Pink Ski Mask

Goals

2011-02-13T20:17:00.000-08:00

I know it's a little late to be making New Year's Resolutions, so I'm thinking of these as Late Year Resolutions. People always say that you need to write down your goals, so I'm writing them down to share with everyone. Because it's been kind of nice the past few days cycling has been on my brain. So these are all cycling goals for the coming year. Here they are in no particular order:

Ride over the North Ogden Pass
Ride over Trappers Loop
Race the Antelope Island Classic
Race the East Canyon-Echo Road Race
Race at least 5 crits
Ride LOTOJA (if I get in)
Ride at least 2 centuries
Log over 2,000 miles this year

There they are for now. I'll probably add some more specifics as I figure out what kind of form I'm in this year.

SEO

2010-10-10T19:27:00.000-07:00

I've agreed to help my brother-in-law and wife with SEO for their real estate website. So I'm reading SEO for Dummies. I think it's actually going to be do-able. So here goes nothing:

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Update

2010-05-18T07:27:00.001-07:00

I figure it's been awhile so I'll post an update on my life. Unfortunately I tooted the horn a little premature (problem I have) about LOTOJA. It turns out that I did NOT get a spot. Which would have been fine if I could have found out a little sooner than the day AFTER registration had closed. I would have liked to at least try to get in through the lottery, but oh well. Maybe it was all meant to be because just last Friday I found out that my contract with the Davis County School District will not be renewed. So I'm looking for a job again. I'm glad at least that I have about three and a half months to look. I'm just not looking forward to looking. I love my job right now. Special Education is a hard job, but it's really satisfying too (the thought of having all summers off didn't hurt either). I totally dropped the ball on the 10 year reunion because of the stress of possibly losing my job (I've know that 1 year hires might not get their contract renewed for a couple of months now). Anywho. Life just barrels on regardless of the feeling that I've been left in the dust. I'm a positive person though. I believe that everything happens for a reason and I'm a firm believer in Karma (so if anyone needs their lawn mowed or something like that, I could stand to earn some brownie points). Things will get better. I just hate the thought of leaving a really good job for one that I'm might not like as much. So here's to hopping, and yes I spelled that right.

PS I finally found out what's wrong with my wrist. I have what's called gymnast wrist. Which explains a lot. I know I don't do gymnastics while I'm awake, so I must be doing it in my sleep which explains why I wake up so tired all the time. Two birds one stone.

Good day.

2010-04-14T19:30:00.000-07:00

Here's today's route:

It was a great day. Legs felt great. Only had one small climb, but I didn't have to shift into my smallest gear like I normally do to get up it. Unfortunately my ride got cut short because of swim lessons. Every mile counts though...besides look at those calories!

Semi-Official

2010-04-12T12:22:00.000-07:00

So I just got the word and it's only semi-official, but I'm announcing it now: I'm into LOTOJA. So where's my bike...I need to start riding.

Training? That's a good one!

2010-04-09T16:40:00.000-07:00

Soooo, training isn't going quite as planned, but after today's ride I really need to ramp it up. Here's the route:

http://www.mapmyride.com/route//ut/syracuse/940127085602246078

I only went a little over 20 miles but it felt like a lot more. I had the wind at my back on the way home too. Most of all my butt really hurt. I've got to log more miles in the saddle. If nothing else to get my rump used to the saddle. If I'm going to do LOTOJA I've got to get used to sitting on that thing for about 10 hours. We'll see how it goes.

Garmin Edge 500

2010-02-19T09:11:00.000-08:00

Just got my Garmin Edge 500 bicycle computer yesterday and I already love it. I haven't had a chance to give it a good long test but I rode around the block and it was pretty cool. The 500 doesn't have internal maps but when you hook it up to your computer it places your route on a map. I love the website www.mapmyride.com to keep track of my rides and such, and with the Garmin I can sync it directly to the site. Pretty freaking cool. I tried using the mapmyride app for a little while, but because that isn't based off of a real GPS when I rode out on Antelope Island it wouldn't track my ride. The app was a little inconsistent when riding around town even. Like I said I haven't had a chance to give the Garmin a full scale test, but I'm certain it will be more accurate than the mapmyride app on my iPhone. One thing that I was worried about when I bought it was the setup. Was it going to take me 3 days just to figure out how to use it? I didn't even have to look at the instruction manual. It took me about an hour and I was done (and that includes installing it on my bike). It has 3 cutomizable screens that you can put from 3 to 8 information readings. It has everything from speed to power output (if you have a power meter). I bought the version with the heart rate and cadence. It picked up them both instantly. I've had bike computers in the past that didn't want to communicate with the heart rate strap or cadence unit. So far this is the coolest bike computer I've ever owned. Hopefully the weather will improve and I'll be able to give it a proper test.

Not such a good start.

2010-02-08T12:28:00.000-08:00

Well my alarm went off at 5 AM this morning and I turned it off and went back to bed. It's going to take me a while to get used to this whole waking up early to exercise thing. So far Training 1, Kris 0.

It has begun.

2010-02-07T10:22:00.000-08:00

So I figured with it being Super Bowl Sunday and all I'd shave my legs...training starts tomorrow. The first of many days leading up to LOTOJA. I tried to put a countdown on the blog, but none of them worked very well. So if you know of one let me know. Anywho, not a huge post today, just wanted everyone to know that the training starts tomorrow and GO COLTS!

LOTOJA

2010-01-31T19:10:00.000-08:00

I know I've been saying it for sometime now, but this year it's really going to happen. I'm doing LOTOJA. For those of you that have no idea what that is, it's a really long bike ride from LOgan TO JAckson. It's about 206 miles. Rumor has it that because the bike shop that I work at is one of the sponsors of the race we get a few entries into the race. So hopefully that works out. If it doesn't I'll have to do it like everyone else and put my name in the lottery and hope for the best. A few years ago they pretty much said this is the time that registration opens and the first however many people that register get in. They switched it to a lottery to make it a little more fair. Now registration opens for about a week then they hold the lottery. So for the next few months I'm going to try and keep everyone updated on my progress towards the 206 mile ride.

Here's the course map.

Here's the elevation map of LOTOJA.

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2010-01-28T09:01:00.000-08:00

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HCG

2010-01-20T10:56:00.001-08:00

I started a diet on the 16th. It's called the HCG diet. If you haven't heard of it let me fill you in on the details. HCG is a fertility drug or something like that. The way you tell if you have good HCG is you drop it on a pregnancy test and it should come out positive. You take the HCG 3 times a day and it's supposed to make you not feel hungry. Then you only consume 500 healthy calories a day and the weight is supposed to melt off. The best part of the diet is the first two days. They're called loading days because you eat everything and anything you can eat. The higher the calorie content the better. This is so that your body gets tricked into thinking that it needs to burn more calories than it really does. Like I said my wife and I started it last Saturday and we've already lost a good amount of weight. It's only a 22 day program (although if you need to lose a large amount of weight you can do it for 44 days) so that isn't too bad. There's a blog called The HCG Way that a few of my friends are on. We post updates, tips, and recipes. Stacy and I bought the HCG from a company in Lehi called HCG Complete Diet. You can get it cheaper other places (like India), but we thought we'd stay local. Check it out, pretty good stuff. I started at 185 lbs. and now I'm at 181 lbs. Stacy's lost about 7 lbs. already. Although I'm still trying to get used to the hot flashes and the mood swings...I'm totally kidding...I'll never get used to them.

