Saturday, January 17, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Today, not Tomorrow
Tell your sister that she is strong.
Tell your brother that you learned from him.
Tell your parents that they brought you up right.
And tell you children that you proud.
Tell your brother that you learned from him.
Tell your parents that they brought you up right.
And tell you children that you proud.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
6/28/45 - 1/1/09
I thought I would share with you a story that my father wrote that I liked a lot:
What I Did This Weekend
What I Did This Weekend
By Bruce
This weekend I went to Beth's new house in Fortuna. We went in a great big truck. Jay went too. Jay is Beth's boyfriend. Jay is a grownup, but he acts like a kid. He has a whole lot of comic books and he doesn't work or anything. Jay is Beth's baby's daddy. He isn't Beth's other two kids' daddy because they're Chinese, but he treats them like they were his kids.
The driver used to drive big trucks when he was a Marine in a war a long, long time ago, but I think maybe he forgot how. When we were getting on the San Rafael Bridge, he shifted gears and the engine made a lot of noise and the truck slowed down and he said a bad word. Jay didn't notice anything because he doesn't know how to drive. That's another reason I think Jay is a kid even though he's really a grownup.
When we were almost to Fortuna the exhaust pipe on the truck broke and it got very very loud and the driver said if he got deaf he was going to sue U-Haul. Jay said "What? I can't hear you."
Beth's house is on a dirt road with a sharp turn that has a mailbox on one side and a fence on the other. An old lady that was standing next to the road said the mailbox wasn't supposed to be so close to the road but the people wouldn't move it. The driver said he'd move the bad word mailbox with his bad word moving van. He didn't really do it though. He went back and forth a few times and got by and didn't hit the mailbox and didn't hit the fence. I guess he remembered how to drive big trucks after all.
When we got to Beth's house I asked Beth if I could call Barb and Beth said OK but she wasn't home so I left her a message but she couldn't call me back because I forgot to tell her Beth's phone number.
I like Barb. I want her to be my girlfriend but she can't because she's not allowed to have a boyfriend. That's OK though, because I like her being my friend too.
Josh was at Beth's house when we got there. Josh is Beth's nephew. Josh is a kid but he acts like a grownup. He has a really good job and he makes a lot of money and his girlfriend is a scientist.
I like Josh. If I have a son, I want him to be just like Josh.
Josh paid for the moving van and the gas and stuff with Beth's dad's money. That made Beth very happy because she doesn't have very much money. Beth's dad can't take care of his own money because he's dead so Josh takes care of it for him. That's another reason I think Josh is a grownup even though he's really a kid.
Josh gave me a ride back home in his sports car. Josh's sports car is much faster than a moving van. After we drove a while and we were getting on the freeway to get out of Fortuna I asked Josh "Are we there yet?" and he said a bad word.Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Last Year I:
Last year I wrote a list of things I wanted to do with this year.
Lets see how it went shall we?
Ride my bike.
About 1000 miles! 10 of them up Mt. Diablo in a race.
Go to Monterey with Becky.
January 11-13th we spent a very lovely weekend in Monterey. We went to the aquarium, Point Lobos, and stayed at a nice B&B.
Find out if I passed the F.E. exam (Cuz then next year I can take an even harder test!).
Done, time to start studying for the next on.
Celebrate the 2nd annual Robot Independence Day (March 1).
With RIPPING success, this years shall be even bigger!
Slide down a mountain on a couple of planks shouting Wooo-motherfucking-Hooooo the whole way down!!
Did not do this, maybe next year.
Party down on my 33 1/3 birthday (It is a record year).
Did not do this, I guess I'll try it again at 45.
Pull a prank.
Nope.
Prepare Beer Bash for his 5th tournament.
Yes!, and we were filmed doing it for Current TV, which just broadcast yesterday:
Cry when the 4000 soldier is killed in Iraq for a lie.
Yes, and it is up to 4,149. But hope is on the horizon.
