Category: Just dabbling

Katrina’s waves

How come I haven’t written anything
here about the disaster in New Orleans?

Well.
Three reasons.

First,
You don’t care

Second,
I am slow.
But not as slow as the president’s response
to the disaster struck areas.

And third,
I have a hard time wrapping my head around how
this has gotten so bad.
Where it was clear that there were a number of opportunities
that this calamity could have been minimized, if not prevented.

Was everything that was supposed to be implemented
days before the hurricane hit,
actually put into action?

My heart goes out to the victims of Hurricane Katrina,
and may the ones who perished find peace and rest.

But people need not worry anymore.
Things are going to get better.
Why?
Because that rap guy Kanye West knows all the solution to this problem.
He seem to be an expert when it comes to adding more hatred,
right in the midst of suffering and confusion.
How come this guy still hasn’t got his “I am stupid” award?

You know, he’s not the only one that is deeply affected by these events,
but he just had to go and play the “Race” card on such difficult times.
Way to go, Kanye.
Way to go.

People like this guy are the reason
“Racism” is alive and well in America.

And why am I still seeing Kanye performing at events
even after his remarks about President Bush?
Didn’t he perform at the NFL season opening?
And I think MTV and VH1 are still airing his videos.

If my memory serves me right,
Not too long ago,
An all female group, that goes by the name of The Dixie Chicks,
said something awful about the same President.

And immediately,
the group’s entire CD albums were boycotted,
banned from the radiowaves,
and ridiculed by everyone,
which pretty much destroyed their careers.

But not Mr. West.

Why?
You tell me why.

Because I am really getting confused about
who’s benefiting with the “double standard
in this country.

I am slow, remember?

Although, one thing I am certain of,
in response to Mr. West’s accusation about the President.

I think, President Bush cares about black people,
as much as Kanye West cares about white people.

There.
I said it.

