Cali and the racetrack

Cali and the racetrack
Originally uploaded by ronpagan

We learned that Cali is not a big fan of the racetrack that the kids play with. This is a little snippet but I want to say that this went on for a good 20 minutes.

Street Art - keep it clean!

I thought I would give you some cool art to look at. I love when art appears in places where you would not expect it. The two videos below are examples of that. Enjoy!

ELLIS G.- The Life of a Shadow

We got a dog

We got a dog. Her name is Cali. She is a Cavachon. We named her after California as a shout out to the last place we lived. Click the title to see some more pictures of her.

She is a sweetheart and the kids love her. The kids and I have never had a dog before so it's awesome.

Anyway more funny stuff later.

Indian Food

If you know me at all you know that my conversations tend to end up on the ridiculous side fairly quickly. Having two kids the ages of 4 and 6 the conversation get there a lot faster. I was talking to my son the other night about going to an Indian restaurant with my wife.

Lucas: Is a bow and arrow Indian restaurant?
Me: No it's a...
Lucas: If it was they can put the food on the arrows and shoot it to you.
Me: OK it was Indian like your friend Ankush in school. It was that kind of Indian.
Lucas: Oh. I never understand that kid.

Police Officer steals Marijuana.

This one is just a riot!

Death Talk

My mother-in-law had to put her dog down recently. We had to explain to Maya that the dog was old and not doing well. Maya now thinks anyone older than she is will be dead soon. I was having a tea party with Maya the other day. I had this moment when I looked across the table and could see how big my little girl has gotten. I thought about a time in the future where she would take a break from her work day and meet me for lunch. I tried to tell her what I was thinking.

Daddy: “You know Maya one day when you are all grown up and have your own job Daddy will…
Maya: “Be dead.”
Daddy: “Well umm… no what I was going to say was you will…”
Maya: “Wait I farted. Let me check if I pooped… no I’m ok.”
Daddy: “Never mind.”

Why rush things anyway.

The return of Ms M

While talking about making a favorite dish for her family Ms M said:
"If they could have it everyday as a Sunday meal they would."

Ms M Strikes Again!

While talking to a co-worker about the power outages in her neighborhood due high winds the night before Ms M said:
“As you know kerosene is a mixture of gasoline and electricity.”

I swear I am not making this up.

Obviously Ms M is not the only person to mix up things up. Here is an exchange that happened between my brother and my father recently.

Brother: “Is your computer still giving you problems?”
Dad: “No it’s been fine but I do have to get a voltage regulator.”
Brother: “Voltage regulator? What’s that?”
Dad: “You know it regulates the voltage.”
Brother: “Hmmm…Do you mean surge protector?”
Dad: “Yep.”
Brother: “Voltage regulator! Who are you Ben Franklin?”

Deciphering Language

Have you ever met someone who gets easily confused by a catchphrase? These same people will also use words in the wrong context or maybe even mispronounce them all together. I know someone who has such difficulties. Let’s call her Ms M. I find talking to her to be a challenge, in a good way. It’s like trying to solve a puzzle each day. It’s almost like she will hear a phrase and something in her brain sprinkles that new phrase with a dash of crazy. It’s not only that she will say something incorrectly; it’s the way she says it. She is over the top confident in all her opinions. With that being said let me give you two examples.

Topic: A pop star is having some financial problems.

Ms M. – “That’s on her. She should have known better. Everyone knows you have to save the rainbows.”
Confused friend – “…save the rainbows?”
Ms M. – “Yeah you never know, everyone should save the rainbows.”
Confused friend – “Do you mean save for a rainy day?”
Ms M. – “Same thing.”

Topic: Cooking

Me – “Do you cook?”
Ms M. – “Yeah I make some dishes like spaghetti with meat balls and lasagna.”
Me – “Wow, I guess you have a little Italian in you.”
Ms M.– “Well my kids like that kind of food. I guess you can say it’s their pet peas.”
I just walk away, I’m not sure there is a Ms M. to English translation for that one.


More to come on Ms M.

We get a break!

Well actually Maya got a break. Maya broke her arm over the weekend. She fell off a chair and landed funny I guess. She is a tough cookie. She watched tv for a bit then took a nap. When she woke up she was complaining that her arm still hurt. Laurel took her to the hospital. Since Maya was laughing and having a good time with the doctors and nurses everyone was surprised that the x-rays showed a break. This is the second time Laurel has had to take Maya for some emergency medical attention. The last time was because she shoved a bead up her nose. We hope this trend doesn't continue.

Turtle Loving Zombie Boy

My brother Rob told me about this video. I love how the kid is so expressionless at the start of the interview. Anyway hope you enjoy. I guess I am making the assumption that anyone outside of Laurel is reading this.

10 degrees out but the wind chill factor makes it feel like hell

My blood has really thinned out. Living in L.A. for almost a decade has made me a real wimp when it comes to the cold. My wife got me a weather station for Christmas. It’s one of these gadgets that can tell you the temperature outside as well as inside. It also tells you the amount of sunlight you can expect and what shape the moon will take that night. The best feature is the weather guy icon. He changes outfits based on the weather. So if it’s a hot day out he is in shorts. If it’s cold day he has a coat and scarf on. The first thing I do each morning is go down to the kitchen and check up on “weather boy." This morning the outside temp read 14. I turned on the radio just in time to hear “… with the wind chill it will feel like zero.” Holy crap! Weather boy was there with his hat, coat and scarf on. Just smiling away like some sort of maniac. Oh well I guess it will make me appreciate the spring that much more. The kids love the snow they went sledding yesterday. We got over 10 inches the night before.

Keep thinking warm thoughts. Keep thinking warm thoughts. Keep thinking warm thoughts.