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Archive #12
04/025/06 - 12/28/06
I shaved
my beard. Normally when I shave off
a big beard, I go with some silly
looking mustache trying to be
ironic. This time I took a
different route.

I wore this chin bush for a while
until I started to shun technology.
After this picture was taken, I kind
of freaked because I thought the
camera was trying to steal my soul.

Deniece wanted me to keep this one.
I think she was just happy the chin
curtain was gone. This one
lasted about 20 minutes. Why
is my hair lopsided on one side?!

I shaved it off, and got a haircut
the next day. Now I look like
this. I think I need to grow
my beard again.
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12/22/06
Just in case we forgot about
you, and neglected to send you a
real card,

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12/18/06
Belle
the Whippet died yesterday at about
4:15p.m. She got to simply
drift off to sleep in her favorite
spot next to the couch, in the sun,
surrounded by all of us.
The boys helped me dig the hole, and
they both put a bunch of tennis
balls (her favorite thing on earth)
and a chew toy in the grave.
She will
be missed.
Belle the Whippet Princess
March 29, 1995 - December 17, 2006

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12/15/06
I have grown my beard for 90
days. I'm getting sick of it
though, and will shave it into some
kind of stupid white trash
configuration to get a laugh or two
pretty soon. Here's what it
looks like.

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12/07/06
I take the big guy to get his
staples removed today, so, that'll
be fun.
My beard has been growing for 83
days, and I have not trimmed it.
It's on the verge of going from a
big beard, to a ridiculous
beard. I can't wait.
I'll post a photo of it at day 90.
This is the longest period of time
I've ever had a beard.
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11/30.06


