Tuesday, August 9, 2011

'Cause You Can't, You Won't, And You Don't Stop

So it turns out that when you abandon your blog for long periods of time people stop coming round. Then it ends up looking like the dark house on the block with the scary old recluse that gives you the stink eye through the blinds when you pass by. Jeez, you'd think somebody would at least stop by and offer to cut the grass.


Stacy


I've been seeing this ad for some new Dodge minivan lately. At one point, the cutesie family inside is stuck behind this ancient flat bed truck carrying a load of hay up a hill and passes it in a show of the van's speed and versatility. Seriously, this is your ad campaign? Your van can pass a 60 year old farming truck. Oh goodie.


MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

My office works from 5am to 9pm and for the last week or so I've been doing the morning shifts. The kids spend the day at my in-laws, so after work I go over and usually wait around for Supreme Leader to finish work so we can all go home together. The new schedule also means that I'm at my in-laws everyday in time to see a new soap opera that my father-in-law is watching. Sure it's in Mandarin and I have no idea what anyone is saying, but after watching it for a week in my post-work coma on their sofa I'm hooked. It takes place on a Chinese air force base, but it's the usual soap-ish drama, regardless of geography or language. Apparently, there are no lady pilots in the People's Republic, but their ground crews are sure hot.


Sesame Street breaks it down from Wonderful Creative on Vimeo.

With SL back at work now I've been spending a lot more time on public transit. Lately I've noticed that people don't seem to want to sit next to me, even when I make a point of holding my bag in my lap so they have a spot to sit. Do I look like an axe murderer or something? Maybe I should get an axe. No, that's totally impracticle, I'll get a hatchet instead, easier to swing. "The wheels on the bus go round and round..."

Random child picture. Well, random picture of my child, not just some random photo of another child. People frown on that.


Not sure if he has to pee or if it's just a guy thing. Wait... no, just a guy thing.

Have you seen this video yet? It's Neil Patrick Harris' intro to this year's Tony Awards. I see it every day. Many times a day. For some mysterious reason, whether he's a fan or likes show tunes (we're not judging), Finn will stop whatever he's doing to watch. Temper tantrums, injury, climbing across the ceiling spitting fire, whatever, he will climb up into our laps to watch. Whenever it's bottle time, on comes Harris and we all slip into a little bubble of peace and harmony. Thank you, Neil.



36 comments:

  1. It's good to read a longer entry of yours after your pseudo-hiatus.

    About the axe murderer thing, maybe you are not a morning person and people get scared by the way you look at them. ;) I know from personal experience.

    IT IS Neil F**king Patrick Harris, how could he not? I always go mellow when he is on!

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  2. I cannot tell you how many photos of I have of our camping trip where Oscar is grabbing his crotch. What is the deal?!

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  3. haha yeah its a guy thing...perhaps if you did sing louder with wheels on the bus they would want to join in with you...ha

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  4. We were just waiting to see a light on behind the blinds!
    And Finn has excellent taste.

    Do your boys speak Mandarin too?

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  5. A machete on the bus might be a nice touch. Adds a little jungle flair to the ride.

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  6. I love Neil Patrick Harris. I know you do too. More than you should. Admit it.

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  7. Think that the bag in your lap is the issue......what are you doing under there? LOL Liam knows! Yeah, it's a guy thing.

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  8. Since I'm surrounded by guys, I can with assurance say it's definitely a guy thing.

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  9. Huh, I'm back after a blogging break too. I'm sure you don't look like an axe murder. People just don't like to sit next to other people they don't know. Or maybe you smell. :)

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  10. He's a surprising talent. I no longer think of him as Doogie Houser.

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  11. A chinese soap opera! Who knew? At least you have a good excuse for not blogging as much. It sounds like you are keeping plenty busy - besides soap opera watching.

    Check your deoderant. Maybe you do need an AXE - as in the AXE shower gel/deoderant/body spray. There are lots of manly scents that all smell...........too much. Besides, who wants people to sit by them?

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  12. Maybe it's because you ARE wearing AXE deoderant that people aren't sitting next to you. :-)

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  13. Chinese soap opera, huh? Well, I like a good telanovella, so why not chinese?

