Friday, May 30, 2008

Pregnant Kitty

Oh pregnant kitty what have you done?
Why is there a little boy afraid to pick you up?
Did his brother use you as a weapon, once upon a time?

Some mysteries will never be solved...



Except the chicken and the egg mystery.
It's obvious that the egg came first and it was from some bird that had "Relations" with a bird of another species and their mutant offspring was what we now know (without question) to be the origin of the species we call chicken.


Ha! More like a vitoxin Collins

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Ahhhhh!

I'm back in Utah.
But that's not important.
I have completed the first step in my 3000 mile odyssey.
But that's not important.

I'm back with Lisa, in her life, in her bed, in her arms.

Now THAT'S important.







Ha! Where's your pithy rejoinder NOW?

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

The Little Things

A long hot shower. So simple yet so satisfying.

I ground the beans, I baked the bread, now I get to sit on my porch and drink my hazel nut double shot latté and eat my delicious piece of toast (turns out something to eat in the morning is good for you. Who knew?) while listening to the birds chirp and watch my cats stalk unsuspecting insects. And as for mice and other rodents, this marsh will run red from the fruits of their vicious slaughter, all within the legal limits of course.

The lawn is mowed, the cats are fed and watered, the appliances are off, only thing left to pack is the various electrical accouterments for my gadgets and my shaving kit...

HOLY SHIT! Woophie almost snagged a humming bird out of the air. She cuffed it but it zagged and kept on flying. It's like Wild Kingdom out here, but with tulips. I need to weed my flower beds. I should be ashamed.

Well folks, I'm off on an adventure. I will be driving 3000 miles from Salt Lake City (Spanish Fork really) to Mid-Coast Maine. I'll keep you posted on the progress.

Lisa, here I come Baby. The feeling in my chest that comes from the thought of you while typing this deserves words more than words to be described. As for "The Little Things" and keeping it simple, I can do no better than
I Love You


PEACE, bitches...

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Rockland Skate Park

Today is turning out to be the best weather this year. Lisa called me so this is the best day this weekend :-)

Fox wanted to go to the Rockland Skate Park @ RDHS so I sent out a myspace message to a couple local skate rats saying I would be there at 1pm in case they wanted some pix. Those guys didn't show up but the park is full of local talent and some promising young talent too. When I leave here I'll upload some of the choicest shots.

Devon is taking some shots too and I'll put some of his up too.



What do you think son? Want your old man to be president?

Friday, May 23, 2008

Flattery

My girlfriend went on a cruise Thursday from San Diego (which is German for "A whale's vagina" by the way) to Mexico, and she was up all night Wednesday driving from Spanish Fork to get there.

Wednesday evening I went to the local Walmart to stock up on some important supplies (like kitty litter, swedish fish, kit-kats, a bread machine, etc.) and I was listening to Keith and The Girl (the best podcast there is) on my Blackberry when I went to the checkout. The lady at the register asked what I was listening to so I told her and mentioned that a podcast is like a radio show, but with swearing (my hometown is not the most tech savvy place in the US and I find myself explaining a lot) and she told me she knows what podcasts are, but that she likes Pizzababe. In fact she has contributed to the show. When I was done paying she wrote her "name" on the back of my receipt.
Naughty Kittens.

That has got to take balls to put yourself out there like that and I applaud her for it. Now, I am committed with my whole body and soul to Lisa and I would never think of getting with anyone else, but it is kind of flattering to be hit on like that.

I have listened to Pizzababe on her recommendation and although the show doesn't really do anything for me, her posts to the show are definitely cool and I encourage you to check her out.

Lisa is the one I go to with everything. Whenever I have something cool to talk about, Lisa is the one I want to talk with about it. I wanted to blog about it right away, but I didn't want to put this out there without letting Lisa know first. What a tough spot. My girl has road tripped all night and is dog tired and stressed from getting on the ship and getting settled and is leaving the country soon and will probably be out of touch for a couple days so this seems like a crappy time to tell her that her boyfriend got hit on. "Hey Babe, I know you're tired and this will probably be the first time since we started talking in January that we might not get to call or talk with each other, and I want you to have a nice relaxing cruise, but I got hit on last night. Well, have fun, see ya"

Boys and girls I'm here to tell ya, Lisa is the absolute coolest chick on the planet. She took it as the compliment I hoped she would. I could never pass up a girl like her. I love you Baby. I hope she is having a great time out there, but I am a little bummed that we won't get to talk today :-( and probably won't get to talk until Monday. Our love can certainly survive a couple of days incommunicato.