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11/27/06
Page not found?!
Oh, that's real mature.
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10/27/06
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10/26/06
By
the way, I hope that guy is ok.
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10/18/06
I hate
un-rinsed dishes in the sink...makes
me crazy. But I also HATE
rinsing spoons. I always get
splashed. I'm pretty
sure I can't win.
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10/16/06
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10/03/06
10/02/06
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9/28/06
9/27/06
Not much
going on. I made a
picture.
Over and out.
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9/19/06
I have been
broken all summer, and haven't
skated at all. My ribs are
almost all better, and my knee
has good days, and bad days.
I think this week I'm going to
skate Walnut Creek on my lunch
break. I'll let you know
what I break.
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9/12/06
9/8/06
Last
night was back to school night, and
this morning we met with Thing 1's
teacher. Yeah, she gives an
assload of homework, but I think
she's an awesome teacher.
She's super passionate about getting
kids to learn, and I think her
methods sound good, but I did forget
to ask her about tearing up nameless
papers, that still seems wrong.
She said our guy may be the smartest
kid in class, and potentially go
into GATE (gifted program), but, he
doesn't listen, he doesn't follow
directions, he doesn't pay
attention, he's in his own little
world most of the time, and he's
often heard mumbling,"10 minutes to
Wapner."
I'm gonna
take my little Rainman to Vegas, and
make a killing!
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9/7/06
My bride
turns 34 today, and she's hotter
than ever. Happy birthday
Deniece!
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9/6/06
This homework shit is
ridiculous. It used to be that
we could hang out with the boys, and
play until their bedtime, and then
we could do grown up stuff.
Now we have to put the little guy to
bed, and keep the big one up until 3
am doing math facts. I am
getting better at subtraction
though.
He told us if kids forget to put
their name on homework, the teacher
rips it up in front of the class.
That's fucking nuts!
That's the kind of shit that made me
hate school. I understand how
telling a kid he's stupid and
useless will motivate him to achieve
more, but ripping up a paper just
seems mean.
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9/1/06
Ok, remember when I said Thing
1's new teacher was known for giving
a lot of homework...I had no idea.
Last night he had 2 HOURS of math
homework, then he had to read for 20
minutes. He's 7. I don't
think I had 2 hours of homework
until I was in college, and even
then, I didn't do it.
When I
was in second grade I had ONE
homework assignment. I had to
write a report on Vikings. My
mom did most of the work, including
drawing a kick-ass Viking ship for
the cover. Thanks Mom!
By the way Mom, if you feel like
moving in for a year, your grandson
would love to have you do his
homework for him.
I clearly remember teachers not
giving homework during the 1st week
of school, and I even had a few who
held off on homework for the 1st
month. This could be a long
year.
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8/30/06
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8/28/06 - Naked at School
8/25/06
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8/18/06
Wow, almost a month between
updates. I suck
I'm also starting to wonder if
the poo snacks she eats are
sustaining her...like a
Vampooer.
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7/24/06
So, it turns out that I’m an
idiot.
On Friday, I went skateboarding at
the Walnut Creek skatepark on my
lunch break. It was about 100
degrees, so I thought, ‘You know
what, screw the knee pads.’
The police will give you a $150
ticket for no helmet, but they don’t
care about other pads. So,
there I am, padless, and I got a
nasty wheel bite (when you turn too
hard, and your wheel and board
touch, thus creating an incredibly
effective breaking system. I
flew to flatbottom, and landed on my
shoulder, side, hip, and the side of
my knee. It hurt, but not too
bad. I kept skating for
another 15 minutes until the heat
was unbearable. Then I went to
Subway to get a 12 Inch Veggie
Delight.
<Tangent> Ok, I feel gay enough not
eating meat, but when they make me
order something called a "Veggie
Delight", and on top of that, force
me to try and decide which is less
gay, saying ‘foot long,’, or ‘12
inch’, I end up being the biggest
sissy in a sandwich place filled
with beefy construction workers
ordering the Meaty Meat Lover’s
Meatwich. At least I don’t
order the 6 inch...even I'm too
butch for that
</Tangent>
Anyway, when I got to subway, I got
out of the car, and could barely
walk. My knee was KILLING ME.
Every step sucked. It took
about 40 steps to figure out a limp
that didn’t hurt, but unfortunately
it made me look like I had taken a
few too many 12 inchers.
I have been icing religiously, but
all the limping over the last few
days has knotted up my calf, so now
that my knee feels better, my calf
is all ruined.
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7/12/06
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7/03/06
My ribs are getting better.
Now it only hurts when I move, and
breathe, and sometimes when I blink.
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6/28/06
Wow, my ribs are KILLING me.
Laying down, and getting up are
miserable experiences.
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6/27/06
Thing 1 had surgery today to get
tubes in his ears. This is the
second time for this surgery for
him. He was a stud.
As he was laying there in recovery,
loopy from anesthesia, I was envious
of his drug induced
painlessness....my ribs are hurting
a lot.
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6/26/06
I skated a little while with him
before the camp counselors, and
other kids showed up. I
finished up a run by rolling out
of the deep, tried to step on
the deck, missed, stepped into
the bowl, fell like 175 lbs. of
bricks on the deck, and landed
with my ribs on my fist which
was on the concrete...CRACK!!
At least 1 broken rib...good
morning Mr. Dumbass. It
only hurts to breathe, and move,
so I'll be fine.
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6/24/06
Thing 2's 4th birthday today!!!
We had a bunch of kids, and a big
jumpy at our house, and he had a
blast.
Happy Birthday buddy!
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6/13/06
I can't be the
only person who worries about
asshole inventors and their
potentially invisible cars coming
the from the opposite direction when
I make left turn...can I?
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666
So, today is 666, and some
people think bad stuff is
going to happen? Because
really, it only makes sense that
Satan would go by the Gregorian
Calendar that was established a mere
424 years ago...by a pope.
I would imagine that satan plays by his own rules, and following some pope's calendar doesn't really seem in character (from what I've seen in movies).
Anyway, good luck, and watch out for
brimstone (sulfur) it's quite
smelly.
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6/01/06
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5/31/06
I
had belt testing for green-advanced
belt last night. It was my
best testing yet...up to a point.
My form was perfect, my 3-step
sparring was spot on, and my board
break was a hammer fist which is
pretty easy, so no problem there.
Then, there was the sparring.
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05/25/06
So, apparently way more people vote
for the new American idol than vote
in presidential elections. It
seems like I should be more
embarrassed to be an American than I
am.
I watched it once with my mom. There was a hot chick, and a grey-haired dude...that's all I know.
I hope someone in charge of elections,
or the Rock The Vote people, or even
Puff Daddy were paying attention to the
voting. Think about the voter
turn-out we'd have in ALL elections if
we could just phone it in.
Somebody get to work on that please.
Anyway,
this is pretty
cool!
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05/16/06
Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only
person who ever feels guilty for what I
do to toilets. What did the
toilets ever do to us?!
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05/15/06
05/12/06
My dad had surgery on his guts last
week, so I flew down to be there.
Everything went well, and he's on the
mend.
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05/04/06
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4/26/06
I gave my dog mouth to mouth!!!
I'm still kind of freaking out about
that.
New art added.
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4/25/06

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