i get by with a little help from my friends and angus young
I have some great friends. Seriously. My neighbor Heather brought over a tray of pasta shells, manicotti, meat balls, and some pasta and veggies in this great olive oil sauce. Later on, my friend Amanda stopped by with her little Westie puppy, Maggie (to play with get trampled by Yogi) and brought Viv a bunch of her daughter’s toys she had outgrown – an Easy-Bake Oven (which she will only use with my supervision), a new Fisher Price play kitchen, and a ginormous Disney Princess Mega Blocks castle.
I had a great lesson with Kyle last night. He nailed his scales and we worked on Brown Eyed Girl. I saw his eyes light up when I did some mute rakes, “What did you do there? That sounded really cool.” Those are golden words from a student. I showed him You Shook Me All Night Long (lots of rakes in there – Angus Young has one of my favorite guitar tones ever) and promised him if he does well with Brown Eyed Girl, we’d tackle that next week. When you’re learning guitar, and you play your first AC/DC song – you’re ready to bring the rock.
I got my princess to bed and got back to work. I worked late again on the Lifecycle project, and watched some more of Season One of Dead Like Me.
I sent this link of a pig wearing boots, because the pig doesn’t like mud to a co-worker. He then forwarded it to his wife and this was our chat following…
Bill… girl at my wife’s work just said that she thinks the pig is a smart pig and did the boots thing on purpose so it wouldnt turn into sausage
Van A Kapeghia… exactly, because pigs know what sausage is
Van A Kapeghia… if pigs knew what sausage was… they would be running around screaming all the time
Van A Kapeghia… fuck boots
This song is brilliant … and I’ve found that this explains a lot of why I don’t feel like Dad is gone. Although I can’t give him another hug or watch Van and Viv play with him, his love is still here. Every single day, Dad I miss you.
Underneath your skin there are two feathered wings,
But you’ll never use them, ’cause you’re too scared.
When you get used to such a limited reality,
You’ve got no choice but to unlearn and start again.
You change like a volcano.
You’re body is just a moment.
But your love will live forever.
Your love will live forever.
“Your Love Will Live Forever” ~ Cloud Cult
- Moog Unveils New Badass Guitar – i know i’m a music gear freak, but this is really freakin’ cool
- Voo Doo Butcher Block – (thanks Mel)
- Munchy Box!
June 11th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Heather is an amazing cook, that sounds delicious!
June 11th, 2008 at 8:55 am
You do have great friends, you are a lucky man.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:11 am
oh man, now how cool is all of that! good food, fun toys and an enthusiastic student. rock on!
June 11th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Who will wind the earworm war you started with this post…
June 11th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Easy bake oven! I will have to look it up but I know I have recipes for stuff to bake in there so you don’t have to buy the packets that are super expensive. I’ll email them to you when I find them if you want. We gave away our easy bake oven a few years ago and I am sad. I loved that thing!
I love when you teach someone something and they get excited about it. I taught a few neighbor kids how to knit and had a similar experience and it sure feels good.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I luuuuuuurve me some EasyBake brownies. I wanted to buy one for my daughter but they all got recalled. China probably did it.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Carolyn – she certainly is, I stuffed my face last night
Jazz – word
lime – my cup runneth over with the good stuff
Chris – whatchoo talkin’ ’bout Willis?
tori – she left a bunch of packets, but that’s what i’ve heard they really stick it to ya with the packets. must be the same folks that do marketing for ink toner for my printer
Greata – the new ones are safer than the 70s blow-up-your kid models, but needless to say, that is a supervised play toy for sure
June 11th, 2008 at 10:34 am
I need friends who’ll bring me manicotti and a ginourmous Disney Princess Castle!!
June 11th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Having friends is a life necessity: I’m really glad you have such great friends.
I recently lost many diving buddies (after incidents I couldn’t stop from occurring): it made my life a lot lonelier, unfortunately.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Dude. Angus ROCKS.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Oh that food sounds gooooood. I think I’m making Italian (food that is) for dinner tonight.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I have a soft spot in my
headheart for Dead Like Me. Too bad it was canceled after two seasons, too many things hanging, although I did like the way season two ended.I just think George would at some point have quit being so whiny. But then again it was hard to remeber she was a teenager when she was hit by the toilet seat.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Mary – everyone should have friends like mine, seriously
Peter – it truly is. i need this help. i love ‘em all mucho big time.
mamatulip – you’re damn skippy he does
SQT – do it. make it so. (see i used a sci fi reference for ya)
Houston – Georgia’s ass is fantastic though, she’s allowed to whine. it’s probably quite a burden having an ass that fine.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Love the easy bake oven! Soon she’ll be making scones with real ease! Gosh, it sounds like you are working your way to a fun summer. Hurray for you and hurray for your friends!
June 11th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
On a Limb with Claudia – thanks lady, you certainly helped us with the seeds. Viv and I check it every day and we think positive thoughts to help the plants grow for us.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
oh, that food sounds delicious.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
I had no idea Mega blocks made pink castles for princesses. I live in a testosterone world.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
lisa – you know why? cuz it really, really is
HRH – it’s true, i swear… on my pink castle
June 11th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Your neighbors brought you food? Are you sure you don’t live in the Midwest? I didn’t think you East Coasters did that kind of thing.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Your love will live forever…right on, brother. and it does…HE does…
Those friends of yours? Hold on with both hands.
And that pig in boots?
That’s one of the fucking CUTEST FUCKING THINGS I’VE EVER FUCKING SEEN IN MY STUPID LIFE!!!
I…WANT…that pig.
and not in a blanket.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
i can’t stand how cute that pig is…
June 12th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Of course you have great friends, you have me, don’t you…* muah *
June 12th, 2008 at 8:55 am
dorky dad – the northeast gets such a bad rap. i’ve found that folks are the same all over, it’s just about finding people that fit your cadence
Kevin Charnas – i want to go to a pig roast and put rubber boots on the pig
Kevin – i believe you
Claudia – true and you have that drawing of the chick with the great ass holding a spear as your icon on myspace now too