Grabbers (2012) written back on 2/2014

The worst torture…
I think the problem is have this box fan right next to me.
This is the second time started… You wouldn't believe the gibberish that I put out the first time. Thanks Dragon speak!

Okay, I've decided to start blogging again.
But where do you start when you haven't blogged since the middle of February as now the middle of September no… August. Maybe the fan wasn't all the problem. Ha ha.
I'm in the tower it is about 745 in the morning. Saturday. And I'm enjoying some creative time before everyone gets up and going. Morgan will get up when he gets up but he won't come out of his room so that's a no. Dean is already up. We visited little bit he is now playing again. Cheryl wants to sleep but wants to surf Facebook even more. She still in bed doing her social connections.
I'm running a movie on Netflix called "goodbye world". I have an extra large cup of coffee in my hand I've added water to all of my watercolor platelets pallets. Pallets. Platelets what you call those things in your blood. I'm just about to start a warm-up drawing.
Start with pencil, ink it in, clean it up, and then paint.


What I really need to do is work in a text file so that I will have my blog and my journal records.


It's always good to start with some stream of conspicuousness....now on to something more organized.

14 0223

12:38 PM

Sunday afternoon, early Sunday afternoon. I just lost a paragraph that I dictated but I can't say that I'm too upset because it wasn't very well done. I said so and off about 50 times. So now I can slow down and catch up when I'm done with the day. And I have done quite a bit today. I made a plan. And I stuck to that plan. The plan was to do a watercolor of outer space. I worked with the watercolors just like in the tutorial. Then I tried using my colored inks. My alcohol inks.

Dino gave me his honest opinion. He liked the watercolors better. His only suggestion was to darken it up a little bit. The night sky was kind of right be outer space. It was fun. I will definitely try again. Watercolor and ink. The only mass, was when I put the stars on. I put white paint on into the brush and flicked it on to the paper. I also slipped it onto everything else sitting on the side desk

I made Dean a bagel… and Cheryl went to church. He has a schedule so that he can go to church on Sundays. He goes into work late.

Poor kid. He fell off of his skateboard, hard, on Friday yesterday he called and needed us to pick him up because it was painful to shift gears. I went and picked him up and gave him hell she left the car unlocked PS inside. And he was going to throw away an old RAM and piece of glass that he had in the trunk of his car. The rim was on top of the glass sliding back and forth making the worst noise. I had him throw it away at work. And guess what I found in the trunk? To rental DVDs. He has a DVD and backwards so he could not return them into the machine. He did not figure out what he needed to do to get them into the machine. Did not bring them in the house given to us so we could help them. So they have been the trunk of his car for a month. He now has a debt.

 

Grabbers (2012)

When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive.

I am wrapping up the movie I have been watching. Watching out of one eye while at been working on my art.

I've been trying to find a science fiction book Morgan recommended. Roadside picnic. I'm too cheap to buy. I'm looking to talk to. The only way I can find it is in huge files are science fiction books. I guess I just have to download a bunch of science fiction books I should do so right now Morgan Is out taking a walk. How does that matter? Because I cannot Torrent when he is using the computer. It slows down the Internet too much.   

 Narrator– another good thing about this movie is the lead actor. I didn't know it at the time, that he would go to become one of my favorite characters in "crossbones".

Trapped Ashes (2006)

The best I can say about it is that if you are looking for a movie that will make you writhe in

Discomfort for a couple hours (which is what I was hoping for), this will probably do the trick.

Tetro

Europa Report (2013)

 An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.

8:01 PM

Morgan  and I made It to the Chinese grocery today. Picked up everything we needed to One half time. Plenty of Rah-man. Two six-packs of beer. They have better price of beer on Asian and Mexican varieties.

Time spent. I'm cleaning up the office. Turning over To Cheryl with an Sheryl. I now staring at a sci-fi movie called battle dogs. The wearable virus. Think I'll take my first electronics clone of the sheets.

Listing to that World War II memoir of day, and I remember the name, a helmet for my pillow, the soldier where she was taking better notes to remember what he was going through. That justifies these memoirs. Summons I wonder what I do it for. If I don't write it down knowing what forget it… I mean not only will it not be available for other people to read, but I will forget. I would say it's more for my memories for those other people that may or probably won't read.

This is a silly movie. The military is using the werewolves as weapons.

So after Morgan and I did our shopping at the Chinese grocery, I went to the real grocery. Pick up enough food to last through the week. I don't care if I Eat again. And it's not that overnight. Food is a solo work.

Success at last!

It was sheer luck that I found the book Morgan recommended, roadside picnic, but I was shutting down folders. Didn't want to leave anything incriminating for Cheryl to find. She knows I look at the nude models. As an artist their models not porno pics. So I noticed a book on the list and then I uploaded it onto Google play so that it would be available for the note. I hadn't uploaded a book in a while I wasn't sure I could do it. I googled for instructions and found enough to make it happen. The system works.

