Stuck In Your Teeth

Today was one of those days that get stuck in your teeth. Like those tasty puffy Cheetos that taste so good but you spend the rest of the day sucking bits of them out of your teeth.

It wasn't a bad day it was mostly nice but just kept going on and on.

It got unseasonably warm. Up to 82 degrees. It should get cooler for New Years.

I did brave my way to the grocery store and even saw my one of my favorite cab drivers.
New Years Eve.

I just want it to stay cooler for a few more months. The smaller my power bills is the more I can use to get out of the debt my fathers ailing health has put me in.

A Day

Today I packed up what little Christmas decorations. Everything is put up and waiting for next Christmas.

The Day After

I how up to a house with a temperature around 66 degrees. I forgot to turn the heater on over night. I have the heater on and the house is at 74 degrees.

My heart has been pounding off and on all day.

I will miss the Christmas music and the Christmas smiles.

It won't take long for me to have the house undecorated for Christmas and I don't have anything for the New Year to put up.

Scary Day Silent Night

Today started out nice. I got out of the house and saw Santa. But when I got home the power went out and I got too hot. For a while I thought I may have to call an ambulance. But I did fall asleep and the power came back on. So I woke up to a hot house and had to turn the air conditioner on to cool things down. Now I am waiting for Santa but he is sending a cold front ahead of him. It is raining a wonderful cool winter rain out side and the temperature is slowly going down.

I doubt there will be any snow as there was in 2004 but I more than welcome the cooler temperatures.

Shortest Day of the Year

Today is the shortest day of the year. Where I am there will be 10 hours 22 minutes and 59 seconds of daylight today.

A Penny Saved

In an effort to hold bills down I have decided to turn the cable for the TV off next week.

It is another hot day here but it should get cooler for Christmas. However the chances of snow are from zero to zilch.

Slow Down You Move To Fast

It is December 21 and winter is flying by way to fast for my taste. Soon the heat will start up and hurricane season will return with all the stress that entails.
I want time to slow down.
I want the Christmas music to last.
I want cold weather and snow. Fat chance living in a city that has the same atmosphere as the mouth of hell.

On the other hand The Dallas Cowboys seem to have their stride back. Too late and to long. Why did it take so long to wake up and clean out the trash polluting the team?

So I am stuck with an ocean of money troubles and a bad heart. More heat and misery to come.
In the mean time I will enjoy the Christmas music and what little cold weather we get down here at the pimple on the black head of the ass of the cosmos.

Thank God That's Over With

Today is a day to dance in the streets. To hug thy neighbor and give your pet an extra treat. Today is the final day of Hurricane Season. It's is done and over with. I personally plan to dance on my ceiling but not to Lionel Richie.

Cowboys Wins Final Preseason Game

The Dallas Cowboys won in their final preseason game.

The Dallas Cowboys 27
The Miami Dolphins 25

Thought

As long as any government has unbridled control of the way people can communicate there will be warfare.

The Good Old Ways

Some one asked me what it would take to get me to go back to a theater to see a movie. 3D, better audio, what? My answer. Outlaw other people. Screaming kids, feuding couples, cell phone idiots, and loud talkers. I want to get my drink popcorn, sit down and watch the film in a cool theater without having to put up with anyone's crap.

Blackout.

The power went out this morning. It is amazing how fast the house gets so hot so quickly. After about half an hour the power came back on and I am thankful for it.

Dallas Cowboys First Preseason Game of 2010

Dallas Cowboys 16
Cincinnati Bengals 7

Go Cowboys hurry up cold weather.

Summer Nights

It is 79 degrees outside. The air conditioner is not whining under the strain of keeping the house cool under the heat of a summer night. Winter is a few months away and I can't wait. Now just to survive the rest of hurricane season without watching everything being blown to hell.

Good Day Sunshine

Today was a good day. Due to the cloud cover the tempature was not as hot as usual. We also got a wounderful rainfall. Over 1.8 inches of rain.
Saddly we heart of hurricane season has yet to start. We have two more months of storm season to survive.

July

It is July and getting hot here. However we should get some rain for the next few days and that should keep the temperature down a few degrees.

