I Bet He Could

i'm so poor

2011-03-10T13:35:00.001-08:00

i can't even pay attention.

i could pull that off

2011-02-07T18:49:00.000-08:00

I was talking to a friend of mine earlier and she mentioned that she was going to a black and white ball, and I said "wouldn't it be funny if someone showed up with a white girl and a black girl". To which she replied "only you could pull that off". And you know what, I bet I could!

there are two kinds of people in the world

2011-02-02T07:11:00.000-08:00

Those who understand that there are more than two kinds of people in the world, and those who don't.

goodbye old friend

2011-01-04T16:00:00.001-08:00

I'll miss you.

he's not heavy, he's my brother!

2010-12-16T19:33:00.000-08:00

i am exactly as smart as i think i am

2010-11-25T12:26:00.000-08:00

The question is, how smart do I think I am?

i saw her

2010-11-20T13:02:00.000-08:00

I saw some guy driving the Blue, not a car like her, but the exact car, it was weird. The only thing I can liken it to is if someone saw his dead ex-wife with another man. I wasn't sure how I felt at first, I was glad she's back on the road, but I was mad to c her with someone else. I feel ok now, I guess I was able to let her go after all the trouble with the insurance company. I hope her and her new man are as happy as we were, I miss you Blue. Everything said, I'm not really surprised she ended up back in pasadena.

when life gives you lemons, make lemonade

2010-11-20T12:12:00.000-08:00

I sure am getting tired of lemonade.

the crapmobile went down

2010-11-10T03:44:00.000-08:00

Well, my dad finally wrecked the crapmobile. He rear-ended a truck and it would cost more than its worth to fix it. She lasted a good long time, he bought her new in 1999 and put nearly 300,000 miles on her, everyone he took her to for service was surprised that she was still running. When I went to the junk yard looking for parts for her last summer, there were plenty if them in the junk yard. She did exactly what dad needed her for, a no frills car that he could drive into the ground, and I was greatfull to have her when the blue went down. Its too bad she's gone, dad will be hard pressed to find another one like her. Good bye Crapmobile, you'll be missed.

mi juera

2009-09-02T07:32:00.000-07:00

this is what i got to replace the blue. it's my first foreign car, but a friend practically gave it to me. she needs a little work, but it's mostly cosmetic, and nothing that's going to be really hard to do. so far she's been fun. we'll see how things go.

sticks and and stones

2009-07-17T05:34:00.000-07:00

may break my bones, but i'm going to kick you repeatedly

when life gives you lemons

2009-07-10T10:26:00.001-07:00

say "screw the lemons" and bail!

saga of the crapmobile

2009-06-03T11:29:00.000-07:00

this is my dad's car, or as i have affectionately referred to it, the crapmobile. it has been a month since i lost the blue and the insurance company has yet to un-ass my money, so I'm still driving the crapmobile. now, don't get me wrong, it's a good little car, it's just not conducive to my lifestyle. i'm 6'2" and 230lbs and i don't really fit in there, the tolerances are so close that i can't have a cup in the cup holder. everyone i work with very much enjoys watching me get in and out. i actually have to get in twice, i have to sit, and then get in. people who see me driving it think it's the most pathetic thing they have ever seen. i have been trying to fix a few things that are wrong with it while i have it (it has over 200,000 miles on it) i figured it's the least i can do. so far i've broke a $200 dollar part while trying to fix something else ($15 at the junk yard). while i'm very grateful to have it, it's driving me crazy. i have a few vehicles in mind that i want to get after my insurance pays out (getting the wagon fixed is priority #1) but until that time me and the crapmobile are getting to know each other quite well.

when life gives you lemons

2009-05-27T06:20:00.001-07:00

shut up and eat your damn lemons!

isn't it amazing

2009-05-15T12:23:00.000-07:00

how something as simple as a phone call can ruin your day!?

what i learned today

2009-05-13T06:36:00.000-07:00

today i learned that when people tell me what kind of car i should get to replace the one i wrecked, it pisses me off!

the blue went down

2009-05-06T10:49:00.000-07:00

after almost 8 years and over 120,000 miles i had to let her go. at approximately 1430 hrs on the 5th of may in the year of our lord 2009 she was pronounced a total loss. we had a good run, out of all the women in my life she was one of the ones who stuck around. we had alot of fun times, took out some pretty girls, and did afew things we probably shouldn't have. she was a good car and in the end she did her job and protected me and my brother. i believe that had we been in a lesser car we might not have walked away. i'm gunna miss you, you're my girl Blue!

i miss her sometimes

2009-04-24T08:15:00.000-07:00

i ran into my old girlfriend the other day, and then i backed up and ran into her again. i miss her sometimes.

the mohawk stays

2009-04-15T11:20:00.000-07:00

so, i gave spike a haircut and decided to leave a mohawk and see how it would look, i sent a few people a picture to see what they think and the concensue seemed to be to shave it. i decided to take him to the cruise night like that to see if anyone said anything. spike stopped traffic! people who were driving by were stopping to ask what kind of dog he was and saying how good he looked, one girl even parked her car and came over just to see spike saying that she wasn't interested in the cars. needless to say spike liked the attention, so the mohawk stays!

