Random Thoughts Return

creepy

2010-04-19T19:47:00.002-05:00

so i didn't grow up having an ice cream truck going though the neighborhood, i didn't have a neighborhood. but as i sit and write this i can hear the truck out side driving through the parking lot. and it creeps me out. its 7:51 and its dusk. it really doesn't help that the ice cream "trucks" around here are actually vans similar to this one.

yea creepy huh?

future Nicholas Sparks book

2010-04-17T11:26:00.002-05:00

im sure someone will die. probably of cancer.

cool moon picture

2010-04-13T20:04:00.007-05:00

so i found this moon picture that is 3D. do you remember the magic eye posters? well its sort of the same concept. stare in between the moons until one appears in the middle. that one will be in 3D.

try it out click the image to make it bigger its easier that way

coming back

2010-04-07T16:59:00.002-05:00

so ive been out of the blogging world for a while. im going to try and get back into it. but its hard with an 8 week old.

random picture:

wierd...

2009-12-12T19:58:00.002-06:00

so i keep getting this anonymous poster who keeps posting the same thing over and over again on one of my oldest entries. i keep deleting it but still its annoying.

not much new around here. my temp job is over, so its back to retail until something else comes up. so this is the second christmas without a full time job. thats depressing. it seems like its always something. that life never gets to that "ahhh" stage. im not sure if its never going to do that or what?

i just want the stupid economy to turn around so that i can get a full time job being a graphic designer.

right now im the most overqualified employee at my work. i have 2 friggan degrees. thats more than everyone COMBINED at work. wow huh?

Time keeps ticking down to D-Day. are we going to be ready i hope so. i guess most people at this point (32 weeks) would have a nursery, but we dont. we have to move a lot of stuff around before that can happen.

i guess im just feeling like when life gets you down, life's friend is there to keep you in the ribs.

Something Funny

2009-10-07T16:03:00.001-05:00

this is something i thought up while driving home from work.

imagine a movie announcer:

"Diarrhea. Break the silence."

i dont know i just thought it was funny.

It's a Girl

2009-09-08T18:42:00.002-05:00

Here she is, her first 3d picture, she weighs 10 oz. she wiggles a lot so it was hard to get still pictures.

blah

2009-08-10T22:44:00.002-05:00

so ive been feeling blah as of late. nothing really new is going on and im frustrated with my jobs, yes i still have 2.

i wish i could trade them in for 1 good full time job that i would enjoy. but alas in today's economy that seems too much to ask.

so we get home tonight and there is a car parked on the sidewalk infront of our building. 2 wheels on the side walk 2 wheels on the road. this is stupid. there is ample parking and somebody thinks that they are way too important to be inconvenienced with parking in a space designed for CARS.

this has been a pet peeve of mine for years. people parking to "jump out" and get a redbox movie, or run into a grocery store, post office, pharmacy, fast food...etc.

why must these people think that they are "The Exception". they obviously see that others use the parking lot, thats what its there for. but what goes through there mind to justify there actions? "well I dont NEED to park...it'll just be a minute"

they call it a fire lane for a reason.

okay enough of that.

cool website ive found recently:

TodaysBigThing.com

it posts a video daily, usually cool or funny in some way enjoy.

baby on board

2009-07-26T07:10:00.003-05:00

so its been a while. i took a little vaca from blogging. we moved, ive been working 7 days a week for a long time and my down time is precious so i use it. but here is a pic of our little one. its actually kinda old now this was taking a few weeks ago. but its still cool. when we got the ultrasound we got to see the baby's heart beat and it wiggled, which was exciting. miriam tells me that now the baby is the size of a lemon, which could fit in your hand.

we went to babies r us the other day, for 2 hours. just looking. i got tired of it towards the end. but i think i would get tired of being at best buy for 2 hours also. there are sooo many unnecessary things there, its crazy.

so im really into dexter, the tv show, now. we have it on netflix.

im still working in alton for 20 hours a week, and doing my retail job.

although the retail job is getting ever so tiresome. i pray a full time job comes soon. before i lose my mind.

Additional Job

2009-06-03T17:27:00.002-05:00

its a new job but im still doing retail on the side.

for the next 4 weeks (at least) im the inhouse graphic designer/consultant for a non profit organization in Alton, IL.

its a bit of a drive but hey its an alright gig. im pretty much a one man show right now, which ive never been. i get handed gobs of text documents and i have to design them into books that are easier to read and somewhat interesting.

so i design presentations and requests for bid (books to hand to potential clients)

yup. its consistent hours and i dont have to stand up all day. :)

i think we are going to go shopping for jeans tonight, because i need new ones. all but one pair have holes in them, thanks retail :)

im out.

learning curb.

2009-05-14T14:17:00.003-05:00

yea i know its "curve" that was intentional.

so im reteaching and expounding upon my current html/css knowledge. its tedious to do, but i am learning.

i was able to fix some things that had really been bothering me with my blog layout.

like how it cut off photos and videos on the right side. bugged the heck outta me.
but now thats fixed. soooo much more to learn though.

havent really gotten into css yet mainly focusing on html today.

which for the general populace is completly a foreign language. think of it as the building blocks of the internet and CSS as the legos, well the more adult technic legos.

yup

Seriously

2009-05-10T18:50:00.002-05:00

what is the deal with people and small dogs? they always try to bring them in the store. and we have to ask them to leave. ITS A DOG. just cause its small and in a purse doesnt make it ok. no dogs in the store. period. well unless its a helper dog, then its allowed.

i really love when the people try to argue with me. "its ok, shes in the bag."

ummm....out.

had a lady come in the other day carrying a small dog. we told her she couldnt have it blah blah.

then she asked "well im just looking for one thing, could i stand by the door and someone bring it to me?"

my manager, "well what are you looking for?"

"onesies."

"like for dogs?"

"no (shocked) for people (lifts her dog up and points) like this."

absolute craziness.

electric sheep.

2009-04-22T10:30:00.001-05:00

amazing.

Dreaming.

2009-04-20T17:59:00.002-05:00

so the other night sometime past midnight, I woke up to the sound of a yell. not a scream or shriek, but a forceful yell.

it was miriam.

this is how the event went down.

me: (asleep)

miriam: AAAAHHHHHH!

me: "miriam, whats wrong? are you ok? why are you yelling?"

miriam: "i was dreaming... i was chasing a bad guy... and (sigh) i caught him, ...and was throwing dishes at him"

me: "what?!" (i commence to laugh hysterically)

miriam: (laughs then goes back to sleep)

it is one of those stories that will be an inside joke for us for years. i still will think about it and chuckle to myself.

hope you enjoyed it.

smellin good.

