The Two Kinds Of Virus
Current mood: annoyed
Category: Life
Well, this has been a fun few days. Two things have been keeping me off of here these last few days. One, I managed to AGAIN come down with a sinus infection that kept me off work and in bed for nearly two days. WIth my wife gone, it's been damn depressing lying in bed watching tv trying to sleep.
Add to that the fact that my PC has contracted a virus that I just can't seem to get rid of, and you have the makings of an unwanted sabbattical. (Spelling never agreed with me) But I broke out the old laptop with the one bad hinge on the LCD and came on over here. That being said, I hate typing on this. So this evening I'll hopefully have the PC back up and running so I can respond to comments from the last few days, and hey who knows, maybe even a random blog. If I can't make any headway with the PC, I'm going to set up the laptop with a keyboard and mouse so I can use it without wishing it thrown out the window. See y'all later.
Random Comments and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Current mood: sleepy
Category: Friends
I've said before it's best to random when you're tired, but I'll be damned if I'm just too tired to do it. I have one more night shift before I'm off for two glorious days, although with the girls away I'm not sure if I won't go crazy with all that time alone.
Anyhoo, I'm calling a random audible. Today is..da da daaaaa...random comment day. Tell your friends why you leave them bizarre comments if you like (though it's more fun if you don't) and have them do the same. C'mon you know ya wanna. I'm going to try to sneak in a few before I call it a morning, but I'll be back later to inflict my damage. Why are you still here? Go! Go random. Go forth and divide, or something like that.
What's So Random About Peace Love and Understanding?
Current mood: tired
Category: Blogging
As promised, here's some random. It's been awhile, so it's more like shaking the cobwebs off:
* It seems like now that the word 'porn' doesn't carry as much of a stigma anymore, not a lot of people use the term 'dirty movie' anymore. Kinda weird....
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*It's sad to think that a spelling bee champion in Grades 4 and 5 had to find out how to spell 'weird'.....
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*I've heard people say they wouldn't pee on someone if they were on fire, as a way to say they dislike them.But if you really had to pee and didn't do it because the person was on fire, aren't you just hurting yourself?....
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* For anyone with kidney stones, here's some inspirational advice.These too shall pass.....
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*When I hear a store talk about instant rebates, I assume you just have to add water to them, kinda like instant pudding.....
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* Someone once told me that there's a Chinese curse that goes 'I wish you an interesting life'.I wish John Tesh an interesting life.....
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*While browsing YouTube the other day for my Shakira fix, I came across a Pepsi commercial with Beyonce, Pink, Britney Spears and Enrique Egg-icicles singing We Will Rock You.No.No, you won't.It should be We Will Pop You.Beyonce is hot, but she's no rocker.Pink, maybe, but the others, not so much.....
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*I also noticed that if you look really, really, really hard on YouTube, you just might find a home video of some bored kids doing something stupid on a BMX bike or a skateboard that ends with one of them squirming in pain while the other ones laugh hysterically at him saying 'Dude!'Dude!''That was awesome, dude!'.....
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*Time is a real criminal attraction.You can kill it, steal it, take some, and you can beat someone else's.....
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*I'm not a drinker anymore and I don't smoke anymore, so I need a new vice.There's no sense being perfect and all.I thought about laziness, but I couldn't be bothered finding out how to do it.Wait. I have so got gluttony covered.....
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*Sign #351 that I'm getting old.When I turn on the TV, the first channel I go to is the Weather Network.And I leave it there for about a half an hour.Then I try to find an episode of Matlock.....
Well, that didn't kill me. I'm coming off the night shift, so it's off to bed for awhile. Have a great day, Irricateers!
The Real Minor Shady
Current mood: blah
Category: Life
Irricateers! Guess who?
Manditory sorry line: Life has been crazy, and I admit most of it is daddy and hubby work, which suits me just fine. That being said, I just got back from the airport, since my wife and daughter are going to Ireland for 6 weeks to visit family. That means, you guessed it, I'm probably going to be around here more for awhile, at least for three weeks until I fly out to join them and fly back with them. But right now, all I'm doing is missing them.
Random is on the way, before the weekend. Though to be honest, I have no idea if I can even do it anymore. But hey, we'll see won't we.
So tell me everything I've been missing out on. I want to catch up, even though lately I suck at being a good MySpacer. I have missed you guys.
ps Watch for new Grace pics in the coming days too. See if you can tell how proud a daddy I am :)
Random On A Sunday
Current mood: exhausted
Category: Blogging
Hiya Irricateers! Sorry this is awhile in coming, and that I'm sorely behind in commenting, but, well, you know. Anyway, here's some long-overdue random:
* It's infinitely cruel to show ads for KFC at 8:30 in the morning to a man who skipped breakfast, especially when they don't open for another 3 hours.
* My wife is beginning to realize that pre-pregnancy attention has now been shifted post-pregnancy to the baby. She's cool with that, but it has to be a little bit of a downer.
* Depending on the size of your legs, a hop, skip, and a jump away can actually be a fair distance.
