Vegas. Every week they do tons of different activities which arent the same old thing. People have made fun of me for joining but they are just jealous because I am actually wanting to do something different. This coming 2 weeks the group is
-having swing dancing lessons
-going to a comedy show at the comedy stop
-having a snow day at Mt. Charleston
-john cusack movie night
-minikart racing
-yellowbrick road at Aliante
I dont know if I am going to all of these things but it is definitely kind of cool and I am sure Ill have fun doing it. Ill let ya know and keep you posted. This is me holding up my Getout Las Vegas members folder with my funky hair after I got out of the shower...ha ha

Do we really grow up?

2009-01-08T10:44:00.000-08:00

I have been a slacker with blogging. I have a few pictures from over the past month but will start to get better with taking them.

As I look in the mirror every day I swear I get older looking ever day but no matter how much older looking I get I think I am still a kid inside and I think we are all still kids inside but we just need to let it out a little more.
As kids we love dressing up and can get away with wearing pretty much whatever. We can dress up like a sheep and no one questions what we are doing but just laughs. My niece Clara was the sheep for our nativity scene during Christmas and she looked so cute in her outfit.

.....and when that sheep meets an angel with angel wings no one blinks an eye, but just thinks its cute and laughs. This picture cracks me up because they are looking at eachother like...What are you wearing?The littlest things are fun to us when we are kids and obviously still to me as an adult....even playing swords with your Uncle Michael, when the swords are actually empty wrapping paper rolls. I tried to get Charlie to walk around with it to keep Molly away but that dog is just a little too crazy. We like to do funny little poses and think we are cute. Benji finally figured out how to use the chopsticks and he was pretty stoked about it. Smart little kid. But as adults we still do the same sorts of things. People may think we are a little wierder but it is just the kid trying to come out. Yes I saw this guy and had to get a picture with him because its not every day you see an overweight black clown in an electric scooter, but it was AWESOME!!

I still wear funny glasses and make funny faces like I am a kid. I buy 1 new pair for funny glasses every road trip and my friends always wear them when we hang out and yes all 4 of these glasses are mine sadly.
Yes....I have a lot of funny looking glasses that I loan to my friends when we hang out...haha The ones on the right are thanks to Dad.
and best of all I still love the Ice Cream man!!! I was playing Ping Pong with my buddies and I heard a familiar sound so I ran out of the house and there he was!!! THE ICE CREAM MAN!!! I got some cheddar fries which I find are impossible to find and some sour skittles but man have the prices gone up. I paid like 1$ for the skittles and 50cents for the cheddar fries...Well I promise I will be better at taking more pictures. Until next time!!

LIFE isn't a RACE

2008-12-15T20:41:00.001-08:00

Well here we are....another year coming to a close. I think every year it is a little harder to get in the Christmas spirit and we are a little tougher on ourselves each year with things we have or havent done. Every year you try to think of that perfect gift to get for Mom or Dad or your buddy. You try and change the stupid little bad habit you have so that you can get to that point in your life that you want to be. I think this year one thing that I have realized is how important my family is to me and how weak and lost I would be without them. The more people I talk to on a daily basis when I am doing hair I think it makes me appreciate how awesome my family is. I am SOOOOO blessed in so many ways and I think I take it for granted.

My family is awesome and they put up with me even with all the stupid decisions I make in my life. They are always there for me and I know whatever I do they will still love me.....while shaking there head. Even with all of our different personalities and interests I know we were placed together for a reason and we make eachother stronger. We can have fun anytime we get together and make eachother laugh. Whenever we make stupid decisions my family is always there for eachother to lift eachother up and give advice when we dont know what to do with certain choices. I could call anyone of them on any given day and they would be there to listen and talk me through anything....if they answer that is haha

This time of year I also think of what I have done and if I have been successful. I think we all compare ourselves to other people and wonder if we are at the point we should be at in our lives....whether it be in a job, with our family, or in our relationships. Today talking to one of my clients she reminded me of something. Life isnt a race. We have to appreciate what we have done, the things we have accomplished, and control what we can control instead of thinking of what we havent done. We all have gone through a lot to get to where we are and we wont succeed at everything or be the best at everything. There are those things that I have been successful with this year and I am thankful for those whether big or small. I just need to remind myself every now and then and this time of year is perfect for that.

Once again I am thankful for all of you and all you do for me whether you know it or not. I love you guys!!

The SEARCH for the PERFECT Christmas Tree!!!

