before i forget

parades don't go backwards

hooray fat kid!

i am a fat kid! they didn't have my regular size in a pair of shorts i really wanted but they did have a boys size 18H. that's a 18 Husky to all you Sordid Lives fans. thank you to the fat kids of the world! without you i would be pantsless. wait a ..

gross

people that eat food while wearing mittens are gross.

bye Bill

My old next door neighbor, Bill Gasser, passed away.

He is a person I have not thought about in quite some time. As a matter of fact, it has been so long that when I got the message that he had passed away, a smile actually washed over my face. I'm finally mature enough to put all my memories of him into perspective and realize what an impact this man had on my childhood.

It's too late for me to miss him. All I can do is just grin and celebrate his life.

Rebecca McCauley commented the other day that there was not a single thing she could think of that I can't do. Well, Miss Rebecca, that is high praise, especially coming from you. I wish you could have met the man that really deserves that amount of respect. Bill had EVERY tool. He could fix ANY thing. The man had no boundaries when it came to broken. I had started taking things apart to see how they worked just before Bill entered the scene, but this man could actually put them back together and properly.

This is the man that taught me that you don't have to throw something away because it is broken and you don't have to pay somebody to change your oil either.

I never got to drink a Miller Lite on the tailgate of his truck with him. Tonight, I think I'll give a little toast to the toolbox in the sky.

I won't miss you, Bill. I'll just remember how awesome you were.

new car smell

so Derek's recent car acquisition go me to thinkin'. how many cars have i had in my life? i go through them like toilet paper. i'm gonna try and list them. if you think of any i am missing, please let me know. these aren't in order, that would be too hard.

1979 yellow suburban
1979 alfa romeo spyder
1984 renault encore
1983 buick regal
198? blue ford pickup
1989 maroon suburban
1986 pontiac sunbird convertable
1987 jeep wrangler
1989 mazda 929
1983 cadillac seville
1984 volkswagon rabbit
1977 mercedes 450slc
1989 mercedes 560sl
1964 cadillac limousine
1979 cadillac limousine
1994 jaguar xj6
1997 jeep wrangler
1998 jeep wrangler
1995 jeep grand cherokee
1997 cadillac el dorado
1993 buick century
1984 chrysler lebaron convertable
1986 chrysler lebaron convertable
1984 chevy el camino
2001 Nissan Xterra
2004 jeep wrangler

hmm, that is .807692308 cars for every year i have been driving. i'm sure i'm leaving a couple off.