Why do I feel so weird?

Tonight, for some reason or another, I decided to create a myspace page. Rachel was working tonight, so I was playing COD 4 on the Playstation - and quit when she got home.

Why do I feel so weird for making a page? For some reason I can't explain, just feels odd. Like I'm trying too hard to be youthful. Oh, well - - it'll probably sit around collecting dust like my Facebook page, my free Juno account, and the other cool internet stuff that I thought would be fun, but soon were ditched. In any case, if you wanna add me as a friend, I need some more pictures of everyone in my friends section. I may feel weird about making a page, but I don't want to also feel like a loser. Thanks to Jim and Jess for already adding me as a friend, much love sent out to you guys, and we'll see you in a week.

Peace.

It Makes me Wonder

Sometimes, you'll see something during the normal course of your day that makes you stop and think. Monday was one of those days for me. Check out this sign I saw outside the 7-11 that's near my office:

Now, here's my thinking: if someone walks into a 7-11 dressed in the manner they're describing and picturing ... you've got bigger issues than trying to ask them nicely to leave or to remove the offending clothing.

"Sir, you'll have to put down that shotgun and take off that mask... we don't allow people in ski masks to come inside"

"Sir, that fake mustache will need to come off or NO SLURPEE FOR YOU!!"

"What a minute, that's a Bill Clinton mask ..... Get outta here you fooler"

If I was working the register at the local convenience store, and someone in a ski mask comes inside, the first thing I'm doing is pooing myself. Second is opening the cash drawer and throwing all the money at them while cowering behind the counter with the porno mag display as a shield. The sign just struck me funny for some reason, just misguided optimism. What do you think?

RUSH !!!!

Okay ... this posting is a little late in the offing, I admit. Should be a good read in any case.

During Christmas, Jim and Jess came over from Pittsburgh to stay with us for the holiday. We were discussing when next we would be getting together. Rachel and I decided to spend the Fourth of July with them this year. I've only had that holiday off once since we moved up here, and I wanted to take it off. Jim called me back in March to ask if there was any way for us to come out a few days early, since RUSH was coming in concert to Pittsburgh. Since my co-worker was already off that week, there really was no way I could take that extra time off. I felt bad, since RUSH is one of my favorite bands, and it was Jim that introduced me to them. The first RUSH song I remember hearing was "Roll the Bones" although I didn't know it was them when I heard it. They were on the Tonight Show (Leno, BLECHHH) promoting their album and I liked the song. It wasn't until years later, that Katie and Jim informed me that RUSH sang that song. The album "Counterparts" came out, and that started Jim and I going to see them in concert. We saw them on the Counterparts tour, Test for Echo, and I think one other time ... not sure on that one, Jim will have to let me know, but I think it was one other time. Well, I saw from looking at the concert schedule that RUSH was coming to Philly. I told Jim he could always come out here to see them, and he said he would talk to Jess. Well, Lo and Behold, Jim and Jess made a weekend out of it and came out two weeks ago. Jim bought my ticket as a birthday present, and also drove down to the stadium.

Whomever schedules events for the Sports Complex should be drawn and quartered for the fiasco of that Saturday. Either that, or raffle off a chance to take a ballpeen hammer to his "nether" region by five lucky fans. Get this: RUSH was in concert at the Wachovia Center, the Soul (arena football) were playing a home game at the Spectrum, and Jimmy EFFING Buffet was playing at Citizens Bank Park and sold the stadium out. I was shocked, all we needed was Manchester United playing an exhibition at Lincoln Financial Field to complete the total cluster screw that was going on in the shared parking lots of all these sports buildings. We left the house at 5:10 PM and parked at 7 PM - and passed the following sign:

We found out that the Citizens Bank parking lot was a "No Tailgating" zone, these signs were posted and Jim was given a flyer when we paid and went in (20 bucks ... OUCH). I had parked in this same lot earlier this year when I went to a Soul game, and paid 12 bucks. I guess I didn't account for the Jimmy Buffet inflation variable when choosing a lot. So, Jim and I started walking to the venue, passing these people along the way:

I guess these good people didn't get the flyer on the way in. This was nothing compared to the debauchery that was seen in the "tailgating allowed" parking. Let's just say beer pong tables, inverted beer keg hits, tops optional and a moon bounce were all spotted. We got to our seats at 7:20, Jim scored some great seats for us. Thank you so much, Jim. Like you said, RUSH isn't the same without you. The only hiccup? I finally know what weed smells like, thanks to the dipweeds that were sharing the row with us. They lit like 4 doobies during the concert, much to the chagrin of the family of four in front of us, with their two sons. The older of which sang along to every song in both sets of the concert. I leave you with some really bad cell phone pictures from the concert:

Changes at the Palmer House!!

So it has been almost a month since the reunion and we haven't blogged. Well at lot has happened. Allie had her Kindergarten screening (to determine where she will be placed in the fall). She did really well and we await the results. Basically we are planning on half day (in the past the kids that needed extra literacy help and were behind were put into full day), but with the addition of an additional full day class they may put a better mix of kids in full day as well. So we wait to find out. Ryleigh is Ryles. We keep trying to potty train, but she really doesn't want anything to do with it. So we will see how it goes. I may give it another try here next week. We will see. Lindsay probably has the biggest news......she went from basically just rolling to sitting up, crawling, and pulling herself up on anything and anyone that will let her. She even is getting brave and trying to move from one object to another, letting go sometimes and basically just being a busy bee. She will be walking before I know it!!! Wow how time flies. Aaron and I are doing great, getting ready for a busy summer and looking forward to some relaxation, if we can get some! Hope to hear from you all soon.