Training wheels!

2 days ago I took the training wheels off of Logan's bicycle. He wasn't overly impressed with the idea.

That same day I took him and his bike to the park. we spent about 15 minutes there trying to get him to ride. His best was about 30 feet before he crashed.

Good try! 

Yesterday we went again. This time we spent a good 30 to 40 minutes practicing. Best distance: 300 yards, no crashing.

I'm UP! 

Today we went again. Thanks to the heat and humidity we only stayed about 15 minutes again. We worked on learning to turn the bike. He basically ran the bases onf the ball field on his bike, first clockwise then counter clokwise. After that we went over to the basketball court to ride on the pavement. We also practiced using the breaks. Although not 100% successful he did great.


Just a little help! 

Afterwards he rode his bike home on the sidewalk. I only had to grab his bike twice to keep him from going off of the curb!


SUPER PROUD!

LAst night was soccer. Logan's team was there in full force. Thier opponents on the other hand only had 5 members show up. That could have been a forfeit. But the Coaches talked about it and as long as 2 memnbers from the Red Ants went over the game would continue.

The coach asked and Logan stood up and said he'd go. We didn't have to tell him or even try to convince him. We had explained to him sometime ago about what would happen if there weren't enough players on a team. We explained to him about what being a good sport was about. None of the other kids were willing to go untill Logan stood up and volunteered. No matter how much we complain that he doesn't seem to listen to us, when he does something like that we feel like we ARE doing a good job of being parents.

WOOT!

Been busy. Lots of useless crap going on .

Still haven't sold my kid to a sweatshop. I'm still willing otaccept offeres.

Logan's been busy with Tuesday night soccer. His team, the Red Ants, has beenon a winning streak. Last night Logan started the game off with the opening kick. And even though his team won, 2-1, Logan had no goals or assists.

Last week he played goal for the first half. There were 3 shots against him and all were stopped. He also scorred a goal in the second half.

He seems to have found a girlfriend there too.

Outside of soccer we've been busy with friends. Mostly on account of kids. WE found out that on the base there's a little water park for the kids to play at.

Roleplaying games are taking place on Friday and Sunday nights. There have been trips downtown just for the hell of it.

Today though is going to be laundry/house cleaning day. GAH! At least it's raining outside.

Oops.... Time to go put the laundry in.. I'm getting the "look". I think I;d like to get laid tonight.

Would I go to jail if....

I sold my kid to a Tiwanese sweatshop?

Logan's friend spent the night last night. That was all weel and good. They went to bed around 2330hrs and we neer head a peep from them until after 0700 this morning.

Logan was good inthat he made them both breakfast. They were both nice and quiet, playing in Logan's room or watching TV.

When I climbed out of bed that's when I noticed the smell and then the can. A can of Deep Woods Off. I picked it up knowing it wasn't there last night and to the best of my knowledge it wasup on a shelf out of reach. I noticed that, what was once a full can, was nearly empty.

As I approched Logan's room to find out who had used it and why the sweetish stink of it got stronger. When asked neither of them admitted to using it. Then both siad the other did it. At the time only Logan got a swat on the ass, and a good hard one too, because he has been told tie and time again not to touch it and why. His friend got a smack on the backside as well but not untill his father showed up to give it.
Both of them were give damp clothes and made to wipe down the floors in the bedroom, living room and kitchen.

As of right now Logan is sitting on the couch without access to his computer untill July 3. He's not allowed to watch TV for the rest of the day, play outside or even play with his toys.

And this happens the day after I get rejected by the Commissionaires Corps. I did the tests but failed in filling out the reports. Basically they sid I'm an idiot and can't use me. At least I can accept that as a reason. Best Buy a few months ago said they wouldn't hire me because I was unemployed.

If I sell Logan to a sweat shop at least I would accomplish 2 things: I'd make some money and redue my stress levels.

The Tooth Fairy is a coming!

Logan is now a gapped toothed hill-billy. He pulled his tooth out today at school, on his own.

Some of the kids in his class think he's real brave for doing it. The boys from upstairs think it's really cool that Logan did it. Guess I have to go to the store and get some change for the Tooth Fairy.

Tuesday Logan had his first soccer game. It was a hoot! 2 goalies and 12 kids "fighting" for the same soccerball. Before he got asigned to a team Logan said he was going to be Number 10 on the red team. He was right.

