1. Think of 20 movies you like
2. Enter a quote from each movie.
3. See how many your friends can guess. (Luke you are ineligible hahaha)

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*Hunting camels is prohibited. (The US Army once experimented with camels in the Arizona desert, and eventually gave up. The remaining camels were set free, and are now protected.)

*Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony.

*There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus. (The Saguaro cactus, treasured by Arizonians, has been endangered by those who find pleasure in shooting or cutting down cacti. Thus, a law was passed to protect the cactus.)

*Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.

*A class 2 misdemeanor occurs if one places a mark upon a flag which is "likely to provoke physical retaliation".

*It is illegal to produce imitation cocaine.

*When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses.

*It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water. (In the summer-time, with temperatures reaching topping 120 degrees, often people will need water, but may not have the money to pay for it (mainly applies to homeless). Hence, the law. It is very much in effect today, with businesses being reported (and heavily fined) who refuse to supply water to those who ask for it. Convenience stores are the primary businesses who uphold this law.)

*You may not have more than two dildos in a house.

Globe:
*Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American.

Hayden:
*If you bother bullfrogs or cottontails, you will be fined.

Maricopa County:
*No more than six females may live in any house. (The zoning ordinance was intended to crack down on the proliferation of brothels. However, lawmakers did not forsee cultural changes such as groups of girls living together in a sorority house.)

Mesa:
*It is illegal to smoke cigarettes within 15 feet of a public place unless you have a Class 12 liqueur license. There may be a similar law to this in Tucson...

Mojave County:
*A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must wash himself with it until it is all used up.

Nogales:
*An ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders.

Prescott:
*No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of the county court house.

Tempe:
*One must be 18 years old to buy spray paint. This is STATE law in Ohio if I am not mistaken and I believe that it includes all markers of any kind

Tombstone:
*It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling. I have been to Tombstone and they could RAKE in the fines if they wanted to start enforcing this one...

Tucson:
*Women may not wear pants. ...but I appreciate that they do...

Go fuck yourself. No one listens to you, except for the few people that watch the 700 club in the morning because its better than watchin Suzanne Sommers on the Home Shopping Network (or so they say). No one believes that God himself is responsible for terrorism or for hurricanes or the fact that you look like a wrinkled old assprune. Perhaps someday someone should consider assasinating you, you are preaching a more toxic message of hate here to A-Merkins than any foreign dictators.

Signed,
America.

PS. Really. Go fuck yourself.

Ok. If you have a TiVo, or are still stuck in rerun land... you need to see the latest episode of Trading Spouses on FOX. Granted, I don't usually watch much FOX original programming, when I saw the ad for this show I had to set my TiVo to record it. See that clip that has me rolling on the floor laughing here.

In other news, I will be making a brief trip home to Ohio next week for my dad's wedding. I am trying to take a little time out to see a few friends, but can't see everyone I would like to. I will be staying with my mom in Galloway. It's kinda exciting that my dad is getting married. My new stepmom, Julie, is totally sweet and I am glad that her and my dad are together. I will also now have two new stepbrothers. It's cool because I like how my family is growing :)

The week after next, Luke and I will be making our annual pilgrimage up to the Grand Canyon. That should be cool, and I should have some neat pictures to share upon our return.

I hope everyone is doing well :)

Ok, so I know this isn't the real state quarter design contest. However, the Arizona Daily Star is accepting reader submissions for what they think the Arizona state quarter, to be released in 2008 as the 48th quarter, should look like. I took some time this morning, when there was nothing else really to do, to come up with some ideas of my own. I am going to submit one to the newspaper in a few days, just wanted to see if anyone had any comments.


This is the most basic design, and the basis for all three. The background is a relief of the Grand Canyon (the photo of which was taken by yours truly), and the foreground contains a basic outline of the state of Arizona.


Same as above, but with a saguaro cactus (using the two most visible "Arizona icons")


This one is based off of the first one, but contains a diamondback rattlesnake in it.


This is my fave, it has the Arizona State flag inside the outline of the state.

Just thought this would be pretty to post.

I bought a new toy yesterday... I have always wanted a GPS. Now that I have one, I want to get the mapping software but it costs almost as much as the unit itself. I need to find someone who has a Garmin GPS who wouldn't mind copying the CDs for me hahaha. So anyway, I am learning how to use it, and have already found out some cool stuff about where I live...

My house is at 2330 feet above sea level. It's located at N 32° 15.793', W 110° 56.804'. All the things I didn't know yesterday.

Why not head to Missoula Montana for the Testicle Festival? You can help yourself to a heapin' helpin' of gonads fried for gobblin'.

BLECH

Rednecks will eat anything if you deep fry it and set them down in front of NASCAR.

In other news, yesterday was mine and Luke's three year anniversary. Yes, it has been that long. Seems like yesterday when I first met him. I love him incredibly, and I hope he knows that. We went to Sakura for teppan chicken (me) and sushi (Luke) and fine asian drinks (both of us). :)

I love eet!

I did not know this... I live 145.2 miles from the ocean. It seems like such a small distance, when I will drive 120 miles to go to Ikea. The problem is, that the ocean is in Mexico. With crossing the desert, and the border, and more desert, it takes four hours to reach Puerto Penasco, and only 90 minutes to reach the mecca of european furnishings.

I have been playing with this new, ultra cool program called Google Earth. It combines satellite imagery of the entire planet, with real topographical information (yes, I'm a dork) and lets you see three dimensional pictures of places. I took a couple of where you can live, so you can experience the views that I have.


Looking east. My house is where the little label is (see, not too much grass out here). You can see the Rillito River snaking across the top. The Santa Catalina mountains are on the left, and the Rincon Mountains on the right. Most of the Catalinas are within the 6000-9000 foot range, and Tucson sits at about 2100 feet above sea level.


Looking north-eastish. More of the Catalina Mountains. It's pretty accurate... especially when compared to the current camera image from the University of Arizona...