Pimps Of New York

Not a whole lot to report from Rochester, NY. I woke up at 4am to drive here, so I'm tired as all hell. I have a feeling I'm going to be up until midnight playing Half-Life and talking nonsense(%) with Venkman. I'm stupid like that.

After eating at Red Lobster this evening I visited the mall across the street to get a little something for the boy. I usually get him something small every trip I go on. It's probably not good that I get something for him every trip, but I do. It's usually something small and cheap, but this time it wasn't. I went into KB Toys and was browsing when "Screwball Scramble" caught my eye. This was one of those nalstagic toys I used to play with everytime we visited Uncle Frank. I guess it was just all the little moving parts and stuff the made it so fun to play with when I was little. I guess I bought this a little for me as well as the boy. I hope he likes it.

When I left the toystore, as I was walking out I saw one of those things that you see and and you say to yourself, "Damn, I wish I had a camera phone". There was this guy. He had to be at least 40 years old and white. He was a pimp. I swear to Christ, he was. he had a brown suit type thing, with a gold-velvet looking vest on, some chains, and a goddamn feather in his pimp hat! Holy hell! It cracked my shit up, to say the least.

This really doesn't look anything like him. I couldn't find much. You get alot of porn when you search for pimps...FYI

Anyway, I'm gonna get going. I'm leaving tomorrow a little earlier than I planned on, so that'll be fun to get to see my boy before he goes to bed.

Maybe I'm Better Off?

Reasons not to play the lottery....

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/26/powerball.death.ap/index.html

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm supposed to be down here in the basement looking for my ski mask, but I decided to take a break and throw a post up here.

Has anyone watched the parade? Can you tell WTF the Rockettes were wearing on their heads? It looked like a stainless steal kitchen strainer to me. I'm going to try to find a picture to put it up here. ....anyway, hope everybody's having a good holiday or regular day if you're in Europe. Tomorrow is football if anyone wants to come and watch or play! You know my #.

Another Picture From The Hole

Youngstown Trumpets!

Ryan, Josh, Me

Longest Me-Me Ever!

1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
I've got a nice one on my knee from running into the end of an opened door at Josh's memorial day party. That was probably 1997.

2. NAME 7 THINGS IN YOUR ROOM:
Bed, dresser, TV that doesn't work, doggy bed that scout doesn't use, a bat, books, slippers.

3. WHAT DOES YOUR CELL PHONE LOOK LIKE?









4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LIKE TO LISTEN TO?
Just about everything except rap and country.

5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
I think I go over this every year with my wife and my mom.

6. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THE MOST IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS?:
Summer!

7. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
Not having to pay bills.

8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION?
The kids.

9. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SMELL?
Coal fired steam engines.

10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC?
Only when there is a lot of people around me and I can't move.

11. IF YOU DIED TOMORROW:
That would suck. You'll miss me, right?

12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY?:
I had a hard time this past August, it was nobody's fault though.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOGNE / PERFUME?
Sweaty Armpit

14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Long. Color doesn't really matter too much.

15. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF BEING PROPOSED TO AT?
Uhhh, what?

16. DO YOU LIKE PORN?
Uhhh, what? Computer slang for that is pr0n.

17. WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD?
I make SO many people mad, it's hard to tell. Mary maybe. I interrupted her when she was asking a question. She does that a lot to me though.

18. DO YOU SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE?
I wish. I don't know what I'm waiting for.

19. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU?
That was way before my memory started to work, I'm guessing. Stupid question.

20. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?
Probably.

21. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU?
I'm not very good at telling people junk like that. They'll just know.

22. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED:
Eight

23. WHAT IS THE LAST TEXT MSG YOU RECEIVED?
Jenn asking what we were doing one night, I replied but never heard back.

24. WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL OFTEN?
Wife, of course.

25. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST?
Hovering. There is SO much hovering in this place.

26. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE US?
Canada doesn't count, does it?

27. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
Food isn't one of them.

28. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Euclid, OH

29. FIRST JOB?
The pet store! Holy crap was that fun when all my friends worked there.

30. WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP?
Mostly a veterinarian.

31. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED OUT THIS SURVEY?
"Working"

32. IF YOU COULD GET PLASTIC SURGERY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I'd get sharp goat horns on the top of my head. And my teeth sharpened to points.

33.WHY DID YOU FILL THIS SURVEY OUT?
Why did you write this survey? We call them Me-Me's.

34. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
Probably about my straight teeth.

35. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL?
Holy crap, I'd start huffing gasoline.

36. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
Gasoline.

37. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT?
How many you got?

38. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Uncle Luke (Paternal Grandmother's brother)

39. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?
Just meteors.

40. IF YOU COULD PUT 5 BANDS TOGETHER TO PLAY A CONCERT, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
Ohh, I like this question:
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Arturo Sandoval and his band.

41. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?
August

42. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
It bad, yo.

43. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO RETIRE?
Wherever my kids are.

44. ANY BAD HABITS?
Not making eye contact when in conversation. Interrupting people, maybe?

45. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF?
On the shelf? You give me too much credit. I really don't have any music I'm embarrassed with.

46. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
I think so.

47. HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL?
Not that I remember.

48. DO LOOKS MATTER?
It's the truth. It's animal instinct.

49. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER?
Sarcasm.

50. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?
Ma & Pa's

51. DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY?
Too easily.

52. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
Probably my Legos

53. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
61

54. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
Only when I'm pissed about something...Seriously...

55. EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT?
A mini one once. I won the armpit farting contest that night.

56. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
Their attention.

57. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?
None really.

8. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Never!

59. DO YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE STRONG POINTS?
Well it's cooking or cleaning. I use to play the trumpet relatively well. I wasn't good at sight reading. Uhhh...next.

60. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Vanilla

61. What is your shoe size?
10 1/2

62. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE COLORS?
Green!

63.HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE?
Zero!

64. WHO DO YOU MISS MOST RIGHT NOW?
In what way? I miss my kids whenever they're not with me.

65. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
Like EVERYONE? Or everyone I know. I don't even know who reads this. Someone from India visited once, I'd like them to answer this.

66. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Foo Fighters!

67. LAST THING YOU ATE?
Banana

68. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Lance

69. IF YOU WERE GIVEN $100, WHAT WOULD YOU GO BUY?
I'd pay a bill.

71. WHO DO YOU THINK IS OVERRATED?
Me. I think people think I no more than I actually do.

72. FAVORITE DRINK?
Water

73. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
I'm too new at this drinking thing.

74. WHAT ARE YOUR NEW YEARS EVE PLANS?
Don't have any as of yet.

75. WHERE WAS YOUR LAST VACATION?
Well, I visited Vegas for a day on my way back from a business trip. It is over rated for sure. Of course I only spent one day there.

76. WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
All my friends who are smarter than me. (All of them)

77. I don't know what was here.


78. SIBLINGS?
1 older sister, 1 older brother.

79. FAVORITE MONTH?
June sounds good. So much to do in the nice weather.

80. YOU LIKE SUSHI?
Never had it. I want to try some, though.

81. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
I'm trying to remember the last movie I watched completely through and I'm stumped.

82. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
I don't think there is any one particular day I look forward too.

83. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
That sounds about right. It's been a LONG time.

84. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Summer

85. Kiss or hugs?
Why waste time with hugs when you could be kissing?

86. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
I've never had the latter, so I wouldn't know how to compare the two.

87. WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
Mary will swiftly answer these.

88. WHO IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
Whoever isn't reading my blog will most likely not answer these.

89. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?
Ender's Game! I'm glad I'm back to reading again!

99. WHERE DO YOU WORK?



100. WHATS YOUR MAJOR?
I majored in dead end jobs.

101. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
Da foosball.

102. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK WHEN YOU WAKE UP?
Son of a bitch!

More From My Black Hole

Wow! I need to clean more often. I still haven't found my video power supply, but I did find my PDA! I'm watching one for sale on eBay now, and if it goes for a decent amount of money, I may sell mine. I went for almost 2 years without so I guess I don't need it. I guess I never needed it. OY.

Another cool find was an old Zip Drive disk. It's funny that the capacity is 100 mb when now we have these little USB Flash drives now that are now easily 1 gig. So I copied what I could off of it before it started making a horrible clicking noise. One of the things I found on it was my T-Shirt design for when the band went to state in '97. Pretty neat!




Thanks again to the HaberPeople for a fine dinner last night!

Blogthings - What Part of Fall Are You?

You Are Changing Leaves

Pretty, but soon dead.

What Part of Fall Are You?

Another Meteor

I just saw my third meteor in almost as many weeks. Mary told me she thought the Leonids were around this time and I just looked it up and the duration is November 13-20. My first meteor was a little early I guess. The peak was two nights ago on the 17. Too bad it was snowy as all hell (that didn't make sense) that night.

Today was pretty much useless. I have started the Great Basement Cleaning. I found a few things I've been looking for. I didn't find my video camera charger though...damnit! I took way too long of a nap with my boy and missed OSU comeback against Michigan...double damnit! I guess that's about it.


Oh yea, last night I went to the HaberHouse for some games and had an awesome time. We need to do that more often. I wish I could invite people over here, but I still have much to learn about being a good host. Plus the house is a disaster, especially with Christmas coming. Anyway...

Have a good weekend!

Snow!!!

Fucking Head!!!

Godfellas

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

Another MEME

Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Robert Duvall, Vern, Chris Iacofano

Where was your first kiss?
My wife's (not even girlfriend yet) bedroom just over 10 years ago.

Have you ever seriously vandalized someone's property?
I've been with people who have, and I got really pissed off about it.

Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
Never

Have you ever sang in front of a large group of people?
In band some songs we'd play would require chanting and what-not. But never sang by myself. I'm really...REALLY bad at it.

What's the first thing you notice about the preferred sex?
Facial features.

What do you order at Starbucks?
Never had it. Coffee is for hangovers.

What is your biggest mistake?
Poor financial planning.

Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?
I once had a scratch on my face and kept picking it because I thought I'd look cool with a scar on my face.

Say something totally random about yourself.
I'm a pack rat.

Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity?
This girl from high school, I think her name is Laura said I looked like Billie Joe Armstrong...WTF?

Do you still watch kiddy movies or TV shows?
I got kids, yo.

Did you have braces?
Nope.

Are you comfortable with your height?
I'm average. I'd be happier with 6'.

What is the most romantic thing someone has ever done for you?
Uhhh...I don't remember. I guess I could think of a few, but no one would want to hear them.

When do you know it's love?
I think PQ had the best answer for that.

Do you speak any other languages?
Nah. I am going to learn Italian though.

Have you ever been to a tanning salon?
Never have, never will.

What magazines do you read?
I don't have a regular magazine I read.

Have you ever ridden in a Limo?
A few times during dances at school, and for my wedding.

Has anyone you were really close to passed away?
Yes.

Do you watch MTV?
If they'd play some goddamn music I would.

What's something that really annoys you?
People who hover.

What's something you really like?
Smiles from my princess.

Do you like Michael Jackson?
Not really.

Can you dance?
I've never seen myself dance. I try. Not many opportunities though.

What's the latest you have ever stayed up?
22 hours, I think.

Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance to the emergency room?
No.

Do you read these when someone fills them out?
definitely.

More Answers

Stole this from Pynchon...