He was supposed to go last week, but with things the way they were we didn't go. Logan's team, the Red Ants, won the game 5-1. Logan didn't score but he did get an assist!

Wiggle it! Just a little bit!

Wiggle it just a little bit, I wanna see you wiggle it just a little bit, as it grooves
Wiggle it just a little bit, I wanna see you wiggle it just a little bit, as it grooves

Can you guess what's happening now? No?

Well yester Logan went to his friends house to play. He was there less than 20 minutes when we get a phone call. As parents we're thinking he's had an accident of some kind.
That was sort of right.

Turns out he had a popsicle and "Broke his tooth". No he didn't really break a tooth on a popsicle. He's got his first loose tooth. It's his bottom front on his right.

When we went to pick him up we took a look at it. The thing is pretty danged wiggly. I'm thinking it'll will be ready to come out by Weds.

Hope the Tooth Fairy is ready for this mission. How much is a tooth worth these days?

We got a call

The Doctor finally called.

First bit of good news I've had all week. NO CANCER

I can actually breath again. The doctor is still considering doing a hystorectomy but we'll know more in September after Carrie's next appointment.

More waiting.

We finally got a hold of the doctors office today. But still no news. The secretary said she can't/won't read the results in case she reads something wrong. The doctor is busy and may not be able to get back to us untill next week.

Nothing like draging shit out.

And now I have a freaking head cold. GAH!

Scared

Yeah. I am.

I've had people come at me with knives, swords, bats, crowbars and fists. I've nearly been hit by trains, cars, transports, bikes, skateboards. I've nearly gone over the side of a 400 foot cliff.

None of that bothered me.

The last time I was afraid was when Logan was seriously ill and could have died.

Today I, we, found out that Carrie may have some serious health problems. She went to her gynocologist appointment today. I'm glad she did.

For the last several years she has had problems with her period. Very irregular, very heavy, very painful. She had been diagnosed with polycystic overies and told that that was the source of the problems. Today we found out that was mostly true.

The doctor has seen many cases of polycystic ovary syndrome that have turned into cancer. She took a biopsy sample from Carrie. Based on the look of the sample the doctor doesn't think it looks good. Now we have to wait a few days untill the results come in to confirm it.

All I can do is hope. And I feel so small and angry becasue that's all I can do.

Death in the family

Yup. There was a death.

Harvey Hamtaro Hamster passed away last night. We had him for about 4 years and he was BIG. Many of our friends mistook him for a baby Guinea Pig.

Compared to most of the hamsters I've met he was extremely gentle and well behaved, never bit ANYONE. Except the Carrie, but that's because she had been eating sunflower seeds before she picked him. She didn't bleed so it wasn't a hard bite, he just wanted to tase the food. LOL

We now have a sad 6 year old boy. Harvey was his first pet and the first pet to die. But we all must learn about death at some point. Best to tell him up front what happened instead of shielding him from it by buying a replacement hamster with out telling him. Logan seems to be taking it well though. He help dispose of the body and just asked if he should through the hamsterfood in the trash. "Harvey won't need it now", he said.

Now all that's left to do is sterilize the tank that was Harvey's home. Hot water and some bleach will take care of that. Once it's clean we're going to look into getting another snake. I'd like to get a Califonia King Snake. If not that then maybe a bearded dragon.

Well, we'll have to look around and see.

Reeeee.....Jected!

I applied to College. I waited patiently for an acceptence letter. I checked the online servie for confirmation regularly. Nothing.

I emailed the college to see if there was a delay due to a strike. There was no delay. All letters of acceptence were posted on March 31. So that means I'm not going to school.

It hurts. I am so tired and stressed out form being rejected. I can understand why people commit suicide. It's such an easy road to go down. It certainly seems as if evrything in life is doing it's damnest to push me that way.

My mother keeps telling me that "one door closes, another opens" . But right now I feel like there are no other doors.

With luck (HA! this proves I don't have any) I should be back to "normal" in a day or two.

Wish I had the cash to go play paintball and vent my frustrations by shooting at people....

Ouch part 2. OR The Hazards of Easter

So 10 days ago I had a tooth ripped out of my face becasue it broke. I was ok with that.

Yesterday was Easter and we got some chocolate.

This morning I'm enjoying a bit of it before I head off to the dentist to begin my cleaning. I'm letting the chocolate melt a bit before it chew enjoying the creamy texture. I start to chew when I feel a crunch.

