25 Random Facts about Brian Charles Kazarian

You are blessed with a list of 25 random facts about me. Some you may already know, some you might have never heard. Time to get to know your friend Brian....enjoy!

1) I have had just under 70 stitches in my life. All coming before the age of 18. I never broke a single bone in all those years. Since the age of 18 I haven't had stitches but I have broken my collarbone and my ankle(never got this looked at until 3 years later...oops).

2)I am left handed. Maybe not that random of a fact, but did you know that I only do 5 other things left handed? They are as follows: Eat, shoot pool, shoot a gun, use scissors. What? That's only 4? Number 5 is the most fun of all, but probably a little too much info for the three of you that read this.

3) I won both categories(most laps and most money made) for the jog-a-thon for my elementary school in 5th and 6th grade. This allowed me to be principle for a day and really the coolest kid in school. But did you know I cheated that 2nd year? Thats right I was getting double marks on certain laps. I would go up to one mom and have her mark me and then run down the line a bit and have another mom mark my paper. It was genius!! And ensured me the victory for the 2nd year in a row. Why admit to this now? A-Rod made me realize its better to admit wrong doing before actually ever being caught. I don't want principal Morland checking the books 20 years later and calling me out on it. I am better than that and now better than A-Rod.

4)On July 13th, 2008 I was given a Lifetime achievement award in honor of my dedication to promoting and preserving the greatest sport(hockey) on Earth as a scout, a fan, and a player.

5) I love showers. Something is wrong in my day if I don't get two showers in at least.

6) You can always tell what type of mood I am in by the music I am listening to. I may not express my feelings well but my music is truly a view into my soul.

7)I hate red makeup on woman. Lipstick, finger polish, doesn't matter how attractive you are. You lose me with red anything on your face or hands. Don't really have a reason or know why. Just always been that way. I hate makeup on woman in general. Oh natural for me.

8) This is something I had been able to keep under raps for so so long. But most of you already know so I should tell the rest. I am a hopeless romantic. Key word, hopeless.....

9) I have never been broken up with in my life. Angie doesn't count!!! We were never together so technically she never broke up with me, although it felt that way. At least the streak is still intact!

10) I hate cats, I think they are the most worthless animals on the planet.

11) Spiders scare me.

12) I have a strange ability to know and/or remember music lyrics. Most of you know this. I am just proud of it and want to bring up this ability again.

13) I have no problems going to a movie by myself. Loser? I won't argue it, but to be honest it is kinda nice. I'd do it again see......

14) As far as I am concerned I invented the Crown and Dr. Pepper mix. You are welcome Simon and Kyle.

15) When I first met Ethan I thought he was the biggest douche on the planet. Nice to see he hasn't done much to sway this thinking....

16) First time I hung out with Taylor I smoked pot in front of him. He quietly judged me.

17) When I was a young man I wanted to become a doctor, after my grandmother died of cancer. I think the world is happy that goal never came to be.

18) I've never hit a homerun in any type of organized baseball. In fact I'd argue I've hit under 5 doubles in the 10+ years I played baseball. Pathetic.

19) I almost died when I was born. The umbilical chord was stuck around my neck, so when moms pushed I got strangled. This led to the first of three c-sections for moms. My bad.

20) For a short time in highschool I had a handicap of 3 in golf. I even considered quiting baseball to focus on golf. Went to a Stanford golf school with Garrett(who of course was better than me). Oh what could have been.

21) I'm a total prude.

22) I've never shot a gun in my life.

23) I currently have 6 pairs of pajama bottoms. And I'm single??

24) I have succeeded on 4 of my 7 2009 New Years resolutions. Where I am failing? Taking more pictures, buying more clothes, and taking more chances. I've got 6 more months to make these things happen.

25) I wreck cars. I don't get in fender benders. Every accident I have been in(only 2 relax) has completely destroyed the car I was driving.

Note: June's Monthly Music Mix is up. Hope you enjoy it. Sadly I couldn't find a link to Spangle by Jimmy Eat World.

Randomness 4.0

Nonsensical findings and thoughts from me. Enjoy....

+ F you Lakers! Now I am forced to deal with another 2 weeks minimum of my sports talk radio be taken over by the over analysis of everything Lakers. I don't care who Andrew Bynum is dating, how is this important? How many times do I have to hear from Kurt Rambis in a week?

