Monday

Yeah, so my last post sounded way depressing and ticked off. Don't know why cuz I felt fine. Probably just because I was tired and ready for bed. I can't tell you how many typos I had to fix before i could post that.

So yesterday was fun, we went to Brandon Hamburg and Liz Knoll (now Hamburg)'s wedding. It was very short and sweet, and then the reception was awesome. I will say this though - I don't appreciate that open bar as much now as I did then. No, I didn't get drunk, but I did fall asleep by 9:15 at home last night. Pretty nice evening though - I even danced with Melissa for a dance. I had to call it quits when they started doing more than just slow dancing. I don't know how to do anything else, and have never brought myself to learn. Oh well.

So back at work today. How was your weekend? I hope you found something fun to do. I think next weekend we're going to just be spontaneous and pick an activity. I know it kind of defeats the purpose of saying "spontaneous" if you're planning it, so we'll just not plan anything till we wake up. Fun fun fun.

I don't know that I really have that much to say today - I just wanted to counter balance the negativity I sensed in the last post. I hope you have a great day, whoever you are. Later,

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Weekend's here, having fun yet?

Alright, so I have an idea, but it's going to take a lot of people to get this done.  I want to petition for a change.  A change in the calendar.  We need to add an extra day or two to the week so that we can actually have free time on the weekend!!  I know I know, someone once told me that I'd never have free time 'till after I graduated from college, and yes, I know that God knew what He was doing when He made the earth and rested on the 7th day, but I think He'd understand.  Every time a weekend gets here I naively thing "hey, nothing to do this weekend, yay!"  ........    Yeah, so we ALWAYS have something to do over the weekend.  We just do - it's our destiny.  This weekend, Melissa had baby shower 1 of 3, Ryan and I went to the range, had two meals with my dad, and then James and Lynne came over and we hung out 'till a little after midnight.  Did you happen to see the part where Melissa and I just hung out at home with nothing to do?  Oh, what you missed that part?  No, because it wasn't there.  No I'm not being bitter, and no I'm not having a pity party, I just think this is one good reason we need extra days in our weekends.  The five work days-

Fine, you know what, don't listen.  I know I was just boring you with that topic, and heaven forbid I ever write anything boring or slightly off the beaten path.  I'll just give up on the creative side of my brain and quit thinking outside the box.  Sheesh.

So, I said we went to the range today - tried out the new shotgun I bought on Tuesday.  It's so sweet.  Here's a link to the manufacturer's website.  It's the last one on the page.  It's really pretty nice even though it was really cheap.  The barrel is only 1/2 " longer than the federal limit, so that's a nice perk.

I think I was going to make this post a fairly nice size, but it's 2:03 am, and we have to be at church in 7:45 minutes, at least 1.5 hr's of which I will not be asleep for, so I'm calling it quits for tonight.  Later,

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Fun at Four

So, (ominous music playing) ever been woken up at four A.M. to someone jiggling your door handle?  Yeah, it's not as fun as it sounds.  Then again, if you think that sounds fun, there is something majorly wrong with you.  Seek help.  No seriously, go find help.  Pay good money.  Anywho, back on topic, someone did that this morning.  It was weird too, because I was having a kind of cool dream about someone breaking in and me beating the crud out of them.  I will be totally honest here, when I heard the door handle moving, my bravery disappeared like cheap beer at a bachelor party.  You may think, "don't worry, I would have been scared too," but I'm supposed to be the brave one who protects my family.  My first thought was, "don't worry, you're still dreaming."  When it happened again a few seconds later, my second thought was, "crap, I gotta go out there and check it out."  So, with gun and giant Mag Light, I cleared my apartment.  Thankfully no one was there.  I would hate to hurt someone, and hollow points are expensive and I don't feel like buying more right now.  Yes, that was me sounding tough to offset my aforementioned loss of bravery in the face of possible danger.  I got to thinking today, what would have happened if there was someone in the apartment or trying to get into the apartment?  The (hopefully) obvious answer is first call 911.  But what if they make it inside before the cops get here?  Time for Dane the Fearless to respond.  That's a sucky feeling.  Yeah, I'm positive I could easily put a 140 grain Cor-Bon DPX hollow point directly between their eyes, but I have no desire to.  Why would you ever purposely kill someone?  So all that to say, it's a tough spot to be in if someone is trying to gain entry into your home.  So that was freaky, and the end to our peaceful sleep.  Rest of the day went fine except for the rain on the way home.  Veeeeery wet.  Tomorrow I'm going to look at shotguns and big locking bolts (bolts for the door and shotgun for me).  Shotguns are nice for home defense because even if someone makes it into your home, you can just pump a round into your shotgun, and they'll leave.  A) because they don't know how big of a gauge you have, and B) they don't know what kind of mean crap you have in there.  Some people sell some pretty mean loads for 12 gauge shotguns.

What's going on with you this week?  Any movies you seen lately?  Let me know.

Sad but semi-true proof you're getting old.  It's 9:40 at night, and I'm going to bed.  I bid you good evening.  Later,

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Friday!!

