Archive for June, 2008
things that I thank God for…
Jun 26th
I just was sitting and thinking about the things I’m very thankful for so I figured I’d list them:
1. My loving family
2. Friends that care about me and that I care for deeply
3. The means to provide for myself and help others
4. The people at my church who value the work I do for them
5. Not always having to worry if I’ll be able to eat this week
6. The love and warmth that I can provide others in His name
7. My sister (she deserves special mention)
8. The knowledge to know that I couldn’t do all this without help
9. Living in a part of the world that I do
10. Being able to relax and enjoy life
11. The experiences that have made me a strong and wise person in love and life
12. I must mention my friends again because without them I wouldn’t be here
13. My sense of humor
14. My ability to work on computers and make a living at it
15. Knowing that God has a plan for me and I only need to wait and see what it is
There is always more, but those are some the main things. Good night all!
demon hunter trip and my broken ears…
Jun 25th
Figured I’d add some more to this blog, since I was in a hurry when I wrote it. It was a sad trip for Natalie cause she really wanted to see Demon Hunter and was pretty pissed when they couldn’t come on.
However it wasn’t a complete loss because the next day she, Troy and I got to head out to Tijuana Flats, the BEST Mexican place you can hit up when you’re in the Virginia Beach area. I think that honestly made up for the trip in itself since we only get to go there in October when we hit up the timeshare. Once again our eyes were much bigger than our stomachs as we pretty much gorged ourselves on nachos and Tortillas! I swear I don’t know what they do to their rice, but it must have crack in it cause I just can’t stop eating it! Also they have this bar with ALL SORTS of sauces ranging from mild to “oh my tongue is going to catch fire”. I don’t get anywhere near the REALLY hot stuff due to last time we went there I touched it to my tongue and then could taste it for the rest of the day.
We got home today at around 5:30 or 6 after spending the night up there (yes, Troy and I bunked together cause Natalie was so wasted I wasn’t about to move her). I guess I’ll save that story for another time :D. It was a very uneventful trip (which I always love) and my new car performed flawlessly. So much so that when I got home I gave it a good wash to show it my appreciation (and to get the sand off of it). Doesn’t matter if you’re passing through, once you get any where near that ocean the sand is like a magnet to your car’s paint. So now I sit here sweaty and my car sits in the drive way looking pretty.
I think I’ll go on a bit more.
I also just recently bought a Garmin StreetPilot c550 GPS Navigation System for my car because the laptop gets pretty hot and hard to read (especially if you’re the only one in the car). I got it from buy.com and it should arrive here on Friday. I’m uber excited to get it because it also has a blue tooth feature so I can go hands free with my phone. It will be here in plenty of time for our upcoming trip to King’s Fest early July. If you’ve never heard of King’s Fest you should check it out. We ordered early this year to get good seats, it’s a 3 day concert / park pass for King’s Dominion. Starts Thursday and ends on Saturday I believe, with just enough time to rest on Sunday. It will be a crazy time and I’m very excited because we’re bringing my (soon to be) 12 year old nephew with us. From what I saw last year, the kids had just an absolute ball of a time. I know he’ll just eat it up this year and will be begging for next year. I guess that means no Smodcast on the trip up there (sorry Kevin, but too harsh for his years.. but maybe one day), but maybe if I plop him in the backseat and let him play GTA on my PSP then he’ll forget all about the language on the radio *crosses fingers*. I know when I was that age I was already used to that sort of language, but I guess I don’t need to contribute to it.
Well.. I’ll wrap this long-winded entry up with a wish out to Demon Hunter that they feel better and hopefully we’ll get to see them some time. Hope everyone has a good rest of the week! Also my prayers go out to Jadielady and Sam who just experiences a rather large flood in their living room and will be homeless until it’s fixed. I’ve invited them to stay here while they recover and I hope they take me up on my offer.
George Carlin dies at the age of 71
Jun 23rd
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs, dirty words and the demise of humanity, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday. He was 71.
Carlin, who had a history of heart and drug-dependency problems, died at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT) after being admitted earlier in the afternoon for chest pains, spokesman Jeff Abraham told Reuters.
Known for his edgy, provocative material developed over 50 years, the bald, bearded Carlin achieved status as an anti-Establishment icon in the 1970s with stand-up bits full of drug references and a routine called “Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television.” A regulatory battle over a radio broadcast of the routine ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the 1978 case, Federal Communications Commission vs. Pacifica Foundation, the top U.S. court ruled that the words cited in Carlin’s routine were indecent, and that the government’s broadcast regulator could ban them from being aired at times when children might be listening.
The Grammy-winning Carlin remained an active presence on the comedy circuit. Carlin was scheduled to receive the John F. Kennedy Center’s prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in November and his publicist said Carlin performed in Las Vegas this month.
His comedic sensibility revolved around a central theme: humanity is a cursed, doomed species.
“I don’t have any beliefs or allegiances. I don’t believe in this country, I don’t believe in religion, or a god, and I don’t believe in all these man-made institutional ideas,” he told Reuters in a 2001 interview.
Carlin told Playboy in 2005 that he looked forward to an afterlife where he could watch the decline of civilization on a “heavenly CNN.”
“The world is a big theater-in-the round as far as I’m concerned, and I’d love to watch it spin itself into oblivion,” he said. “Tune in and watch the human adventure.”
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Carlin wrote three best-selling books, won four Grammy Awards, recorded 22 comedy albums, headlined 14 HBO television specials, and hosted hundreds of variety shows. One was the first episode of “Saturday Night Live” in 1975, when he was high on cocaine.
Drug addiction plagued him for much of his life, beginning with marijuana experimentation as a teen, graduating to cocaine in the 1970s, and then to prescription painkillers and wine. During the cocaine years, Carlin ignored his finances and ended up owing about $3 million in back taxes. In 2004, he entered a Los Angeles rehab clinic for his alcohol and Vicodin abuse.
George Dennis Carlin was born on May 12, 1937, in New York City, where he was raised with an older brother by their single mother. He fondly recalled that the nuns at his school tolerated his early comedic inclinations.
After a brief, troubled stint in the U.S. Air Force, he started honing his comic act, developing such characters as Al Sleet, a “hippie-dippie weatherman.”
Carlin told Playboy that his sensibilities developed in the 1950s, “when comedy stopped being safe … (and) became about saying no to authority.” He cited such influences as Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Dick Gregory and Bob Newhart.
He also dabbled in movies and television, recently voicing a hippie Volkswagen bus named Fillmore in the Pixar cartoon “Cars.”
Carlin is survived by his second wife Sally Wade; daughter Kelly Carlin McCall; and brother Patrick. His first wife, Brenda, died of cancer in 1997. News of his death was first reported by the television show “Entertainment Tonight.”
(Additional reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Patricia Zengerle)
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On a personal note I will really miss this comedian. I saw him in person once and it was a great experience. You will be missed.
Mood : Full 