2009-04-18T13:04:00.002-05:00

So after more than a decade i have decided to change deodorant. i have been using right guard aerosol since i started using deodorant. but alas i have grown to think there may be a better type out there, so i started researching.

decided to try a "stick" type, and went to target. after extensively looking through the selection, i chose right guard xtreme ultra gel.

its definitely different but in a good way. i think its working pretty good, this is the first day of use.

i know that no one probably cares about this but i thought its kinda a medium deal in my life since i dont typically change things that often.

Customers.

2009-04-16T23:19:00.002-05:00

oh the joys of working with the public. and the worst kind of public, consumers. here is some examples.

i had a lady today try and argue with me about a price of some toys. these wooden little people, they come 2 in a set with a little book. we sell them for 3 bucks. so there were 2 sets both missing a "person" in the clearance section. they had been marked down to 1.50 each. so for the price of 1 normal set you would be getting 2 people and 2 books. well she thought they should be 1 dollar a piece since they were incomplete. i explained to her that there was nothing wrong with them just that one person was missing from each and they had been reduced by half, yada yada...

so she still tries to ague with me, and keeps saying "you understand right?" in a russian accent. so i explain it a different way telling her she is actually getting an extra book for the price of a "regular" set.

still tries to argue.

at this point im fed up and tell her the manager is up front and she can tell him.

and guess what he told her the SAME THING. she bought them for 1.50 each. BAM!

so i might start doing this weekly, telling about customer situations. so others can enjoy it.

Know when to hold 'em.

2009-04-06T22:08:00.002-05:00

so i played texas hold 'em. on satuday with some of the guys from our small group. i had to lean specifically fro this night, because i had never played.

my solution i went on youtube and watched a bunch of how to vids.

ill admit that i was not too excited because it seemed that the sole purpose of this game is to win money, and thats the only time that it is fun.

well i was wrong, i had a blast. and i actually did pretty well. it was a $15 buy in for the night and i went home with $17.75. so i managed to keep my $15, which was my goal and actually made some money.

we are thinking of making it more regular event. which i think i would like. have a guys night and a girls night.

next time i might wear a cowboy hat.

pure sickness.

2009-03-27T18:30:00.003-05:00

so i think i might be behind the times but i just found out about this guy called Beardyman. he is a beat box master from the UK. and when i say master, i mean this guy sounds like a he is in a booth. its amazing what he can do with sounds. just watch this and try not to be amazed.

Wild.

2009-03-26T01:01:00.003-05:00

so when i first heard/read that someone was going to make a movie out of "where the wild things are" my thoughts were not good. i thought it was going to be horrible and the movie couldnt be more than 10-15 min long due to the shortness of the story. well there is now a trailer out. im still not sure about it, but im interested. and its cool that its not all CG. check it out here.

restroom encounter

2009-03-16T21:45:00.002-05:00

we ate at El Maguey tonight. really good food it was good company too, we ate with the paavolas. chris and i also saw ozzie smith in the restroom. no i didnt talk to him, there was a drunk that wouldnt leave him alone, but ozzie was being very nice to him and listening. i dont think that i would have done that.

anyway just interesting, seeing a celebrity in the bathroom.

Hilarity to follow.

2009-03-11T21:15:00.002-05:00

probably the funniest thing ive seen in months, i cried i laughed so hard. funnier than ninja kitty.

a little surgery

2009-03-09T20:13:00.004-05:00

so for the past week or more the power adapter for my powerbook has been on the fritz. My apple care is gone so i cant just go into an apple store and just exchange it. i have been pricing them and they cost $60-80 for an apple brand. but i bought one off of ebay that is a third party for less then $20.

well last night it started to smoke. YIKES right. well i had to do some surgery.

and trust me its more complicated than it looks. after about an hour the cord is 3 inches shorter and not as pretty but it works like new. but i still have the new one coming, but it will work for a back up.

im not an electrician, but i play one in my living room floor.

absolute lunacy.

2009-03-04T21:17:00.002-06:00

"Florida Woman Calls 911 After McDonald's Runs Out of McNuggets"

3 times i might ad. you think im joking. read it i mean seriously i heard about this on the radio this morning but i thought it was a joke. then i heard it "previewed" on the news, so i had to look it up. wow. she is 27 years old, what planet does she live on where running out of McNuggets is an emergency. granted they wouldnt give her money back but 911??? words fail to describe what im thinking.

on a side note who remembers these? i used to get them at my grade school family fun night all the time.

More Movie Reviews

2009-02-28T21:20:00.007-06:00

Now this is a hulk movie, started fresh from the ground up and it WORKED. Man this movie is a blast to watch and eventually i hope to own it. completely rinses the mouth of the bad aftertaste of "HULK". the story was a nice balance of banner and hulk, action and romance, and the fight scenes had me cheering in my living room (i dont do that).

4.5 out of 5 stars

What went wrong with this movie? I dont know but it went really bad. and it shouldve been funny. I really like Dane Cook, hes funny, but not in this movie. Im not sure that i really laughed any in this movie. and it doesnt take much to make me laugh. steer clear of this stinker.

NO STARS

Hated this movie. plain and simple. if you liked "The Notebook" don't even think of this movie. it is NOT a romance, and it wasn't just me miriam didnt like it either. The tag is: "Its never too late for a second chance." I say yes it is.

NO STARS

My 360 is sick

2009-02-28T21:04:00.002-06:00

So i had to send my xbox off to microsoft to get fixed. one of the cooling fans went bad, vibrating making noise and such.

Im going through withdrawal. sounds stupid but it really is an important part of our living room. no games, no streaming movies, no online socializing... definitely miss it.

website that will make you smile

2009-02-16T15:36:00.003-06:00

this is just one example of the hilarious pictures on UpsideDownDog.com this site make me miss my dog and wish we could afford one now. but at least i can laugh at these pictures, and you can too.

Sick...

2009-02-05T10:04:00.001-06:00

i feel terrible. I ache all over like i got hit by a truck. this is day number 2...how long will this last?

In my opinion

2009-01-30T21:46:00.002-06:00

Im typing this with less than a minute in the superbowl, BUT if the stealers win (and they probably will) they dont deserve it. one of their touchdowns should not have counted, He wasnt in the in zone, and terrible calls by the refs on the cards.

Now im not a football fan by any stretch of the imagination, but i did watch, and the cardinals got a raw deal.

Arthur's new pad

2009-01-25T15:00:00.002-06:00

So Arthur is all moved into his new tank. He's a little irritated at the moment i dont think he liked the net too much. hopefully he will love it. its definitely a lot prettier then the animal cracker jar.

Got it at petsmart on sale. Yeah!

newest addition

2009-01-23T10:53:00.002-06:00

this is Arthur. he's my new Betta. some people at Pastoral Solutions gave him to me as a going away present. at first i have to admit i wasn't to excited but i've grown to love him. i think he recognizes me now because he gets exited when i come around he will come to the side of the tank im on. and he's not frilling to challenge me either. im getting him a better tank. right now he is in a recycled 2 gallon animal cracker jar. long story, but im ordering his tank today. ill post more pics when he gets in his new home eventually.