New Album

2010-01-12T09:25:00.000-08:00

I decided today that I am going to write a new album by the end of the year. My piano has been at my wife's grandparent's house for about 4 years. It's been there because we've lived in apartments where the piano just wouldn't fit. Now that we have a place of our own I'm getting it back on Saturday. I actually have a little corner in the living room that is my music corner. After watching a few concert DVD's and a little movie on creativity I decided I'm ready to start making music again. I might even get a 4 track recorder or something and try and post them online. I'll let everyone (all 3 of you that read the blog) when I have a name for the album. So get ready the long awaited follow up to Invisible Dog is in the works.

Comments

2010-01-12T09:22:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all of the "Anonymous" comments that I've been getting. Although there are a few that don't make a whole lot of sense to me, I guess I'm just glad someone is reading my blog. Well, thanks.

2010, it's really happening.

2010-01-04T08:37:00.000-08:00

What an exciting year it's going to be. A few things off the top of my head that will be happening this year are: 10 year Clearfield High reunion, trip to Alaska, Lincoln going to kindergarten, first summer vacation as a teacher, graduating with my teaching license, Alivia going to preschool, doing LOTOJA, getting my leg amputated...just making sure you were still paying attention. Anywho, fun stuff to come. I always love the new year. Even though this year I didn't really make any resolutions I'm trying to get a few things done. Sure it's pretty generic things like being a better person, eating better, exercising more, etc. I feel like because I haven't made a firm resolution I'm going to do these things. I know that's totally contrary to what professional goal makers say to do, but I work better in a less restrictive environment. Well I hope that you all have a prosperous new year (or next year as I like to call it). Have a good one.

Well...

2009-10-27T06:35:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry to say, but with the invent and my joining Facebook I haven't posted anything in some time. I doubt anyone is even looking at this any more. Either way, as I've said before, I'm going to try and be better at updating my blog. Lots have happened since I last posted anything. I graduated from college with a degree in Marketing. Worked for a few months in sales, made very little money, received no benefits, and really didn't like the work. I quit. Started substitute teaching. Decided to become a teacher because they started at more than I was making selling stuff plus they got benefits (I've always wanted to be a teacher too). Got a job at a bike shop over the summer, freaking awesome. Finally got hired by Davis County School District a few weeks before the school year started. I now teach special education at Syracuse High. I freaking love it. Oh, almost forgot, I bought a house too. We're moving in this weekend as a matter of fact. Well that's a quick, really quick catch up on life. Check back soon for more.

It's Here

2009-01-05T11:53:00.000-08:00

Well 2009 is here. I'm sure that we've all made some great New Year's, or as I like to call them, Next Year Resolutions like stop kicking the dog, don't poison the neighbors, lose 100 lbs., etc. I thought I'd share some of my resolutions with you. First I wanted to lose about 10 lbs. and 7% of my body fat. That will enable me to compete in the triathlon that I plan on doing in July. I just realized that no one wants to hear...read about my Next Year resolutions. Why do you just enjoy 2009 and make it your best year yet. For those of you that are reading this that are under one year old, just make this an average year, you wouldn't want to start too good, then every other year would pale in comparison.

Really, I mean really?

2008-12-15T14:41:00.000-08:00

Has it been that long since I posted anything. I guess I have been pretty busy. I ran for president and almost won (of the United State for you that think I was talking about something else). I won the Tour de France (even though it happens in July). Finished my new book, "This Will Never Make It On The Shelf". Also, I finished my album ,"Memories That You Thought You Had Repressed". So now that I have time on my hands (word of warning that stuff does not come off so wear gloves) I think I'll try and write a little more often. Well just wanted to make sure my die hard fans know that I'm still alive. Oh, just remembered I will be taking the whole next week off from doing anything. Sunday the 21st for the Winter Solstice (my pagan side), Monday the 22nd for Hanukkah (my Jewish side), obviously the 24th and 25th (my Christian side), and the 26th (my Canadian side. See you when I see you, keep on truckin', and all that.

Bike's Done

2008-10-24T11:33:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I haven't posted it here. I did update the Pink Ski Mask main website (www.pinkskimask.com), but I finished my fixed gear bike. Here's some pictures and some links to more pictures. Enjoy:

Links: Here...and here...and here.

PS: It's for sale. $200. Let me know, email me at kris at pinkskimask dot com.

New Paint

2008-09-26T08:02:00.000-07:00

Well I got the first part of my bike painted last night and wanted to share it with the rest of you that I know don't really care, but I want to show off. Here's the picture:

The whole bike is going to be in these colors. I'll get a higher resolution picture up soon. This one was taken with my iPhone. I'm getting close to having the frame completely stripped of old paint and then it will be the frame's turn. Ooooooo, my new bike is so close I can taste it, and if you've ever tasted spray paint that's what it tastes like. Maybe I should be using a mask so I don't get paint in my mouth.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love The Bomb

2008-09-25T15:41:00.000-07:00

If you haven't seen this movie you need to see it. I take that back, only see it if you love mindless and totally random movies. Here's a quick run down of the movie:

There's a crazy General that orders a plan R to be carried out. Plan R is a nuclear attack on Russia. There are all kinds of fail safes in the plan so that the Russians (or the Americans) can't call off the strike. His whole premise for wanting to bomb the Russians is because he says that they are taking over Americans minds by fluoridating the water. Totally random. The military people are hilarious. Here's a few of the greatest lines from the movie:

"Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the war room."

"Look here Colonel Batguano, if that is your real name."

"Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but I do say; no more than 10 to 20 million people killed. Tops! Depending on the breaks."

There are quite a few more but they're only funny in context. Go see it. It's funny. I mean just look at the title.

Change

2008-09-25T15:40:00.000-07:00

I finally updated my website. Go ahead and take a look. I've added a few pictures and projects that I'm working on. Look now.

Lance is Back!

2008-09-10T08:33:00.000-07:00

I just got an email from the Lance Armstrong Foundation confirming Lance Armstrong's return to cycling. All I have to say is WHAAAAAA HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Change of Plans

2008-09-08T20:32:00.000-07:00

Well my bike is going to take a little bit longer than I thought so I'm going to start on my next project: fixing up a bike for my bro-in-law, Jon. Here's a picture of the bike now.

It really doesn't need much work. For sure new tires, new cables, and new bar tape. Hopefully Jon will like riding and then we can get some new wheels and possibly some new shifters. I want to get his done before the snow flies so that Jon can use it. So here we go again. Here's the link: CLICK HERE!!!

Logo

2008-09-04T19:15:00.001-07:00

Here's my rough draft logo that I'm going to try and put on all the bikes that I restore. Let me know what you think.

Check the updates!

2008-09-03T14:09:00.000-07:00

I've added some more pictures of my bike. Check it out, unless you're square like that. Ya, I said square. CLICK HERE!!!

