This sums up alot.

Time, She flys...

Ok, so my misson to get Gen a Different Mountain bike frame is nearly complete.  I aquired a 2005 Santa Cruz Chameleon frame, in excellent candy red conditon.  This was spurred by the fact that she recently rode my Gangreen Chameleon.  As it turns out, her 17.5 Inch felt was too big.  I had ideas of getting a complete bike in the 15 inch range, but it didn't quite work out, and if i could, i really wanted to get the SAME frame i have.  As luck would have it, i picked up this nice one.  I should have it this week, so we will see how it turns out, the plan is to have it rolling this weekend, since there's only a few more good weeks of weather before the cold/possible snow.

My intention will be to post pics.

word

-LB

There i Wuz

Another week has passed. I need to get my dad's help to get my Kiln running (maybe this weekend, or early next week), I'm lazy as all hell.

A friend sent me some info on Boat living, kinda interesting. I bought my Kiln from them, and they had left the "mainland" to live on a boat in Hawaii. It's pretty cool, i'm not sure i could handle it, but it's a neat idea.

http://www.koolinamarina.com/slips.htm

http://www.livingaboard.com/

Right now i'm focusing on getting some more $$$ out of my current employer, or looking elsewhere. I had an opportunity for an interview at a school, but i turned it down. It just ended up being a bit too far away, and it paid almost exactly the same as what i make now. Plus, the guy seemed kinda weird in a "Churchy" sort of way, and that does not suit this Devil.

Also, on my Lunch break today, i watched Cloverfield for the first time. I found it interesting, but to tell you the truth, i was more interested in the ARG leading up to the release of the movie. The movie was good, but it only contained the "event", and no real detail, and anybody who knows me i LOVE the details of a story.

Well, that's all for now.

Peace!

-LB

Bla Bla Bla

Yeah, so what.

I'm apparently obsessed with the Olympics this year, I swear, I'm watching like 3 hours of it per day. I'm not all HOO-RA "USA" or anything, i guess I'm just into the competition?

My arm is no longer gigantic from the tattoo, so i feels better now.

I need to bike more. Rode the bike to work today, and it's great, sweaty, but great...

All for now.

-LB

Hell and a Handbasket

Well, the horrible deed of inking my arm is done. It looks awesome, but what a price! My arm was like a balloon all week! it's about 98% deflated now, but i was really scared for a while. At this point, it's just sore, as if i had been working out.

I think the main cause was being tattooed directly over my elbow joint on both sides. Boy was it not happy!

more later,

LB

Oh Barf

Geese, what a last couple of weeks. I've been half-sick forever, i've been looking for a pottery kiln, and i'm half-tatooed.

Work has kinda sucked with Audit stuff going on, and becoming more bored with the place after 5 years.

There's an outside possibilty i may convince them to promote me to a Internet Security Officer, which i would hope would carry more $$$ and new things to learn. We shall see, but i fear that the end is near if they do not. 5 years was just the beginning in my dad's era, but 5 years at one place is like forever for me!

Forever for me to POOP on!

-LB

For me to poop on!

Well, my birthday/Vacation week passed. I was sick all damn week!

On the plus side, i'm now officially a Ceramic potter again, thanks to my lovely wife, and my mom. She bought me a full on Wheel (can center 100lbs of clay), and my mom got me a Gift cert for a local Ceramics shop, now all i have to do is find an old Kiln! I also got a Bike stand, i've wanted one of these for a few years now, and will allow me to work on our bikes very easily. yay.

G will be headed to scholl next month, and it's been long due. Fine arts will meet it's mach starting Aug 11, 2008. I think it's going to be excellent, we will be strapped financially for a while, but for the RIGHT reasons. Here's to fine art!

Standby while a put my assless chaps back on, and chill. more later.

8 million years later

I post to the Blog again....

Well, Gen and i are in the process of Renting out our existing house, and purchasing another in the local town. This is a brave experiment, and it may turn out good.

we were never in "LOVE" with the house we live in currently, it was more of a "we need to buy a house" thing back in 2003, and the market turned around and bit us in the Arse. I like our house, in general, but i don't like the layout, nor the neighborhood. We are about 8 miles away from the town, and we have come to the conclusion that we want to be in the middle of things, so that we can get to restaurants, ride our bikes to work, etc..

Then comes the alter battle, the one where we don't want to make a mistake in the Home we purchase, it's become such a point of contention that it could cause us to miss out, do nothing, or go insane.

