http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-paleo-diet-half-baked-how-hunter-gatherer-really-eat&WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hallucinogens-could-ease-existential-terror

http://sarcasticsarcism.blogspot.com/2013/06/men-vs-women-20-pics.html?spref=fb

This was a good read:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=where-does-identity-come-from&WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook

Now that's class

I've been slacking lately. I've been really busy, so this has sorta taken a back seat and probably will for the next two years or so. But in the mean time, here is a video by request of Alli cutting a mango.

We had so much fun at the cabin this past week for the family reunion. I can't even remember a time when I've had that much fun. Thanks mom and dad for putting it on.

Here is a post of Bastian:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ecjKx8zs0

If you go to this link, you'll see a short video of Bastian. I like the part where he tells the boat to say cheese.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGhDMVqeuR8

This is the youtube video I just finished for work, though it's much better if you click on the video and watch it at Youtube because of the width issue

We had some friends over last night, so we added a little more to the wall. Alli did MIss Piggie and I started work on The Mask.


Bastian took two pees in the toilet yesterday and followed those up with his first healthy log a couple of hours later. Hooray for him! Too bad for all of you though, we didn't take any pictures.

Bastian Playing Cars

Bastian found his nice clean doggie and blanky

Added Kermit to our "Pick a Brick" wall last night.

We're over at Gogo's again for our weekly injection of American Idol....yes, it's a secret pleasure my wife and I share. I remember when we lived in NM all those weeks ago and we saw a youtube video of Adam Lambert singing a remake of some song that we both like and have been major major gay fans ever since. Call me Eve, I don't dare as long as Adam knows how much I love him. "Two snaps in a circle".

Not much new has occurred over the past week. Bastian has made his first friend next door, Abdullah. They are funny together because the other is so kind and Bastian is well....he's a bastard, hence his name. Abdullah's grandparents take care of him while his parents attend ASU's graduate program for biotechnology. Coming from such different backgrounds, it's interesting to see how they play together. I've spent a few hours with his grandparents talking about politics and Pakistan/Afghanistan....I'm not surprised to hear the same longing for peace and equality from them as I have felt having spent months away from our pleasantly high standards of living, and working towards constant diplomacy in my own life. I'm doing a terrible job.

So that's that.

I'm over at Gogo's house doing laundry and scheming. I can't confess just yet, but hopefully I'll have a plan soon.

Bastian is upstairs with Alli watching Monsters Inc, Brooklynn is sick with the flu. Gogo is cooking spaghetti and Grandpa is sleeping. It's all pretty quiet. Nice....

The funeral for Journee (did I spell that right?) was today. It was short but effective. We had some things to do over at the apartments before we went over to Brian's for lunch, so by the time we got there, most everyone was leaving. The laundry wasn't going to do itself, so we left as well. I changed out the fill valve in the hallway bathroom after Devin and I went to HD for the parts and a grab bar/shower head for Mama and Papa. Good times lying on the same bathroom floor where my youngest sister spends her time with the flu bug. My throat feels itchy.

Well, that's about it. Just waiting to geek out over AI tonight...Nobody stands a chance against Adam.

Oh yeah, Adam Barry, that dream is stuck in my mind forever.

Check out this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Happy Easter people. We are in our apartment now and enjoying the opportunity of having our own place. It has been about two years since. It's not quite Hotel Barry, but it's nice. The job is going well. The prior manager, from two managers ago, is still living on the property. He has been really helpful shortening the learning curve adjustment period for me. He's a bit long winded, but he is full of good information, so I listen. Not much else is new. Bastian seems to really like it here as does Alli.

If you have patience through the accent...this is crazy man...I can't wait to get mine.

