Moving Sale!!!!

With much over due consideration I am only going to add new post to my other blog here.

This is where I started, but that's where I'm at.

A Little Late to be on the Bandwagon.

So, I did it. I went to MySpace. On the constant agonizing request of Big “C” I went to see what the fuss is and I gotta tell you, I still don’t see what the fuss is. So I signed up thinking maybe being a member will show me what so cool. Well I’ve been a member for all of an hour and despite some jaggoff I don’t know adding me as friend I still got nothing. I’ll give it a solid honest try and let you know when I do.

It’s about time!

I know I suck I haven’t written in a while, even on the new blog I’m stuck in the holding pattern. My problem is this… I’m boring and have nothing really exciting going on. Work sucks (like the rest of you don’t know this yet) and I’m not into anything new right now. Well that’s not true… I started to watch Farscape. I know this is old news to many and the series has been over for a few years now, but I never had the Scifi channel and with my heavy interest in the new Battlestar Galacticaand the recommendation of Colton, I took the time to watch a few of the reruns currently being play Sundays on a local channel. I’m absolutely hooked. I’m pissed that I’ve missed the bandwagon for this, but better late than never. And to really enjoy the series I started a Netflix account. If you rent more than 4 movies a month, this service is ideal for you. I’ve also enjoyed being the judge for Marvel for the past few months, but I would really like to be a player again. (Like I have ever been a player!)

Divided I stand

Well, I started a new blog. It's very new and I don't know if I'll move everything over or just toggle between the two. Of course I'd have to start writting much more often either way. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Breakin' the law

Thursday two weeks ago, I had one of those dreaded "Parent Moments" where I received a call from the school telling me "Your son has done something very bad and we need to see you right away.”This of course, turned the short time I was at work into a circus with me having to explain why I needed to leave. Everyone else who's a parent can understand because they all stop me to "share" similar stories about their kids.All this really does at a time like that is to make me feel like I'm a bad parent on parade. Before leaving I had to exhaust all efforts to contact my wife to meet me at home, after failing to reach her she amazingly enough happened to arrive home just after I did. We agreed that I would go talk to the boy’s teacher about what happened and bring him home. He was caught stealing a large crystal from a rock collection the class was studying. It’s understandable for a nine year old boy to do something foolish like this. However to explain where he got this rock to my wife and I was a lie that his teacher gave it him. To avoid being caught at school when asked if anyone saw the crystal, he lied that he saw someone else with it at the playground. Over a few days the teachers concern grew to where she planned to contact the cops about the missing crystal because of its value. This is when my son decided fess up, wrapped in another lie that someone made him do it. This is where the lies really become interesting. He said that an older boy who has been picking on him in the school yard told him to get the crystal, an older boy who’s been hiding in a tree, wearing a sky mask and shooting at him with a bee-bee gun. But it doesn’t end there, my son made the comment that this person has been getting him to do things for the past two years. Now, my children have very vivid imaginations, sure, but with this creation the Teacher sent my son to be evaluated by the schools counselor who advised the need for a district psychologist to review my son. At this point I feel this has gone far enough. I know my son, I talk to him and spend time with him and try to be a much better parent then the absentee that was my dad. I know this is my son’s attempt to avoid being blamed and punished. I get this. I also am not oblivious enough to bring in the circus of modern mental health to fix my son for me. But it did give me a fantastic way to call my boy’s bluff. When we got him home and sat him to go over his story for what he did and why he did it, I could be the parent of an Oscar winner for how well he stood by his story. Then very calmly I told my son that for how unbelievable his story is and the fact that the school has advised the need for professional help we were going to send him to an institution where he could get the help that he needed. The look in his eyes was priceless. Then I leaned in real close and said “This is the very last moment for you to tell the truth and not be sent away.” And with that came the confession. The remainder of the night was used to reinforce the need for truth. Yeah I know I used a lie to out his lie you have to think of it as a fight fire with fire moment. I’ve told my son time and time again that he can’t lie to me without me knowing it. Unfortunately, he’s getting better at it. I’ve discovered that parenting is just built on lies for the betterment of child raising. Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, Tooth fairy, and a long list of empty threats used in every day development are a part training children to understand the consequences of their actions. I may be a hypocrite but at least my son will thing twice before the next lie he tells.

I'm glad I didn't have to list six

For those of you, who are just joining us, please refer to Habitual Meme for the post leading to what follows.

The Rules: The first player of this game starts with the topic "five weird habits" and people who get tagged need to write an entry about their five weird habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next five people to be tagged and link to their web journals. Don't forget to leave a comment in their blog or journal that says "You have been tagged" (assuming they take comments) and tell them to read yours.

As far as weird habits go, some of these might just border on Annoying.

1, I often have very deep and intense conversations about theology, Philosophy, life, life on other planets and the theoretical physics behind how super powers could really work, all while driving alone in my car.

2, Being the child of a former school teacher I have a nasty tendency to correct other peoples speech, much to the dismay of most of my friends.

3, Kevin Conroy is the actor who does the voice of Batman from The Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond, Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. And is the only specific voice of a character (Batman) I hear when reading comic books.

4, I have to remind myself at least once a day, that I am no longer in High School. (That dream about being naked while running late for a test just keeps getting worse and worse.)

5, I can’t fight the urge to have a silly answer for every rhetorical question.

Now since I don’t have very many people not already named on Neal’s blog for this game I’ll tag only two: Ryan and Dustin.

Happy January 10th

Now for the past two months the frenzy and rush shopping and buying and eating are all by the wayside, I just want to take a moment to reflect on the things you really wanted that you didn't get.
Now that the abismal holiday season is over we can get back to work.