Wwhheeeewwww!!!!

Time to take a little breather from everyday life. I have been so busy lately that I haven't even had time to do much of anything. It all started a week or so ago when I started to remodel our bathroom. I replaced everything from sheetrock to plumbing and it was no easy task considering I did it all myself. My brother-in-law helped me hang the new sheetrock but the rest I did alone. It all came out very nice and I feel such a sense of accomplishment that it made all the hard work worth it.
So now it's back to real life. No spackling until 2:00 in the morning after working all day. And it's a long weekend this weekend. Hooray!! I am going to do as little as possible too. We (the band) are playing our annual thanksgiving eve bash at this little local pub calledFeuersteins in our hometown tomorrow so that will be loads of fun. It's always a drink fest if you know what I mean. For some reason people really get all fucked up the night before thanksgiving. Hey, all the better for us. I'm sure I will partake in a few drinks myself. The wife won't be there, she is taking the kids to see The Incedibles on Ice that night along with one of my close buddies wife and their kids so My buddy will be hangin and partying at the pub with me that night. Lookout! I'll try and post some pics from the gig. I'll see if I can get the most fucked up person in the bar and post the pic here. I'm going to make my second attempt at an interesting HNT if I have the time. Anyway, I must get back to work.
Later,ROB
Oh and happy thanksgiving everyone! Gobble Gobble

"36"

Today is my birthday and not only is it my birthday, I get to go out and vote. Most people are reminded of times on their birthdays. Like someone who has a birthday in August is reminded of hot summer days and warm summer nights. Or in December their reminded of snow and the holiday season full of cheer. I'm reminded of election day. My birtday always falls on or around election day. I'm o.k. with that though. I think it's so important for a person to exersise their right to vote in this country. So you know what I'll be doing today. I'll have to go between jobs today. I work at "Warrens Paints" all day and then I work tonight at the movie theater. For those who don't know, I work at a movie theater. Yup, I have worked there since 1987 but only one night a week. I do it as sort of a hobby. My Dad worked there for years as well so we kind of did it together. It was a nice thing for both of us. He is a minister so he was always at the church or attending seminary to get his doctorate. When I was old enough I got a job at this theater and later convinced him to work there as well since we both have an equal love for movies. His love for movies is a little stronger than mine but I'll write about that another day. Anyway, it was and has been a great bonding tool for us. I am a manager there as well as a union projectionist so basically I'm the guy you complain to when the picture is out of frame or focus and instead of me telling the projectionist to get his act together and fix it, I'm the one who fixes it. I really love working there and will continue to work there as long as I possibly can. So as you can see my night is already planned. Nothing like working on your birthday. I can't complain though. We are going to celebrate next Friday night as this weekend I get to completely remodel our bathroom. And I'm talking the entire thing from sheetrock to fixtures, All of it has to be replaced. That should be fun. Life just gets more and more exciting each and every day. Can you sense the sarcasm.
Later,ROB

HNT I think

O.K. I'm here with my first HNT picture. It sort of looks like some wheat field or the pelt of a very large animal but it's either. It's my god damn head. I think it's about time for a haircut don't you? It's starting to look very Heat Miseresque. I mean I can't complain. At least I still have all of my hair. Most of my friends are either bald or balding so they look at my rapidly growing hair with envy. I just had it cut a month ago and pretty damn short too. This shit grows like weeds. I guess I have my grandfathers hair. He had a mop on the top of his head his entire life right up to his death. His hair was really thick and white. I don't have any gray yet which to me is not really a bad thing. I think gray hair adds a little character and the sense that the person is a little older and a little wiser. Any way that's it. Thats my first HNT. Pretty lame I know but I wanted to get in on this whole thing and today is the only time I had to do it.

On thursday We are going to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in New York with the two oldest kids. The youngest is staying with the neighbors. He is 1 1/2 years old so I don't think he would be too into the whole sitting down and watching a broadway play thing. I'm looking forward to it. I remember the MGM movie from my childhood so it will be fun to share that with my kids. Happy HNT!

Getting Sirius

Yup, I decided to get in on the whole satellite radio thing and I'm really glad that I did. There is such a wide range of programming and the options are endless. They have a great uncensored comedy channel on there that I can't get enough of. I love the fact that there are absolutely no bleeps. I can't stand the fucking bleeps. And I've been a Stern listener since like 1985 back in the NBC days so I'm looking forward to his contribution to the whole satellite thing. With all the censorship going on with his show it's sad to hear how it has changed the show. We (the group that is) met Howard back in 92. We did a song parody accapella for the show. He is such a down to earth nice guy. I actually feel bad for him the way the FCC comes down on him. He really has to be careful about the content on his show. My philosophy has always been If you don't like it , Don't listen. It's so easy to not tune in. I mean plain and simple Just don't listen. I could never understand that. But hey, Now I don't have to worry about it. I'll pay my 12.95 a month and listen to whatever the fuck I want. Fuck you Radio. There are too many fucking commercials anyway. Who wants to sit there and listen to 15 minutes of commercials every half hour. Not me.
Halloween was great. The kids had a blast and so did we. Now if you know me you know that I'm not a big fan of halloween. I don't really know why that is, I'm just not. But this year it was fun. It was fun like it used to be when I was a kid. Although it's a lot different now. My folks would get me a costume, hand me my spider man pillow case to use for a bag and send me out into the night to go trick-or-treating. We would walk for miles without the fear of being abducted or kidnapped or anything like that and my folks wouldn't worry that their children would be taken away from them for being unfit parents because they let us wander the streets at night without any parental supervision. There was more of a sense of community back then. People in the neiborhood looked out for eachother. I don't even think we locked our doors back then. I can't even imagine letting my kids go out by themselves now. Of course they are still very young but can I say that it wouldn't bother me when they are the same age as I was to let them go out alone go out alone? No, I can't. Society has become so untrusting. I miss the days when you felt safe all the time. The only time a tragedy happened was because of an accident. Now you can't breath without being sued or something like that. It really sucks. I wish things could be like they were. Simpler times, just simpler times. Oh well enough babbling for one day. Maybe I'll try the HNT this week.