Hey people, really busy today, but I HAD to post this. Can you imagine if this happened here?? My gosh the news media and ACLU and FBI and CIA and every other acronymic government entity would be swarming all over the place. We'd blame it on some Middle-Eastern country, invade some innocent country like Luxembourg or something and all hell would break loose. Sheesh. See for yourself:

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's military Thursday offered compensation to a homeowner after a small rocket veered off course and hit his country house outside Moscow.
Russian Internet chatrooms were buzzing late Wednesday after local news agencies reported that "an unidentified flying object dropped two bombs near Moscow."
A defense ministry official told Reuters two rockets had gone astray during a military exercise near Moscow Wednesday afternoon. One hit the roof of an unoccupied house 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away.
"The damage is estimated at 60,000 rubles ($2,466). It will be compensated for in two days," said Yevgeny Konashenkov, spokesman for Russian land troops. "The owner of the house treats the incident with understanding. He has no legal claims."
Luckily for the nearby compound of cottage houses, the rockets disconnected at launch from the load of explosives they normally carry to clear minefields.

Slight Overkill on the Gun Control

So, I just thought this was funny. The law states that any firearm not in use must be kept locked, unloaded, and/or separate from the ammo. If a minor has access to both unlocked gun and ammo, many legal issues can follow (it's a felony). So, since I'm only carrying one gun right now, my other one is at home locked up. I just had to post pictures because I only have one gun lock, and the gun is really tiny.

Yes that's the whole thing. We're talking deck of cards, here. In fact, I think the trigger lock weighs the same amount as the gun does.

Here's a good way to tell how small that gun is. The bullet on the right is a .40 JHP made by Cor-Bon. That's what I typically keep in my Glock. The bullet on the left is a .25 JHP made by Speer, and yes, that's what goes in that little gun. Yes, that is a guitar pick (roughly the size of a quarter) to demonstrate just how small those little bullets are. Tiiiiiny.

Read a good quote today. "If you have to call 911, it's probably already too late." That pretty much sums up the reason most people carry concealed weapons. Makes sense, say someone is trying to mug you. You can't say, "hang on for a sec while I call the cops," but you can pull out your legally concealed firearm and scare them off, or if need be, defend yourself in a very incapacitating manner.

So what's up? We have another ultrasound scheduled today. I tell ya, if the doctor's office wasn't paying for these, I'd be broke. Oh well.

Anywho, only an hour and a half left in this workday, so I'll ttyl. Maybe I'll post some ultrasound pics up here later.

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I have more pictures! Yes, they're just of my bike, but I got the Sissy Bar in, and wanted to put a couple pics up so you can see. My sister's only comment was, "It looks like a motorcycle now!" I'm not sure I want to know what she thought it looked like before... Anyway, this was soooo much easier to install. It works great, too. Haven't had anyone ride on it yet, but that is absolutely OK. I don't know if you can tell, but I washed the bike yesterday, so I think the chrome looks a lot better now. That stuff is so hard to keep clean! Plus, everytime I get rained on (like tomorrow and maybe tonight) it just gets dirty again. Stupid Houston weather. Oh well, what can ya do?

So Melissa's sister Morgan gets back from 4 months in England tomorrow. It seems like forever that she's been gone - we all missed her I think... Yeah we did.

Man, traffic today was AWFUL on the way to work. I spent almost 15 minutes in bumper-to-bumper traffic. That doesn't sound bad unless you consider that my whole drive is usually 15 minutes, and bumper-to-bumper means I'm walking the bike. That's tiring.

Anyway, I have lots to get done, so this is all for today. Later.

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Friday...yay

I have pictures for the first time in forever! This is my motorcycle with the new luggage rack my father got me for Christmas. Nice huh? Yeah, it took like an hour and a half to put on. Crazy. It looked easy - take off four screws and put on four new ones. NO NO NO. Take off five screws, two of which are a different size, and three of which are almost IMPOSSIBLE to remove without special tools. Did I mention we did it outside and it was COLD? Yeah, waaaaay fun. Ok so maybe it was a little fun. It looks nice I think and will look even better once the Sissy Bar comes in on Monday. Stop laugh- no, stop laughing! That's what it's called. It's a back rest for the second rider on a motorcycle. No, I'm not giving rides to anyone cuz I don't want to overload my bike - I take up over half the capacity by myself. It's so I can strap stuff on the bike and carry more. Back packs can only carry so much before they start hurting your shoulders.

So I read an interesting story today on Yahoo. Here's the LINK. Window washer in New York fell 47 stories (500 ft) and is expected to walk again! That's insane.

I know I'm a couple days late asking this, but does anybody have a New Year's Resolution they'd like to share with....everybody else?

Again, been forever...

Sooo, what's new? It's been like another week, and last night Melissa asked me why I haven't posted in forever, and I couldn't really come up with another idea. Problem is, I typically post when I have something to make fun of, or something I'm mad at. This is not always good posting material, so I try not to do it too much. Buncha tiny words in that last sentence, still with me? Good. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you're doing just fine - it won't get any clearer.