  

Ingredients

1 -ounce tamarind paste

3/4 cup boiling water

2 tablespoons fish sauce

2 tablespoons palm sugar

1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar

4 ounces rice stick noodles

6 ounces Marinated Tofu, recipe follows

1 to 2 tablespoons peanut oil

1 cup chopped scallions, divided

2 teaspoons minced garlic

2 whole eggs, beaten

2 teaspoons salted cabbage

1 tablespoon dried shrimp

3 ounces bean sprouts, divided

1/2 cup roasted salted peanuts, chopped, divided

Freshly ground dried red chile peppers, to taste

1 lime, cut into wedges

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pad-thai-recipe.html?oc=linkback

Place the tamarind paste in the boiling water and set aside while preparing the other ingredients.

Combine the fish sauce, palm sugar, and rice wine vinegar in a small bowl and set aside.

Place the rice stick noodles in a mixing bowl and cover with hot water. Set aside while you prepare the remaining ingredients. Once the other ingredients are measured out into separate bowls, drain the water from the noodles and set them aside. Cut the tofu into 1/2-inch wide strips, similar to French fries.

Press the tamarind paste through a fine mesh strainer and add to the sauce. Stir to combine.

Place a wok over high heat. Once hot, add 1 tablespoon of the peanut oil. Heat until it shimmers, then add the tofu. Cook the tofu until golden brown, moving constantly, for no longer than 1 minute. Remove the tofu from the pan to a small bowl and set aside.

If necessary, add some more peanut oil to the pan and heat until shimmering. Add 2/3 of the scallions and then the garlic, cook for 10 to 15 seconds. Add the eggs to the pan; once the eggs begin to set up, about 15 to 20 seconds, stir to scramble. Add the remaining ingredients in the following order and toss after each addition: noodles, sauce, cabbage, shrimp, and 2/3 of the bean sprouts and peanuts. Toss everything until heated through, but no longer than 1 to 2 minutes total. Transfer to a serving dish. Garnish with the remaining scallions, bean sprouts, and peanuts. Serve immediately with the ground chili peppers and lime wedges.

Marinated Tofu:

6 ounces extra-firm tofu, not silken

1 1/2 cups soy sauce

1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder

Wrap the tofu firmly in a tea towel. Place the wrapped tofu into an 8-inch cake pan. Top with another cake pan and weigh down with a 5-pound weight. (Bags of dried beans or grains work well.) Place in refrigerator and press for 12 to 15 hours.

Place pressed tofu in a 2-cup container. Combine soy sauce and five-spice powder and pour over tofu. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes, turning once. Remove the tofu from the marinade and use immediately or store in the refrigerator for up to 2 to 3 days.

Yield: 6 ounces tofu

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pad-thai-recipe.html?oc=linkback

2:29 PM

Finally back in my chair. Whenever I say I'm doing dictation I have to be up in the tower. Still the place where I have software. Take a little break. Helping some math. I learned myself. That's the way it do math. After learned. Then I can see if he's doing it right. He's doing just fine. He put in a couple of hours. And now he's working on his closet. He had shoved basket after basket after basket of laundry in their until I put my foot down and threatened to put it up his ass.

The Techie got his new banjo yesterday. It is a beautiful blonde wooden model. Just beautiful. A work of art. He threw his old one down. And me being who I am. I picked it up. I've never thrown anything away. Not that I have the time to learn the banjo. But I will add it on my list of things to do.

So I went for a slog. While family was at church. And by family I mean Dino and Cheryl. I went for a slog through Antigo. Listen to a book on tape. A World War II memoir. Rocks in my helmet? Something like that. It is about the soldiers who fought against the Japanese at level can now. No one wants to go to war.

Before I left for my slog, I knew I would want to stretch when I came back which meant that I needed to model the office. Which is what I did. Why left I swept and vacuum… And mopped the office. When I came back it was nice and clean and I could lay down the yoga mat and do some stretching. More importantly, I can do my stretches for the rest the week. The Techie I

The Techie I agreed to follow the Alton Brown recipe for peptide. The Techie I will go to the Asian grocery to get a few things that we need for the Pad Thai and restock the kitchen with good bombings.

While I wait for him, I will go do the grocery shopping. I'm only would pick up a few things. Simple food. Nothing fancy.

I was the Lord would hurry up and give me patience.

Now I need to work on the blogs I still would like to keep up with them here I go.

Grabbers: Final Call at the Bar

When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive.

140217

6:38 AM

I'm in the tower this morning. Dictating my journal instead of typing this will let Cheryl sleep. And it gets me up in about. The asked to go walking this morning at 7 o'clock. I want to be ready. I also wanted to clean up my art supplies that I would sit out all over everywhere

Drinking a good chicory coffee this morning. I must admit I'm forced to sweeten it with a little foo foo creamer.

One thing the dictation software does for me as it saves me a lot of editing.

9:39 PM

I can't say I'm not a little disappointed. I dictated a paragraph or two before I went for my walk this morning and seems to be gone. Only become easy go.

