baby vs. dog

what came first, the chicken or the egg? i say the egg.
what comes first, the baby or the dog? i say the baby.
my wife says the dog. no can do. i'm just not ready.

although, it's tough to resist when she emails me pictures like this one:


(side note: i can not believe i just posted a photo of that dude from fall out boy on my blog. look at the dog, people!)

seriously, that dog is way too cute. and probably a HUGE pain in the ass, unless you are an overpaid emo musician married to one of the simpson girls. see, if i had that dog, it would chew everything i own and pee on everything else. and i would have to pick up its craps. no thanks.

and honestly, i am still getting used to the fact that we are going to have a tiny baby harned to take care of in a few months. talk about peeing on things and picking up poop. i mean, i think the puppy would be easier. but both at the same time? i am not that insane.

i say let's give it a good 9 months...then we buy the cute dog and watch the baby love it more than anything else.

woof!

hell what??

if you know me, you know i can get down with some TV.

in my college years, i was know to watch Comic View on BET (Black Entertainment Television). i am not even sure if that is still on. i don't watch as much anymore, because i have been busy watching tivo recordings of 90210, blind date, golden girls and lots of other gems. (like the one with the keaton family...can't. think. of. name. damn!!! update 10 minutes later: family ties.)

so, our dvr broke. still have tivo, but dvr broke. yes, we are losers and record a lot of tv. tv is like my second wife. whatever, this is my blog. go judge someone else. so we're watching lots of comcast on demand. and, boy, did we find a good one.

HELL DATE.

check it. one person thinks they are going on a dating show. the other person is an actor and makes the date "hell". they usually do a good job. one woman took off her nails before she gave her date a lap dance. and asked him to put them in his pocket. ew. then, after she danced like a fly girl from "in living color" (also on dvr, thank you very much), she took her fake boobs out of her shirt. he laughed. until she proceeded to take her wig off and flip out. hilarious. and then, wait for it...

a midget comes out of nowhere and says, "YOU ON HELL DATE!" to the dude.

exhibit a:


then the devil does a dance. the guy gets confused and says, "hell what??" (because really, who watches BET?). you need to check it. for real, for real.

why we should all embrace nj

emily snapped this from the passenger seat on sunday, on our way home from my parents' house in nj.




that truck's got BALLS.

oh, bill.

what has happened to the cos? i mean, seriously.

i know that he went down hill after the death of his son, ennis. but i really don't think he ever recovered. when i was working at temple, there were lots of great stories...especially the ones where female univeristy employees accused him of touching them inappropriately. that sent shockwaves through the community; how could doctor huxtable, an OB/GYN touch women inappropriately?

then, over the past few months, i've been hearing about the rap album he's putting out to uplift his community. no curses, very will smith. who knows.

but now, this really takes the cake...

he is auctioning his famously embarrassing sweaters on ebay.



so i checked ebay. there are three. and they are all starting at $5,000. there are no bids so far. and the auction has 8 days left. who will buy them? maybe theo.

welcome back, friends

so, it's been about 3 months (not quite) since i have written on this blog. a lot has happened since then. and i thought i was just going to stop writing. but just today i decided that i should keep on keeping on.

as i have done in the past, after long, long stretches of time with no blogging, i am providing a quick update on what is happening in my life.

1. BABY. big news. but old news to pretty much everyone who reads this. yep, we're jumping in to the great world of parenting. i'd like to sit back and say that it has not changed anything for me, but it has changed a lot. and for the better. it's amazing to think that in just 4 short months, i am going to be a dad. i'm ready for the challenge and i just hope i can do well. only time will tell. in the meantime, i have had quite a few funny dreams about the baby. one was that she was smoking a cigar. weird.

2. Vacation. we went to saint john with the colburns and it was great. lots of laying around and lots of smoothie drinking. it was the perfect relaxing vacation.

3. American Idol. I am so glad that annoying little archuleta kid did not win. i'm not in love with the rocker and i would never buy his music, but whatever. did i ever love any american idol? oh yeah, i forgot about since u been gone is still in heavy ipod rotation.

4. House Work. emily and i took a weekend to redo our basement. we moved the tv to another wall (thanks to my electrically inclined father who helped me to splice and move elictrical wiring). then we spackled and painted it all blue. three shades to be exact (note: be sure to take your original paint chip back to the store when you are buying your color, because they all look the same!) We got a new couch and some art framed. it's like a new room. and it is definitely almost baby-ready. this kid better like bad reality tv.

5. Grilling. Ahhh...my favorite past time. Started in May with some veggies, then home made burgers with garlic and muenster. we actually took pictures. dorky, i know. but we got a new camera and a fancy new computer, so i am all up on it. anyway, we are grilling tonight. look out, burgers and dogs.

so that is it for now. i really don't have much to write about. i would love to write more about the baby and how that has been going. maybe i will. in the meantime, email me and tell me what to write about. i need to get funny again...i lost it.