This Bud's For You

Finally!

Yes I'm finally getting around to posting again.  I wish that I could say that my life is outrageous (truly, truly outrageous)...but I can't.  Just more of the crazy business.

Anyway, I find that I have a few minutes to update on some things that I wanted to post a long time ago.

My family and I went to visit my cousin in Connecticut about 2 weeks ago for family stuff.  It was really fun and I enjoy being with them.  It was much needed rest.  Here are some pictures:

This is my Uncle Don.  He's the reason we all went to visit!  Had a very good time.  He has a sort of dry sense of humor....he doesn't say much, but when he does it's good.

This is Buddy (our family dog) desprately trying to get away from my cousin's family dog, Biscuit...or as I was calling her, Bisquick.

HELP ME!!  HELP ME!!

This is my 2nd cousin Hannah.  She's adorable, funny, and a super-genious

We burned pretty much everything in the yard in this fire.  Shh...don't tell the EPA

I had to retake this shot about 100 times to get it to come out.

These were just some of the funky colors we were getting from this fire.  I don't think I've ever seen magenta flames before.....

Anyway, that's it for now.  Dull & boring I know......maybe someday I'll have a tale of harrowing adventure to tell!

"I'll also have one of those Buckets of Beer"

I know I haven't been around for a while but here I am!

Story #1:

A couple of weeks ago some friends asked me if I wanted to go bowling.  I hadn't been in a LONG time, so I said yes.  Now, I've only ever been bowling in the town where I grew up, where EVERYONE went bowling...all the time.  It was in it's own building and it was big and very modern.  So imagine my surprise when we pull up into a strip mall parking lot and head toward an entrance next to a Starbucks!  Come to find out the bowling alley is in the basement. 

So I get over that and we're in the alley and waiting for a lane and I notice that this bowling alley hasn't been updated since the 1950s.  It still had the old time projectors that only the leagues could use...also NO AUTO SCORER....I do not know how to score bowling!  I'm also horrible at trying to figure out how many pins I knocked down.

The BIG surprise was coming up though....I looked around some more and noticed that the entire bowling alley was duck pin bowling!  Where I come from only little kids and wimps play duck pin bowling.  When I expressed this to my friends they said that they only ever play duck pin and that's all this alley ever has been....I immediately questioned myself whether or not I could associate with them anymore.

So once I got adjusted to the thought of playing a sissy sport, we got our lane and bowled some good games (I won the second one).

So after a little booze and some gutter balls I adjusted and it was really fun.  I noticed that my arm didn't hurt like it normally does after bowling...which was a relief.

Oh!  One more note...The alley that we played in actually had leagues and had been inspected and certified by the national duck pin bowling CONGRESS.  Can you believe that!...I wonder what kind of caucuses they have...the beer belly caucus...the blue hair caucus...the mullet caucus...

Anyway...fun was had by all..........

Where u been?

Everywhere and no where.

I do have some things to say.....just as soon as I have time to write them.

In fact....I'm being pulled away right now.......................

Midnight Scene

I saw an intersting scene last night as I was going to bed.

It was midnight and I had my windows open.  The sky was a deep deep blue...not a cloud in the sky...slight breeze blowing.  I heard a sound that sounded like people arguing.  I realized after a few seconds that it was geese.  I looked up and actually saw them flying overhead eventhough it was midnight.  It was an interesting contrast...the geese appeared grey against the deep blue sky.

Anyway, it was very peaceful and interesting.

Sleep

Anyone who knows me in real life, knows that I LOVE to sleep.  I can go to bed at 5pm and not wake up until noon the next day.  In fact, sometimes, when I'm on vacation or "between career opportunities" I will sleep until 3 o'clock in the afternoon....but the sad thing is that I feel really guilty when I wake up because I feel like I've wasted the day, and that I could have done something with that time.  Anyway, that's just my OCD.

Getting back to my point....I thought of something this morning on my way to work....when I was in about 4th grade, I came up with the concept of a driveable bed.  I thought it was the coolest idea EVER.  Here's how it would work.  Your wonderful, comfortable, warm bed would also have 4 wheels, an engine, and a steering wheel.  So all you would have to do when you wake up in the morning is start your engine and drive to work/school!  Isn't that neat! 

There have been days where I have seriously longed for such an invention.

It would have to be either that or a tunnel from your house straight to your work so that you could drive about 120 in a stright line.

OR....maybe you could work out a deal with Rainbow Brite.

Rah-Rah Redux

So today was, as Amalah puts it, "Corporate Love Fest Rah Rah Day".

She did a wonderful job on her speech, and I didn't make fun of her once!

The day was very fun and enjoyable....and to top it all off, my pizza s actually hot today!!!!

Una Poema

No escribió esta poema, pero yo lo quiero mucho y está apropiada....¡Disfrute!

Tú para mi eras una perfecta desconocida,
ni siquiera te imaginaba en mi vida.
Paso el tiempo y te hablé,
y algo de ti conocía.
Después fuiste la persona
que más me entendía
y mucho de tu vida
con la mía coincidían.
Llegaste a ser con quién mejor me identifiqué,
a quien me presento con mi "ser".

Ahora descubro que no te conocía,
Sí, otra vez eres desconocida porque,
en la distancia me he dado cuenta que,
a un amigo nunca se le termina de conocer,
porque siempre habrá algo de él que me sorprenda,
siempre habrá algo nuevo que compartir.
Tú siempre serás para mí
algo nuevo que descubrir.

Mañana

Just so you know, you're dealing with the world's largest procrastinator right here.

Here is a short list of things I've been putting off:

Call pharmacy to have perscriptions refilled (because I can survive without my heart medicine)

Call car insurance company about droopy headlight from accident repair (going on a month now)

Pay Bills!! (which takes literally a minute)

Go to the gym (let's not talk about that one)

I need help!  I'm going to do all these things RIGHT NOW!

Well......How does that go????  Mañana is good enough for me.........

Una Amiga

Hay una amiga

Una amiga que se fue

Se fue para descubrir

que tan peligroso amar el mundo

La quiero mucho y me pena

que ha dejado

Yo le siento cada día

que se fue

Estoy vacía

que ha dejado

Espero que revolvería

que se fue

Yo tengo miedo en que

yo la empujé

Yo nunca había

querido dolerle

Mi pena mucho

que hice yo

Solamente que yo

escuché a mi corazón

Todo el tiempo

yo pienso en ti

Pienso en la vida

que podría

Cada vez que

veo a ti

Cada vez que

escucho a ti

Cada vez que

acercarme a ti

Yo la siento

Yo lo siento

Por favor

volver a mí

¿Vale la pena

la distancia?

Me pena

mi corazón

Hellooooo....

YES!  I know I haven't posted in a while.  I think my brain got stuck in some sort of creative neutral.  I try to use this site as a way to vent, or express myself, but honestly nothing has happened for the past two weeks.  Work has been very busy and I just haven't felt like thinking when I've been at home.

ANYWAY....today I had lunch with a very funny, very Jewish co-worker.  We had an enjoyable time and it was a good break from the day.

I do have something to say though.....

There was an unpleasant experience that I had around this time of year about 10 years ago.  I'm not going to talk about it here, but suffice it to say that, I still have trouble with it to this day.

So, to those of you in my real life, I have to say this, #1 - I DON"T want to talk about it, and #2 - I apologize in advance if you accidentally get the brunt of my funktitude....I really don't mean it....just slap me around until I come to my senses.

SO....to distract you from my boringness and funk, here are some pictures of the snow from this past weekend.