Come to think of it,
President Bush doesn’t care about what I said here too.

~~~
If you can’t afford to donate and help,
please say a prayer for the victims of this misfortune.

Southern Racer

Hey!
Do you want to see what we found in our backyard?

Clicky here.

Cool Huh?
I mean, not cool!

I saw it when I opened the windows to check out the yard.
Then I called Tracy,
who seemed to be quite annoyed,
because she insists that
she heard me scream like a little girl.
But that’s not what’s important here.

So we went out in the backyard,
and me carrying a metal stick,
thinking I can kill it.
(Coz I am stupid like that)

But when the snake saw us,
it suddenly shifted in attack mode…
or it seemed like it was attack mode.
You know, like a cobra, with its prey in sight.

As I lifted my stick slowly,
the snake just darted out towards our neighbor’s yard.
So fast, that it hit the fence hard.

And I mean hard, like when you hit your head,
you know it’s gonna leave a mark kinda hard?
Then you become more pissed?

I bet you that snake got so pissed,
it’s gonna come back and haunt me more.
Just to aggravate my paranoia.

Anyway,
Here are some cool links.

100 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos —> digitaldreamdoor.com
Top 12 Hottest Female Guitarists Ever —> outsideleft.com (Where the hell is Lita Ford?)
Trick to remembering peoples names —> cnn.com
100 Greatest Movie Characters of all time —> premiere.com
This is why I love this show (Courtesy of Davesdaily.com) —> Family Guy (NSFW)
Skill test for the guys —> lust for bust (NSFW)
Create a virtual you. —> watchmechange.com (NSFW)
Mistakes in movies for 2005 —> moviemistakes.com
Make your own car emblems —> youremblem.com (Darwin, you’ll love this)
Celebrity real names —> pubquizhelp.com

I missed it

Now get this.

Guitarist Paul Gilbert, had a
U.S. Guitar Clinic tour which included
2 cities in Georgia,
1 in Alabama,
and one in Florida.

And I missed it all.

I could have seen this guy perform.
I could have driven to these places,
and learn while watching him molest his guitar.

But Noooo!!!!
I missed it all!

Now, I wouldn’t say that I am disappointed,
because that’s not what I really felt.

A more suitable depiction is that
I am so full of rage and fury,
that I murdered my neighbor’s cat.

Since I had the impression that he wouldn’t tell me,
if he knew that Paul Gilbert will be playing in Florida.

It was an ugly cat anyway.

Now excuse me,
while I destroy this desk with my head.

Natural Born Talent

Have you ever known someone
who you can tell has Natural Born talent?

I always wondered how parents figure out
what their kids are born to be.

I mean, Tiger Wood’s parents knew he’ll be a golfer.

Michael Jordan wanted to play baseball,
but he was born to dominate another sport.

And most Guitar gods I admire,
have been playing since they were kids.

So I am trying to learn how to know
what kids are born to be.

I started with this venture
at the regular play place where we take Tyler to.

I saw the young boy who never stopped running,
might be the next marathon runner.

The young girl standing on top of the slide, singing,
might be born to be a great Opera singer.

But those are just speculations.

Although there was one incident
where I truly know what this one kid is going to be.

There is no doubt in my mind
that I have determined what this kid’s natural born talent is.

See, my son is just very friendly,
and that’s just how he is.
He talks to every single person wherever we go.
I feel bad for him sometimes,
when he says hi to other kids,
No one ever says Hi to him back.

So anyway,
at the playground where we were at,
Tyler was talking to this young girl.
He’s just trying to strike up a conversation I guess.

I presume the little girl to be about 5 years of age.
But the little girl kept running away,
trying to avoid my son.

But whenever they get to cross paths again,
Tyler would just start talking to her.

This happened quite a number of times,
but the girl just keeps on avoiding him.

Then, all of a sudden,
We hear this little girl shout at the top of her lungs to Tyler,

“Please leave me alone!”

It was so loud,
everyone heard her.

As my son, just walks away,
plays with someone else.

And this my friends,
is when I realized that,
that little girl,

Was born to be a bitch.

I know, I know.
She’s just a little kid.
They don’t know yet.
But what do you do?
What do you say?

Which brings me to this little question…

Is it wrong for me to hate kids
who has hurt my son physically?
Everytime they are together?

Say, they’re about a year older,
with the most irresponsible parents.
And worse,
they are family.

Am I really wrong?
See, I am a parent now.
And I have never been a parent before.
The safety and wellness of my kids is of utmost importance to me.
Does it give me the right to hate those who are mean to them?
Even if it is other kids?

It doesn’t matter.
I don’t care anyways.
I stopped caring about other things
quite a while ago.

Okay, maybe that wasn’t true.
And it doesn’t make sense.
Come to think of it,
I am not making sense here for the last 5 minutes.
Then why am I still talking?

Sheesh.
God I hate Mondays!
And stupid people.

Daylight Savings Time

Congress approved to extend the Daylight Savings time?
Read all about it here.
cnn.com

Here too.
infoplease.com

Now correct me if I am incorrect.

If this means more sunlight for us in the afternoon,
doesn’t that mean we all get up and start our day
while it is still dark?

Children waiting for their school buses way before sunlight?

Then if this bill is meant to save energy,
doesn’t people use more light “in the dark?”
Isn’t light, “energy?”

Lawmakers also said that,
since there are more sunlight in the afternoon,
that would encourage more people to go outside.

Well, I don’t know about you,
but I don’t know that many people who parties everyday after work,
knowing that they have to wake up an hour early the following day,
in the dark.

Plus isn’t it if there is more sunlight,
equals more heat,