2008-12-11T12:40:00.000-08:00

Well lately Christmas around my parents house hasnt really looked like Christmas to be honest. There arent too many decorations up or even a tree for that matter. So my Dad and I decided to go buy a real Christmas tree this year since my Mom is out of town. We had a little help from Julie which made it even more fun......AS YOU CAN SEE OUR EXCITEMENT!!! hahah(Yes randomly that is Mom and Dad's closet where the picture was taken.)Dads favorite part was that we found a SALE!!!

We searched and searched for the perfect tree.......

Julie and searched through thousands and thousands.....different forests.....UNTIL........the PERFECT TREE!!!! ok more like the cheapest we could possibly find....hahahha We strapped it on top of the car.......
and attempted to fit it into the living room which is full of more cottage decor type decorations then I have ever seen in my life. We managed though. The finished product......decorations made possible by Julie and Michael cutting out paper snowflakes, and the lights were the net lights that you just throw on top of the tree...hahaha but the best part!!!!........THE ANGEL!!!!! We pre-ordered this from Yugoslavia and it came just in time for the tree to be put up.......or truthfully I just cut it out of some paper from Dad's office....doesn't the angel look so happy!!!

Maurine...Maurine...Maurine! Shoot me!!!

2008-12-09T14:51:00.001-08:00

Well the salon I am working at is an AWESOME place and I love the people I work with and it is usually peaceful as you can see. The girl to my right is rarely ever there and I love her to death, and the girl at the station to my left is my best friend at the salon BUT....its not always so awesome.......There is this lady named Maurine who claims to know everything and she of course has to tell you about it. There is one cool thing about Maurine because she used to know Grandpa Eddie back in the day and actually wanted to work for him, but lets just say she is a little CRAZY!!!

Here is a list of the reasons why I LOVE(sarcasm) Maurine..........
-interrupts while I am talking to clients and doesnt care what you have to say
-she is ALWAYS right
-tries to set me up with every one of her clients that is single.
-likes to tell me how much things cost back in the day.
-she wears the same dress every single day.
-tries to get my clients to date me.
-doesnt book clients...just sits here from 8-5 and waits for clients
-tells me I need to learn perms or I wont make any money
-tells me I need to sit at the salon from 8-5 and wait for people or I wont make money
If you notice in this picture she is talking but doesnt even realize that I am putting a gun to my head wanting to get myself out of the conversation very quickly......she has been there for 30 minutes!!!! Well one day when I open up my own place I wont have a Maurine to bug me.....hahaha Well I hope not anyway. Here is one of my salon ideas that I have. The Ace of Spades Salon......just an idea floating around.

GOLFING 101: 6 Simple Rules

2008-12-01T11:42:00.000-08:00

Now I know there are a lot of people who are wanting new hobbies so why not think about picking up golf. Here are a few tips.......

Rule #1: YOU NEED COOL GLASSES

Well after cleaning out my car I realized I had a few sunglasses that are all pretty much ridiculous looking that I have purchased on road trips. So why not wear them all on this perfect day for golf?

Rule #2: CLEAN THE GOLF BALLS

We got to the course around 3:30pm meaning we had about an hour and a half or so til we lost the sun to actually see what we were doing...hahah...but that makes it more fun right? We had to wash all the golf balls since we are pros and all. I think we could have mud all over one half of the ball and we would still be terrible. We like to change the par(normal amount of strokes) on each hole to 2 strokes more than what they suggest just so that we seem a little better.

Rule #3: WEAR FUNNY LOOKING CLOTHES

Look at that beautiful swing about to take place. The hole wasnt that far away and you would think I would hit it straight toward the hole but lets just say my ball flew to the right and landed no where near the green. The goofy hat I am wearing is the trophy from this course I won last time we were there (Craig Ranch...aka Ghetto Cheap Course). We buy something from each course we play and whoever wins gets that trophy and has to add it to their bag.

Rule #4: CLEAN YOUR SHOES TO KEEP GOOD BALANCE

I thought maybe cleaning on the bottom of my shoes would help a little......cause I am awesome like that. Ok I just thought it was funny because nothing we do makes a difference. Rule #5: BE A FRIENDLY DRIVER IN YOUR CART

We only had 2 carts in between 3 people so we had a few battles trying to figure out who should drive as you can tell and I think thats why the picture is lopsided.

Rule #6: BE A GANGSTA

Matt and I in our hats or our trophys from different courses. Matts was from Durango Hills where he won last time and mine was from Craig Ranch where I won last time. It sucks that I did terrible and lost my hat and had to give it up to Matt. Oh well....there is always next time.

Now next time you think about going golfing you might think twice about what you are doing and use these 6 important rules. Let me know how they work for ya!! Until next time!

