So I was watching MTV last night and watched the show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. It's about the lives and marriage of Nick Lahey (98 degrees fame) and Jessica Simpson (also another singer). Personally I have to laugh at Jessica Simpson after watching the first two episodes! After seeing her in her private life, you get the feeling that she is just a spoiled, whiny, brat! In the first episode, she tells the audience that she was spoiled growing up and had people do things for her. I didn't doubt it after seeing that she didn't even know how to do laundry!!! I mean she had all their clothes in the middle of the floor, she is just looking around and doesn't know what to do! She then whines that she needs a maid to Nick....which by the way...I have to say I have to admire the guy for putting up with her!
However, last night's episode gets better! Nick is suppose to go on tour and he is auditioning some dancers. However, Jessica is whining about this and she has to rush over to the studio to watch him do the auditions. She goes into on what she would do if she finds him cheating, saying that she would blow off (with a gun mind you) his member!!! So, she decides her solution to keep her man is to go to a lingerie shop to get some sexy underwhere. BUT....when she buys a couple of pairs and walks out of the store, she realizes (without even looking at the price tag on them) that the few pieces of lingerie cost over 700 dollars!!! She then has to call Nick and tell him what happens, saying that she never looked at the price tag and she can't return them, you see Nick just shaking his head over her stupidity! Come on!!! I mean 700 dollars for lingerie without even looking at the price tag.....DUMBASS!!!

Anyway, I honestly think that this marriage will only last a few years. I don't know what Nick saw in Jessica except that she is beautiful and sexy.....or that fact that was a virgin when they got married! The guy has to be a saint to put up with her whining and ignorance! MY GOD!!!

Makes me glad that I know how to do laundry!

"See daddy...sinners have soul too"
Shug Avery from The Color Purple

I'm debating on if I should add Tag-Board Messaging to my blog. It will allow my readers in discussions without a forum. I guess what's the point anyway when so many people already leave comments to my blog in the first place!

To my 15/16 year old cousins Jenna and Rachel...who I know read this....though you did drive me nuts....you are still family and I love you both!!! ;)

So last night, I went to see American Wedding last night with Loreley. I was actually worried that Loreley wouldn't like it because she hasn't seen the first two. I was going to suggest seeing Tomb Raider, Cradle of Life but that actually ended it's run on Thursday night. Anyway, she said she wanted to see it so I was lucky! I ran into my cousin Dee at K-mart before meeting Loreley after work. She said that she saw it a week earlier and said it was great!
After seeing the movie.....I thought it was hilarious! I know a few scenes had me crying from laughing so hard. Those two scenes that got me were the bachelor party with the strippers and the scene with the "chocolate truffle". If you saw it, you know what I mean but I don't want to give it away to those who didn't.
However, I do say that I'm disappointed in a couple of things. First they didn't mention why the characters played by Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klien, Mena Suvari, and Tara Reid weren't at the wedding. I mean if they were such great friends, wouldn't they have come or given a reason why they didn't come.
Secondly, Thomas Ian Nichols didn't have much of a part in this movie either. He was the one who was with Tara Reid in the first movie. I'm asking myself what's the point to have him if he doesn't have much of a part in the movie. It was all about Stifler trying to bang the sister to Hannigan's (One time at band camp....) character and he still gets her, which I'm confused on how! You mean to tell me that one act of sympathy can help any guy bag any girl?
Overall I give the movie a raving A! I'm kind of disappointed that this might be the last in the "American Pie" series but it was a good send off.

So below is the hell I designed. A few are a no-brainer! Can you blame me? The one I added is Miss Cleo, the Tarot Card Reader from tv. I can't stand her! She's a demon of hell!!! However, I have to say that the New York Yankess are more evil than Miss Cleo!

Anyway, last night was the first game of our company softball team. We didn't practice at all coming into the game. Most of the people we had from last year are gone. One guy left altogether, two guys couldn't come, and two of the girls we had last year can't play this year because both of them are pregnant. I began to think that this is going to be a bad year.
However, when we started playing, we didn't look too bad! We held our own until the fifth inning, when we were up by the score of 6 to 5. They scored several runs, though we almost came back on our own but lost in the end by the score of 10 to 8. I myself, went 1 for 3 with a walk. I think all the playing I got from playing with my church team helped.

My parents are going to Kings Dominion today with my aunt and two cousins. I wanted to go!!! However, I went to Busch Gardens last week and I have to work today!

Some news on my house. Things are going slowly. It's now believed that I won't be able to break ground until October or November. The reason....well, I have to get a construction loan from the bank and my father says that usually takes a month. Once I have that squared away, I have to find a way to move the trailer that lies on where I'm building. Apparently that also takes awhile too! If it wasn't raining so much over the spring and early summer, I'm sure things would be close to finishing with my house. A pain in the ass, I tell you!

