Well....I forgot to blog about the uke.

Im an ass. It was not that i didnt want to blog. I forgot about blogging. That aside.....the uke is done. I will have pictures up soon (sure). All in all it was a great experience and I think my uke looks cooler than everything else. I was able to do some embellishments and still finish it in time. I drove to and from Noblesville, IN every day and with traffic it took about 2 hours (to and from). But it was definitely worth it. Now lets see if I can get started on number 2 sometime soon.

Building a uke. Day 1

I took a week off of work and decided to pay a dude to assist me in making my own uke. I have to drive an hour and a half to get there (even though I ran out of gas about 35 minutes from my house. First time ever)(thanks dave). I am having a good time. Noblesvill IN is quaint and a good place to build ukuleles. I am taking pictures every step of the way and will probably post them online. So goodbye for now. im tired.

Haiku

Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator

One day......

I wish that some day I could sit in a coffee shop/bookstore (whatever) and enchant the masses with my ukulele stylings. shhh Dont tell anyone.

October is escaping me.

Alright, its been a while so Ill try to sum it all up.

First I feel like October is over. My favorite month only five days in but I havent celebrated it at all. Perhaps since my work friend dan has moved away and we can no longer wax nostalgic about autums past, or talk about growing an Octobeard.

The kids are as crazy as ever. We are realizing more and more that Fiona is Gwendolyn's polar opposite. Fiona is content and Gwendolyn is just like me.

The ukulele is still me instrument of choice. The guitar is becoming a fading memory. I can hardly even play a guitar anymore. Who would have thought that this little thing would become my musical soul mate. If you think that it is odd that I love it so then you probably havent played one. Everyone that I have talked to think of the uke as a toy guitar. They are butts. Maybe I love it so much because I feel like I can express myself much easier than I have ever been able to on the guitar.

So recently I have sold my beloved Taylor. The reason being is that I am going to be doing somewhat of an apprenticeship with a ukulele builder in a couple of weeks and needed the dough. I weighed my wants and found that I want to learn how to build ukuleles more than I want to play the guitar. It might sound like a big deal to some. But after wanting to learn to build instruments for a long time now this was an easy decision.

Well, until I find more personal information to post on the internet for strangers to read, i will say goodbye.

What a great song. What a cool guitarist.

Since ive been gone.

A lot has happened since the last post. Most impotant of these events is me becoming a dad....again. I make children. Thats just one of my many hobbies. Her name is Fiona and she is 7 weeks old. I love her so.

Nothing blows you away like.......

Listening to your little girl singing in the back of the car "Nothing's gonna change my world.....nothing's gonna change my world" from Across the Universe

I unintentionally ignored someone until they died.

And this is the second time that I have done this. I am a dick. And I feel sad. Not like I have some sort of power to make someone hang on for another day. But maybe I had something to offer to take a little bit of the sting away. We werent the greatest of friends. But good enough that I would always have something good to say to them and about them and we always hugged. But not any more.



death weighs heavy

A sad day indeed.

Big Fish Actor Dies At 32

Matthew McGrory

Try as you may......

but you will have a hard time beating this.

Alison - Satellite

Every knee shall bow.....

To the Flying V Ukulele. My newest instrument.

Not really a Q102 guy

I was listening to the radio the other day and heard a catchy little song. When I usually hear pop my spider sense goes off and I disable the part of my brain that deciphers lyrics and just tap on the steering wheel like a retard. But I caught a part of a song by a chick named Anna Nalick.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe

Wouldn't you say....

We have a glider/rocking chair in the living room (my ghetto LaZboy). And a couple of times this week Gwen has been pulling up her little rocking chair next to me and wanting to hold my hand and rock. She's a good little girl.

well said

"If dreams are like movies then memories are films about ghosts"

counting crows

Just for Ben.

Jegger be dong
Enefy ogg jebob
Nagong

Ippel sippel
Slapdog McFudgnuts

Platico del negro
Ropadode dangalang
Epiphany D. baccilus
Goreguts hafita de hafita
Gnarl of hapty dorfin
Entropy of serval palsies
Rectificationalism et a werd
Souchong tea

Punching Peta straight in the face.

savetoby.com

Unbelievable. What a great concept. Rabbits get shot, killed, boiled, beaten and eaten everyday. But when you get a bunch of animal freaks emotionally attached to a dumb ass fur ball it means money in the bank.

Uke by candlelight

Last night my power went out and luckily I just used the information superhighway web to help me tune my uke and look at some songs over at ukulele boogaloo. I then proceeded to play (poorly) Sam Hall and Somewhere over the rainbow by the light of candle. The uke chords take some getting used to but it makes it fun.

