I've had the proverbial raincloud solely over my head this week. Too bad, really, because tonight is "date night" (finally) for my wife & I for our anniversary (which happens next week, but I'll be back in school by then).
I've always been told "never write angry," but I think writing angry brings out a whole new level of passion, yes?
You know you're in a foul mood when you're swearing at church...
See, I'd been "volunteered" (I once heard 'volunTOLD' is a much more accurate term) to help out with the kids' Sunday School stuff for a couple of weekends over the summer and I'm not really into kids. I know, I know. I have two of my own, but they're not normal kids. My daughter is reading, drawing like crazy and fully prepped for kindergarten in the Fall (she's also quite interested in seeing 'Narnia' this Christmas because she likes the story --and recounted about half of it to me one evening). My son, not quite 2, has a vocabulary nearing 500 words. I had a boy in the Sunday school class who just had his 4th birthday and I had no clue what he was trying to say. He has a very small vocabulary... Anyway, NOT a kid person and Sunday was not a day I was looking forward to.
Even worse, my wife had forgotten a bunch of things. I volunteered to get home immediately and pick it up, but she stopped me to (I don't know why) lecture me on a bunch of things first.
If only she hadn't lectured me.
I got into the car, pulled out and headed around the corner of the lot only to hear screeching tires as someone laid on the brakes.
Hard.
'V', who I swear will kill me one of these days, was speeding through the parking lot to get to church. Yes, she was a little late, but people don't go to Hell for coming to church late. Nope, they go to Hell for needlessly killing people. Killing someone in a church parking lot just adds to the irony.
Anyway, it's not the first time I've had a "close call" with V. It's the 4th time in 2 years she's nearly gotten me in the parking lot. The worst was one time when I had just pulled out of the lot onto the street and after checking for traffic, made my right turn --almost right into her car as it sped down the wrong side of the road to pull into the lot.
So I had a quite a number of choice words with her in the parking lot. The stuff at home could wait. This woman needed to hear a few things first.
What if I'd been walking in the lot and she was speeding like that?
What if it was one of the seniors walking past?
What if it was one of my kids? Church, to me, should be one of the safest places to take my kids. Don't make me wrong on this.
Well, that was Sunday.
Yesterday I needed to take my car in for servicing. Yesterday was the first day I actually regretted buying the car. 673 freaking dollars later, I was fuming. What-O-what is the warranty for again????? I got rid of my old car because I was sick of paying $2000 a year in repairs on it. In 2005, I'm already up to $800+ and it's still JUNE. I also wasn't feeling too good and really just felt like sleeping. I didn't want to have to wait for my car from 8am until after Noon. A coffee at Starbucks can only last so long...
Since I wasn't feeling too hot, I went to bed early last night, feeling the garbage could wait until morning.
Turns out I got to sleep a little longer than normal and got up just before 9am.
And the garbage men had been and gone already.
So, lesson learned, right?
It's the second time this year that I've missed getting the garbage out before 9:30 and the second time they've come by before 9. Normally, they come between 1 and 5... nice schedule and way to keep at it, boys!!
So, I condensed the trash into one bag and tossed it in the trunk of the now-$673 "richer" car and drove around town until I found the following:
1 - a house with trash at the curb.
2 - a house that looked like no one was home.
3 - a house that looked like it could use another bag... :-)
Oh, I also discovered one of the carpet staples my cats had clawed out of the stairs. It sliced into my big toe right underneath the nail. It was quite the slice and bled like you wouldn't believe...
How many days left this week?
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Tools
I guess I can't actually say I've wasted all my time this week. I power washed our driveway and concrete that loops around the house. In all, it took close to 6 hours to get it done.
I borrowed my father-in-law's pressure washer to do it. The one I "inherited" shoots out a stream less than the circumference of a dime. Washing a driveway that's close to 40 feet wide at it's widest and over 30 feet long. And that doesn't include the 30' x 15' slab at the side of the house I'm assuming was meant to park an RV, but now is home to our kids' toys. AND there's more concrete around back...
Needless to say, neither my wife nor my father-in-law could figure out why it was taking me so long to finish up. My "FIL" finished his driveway in an hour. But he's only got a 20'x20' slab to do.
It's done now, so now I only have to listen to my wife ask what I did with my day yesterday...
I borrowed my father-in-law's pressure washer to do it. The one I "inherited" shoots out a stream less than the circumference of a dime. Washing a driveway that's close to 40 feet wide at it's widest and over 30 feet long. And that doesn't include the 30' x 15' slab at the side of the house I'm assuming was meant to park an RV, but now is home to our kids' toys. AND there's more concrete around back...
Needless to say, neither my wife nor my father-in-law could figure out why it was taking me so long to finish up. My "FIL" finished his driveway in an hour. But he's only got a 20'x20' slab to do.
It's done now, so now I only have to listen to my wife ask what I did with my day yesterday...
Friday, June 24, 2005
Big Distraction
Oh good Lord, I'm procrastinating right now...
It's not that I'm supposed to be doing anything right now --I still have a week off from school-- but I'd planned on getting a bunch of things on eBay this past weekend in order to have the money come in and have everything shipped --sans distractions-- before school starts again.
Whoops.
Last weekend proved too busy. So, I planned on Thursday. Didn't make it, so now I plan on doing some eBay stuff for Sunday. The only problem is that now they'll be ending July 3rd (any Americans actually stay home on the July 4th weekend???) and while I was hoping for $800+ for these, I'll be lucky if it's more like $500+...
Damn.
That, and I've suddenly discovered a skill I'm more than moderately good at in 'Ultima Online.' "UO" is what is called a MMORPG or Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. Anyway, it's a medieval-style game and one of my characters showed an affinity towards... of all things... fishing. Yep, send the line out and pull it back in... I've just caught a fish...