COOKING w/ MIKE: My own pre Turkey Dinner!

2008-11-30T10:51:00.000-08:00

Well I recently got a new cookbook so I can try to eat a little better instead of eating out every meal. I really am not that great of a cook I dont think so I decided to make the easiest thing on the menu....TURKEY BURGERS!!!

Let the preparation begin in my GHETTO kitchen!!! I went and bought and the basic things that I have never had in my kitchen spices, olive oil, parsley(which I had know idea how to cut...thanks Taylor for clearing that up), mixing bowl, a good pan, some new blinds, and a SLAVE MIDGET to help in case I ever got discouraged along the way so he could motivate me.
Mixing the groud meat in my new mixing bowl....I was pretty stoked ha ha Doesnt that look tasty?!Rolling the meat into Turkey patties was the best part. I used to love helping Mom make meatloaf or hamburger patties cause the meat feels sooo cool in your hands!!!Than I threw it on my new pan with my new spatula. I tried to go to Spatula City but I heard they closed down due to the economy. I was pretty excited to be cooking so I had to get all the stuff I would be needing for my next cooking days. Nothing like sitting down in the Lazy Boy with a Turkey Burger and Pringles(yes I know they aren't healthy but who cares) on pre thanksgiving. I was giving the POOR turkey face knowing it was about to get demolished!!The FINAL PRODUCT.....a chubby happy Mike after eating my Turkey Burger. Well this wasnt that exciting of a post but this was one of the highlights of my week....making my own food. Ill try and make them a little more exciting.

Grilling at Matt's

2008-11-23T21:40:00.001-08:00

So my buddy Matt Golightly finally got into a new house and we go there every Sunday to grill something new and watch a little football. This Sunday we did Ribs, Hot Dogs and Rice a Roni....hahaha yes we made Rice with our Hot Dogs...random mix I know. The best part is that Robby insisted on getting this Mustard that he said would be the BEST!!! So we decided to hide it from him.....LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE PICTURE......I told him that his Mustard was in every picture I was taking..... Do you see it yet?!?!?!?!.............................hint....look upNow you have to see it............. It was in the light fixture the whole time and he kept searching for it. I tried to make it obvious for him on this picture but he was a little slow...hahaha
And there are the grill masters at work.

Until our next grilling adventure!!!!!

Blue Man with the folks

2008-11-17T23:24:00.000-08:00

Well for Dad's Birthday Mom wanted to do something a little different. So she called up Venetian to get some tickets to Blue and found out that they were 2 for 1 so Mom invite Julie and I. This is the second date Julie and I have been and I think it is starting to get kind of serious. Last week I got a few tickets to Phantom of the Opera at Venetian from a client and brought Julie with me....it was kind of a sleeper, but the BLUE Man Group was AWESOME!!! At the very end of the show they have this paper that gets thrown at you from the back and you have to pull it all over your head until it gets to the front and this is how Mom was reacting to it....fun stuff. The best I could do with a camera phone.

Sunset Park adventure!!!

2008-11-16T19:20:00.000-08:00

After much thought I decided to start doing my blog again and trying to make Sundays my blog day to get everyone caught up on my EXCITING life....haha On one of my days off my buddy Matt Golightly and I decided to head to Sunset park with about 6 loaves of bread to see what the day had in store for us.

After a little bread was thrown one guy decided to come join us. He thought he was the only smart one.............

....but soon all his friends caught on and decided to become our best friends.

I had to scare some of them away because they started become too friendly and werent scared at all.

So we decided to see if they would crawl up on us and take some of the bread but they chickened out for some reason!!
These 2 punks decided to come steal all of our ducks and pigeons and they were a little smarter than us because they decided to bring popcorn. Since they decided to steal all of our birds we decided that we do a little something to make the birds not like them..... ....it seemed to work a little bit.

Well until my next adventure!!!! Maybe this week Ill go feed mountain lions up at Red Rock!!!

Hair I have done lately

2008-08-08T14:34:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of my clients pictures whose hair I have done lately and a few old pictures as well. This is my new background I am going to be putting up on my myspace here soon.

Houseboat in July with my buddies

2008-08-08T14:15:00.000-07:00

Well another Houseboat outing with the boys was fun as always. I think right there I was trying to mess with Jon while he was sticking the waterskiis on, but I obviously had to jump back on so they wouldn't ditch me on the boat.
We searched and searched for a place to cliff jump and finally found this one which was pretty much perfect. I am the one sitting down up top, then Robby, and then Jon climbing up to make the leap.
It looks like I am standing on the rocks but little do you know that I am actually perfecting the pencil jump along side Jonny P
Here is Matt shoving me off of the boat going 70mph...I only broke a few bones but I recovered very quickly.

