Well I know I haven't written in a while but I had to quickly write a big Happy Birthday to you Jason and I agree with Nelson, next year you will be joining my world....

Nels, so far I am very intrigued by your story and I was laughing thinking of you two bozos serving drinks to those ladies...you definitely have issues but you know that already.

Can't wait for the rest of the story!

Ciao

D

I know I have a post to wrap up, and I will, hopefully tonight after I complete my Zombie Survival Kit. (Don't ask)

I just wanted to make a quick post to say

Happy B-day Jase. Hope you enjoyed your last birthday as a "Bachelor" I know you don't think it matters cause you've been with Sheree for almost a decade and a half but it does... just think, next year at this time you'll be a married man, living on your own, paying bills, struggling to stay afloat, barely any free time.... so that means you'll be at home for you birthday celebrating with a Lablaws cake and the best part will be the new work shirt and slacks you get as a gift.....

Welcome to the real world lil bro.... We've been waiting for you....

Happy Birthday Jase
Hope you have a good one

PS: I am now declaring May 31st COOKIE FEST! So grab some cookies and get crazy with them!!! COOKIE FEST 2009! YOOOOOoooooooOOOOoooooOOOooo

When this whole Shower thing came up way back when, I was told I would have to be on my best behavior. I had to wear nice clothes, and I had to be nice.... When I heard that there was even a doubt about my "etiquette" I actually got pretty upset. I don't think I have ever had to be told how to act. Sure I act like a moron most of the time, I may have gotten a bit drunk at Dino's wedding, and been the passenger of a Jeep driving through his backyard, but I don't think I have ever truly embarrassed anyone in front important people. (If I have please speak up, I love those trips down memory lane)

So having this misconception of me out there started to bug me. So I vowed to go all out at this shindig. I was going to be the nicest guy around. I was going to ham it up, and get people talking. All without drinking!

When Monica pointed out the cart that were expected to push around, it really was a crushing moment.... but I decided to make the best of it.

Greg and I proceeded to load up the cart with whatever there was behind the bar. As we started doing this, the ladies started showing up, and they were showing up THIRSTY! One by one they started coming up to the bar to ask for a drink. So now Greg was behind the bar, and I was in front of it with that cart. So these woman would ask for a drink, I would pull the bottles off the cart, hand them to Greg and he would pour the drinks, I would add the Ice, and then hand the freshly poured beverage to the woman standing next to me... it was really a retarded way of making a drink but hey... it got us all involved.

This didn't stop there... no, it seemed the Bar was the place to be. We were handing out so many drinks we actually thought we would run out before the party even started. It didn't help out that who ever bought the supplies (no names Monica) didn't think to buy a bit more then thought to be necessary, or even some of the obvious stuff like Diet Coke. A room full of woman and no one expected Diet Coke would be a hit? COME ON! But we managed to tame the wild beasts and with our charm and good.... ok charm, we had the ladies laughing, blushing and one even spanked my bum! (ok not really but I'm sure a few wanted too)

Being behind the bar gave us a great view to check out all the "crumpet." And let me tell you there was an abundance of hotties at this shin dig. I would have to use my mathematical skills here, but I would say 85% of the ladies were prime beef. Of that 85%, 45% were Fillet Mignon, and of that 25% I would guesstimate that 10% were just oozing the sex! And of the 10%.. there was Yellow... In walked this chick in a tight Yellow one piece dress, a miniskirt I guess (I'm not familiar with the terms but it was Yellow, Tight and Mini) and Black high heels... those I know. She had a Black Shirley Temple hair do and a super pretty face. Maybe she wasn't the hottest one in the room but dam if that Yellow dress didn't make her stand out.

At this point, we started thinking maybe the bar really was the best place to serve the drinks. No one seemed to mind getting up to come get their own so we decided to sneak the cart behind the bar and hoped no one would say anything... well that was a waste cause no sooner had we rolled the cart back there, Monica was there telling up to get going. That chick was a real Slave driver I tell ya.