At first I thought "neat a bit of un mixed cocoa or a random nut." Then I realized the nut wasn't chew able.

Turns out another tooth broke. I just called the dentist to let them know that I may not be getting a cleaning done today.

I've been expecting this to happen for the last 10 years. My dentist in Calgary warned my some of my teeth were more filling than tooth and they would eventually break. I ws hoping it wouldn't happen untill I had full dental coverage again or I could afford to cap my teeth. All I can do now is hope that I can get through school, get a job and coverage before any more break.

With luck this one can be saved instead of pulled.

Let's add to the suffering now. Carrie's mom and dad are coming for a visit. the'll be here untill Thursday. It's not that I don't like them, but since our bedroom is still in the dinig room we won't be able to have sex for a while.
Wel, you know what hey say: Things happen in threes.... LOL

OUCH!

Went back to the dentist last night. They removed the temporary filling that was put on last week. After a bit of grinding he gave me some options.

1- Put a couple of pins into the tooth and rebuild it. No garantee as to how long it would last. Becasue of it being a molar and how the break was normal chewing could shear the pins and I'd be back in the chair.

2- Do a root canal and install a post. A post is thicker and stronger than the pins. Root canal would need to be done to make room for the post. My coverage would allow the root canal, but no the post. Since I had no money to cover the post it wasn't an option.

3-Pull the fucker out of my face. Cheap, covered and only one visit. So that was what I went with.

At this point I'd had 2 needles just to remove the temp filling. I got 3 more to go with them, 2 in the roof of the mouth. OUCH!!! He waited a couple of minutes and stared to pull. It felt like he was pulling the upper jaw right out of my head. No pain but lots of pressue. After five minutes or so he stopped. He siad it was too stubborn and he was going to cut the tooth into 3 pieces. Five more minutes of drilling followed by 10 minutes of pulling and I was done. Install one disovable stitch sit me up and kick me out. DONE!

I have a mild headache, minor swelling and the belleding stopped sometime last night while I was sleeping. I would like to eat but I'm a bit ill feeling from swallowing all that blood. I'm not allowed to eat or drink anything hot and I hate piss warm coffee.... Oh well, what can you do?

har har har! 


Here we are. April 4, 2006. A bit disapointing weather wise seeing as on Friday I was able to spend the day in shorts and a t-shirt. Saturday wasn't too bad. Sunday was cold, Monday added rain and today is the same. Sigh.

I'm still waiting to hear back from St. Lawrence College about my application. Acceptence letters were supposed ro go out on friday. Even thought the stike is over I doubt they'll be out on time. So I have to worry and wait.

Last Sunday I was eating a roast beef sandwich at lunch. Broke a molar. Good thing I had a dentist appointment on that Monday. Got a temp filling put in and go in this Thursday to get the real one done.

We've had a couple of problems on the paintball forum the last couple of days. Seems some of the memebrs feel that the new mods are a tad over zealous in handing out warnings. One member (signed up in June '05 and has under 200 posts) has gone so far as to sell off all of his Special Ops Paintball gear and quite the foum. All becasue he felt he was above the rules. Stupid is as stupid does. He's also vowed to go on a Quixote quest to thwart the tyrany of the forum.

I did something on the forum I've never done before. I read a members tea leaves. HERE is the full thread. My nmae on there is Puzuma (Duh)and the target for the read is JKLNHYD. aside from couple of comments on the forum we've never spoken. I drank the tea while focusing on his photo he uplaoded in his profile and posted my results. He's copied them and is adding his comments as things go by. I've already given him the willies. I hope it turns out to be accurate. I may have a new online business.

Paintball Pros Punished

And it's about time.

Don't get me wrong. I love the sport. Weather it's woodsball or speedball. But the speedball tournemant scene is seriously messed up. It has been for years. Ramping, cheaterboards, wiping. Certanly not smart things for pro players to do. The general response of the Speedball community is "Everyone does it so I will too."

I'm not saying woodsballdoesn't have it's share of cheaters, but woodsball also isn't "The Future of Paintball" the way speedball is.
Honor and integrity are going the way of us old school pump players. It's consideed "cute" but useless.

Seems to me the tollerance for the "bending" of the rules has finally bit speedball in the ass.

