Max just told me that “the dad on My Dad the Rockstar is a pain in the ass when it comes to camping.”
I remember the first time I cussed in front of my mom. I was in jr high and I said, “how the hell am I supposed to know…” (talking about school stuff). We were in the car and we were both shocked that I said “hell.” Max had no such shock and even repeated the phrase when I said, “what did you say?”
Kevin went to the doctor today to have his ankle looked at (he rolled it while in Austin) and his ankle is fine. YAY!
Please stop sending me mail. I haven’t caught up from yesterday’s 330 to get to the 100 that have already come in since 8AM. Just stop. Whatever it is, it can wait until tomorrow.\
I would ask you to call, but since I just moved to a new desk, I don’t have one. So, just sit there and do something productive until I get out from under the weight of all these useless bits.
So who watched Veronica Mars last night? Who? Who?
Kevin’s birthday celebration is tomorrow, since he will be traveling on his actual birthday. And what did Kevin come home with last night? A book that was on his wishlist that I had just bought for him for his birthday. The dude is in soo much trouble. If you see him today, go ahead and shout, “dead man walking.”\
Tonight is the only night we will all be home together before his next trip. Except now I must go out and do birthday shopping again. (I can’t do it during the day because I don’t have a working car right now.) So, I am going to feed him some salad (since he just got back from France and Texas I figured a salad would be a good thing), and then I am hitting the stores all by myself, before the kids’ bedtime. Yeehaw! Shopping alone is fun! And since the kids will be awake while I am out, it’ll feel like I am ditching, which will make it extra awesome!\
ETA- Oh, I just remembered that I was planning on having Kev spend time with the kids while I cleaned up the top floor, which is really hard to do when the kids are awake and when they are asleep. Oh well. Birthday shopping comes first.
Do you think Kevin’s and my parents read our blog and shake their heads at how conservative-y yet liberal we are?
I spent a lot of time making faces. Here’s a selection:
Come to Convincing Your Company to Embrace Standards this morning! If you want a preview of the presentation, it’s here. But, it would be better if you help fill up the room. If the room is empty, I’ll be sad, although it might make doing the presentation a little easier.\
And, if you don’t care about standards, but still have a small group that needs to convince a large group to do something, you might get something out of today’s panel. It’s all about subverting from the inside and effecting change within large organizations with limited means.\
Should be fun! See you there!
Veronica Mars is all new on Wednesday, on UPN at 9pm EST. Super YAY! The best part? No more breaks from here until the finale! For those who can’t even wait until Wed, UPN.com shows the opening scene each week. Squeeeeeeeeee!\
If you haven’t watched out the show before, it isn’t too late to hop on the hip train. The mystery is being ramped up (and will be solved by the end of the season!) and next year’s mystery is going to be subtly introduced (says creator Rob Thomas). Come on, all the cool kids are watching. So, CHECK IT OUT! And then tell me what you thought of it! Thanks!\
Ooooh, also, UPN is re-airing the episode either on Saturday or Sunday (check your local affiliate) and again on Tuesday. There just really isn’t any excuse not to watch!\
P.S. Kev, could you post something extra computery and geeky to get my half of the blog’s readership up? Thanks, babe. Kisses!
Big Love was really sad I thought. More than I was expecting, even though I knew it was about a dysfunctional family (cuz it is on HBO afterall). Like how Barb couldn’t even go comfort her husband of 17 years, for fear of stirring up jealousy. Eh, that’s rough.\
My biggest question is how/why do they refer to themselves as “sealed for eternity” when they aren’t going to any church? (They aren’t just inactive, they actively left their old church.) That is a religious ceremony that requires actually participating in church throughout this life to recieve its benefits in the next life. Oh, and Marj was wearing a sleeveless shirt? I don’t think so! Ha. I am so going to end up being one of those annoying military or doctor guys who can’t watch a show about the military or medicine because they keep nitpicking about the errors.\
I feel much empathy for Marj’s character. Taking care of babies is hard. But Barb and Nicky have much older children and it is really unfair to Marj that she compares herself to them at this time (but totally natural at the same time). They were probably both overwhelmed and tired when their kids were that little too. But since Marj is in the middle of the muck, she can’t think straight. In a few years, she’ll realize it and feel better about herself. Maybe just in time to help the 4th wife, heh.\
I am looking forward to having more of the backstory filled in, like why did Bill and Nicky get married if Barb and Nicky didn’t get along? I wonder how they bought all three houses- did they just overpay for the neighboring houses to entice the owners to sell?\
It irritates me that Bill is driving a new and expensive SUV all while complaining about money issues. Get a cheap, old Ford, dumbhead!\
I can’t comment on the impotence issue, because I have no personal experience with that. Nor have I personally dealt with the extreme off-shoots of the church. But I still maintain that any type of marriage between consenting adults should be legal (except for relatives, because of the likelihood of genetic problems with their offspring,). It is the welfare fraud, sexual, and physical abuse that should be eradicated, not the constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.\
So, what did you guys think?