While on the web earlier today, I ran across a picture of a French Canadian newscaster. She has got to be one of the best looking women I have seen in a while. Click on the link above to see more of her. Her name is Melissa Theuriau. How hot is that?
Pardon me while I drift off into my own happy place.
Okay, I think I need to marry this girl.
I can’t believe the death and destruction in southern Asia from the tsunami’s. Can you imagine something like that happening? No warning - a nice sunny day in what appears to have been a vacation paradise and then suddenly a huge wall of water appears and wipes out the coastline along with thousands and thousands of people?
The footage I’ve seen on TV has been pretty graphic. Bodies and destruction everywhere.
I’m just shocked.
Austrian postmark for those of you that are interested in these sorts of minutae.
Suprisingly, this package to me from Austria arrived relatively unscathed. It did take almost 3 weeks to get here though which is kind of a pain considering I got my stuff from Paris via FedEx in a day.
The above warning was provided as a courtesy - I feel no need to apologize for the content of my bLog. I was just being polite.
Lately, I’ve run across several situations where the “issues” of others have come out. In comparison, my issues are pretty much insignificant. So for me, that’s a good thing. Granted, I do go out of my way to limit the number of issues I willingly leave myself vulnerable to and have largely been successful at it. I can’t say that about others I’ve been around though.
Some people just do stupid stuff and cause their own problems. Do you ever just ask yourself HOW some of your issues came about? You can try and point a finger at other people or even situations you’ve been involved in but pretty much 99.9% of the time, YOU are the reason the issue has developed. Once you realize that, it’s easier to get a handle on things. This is assuming you really want to get a handle on things of course. If you don’t, and do nothing about it, don’t expect anything to change. It will be the same old stupid stuff happening over and over again.
Why did I even bring this up? Well, it’s almost time for a new year to start and it’s also the time many people make new years “resolutions”. Fixing your issues isn’t a “new years resolution”, it’s a fundamental change in your way of thinking. After all, how many of your resolutions from last year have you kept? Before you do something that can have long lasting and or serious repercussions - think through it first:
When in doubt, ask the opinion of others who will tell you the truth, not those who you know will tell you what you WANT to hear. The latter are a dime a dozen. Find someone who’ll give it to you straight. Oh, if you’re going to get advice from someone, try and get it from someone who halfway has their act together. If the person you’re getting advice from is in the middle of an issue tsunami as well… consider the source.
Now back to our regular programming.
Today was busy for the first part then relaxing as the afternoon came around. I worked till about lunchtime then called it a day. My directive for this week from the boss was to come in if I needed to. Since I’m hooked up to the net and get all my email on my Blackberry and also because our secretary can forward messages to me if needed, I really don’t physically need to be there this week. I will of course ensure that everything that needs to get done gets the attention it needs though.
Ate lunch with the Burns at Currie’s then ran an errand for my sis. Went by Lowe’s again to get another lightbulb for the floursecent fixture above my kitchen sink. I replaced one yesterday that had a nice, cool white light. The other one, while it still worked, put off a yellowish color. That’s what I replaced. Took a nap then met up with the crew at the Guad. Ate, shopped then came home. Played on the drums a while. Did some experimentation in Jazz which didn’t go as well as I would have liked. Playing some of the jazz tempo’s is a bit tricky when you’re just starting out with that. I’ll keep on working on it though.
I had a pretty busy day today. Got up and played the djembe in church. As luck would have it, I was tapping my right foot to keep time when all of the sudden, I start getting a cramp in it - this is not good. My options are:
I did a good bit of 3 then tried 1 whilst considering 2. Luckily, the cramp went away. I did start sweating profusely though throughout the ordeal.
After church, about a dozen of us headed to Applebee’s for some lunch. We were able to get seated right away which was nice. While waiting for my food, I whipped my Nintendo out which Leah promptly snatched to try Super Mario on it. I got it back soon enough and played a few holes of golf on it. Kev forgot to bring his so it was all just single-player stuff today.
Next stop for me was Office Depot where I picked up some sale items and a complete set of ink cartridges (6) for my photo printer. That’s about $80 worth of ink but I wanted to be sure I didn’t run out at some inopportune time so keeping a full set ready to go is good insurance. I wandered over to the coffee shop next door and got a mocha before I finally went home.
Took down the Christmas tree which took all of 5 minutes including the 2 it took me to find the box. Re-arranged things in my living room to get it all back to normal then vacuumed up. Finished wiring and micing my drums up - added an overhead and a hi-hat mic to complete the setup. I’m extremely pleased with my practice arrangement now. Did more straightening and arranging there before heading back out to Lowe’s for some light bulbs. I couldn’t just get bulbs of course, I picked up a set of drill and screwdriver bits for my new power tool as well. 
Met up with the group over at Kevin’s and played some Halo 2 (which I appear to suck at since the controls take some getting used to) and some rally racing. Ate leftovers from yesterday which were still fresh and tasty. Gonna ease up on the foodage the next few days to make sure my waistline doesn’t grow.
Kev looking at the bling I got him for his Nintendo DS.
How many carbs do these things have?
