Archive for June 2006
Peabody Blows!
Posted on June 8, 2006 by Brian under Life, Travel.
Our trip to Peabody was fun but actually pretty uneventful. I’m sure by now you have read my wife’s entry. She makes everything seem like an adventure, that’s why I love her so much. As for me, I was actually kind of bored and irritated. On the plus side, we had a great breakfast. I was very impressed with the small town dinner. I wished that there were more places like that around here to eat. We never did find the land that they were giving away but we figure it’s the fields that are around the town that were available or it’s a special area out side of town that has been set aside just for this program. Either way, we are not moving out their due to the cost of gas prices and it took a half a tank just to get their. This is my second posting for my full day of uninterrupted world of warcraft play. I am looking forward to this. I’m thinking that I can probably do about 13 hours of game play before I either have to get up and move or my ass revolts and decided to eat me alive in my chair. Either way I will be happy to have played for that long cause so far since I have gotten the game I have only played a few hours a day. 13 or more hours would be like Christmas to me. So if you never hear from me again it’s because I died at my keyboard playing the greatest game in the world (when it works). Now I have to figure out how to convince my wife that I will need the burning crusade expansion pack when it comes out. Â
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Lets Make a Deal
Posted on June 8, 2006 by Brian under Life.
I was looking at another one of my favorite web places again and I got the idea that I should start my own web space again. This time I think I’m going to focus on my art work and only my art work. Just upload a few images and sketches here and their and then make comments about them like what I was thinking when I drew the picture or weather it was a doodle or just a random sketch. If it works out I may be able to get some odd jobs on the side with some cartoonist or something. I guess the first step is to build the site then work from their. I think I’m going to use Word Press because it’s versatile and incredibly easy to use.  Â
On a side note. My wife made a deal with me. I told her that I wanted to have a day, a complete and whole day that I could play World of Warcraft without interruption. She said that she would allow that after the garage sale if I blogged three times before then. So here they are released like the Star wars Trilogy in all their glory. My three Blogs. This is blog 1, enjoy!Â
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Oh, Dear!
Posted on June 7, 2006 by Ching under Babies.
I could get mad, but it’s just a stupid shoe.
You know Molly is a true diva because she gets away with this sort of stuff. Oh, and did you know she has a MySpace profile?
Speaking of Molly, her silver roots are starting to show. I can’t wait to see what other colors she’ll have! I thought she would just be all black, but now I’m hoping she might get some of that beautiful Yorkie coloring.
It’s like getting a new dog all over again!
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Joeys Update
Posted on June 4, 2006 by Ching under Babies, Family.
We’ve only got one more joey left available for adoption. Three already have homes to go to. As you know, two are going to Gina and Sue. This morning, I just received confirmation from Dawn that her girls want one. So that leaves only one without a confirmed home.
The joeys won’t be ready to go for at least another two months, but I’m glad that we are able to find homes for them early. I think it gives Brian a sense of relief because he was really worried that I would end up keeping all the babies, which I would’ve done if we wouldn’t have found homes for them. I was ready to buy another cage and everything.
Anyway, we went to mom and dad’s today to bring some more stuff for the garage sale this weekend. We spent over two hours pricing stuff, mostly Brian’s action figures because he has a gazillion. Jen helped but she actually got something out of it. She got a first look at the some of the items and walked away with a pair of Bebe flipflops and four little, metal X-MEN action figures (Bishop, Gambit, Wolverine and Omega Red) for a buck.
We didn’t walk away empty handled either. We took home an artificial tree (for the sugargliders to climb on) and an external zip drive with over a dozen blank zip storage media for Brian. We had actually been thinking of buying a tree for the suggies, but were waiting to find one for the right price. Now we don’t have to because we got one for free.
I actually got on dad for wanting to toss the zip drive because I wanted one last year and I had no idea he had one that was on its way to the dumpster. I have a zip drive now because Brian’s dad just happened to have one that he no longer needed. Now Brian has one, too. So if he needs to retrieve some of his old stuff, I no longer have to get it for him because we now each have our own zip drives.
After the whole pricing activity, we feasted on pork chops and mungo. Yum! Mom had to fry pork chops for Brian because he doesn’t eat mungo. It is so good. He has no idea what he is missing.
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One Word: Babysitter
Posted on June 4, 2006 by Ching under Movies.
Brian and I just got back from watching MI3. The movie was really good — better than the first two in my opinion. The story line is just interesting enough to hold your attention. Unlike the second one which was way too simple and the first one which was way too complicated. The action scenes were pretty good and they didn’t get too crazy with the technology. Some of the tools they used, we’d actually seen before in the other movies so viewers pretty much know what to expect. Also, since you’d seen the technology before it was far more believable.
Anyway, there were plenty of memorable scenes. I won’t ruin the movie for you, but definitely watch out for Maggie Q and her red dress. It is amazing.
So the movie was good, but the experience as a whole? Not so good. I don’t understand why people insist on going to movies (that are not meant for children) with their children. Oh, and we seem to be magnets for these people too. It never fails that they choose to sit next to us, or in our same row.
Usually, it’s not too bad. Tonight was the worst though. This kid was wailing. It wasn’t so bad during the loud action scenes because the gun shots and explosions were loud enough to cover up the atrocious sounds, but there was actually a tender scene between Ethan and Julia (his bride-to-be) where the wailing was just so loud. There weren’t any movie sounds to cover it up. It was doubly annoying because the characters were speaking rather softly and you could barely hear them over the crying child.
We were seated at the very first row that’s not on the floor and people who were seated at the very back of the theater actually called out, “Take him outside.” There were two other people (not in our row, mind you) who chimed in. Yes, it was that bad. What does the mom do? Absolutely nothing. She just lets him keep on wailing. It was horrible.
I realize that the price of movies has gone up and I understand that some folks would rather punish other movie goers by making us sit through the noise of their miserable children rather than forking the dough on a babysitter but, geez, have some decency. When the child starts being restless and starts to make noise, people should have the common courtesy of taking him outside the theater. Better yet, if parents have really young children they should just stay home and wait for movies to come out on DVD. You know the kid isn’t going to understand MI3 and the minute that shooting and loud noises start, they’re going to start crying. Why put other people through that? We paid to be entertained, not annoyed.
The child continued to be restless. Several minutes later, the mom finally comes to her senses and takes him outside. Thank God for it because I was really tempted to throw my shoe at them. I was wearing foam flipflops so it wouldn’t have hurt. Alright, I am kidding.
When she came back the child continued to make noise, but he wasn’t crying as loudly as before. So it was almost bearable. The older child, however, decided to run around the middle area (the open space directly in front of our row) just laughing his butt off, totally amused with himself. I was in disbelief. I contemplated getting up and complaining, but then I didn’t want to miss anything. I wanted Brian to do it, but he didn’t want to miss anything either. He did tell me that he noticed there were at least three people who got up and left and he’s pretty sure they complained. The loathsome people didn’t get kicked out, though. We didn’t really want them to be kicked out, we just wanted them to be quiet. But sometimes, the only way that can be accomplished is by making them leave. =P
Anyway, I think movie theaters should implement a rule against allowing children younger than six into movies like MI3. They have children’s movies for children. People should take their kids to see those movies. Please don’t take them to grown up movies where you might run into Brian and I because we will want to strangle your children.
So Bill, if you are reading this, I think you owe Brian and I free passes to see MI3 again. Actually, I think you owe everyone of us who sat through the 9:50 pm showing in auditorium 10. Except for the wretched family of four who were sitting right next to us, of course.
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