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March 29 That "time" of yearStopped by youngest son's college campus yesterday:
1. big bicycle race is approaching next month
2. this is a HUGE event on his campus
3. (and billed as the biggest college weekend in America)
4. yesterday were the qualifying races
5. in which each team must circle the track producing a qualifying time to determine their starting point in the race
6. everyone takes it pretty seriously
7. until it's over
8. then they socialize
9. we met some important people
10. including the new "girlfriend"
11. she's still in quotation marks
12. they haven't talked about it yet
13. we also met another teammate's "girlfriend"
14. (due to the fact that I was sporting a team T-shirt IDing me as a fan)
15. I put her in quotation marks as soon as I met her
16. because she was asking ME if I knew where the team was gathered
17. (it's a big track)
18. I just figured that if she was a (no quotation marks) girlfriend she would know where they were
19. and wouldn't be asking (usually clueless) ME
20. sure enough, they may not be a couple
21. girls have teams too
22. so a lot of these "girlfriends" were riders for their own teams
23. did I mention it's a big campus event?
24. our son did well on the track
25. and his team is hoping to be competitive
26. (they are defending champions,
27. but every team changes a lot year to year)
28. did I mention we met the new "girlfriend?"
29. I thought you would never ask: sporty & bouncy & energetic & open & friendly & fun
30. she was with her team
31. we left right after the race
32. but then stopped by THE HOUSE
33. (last summer's big project)
34. and were told we need another bathroom
35. by one of the housemates' new . . .
36. "girlfriend"
March 25 Nine million thingsWell, here is another source of near-infinite wisdom on relationships. Titled: Nine Things that Men Don't Understand About Women.
My only complaint is they left out a word. News Flash: there are only nine?? Because I was thinking maybe nine million!
Currently I think I am probably puzzling over at least three million separate things, and I only know maybe a hundred women. My Mom is probably good for two million all by herself. My wife is a very reasonable person ( and sometimes reads this blog), still she is good for a solid half-million all by herself. Her sisters, another half-million.
Here is Yahoos! list:
Now mine:
1. How can romance books be THAT great?
2. To the exclusion of all other recreational activities?
3. Especially sports?
4. If you're getting dressed up to go out and it's a lot of trouble, so you complain about having to do so (for a work obligation) and then your husband says, Hey let's go out for a drink afterward because you're already dressed up so it won't be anymore trouble . . .
5. Why doesn't that make perfect sense?
6. Why would someone expect her husband to actually eat an entire pie?
7. And then get mad at him when he doesn't?
8. Just because he asks her to make a homemade pie every once in a while?
9. Why can't you just carry some cash?
March 18 More romantic hintsDue to popular demand I am again sharing some really, really good advice on How To Be A Lot More Romantic. These are from: http://www.seductionbase.com/romantic_ideas_2.htm
(It's not hard to find this stuff everywhere on the Internet, especially if you Google for "really really romantic." Some of these are so romantic you & your bf/gf may not survive if you try several at once. Best to ration these so as not to overdo it. One or two each decade will probably be about right.)
IDEA # 11 If your partner is starting a new job, buy a copy of "The Sound Of Music" sound track. Tape the song, "I Have Confidence" and add your own message at the end of the song saying:"Good Luck honey, I have confidence in you." Give the tape to your partner to play on the way to work in the car.
(Gord says: While you're at it, you might as well sew her a dress made from the drapes in her bedroom. Wherever she goes she'll be reminded of the time you spent in her bedroom. Removing the drapes.)
(Gord says: Don't use piranha. They forgot about that one. Or guppies. If you don't know anything about fish, just go to the local pet store and tell the salesgirl that you are buying the fish to impress your gf and that you have absolutely no intention of caring for it properly. Pet store staff love honest customers and will help you select the most appropriate choice for flushing.)
(Gord says: For inspiration a wonderful quote is included right at the bottom of this page. Just find more like that.)
(Gord says: I have to admit this might be a good one. Of course, you'll have to wash her windshield too. In fact, you'll have to wash the whole car. Actually if you wash her car you probably won't have to get the rose because the clean car will definitely be more romantic than the rose.)
(Gord says: Go ahead and just try this one. I guarantee she wanted . . . a pony. Now what are you gonna do, big guy?)
(Gord says: Hmmmm . . . Charm bracelet with charms to find? This one might work. It all depends on where you decide to hide them. Just don't get too dirty.)
