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2005-09-06 20:52:00 - Hazah! I got my watch back.
After what seems like forever but was probably only two months, I finally have my Swiss Army watch back.
At the beginning, I noticed my watch was slowing down by huge gaps at a time. It would keep perfect time for awhile and than bam it'd be 30 minutes slow. So I thought the battery was failing and took it into the jeweler.
They sent it away and after two weeks told me no it wasn't the battery but the movement which is all greek to me but I can hazard that it means the turning of the hands. They said it would cost $120 for repair.
I wasn't prepared to spend $120 on a watch I had barely had for a year. So I asked for it back. Jenn, who bought the watch for me, scrounged up the receipt and found out their was a warranty. She took care of packing it up and sending it off to Swiss Army and bless her heart for it because I'd probably have dragged my feet for awhile on it (I'm silly like that).
Fast forward to today. We had received a letter saying that Swiss Army had it and that we'd have to pay for any repairs that weren't covered under the warranty (such as replacing the battery). Well I got my watch today and guess how much I had to pay? The big 0!
Consider me happy and impressed with Swiss Army. Yeah it's been awhile and my arm has forgotten what it's like to have a watch on it but I'm just glad it's fixed.
So hazah!
2005-08-30 21:32:00 - My kids or I'm still a child.
As I finished taking my shower last night after another night of working out (eight months and counting), I came into the bedroom where Jenn was watching a biography on Emiril. I learned two things from the last two minutes of this biography, one which started me thinking about this entry and the other was the origin of the mystical word we all know and cringe at yet secretly say under our breadth.
BAM!
The other, more introspective part I caught was about Emiril and his tenuous relationship with his kids. In almost all biographies of celebrities there is that part where the narrator says 'But in the shadows, Bob Celebrities family was suffering. Long hours and a hectic schedule kept Bob from his wife and kids. Soon, the kids began to resent him.' And Emiril admits he was a lousy father when his kids were young. But to him, there are two parts to raising a kid. The baby part which Emiril was uh not so much. And the second part which I assume is the more adolscent part. Where the kids in their more dramatic years of growth, if not physically than mentally. And that is the part he's exceling at. Congrats Emiril.
But really, the father I want to be, is a father who is there for both parts, who doesn't even see two parts to raising his kids. I don't want to be an Emiril Dad (tm). On the flip side, I'm pretty sure I don't want to be too much like my father either. Don't get me wrong, I've said a couple times in here that I respect my father and I think he did a pretty good job raising us. But for those who've met him, you know he's a pretty reserved guy. It's taken my entire life and confined car rides to really get my father to open up. He's not a talkative guy.
Neither am I but well more than him. Nor do I want to be the overall involved, always smiling, dad of the year parent. To me, that's Eric Robinson. He's a neighbor of my parents and is/was my optometrist. Really great man, kids have a blast with him and another father I respect tremendously. But I don't want to be him either. Because I know behind the curtain of smiling faces, the entire Robinson family is a row of white smiling teeth with glasses of course, are kids who don't see their father the way I see him. The probably see him as intrusive and overbearing. I can't be sure but it's my guess. And kids, especially when they get into their teens, resent this more than anything else.
Now it's very likely I'll end up with both my dad's quietness and Eric's exhuberance and that would probably be a good dad. No one could really blame a dad like that.
But I want to be a dad whose there for his kids but lets them explore without the worry of a father being there and not being there. I want to be a father who helps my kids feel and enjoy life. I don't want to use my children as a source of enjoyment to fill a void in my life. I don't want to make my childs life, my life. I want to bring up a child who is happy, smart, self-reliant, confident and moral.
And in order to do that I'd probably have to spend a good portion of my time with my kid. Not being his buddy 24/7 but also working in the background for events that will surely come in the future. It's a lot of work. I know it. Not sure how. I guess my father taught me that but I know it. A father, with the mother, hasto enjoy doing this and it's a tall order. It's an order I know, at the moment, I couldn't fill.
