Disneyland and Puke

So lots has been happening lately. Wednesday we left to drive to Anaheim, planning to spend Thanksgiving at disneyland. We decided to take 101 down even though it’s a longer drive in order to avoid the congestion that would be on 152. The drive was pleasant and overall only a bit longer than the I-5 route with delays.

We stayed in the Super-8 motel, Anaheim. (Rating: 0 out of 5 stars.) it was the most inexpensive place we could find, but had lousy showers, bad beds, and you could see an inch of filth and mold on the fan in the bathroom.

Disneyland was busy on Thursday, PACKED on Friday and reasonable on Saturday. I was surprised at how many of the attractions are all-ages. We took Christian on Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Bugs Life, Roger Rabbit, Buzz Lightyear, Mr Toad – and he loved them all. Caitlin didn’t like them all, but he loved them. I was really impressed at how clean everything was, and even though there was a disillusionment phase (more on that in another post.)

Anyways, last night I’m over at D&J Hobby and we’re getting the kids into the car, and Caitlin says “Daddy, I don’t feel well.” She says that a lot, when she’s tired or upset. So I reach down and rub her tummy and say “Aww, does your tummy hurt?” and she looks and pukes all over, gallons, all over herself, my arms up to the elbows, her chair, clothes, car seat, etc. We hose her off, clean up everything as much as we can, and finally we get back in the van and get going, and when we get home, into the tub she goes, then I introduce her to ‘the bucket’, her new best friend. Then the next 3 times she pukes, the bucket is right there and I don’t have to change her or the bed, or the whatever.

Lost my train of thought though. (Choo Choo.)

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SINLess

I remember reading in some piece of Sci-Fi (I think a Gibson novel somewhere) where people were assigned a Social Identification Number at birth, and the dregs who fell through the cracks and weren’t assigned one were called SINLess.

Anyways, last year sometime while travelling, I lost an envelope.. containing my american and canadian birth certificates. I have notarized copies (for just this occasion).. but they are of no use if I have to apply for something like.. Say, a passport, just like the STUPID DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY is going to require. So last year (9 months ago) I applied for the canadian ones, and started the process to get the american ones. The canadian oens require a couple forms and money, but the american ones require a letter, a notarized affadavit, and some other hoops. So I finally got all my stuff notarized and sent out, and I just recieved my Canadian birth certificates, so now I’m a man with a country again.. Now I have to get my US ones back, and then passports for both countries.

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Another fucking entry.

Happy Jamey? Y’know, if I had something to write about, I would. But the truth is, as I like to say.. sometimes real life gets in the way.. So my 60 hour weeks and church and other things keep me from blogging almost as much as my general malaise about life keeps me from observing interesting things that are blog worthy. So until next time, i’ll leave you the first line of a couple dirty limericks, and the punch line from another joke, and let you fill in the rest.

“There once was a girl from Canuck…”

“There was a young lad from Dayton…”

“A Young Lass From near Beaver Creek…”

and the punch line..

“I *SAID* I was from West *VIRGINIA*!!”

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Adventures in IM

(10:49:28 AM) Trogdor: Eh
(10:49:30 AM) Trogdor: U there?
(10:49:59 AM) CuisinartOH: you forgot to insert a quarter
(10:50:16 AM) Trogdor: Fuck
(10:50:20 AM) Trogdor: /me fumbles fora quarter
(10:50:29 AM) Trogdor: /me slaps in a canadian quarter
(10:50:35 AM) CuisinartOH: REJECTED!
(10:50:58 AM) CuisinartOH: what can I do for you man?
(10:51:20 AM) Trogdor: Are you logged into beeps server? I can’t hit it at all
(10:51:31 AM) CuisinartOH: no, he said it’s broken
(10:51:40 AM) Trogdor: Shit
(10:51:52 AM) Trogdor: what have you got, you bogarting some shell access somewhere?
(10:51:58 AM) CuisinartOH: my mac
(10:52:01 AM) Trogdor: I need it bad man, it hurts
(10:52:05 AM) Trogdor: I need some IRC
(10:52:07 AM) Trogdor: I got the shakes

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Stress

Lots going on this week – stress levels are high. We have a big demo today to show all the progress we’ve made in the last 2 iterations, and it could be a real big boost for us, or a real issue. Cross those fingers, and say those prayers.