Random Stuff...

Originally posted on MySpace Blog

Well here's some random things, thoughts and what ever from recent experiences. I figured at least one of you would enjoy some of this.

I'm attempting to determine if Otto is sick or just growing. At first, I noticed he doesn't seem to be eating as much and he's feeling thinner. I thought it may have had to do with the malfuntioning furnace and how cold it's been in the house. He also hasn't been annoying as he normally is lately. Finally today, as I'm looking at him, he does look skinny but I think he's finally starting to lose the kitten look. So perhaps he's just getting longer and stretching out what weight he has. I guess as long as he keeps acting (mostly) normal, I'll assume he's okay. I'm sure he'll be pissy when I leave him for almost 2 weeks for the holidays. We won't mention Rufus seems to be partially taking over what ever Otto isn't eating now. He's looking like a big ball these days.

Speaking of resolving malfunctioning furnaces... Apparently it's not all it's cracked up to be. The water from the kitchen sink is no longer "cold." It's now that funky slightly warmish cold.

Quite often, song lyrics rhyme. How come sometimes you'll feel some band's rhyming lyrics are just horrid. *coughnicklebackcough* Then you'll listen to some song by another band that you actually really like and the rhyming is just as evident but it don't seem to drag the whole song down to suckage. Then the worst part is when a song by the sucky band isn't half bad and gets stuck in your head and then you want to bang it against your desk because you're actually liking a song by such a group... yeah.

Let's move on to the "What the hell is wrong with..." portion of this rambling.

So, I'm sure you've heard about the church/ministry shootings in Colorado over the weekend. I understand that organized religion is something that drives people to many things and churches/holy ground is often seen as a place of sanctuary. I remember talking to a lady who told me she used to think how safe her church was until her purse got stolen out of her car while she was at mass. Obviously there's a false sense of security when there, but seriously... Since when do you need Security Guards at a church?! I mean, it's a great thing that Colorado church had one and she took the shooter out, but really? a Security Guard? I guess I've never seen one of these crazy massive churches, not that I know if that was what this one in Colorado was, but what the hell is wrong with the world today that churches need security guards? I know I could do similar rants about schools and metal detectors, etc. but anyhow...

Toys. When I and many of you were kids they seemed innocent enough. Matchbox cars, Lincoln logs, Barbie, Legos, etc. Each year at work, we "Adopt-a-Family" and buy Christmas gifts that they ask for. Today we were doing research on one thing a 10 year old girl wanted. She wanted one of those doll heads that you can put make-up on, etc. Now, I'll agree that they were always a tad morbid, it's like having your very on decapitated head you can put make up on and play with it's hair. Well it apparently is hard to find an African-American one that isn't at least 50 bucks. We started digging around trying to find something that would work. While searching, I came across some toys that just cracked me up or creeped me out... Here are two of them:

These days, you just can't have a styling head. You need a torso and arms too! We saw a couple of these in our search for that gift; however the picture on this one was just too creepy. At first I didn't notice the arms, and I'm like "Oh my god, it's dismembered!" There is just something bout a life-size head and upper body that your child can play with is just weird. The kid looks a little wacko too.
Hopefully she doesn't have a kid sister. Someone better hide the hatchet. Look mommy, now she's just like my doll! Check it out here.

I know it's not her technical name, but I like to call her Burlesque Barbie. Originally I only saw the blonde one, but now I see there's a few hair color options. I wonder if they come with the chair too! They call it Broadway greats but yeah... Perhaps they're attempting to teach little girls what "All that Jazz" really means.
Blonde
Red
Brunette

Okay, that's enough for now I guess. Here's a Birfday shout out to all my fellow December peeps. Seems to be a bunch of us this month. ;)

Cheers,
Franz