Eleven herbs and spices

I recently met a woman who has two chickens as pets. She LOVES the chickens and seriously treats them like dogs. She mentioned that they sometimes "disappear" from her backyard. I'm guessing the neighbors like them some fresh fried chicken. When they are gone, she will buy replacement chickens.

I was joking around about it, when I noticed she was tearing up talking about it. I felt like shit for a while after that. Then I remembered that they were CHICKENS...

I would slow roast my dog and eat her if we were trapped in my place with no food. I also told her the same thing and she didn't find it as funny as I did (I always laugh at myself in my head). I know Karma is going to come back and bite me in the ass for that one.

Yum... loving the smell of "blue"

Nothing like the smell of a fresh porta potty in your yard in the morning.

Miracle

What do ya know. It wasn't long after all.

You never know...

Everything can be yours... all you have to do is ask. Well maybe not everything, but most things. Okay, okay... SOME THINGS can be yours, all you have to do is ask.

I find that people have the hardest time taking the first step whenever they are scared. After the first step, they realize that life isn't that bad and they actually enjoy whatever is was scaring them in the first place.

I have a friend that lost his cousin to brain cancer at the age of 37 last week. THIRTY SEVEN... that is awful young. That is only a few years away for me. I try to live each day like it's my last, but sometimes it's tough. I catch myself falling back to my old dull patterns of behavior. Fortunately, I can usually catch myself in time now and try to reverse those spiraling thoughts.

Sometimes I have random thoughts pop into my head. I have a feeling this is one of those long ass ranting posts that seem to cover nothing. Do you remember the jingle, "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a special seed bun." Yep, just popped into my head.

Quote of the Day

“Holding a grudge against someone is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

Tie My Hands

and if you come from under that water then theres fresh air
just breathe baby, gods got a blessing to spare
yes, i know the process has so much stress
but its the progress that feels the best
cause i came from the projects straight to success
and your next, so try they cant steal your pride its inside
then find it and keep on grinding
cause in every dark cloud theres a silver lining
I know...

-Lil' Wayne

For the love of God, please stop locking up

I have come to the realization that I am addicted to my phone. Not somewhat addicted, but truly addicted. With today's ability to be "connected" all the time, this addiction is not that uncommon. The problem lies when there is an issue with your phone.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY PHONE!

This makes me really nervous and I am always afraid of my phone now. I feel like a battered husband. Any little thing I do could set it off any second. I don't like this feeling. Not at all.

(Puts on the tinfoil hat)
I really think this is all a conspiracy to make me upgrade to the newer iPhone. They developed the old one to start "failing" a month after the warranty expired. Pretty smart Mr. Jobs. Make one hell of a product that I don't want to give up. You force it to fail, so I will have to get the latest and greatest gadget.

Retrospective Post

I've spent the past few years searching for myself. I'm not sure if I have found myself completely yet. I do know one thing. I am a completely different person than I was three years ago.

It's funny how I thought I knew myself so well when I graduated from college. I've learned that most people rarely know themselves when they enter college. I ended up doing the family thing so that is what I associated with my life. When that ended, I was sooo lost. I didn't know what to do with myself.

So I attached myself to various relationships after that. I would change with each relationship. After they ended, I was back to my old lost self again.

How is it different this time? I have felt this need to find myself no matter who I am with. I will not let another relationship define my life. I know this post is somewhat serious, but I have to remind myself where I was three years ago and how much progress I have made in my life.

I have made several decisions lately that the "old" me would never try. I am more "fearless" now. Does that even make sense? Wouldn't that be an oxymoron? I have more of less fear.

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Ctl-Alt-Del

Society has turned us into impatient zombies. We need immediate response to things (e-mails, phone calls, text messages). What ever happened to actual face time with people? We as a society have forgotten that the Internet is a tool to help get information and communication to other people in a quicker fashion. The part they forget is "tool". It is not something that we should have connected with us at all times.

If I am choosing to spend time with you, DO NOT sit there and text message other people. DO NOT talk to me on the phone from a bathroom stall. DO NOT sit in a movie theater reading your e-mail on a damn phone during the movie (You may not be talking, but the theater is dark for a reason and your fucking phone is lighting up the whole damn theater).

Where the hell have we gone wrong? And what is up with these people that have the damn phone attachments stuck in their ear ALL THE TIME? Are you that important that you can just zip in on a phone call any second?

I am not perfect. I am a part of this society. I do similar things with my technology. I sit alone at a bar and would rather play with my phone than talk to strangers. I sit in coffee shops reading books with my earphones on and shut myself off from the rest of the world. There was a time when people actually went to coffee shops to socialize. Now... everyone sits there with headphones on while reading or studying.

This whole world needs one massive REBOOT to set everything straight.

Just call me Simba

Life comes full circle from time to time. When you least expect it, life will throw you a curveball to surprise you. Isn't it amazing that a city as large as Houston can still seem so small at times.

I know I'm rambling, but damn it I can drink and ramble if I want to. I have noticed that I am forcing myself to interact with strangers more lately. I want to break my old habits of being so defensive around strangers. I don't know when it started. It is now who I am.

What the hell was I saying???

American Pie 6 - Park Adventures

I see a new plot for the next American Pie movie!

Ouch

One tenth of a century

So I went to the parent meeting for my daughter's high school today. I'm in for a whole world of hurt the next four years. Not from the high school thing, but more from the parenting thing. My ex-wife and I stood in the parking lot for over an hour after the meeting discussing the different aspects of our daughter. She and I started comparing notes of what we have experienced the past few years.

To sum up the whole experience in one word... Hormones. Apparently, my daughter is FULL OF 'EM. Like any other 14 year old girl in this world.

It's only a decade... It's only a decade...

I'm hoping after ten years her hormones will smooth out and things will be easy sailing after that. EASY SAILING...

Say What?

There are times I wonder if I present too much information about myself. I have noticed that I really don't care so much what I say. If I feel like giving some information about myself, I just spit it out. That is VERY unusual for me. I have noticed this behavior the past few months.

I guess I started noticing that sometimes I say things that shock people. They kind of look at me and then either change the subject or just stare at me in shock (loving the run on). I ignore it and continue on with some other subject.

I'm still not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I guess I'll just keep on being me and see what happens.

Bring it on Edouard!

So we are in for a treat the next few days. The last time we had a tropical storm heat directly over us it was not so fun (Allison). This time, I hope we have better results.

So you would think after all the panicking that occurred during Rita, I would be better prepared. Well in a way I am... I now have a full tank of gas in my car. Unfortunately, that's all I have. I have no canned food that can be eaten without electricity. Hell, I don't even have much food at all. I have 24 bottles of water. That should be enough to get me through the next couple of days. I happen to have plenty of batteries (just went camping).

I have plenty of reading material so I guess I'm as set as I can be. Other than the whole eating thing. Last time I went looking for food during the whole "Rita" thing, the only place open was an ice house. That didn't turn out so bad. I can only hope this time is the same. I can't believe it will be three years since Rita. Where has the time gone.

I guess worst case scenario I can always eat my dog. I know what you're thinking but it's either her or me. I can guarantee that if she gets hungry enough, she will have no qualms of trying to eat me. I win though... I have opposable thumbs.