The one we are putting an offer on now, is really cool. 1930's bungalow, corner lot, nice yard, little garage. Just super charming. The other we have, or "Had" interest in, is a 1950's home, a bit further away from the center of things, it's slightly bigger, but feels DARK, and a little odd. We have struggled so badly with the idea that we need more space, as compared to the charm, and fun of the older house, it's just brutal.

I think something that always brings me back to the 30's place is the fact that the current owner is a local Artist, headed back to Boston this summer. Gen is a budding artist, of many different Genre, so i kinda felt like it was "in the stars". Also, this person creates pottery, which i was heavily into about 10-15 years ago, and i still love it, doing it or not. Maybe I'll remind her of the Artistic link in this place, to make her feel better tonight.. : )

I intend to post much more often now, and stop being a loser!

-LB

Where does one start?

Well, it's been a while since i've posted, and much has transpired. Miss Gen and i are now about 85% out of debt (unsecured debt), which is incredible! I didn't think it would be in the next 10 years, but we are going to make it!

For commuting purposes, i acquired a super-fabulous 1992 Ford Festiva. It's turned out to be far more of a Basket case/project. I'm honestly not sure if i'll keep it, or just sell it. I find the "festiva" community online fascinating, but my current experiences are not all that "funtiva" ha, ha..

Finally, we just finished watching the Super Bowl, it's was less entertaining than i thought, and the Giants Won, so it was even less for me (more for Gen though).

Now, i need to not be sick anymore, i'm stuck with some sort of Throat/tonsil thing going on, where some times during the day i feel ok, and sometimes i don't. UG.

-LB

New Year, New Madness?

Well, i was just informed this evening that my Mother in-law has reached a new low (or high?). Apparently she and her better half had spent the last few days in Laughlin Nevada, Gambling, etc..

I guess she pulled in a pretty good take, something like she went there with $300, and came back with $1300. That's pretty serious when you consider that I NEVER win anything, so walking away with 1k is a pretty nice trip.

She HAD almost 2k i guess, but she was working at a table or machine(i have not had the details), but she made around $600, and went to cash it at the electronic changer, instead of the actual "cage". She proceeded to feed her stuff in, and it stopped working (in her words), so she leaves to get someone to help her. She comes back, demanding that they make it "work". Well i guess she just wasn't patient enough, because the person who was waiting behind her collected the $500 she could not wait for. The machine was re-queing itself i suppose, and she freaked.

What a shitty way to lose $500! I can think of many other ways that are much more physically damaging!

Anyway, it's just a hoot.

-LB

New Year.

Well, it's been a while since i've self-posted, it's the NEW YEAR. Alot of things have happend. 1/3 of my unsecured debt is gone, and most likely in the next 1-2 months, the rest will be gone (thanks mom), and i have a feeling it will make a huge difference.

For Christmas, i got a Electric Toothbrush that i really needed, a wikid awesome Garmin GPS that i use way too much, and a bunch of other stuff, ipod accesories, gift cards, and other cool stuff. Per usual, i'm actually happy that the holidays are over, it will be nice to get back to "normal".

This week i "switched" GEN over to a Mac Mini, and it's going pretty well. I think we are both pretty damn tired of dealing with Microsoft, and the garbage of PC's. Unfortunately it's my job, so i still have to deal with them outside of the house. I think i'll be switching also to a Mini, it's just more elegant, and some of the apps (iphoto), make it all worth it.

On Christmas Day we went and saw I Am Legend. I had read the book, and i have to say that i enjoyed the movie more. It was just as good as i thought it would be, very moving, disturbing, makes you think a bit.

BACK TO WORK! ug.

-LB

Things that ARE not for me to poop on

Who knew that a new bed would be so good. Gen and i got a new King size Doctor's choice bed all setup last night, and my GOD, my back does not ache at all, i ache in other places, but that's from moving all the stuff around to get that right!

I guess it's something you take for Granted, the Quality of your Mattress. This one still was not all that expensive for what we got, and upgrading to this quality, and KING size, it's like being in a sweet Vegas Hotel all the time, without the SMOKE, just dog ass : )

Happy Holidays, don't forget to poop next to your Holiday tree!

-LB

Moose is for Power Amazing!

Ozzy Osbourne.

We went to the Tuesday night Concert, with Rob Zombie, and Ozzy.

This was just Terrible, Loud, Crappy music, and old dirty men.