I had met Monica a few times in the past, and it was always pleasant. She's a good looking girl, so obviously I had a thing for her... until the day her car broke down next to my work and I was forbidden to go help her... another shot to my character but that's a different story... but I think I always treated her nice.... I guess I was wrong cause this chick had it in for me and Greg. Every 3 mins she was there telling us to "hurry up..." "get the cart going..." "people are waiting..." "hurry..." "hurry..." "hurry..."
As if we had the cure for cancer in our fruit punch!
But we knew we were there to do a job, so we just did as the boss said.

We rolled out the cart and made our way to the first table..... ohhh boy.... that was just a disaster. It was a round table seating around 8 woman, some middle aged, and 1 Yellow! Well of course the first table we serve HAD to have the girl we both were in love with. Why not, perfect opportunity for both of us to Pull a Nelson. Right away I start to get nervous. I picture us dropping cups, tipping over bottles, spilling drinks on dresses, rubbing a breast with my elbow as I reach to put a drink on the table... the possibilities were endless... oh and I forgot to mention.. for some reason I had the Shakes! I noticed at the bar while pouring drinks that my hands were trembling. Its nothing new, its something I have struggled with when having to solder something or work on a PC, but to be in charge of different colored liquids and handing them over to woman in dresses... that just made it soo much better

I started with "Hi, we'll be serving your drinks today, what can we get you ladies?"

As we went around one by one it seemed the Fruit punch was going to be our big seller. Considering we had a small jug, we finished it off with 4 glasses. Greg takes all the juices and the jug and heads back to the bar to mix up some more, leaving me to deal with the tables. I try ever so hard to not look at Yellow, A) Cause that would be creepy, and I was afraid to look at her and find some kind of fault up close that would ruin the illusion for me. (Yes Dino, I have issues, we know this)

I head to the next table and feel a bit more relieved when I'm greeted with group "Heeyyy Nelson" Thankfully all of the ladies at this table I had already met, so that meant there was no possible way I could mess this up more than I had already done so in the past. And as a side note... one of the girls I had met one night when I went out for dinner with Mark and Tanya and her friends, and this chick (no idea what her name was) had a thing for me. Sure she was engaged to be married but I am telling you! She had a thing for me! Tanya thinks I'm nuts, but I NEVER go around saying things like that... but this chick did in fact have a thing for me... so !!

After dealing with them I head to what I like to call the Liquored up Cougar Table. 3 Older woman, all obvious smokers from the raspiness of their voices, and all of them wine drinkers. Not fine wine, just let me get shit-faced-ed with anything you got kinda wine drinkers. They were also the ball busters of the room, but that came into effect more so when my sister joined them at the table (Like I said, Cougars) and told them to bust my balls.

We move onto the next few tables, with Greg running back to the bar every few minutes to make more punch. By the time we made it around the room 1 time it probably took us 30mins.... and there were only 8 tables! Once we realized how slow we were we decided to change our game plan.... less focus on the drinks, more focus on the ladies!

We head back to our first table again with Yellow.

"Hows our number one table doin?" I say as we pull up

We get a good laugh as we crack jokes and schmooze our way around the table.

Next Table...

"Hows our number one table doin?" and as I say that they all look over to the first table that is looking back at us....

"I mean Number 2... our number 2 table" again a few laughs.....

One this round we were on fire!

We had all kinds goin

my personal fav being "If you think we're good now, wait till later when we jump out of the cake and start dancing!"

or Greg's "We don't accept tips, but we'll take any advise you got!"

Now that we had a solid thing going, we were rock'in and roll'in! Just as we were about to go around a third time, Tanya comes up to tell us to sit down and eat. We tell her we didn't want to eat, we just wanted to keep going. Then her Dad comes to us and tells us to take a break, and we politely tell him we were ok, but then her mom comes, takes our cart away and tells us to sit down and eat.....

So we're sitting at the table eating....

We're seated at the "head table" alone, feeling like everyone in the room was staring at us, not only cause they were in everyone's eye line, but cause they were probably thirsty! As we're plowing through our meals, they announce that the desert table was open and coffee was at the bar. Well let me tell you, this was a bit of a slap in the face... we thought for sure we were doing the coffee service so in an effort to stay on top, we finished our meals, and I got up, went over to the mic, and made an announcement...

"Drink service will now resume"

We got back our cart and went around a final time.... unfortunately everyone had already got coffee so we were now useless....

I think I'm about to make history here by making this a 3 parter!