Started Cleaning

2008-08-29T21:53:00.000-07:00

Well I started cleaning today and I'm amazed at how well my new found cleaning liquid works. I found a web site that said to use mineral spirits to clean the bike. Here's the before and after picture of my crank. I'll let you decide which is which.

In Pieces

2008-08-29T07:13:00.001-07:00

This is the bike in pieces. I ran into a little snag with the crank shaft. I need a special tool to get it off. So if there's anyone out there that wants to give me a crank extractor tool and a lockring removal tool let me know.

Yet another update:

2008-08-27T20:20:00.000-07:00

I worked a little on the bike tonight. Got it mostly disasembled. I would have gotten it all the way taken apart, but the mosquitos were sucking me dry. I'm more and more amazed at how good of shape the bike is in. I took out the seat post, it looks brand new. I pulled out the fork, it's clean as can be. The only thing that was really dirty was the chain, the back derailleur, and the ball bearings. I can't wait to paint!

Update

2008-08-27T07:51:00.000-07:00

Here's the update on the bike (I know it hasn't even been a day yet). I put air in the tires last night...and the air held. I shifted through all the gears...worked like a charm. Sorta fixed one of the brakes...works just fine. All that took me all of 15 minutes to do. After that I rode the bike around the back yard. I share this only because now the decision whether to convert it to a fixie or keep it a 10 speed is that much harder. I think that if I clean it up really good, paint the frame, and replace the cables I could get $100+ for it (when considering that I paid $3 is pretty good). Well I guess I'll have to fast and pray about it.

P.S. If anyone has a good idea for a name let me know. I'm drawing a blank. I'm usually really good at naming cars and other objects.

New Project

2008-08-26T20:59:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately I somehow deleted the photo's from the Sheryl Crow concert. No biggie, they weren't that good. Now you'll find pictures of my new project. This is my new project. I got this road bike at the DI for $3. I'm going to take it completely apart and rebuild it. I can't decide whether to keep it as a 10 speed or to convert it to a fixed gear bike. I'll keep you posted.

Sheryl Crow Concert

2008-08-26T11:44:00.000-07:00

Stacy and I went to the Sheryl Crow concert last night. Good times. She puts on a really really really good show. James Blunt opened for her and he was really good too. I like him much better live than on CD. Anyway, here are some pictures. Not very good, but oh well, next time don't be cheap and buy a ticket and come with us. Next concert for us is Weezer! Sweet!

Tour of Utah - 2nd Stage

2008-08-15T07:11:00.000-07:00

I had the chance to watch the Tour of Utah pass through our neck of the woods. I watched from the summit of Trapper's Loop. The race went from Downtown Ogden, over North Ogden Pass, around Pineview, up and over Trapper's Loop, over to Morgan, up to East Canyon, and finally ended up in SLC. Tough. Very tough. I was at the feed zone which was INTENSE! I did, however, make off with some great souvenirs. Check out the pictures on my Facebook page.

First Ever Animal Bike Race

2008-08-04T12:21:00.000-07:00

We're excited to announce the results of the first ever Animal Bike Race. The participants this year had to follow a course that went out to Antelope Island (from Clearfield) and then back again. It was a total of 34.8 miles. Here's the course: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ut/clearfield/911302274"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;To the Island and back&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br/&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.mapmyride.com/find-ride/united-states/ut/clearfield"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Find more Bike Rides in Clearfield, Utah&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
At about mile 7 it looked as though the Deer team was going to out sprint Kris, but he powered through and beat them to the line.

A few miles onto the causeway at Antelope Island it almost turned dirty as the Skunk almost sprayed our leader. The Skunk ran off course and was disqualified from the race.

At about the half way mark of the race some Buffalo spectators came on to the course, almost stopping the race. A little further up the road the herd of Antelope (about 30-40) didn't seem to care that a race was going on.

There were thousands of tiny spectators lining the roadside on the Island. We've never seen so many spiders in one place before.

The rest of the race was rather uneventful. The Jack Rabbits ended up taking the whole race (they are fast little buggers).

On a side note the Seagulls were disqualified for pooping on the course referees.

While there wasn't really an organized Animal Bike Race. I did see all of these on my bike ride this morning. This all happened before 8 AM. What a great start to the day. The deer were in a corn field in Syracuse. Four of them, one baby, one female, and two males with the velvet on their antlers.

All I can say is it's great to be in shape, but the things I see on my rides are way better.

Can't read this...does this help any?

2008-07-31T09:46:00.000-07:00

I'm at work...working and I stumble upon a website that has an area where you can increase the size of the text if you're semi-blind. Small problem, if you can't read the text on the page how are you ever going to be able to find the "text enlarger" when it's smaller than the text on the page? Can't read this...does this help?

Random Thoughts...

2008-07-23T21:19:00.000-07:00

Here's just a couple of things I noticed on the way home from work:

1. Just because you buy really nice wheels for your car doesn't make your beat up '98 Blazer cool.

2. Why do all the piece of crap, junker cars have the "You Suck at Driving", etc. bumper stickers. I saw one today that looked like it had caused a few accidents of its own.

That's it...I said a couple.

Invisible

2008-07-17T09:27:00.000-07:00

Just a word of warning. Don't ever ride with me in my car. I've been close to getting into about 3 accidents in the past week. None of which were by any fault of my own. People have turned in front of me on 3 different occasions. All of which I had to lock up my brakes to avoid hitting them. The most recent was last night head home from work. I'm cruising along at 50 mph on a 50 mph road (freshly coated with loose gravel by the way) and some dumb teenage girl pulls out in front of me in a big white dodge (I know ironic isn't it...dodge) truck. The idiotic thing is that instead of going, "Oh, shoot I just turned in front of this guy I better step on the gas to make sure I get out of the way", she slammed on her brakes. So now she's stopped in the road directly in front of me. Luckily after sliding about 30 ft I stopped a few feet from the side of her truck. I wanted to jump out and bust her window in. I've never had to lock up my brakes before this past week. Apparently someone painted my car with invisible paint during the night. BEWARE!!!

I Got the Last One!!!

2008-07-12T14:43:00.000-07:00

I'm a gadget geek. Anyone that knows me knows that. I got the first iPhone and absolutely loved it. The new one came out on the 11th and I wasn't going to get one, but listen to my reasoning: The new iPhone is faster, better looking, and...well...it's newer. It also only cost me $300 (as opposed to the $500 I spent on the first one). Well the thing is the older iPhone is still selling for about $500 on eBay. So I get to make $200 and get a newer, faster phone. Is that crazy of me? I got up at about 5:30 AM, stood in line for about 3 hours, and got one. They came out and asked people which phone they were going to get to try and gauge where the "direct fulfill" orders would start. I was right on the line. The guy told me that as long as no one changed their mind in front of me I'd probably get what I wanted. The store only got 10 16gb white, 10 16gb black, and 20 8gb black phones. They were only letting 1 person in per sales person and then locking the door. One person would leave, they'd unlock the door then let the next person in and lock the door behind them. I finally got to the front of the line and followed the sales person to their computer. There was a girl walking around with the phones in her arms dispensing them as needed. I could see one white box in the stack so when the sales person asked me what I wanted I pointed and she said, "you got the last one". I about went through the roof I was so happy. I not only got the last 16gb white iPhone, I got the last 16gb iPhone. I felt kinda bad because the guy behind me was apparently there a few hours before me but went out to breakfast...you snooze, you lose I guess. I've never waited in line for anything before, but I got to tell you it was pretty fun. Getting to know complete strangers, having them pretty much cheer for you when they found out I got the phone that I wanted. Good times.