Happy birthday wife.

It's Jen's birthday. She is 25. And a great wife. Best one so far.

Always on my mind.

There is a local cosmetic laser surgury place that has the worst jingle and I cannot get it out of my head. Here is a line.....


"...our hair and vein removal always meets with approval."

wow

Always makes me laugh.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid!

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorant.

bummer

I've had a real hard time lately thinking about my ex-father-in-law. Probably in the top 10 favorite people list for me. He was a luthier and I thought he was great. He knew what he was doing. I have been wanting to try my hand at lutherie for a while now. And it's depressing when I think that I could have been learning something that I want to do with someone that I enjoy being around. I always think in my head "now who could I go to to help me learn this stuff?" Then I think of him and for a second I think he's still alive. I'll definitely miss Dennis.

The weekend

Twas alright. It flew by. Got some general home improvement stuff done, not enough to make a difference. Gwen is getting crazier and crazier by the day. We danced last night. We were watchimg some show where people were ballroom dancing and she (being a girl) wanted to dance. She was actually very into it. It was really nice. She even let me spin her a couple of times.

On a funnier note. Me and Jen were in the car and there was a Mountain Dew commercial on the radio and there was a line that said "So I gave him a dew to chug!" Having ADD, I had to obnoxiously recite the line to Jen and then she said "What's a madewtachug?".

If I was 1/100th as good as this guy....

I would be rocking everyones face off.

Doyle Dykes. Bad Ass

The wife is a saint.

She's good wood. Yells a lot but has every right to. As if you couldn't tell already, I change my mind a lot. I get so deep into things and then I make a 180 and go straight into something else. I truly can't help it. And I apologize to my wonderful wife and friend(s) for this and I thank them for not stabbing me in the head. My usual method of operation is basically getting involved in about 5 totally new things then after a few months have a moment of reflection and decide what I "really want". Wives don't like that. And pills don't help (with that).

Kurt & Meg

I find this absolutely enchanting. Her voice is antique and wonderful. I cannot find anything about these people on the "information super highway". So if you find anything, please let me know.

il m'a vu nue

If you don't take the ukulele seriously.....

then you are an idiot.

pound for pound it is the meanest instrument in existence.

jake shimabukuro in concert.

I wish chicks dug me like they do Norther Winslow.

sometimes it's tough, sometimes not.

Jen had to get her grill busted and do some errands last night, so that left me one on one with Gwen. She is crazy. I tried to be a good father and watch her well.......but she ate a rubberband. I couldn't get it back from her. So I just gave her something to drink to help her wash it down.

Goodbye to everything.

I have been trying hard to not be negative. It seems that smart people find it a waste of energy. Agreed. But there is something that is absolutely killing me. Why must everything that I find entertaining and artistically amusing be shit upon with extreme prejudice or just fade away and leave me trying to find some sort of remains on eBay.

1. Futurama
2. Ozma (band, broke up)
3. Living Sacrifice (band, broke up)
4. The Tick (both the live action TV show and the cartoon, canceled)
5. Embodyment (band, disappeared)
6. Strangers With Candy (Comedy, canceled)

My brain just took a dump. I have forgotten more than I have listed.

Bloodmobile

They Might Be Giants are great. Here is there newest music video made by a high school student. It's a very informative song as well. I sometimes forget how cool blood is. I wish it was spelled bludd.

Bloodmobile

My new little friend.

I have a little aquarium on my desk at work. It is less than a gallon. It is very nice though. I set it up with saltwater for my new little friend (that doesnt have a name yet). It is a stomatopod or better known as a mantis shrimp (even though it is not a shrimp). They are absolute badasses. Probably one of the meanest things in the water. Here is a link that gives some info about them.

http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/intro/what.htm

"The strike of one of the larger stomatopods have been estimated to produce a force approaching that of a 22 caliber bullet, and these animals have been reported to break open aquarium walls made of double layered safety glass.The strike of one of the larger smashers (25 cm long Hemisquilla ensigera) has been estimated to produce a force approaching that of a 22 caliber bullet, and these animals have been reported to break open aquarium walls made of double layered safety glass."

Bad.....ass

This is absolutely blowing my mind.

It is a christian parody of "Baby got back". The title is "Baby got book". It is insanely funny. Seriously worth watching.

"I like big Bibles I can not lie,You Christian brothers can't deny,When a girl walks in with a KJVAnd a bookmark in proverbs, You get stoked.
It got a name in place,you know this girl has been savedIt looks like one of those large ones,With plenty of space in the margins,Oh baby, I want to read it with you,Because your Bible has got pictures,My minister tried to console me,But the book you've got makes me so Holy. "

*I FIXED THE LINK* 4/11/05

Baby Got Book

Prison photos 1915-1937

I thought it was really cool

Whats up with after Christmas depression?