Basically, the skill of 'fishing' is rated out of 100. All characters (most characters) start out with ZERO skill points, but it can easily climb with a few attempts at fishing. Of course, you need money to buy a boat and sail the seas. Done that. I found a website that lists the different things that happen as you skill climbs. When you hit '10' you start catching fish. Below 10 you find a lot of boots . Once you hit 65, you can start deepsea fishing. AND, at 65 you can start searching for sunken treasure. How do you find sunken treasure? Well, at 100 you can start pulling up messages in bottles.... so it's best to buy them off other players for now. At 80... you can grab special fishing nets (which mainly just bring up really nasty sea monsters) and BIG FISH. Okay, so I'm playing to get to the BIG FISH. There's a website dedicated to them...
Hehe.
The problem is that the skill doesn't continuously climb. Nope, it goes in spurts and although an article written a couple year's back says you can get to 100 in 30 hours... I've had the game running basically for 100+ hours and am now at 69.4. Yes, there are MACRO keys and I have one running but it still needs regular "check-ups" and character moves to continue "climbing." Very tiring. VERY tiring.
Right now I'm trying for my second sunken treasure chest. Haven't found it yet, but only been trying for about 2 and a half hours.... So very tired.
Even worse... You know you've procrastinated too much when it's suddenly 8:30pm on Friday and you still think it's Thursday... Oh crap!
I planned on 97 things to start on Thursday and another 100+ on Sunday. So far, 21 of the original 97 are ready to go. Ugh. Good thing tomorrow's... Saturday, right?
It's not that I'm supposed to be doing anything right now --I still have a week off from school-- but I'd planned on getting a bunch of things on eBay this past weekend in order to have the money come in and have everything shipped --sans distractions-- before school starts again.
Whoops.
Last weekend proved too busy. So, I planned on Thursday. Didn't make it, so now I plan on doing some eBay stuff for Sunday. The only problem is that now they'll be ending July 3rd (any Americans actually stay home on the July 4th weekend???) and while I was hoping for $800+ for these, I'll be lucky if it's more like $500+...
Damn.
That, and I've suddenly discovered a skill I'm more than moderately good at in 'Ultima Online.' "UO" is what is called a MMORPG or Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. Anyway, it's a medieval-style game and one of my characters showed an affinity towards... of all things... fishing. Yep, send the line out and pull it back in... I've just caught a fish...
Basically, the skill of 'fishing' is rated out of 100. All characters (most characters) start out with ZERO skill points, but it can easily climb with a few attempts at fishing. Of course, you need money to buy a boat and sail the seas. Done that. I found a website that lists the different things that happen as you skill climbs. When you hit '10' you start catching fish. Below 10 you find a lot of boots . Once you hit 65, you can start deepsea fishing. AND, at 65 you can start searching for sunken treasure. How do you find sunken treasure? Well, at 100 you can start pulling up messages in bottles.... so it's best to buy them off other players for now. At 80... you can grab special fishing nets (which mainly just bring up really nasty sea monsters) and BIG FISH. Okay, so I'm playing to get to the BIG FISH. There's a website dedicated to them...
Hehe.
The problem is that the skill doesn't continuously climb. Nope, it goes in spurts and although an article written a couple year's back says you can get to 100 in 30 hours... I've had the game running basically for 100+ hours and am now at 69.4. Yes, there are MACRO keys and I have one running but it still needs regular "check-ups" and character moves to continue "climbing." Very tiring. VERY tiring.
Right now I'm trying for my second sunken treasure chest. Haven't found it yet, but only been trying for about 2 and a half hours.... So very tired.
Even worse... You know you've procrastinated too much when it's suddenly 8:30pm on Friday and you still think it's Thursday... Oh crap!
I planned on 97 things to start on Thursday and another 100+ on Sunday. So far, 21 of the original 97 are ready to go. Ugh. Good thing tomorrow's... Saturday, right?
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Lump
Still recovering from Father's Day.
I know, it sounds stupid. Why would anyone have to recover from Father's Day?
I think I went through a similar thing last year where the only thought I had running through my head was:
"Father's Day would be so much better without the kids..."
OK, not completely true. My daughter was fairly good, although she's discovered "embarrassment" and let me tell you. Embarrassing moments and 5-year old girls go hand-in-hand. So, she'd drop something and it would break. She'd cry and whine for a while.... Oog.
My SON, on the other hand...
Let's put it this way. My daughter's "terrible two's" didn't hit until she was almost 3. We always joked that she'd saved the terribles but they'd arrived with interest.
My son's impatient. He's started his terribles early.
And they've struck with a vengeance. He's basically been screaming since early (***eeeaaarrrlllyyy***) Sunday morning. He's been mean to his sister, hitting her and pulling her hair. He's been rough on my wife --again with the hair. And he's been slamming toy cars into my shins which at first was annoying but the purply-blue bruise now hurts when he whacks it with a Hot Wheels.
And that's basically it. Bruised. A little sunburnt (from pressure washing our driveway today --beofre the thunderstorms rolled in from Seattle). Got a great picture of the full moon last night which I have to get developed before I can share. And, otherwise, just getting addicted to Ultima Online. Again.
I know, it sounds stupid. Why would anyone have to recover from Father's Day?
I think I went through a similar thing last year where the only thought I had running through my head was:
"Father's Day would be so much better without the kids..."
OK, not completely true. My daughter was fairly good, although she's discovered "embarrassment" and let me tell you. Embarrassing moments and 5-year old girls go hand-in-hand. So, she'd drop something and it would break. She'd cry and whine for a while.... Oog.