Right now, this very second I am all about myself and Jenn. That's it. There's no other room for anyone else. I'm not talking about friends or family. Those are different types of bonds. I'm talking about your soul mate and your children. That's about as close as it gets. And right now, my attentions are on myself and Jenn. It might sound selfish but I am. I am selfish of my life and Jenn's. It's my only one to enjoy and there are certain things I can do now that I won't be able to do when I have a child. When I have a child, I will freely enjoy that time with them but when I do, I will know that my attention, is on them.
And that's what a good family is to me. Not just parents. That's squat. Any two people can get married and have a kid. That's easier than getting divorced. No, a good family is an attentive family. A family that is ready for the challenges and faces them together. Life doesn't work that way I'll grant you but I am working my hardest to live it that way.
Oh and Bam!? Yeah that came from Emiril apparently shooting several shows a day, sometimes 20 hours in a day. He came up with yelling bam into the microphone to wake up his producers who were falling asleep.
2005-08-25 00:26:00 - I'm a nerd!!! Well duh.
| Pure Nerd 56 % Nerd, 30% Geek, 21% Dork |
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For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in all Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd. The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful. Congratulations! |
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My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on OkCupid Free Online Dating |
2005-08-07 20:57:00 - Reclassification
So the FCC reclassified DSL as an an "Information Service" from the previous "telecommunications" classification. If you boil this down, which I haven't, it means phone companies don't need to share "their" phone lines. And by "their" phone lines, I mean the phone lines the tax payers paid for.
But anywho, so hooray! This is going to stimulate broadband. Nothing urges companies on like being the only one in the marketplace.
Zane!
2005-08-06 00:55:00 - Sometimes it's the small things that matter.
No, I'm not talking about my penis.
I just finished watching The Longest Yard (the remake, not the original which I haven't seen). It's not a movie I'd recommend to my friends, my enemies, or the Canadians. As a movie, it's filled with sterotypes that make you cringe but they soften that with the message that deep inside every convicted felon is really a nice guy who wants to play some football. There's a lot in this movie to hate and it's not hard to dimiss this as a piece of shit which it is.
But if you're bored on a dull night, watch The Longest Yard for the smaller things. The little jokes they throw in kill. The appearance by Rob Schneider at the end with the classic (well maybe it's classic) 'You can do it!' line from Waterboy is a simple homage to that movie and is clearly a snub at critics who probably snub this movie as Waterboy 2: Jailtime. (That's not a real link)
As a whole I hated this movie. Just awful. Not worth your time. But for the little jokes, the sarcastic side comments that are just barely audible and the unexpected irrevrance of the movie gave me a warm feeling tonight.
Couple of choice quotes:
Guard/Player 1 - "...My nipples are killing me."
Guard/Player 2 - "Why are we talking about your nipples?"
Guard/Player 1 - "We're not it's just.."
The tone Guard 2 uses is just great. That's acting right there. That mother fucker deserves the stupid paycheck Adam Sandler or Burt Reynolds probably pulled down for this thing.
Warden - "That's a week in the hotbox!"
Convict - "Who gives a shit!"
Said off screen by Bill Goldberg's character who you might remember from such gems as The Universal Soldier and World Wrestling. Too bad your movie career didn't take off like the Rock's huh Goldberg.
p.s. please don't kill me.
Speaking of brick walls, this mother fucker, Dalip Singh is a mountain. A mountain you say? Yeah I'd call a 7'2" and 400 pound guy a mountain. Goddamn! This fuckers got muscles with muscles on them bigger than all my muscles put together.
All two of them.
And yes, the Goddamn! is from Chris Rock, who doesn't do anything to special but has a few Chris Rock moments that make you appreciate him in film.
Look at me, I'm writing a movie review!
Oh yeah, by the way, that penis joke at the beginning? I think we all know my wang is huge. Thanks, just clarifying.