I have to be up early to do some stuff and there is still quite a bit left to post (Not really but I'm good at dragging it out)

There are still some key elements left

and I promise that the next post will be so worth it... if you find the secret message that is...
So stay tuned....

Okay Nelson...mission accomplished--you've left us hanging, and now I'm very curious to know what happened next!!

Please post soon.
Sheree

Ahhh Eddie... the soft spoken, quiet, wild, wise, caring, funny, optimistic and all around great guy.... you rarely post but when you do, they are the posts that last the ages.

I read your posts a few days ago and no word of a lie spit my coffee all over my screen. Anytime "mossy green substance growing from my penis" is mentioned... well that's classic material right there. And the image of us sitting on the porch of a retirement home in rocking chairs in the future is just comedy gold.

But today as I sit here ready to write my next epic post, I reread yours and the same posts that had me ROTFL, actually drew up the opposite emotions, and not because of "mossy green substance growing from my penis"
It was the idea of us sitting on the porch of a retirement home in rocking chairs is something me and Mark mention many times when we talk about the future. Its always funny to talk about, but when I really think (analyze) it, its almost a dream for me. I really do hope that one day there will be six rocking chairs lined up on a porch, each with one of our asses planted in it, some with oxygen tanks on wheels next to them, and 1 chair on wheels facing us that Jason is sitting in and uses to wheel from one end of the line to the other as he wipes up our drool, feeds Rick his celery sticks, and helps Dino with his juice box. Its a sad image to paint, but I hope its one that gets painted.

I know I don't always post detailed info after one of you guys visits, and its not because it means nothing, or is less important than someone else's visit , its mostly because of time, or because even though we had a great time sitting around talking, its not exactly something other people need/want to read about. But trust me, I love hanging out with you guys, separately just as much as I do when its all of us. Its always a highlight to be around you guys and it really is a change from the regular day to day crap. Not that hanging out with Mark is crap... I love hanging out with him, he's my right hand man down here, and I would be nothing without him, but its nice to have some sprinkles on your ice cream once in awhile and that's where you all come in. No one sprinkle is better than the other, they just all work together to make yummy goodness.

So with that I will now commence the WeekEnd in Review....

As we all know Mark is getting married in September. He has chosen me to be his bestman with his brother Steve and Greg to be the groomsman. A few months ago Tanya informed me that it is a family tradition to have all the groomsmen serve drinks at the bridal shower. I found this to be quite the strange tradition since usually bridal showers are for the woman only. Honestly I was not very excited about this, especially because I thought I might be the only one showing up to server drinks. So in the back of my head all I could think about was how I was dreading that day.

Two weeks ago Mark informed me that he had spoken to Greg and he said he would come down to help out. Well I haven't talked to Greg since Christmas, so I was pretty surprised to hear that. Also Steve said he was coming too, so now I at least knew I wouldn't be alone. But really... that didn't ease the pain in knowing I had to go. I just don't like those kinds of things... quelle surprise!

So now its the day before the shower and Greg shows up. Mark, Greg and I head out to a local pub at noon for something to eat and a drink. Now let me tell you something you already know. Greg likes to drink. Its been a long, long time since I have drank 2 days in a row, and it only takes having Greg around to fix that. I can honestly say that for 36 hours I had alcohol in my system. I may not have been drunk for any of those hours, but my blood was definitely thinner in that time frame.

After our romantic meal together we headed back to my place, where we took advantage of the Karaoke portion on my Arcade cabinet for the next few hours. Mark and Greg belted out some of the great french canadian classics from the likes of Patrick Bruel, while Greg and I did our best Phil Colins to Something Happened on The Way to Heaven. Then we teamed up for a grand rendition of We Are The World, with Mark supplying some great impressions of the various original singers.

Once our afternoon concert was complete Mark headed out for dinner with his family to celebrate his parents 40th wedding anniversary. While he was gone, Greg and I ordered a pizza... actually... it wasn't delivery.... it was Delissio!

Mark came back from his dinner and because the shower was the next day we decided to just chillax for the night shooting the shit and talking bad about everyone until it was finally time to call it a night. Mark left, Greg passed out in 2 mins, and I stayed up watching Dane Cook dreading the day to come....

