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this happens three or five times a day

July 1st, 2008  |  Published in Personal

the neighbor kid — 4 years old and super cute — has finally been trained not to ring the doorbell 4 or 6 times before we can even get to the door.

only, now he knocks constantly, till you get there.

worse still: he doesn’t take no for an answer.

Kid: CAN (J2) PLAY?
Me: No, Nelson*, sorry, we’re leaving soon.
Kid: BUT WHERE YALL GOIN?
Me: it doesnt matter, Nelson, we’re leaving soon — we’ll be back about 8 and (J2) can play then.
Kid: BUT WHERE YOU GOIN?
Me: Like I just said — we’re leaving, and (J2) will be back later.
Kid: BUT WHERE YOU GOIN?
Me: *sigh*
Kid: BUT WHERE YOU GOIN?
Me: Good bye, Nelson.
Kid: BUT WHERE YOU GOIN?
Me: I will see you later, okay kiddo?
Kid: BUT WHERE YOU GOIN?
Me: *shuts door*
Kid, yelling through door: BUT WHERE YOU GOIN?
Kid, yelling through door: MR CHRIS?
Kid, yelling through door: CAN (J2) PLAY?

*not his real name

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you know, for listening to fruit on

June 8th, 2008  |  Published in Family, Language, Personal, Stories

so, whenever we go to pizza king, J2 always wants a couple quarters, so that he can play some music on the “juice box”

Popularity: 21% [?]

dark guns

June 7th, 2008  |  Published in Family, Humor, Personal, Stories

…shoot “darks”, according to J2

Popularity: 21% [?]

OPEN ACCESSORY!!

June 6th, 2008  |  Published in Family, Humor, Language, Personal, Stories

so, that’s what J2 yells, instead of “open sesame” when we approach an automatically opening door.

Popularity: 23% [?]

you know what else is cool?

June 5th, 2008  |  Published in Belief, Humor, Personal, Religion

so, once, when he lived in arizona — a place so hot that they think 90 degrees f is “kinda nice out” — he was leaving his apartment with xbox under his arm, on his way to a LAN party.

(yes, he now works in IT)

anyway, outside his apartment, in the hallway, was an evangelist, a young one.

Kid in White TShirt: Is that an XBOX?
Jason: Yes.
Kid: Cool.
Jason: Thanks.
Kid: You know what else is cool?
Jason: *blink*
Kid: The Book of Mormon

Popularity: 24% [?]

naturally.

June 4th, 2008  |  Published in Art, Culture, Fun, Personal

so i’m on line at the gas station, waiting to pre pay, and this 6 foot 7 black dood in a brown velvet track suit comes in, talking loudly on his cell phone

LISTEN MAN, I TOLD YOU — YOU CAN DO DAT SHIT, BUT DO NOT GET CAUGHT

I BE FUCKING ALL MY GIRL’S GUY FRIENDS, AND I AIN’T NEVER BEEN CAUGHT, CAUSE I ALWAYS RIDE OUT TO THE WEST SIDE TO DO IT

*blink*

all 10 of us in the place got real quiet at that point

he then goes on

YOU SHOULD READ MY BOOK, MAN, IT’LL TEACH YOU HOW TO DO THAT BUT NOT GET CAUGHT, LIKE I SAID

WON’T BE FRONT’IN OR NUFFIN

i paid and left

Popularity: 19% [?]

gen y must go

May 22nd, 2008  |  Published in Emergence, Personal

`They have trouble making decisions,’ sneered GrossBookSistah’s opening sentence. ‘They have few heroes, no anthems, no style to call their own … their anxious indecision creates a kind of ominous fog around them.’
GrossBookSistah stopped just short of accusing Generation X of hating rainbows. The article managed to throw us a couple of bones, complimenting our ‘realism’ and ‘good intentions,’ but GrossBookSistah’s meager praise came across as a transparent attempt to provide ‘balance’ in an article that essentially labeled Generation X as being pathetic.

Normally, I’d be content to let sleeping dogs lie—it has been nearly two decades, after all, since ‘Twentysomething’ was published. But an onslaught of press praising Millennials for the very things my generation was despised for has begun to emerge. The double standards have opened old wounds.

Features : Radar Online : Generation Slap

Popularity: 14% [?]

ncaa brackets

March 18th, 2008  |  Published in Personal

These are listed in game order

  1. N. Carolina
  2. Indiana
  3. Notre Dame
  4. Washton St
  5. Oklahoma
  6. Louisville
  7. Butler
  8. American
  9. Kansas
  10. Kent St
  11. Clemson
  12. Vanderbilt
  13. USC
  14. Wisconsin
  15. Davidson
  16. Georgetown
  17. Memphis
  18. Miss. St
  19. Michigan St
  20. Pittsburgh
  21. Marquette
  22. Stanford
  23. St Marys
  24. Texas
  25. UCLA
  26. BYU
  27. Drake
  28. Connecticut
  29. Purdue
  30. Xavier
  31. Arizona
  32. Belmont
  33. N. Carolina
  34. Notre Dame
  35. Louisville
  36. Butler
  37. Kansas
  38. Clemson
  39. Wisconsin
  40. Georgetown
  41. Memphis
  42. Michigan St
  43. Stanford
  44. Texas
  45. UCLA
  46. Drake
  47. Purdue
  48. Arizona
  49. Notre Dame
  50. Butler
  51. Kansas
  52. Georgetown
  53. Memphis
  54. Stanford
  55. UCLA
  56. Purdue
  57. Butler
  58. Kansas
  59. Stanford
  60. UCLA
  61. Kansas
  62. Stanford
  63. Stanford
  64. Tie Breaker: 112 points

Popularity: 14% [?]

new contacts!

March 10th, 2008  |  Published in Personal

i just ordered new contacts, and i am stoked.

i miss being able to see and wear sunglasses.

horray!

Popularity: 21% [?]

i am ready for srping

February 22nd, 2008  |  Published in Personal

and i am ready to never have winter again.
:-(

Popularity: 18% [?]

cold

February 19th, 2008  |  Published in Personal

it is 17° f out and there are 14 MPH winds.

that’s way colder than i wanna ride home in. :-(

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Popularity: 17% [?]

strokes in people under 80

February 5th, 2008  |  Published in Personal

it’s freaking me out.

i know it happens, but you never expect one of your best friends to have a stroke.

not at this age.
:-(

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Popularity: 7% [?]

for different folks

February 5th, 2008  |  Published in Personal

so i just learned that one of my very best friends in the world has had at least one stroke in the past couple days, perhaps two.

if any of you know brad and haven’t heard details, email me or give me a call and i’ll update you.

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Popularity: 6% [?]

robot train

January 27th, 2008  |  Published in Personal

today, after we went to the children’s museum, we were not quite ready to go right home and have dinner yet (J1 made sushi! yay!) so we rode the robot train.

i had never ridden the robot train, and i must say i was impressed.

it has a nice warm waiting area with nice seating and CNN on HD tv.

if i was a hobo, i’d totally hang out there when it’s really cold.

then, the train showed up and we got on it, and true to its name, it’s a robot.

it has no driver.

it’s an empty train with no controls.

it DOES have an “in case of emergency” button, next to a little speaker box that, i must assume, is able to prevent rape or something.

Popularity: 6% [?]