Horton Hears a Who!

2009-01-12T19:14:00.005-06:00

So we got Horton Hears a Who! the other day with netflix, and it was great. the animation was top notch. the story didn't stray to much from the book. i thought the cast was great. why couldn't they have done Grinch and Cat in the Hat like this instead of horrible live action. i recommend this movie to everyone who was ever a little kid.

5 out of 5 stars

St. Louis Bread co.

2009-01-11T15:02:00.002-06:00

ive never been one of those people that go crazy over St. Louis Bread co. (panera for all those outside of STL) I mean there food is alright, i like there black bean soup...
but the other night we went to one and i ordered a turkey sandwich and wanted cheese on it, the guy said it would be an extra 65 cents. I said that would be fine, i wanted cheese... he asked what kind, american. when we get our order and sit down and the table i look and its a friggin craft single on my sandwich! since when is that cheese?? that is IMITATION cheese. i hate craft singles. its like cheese flavored hardened glue. and on top of that i paid them 65 cents to put this junk on my sandwich.

i ate it because i didnt want to go back and complain, but needless to say im very disappointed with the cheese selection at St. Louis Bread co.

so there.

I feel bad...

2009-01-11T15:00:00.003-06:00

i know that my posts have fallen to the side, and im going to try and post more often. i go through stages where i want to post a lot and then other times where i never do. now that that has been said.

BRING ON THE POSTS

arrrggg!

2008-12-18T20:02:00.004-06:00

we have a mouse...

looks like this (not my hand)

so tired...

2008-11-17T21:46:00.002-06:00

im so tired... i feel completely drained right now. but on the plus side i have a temporary full time gig this week.

also check this site out it will either make you feel good or bad about your price of gas compared to everyone else. it made me feel good cause missouri has the lowest gas prices nationally. :)

GasBuddy.com

oh and we are starting our move today and hopefully will be done on Saturday. we are in the boxing stage. putting things in boxes, not hitting each other lol. kinda weird to think in another 5 days we will live in another city.

gas prices

2008-11-06T18:40:00.002-06:00

Gas is actually $1.98 here. this is insane i never thought it would be this low again. and the worst thing is that my tank is full. i guess thats not terrible. but still its a surprise. i hope it keeps going lower, as does all america.

on a side note Gears of War 2 comes out tomorrow! IM STOKED!

Super power?

2008-11-05T10:37:00.002-06:00

so let me tell you of this ability that, i realized this morning, i possess. i havent come up with a fancy name for it yet, but it involves breaking things on the kitchen floor. before today i thought that it was just clumsiness, but the pieces came together just a while ago, no pun intended. since getting married i have broken a bowl, a jug of ice tea, a jar of strawberry jam, and this morning a jar of salsa. we have almost lived in this apartment for 2 years and that averages out 1 major break every 6 months.

so here is what happened this morning. im cleaning house, being a good husband. i just get through vacuuming the kitchen and a thought popped in my head, clean behind the fridge. so i pull out the fridge and its gross. i vacuum and then take a rag and clean the stains. ahhh much better. i then roll the fridge back into place. i open the door to make sure i didn't unplug it and KA-CRASH.

broken glass and salsa everywhere. im in bare feet and can move. i barely reach the trashcan to pull it over and begin clean up.

on the positive side i was toying with whether or not i should mop. and boom its answered.

like i said a super power.

side note as an honorable mention i broke one of our best wine glasses in the sink washing it. not on the floor but still in the kitchen.

A little overboard

2008-10-29T17:34:00.003-05:00

"Flush with cash after changing his position on accepting public campaign financing, Obama buys up prime-time TV tonight for half-hour infomercial selling — Obama" ~foxnews

i think this is REDONKULOUS.

as if the media doesnt advertise for him enough for free...

High in what again?

2008-10-23T21:12:00.002-05:00

so for breakfast this morning i ate this new quaker instant oatmeal high fiber. it didnt really taste any different. a little more "fibery" if that makes sense. like filling. but what some people call high fiber it has resulted in high in farts for me. man i have had gas somethin' fierce. so your welcome to try it, im just saying this warning.

There be farts in yonder box o' oatmeal.

ARRRGG!

2008-10-22T20:03:00.005-05:00

so we just got back from blockbuster. And we're probably not going back for a long time. Back in september they went to a new system for prices. Hot new releases (within the first month of release): $5, New releases (after a month) $4, and old releases $1 to $2. this was ok because we were just going to wait. and wait we did, a month and a week for "run fat boy run". well when we rented it tonight it was $5. well they did away with the "hot new release" and just bumped all new releases up to $5. THIS IS REDONKULOUS!

so we are going to continue going to the library. and last friday we rented from Movie Cube

Its a redbox clone at schnucks. Its a dollar a day and they have new releases.

plus when the New Xbox Experience comes Nov 17 we might get netflix if its cheap. i havent researched it yet.

so Blockbuster BOO!

Invader Zim

2008-10-21T19:58:00.002-05:00

So here is a funny show im watching. you should look into it. short episodes, good humor.

on a side note, computer is still sick. i think i might host a bake sale for computer repair. brownies anyone? a dozen for $500. anyone?

DISASTER STRIKES

2008-10-20T17:21:00.003-05:00

so saturday night i spilled a little water on my computer screen. I freaked, of course. so ive been drying it in our storage room since saturday night. so water has gotten under the protective layer and at first covered nearly the entire screen. so after the drying time its now down to this. still very scary as to replace the screen if it doesnt "fix" itself is going to cost, ohhhh upward of $600+. depending on if i try to fix it myself or take it to a repair place (im scared to call them). so pray for my poor computer. its needs it.

new header

2008-10-17T16:12:00.001-05:00

ok so i didnt waste any time making the new header and i think that i really adds some spice. i recommend more people do it. still comment on the new look though. YEAH

Im trying something new

2008-10-17T15:19:00.002-05:00

i feel that the look of my blog has become stale so im trying a new color palette. im also going to be replacing the title with a custom graphic when i make it. let me know what you think of the change cause i save my old look just in case.

My life as a comic

2008-10-10T14:15:00.003-05:00

If my life was summed up in comic form this would be it.

Check out more of You'll Have That.

theres something on my face

2008-09-20T20:59:00.002-05:00

its a goatee its like a week and a half old. testing it out to see if i like it. caleb said i should be a youth minister cause they always have them. im not sure about that either lol.

also...

2008-09-20T20:53:00.003-05:00

So there was this guy we watched for a while. He was flying a R/C glider. it was pretty cool most of the time he could fly it right back to his hand and catch it. he did a loop, that was impressive. it looked like fun. i want one lol.

Goofy pictures from forest park

2008-09-20T20:43:00.002-05:00

So these are some funny pictures we took last weekend on our picnic to forest park. enjoy.

