Ha again! I have changed the link colors and the like back to reasonable settings (yes, that was another Peeg doing). Also, I have added another button. Check it out, yo.

Peace,
Joe

Um, yes. I have changed the name of my brother Peeg's link.

Well, I do like surprises.
But not some.
It appears that in the construction of my webpage Webmaster Peeg and my brother Nick decided to put up some questionable childhood pictures as my background.
But no more.
Nick showed me a bit too early I guess, and I used my fledgling webmaster skills to change all that.

So, to Nick and Da Peeg I say, "Ha."

Your scheme to reveal my liking of squishing sand under my feet was aborted. So I say,
"Ha."

I hope everyone is well.
Peace,
Joe

Man I do certainly enjoy surprises.
I am currently reading about what makes a situation surprising along the social-cognition front and I decided that instead of finishing reading I could do something that seems equally as important: post on my blog.
So here I am, posting.
First up since the last post, Peeg and Stacy had their wedding reception. It was awesome. The whole immediate family was there, and art and food and hip music. Afterwards we fit in the traditional Chandler Wedding tradition and drank Jack Daniels Single Barrel and slam danced to "Its the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)" by REM. We did this out in the parking lot of the art museum, making it even more awesome. It was cold, the whiskey was great, and the Chandlers are a damn fine bunch of slam dancers. Especially Will. You should see that man boogy boogy. Jenn came with me and saw all the siblings together at once. That in itself was wonderful. And Peeg is married to a great lady. Good times all the way around. For more accounts of said reception, see other Chandler Blogs at the top of this page.
Hmmmm, I wonder what else could be going on in Joe's life? School! Past Peeg's reception, I have been working toward the end of the semester here in my first year of grad school. Almost there, and I haven't burned out yet. I must continue... in fact, I am really quite enjoying myself.
Also it is thanksgiving soon. That will be wonderful as well.
You know, I really just don't have that much to say becasue that article is just looking at me saying, "you must read me now."
And so I shall.
That is no surprise.

Ok, sorry about that.

I hope everyone is well,
Peace,
Joe

Every once in awhile you need a weekend where you don't do much but fun things. I had one of those this weekend with Jenn. It was, as a movie add might put it, a "non-stop tour-de-fun."
I have been dating Jenn now for 6 months, and she still likes me. So in celebration of this seeming impossibility, I went to Nashville to visit her. On friday night, we watched Finding Nemo. It was one of the best Disney movies I've ever seen. It is gorgeous in terms of the animation, and there is some damn fine voice acting as well. So Nemo kicked off our weekend of supa keenness.
The next day we went to a Wildlife Preserve called Radnor Lake and saw deer. Then we went to a fancy pants dinner at The Acorn Restaurant in Nashville. Following that we went to the coolest bar ever, The Station Inn. There we saw Ronnie Reno and his band. They were incredible. The bar was this hole in the wall where awesome acts come all the time. Apparently Jenn and I didn't fit in too well, because on the way in a lady outside the bak entrance asked us accusingly, "you goin' to tha suchi bar or tha club?" I didn't know quite what she meant so I pointed at the building and said "station Inn." She seemed satisfied. (apparently there is a fancy sushi bar across the street and people often steal station inn parking spots to go there.)
The next day we went to church and then saw The Matrix Revolutions on a six-story high IMAX screen. It was, shall we say, intense. The movie, well, see it and you decide. I'm thinking that even without the IMAX it would've been... intense.
The IMAX was in the giant outlet mall where DollyWood used to be. Thats right, they tore it down and replaced the family fun place with a giant shopping mall so huge I could easily see one being able to spend the whole day in it before you realize where you are. Oh dear.
We spent the rest of the day just hanging out. That night I made spinach and cheese quesadillas. Then I came back today.
Now, alas, my time of fun has backed up work out the wazoo. I must work supa hard and get through the week, because Geoff and Stacy's reception is this weekend... which means more fun.
Someone get me some better. I am on a roll

Sorry about that last part, with the roll comment.

I hope everyone is well.
Peace,
Joe