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Toughest. Post. Evar.

February 28, 2011 in Critters, Educational by Ben | 5 comments

Because apparently I’m way behind the technical blogger curve and this “video” thing is way beyond my meager abilities. After two computers and five tries, I think this is at least workable.

Ahem.

What am I talking about? Liz over at This Full House has done a vlog (video blog, get it?) about how we say certain words. I thought it looked like fun so I tried it. If I look strange (stranger than usual) it’s because I had to sit a certain way to get the camera and light combination so that you could see and hear me )

So if I can do THIS step right, my video should be on this post. Somewhere.

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I look like a dweeb.

If you’d like to play along, here are the instructions (and please leave me a comment if you do):

If you want to follow along or do the Accent Vlog yourself, here are the words/questions:

Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

  • What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
  • What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
  • What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
  • What do you call gym shoes?
  • What do you say to address a group of people?
  • What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
  • What do you call your grandparents?
  • What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
  • What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
  • What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

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And another new day

February 17, 2011 in Kids, Personal by Ben | 1 comment

I’ve been practicing my deep breathing so much I’m light headed. But maybe it’s helping. But I’m almost out of thin mints.

Random movie quote:

Doctor: Big breaths.

Patient: Yeth, and I’m only thirteen.

So the roller coaster is rolling on, except it doesn’t stop at the station anymore, most of the riders have bailed out at some point, and I feel like alternating between puking and throwing my hands in the air and going “Wheeee!”

Lemme say again, I’m sorry to be so cryptic. I don’t really know the best way to write about what is going on. One of my kids is struggling with some mental health issues, let’s leave it at that, and at the same time his doctor is leaving with no replacement (one of the joys of living in our little town). I’m searching for a doctor that is less than a two hour drive each way, since it may be that we need to see him weekly for a while. And when I think I’m making progress I feel great, and when I hit a brick wall that has suddenly appeared across the highway, not so great.

It’s not all gloom and doom. We’re actually making some progress at school (too soon to declare it to be “good” progress, but it’s progress nonetheless. Here, I’ll say progress a few more times and sound like a politician. Progress progress progress).

On the personal front, I’m focusing on eating, sleeping, working out, sometimes having sex (and not in that order). You know, the important things. We have a new-ish routine at home where everyone (except the damn cat) are pretty much asleep by 10. This means I’m getting behind on my TV shows, but that’s what Tivo is for. The icy cold grip of winter (it got to 17 here! For two days! Crazy!) has relented and the kids are again wearing shorts when they ride their bikes to school.

OverALL, I shouldn’t complain.

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How bout that

September 13, 2010 in Personal by Ben | 1 comment

Did you ever notice I only write anymore when things are going like utter crap?

Huh.

I’m trying not to wallow, or dwell, or whatever the fuck I do. Which means I avoid this place lately. But dayum if I wasn’t hit by a wall of ‘what the fuck’ tonite.

Yeah, well, that’s all for now, I’ve got some things to do. Maybe I’ll come actually write something more than once every six months.

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Having a moment

February 16, 2010 in Personal by Ben

The other day we’re singing in church, a song that we don’t sing very often but I used to back when I was a kid, and for a minute I had the calmest feeling come over me.

And as I’m writing this I’m tempted to write something like “intensely calm” because it was that much of a departure from the way I normally am.

And then I started overthinking it and wondering “I wonder if this is what it’s like for other people? Is this is how church is supposed to make you feel?”

And then it was gone, and I was back to normal, whatever that is. My usual self, full of doubts and worries and fears and horrible black oily stuff that – oh, wait, no, that was on a movie I saw. Anyway, my usual self.

The self that I pretty much hate. But I’m thinking maybe if I keep going to church for another 40 years, I’ll get a moment like that again.

We’ll see.

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