Day 309: Crazy Stupid Munchies

 

November 5th, 2011Back when I was a crazy little kid, my mom would buy me a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos everyweek. That was essentially my allowance, and I consumed it to my heart’s delight. Somewhere along the way though I changed this tradition to a bag of Flaming Hot Munchies, which I must admit is the most delicious snack food ever. Except for the Pretzals in the bag, which must be the most useless entity within the confines of the bag. In terms of how well my day went, I started the day off busing home and ultimately starting the process of doing my laundry. I went to Von’s to buy Munchies for the movie later in the day and at the same time get “Cashback”. Amy, Rosario, and Geetha all came over as we awaited Alex’s arrival. She drove us all to Tofu House as we waited outside the pearly white gates, ate some delicious tofu soup, and then came back home to a pleasantly sunny day. Geetha and I went to Marshall’s where she bought clothes and I simultaneously bought a nice new sweater, a nice buttoned up shirt, as well as a tie. (All in preparation for the conference next Saturday). I proceeded home afterwards so I could put my stuff away, where I talked to Tyler for a bit. I also finalized my laundry and cleaned the messy pile of crap that was in my room.
I left to meet up with Geetha her place. We got some delicious Foodworx pizza before heading to Price Center to use the computers. We got some cash out of the ATM’s before heading to the theater for the ultimate consumption of Crazy, Stupid, Love. I made loud noises during the entire movie in the consumption my childhood snack. It was a great movie filled with lots of emotion and inspiration, as the little kid ultimately reminded me of me. We went home afterwards to both study and watch Netflix documentaries in the form of one on the founding of AMERICA, and then later one on Disneyland in preparation for the upcoming WTCC trip.

On this day in 1994, George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record. Foreman dedicated his upset win to “all my buddies in the nursing home and all the guys in jail.” Born in 1949 in Marshal, Texas, Foreman had a troubled childhood and dropped out of high school. Eventually, he joined President Lyndon Johnson’s Jobs Corps work program and discovered a talent for boxing. “Big George,” as he was nicknamed, took home a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. In 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica, after winning his first 37 professional matches, 34 by knockout, Foreman KO’d “Smokin'” Joe Frazier after two rounds and was crowned heavyweight champ. At 1974’s “Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasha, Zaire, the younger, stronger Foreman suffered a surprising loss to underdog Muhammad Ali and was forced to relinquish his championship title. Three years later, Big George morphed from pugilist into preacher, when he had a religious experience in his dressing room after losing a fight. He retired from boxing, became an ordained minister in Houston and founded a youth center. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Cool story, bro.

Texas GOP Ron Paul, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, was victorious in the Illinois straw poll on Saturday, November 5. Ron Paul garnered 52 percent of the votes to win the Illinois straw poll. Georgia businessman Herman Cain, who participated in the Cain-Gingrich debate on Saturday, grabbed 18 percent of the votes to finish in second place. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney took third place with 14 percent of the votes and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pulled in 9 percent of the votes for a fourth place finish. The rest of the GOP candidates finished with less than 3 percent of the votes. VICTORYYYYYYYYY.

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