* John Tesh thought he was safe from ridicule this last little while while I tended to Family Matters (does an Urkel Snort). Sorry Johnny, you still suck.
* Ameoba must be very lonely. And no, I still don't spell check.
* Went to see the movie Wanted last week. Wanted my money back.
* The telephone is guaranted to ring as soon as Grace gets to sleep. It's something scientific I don't quite comprehend.
* I'm a reactive man in a proactive world. Just saying.
* Judging from the emails and comments I'd gotten in my absence, MySpace is less about human trafficing now, and more about organized crime. I have to check out the whole Mobster thing and see if once I try to get out, I won't get pulled back in. Pacino rocks.
* Harry Chapin was a god.
* My new cel phone ring is Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, just so people around me get it stuck in their head if someone calls me.
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Boys Of Belfast
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The Irish Rovers
Release date: 2003-02-18
Toxic Poo and Sleep Deprivation - Day 22
Category: Life
Everyone warned me how tired I'd be. Did I listen? :P
Grace has been an absolute blessing to myself and my wife. She sleeps at odd hours and screams like a banshee, and I love it. Sorry this is so short, but I wanted you all to know things are going great, and I...'m sorry for any lack of response over the last few weeks, for obvious reasons. I'll respond in, oh, six years or so :P All my love, guys!
How Sweet The Sound that Saved a Wretch Like Me
Current mood: indescribable
Category: Life
I promised I'd dish, and so I am. I'm damn tired, for reasons I'll reveal in a sec, but here I am to say it.
Amazing Grace has been cast upon me.
Grace Elizabeth Smith was born at 1:01pm on Father's Day. 7 pounds, 12 oz of mellow joy after nearly two exhausting days. On Friday evening, I tool my wife to the hospital for excruciating pains in her side that had reduced her to tears. We were there until Saturday morning, when they decided that instead of Sunday, they were going to start to induce labour then and there. What began as a quick trip to the hospital became almost 3 days before even shaving or getting a shower (we took nothing with us). My wife still hasn't left.
The pain in the side? Turned out to be a tear in the placenta, they found out after Grace was out. There were also some very anxious moments when the baby's heart rate would drop wildly after each contraction, to the point where if she didn't deliver soon, they were goig with a c-section. My wife must not wanted one, because she pushed like the was trying to get a cruise ship down a tub drain. So on Father's Day I got the greatest gift I ever received.
Needless to say, I'm at the hospital all day and most of the night, but I swear I will respond to all your fantastic comments and best wishes. It's an honour to have shared something so life-altering with you, friends. Your words over the last months, your players, and your friendship will not be forgotten by me, or by my wife and daughter.
I'll be adding more Grace pics later, but for now there's one of her and her proud papa in my photos.
Geez, feels like I haven't been on here in forever. How the heck are ya all? As has become customary, sorry for being MIA but long stretches of work and preparation for everything about to happen have taken the front seat (everyone says that things take a back seat, nobody talks about what comes up to the front seat.).
Things won't be any better this week, unfortunately. I have a three day seminar I'm attending for work starting Wednesday, and tons of stuff to do around here for the pending arrival of Grace Elizabeth. But I'll be sticking my head in on occasion, don't hesitate to say hi or send me a cake or something. I've just woken up and have some errands to run, so hopefully later I can catch up on blog comments and the like. As always, love you guys, and I do miss my time on here. But if things aren't ready for my daughter, she's not going to like it :P
Random In My Head, You in My Arms
Current mood: awake
Category: Blogging
Happy Humpday, everyone. Hope all is well and all that stuff. I have painting that is calling me, so of course I'm here :P Who wants random? Huh? I can't hear you. Oh, right, internet, no sound.
* If Ring Around the Rosey was about the Black Plague, should we also read meaning into other nursery rhymes. Little Bo Peep's "sheep" was actually her virginity, so the rumour goes.
* When did Gwen Stefani go from cool Ska-Punk chick to Generic Dance Diva 75?
* I think John Tesh makes a perfectly good celebrity, insomuch as I never hear anything about him on TV. If I can avoid him on the radio, I can avoid him altogether.
* My birthday's in two weeks. I have this feeling that any gifts I get are going to be in very small sizes this year, and every year after.
* Being male, I can only think of two reasons to watch Ghost Whisperer.
* I don't think it's unreasonable to insist that my daughter not date until she's 35. Who's with me?
* I have gum. Jealous?
* Although very animated otherwise, I find I'm a pretty damn good poker player by being able to react the same way regardless of the hand I'm dealt. I just wish I could do that in the rest of my life.
* I like it when I rediscover an old CD that I haven't listened to in so long that it's like rediscovering it. These days, it's Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks for me.
* So at Hard Rock Park, there's a Led Zepelin roller coaster. Next up, Danzig bumper cars and a Violent Femmes teacup ride.
* Thank you for not mentioning my Toronto Blue Jays.
* After all these years I'm still trying to figure out the physics behind Air Supply's "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All".
* Only in Hollywood would Britney Spears be considered to be "making progress" just because she hasn't had a complete and total meltdown in public.
* If God had wanted me to wash windows he would have given me squeegees for hands.
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