Adapt BearScore for UC Open.
Done, and as a reward I now have to adapt it for World YMD Championships. *Runs away in terror*
Fight at UC Open.
No, but I did manage to fight at the YMD Open. I lost 19 to 20.
Congratulate a friend.
Done.
Drive a car so fast that I will never be caught!
Maybe not that fast, but I did go pretty quick. Even made 2nd place in a race.
Test for my 1st Kup in Tae Kwon Do.
Done. And I tore one off, and impressed the hell out of everybody.
Cheer the Non-(modern)Republican president elect.
Or shake my head in sorrow and tremble in fear at the continuing stupidity of many Americans.
Whoo-motha-fucking-WHO!!!!!!!
Run a sub 6:30 Mile.
Nope, but I did get under 7 min. And I ran a 5K in 23'05", and a 10K in 50'02". I'll call this 1/2.
Offer a shoulder to cry on.
Did.
Cry on a shoulder.
And done.
Travel to India to visit a friend and eat many things that where cooked in a tandoori oven.
This did not happen.
Make a woman laugh.
I did this and am proud.
Make a man cry.
I did this and am ashamed.
Tell Rebeca I love her more than anything in this life.
This I did. And less than a month later, after 13 years she walked out of my life forever.
So, to recap:
22 Goals, 18.5 Of them met, that is 84%. Solid B.
So why did this feel like one of the worst years of my life?
Lets see how it went shall we?
Ride my bike.
About 1000 miles! 10 of them up Mt. Diablo in a race.
Go to Monterey with Becky.
January 11-13th we spent a very lovely weekend in Monterey. We went to the aquarium, Point Lobos, and stayed at a nice B&B.
Find out if I passed the F.E. exam (Cuz then next year I can take an even harder test!).
Done, time to start studying for the next on.
Celebrate the 2nd annual Robot Independence Day (March 1).
With RIPPING success, this years shall be even bigger!
Slide down a mountain on a couple of planks shouting Wooo-motherfucking-Hooooo the whole way down!!
Did not do this, maybe next year.
Party down on my 33 1/3 birthday (It is a record year).
Did not do this, I guess I'll try it again at 45.
Pull a prank.
Nope.
Prepare Beer Bash for his 5th tournament.
Yes!, and we were filmed doing it for Current TV, which just broadcast yesterday:
Cry when the 4000 soldier is killed in Iraq for a lie.
Yes, and it is up to 4,149. But hope is on the horizon.
Adapt BearScore for UC Open.
Done, and as a reward I now have to adapt it for World YMD Championships. *Runs away in terror*
Fight at UC Open.
No, but I did manage to fight at the YMD Open. I lost 19 to 20.
Congratulate a friend.
Done.
Drive a car so fast that I will never be caught!
Maybe not that fast, but I did go pretty quick. Even made 2nd place in a race.
Test for my 1st Kup in Tae Kwon Do.
Done. And I tore one off, and impressed the hell out of everybody.
Cheer the Non-(modern)Republican president elect.
Or shake my head in sorrow and tremble in fear at the continuing stupidity of many Americans.
Whoo-motha-fucking-WHO!!!!!!!
Run a sub 6:30 Mile.
Nope, but I did get under 7 min. And I ran a 5K in 23'05", and a 10K in 50'02". I'll call this 1/2.
Offer a shoulder to cry on.
Did.
Cry on a shoulder.
And done.
Travel to India to visit a friend and eat many things that where cooked in a tandoori oven.
This did not happen.
Make a woman laugh.
I did this and am proud.
Make a man cry.
I did this and am ashamed.
Tell Rebeca I love her more than anything in this life.
This I did. And less than a month later, after 13 years she walked out of my life forever.
So, to recap:
22 Goals, 18.5 Of them met, that is 84%. Solid B.
So why did this feel like one of the worst years of my life?
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Here, This Shuld Help
So, I realize that morality can be a tricky subject, so I made this flowchart to help out.
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