I've been feeling very reflective on 2005 as it draws to a close. Many things happened this year, good and bad.
Began the year in Medicine Hat, resolving to spend 2005 making a go of it in this strange place. Moved back to Edmonton.
Turned 35. EI ran out. Worked crappy retail jobs. Took six months to get in with the RCMP office admin job..quit after two weeks due to move back to Edmonton.
Lost my dad at the age of 85. I miss you, but I know you're still around.
A mere month later, found out I was going to be someone's dad. My wife discovered she was pregnant. Luckily, these two events were related.
Went on a family vacation to Florida, and found that July is the worst possible time to go to Florida.
Sold a house, bought a house. Got a job.
Almost lost Dr. Tongue, but the tough old bastard made it through. I swear, he's stubborn enough to live forever.
We went an entire year without getting any more cats. It was close, though. There was an almost-adoption of an orange kitten, and a finding of blind old Napoleon, who went to live with my brother and sister-in-law.
We had a much more lively Christmas this year, among family and friends. By haing a Christmas party this year, I realize how much I missed not being able to do so last year.
And tomorrow, it will be 2006. What will it bring? Hopefully more and less than 2005...I know for sure, that somewhere arond the 27th of April, when Miss Holly Ruby Joy O'Keefe makes her grand entrance, our lives will change forever, in the best way I can think of.
Happy New Year, everyone.
Hey everyone..hope you all had a wonderful Christmas..my lack of posts was due to a lack of internet access at home..damn telus to hell. I mean, peace on earth and goodwill towards men, except those who deny me internet access! I will stand knee-deep in the blood of their children! *cough*
Anyways..I'm back.
Once again as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
Merry Christmas, everyone...
Geeky, but who wouldn't want R2 D2 to be their computer?
Somehow, The Incredible Hulk's rage and a Christmas tree aren't things I normally associate with each other.
Okay, for anyone that is wondering. The original candy was called Toffifee in Germany and Austria. In the USA, and apparently Canada, it was marketed as Toffifay, presumably because the American marketing firm believed that Americans would be confused by the pronunciation. By default, Canadians got the same product, I guess. AT some point, the Canadian version was renamed the proper Toffifee, while Toffifay is still sold in the USA.
Silly..but then again, American marketing brains also figured "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" would confuse Americans (Who wants to buy their kids books and movies about philosophy?) and marketed it as "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" instead.
Quite funny..while at the mall today, we popped into the casino to use the washroom. On the way out, I saw a machine that took loonies, and popped one in. Won $2. Put one more back in...won nothing. Put the second one back in..won $5. Called it quits and walked out $4 richer than when I we entered.
I guess that illustrates how far I am willing to go when it comes to gambling.
Of course, you didn't really think all this soft, mushy, daddy-to-be stuff was going to take over the site, did you?
from Something Awful:
Guitarist, QVC regular and all around swarthy character Esteban has a diet that consists entirely of bottled tanning lotion. He used to be able to just apply the tanning cream to his skin, but he has become so mysterious and tan that he must now inject it directly into his veins. When former child star Danny Bonaduce tries to eat normal food it will pass through his body completely undigested. He can drink water and remain hydrated, but for actual nutrition he has to punch vitamins out of spouses. After a long process of trial and error Bonaduce has discovered that his wife's face is an excellent source of battered calcium and a haymaker to her sternum will provide him with a week's worth of niacin.
Another interesting case of celebrities synchronizing their eating habits involves the cast of hit TV show "Friends." During the shooting of the series the stars of the show developed an elaborate internal ecosystem. Courteney Cox and David Schwimmer would graze on various raw vegetables and develop large tumors on their haunches that dropped off periodically. These tumors would be collected by Lisa Kudrow, who would eat them and use the energy they provided her to reproduce herself through asexual budding. Kudrow homunculi would fall from her chest and back and grow to maturity in a matter of hours. Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry would then hunt down the Kudrows and consume them for nutrients.
The hideous death screams of the Kudrows could be heard all night long on the set and when the morning came the crew would have to hose the blood off of everything. Because the Kudrow spawn were indistinguishable from the original it is likely that Lisa Kudrow was killed and eaten quite early in the taping of the series.
