Monday, May 07, 2007
Catch Me If You Can...
Oh, you caught me... finally!
Yeah, yeah, it's been too long, I admit. But it seems like there have been better things to do than blog, recently. Like working on that cure to cancer in my basement, or developing a defense mechanism for keeping kids off old people's lawns, or smuggling Bibles into Montana. Haha, ok... you caught me! I don't actually have a basement.
Well, besides managing my fantasy baseball team and catching up on Battlestar Gallactica episodes, there were a few things that have happened. Let's review my life since I turned old on my birthday, shall we?
* A birthday party happened at my place on March 17th (St. Patrick's Day). Everyone wore green and Beth made green appetizers as well (the Lucky Charms with green milk were my favourite touch).
* We took the kids to Crash Crawley's and Chuck E. Cheese for some fun days during Spring Break. It took some convincing, but we got Jayce to keep all her tickets so that she can get a better prize next time we go - they are making money hand over fist with the junk they try to pass off as prizes! (Meanwhile, I took my suction cup ball and plastic paratrooper home gleefully... of course the ball never worked and the parachute was ripped).
* I was in a ball hockey tournament at the end of March. Our team finished in the top four. Not bad for a bunch of "Spleens!"
* The Good Friday Experience was really cool! If you missed it - seriously, you missed out.
*P'wned by Schooner at least 3 more times this month...
* Finished teaching my class at the college. That was a good experience, and I even got my marking handed it on time (and I failed my first student!).
* Got Typhoid, Hep A, and Tetanus vaccinations for my upcoming trip to the Philippines. Also got a prescription for Malaria pills and "tummy trouble" meds... hmmm, maybe I should stay home?
* Took Kylan to get a haircut. I held his arms, Beth held his head, the haircut lady held his head and cut his hair. He screamed, and writhed, and cried, and snotted all the way through it. From the street, it probably looked like we were performing an exorcism. "Come OFF of him, you foul hair demons!!" It took 6 hands, but he finally looked like a little boy again (if I might say so myself, that kid sure is cute!).
* The same haircut day, Jayce found a ladybug. It crawled all over her hand and arm - she was so excited. She spent about 15 minutes taking care of that insect. Then it spread its little wings, flew off her finger, and landed right on her LIP. From joy to "freak-out" in .03 seconds!! I'd like to announce that the lady bug did survive it's massive fall from Jayce's face to the concrete below.
* A couple days ago I was at the mall food court. A table of about 8-10 people, all in their 40's and 50's, were enjoying a meal together. They were laughing. A lot. It started out fine, and normal. Then it got silly and weird. These people (think, old hippie-types) started laughing loudly and slapping the tables... they egged each other on to laugh more and more outrageously. Then about 6-8 twenty-somethings at the tables across from them started laughing. They would point across to each other and laugh. Then one person would stand up, go to the other table, and laugh at them in their faces... this made everyone... LAUGH! I was having a hard time not giggling as I watched, and within 5-10 minutes there was a large crowd, 75-100 people, watching and laughing with the "laughers." It was surreal! It started innocently enough, but it had become very strange. It was no longer genuine, but a one-upmanship thing going on. Who could laugh the hardest, the loudest, the strangest... they were standing, holding their bellies, pointing... and laughing. I was wondering when security would come. I mean, they weren't doing anything evil, just disruptive and terribly silly. A guard finally came and walked into the middle of it. I felt bad for him because they all pointed at him and laughed - this got many onlookers laughing too. He smiled, talked to one of the younger people (who didn't start it) and escorted him out. The older folks, especially one guy (I felt bad for him because he was supposed to be mature but was looking like an idiot), laughed at the young guy and the guard. And then everyone just dispersed. It was really weird.
* Last thing. Yesterday, Jayce and Kylan pointed out an ambulance parked on the side of the street with it's lights flashing. Sure enough, it was on Kingsway in front of "Death By Chocolate." It all made sense now....
Yeah, yeah, it's been too long, I admit. But it seems like there have been better things to do than blog, recently. Like working on that cure to cancer in my basement, or developing a defense mechanism for keeping kids off old people's lawns, or smuggling Bibles into Montana. Haha, ok... you caught me! I don't actually have a basement.
Well, besides managing my fantasy baseball team and catching up on Battlestar Gallactica episodes, there were a few things that have happened. Let's review my life since I turned old on my birthday, shall we?
* A birthday party happened at my place on March 17th (St. Patrick's Day). Everyone wore green and Beth made green appetizers as well (the Lucky Charms with green milk were my favourite touch).
* We took the kids to Crash Crawley's and Chuck E. Cheese for some fun days during Spring Break. It took some convincing, but we got Jayce to keep all her tickets so that she can get a better prize next time we go - they are making money hand over fist with the junk they try to pass off as prizes! (Meanwhile, I took my suction cup ball and plastic paratrooper home gleefully... of course the ball never worked and the parachute was ripped).
* I was in a ball hockey tournament at the end of March. Our team finished in the top four. Not bad for a bunch of "Spleens!"
* The Good Friday Experience was really cool! If you missed it - seriously, you missed out.
*P'wned by Schooner at least 3 more times this month...
* Finished teaching my class at the college. That was a good experience, and I even got my marking handed it on time (and I failed my first student!).
* Got Typhoid, Hep A, and Tetanus vaccinations for my upcoming trip to the Philippines. Also got a prescription for Malaria pills and "tummy trouble" meds... hmmm, maybe I should stay home?
* Took Kylan to get a haircut. I held his arms, Beth held his head, the haircut lady held his head and cut his hair. He screamed, and writhed, and cried, and snotted all the way through it. From the street, it probably looked like we were performing an exorcism. "Come OFF of him, you foul hair demons!!" It took 6 hands, but he finally looked like a little boy again (if I might say so myself, that kid sure is cute!).
* The same haircut day, Jayce found a ladybug. It crawled all over her hand and arm - she was so excited. She spent about 15 minutes taking care of that insect. Then it spread its little wings, flew off her finger, and landed right on her LIP. From joy to "freak-out" in .03 seconds!! I'd like to announce that the lady bug did survive it's massive fall from Jayce's face to the concrete below.
* A couple days ago I was at the mall food court. A table of about 8-10 people, all in their 40's and 50's, were enjoying a meal together. They were laughing. A lot. It started out fine, and normal. Then it got silly and weird. These people (think, old hippie-types) started laughing loudly and slapping the tables... they egged each other on to laugh more and more outrageously. Then about 6-8 twenty-somethings at the tables across from them started laughing. They would point across to each other and laugh. Then one person would stand up, go to the other table, and laugh at them in their faces... this made everyone... LAUGH! I was having a hard time not giggling as I watched, and within 5-10 minutes there was a large crowd, 75-100 people, watching and laughing with the "laughers." It was surreal! It started innocently enough, but it had become very strange. It was no longer genuine, but a one-upmanship thing going on. Who could laugh the hardest, the loudest, the strangest... they were standing, holding their bellies, pointing... and laughing. I was wondering when security would come. I mean, they weren't doing anything evil, just disruptive and terribly silly. A guard finally came and walked into the middle of it. I felt bad for him because they all pointed at him and laughed - this got many onlookers laughing too. He smiled, talked to one of the younger people (who didn't start it) and escorted him out. The older folks, especially one guy (I felt bad for him because he was supposed to be mature but was looking like an idiot), laughed at the young guy and the guard. And then everyone just dispersed. It was really weird.
* Last thing. Yesterday, Jayce and Kylan pointed out an ambulance parked on the side of the street with it's lights flashing. Sure enough, it was on Kingsway in front of "Death By Chocolate." It all made sense now....