    I woke up little o the other morning, and he had his hand down the front of his diaper. How is that even comfortable?

    Are you doing the wheels on the bus hand motions? Because if they don't speak English, you could be swearing at them in a foreign language.

    And Neil? Swoon. I'd go gay for him. Oh, wait, he'd have to go straight for me. Damn it.

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  14. Trial and error? testing, randomly

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  15. This post kinda made me tear up....I sure do miss Random Tuesdays.

    That Dodge minivan does sound badass! Who wants to be stuck behind a slow moving vehicle with toddlers in the backseat?

    I would love a scene of this soap opera with your own overdubs.

    Grover rocks the flute and overall just ROCKS. Love him.

    I would sit next to you on the bus. I'm not a great storyteller and you would likely get up and move...or change your bus route altogether.

    Please tell your kids to stop growing up so quickly...what the heck is that all about!?!

    NPH knocks it out of the park.

    Great post.

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  16. I'm there with you in the nobody stops by department. I was out for 8 months, and now I feel like I'm starting all over. I guess I'll need to do some RTT and see who notices.

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  17. Thanks for asking, it motivates me.
    I have lost 1,6kg in the first 7 days. :D
    Have a great week!

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  18. OMG That Broadway bit was HILARIOUS!!!! Thanks to you, I will be popular for at least an hour on facebook.

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  19. lol loved your post so super funny come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com

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  20. Ian does the guy thing too- still don't get it.

    Love Neil.

    We've been trying to dust the cobwebs off our blogs too- ah well, maybe we'll entice our old friends back or make some new ones.

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  21. I love how your posts so often make me have to call in the family for a view---the sesame street video was so awesome (we will even forgive the lack of the FORCE). Welcome Back to more like your usual---those last two posts were swell too though!

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  22. I would sit next to you on a bus any day, maybe their afraid of what's in the bag?

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  23. Well. Everybody else has it all pretty much covered.

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  24. Love the Sesame Street thing. I'd watch THAT everyday. I love Cookie Monster. My internet is a nightmare so it won't load the other two videos. But I'm sure Doogie is cool....

    And yep, totally a guy thing. Reminds me of Thor...

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  25. Theatre daughter LOVES that Neil Patrick Harris clip.

    BTW I have that dark, abandoned house on the other end of the block....

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  26. You're a man, you have a bag, do the Math?

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  27. You must show us Finn spitting fire. That would be awesome.

    And I can't compete with your world-class randomness, bro.

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  28. Did I forget to stop by and offer to cut the grass? Sorry about that.

    That 'Move' video was way cool.

    Crotch grabbing is definitely a guy thing...wait...yep, it's a guy thing. ;)

    Neil Patrick Harris is a huge hit in our household, too - Princess Nagger stops whatever she's doing when that video comes on...even if it involves dinosaurs, so you know she's hooked. ;)

    Thanks for rockin' the random with me!! :)

    BTS Countdown, Menopausal Mother Nature, George and the Cherry Tree(s), Anti-Paparazzi Frog: RTT Rebel

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  29. You typed more than 20 words. Did it hurt?

    Just kidding...I only took a hiatus for...oh...14 months?

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  30. Just watched the NPH bit and now I am laughing my ass off at that as bottle-time entertainment!

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  31. I'd offer to cut the grass, but I don't own a mower.

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  32. Meh, I'd totally sit by you, but I'd be packin' my own heat, you know, like you do. One of my favorite things to do when I'm on vacation and staying at a hotel is watch Asian Soaps. I have no clue what's going on, but nothing beats the production value and the assumption plots that Jeremy and I come up with.

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  33. omg. I love youTOO much to say. And I would TOTALLY steal neil harris's showstopper if I haven't STOLEN so much from you already.

    Frankly, I might have to have you post for me from now on.


    xoxoxo

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  34. and yes, i love you long time.


    LONG long time.

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  35. Okay, I watched this a while ago and found the NPH thing incredibly funny so thanks for sharing. I didn't want to comment, because I was afraid you would come to blog and yet again berate me for lack of posting. I finally posted, so I can comment now.

    BWAAAA HAAAA HAAAA. That is all.

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  36. I need to watch that video every day, too.

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Come on, sailor. I love you long time.