Capitain Huggy Face Dance

2008-06-25T09:05:00.001-07:00

My sister told me about this show on PBS. I still haven't seen the show, but I found the video of the Capitain Huggy Face dance. I guess he does it with each new word they learn, different word - same dance. So I hope it makes you as happy as it makes me.

IT'S ALIVE!!!

2008-06-23T08:16:00.000-07:00

Well it's still not 100% done, but it's live. Check out my new website at www.pinkskimask.com.

Coming in the Air...

2008-06-16T20:18:00.001-07:00

Well it's really going to happen. pinkskimask.com is getting close to its launch. It will be my own site designed by myself with a little help from my friend (and possibly future boss/co-worker) Bryant. I've already got the domain name so go ahead and check it out http://www.pinkskimask.com/. Unfortunately right now all you will see is that GoDaddy.com is parking the site for free. Just let all your friends and neighbors know that there is a change on the wind. CAN YOU FEEL IT COMING IN THE AIR TONIGHT?

New Logo

2008-06-12T13:50:00.000-07:00

Well I decided to practice a little designing so I tried out a new logo for the blog. I know it's not much but I'm going to be changing it from time to time as I get a little better with logo design and such. Enjoy.

Long Time, No Job

2008-06-11T11:03:00.000-07:00

So I haven't posted anything for a while. Not that I have been busy or anything. I take that back, I've been busy looking for a job. Looking being the key word. I have had a couple of interviews, but nothing that was any good. I've just been recovering from a double hernia as well. But I'm doing well, just want to start working. So if anyone knows of any non-sales marketing jobs let me know (or openings at McDonald's).

My Week

2008-05-16T20:02:00.000-07:00

Let me just tell you how my week has gone:

Monday: The only normal day this week. Took care of the kids etc., etc., etc.

Tuesday: Went to the doctor because I suspected that I had a hernia. He said that I had one on my right side, but my left side was fine.

Wednesday: Got a call from the surgeons office letting me know they could fit me in that day. Sat at the doctors for about an hour and a half. He said that I had one on my left side, but that the right side was probably going to go anytime now. He said that I could get them done at the same time.

Thursday: They got me in real fast. Surgery went great and I am hernia free (not in the least bit pain free, but hernia free).

Friday (today): Sat around a lot and tried to get up by myself.

Saturday: Going to see Dave Ramsey. Lets see if I make it through the day.

Seedless Pickles

2008-05-12T14:14:00.000-07:00

Has anyone else noticed the pickles at McDonald's don't have seeds. I've decided either they are genetically engineered to not have seeds or...THEY AREN'T PICKLES AT ALL!!! I don't know what they are but maybe they're not pickles.

Too much time

2008-05-05T20:58:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when you learn some new tricks in Photoshop and have all of nap time to play with Photoshop. It's what the family really looks like at home (you should see the "person" taking the picture).

I did it!

2008-05-02T20:57:00.000-07:00

I did it...finally. I am a coledge gradooet. The serimony was toodei. I'm so glade its over whith. Now I jist ned to find a jobb. Wish mi luke.

IT'S GONE!

2008-04-24T13:32:00.000-07:00

I hope you're all happy. My Fu Man Chu is gone. Stacy shaved it off while I was sleeping. Thanks, thanks a lot.

Fu Man Chu?

2008-04-20T19:14:00.001-07:00

I don't know how to spell it but I had to post this picture of my fu man chu for my posterity. I think it's funny. I have to shave it once I get a face-to-face job interview, but until then soak it up. Stacy loves it too (she pretends that she doesn't, but she does).

Breaking the Law.

2008-04-08T14:04:00.000-07:00

I had a thought the other day. I know you're all amazed. Am I the only one that has ever wanted to break the law, just to see if you could get away with it. I'm not talking about speeding or anything like that. I'm talking having 1 ton of marijuana in your trunk, speeding down a one way street in a cop car and getting away with it. Hopefully my cousin that's a cop won't read this he might start wondering about me. I mean if any of you know me I've never done anything bad in my life. Unless you talk to my mom and she'll tell you about "that one time". That's what she calls it, "That one time". I think in the case I mentioned above maybe I would like to be caught, but not because of anything that the cops do. I want to be finally stopped because I stopped at McDonald's for a 1/2 Pounder (read my post on the 1/2 Pounder and you'll get that). I want to be caught like that so when people see it on the news they'll say stuff like, "What was he thinking, what an idiot". The hard part would be convincing people that you did it on purpose. Just me? I don't think so.

P.S. As a testament to either my innocence or my lack of ability to spell, I spelled marijuana wrong. Thank goodness for spell check.

Lock Your Doors!

2008-04-05T22:24:00.000-07:00

Just as a friendly warning make sure your car doors are locked. Apparently Ali has become a wanna be car theif. This is the neighbor's car, 2 doors down.

Luckily I caught her in the act. Her bail has been set at $500,000 and has been deemed a flight risk.

SPOILED!!!

2008-04-05T22:06:00.000-07:00

My kids are spoiled. Look at what Grandma and Grandpa Kerr bought the kids. I got to tell you though it's pretty cool. Here's some pictures.

Horton Hears a Who

2008-04-01T19:48:00.000-07:00

I forgot I was going to post this the other day, but we took Lincoln to see "Horton Hears a Who" the other day. Great movie, I suggest that everyone go and see if (even if you don't have kids). I just had to share my favorite line from the movie: "My world has little ponies on it that eat butterflies and poop rainbows", said by the creepiest, weirdest character ever.

Mall Rats

2008-03-29T07:34:00.001-07:00

So I was at the mall yesterday and thought of one thing that drives me nuts and one thing that I think is odd. First off the pet peeve. There was actually a commercial that I saw the other day that ticked me off and maybe that's what got my mind thinking of this. The commercial talked about "trendy" shirts that were on sale. The problem is the kid was wearing an AC/DC shirt. Raise your hand if you would ever put trendy and AC/DC together. Hint: No one should be raising their hand. So back to the mall, I saw a kid wearing the very AC/DC shirt from the commercial. He was hanging out with a bunch of mall rat hommie g kids. I hate, hate, HATE it when people wear shirts that they have no idea who the band, movie, etc. is on the shirt. I'm going to start asking the kids wearing these shirts if they know what's on the shirt. If they don't know I'm going to make them take off the shirt and I'm going to confiscate the clothing. On one hand I'm glad companies are making these shirt because now I can get a Pink Floyd or Beatles shirt, but I don't want people wearing them that think AC/DC is just cool looking.