equals constant air conditioning?

And aren’t most establishments close at their normal closing times anyway,
Which leaves normal people no choice but to go home?
I mean of course, it doesn’t include,
those partying, bar-hopping people I don’t know about.

Isn’t the Daylight Savings Time implemented during the war?
Or to help farmers in the old days?

Is it still really necessary to have this put into practice
at this day and age?

Does it really help save energy for the country?

If parts of Arizona, Hawaii, Saskatchewan and some in B.C. does not follow DST,
do they have (or had) any energy crisis we know about?
(Or farmers complaining?)

Oh well, what do I know?
I guess it is best to submit all trust in the government.

After all,
The economy is great.
The war in Iraq is successful, over and done with.
Oil prices have never been so affordable.
Unemployment rate is a thing of the past.
Poverty has been totally eliminated.
And there is cure for cancer.

Oh no wait……

/Prays that America would stop voting for stupid people.
//Canada too.
///Amen

A Hot and Torrid Affair

I haven’t had time to do anything on this site.
I guess, when you have something new in your life,
You just can not stop thinking about it.

I must confess,
I have been spending a lot of time
and effort with my new hot affair.

I saw her not too long ago at the store.
She wasn’t too extraordinary,
But I have fantasized about her and me,
spending time with each other.

She has a long sexy body,
a smooth, gorgeous neck,
and a beautiful deep voice,
that just gives me total satisfaction.

I told Tracy about her.
I told her that I have never had anything like this.
She would totally give me pleasures I have never known.

Then Tracy actually gave me permission to go and get her.

But the only problem is,
I don’t know her name yet.

I have to have a name to introduce her to all my other women.
Delilah, Destiny and Desiree.

Would you help a guy out?

Here’s a picture of her.

Click here.

(A name that starts with the letter “D” would be great. Thanks)

Road Trip Pics are up

Check them out under Photos.

Again, I apologize for the inconvenience of registering.
It just gives me the security of knowing who looks at our pictures,
and who makes fun of me.
Not that I can do anything about it,
but at least when they laugh at me,
I have the power to “delete user.”

Ah, who am I kidding.
There are only 4 people registered to view them.
And that includes 2 accounts from me.
Shheessshh.

Anyways,
With regards to the trip,
I would like to say thanks to the following people.

To Tracy’s folks in Kansas:
Thanks for the magnificent food you have given us.
Thanks for all of Tyler’s gifts and toys.
Thanks for bringing us to the lake.
Thanks for letting me drive the boat. (I think it’s more of a yacht.)
Thanks for taking me bike riding.
Thanks for taking me to that huge movie theater.
Thanks for taking us to the Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper.
(Which introduced me to a whole new world.)
Thank you so much.
We had a really great time.

Thanks to Devona and her family in Wisconsin,
for one memorable 4th of July celebration.
I do wish we get to spend more time together too.
Your kids are most precious.

Thanks to my Brother and his kids in Canada,
for reminding me how fun family is again.

Thanks to my Mom,
for the loads of food she has given us,
so we could feed an army for 3 years.

My thanks to my wife, Tracy,
for putting up with me
through the whole trip.

Thanks also to my son, Tyler,
for being a great traveler.
I am also sorry, you have gone through so much
at a very young age.

My apologies to
Abbie, Michelle, Irene and Edsel.
Whom I was supposed to meet in New York.

Like I said,
our vacation suddenly depended on other people’s time management.
Otherwise, we could have all met and had loads of fun.

Come to think of it, I would even have time to see
2 friends in Greely, Ontario,
1 friend in Windsor, Ontario,
1 friend from Chicago,
and probably, oh I don’t know,
5, 10 more from Ottawa.

All that could have happened,
if I just stuck to my guns, and learned how to say no.

Maybe someday.
Someday.

Someday when we take another road trip vacation in…
Oh, I don’t know.
10 – 20 years from now.

If it happens again

We were in Orlando yesterday
to see my Aunt and my Mom at DisneyWorld.
We were there very early.

Spent the whole day enjoying everything at the park.
It was our first time.

We left Orlando about one in the morning,
and drove back home.

And I guess, just from mere exhaustion from the day’s activities,
also from our recent 3 week road trip,
and not being able to sleep the night before,
because Tyler was miserably sick and kept everyone awake.

All these things added up,
made me very, very tired and drowsy at the wheel.
I swear I don’t remember driving almost 3 hours from Orlando to our house.

I just remember waking up a couple of times,
from the bumps on the road.

I don’t remember anything else.

Oh I remember taking our exit ramp.
That’s it.

Tracy and Tyler were asleep…
and apparently, so was I.

So,
I sincerely thank the Heavens above,
that me,
my wife
and my son,
are still enjoying each other’s company,
today.

And if ever this happens to me again.
I give you permission to kick my ass.

2 Days

Half Blood Prince

2 days!

A record time for me
to finish the 6th book.

I would have read it in one sitting,
but that would mean I have to neglect my Fatherly and
House-Husbandly duties.

Because you never know,
if the wife comes home to a messy house,
she might hex me with the “Avada Kedavra”.

Although, maybe I could practice the “Imperius” on her…
hmmm….

Oh well,
I guess I better change Tyler now.

“Accio Diaper!”

Back again

Just got back from the Road Trip.

I’ll post some pictures and tell you stories,
as soon as I get in synch with being at home again.

Now if you would excuse me,
I have to kiss the very floor I am standing on.

PS –
And just for giggles,
the mileage on the car as soon as we parked on the driveway,

5666 Miles.

I shit you not!