My SON, on the other hand...
Let's put it this way. My daughter's "terrible two's" didn't hit until she was almost 3. We always joked that she'd saved the terribles but they'd arrived with interest.
My son's impatient. He's started his terribles early.
And they've struck with a vengeance. He's basically been screaming since early (***eeeaaarrrlllyyy***) Sunday morning. He's been mean to his sister, hitting her and pulling her hair. He's been rough on my wife --again with the hair. And he's been slamming toy cars into my shins which at first was annoying but the purply-blue bruise now hurts when he whacks it with a Hot Wheels.
And that's basically it. Bruised. A little sunburnt (from pressure washing our driveway today --beofre the thunderstorms rolled in from Seattle). Got a great picture of the full moon last night which I have to get developed before I can share. And, otherwise, just getting addicted to Ultima Online. Again.
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Married to a Memory
So, I thought I'd go for a joke about the wedding and throw in a "Graduate" style banging on glass and convincing her to run off with me...
But something even more interesting happened instead.
I had to go to school first, what with today being the last day of the semester and all. So, I warned the instructor I'd be leaving early to get to Sex Caffeine's wedding. I handed in my last assignment (my 3rd 100% assignment in a row in that class) and said my goodbyes to everyone and off I went!
Only to discover my keys were locked inside the frickin' car.
I tried calling my wife, but only got the voicemail. Left a message, but told her I'd see what I could do in the meantime.
Fortune favours every once in a while and it just so happened that 'H,' which not only stands for her real name, but can also rightly stand for "hottie" 'cuz she IS the hottie at school; was picking up her marks. We're not in the same program, but we were in a couple of courses together. We talked about my boo-boo (the one day I don't use the keychain doorlock!!) with the car and that I'm kinda in a rush to get to the wedding (almost an hour's drive away and it starts in 40 minutes!).
So she offered to get me to the wedding.
On her motorcycle.
She quickly whipped home to get the second helmet (I just prayed it wasn't a funky disco helmet and was quite relieved to see a pretty awesome dragon head instead) and returned within minutes. So, I left another message for my wife and climbed on the motorcycle.
And like a bat outta Hell, we were off!
Made it to the wedding on time. H stayed with me and offered to drive me home after the wedding for the spare keys and then back to school for my car. No problem, right?
OK, slight problem. Sex Caffeine is, among other things, someone I used to work with. That meant there were several people, whom I used to work with, at the wedding. Several people who know me quite well. Who know me and my wife quite well.
And here I am with a total hottie, climbing off a motorcycle.
So, yeah, good wedding. Quite a number of stares at H & I. (still shaking my head) And I'm ure there will be quite the number of conversations on Monday at my old office. H & I have already agreed to collaborate on our graduating project. My program automatically puts me in the creative leader for my group, so this could be interesting. H actually referred to me as her boss to one person asking why she was at the wedding. Thank God it was casual, since she was in leather...
Ssssooooo.... moving on...
My old boss, Big Mama, was there. She was desperate to know what had happened when I left. I promised to tell her some other time (just basically guaranteed myself a free lunch). One of the ladies who had originally started the whole affair rumor between Sex Caffeine & I was there as well and I'm sure she was antsy as anything waiting to tell someone... *anyone* about the woman I was with.
Ah, I may have been gone from the office for 8 months now, but my reputation won't die easily.
But something even more interesting happened instead.
I had to go to school first, what with today being the last day of the semester and all. So, I warned the instructor I'd be leaving early to get to Sex Caffeine's wedding. I handed in my last assignment (my 3rd 100% assignment in a row in that class) and said my goodbyes to everyone and off I went!
Only to discover my keys were locked inside the frickin' car.
I tried calling my wife, but only got the voicemail. Left a message, but told her I'd see what I could do in the meantime.
Fortune favours every once in a while and it just so happened that 'H,' which not only stands for her real name, but can also rightly stand for "hottie" 'cuz she IS the hottie at school; was picking up her marks. We're not in the same program, but we were in a couple of courses together. We talked about my boo-boo (the one day I don't use the keychain doorlock!!) with the car and that I'm kinda in a rush to get to the wedding (almost an hour's drive away and it starts in 40 minutes!).
So she offered to get me to the wedding.
On her motorcycle.
She quickly whipped home to get the second helmet (I just prayed it wasn't a funky disco helmet and was quite relieved to see a pretty awesome dragon head instead) and returned within minutes. So, I left another message for my wife and climbed on the motorcycle.
And like a bat outta Hell, we were off!
Made it to the wedding on time. H stayed with me and offered to drive me home after the wedding for the spare keys and then back to school for my car. No problem, right?
OK, slight problem. Sex Caffeine is, among other things, someone I used to work with. That meant there were several people, whom I used to work with, at the wedding. Several people who know me quite well. Who know me and my wife quite well.
And here I am with a total hottie, climbing off a motorcycle.
So, yeah, good wedding. Quite a number of stares at H & I. (still shaking my head) And I'm ure there will be quite the number of conversations on Monday at my old office. H & I have already agreed to collaborate on our graduating project. My program automatically puts me in the creative leader for my group, so this could be interesting. H actually referred to me as her boss to one person asking why she was at the wedding. Thank God it was casual, since she was in leather...
Ssssooooo.... moving on...
My old boss, Big Mama, was there. She was desperate to know what had happened when I left. I promised to tell her some other time (just basically guaranteed myself a free lunch). One of the ladies who had originally started the whole affair rumor between Sex Caffeine & I was there as well and I'm sure she was antsy as anything waiting to tell someone... *anyone* about the woman I was with.