what i learned today

2009-04-07T05:36:00.000-07:00

today i learned that when pretty girls shoot assault rifels there butts jiggle.

the only white guy

2009-04-03T08:45:00.000-07:00

a couple of girls i work with invited me to come with them to a country bar (what was i doing in a country bar you ask? might i refer you to the first sentence of this post) I wasn't feeling well having just been in the e.r. the day before soi left early (did i mention it was a country bar) and on the way home i hit a pot hole and did this.

luckily i had my jack and a matching spare, so i was able to get going as soon as i put the spare on. the next day i met up with my car club (houston inc) and went to the san jacinto monument.

and then went out for chicken wings, it was nice to meat up with them and compare cars. it was fun being the only white guy all weekend.

dance dance revolution and glow-in-the-dark boobs

2009-03-17T07:43:00.000-07:00

My friend Rachel celebrated her 26th birthday last week, it was alot of fun. i went to her sisters place and the three of us had dinner and cake and played a game. the next day a bunch of us went to saltgrass for dinner then to the main event to bowl and play games. it was sooo much fun to hang out with rachel and her friends. happy birthday rachel!

i love it when a plan comes together

2009-02-25T07:50:00.000-08:00

Have you ever had a scheme planned out and later you find out that it worked exactly how you wanted? Why Andy, whatever do you mean? Well, allow me to elaborate. (btw, I will not be naming names to protect the innocent, so try to keep up) A female friend whom I had taken out a couple of times before she gave me the “I just don’t want a relationship right now” and then introduced me to her boyfriend a couple of weeks later was having a birthday party and wanted me to come. I wanted to go to help her celebrate her birthday, but felt that I would be more comfortable if I had a date. I called an attractive female friend of mine and told her that I would need a trophy date for the event and she agreed and said that she would be glad to dress provocatively in order to make others jealous. Well, we went and had a good time, my trophy date and I, nothing really eventful happened, just a nice evening. So, 4 days after said event I get a call from a buddy who was not there saying that the brother of the birthday girl, who was there, said that his wife had mentioned how good looking Andy’s new girlfriend was. SUCCSESS! My trophy date and I shared a good laugh about it. Thanks trophy date!

see, i told you i did

2009-02-24T06:30:00.000-08:00

i was lucky enough to have a valentine this year, and she's pretty good looking to boot! we went on a dinner cruise out of kemah. it was a surprise, i didn't tell her where we were going, and kemah's still a little tore up, so we were driving through a bad neighborhood to get there and she asked me "are you going to kill me and throw me in the lake"? it was pretty funny. the couple across from us got engaged during the cruise. we had a great time, and as far as valentines day goes, it was one of the best.

i have a date for valentines day

2009-02-13T10:44:00.000-08:00

for the first time since my divorce, i'm pretty excited about it.

apparently i'm quite the catch

2009-01-21T05:47:00.000-08:00

Lately I've been hearing things like that from a few females. Like, " I can't believe your ex left" and "I can't believe you're single". Well guess what! I am! A girl who's in a relationship telling you that you're quite a catch is like your mom telling you that you're handsome, it's not really helping me out. And it's even worse when a single girl says it, if I'm such a catch how come we're not on a date right now? Women, you can't live with them and they can't turn up missing.

on heartbreak

2009-01-15T05:34:00.000-08:00

Have you ever had someone break your heart with so much care and respect that you actually like them more? That's pretty much how it went down last night. I actually feel closer to her than I did before. Without getting into to much detail I can't explain exactly what I mean, but believe me when I say that even though it hurt, it was beautiful.

did you enjoy your new years celebration as much as i did?

2009-01-05T09:32:00.000-08:00

well, did ya?

how the hell do i get out of the friend zone

2008-12-31T06:32:00.000-08:00

anyone?

the best thing about me

2008-12-22T07:50:00.000-08:00

you know, i'm pretty smart, and good looking, not to mention how strong i am, but the best thing about me...i'm humble.

I only know 2 things about women...

2008-12-18T14:19:00.000-08:00

and the other one is, they like chocolate

what i learned today

2008-12-15T13:31:00.000-08:00

today i learned that there are too many 4's.

i'm a movie star

2008-12-15T09:44:00.000-08:00

they finished filming my new movie (my scenes anyway). my first roll with lines, I'm only in 3 scenes (for the first 3rd of the movie, i die in the second 3rd), but the scenes were all me. we're going to have a release party early next year after all the editing is done. I'm pretty excited about it, the director and producer told me that they noticed how good of a job i did while they were editing some of what they had shot. i don't know if my acting will lead to anything, but it sure feels good to a star, even a little one.

what i learned today

2008-11-13T05:08:00.000-08:00

Today I learned that impressing a girl you like by taking her to an audition is a bad idea because she might get the part playing your wife and bring her new boyfriend to rehersal.

you think you have problems

2008-09-02T08:53:00.000-07:00

The other day i was talking to a friend of mine and i was telling him about some of my girl troubles. I told him how i had had a couple of dates with a couple of different girls, but nothing that i thought was going to lead anywhere but "the friend zone" and how although i was getting a little attention from each of these girls i wanted one girl to give me the bulk of her attention. As i was talking to him it dawned on me that this guy hadn't had a date in as long as I've known him and he would probably be grateful to have my problem and all of a sudden i felt very selfish.

my kingdom for a center cap!

