The obligitory I turned 30 post.

As many of you know, I turned 30 on Wednesday. I want to thank all of my friends who made the arduous journey all the way out to Forest Grove.

I feel that at this point in my life I am the most secure I have ever been. I have worked for the same large corporation for just about 5 years, I make a livable wage, have health benefits, own my home, and all of my cars are paid off. I have a lot of friends, and get along with my family.

I am larger and more single than I expected, but when compared to the good points, I am fairly content with my life.

I know, usually saying things like this brings on some kind of trials and or tribulation, but I think I can handle it.

Pictures!

I hope this works. Here is a recent picture of me. Right before I cut it off. Yeah, i look like a hippy.

Handy man.

James can attest, I am not that handy, or so I thought.

That has all changed this summer, in the past 3 months I have fixed two leaking sinks, hung a shower curtain, replaced an alternator, re-mounted an accelerator cable, and changed two car batteries. I also helped install pergo flooring, installed insulation, some simple wiring, reattached some door hardware, and used a jig-saw to cut off some corners of boards.

Just one more thing I'm awesome at.

Rich Jandt Adventure #4

I had another run in with the girl from a week ago. You know the one who wanted adult relations with me, but I didn’t have the lobes for it.

She ran up to me in another bar, and apologized for losing me the other week. (She didn’t realize I had actually ran away) To my terror she grabbed my phone and programmed my phone for her number and then called her phone so she would have mine.

I thought she was too wasted the last time to remember me, but she actually seemed to like me. I was upfront with her this time though, and said that maybe we could see each other socially but the upfront sex thing wouldn’t work. We agreed that I would call her this week.

Also I am getting ready to cut my hair off. For those of you who do not know, I have hair to the middle of my shoulders, which I am donating to charity. I bought my last bottle of conditioner so I went big and got some really nice stuff. I was surprised to see that my full mane was thick and full of body. I even had some wavy curls going when it dried off.

Late to the show

I often find myself posting long, ranting replies on my friends blogs. Someone finally called me out on it, and suggested I start my own blog. So...
I don't exactly know what my blog will be about, I'm politically minded, spiritual, opinionated, good looking, hard working, and probably a little too smart for my own good.

I guess my first blog will be about a subject that is very important to me. Beer. I really like beer. Not cheap beer. Good beer.

I have a little rule that I go by, If I can see through it, I won't drink it. I stray sometimes, like on hot days when I come in from the forest, or I'm out on the river I might drink an American style lager. But usually its the browns, blacks, stouts, and porters I enjoy.

My current BoC "Beer of Choice" is the Beck's Dark. It has a small malt character, no hoppyness, crisp coffee flavor. The woman who works at 7-11 where I purchase beer called me pretentious for buying an imported dark beer. So I took it as a compliment.