Sunday rolls around. I wake up before the alarm goes off and let Greg sleep while I go do my morning deeds. He wakes up a while later and plugs in the kettle. At this point I'm at the computer checking my email, and Greg is in the kitchen making sure the water is thoroughly boiled by letting the kettle whistle for 3 mins before I say "Um.. Greg... I think the water is done"

He kindly makes me a coffee and brings it to me, then grabs the newspaper and his fresh coffee and walks (in his gay little booty shorts) to the bathroom to have his morning dump.... while drinking his coffee... and reading the paper.... yes... yes he did... and I did say the name Greg, so really none of this should shock you.

He comes out with the mandatory accent Indian just had a great shit call of the wild "WOOOooooooooooo!!!!" and then plugs the kettle back in and heads over to the arcade for a game of Kung Fu. After a few rounds of Kung Fu, a couple of laps of RC Pro AM and a second coffee he gets on his best white T-shirt, black pants and running shoes. He did class it up with a snazzy blazer. (I thought for sure Tanya was going to kill him until I saw he actually brought a blazer)

We head out on the road for our 1 hour drive to Brantford where Tanya grew up, for those of you not familiar with the area, its where you go to get cheap smokes, and not far from Highway 53 AKA where Mark shit on the side of the road.

We get there with about 30mins before the party starts and before we go in we sit in the Jeep talking about how horrible the next few hours were going to be. After a few mins we finally get out and head over to the church. (yes in Brantford they hold parties in barns and showers in church basements) Mark is outside mingling with all the church goers as they all walk out from a Communion and greets us. We head down the stairs to the party room and see way more tables than we were expecting. This was a bit overwhelming. There are only a few people there including Marks parents so we head over to say hi. Then Tanya comes over looking all lovely in her blue dress and semi high heels (too high and your a whore) and she introduces me to her mother.

"This is Marks friend NELSON"

to which her mother responds in broken english.. "Ohhhh you are Nelson, I have heard so much stories about you"

Now people, I am so happy to have you all in my life, and I accept your girlfriends, wives, fiances, or whatever and I love that you guys are all happy and all that shit, and I appreciate that my stories bring you laughter and my misery brings you happiness, but why in the world are stories being told about me?!? And what the hell stories are you telling!?!?! Its very nerve racking being in a room with people I don't know that know something about me! All I need is everyone's moms thinking "oh that's the guy that tends to fall down when he drinks, likes to take off his shirt to expose his hairy gut and makes fun of girls teeth"

"Oh you've heard stories have you, ha ha, well they are all lies" I say as different ways of torturing Mark pass through my head... starting with handcuffing him to a pole while I eat a Red Lobster Ultimate Feast in front of him!

"Ok, now you boys go work, go, go, over there Monica will tell you what to do" her mom says as she cuts my daydream short and ushers us over to Tanya's younger sister.

We head over to Monica and see that there is an actual Bar. At this point me and Greg are filled with joy with the realization that we are going to be BARTENDERS!!! We instantly go behind the bar and start throwing water bottles around as we do our best Cocktail routine!

This is going to be awesome!!!

"Um.... ya.... guys...." we hear Monica say as we put down our bottle and look over

"You guys are gonna be pushing around this cart and filling up glasses at each table" she says while pointing at a small cart with a couple of bottles of wine, juice and Vodka on it.

And with that, the dream of serving flaming shots while singing Kokomo as woman run their fingers though our hairy chests was crushed.... So I buttoned up my shirt.... walked around to the cart and prepared to what was sure to be one of the shittiest days of my life...

Or was it?

What promise did I make before going to this thing?

How did that promise affect the outcome?

Did I meet someone?

What IS this green substance surrounding my penis?

What horrible thing happened to Mark at this shower and how will it affect the wedding?

Did you know it took over 2 hours to write this post?

and Finally

What do you call an Italian iPhone??

Tune in Next Time for the exciting conclusion!!!

Was up all!