The end of the day, Mr. Damn good day

I got not one but two walks in. The first walk by myself is morning myself and Holly. This afternoon Holly and I were joined by Sherily           n Pinto. Moriarty walked. Dean also walked by himself before going to work. We got home we baked potatoes and I grill some steaks chopped up some salad. It was a good meal. Sure watch the bastard. And I got Dean to study. I fumed about it during my morning walk. But when I got home, I had a revelation. What does being like? Money! So I used my carrot approach and not the stick. My idea was to start a habit jar. To put $21 in the jar. And after studying, Dean can pull out a dollar. It's his money. I did put in one dollar, you put in 20. But the idea is to get the satisfaction and the positive reward at the end of each activity. I said in his office Can company. Now that I have books and things on that little computer I have something to do to keep me busy. Although it doesn't do the Internet, I can use the tablet for the Internet. And that's what I did. And that's what he did, study.

And I went down had a conversation or two or three with Morgan. A debate or two or three. An argument or two or three. Normal goings-on between us. Too hard heads.

Between getting Dean to study and arguing with Morgan, had asked me when I was going to holler at her. Sad.

My work was divided into two distinct phases. The beginning of the day I was extremely organized and efficient. Then I realized I had missed a deadline. A very important deadline. Something I have been putting off, I cranked out in an hour and a half. I should've done it weeks ago. Old friend dear friend what lesson do you have for me? Get your work done as soon as possible. Even if you don't turn it in, get your work done as soon as possible. I don't know if I'll ever be able to put this into practice.

I've been using my personal electronics and much, I forgot how powerful computers. It's faster. Small convenient. I've got bigger screens.

Speaking of bigger screens, I was going to buy Morgan's old monitor when he upgraded. But now, Morgan wants to get a better banjo. And he should. He is moving right along teaching himself the banjo. He is learning from the best. Grandpa Jones and string bean. I'm glad to see him take an interest. And he's reading. He just finishes the Gatsby. Just started Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Classics. Dead solid classics.

And I'm getting so spoil this dictation software, avoid the frustration of unique using that tiny keyboard and my tablet. I enjoyed the portability and forgot what a hassle it was. For bigger projects, I am definitely going to use the Dragon!

I need to find a way to use my digital recorder as a portable device that the Dragon can then. Put that on my to do list.

Exercise. Worked on. Ate well. Interacting with my loved ones. I'd say I had a damn good day.

I think I might reward myself by going and sitting in the recliner and doodling. Or I could just boot of Netflix with the click of the mouse and start doodling right where I sit. What's the better choice?

This morning during my walk, I listened to Bill Bryson's book about science. Lots and lots of science facts. Since I never know where I left off, I just let it randomly play through the album. Through the recording sometimes, I cannot tell who he was talking about because they only use opponents. He did that he did this. But one name I didn't get to learn was Henry Cavendish. The man invented everything. Invented hydrogen he weighed the world. And to do so he had to figure out the density of the world. He was a super rich super eccentric self-made scientist. My hero. Henry Cavendish.

But how about that movie.…

140218

11:15pm

I am sitting up in bed, smartphone playing Netflix. Tablet partially covered by a Ladies Home Journal on the bedside table. I have withstood the temptation to eat chips and candy and wash it down with beer. No, tonight is a celebration, but I do not need unhealthy treats and alcohol to have fun. This, believe it or not, is fun. I just erased my confession to playing hooky tomorrow. Well, Seymour Hynie is anonymous... Semore is going to play hooky. To spend the day with his son's...and wife. But it isn't her birthday. It’s theirs. Everyone will be sleeping in tomorrow; I might as well join them. I will be the first up, but later than usual.

A bit of bad, bad news. They found the ameobas living inn Robby's eye. Confirmed. so its eye drops every hour for six months, he can sleep un interrupted but if I were him, and faced the possibility of going blind, I would get up at least a couple of times to put the medicine in.

We are all really concerned.

I walked twice, once this morning, again, alone. Then with Head and the dogs after work. Mor walked by himself. Dean did the same. After work. He was called in for a few hours.

I let him pull a dollar for studying on his own and waking. And his birthday is tomorrow.

Head put the gifts together. Cash. As is our tradition. An A&M pool cue and case for Dean. A gift certificate to Half Price books for Mor. They have agreed on Five Guys for dinner. No idea what will serve as a cake... Braum's ice cream?

We ate a simple dinner of frozen fish, steamed fresh broccoli, fried cabbage, and salad. I bought the better fish, best of the frozen.

Then I sat with Mor and visited, actually visited and watched a documenrtry on children n medieval times. Dean and Head watched the girls on American idol. Tomorrow the guys. Thursday the eliminations.

Eventually, I made my way up to our quarters. Set up in the recliner and watched the rest of 'Menovolent' while writing in the codex. I am being sequential in this composition book. Front to back, Putting one page after another, same for writing. By the time I finished writing tonight, they were equal.

My eyes are going to force me to go to sleep. I quite literally can’t keep my eyes open.

1402 19

8:26 AM

Happy happy day! It's the boy’s birthday!

I woke up and did an hour and a half of meditation. It was a little much but I enjoyed the affirmations because those are hard for me to do on my own.… The feeling of stillness is worth the effort. To just… The. To quiet all those voices in my mind. The best I can do is replace them kinder softer less frequent voices

Enjoying the chicory coffee. Morgan is sharing his gift with me. It is as bitter as a mother-in-law's heart, and that's what makes it extra special here's to Maybelle, my mother-in-law

I have made my way, followed by Holly, into the tower. Rather than start a movie, I started YouTube video. An instructional video for drawing a landscape.