Now I'm looking forward to Monday when I can hear her voice again then Tuesday when I can wrap my arms around her again.

It's high school all over again.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

GVHS 5th Annual Film Festival

Let me just say that it would have been an honor just to be nominated, except for the fact that my son didn't even get nominated :-(
Oh well. Better luck next year.
So far we have had some really cool and funny videos and "Waiting on Ian" just played their new song "Eat your Pizza" and they tore the roof off the gym.

It's quite a turn out. The production companies arrived via Limo and walked in on the red carpet and we all were treated to a most excellent dessert bar...

STOP THE PRESSES!
Devon's animated scene "Pool Hounds" WAS nominated. And it WAS an honor. He worked on it with Michael Cormier. The winner in that category did thank Joey Cormier (Michael's big bro) for the use of his voice. Who would have thought Joey would be lauded as a cunning linguist?

It's intermission now, but I probably won't blog any more about it unless there is some scandal.

Sorry, I was jonesing for a Chick Parm.

Rain in May

It rained today.
I like how it makes it quiet outside after it's done raining. It seems like all the noise is dampened except for the trill of the birds which carry more clearly than at first light. Or so it seems to me.

My tulips are much more picturesque with the water droplets that are left clinging to the petals.

I could sit on my porch all day and listen to it rain. All the pesky insects have battened down the hatches, so they are no worry. BooBoo Kitty sits beside me wondering why she left the warm folds of the comforter on my bed to follow me out into THIS. Obviously we have different feelings about this weather.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

I kinda don't sleep much

Or rather, I don't sleep for long periods straight through. If I sleep for more than 6 hours in a row it's odd. By the time I've been in bed for 7 hours my back starts hurting, and I like sleeping too much to go and ruin it by over doing it.



Now that "kinda" part, I do get about 8 hours of sleep a day, just not in a row like I mentioned. I am one of the leading proponents of naps in the world today. I don't know if I have any Spanish or Latin blood in me, but boy do I love a siesta.



Now let's change things up since I have been distracted by something shiny...



I would love to have a dog, but I don't think I live the kind of lifestyle that is a good environment for a dog. I leave the house for too long, sometimes when I drop my kids off at school, I may not go back to the house before 10pm. My kids, by the way, live with me from August to February and she gets them every other weekend, then we swap and she has them from Feb - Aug and I get them every other weekend. They always stay in the same school, so it's a pretty good set-up for all concerned.

Oh. The shiny thing that distracted me...

I have two cats, Woophie and BooBoo. Woophie is black (and shiny) and is more reserved, but she likes to sit in my lap when I'm on the computer, and BooBoo is tortoise and she is very affectionate. She is one reason I can't sleep too long, because when the sun comes up she thinks it is cool to lay on my chest and paw at my beard until I get up. I think I don't really mind it since she does it in a loving way, but it's really a kind of case by case thing. The kitties like to go "hunting" with me at night in the back yard. We go out and if I venture out to the wooded part, they follow along and scout for me. They like it when I go out on the pond when it's frozen and sit so they can run across the pond and mock attack each other then run half way up the trees on the edge.



Enough ramblings for the mean time.





What are we even talking about?...

On Beginnings

Here's to beginnings.
Cheers to beginnings.
If you don't want to hear it
then plug your ears,
"BEGINNINGS!"

Speaking of beginnings, I'm flying out to Utah next week to join my girlfriend (we are at the beginning of our relationship. More about that later probably, but I have Adult ADD so don't hold me to it) and we will be driving her Vulvo XC-70 (I know it's Volvo, but I like to play with words and double éntendré's and myself) all the way to Maine where we will spend the summer.

We plan on travelling most of the way on interstate 70 since neither of us has travelled that way and we both have done I-80. We hope to visit my Navy buddy Dave in Pittsburg, her sister in Leonardstown, MD, and my other Navy buddy Sarah in Saratoga Springs, NY. Looks like about a week of driving and visits. I wish I could do it on my motorcycle, but there is still a lot of life left to live and I'll get to it.

I don't expect much in the way of photography other than snapshots since I have no idea what lies in store for us and good shots come from good planning. I guess this will be a kind of location scouting journey.

I guess I'll sign off now and see if I can be disciplined enough to keep up on this blog. You can expect more stories of who I am and where I've been and what I'm doing in future episodes.

You stay frosty out there...