Yesterday

Yesterday was a hard day.
I have had worse but it was such a good day to start with then turn bad.
It is hot here and getting hotter.
After doing some stuff outside in the heat my heart started pounding and I kept trying to lay down and cool off but outside forces kept demanding my attention.

I can not wait for hurricane season to be over with even though it goes on to November. Actually I can't wait for September to get here and for things to start cooling off.

Top Five Favorite Songs Of The Week

Here my top five favorite songs of this week.

1. Nothing but a good time - Poison
2. It's been a long long time - Louis Armstrong
3. Run to the hills - Iron Maiden
4. The Rockford Files - Peter Carpenter and Mike Post
5. Separate Ways - Journey

Time For Your Morning Heart Attack Sir

Last Thursday I woke up to my heart racing at a break neck speed to parts unknown.
By the time the cab got here and we got to the emergency room it was seven am. Just as I walked in one of four ambulances showed up carrying someone having a heart attack.
I learned later that seven in the morning seems to be time to have a heart attack. Everyone is waking up and getting ready for what ever the day holds. So they are placing their once happily sleeping hearts under stress and as a result are having a heart attack.
So after the paper work a nurse took me to a bed where I laid and listen to my heart do its impression of a warp engine in over drive. I also got to listen to a woman fighting to breath, a guy coughing up a small portion of his lung and two elder people having their morning heart attacks. After almost half an hour plus a nurse came in and did more paperwork. Took blood samples and Finally gave me some oxygen. half an hour later a doctor came in and we talked a bit and he announces "Your heart rate is almost normal so now I am waiting to hear from your doctor. Can I get you anything?"
I asked for a cold Sprite remembering Doctor Cooley telling me if I felt bad I should have one as they did good things for me.
I never had a better tasting Sprite.
A short while later filled with another ambulance showing up and a visit from a friendly janitor who moped up the floor with a big smile on his face.
Finally the doctor shows up again and announces I am low on Magnesium so they will give my some via IV drip. The doc stayed a bit longer and we talked a bit. The nurse set up the IV and left me to watch the clock.
The nurse came in unhooked me and had me sign even more paper work. And with that my big scare was over.
The whole miss adventure took three hours.

Reach

Today I played Halo reach with my friend THE Fish. It was the first online game i have played in ages. It was nice playing with an old friend. I don't know if I can afford Halo Reach when it comes out but I hope so.

Update

Well I missed a whole month last month. So here an update to tell you what been going on.
Last month the 23rd was my birthday. It was quiet except for going to the big HEB grocery store. There was a birthday party for me in yo ville that Sunday night.
Other than yo ville cyber items the only birthday presents where the ones my friend Nancy sent me. She sent me a Dallas Cowboys t shirt and some home made bread and smart balance popcorn. My cousin came down and spent the day with me. He did a few little choirs for me and we got to talk some.
I been enjoying the cold weather but sadly it is coming to an end It will soon heat up and I will be miserable yet again.

A Pony Tail Between Friends

For the first time in months and months I wound up in the ER. My heart was racing at a rate of 187 beat per minute.

This was scary.

I went to the wrong ER meaning I went to a different one than I usually do. I was one of two people there. They wasted no time getting to work on me.

They give me two shots that did nothing. Then after some talking to the ER doctor they gave me a third shot. It made it hard to breath for about two seconds then my heart started to slow down. After that they just watched me and we joked around.

One nurse offered to cut off my pony tail.



They where all very sweet and gentle.

Blue Monday

Monday was spent making heavy decisions without any heavy lifting. I contacted a church to see if I could find some help with keeping the house clean. There are people who will help but they want 50 dollars. I don't have 50 dollars to spend.

I still have yet to make the funeral arrangements. I am not looking forward to doing this.

A friend of mine was thought to have committed suicide. Thankfully he has not.

What Men Are Thinking

1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one! Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

1. You can either ask us to do something Or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have NO idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say 'nothing,' We will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine... Really!

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball or golf.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!

