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Birthday Weekend 2010

crazitalk — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:17:00 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything and I have all manner of news both good and bad.
Friday began as usual with my getting up to go to work. I worked 3 hours before being taken down to HR to be fired. The manager collected my stuff from my desk and I took it and walked home.
In the hours after getting home I worked on several small projects before my wife got back from her brother’s. We ran a couple errands before attending my annual birthday ritual of midnight pie at Sherris.
For those of you not in the know, each year for the past 10 years I’ve been going to Sherris at midnight to have birthday pie. It started in 2000 when I was feeling rather down because my birthday hadn’t been readily remembered. For the next several years I would take a small group of friends to the all night restaurant for pie. The down side to this being that for several years in order to celebrate I would have to buy pie for everyone. It wasn’t until 2007 that I actually received a gift at Midnight Pie. It was one of the Hellboy animated features, and it was from my now wife Michele.
But I digress, my wife Michele has been wanting a wet tile saw for the last year. Most of the time when asked what I want for my birthday I will choose a store and ask for a gift card. When Michele has been asked what I want she has JOKINGLY said that I want a wet tile saw. What she didn’t know is that I went behind her back and told people that what I wanted was the expression on her face when she gets a wet tile saw for my birthday. I got what I asked for.
After getting up on the 3rd we went out with the intention of going to a few garage sales and to this Box Store clearance shop. Next door is StoneWest, one of the best granite/marble countertop installers that I know of. Sadly they’re going out of business. The “economic downturn” having finally done them in. What that meant is that they were liquidating their inventory so slabs and remnants of stone were cheap or free. Michele, with her love of stone carving and lapidary, was in heaven. She ended up grabbing about 150 pieces ranging from 4″x4″x.25″ to 18″x56″x1.25″. Everything from jade and honey onyx to blue lavedurite(sp?). For those of you who haven’t had the privilege of meeting my wife, she is the craftiest person I know, which is to say she sews, beads, knits, crochets, weaves, carves, bakes, cooks, paints, etc. What’s more is she does any and all of these things with a greater proficiency than almost anyone I know. Even then the handful of people I know who may do 1 or 2 better, are never better at the other things she does. The reason I mention this is that in addition to all this she also has a quirky sense of humor. A year or 2 ago we went to Portland’s Saturday Market and she got a shirt that says “I make art.” It’s one of her favorite shirts and she wears it often, and has modified it with a big blue patch of the letter F in front of art. She was wearing said shirt at Stonewest on the 3rd when one of our local celebrities came in. Jodie Bergsma is one of the biggest art people in our berg, she makes a living off her art, something that I can only one day aspire for. Michele met Jodie, the talked about their similar taste in rocks and all the while Michele’s shirt was screaming I make Fart. We returned home with our rocks, unloaded them, and Michele wanted to drive back with a pair of earrings she’d made out of Jodie’s favorite rock.
The fourth was relatively uneventful. We had barbecue, birthday cake, fireworks, and friends. Nothing extraordinary.
The 5th involved watching the Last Airbender and relaxing.
The 6th began with filing paperwork and looking for employment.

It’s my birthday

crazitalk — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:33:00 +0000

It’s not too bad so far. I’m sitting at work hardly taking any calls because there are none to be taken. I went to Sharris for pie last night as tradition demanded, got home just before 2 and crawled into bed. My wife took me to the Black Drop this morning for a Birthday Coffee. Work is slow enough that there’s a chance I may be allowed to go home early.

Maniac V. Siren

crazitalk — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:07:00 +0000

The Black Drop Maniac vs The Starbucks Siren: a gift for Alexarc’s birthday

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The Day After

crazitalk — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:33:00 +0000

The party last night was spectacular. More friends showed up than I expected, in all there were about 20 of us. My fiancé Michele baked a beautiful 3 layer cake and decorated it with plastic skulls on skewers. The “snacks” she prepared ended up being a meal unto themselves. All in all I’d say it was probably the best birthday I’ve ever had.

Today has been significantly less productive than I was hoping for. I was hoping to get up, drop Michele at work and spend the day moving my stuff over and cleaning up from the party. I got miniscule cleaning done but overall it was a very lazy Sunday.