Look up with sketches and I feel better. The first one before seen trees and underbrush. The second tiger. A goofy ass time I need more practice.

I hear Dean singing in the other room. I wanted to say happy birthday but I don't want to disturb him. We have a walk planned for this morning. It's a beautiful day for it.

9:53 AM

I went in to see the boy and lo and behold he was working on his mass. Correction algebra!

I tried working with my ink nibs. They suck. I can blame the cheap paper with a cheap nibs take your choice.

I don't like dunking anyway.  

Now I'm watching a demonstration of white charcoal on black paper. I'm ready to try myself with a white colored pencil and blue paper. But I can journal and watch the video before starting. Think that was the problem with my sketch of a tiger this morning. I tried to do the drawing along with him when I should've watched it and then gone back and try. This guy has a live of great tutorials and demonstrations.

I'm watching the video again I wasn't paying very good attention.

I hate cats. Not hate… So much as not excited about.

I've gotten out my idea catalog nine putting positive affirmations in bright colors on different pages such as more is less moderation, things like that.

40 5 PM

Let the party!

This morning then I headed off to the DVM. Oh no. That is what got Cheryl and Dean into trouble. They tried to renew his license online. They got onto a fake website and lost $14.99. Cheryl had to cancel her card. Of course it would not renew so we had to go in. We waited in line. Passing the time doing algebra problems. Only to find out his licenses expire for another four years. Oh well should happens. We made our way to the skateboard shop. Only it was for long boards only and that means the really fast kind. They did have a cool short board that had worked on and Dean bought it. We had to take you to the mall to get the wheels put on. One of those skate shop clothing stores. The manager of the store help Dean takes everything out and said his board affording. We came home. Just in time to open cards and for Dean go to school. I visit with Morgan for a while. Then I got a great email returned back from Walt. He will be ready to working Texas in 3 to 6 months. That's just perfect. It could mean a major difference to this family. My mantra for the day was we have all we need… And that might be true.

Maybe later I'll share some of the things Morgan and I talked about. Cheryl was in on the discussion too. Right now I'll go on to how I went for a walk. I took both dogs. When I came home I did my stretching. And now I'm sitting at the computer dictating this entry enjoying a brandy and seven up and one of my guilty pleasures. Those potatoes stick snacks. You know the Chinese, little can? Now they come in a bag and they come in different flavors. Barbecue. Sour cream and onion. I'm enjoying what's left over from my Christmas stocking… Don't worry I just open them…

9:07 PM

Back by myself. Finishing up the scary movie called Satan's Little helper. Yes, it is exactly what you think it would be. Not the worst thing ever seen. That's all you can hope for in a horror movie.

You know, I almost want to give up. This is a good thing. Don't get me wrong. Morgan shared some of his writing with me. The ship is fantastic. Seriously. It is great. Good thing I write for fun because there such a difference between what he does and what I do that I would do what I do knowing that he did what he did. See, is sentences like that that doom me to mediocrity. At least I can blame it dictation software, right Dragon?

We had a great dinner. Five guys hamburgers. Those guys do one thing, make hamburgers and French fries, and they do it right. Morgan always compliments them on the focus. I hope you bring the same thing to our business given the opportunity. Focus on what's important nothing extra nothing superfluous nothing for show.

After my brandy, I went up to the grocery store and got a quart of beer for Dean, his favorite Bud Light, and a sixpack of Coors for me. I shared with Cheryl. It's his 21st birthday. He should have a beer. We enjoyed a beer and then drove to a hamburger place. When we got home Dean and Cheryl watched American Idol and eight their cookie, in lieu of a birthday cake we had a birthday cookie. And Mia Morgan went downstairs where he shared his writing with me. That pretty much sums up the evening.

About 20 minutes left of Sam's Little helper. Now makes it 930. Hell, I'm watching another movie.

Alyce Kills (2011)

After accidentally knocking her best friend off a roof, Alyce is haunted by guilt and delves into a brutal nightmare wonderland of sex, drugs and violence, her mind tearing itself apart along with anyone else who gets in her way.

This movie is not for the fainthearted… Or the saying.it is a bad movie because it is not done well but because it will warp your mind.… This is me Seymour.

1402109

8:07pm

Hanging with Deano. Watching...supernatural...

Been down, down, down in Mor's dungeon. Watching Spurs v. Pistons.

Head is watching Bachelor She bought herself a bottle of wine. I took the opportunity to ask for some mickeys’ while she was there. She had to go up and return the RedBox.

We had a pretty good dinner. I had a few chicken breasts on the bone. I deboned the chicken and made some great sandwiches. Baked the meat with a layer of pepper bacon on top. Avocado. Although H wanted fries. Mor nixed the idea. Not even baked. So I went with green beans and tomatoes instead. The bones and skin was boiled with celery and carrots. Need the broth for my next chicken dinner. Baked chicken and stuffing.