Now for the second observation. I'm trying to find a nice pair of tie up dress shoes (because apparently I'm viewed as incompetent if I wear slip on dress shoes to an interview). Anyway, if you've ever shopped at Macy's you know that you can't just try on a pair of shoes unless the size you need is the one on the rack. You have to take the shoe up to the cashier and tell them what size you need. Why is it that we say, "Can I SEE this in a size 10?" Do we just want to see the shoe? No, we want to try it on. If I was the cashier I would have come out with the shoes and shown them to the person then said something like, "what did you think that it would look different in a size 10?"

I'm crazy, what are you going to do about it?

Child Prodigy

2008-03-26T08:03:00.000-07:00

So my son Lincoln is a Wii Bowling Prodigy. He's only 3 and he beat me at bowling. He not only beat me, he beat me soundly. I promise that I tried as hard as I could to beat him. Here's the picture to prove it.

Puppy Time.

2008-03-10T20:43:00.000-07:00

Well Lincoln's birthday is tomorrow and he got one of his presents tonight. We are now owners of a dog. Our puppy is the one with the pink collar.

Here's how the dog (Shelby) feels about her leash.

Here's Ali taking charge.

Shelby is a Carin Terrier (Toto from the Wizard of Oz). It will be interesting to have a third kid. So far she's really good. We'll see how long that lasts.

Stop your crying!

2008-02-28T18:08:00.000-08:00

I read a story today that I'm sure comes around every 4 years. If you know what tomorrow is you'll know what I'm talking about. Tomorrow is leap year..day...thingy, whatever you call it, and for the people born on February 29th their birthday only comes around "once" every 4 years. I want all those people to quit stealing the spotlight and quit your crying. What about those born on March 1st. Every 4 years they have to wait an extra day for their birthday...wait a minute we all have to wait an extra day for our birthdays. I HATE LEAP YEAR!!!

iPhone Day

2008-02-28T08:00:00.000-08:00

Happy iPhone Day!!! I'm writing this as I sit by the door waiting for Fed Ex to arrive with my iPhone. I'll post again with pictures when it gets here. I'm just thinking of things to do until it gets here. The only bad thing is I can't use it until I get a job or graduate, but I'm still just as excited.

UPDATE: It just came. Here's proof.

The Shag Twins

2008-02-22T19:34:00.001-08:00

So I was cleaning off my camera (not the outside but the insides, you know the pictures) and I came accross this picture:
All I can say is I want our hair back.

#9 with a Sprite

2008-02-21T16:10:00.000-08:00

I was at the mall today and stopped with the kids at McDonald's. I got them kid's meals and I got myself a combo meal. At every other McDonald's in the world (at least outside of malls) the workers get your drinks. So I ordered my combo with a Sprite to drink and the worker said nothing. After I paid he handed me my cup. Then I realized that you get your own drinks. My question is, which is worse, having the employee tell you that you get your own drinks or them saying nothing then you feeling like an idiot when you realize you ordered a specific drink and the employee only pretended to enter it into the order? Just a thought.

Never Use Careerbuilder.com

2008-02-09T11:28:00.000-08:00

I just have to rant about something I did recently. I posted a profile on Careerbuilder.com...BIG MISTAKE!!! Almost immediately I started getting emails and phone calls from telemarketing firms that wanted "good people looking for great career opportunities". I did not go to college (almost 5 years) to be a telemarketer. I guess I should have asked if they were planning on paying me the $45,000/year that my degree should fetch me. So I went ahead and "deleted" my profile. I say "deleted" because I'm still getting emails and phone calls, and my profile is still on there. I finally had to go in and put a fake name, number, email address, etc. Apparently though some firms will go in there and download the new resumes that are posted, so I have the potential of still receiving phone calls for the next few weeks. So if you are looking for a job don't look there. You'll get calls from telemarketers wanting you to work for peanuts, but you'll have the chance to make it to the top with them. Ya...right.

My name is Kris and I'm a Don'treallyneeditaholic.

2008-02-08T10:46:00.000-08:00

So ask Stacy the one thing that I've been bugging her to let me buy and she'll tell you I want an iPhone. I have convinced her to let me get one when I graduate, so I came up with this:

I mean as if getting three months away from being done with school isn't enough motivation to quit. The reason I bring this all up is because do I really need an iPhone. Probably as much as a dog "needs" to sit up all night and bark his little heart out. Probably as much as my kids "need" to have a treat. Anyway, if any one knows of a DA (Don'treallyneeditaholic Anonymous) let me know, I NEED HELP.

Already the 8th?

2008-02-08T07:04:00.000-08:00

Is it really already the 8th. Crap! I have a library book due today!

I'd like the Half Pounder, please.

2008-02-08T06:16:00.000-08:00

I went to Wendy's the other day and had a random thought about something at McDonald's. I know that doesn't make much sense, but neither does calling a hamburger with 1/2 pound of meat a Double Quarter Pounder. Come on McDonald's call it what it really is: a Half Pounder. The other thing that happened when I opened one of my Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers, I got a bonus side salad. My burger had practically a whole head of lettuce on it. So there's my random thought for the time. I want everyone to join me in a petition to force McDonald's to change the name of the Double Quarter Pounder to the Half Pounder (maybe then I'll stop eating it).

Latest Pet Peeve

2008-01-29T13:17:00.000-08:00

Here's my latest pet peeve. You know when you get a wrong number and the conversation goes something like this (that is if your name's not Bob): Caller, "Is Bob there?" You, "I think you have the wrong number." Caller, "This is 555-6327, isn't it?" First problem here is even if they say the wrong number it's like they didn't believe that it was a wrong number, "It sure is 555-6327 and this is Bob. I was just kidding around with you." Second problem is if they said the right number they're still doubting the validity of your previous answer, "You know that is the right number and you must be right about Bob being at this number, let me see if I can find him." Seriously people if you call the wrong number just say sorry and hang up.

Wow

2008-01-17T21:13:00.000-08:00

Well I figured I should let everyone know that I'm not dead or anything (yet). School started last week and I'm in over my head. 18 credit hours (CRAZY). It's not only the fact that I have 18 credit hours, it's the fact that nearly every class has a huge group/individual project. I also wanted to let everyone know that I've broken down and started a file on Facebook.com, so look me up if you like.

I'm published too!

2007-12-10T18:08:00.000-08:00

I just found out today that a book that I did some work on is being published. I didn't want to have to show Marty up, but here's the first look at it.

That's right. It's a paper airplane book. I designed, folded, and test flew most of the planes in that book. I have battle scars to prove it. Multiple cuts on my hands and a near lost eye (one of the planes was named the "Head Hunter" for a reason. Normally I would encourage every one to go out and buy it, but it's not out yet and the company that produced it ripped off the company that I used to work for, so don't buy it.

Happy Next Year!!!

2007-12-06T08:36:00.000-08:00

I haven't written anything for awhile (as if the time stamp on the posts didn't tell you that). Semester's almost over, getting a little busy with finals and final projects. Anyway, this morning I had a random thought while taking out the garbage: Shouldn't our birthdays really be our "Happy New Year", and the New Year be more like "Happy Next Year"? Because technically a "New Year" for us would be from day we were born and moving from 2007 to 2008 would only be "Next Year". I hope that makes sense. Because it does to me. So everyone have a HAPPY NEXT YEAR!!!

