We’re Expecting Spontaneous Triplets!
Date: February 10th, 2011 Category: People, Things Tags: blog, spontaneous triplets [ 1 ]
My wife and I are expecting spontaneous triplets. So, we decided to create a blog to document the experience. Check it out! We’ll be posting thoughts, photos, and other info periodically there. Also, check out our @tripletsblog twitter account.
When I Met My Wife
Date: February 8th, 2011 Category: People Tags: deftones, music, wife [ 0 ]
As I’m working on my “triplets blog” tonight (my wife and I are expecting spontaneous triplets in a few months) I was thinking about the first time we met. I vividly remember her walking toward me, prior to us speaking a single word to each other, and having the overwhelming feeling that I must marry this women ASAP. Heh, weird, right?
Anyway, after we met and went on our first date I remember thinking of this Deftones song (listen to it below) that I’ve always loved.
Deftones – “Digital Bath”
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You move, like I want to
To see, like your eyes do
We are, downstairs where no one can see…
New life break awayTonight I feel like more
Tonight I…You make the water warm
You taste foreign, and I know you can see
The cord break away‘Cause tonight, I feel like more
Tonight I feel like more
I fell like more…
Tonight…You breathed
Then you stopped
I breathed, then dried you off
And tonight I feel, feel like more…
Oh, tonight, I feel like
Feel like more…
Tonight, I feel like more
Feel like more…
Tonight…
2010 U.S. Census Form Includes “Negro” Race?!?
Date: March 26th, 2010 Category: People, Things Tags: 2010 census [ 3 ]
It’s 2010 and we have a black president in office for the first time in our nations history. How far we’ve come, right? Well, that’s what I thought until I opened my census form (click thumbnail image for larger view) a couple days ago. As I filled it out I finally got down to the “race section” where I chose “white”. But, as I scanned further down the form I saw “Black, African Am., or Negro”. WTF?!?
I mean, come on people. This is ridiculous. Who created/approved this? Oh, and why wasn’t “white” expanded to include things like “honky” or “cracker” etc.? Only fair…
I guess today the census people apologized for it. Check out the video interview with the U.S. Census Director for more info (haven’t watched it yet).
My Personality Type (ESTJ)
Date: February 24th, 2010 Category: People Tags: estj, personality type [ 1 ]
One of the jobs I interviewed for recently asked me to take a personality test. Of course I had no issue with that so I took it and here are the results. After reviewing everything I would have to say it’s pretty spot-on.
I am an “ESTJ” personality which means Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging or Extraverted Thinking with Introverted Sensing. Approximately 13% of the American population is like this apparently. Here’s the summary:
You are great at getting things done. You like to run the show and make things happen. You are responsible, conscientious and faithful to your commitments. You like structure and can remember and organize many details. You systematically set about achieving your goals on schedule and as efficiently as possible.
You are driven to make decisions. Often you base your decisions on your own past experience. You are logical, objective and analytical and have great reasoning power. In fact, you are unlikely to be persuaded by anything but logic.
You are realistic, practical and matter-of-fact. You are more interested in “real things” than intangibles, such as abstract ideas and theories. You tend to not be interested in subjects for which you see no practical application. You know what’s happening around you and are concerned primarily with the here and now.
Because you live by a certain set of rules, you are consistent and dependable. You tend to be traditional and interested in maintaining established institutions. You are consistent in your relationships although your emotional and social life is not as important to you as other aspects of life. You are comfortable judging others, and can be a crisp disciplinarian. Your personality type is outgoing, sociable, direct and friendly. You are usually easy to get to know, since “what you see is what you get.”
Interesting. So, I dug a bit deeper. ESTJs generally have the following traits:
- Natural leaders – they like to be in charge
- Value security and tradition
- Loyal
- Hard-working and dependable
- No patience with incompetence or inefficiency
- Excellent organizational abilities
- Enjoy creating order and structure
- Very thorough
- Straight-forward and honest
Of course there must be negatives as well:
- Can be impatient
- Not always OK with change
- Little patience for inefficiency
- Can talk a lot or interrupt frequently (haha!)
- Focuses on present needs at the expense of future ones
All in all pretty interesting. Glad I took the test…
The White Stripes (Documentary) at UC San Diego
Date: February 23rd, 2010 Category: People, Things Tags: films, music, white stripes [ 0 ]
On Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 8:00PM you can check out the White Stripes documentary entitled “Under Great White Northern Lights” at UC San Diego’s The Loft. This is a free showing of the film so get there early. You can check out the film trailer here at the White Stripes official website. You can also check out the extended trailer here on YouTube.
Oh, and if you can’t tell by looking at my blog design, the White Stripes are by far my favorite band! So, you know I’ll be there…
Here’s the synopsis of the film:
From the cinematic genius of Emmett Malloy is spawned this unprecedented account of The White Stripes reality- their unrivaled musicianship, and unfiltered commentaries on life and life on the road, all in the Canadian summer of 2007. Through his 16mm camera lens, Malloy brings to full exposure the essence of Jack and Meg White in his documentary “Under Great White Northern Lights.” The film was conceived from the band’s initiative to do the undone- tour each province in Canada, every reasonable (or unreasonable) nook of the landscape including bowling alleys and city buses, in order to deliver their legendary sound to unsuspecting townspeople and diehard fans alike. And as to be expected, the duo does it all. They play their longest show ever at the Savoy Theater on their 10th anniversary, only to balance it out with a subsequent one-note ensemble. And somewhere between tinkering on old pianos and firing off cannons in an empty field, the band evokes and sustains a most intimate connection with their audience. “Under Great White Northern Lights” illuminates the soul of the White Stripes, their rooted spirit for Rock ‘n Roll, and their unshakable dedication to their fans. As Jack White simplifies it in the film, “from the ocean to the permafrost” he and Meg only come to delivery some of the most unforgettable performances our generation has ever seen.
Daniel Tosh of the show Tosh.0 gets an iPad
Date: February 10th, 2010 Category: People, Things Tags: funny, tv, web [ 0 ]
And look how he uses it. Awesome…
SNL – Fist Fight in the Parking Lot
Date: February 7th, 2010 Category: People, Things Tags: saturday night live, tv [ 1 ]
I love SNL and it was pretty good one last night. My favorite skit was the last one where a wedding band reunites (Bride’s Dad and friends) and plays a punk song called “Fist Fight in the Parking Lot”. Dave Grohl plays drums. Awesome.