The Art of Potty Training and Random Follow-ups

Is there really an art to it? Honestly I thought it would be much, much harder. Reagan had maybe 2-3 accidents the first week but has transitioned to "big girl" status with no problems or issues at all. We even let her go to bed without a pull-up and she managed to make it through the whole night incident free. She also let us sleep the entire night without having to get up for a visit to the potty.
Dylan...he views the toilet as a way to stall bedtime. He couldn't care less about Spiderman underwear at this moment in his life. Oh well, at least we don't have to buy diapers for 2.

Random Followups....

* although the Tourney isn't over, I am out of the running for the prize money. Damn you Kansas, Texas A&M

* My van is no longer contributing to the Global Warming problem (at least no more than any other vehicle)

* This weekend may be the weekend I get a kite in the air. If I don't, I'll blame the kite and buy a new one

* Got my replacement IPod after 3 weeks of misery. I am now 114 songs into my day.

* I still don't deserve my wife...

* I scored a 100 on my Air Force Fitness Test. Ran 1.5 miles in 9:15 seconds...I almost died I think

*I may go fishing tomorrow. I would love to take the kids but I'm afraid they would
A. be bored
B. Fall in
C. Fall in

* Anyone have any Bonsai tricks???

Random Thoughts

* Loved the movie 300, I don't think I coulda been a Spartan back then. Too much yelling and spit flying...


* Reagan's doing so good with her potty training. She does not want to pee on her Princess underwear. Dylan....that's another story

* I'm pulling for Kansas to win this years tourney. Not that I'm a fan, it would help my pool...

* Global warming is real, too bad my van is contributing to the problem...

* I suck at flying kites. At least the getting them up in the air part...

* My new IPod died. It was less than 3 weeks old. WTF?!?!?

* If there's one thing I could change about me, it would be my voice...

* I don't deserve a woman like my wife...

* If it wasn't for 9/11, there would be no Dylan and Reagan, I honestly believe that...
* It bothers me that Tiffany doesn't put on her seatbelt until she's halfway down the street...

* My Physical Fitness test is on Friday and I'm sick.....

* I don't have a favorite song....

* This may be my favorite website....... http://postsecret.blogspot.com

* Almost time to start fishing again.....

* I still have the first fish I caught here in the freezer, don't tell my wife.....

* I need to take swimming lessons....

* I'm so glad I didn't join the Army

* I want to vote for Obama, not because he's black, but because he seems to be the most sincere.

I admit though, I don't know too much about him...

* I love bonsai trees. I would love them more if I could grow one without killing it...

My Weird Taste in Music......


Someone once looked at my CD binder a few years ago and told me I had weird taste in music. I remember getting laughed at by Ebony (can''t remember her last name but yeah, she was black) in 8th grade for having a tape of Gun's N Roses in a cassette holder on band field trip. Everyone laughed because I guess it was funny for a "black" kid to have rock music in 1990. I was kinda embarrassed when it happened. I didn't know I was only supposed to listen Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em or Ice, Ice, Baby.

My ears were always attracted to different music. I had a good friend at the time named Jeremy who was infatuated with Def Leppard. I would come over and he'd have all these Hair Bands plastered all over his wall and Pour Some Sugar on Me playing at least twice an hour. "Dude, I love this song!!!!" he would say. No shit?! Poison, White Snake, what the hell?!?! The names were so cool!! How could I not want to listen to this? So I gave these bands a chance and what the hell!?!? I did like it!


My friend Tyrone was a big Ice Cube fan. We would just walk to the gym rapping the lyrics to AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted. It was ok to dance to Hip Hop back then so our little clique would just listen to rap and have a good time. Hip Hop was a part of my life but admittedly, not as much as other kids. I didn't know the lyrics word for word of Run DMC or LL Cool J...well maybe LL. I think it was because my group of friends were so diverse and of course I had a Filipino mother who loved filipino music.

I was being constantly bombarded sonically by Jeremy's Hair Bands, Tyrone's (friend) Ice Cube, my father's 60's and 70's R & B, my mothers Imelda Papin (filipino singer), and Mr. Benard's (band teacher) sheet music. No wonder I like all this crap!!! But it wasn't cool at the time to be as musically diverse. I remember Aaliyah talking about how much she loved Nine Inch Nails and Jay Z and Kanye West both admit to liking alternative and rock music. They had to have liked these genres when they were younger, right? Did they have to hide their likes in fear of being capped in the hood? I would like to think so.

So what about these days you ask? Well, I learned to play the guitar not to long ago so now it's on to a whole new group of artists and bands. I see myself almost like a vine that grows and wraps itself around something for a while before growing more and grabbing something else. My wife seems to think I get obsessive over different artists. Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Jack Johnson and now Amos Lee. Maybe a little bit. But I like what I like and I don't think it's weird or uncool anymore. I kind drive down the road, pull up next to another car at a light, with my windows down and be just as comfortable playing Phil Collins as I would Nas. I'm too old to be cool. So what if a "black" guy owns an N'Sync or a Metallica. It's not weird or stupid or uncool. It's just me being diversified and I love it.

Hallelujah Hollaback!!!