this is one for the ladies…
I had a nice talk with Bubs on the phone last night and we had said goodbye, but then the phone rang again, this time it was my ex asking if I had hung up on Bubs. He was crying badly thinking his Daddy hung up on him. I explained we had said goodnight (a couple times actually) and then we hung up. He must have thought of something else to tell me and got a dial tones. He was too tired and didn’t want to get back on the phone. This sucks so bad. There are nights I fucking hate phones, but more accurately these 800 stupid fucking miles.
I watched an incredible movie last night, recommended to me by Di – Touching the Void. Two mountain climbers set out to climb the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes, which had never been climbed prior. On the way up the mountain, one of the climbers badly breaks his leg. They begin lowering him down, until he ends up hanging off a cliff. The uninjured climber has no choice (he can’t see the injured climber and has no idea what has happened) but to cut the rope. Somehow, he injured climber survives the drop and falls into a huge crevice. This story is amazing unto itself, but the photography of the reenactment is breathtaking.
OK, lady readers of furiousBall, your voices have been heard, behold, my organ in spandex…
And since you all asked so nicely, I took the spandex off too and just threw it on the floor…
This past weekend, I’m not sure how, but I got a crack in my blackberry (which conversely is much better than a blackberry in my crack).
And I noticed, hey… that kind of looks like a stick figure…
January 30th, 2008 at 9:05 am
I feel strangely cheated… Hmph.
Woe the Crackberry! Woe!
*hug* I wish they’d hurry up with that transporter technology – it would sure help you now…
January 30th, 2008 at 9:10 am
That so sucks about being far from the kids… I am so sorry when I read your struggles. You’re a great dad; you do more with your kids than many dads who are around full time.
That crack crack (heh!) was great. Love the stickman!
January 30th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Oh you’re clever, aren’t you? LOL.
Isn’t that why they are called Crackberries?
Your poor little guy. It is hard when they misunderstand, it must be maddening to be to far away to soothe it away.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Van,
Woah, what a BIG organ you have.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:52 am
you know what that spandex makes me think?
“So you can tell a man get to the right–ho!
I’m in the driver’s seat, so sit to the right
And this is just to get to the flight
I like the way it fit to you tight…”
because i’m all up in the stuff of fabolous today. or something.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Chris – you wouldn’t believe how long it took me to keep Yogi out of the picture, whenever he sees my spandex or running shoes, he starts his “oh boy daddy, take me for a run, take me for a run, take me for a run, take me for a run, take me for a run, take me for a run, take me for a run, …” dance
Maureen – thank you for saying so. that stick guy is pretty angry, i think he just gave me the finger.
Kyla – it is indeed maddening
Claudia – and i’m happy to see you too
liv – that’s from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 right?
January 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am
aww that is a bummer. try to think about all the memory bubs will have when he grows up though…daddy spoke to me every night because he loved me. in the end that will be the dominant memory, not that one call went wrong. i know it hurts though.
nice organ.woohoo!
January 30th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Um… for the record, I didn’t ask for the organ, I asked for the glutes. You took the easy way out F.
January 30th, 2008 at 10:20 am
lime – yep, it’s tough to keep that in mind, but you’re right.
Jazz – i have a pet donkey, so I can show you my ass in spandex
January 30th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Any man who wants to talk about his organ has been destroyed by you openly flaunting yours …
I did nag a little, didn’t I lol, sorry but I just thought ‘By crikey, Van might like this’.
January 30th, 2008 at 10:32 am
I’m sorry about the phone call stuff. That really sucks. I know that you know that he knows you are an awesome dad, right? Because you are! Phones suck!
You are way too funny! I LOVE the pictues,and while I am sorry your blackberry has a crack, I am happy for the laugh you gave me this morning!
January 30th, 2008 at 10:43 am
I interviewed Ian Baker who believed he found Shangri-la. It sounds like your movie. Oh my God, his story was amazing – a crevice in the middle of the cold, dry, frozen planes which was a tropical paradise filled with great food, warm people… amazing. He was only in the country for a couple weeks, then went back. I’ll see if I can find the interview. Amazing.
You, and your enormous organ, are incredibly hot. Thank you for sharing your well endowed blessing with us. I’m… um…. hot just looking at the picture. Hot, I tell you, hot.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:03 am
We’re all swooning…
January 30th, 2008 at 11:28 am
The 800 fucking miles is just bad. I don’t know how you do it.
The organ is incredible.
The crack in the blackberry not so much.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Okay – dork time: What’s better than flowers on a piano?
Tulips on an organ.
Snort – sorry – your fault.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Nice organ, Van…
…I need to be alone.
January 30th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Dude, so all we have to do is ASK for stuff and you DO IT?
This is a very handy thing to know. Seriously.
January 30th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Di – nah, that wasn’t nagging, the movie was great!
tori – glad you got a chuckle, that why i act like a moron you know.
On A Limb with Claudia – it’s pretty impressive isn’t it?
Carolyn – like I had told you, I had trouble fitting it through the door
Slow Panic – there have been times I’ve wanted to throw the blackberry, but yeah, I love my little blackberry, he’s my friend
Jen M – hahaha, good one – welcome to my mess over here btw.
mamatulip – it’s girthier than you thought it would be huh?
flutter – i will interpret the request as displayed here, but mostly yeah
January 30th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Sorry, not lurking the phone rang and I forget what I was doing.
Move over Tom Jones!
Cheers
January 30th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Maddy – It’s not unusual, to be mad with anyone
It’s not unusual, to be sad with anyone
but if I ever find that you’ve changed at anytime
it’s not unusual to find out that I’m in love with you
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
January 30th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Yes, berries in your crack are always worrisome. BTW, I’ve wanted to see “Into the Void” – another one to add to my growing list.
January 30th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
You are leaving the crackman on your blackberry forever aren’t you?
You must.
January 30th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Marty – it’s a good one, great story
meno – i’m not touching that guy, you can see how mean he is
January 30th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Must be hard to run with all that organ in your spandex…
January 30th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I’m sorry Bubs felt that way and then didn’t get back on the phone. Seems to me he would have opted to get back on the phone and end the night better…hmm.
Maybe write up a quick comic…draw a stick figure post-it note apology. Send Mrs. Fields cookies or…um…something of the sweet persuasion. Hey that would work for me!
I am sure he knows now that you did not hang up on him and would never do such a thing.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:23 am
People on crack are always so rude.
I’m glad your ex followed up by calling back and didn’t just try to smooth things over without you there, on the other end.
Okay, but I’m really here to tell you: Darlin’, I knew your comment on my latest post would be good. I just knew. But tarnation if you didn’t pull out the Don Johnson “Heartbeat.” In my wildest dreams, I couldn’t have hoped for that.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:24 am
Oh, and the part where you pulled off your spandex and dramatically flung it to the floor, revealing your organ?
Not at all anti-climactic.
January 31st, 2008 at 2:08 am
Lighting a cigarette over here…
January 31st, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Mary – definitely not as aerodynamic
Christy – we talked last night and fixed it (see today’s post)
Jocelyn – i’m not sure if a curtsy is appropriate for the Don Johnson lyrics, but I’m doing it anyway
Jocelyn – wait, that’s a lot of negatives… i think that made it climactic ? or a climate?
V-Grrrl – so, yeah, i’ll call you… you know sometime…
February 2nd, 2008 at 11:10 am
I would much rather see you in spandex….but the organ is impressive. You got that off of craigslist in the free section….WOW!!!
Just remember that they’ll be with you soon. They know that you love them. That’s really all that matters at this point.
February 2nd, 2008 at 11:31 am
April – check the blog on dental surgery days, who knows what will be up here