Dauphin Island in Pictures

2008-09-13T09:50:00.008-05:00

been a while...

2008-08-25T17:10:00.003-05:00

lots of things have happened since my last post. i got this cool universal remote:
its sweet. we have gone to carbondale twice.
watched the olympics. eaten food. committed to hosting an ABS (area bible study) for freshman. eating food. lost my job.

oh yea i lost my job. last monday. it sucks. wouldnt recommend it to anyone. not fun.

so quess what im doing now? no i havent taking up skydiving. im job hunting. which isnt fun either. but i have to.

it was my nephews second birthday on saturday. so we went down for that. he was sick so he would have fun for a couple hours. meds wear off, crying, sick, take more meds, happy again. so not the best birthday for him but he still had a good time and he made off with some good loot. deluxe mister potato head, swing set, bubble mower. so he will have lots of fun when hes healthy again. but it ws kinda sad since none of his little friends came because of it. he ran like a 103 fever. crazy huh?

i also had a fun gun weekend with my dad a couple of weeks ago, miriam shot here first gun. ill post pictures tonight.

we came home last night and my neighbor's finance was coming out of their apartment and said that he was at the hospital. he had his gall bladder removed or something. so he had a fun weekend.

yep thats about all for now.

The Dark Knight

2008-07-27T20:44:00.002-05:00

One word: Amazing
I'll give a more in depth review later. ill give people a chance to experience it themselves.
Five Stars

Our new Digital converter

2008-07-27T19:52:00.003-05:00

so i called for those coupons for the digital converters a while back. we got them like almost three months ago and i finally went to best buy and bought one last sunday. i hooked it up yesterday and its pretty cool. i mean the picture is so clear its like we have cable or something. i didnt think it would be this good. we dont have to move the antenna anymore, we have rabbit ears and now we have the "ears" closed. they telescope. and im not complaining about the additional channels. i recommend getting one. we got the insignia Model: NS-DXA1-APT, it gets an A+ from us. i really want an HD tv, but this is better then nothin :)

Percy the miracle kitten

2008-07-15T20:03:00.004-05:00

So my moms kitten, Percy, got attacked by a red tailed hawk, on July 3rd.

The kitten is about the size of a squirrel. so miracle one the hawk didn't kill him and carry him away. so he suffered lacerations to his head, right ear and neck. the poor guys face was really swollen too, he was bad off. when my parents took him to the vet he was barely breathing and pooping all over the place. they gave him a 20% chance of making it. when we got into town and saw him he could barely lift his head. this is what we saw.

he made it through the night, and was purring in the morning. he started eating little by little, and eventually had enough strength to use his litter box. i took these pictures on sunday before we left.

cute cat huh?

Floss

2008-07-09T18:36:00.003-05:00

so i was told by a dentist when i was younger that if i was to floss for 2 weeks my gums would stop bleeding, when i floss that is. so i've been flossing for at least 2 months and finally it happened today. my gums didn't bleed. it was kinda a moment. i mean my gums have always bled.

yup, floss kids.

mega movie review

2008-06-24T20:35:00.008-05:00

so i havent reviewed any movies lately but im about to change that. these are the movies that we have seen lately some old some new. and im about to give you the low down.

iron man. by far the best movie that i have seen this year. it is amazing. this movie is pretty close to being flawless. its production, acting and special effects are top notch and its just a great movie to watch. 5 out of 5

we went and saw this 2 weeks ago i think. it was really funny. jack black is great. this is probably dreamworks best animated film to date. i think it blows shrek away as far as animation and the story is solid and will age better then shrek. 4.5 out of 5

snatch is an older film now but i had never seen it. its a guy richie film. same guy who did lock, stock, and two smoking barrels, good film, but snatch is better. its faster hold your attention better. its the spiritual successor. 3 out of 5

i really didnt want to watch this movie but it was a free rental. that didnt save it. i really cant recommend this movie to anyone. its long, boring, and completely speculation. yea im all for hoping they were heroes but, we dont know, so its like any other piece of fiction. 1 out of 5

i thought the first one was really entertaining and i think this one was too. i like the formula of the main characters. its a little old that they attribute everything to the masons, and that cage always has all the answers but they actually dealt with that . its fun. 3.5 out of 5

27 dresses. hmmm what to say. predictable? check. cheesy dialog? check. frustratingly stupid characters? check. complete and under waste? check. 1 out of 5

Charlie Wilson's War. Part documentary. part movie. Pretty much all boring. it was slow. it has its moments but i wish it went one way or the other. either be a documentary or be a movie. it teased info but was just shallow. 2.5 out of 5

this movie miriam wanted to see, so we rented it. it was entertaining, the best part is that disney was poking fun at itself. the story was predictable but i think it was supposed to be. and the acting was good too. 3.5 out of 5

well i hope this helps you be entertained this summer.

jello pudding singles?

2008-06-16T20:43:00.002-05:00

so i realize that this is the second post about a jello produce in a row, but still its pretty cool. i saw an ad for these in readers digest on the way to nebraska this weekend and im really interested in them. and yes i will try them because they are cheap, and im a sucker for pudding.

i have several posts that i need to do so hopefully i will get those out of my head in the next couple days.

jello jigglers

2008-05-22T20:21:00.002-05:00

what ever happened to jello jigglers? i remember those used to be everywhere when i was a kid. i loved them. i could eat a lot of jigglers.

when i was in grade school i remember we used to eat jello by sucking it through straws. it was fun and tasty. not to mention it made funny sounds. i recommend trying it next time.

thinking about it i miss bill cosby doing the jello commercials. the new ones just arent as good.

mmmm jello.

Amazing finds at garage sales...

2008-05-11T18:39:00.003-05:00

ok so we went to several garage sales, and we saw many unusual items. i found some poly stuffing for my sock creatures and a spy vs spy book. i paid 75 cents in total. but one item that we found stood out. Milky the marvelous milking cow. this really isnt a joke. its a toy from the 70s we had a good deal of enjoyment making fun of it. when we got home i looked it up on youtube, glorious youtube. and found this commercial

they had so many crazy toys back then.

and yes im going to start blogging on a regular basis again.

such a taxing time

2008-04-14T21:40:00.002-05:00

and that was a pun, fully intended.

tomorrow is that dreaded time of the year when people are scrambling and stressing to do there taxes.

but we arent

we did our taxes a while back online using hrblock online. it was enjoyable, i guess for taxes at least. the only problem we had was that we kept getting rejected by the IRS because miriam's social wasnt changed somehow. yet im pretty sure she did. i mean she couldnt have gotten her new drivers license last year without it.

i havent felt the best today. kinda achy. also it doesnt help that i burned the inside of my mouth really bad saturday night.