Several incidents at the 2006 PSP Texas Open have put a black spot on the sport of paintball. The conduct of teams and players may have reached an all-time low in and around this event.

Based on the number of incidents and the damage caused, both financially and to the reputation of paintball tournaments in general, I have decided to take unprecedented action in hopes of deterring players and teams from making the same mistakes in the future. These intolerable incidents affect the outcome of tournaments as well as the finances of the PSP and ultimately the finances of all teams, vendors, and sponsors involved in the tournament. They also affect the reputation of the sport of paintball and the ability of the PSP and other tournament organizers to find and secure desirable venues.

I feel it is time to hold people accountable for their immature, selfish, and irresponsible actions.


Over the past 5 months, PSP had been engaged in ongoing talks with the Marriott Corporation about future involvement with tournament paintball. The talk had progressed slowly, but steadily. Significant efforts on both sides were destroyed by the actions of teams staying in Marriott hotels in the Austin area during our Texas event.

Include strong call-to action links to various pages of your website to drive traffic and open up additional possibilities to convert browsers into buyers.The day after our staff returned from the event, we were contacted by Marriott and advised that they were not only uninterested in any additional talks, but that they were also letting their hotels in the area of our future events know not to book rooms for paintball teams or players.

This loss of a possible huge outside sponsor and hotel partner was brought about by the selfish acts of several teams who stayed at various Marriott hotels during the event. I have a list of names of people who booked the rooms that were damaged. I have cross referenced these names with the ID system. Until the teams provide the names of those specific individuals who caused the damage, every player on the roster of these teams will be suspended from PSP events.

Members of Team Demolition, Choppapb.com, Anarchy, Infinity, and Montage will be suspended for various lengths of time ranging from 1 tournament to a lifetime ban from PSP events. These suspensions stem from various degrees of damage done to the rooms and facilities of a Marriott hotel in which they were guests. Some of the people on these teams are responsible for the breaking off of talks between PSP and the Marriott Corporation regarding future rate deals, sponsorship, and additional involvement between the two companies.


Team Clutch won the Division 3 Xball tournament. They did so with an illegal roster. This was not simply an oversight, but was a deliberate act of manipulating the ID system, and submitting misleading information in order to have members of the team’s classification dropped. Part of this problem stems from the staff believing the stories told to them and consequently dropping players’ classifications. The other part of this problem was the deliberate and intentional misrepresentation of identity in order to have a team compete below its rightful level. At no point in the future will any player’s classification be changed regardless of circumstances. There is no need for any player to contact anyone in PSP with a request for classification change from this point on. It will not happen.

While I am certain that not all members of the team had prior knowledge of the scheme, I am left with no reasonable choice but to hold all accountable to some degree. The team has been stripped of all points from the Texas event. Several members of the team will be suspended from PSP events for 3 events. Others will be suspended for 1 year. Two individuals will be suspended for life. Adjustments will be made in terms of payout of prizes and distribution of tournament seed points toward year-end standings for the other teams in their division.

On Sunday, Todd Martinez decided to take a PSP-rented golf cart for a joy ride through the awards ceremony. He crashed the golf cart into the guide wires anchoring one of the tripod poles, which hold the net up on the NXL field. The tripod pole was bent and is no longer usable. The golf cart was damaged and PSP has been billed for the repairs. He will be suspended from play for 1 year. He must reimburse PSP for the damages to the golf cart before he will be allowed on the property of any future PSP event.

Here is the list of suspensions handed out to players/teams from the Texas event.

· Billy York – probation
· Trent Wilson – probation
· Grover Srader – probation
· Michael Fitzpatrick – probation
· Jesse Babb – 1 year suspension
· Tanner Russell – Lifetime ban from PSP events
· Daniel Orren – 1 year suspension
· Adam/Donald/DJ Thomsen – Lifetime ban from PSP events
· Todd Martinez – 1 year suspension and reimbursement of costs for damage

The following is the list of players whose teams caused considerable damage and disruption to one of the hotels. PSP has no way of determining specifically which of the individuals on these teams who rented the rooms is ultimately responsible for the unacceptable actions. We are aware of the particular rooms that had damage, as well as the acts of outright stupidity that occurred. Thus, we are holding all members of the teams on which the players who rented the rooms are rostered accountable for the actions of their teammates.

At this point in time, the following players are suspended indefinitely. As more specific information becomes available, there may be changes made in regard to the duration of suspensions for individual players.

