Ramblings of an Ordinary

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

The Aftermath...

Well the gifts have been opened, the parties have all ended, and the gut is only slightly larger. Ahh...what a Christmas. It was awesome. Thank you to all my family and friends who made this holiday outstanding. A special thank you to my Montana family for the unexpected gifts! Especially you El Cariso!

Thank you all.

Now to take down our pathetic excuse for a Christmas tree, wrap and box the ornaments, and take down the lights. One year down...another forty to go...

Maybe tomorrow I'll actually offer up a post that has some substance to it. I feel my site has simply become a bulletin board of a mundane nobody. Yep...ate some cheese today...um...yeah...

Catch you later and thanks for stopping in.

Friday, December 22, 2006

Random Scene...

Ever have a scene from a movie stuck in your head, and it just will not go away? Well I do...and it's a scene from one of my favorites...Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

ARTHUR:
Consult the Book of Armaments!

BROTHER MAYNARD:
Armaments, chapter two, verses nine to twenty-one.

SECOND BROTHER:
And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this Thy hand grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chu--

MAYNARD:
Skip a bit, Brother.

SECOND BROTHER:
And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'

MAYNARD:
Amen.

KNIGHTS:
Amen.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Happy 5th Birthday...

On Sunday the family and I celebrated Little Dude's fifth birthday. Granted his actual birthday isn't until Thursday, but with all the Christmas celebrations right around the corner, we figured it'd be best to have it a little earlier than usual.

Here's the Action Girl and Little Dude opening his presents. Currently Little Dude is showing off his new HotWheels tree ornament.

After the presents were done, Little Dude was beaming ear-to-ear. Please note the matching HotWheels clothing. I swear, if this kid could turn into a HotWheels car, he would.

Finally, it was time for cake and ice cream. Neither of which were eaten by the Dude. Oh he sure enjoyed blowing out his candles and getting presents. But when it comes to eating the sweets...forget it! Oh well, more for me!

I can't believe he's gonna be five already... Where does the time go? Next fall he starts Kindergarten, then his "Little Dude" phase will be over.

Damn...sometimes five years just isn't enough...

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Health, Holidays, and Good Cheer...

Hey there people, welcome back to my little plot of web-earth. Just to let you all know, I'm feeling better now. Thanks to everyone who wished me well. It's simply amazing what several doses of penicillin will do for a man.

So it's the holiday season around here. How's yours going? Got all your shopping done for your loved ones? For you husbands out there, how's that struggle getting a gift for your wife going? You decide on everything yet? Jewelry? Perfume? Power Tool? I feel your pain brother. Why is it that whenever you ask a woman what she wants for Christmas, she'll usually give you a coy smile and say, "I dunno...whatever you want."

So I stand around in a mega-herd-mart, surrounded by the crush of people who obviously have gifts and a sense of purpose. Underwear? Music? Technology?! Musical electronic underwear? Yeah, there you go...a rough looking Marine purchasing a pair of pink panties that play "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" whenever you push a button. Yep...certainly a gift worth giving. Who wears that stuff anyways?! I mean honestly! You wear those to work, sit down in a meeting, and suddenly your ass gets it's Christmas groove on.

The gift-giving aside, I've gotta also get ready for Little Dude's fifth birthday party. We're gonna be celebrating it this Sunday. Loaded up on Hot Wheels products and are going to have a good party at his grandparents house. Should be fun. I'll post some pics on it tomorrow. Well shoot, I'm fresh outta home-made peanut butter cookies, and my coffee has grown lukewarm. I'll catch you all later.

Thanks a bunch for stopping in and hope you come back soon!

Monday, December 11, 2006

Illness...

Yep...got me a case of the strep. Ever since Friday I've been stuck with a fever, sore throat, and body aches.

Didn't even want to move this whole weekend. Of course I had to, since there needed to be some Christmas shopping done. Hauled my shivering ass outta the house numerous times to walk around various stores to shop for presents. Probably why I'm still sick today. Didn't take much time to actually rest, and when I tried, there was either Little Dude trying to keep me awake, or the wife getting angry at me for trying to sleep.

I'll get better.

Eventually.

See you all when I'm healthy.

Friday, December 08, 2006

Mental Conversation...

Hey you, how you doin?

Sick.

Again?

Yeah. Feeling a fever coming on. Really cold.

Ah...I see.

Can I ask you something?

Sure.

You ever think about what's going on back on the reservation?

I try not to. Why? Something on your mind?

Yeah. Something happened recently to remind me of that hell-hole.

Care to share?

Not really. Let's just say that someone reminded me what kind of people live there.

Ah...that bad eh?

Yep.

Bastards...

Yep.

Well, on the up-side, while they're wallowing in their racist half-literate rants...you can go to a nice warm home after a day at your well-paying job and be greeted by your loving family.

True...

Fuggem. That's what I say. If you can succeed in this world, so can they. They just haven't tried hard enough.

Yeah, you may be right. But what sucks is that if they weren't so caustic and small-minded, I'd go back in a heartbeat to help my tribe.

Well they are. And you having a lighter shade of skin than them doesn't help any.

*sigh* I guess so. Pity...we're capable of so much greatness...

Reminds me of a Winston Churchill quote I heard once..."Responsibility is the price of greatness"...

Then perhaps greatness as a tribal nation is just too expensive for my people...

Just live your life. Let them live theirs.

You're right...sadly....you are right...

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

O' Christmas Tree...

Shortly after Thanksgiving, residents of the fortress put up our artificial Christmas tree. The wife and I decorated it, keeping in mind that this is the first holiday with PFC Shadow. The following series of pictures shows what happened....