microwave + Pizza = pain

its probably the worst ive ever burnt my mouth. and it wasnt that i was being impatient i thought it wasnt that hot. and i couldnt spit it out because miriam had a friend over. i thought it would be rude. and the damage was already done.

the new ben stein movie: expelled comes out this friday. i recommend that you got here to find a theater thats playing it near you and go. the athiests are really bashing it out there so it must be good. lol

and i mean they are ripping it to shreds.

so im going to bed.

and to all a good night

American History X

2008-03-10T20:59:00.003-05:00

i had never seen this movie. i had heard of it back in highschool, but never had the chance to see it

i was over at my neighbors the other day and i saw that he had the movie. I told him i had never seen it, he told me that i need to. so i borrowed it.

miriam and i just finished the movie. and ill be honest, its probably one of the best movies ive seen. not because of the acting or the way it was filmed, both were really good, but because of the message.

now granted this is not a family friendly movie. theres lots of language, some nudity
(male) and some disturbing scenes.

im not going to summarize or even talk about the story. i just recommend that if your over 17 that you watch this movie.

and if you have please feel free to give your opinion of it in the comments.

i give american history x 5 out of 5 stars

a true sign of the apocalypse

2008-02-26T19:16:00.003-06:00

so i listen to the radio on itunes at work during the day. i switch between classical guitar, comedy and christian stations. so back to the point of this post.

i dont really understand the trend lately for christian artists to take a "secular" song and just resing it and try to make it sound more "christian".

they dont change the words just sing it... worse.

i think its sickening, really. if the radio stations want to play that song then play the original. i dont see how a different person singing it makes it a different song. same words same meaning, just different sound.

the latest one i heard prompted me to make this post.

evanescence is a really cool band. i like their sound i have some of their music, and most of the songs have what seem to be a underlying christian shadow, so to speak.

so i was listening to, i forget what station it was but, a christian itunes station. and all of a sudden "bring me to life" comes on but it sounds horrible.

its not evanescence, that made me upset. because it wasnt just some song cover it was a cover of a really good song that i have.

oh and thats not even the worst part.

the cover was by JOHN TESH

John Tesh...

thats gotta be in Revelation somewhere...

80's cartoons

2008-02-17T18:34:00.004-06:00

ok so the other day i wore my thundercats tshirt to work and this sparked a conversation that i just had to share.

i will leave out the reminiscing about the awsomeness that is thundercats. because it is. awesome. dont argue.

ok but on to the real post about the "controlled diversity", as i like to call it, of the 80's cartoon which happened to carry over into the early 90's. what i mean by this is that the feeble attempts for diversity in the cartoon just went to prolong the ethnic stereotypes of the time.
this unbelievably deep thought spurred from my realization that panthro was "the token black guy". he was effectively the Mr. T of the thundercats. he was tougher then all the rest, bald, and his specialty was making stuff from out of thin air. just like MR.T.

and this is not limited to thundercats. transformers had Jazz, G.I.Joe had Sgt. Stalker, the list goes on.

i would have to say that the worlds all time worst cartoon would have to be Captain Planet. now i grew up with this too so dont get mad. hear me out.
2 major reasons why it was the worst cartoon.

1. it was completely force feed PC crap. the diversity was completly unrealistic, and as children we went along with it because of shear ignorance. 5 people 5 ethnicities, all working in unison to save the world, from villains who want to ruin the planet. which leads me to my next reason.

2. complete green wash. all the villains didnt want to take over the world they wanted to pollute it. now when have you ever heard of a bad guy who just wants to make things dirty. the fact that gia was the earths spirit personified, and that captain planet was the five elementals put together. its just astonishing. i wouldnt be surprised if that show was funded by green peace and peta.

oh well ive ranted enough just makes you think.

Fact #1

2008-02-17T18:01:00.002-06:00

Who invented the telephone?

Antonio Meucci.

An erratic, sometimes brilliant Florentine inventor, Meucci arrived in the United States in 1850. In 1860 he first demonstrated a working model of an electric device he called the teletrofono. he filed a caveat (a kind of stopgap patent) in 1871, five years before Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patent.
In the same year, Meucci fell ill after he was badly scalded when the Staten Island ferry's boiler exploded. Unable to speak much English, and living on charity, he failed to send the $10 required to renew his caveat in 1874.
When Bell's patent was registered in 1876, Meucci sued. He'd sent his original sketches and working models to the lab at Western Union. By an extraordinary coincidence, Bell worked in the very same lab, and the models had mysteriously disappeared.
Meucci died in 1889, while his case against Bell was still under way. As a result, it was Bell, not Meucci, who got the credit for the invention. In 2004 the balance was partly redressed by the U.S. house of Representatives, which passed a resolution that "the life and achievements of Antonio Meucci should be recognized, and his work in the invention of the telephone should be acknowledged."
Not that Bell was a complete fraud. As a young man he did teach his dog to say "how are you, grandmamma?" as a way of communicating with her when she was in a different room. And he made the telephone a practical tool.

---from "The Book of General Ignorance"

hope you enjoyed it. i did.

2008-02-17T17:46:00.004-06:00

so i got this book for christmas. its great. i love learning, especially odd facts and other useless knowledge and this book it pretty much written for me. when i found in borders a somewhat expected it to be dedicated to me. no really. its that perfect for me. so i have decided why keep these facts to my self?

from now on i will be posting the really good stuff. im about halfway through but ill go back through.

interesting facts about me

2008-02-12T19:57:00.000-06:00

i hate urinals. if there is a toilet and a urinal next to each other ill use the toilet.

i like laffy taffy, especially banana.

i love technology.

i cant turn the design part of my brain off, i constantly look at things and evaluate the design.

i dont like raw tomatoes, wont eat them.

oooohhhh BURN

2008-02-01T13:30:00.001-06:00

better hurry WGA its gettin ugly.

super bowl logo

2008-01-28T20:48:00.000-06:00

so i really want someone to tell if it is a rule that the logo for the superbowl has to look horrible? dont get me wrong not every logo has kept with this trend. but MANY have.

i think this really is a shame considering that they have as much time as they need to design them. its not like the due date is going to surprise them. take this years logo for instance:

this logo is drowning in mediocrity. i mean does anything except the terrible design jump out at you? i mean maroon, red, and sky blue? did martha stewart pick the color scheme? no even she would have done better. granted they did try with the angled forced perspective but it still comes off like a lame leftover found in the back of a fridge from 1991.

and this is not the only bad one the superbowl logo has made a habit of being bad here are some winners:

1985... sad its like the 30's took a dump in this one.

1987 doesn't this one scream masculine?

1998 is it football or toss across?

1999 what does this make you think of hut 1... hut 2... ORDER UP!

so where was i when the 2004 superbowl took place in a 70's scifi movie?

and just so you dont think that im raggin on the designers here are some that i think are really good:

2000 ahh one of the best, a shield, strong graphic presence.