2008-08-21T09:56:00.000-07:00

so, i go to the wheel shop and show the guy a picture of my wheel and ask if he thinks he can fix it. he says he's not sure, but that he has a wheel in the warehouse that he can sell me. so i drive home and change and grab my jack, drive to joes, get the wheels and take them to the wheel shop where the guy tells me that the rear wheel/tire look fine and he's not sure about the front one. i tell him if he can't fix it, get me the new one, and if he can fix it i need a new center cap. i stop by the next day at lunch and he tells me that they can't fix the wheel, so i ask if he ordered the other one for me, "oh, you want me to order it?" YES! so i tell him i'll bring the wagon after work so they can put the rear wheel back on. when i go back they are about to put the tire back on when the mechanic points out a bubble in the tire. i tell him that he's not going to put that tire on my car. tha manager comes back out and i tell him that he had told me that the rear tire was fine and it is obviously not. he ends up selling me 2 matching rear tires, one for half price to make up for the mistake and i order 2 new front tires. the next day i stop by and notice my tires are already there, so i ask to see my rim, the guy takes me back and there's no center cap "where's the center cap?" manager guy comes back out "that's how it comes" "the picture you showed me had a center cap" "well, that's how all our used rims come." "i'm not paying $190 for part of a rim" "i'll see if i can find you a center cap" i could hear the people he was calling laughing at him. so i left pissed and went back to my office and ordered a brand new rim cheaper and stopped by a different tire shop and ordered the tires cheaper, and was told they would be in Saturday and that they would call me.. so, the next day i get an email from the new rim people saying that they didn't ship my rim because they found a flaw in the center cap. i called but they had closed for the weekend, so i left them a message to call me. monday i called and explained to them that i needed that rim, so they agreed to ship it and send the center cap when they got it. i stopped by the tire shop on the way home to see if my tires had come in yet since i hadn't received a call yet. tire dude told me that they never got picked up and that he would go get them right now. i told him just get them here tomorrow because i didn't have the rim yet anyway. so when i got home from work the new rim was waiting for me and i loaded it up and headed to the tire store. when i got there tire dude asked "can i help you" "yeah, my tires are here i need them put on" "what?" "my tires are here i need them put on" "okay what's your last name?" "vidinha" "ok. what's your phone number?" "832 260 4462" as he looks me up in the computer "who took your order?" "i can't remember his name" "okay which car is yours?" "the green wagon". so he goes out and looks at it and comes back "so, you have 235/55/17 on the front and 255/55/17 on the back" "are you asking me what's on the car, or what i ordered?" "what did you order?" "i ordered two 255/50/17" "all 4?" "no, two" "for the back?" "no, for the front" "how much did he quote you?" "i already paid" still not sure why he didn't see all this in the computer. so i tell him "the spare is on the car, i need it put in the back, there is a brand new rim in the back tha i need one of the new tires mounted on". he takes off and comes back in a few minutes "your tires are here" "i know, that's why i'm here, did you hear what i told you about the spare?" "no, they didn't tell me anything about the spare" "did you hear what I told you about the spare?" "no" "THE SPARE IS ON THE CAR, I NEED IT PUT IN THE BACK, THERE IS A BRAND NEW RIM BACK THERE THAT I NEED ONE OF THE NEW TIRES PUT ON" to which i get a blank stare "did you get that?" "ok" so i finally have everything mounted, i still need an alignment, but i think that's going to have to wait until the weekend.

curbs are evil

2008-08-13T07:24:00.000-07:00

so, i lent my buddy joe my wagon so he could go to san antonio to pick up some furniture from his sisters place. he made the trip alright, but driving it home from work monday he decided to make sure the curb was still there, it was. he feels so bad, he's paying to have it fixed and he's okay, and i get to drive his bimmer untill it's fixed, so i'm not mad or anything. joe's a good guy, i trust him, and i'd lend him the car again if he needed it. i called my brother and told him about it, my dad over heard and i could hear him in the back ground asking "someone did something to one of andy's cars?" "what did, he do to them?" to which my brother replied "nothing" then dad asked "was it a girl?" i thought it was pretty funny.

it's official

2008-06-30T07:26:00.000-07:00

saturday i went over to a female friends house to pick her up. i got there a few minutes early so i sent her a text letting her know that i was out side hanging out with her brother and dad whenever she was ready. well her dad didn't realise that she knew i was there so he went in and said "that guy is out there waiting for you". so it's official ia am "that guy". i was talking to her about it later, we both thought it was pretty funny because i had been talking about being "that guy", but we decided that being "that guy" is alot better than being "that other guy".

i'm that guy

2008-06-25T06:08:00.000-07:00

i'm the guy that everyone trusts around their women (girlfriends, wives, daughters). i'm the guy who has alot of girls who are friends, but no girlfriends. i'm the guy who all the girls feel comfortable around because they know i'm not going to try anything inappropriate. recently i had a family emergency and i was pretty shaken up, a female friend of mine came over late that night to keep me company, and i didn't realise until she showed up that she had to sneak out of the house while her folks were sleeping. later she told me that her mom called her on her way home wondering where she was, and when she told her she was with me, her mom was okay with her sneaking out. once someone said something about me being a man, and a female friend of mine said "that's not a man, that's just Andy". once i was going on temporary duty with an attractive female from my unit and i was teasing her about being alone with me while her husband was at home, to which she replied "oh, he's not worried about you". i appreciate that everyone feels that i'm trustworthy, but this is very emasculating. it isn't doing anything for my love life either. now if you'll excuse me, i'm going to go put my nuts back on their shelf since apparently i wont be needing them, and go on with my business.