Team Demolition
· CJ Botsalas
· Travis Arango
· Chad Bustere
· Ryan Currie
· Ramzi El-Yousef
· Graydon Gesner
· Dana Klibanoff
· John Ossian
· Daniel Riney
· Arroldo Silva
· Alex Spence
· Erik Taylor

Choppapb.com
· Josh Harper
· James Harwood
· Corey Jones
· Andrew Macaluso
· Aaron McCorkle
· Robert Mcleod
· Corey Neal
· Zack Piper
· Myles Vann
· Richie Wade
· Travis Walsh
· Daniel Watson
· Duane Watson

Anarchy
· Adam Hagar
· Mason Kane
· Devin Peithmann
· Cody Rich
· Dan Riha

Infinity
· Christopher Bobell
· Robert Hamski
· Pete Montero
· Nick Sandalena
· Robert Signor
· Domencia Steele

I hope this message gets to the teams and players in the vein that it was intended. I would be remiss in my duties as the head of the world’s largest tournament league if I let these types of actions continue unpunished. The result of the misdeeds of players at this past event goes far beyond the scope of most players’ knowledge. We are losing sponsorship. We are losing respect. We are now losing the ability for teams to stay at hotels of their choice simply because they are related to the sport of paintball. If we decide to have another event in Texas, the PSP will not be able to rent equipment from the most reasonable vendor, making production of the event much more difficult. Other Texas paintball events may have to face these same issues. It is a very real possibility that no paintball players will be able to stay at Marriott Hotels in the future.

This is a simple message – players and teams competing in PSP events will be held accountable for their actions and the actions of their teammates and others involved with their team. Heed the warning!

Lane Wright CEO/President Paintball Sports Promotions

Yeah. I know. "So what? A hotle room or two got trashed. Big deal." Well, guess what? It's not a big deal. It's HUGE deal.

So now these "pro" teams are short players, not that it matters as some were sandbaging, or the team was suspended entirely. What's that mean? Look at it from a sponsors perspective.

The team you've been giving money to to wear YOUR logo and promote YOUR products is no longer able to attened ANY toury on the PSP circut untill the team is back to a full roster or the suspensions are over. You are now losing advertising revenue. You are now also associated with a group of unruly individuales/teams. What will you do? Pass it off as many in the speedball world are willing to do as "boys will be boys"? Or are you going to punish them as well? Pull your sponsorship and find a team that's more professional or at the very least cut your level of sponsor ship? I know what I'd do. I'd pull thier funding.

If speedball wants to be the future of the game then the leagues (psp, MXL, NPPL, and so on) along with the sponsors need to pull thier heads out of their asses and LEARN from this.

I pray to the paintball gods (if there is one) and hope things change.

Hell week!

It started out ok. Nothing bad happening.
Tuesday the Colleges went on strike, so I have no clue what that's going to do with me being accepted. They say it won;t affect anything but what's the poing in beinf accpted if I can't learn?

Wed. was Logan's birthday. He had 5 kids show up for his party. WE ended up running 30 minutes longer than expected, but that was ok. Logan had a lot of fun and got some good stuff.

My birthday was on Thurs. Not much happened. Spent most of our money on Logan so I didn't get anyting from Carrie, except fun in the bedroom, and that was good enough for me! A friend of our got me the Hulk on DVD and today my mom, grandma and sister are coming for a visit, more for Logan's birthday than mine. Mom said she did get me a gift. Hope it's good. She said she thinks I'll like it, but we'llhave to see.

Friday we had another flood in the bedroom. This time id wrecked our bed.

Last week the washing machine was replaced. The lady on the 3rd floor did laundry Friday morning and didn't care that the drainage hose from the washer to the sink was "missing" she "assumed that they hooked it up differently". the rinse cycle kicked in and we got rained on.

I used a piece of coat hanger to McGyver a hose clamp. Hopefully it holds.

We contacted the landlords of course. When they stopped by to see what happened we asked about our bed. they told us that we had to pay for it but we would be reimbursed. Thankfully mom was able to get a KICK ASS DEAL on a new set so we had something to sleep on last night. Now all we need are pillows.

You want an embarassment to the sport?

Look at Canada's Men's Hockey team....

Actually don't. It's enough to make you want to cry.