2001 again a type of shield, very nice and balanced. bold type. i like it.

2003 very different logo, and thats a good thing. took a chance, but came out with a solid and memorable logo.

2005 another really nice logo clean and incorporates city nicely.

but after that it went down hill to this travesty.

well thats my opinion. most people talk about football when talking about the superbowl. i talk about graphic design.

band of brothers

2008-01-22T19:23:00.000-06:00

if you have not watched this series, you need to. it is an amazing work. and one of the best "movies" i have seen.

when i try to imagine the situations that those men went through, it makes me want to weep.

movies movies movies

2008-01-12T19:19:00.000-06:00

well lets see hear so many movies to review.

I am Legend

i really had high hopes for this movie. it was an ok movie, but just kinda bland. it was supposed to be this great movie, and the trailers looked really good. it really disappointed me when i read a summary of the book and found that they left out about half of it.

so i give it 2.5 stars out of 5

28 Weeks later

if you haven't seen 28 days later then see it first cause this is a sequel. i think its not as good as the first one. its a decent movie until the end. dont watch it if you dont like bloody zombie movies. and the ending is frustrating.

i give it 2.5 stars out of 5

Stardust

this is a fun movie, if you like princess bride, youll probably like this movie. its clean and family friendly. we both liked it, and recommend it.

ill give it 4.5 stars out of 5

JUNO

this is a really good movie. this is one we saw in the theater. we actually had to go twice because our first attempt failed it was sold out. it played in a smaller theater.it was a funny movie that had a good moral to it. im not sure that i would recommend it to teenagers even though its pg-13 and the theater was filled with them. i still recommend it to anyone that has had kids or want em. it gives a different and funny perspective.

ill give it 4.5 stars out of 5

prairie home companion

2007-12-31T07:04:00.000-06:00

just watched the movie thought i would share this. its hilarious.

pet shops

2007-12-26T20:49:00.000-06:00

so ive decided that i hate pet shops.

we went to one tonight at the mall. it was so sad.

seeing all those puppies, in those cages. they looked so pitiful.
it really made me feel horrible. i never want to go into one again. its not like i have never been in a pet store before, just not for a long time.

when we got nessie i picked her out of a bunch of he sibling in a nice warm barn filled with straw. they ran around and had fun, not in cages.

no cages...

just happy puppies...

busy busy busy

2007-12-18T06:25:00.000-06:00

i havent updated for a while. i have been very busy, as the title states. btu i have about 3 posts in my head that i need to get out. hopefully i will make time for that tonight, maybe. but until then heres some thoughts....

what is worse:

going into a public restroom and sitting down on an ice cold toilet, or a "warm" one?

heres another:

discovering that the sandwich you just made is moldy on the first bite, or the last?

last day

2007-12-11T07:03:00.000-06:00

so today is my last day at my current job. doubt that anything special is going to happen. but i am excited about my day off tomorrow and then starting my new job on thursday.

you'll have that

2007-12-09T16:35:00.001-06:00

this is one of the best comics online. especially if your married. some of the comics i swear are taken from our conversations. here is an example.

you can bookmark it and enjoy the funnies. here

2007-12-06T21:24:00.000-06:00

hows that for random?

its thursday

2007-12-06T21:06:00.000-06:00

yea so what, right?

well its cool because:

1. its like 5 days till i start my new job! and im really looking forward to it.

2. miriam and i fixed potato soup tonight. you know that it officially winter when you break out the potato soup. growing up that was pretty much the only time my mom fixed it, unless we specifically requested it. so potato soup holds a very near and dear place in my heart.

it snowed and sleeted here today. plus its REALLY cold out. we have had to turn the heat on for the past couple days. we live on the top floor so our apartment only drops to between 55-60 with out the heat but but right now we have it around 65. which is crazy because when i was a kid like 70 was freezing and now im comfortable at 60-65. i mean im not sitting around in shorts but im ok.

oh yea i cut my finger last night. its not really serious i glued the piece back on, and it should be fine.

no im kidding. its kinda hard to explain i might take a pic of it tomorrow.

heres a thought

2007-11-28T20:51:00.000-06:00

if water melted the wicked witch of the west, is it any surprise that she was green i mean she didnt BATHE. plus she must have been really dehydrated since humans are like 70% water. anyway just a thought.

a little bit of a dry spell...

2007-11-28T20:33:00.000-06:00

i have heard the cries of the people an i have returned to the blogger world.

TAA DAA!

hope everyone had a great thanksgiving. we did. we went to springfield mo, where miriams parents live, also the rest of her family (siblings and here family) were there. so lots of people, lots of fun, lots of good food.

i have been offered a new job with a "creative group" they are called that because the encompass all kinds of design.

web? check.
print? check
radio? check
tv/video? check

go here to find out more.

so in two weeks tentatively i will be at that job.

soooo major career change. yea i actually have one now. ba dum chish!

but yes we are very happy. plus friday the wedding photos should be complete. thats been a long haul.... nuff said.

we put up our christmas tree. and our nativity set that we got for our wedding. its cool, its from willow tree.
its this plus these stars

its very simple and we really like it these pictures are not that good. i should really have taken a pic but.. im lazy

i bought some vitamins tonight.

so i will try to get back into writing more frequently.

cool animation

2007-11-14T18:32:00.000-06:00

ok so i was trying to post an animation that my friend adam made. but i cant. for some reason it wont load onto blogger.

sorry.

new look!

2007-11-07T06:53:00.000-06:00

so what do you my loyal readers think of the new look?

it when live last night. i actually go the code from pyzam.com but then altered it a little. ill probably continue to make little adjustments here and there until i get it just the way i like it.

hmmm
so whats new?

well monday night heroes ROCKED MY FACE OFF! it was so good, its really pickin up speed now.

got my cars scratch touched up yesterday, i forgot to take a before picture, so thats a bummer. but he still has to wet sand and polish it. so ill hopefully take it in on thursday or friday.

for those of you who know my appointment went really well last night.

tonight we have a meeting with the photographer (wedding, yea i know) there doing a photo shoot to fix miriams bouquet throwing pic. ill take my camera if i remember.

TV disaster?

2007-11-02T21:12:00.000-05:00

im not sure if you have heard or not but we as a nation might be on the verge of complete network shutdown!

ok maybe thats a little extreme but really it could get bad.

the screen writing guild starts its strike monday at 12:01am, this could spell trouble in a large way.

