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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Fun time with the fam

So this weekend we had a blast catching up with my fam from Boise and Indiana. We all met up at my parents house and everyone was there except Jay and his fam (who we missed). It was great to see that Stacey's kids still remembered us for the most part. Sat night we BBQ'd and Lisa and I set up a tent for the kids and we're the designated adults for the night in the tent. It went surprising well considering we had 5 little kids in there. Ethan kept popping up claiming to hear something outside every 5 min. so he ended up sleeping with Lisa and I. I've never heard a 5 yr old snore so louldly in my life. And for such a small guy he sure took a lot of space on the air mattress. I only had 1 bathroom call during the night so I guess I can't complain too much.

My bro brought over his Wii and his PS3 and we all had a blast with Mario Cart for the Wii and "rockband", which is a pimped out version of guitar hero, only it comes with a drum set, 2 guitars, and a mic for vocals. Needless to say I didn't fair so well in the vocals, and was ok at the guitar, but I found a home with the drums. Why learn to play the actual instrument when I can just be a virtual rock star? Lisa was rippin it up on the guitar too. We were up all night wailin away on that game. We're gonna have to purchase both of those games I think.

And of course it wouldn't be an official reunion without fishing. Since we had the kids we all went to the local trout farm so that the kids could catch some fish. It was an adventure trying to untangle line while an excited 5 yr old is holding the rod. Needless to say both Clint and I got a few hooks in the fingers (which is why we cut the barbs off the hooks), but it was well worth it because they had a blast (even though they were scared to death of the fish when we landed it).

And you are all lucky that I'm still around after nearly chocking to death on a piece of melon from laughing so hard. My Aunt Melinda and Uncle Al are some funny individuals.

It was a great time and it sucks that we can't get together as often.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

For once Andy Rooney makes sense.

Andy Rooney said on '60 Minutes' a few weeks back:

I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers.. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door. Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kil l someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game. I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE ? I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion. I have the right 'NOT' to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off. When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability. I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English! My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours. I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the above lines. I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business. We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations. I don't hate the rich; I don't pity the poor. I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them. I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building. It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say 'NO!' I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries! I am sick of 'Political Correctness.' I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa ; so how can they be 'African-Americans'? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else And if you don't like my point of view, tough...

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Lazy Summer

Well it's been awhile so it's time to make a small posting. Basically nothing is happening here. We're just working hard and trying to find some time to play. We went to some cultural festival one weekend and ate a lot of different foods and listened to some different music. Some nations have some pretty crazy foods, and even weirder music and dancing. There was this one dance when all they did was play what appeared to be the grown-up version of duck-duck-goose, and they even managed to do it off rythme if that makes sense. Then some really large ladies tried to do a dance where they jump over a glass of water without spilling it, only they couldn't jump high enough so they kept knocking it over. I find other peoples cultures hillarious sometimes, and no I don't need sensitivity training so save yourself a call to Dr. Phil=).

Lisa's car overheated yesterday and we were afraid to drive it and didn't want to pay $200 for a tow, thank you Zac and Cait for coming to our aide at 11:00 PM Sat night you guys a great! We dropped it off at our mechanic and turns out we needed a new radiator cap and a new thermometer thingy. Nothing too pricy to fix anyways so that's a relief.

That's all for now folks.