the power of prayer

2008-06-11T13:27:00.000-07:00

i consider myself fairly religious, and i pray fairly often (not as often as i should). the other day a friend of mine, who i have never really discussed religion with, had a big test coming up and she told me how nervous she was and i told her that i would pray for her. well, i told her i have an audition today and she said that she would pray for me. that reminded me of when i was in basic training: every night before bed i would pray, and in a bay with 50 other guys, there's not alot of privacy, so most of the guys knew that i praed every night. while i was there i was having a very hard time making the physical fitness standards, not only because I'm not in very good shape, but i had also fractured some bones in both my feet. the instructors were giving me one last chance to pass, and the night before one of the guys came up to me and said "i don't pray very often, but I'm praying for you tonight". all this got me thinking, how wonderful is it thatsomeone care about you enough to ask God himself to intervene on your behalf? it's always hard for me when i see one of my friends in pain, whether it be physically, or emotionally, and there isn't anything i can do, then i remember, there is something i can do, i can pray for them.

kill people and break thier stuff

2008-06-10T05:55:00.000-07:00

i have a good job and i make decent money. i have to deal with idiots just like most jobs. it's not hard, but it does get stressful sometimes, and like most jobs, some days are better than others. however, my job has some big differences that the average job. i help defend freedom every day. and while my job may be a little more gruesome than some, i love it. i am very proud to do what i do, and I'm one of the few people you will meet who will be glad when they lose their job because their services are no longer required.

it's gunna be a good day

2008-06-04T07:15:00.001-07:00

i've been running before work for the last couple months, and today i timed myself, i shaved another minute and a half off my time, that's 3 and a half minutes since last summer. i want to shave another minute off before i'm where i want to be, but i'm alot closer than i was.

a bad day, but not

2008-06-03T07:58:00.000-07:00

have you ever had one of those days when everything goes wrong? and what started out to be a normal day goes down hill real quick, and every little thing just compounds and you're about ready to explode! then, out of nowhere, something good happens and it all goes away, and the day ends up being not so bad. i've had a lot of those lately, and it has made me more able to find the pleasure in, and be greatful for the little things. that's all.

still a pimp

2008-05-30T09:34:00.000-07:00

my buddy mike married denise last week. (congradulations!) the night before the wedding mike and i went out to a bar and an old friend of mikes came to hang out with us. durring the course of the night we told her what we do for a living and she mentioned that she was a nurse at a hospital. so, a couple of days later i sent her a text message asking how many lives she had saved that day, to which she replied "too many to count", so i said, that she should keep saving them and i would keep sending them back. then i got a text back that said "i hope not, i work in OBGYN" i about died laughing.

my cars are cooler than yours

2008-02-15T08:21:00.000-08:00

Anyone who's known me for more than 5 minutes knows that I love my cars. And anyone who's known me for more than 10 knows that if they mess with my cars, we're gunna have issues. My cars are like my kids, if you touch one of them, it's like you just touched my kid. I pride my self on doing most of the modifications myself. And when I say that I have a lot of blood sweat and tears in my cars I mean it(there is actually a blood spot on my caprice that I cant get out). Knowing how I feel about my cars, people are surprised when I let them drive, of course I'm nervous the first time someone drives one, just like you would be the first time you let some one watch your kids. But I built the cars to have fun, and I've always believed that all the things I have are worthless if I can't share them with the people I care about, and I do understand that at the end of the day, they are just cars, and even though I love my cars very much, they don't love me back.

i have an ass

2007-12-18T18:00:00.000-08:00

for many years i have been suffering from a medical condition known as noassatall syndrome, most commonly found in adult white males. i have been working out and am more active than i used to be and have noticed my body becoming more proportional. i am in the middle of restoring the hardwood floors in my house and while doing this i was laying on my stomach sanding and i could feel my booty shake a little, and since i can't see back there was my only indication that i have anything back there. sorry ladies, no photos, but i am available for your viewing pleasure 24/7

noone here gives a damn about soccer

2007-11-13T05:45:00.000-08:00

on Saturday i went to the opera. that's right, not a typo, the opera. my friend Rachel had two tickets and her husband and sister couldn't go, so she invited me. it was called "the refuge" it was about people seeking refuge in Houston and making it there home. all the stories were true and the performers sang their actual words. it was very beautiful and i defiantly would go again. mike told me that his folks went and i asked his dad about it and he said compared to others that he'd seen it wasn't that great, and i figured that if i liked it as much as i did and it wasn't that great, I'd better get to the opera more often. so thanks, Rachel, for helping me to expand my horizons. and btw, this outing went much better then the last time rachel and i hung out.

more action than i've had in a long time.