"The 1988 writers strike lasted 22 weeks. It was catastrophic: It cost the industry an estimated $500 million and the broadcast networks saw a 9 to 10 percent drop in their audience as viewers switched over to cable. Industry insiders predict the effects of a strike now could be just as bad."

this would go across all networks and hit all prime time shows, heroes, the office, house, etc.

go here for more info.

delayed great news

2007-10-29T19:30:00.001-05:00

we got the Versa last week tuesday night. we had to go down to carbondale to close on the loan, which ended up taking all day. the short story is that they had the paper work we were waiting on when they (the bank) first opened, but it was laying on the desk of someone who had the day off. so we came home and went strait to pick up the car. and let me tell you all the frustration just went away driving my new car home.

i know it sounds corny but this is the newest car i have ever had. and the first one that i have bought.

here are some better pics. enjoy

pretty huh?

its got a couple scratches but i got an estimate today. 50 bucks to fix ill post about that later. ill do before and after pics.

just in case your wondering

2007-10-21T19:37:00.000-05:00

no we dont have the car yet :(

we had planed to go down and finalize the loan on saturday but the paper work from the place he got his loan from had a "processing time"

i like to call it a "frustrating time" so we are waiting to here from the bank and then we go finalize.

hoping and praying we hear from them tomorrow. that would rock!

we had a relaxing weekend, other then that. ill post more later.

car situation update

2007-10-17T22:41:00.000-05:00

here is hopefully our future car i really like it and we should here from the bank tomorrow. ill have better pics after we get it since i didnt these the current owner did.

ok so a few thoughts i had today.

1. i was at work and thinking about how my dad has seen 300 but i havent yet. this sparked more thoughts about my dad and his taste in movies the past couple years. im not sure if im rubbing off on him, or if his taste was this way before, but he likes some of the movies that i wouldnt think he would. for example 300, sin city, ummm what else... im not sure right now. i think its cool. he usually watches them when my mom is busy or gone for a while.

2. tonight at the grocery store i saw a "baked onion cooker". i had to pick it up for a closer look. its a container you stick in the micowave to "bake" an onion like a potato and eat it. i have never heard of anyone eating a baked onion. if you have let me know. cause it sounds gross.

yep im tired going to bed.

g'night

the results are in

2007-10-11T22:08:00.000-05:00

just a quick update folks...

drumroll please bddbdbdbdbdbdbbdbdbdbdbdbd

its TOTALED!

thats right it wasnt pretty on the outside, but it was downright ugly on the inside.

so let the car shopping begin. we have found some great prospects. so keep up the prayer. we didnt get a lot for the car, wasnt really surprised, so the budget is tight. so kinda changes weekend plans a little. more car shopping less, whatever else.

on a ore positive note, the office was hilarious tonight.

im going to bed.

goodnight.

is it totaled?

2007-10-09T21:45:00.000-05:00

thats the question that we have been waiting all day to hear answered.

and we are still waiting.

it happened monday morning as i was going to work. i was driving the speed limit 15mph, slow huh, and the guy pulled out in front of me. crunch! all he has is a few scratched and a crooked bumper. and im the one waiting to hear if its totaled. fair huh? yea i had to have it towed since the wheel well was against the tire.

im getting a rental in the morning. turns out they have a special price for state farm customers without the rental car policy. thats me. so i think its a cobalt. never have driven one of those.

so i guess just pray for us. that our car is fixable and that we dont have to completely rework our budget to buy a car.

monday...

2007-10-08T22:52:00.000-05:00

grrrr...i feel how this dog looks.

this was such a truly wonderful day the words to describe to its fullest escape me.

if your not picking up on my sarcasm then you might need to clean your computer screen , because it probably oozing with it.

ill have pictures and more about it tomorrow...

and just for fun

And ?

2007-10-03T21:08:00.000-05:00

so i realized this morning that i havent made a post in a while. made a post? i dont know if thats worded right. whatever.

this week has been kinda screwy. work has been crazy. storms. frustrations. etc

but these are all really excuses.the only reason that i havent posted is that i havent.

heres the skinny.

im starving for design. i want no scatch that i need it. and im not talking little come home after work and do it while watching tv stuff. i want to design full time.

this is what i went to school for and dreamed of for years. its not that i dont like my job that i have right now it just feels like im in limbo. im wasting my talent and i feel im going to lose it. like atrophied or something.

so that said im not waiting around and eagerly waiting for something to pop up on craigslist or any other site. im taking it to their door. starting tomorrow im going to update my resume and start the active hunt.

stupid roller shoes....

2007-09-28T21:07:00.000-05:00

i know that you have seen these things.

if you havent youve been living on the moon.

no cancel that... kids are probably wearing them there too.

let me make it clear. i hate them.

i despise seeing kids wearing them.

am i overreacting. i dont think so.

here is an example.
we were in the grocery store the other day. we were sharing an isle with a boy and his mother, the boy was wearing roller shoes. his mother already irritated with him says something like, i told you i want you to walk. ookkkaaayyyy... he sighs. slips behind his mom and skates some more almost running into another mans cart.

see what i mean?

i hate them.

The Number 23

2007-09-22T12:36:00.000-05:00

i forgot to review this movie. i saw it like a month or so ago. i will when i get beck home ive gotta leave right now though.

Shooter

2007-09-22T12:20:00.000-05:00

watched shooter last night. i liked it a lot. the action was great, the story is full of suspense, and there is sorta a love story thrown in to boot.

im not going to give a synopsis thats not what i do. but i will say that its an intense thrill ride not to sound cliche. mark walberg in my openion is an average actor butthis movie actually makes me think he getting better. he really fills the character out and make you believe that he is the best sniper in the world.

plus as a cool side note on the special features it has interviews with the real marine sniper who trained him. sso you get to learn if the tech is real or not.

again really liked it. felt like a realistic rambo, but with a story that you dont have to check your brain at the door.

id give it 4 out of 5 stars.

Cardinals Baseball

2007-09-20T22:33:00.000-05:00

yes i know they suck right now. i mean really suck.

but we got free tickets to the game tonight. so we went we had a good time. not because the cardinals won, because they didnt. but because i was with my wonderful wife and because of the craziness that happens at the game.

here are some pics.

heres the score board we were really close to it.

this just shows how close we were to the field.

redbird doin his thing.

who are these good lookin people?

this is where we sat. front row section 171 right next to the isle. nice huh?

one of the funniest things is there was a guy about 3 rows behind us that would yell at the players. he was getting rather frustrated with the cardinals. funny.

oh and the kissing cam. it cough 2 people picking their noses. not each others their own.

oh and sorry about the phots it was really hazy tonight

poop...

2007-09-18T19:34:00.000-05:00

well its happened.

im finally one of "those" guys.

i went to blockbuster and when i went to open my door, the handle broke.

i had to roll the window down and use the outside handle to get out.

im one of "those" guys that you see and say, "man why doesnt he fix his door?"

i didnt mean to become that guy. it just happened.

poop...

Rate Hike!

2007-09-14T20:17:00.000-05:00

so we got a letter from our apartment office asking us if we were going to re sign the lease, and telling us instructions either way.

yea if we resign the rent goes up 50 bucks!

and heres the kicker they told us it wouldnt when we first signed the lease, but there isnt really anything we can do about it.

trust me.

i called the states attorneys office.

but if we move we have to pay more and more our stuff.

so yea fun situation huh?

