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Comments by: YACCS

 
LEAVE A MESSAGE AFTER THE BEEP......

Huzzah!! Got a comments section working again. It feels like I should be in a Monty Python sketch: "And lo, he did get the blog working. And there was much rejoicing!"
So everybody, start leaving comments, and let me know what you think.
It's bedtime for me now.


posted by Obee at 3:16 AM

 
AGING KICKING AND SCREAMING

I'm starting to feel old. At age 25, not necessarily a good thing. Was at Chuck E. Cheese on Saturday. Went there because a Munchkin I know is turning 4 years old. Her name is Noelle. An absolute cutie with blonde hair and blue eyes. When I go over to my friend's house and she's there, a little blur attaches itself to my leg before I get all the way inside the door. I've known her since she was probably about 6 months old. She's the daughter of a friend of a friend of mine. I used to work at Kinko's, and since they lived close by, they would stop in on the nights and weekends that I worked. I saw them frequently enough and so I became "Uncle" Chris. I remember the first time she took her first couple of steps towards me. Had the biggest smile on her face and she was so proud of herself. One year for Christmas I gave her a teddy bear that was bigger than she was. For the longest time, the bear went *EVERYWHERE* with her. That's not the case now (fortunately for her mother), but I understand that she still sleeps with it every night, and throws a fit if it isn't with her.

Roughly about a year ago, we started going to Chuck E. Cheese with her, since we figured that she was old enough to start enjoying some of the things there. (That, and the fact that us adults got to play Skeeball. Ostensibly for the tickets to get prizes for Noelle, but who are we kidding? :) ) For those who haven't been to Chuck E. Cheese in forever, they've got these huge tunnels up overhead that the kids can climb around in. Noelle would want me to climb around with her and since, for the longest time, they had a sign that said something to the effect of "Hey Parents! Kick off your shoes and climb around with your kids" I was able to do that. They've taken the sign down now, for which me and my body profoundly thank them. That and she's also outgrown the desire for me to climb around with her.

So we were there this past Saturday since it's one of her favorite places to go, especially with "Uncle" Chris. And it dawned on me how fast she's growing up. It's like just the other day she was this tiny little baby that I could hold so easily. Now she's this little girl that runs around everywhere. Soon she's going to be entering school. And then not too long after that, high school. And then college. And then who knows what. Aaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh!! As the Garth Brook songs says "Much too young to feel this damn old!"

Although I do have to admit, one of the fun things about small children is how easily they pick up on things and repeat them, and how easy it is to teach them. "Uncle" Chris has taught her a few fun things. My personal favorite is "Duh!" Ever had those times where someone you know does or says something a little stupid, walk into a door, something along those lines? Well I taught the Munchkin, at times like that, you just give the person a big "Duh!" She's learned the lesson well, too. And she can figure out on her own exactly when it's called for. My friend has heard it quite often. She'll walk into a door, or stumble over her dog, or something else incredible obvious that she shouldn't miss but does, and you'll hear this little voice go "Duuuuuhhh Aunt Amy." My friend is so grateful to me for teaching her. :)

Well it's getting late, and since I'm getting old, I'm going to get some sleep.


posted by Obee at 2:17 AM

 
IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY.....

As some of you may have guessed from my nickname here, I'm a Star Wars fan (Obi-Wan/ObeeKris). As you're probably not surprised to know, there are millions of us out there, and naturally, we gravitate towards the web. There are hundreds and thousands of different websites about all sorts of different things pertaining to Star Wars. If you've been around the web long enough, you've probably heard about newsgroups. (For those not familiar with them, they're places where people post messages concerning all sorts of different topics, usually centered around a particular theme or idea.) Not surprisingly, there are a bunch of those also dedicated to Star Wars. One I frequent, and am a regular poster on, is rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc. There are quite a number of regular posters there, the majority of whom I get along with and enjoy reading what they write. Since I'm a regular poster there, the other regs are used to seeing me (I hope). Most, but not all, use nicknames when posting, like I do. So last week, Dec 30th actually, partially out of curiosity and partially for the heck of it, I post a "Totally Irrelevant Poll." (None of the questions have anything to do with Star Wars.) The questions were as follows:

1) How did you get your nickname(s)? (Those of you who use a different email name from .sig name get to answer twice.)
2) If you could have written any 1 movie *as it exists today*, and be credited for it, which one would you write?
3) If you were a Muppet, would you be A) an existing Muppet or B) a totally new Muppet?
If A) which Muppet would you be? If B) would you be animal, vegetable, mineral, or something else entirely?

I got some pretty good response to the questions, especially the Muppet question. (For those of you wondering, my answers are 1) [short version] real name is Chris, I'm a SW fan, hence ObeeKris. 2) Shrek 3) I'd be a penquin, but more of a leading role type, rather than a background penguin.)

Since the poll seemed to go over favorably, I thought I'd go for another one again this week. This week's questions were:

1) What’s your favorite Disney movie?
2) Do you workout or participate in a sport regularly?
3) Toilet paper: over the top or underneath?
4) Does this count as a valid fortune cookie fortune: “You are almost there.”?
5) To be or not to be?

[My answers, since I'm sure you're wondering: 1) Aladdin 2) yes 3) over the top 4) not really 5) to be]

So the responses are going pretty well this week too, so I think it's something I'm probably going to be doing regularly, but more likely every other week, rather than weekly. And since you all got my answers to the questions, send me your answers, let me know what you think.

Well, it's getting late, so I'm heading off now:
May the Force be with you!


posted by Obee at 3:57 AM

 
IT'S A NEW YEAR!

Well, it's a new year, with a new blog, on a new computer!! For christmas, one of the presents from my parents was a brand new computer. It is an emachines T1100. It's got a 1GHz Celeron processor, 128MB ram, 20 Gig harddrive, CD-RW, 56K modem, running Windows XP. 17 inch monitor and a color printer. I got a bunch of other really cool stuff too, but the computer is definately the best. So it was a good Christmas! :) And since I've got this great new computer, I'll hopefully be updating my blog more frequently. The look of the blog may change throughout the year, too. I'm definately gonna try and experiment with it over time. This entry is gonna be short, since I just set the computer up today, and want to play with it some more, but I'll be back soon.

Happy New Year to everyone!

posted by Obee at 12:09 AM