Look at the size of that!

It’s bigger than the whole State of Florida.
Quite a monster,
quite a threat,
and the State will get quite a beating.

It will hit Florida so hard, it will see tomorrow, today!

Once the mayor says, get out and evacuate,
make no mistake,
I will pick up my butt
and we are out of here faster than a pizza at a weight watcher’s convention!

Damaging wind gusts,
Tornadic situations,
Destructive floods,
these are threats that I am in no mood to face.

But those are not the biggest threat to me.
The biggest dilemma that we’re facing right now is,

“The temptation of not to eat all our food supply.”

These “ready-to-eat”, “non-perishable” foodstuff is calling my name
everytime the news does its hourly storm update.

The hurricane better come soon,
because my stock supplies are running low.

Stupid Hurricane.

Here we go again!

Hurricane Frances has it’s eye and ready to pound
the State of Florida.

People are flocking down to the grocery stores,
preparing for the worst.

You know what’s worse than having to fight all these people,
and race them to buy your necessities?

Being broke and not able to get as much as you wanted.

If the hurricane comes and doesn’t kill me,
I would probably have a stroke,
and die from worrying too much.

I think these hurricanes are the work of the government,
to keep your mind off the war.

God I hate these terrorists!

10 things

10 things I realized,
while watching the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.

First,
I don’t enjoy it anymore.

Second,
How I miss the good old days of “Real” Rock and Roll.

Third,
Where did “Hard Rock” go?

Fourth,
In my day, when an artist sings a ballad,
the audience uses their cigarette lighters for effects.
Now, they all use the glow on their cell phones, and raise them up high.

Fifth,
It doesn’t matter if you can perform or not, it’s all about the image.

Sixth,
Since everything is all about image, the true message of the song is forgotten.

Seventh,
Lenny Kravitz, (a Jimi Hendrix wannabe), was a presentor
and was given the chance to perform with Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder.
And they only allotted 30 seconds to pay homage to Ray Charles.

Eighth,
What kind of a name is HoobaStank?

Ninth,
I should have watched the Olympics Closing ceremonies instead.

Tenth,
As I quote Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon,
“I am getting too old for this crap.”

Okay, that’s it for now.

I have redesigned the Photos section.
I added a whole lot of stuff, and switched the php gallery to flash.

Thanks to Hotscripts.com and
Slooz for the files.

Plus, I embedded the gallery inside the frame.
I kinda didn’t like the pop-up gallery window thing.
So, anyway, check them out.

I’ll try to add some more next time.
Now, I go to sleep.

And as my son would say,

nayt-nayt.

The Aftermath.

Thank God,
there was no damage on our side of the hurricane turmoil.

Though we had winds in excess of 60 – 75 Miles per hour.
Quite scary, really.

First, I thought 60 miles an hour isn’t really that bad,
but then Tracy gave me this example,

Imagine when your car is going 60 Miles per hour,
and you stick your hand out the window,
Isn’t it hard to control the blowing wind?

Now this Hurricane had a power of greater than 140 Mph.
Sustained.

Wow,
Isn’t that just freaky?

Well, anyways,
Praise God that we were all safe,
and our sympathies to those who perished and were greatly affected.

Thanks to all our friends who called and emailed us,
wondering how we’re doing.

Now, I need to go back and work on the “Photos” section of this site.

As for you,
Here are some cool links.

A new type of Rubik’s Cube —> sloyd.com
Be a Beach Squirter —> Squirty
Now you can tell the President what to do —> Subservient President
Be a CSI, in ancient Rome —> Death in Rome
The Simpson’s “if they mated” —> lisasimpson.net

Storm update!

We’ve got,
Hurricane warnings,
Tornado warnings,
Severe wind gust warnings,
Severe flood warnings,
and involuntary evacuation advisories.

And Hurricane Charley has been upgraded from a “Category 3“,
to a “Category 4”, within a matter of minutes.

Not cool!

I better go through my evacuation check list one more time.