Ah, I may have been gone from the office for 8 months now, but my reputation won't die easily.
Friday, June 17, 2005
Let's Talk About Sex
I realized it's been a long and drawn out thing, the whole Sex Caffeine saga. Seriously, like my 3rd or 4th post started the whole saga.
I'll have some free time next week, so maybe I'll be a good boy and compile a list of the posts dealing with the SC Saga.
Stay tuned...
I'll have some free time next week, so maybe I'll be a good boy and compile a list of the posts dealing with the SC Saga.
Stay tuned...
Any Fool Can Say Goodbye
The Sex Caffeine Saga is coming to a close officially tomorrow. She's getting married and finally brings closure to our near-relationship. Yes, I'm still a little surprised I was invited to the wedding. I'm still going to school for 1pm and "make an appearance" before hauling tush to the wedding. It may take me an hour to get there, so I asked SC to talk slowly.
I have to admit I put in a CD for the drive home from school today that was laced with songs that remind me of the time we spent together. So, yeah, a little down. If you can, listen to Rosie Thomas' "All My Life" and you'll get the idea of the songs going through my head.
Despite the craziness at the "double" end of our relationship, and the fact I still refer to her as "Sex Caffeine" (in reference to the first craziness), I now only recall clearly the good times.
And yep, I feel guilty for the strain I put on my marriage while I acted like a complete and total idiot.
So stupid.
June 26th actually marks 3 years (3 years!!!!???!!!) since Sex Caffeine & I first met. June 18th marks what should be the last time I see her.
I think.
I have to admit I put in a CD for the drive home from school today that was laced with songs that remind me of the time we spent together. So, yeah, a little down. If you can, listen to Rosie Thomas' "All My Life" and you'll get the idea of the songs going through my head.
Despite the craziness at the "double" end of our relationship, and the fact I still refer to her as "Sex Caffeine" (in reference to the first craziness), I now only recall clearly the good times.
And yep, I feel guilty for the strain I put on my marriage while I acted like a complete and total idiot.
So stupid.
June 26th actually marks 3 years (3 years!!!!???!!!) since Sex Caffeine & I first met. June 18th marks what should be the last time I see her.
I think.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
I Ain't Missing You At All
It's been almost 9 months since I left the office from Hell and I finally figured out something that I miss from the office. The view:
This was taken at about 6:55am on my last day in that office. Nice, eh?
This was taken at about 6:55am on my last day in that office. Nice, eh?
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Superficial
My 3 mega-major term projects are now complete and I can breathe a little easier heading into the "weekend." I still have 2 assignments due, but they're both weighted as minor ones. Phew.
Still have 3 classes in total to go to.
One is for the writing class and we were told a week ahead of time that our term project (worth 30% of the mark in a program where a "pass" is 70%) was due in a week instead of the planned/prioritized 2 weeks. I also had an extra-credit assignment due to get rid of my one 'C' out of the 6 essays we did. Fortunately, I got an 'A' on the extra-credit assignment. Double-phew!
We had, for our animation class, until 12:30 yesterday to complete our final 10-second animation. Mine was 12 seconds and completed at 3am on Monday morning. 16 of 25 people had theirs complete before class started and the instructor was completely speechless. Apparently, that just doesn't happen and he expected a scramble of students trying to finish off their work in time. Submission at 12:31pm was an automatic fail for the semester....
Triple-phew!
My mean-and-nasty-and-I-really-hate-going class had the final exam and final presentation this morning. We had to design a post-modern building using 2 artistic influences (the instructor picked the artist and architecture for us). I did a cafe based on the Roman Colosseum and the style of Vincent Van Gogh. The guy who presented before me failed his Egyptian pyramid-style/Otomo (sp?) influenced building because he didn't have any windows. and that his ornate designs on the side of the building were all "superficial." He asked her what she meant by that (we all know it basically means "trivial") and she said if it could be painted over, it was superficial. He got 53% for his work. I got 88% on mine, but lost marks because Van Gogh's influence was consdered, by her, "superficial." The windows were based on Van Gogh's Starry Night with a spiral design. So, I asked her if she thought someone might paint over the windows or if she thought a building influenced by such an open-air building as the Colosseum didn't need windows. She just glared at me and had the next presenter start. So glad that's over and done!
Gazillion-phews!!!
Still have 3 classes in total to go to.
One is for the writing class and we were told a week ahead of time that our term project (worth 30% of the mark in a program where a "pass" is 70%) was due in a week instead of the planned/prioritized 2 weeks. I also had an extra-credit assignment due to get rid of my one 'C' out of the 6 essays we did. Fortunately, I got an 'A' on the extra-credit assignment. Double-phew!
We had, for our animation class, until 12:30 yesterday to complete our final 10-second animation. Mine was 12 seconds and completed at 3am on Monday morning. 16 of 25 people had theirs complete before class started and the instructor was completely speechless. Apparently, that just doesn't happen and he expected a scramble of students trying to finish off their work in time. Submission at 12:31pm was an automatic fail for the semester....
Triple-phew!
My mean-and-nasty-and-I-really-hate-going class had the final exam and final presentation this morning. We had to design a post-modern building using 2 artistic influences (the instructor picked the artist and architecture for us). I did a cafe based on the Roman Colosseum and the style of Vincent Van Gogh. The guy who presented before me failed his Egyptian pyramid-style/Otomo (sp?) influenced building because he didn't have any windows. and that his ornate designs on the side of the building were all "superficial." He asked her what she meant by that (we all know it basically means "trivial") and she said if it could be painted over, it was superficial. He got 53% for his work. I got 88% on mine, but lost marks because Van Gogh's influence was consdered, by her, "superficial." The windows were based on Van Gogh's Starry Night with a spiral design. So, I asked her if she thought someone might paint over the windows or if she thought a building influenced by such an open-air building as the Colosseum didn't need windows. She just glared at me and had the next presenter start. So glad that's over and done!