2007-11-09T05:56:00.000-08:00

Denise's birthday is this weekend, so me and mike took her to Sammy's to see her favorite band, the spazmatics, who have a new lead guitar player btw. after they had finished their show we were hanging out by the bar when a couple of guys started yelling at each other. their buddies were able to separate them so they didn't end up fighting, but the guy who was close to us at the bar was still upset until one of his friends told him that he knew the people who ran the club and had the other guy kicked out. well, dude was pretty excited and started running around cheering, then, i'm not sure why, but he grabbed me and asked if he could give me a kiss on the cheek. well, not being one to spoil the mood i told him sure, and he did. mike saw and asked what was going on and saw that the dude was just happy, gave him a hug too and bought him a shot. then on the way out mike gave me a smack in the ass. the man love was running rampant. of course i would have preferred these actions to have been perpetrated by women, but at this point, i'll take it where i can get it. happy birthday Denise.

celebrating 90 years of air power

2007-11-06T06:19:00.000-08:00

our fighter squadron celebrated 90 years the other night, it was a very nice event. one of the more notable things that happened was that my dear friend Leah got engaged to her man christian, he proposed to her out in front of the jet we had painted especially for the event. i am very happy for them, i don't know christian that well, but he seems like he will take good care of her, and he'd better!
i had the pleasure of escorting a very pretty lady. as you can probably tell by my grin, i had a great time. a few of us went out dancing afterword and the d.j. at the second place we went to made a big deal out of us being in our uniforms. it was cool, and the ladies loved it
my dad dropped off his dog and my brothers dog at the house for the weekend, spike and little foot had a great time together, it was really hard for me to get them to hold still for this picture. i might not be impartial, but i think spike is cuter.

all in all, not a bad weekend

over worked and underpaid

2007-10-18T08:56:00.000-07:00

i went into work last Saturday to catch up on some stuff before the inspection and since it wasn't an official duty day i wore jeans and brought spike with me. he had a great time running around and playing in the grass while i did my thing. not a bad day over all. that's all i have to say about that.

what happens in vegas...

2007-09-25T14:34:00.000-07:00

my buddy joe bought me a round trip ticket to las vegas for my birthday, and put me up in his big house. it was awesome. we didn't really do anything typically vegas, just hung out, it was nice to get away and not have to care about work or anything. i didn't even call anyone cause i didn't want to here about any b.s. in fact, the highlight of my trip didn't have any thing to with anything in vegas. it was a great vacation, i'm so glad that i have such good friends. thanks joe. that's my story and i'm sticking to it.

friendship is rare

2007-09-07T10:59:00.000-07:00

i was listening to the radio a while back and they had a game where if you called a friend and told them that you needed $500 and that you couldn't tell them what it was for and that you probably wouldn't be able to pay them back, and if your friend said yes they sent you both to a concert. that got me thinking about my friends, and if they were that loyal. well i am pleased to report that they are, so i have compiled a list of things that i like about my friends, so here goes. you know your friends are loyal if...

they know all about your past, and they like you anyway.

they don't know your ex-wife, but they still think she's a bitch.

they'll help you push your cadillac into your garage in there suit pants.

they'll try to set you up with their other friends.

They stick up for you when you're not around.

they'll come see you at the car show, even if they could care less about the new shiney thing you added to your car.

they'll help you move.

they bring you cookies at 2 in the morning.

they'll tell you when you're messing up.

livin' the dream

2007-07-17T07:09:00.000-07:00

i've been asking my supervisor to find out if i could take a picture of my car next to one of our jets for a year and a half and finnally on sunday i was able to do it. a friend of mine even brought her camera out and took a whole roll of film for me. the comander liked the idea so much that he's having his jet painted for our upcoming 90th aniversary and he's going to make sure it'a available for photo opportunities.

MY FIRST CAR

2007-07-05T09:25:00.000-07:00

this is a picture a friend of mine snapped or my first car a '72 cadillac sedan deville. i loved that car, it didn't last me very long, she met a sad demise that we wont get into right now. as with all my cars everyone knew that car, even if they didn't know me. i named her shaniqua because she was big, black, and loud. this picture is also proof that my current car (a '95 caprice) is the smallest car iv'e ever had.

why am i a pimp

2007-07-05T06:13:00.000-07:00

a friend of mine saw the picture of me and Bek at my reunion and i think he meant to say "why are you dressed like a pimp", but what he said was "why are you a pimp" and i said "why do birds fly?, why do stars twinkle?, they just do!" so there's no scientific explanation, it's just one of those things you have to take on faith, maybe someday in a top secret lab deep underground someone will discover the reason, but until then i don't think the world is ready anyway.

it's official, i'm old

2007-06-21T10:26:00.000-07:00

my birthday was Friday and i decided to have a party on Saturday. we started out at the main event for a couple of hours of bowling and then some games after that. here's me and mike playing dance dance revolution. (i won)
then we went to papacitos for dinner, it was great.
they even sang happy birthday to me. after that we went back to my place and watched ghost rider and popped some popcorn. it was a fun day. i think the best part was that i got to blow out candles 3 times; the first time was at work, Rebekah brought me cupcakes with candles in them , and then she brought a cake for me to the bowling alley, and then again when they sang to me at the restaurant. i got alot of meaningful gifts too, it was alot of fun.