(Gord says: OK. Post-Its. This sounds easy, . . . but really, what are you gonna write? . . . WARNING!! DO NOT USE THE LOVE QUOTES!! BACK AWAY FROM THE LOVE QUOTES!)
(Gord says: Just don't make it more fish, OK?)
(Gord says: Make this even better. Unwrap the kisses first and suck on them until they're about half gone. Then wrap them up again, and when she eats one it'll be just like sharing a kiss on the mouth. Except there's chocolate. So she'll like it even more. Now that's REALLY romantic.)
(Gord says: And next to the tree plant some grapes. After you're done sharing the ideas about how your love has grown, harvest that year's grapes and press them into juice for wine. Attend a class together to learn how to make champagme out of your own grapes. Enlarge the estate to include an entire vineyard. Bottle your champagne and sell it. Become millionaires. Sit around sipping your homemade champagne and talking about how it all started with that tree that used to grow where your vineyard sign now stands.) Love Quote: "Your never going to find a guy who won't break your heart, so go for the one that will and make the pain worthwhile." March 16 School with bare feetHere is a good clip (From BBC America news) featuring Shakira's efforts with her schools in Colombia.
March 09 Full moon for wormsTuesday night is the Worm Moon.
Named for earthworms that come out crawling around looking for each other. Due to all the rain and melting at this time of year, March's full moon is something they all look forward to. Or backward to.
With worms it's hard to tell. March 08 Who wants to move to . . . Austria?Life is full of coincidences.
Yesterday watched an old movie (1995) that took place in Vienna. Before Sunrise stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as two young travelers who meet on a train, fall for each other, spend just one night wandering around Vienna (hence the title) before he has to fly back to the states. It is a good script, with too much talking. But they are realistic and likable kids who seem to be actually living in real time for most of the film. I refer to it as an old movie mostly because I don't believe the story could take place today as they would be carrying laptops and mobile phones and be talking again as soon as her train pulls out of the station (key last scene).
Yeah, he'd still be a loser for not getting on that train. It's a decent film for the two performances, even though not much happens.
Then this piece: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/od_afp/austriapopulationoffbeat_20090307213831/print
According to Yahoo! you can get free land if you want to move to a small Austrian village. It is near the Czech border.
I will guarantee good beer. Other than that I don't know what to expect. You'll have to learn German, and probably want to learn some Czech as well. Is there a downside? You have to agree to build a house and have at least one child. But they give you ten years.
I'll leave that to you as to whether it's a downside. March 07 When God gives us diamonds . . . . . . do we see them?
1. Beautiful spouse sometimes is into papier mache. As in, Kindergarten-pinata-making. Then she takes off her ring so as not to mess with it. Last night I noticed it was off, and this morning at breakfast that it was back on the usual finger.
2. Then, a minute later, looking outside at misty, foggy day I saw: every twig on the bush just outside our sliding kitchen patio door had a diamond-drop of water hanging off the end twinkling. I only noticed one drop at first, but then as I looked closer it was apparent that the bush was covered with them.
3. Why don't we notice these things all the time?
March 03 Everything she doesA nice piece (from London) describing what Shakira is trying to accomplish for universal education throughout Colombia and the world. And also about what her world is like.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5802815.ece March 01 Getting off the bottleHey, remember back in the good old days when people who were thirsty got themselves a glass of water? Instead of buying a bottle of water and throwing away the plastic bottle?
Washington University (no, it's not in Washington, instead it's in St. Louis, . . . go figure) has decided to "ban" the sale of bottled water on their campus. You can still have water bottles, but you have to bring them from home. They are trying to eliminate the use of throw-away plastic bottles.
When did we start buying water in bottles anyway? I don't remember exactly.
I have been trying to remember when purchasing water changed from being unheard of, to being uncommon, to being widespread. At least where I live (pretty close to the largest bodies of fresh water on our planet) a supply of drinking water has always been abundant. You could turn on a faucet and have all you wanted. But I know that even though there was a time when I never bought a bottle of water, except on vacation, maybe fifteen or twenty years ago everything changed and now it now seems strange to try to do without them. How can you carry water around with you, if you don't have water bottles? But then, why didn't people years ago carry water around everywhere they went? I rememeber if you wanted to carry water around people would expect you to have a canteen.
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IDEA # 12 Buy a bunch of fish at a pet store. It doesn't matter what kind. Leave it for your lover with a note: "Out of all the fish in the sea, you are the one for me"
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