this is your captain speaking

im only writing this one sentence cuz im doing it from a plane...lol.  did i just pay for this?  oh yes i did but its killin major time. 

a few odds and ends.

woke up at 7, 730, 830, and finally for real at 1045.  and so my day began with a trip to costco to get a tire with a nail in it repaired, and all four tires rotated and balanced.  certain things like changing batteries, refueling gas, oil changes, etc really make me feel good.  so later today i expect to feel refreshed.  now if one of these days i get that fused left head light working again, then i am sure i will feel even better.  the problem actually is that it isnt just the bulb but the entire housing and that costs something like $1000.  so annoying.  i expect to get a ticket soon but i trust my ability to weasel out.  i'll keep you posted on that one.

i also bought some pens from costco.  pilot g2 retractable gel ink pens.  they make it fun to write.

kick it to the curb.

i am writing this post on monday night...that makes it trash night.  as usual i rounded up all the trash and recycling to take outside and to the curb.  i turned the lights on for the porch and of course on a warm summer night when you do that you get one wild party of bugs celebrating like its the new year.  well normally i hate that except tonight i was happy to see them enjoying themselves.  hopefully they were having a blast and not actually bothered by the light...otherwise...oops.  well one of these guys decided to land on my arm and i did something a little different than my normal panic, jump, and swipe.  i thought about swatting and then i felt bad; so i let him come along for the ride.  he hung around for a while and then he was off doing whatever bugs do.  living i guess.

its a funny thing because i never like to take advantage of the fact that bugs are an easy kill...so i usually wait when i see one at home.  if its something i don't want in the house i will try to kill it unless its inconvenient for me.  if i do try and miss, then i let it go.  i figure it was meant to live on for another day.  i don't enjoy determining life or death so i guess i just like to give them a chance.  maybe a kind of respect...lol.

anyway my next patient should be here soon.  back to work...

deletion poetry - enjoy.

im finally ditching the curls this week.  i cant handle the hair like this anymore and its been years since ive enjoyed the feeling of straightness.  goin shorter i guess.  jen better be ready...

and the poem (last line was a brilliant discovery):

korean melon while watching the pistons,
kinda adds a little effect to my messy place.
i thought life would get easier,
start having a great life.


A pic she sent me from her trip:
the drawer in which i keep all my medications...
aka "the pharmacy."
the ball has an illegal adidas logo.
I was trying to bite my lip to stop myself.


I am getting used to watching commercials.
We used to hang out until last week.
Everyone was Kung Fu Fighting.

hip hop and rap, yeah that's where my hearts at....

no idea what song i heard on the radio yesterday but i have never heard someone rap so slow and yet sound so good.  makes me wonder how slow you can rap and still be good.  someone needs to test the limits.  maybe i'll do it after i finish planting tomatoes. 

music is one of those things that i don't really have any major preference for but rap always has a special place.  but when it comes to rap, an issue i have to bring up is why stations have to be hip hop AND r&b?  what the hell is the connection between the genres?  i like rap but im totally not into r&b and i dont see why the two must be associated.  rock stations are just rock...not rock and opera.  i dunno i just get annoyed when i have to wait for some boring r&b song to finish on the radio.  oh and i should take a moment to distinguish my taste in rap.  see i like it but not all of it and def not dumb rap.  nor do i like rap that samples crazy sounds like police sirens, chipmunk voices, glass breaking, whistles, dogs barking, men barking, women moaning, men groaning, can openers, turn blinkers, balloons popping, computers restarting, belching, shoes squeeking, etc.  i especially hate when i think a cop is behind me pulling me over because of the sirens in the song.

M-I-N-U-T-E

driving into work i was listening to the radio...a rap song was on.  it was some sort of remake of big pimpin.  im not sure what was being said most of the time but i know at one point in the refrain they were spelling something out.  i tried to put the letters together to try to figure out what it was they were spelling... B-A-L-B-U-M-B? (i think) now i am no linguist or spelling bee champ but i'm pretty sure that is not a word.  unless of course its some new made up word.  i hate when hip hop culture makes up words.  i dont have an issue with word invention but i just take a while to catch on.  like the whole "minute" thing.  used in context it usually goes something like, "i aint seen my dentist in a minute."  like how i tied that into myself?  i know you do.