Gazillion-phews!!!
Saturday, June 11, 2005
All This and Nothing
I haven't slept enough this week as "the push" to finals has begun. Actually, I have one final project already submitted and the biggest-of-the-big is due 12:30 on Monday. I keep saying I'm about 95% done, until I look at it again and realize it's about 75% done. I'd say 50% of it was done in class, so about 7 or 8 hours' total.
One of my courses is tough and I don't mean the educational "tough." It's just tough getting out of bed to go and I'm glad it's done on Tuesday. I really didn't enjoy the class. Too damn smart for it, I say.
Too smart, but the exhaustion's getting to me: I misspelled "OUT" on worksheet today. Designing a new soda company logo. I called it "Out Cola" and the first comment I got was "where's the closet?" Of course, then I noticed I'd actually called it "Ot Cola." Damn lack of sleep...
It's now called KO Cola. But that's a story for another day and another blog...
How tired am I? The big question burning my brain right now is this:
One of my courses is tough and I don't mean the educational "tough." It's just tough getting out of bed to go and I'm glad it's done on Tuesday. I really didn't enjoy the class. Too damn smart for it, I say.
Too smart, but the exhaustion's getting to me: I misspelled "OUT" on worksheet today. Designing a new soda company logo. I called it "Out Cola" and the first comment I got was "where's the closet?" Of course, then I noticed I'd actually called it "Ot Cola." Damn lack of sleep...
It's now called KO Cola. But that's a story for another day and another blog...
How tired am I? The big question burning my brain right now is this:
If "Mr. Britney Spears" Kevin Federline is honestly going by the name K-Fed, why-oh-why can I not read that properly?
Seriously. I don't see K-Fed at all...
Nope.
I see F-ked.
And then I giggle.
I really need to go to sleep now.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Character Assassination
Was watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart the other night (it's finally on in Canada at 12:05am...) and there was a bit on W. Mark Felt, AKA Deepthroat. His grandson was commenting on how Felt should be regarded as an American hero.
(I could go off on a tangent here about how I feel about Americans and their concept of heroes, but hey whatever gets your patriotism going...)
But, as Stewart points out, it's one thing for a family member to praise your actions and character. It's something else to view who decides it's time for some character assassination. For W. Mark Felt, there were 3 people highlighted who feel Felt did more harm than good: G. Gordon Liddy, Pat Buchanan, and Robert Novack.
Liddy himself went to prison over his role in Watergate. Buchanan was one of Nixon's aides, and Robert Novack just might be "known" only for outing an undercover CIA agent in a newspaper for political revenge. As Stewart calls him, Novack is "a douchebag of liberty."
So, if these are the guys who hate Felt, you really can't help but like the man.
And it got me to thinking... I know of 3 people who truly hate me. Total hate. Not a "I'm don't know about that guy," but people who would celebrate my pain and suffering if something ever happened to me. I'm talking HATE here.
Three people:
1. My old boss From Hell
2. Drama Queen (the ultimate Co-Worker From Hell who came into my new office on a daily basis to see if I'd left for good yet)
3. The Curse (the first in a long line of Co-Workers From Hell in the department From Hell --and retired early instead of working another 30-minute 'day' with me)
I feel so much better about myself!!
(I could go off on a tangent here about how I feel about Americans and their concept of heroes, but hey whatever gets your patriotism going...)
But, as Stewart points out, it's one thing for a family member to praise your actions and character. It's something else to view who decides it's time for some character assassination. For W. Mark Felt, there were 3 people highlighted who feel Felt did more harm than good: G. Gordon Liddy, Pat Buchanan, and Robert Novack.
Liddy himself went to prison over his role in Watergate. Buchanan was one of Nixon's aides, and Robert Novack just might be "known" only for outing an undercover CIA agent in a newspaper for political revenge. As Stewart calls him, Novack is "a douchebag of liberty."
So, if these are the guys who hate Felt, you really can't help but like the man.
And it got me to thinking... I know of 3 people who truly hate me. Total hate. Not a "I'm don't know about that guy," but people who would celebrate my pain and suffering if something ever happened to me. I'm talking HATE here.
Three people:
1. My old boss From Hell
2. Drama Queen (the ultimate Co-Worker From Hell who came into my new office on a daily basis to see if I'd left for good yet)
3. The Curse (the first in a long line of Co-Workers From Hell in the department From Hell --and retired early instead of working another 30-minute 'day' with me)
I feel so much better about myself!!
Two Young Kids
My wife is working this morning, so my mega-schoolwork time is being cut into as I take on the Daddy role again for a few more hours.
I know people say TV is bad for kids --especially A LOT of TV, but there are times wehn it's necessary. Like when a father was working hard on schoolwork until after 3am and then got up at 7am to take care of the children. "Take care" in this situation means make sure there's food in their stomachs, they're dressed (by 10am at least) and that they're preoccupied while I attempt to:
1. Eat
2. Drink coffee (to wake up)
3. Get the garbage out
4. Try and shower
My son has serious abandonment issues (no idea why) so he needs to be distracted if the lone parent is going to shower. After bugging one of my classmates who is at school Tuesday thru Friday without going home (for a shower or anything), I think I'd better shower at least once before heading to class tomorrow morning.
The boy is fed and seems happy eating fruit leather and a couple of arrowroots (he had Crispix for breakfast, don't worry), so I might just get that shower in yet!!
