Maybe He WAS a Genius

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and
human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the
former."
-- Albert Einstein

Back to Poetry

So I know I sorta dropped my daily poetry corner. But I'll try to post stuff once in a while when I come across it.

Falling

I’m Falling,
Away from you…
What ever..
Should I do?

Should I let you…
Drag me down?
Should I live
With a frown?

I love you,
With all my heart,
But you don’t…
Know where to start.

You always say,
That you care,
But lately it seems…
You’re never there.

You make me laugh…
But you make me cry…
It’s so hard…
To think of saying good bye.

What else am I
Supposed to do?
I never seem…
To get through to you!

You don’t even see me…
Slipping away…
Maybe you’ll notice…
Some..day…

Then I’ll be gone…
No more chances for you…
I really hate to feel this way…
But I do…

YUCK! What's so funny?

Kids today have the oddest sense of humor...


Nathan is having a laughing fit after he drooled while Daddy gave him a kiss and said yuck.

Ugh it's Monday

Where'd my weekend go?

Well lets see. Friday my friend Nancy dropped by to drop her non-working computer off to be worked on. After she left the baby and I passed out until like 3am the next morning. At which point I sorta dozed in an out of sleep until 6ish when I finally got up.

Saturday morning was spent cleaning bottles and the car in a hurry cuz I had to be at my parent's house by 10am to take them to the airport. I ended up getting done at bit early so I headed up there around 9ish. Grandma and Grandpa were happy to see Nathan before they're trip and ended up taking us to Dennys before actually heading up to LAX. On the drive to LAX we noticed the 405S was going a bit slow but I figured it would clear up sometime in the next hour... Little did I know how wrong I was.

So we got to the airport around 12:15. Which was fine since their flight didn't leave until like 3:30ish? But you never know how long lines in the airport are gonna take these days. So I dropped them off. Everything going well and without a hitch. I should have known something was wrong. I tried to leave the airport and of course people wanted to just stop to the left of me so I couldn't get back into the lane... then I finally get in the lane and people want to unload/drop off From that lane. I get out of the airport finally and I think I'm home free. Baby is asleep and it's all good.

Get on the Freeway heading south... Everything pretty normal until I reach the 605 merger on the 405. And then... Stopped. Ok ok traffic is pretty normal for a Saturday. No worries right? I'm in the fast lane anyway so no hope of escape even if i wanted to. So I'm sitting in traffic pretty much crawling along for an hour and finally decide to call Patrick to find out why. He looks up Sig alert... "Accident at Brookhurst and the 405... Last update at... 11am?" "Huh... Weird... You'd think it would be cleared up by 1:30..." But no other news... And I wait... Finally I remember that AM Station 980 plays the traffic report every 10 min. So I switch over my radio and sure enough... "Things are slow on the 405S... Due to a Big Rig going through the Sound wall at Brookhurst and setting some houses on Fire..." Oh ok.... Wait... WHAT?!?! "Oh don't worry the fire is out... and just the right 2 lanes are closed"... So I'm thinking... How much longer can this possibly take? If it happened like 3 hours ago? Of course the baby wakes up and starts complaining... So I drive for another 30 min with my arm in a horribly uncomfortable position trying to feed him and drive at the same time. At around 2:30ish? This is what I saw...




It's amazing what becomes amuzing when you've been waiting in line 2 hours to see it... I felt like I was at Disneyland and didn't realize i was in the line for It's a Small World instead of Space mountain. Either way... I finally got home at like 3pm. I'm definately making sure to rub this in when my parents get back from their trip.

Note: It turns out the accident wasn't cleaned up until 9:06pm that night. So I guess I should be happy I wasn't stuck in it longer.

After that horrible Saturday morning. I found out the game we usually go to on Saturdays was canceled so we headed up to our friend's house to hang out. Note: we haven't seen these friends in like... almost a year? heh... It was fun... They got to meet the baby and we watched odd movies like Heavy Metal and something else I can't remember.

Sunday was pretty relaxed except that I discovered my Laptop is no longer charging. I tried moving the power plug to another plug and unplugging everything and replugging it in... and restarting the computer. All of which has worked before. But to no avail. So now I have a pretty expensive paper weight sitting on my desk until I can get a new power cord... As long as it's the power cord. Hopefully it's not the battery or the motherboard cuz then I'm really toast.

So now it's Monday... After this weekend I'm not sure if I'm sad or relieved. Ah well what can ya do?

Healthy Kitties

I gotta get me one of these. I think the cats would love it.


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"Doesn't It Annoy You When..."

..there's a car alarm nearby that goes on for hours
and the owner is nowhere to be found?

..you buy an answering machine so you won't miss
any calls, and then everyone hangs up when they
hear the machine answer?

..there's a cop car in sight and everyone thinks they
have to drive 10-15 mph slower than the speed limit?

..you're reading a magazine and all those annoying
little subscription cards keep falling out?

..you tell someone that a door is locked and they try
to open it anyway, like it'll magically open for them
and not you.

..someone says, "well, to make a long story short"
and then they go on telling it for another 15 minutes.

..a friend or family member says "Yuck! This is awful!!"
and then tells you to try some.