Well, it's been a while since I've even thought about posting, so lets do a quick update. Alli and I (and Bastian) are back in AZ awaiting the coming fall for school to start. I've picked up a gig that will provide us with a small income and a place to live over the next three years. But, if we consider our track record, it won't last that long. I'm sure we'll find a new place to move to within a year, although I'm not quitting school, so it'll have to be in the area somewhere.
Bastian is talking up a storm these days, and just in time too. Alli is about four months out until the newb pops it's head out and it'll be nice to have one kid that speaks English. I'm just not very good with babies. I find it difficult to rationalize or hold any sort of meaningful conversation with them.
So at this moment, I'm sitting upstairs at my parent's house (again) and writing some more on the book I've been working on for what seems like forever. I've changed it quite a bit because I've read some things lately that have really overdone the topic I was shooting for. I sent out a couple of chapters to some publishing companies and one wrote me back after about a month that requested the full manuscript for consideration. I was excited about that, but for some reason I'm holding back on that idea because I feel like there's something really missing that I'll stumble upon in the future....
Well, I guess that's about it. I'll try and put up some new stuff on the blog here since it's sort in broken record mode.

This is me in all my sexiness

Today, without getting too graphic, Bastian and I were taking a shower and he was trying to fill up this bottle he had with the water that was dripping from the facet. I went wash the shampoo out of my hair and looked down to see that he had switched to filling his glass with the water streaming from my down-unders and couldn't help but laugh out loud. Good times.

So Allison, that's a long drive for you guys, but I'd love it if you could pick me up on Tuesday.

Today was windy. My windmill will need reworking after taking such a beating. It's OK though, I've learned a lot and I'll fix it to be virtually indestructible this time.
I have a job interview out in Phx next week. I hope I'll be able to see you all. I'll be coming alone, sorry B. I'll need someone to pick me up at the airport on Tuesday night around 8 if that works for anyone. Any volunteers? If not, I'll have to start making awkward phone calls....
Well, tomorrow we're going into town to buy a bunch of materials for the little building I'm doing right now. I'll take pictures eventually and show you what we've been up to.
Boring post. If I don't get to blogging again soon enough, good luck Dad.

Is today Monday?
Bastian went to preschool again today and watched the Little Mermaid twice afterwards, so he's found two new things he loves more than anything.
Let's see, in regards to mom's comment, No I'm not worried. I was thinking about a design for another structure here. Excited, would be more applicable.
Anya, I found out what was causing me the sneezes. It was a sleeping-bag that I just starting using. It came from an abyss somewhere and on it's way out, it carried with it tiny little subhumans that crawled into my nose at night and built little farms of itchy micro-cacti. I'm just glad it was moved without too many leftover farmers.
Creepy crawlies are my entertainment at night, I hope they didn't bother you too much Allison. They can be bothersome if they start playing games and the noise level gets outa control. Like this one time, little Joe, he's a beetle with really long antenae, and his dad, big Joe, were have a game of batmitten that brought out the crowd. It got so noisy in here that I could put my hands over my ears and still hear the same thing as when my ears were uncovered. Crazy bugs.

For anyone who wants to know, Bastian didn't poop today. I'm sure it has something to do with the full bag of potato chips he downed the night before. Taking after Grandpa I suppose. I wonder if he'd be down for a celery breakfast...
I'm sitting in bed reflecting on the day in my undies and knee high socks. Didn't get nearly as much done as I would have liked because we had to head into town to spend some more money. That's what we all do, right? Spend. And when we're not spending enough, they start labeling it a recession. What a strange concept.
I'm allergic to something in our room. Every time I get into bed I end up sneezing and then I wake up with a sore throat. I thought about eliminating things one by one to see if I could eventually find the culprit, but I'm too lazy and I really don't care about the sneezing enough. Just thought you'd want to know that too.
Alli is sleeping. Bastian is sleeping. Rob is sleeping. I stayed awake until 230 the other night just thinking. I'm just happy that Alli sleeps fine with the lamp on. At least that way I can watch the creepy crawlies wander around looking for niblets.
Ok, that's enough rambling. Good night moon.