Happy New Year! No Thank You.

 

Anybody need botox?

I don’t like New Years.  I never have and I have no intention of changing that in the near or distant future.  I do not understand the desire to go out and mix with other “adults” and watch them be merry and drunk. Generally January sucks arse for me so I will wait until February and celebrate Chinese New Year’s instead.

However, I do have some exceptional plans for tomorrow - 

1. Going to the Museum of Science & Industry with the family at the crack of dawn.  I am so excited for this it feels like Christmas Pt. 2!  I intend to purchase many wax statues for them as nothing says a Chicago museum trip like a $3.00 wax statue of the U-505.  I do love the smell of those things too.
2. Chinese for dinner….and not even the meal part.  Just a bunch of assorted starters and some nice fried rice.
3. Then we will celebrate the New Year at 7pm with some noise makers (like the kids need any of these), funny bead necklaces and a host of other crap bought at the party store by me.
4. Then finally a peaceful celebration with the weefe at the correct time.

And best of all I can stay out of the general fray and not see Ryan Seacrest for a single second.

Are you sure you want to watch this?

Now I try to be a good parent and limit TV but my daughter is a fan of waking up at the crack of dawn no matter what so therefore she gets to watch a single show prior to breakfast.  At 6am I am groggy enough to not really care which show she likes to watch and in truth I have some favorites as well.  I loved the Jack’s Big Music Show era that was too short lived and am working on getting my 2 year old to appreciate that one whenever I can for my own selfish reasons.  I still love the Backyardigans and the my personal favorite Pablo (I love any kids show the can do a metal opera based around dragons and knights!) as well as Little Einsteins.  The recent infatuation with Maggie and The Ferocious Beast is more than tolerable as well.  The point is I can name several shows that I can actually enjoy and even see the slightest bit of good in – except Jack as that is 100% good.

However, my daughter has a new show that she craves for at 6am every morning….

 

When was this made 1981?

Dragontales!  Wait these are tales about Dragons that lack any toughness or spines and have the sappiest into song ever recorded in the history of kids TV? Oh please tell me that this is going to be a short lived phase.  Please tell me that by only taping and having her watch the 7 On Demand versions of this show I will be able to weed this one out just like I was able to do with earlier nemesis….Wow Wow Wubbzy!

Nice Name

Seriously if your name is Chip, Skip or Flip you got problems. You got some serious luggage you are carrying around. Not only do they sound like fraternity douche bags but I get the feeling they rely on too many forms of hand contact instead of the standard handshake. You know who you are if you are always looking for a hand slap, fist pound, forearm shiver, group jerk, whatever. Keep your hands to yourself “Chip” and go back to your bucket of beer.

Please?

How about not going on a murderous rampage? How about not going on a murderous rampage on Christmas? How about not going on a murderous on Christmas dresses as St. Nick? Please?

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to all who read this and may your 2009 go as well as we all hope and plan. If I pissed you off in 2008 I am sorry and hopefully I wont in 2009. Take care.

Lists

Well I think the last few days of the year shall be made up of lists as I have a little more time to ponder things. Not sure about the shape/concept yet but suggestions are always welcome….Up Next, December 26th….”Things I Dig For 2009″

Interesting Site

Based on my last post I had the fortune to run across the following - Catechism On Call.  I was only able to delve into a few things due to time but quite interesting and intelligent.

Shutter, Cringe…Uh Oh The Pope Speaks

Here we go again.  In his year ending speech Pope Benedict XVI reiterated the Roman Catholic Church’s position regarding homosexuality.  The Pope said that the Church “demands that the order of creation be respected,” and defining “the nature of the human being as man and woman”.  He also states that part of the Church’s mission is to “protect human beings against self-destruction” in an address directed annually to cardinals, archbishops and others who make up the Roman Curia. Although the Pope did not specifically refer or even mention homosexuality I think his message, which has been consistent, was clear.

Anyone who reads this knows that i am but in the spirit of honesty I am Catholic and consider myself devout.  In addition, I think most people know that I disagree with the Church’s position on many topics including this one 100%.

I continue to be surprised by the narrow view that the Church continues to take on this and other social topics such as birth control.  If we inherently believe that God is good and that God has a plan how do they (The Catholic Church, its followers and many other religious devotions) reconcile these limited beliefs?  How do homosexual (gay, lesbian, transgender, etc.) people not represent part of God’s creativity, which I believe is beyond any human understanding?  How can we question God’s creation of any one person?  

Are we not taught that from the worst of humanity to the worst of situations that God has a plan that we cannot comprehend?  Then how are we not only able to comprehend but judge this part of God’s creation?  Does this mean I can begin to question God’s creation of a priest who has abused a child or a Pope who has decided to forget millions of people being slaughtered on his watch (ie. 1940-1945, Pope Pius XII).  How are we able to decipher when to question God’s creation and when not to?

I will not allow myself to fall into the Growing Pains (go see hateful crazy at Mr. Crazy Kirk Cameron’s site…Way of the Master) train of thought and decide God is hateful and vindictive.  I will not fall into a path where I choose to believe that only some of God’s creations are good and I need a mortal man to tell me which ones are godly and which ones are not.  

My God is a God of love and as his teachings say, which are the focus of this season, God has a plan and we cannot pick and choose when to question. However, God did give me free will and has never told me to worship a mortal man above him.  Merry Christmas Pope Benedict XVI and may my gift to you be a gift of humility so that you open your eyes to ALL of God’s creations.

Strangle

I currently would like to strangle Amazon.com and FedEx. Do they not know how to better define “in transit”? I mean I could put “in transit” on anything, ie. -

1. Gods Arrival – In Transit
2. Large Meteors – In Transit
3. 1 Million Dollars – In Transit
4. Death – In Transit

How about a little more detail like transit from where? How about ETD? I’m just thinking you 2 MEGA-FUCKERS should be able to put that on the docket next year regarding improvements we should make or at least humor me and put it “under consideration” or “in progress”. Fuckers (that was gratuitous but still needed)

Black Is Well The Same Old Black

Tis the season to be jolly and so and so but lets face it, January is right around the corner.  And what better way to prep for the dismal month it is than by going black in advance.  Welcome to the BM Version….shit i lost count.