..you have to inform five different sales people in the
same store that you're just looking around.

..you rub on hand cream and can't turn the bathroom
doorknob to get out.

..a waiter or waitress is not around at any time other
than right after you put food in your mouth.

..your tire gauge lets out half the air in your tire when
all you want is a pressure reading.

..there's a dog in your neighborhood that barks at
EVERYTHING.

..the power goes out, and you discover every flashlight
you have has dead batteries.

..someone gets in the express lane at the supermarket
and writes a check or uses a credit card.

..the elevator stops at every floor and nobody gets
on or off.

..you almost ALWAYS back up your computer files but
the week you don't, your hard drive crashes and you
lose everything.

Weekend Stuff

So this weekend was fairly eventful but kinda boring really. We had gotten a notice from our HoA that we were in violation by having a Window Air Conditioner and that it must be removed by This Monday. Which is kinda stupid since the thing has been installed for 5 years and can't even be seen from anywhere but the roof.

Unfortunately they were doing work on our building the last couple weeks and were on our roof of course.

So we spent the last week or so researching Portable A/Cs. Saturday we went to pick up our monthly pictures at JC Pennys and to pick up one of these Portable A/Cs at Home Depot. Which we discovered was a bad idea since they were really heavy and HUGE! So we ended up waiting until Sunday to go with my parents to get it. Patrick and Dad ended up taking the old one out of our window and putting the new one in that night.

Then Monday rolls around and... The HoA puts ANOTHER note on our door saying it wasn't fixed. I called and bitched at them and they said they'd fix it in their books or whatever. Stupid HoA.

Getting back to Saturday... after all the attempting but not getting anything done. Patrick wasn't feeling well so I ended up going to game with just the Baby and I. Nathan did a great job of playing Daddy's DnD character though and much fun was had by all.

New pics will be uploaded to the Baby's Online Album soon I just have been too tired to get around to it. Anyone who has the address I'd suggest checking it in a couple days.

Ok that is all for now.

Quote

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as
if you were to live forever."
-- Ghandi

Giggles

It's amazing how the sound of a giggle can make you so happy. Something so simple and yet filling you with never ending joy to the point you aren't sure if you want to laugh or cry.

I never thought it was possible to gain so much joy out of something so simple. Other than when you're a child of course. But being an adult and watching your child gain such happiness out of such simple things actually manages to make you just as happy as the child experiencing it.

Last night we finally got the baby to giggle repeatedly. And not just once or twice. But over and over and for minutes at a time.

I think the moment of holding him and having him laughing at/with Patrick and I may have been one of the happiest moments in my entire life.

If you'd told me years ago that I'd feel this way I'd have looked at you funny. I mean I knew it would be cool but I had no idea.

So weird.

Too True

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Here's how it works: each BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence. By using both sides of each sheet, manufacturers are able to cut costs in half.

Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet. The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used by merely opening it. The "Browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move forward or backward as you wish. Most come with an "index" feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for instant retrieval.

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"The Winning Entry"

The following is the 2007 winning entry from
an annual contest at Texas A&M University
calling for the most appropriate definition of
a contemporary term.

Last year's term was ' Political Correctness '.

The winner wrote:

'Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a
delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted
by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.'

Is it Thursday Already?

It seems like the week is just flying by.

So much to do... So little time to actually do it... and so much wasted time doing things I don't see as important. Bah! I hate work.

I need to find a new portable A/C cuz our homeowners association are Nazi's and won't let us have one in our window. Our HoA is kinda horrible with all it's rules and such. Can you believe they actually tried to convince us that Possums are harmless creatures?

Need to help hubby study his drink cards. Hurrah for Bartending.

I have like 50 billion friends whom I've promised to hang out with or even call back who probably haven't heard from me in like a month.

Ah well. Enough of my complainy ranting post.

Weekend Happenings

Quick summary of the weekend since I seem to have been neglecting my blog as of late.

Friday - Went to dinner with my Parents, Sister, Brother-in-law and Niece for my Sister's b-day. Even though her B-day is like a month away but our parents are going to be out of town (as usual) on her actual B-day and for 1 week before and after. Then with everyone being so busy it was work trying to even get this time scheduled. ANYWAY... We went to Amazon Brazilian BBQ in Fullerton. mmmmmmm... that place was awesome. Very nice atmosphere and yummy food. I'd give it an A.

Saturday -
First we went to my company picnic. Which was surprisingly fun. Decent food this year, hot dogs, pulled pork sandwiches, etc. No I didn't participate in the Bake off... It was baby's first picnic and I got to show him off though. He did quite well too.
See him eyeing the hotdog.


Then we went to my parents house to do laundry. At which point my mom ran off with my baby and decided to give us baby sitting we didn't ask for. Which worked out since we had a party to go to anyway.

Next we headed to my friend Jiggy's house warming party. Luckily it was right down the street from my parent's. So after a run to BevMo we headed down there and hung out with a bunch of people we don't know and ate more food. Hurrah! Really nice house and they got a cute puppy recently, who we must introduce to Aggro.

Sunday - We spent relaxing at home for the most part. Some reading... Some WoW... Same ol' Same ol'.