Buchata Clan Update

Things have been chugging along for me and mine.

The apartment is feeling more and more like home, although we haven't really done much to it. Bunny has a nice new cage with a ton of room and a little cave to hide in. I built (read: put together) a tall book shelf for all our DVDs and it just barely holds them all. I spent an hour or two putting them in alphabetical order. It was very therapeutic. We're learning the peculiarities of the AC and water heater, and once our dish washer and washer/dryer combo were repaired/replaced it felt like we finally lived here. A bunch of crap is still in boxes and we've only hung up one picture, but the fridge has all it's magnets and the animals already have their favorite spots all staked out.

Speaking of animals, Jonas will be here pretty damn soon. His due date is May 25th, but apparently he's already upside down in preparation for his final approach. Lots of ladies have late babies their first time, and if Lil' Joni is anything like his parents he'll procrastinate for a bit before showing up. I think June 1st sounds like a good birthday, but that's outside of the five day window they wait before inducing labor. He (and by necessity Kasey) are getting pretty big. Now that we know he's upside down it's easier to guess what body parts we're messing with. Seems like a lot of feet and toes, and when we mess with him and he messes back it tickles Kasey like crazy.

Work is busy busy. Being a Tech Lead has it's pluses and minuses. In the plus column is the opportunity to assist others, to teach, to help people get out of difficult spots and figure out hard problems. Also, telling people what to do is a little fun, I must admit. In the negative column, people who don't know as much as me are obviously idiots, and this can be a little frustrating. Like telling the same person how to do the same thing for the third time in not even as many days, or arguing with one of our customers through one of my agents, who is also arguing with me. But I like my job, and most of the people are cool. Plus I'm gaining a kind of notoriety as The Guy Who Rides a Bike Into Work, and people I've never talked to before are asking me how the ride was this morning. I always have the urge to say, "Not bad, your mom was pretty gentle today." but then I'd probably be known as The Guy Who Has Black Eyes.

There was a bike race last weekend, and not to toot my own horn, after riding to and from work earlier that day (a staggering thirteen miles) I came in first place. Well, before the "bonus points" were tallied, after which I came in second. I firmly attribute this to the fact that I was unaware a camera would be needed, or money. Or else I would have been first in both ways, and not just because I was easily seven minutes ahead of the next guy to show up. A new comer to the area decided to follow me after he didn't want to be bothered with the first checkpoint (a tire change, which I got to skip due to an error in wrench sizes and had only to drink some wine instead) and it was nice to be the one getting followed, and not the other way around. Even though I started the race with just that in mind. It was also interesting to yell to keep traffic from plowing him over and fun passing him repeatedly, despite his many gears.

It's bed time for us (8:46pm, EDT!) and I'm off to enjoy the hookah in bed and Cruel Intentions, which Kasey ensures me is one of her happy movies. Peas out, bitches.

- David

Cyclist Killed in VA Beach

Just posted over on AYOBC, but I figured I'd mention it here too.

A 54 year-old cyclist was struck and killed in Virginia Beach in the early morning hours. Apparently a Ford Explorer veered right as they both travelled down the road. No charges have been filed.

This stuff always makes me so sad, whether I read about it in London, NYC, or a few cities over.

- David

Random Pics

Hope your weekends were good, mine is still going. Apologies if that first pic gives anyone impure thoughts. Sinners.

- David

Apologies to the Queen

While testing my Internet connection this morning at work I saw the top half of CNN's front page and spied the image at left without any headlines or other text.

My first thought was, "Hm, I'm wonder if some old cross-dresser has struck a blow for transvestites everywhere." But then I scrolled down to read the caption:

Overnight singing sensation Susan Boyle says she's overwhelmed by the attention coming her way through millions of views on YouTube.

It's probably a bad picture (apparently she broke into song) but man, that lady looks like a British uncle pretending to be an auntie.

- David

OBSESSION

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but just in case I haven't, I have this obsession with new webcomics. If I find one that's good I'll start at the beginning and hell, high water, or herpes can't stop me from finishing it in one go.

So today it's The Everyday, an autobiographical webcomic which are fast becoming my favorite kinds of webcomic. And hopefully what I'll be doing one day.

Anywho, this guy is funny and has good art right off the bat (which is rare for a lot of webcomics) so I hope you enjoy.

- David

Not my bits!

*EDIT*

I had just published this when the next two comics made me LOL, so I'm putting them up too.

Time

It's time to get it together.

Time to go to bed on time.
Time to get up on time.
Time to take all my vitamins regularly.
Time to start stretching.
Time to read more.
Time to get the apartment finished.
Time to stop being angry.
Time to stop being hopeless.
Time to walk the dog.
Time to naively believe again.
Time to talk to my family.
Time for more beer, coffee, tea, and water.  Well, maybe water.
Time to go outside more.
Time to be a better person.
Time to be less scared.
Time to be more healthy.
Time to get read.

Okay.  It's time.