Nels, I love your last post and the way you ended it just like the finales you posted about. As for the shows, I saw the end of Lost and all I can say is wow! I wont spoil anything but after the episode ended my first reaction was no! They can’t do this to me! That lasted a few minutes and then turned into the realization that I had just witnessed the all time greatest moment in television history! This is the one I will be talking about when I’m old ‘n grey, I can picture it now. Sitting on the front porch of the nursing home watching the wind blow the branches on the trees. A little bird will land on the railing right in front of me and I’ll smile while admiring its beautiful colors. Then I’ll turn to my right and look straight at you sitting in the rocking chair beside me and say “That there episode of Lost there, you know the one, back in the spring of 2009 when they did that (insert spoiler here) thing? That there was the best moment in television history”. Just so you know, I typed that whole last part while saying it in my head in an old man’s voice…lol.

So tell me Nels, what is it that you wanted to say at the end of that post? Is it that you started dating and didn’t tell us because you have a peg leg? Were you confused by a complex mathematic equation that’s preventing you from understanding the voltage requirements on the battery to spin the starter in the Jeep? Is there a mossy green substance growing from your penis? You see what you did to me there, it’s like the series finally of the Sopranos, created more questions then answers. Oh I know, your trying to create suspense for the next Sticky Fingers movie! Yup, I bet that’s it, try as you may you can’t get one past me buddy!

Okay, fun as that was to write lets get serious again. I realized something while reading your last post. This place is like our very own little Yahoo. Ya see, at one time Yahoo was the shit, everyone used them to search and then along came Google. Does that mean that Yahoo is no longer a good search option? Nope, just means that like this little place of ours it’s not what it once was. So here I am, making a stand, screaming from the rooftops in an attempt to declare to the world that this is still my favorite website! It’s still the RSS feed that makes me the most excited when my BB beeps that a new post is available for reading! So lets complain no more, lets just enjoy it for what it is and accept that some of us post less, some of us no longer, some of us as often as before.

So ya, I look forward to seeing you all on the next camping trip! Lets start discussing that a bit, is it even gonna happen this summer?

Laterz all,
Ed.

I forgot to comment on the phone situation. You know, that phone actually worked again a few days later! I used it for about a month or two after that. Poor phone took a beating though, a few weeks after that post we went on a camping trip and it ended up falling into the dirt beside the campfire. By the time I found it it had been stomped on pretty good and I heard the crunching of sand for two weeks anytime I would open or close the flip...lol. Shortly after the camping trip i switched to a Motorola Q but I gave that bulletproof little RAZR to my mom and she used it for another year and a half or so. Ahhh, they sure don't make em like they used to.

Ed.

Was up all,

So ya, I totally forgot to post it... I was in Peterborough with Liz last weekend and I typed out a post for this here blog and never actually hit the post button when I got to some wifi. Damb, it was such a good one too...lol. Maybe I'll post it tonight, just pretend it was there before the May two four post.

So ya, everything's good here, working hard. Actually it's been quite busy at work, some servers are misbehaving again and I leave on vacation for the first two weeks in June so I wanna get everything squared away by the end of next week.

So on June 1st I'm going for a little drive around the east coast of Canada, I've been working on getting some blogging from the road tools together so be sure you follow me on my adventure's at edword.net! A little plug for myself, why not...lol. And if anyone knows of any neat ways to connect a blackberry and a wordpress blog then shoot some suggestions my way!

Laterz all,
Ed.

Well I just got home from Dan's house where I went to go watch 24's finale. I know Jason did NOT see it so I will keep this spoiler free so I'll just some it up....

Crazy!

I think this is one of the better seasons so far. And the ending....!!!! I wish I could spell in Italian cause MA NA JA!!! Jase hurry up and catch up cause I wanna say some shit... and by the time you and Sheree finally watch it'll be old news and a moo point.

As an added Bonus, this season is already in stores on DVD and BluRay!!! Usually I wait for Xmas for someone to get it for me but I don't know if I can hold off that long knowing its out there in the wild and me being of the 24 faith is missing it on my DVD shelf... So we shall see. But none the less I have decided that this is the year I am going to revisit 24 starting from season 1. All you guys got to watch it within the passed few years in succession, I on the other hand have not seen season 1 in 8 years... so I think it time I go back to where it all began.

Any of you that missed the finale and plan to watch it soon better do them selves a favor and not look in a paper, gossip site, watch TV, or listen to the radio cause you DO NOT want the ending ruined...