nora jones

2007-06-13T05:58:00.000-07:00

while i was in the desert Mike told me that he was taking Denise to see Nora Jones when we got back. i thought that sounded like fun and after a few emails to Rebekah we were going too. she played at Jones hall, a perfect location for her, i don't think the show would have been as good if it had been somewhere else. it was totally worth dragging butt at work all day!

hot chocolate ass

2007-06-13T05:47:00.000-07:00

a couple of years ago i had gone to my folks house to celebrate Christmas. my mom had gotten a small water cooler that dispensed hot and cold water, and she had a chocolate syrup pump next to it for making hot chocolate. after my brother and i tried it he said "this tastes like ass", and i said "yeah, hot ass", and he said "hot chocolate ass!" so, i was in Tommy's office and he was talking about how hot it was and he said "hot ass" and it reminded me of this story and i said , out loud, "hot chocolate ass" just as the new girl walked in behind me, oh yeah, did i mention that she's black? and she looked at me and said "who's hot chocolate ass?, my hot chocolate ass?" "you don't even know me and you're talking about my hot chocolate ass" eye witness accounts say that i was as red as a beet.

best week ever!

2007-06-09T12:27:00.000-07:00

have you ever seen the show best week ever on vh1? they talk about famous people and how they had the best week ever. well, this is a chronicle of my best week ever!

the week started out great because i got home from Iraq. this is a picture of everyone enjoying a beverage in Ireland. it was fun for everyone to be able to relax and let their guard down.

then the next day the week got even better when i met my new niece Sukura. 8lbs 4oz. the nurses asked my sister why she waited until she was grown to have her. i might be biased but she is very cute. i got her a onesie that says "my uncle is cooler than yours".
Rebekah's birthday was on the first and i took it upon myself to decorate her office. she was so excited when she saw it she called me and woke me up to tell me about it, which made it all worth while.
Friday night i went with Mike, Denise, and there friend Marci went to see a band called the Spazmatics. they do 80's covers. they were so much fun.
while they were singing "Hey Mickey" they had all the girls get up on stage, here's Denise and Marci getting down.
i took Bek out to get her nails done for her birthday.
and i got mine done too.
after that we went to outback for dinner. there was a guy going around doing balloon animals and i had him make a flower for Rebekah, which she enjoyed.

on Tuesday i went to see Fergie! Rebekah got 2 tickets for upgrading her phone plan and her neighbor gave her the 2 that he got, but unfortunately she couldn't come...
so Marci came instead. someone made fun of me for going to see Fergie, then i showed them this picture and they stopped. i don't know when I'll see her again, but i had fun for the night.
i was also finally able to get the spokes put back on the wagon. i forgot the attention that those rims draw.
I'm turning 30 (the bog three oh) Friday and i got a popcorn maker so i can have folks over for movies that night.

so that's my best week ever, actually it was more than a week, but it was the best time in my life. i got to play with my cars and hang out with my friends and dance with pretty girls. and I've lost 20lbs in the last 2 months so i feel great too.

"Learning to walk" an essay

2007-05-11T06:53:00.000-07:00

Apparently after almost 30 years of practice I still don't know how to walk. Now, I did have some setbacks as a kid; when I was born I was pigeon toed and I had to have corrective casts on my feet, so I got a late start, and because of this I have had weak ankles which has afforded me many an opportunity for crutches, which set back my walking practice schedule, or when I was in basic training and fractured 3 bones between both my feet I was forced to learn a modified walk which also set back my practice schedule. Still with all these setbacks I thought I had become quite good at walking, however, all my confidence was shattered yesterday as I walked back from the store. The walk started like any other, and then all of a sudden I was on the ground, in pain. My right food rolled under an wouldn't support my weight I went down and got road rash on my left shin and knee and scraped my left elbow as well. Was it dark out? You ask. Oh, no, it was the middle of the day. Well surely you were in a strange place, you think to yourself. Not at all, I was on a well trodden path which I have traveled many times. The only thing I can blame is my lack of practice, so I have decided that as soon as I am healed from my injuries well enough that they will not affect my form I will start a more rigorous training schedule, no longer will I ride when I can walk, I will take extra steps when at all possible. It's not going to be easy, but I know that with the love and support of my family and friends, I will be able to reach my goal of learning to walk by the time I'm 40.

greetings from iraq

2007-05-03T06:46:00.000-07:00

for some reason this computer wont let me post a picture, so those will have to wait. well here i am for the second time, and i have to say, i'm not having as much fun as i did last time. now don't get me wrong, there's plenty yo do. we get attacked almost every day, this affords me many an opportunity to study the tile patterns on the floor, and if the attack is long enough i can catch up on my sleep, or if i'm lucky there might even be something for me to read down there. i have been going to the gym everyday for a couple of hours with my buddy mike, i haven't really noticed a difference yet, but hopefully by the time i get home i'll be able to keep working out by myself. i have also gotten really good at telling the difference between an acctuall explosion and a slamming door, or the trash truck adding to it's load, all usefull things to know. i have learned to appritiate my huge house with only me in it, although the guys i share a room with deffinately have interesting personalities, i still prefer my dogs. and walking, boy have i had some great chances to go for some long walks, and sometimes i even get to carry my body armor. so manny things to do, i sure am going to miss them when i get home. well, untill next time, watch your wing man, and watch your 6.

i have a celebrity in my house

2007-03-29T05:05:00.000-07:00

i got spike a haircut so i wouldn't have to worry about him while i'm gone. he looks like a different dog, when i took him home it took butch a second to figure out who he was. he looks cute and she did a good job. i didn't like it at first, but it's growing on me. i think he looks like hugh jackman while he was in x-men. maybe now people will stop asking me how old she is.