Oh, one more thing. I heard this last night and thought it interesting enough to share. Apparently, studies show that when a child is born, their frontal lobe synapses form just before birth. The synapses require human touch in order to fully function and if the child isn't held within an hour(? more? Can't recall the exact amount of time) then these synapses shut down and die. Desire for human contact dies within hours of birth if something isn't done. Essentially, this leads to social deviancy and no social skills while growing up.
Makes me happy I got to hold my kids immediately after each was born. This came up during a discussion about some friends who had a baby boy early last Saturday. He's adorable --and light!!
I know people say TV is bad for kids --especially A LOT of TV, but there are times wehn it's necessary. Like when a father was working hard on schoolwork until after 3am and then got up at 7am to take care of the children. "Take care" in this situation means make sure there's food in their stomachs, they're dressed (by 10am at least) and that they're preoccupied while I attempt to:
1. Eat
2. Drink coffee (to wake up)
3. Get the garbage out
4. Try and shower
My son has serious abandonment issues (no idea why) so he needs to be distracted if the lone parent is going to shower. After bugging one of my classmates who is at school Tuesday thru Friday without going home (for a shower or anything), I think I'd better shower at least once before heading to class tomorrow morning.
The boy is fed and seems happy eating fruit leather and a couple of arrowroots (he had Crispix for breakfast, don't worry), so I might just get that shower in yet!!
Oh, one more thing. I heard this last night and thought it interesting enough to share. Apparently, studies show that when a child is born, their frontal lobe synapses form just before birth. The synapses require human touch in order to fully function and if the child isn't held within an hour(? more? Can't recall the exact amount of time) then these synapses shut down and die. Desire for human contact dies within hours of birth if something isn't done. Essentially, this leads to social deviancy and no social skills while growing up.
Makes me happy I got to hold my kids immediately after each was born. This came up during a discussion about some friends who had a baby boy early last Saturday. He's adorable --and light!!
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Every Genius Has Their Hang Ups
I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T! I mean S-M-A-R-T!
~~Homer J. Simpson
~~Homer J. Simpson
| Your IQ Is 140 |
 Your Logical Intelligence is Genius Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Genius |
Monday, June 06, 2005
Closing Time
I'm about 75% of the way through 2 of my 5 finals. About 50% through another and have 2 more finals I still know nothing about. But I do have 2 assignments still due in those classes before we even get the information on the final.
But I did get some good news today. I asked the instructor for the Saturday class if it's possible for me just to drop off my final assignment and "hang" for a few minutes before bolting to the wedding.
He's fine with it, so I'm going to get my closure with Sex Caffeine.
Finally.
But I did get some good news today. I asked the instructor for the Saturday class if it's possible for me just to drop off my final assignment and "hang" for a few minutes before bolting to the wedding.
He's fine with it, so I'm going to get my closure with Sex Caffeine.
Finally.
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Naked Pictures
I know, I know... I just blogged saying I'd be too busy with schoolwork, but I had to share this little tidbit...
The Boy (whom some of who you will remember from the Job From Hell saga) emailed me a bunch of pictures from some porn site. The woman bears a striking resemblance to Sex Caffeine (who kicked off the My Year saga).
And I mean a striking resemblance to her...
It's not her, but there are a good number of similarities: build, smile, hairstyle... endowments. Kinda frightening in some ways.
Now, if only I was strong enough to hit the delete button...
The Boy (whom some of who you will remember from the Job From Hell saga) emailed me a bunch of pictures from some porn site. The woman bears a striking resemblance to Sex Caffeine (who kicked off the My Year saga).
And I mean a striking resemblance to her...
It's not her, but there are a good number of similarities: build, smile, hairstyle... endowments. Kinda frightening in some ways.
Now, if only I was strong enough to hit the delete button...
Friday, June 03, 2005
Little Bits
Pissy mood today, brought on by lack of sleep and prospect of little-to-no sleep over the next few days, dammit!
1. Was up until 2am doing homework. I'm not leaving things until the last minute, but they take that long... Was due at 8:30am and I had to get up at 5:30.
2. A major part of my route has been closed for the past few days. Well, at least that's what the signs and barricades say. People still use the road and get through to the other freakin' side faster than those of us abiding the law.
3. Finally got the information sheet on our term paper in the writing class. It's worth 40% of our mark and due NEXT FRIDAY (a week earlier than originally scheduled). That didn't help my mood.
4. Still waiting to hear on the final assignments for 2 of my 5 courses this semester. T-minus 2 weeks to go.
5. I may be a little quiet over the next week or so as I try and get caught up on all this work.
6. Only typed 17 pages yesterday and hoping for 8 or so tonight. Tomorrow's assignment is, fortunately, already done.
7. 25% of my final due a week next Monday is done.
8. 10% of my final due a week next Tuesday is done.
9. 2.5% of my final due next week is done. Shite.
10. Aaaannnndddd a big 0% for the other 2 'cuz I don't know anything about them yet.
Urgh.
1. Was up until 2am doing homework. I'm not leaving things until the last minute, but they take that long... Was due at 8:30am and I had to get up at 5:30.
2. A major part of my route has been closed for the past few days. Well, at least that's what the signs and barricades say. People still use the road and get through to the other freakin' side faster than those of us abiding the law.
3. Finally got the information sheet on our term paper in the writing class. It's worth 40% of our mark and due NEXT FRIDAY (a week earlier than originally scheduled). That didn't help my mood.
4. Still waiting to hear on the final assignments for 2 of my 5 courses this semester. T-minus 2 weeks to go.
5. I may be a little quiet over the next week or so as I try and get caught up on all this work.
6. Only typed 17 pages yesterday and hoping for 8 or so tonight. Tomorrow's assignment is, fortunately, already done.
7. 25% of my final due a week next Monday is done.