Things to do…

crazitalk — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:37:00 +0000

I’ve been feeling almost overwhelmed lately with everything I’ve been failing to get done, and it’s not for lack of trying. I woke up about an hour ago, maybe an hour and a half. I’ve barely gotten anything accomplished. There’s a fair amount to do before my birthday celebration tonight, and I’ve yet to do more than fold a few pieces of laundry. I got engaged a couple weeks ago, life leading up to that was part of what the problem was with me getting any comicing done. Now that that’s over I find myself training my replacement at work. It’s a time consuming endeavor that takes away about 9 to 12 hours a week of time that I’d use to do arty stuff.

I’m gonna work on some quick cleaning of the house, and then see about the possibility of popping off to the Black Drop for a couple hours of art and coffee.

I should be back here by about 4 to do the last minute shopping, preparation, and such.

I’m a creature of pattern and habit, it’s very difficult to change those patterns and habits.

Happy Birthday to Me

crazitalk — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:31:00 +0000

My birthday is on the 3rd of July and I’ve had several people ask me what I want. For ease I’ve gone ahead and set up a wish list on Amazon.Com. You can check it out there.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/15ZN1A49I27D1

Volga Boatmen

crazitalk — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:15:00 +0000

Death, destruction, and despair.

People dying everywhere.

Happy birthday. Happy birthday.

Now you are the age you are.

Your demise cannot be far.

Happy birthday. Happy birthday.

May the candles on your cake.

Burn like cities in your wake.

Happy birthday. Happy birthday.

Forty Years Later

crazitalk — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:47:00 +0000

Trek turns 40 today.

“What I did for my birthday”…

crazitalk — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 09:31:00 +0000

•09:15
thorak26 and djmulka woke me up to go to breakfast with them at McDonalds. Then we did a bit of shopping for the 4th of July party they were having.

•13:45
I fix the following for everyone at the house to try…
Bit ‘o Honey (Copper Camel, Butterbee)
Ingredients:
Bailey’s Irish Cream 1 part
Schnapps, butterscotch 1 part
Glass to Use: Shot glass
Mixing Instructions: Combine ingredients in a shot glass.

•14:30
Laurie and Floyd give me a call to wish me happy birthday, we have a short conversation and then I let them go.

•15:15
djmulka and our friend Dan and myself decide to go see the 15:45 showing of Batman Begins.

•15:45-18:15
I discover that Batman Begins is just as good seeing it the second time as the first.

•19:00
Begin preping/eating the Bar-be-que.

•19:15
My mom, brother, and sister call while I’m eating. I chat with them while I eat.

•20:00
thorak26‘s brother and cousin (I think) show up and I take off to meet up with sillyass and loopyzany at the StarBucks down the street from me.

•21:00
Head to Rumours for the “July 3rd’s a Drag” show. coffeejunkie is performing in it with the band she’s apart of. While there I also saw fenmere and a couple other people who’s LJs I don’t want to take the time to recall. I also had the following purchased for me by sillyass and loopyzany…
Tequila Sunrise
Ingredient:
Tequila, white 6 cL
Grenadine 2.25 cL
Orange Juice 12 cL
Glass to Use: Highball glass
Mixing Instructions: Stir orange juice and tequila with ice and strain into a highball glass. Add ice cubes. Pour in grenadine slowly and allow to settle. Stir before drinking.

•23:00ish
The 5 of us head to the Horseshoe for coffee and a bit of food and conversation.

•00:30
I get home and begin working on my computer. Mostly just filing CDs onto it. At about 02:00 I begin writing this, shortly after starting I fix myself the following…
Vodka Stinger
Ingredient:
Creme de Menthe, white 3 cL
Vodka 3 cL
Glass to Use: Cocktail glass
Mixing Instructions: Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.

•now
Debate going to bed.

•later
Go to bed.

Boozeahol Recipes courtesy of:

http://www.drinknation.com

And Now, Tanayle

crazitalk — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:47:00 +0000

Tanayle and I were walking down the street one day and the way she was feeling was very much… “Glow!” The comic almost drew itself.