So I talked about Christmas right? Lots of good stuff. Hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday season. Was New Year's good for you? Lots of fireworks and merriment? Good, cuz you won't get another holiday for like five months!! HA HA HA. Yeah, that's one bad thing about our years, they didn't balance out the holidays very well, so at the end of the year you get like four or five and the beginning of the year has none. Who designed it that way? Oh well, no sense crying over it now. I had a pretty nice New Year's Eve...ning. It was COLD though! Brrrr!! Then again, if you compare my ride to work this morning with the temperature on Monday night, that was a sauna! It was 29 degrees out the door today! You know what that is with the wind chill? TEN DEGREES!!!! Yikes is right. My fingers are still cold and I've been at work with a cup of coffee since 7:30. I even wore four layers. I am officially ready for it to be hot again. 90 degrees would be great. Now that I talk about hot weather, some of these layers are getting hot. Be back in a minute...



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Ok, feeling much better now. So really, what's up with you? Seen any good movies? The last two movies I went to were pretty good. Good thing too, cuz I saw them both twice. I Am Legend and National Treasure 2. NT2 wasn't as good as IAL, but it was still good.

I think I had too much time off. I had six days with no work, and now I REALLY don't want to be back. Oh well. Know what's crazy? I took off all my layers earlier, and now I'm freezing again, and I have to go put some back on. Maybe not all of them, but at least one layer. Sheesh. I'm going now. I'll try to post again tomorrow. Later.

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Already Over...

And just like that, it's all over. People say, "but the Holidays are still here," but it doesn't feel like it. New Years is a totally different holiday than Christmas. New Years celebrations are nothing like Christmas celebrations except for the people gathering and eating. The gift-giving (and receiving) is over, and people are starting to resort back to their typical I'm-better-than-you-so-bug-off mentality. Yeah, I'm excited that 2007 is almost over, and I'm sure fireworks will be fun as ever, but I hate that Christmas disappears so quickly. We should turn Christmas into like a week-long celebration. That whole Twelve Days of Christmas, we should resurrect that! Christmas is like your birthday: it takes forever to get here, suddenly it's right around the corner, and then in a flash it's gone! Every year I realize about 7 pm on December 25th that Christmas is over for the year. After 7, most people I know are starting to head home and get ready for the work day ahead. I dunno, it just sucks.

On the brighter side of life, how was your Christmas? Get good stuff? Fine, if you insist, I'll list what I got cuz I know you're just dying to find out.

1. Red and Black LEATHER motorcycle jacket.
2. Brown Leather Cuff
3. Red, Black, and White motorcyle gloves
4. Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End
5. Chronicles of Riddick 3 Disc set
6. Stealth (DVD)
7. Gun Magazine
8. Travel Coffee Mug and Thermos
9. Candy
10. Starbucks Gift cards
11. Gander Mountain gift card
12. iTunes gift card
13. cash
14. Sissy Bar and Luggage rack for my motorcycle
15. Day-by-day calendar
16. Financial books
17. Dress Shirt
18. Tie
19. Really sweet free verse poem from my wife
20. Flashlight
19. Bourne Ultimatum (DVD)
20. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
21. Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
22. Hand-made Scarf
23. Book on Police Heroes
24. More Candy

I think there was some other stuff, but I really can't remember it right now. Anyway, I should probably get to work since I've been here almost 1.5 hrs and haven't done anything yet but make coffee. Later,

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It's been forever, I know...

So, I haven't posted in a little while, but no one complained or reminded me, so there. I'll try to be more frequent so that if anyone cares they won't be dissappointed. I probably mispelled that and mispell because I do everytime, but Lynne Singleton will faithfully correct me because she does that. Anywho....

So today is a special day... Melissa and I have been married for Two Years today!! Yay yay yay, congratulations to us! It's been a fast two years, and definitely doesn't seem like that long, but we have certainly been through more than our share of...stuff. We're going on a much needed date tonight, so that will be good. I can hardly believe it's been two years, especially since I can remember our wedding day like it was yesterday. I think I honestly remember everything about that day. Get your mind out of the gutter. :) So yeah, that's a wonderful thing about today.

In other news, it's only 8 days till Christmas!! Presents presents presents and MORE presents!!! Oh, and we're going to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. That's really the important reason. The AWESOME presents just highlight the wonderfulness of the day. Melissa and I have been giving each other one gift a day since the 14th. Sort of a twelve days of Christmas count down. It's fun. She's gonna love what I'm giving her tonight, but I can't tell you or she'll find out.

So, anybody getting anything good for Christmas? Yes, I'm implying that (gasp) you know what you're getting. I know a few things I'm getting, but that's partly because people just asked, "what can I get you" and I told them one thing and they said "ok." It's really that simple. If that sounds like a horrible idea, just remember, I hate surprises, so I love knowing what I'm getting.

So I'd love to keep typing, but I'm on a conference call, so I gotta go. Later.

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