Well it is kind of a tradition to play cards and then whoever loses has to do a dare and for some reason I always lose but I had to do what they told me which was them picking 1 ingredient each out of the fridge and then mixing it into a cup and heating it up in the microwave. Robby chose a piece of cheese, Matt chose olive juice, and Jon chose caramel syrup. You can tell by my reaction how much I loved it.

Well that was the trip out to the houseboat and I had to cut out a few pictures to protect the innocent but it was fun out there. Ill be posting soon lets hope!

FOILS ANYONE? SHOOT ME!!!

2008-03-16T05:54:00.001-07:00

This is how story ends.....

Well the day started out at 8:45am and ended with this foiling job which took me about an hour and a half to stick in.....which is FOREVER!!! She wanted 4 different colors and no hair left out which means.....take FOREVER for you people that dont understand.
We had about 120 foils in her head or so.......CRAZINESS

This was the end result of her hair which turned out pretty cool....but........this is how I felt after the whole thing. Started my day at 8:45am and ended at 7:30pm.....long day of standing up can tire anyone out. I went home and past out and that was my Saturday Night....

Arizona Trip

2008-03-14T12:25:00.000-07:00

Well this is the 4th time I have attempted to do this blog and I think I finally figured out how to do all the pictures the right way. Anyway.....this is our, Robby and I, trip to Arizona. It was nice to get out of Vegas because I hadn't been out of Vegas since last June and it was due time for me to have a break.
Our trip started off exciting in the car as you can tell but of course quickly died down and we were ready to hit the sack right when we got there.
The first morning we had to hit up IHOP of course and it was great. I just love all the different syrups you get to have for your pancakes, but Robby.....
was stoked about the kids "Horton hears a Who" breakfast and he had to get it. It looked a little wierd if you ask me but tasted pretty good.
We found a place called Dave and Busters which is pretty much like an adult Chucky Cheese. I won 750 tickets with 20$ worth of tokens on this card and was able to pretty much get some candy and then I just gave the rest of the tickets to some kid.
Robby got lucky and won this huge 4 square ball. We looked for a 4 square court all over the city but only found a local elementary school yard and the kids there were no match for us.
We went to BJ's restaurant because it is one of the greatest places ever and they have this thing called the Pzookie...sorry if I spell it wrong...but it is great. They bring out a fresh baked cookie in a pizza pan sort of and it is topped with Ice Cream. My friend Aryn, from hair school, was able to come eat with us so I fixed up her hair before the photo op.

Robby, Me and Aryn just looking good at the table...I think Robby is the size of both of us.

Robby and I went to a Cubs vs. A's game and this is us in our Cubs clothes ready to enter the park.

Carlos Zambrano was the opening pitcher for the Cubs which was pretty cool because he was warming up right next to us. He is one of their top pitchers and he sure acted like it when people tried saying hi to him....pretty arrogant guy if you ask me.

Robby and I looking like studs in front of our seats on the right field line.

A foul ball was hit and it went to the people right behind us and I knew there was no way anyone was going to catch and it went into the aisle. So I decided to go after it!! I ran and tripped on the steps jamming my finger, scraping my knee and stealing the ball from an old man. I felt kind of bad for stealing the ball from an old man but he wouldn't shutup the entire game so he had it coming.

Look at my pinky from the ball incident

We were also able to go to a Phoenix Suns game and this was outside the stadium

I dont think I am quite tall enough for the NBA and I was on my tippy toes a little bit. 6'8" is the average height for the NBA....I think 6'0" is a little too short.

Our seats weren't terrible consider we were like the farthest up possible but you could still see pretty well....well that is if you aren't an old old man..:)

We had to end off our trip by having this girl beg us to take a picture with us...its hard when all these women want you. Ok we begged her for the picture.....I should have cropped Robby out of the picture..jk What would a Michael blog be without a picture with some random girl.

Well thanks for reading my first real blog with pictures and all.....the next ones wont be as long and will only get better as soon as I figure all this stuff out. Until next time.....

FIRST BLOG!!!

2008-03-13T10:17:00.000-07:00

Well guys I just wanted to start doing a blog like everyone else in the family so that I can let everyone know what is going on in my life since we are kind of scattered around the US and dont talk as much as we should. I went and bought a digital camera as well before I went on my Arizona Trip so now Ill be able to take tons of pictures for the blog as well. Talk to you guys soon!