Fact #1: Ozzy can no longer sing.
Fact #2: White trash is as white trash does.
Fact #3: Leaving early is priceless.

Thank god i didn't buy a t-shirt or food, and we brought our earplugs!

Give me BNL any day!

-LB

FMTPO

Yes, for me to poop on. That's what this week was. It's Dec 1 now, it's cold, and i need to figure out a way to get out on the mountains. It's too damn Expensive! It's like $50 to run for a day, and i can't roll that long, how about $25?

I wonder if my snowboard is still worth a crap?

Happy saturday.

-LB

Pine-Sol

Today, our worrysome HR manager unleashed the smell of pine-sol to cover the terrible smell of Cigarrette smoke in the outer hallway. I have to admit, it smells very clean, but i question how she did it, and where the cleaning product is located. Below is a pic of her i took while in the hallway:



Mmmm, pine smelly goodness.... I want to drink it!

-LB

Monday, a case of THE.

So I've got this RETARD who's our HR manager here at work. She continually bothers me with things that just don't matter. My employee Smokes, and he does so outside of the back door of our office (this bothers her). Mind you, there's no actual RULES pertaining smoking here at our office, the only main one being you can't smoke indoors (the Law). She continues to let me know it's not ok for him to be anywhere near the door, and that he should go walk around in the parking lot, or somewhere else.



-HR manager for local colorado bank, shocked by smokers!


At first, i thought it was a Legal issue, but it's become more apparent to me that it's HER, she just doesn't like smokers. I don't like them either all that much, but my Mom smokes, and some of my best friends do, so i tolerate it, and dammit, i don't care if someone wants to smoke out the back door. I have even considered sabatojing her office to smell more like that! She's such an infant.

I wish i could write out my anger in a more eloquent way, but I'm retarded myself!

If you got em, smoke em!

-LB

A durka durka

Sunday Sunday. I often don't look forward to sunday's, and today is no exception. I'm just getting over a cold, and the wife has thrown out her back (we sound old eh?), but we are not. Next week is a short one, and i'm glad. I think it's time for some winter bike riding, and ramp up to a little snowboarding. If my contact impared younger brother comes back from the navy for XMAS, i think i can convince him to roll with me. As far as biking goes, i'm dissapointed in myself, and i'm hoping to actually get on some trails next season. I have no excuses now, i have the bike i have always wanted (hardtail, but the brand i desired), so i've got to do it.

Tomorrow i'm headed to beautiful Limon Colorado, what a grand visit that will be! It kills one day in the week, ho well...

-LB

Turdler Burglar

Das es ein mein bob knobble!

Tuesday. So to my lone reader, do you remember a few weeks ago when i was struggling with EMC to get my backup to the exchange server going?

Well i demanded that they give me a large refund, or 2 years of additional service tacked onto it, he finally replied to me today, saying that 2 years is really steep, and it was unlikely that he could do that, see that there's no proof that their software failed (i have proof). So now he plays his game, i gave him until Thursday to figure it out, or i will ship the equipment back, and uninstall the software post haste!

I was sick all weekend, including VETS day, and i'm barely recovering now, i'm hoping that i will be at least 80% functional tomorrow, and possibly post some kind of photograph up here, of some sort..

Poooooooooo

-LB

Veterans Day

Monday, Monday. So i have Veterans day off, and I'm sick. and I'm a vet. So what.

Yesterday my Hard drive took a dive. I was strolling about the house, and i touched a live USB drive that was sitting on top of my computer. Electrical discharge, and dead hard drive. It was that easy!

I have shocked electrical equipment here in Colorado many, many times. It seems that due to the dry air, there's a much higher chance of static discharge (unlike my old home in California). Now i seem to be at least 50% more likely to shock stuff (guess i'm electric...). So she took a poo. I spent the better part of yesterday reloading my hard drive back to the state it was in, and now here we are.

It's Veterans day, and i'm a veteran. To be totally honest with you, it means very little to me. I understand the meaning, the point, all of that stuff. I just feel like i don't need a day to remember veterans and junk. I can remember them any day.. I will take the day off however!

I'm feeling about 40% better than when i woke up today, so here's to 3 day weekends when you are sick!

-LB

Wee Wee wee, CI CI CI

Another Monday comes...

I hate the Indianapolis Colts, so it's fun to mention that they LOST.

My Lakers Won.

Here's a Halloween Pic, scary eh? there's nothing like 160lbs of boiled rice coming at you!



-LB