What 2 Tip

I paid $25 for a haircut yesterday. I really don't know why. I have been in withdrawl of my hair stylist in Salt Lake 'Jini' at Salon Heatherwood. No one seems to cut my hair, give me a shampoo head massage, clean out my ear hair, or trim my eyebrows quite like she does. I had been to Great Clips a couple of times and just wasn't quite satisfied, so I decided to try this Salon next to my house. I ended up getting the exact same 'Great Clips' haircut for almost $20 more. Due to some payment confusion and my sticker shock at the price I failed to leave a tip (really was an accident). However it got me thinking about what kind of tip we should leave in different situations. Honestly other than tipping 15-20% at restaurants I always feel like I am guessing. I decided to turn to my friend the interweb to answer this question. I found this very useful site: www.what2tip.com. I am now fully satisfied that I finally know what to tip my clown and what to tip at a funeral. I hope you find it as useful as I have.

Peyton Manning and the United Way

Spend Time with your kids so Peyton Manning doesn't!

Senor De La Jolla

As many of you have heard through various media outlets Judd and I recently competed head to head in a prestigious Man Pageant. It is known as Senor De La Jolla. Judd walked away with the crown, but more importanly he captured our hearts. We were pretty impressed with our performances so we thought that we should share them with the blogging community. As you watch the videos you can wonder, as we constantly do, why we are still single. Enjoy!

The Audition



TJ's Talent



Judd's Talent



Evening Wear



Q&A



Judd's Acceptance Speech



Let's all hope Judd fulfills his campaign promises to end world hunger and bring stability back to the middle east. Good luck with that Judd.

I'm Back - Aloha!

Okay so I know that I have really been back for over a month, but I really stink at keeping up on this blog thing.

I earned a trip to Hawaii through my work last year. I was really looking forward to taking my hot San Diego girlfriend with me, but she had a modeling shoot in Europe somewhere so she couldn't come. I was going to take one of the many other hot girls who are after me, but my girlfriend wouldn't allow it. She would only let me take my roommate Judd. It also happened to be Judd's birthday the week that we went, so I figured he would get me a plasma TV for my birthday if I gave him an expensive vacation for his. (I was taught to always give to receive. I'm pretty sure that is in the scriptures somewhere).

Some of the highlights of our trip include:

• The Ohana Sky Hotel's elevator system.
  
• The smell of the Ohana Sky Hotel room that we shared. (Made me miss my hot boxing days)
• IHOP in Waikiki
• Muanawili Falls
• The Road to Hana. Jack-in-the-box that night when we missed dinner.
  
• The 7 Sacred Falls Hike
• Hula Dancing with Brandi
• My first full body massage (no it wasn't Judd who gave it to me)
• Sitting in a mud bath next to Dr. Stephen Covey
• Running along the beach every morning
• Sacred Falls
• Papa Ole's Cheesburgers in Laie
• The 10 songs that were constantly on repeat on all of Hawaii's radio stations. (I hate Nelly Furtado now)
• The rental car
• The smell of the rental car after leaving our muddy shoes in it over night
• All of the food. Sushi every night. Lobster bar.
  
• Reading on the beach.
• The Grand Wailea Hotel
• Hawaii By Night Strip Club (No I didn't go in, but the promoter gave it the college try)
• Snorkeling with Sea Turtles
  
• Spending 8 Straight Days with my roommate Judd . . . . .Priceless

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the trip. If you want to see all of the pictures you can at http://picasaweb.google.com/tjdavis21. It was really a great vacation and I am glad that Judd could come with me. Enjoy the pictures. I look forward to your comments.

Whale Watching . . . I think I'll stick to Chuck-A-Rama

Well the Sith Lord Darth Spencer has recently called me out on my lack of blogging. I apologize profusely. There is no excuse, only an apology.

Okay now that we have that out of the way on to this week's blog: Whale Watching! I was invited by some friends to go and look for Whales last weekend. Needless to say I was pretty excited to go.