WHEW!

2007-03-23T10:58:00.000-07:00

if you read a recent post in bek's blog http://www.bekahbyrd.blogspot.com/ you'll notice that she redid bri's room for her birthday. although the pictures missed it one of the things that is different about her room is now it has a ceiling fan that was installed by yours truly. after installing that one i felt so good about my fan installing skills that i volunteered to put one in Elijah's room as well. unfortunately the one bek had for his room did not have a light kit on it, but fortunately i had just upgraded the fan in my living room and was willing to donate my old one to the cause and installed that one, so the other one went back into the garage. now, if you'll look further down in the same post on bek's blog you'll notice that she had sustained a head injury, when i asked her what happened i was told "a ceiling fan fell on me" ....OH NO, i almost killed my best friend, what if it had fallen on one of her kids? I'd never be able to live with myself, what have i done?!.... "which one?" i asked, very sheepishly with eyes the size of dinner plates. "the one in the garage" was her reply. RELIEF!! i almost had a heart attack, i already felt bad that i wasn't around to help when it happened. so just so everyone knows, i might not be available to install any fans for a little while. I'm glad Rebekah's okay.

i can

2007-03-14T14:52:00.000-07:00

bek made a list of things she can do after being inspired by other bloggers, and i thought i'd try it and put my own twist on it

i can rebuild the suspension on an 80' suburban, but i can't get the damn thing roadworthy again
i can install a ceiling fan, but i can't run new wires for it

i can run 2 miles on 3 broken bones, but only if i'm doing it for someone else

i can tear up during a girly movie, but i can't let you see me

i can build a 2000lb low drag peniterator smart bomb, but i can't load it on a jet

i can repel 100 feet, but i'm afraid of heights

i can give my life defending freedom, but i don't want you to have to give yours

i can be independent, but i don't want to be

i have mad driving skills, but i can't drive a standard transmission

i can train my dogs, but i can't get spike to stop marking EVERYTHING

i can skip desert, but not today

i can play music, but only if it's on the radio

i can sleep anywhere, as long as it's in my bed

i can see the potential in customising a car, but not decorating a room

i can dance, but not really

i can forgive, but i can't forget

i can work on my car, but i can't stand it if i have to let someone else

pretty sure i'm going

2007-03-08T14:58:00.001-08:00

i heard from the guy who's dad is sick today. they admitted him into the hospital today, so i'm going to go in his place. hopefully i'll be a little thinner and a little tanner when i get back. my little sister is due on the 28th of may, i should be back by then. other than that i guess i wont be missing much anyway. alot of my friends are there already, they told me that the facilities are nicer than last time, so i should have a good time.

maybe

2007-03-03T10:34:00.000-08:00

well, it looks like i might be going again. one of our guys has a sick dad. there not sure what's wrong with him, there going to do more tests on tuesday and then he'll know for sure. in the mean time there going to outprocess me as if i was going. so i gess we'll see next week. but if i do end up going my sacrifice will be that much more worth while if i help him out.

maybe not

2007-02-28T10:42:00.000-08:00

well, it looks like i might not be going after all, this will make change 4. i decided to chronicle any further changes as they happen because it is starting to get humorous. will keep everyone posted as events occur.

some people need some killin'

2007-02-27T14:38:00.000-08:00

no, not leah. this is from the lunch we had for her. she's be deployed to "an undisclosed location in southeast asia" well, i just found out i'll be joining her. "killing is my business ladies, and business is good!" i have to go show the bad guys what's up. tell all the pretty girls not to worry, i'll be back soon.

poor spike

2007-02-20T05:05:00.000-08:00

spike always looks so pathetic after he gets a bath, but he looks cute at the same time, so i thought i'd get a picture of him. he loves the camera, as soon as i pull it out he starts posing and trying to be cute. i think butch was jealous, he kept trying to get into the picture. my dogs are so good, they hate to get baths, but i just have to tell them and they'll hop right into the tub. they're nice to have around, they keep me from getting to lonely.

not so bad today

2007-02-13T16:04:00.000-08:00

it's been over 2 years since my ex-wife left and it still hurts every day. a few weeks ago a good friend of mine asked me if i still thought about her and i said "every day". while i was going through the divorce a coworker that i look up to told me that besides the death of a loved one, this is the worst thing that would ever happen to me, he was right. do you ever get over something like this? can you give your whole heart to someone and still have some left to give someone else when they break it? i see others who have moved on and found love again, but it seems like i never will. the loneliness is consuming, even as i'm with other people i still feel lonely. my self image isn't very good either and i don't feel good enough for anyone. i told a friend that i was tired of being lonely and she asked what i was doing about it and i told her that i didn't know what to do and she said neither did she. i wish there was some formula that i could follow like; marriage years + divorce time = how long it takes to find love again, or something like that. at least then i'd know how long i had to wait. i know i have to be okay with myself before i can let someone else in, but i'm not, and i'm so tired of being lonely. it doesn't hurt as much as it used to. now it's like an old injury, like a broken ankle, mostly it doesn't hurt, but as soon as you try to use it you remember exactly why you haven't put any strain on it for a while. i know i have a long way to go, but i wouldn't have made it this far without family and friends to help me along. from "we don't like her" to a couple of offers to beat her up, and milk and cookies at 2am. i'm very grateful for the help i have received. you don't know who really loves you until something like this happens. i know some day i'll be needed again, but until then i have to just keep getting better, and at least now i know that with a little help from my family and friends, and the man upstairs, i'll make it.

