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Quick Bits
Just hittin the tops of the waves...
Happy Birthday "Sweet Child of Mi-ee-ine":
Today is RZ's 14th birthday.
We went light on the celebrations this year, at her request. Just the three of us at home with take-out Mexican food, cake and candles. It was nice.
I cannot tell you how odd it is to think I've got a fourteen-year-old kid. Let alone SAY I've got a fourteen-year-old kid! Its like Fruit Loops and Scotch.
Another couple of odd things I've noticed, she's started listening to Guns and Roses, and refers to me as "Doood" ten times a sentence.
Maybe its just another phase, or maybe that evil rock music has her under its black magic spell. It's of the devil ya know.
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And what a day it was:
There are parts of my job that I mortally despise. There are parts of my job that don't suck very loud. Then there are parts of my job that I truly love.
The love part happened today. It was "photo day", I got to play pro photographer. Basically photo day is like a field trip. I get to go out and take pictures all day for a client. Usually I wind up shooting boring stuff like land, or a building, or a bunch of lawyers (bet you wish you could say "I shoot lawyers for a living").
Today I got to shoot a high-tech lumber mill. You're probably thinking "lumber mill" big whoop, but it was really cool in a Terminator vs. pine trees sort of way.
The best part of the whole day was the adrenaline rush I got from scaling a 100+ foot crane, while it was still spinning around and going about its crane-ly duties.
I shot over four gigabytes worth of pictures!
I'll write more and post pictures about today later when I'm not so sunburnt and tired. Today rocked.
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Happy Emperor Installation Day:
Ugh. A $40 million dollar pomp, circle jerk. I'm just waiting to hear, "Let them eat cake."
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The Vespa Warrior Update:
Thanks for the well wishes for my dad. He's doing fine, but he's going to be spending several more days in the hospital though. They found a blood clot during the heart cath yesterday so his doc wants to thin his blood down until the clot dissipates. I suggested leeches and a good blood-letting, but that's not covered under his Medicare plan so I was asked to shutup.
But seriously, thanks for the kind words.
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The Len Update:
My brother is doing well. He started radiation treatments a couple of weeks ago, and his spirits off the chart as usual.
He and I have decided to take a BrotherTrip later on this year. We haven't determined the destination yet, but it really doesn't matter where we wind up, it's more of a journey thing anyway. (sounds like a crappy Hallmark card... sorry.)
Also big thanks for the sympathies, prayers, and well wishes for Len. You'll never know how much it meant.
We're usually not this sick in my family, especially the guys. It's just been back, to back, to back, over the past few months. Before long there'll be a Bursitis Update and a Broke Hip Update.
Getting old blows.
I guess I'll find out next month, when I officially turn old and my mom says "I cannot tell you how odd it is to think I've got a fourty-year-old baby. Let alone SAY I've got a fourty-year-old baby."
1/20/2005 07:56:38 PM
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