Let’s see,
Baby food, (check)
Non perishable foods, (check)
Canned goods, (check)
Bottled water, (check)
Important documents, (check)
Extra clothes and blankets, (check).

Okay, that’s it for now.
Going to watch some more news updates.

Oops!, better wear some decent pants.

Hurricane

As of 11 am today (I think),
The whole State of Florida is in a State of Emergency.

Hurricane Bonnie and Charley is expected to hit within the next 2 days.
There are warnings everywhere,
and tips on how to survive if worse comes to worst.

Alright! Our first Florida hurricane.
How bad could this be?

I grew up in the Philippines,
where dealing with storms is a way of life.
And Tracy grew up in the South,
where tornadoes flattens towns once a month.

I am sure, we can handle this.

Yeah, that’s how I felt earlier today.
But they show the warning messages on TV, every five minutes,
and consistently show footages of previous damaging storms.
Not to mention, evacuation commenced in the Florida keys,
made us think twice about this.

Where are we gonna go?
What are we gonna do?
Do we have enough supplies?
Do the cars have enough gas?
How am I gonna watch the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics?

See, my worries are a lot different now.
Now that I have a family of my own.

Because when I was a kid in the Philippines,
and there’s a signal no. 3 Storm,
all I was worried about was,

“I hope I still get to play my Atari 2600.”

Music formats

E = MC2 —-> E = MP3

I removed both “WMA” and “RA” formats for the songs.
I don’t see the point of keeping them anymore.
They are just taking up space.

Plus, I believe most Audio softwares are capable of playing MP3’s anyway.
I just put the other two formats for the dial-up users, since they are smaller.
And I feel bad for them to have to wait.

But then I figured,
being a dial-up user is being used to waiting anyway.
(Oh man, I know one friend who is on dial-up, and I ‘m sure I’m gonna hear it now.)

But hey!
If I can wait hours to download other files on dial up,
( ie… software patches, pdf forms, norp .. etc)
I can wait for one mp3 file.

So anyway,
if anyone prefers the songs in the other two formats,
let me know and I’ll post it back.
(Yeah, like anybody reads and listens to this crap.)

But, I know everyone likes to waste some time,
so here are some cool links.

Enjoy!

Have fun with Mr. Fly Guy —> Fly Guy
Ever wonder what the President does before he goes on tv? —> The President’s on!
It’s no wonder he won top prize —> The WS awards
Yet another YETI sports game —> Yeti Sports
See your name written erotically —> Erotic Name
Anything you were afraid to ask? It’s here. —> afraidtoask.com
Great pictures of Paris (the country, not the skanky ho.) —> Vue de Paris
Hundreds of ways to annoy people —> getannoyed.com

Two More Songs

Holy Son of a Biscuit Eater!
2 songs?

How did you manage that?
Having a 22 Month old and all.

Well, the 22 Month old took a 2 hour nap.
That’s how.

First is,
Marian’s Dance, by Steve Fairclough,
And second is,
Song for George, by Eric Johnson.

Eric Johnson, as you know, is one of my favorite guitar players.
And I have always wanted to record one of his intricate, melodic tunes in here,
but they are all just too hard.
Well, not to mention they all suck when I play them.

So, I called Mr. Johnson on his phone to ask him.

I said,
“Hey Eric, why wouldn’t you write a piece that’ll be easy to play
and give your admirers a break and be able to play at least one of your songs.
Come on man! You’re killing us!”

He said,
“Who are you and how did you get this number?”

Okay, okay,
I was just dreaming.

But anyway,
I hope you like it, and if you hear any mistakes,
it’s just all in your head.

So here’s

Marian’s Dance



Mobile Player here:


And,

Song for George



Mobile Player here:

Oh, and on a side note,
I think that’s it for acoustic sounds for a while.
Time to re-kindle my romance with “Delilah.”
(Yes, I named my electric guitar, “Delilah”. You stay out of this!)

3 months

Happy 3 months honey!
I can’t wait to snuggle with you tonight. Hehehe.

Oh crap, which reminds me,
I need to shower.