P.S. I've been reading Mr. Davis' book "Shadows of Nothing", and it's really really good. It usually takes me about a month to two months to read a book of that length, but I'm almost done and I've only had it for three days. I suggest you get a copy, check out amazon.com or bn.com. He wrote it under the name M. Hal Davis. Highly recommended.

Wish List

2007-11-24T10:43:00.000-08:00

Just thought that if anyone wanted to they could take a look at my Christmas wish list and get me whatever they wanted to from the list. So here goes:

iPhone
The Millionaire Next Door (book, not my neighbor)
Christmas out of the month of November, well at least before Thanksgiving
A diploma
ALL THE LAKES TO FREEZE!!!

Not much, I want the last three things more than anything. So anyone that can help me out with that it would be great.

Come on ICE!

2007-11-23T21:48:00.001-08:00

It's that time of year again. Time for the crazies to get out on the frozen lakes and catch fish. This is the typical scene on a typical day ice fishing.

If you don't have one of these, you're not going to have a good time ice fishing. Pretty much you'll freeze your butt off and if your lucky catch a few fish. It helps soooooooo much to know whether or not you're actually above fish or not. Thank goodness for fish finders!

Wire bobbers are a lifesaver too. They help you see the light bites that you otherwise might not feel because fish don't always attack the bait like they do when the lake's not frozen.

Another shot of a beautiful day on the ice.

Thanksgiving's done...CHRISTMAS TIME!!!

2007-11-23T19:58:00.000-08:00

Hope every one had a great Thanksgiving. I know I did. But if you know me I don't celebrate Christmas until after Thanksgiving, but when I do I celebrate Christmas. So that's right boys and girls, it's Christmas time. I hope every one has a good Christmas season and that every one remembers what Christmas is all about...THE PRESENTS!!! Just kidding, anyway, have a good one every one.

New Web Site

2007-11-16T19:04:00.000-08:00

As part of a class that I have I have to construct a web site. It's a very basic web site but I thought it would be fun to take it live. It's not 100% done, so some of the links won't work, but check it out and if there's a typo or something doesn't look right let me know. It's hard to make sure that I'm spelling everything right and that the sentences flow when I'm typing it on notepad. Anyway the site is http://kristopher.lightfoot.angelfire.com/Default.htm. It's on a free site so you'll have to put up with the ads. Enjoy.

Appendix

2007-11-14T15:52:00.001-08:00

Just wanted to add an appendix to the post a few weeks ago about text book pet peeves. Appendices in text books, what's the point? If it's important enough to put it in the book just put it in the corresponding chapter. Not too hard.

PSOL, see Please See Other Line

2007-11-03T20:37:00.000-07:00

So I just got done taking an open book test. Which I'm grateful that it was open book, but it made me realize another thing that doesn't make sense to me. Why is it that when I look up something like UAT in the index that it can't just simply give me the page number right there? Why is it that it has to waste my time, not to mention the ink, to print "UAT, see User acceptance testing" and refer me somewhere else? Sometimes it's on the line above or below the acronym that I was looking up. When the test is 60 mins. long and there's 50 questions I don't have time to look in two places for the page number.

If You're Happy and You Know It...

2007-11-01T15:55:00.000-07:00

There's a song that I don't understand, "If You're Happy and You Know It". "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands. If you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it. If you're happy and you know it clap your hands". Okay, why is that it tells you to clap your hands if your happy but then it goes on to say that "your face will surely show it"? If my face is already showing it, then why do I need to clap my hands. I DON'T HAVE TO!!! I rest my case.

Random Thought

2007-10-31T09:12:00.000-07:00

Random thought I just had: Why do we always say, "get your shoes and socks on"? Shouldn't it be said in the order that we put them on? Shouldn't it be get your socks and shoes on. You can't very well put your shoes and then your socks on. Then again, I may be the only one that has been told and tells his kids to, "get your shoes and socks on".

Good Old Days

2007-10-29T20:46:00.000-07:00

Remember the good old days when ketchup was ketchup? Now days you have light ketchup, ketchup with calcium, ketchup with beta 12, ketchup with extra tomatoes, ketchup with ketchup added, etc. There's stuff added to stuff that should just be left alone. Or things that are made light that shouldn't be light. Like bacon, bacon should not be light.
The other funny thing that I saw today was a license plate cover that said, and I quote, "51% Angel 49% B**ch - Do You Want To Try Your Luck?" That wasn't the funny part. The funny part was that there was a 70 year old man driving the car. Note to self, never get a gender specific bumper sticker, license plate cover or license plate.

Tour of Utah

2007-10-29T16:28:00.000-07:00

Well I guess they're going to give it another shot next year. The Tour of Utah is back. Even better they are coming to O Town! Not just passing through either, ending here on day two. Check it out!

What A Weekend!

2007-10-27T18:57:00.000-07:00

What a weekend! I'm pooped. Friday afternoon Mr. Stayathomedad (AKA Me) took the kids to the Dinosaur Park. My sister and her kids, Lacey and her kids, and Annie and her kid came as well. Me and the ladies, it's a little weird, but it sure does help with school (not hanging out with the ladies, but not working).

This is caveman Lincoln, he was smiling bigger right before I took the picture too late.

This is monkey man Lincoln. He's either going to be a gymnast or a daredevil.
I don't know where Lincoln learned to push someone in a swing, but thanks to my gigantic telephoto lens I was able to get him pushing his cousin Grace in the swing. He's a good kid when he wants to be.
We tried to get Alivia to lie down for a little nap, but obviously with all the exciting noise around she couldn't sleep. She started peeking out to see what was going on.

Today (Saturday) took the kids to the Black Island Farms today. Good times. It was a little cold this morning, but the bad part was the dew. The slides were soaking wet. It was funny because Lincoln would start down the slide expecting to go fast, then he'd stop half way down.

This is him being himself and smiling for the camera.

This is Alivia being herself and smiling.

We did the little corn maze. We tired to freak the kids out by saying that we were lost, but they just wanted to pick the corn, which wasn't the point of the maize.We took the hay ride and they take you out to pumpkin patch where you pick out your very own pumpkin. There are thousands of pumpkins to pick from and even this late in the season all the pumpkins were great. It was a lot of fun.

The kids had quite the weekend, Dino Park Friday, Farm on Saturday. I need a break now.

Crime fighting to the MAX!

2007-10-24T09:08:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to share a little crime fighting story from last night...well actually this morning, but that's not important to the story. Anyway, I was up late doing some homework and didn't get to bed until about 12 AM. After I had settled in and was trying to sleep heard some men talking outside. So as snoopy as I am, I had to look to see who it was and what they were doing. When I couldn't see anything out front I laid back down. Stacy got up and looked out the other window and there were three guys smoking "something" (pretty sure it was the funky weed) outside the window below us. Stacy called the police and they got there in about three minutes (which was a surprise to us both). The three guys saw the officer and tried to hide behind the wall then they took off running. To make a long story short the police only caught one of them, but after talking to neighbors it sounds like it was one of the guys in the apartment building. Either way we felt pretty good about what we'd done when we finally got to sleep at about 2 AM. The cops were hoping that it was some vandals that have been breaking into cars around here. They said that there has been a break in about every night for the past two weeks.

