My Blog is now re-vived

It has been a looooong time since I wrote anything here. Since I started this blog, much has happened, been forgotten, achieved, lost, wondered about, loved, lost sleep over, and in general just been. I want to go with the flow, so I want to challenge myself to write something each day. Who gives a rat's ass if anyone else reads it. Maybe it is just for me. And maybe there is someone else out there who might at the very least, garner a laugh from my clumsy plod through life. :)

Yeah, so...but...Ummmmm

It is 22 December, and i cannot believe it is almost Christmas. I love this time of year. For my family and I it is a time of decorations, lights, special meals, friends and family. Thankfully it is not a stressful time. But, as I age I realize how quickly the days and months slip by. And before i know it, Christmas is over and done and then the blandness of everyday life comes back.

I love sitting in a room lit only with the lights from a tree. A nice fire to go with is a plus.

So I am taking time to slow down long enough to appreciate the time while it is here and hope that i can garner enough energy from a few days off to tackle the challenges of the coming year.

Peace to all.

New Dr. Seuss Book Title

Funny Road Sign

This is a road sign I spotted not far from my house. The first time I saw it, I had to turn about because I wasn't sure I actually saw what it says. I snapped this picture, and a few weeks later saw that the post on the sign had been removed. So here is the picture. In case you need help getting the joke it reads: "Thirteen foot, seven inch Dude"..now you get it?

Olympiad

I've always been a bit of an Olympics junkie. I've loved watching the Olympics over the years, and watching some random athelete's dream of gold come to fruition. I also like how the Olympics tend to bring people together. For a few short weeks, people from feuding nations can come together and forget about the worldly troubles. I often see atheletes embrace each other regardless of gender, color, or ethnicity. So, I was very sad to see this picture of the Spanish Olympic Basketball team published. Supposedly they say it was all in good "fun" and not meant to be offensive. I am not Chinese, but I was offended.

Grow up. And have a little respect, Seeeeenors.

Trekkin' Down Memory Lane

Lately I have been converting my cassette tapes to MP3 format so I can pitch the tapes and rid myself of clutter. My most surprising find was several episodes of "Open House Party" circa 1990 that I taped from the radio. I used to listen to that every weekend. I didn't even really like main stream pop, but I'd listen anyway since that was the cool thing to do. I preferred alternative music and Indie bands. The tapes are chock full of New Kids on the Block (and Jonathan was always my favorite) Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Sweet Seduction, Wilson Phillips, Seal, Miami Sound Machine, Young MC, Milli Vanilli, and other bands.

When I surveyed my CD collection I also discovered I still have the very first CD I purchased...EXPOSE' "what you don't Know". (Stop Laughing)

I have actually enjoyed the CD and listening to the tapes. I am very musically oriented so many of my life memories are connected to music. I can go back in time and almost re-live sections of my life that are associated with music. But mostly from the recent audio flashback, I remember the good times of being a kid. The lack of worries. How the days seemed to last forever. How I lived to tape random crap off the radio. How Summer seemed to drag on and I couldn't wait to get back to school. Then school would start and a week or so into it, I was over it again.

I've laughed at the sheer cheesiness of most of the music I listened to in my late grade school/early high school years. I remember the acid washed jeans, how vanilla ice shaved stripes in his eyebrows, tretorns, Keds, the sky-skraper bangs, the leather studded jackets, faux rappers, the LA Gear sneakers, Hair Bands, oversized Belts, ....But there were some good bands back then... even if the music now is only good for a laugh.

Gotta Love the Veggie Tales

I love veggie tales. I spent the better portion of my weekend watching veggie tales with some friends. Here's a little diddy we learned from the "Wizard of Ha's"
A silly veggie-tale song:
"If it doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey, even if it has a monkey kinda shape! If it doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey, if it doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey it's an ape!"