10 Favorites.

Favorite Colour: Green
Favorite Food: There's too many to choose.
Favorite Month: June (weather)
Favorite Sport: Football (American)
Favorite Song: Right now it is "The Curse" by Audioslave
Favorite Movie: The Empire Stirkes Back
Favorite Season: Autumn.
Favorite Day Of the week: Friday
Favorite Ice Cream Flavour: Vanilla
Favorite Time of Day: Anytime I'm not sitting in front of a computer (I'm addicted in a bad way)

9 Currents.

Current Mood: I'm ok
Current Taste: Toothpaste
Current Clothes: Khakis and a long sleeve maroon shirt.
Current Desktop: My beautiful kids.
Current Toenail: The one full of fungus? What does that mean?
Current Time: 8:00am
Current Surroundings: Checkout!
Current Thoughts: *censored*

8 Firsts.

First Best Friend: John Frame
First Kiss: The wife
First Screen Name: Bulldog on Cleveland Freenet. My username was actually ei942
First Pet: Goebal the hamster.
First Piercing: No piercing.
First Crush: Sherry Rupert
First Album: Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails (That album depressed the hell out of me)

7 Lasts.

Last Cigarette: I had a ciarette once when I was using it to light fireworks, probably 3 years ago.
Last Drink: Shot of jagar Saturday night.
Last Car Ride: This morning to work.
Last Kiss: Kissing the wife goodbye this morning.
Last Movie Seen: Watched the end of Silence Of The Lambs last night.
Last Phone Call: From the wife of course.
Last CD Played: My winamp is playing many albums right now.

6 Have You Evers.

Have You Ever Dated One Of Your Best Guy/Girl Friends: Yep
Have You Ever Broken the Law: Yep
Have You Ever Been Arrested: Yep
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: Nope
Have You Ever Been on TV: Yep
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: Nope

5 Things.

Thing You're Wearing: Didn't I answer that up there?
Thing You've Done Today: Showered, fixed some graphics, etc.
Thing You Can Hear Right Now: Pearl Jam
Thing You Can't Live Without: Attention
Thing You Do When You're Bored: Computer games

4 Places you have been today.

At home
In the car
On the crosswalk
At work

3 People you can tell anything to.

I like to keep to myself. I was thinking about an anonymous blog for that. Probably won't though.

2 Choices.

Black or White: Black
Cold or Hot: Hot

1 Thing you want to do before you die.

Figure out women (It's more difficult after you get married)

2005 Vote

Overall I'm happy with our voting results yesterday. My MetroParks levy passed. I'm very happy about that. Our state issues failed, which I guess I'm happy about. Everyone said they were very bad, although 45% of the state voted for them. So I guess those people are dumb? I don't know. I knew just enough about the issues to vote for them, but not enough to know the full-term consequences. The only one I'm pissed about is the school levys around here. Pick one. Not only are a lot of my friends and some of my family teachers, but for God's sake people, think about the kids. People keep complaining about the 'Dumbening (is that a word?) of America', yet they won't vote to keep our schools going. For shame, people. For shame....whatever that means. I need to post a funny picture on here or something. My blog is boring even me.

My Drunk Family

Wow, what an interesting Saturday evening. My extended family on my dad's side celebrated my aunt's 50th birthday (twins). While it was weird to see my dad drink, and even do a shot (he never, ever drank when I was growing up), it was even more weird to see my sister drunk! Apparently that was the first time she'd ever drank before. I guess the good news is that she likes me. She sure doesn't show it when she's sober. I don't really have much of a relationship with my siblings. I suppose it's my fault, but I'm not much of a talker. Anyway, stay tuned I hope to post a pic of the evening soon.

Meteor-Men

Whoa! I saw the coolest thing last night. As we were leaving my parents house last night, me the boy and my dad were all standing outside for a few minutes before we got in the car. I was pointing out Mars to the boy and trying to explain that it was a planet like Earth and not a star when we saw meteor appear right below it! Boy got really excited, as did I and my father. It was one of those moments, even as brief as it was, that I will never forget. Very, very cool.



Check my last post for the costume contest update!