Random photos between election day and the first bigger winter snow storm

my elementary school and voting site


Fears of second graders

actual or subconscious fear of being in the closet?
my favorite
wow, from a second grader, either he is very smart or very danerous
gym drapes 1
gym drapes 2
(i don't know which i like better)
gym drapes 3
gym drapes 4
gym drapes 5

made from the class 1 year older than me, i always liked this painting,
and was always jealous


10 ways to handle stress
Everyone belongs
Teasing hurts
(i noticed you have the same one katy)

the enormous playground
autumn
i have disliked and not trusted girls like the one in white since elementary school
(because of a girl named angela widenhof, she was a classmate at underwood, but i never talked or socialized with her, she was very arrogant and unfriendly, she was always dressed in big frilly dresses with lace, she even wore makeup and lots of blush at that age. When we went to lunch, or recess, or gym we had to walk in a single file line, she was always directly in front of me. One day out of the blue, i was summoned to the principals office, angela had told the teachers and principal that i had been throwing her down the stairs everyday for a month. The teachers had never seen anything but they were still very upset with me and i had to beg and plead and probably cry, and eventually our parents got involved. Nothing ever happened and i didn't get in trouble but i remember being so confused as to why she would tell them i had been throwing her down the stairs for a month.
pigeon
typical elementary school roof

same world books i learned from

inadequate barb wire
?



my niece, Cameron





sleeping/dreaming
from my roof facing east
from my roof facing west









i sometimes put ice cubes on people/animals who are sleeping
a few years ago my dad fell asleep while watching a movie, so i put an ice cube on his stomach, eventually he woke up; cold, wet, and upset


mmm, pabst



comfortable plastic pillow
wisconsin baby chic
camo section at gander mountain

more baby chicness
wisconsin women chic


an epiphany(when snowblowing a large square area the best way is to start in the middle and go out in a circle)


rusty's pee hole
my treehouse stairs


the squirrel i found a month ago in our yard




birdhouse i built in cub scouts

i HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE you all

unless you watch LOST. i know these are bold words, and that i also find it easier to hate than most, But nonetheless, LOST just had if first new episode in about 8 weeks and it was unbelievable. i know (and you probably do to) that i have mentioned LOST numerous times on this blog, unfortunately for you i will mention it many more times, and now is one of those times. i watch alot of TV, for 1~ because i like TV, for 2~ because i have DVR to record as much TV as i am possibly interested in (and i have a very high interest level), and 3~ because i am often home when TV is on. DVR (as well as other certain life situations) has allowed me to watch numerous more shows that i ever watched before, i am able to watch them, see if i like them, find out they are absolute crap, and keep watching them week after week anyway, but thats beside the point. The point is i know whats out there, and LOST is ridiculously better than EVERYTHING ELSE. The level of thought, intrigue, and suspense during an hour of LOST is so mush higher than any other show on TV it's simply mind boggling. i realize that many of you have not seen all the episodes, and to start watching now would cause you to miss and misunderstand many aspects of the show, nevertheless, i implore you to start watching, ideally you will start from the beginning and catch up quickly, or just read about LOST online for a bit to catch up and them start watching. Unfortunately, 99% of you that don't watch currently still won't watch, but hopefully i have gotten through to that 1% and they will start watching. At least that is My dream Mr. King (you are not a Dr. to me, a degree from B.U. in Systematic Theology does not make anyone a doctor to me, happy month, sorry for the rambling tangent, and if you didn't smile or even worse frowned during this parenthesis than i hate you too :) ) Again i apologize for the tangent, as you know my mind wanders, and most of my evening was spent drinking with my father in various bars around tosa cause my mother was having a get-together with friends from church at our house. But alas, don't doubt the veracity of these statements due to the nights proceedings, while i may blame it on that, and tell you that i actually don't HATE you if you didn't and don't watch LOST, i am lying.

"Extras" and my choice for president

Recently, i watched an episode of "Extras" on HBO, it was very funny. Subsequently, i have watched more episodes and i found this clip from a recent episode that provides a good glimpse of the show and its humor. The basic premise of the show is that Andy, played by Ricky Gervais, is a 40-something actor, in the first season he was on various sets as an extra trying to get his big break delivering one-liners, or simply being an extra in movies. This year he got an offer to do a shitty sitcom and took it. In the clip you will also meet his inept manager, Darren, and his secretary, Barry who is also an actor that only works as an extra.



Next we have my choice for the presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy. You probably don't know him, here is a interview he did on Wednesday, on The Charlie Rose Show.



Did i mention it was the French Presidential Election. Anyway, i hadn't heard of him either, but i watched the show on Wednesday night, yeah i'm a nerd, even my parents find Charlie Rose boring. With the choices Charlie Rose on PBS, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan, or Craig Ferguson, i often choose in this order depending on who guest's are for each show. So Wednesday i started watching and thought it was a great interview and longed for an American candidate like him, and for our presidential election to be similar to France's, for example they are not allowed to have any political ads on television. It was also very refreshing because the questions were not softball questions that were preselected and told to the candidate before hand, and because Sarkozy's answers sounded very atypical from the types of answers politicians in America give. If you are curious about my thoughts about America's upcoming presidential election you might be surprised to learn that if i had to vote today i would probably select Barack Obama. Stop smiling. I know what you're thinking, but the Republicans just don't have any good candidates they only have "bob dole" type candidates, and while i disagree with Barack on numerous issues, well actually most issues, such as universal health care, social security, Iraq, global warming, etc. He does support one of the issues that is closest to my heart. More than anything i like how different he is from the typical American politician, and how much he would spice things up in this country for better and for worse. What i hate most about him is that while he is obviously very articulate and charismatic, he doesn't have a plan or idea about a single issue. He is great at making things sound good but there is a big difference between saying how great and beneficial something would be and actually making it happen and be at all feasible. Universal Health Care, have the government take care of all your health care costs sounds great in theory, not so much in reality once you are paying higher heath care costs to cover others. Social Security, he wants to give more benefits to seniors and not privatize, that would work well for at least 8 years than Social Security would go bankrupt from giving seniors more money and from the enormous influx of baby-boomers collecting these increased benefits. It's easy to make no more health care costs and increased benefits to our grandparents and parents sounds good, but it doesn't sounds as nice once taxes are increased 5, 10, 15% to pay for all these heartwarming programs. Anyway, i hope you enjoyed the "extras" clip and the 30 seconds you probably watched of the Sarkozy interview.