Disaster Strikes!

2007-09-10T20:03:00.000-05:00

so this evening when i came home miriam was not there. dont worry she just ran to the grocery store.

but when she did get home she had a horrible headache and asked me to put away the groceries.

i proceeded to do so and thats when things went bad.

before i go further let me set the scene. we like arizona tea. and we buy several when they are on sale. so we store the extras on top of the fridge.

so when i opened the freezer door this happened:

this is what a jug of tea loots like after it falls off the top of the fridge a EXPLODES all over me and the kitchen.

im not sure that i can adequately describe what all over the kitchen means.

i mean everywhere, in the fridge, on the cabinets, drawers, dishwasher, oven, not to mention the new lake in the middle of the floor.

so 4 towels and mopping, vacuuming, and washing the floor by hand, which my loving wife did, the kitchen is back to normal sans 1 gallon of tea.

i think the reason my wife so lovingly cleaned the mess up is that unknown to me at the time she had moved the tea earlier to get her cookbook placing the jug precariously half on the fridge and half on the freezer door.

i dont blame her it was an accident.

its funny know and im sure you are enjoying reading it so overall a positive story.

OUCH

2007-09-06T18:37:00.000-05:00

so i got stung by a wasp today.

in the neck.

yea it hurt. (answered that question)

and here is the real irony of the story, just yesterday the guys were freakin out because there was a wasp in the building. i told them not to bother it and it wont sting you. i saved its life!

then today for no reason at all BAM right in the neck.

so i got an anti sting swab out of the first aid kit, and took care of it.

didnt see the wasp for a while.

when i saw him i got even i hit him to the ground, then did the smash and twist move on him.

he was D E A D.

...and then i set him on fire.

yes that wasp will think twice about stinging me again. well if he wasnt a charred smear.

Springfield

2007-09-02T12:55:00.000-05:00

we are in springfield mo visiting miriams parents. i have pictures to post but my camera is downstairs right now and im not going to go down and get it. yes lazy i know. but we are having a great time. yesterday miriam and her mom went shopping and her dad and i went to this great civil war museum and then went and looked at hybrid cars. i test drove a civic hyrid.

i liked how it drove it is slightly different then a "regular" car. i mean its really weird when the gas engine shuts off at stops and low speeds. eerie really.

i also looked at a prius but couldnt drive it because it was sold. :( so i wasnt able to compare the rides.

the prius felt like a more complex car. very gadgety. but it did have a back up camera and more storage. so more on those cars later.

i promise.

Ahhhh

2007-08-29T21:53:00.000-05:00

back in action.

hopefully my blogging will return to normal.

ok so two stories.

one.
today the lead designer at work, the one who is moving next thursday, had an "accident" at work. well let me explain. he came into work and i could tell he wasnt in a very good mood. well a couple hours went by and he came to the back yelling about a file and why was it on his desk again? then he was saying its wasting his time getting archived files to print. he then went into a rage yelling profanities, he then crumpled the file up yelled and started kicking things ending with kicking a computer chair 2 or 3 times. stormed out the back. he returned 30 min later limping and went back to work.

later he came to the back again and asked where the first aid kit was. he wrapped his foot up all the while complaining how bad it hurt. barely able to walk he returned up front.
later i asked him "what he was going to tell the doctor when he asked how he broke his foot?" he scoffed and said he wasnt going to the doctor.

around 4 he left to go to the emergency room.

HA! i was right. i guess we will find out if its broke tomorrow.

second story. while picking up my computer i got to help a mac specialist and a customer by walking them through how to do something in photoshop. it was pretty awesome. that i was helping a professional and a total stranger with photoshop.

oh yea. did i tell you that i got my computer back? I DID. brand new screen. and a brand new plug. its like a brand new computer. SWEET!

hard time blogin...

2007-08-21T22:20:00.000-05:00

i actually have a reason this time as to why i havent posted in a while. my lap top isnt in my possesion as of write now. i had noticed some white spots appearing on my screen. this isnt my powerbook but ill use it to show what im talking about.

mine was not nearly this bad but i didnt want it getting any worse. seeing as my apple care runs out in a month or so i decided to jump on it and get it taken care of. so right now miriam and i are using her hp to surf and check email and such. her internet explorer has been acting up though. everytime you try to close out of it the program freezes up. thats windows for ya.

OOOOOHHH! in your face microsoft. riiiight im silly.

so hopefuly ill be getting it back here in a few days, fingers crossed. i did a back up of my hard drive hopefully ill be able to easily restore everything to what it was. im not counting on that though lol.

we painted pottery over the weekend we made coasters. it wwas fun ill post pictures when we get them back. im excited to see how they turn out. miriam and i did three each. we went to a place called "the painting paw" i think. miriam wil correct me if im wrong lol. but i recommend that if you go already have ideas thought up or it will take a lot longer. i mean youll be there for a couple hours anyway, depending on what you paint. but its worth it.

writers block with just a splash of random

2007-08-12T17:28:00.000-05:00

cute huh?

i havent written on here in a week or so. i dont want to write another movie review right after i wrote those last ones. i mean i like to write reviews i just dont want my blog to turn in to a movie blog.

so our apartment complex has a pool. nothing odd about that lots of apartments have that. i have been once all summer, yes thats right, one time. its not that i dont like to swim i really do. its that whole public thing.

ever since grade school i havent been a big fan of the whole public thing. im not sure when it started i know that when i was little i liked water parks, movie theaters, and used public restrooms.

then it was hard for me to go to theaters, i wouldnt use restrooms and no waterparks or public pools.

but over the course of say a decade or so plus a councilor and medication pretty much back to normal, kinda.

well back to my story with the pool. i have gone once because 1. i havent made time. 2. still dont like public pools. and 3. there is a creepy guy thats always there.

he is this guy that is in a motorized wheelchair, and hes ALWAYS there. i mean the guy cant swim, his family is rarely there and he is a pervert. he talks to young ladies asking names and trying to get information, even though they dont want to give it. miriam knows this first hand. he asked her name she said mrs. smith he went over and tried to read it off of the sign in sheet.
today as i drove by i saw him sitting across the pool staring at a woman laying out. i know that there is most likely nothing that can be done because he has every right to be there and he is handicapped which makes it even more touchy. but still i wonder if people have complained or let it slide because of his "condition".

if im sounding mean or anti-handicap people. im not. im just writing out my thoughts on the unique situation. i wonder what anyone would do if he wasnt in a wheelchair.

would they tell him to buzz off. get lost. ?

we live in a society where we are so careful not to hurt anyones feeling or be unPC. but what does that accomplish people that are "nice" normally are so scared about saying the wrong thing that they go out of there way to prove that they are "nice". while the people that would say mean things do all the time and dont care what people think.