So I'm sick. Every muscle, and in actuality, every joint in my body aches. I did not want to call in sick today, but I did, and it was the right decision, but I'm still kind of ticked. Wednesdays have several important meetings, all of which I wanted to be present for. Not to mention that last week I got a new dress shirt. (violet) that goes with my latest tie. (purple) and I was going to look good for aforementioned meetings.
I don't know if I've mentioned it here, but we've started Kiah in on solid foods, and he's loving it. He's eaten a bunch of different foods, and is drinking water and apple juice now. We've discovered that the perfect size drinking glass for him is a little shot glass souvenier of capitol hill (fitting...) that we got from a friend last year. Aww. He's just like uncle Ryan!
Well. Hopefully I'll feel up to snuff tomorrow. There's a ton of snow outside, but it's beautiful here as usual. Have a good one, and comment if you like!
Peace.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Thanks given.
Today is Thanksgiving, and I'm at work. I'm currently giving the operator a lunch break, and I have an opportunity to go over what's been going on lately.
Work has been slow this week. The hotel is pretty empty.
I saw the latest Bond movie last night. It was excellent. They removed all of the cheese, and all the puns, and made a spy movie. It was realistic, tough and gritty. The best acting I've seen from any Bond actor (Pierce who?) and very good dialog. They removed the entry music for the most part, Bond starts the movie with a lowly Ford rental car, no absurdly named badguys, and every fight scene was good. There weren't any pathetic henchmen. All the fights were good.
I gotta go for now, I like this black look better than the grey, but if it's hard on any eyes, let me know.
Work has been slow this week. The hotel is pretty empty.
I saw the latest Bond movie last night. It was excellent. They removed all of the cheese, and all the puns, and made a spy movie. It was realistic, tough and gritty. The best acting I've seen from any Bond actor (Pierce who?) and very good dialog. They removed the entry music for the most part, Bond starts the movie with a lowly Ford rental car, no absurdly named badguys, and every fight scene was good. There weren't any pathetic henchmen. All the fights were good.
I gotta go for now, I like this black look better than the grey, but if it's hard on any eyes, let me know.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on...
Well folks, it's been awhile. If you're still checking in, I admire your pluck.
Kiah's been growing like a weed. This last week he's been really cranky, but that probably means that he's teething. Sarah and I thought we saw one this morning... we're not sure yet. He's started in on solid food, rice cereal, so he's pretty proud of himself. We started him later than most people, but we've heard that if you wait till 6 months, it's better for their digestive system.
He'll be 6 months old on the 25th... it's gone by really fast, but it's hard to remember a time when he wasn't a part of our lives. We can count the dates we've had in the last 6 months on one hand, and at times, we feel alone. We've made some good friends out here, but everyone's so busy, and asking folks to babysit makes you feel guilty. Especially if they already have kids. One of those things that will be alot easier when we're near family again.
In other news, veteran member of my blog Jim V. has recently lost his wife. She was a beautiful woman, a wonderful person, and the fastest wit on the block. We will miss her... She only occasionally wrote here, and then only to mock my fake deejaying skills. Please keep Jim and her family in your prayers.
Sarah's week in Chicago went fairly uneventfully for me. I worked a great deal, and watched some old Japanese movies. I also watched the Magnificent Seven, which was a bit of a disappointment, but remakes generally are. King Kong was dreadful. So was Solaris. Ugh... but then again, some remakes are better than the original. The Italian Job leaps to mind. I haven't seen the first Gone in 60 seconds, but I'm betting that the new one was better. Anyway, Sarah came back last Monday, and I can't even express how happy I was to see her. In the 5 years we've been married, we haven't been apart a week. It was really quiet, and lonely, and by Sunday, I was cranky with everyone... Everybody at work is happy she's back too.