1. Thank you for reading this. Yes, I know I have to sleep on the couch tonight; But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping

Gripe

Tonight SHOULD be Mythbusters but no, someone had to etch a sketch my whole Wednesday schedule. Thank you Discovery channel. Bastards!

Looking For Einstein Cars Keys

The Large Hadron Collider costs over 6 billion dollars is 17 miles in circumference and buried 320 feet under ground and was shut down because a bird lost his baguette.

I think this thing find Murphy's Law particles.

Sure As I'm Sittin' Here

Today was another panic ridden day. One near disaster after another.

I have reached a decision. One of the things that is driving me to depression is how dark the house is. I think I will find some rope lights and wrap them around the door frame in the kitchen. Some nice cool blue light in the kitchen in stead of the darkness that now lives there.

Brush Your Self Off

Wow. I really fell down there. This post a day stuff is harder than you would think.

OK here what has been going on. I have been working on trying to get my dad set up so he could live out the rest of his days without worries.

Or maybe I been trying to set it up so he could live out the rest of his days with out my worrying about him. I do not know which.

In any case after a very long week and scary week last week I feel better about things. I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel but I know there is an en to it.

Flash Back

I spent part of today thinking about the last show I did when I was doing TV production.

It was a music video show case with a religious flavor. The host who I am still great friends with would sit on a stool with a blinding light less than a yard away burn white hot strait into his eyes. Every light in the studio was on and most of them where aimed at the wall behind him. We would "chroma key" him into a back ground composed of a painting I did on a computer.

The switcher would remove the blue wall he was sitting in front of and by a bit of electronic wizardry replace the wall with what ever I choose. I was occasionally tempted to place him in front of on coming traffic, in deep space, or underwater with a shark swimming strait at him. He would not know until he saw the finished shot. But my self control won out.

So there he would sit there being blinded by a light, discussing the importance of a belief in God and in yourself. I wounder how about a belief in some good sunglasses.

The last show was melodically. Not only was this our final show together, and we knew it, weather or not we discussed it. But this was the final show for the studio. The nextday they would knock down walls and place in a bank of telephone lines.

After the shot we eited the show together. We talked about all the memories we had of the studio and the people who worked there. Once done we turneed the finished product in and cleaned up the studio. Everything went as usal untill I had to turn the lights off. I stood there for a few seconds looking at all the old and outdated equipmnet. It may have been old but we could do some damn impressive things with it.

I miss that clunky old studio.

More over I miss the people.

Some sadly have died. Some have drifted off in time, other I still talk to, one has become the closet thing I have to a brother and another is now a grand friend.

We did some amazing things in that old studio.

Today

I am going to be brave and force myself to the local grocery store. I feel like hell but am out of food and drinks and it will be very cold the rest of the week.

Wish me luck.

A Creature Of The Night

I am a creature of the night. I like the night. It is cooler and quieter. There is no one calling you trying to sell you some useless item you neither need or want. There in no one pounding on your door wanting your opinion on one topic or the other. There are no trucks trundling down your street rattling your windows.

Unfortunately the night dose not last. The daylight lovers will soon show theme selves. They wait behind the sun drumming their fingers on their desktops. Impatiently demand that you pay them. Demanding your fear, your sweat, and your tears.

My Vistitor

Cowboys Win

The Dallas Cowboys won handily against Philadelphia Eagles.

Cowboys 24
Eagles 0

Next week the teams will have a rematch.

New Year 2

Had a quiet day of the new year. I watched the new episode of Doctor Who in which they have said good bye to the old Doctor and we met the new actor who will play the doctor.

Other than that things where very quiet here.

New Years Daze

Today was the first day of the new year. It has been nice and cold and I felt pretty good.
I been working slowly on my office throwing out tons of old paperwork I no longer need. I hope by the end of the week to have the room sorted out so its easier to use and more organized.

I have the week end off but have tons of things for next week. I have to take the cable box and modem back to the cable company. That means standing in line. I hate that. By the time I'll be done with that I'll be so tired I won't have any energy left.

I also want to see if I can find any free transportation for the disabled. Cab fare is killing me fiscally.

So far the new year is going well. I hope by the end of the week I have all this paper work sorted out it seems to be taking forever.