8. 10% of my final due a week next Tuesday is done.
9. 2.5% of my final due next week is done. Shite.
10. Aaaannnndddd a big 0% for the other 2 'cuz I don't know anything about them yet.
Urgh.
Thursday, June 02, 2005
40 Stories
Thanks Mad!
(I know, you stole it from someone else...)
(I know, you stole it from someone else...)
40 Questions Asked and Answered
[Stolen from One With Cat.]
1. My uncle once: dropped a bomb and blew up a whale in the St. Lawrence River. He thought it was a German sub surfacing...
2. Never in my life: have I done drugs.
3. When I was five: I looked up my teacher's dress when she sat down.
4. High School was: according to my yearbook, a great "4 years." Um, it was actually 5 years (I was at the same school from Gr. 8-12)
5. I will never forget: My first love
6. I once met: Vincent Price.
7. There’s this girl I know: who almost always wears low-cut tops in class. She's very distracting!
8. Once, at a bar: I was the only white guy. And, I was 15 at the time. Oh, AND I thought I as going to die from the looks I got.
9. By noon I’m usually: getting a headache from my kids.
10. Last night: I was on Blog Explosion 'til 1.
11. If I only had: a job I could be proud of.
12. Next time I go to church: will be on Sunday.
13. Terry Schiavo: died tragically.
14. What worries me most: is finding out I've done something else wrong.
15. When I turn my head left, I see: a poster with an Oscar Wilde quote:
17. You know I’m lying when: I talk about being successful having sex. (I've almost forgotten what it's like).
18. What I miss most about the eighties: My First Love, and my first major crush.
19. If I was a character written by Shakespeare, I’d be: Dogberry. Thinking I'm in charge, but only of a bunch of nincompoops (who says that anymore?) and then I just end up stabbing myself in the foot with my own sword.
20. By this time next year: I'll be counting the weeks 'til I graduate from school! Again!!
21. A better name for me would be: O Mighty One ;-)
22. I have a hard time understanding: What my freakin' design class has to do with the program I'm in.
23. If I ever go back to school I’ll: What? Again? Oh dear Lord, no more school!! Actually, I'd probably go for my coaching certification. I'm going to be involved in my kids' sporting activities.
24. You know I like you if: I tease you or (if we're in person) I pat you on the shoulder and give you a compliment.
25. If I won an award, the first person I’d thank would be: My wife. Our couch isn't very comfortable.
26. Darwin, Mozart, Slim Pickens & Geraldine Ferraro: Well, 3 are musicians and Ferraro tried to be Vice President in the 80s.... or was she running for Pres with Walter Mondale as VP? Why do I know this?
27. Take my advice: I deserve a small portion of your money. Feed me.
28. My ideal breakfast is: Cold pizza. The only time it's as good as piping hot is when it's very cold --not "warm". I want pizza right now.
29. A song I love, but do not have is: One of U2's latest hits. Can't remember the name of it right now (or I'd have it, hello?).
30. If you visit my hometown, I suggest: you come in July, specifically July 1st when there's a big party at the park for Canada Day and people cheer everyone getting their Canadian citizenship. If it's been a good spring, then the strawberries are ripe enough to eat and raspberries are right aorund the corner. The sun is shining and doesn't set until close to 10pm and it's 34 degrees Celsius outside (93.2 F).
31. Tulips, character flaws, microchips & track stars: 1. Are grown in a very large field about 20 miles from here. 2. Are common to everyone (nobody's perfect). 3. Fried my last computer. 4. Have become a disgrace at the Olympics with all the steroid use.
32. Why won’t people: give me money!?!?!?!
33. If you spend the night at my house: you'll never forgive me for sleeping on my couch --or you're still awake because the hide-a-bed's about 7 feet away form this computer. Sorry.
34. I’d stop my wedding for: my wife. 'Cuz boy woudl i hear about it!!
35. The world could do without: Any more bloody political blogs. Getting sick of 'em.
36. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: go back to my old job. :-)
37. My favorite blonde is: my first love.
38. Paper clips are: sitting in the bottom of my backpack. The container broke.
39. If I do anything well, it’s: Fighting my way through 98% of the crap, only to have another pile of crap dumped on me.
40. And by the way... I'm totally procrastinating right now!!
1. My uncle once: dropped a bomb and blew up a whale in the St. Lawrence River. He thought it was a German sub surfacing...
2. Never in my life: have I done drugs.
3. When I was five: I looked up my teacher's dress when she sat down.
4. High School was: according to my yearbook, a great "4 years." Um, it was actually 5 years (I was at the same school from Gr. 8-12)
5. I will never forget: My first love
6. I once met: Vincent Price.
7. There’s this girl I know: who almost always wears low-cut tops in class. She's very distracting!
8. Once, at a bar: I was the only white guy. And, I was 15 at the time. Oh, AND I thought I as going to die from the looks I got.
9. By noon I’m usually: getting a headache from my kids.
10. Last night: I was on Blog Explosion 'til 1.
11. If I only had: a job I could be proud of.
12. Next time I go to church: will be on Sunday.
13. Terry Schiavo: died tragically.
14. What worries me most: is finding out I've done something else wrong.
15. When I turn my head left, I see: a poster with an Oscar Wilde quote:
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."16. When I turn my head right: a copy of All-Star Comics #11, which would be worth $3300 in better condition. It's right now worth about $200...