DMV Employees
Circle I Limbo

Democrats, Bill Clinton
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind

Miss Cleo, the Tarot Card Reader
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow

The New York Yankees
Circle IV Rolling Weights

Scientologists
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled

River Styx

Qusay Hussein
Circle VI Buried for Eternity

River Phlegyas

Uday Hussein
Circle VII Burning Sands

Osama bin Laden
Circle IIX Immersed in Excrement

Saddam Hussein
Circle IX Frozen in Ice

Design your own hell

I just saw a cool bumber sticker. It reads:

"I'm on Prozac, Rogaine, and Viagra. I'm Happy, Hairy, and Horny"

Well, if anybody knows me....they know that I don't need any of those to begin with!

I think everything is working now!!!

There were problems with the template....had to redo the whole thing over!

My family left yesterday!!! They went back to Massachusetts! I'm happy to have the house quiet and back to shape!

HELP ME!!!!!

My 15 year old female cousins are driving me nuts!!!! Makes me glad that I don't have any younger sisters!!! Only a couple more days of this!!!

So on Wednesday, I had some family from Massachusetts come down to spend a few days with me and my folks. They included my dad's aunt Dot, her son Gowie and his daughter Jenna, my second cousins Rachel and Justin, and Justin's daughter Jada. Gowie and Jenna came down a few years ago, but the others haven't been down before! We made plans to go to Busch Gardens down in Williamsburg, Virginia.

We started out with the six family members that I described above, my father, my girlfriend Loreley, and we meet my Uncle Jeff, his daughter Erica and her three friends along the way down there. We first went by Water Country, which is a few miles down the road from Busch Gardens, to drop off Jeff, Erica, her three friends, Justin, Jada, and Rachel there. We then drove over to Busch Gardens, where we got our tickets and went into the park. My father then took Dot to see my grandmother Jenny (her sister she hasn't seen in years) in Newport News, which was twenty minutes away. My dad eventually made it back to Busch Gardens and meet him later.

So Gowie, Jenna, Loreley and I started out in Busch Gardens going to ride "The Loch Ness Monster" in the England/Scotland area. I always make this the first ride I go on since it was the first rollar coaster that I rode on that went up-side-down! However, Gowie and Jenna were apprehensive going on it and didn't go. After Loreley and I rode the ride, I became the leader of the group and took them through Ireland and over to France, where we rode the "Le Mans", the racecar track. The lines weren't too bad for that day since it was a weekday! It took us about 30 minutes in line waiting. After finishing the racetrack, we meet my dad in Germany to eat lunch.

After finishing lunch, I resumed my position as leader and took them over to the "Big Bad Wolf". Again, Gowie and Jenna were apprehensive about the ride, asking me if it had loops or bid drops. I said no to both, but I was only half right. If you ever riden on that ride, it has a huge drop near the end that comes close to river. They warned me if I lied, I get beat up. Luckily, they both had a good time on it. After that, we rode the "Katapult".

We then left for Italy. We decided to ride the "Roman Rapids" to cool off. The line for that took about an hour since everyone else need to cool off! Both Loreley and I were the two wettest of the bunch after finishing. We then went over to the new ride, "Apollo's Chariot". Only my father, Loreley and I had the courage to go on it, but was it worth it. It's been a long time since I had a ride that gave me the thrills and shortness of breath that I had. When you sit down in the ride, the seat is designed so that your legs are dangling. The only thing holding you in your seat is what looks like one of those plastic safety bouys that lifeguards carry around with them. It didn't have any loops but the drops were huge and with the seat, it made you feel weightless! After that ride, Loreley and I rode "Da Vinci's Cradle", while my father took Gowie and Jenna to ride the "Da Vinci's flying machine". After finishing, we went to ride "Escape from Pompeii".

We then went back to where we started on the "Loch Ness" in Scotland. This time my father convinced both Gowie and Jenna to go it. When they got off, they apparently enjoyed it! We then proceeded back over to Germany where my father took Gowie and Jenna to ride the "Big Bad Wolf" while Loreley and I rode the "Alpengiest". We then meet them back for ice cream. I got the only thing that I really wanted from this trip....A FUNNEL CAKE!!!! MMMmmmm....tasty! After finishing, we then took the sky carts back over to Italy for the last hour of our day to ride "Apollo's Chariot" again. However, Gowie and Jenna didn't want to ride that this time! It was actually better the second time!