I'm pretty sure we're nominated for the citizens of the month now.

PINK FLOYD!!!

2007-10-23T15:33:00.000-07:00

I forgot to tell everyone about the killer Aussie Pink Floyd show that I went to on Friday. They have come every year for the past four years and this was my second time seeing them. They are a Pink Floyd tribute band that is actually endorsed by Pink Floyd. This is their website: http://www.aussiefloyd.com/, highly recommended if you like Pink Floyd. Here are a few pictures that my father-in-law took with his camera phone.

We had good seats, which isn't hard to do at the E Center. They call it the Ford Theater (which my father-in-law decided wasn't the best name for a theater and that we'd never bring Lincoln there and sit on the balcony...little obscure history reference. If you don't get it do a Google search for Lincoln and Ford Theater). Essentially the Ford Theater is the E Center split in half, which makes it a great place for a concert.

They came out and play the entire album Dark Side of the Moon, took a 15 minute break then came back and played some of Pink Floyd's greatest hits. Like "Run Like Hell", "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II", "Wish You Were Here", etc. Great show and like I said before highly recommended. They have come September/Octoberish the past few years. So if you want to go next year just check out the website around July/Augustish to get the date.

School

2007-10-22T18:33:00.000-07:00

Just got out of class, my favorite class of all. All I have to do is sit there and listen to a speaker for an hour and I pass the class. I wish all of my classes were that easy and interesting. The speakers are CEOs, managers, accountants, etc. from local businesses. Tonight we had a good speaker. He made a great point about how people discount the things they are good at. For example people that are really good at art, but don't think they can do anything with that talent to make money, but there's marketing, graphics design, etc. This is what he suggested to find out what you're good at and how you can apply it to some career where you can make money. He said find somewhere to be completely alone, which is the hard part if you're anything like me, then you fold a piece of paper in half. On one column you label it "Activities". These are the activities that you enjoyed doing when you were younger, things that came naturally to you, and don't let yourself say, "Oh, that was nothing, I'll never be able to do that for a living". Next you label the next column principles, meaning the principles behind those activities. For example, if someone is good at and enjoys playing Monopoly, the principles behind Monopoly are strategy, negotiation, finance, etc. Therefore someone like that would be good at management. It's a business class so he geared his examples toward business majors, but I really think that it would apply to just about anything. Anyway, there's my two cents for the moment.

Plagiarizer

2007-10-16T15:29:00.000-07:00

I got to level with you all, I stole that last post from myself. Here's the whole comedy routine. Let me know what you think, I know it's kinda hard to read, just picture me saying. Here you go:

Have you ever noticed how in action movies they always show the hero in boot camp type training? You know they swing over a mud pit, climb over a wall, crawl under barbed wire. Part of the training camp always involves being blindfolded and constructing a gun. There’s always someone looking over their shoulder with a stop watch timing them. Why? Do they ever have to construct a gun under a certain time limit in the movie? Let alone in the dark? You always see them climbing walls or swinging from one building to another to get into the villain’s lair, but never building a gun in 30 seconds. Imagine it you see them as they’re being chased through a shopping center and they encounter a “Build a Gun” gun shop and what’s this, the power is out, no lights! Never happens. Don’t worry though I’m going to write an action movie and put a seen like that in it. I’ll even spoil the ending of my unmade movie right now: The hero dies at the end. That’s right he dies. That’s how I’m going to end it. The hero thought he was hot stuff and did not spend as much time building guns with a blindfold on as he should have and he’ll falter under the pressure and die. The men in ski masks will come in they’ll shoot the hero up good. Here’s something off the subject, why do they call them ski masks? Have you ever seen anyone skiing with one of those masks? No, but on the news they’ll talk about a bank that was robbed and the bank robber was wearing a “ski mask”. Yes I did make quotations because I think they should be called something different. I think the new name for “ski mask” needs to be robber mask or bad guy mask. Just a thought. So the hero dies. There you go now I don’t have to make my movie and you don’t have to see it. It’s one less thing that I have to procrastinate.
Procrastination. I looked up procrastination and you know what it literally means? Forward to tomorrow. That’s fitting I guess. While I was looking that up I found a website that promised to “finally stop procrastinating”. I was too busy to find out more so I’ll do it later. Just kidding, now we’ve all heard those jokes about procrastination but seriously don’t make a procrastinator do something, they’re just going to put it off till tomorrow. I personally think that procrastination is human nature and we shouldn’t feel bad for doing it. For example I made all this up about 20 minutes ago and I feel like it’s going great. I mean look at it this way, we put off death as long as we possibly can. Another side note, why do we send flowers or plants when someone dies? Isn’t that a little insensitive? “Sorry about your dad that died, but here’s a plant. So that every time you see it you’ll think of him. Then when the plant dies it will remind you again of your dead father.” So back to procrastinating death. Everyone wants to procrastinate death so why is putting off my bills such a bad thing, huh?
Speaking of things we shouldn’t do here’s another thing that we “shouldn’t do”, don’t drink and drive. There are commercials telling us not to do it, magazine ads, all that kind of stuff. I was driving the other day and I saw a license plate cover that said, “Don’t Drink and Drive.” At that point isn’t it a little too late. I mean, (in a drunken voice) “Dang, you mean I shouldn’t be in this car driving right now. Oops”. Then they pull over and throw up. Seriously though don’t drink and drive.
Another thing that I saw while driving was a license plate that said TJSRIDE. I think that means “TJ’s Ride”. You know what I’m going to do the next time that I see a license plate like that at a mall? I’m going to stand by the car till they come out. I’m going to pretend to be trying to use my keys to get into it and when they ask me what I’m doing I’m going to walk around to the back of the car. “TJSRIDE? Oh shoot! How embarrassing, I thought this was my ride, but obviously I’m mistaken because the plate clearly says that it’s your ride. Hi, you must be TJ.” I guess if the guy loses his car a lot the license plate could help him out. “Where is my dang car!? Oh there it is, TJSRIDE. That’s me, I’m TJ.” Or anti theft. Maybe TJ has a neighbor that recognizes TJ’s ride. “Heh honey isn’t that TJ’s ride? Wait a second that’s not TJ driving! What the heck is going on!? Quick call the cops!” Good old TJ.
The other thing that bugs me is when people put stuff like, “My other car is a bike” or “My other car is a boat”. Hate to burst your bubble folks a bike is not a car, a boat is not a car, a motorcycle is not a car, and an airplane is not a car. I want to get a license plate cover that says something like, “My other car is a zucchini” or “My other car is a loaf of bread.” Just to confuse people. “Is he a produce guy? What the…” “Is he a baker? I don’t get it.” In my current situation mine would read, “My other car is…wait this IS my other car”.
You know what makes me laugh? People with their crazy ring tones. You know the people. There’s one in about every office. They’re so eager to show off their new annoying ring tone to everyone around them, but the second that it goes off for real they’re embarrassed and they answer it as fast as they can. They’ll run clear across the office, leap over cubicles, they’ll even push down the boss. It’s greatest is when it goes off in a meeting and they try to act like it’s not their phone playing the theme from the Smurfs. “Huh, what phone? I don’t hear anything.” “Seriously dude you’re not fooling anyone. It’s coming from your pocket man.” I love it even more when Whity McWhite has some gansta rap as their ring tone and it goes off in front of some folks from the “hood”. I love it when guys have their girlfriend’s favorite song as their ring tone. They’re hanging with their “boys” and suddenly you hear Barbara Streisand break out into “Memories” or something totally girly. Or when it’s a really offensive song and they’re talking with their boss, suddenly you have something in your pocket talking about pimps and hoes.
Another thing that makes me laugh is the stupid things that people, including me, say. Like, “The first chance he has, he’s going to be out of here”, as opposed to waiting for the second chance for something to happen. “Here’s your chance”, “No thanks I’ll wait for the second chance”. I used to work in the mall and I had a lady come in and ask the time. She was wearing a watch and I think she saw me look at it because she promptly said that the battery had died. Then she turned to her friend in all seriousness and said, "I wonder what time the battery died". When I was in high school I used to bring my guitar to school and people would honestly ask me, “Do you play the guitar?”, no I just carry the case around for the fun of it.

