A Mowin' The Lawn We Go

This weekend I turned 14 years old again.

To save a little money we decided not to buy a lawnmower but borrow my dad's from time to time. Saturday afternoon he came over and decided to 'help' me mow the lawn, of course my dads idea of 'help' is to do the whole thing himself and let me hold the bag, literally.

This all brought me back to when I was about 14 and living with my parents, my dad would be working hard on something and my mom would come see me and insist I go out and help him. I would ask my dad if he needed help, and sometimes he obviously did, he would insist he was ok. If I was adamant that I should help him (or my mom wouldn't let me off the hook) he would give me some menial job like 'clean up after me' or 'hold the bag for the grass' or 'watch the power cord'. We eventually got used to this relationship and I soon began to offer my help less and less.

It's not to say I didn't want to help him, of course I did, he just never let me actually DO anything to help. So once again this weekend he pulled out the lawnmower and got to work...and I was left watching him sweat and work his butt off on MY lawn.

I finally insisted I should do at least SOME work, and he reluctantly let me do the small patch of grass on my front lawn. I had to litrerally re-assure him I would call him and let him come over when I decide to do the backyard this week.

God bless my dad for wanting to help out, and being a man who likes to finish a job he starts. But I can really see this becoming a problem when he starts getting older and I HAVE to do things for him, which I will gladly do, if I can pry them away from his hands.

Thanks Dad, you're the best...but you need to relax some!

Jack Bauer Kill Count Finale!

The 2-Hour season finale of '24' went out in a blaze of glory as Jack killed 7 bad guys, including two of this season's 'Big Bads', Henderson (Robocop's Peter Weller) and 'Bierko' (with a snap of the neck, using his legs!). Five other baddies were offed in various ways. All in all a very satifying season finale...mind you I'd have loved it if he offed President Logan with a nice head tap (or even getting killed by the 'Bluetooth' gang in a firey car explosion). Until January 2007..the Jack Bauer Kill Count has ended!

9/11 Pentagon video goes public for first time

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Video showing a plane crashing into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, will be released publicly for the first time on Tuesday, a judicial watchdog said.

The Department of Defense will hand over tapes showing American Airlines Flight 77 striking its headquarters outside Washington to Judicial Watch, a public interest group that requested the video, the group said.

The video will be available on the group's Web site after it receives the tape at 1 p.m., according to a news release from Judicial Watch.

GOTO: http://www.judicialwatch.org/

DISCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT 9/11 HERE

Puppies Vs. Cat!

The Invasion Ends!!

One of my new favorite shows this season was ABC's 'Invasion'. Set in a Florida Everglades community, Invasion follows two families coping with strange and dangerous events following a fateful hurricane. An invasive new species (which may or may not be alien) has begun killing and cloning the locals, and only a select few know about it and are willing to do something to stop it...

The show starred William Fichtner (Crash, Go, Armageddon), Eddie Cibrian (Third Watch) and Canadian Kari Matchett (Blue Murder). There was a great supporting cast and some really good child actors as well. The show worked on many levels as a family drama, 'X-Files' type alien show and your basic small town whodunit. The concept was unique and the setting something new, I think the only problem was the lack of 'stand alone' episodes.

New viewers would most certainly have had trouble following the main story arc of the show. And loyal fans since the pilot could not miss a single episode otherwise they'd be 'Lost' (to name another show).

Modern TV dramas with a heavy 'mythos' really need to allow for 'stand alone' episodes (episodes that do not move the main story arc along, but are self contained stories). These allow new fans to catch an episode and enjoy it, and then slowly learn the main arc storyline in further episodes. Shows like 'X-Files', 'Smallville' & 'Lost' are heavy on the story arc but also contain great stand alone stories that fans can enjoy. In fact I've heard some fans enjoy these stand alones more than the arc episodes.

What sucks about 'Invsasion' being cancelled is that it had great potential to become an amazing story to tell, now we will never know WHO the invaders were...alien or new species..or even worse? We shall never know now..the Invasion has ended.

Pretty When You Cry

Pretty When You Cry
VAST (Visual Audio Sensory Theater 2005)

you're made of my rib or baby
you're made of my sin
and i can't tell where your lust ends
and where your love begins
i didn't want to hurt you baby
i didn't want to hurt you
i didn't want to hurt you
but you're pretty when you cry
and the moon gives me permission
and i enter through her eyes
she's losing her virginity
and all her will to compromise
i didn't want to hurt you baby
i didn't want to hurt you
i didn't want to hurt you
but you're pretty when you cry
i didn't want to fuck you baby
i didn't want to fuck you
i didn't want to fuck you
but you're pretty when you're mine
i didn't really love you baby
i didn't really love you
i didn't really love you
but i'm pretty when i lie
you hurt me baby
i hurt you baby
if you knew how much i love you
you would run away
but when i treat you bad
it always makes you want to stay
i didn't want to hurt you baby
i didn't want to hurt you baby
i didn't want to hurt you baby
i didn't want to hurt you baby

Kneel Before Zod!

Birthday Blowout

This weekend I went to no less than three separate birthday parties. It seems the end of April is the nexus of birthday's in my world. A co-worker, sister-in-law's boyfriend, my mom, and a sort-of relative all had birthdays this weekend. I was only able to attend 3 out of the 4 parties (unless I skipped my moms...should I have done that?).

Friday night I went over to Shooters for a co-worker's birthday. Her best friend was also celebrating her last night working there so it was a bit insane, I left early but I hear they partied at least until 9AM...my God...

Saturday night the wifey and I went to the Roadway Inn to celebrate my sister-in-law's boyfriend's birthday. His parents own the bar at the Roadway so the whole place was there to party for him. His band (The Lobo brothers) were there to play as well, it was a great night.

Sunday I woke up with a HUGE headache and my bones were very sore from doing yardwork the day before...I was a wreck. But Sunday night we headed off to Oggi for a dinner with my mom, dad & sister. We then headed back to my parents' for cake and to watch the game (fucking Canadians...).

This morning I was so tired I almost wanted to skip work and stay in bed..I wanted to relax from my weekend!!

Here is a list of other people who had birthdays this weekend, I must have missed their invitations in the mail, or they're dead:

April 28th:
* 1937 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq
* 1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author
* 1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
* 1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
* 1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress
April 29th:
* 1863 - William Randolph Hearst, American publisher (d. 1951)
* 1899 - Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 1974)
* 1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian
* 1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis, Irish actor
* 1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
* 1970 - Andre Agassi, American tennis player
* 1970 - Uma Thurman, American actress
April 30th:
* 1933 - Willie Nelson, American musician, composer, and actor
* 1948 - My Mommy, Mom
* 1982 - Kirsten Dunst, American actress