Jase.... Put up the ticker.... only 8 months left to we do it all over again!

PS: This is not a spoiler but did anyone notice that crazy ass roll the redhead FBI chick (Renee) did off the SUV towards the end of the episode??? That was one of the craziest stunts I've seen. It must have KILLED to do that off a moving car and from the angle they shot it, it was really someone doing it. Its definitely a rewind and re-watch moment so keep an eye out for it.

PPS: This is a video from before this season started. Who knew Jack and Tony were so funny... well worth the watch... no spoilers at all just funny talk Click Here

PPPS: Who knew!!! Tony Almeida (Carlos Bernard) is really married to Michelle Dessler (Reiko Aylesworth) his on screen wife on 24 (God rest her sweet soul)

Well thank you Edward for chiming in... Its always nice to hear from old friends... And have you not learned your lesson about taking you phone into the bathroom? Please see THIS POST for a refresher. (I seriously Pissed my pants again reading that post) Actually I did a search on the sidebar for the word Toilet and its kinda funny what pops up... we get stories about Hockey, Dating, Mark Crapping on a Rural Highway, Greg, and many other fun posts.... I really do love this Blog's diversity.... to bad you guys all SUCK and have all taken a vow of silence...

And with that I say....

So this has been the week for finale's and I already know Eddie watched Lost and I'm hoping Dino watched the SERIES Finale of Prison Break.

Out of the 2, LOST for sure was the winner. That show is just.... I can't even describe it. It's seriously life altering. I used to sit at work with Dan talking about some serious shit. At the time when I first met him I honestly thought he was a bit crazy, but as the years go by I sit and think about those things... about Life, what its about, why are we here... and my many conversations with him come to mind. Well of course he went off and got married and no longer works with me so I rarely see him, but LOST has become my Dan. It makes you think to the point that it almost hurts, but when you figure something out its so satisfying! (Like taking a HUGE DUMP!)

Seriously, as long as the writers do a good job on the final season next year like they have this passed season, I really think LOST will go down as one of the Best and Revolutionary TV shows ever. I almost feel proud to have stuck it out all this time with that show, it has paid me back ten fold this year.

I keep telling people they have to watch it (like Jason) but people seem scared of it. They hear people talk about certain aspects of the show that make it sound retarded, but trust me, as retarded as it sounds (like a Polar Bear) it ends up being SOOO F'in genius how they make it all fit.

Seriously, anyone who does not watch LOST.... Do yourself a favor and watch it all by the time the final season starts in 2010. You will go on such a trip when it airs. Cause as great as it is to watch it all in one sitting, its really a show you need to take a break from week to week so it all sinks in. I was right about 24, Dexter, (The Wire is awesome but only 1 person I know actually watched it and fell in love with it) and now I'm telling you to get LOST!

And Dean...

Prison Break.... I don't know if you watched it or who else watches it so I'm not spoiling anything but I would love to know if you liked the ending... I'm kinda torn. I liked the ending but I think its just because its finally over. That show really started to suck after the second season. But I thought the last 5-10 mins wrapped it all up nicely. Now that I think more about it, I think it was the proper ending to it all... but the rest of the episode did very little for me.

And Finally

Jason and Sheree......

You have some serious catching up to do. Sheree, you wake Jason's ass up early Sunday morning, make some coffee, grab some snacks and Power Up Sage TV! I think you guys have 12hrs of 24 to catch up on! I think this is going to be one of its better season finale's in a long time. (I Hope) And come Monday night I might be throwing some spoilers out there cause its really hard to talk about something without giving up details. I think we should all be online that night doing live play by plays! Hmmm not a bad Idear!

Anyways, that's my recapping for this week. I would love to talk about anything else but lately TV and Movies is all I can muster up... Maybe I should get back to dating so you guys have something to discuss.... or maybe.... I have gotten back to Dating and don't want to jinx it by talking about it.... or maybe... I've gotten back to dating and don't want to talk about it cause.....

No no no, a whole page of only Nels posts, this is unacceptable! I know, sorry all, I've been busy with work and other stuff lately but I'm still reading the posts on the Blackberry RSS reader daily! As soon as someone posts I get notified and usually I save them for the quiet moments so start writing people, I need material for when I'm on the can...lol.