The Olympics is supposed to be about the best your country has to offer. If these "professional;" players are the best Canada has to offer, then we have to look at getting some amatures on the next team.

I would have expected better form pro team players. Note the words: PRO TEAM PLAYERS.
"They didn't even have a true checking line". So what? They are supposed to be professionals. They should be good enough and able to adapt. The coaching staff SHOULD have assigned a players as checkers.

"They were stock-piled with NHL scorers". Fat lot of good that did.

"Another disappointment was Canada's undisciplined play. Too often, players took penalties that proved costly." Yup. But again, these are PROFESSIONAL players. They should have disciplined played NO MATTER WHAT. They should be able to be put on a team with a bunch of guys that never put skates on and still play a good game.

I've heard people complain that the Canadain Men's team didn't have time to practice together. WHAT THE HELL? Some practice would have been good, but again, they're supposed to be PRO HOCKEY PLAYERS. They've played with/against each other often enough that they should know thier styles of play, the coaching staff even more so. They should have been able to set up better lines. All of the players should have been able to follow a coaches instructions and follow a game plan.

Well Buke Lacktavose, there's your "embarrassment to Canada and a blemish on the sport".

Shut the fuck up.

What the hell is wrong with people? The Canadian Women's Hockey team has been kicking some serious ass in Torino. 16-0 against Italy, 12-0 against Russia. That's damned awesome. So why are some people complaining they are an embarassment to Canada?

This is the Olympics people. The team members are SUPPOSED to be the best the country has to offer. I'll admit that maybe, maybe, the thrashing of Italy was a bit harsh but that's only beacuse they are new to this. But you don't improve if someone takes it easy on you.

I was discussing the first win with a US friend of mine over AIM. He was quite proud that the US Women's Hockey team won 2 games, both shut out. Thier game against Russia was 3-0. His reasoning is taht Russia is a much tougher team than Italy could ever hope to be. Based on previous performances by any Russian hockey team they should have been a challenge. If they were that good why did we get a 12-0 win?

I came across this article on the (CBC website)
talking about weather or not our women's team was right in thier wins. Don Cherry, never a big fan but I did (yes did) respect him, said that as a coach if his ream had a big lead he'd get the guys to ease up. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ABOUT? You don't want embarrass an obviously inferior team? I'd be more embarrassed if I found out you "took it easy" on me.

This is in the article:

"What a terrible display of poor sportsmanship," fan Buke Lacktavose wrote in CBC's Hometown Heroes message board. "The way the women's hockey team ran up the score against Italy – what an embarrassment to Canada and a blemish on the sport."

You sir, are an absolute and utter dipshit. I'd like to use stronger more descriptive words but there isn't a word in any language to describe you. An embarrassment to Canada? A blemish on the sport? How so? Becasue they played thier best and won? OR because they play better then 90% of the men in the NHL?

All I can say now is that I hope they DESTROY the rest of the competition as they have with the first 2 teams. I look forward to seeing Canda vs USA for gold and seeing the USA lose 12-7. If the US can actually play that strong of a game....

It sucks being 5.

It been a rough month for Logan.

Around the middle of January Logan came home from school with lice. So we bought the goop for all of our hair and shaved Logan's head. He was quite upset that he lost hid rat tail to.

Yesterday he went to school. I picked him up and he was fine. He was fine all afternoon. At bedtime I was reading him his story and noticed a couple of spots on his face and forhead. I figured Nova and Logan had been playing and he had a scratch. Boy was I wrong.

Spots started popping up on his arms and legs. All over his back and chest. He was doing fine at bedtime. Not scratching or even complaining of being itchy. He even went to sleep fine. I still needed to get some stuff for him so I ran off to the drugstore.

I checked in on him at 2200hrs and he was still snoring away. I went to bed at 0000hrs and slept untill 0200. WhenI went to the bathroom I could hear Logan grumbling.

I go into this room to see if he's ok and he says, "Daddy, having chicken pox is no fun." I spent the next 10 minutes dabbing Calamine Lotion on as many spots as I could. I gave him a couple of kids Advil and he went back to sleep....I wish I did.

At 0800 he comes into my bedroom saying he's itchy again. More Calamine put on him. As of right now he's in the bath tub with some colloidal oatmeal treatment. He asked me if he could have a spoon to eat the oatmeal. He seemed rather disapointed that I said no.