Rubber-skinned Matt LeBlanc existed as an omnivorous scavenger on the set. At night and even in between takes LeBlanc could be seen wriggling across the floor on his belly sucking up any excrement or dead skin cells the other cast members might have dropped. He would frequently disappear, only to be found curled inside the skeleton of a Kudrow, sucking the sheath of muscle from its ribcage. The end of "Friends" heralded the end of this carefully-evolved ecosystem. Since then, the cast members have starved and withered, most clinging to life and celebrity by their bloody fingertips.
Looking for the grossest cereal ever? We have a winner...
Merry farking Christmas
I heard there is no Christmas
In the silly Middle East
No trees, no snow, no Santa Claus
They have different religious beliefs
They believe in Muhammad
And not in our holiday
And so every December
I go to the Middle East and say...
"Hey there Mr. Muslim
Merry farking Christmas
Put down that book the Koran
And hear some holiday wishes.
In case you haven't noticed
It's Jesus's birthday.
So get off your heathen Muslim ass
and farking celebrate.
There is no holiday season in India I've heard
They don't hang up their stockings
And that is just absurd!
They've never read a Christmas story.
They don't know what Rudolph is about
And that is why in December
I'll go to India and shout...
Hey there Mr. Hinduist
Merry farking Christmas
Drink eggnog and eat some beef
And pass it to the missus.
In case you haven't noticed
It's Jesus's birthday
So get off your heathen Hindu ass
and farking celebrate!
Now I heard that in Japan
Everyone just lives in sin
They pray to several gods
And put needles in their skin.
On December 25th
All they do is eat a cake
And that is why I go to Japan
And walk around and say...
Hey there Mr. Shintoist
Merry farking Christmas
God is going to kick your ass
You infidelic pagan scum.
In case you haven't noticed
There's festive things to do
So lets all rejoice for Jesus
And Merry farking Christmas to you.
On Christmas day I travel `round the world and say,
Taoists, Krishnas, Buddhists, and all you atheists too,
Merry farking Christmas, To You!
(Clapping)
Thank you Mr. Hat
Here she is...let the naming arguments begin.
Rescued another stray dog on the way home from work today. The closest thing to breed I can come up with is mostly Border Collie, and maybe a trace of German Shepherd and/or Rottweiler in there for good measure. He was chowing down on whatever was left in the bottom of a Dairy Queen bag as I turned the corner.
I pulled over, and he basically came right to me. He was cold, though not dirty or underfed, so I don't think he had been out for too long. No collar, so no way for me to do very much. I got him into the car (he was happy to go in..in fact, he was just plain happy about everything.) and took him to the closest vet, hoping that he had a microchip or tattoo, or at the very least, maybe he was a client there and they'd recognize him. Nope on all counts, but the vet said they'd keep him, warm him up, feed him and call the pound.
Hopefully the owners are looking for him. I don't think he'll have any trouble getting adopted if not. He was a sweetie, if we didn't have our two idiots at home, I would have kept him.
Finally saw the fourth Harry Potter film on Sunday night. I really liked it..I think it is my favourite of the films, not because it is the darkest film, but really gave a feeling of the films maturing as they go along. The third book is still my favourite, but it didn't translate into film as well..something was missing, and I will have to both re-read the book and see the movie again to be able to say exactly what it lacked.
We had our Christmas party at the house on Saturday..it was so great to see everyone, though it was hard to have a really good visit with anybody with so many people there. For the most part, family stayed on the main floor, friends spent their time int he basmement home theatre. It was like some unwritten rule that friends and family were to be kept separate.
I tried to do my best to be in both places, feeling particularly responsible for the people who didn't know anyone else there except for me, and feeling like I was neglecting them.
Thanks to everyone for coming, and huge thanks again to my family for bringing such awesome treats for all to share. (Mom, are listening??)
And we realized later that we didn't take a single photo. Mike would be so disappointed.
When we leave the bedroom door open, posing breaks out.
I finally have a place to display my goodies.
The Doctor, looking more dignified than he did down below.
She's showing!!
The art on the theatre walls...
Here is the home theatre in progress. Click the pic for a bigger one.
We put up decorations yesterday.
Desdemona helped.
The Doctor got decorated.
Is this, or is this not, the coolest action figure ever made?
Unfortunately, it will sell on eBay for far more than I would be willing to pay for it..but it is cool, nonetheless.