+ Sorry Leslie, it's science.

+ Vegas two weeks in a row. Life is good, I find when you are in a slump you have to just work through it. Just for the record I have now lost money 6 straight trips....I just added up how much I have lost, ouch!

+ I was in one of my accounts last week and was offered a starburst. So I accepted and they proceeded to hand me a yellow starburst. A yellow? Really? She skipped over the red and pink and gave me a yellow. I wanted to kick her square in the balls. Yeah I said her. Pretty sure she has balls. If anyone  ever offers you a starburst and then subsequently gives you a yellow you kick them right in the balls. Lets set a precedent here huh.

+ I've now joined Twitter! My twitter link along with some of my friends can be found on the right side of this blog. 

+ Cheers to the support system of my friends. Our first hockey game of the season and you guys came out in force to support us.  You rule. 

+ Simon and Taylor were recently talking about the color test. I want to take that again. Not because I hope to change my results, but because I forget what I was. No No I know I was a white, but what was my secondary color? Anyone?

+ A hotel pool in Vegas might be the douchiest thing on the planet. 

+ I decided the other night I am going to harass Lauren Hansen with uncomfortable texts for a good week or so.  Because I can.

+ I gained 5 pounds back and am not happy about it. Need to step my game up! Guess that is what happens when you have 14 celebrations for your birthday. Birthday celebration number 15 kicks off this weekend....

+ This and This are the two best movie trailers ever!

+ I love lost. Mythology, time travel, good vs. evil. Ohhh all the symbolism!! If you haven't watched this show I highly recommend renting the dvd's. And while I am at it let me wash the balls of Arrested Development and The Wire. Really amazing shows. Get on board.

+ Justin and Heidi, make it happen.

+ I know the girls that read this will role their eyes with this statement. But here it goes. Us boys need to find more time to play whiffle ball. I was thinking of Eric's BBQ the other day and how much fun we had playing . I want more of that. 

Finally, I want to give major props to the Anaheim Ducks GM Bob Murray for crushing a lady with a chair as the Ducks were scored upon in the last minutes of game 7. That is the type of commitment I want from my teams GM. How dare that woman get in the way of a man and his uncontrollable need to break something after his team fails.....

Starting 30 the right way: With lots of ball washing.....

Son of a bitch, or bloody hell or bollocks. I don't really comprehend what I am saying. I am just trying to appease the 4 people who read this blog regularly.  How am I doing so far?

I had this amazing blog post all done up full with a very comprehensive telling of the first 30 years of my life and how it has all gone wrong. Full with bashing ex-girlfriends, current friends and of course family. 

You all just had to ruin it with the throwing of a surprise party for my 30th birthday. Now i feel compelled to wash your balls a bit......

I think my dad put it best. He said, "You can tell who a quality person is by the people they choose to surround themselves with. And you have a bunch of amazing friends." Clearly he hasn't met Simon, what an a-hole!

But in all seriousness. I couldn't think of a better, and some will say gayer, way of kicking off the new look of the blog by just telling all of you how much the last few weeks have meant to me. I'm not one to want to draw a lot of attention to myself or be the main focus of conversation, that is why we have Ethan after all. But everyone wants to feel appreciated as a friend and all of you couldn't have done a better job of showing me you care by what you have done since my actual b-day on May 1st. 

So without further delay, here is a list of everyone I could possibly think of who A might read this blog and B who made me feel all gay inside when it came to my b-day. Let the ball washing begin(side note: you don't have to be a guy to be ball washed. It's a metaphor and in this instance most the woman have bigger balls to be washed than any of the boys).

Parents - They don't read my blog, they don't know about the blog. But I would feel like I was doing a disservice if I didn't start this off with expressing how much they mean to me and have molded me into the gay, lame, star wars shirt wearing, Simpson pajamas wearing , eye candy, that I am today. They are truly the two most generous people I have ever met. 

Ethan, Taylor, Justin, Eric, Playa - What can I say. It's truly hard for me to picture any fun moments in my life without one or all of you involved in one way or another. I couldn't think of a better group of guys to just get verbally abused from on a daily basis. 

Adri, Leslie, Katie - To put up with not only your boys but also the lifetime 3rd wheel in me is already enough to earn you a prize. But everything you guys have done these past few weeks is something I won't forget. Ethan and Taylor are lucky to have you guys. Katie you might be the nicest person in the world. Its borderline creepy how nice you are, wouldn't hurt to drop an F bomb now and again....

