Plastic Porkbone

Covert Recycling

I get annoyed by things. 

One thing I get annoyed by, are shopping bags.  Everyone always asks you if you want paper or plastic.  For a while I was using canvas bags, so I could avoid the question altogether, but I would always forget to bring them to the store.  Now, I generally go with paper, because they are easier to recycle... in theory.  But the problem is, I end up with a million paper bags at home.  I try to remember to bring them with me, but I can't remember every single time.

So now I have taken up a new hobby I like to call "covert recycling."  This is where I go to the store with about 25 paper bags.  I bag my groceries in about 5 or 6 bags, then I place all the other bags on the shelf where the "new" bags are.  Even though it is a perfectly fine thing to do, I always feel a little sneaky every time I do it.  But when I get home, that's 20 less paper bags in my closet!

Oh, and another thing I get annoyed by?  People who drive their cars on the freeway with their FOOT out the window.  "Oh, hey!  Look how relaxed that guy is - he's leaned back and is sticking is foot out the window!  While he's driving!"  Personally, I think that guy's an idiot.  And to prove it, one of these days I'm going to swerve into his lane and hit my brakes.  I'd like to see how fast his reaction times are with his left leg out the damned car window.

Holy Shit

So, this weekend there's this concert going on in St. Paul.  It's called Sounds of the Underground, and includes the following bands: AS I LAY DYING, IN FLAMES, TRIVIUM, CANNIBAL CORPSE, GWAR, BEHEMOTH, and many others. 



In the same convention center, literally in the same building, is this event: http://www.christianfair.com/


I was thinking about going to the concert, but unfortunately it looks like I won't be able to.  It's too bad, really, it would be worth it just to see the clash between the Christian Community Fair-goers and the satanic metalheads!

Coen Brothers Moment

Today I went to the grocery store.  I didn't have any groceries to buy, all I needed was some diapers.  As I walked through the store with a bag of Huggies under my arm, all I could think of was the following line:

"I'll be taking these Huggies, and whatever cash you got."

Back From the Dead

I have been off this blog so long some people have wondered if I am still alive.  First I will say that no, I have not figured out how to blog from the afterlife, which means that by default yes, I am still alive.  That having been said I would like to make it clear that when I do pass on, I would like to be driven to my funeral in this:

Let's see... what's new?

Well, I'm still autocrossing every couple weeks.  This is my hobby which involves driving really fast in parking lots.  My daughter is almost 15 months old, and she still can't talk or walk.  But she can perform complex mathematics and fix that rattle you've got coming from the engine in your Honda.  So in some ways she is quite advanced, but in other ways she's more like a mime that crawls everywhere.

I'm still working, lately more than ever.  I'm also still in school, however I only have three more classes until I finish my degree.  Actually, I already have a 2-year degree, and I was about 3 credits short of another 2-year degree before that.  Despite what you may think, they won't let you put your two 2-year degrees together and trade them in for a 4-year degree.  Conspiracy.

Um, I think I have written enough for now.  Since I haven't posted in so long, I doubt anyone will notice this one.  In fact, perhaps I should have titled this post: "Tree Falls in Forest, Nobody is There to Hear It."  But wipe that thought out of your mind right now... fuck what you've heard, that tree still makes a sound.  That, I can assure you.

What I do on the Weekends

Later this week we are going to be visiting the family out in Seattle.  Today I received an e-mail from the airline telling me that they have changed our outbound flight.  No big deal, customer, you will just need to be inconvenienced and screw around all your plans to adjust to our changes.  Thanks, customer!  And what is also right there in the email?  A reminder that if I decide to change the trip in any way I am subject to a $100 penalty. 

So let me get this straight: if I want to change anything it costs me 100 bucks, but the airline can screw with you all they want for free.  Lovely.  Well screw those guys, I'll walk. 

What the hell else is going on... I know I haven't been really doing much here lately... for the most part I have been working, sleeping, and preparing for my new/old hobby/obsession which is Autocrossing.  Autocross is a motorsport which involves driving around a giant parking lot in between a bunch of cones as fast as you possibly can.  That is, as fast as you can without knocking over any cones.  You race against the clock and then you look up on the board at the end of the day to see if you beat the other drivers.

I know, it sounds very un-exciting.  But really it is a lot of fun.  It's like golf, except with fast cars.  And cones.  Anyway it's my way of justifying the fact that I own a sports car.  It's what I do on the weekends during the summer - here's me down in Iowa a few weeks ago:

P.S. my wife would like you to know that the letters and numbers on the side of the car?  She made them herself.  I must say they do look quite nice!

Fuggy!

The "blogosphere" seems pretty quiet lately.  Bunch of people with holiday hangovers, I suppose.  Anyway, I've got nothing better to do so here you go:

http://www.fuggyfuggy.com/

It's a link.  Strangely entertaining.

Wife Can Now Dress Herself

Things are getting a little better around here, Irene's health is improving and we have a three day weekend on our hands.  Actually I had a "six day weekend" last week I guess, but there was no relaxation involved. 

I have finally uploaded baby pictures to our Flickr site, but I haven't really organized them yet.  However feel free to check them out anyway!  Perhaps the only upside to Irene's illness was that my added time with Alison produced some of the best pictures yet.   Like this one:

Okay, that's good for now.  I will post more later... honest.

Another Stupid Link?

After our "2-month" baby visit to the pediatrician (see my other blog for screaming baby story), I'm not feeling especially wordy tonight.  But I thought I would share with you this other website which I think is really cool.  It's an "illustration blog," with all sorts of crazy links and seriously cool crap.

http://drawn.ca/

Visit the site, if you know what's good for you!  You don't want to end up with the same fate as this kitty (click on the picture for a close up!)

Ass on the Blacktop

Here's something you don't see every day.  Free ass.  It was just lying there on the pavement next to my car.

Big News!!!

We got the house!