World Domination

I am a little disturbed at the amount of people and/or corporations that appear bent on world domination. It is not the fact that they are attempting what I myself am attempting, but at the poor way in which they are going about this endeavor. Shoddy work! Take Bill Gates for example. How many billions of dollars does that man have? And he still has these anti trust lawsuits in Europe? How much has it cost the U.S. to conquer Iraq? Bill has that easily! Those European nations wouldn’t stand a chance against our forces! ESPECIALLY France. I hate the French.

It seems that whoever is controlling president Bush and the rest of our government is about to make an attempt for world domination. The middle east is in total turmoil, we are now spying on our own people, and all anyone here seems to care about is which mp3 player is really the best.

Maybe I should not play BattleField 2 in the morning before coming to work. It fills my mind with strange ideas.

My wife’s play (Big River) opens tomorrow. I guess I had better finish building the raft and fix that one platform that creeks and groans under the weight of 20 (sometimes rather heavy) people.

Involuntary Volunteer Work

My wife is involved with a community performance, which is currently in rehearsals for an upcoming performance run. The unfortunate thing about our community is the extreme lack of support from the community. We get many people who audition, but then leave because they did not get the starring role. The arts council president sets this example, and everyone else follows suit.

Because of this lack of support, those that are involved tend to do the work required of 3 more people. Spouses of those involved quickly find themselves being involved. Hence my involuntary volunteer work that I currently find myself in the middle. All weekend was spent stripping old carpet off of old stage platforms to be used for a new production. Only one guy really helping, and a few of the actors helping when they can, which is not much because they should be practicing.

My knuckles are bloodied, my body feels like it has been wrung through the wringer, and I do not remember the last time I had a good nights sleep. My home computer has not been turned on in over a week, which is unfortunate because I have also been volunteered to do the arts council’s website, which is an atrocity. It looks like something a high school student would have churned out. I’m not the greatest web developer, but I know I can do something better than that, and have it be something that even the lazy council president could maintain should I suddenly find myself not forced into volunteer work anymore.

On a side note, we did find some time on Friday to take the kids out for ice-cream. I think it was more for my wife than the kids, but that is the excuse we are using.

The giant hamster wheel

My dad is an idiot! Attention all crooks in the world! The scam about sending an email mocked up to be from PayPal or EBay or even WellsFargo, works with my father!!

Now I have to help him go through all the crap necessary to rid him of this potential NIGHTMARE!!!

On a side note, I had an interesting dream last night. We (my wife and kids and myself) were all in Russia at a military installation. My older boy was prepped, and ready to be launched into space. My FIVE year old boy mind you! He was being sent u pto fix something that no one else in the world could do. Yeah, I don't know. So I walk out of that high security room, to talk to my wife, who had been to the doctor's office, only to find out that my youngest boy had a nose bleed and the doctor just KNEW that I was abusing him. Which is completely rediculous, but still the Russian police sourrounded me with tranquilizer guns, and the doctor stood off to the side telling me how evil I was and that I was going to rot in hell. Then the police were sourrounded by the army, and the highest ranked official in all of Russia was telling the police that they were about to die for what they were doing.

I really want to know what happened next, but my youngest boy decided to wake up and scream and scream and scream! I had to take him out to the living room, open the blinds, and let him stare out the window. So bizarre.

I'm tired.

Still a long wait

So it appears that it is still a long wait for something different around here. You still need to wait I guess. Not that I have any readers, but that is besides the point.

Over the past 5-6 months, a lot has happened. New baby was born, right in the middle of a MAJOR push for a failed software release. That project was doomed to failure since the start. That is what happens when against all warnings, the boss forces the use of a non-tested "RAD" tool. Oh well, that boss no longer is around, and we are all the happier for the technology change.

Took the kids skiing this winter. The boy went last year, and so other than not paying attention every 15 feet, he did ok. By the end of the day, the girl was skiing by herself. She had so much fun that she threw a tantrum when it was time to go home. I NEED to take them back up one more time this winter, but it is expensive, and I need someone else to go up to assist. Hard to watch 2 kids at the same time!

Anyhow, with a few things my wife has volunteered me for lately, I am still low on time for projects, but there is a chance for changes because of one of those side projects. I'll keep you posted.