Dean had a good day, first at work and then taking his test. We'll pick up wherever he leaves it.

Work was nice. I took Jeremy a big taco...egg and potato taco. Mom and Dad put an envelope with some money on it on my lunch box, for Jeremy, not me. I didn't look at it. Not my business. Ten or a hundred. I don't know. I like not knowing. Now I pitched in a hug so he would have good things in a group of three.

  

It is getting colder, snow, ice maybe. I managed a walk with Holly. Too cold for. We had a really peaceful time.

I got myself all worked up during the walk. Worrying abut someday and what if.

I was sorry about a future I can't control and when I get home, on the news, is a family who left a shitty refugee camp to get some food.

It is all perspective. Mor said it isn't right to be condescending to people we label as less fortunate. That they are humans who can handle their own shit. And that us more fortunate, well, we have problems of our own. Neither of us lives in hell. Neither of us needs the other's pity. To pity someone is to make a Nobel savage out of the. I tis saying they can't take care of themselves. Flashback to when I found out it hurts a child’s self-esteem to say 'be careful'.

Where the Fuck

It's been over two weeks no.

I found this place on Craig’s list. One state over from where I use to live. I live here now. I am Captain of the Earth ship.

The rat race had run its course. I worked. I came home. I ate six dollar hamburgers. I watched DVDs all night and went to work an hour early, tired as hell, running on a seven dollar coffee. I worked through lunch and didn’t quite at quitting time. I thought it would advance my career.

I thought I wanted a career.

All I wanted was the paycheck.

I don’t miss the work at all.

I do..nothing. I find the most fun in the simplest thing’s every day I fuck around with the plants for at least an hour. Just piddling around. And I watch the bunnies play in their bunny pasture. The hippie, no, there haven’t' been hippies’ in twenty years, hipsters are the new hippies. The hipster I bought the place from decided to become a ski bum. But he had his hipster friends build this earth ship. Actually, I don’t' think he really wanted to settle down. He liked the group dynamic of building first one place then another. He just hung around until it became his time My hipster had his number come up so the group of people who he helped build for had the group that would have a place built for them next the place was build and he lived here until he found out that you had to live here to keep an earth ship functioning. Actually live here, be here every day He stayed as long as he did planting things like the bunny pasture. Buying chickens. Doing the interior installs. Troubleshooting the small and medium sized problems. Things that were installed broken or didn't work. He had to tear down an entire wall. Best day of his stay, he said. Then the boredom set in and he put the place on Craig’s list and started shopping for snow skies. He's headed to Idaho. Best skiing. He's found a group of friends he had hooked up with previously when he was into running marathons.

The hipster likes groups. Hey, know thyself.

His revelation, my escape

I was fucking miserable. I live comfortably. Had all the toys. Did the cruise thing. Flew out of town for every three day weekend. That got old quick. I wanted a dog to keep me company but the coop didn't allow them in the building. Fourteen floors and no room for a dog.

Now I have two dogs, bunnies, and chickens. And I'm getting a horse. I want a horse

I have a ling on a guy who sells to dude ranches in the area and I can find me a bomb proof nag. If it can do more than trot I don’t want it. I want a laid back old mare.

Hey, that’s my mom you’re talking about.

I haven't lost my sense of humor. I find that I crack myself u several times a day.

Maybe it would have been different in the city if I had fit in. Probably not. We hit the numbers often enough to keep myself employed but not enough to be catapulted into the upper management ranks. I could see me doing this same job for the rest of my life.

I got to surfing the net on my over priced battle station. Six screens. Who needs six screens? Willi have them and I'm not about to throw them away. I brought them wit. But In the condo, I had them and nothing really to do. I really did like gaming so I surfed Redditt until I got around to the sites with the hydroponics, the organic gardening, the alternative living, the tiny houses, and earth ships.

I thought I wanted a straw bale house until I say the earth ships. Only, I wasn't into dumpster diving. Collecting wine bottles and cans for a year. Dragging home tires. They wouldn't let me have a do, what would I put old tires? I had money in the bank. I still have money in the bank, just less of it. I spent my money on sustainability. On my earth ship and my website. I have a website where I sell second hand books. I buy books and sell books entirely over the internet. I have an employee who unboxes the books I buy and boxes the books I sell. All I do is...buy and sell books. I mentioned that. I pay the employee. . Now that I have it set up, the business kind of runs itself. I buy books. Automatically,

Anyhow. That is how I make money. I really don’t touch much of the income. I don't need much that the earth ship can't provide. Not that I’m growing all of my own food, the bunnies are still bunnies and the chickens aren't laying eggs yet. But food is cheap and I. What do I need to buy. I don’t need the horse. I just want' one. The aquaponics tanks are full of tilapia. Tilapia and catfish. They aren’t' doing very well. I need to learn how to take care of the fish. They are not as easy as the bunnies.

I have a steep learning curve but don't fret. Not yet. I have time to learn and money to restock my tanks once I kill all these fish. Wish me luck.