Nothing is more depressing than the time of the day on Christmas when you realize that there are no more presents. Anyway. Happy Birthday to my brother Dave! YAHOO!

Would you wear a ski mask like this?

I would.

Mondo Bummed

This sucks. Today, my Picasso Trigger ate my two Peppermint Shrimp. Truly, a kick to the balls.

Mista Crabs hands out a beatdown.

Check out this picture that I took in my aquarium. Lots of cool stuff happening. Stuff has died. Especially the little crab in the hands of Mr. Crabs. But I have not killed anything out of neglect. So anyway. Enjoy.

Alas, a new hobby to consume me whole.

Dude. My newest thing is saltwater aquariums. That is what I said. It is such an insane hobby. Very addictive. As if I didn't already have 79 other things that I wanted to do (ie Be a rock/folk star, be a magician, be an artist, be a luthier, be a game programmer, be a luthier, be a builder of arcades) I'm sure that the people that know me could come up with a bunch more stuff. Anyhow.

The person that actually got me into this was my neighbor (please click on the link) Yup. Thats my neighbor. Life is weird.

No Kool-Aid and tears for me.

I was kinda surprised (but glad) when I woke up and heard that Bush is kicking Kerry's face in. It's a dangerous place between a republican and a voting booth.

I'm back. And its time to vote.

Man. What a tough day. Last time I felt like this was when Clinton won. I remember my friend Ben telling me about 12 years ago that after the election was over him and a friend drank kool-aid (i believe it was grape) and cried. My sentiments exactly. I talk to so many people each day, some smart, most dumb. I am all for the freedom to choose whomever you want. But it irks me to hear ass clowns with no explanation to their decision. It frustrates me and I just need to let it go. This is the worst blog that I have ever done in my entire life.

I built an arcade

here is an arcade that i just built. it plays over 3000 games.

Can someone explain to me why the concepts of “odd” and “even” are a philosophical illusion?

I'm sure that hardly anybody reads my blog. So I probably won't get a logical response. But I thought that I would give it a try.

the interrobang‽

The best piece of punctuation to ever come down the pike

In 1962, the interrobang (‽), was introduced by the New York publishing establishment as "a twentieth century punctuation mark". The interrobang combined the functions of a question mark and an exclamation point. It received some attention at first, but never caught on, although for a brief period during the 1960s it was added to some typewriter keyboards. Odd.

Websites that I frequent.

Here is a list of websites that I oft visit.

Something Awful

Worth 1000

The Best Page in the Universe

Boing Boing

Slick Deals

The Onion

Empire Poker (Where I play poker)

Channel 101 2 words.....Laser Fart

HomeStarRunner

Autumn is here.

It is. Autumn is great. Nothing smells like October. Nothing. Every absolutely great moment that has been generated in my mind has come from this time of the year. It's hard to beat watching autumn baseball, jumping in leaves, the way the sun shines and gives new color to everything. It's just f'n great. Here is an awesome quote....

“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” ~George Eliot

well said George.

This is funny.

My friend Dan has a blog. And this was his first comment made by this guy that doesn't know.

keith said...
I'm reading this blog through squinted eyes while squeezing out a loaf onto the cement floor of my parents' basement.


funny.

I am the worst reader ever. ever. ever.

It takes me way to long. I feel retarded. Hopefully it gets easier. I have been reading Dave Ramsey's book "Financial Peace". It is a great book. I have noticed that since me and Jen have been reading the book and destroying our debt we don't fight so much anymore. 70-80% of marriages end because of money issues. Thats wack. Everybody spends more than they make. Just because you can afford the payments doesn't make it right. People tend to play the victim when creditors are banging at your door. It sounds harsh to say "You made the bed, now lay in it" But it is so true. You have absolutely made the commitment.

It is absolutely wild to compare what todays newly weds have compared to what our folks had. In fact now we have houses that are as good or better than mom and dad's house and it only took us 0-5 years. It took mom and dad 25 years. Somethings wrong. Look at the cars that we have. Do you remember the cars that your family had while growing up? I do. Absolute shit buckets.

The gist is this. 1)BORROWER IS SLAVE TO THE LENDER. 2)Debt is a product that you buy. 3)Spend less than you make. Everyone says that this is common sense. Yeah, that is why everyone is broke ass. Broke has become the new norm. I'd rather be weird.

Welcome Dan

As my friend Ben would say....welcome to the bloggery Dan.

Map of Springfield from the Simpsons

This site offers a huge and insanely detailed map of Springfield