Too much time to think.

2007-10-16T14:54:00.000-07:00

So now that I'm a stay-at-home dad I have been thinking about things, that is when I'm not doing homework, like when I do the dishes or I'm cleaning the house. Anyway, I think about some weird stuff. Like if time flies when you're having fun, and a watched pot never boils, what happens if you're idea of fun is watching a pot of water boil? Just a thought. The other time that I have to think is while on the road, to and from school. The thing that I've observed while driving around is the stupid vanity license plates that some people have. I saw one that said MCSRIDE, I would imagine that it means MC's Ride, but I could be wrong. Now do you really need a license plate to tell you which car is yours? I wish I could have been at the mall when I saw that because I would have waited at the car and been acting like I was trying to get in. Just so when "MC" came out and asked me what I was doing I could walk around to the back and say, "Oh, my bad. I thought this was my car, but obviously it's MC's ride. You must be MC". I want to get a vanity plate and either just make it totally random like "J4HH35" and tell people that it means something or purposely spell it wrong so when people ask me what it means I could tell them that it was supposed to say something else.
Speaking of license plates those little covers drive me nuts too. I see ones all the time that say, "My other car is a...", I got news for you people a bike is not a car, an airplane is not a car, a golf cart is close, but still not a car. I want to get a cover that says, "My other car is a zucchini" just so it will keep people guessing, "Is he a gardener, is he a produce guy, I don't get that."

Well there's a few random thoughts from the vacuum of space also know as my mind.

2007-10-09T20:37:00.000-07:00

Well there's the new look of the blog. Hope you all like it. I found out the other day that there are more people like me. Meaning people that think that the ski mask either needs to be renamed or given the respect it deserves. Crooks wear ski masks now, not skiers. If you do a search on MSN for robber's ski mask you'll pull up a few web sites that share my view. I also found out today that another name for a ski mask is a balaclava. There's another useless fact for ya all.

2007-10-09T16:08:00.000-07:00

So here I am again, sitting at school before class starts and burnt out from doing homework all day, and I've decided that I need to write a little something. So here goes: something. Get it a "little" something. Anyway, I just wanted to share something that I thought was funny. When I used to work at Spring Communications I had a lady come in and ask the time. She was wearing a watch and I think she saw me look at it because she promptly said that the battery had died. Then she turned to her friend in all seriousness and said, "I wonder what time the battery died". I had to go into the back room to hide because I was laughing so hard. In the coming days I think I'm going to post the script of my stand up routine that my wife doesn't think that I will ever really do. I need to rewrite a few things first and you will also have to picture me doing it (it's funnier that way). If anyone knows of a local comedy club or anything that does an open mic night let me know, I have to prove my wife wrong.

2007-09-20T20:10:00.000-07:00

Well it's official. I think I've given up hope for cycling. Floyd Landis was convicted of doping and stripped of his Tour de France champion title. I still don't think he did it, but I guess i wasn't on the arbitration panel. Let's hope it cleans up before it's too late. Here's the story: http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/13354.0.html

2007-09-18T17:39:00.000-07:00

Well sorry again, but I'm still swamped with school. I'm taking 19 credit hours so I can get done next semester. Here's a few pictures of the kids.

2007-06-28T21:09:00.001-07:00

Sorry it's been awhile but I have been swamped with school. I've still been taking pictures and mybe one of these days when I'm not busy I'll post some. Sorry got to go baby's crying.

2007-06-17T21:00:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have some of my pictures on istockphoto.com. It's a cool site where you get paid for your pictures. So if you want to buy one of my pictures...too bad, you can't afford me.

2007-06-11T19:59:00.000-07:00

Here are a few "action" shots of Lincoln going down a slide. He loves his slides.

2007-06-10T20:09:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures that I, obviously, did not take. Just me and Lincoln fishing, just fishing, no catching going on.

Here's our little water baby.
Our little tumbler.

Another of the water baby.
I love this one because, for some reason or another, black and white pictures really seem to freeze the picture and to feel like Lincoln is sitting still is great.
This one is just so Lincoln.

2007-05-29T15:38:00.000-07:00

Here are some great, well I think so anyway, pictures from Pineview. We got to the water at about 6:15 in the morning. Good fun for everyone.

Fire weekend

2007-05-23T15:34:00.001-07:00

We had a fun filled weekend of camp fires in the comfort of the back yard. Here's some pictures of all the fun. Luckily no one was burned during the production of these pictures.

This is Lincoln being trailed by Missy, just incase Lincoln drops any food that he might be carrying.

Here is my little pyro in the making. Look at the way he is hypnotized by the fire.

Here's Missy, she's a bit camera shy.

Here's Alivia being as happy as alway.

Again Missy keeping a close eye on Lincoln so that no food goes to waste.

"Vacation"

2007-05-15T15:39:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from our "vacation". I say "vacation" because it was more work than not. Enjoy.

Little Alivia
Lincoln
Jeffrey
Kris...I mean, Keith and Grace
Jack

2007-05-10T19:57:00.000-07:00

Here's a few more pictures.

Here's my little "floor potatoes". They love watching Micky Mouse Club together...for about 20 seconds then they're back to screaming.

This is Lincoln trying to be just like Missy, his doggy friend. He even eats off the floor sometimes. I'll get a picture of it some day.

This is Lincoln taking after his dad. I tried to tell him that he'd get beat up if he dressed like that but...

he didn't listen, don't worry though you should see the other kid. We're calling him "Rocky" till it fades.

2007-05-05T10:33:00.000-07:00

Just going through some old pictures and feeling a bit sentimental. I bought my first motorcycle and immediately repainted it. It was a great bike, but too many possible problems. So here are some before and after pictures. I did all the work myself (whether you think it's good or bad).

Before

In between

After

2007-05-01T14:36:00.000-07:00

Here's a few shots from the Dinosaur Park in Ogden, Utah.