Simon, Carrie, Kyle, Sarah, Heidi, Morgan, Tim, Ethan, Annie, Jason, Katie, Alex, Carrie - Some I haven't known long, some I have known forever and lost touch with. But all of you are special people to me and it was really great for me to see you at the party. I love you all. Except Simon, what an a-hole!

Everyone else - blah blah ball wash blah blah. 

My overall point is just THANK YOU. I can't really express it enough. I feel blessed to have you all in my life. I feel blessed to share past, current and future fun with you. I truly feel that 30-40 is going to be even more fun than 20-30. 

Blog Under New Management!

To whom it may concern,

This blog has been bought up by the "Neil Young doesn't get the respect he deserves foundation". In the upcoming weeks you will see some drastic but more appealing changes to the blog. Please be patient during this process as we here at the NYDGTRHDF truly have your interests at heart.

Any concerns regarding the upcoming changes can be emailed to taylorisadouche@yahoo.com.

Sincerely,

Mr. Bad Example

Founder/Janitor

Prom Bracket is REALLY Dead

I was so over the prom bracket I didn't even name the correct Lionel Richie song as the winner. My apologies to Adri and Leslie and Brittany who were the only three truly upset of the ending of this bracket.

I blame the economy.....

Prom Bracket Is Dead

Prom Bracket is dead. I am bored with it. Lets say Richie wins it with "All night long".  Everyone agree? Good.....

2009 Prom Bracket: Elite Eight

The votes are in! I know some of you voted all the way through but that isn't how this is going down. We are going to go round by round until a true winner is declared. I took note of every one's first round votes as well as a few votes that were made outside of posting on the blog(honestly? how hard is it to post a message?)

Corsage Bracket
-Lionel Ritchie's Hello(1 seed) takes out Eric Clapton and Wonderful Tonight(4 seed). It was a surprisingly close battle. Personally I think Hello crushes Wonderful tonight when it comes to pure prom songs. So I am happy to see this move on

-In our first upset of the bracket Richard Marx and Right Here Waiting takes down Wham and Careless Whisper. I thought the John Candy video playing tot he song would lock it up for Wham. I was wrong.

Did you get in her pants Bracket
-Complete and utter blowout. Peter Gabrielle and your eyes crushes Always and Forever. Heat Wave apparently doesn't get the heat going with the ladies at prom. Hey yooooo!

-This is one that will be debated for centuries. Both wonderful songs filled with yearning and love and feelings. Seems the men all wanted Heaven to advance while the ladies went nuts over Vanessa Williams in the fake snow in Save the best for last. We had an utter deadlock with this match. With that said Heaven moves on. Bryan Adams is Canadian. Canadians brought hockey into my life. The title of his song is Heaven. I want to go there someday. So Bryan Adams wins in my book.

We all got a lime Bracket
- Even with my large hope of Sinead to move on, More than Words was just too overpowering in the voting. Extreme takes this one in a very close battle.

-This was probably my worst placement of the rankings in this bracket. How the hell anyone could even think Luther holds a candle to Cetera and Glory of love is beyond me. With that said we had a tie here. Poor poor taste not withstanding. Glory of Love crushes Here and Now. It shouldn't have even been this close. Shame on you Here and Now voters. Shame on you.

Photo line Conversation Bracket
-I'm all out of love didn't really stand a chance against I'll Make love to you. Other than In your Eyes, it was the most lopsided battle of the initial round.

-You Can't fight this feeling anymore. Just once and for all proves that roses are overrated. Well at least roses with thorns.....


ELITE EIGHT

Corsage Bracket
1) Lionel Ritchie - Hello
vs.
3) Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting

Did you get in her pants Bracket
1) Peter Gabrielle - In Your Eyes
vs.
2) Bryan Adams - Heaven

We all got a Limo Bracket
1) Extreme - More than Words
vs.
3) Peter Cetera - Glory of Love

Photo line Conversation Bracket
1) Boys2Men - I'll Make Love to you
vs.
2) REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight this Feeling Anymore

Again the more votes we get the better. So vote! Encourage your friends, family, Hobbes, Olive, anyone and everyone to vote. Happy singing along and remembering how brutal and awkward prom was.....