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Archive for November, 2007
The Guys’ Evening
Nov 7th
After work today, I went to go pick up my son. This is something I don’t usually do – getting the Monkeyling from the in-laws, who watch him while Mrs. Monkey is in school and I’m at work. It’s not because I don’t want to do it, or like doing it – I simply don’t have the tools to do it. I drive a little beat-up pickup truck, and though it’s endurance is a trait that I LOVE (nearly 110k and no major garage visits *knocks on wood*), the lack of safe child-seating is a bummer. So, my wife, who drives the new car with the good 5-star safety rating, gets the job of fetching Little Monkey.
Well, she had a late day at school today, and so I took the car and got to go get him. It was a lot of fun, because he’s kind of worn out from the day with the grandparents, but is just getting to the age where he recognizes me and will sometimes give me a smile when I see him. The kid’s got one of the best smiles ever, I swear. The melt-your-heart variety. He’ll be a lady-killer one day….he’ll flash the little crooked smile and give them the big brown eyes…..it’ll be all over for them!
Anyway, my son and I got a couple hours this evening of fun bonding time – laying on the bed while he showed me his Bruce Lee routine (lots of good punches and kicks), walking the halls of the MonkeyHouse, rocking in various chairs, bouncing on knees…anything to keep the cries back pretty much. And, by the time Mrs. Monkey got home, I had successfully squired him off to dreamland. It was a nice little victory, even though it was short lived – the little bugger was up 5 minutes after she was in.
But still – she got to come home to a sleeping baby. That’s not so shabby…
Weather Musings
Nov 6th
The kiddo is sleeping, and the dog is too…so I get a chance to chime in. I missed posting yesterday – yeah, I admit it – but I’m still staying with the spirit of NaBloPoMo as much as possible. Yesterday was just a bit difficult to get out here and make my mark.
There was a bit of a return to some cooler weather in North Texas, today. This was welcomed with opened arms by me. I much prefer the cooler weather to the warmer. I stand in contrast to my mom and sister there, I think. They were both happy to get away from Maine’s climate, whereas I still occasionally daydream about living what that weather again. Don’t get me wrong. Winter all-out sucks. But, no worse than Texas Summers kinda all-out suck. So, you trade out one for another. I used to joke that “you don’t have to shovel heat”. And this is true, obviously…but you know. You can always put on clothes….you can only take off so much…and then if you’re still miserable, you’re just f*cked.
Post-game Debriefing
Nov 4th
First off – great game today. The Patriots bested the Colts in a nail-biter. The Pats won by 4 points, and I’m sure it’s not the last time we’ll see them.
There was a great turn out for the game – lots of fun New England folks at the bar. I bought a tower of beer for the group, but not enough people helped me to consume it. I need to go, because otherwise I can’t work on the sobering that needs to happen in the next 10 hours. Good night to all!!
End of the Day Ketchup
Nov 3rd
Just squeezing in under the deadline…who knew this posting every day thing would be a difficult thing?
It’s a great Texas fall day today (meaning temperatures in the low 70s as a high, which feels downright cool after nearly 6 months of 90-100 degree heat). The Little Monkey and I had our weekly Saturday outing – kind of created to give Mrs. Monkey a bit of a break and let her catch up on some studying or chores she needs to catch up on (or, as the case was today, relaxing in a bath for a while after mowing the lawn…).
Tomorrow is the big Patriots/Colts showdown. Superbowl XLI.5. Go Pats!
Hockey, Music & Monkeys
Nov 2nd
It’s been rough watching the Stars play tonight. Currently, the score is 3-0 Phoenix with 5:27 left to play in the 2nd period. What’s sad is that the Stars have had many more scoring chances than Phoenix. The Coyotes are just getting all the lucky bounces. Things just haven’t gone the Stars’ way this season so far, and I think one of the big reasons it hasn’t happened is management’s decision not to put all the money they had at their disposal to go out and get a big scoring winger this off-season. It’s showing now.
Other than that, though, it was a good day. The weekend is here, finally. I don’t think I posted about my misfortune with my music collection the other night. Tragedy struck when I came home from work to find that my CAREFULLY saved music collection that I had reloaded onto my new operating system just the night before, was missing. There was just nothing to be found. I’m not sure if I did it, or if someone else accidently deleted something (I left my account logged in, and a couple people had access to it…I don’t blame them – it’s my fault – but they might have accidently done it). Luckily, I got together with some friends a few months ago for a big music swap, and so all of that music is also on one of their hard drives. I’m getting together with one of those friends tomorrow to restore the collection. I miss it!!
I’m getting back to the game. Enjoy a preview of what could possibly be the worst movie ever (but, it does have a monkey skateboarding and playing hockey – still not enough though…yikes).
Monkey out.
Many Monkeys!
Nov 1st
Okay, this is a bit of a test, because I haven’t posted pictures since my cat passed away nearly two years ago. But, I’m sure we’ve had some technological developments since then, right? I think it said something about that on the back of the AOL Free Trial CD I got in the mail the other day….
What?? Oh. Here’s a pic of my mom and my son and I. MONKEYS!!
NaBloPoMo and 80 Blatherings!
Nov 1st
So, what is this gibberish you’re reading above, and why should I start my blog posting talking about it? I’m glad you asked, Hector. You always were the inquisitive one of the twins. Quick, to the explanation stool!
Okay, so NaBloPoMo is a site that I stumbled upon after a late night of binge-drinking and yahtzee. Actually, I came across it while web-meandering from page to page (while binge-drinking). It started with a visit to an iLike page of a fan of Michael Penn…or maybe it was They Might Be Giants…who turned out to be the adorable Uber-Mom from Colorado, Greeblemonkey (sorry ’bout your state’s Rockies, Greeblemonkey – they were a fantastic team this year and deserved better than to run into the Machine that my Red Sox had become at that point). Anyway, she had a link to her page about the Blog Posting Fiesta that was to happen, and I loved the concept. And HEY!! What better idea to kick start a person who has been posting a blog a month (at best) for the past year or two, than to challenge said person to post a blog a DAY? Yes folks…for those who haven’t already followed the link and learned, NaBloPoMo stands for National Blog Posting Month. I view it as a tribute to bloggers and writers everywhere, and a call for them to do what they do best – or in my case, what they do monthly. (No, FU-D, I’m not going to make that comparison. Shut up).
So, that’s the goal – we’re really going to plunge deep into the WiredMonkey’s psyche if you can stomach the ride long enough. Not that it’s a grotesque or demanding journey…just hoping it’s not so boring you want to get off the ride on Nov. 2nd. Heh. I hear you get a free shirt if you make it through Thanksgiving….
Anyhoo…so this is my 80th posting. Nice round number…it made me stop and a take a moment on what I’ve reflected upon in the past couple years. Not bad, but there should be more. Again, this is where this drive kicks in, I think. I’ve got lots going on to reflect upon now, and a few good stories to tell. The people will remain nameless (or dubbed with silly little psuedonyms, which is something that amuses me endlessly), so you’ll get all the fun details. Now that you have the details, check back tomorrow, and you’ll see something new. Yay.
P.S. Wouldn’t it suck if my next posting were November 28th? Hah!
P.P.S. I love the idea of a label called “random”. Eventually, my “random” posts will all be categorized neatly to read at once. That’s awe-tastic.