Saturday, we watched what will probably be the best Michigan/Ohio State matchup of my lifetime. The teams have never met before as Number one and two. Bo Shembeckler died the day before the game, so emotions were running high. The Bucks tore through Michigan's number one running defense and ran two touchdowns in that were over 50 yards each. It was incredible. The one player who I thought would really break the game open, Gonzales, went almost unused and only had one touchdown. The only thing that kept me from being completely satisfied with the game was that the guy snapping the ball for OSU had broken his hand earlier in the year, and had it in a cast. It healed several weeks ago, but for superstitious reasons, was told to keep it on. Well, it cost us two horrible snaps that resulted in fumbles, and two scores for Michigan. Other than that, I was pretty much happy with the game which was a true battle of excellent offensive crews. Despite the fact that Ohio State won, nearly every sportscaster I saw said that the two best teams in College ball are still OSU and Michigan. It's just a matter of whether the voters will make the National championship game a rematch, or have Michigan go to the Rose Bowl and pick another team to play Ohio State for the title. Needless to say, it felt really good to get the Big Ten title, and to be simply undisputed as the best team in college football. There aren't any thugs on the team, they have a great deal of class, and they won the game by just beating the living daylights out of the Michigan defense. The Bucks scored more points in the first half against Michigan than the Wolverines have allowed in any game this season. Not to mention the 500+ yards that the Buckeyes were able to put up against one of the toughest defenses in the nation. I'm not proud or anything. It was a great game, and I don't expect to see it's match anytime soon.
Well. I'm done for now.
Peacywease.
Kiah's been growing like a weed. This last week he's been really cranky, but that probably means that he's teething. Sarah and I thought we saw one this morning... we're not sure yet. He's started in on solid food, rice cereal, so he's pretty proud of himself. We started him later than most people, but we've heard that if you wait till 6 months, it's better for their digestive system.
He'll be 6 months old on the 25th... it's gone by really fast, but it's hard to remember a time when he wasn't a part of our lives. We can count the dates we've had in the last 6 months on one hand, and at times, we feel alone. We've made some good friends out here, but everyone's so busy, and asking folks to babysit makes you feel guilty. Especially if they already have kids. One of those things that will be alot easier when we're near family again.
In other news, veteran member of my blog Jim V. has recently lost his wife. She was a beautiful woman, a wonderful person, and the fastest wit on the block. We will miss her... She only occasionally wrote here, and then only to mock my fake deejaying skills. Please keep Jim and her family in your prayers.
Sarah's week in Chicago went fairly uneventfully for me. I worked a great deal, and watched some old Japanese movies. I also watched the Magnificent Seven, which was a bit of a disappointment, but remakes generally are. King Kong was dreadful. So was Solaris. Ugh... but then again, some remakes are better than the original. The Italian Job leaps to mind. I haven't seen the first Gone in 60 seconds, but I'm betting that the new one was better. Anyway, Sarah came back last Monday, and I can't even express how happy I was to see her. In the 5 years we've been married, we haven't been apart a week. It was really quiet, and lonely, and by Sunday, I was cranky with everyone... Everybody at work is happy she's back too.
Saturday, we watched what will probably be the best Michigan/Ohio State matchup of my lifetime. The teams have never met before as Number one and two. Bo Shembeckler died the day before the game, so emotions were running high. The Bucks tore through Michigan's number one running defense and ran two touchdowns in that were over 50 yards each. It was incredible. The one player who I thought would really break the game open, Gonzales, went almost unused and only had one touchdown. The only thing that kept me from being completely satisfied with the game was that the guy snapping the ball for OSU had broken his hand earlier in the year, and had it in a cast. It healed several weeks ago, but for superstitious reasons, was told to keep it on. Well, it cost us two horrible snaps that resulted in fumbles, and two scores for Michigan. Other than that, I was pretty much happy with the game which was a true battle of excellent offensive crews. Despite the fact that Ohio State won, nearly every sportscaster I saw said that the two best teams in College ball are still OSU and Michigan. It's just a matter of whether the voters will make the National championship game a rematch, or have Michigan go to the Rose Bowl and pick another team to play Ohio State for the title. Needless to say, it felt really good to get the Big Ten title, and to be simply undisputed as the best team in college football. There aren't any thugs on the team, they have a great deal of class, and they won the game by just beating the living daylights out of the Michigan defense. The Bucks scored more points in the first half against Michigan than the Wolverines have allowed in any game this season. Not to mention the 500+ yards that the Buckeyes were able to put up against one of the toughest defenses in the nation. I'm not proud or anything. It was a great game, and I don't expect to see it's match anytime soon.
Well. I'm done for now.
Peacywease.
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