There aren't instructions for an earth shop. They are all different. I have to learn certain technical skills to make it work. Hey, I didn’t' have to learn how to build the place so my mind   is free to learn .I must need to forget sales first. I have time to learn. Sell, a little time. The book thing won't last forever, I know that but it is up to me to develop additional revenue streams. That is what they call it. 'Additional revenue streams.’ I'm in the biz so I just keep recreating new on line stores with new products.

But for the immediate future, I have bunnies to grow. And the entire catalog of NetFlix to go through. I'm thinking of putting a manifold in. But now I'm going to find me a bed and crawl under the covers. I have three bedrooms. Big dog is in for the night. Little dog is lying next to me, waiting to see which bed I choose. Off we go.

NEW DAY.

AND I DON'T PLANONGETTING OUT OF BED, UNLESS IT’S TO OVE TO ANOTHER BED. I have my phone. My tablets. And snacks. Lots of snacks. Big dog wants out. Little dog I guess I could put on some pants and go outside too...maybe tomorrow. Today I'm slothing. I will roll farther than I walk. Jealous? This is not the kind of place for someone who would build it. It requires a patient, lazy Lou. Once the hole has been dug. Thanks hipster.

I do need to bush my teeth. I have carpet growing.

140211

8:15pm

I came up to do my thing. We were all doing our thing in the living room. Really a strange and enjoyable evening. There wasn’t' any shows Sheryl wanted to watch so Mor put the Chicago v. Atlanta game on. Then he played Gameboy. Head read and social networked. I surfed on my tablet. Dean eventually came down, but he was up in his room napping. He was writing, but like a true writer, he took a nap. He did come down and hang out. He was too full to eat when dinner was served, but it was still out so he ate and hung out. I made an easy meal. Mixed veggies with rice and cheese casserole. A link of venison and beef smoked sausage, salad, and a pot of white beans and bacon Head put together.

I brought some toast and peanut butter up with me. It has become a habit. Last night I brought crackers and peanut butter to bed.

It has been a really great day. I woke up, meditating to Old Friend Dear Friend I listened to YouTube, even in the bathroom. While showering and brushing my teeth. So my mind is being crammed full of knowledge. Then, Ben goes home early form wok, sick. Really sick. So I can put an ear bud in while I work. I spent the day calibrating thermometers and reviewing data and well, all my normal shit. Only I got to listen to my phone and a number of audio books kept playing. Chemistry from The Disappearing Spoon, self-help form Happiness Hypothesis, more self-help from Antifragility. And I actually read a real book. A textbook on indoor air quality.

Tasty a simple piece of toast can be. Simple is the name of the game.

My mediation left me on a quest to just 'Be'. The Old Friend Dear Friend mediation said it's the hardest thing to do. To just 'Be'.

Deano just came in to tell me more about his story. He is being creative and it is no surprise to me, knowing the boy like I do, that he likes to talk it out. God is blessing me, He has provided more than enough patience for me to hear the boy out. I must be..get it, 'Be'. II just don’t sweat it. I'm not anxious to do something else.

Head is writing her devotionals. Mor has his writing projects. It is really cool to see us all expressing ourselves.

I thought about writing and trying to include all of the information that came my way today. Working Antifragility. Working William Crook, the man who discovers thallium and selenium. And that guy who discovered Xrays, I can't spell his name. He thought he was crazy. And those jerks in Utah who thought they discovered cold fusion.

I am excited about bringing more information into my stories. Have something to say.

Here's some shit, I look at my texts and Pa texted me to stash his piss bottle. He left it. What the fuck? The bathroom is less than five feet away. And he must carry it around because it had a bag with it. I used it to slide the piss bottle into and tote it to the trash. Ain't that some shit?

I'm watching some cartoon, '''''''The Lucas Brothers'.

Pinto came up with me. He is under his blanket, on his blanket. Sacked the fuck out. Nighty night little man.

He missed out on the walk tonight. Too cold for him. Holly and I did it. I put on enough coats to where I had to open it.

Day is Valentine’s Day. I'm thinking low key. Broke ass. Heart shaped pizzas and a big candy bar each. None of that heart shaped bullshit. Candy in its truest form. An oversized bar. I'm thinking Mr. Goodbar for me. A big bottle of wine. A bottle of soda. Family game night. Mandatory family game night. Here’s a saying I came across on the net I liked, "Families are like assholes, the tighter the better'.

I might have overloaded my brain. I think I'll finish my diet Dr Pepper, brush my teeth, and take my niacin. And I'm going to pick up my dumbbells.

Hey, this cartoon has what is obviously a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can with the works Piss on it. Well, the word ‘pisses'.

Man, life is writing, the r is no wrong way to do it; unless you try to do it like somebody else Writing is a unique experience, just like life. Snap!

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7:00am

Happy Wednesday morning. I'm watching the Frugal crafter, although I don’t have an interest in most of the crafts stuff, the arts advice is helpful. She is a prolific poster. I've done my Dear Friend Old friend mediation and I have a better understanding of what it means to be humble. You can't just 'be' unless you’re separate from your ego your ego is always struggling and defending itself. So you have to Be Humble. Don't feed the ego. Be something else. Be the observer. Then you might catch the lesson in you meditation, or while reign or some other item during your day. Make it an adventure, searching for your mental treasure without a map. Looking for clues in the most unexpected places. Read a book read a book read a mother fucking book. Or if your Dean, write a book, write a book, write a mother fucking book.