The excitement only grew as we pulled out of the harbor. The San Diego Skyline is awesome. Just as we pulled out there were literally 50 or so dolphins that began swimming with the ship. That was pretty cool. The coolness stopped there.

I don't know if I am just getting old or weak or what, but my stomach isn't up for this crap any more. I had never been sea sick before, but it hit me pretty fast. I should have taken the 'incident' of me throwing up at Lagoon this summer as a sign. (Yes I threw up in the bushes after riding the spider). The whale watching tour was a 3 hour tour (Go Gilligan). I got sick about a half hour into it, so I spent my 3 hours and $30 lying down on a bench. I got up to look at whales a couple of times and frankly Shamu is much more impressive, plus there is always the chance that Shamu will eat his trainer. This whale tour offered no such excitement.

The coolest thing that I saw was one of these fish at the very end of the tour:
It is a mola fish or a 'sun' fish. It basically sits on its side and eats things. It is a very lazy fish that lets birds fly down and clean it. My kind of fish. It can weigh as much as 600 pounds.

The dramamine that I took half way into the tour kicked in as we pulled into the harbor. We did go to lunch at a great place called Brazil by the Bay. I enjoyed my chicken Millanese and made the resolution that next time whale watching comes around I will put my $30 towards going to sea world and watching the caged animals do tricks for me instead.

The Rumbler

The Rumbler

Best Couple Costume? I really need to start dating

The air is getting a little bit crisper here in San Diego. With it comes the cooling temperatures. Lately we have only been seeing highs of 77-79 degrees. That must mean that Halloween is just around the corner. To celebrate my roomate Judson and I decided that we must maximize on the opportunity of a creative costume as a way of luring the San Diegan Babes. We needed something creative that would also spark a good conversation. We knew that we both needed complimentary costumes that would draw girls to us (as we do not dare approach them ourselves). Our first idea I still feel is quite clever but perhaps a little insensitive. Judson was going to be a sting ray and I was going to dress up as the Crocidile Hunter. After a two-day debate it was decided this would be funny if the Crocidile Hunter was only severely injured and not killed. With his death it seemed only cruel.

We then returned to an idea that we had been playing around with. A quick trip to the Dickie's Outlet store in the beautiful Chula Vista area and a little arts and crafts time with some old moving boxes produced this:
What you are seeing is correct. Judd is a package from God to Women otherwise known as 'God's gift to Women'. I am the UPS man in charge of his on-time delivery. The costume had much better results than we ever could have imagined. We have to date attended two parties with the following results:

1st Party 'The Booze Cruise':
We decided to try out our ingenious design at the San Diego County YSA boat dance last weekend. Saying the costume was a success would be an understatement. Everyone we walked by would look at Judd with a weird expression on their face, then look at me, then back at Judd, and then burst in to laughter. We had numerous requests for photos. We happily obliged however we required them to 'sign for the package' by giving us their name and phone number on the clipboard. Total number of phone numbers: 23

2nd Pary 'Singles Ward Delight'
Last night we attended a singles ward party. We collected another 16 numbers and were also crowned the honor of 'best couples costume'. We also learned that we were considered 'fresh meat' in the ward. All in all very exciting.

I would love to hear your thoughts on our costume.

Yes I Have a Blog and my Jetta Sucks

Here is my first attempt at joining the great world of blogging. My roommate convinced me to try it out. He claims that people who blog are really cool and I desperately want to be cool. This is his picture to my left. He looks cool. Maybe the blogging got him there. I don't know but I am willing to try.

I would like to declare my strong disliking of all cars Volkswagon. I currently own a VW Jetta (no I don't do Yoga). I'd heard the rumors before I bought it. People told me they always have problems. However in my arrogance I decided to purchase one anyways. Needless to say it's latest repair which has been one of many just cost me about 1/4 of the value of the car. Unbelievable.