17. You know I’m lying when: I talk about being successful having sex. (I've almost forgotten what it's like).
18. What I miss most about the eighties: My First Love, and my first major crush.
19. If I was a character written by Shakespeare, I’d be: Dogberry. Thinking I'm in charge, but only of a bunch of nincompoops (who says that anymore?) and then I just end up stabbing myself in the foot with my own sword.
20. By this time next year: I'll be counting the weeks 'til I graduate from school! Again!!
21. A better name for me would be: O Mighty One ;-)
22. I have a hard time understanding: What my freakin' design class has to do with the program I'm in.
23. If I ever go back to school I’ll: What? Again? Oh dear Lord, no more school!! Actually, I'd probably go for my coaching certification. I'm going to be involved in my kids' sporting activities.
24. You know I like you if: I tease you or (if we're in person) I pat you on the shoulder and give you a compliment.
25. If I won an award, the first person I’d thank would be: My wife. Our couch isn't very comfortable.
26. Darwin, Mozart, Slim Pickens & Geraldine Ferraro: Well, 3 are musicians and Ferraro tried to be Vice President in the 80s.... or was she running for Pres with Walter Mondale as VP? Why do I know this?
27. Take my advice: I deserve a small portion of your money. Feed me.
28. My ideal breakfast is: Cold pizza. The only time it's as good as piping hot is when it's very cold --not "warm". I want pizza right now.
29. A song I love, but do not have is: One of U2's latest hits. Can't remember the name of it right now (or I'd have it, hello?).
30. If you visit my hometown, I suggest: you come in July, specifically July 1st when there's a big party at the park for Canada Day and people cheer everyone getting their Canadian citizenship. If it's been a good spring, then the strawberries are ripe enough to eat and raspberries are right aorund the corner. The sun is shining and doesn't set until close to 10pm and it's 34 degrees Celsius outside (93.2 F).
31. Tulips, character flaws, microchips & track stars: 1. Are grown in a very large field about 20 miles from here. 2. Are common to everyone (nobody's perfect). 3. Fried my last computer. 4. Have become a disgrace at the Olympics with all the steroid use.
32. Why won’t people: give me money!?!?!?!
33. If you spend the night at my house: you'll never forgive me for sleeping on my couch --or you're still awake because the hide-a-bed's about 7 feet away form this computer. Sorry.
34. I’d stop my wedding for: my wife. 'Cuz boy woudl i hear about it!!
35. The world could do without: Any more bloody political blogs. Getting sick of 'em.
36. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: go back to my old job. :-)
37. My favorite blonde is: my first love.
38. Paper clips are: sitting in the bottom of my backpack. The container broke.
39. If I do anything well, it’s: Fighting my way through 98% of the crap, only to have another pile of crap dumped on me.
40. And by the way... I'm totally procrastinating right now!!
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Beautiful
So, Miss Universe 2005 is a fellow Hoser, eh? Beauty.
I do have a question though. When was the last time there was actually a 'Miss Canada' pageant held? Apparently it's been 13 years since it was televised, so I had no idea it was even still happening!!
I know it used to be that there wasn't a "Miss British Columbia" sent to Miss Canada, but instead a "Miss PNE" (Pacific National Exhibition). Back in the late 1980s and early '90s I actually went to school with 3 Miss PNEs. Must've been something in the water at that high school.
That reminds me... I had a bit of a crush in high school on a girl who used to look like Kylie Minogue
or at least what Kylie Minogue looked like back in the 80s!!
Let the Music Play
OK, procrastinating now... hand is sore from drawing.
I came across something like this on one of the BE blogs today and thought I'd give it a try. Basically, you listen to 20 random songs on your PC and write out the first line of each song. Then let people guess the song!
Oh, and no cheating by googling the lyrics!!
So, here goes:
I'll admit I skipped a couple of songs simply because they were either instrumental, started with the title of the song, ~or~ were leftovers from an experimental download of international music (with a group called Lele, so there).
I'll post the song list as an addendum in a few days...
I came across something like this on one of the BE blogs today and thought I'd give it a try. Basically, you listen to 20 random songs on your PC and write out the first line of each song. Then let people guess the song!
Oh, and no cheating by googling the lyrics!!
So, here goes:
- Another head hangs lowly
- While there is time
- You say you want
- Grandfather watches the grandfather clock
- Oh Elise, it doesn't matter what you say
- Out in the door just in time
- Planned a Show
- In the mist
- Lake light
- Wait, wait, I never had a chance to love you
- Our love is like water
- I walked along the avenue
- Sun is shining in the sky
- When lights go down, I see no reason
- And when I wake up in the morning
- Go ahead with your dreamin'
- Dealers keep dealin'
- It glittered and it gleamed
- As he came into the window
- Remember boy that your forefathers died.
I'll admit I skipped a couple of songs simply because they were either instrumental, started with the title of the song, ~or~ were leftovers from an experimental download of international music (with a group called Lele, so there).
I'll post the song list as an addendum in a few days...
Boom Boom
I'll admit I'm a bit addicted to Blog Explosion. In fact, I have a feeling most people reading this right now are viewing it because they came through 'BE.'
So, hey.
I have BE running (Blog Rocket too!) while I do my homework and use it as my sanity breaks. And 90% of the time it actually helps. I've found about a dozen or so blogs I enjoy reading now, so THANKS for all those bloggers out there who are visiting!!
Oh, and Dreama: Your blog finally came up during yesterday's BE.
So, hey.
I have BE running (Blog Rocket too!) while I do my homework and use it as my sanity breaks. And 90% of the time it actually helps. I've found about a dozen or so blogs I enjoy reading now, so THANKS for all those bloggers out there who are visiting!!
Oh, and Dreama: Your blog finally came up during yesterday's BE.
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