Two YouTube vids later, and they both have to do with information. The Big Think vid was all about how we know things that are pushed on us, like Justin Beiber's troubles with the law or Britney Spears not wearing panties. So, Hank thinks our decision, actually many many decisions about what information we follow is very important. Not only because of the distraction of useless information but the harm of following negative information.

The Big Think talked about the fact that information is so chaotic hat physicist use it to study things like drops of water. Again, the random, mix of fact and fiction of information that comes to us is unsettling to most of us. We don’t want

Now I'm monitoring a vid on a large tiny house. Two lofts.

I like to see the craftsmanship and the ingenuity of designing small spaces.

One more comment about information. I visited with Head about how information is random and she should start anything she reads with the work maybe. Specifically the negative information about Obama care. Now she did get a good, as in known, source for a problem someone had, not getting surgery under the new. Now, further conversation is did he need the surgery? Or would another plan have denied the surgery, with the Obama connection or not.

Time to clock into the pudding factory.

11:00pm

In bed watching 'Killer Women', being the only Texas Ranger in a dress, she has her work cut out for her. Found this gem on the Hulu channel. Believe it or not, this is a current season series on ABC. I'll watch at least one episode.

I have to be quite. Series might just be set in San Antonio.

It is a really special time. I get to hide under the covers. The tablet on my bedside table under a magazine, just an edge of the screen showing... It keeps the light out of Pinto’s eyes.

The day, since I clocked in this morning. Bathroom time. Made breakfast. Egg sammie for Jeremy. A chicken and mustard on whole wheat for me. Add bbq sauce and spicy pickles.

The weather turned very pleasant. And it his snowing farther south. All the way to Florida. Atlanta is snowed in. North Carolina is unprepared. And I didn't even button my sweater on the walk I enjoyed with Head and the dogs. We trimmed Pinty's toenails and I made dinner. Washed my hands before cooking for the record.

I made stuffing and microwave spininsich. Heated up leftover green beans and tomatoes.

Hey, they just mentioned miga on this show. Longhorns. Hill country.

Yep, San Antonio.

Mor baked chicken. His experiment with paprika didn't work as well as he hoped. I dipped mine in velveta ranch dressing.

Dean is chickened out. I heated up a leftover serving of cottage pie for him. He didn't get any the other night.

Dean...Dean surprised us all with treats. Valentines treats. Candy hears and a bag of mini your peppermints fir Head. A regular snickers bar and a regular bag of peanut m and m s for Mor. A bag of Butterfinger bites and a regular reeces for me. He bought himself two bags of sour gummies. he loves the sour.

We ate together. Mor and I watched Spurs v. Celtics. Dean and Head watched American Idol. As it turns out, Idol was on last night too. It pissed Dean off and Dean never gets pissed off.

It didn't last long. He doesn't have much practice.

I hung out until half time. Then I excused myself and came up to the Recliner and I can watch YouTube on the TV if I use my phone. The old phone only pushes Netflix. So I set myself up with the Bluetooth speaker the Pedraza’s gave me for Xmas and played cartoons on the table. Played drawing tutorials on the TV. I sketched a couple of things. My biggest accomplishment was to clean out the middle drawer of the little set I took for Dean. I would have taken the drawers with or without pens inside. It fits perfect on top of a crate as a table beside the recliner. I have two crates, back to back with the drawers on top. The drawer sits on top of the crates, which are bookshelves, and a lamp fits too. A really functional arrangement.

I sometimes feel silly writing about the little things in my life. The trivia. But one should write about what one knows. And I know what I did today. It gives me something to write about.

I tis a story only I can tell. And one story is as good as another.

I listened to Henry David T. last night. His audiobook about what a drag it is to work. I agree. He figured a half day was enough to earn what one needed.

I wish.

I have to write myself out. Or is it write myself in.? Am I emptying my mind or priming my creative pump?

I'm back on Ane's porch. I can stay up as long as I don't wake anyone up. I follow my energy Sometimes I have energy in the morning. I wake up early and lave time for myself. I have energy at night. I couldn't sleep just because I wanted too. I will take the time when it is available

Jeremy had to work extra to get some fish samples on. He texted me about nine saying he was spent. I told him that he did fine and to go home. And he texted me back that he appreciated me. I can’t tell you how that made me feel. He is a true hero. I would have drown that boy in the bath and become a drunk. He is a strong, hardworking selfless person.

II know God is watching over him.

I watched some fancy drawing on the YouTube. I just like to doodle. I fit doesn’t offend merit is a success. Ina world of stress at is eating people alive, art can be a pleasant distraction at the least, and it may be a mental vitamin.

Fifteen minutes until midnight. I need to slide down farther under the covers and

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7:00am

Thursday morning.

Hey, the week is moving right along.

And I had a late night and an early morning. Woke up before the alarm. My routine was thrown off; I had to let the dogs out before the alarm went off. Head insisted. So out they went and the coffee went on. I didn't way for a mug, jus tam back and meditated. After meditating, I went back for the coffee, vitamins and wear, not in that order. It was water, vitamins, and then coffee.