Now if that isn't bad enough. Carrie, appearently, hasn't had chicken pox. Personally I've never met anyone that's had chicken pox as an adult, all I've heard are rumors that it's by far alot worse than for a kid. So I'm the only one that's healthy, but I've been told I can still be a carry for it for a few days. Better safe than sorry I guess.

Onver the last few days on the Spec Ops forum (link in the side bar) We, the forum satff, have been talking about upgrading the software. I believe the version that was being used was version 3. the new software is version 6 or something. It was thought the upgrade would only take an hour or so. That was at around 1600hrs yesterday, it is now nearly 1200, 20 hours later. And it's still being worked on. "Computers will make thing easier for everyone!" HAHAHA! <- My sarcastic laugh. The 1950's were sooooo full of shit!

Tattoos!

Well, I finally got quotes on my tattoos that I want.....

Price- 4.5" x 3" -$170.00 or 5.5" x 4" - $200.00 and will be placed on the left side of my chest.I'll be getting the smaller one. Cutting out the large one it looks TOO big.


This would next on my list. Price- 4" x 3.5" - $170.00 or 4.5 x 5.5 - $200.00 and would be put on my forearm. I'm thinking the large size on the right one, just below the elbow

And finally

3.5 x 3.5- $150.00 or 4.5 x 4.5 - $170.00 Again I think the larger one is what I'll get. This would be placed on the back of my neck/head.

After tlaking ot my mother she said she might be able to do a birthday fund for the first one. SWEET!

Now for the other two: Does anyone need someone killed?


OH! And Protocoach....The main reason I didn't skate is I had horribly weak ankles and flat feet. I put skates on and my feet would splay so wide my ankles were touching the ice. Mind you I think I made up for not ice skating by playing street hockey with Steve Yzerman during his rookie year. Maybe you've heard of him? good times playing goalie with no pads.....

Time to vote.

Canada is having it's Federal Election. Tomorrow. Monday January 23, 2006. It doesn't seem to matter what party I vote for I'm still going to get screwed.

We have something like 13 different parties to vote for this year. Unfortunately not all parties have reps in every riding. For example here in Kingston we have 5 choices: Conservatives, Liberals, and NDP are the three big ones. The Green Party is next in line and we have one independent.

Now I've followed politics about as closely as most people follow the history of bread making. I haven't got freaking clue who to vote for. I've joked and said I'd vote Communist or Bloc Quebecois but neither has a rep here.

Although the indie seems to be nice he'd be useless in parliament he's got no party backing. I refuse to vote PC or Liberal. I don't trust either one of them. That leaves me with NDP or Green....And I know neither has a snowballs chance of coming to power. Even so it's tough decision.

After much online reading, flipping of coins, throwing of darts, consutling of the spirts and talking to the dog I've decided to vote Green. They seem to follow my own beliefs the closest. So "GO GREEN"!

In other news.....

Still haven't heard back if I'm accepted for school. Not suprised though considering I haven't mailed my application in. I called the school to see if I needed to include anything with the $85.00 application processing fee and the application forum. I thought is was simple enough question to answer over the phone, but they want me to come in for a meeting on Wed, so I've held off the mailing. I think I'll call them tomorrow and see if they can answer my questions over the phone.

Friday after dinner we took Logan ice skating for the first time. He had a blast. Fell down a bit but kept wanting to skate some more. So Saturday we went back. I had my skates this time. First time I strapped skates on in about 20 years. I guess it wouldn't have been too bad if the skates fit. Mine are about a half size too small. Logan and I did about 4 laps before my feet hurt so bad I had to stop. Carrie had fun. It was almost as hard to get her off the ice as it was Logan. But we all had fun. Except for the walk. It takes about 40 minutes to walk from our house to the free rink at City Hall and 40 minutes back. But it's still better than the Kingston Memorial Center.

To get to the Memorial Center it only takes 5 minutes. It's an indoor areana and therefore you have to pay. Because they have hockey games they limit the amopunt of ice time the public gets. Now for the math: Public skating is ONLY on Tuesdays from 7:00pm to 7:50pm, the cost per adult is $3.00 and for a kid it's $1.75. So how is paying $8.00 for 50 minutes of skating a good value? Even though Logan complains a little on the walk the free sakte is much better. It opens at 9:00 am and goes untill 10:30pm (weather permitting) and they even maintain the ice surface! AND it's right downtown.