We watched Borat tonight on dvd. A bit of a letdown since it has been built up so much. Not that it wasn't funny, but I'm not sure why People gave it 4 out of 4 stars. They never give anything 4 stars. I give it 6/10, it definitely had its moments.
After it was over we realized how sad we are. We were watching the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, on a Saturday night, with the kids in bed. And actually somewhat enjoying it.
Lexi's been listening to music lately and dancing around her bedroom. We put a cd player in there so she could listen to the cd's that her Uncle Jeff got her. She especially likes the Sippy Cups and Apples in Stereo. I like them too, and you can usually find me dancing away in there with her. She likes to shake her booty, though her normal dancing style is running around in a circle bobbing her head.
The other night was a classic night. Mandy blames it on me giving Lexi some Coke. That was about 4 pm and she probably had about 4 ounces of it, so I'm not sure it was my fault, but Lexi wouldn't go to bed all night. She probably conked out about 2 am finally. But at 1 am I was jolted awake to music playing. I thought it was my alarm and that morning had finally come, but then realized it was coming from Lexi's room. She had turned the stereo all the way up then hit Play. When I got to her room she was lying on her bed with her hands over her head, partly because of the volume, and partly, I'm sure, in preparation for the yelling she knew I was going to be doing. The next day she kept saying, "Music loud...daddy mad".
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Noe gets older
Pics of Noah, Stories of Lexi:
We told Lexi that she could get a sticker for every night she stays in bed the whole night. I asked her, "What do you get if you stay in bed all night?" and she replied, "A sticker!". I asked, "What do you get if you don't stay in bed all night"? She said, "A taco"!
Then tonight we were singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little star, how I wonder what you...television".
She also told me, "Just a minute" a couple of times today. "Lexi, let's go inside now."
"Just a minute".
Monday, March 12, 2007
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Lamps
Sweet lamp here
I'm not buying a lamp. I just saw this one and thought it was mecha-awesome, like my throbbing foot.
And while we're on the subject of awesome furniture coupled with lousy customer service, have you ever been in a Design Within Reach store? A friend was telling me about his experience going in there one day...said he went in and there was a woman behind a computer sitting at the desk, totally ignored him at first. He looked around for a few minutes and she finally asked, "How are you today?", and that was it. Never asked if he needed help, never offered any information, nothing.
When he finished I told him I had the exact same experience, except the lady at least asked me how I was within a few seconds of entering the store rather than waiting until I'd been browsing for awhile.
I tell you, that furniture better give my kids a bath and put them to bed if it's so goddam good that you don't need to put any effort into selling it.
I'm not buying a lamp. I just saw this one and thought it was mecha-awesome, like my throbbing foot.
And while we're on the subject of awesome furniture coupled with lousy customer service, have you ever been in a Design Within Reach store? A friend was telling me about his experience going in there one day...said he went in and there was a woman behind a computer sitting at the desk, totally ignored him at first. He looked around for a few minutes and she finally asked, "How are you today?", and that was it. Never asked if he needed help, never offered any information, nothing.
When he finished I told him I had the exact same experience, except the lady at least asked me how I was within a few seconds of entering the store rather than waiting until I'd been browsing for awhile.
I tell you, that furniture better give my kids a bath and put them to bed if it's so goddam good that you don't need to put any effort into selling it.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Birthday Castle
It's always easier to just throw up a picture and show how cute they are than try to explain why they keep me up at night.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Dinosaurs
I know there are some of those out there that know you're getting old, but it's still kind of new for me. Sure, I've got more gray hairs than I would like and the kids and mortgage payment are good indicators that I'm getting up there, but what really does it for me is seeing bands that I used to listen to reforming and heading back out on tour.
There are bands that do this every few years (The Eagles, Van Halen), then there are bands that should have hung up their guitars decades ago (Rolling Stones), but the one that's hitting home for me is Dinosaur Jr.
Maybe the Pixies started it a few years ago. Which is funny because I was telling a co-worker around that same time that if they ever got back together again, I would go see them no matter where they were playing. Turns out it was at the Gorge, in Washington, and the enormo-dome Sasquatch fest, and I don't like those big festival shows, so I didn't go. Another sign of my fogeyness, perhaps?
But when I saw a post on Pitchfork about Dinosaur Jr. getting together again I just about crapped my pants. You've got to see the accompanying photo.
J. Mascis looks like a complete goober. His long, stringy hair is now gray and he's still got those big fucking glasses like my mom wore in the 80's. Not sure if he's trying to show how non-trendy he is, but somewhere he made a huge mistake in optical fashion trends.
Lou Barlow looks about the same, maybe a few pounds heavier, and Murph has a giant bald head and looks kind of like James Carville.
I don't mean to single them out to be rude, it's just that in a couple more years it's going to be me and that's scary.
There are bands that do this every few years (The Eagles, Van Halen), then there are bands that should have hung up their guitars decades ago (Rolling Stones), but the one that's hitting home for me is Dinosaur Jr.
Maybe the Pixies started it a few years ago. Which is funny because I was telling a co-worker around that same time that if they ever got back together again, I would go see them no matter where they were playing. Turns out it was at the Gorge, in Washington, and the enormo-dome Sasquatch fest, and I don't like those big festival shows, so I didn't go. Another sign of my fogeyness, perhaps?
But when I saw a post on Pitchfork about Dinosaur Jr. getting together again I just about crapped my pants. You've got to see the accompanying photo.
J. Mascis looks like a complete goober. His long, stringy hair is now gray and he's still got those big fucking glasses like my mom wore in the 80's. Not sure if he's trying to show how non-trendy he is, but somewhere he made a huge mistake in optical fashion trends.
Lou Barlow looks about the same, maybe a few pounds heavier, and Murph has a giant bald head and looks kind of like James Carville.
I don't mean to single them out to be rude, it's just that in a couple more years it's going to be me and that's scary.
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