2007-02-05T10:21:00.000-08:00

Rebekah had everyone over for a Superbowl (am i going to get into trouble for using a trademark) party. i'm not really into sports (don't worry, I've already had a corner cut off my man card), but i had a good time anyway. there was alot of good food, and good company. i was at the store helping Rebekah by getting some supplies and an older lady asked me who i was going for in the big game and i told her it didn't matter because i don't like sports, and she asked what all the soda i was buying was for and i told her that a pretty girl was throwing a Superbowl party, and she said that sounded like a good reason to her.

2007-02-05T09:51:00.000-08:00

on Saturday Rebekah and i went to the military ball that my dad and his cadets throw every year. we got to get dressed up and have dinner at a fancy restaurant. the place it was at is called braideys landing. it's on the ship channel, which is really odd for a place like that, but it was very nice. Rebekah got cold so i gave her my jacket and i thought she looked cute wearing my jacket and eating her dinner, so i took a picture of her. it was nice to go out and hold the door and pull out her chair and be a gentleman, and treat her like a lady, what Rebekah calls a "fake date", besides Rebekah's pretty good looking, so that was nice too.

2007-02-05T08:58:00.000-08:00

on Friday i took the day off and went to my mom's house to help her with whatever she needed done around the house. after that i went with Leah and some of her friends from church out to dinner on kemah to a sea food place i'd never been to. the food was great and the company was even better. i had a great time. Leah ate half my dinner after eating all of hers. i weigh 3 times what she does and she can eat me under the table every time. after dinner we went to the American legion for mike's dad retirement party. i had a good time there too. Rebekah was there with her kids, and i got to meet alot of mike's family. i had to take a picture of Leah eating again, that girl can put it away!

2007-02-05T07:58:00.000-08:00

i rearranged my living room a few days ago. I'm kind of proud of myself, so i thought i'd snap a picture. i think it looks good, and it really opens up the room. not bad for a single dude. butch wanted to help, but he doesn't have thumbs, so he just attacked the vacuum cleaner while it was on.

2007-02-03T13:55:00.000-08:00

this is me and Rebekah at my 10 year high school reunion. i only went to that school for a year, so i didn't recognise to many people there, but it was still fun to get dressed up and go dancing. the one person that i did know there was my friend Amanda, she told me that when i walked in she had her back to me and someone said "who's that in the blue", and before she turned around she said "ANDY".

2007-01-30T07:07:00.000-08:00

we finally had a brake from all this rain so i decided to give the blue a bath and she looked so good that i snapped a few picturesof her. i love working on my cars. acouple of years ago a girl in a minivan pushed me into the wall on the freeway and i ended up doing most of the repairs by myself. i got such a good deal on parts that i ended up only spending about 1/3 of the money the insurance company gave me, dad said i should do that for a living. unfortunately i just don't like working on other peoples cars as much as i like working on mine.

2007-01-26T04:52:00.000-08:00

i've been getting very tired of my carpet. it is very uncomfortable, it doesn't look good, and it soaks up stains like a sponge, and with 2 dogs there are many spots. well, i finally pulled up the carpet in the hallway (i thought i'd start small) and lo and behold, i have hard wood floors. they are actually not in that bad of shape either. as soon as there's a nice sunny day and i can open the windows i'm going to try my hand at refinishing hard wood floors.

2007-01-25T13:03:00.000-08:00

last halloween rebekah and the kids and i went to "boo on the boardwalk" on kemah. while we were there the girls wanted to go through the haunted house. elijah is way to young for that so i volunteered to watch him while rebekah took them. while we waited we got our caricature done. elijah had a great time and i think it came out pretty good. btw the girls ran out of the haunted house after the first room after waiting in line for an hour.

2007-01-24T08:57:00.000-08:00

these are my buddies, butch and spike. butch is the best dog ever! any one who's been around him for more than a few minutes will agree. i brought him home with me from idaho where i was a missionary. if it weren't for him being such a good dog we wouldn't have 5 dogs between the family now. spike is a little more rambunctious than butch to put it mildly. he's just lucky he's cute. he's really friendly and kids love him. he's my wing man at the car shows. people always think he's a girl though, when someone askes "what's her name?" i always say "HIS name is spike, and he's a badass". don't let him catch you touching my car. i put a spiked collar on him to help him look tuff, but you can't really see it through all his hair.

2007-01-23T14:18:00.002-08:00

that's right ladies, he's single!

2007-01-23T14:18:00.001-08:00

with family and friends spread out so far i thought this would be a fun way to keep up with each other.