Sipped the brew while watching Scission. All about hallucinations.

Whew! That catches things up!

Big Think is about technical advancements, forcing the creation of the hellabyte, creating a new number jus to count the amount of information going around. 1. Moores law, technology doubles for the same price every eighteen months 2. Datafication, hence the need for the hellabyte 3. Recombination, marring technologies e.g. driverless cars.

Art with the Frugal Crafter. I found another artist this morning. So, I have added two my list, one last night and another this morning. Last night I found a foreign guy, French? With a YouTube channel called Fine Art. And Transient Art. TA stopped abruptly two years ago. She has something going and it stopped. She either has something new and didn’t really stop, or really stopped. A mystery.

Lindsey, the Frugal Crafter's name, is such a happy soul. And she knows a lot she is a professional artist. Not selling, which I believe she does at craft shows, but giving local classes. Glad she shares to the larger audience on YouTube.

I have waited too long to put together a card for Head for Valentines. But I will do something. I'll find a quote and make a card tonight. I hope to get Dean back on his studies. He took his test Monday, made a seventy percent, but hasn't gotten back into it. His self-character in his creative writing is what he calls an over achiever. I think he wants to be an over achiever.

I'll get him up on my way out today.

She just called herself an art supply hoarder. She doesn’t want to waste some of the watercolor she has out, she is finding a place for it in her project. Jennibellie keeeeeeps extra paper handy to catch the excess, making backgrounds for future projects I’m doing that. I have several pages of backgrounds just waiting or inspiration.

The FC had some Intense Ink crayons. Ink in chalk form you can draw with and or paint with.

On to Fin Art Tips, caught his name Leonardo, Italian?

10:15pm

I am in bed. Late for getting to bed. I can't say it is because I was super busy. I just sat for the fifteen or twenty minutes before brushing my teeth and getting under the covers. It was awesome. The day...work. Beautiful weather. Didn’t get to walk because I had to to the grocery after work. Needed to pick up a prescription and pick up something for dinner. I ended up getting dinner for tomorrow, pizza and sangria. I also picked up detergent, laundry bags...etc...And I made sure I left with

Okay disruption. Head and Pinty are coming to bed. They are so...so spasmatic.

it's not a real word. But it evokes the right description of these tow clowns.

So I left the store with a little treat for each of them. Kettle potato chips for the boys. An M&M snack mix for Head. Lottery tickets for all of them. Done. That’s all you get. Suck on it. Enjoy. And not a gawd damn thing shaped like a heart.

Dinner was a struggle. Not to make but to decide on. I almost went with the pork stir fry, but I don't really like it. So I made hamburger po'boys. Not Head’s favorite. I made mine extra spicy with Chile piquin mixed right in the meat. And I cooked the meat in a hot oven on a rack to drain off all the grease. I used bollio rolls instead of hamburger buns. Grilled mushrooms and onions in olive oil. Had avacado lettuce, and tomatoes. It was one hell of a burger.

We ate watching Idol. I went down after Mor to join him, but he was into his game so I made my way to the recliner and sat down to get inspired to make a valentine's card. I encouraged i.e. nagged Dean to study. He did. And he came in while I was working on the card to show me some of the problems he was working on He seems to have a pretty good handle on the basic concepts.

The card got finished. It is under a stack of paper ironing out the wrinkles.

Doodled. Learning how to use colored pencils,

Now...I guess that about sums it up.

So let’s get to some important stuff. Put on our thinking caps and come up with some insightful comments. Relevant to our pursuit of enlightenment.

...nothing yet.....don’t rush me...

I did get to listen to my phone today. I did learn about Marxism and how it is the same and different from Schopenhauer. You see, if I have it right, they both believer there is no after life. This is it. You can't suck it up and hope for a better gig later on. Now is all there is. Now Schopenhauer, lets shorten it S, S thinks that life is a disease and it is best to pretend it is all  ....well, to just pretend. To live in an imaginary world you create in your head.  While our friend Marx said that you can't listen to the rich because they will tell you anything to justify being rich, things like the best things in life are free. Marx believes everyone deserves a chance to realize their potential. Now, it is my talking here, it is my opinion that capitalism keeps the workers under control by propagating the idea that anyone can jump from being poor to being rich. It is like the lottery.  A lot like the lottery.

Where Marxism breaks down is people have to be involved. They can’t be unbiased. Mother Nature made us to take care of ourselves first.

Nope, you can't be anyone you want to be because some politico’s son also wants to be the same thing. No communism isn’t fair either.

Today I'm leaning toward S.

Tomorrow it the last days to save money on Valentine’s.

I did a good job of just being today. Not a great job. I wasn't o some higher plane or anything but I had a pretty good day. I worked. I treated people decent. I enjoyed my family... I made a greeting card.

ziiiii drr

I seem to be running out of gas. Best fo.......

These are my buttermilk honey butter biscuits. The ones on the blue plate have raisins in them. This is what I did to work for Valentines to share with coworkers.