We then decided to leave the park to go back and meet everyone else at Water Country. When we got there, we meet everyone at the hotel of the entrance of Water Country. There, we ran into my grandmother Jenny and her boyfriend Greg. My great aunt Dot had spent the day with her but my grandmother wanted to meet everyone before they went back up to Massachusetts. She also wanted to meet Loreley! I have to say that the meeting went well!!! After about 45 minutes, we headed for home. We didnt' get back until 10:30 last night.

Going to Busch Gardens today! I know you envy me!!!

So I was watching the movie Flight of the Navigator last night. If you remember, it was one of those Disney movies that they made in the 80's as part of their weekly movies! Of course you would remember it...it was about a 12 year old kid that is transported 8 years into the future by a mechanical alien and his cool spaceship. At the time, I thought it would have been cool to be a Navigator. It starred a young Sarah Jessica Parker, the alien was voiced by Paul Ruebins...aka...Pee Wee Herman, and the kid was named Joey Cramer.
Anyway, it hits me this morning to find out about this kid Joey. I asked myself, what did he do other than this movie? I was shocked to know that he only did two other movies. One was called Runaway, which sets place in the future where we have robots to help with work. It started Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons. Man, Gene is even scarier without his makeup on when he plays with KISS. The other movie that Joey Cramer stared in was with Buddy Ebson...aka...from the "Beverly Hillbillies". I don't remember what it was called.
Well, anyway, it's like the kid just fell off the face of the earth after that movie. I couldn't find any biographical informatiion on him after that. I keep seeing all this child actors that I remember from my childhood and wonder where the hell are they now!!! Maybe he'll turn up on VH1 on that "Where Are They Now!" series! I would love to just write to these kids now and see what they are doing!

Anyway....WHERE'S JOEY CRAMER NOW????

I just missed BrickFest!!! It's a Lego Convention for the Lego fans, for which I am!!! I have just some Star Wars legos....thats all! It was held at George Mason University too!!! I went there for college. Oh well.....maybe next time!

I added a few new links to the journal. Check them out!

The last two days have been a bit unusal for me!

It started yesterday morning, when for some odd reason, I locked myself out of my house when I just about to leave for work. I realized that I left my keys in the house when I got into the car. I looked all around the house to see if any of the doors or windows were unlocked. The very last window that I checked, it was unlocked but I had to get the screen off it first. I had to poke two holes in the screen to get it unlocked. Then after opening the window, I had to fall into the living room. I must have looked like an idiot.

At work, before lunch time, my co-worker, Dana, was looking at the paper and found a yard sale just up the road from where I work. Dana is what you call an "expert yardsaler". She talks about going to all these yardsales and finding all these deals on clothes and other stuff. She knows that I'm looking to get some stuff when I finish my house so she asked me if I wanted to come with her. I told her yes and we went there on our lunchbreak. We didn't find anything though.
However, on the way back, we saw a funny site! We passed an old Chevy Chevette going 35 mph up 29 North (the speed limit is 55). As Dana passed it, we see the guy driving with an WWII American Army helmet. Dana, at that point, just busted out laughing and I couldn't help but laugh with her. It's one of those "you had to been there" stories.

After work, we had our last game for our church softball team. It wouldn't have been our last but this was the playoffs and it was a double elimination and this was our second lost. I had to come in at third base because our usual third baseman injured himself the day before when he was doing yardwork. So this was my first time at third base.....and I think it was my last. A couple of times the ball came right at me from the hitter and I seemed to block the ball with my body. I got hit in the shin and the shoulder and left bruises on both. Anyway, we finished this year second in our division but weren't able to get to the championships. Better luck next year. Besides, I'm playing on my company team this fall!

Today, I got up early to go to yardsales with my mom and grandmother and a couple of cousins. I bought a few things, including a couple of books, a glass marble chess board that I'll probably give my father for Christmas, a movie "Lion King 2: Simba's Pride" for my father's collection, and Legos!!! Yes, I got legos. Most of them are Star Wars Legos and that's why I bought them. I found out that a few pieces are missing so I could finish a few items! Shucks!

After going to a couple of yardsales, we went to McDonalds for breakfast. After leaving, I saw and waved to my friend Kelly who if I remember correctly was going on date either last night or today! Kelly...I hope you have or had a good time on your date????!!! We also stopped a produce stand to get some fruits that my grandmother wanted. While there, I ran into a family friend, Nan Hutcherson. I went to school with her daughter Michelle and Nan was always a riot.

I will be leaving soon to go to a cookout tonight. A couple from church invited all the young adults from bible study to the cookout so I decided to go with girlfriend Loreley. Should be interesting! If so, I will write more about it tomorrow!