Again I find myself short on time this morning so I'll have to cut this short but I do wanna say that I think a camping trip this summer is a must do! Start the planning Nels!

Laterz all,
Ed.

Well glad that last post went over so well....

Tonight I went out with Mark after not seeing each other for 2 weeks. We went to watch Star Trek, and I know you all were waiting for my review to know if it was worth checking out so here it is...

It was AWESOME! I think it is the perfect start to the summer blockbusters.

I don't consider myself a Trekker (Trekkie is considered an insult) by any stretch of the imagination. Sure I grew up watching the show once in awhile, and a few years ago I went through a little Star Trek faze where I would watch every version throughout the day, but its definitely not my 24. But I have always had a respect for it no matter how cheesy some might consider it. I mean if you really watch an episode, and merely focus on the technology you can see how it has influenced todays gadgets... The Motorola StarTak... that was a copy of the original Star Trek Commicators, BlueTooth head sets... Ohura had one of those babies in her ear all the way back in the 70's... and the list goes on. I can even agknowlege that the story lines were sometimes pretty deep. They were direct representations of what was going on in the world, be it religion, politics, or racism. So I really think that it will always be considered a very important show.

And that being said, I think this movie has brought the old shows back to life for a whole new generation. I was super happy that they didn't mess with the original formula and stuck to what everyone loved about the old shows, but with a fresh coat of paint. The story was great, I really felt like I was getting the origins of the characters and they all made sense. And man was it funny! I thought I was going to watch this crazy action movie and didn't think they would keep the comedy aspect of the show, but there were times were we were seriously ROFL!

I think you all should see it. Even the Ladies like Sheree and Tara will like it (if only cause the Young Kirk has some serious Baby Blues) I'm looking forward to seeing it again. I will admit that there were some moments that I teared up just from seeing something like the Enterprise for the first time or the closing theme, cause it just brought me back to being a kid and remembering what it was like to have dreams... Something I think is lacking today... I don't think kids dream the same way we did... whens the last time you saw a kids build a spaceship out of cardboard boxes... The End Of Innocence... One day you'll all see it...

So Mark and I have decided to Freeze ourselves and when we Thaw out in the future we're gonna sign up with the Star Fleet! I bet you'll wanna sign up too after seeing this.

Beam Me Up Scotty!

Here I am at 2am browsing my picture collection for no apparent reason when I come across a batch from around this time last year. Then I came on the blog and checked our Archives for the same period in time and I was filled with different types of emotions....

At this time last year we were pretty much done our big trip to Florida. Reading the posts I really wish we could do it again. I would love to feel that excitement leading up to the trip and as tough as it might have been, I would love to redo the road trip, and especially the actual cruise.... God that was a blast.

But I feel upset cause we never really posted anything about the trip. I think we were all so tired when we got back and probably fed up with each other that no one even mentioned anything about the drive, or the cruise. We didn't even post pictures.... What does that say about us now??? We used to just meet up for a week end and that alone was enough to fuel 5 blog posts... now we can barely get 1 person to post once every 2 weeks. Its getting pretty sad if you ask me.

I know I'm the one that organizes these things, and I try to be the cheerleader by pumping people's excitement up but come on you fags!!! Work with me! What am I supposed to do to get a reaction from you losers!

I guess I can take the easy road and say something like...

This summer I think we'll go back to our "Roots".... Maybe a camping trip or 2????

And to top off the summer I think a nice way to celebrate would be a little get together for the boys... at Marks Stag!!!

Hopefully we can keep with the tradition of making it a memorable summer. Even if its only 1 or 2 get togethers lets at least try to always make it happen....

Here are last years posts

Rick Check Your Elbows!

I'm sick of seeing that last post I made so I thought I would class this joint up a bit...

Just saw a "Tweet" Jason made last night and wanted to say congrats to him and Sheree.... You guys are truly something else. If there is anyone around that should be considered "experts" on relationships, then it's you guys. 12 Years is just beyond mind boggling to everyone, but anyone that knows you two can no doubt understand it. And to celebrate I figure I should put up a recent video that is sure to draw up some emotion, as well as embarrass Mr. NiKKo.......

Enjoy

I think we've all been here....