Lego Land Fun

I'm always amazed at the fun you can have being a kid.  I took my kids to Lego Land yesterday - and it was awesome!  The people there...attending...wow!  Tired and depressed stay at home parents...Grandparents that were confused by the whole scene and bus loads of day camp kids...WOW...My daughter who wanted to rock one of the rides gave me the chance to sit and stand in awe of how these camp kids were acting and treated...one little girl could not understand why the ride would stop...couldn't do it...balled each time...all I wanted to do was strangle her...it stops so people can get on and off sweatie...JACK ASS...camp counselor was rude and refused to help the kid...plus I'm pretty sure that kid crapped her pants so yaay us standing in line for twenty minutes...but enough about poopy pants! 

My thought was that I loved the fact that if you let yourself go and shed the worry of looking like a kid you can have TONS OF FUN! 

So your homework...act like a kid for just a bit...you'll thank me for it!

help me help me

I'm a strange bird...and I'm so I'm naturally one who puts out all my internal thoughts and put them out in the universe here and well to almost any of my friends...something my wife hates...something I don't mind doing...when I was a kid...I would fear even saying anything that could possibly make me different...But now...MEH...bring it on...not that anyone reads it here but I'll keep writing!  I'm pretty spent...I'm over 60 days without work and have now...begun to ENJOY being a deadbeat...I sleep in each day because well I can...and my kids have learned how to make their own cereal and don't want to wake us up because they're hooked on youtube and minecraft...so well I'll take it!  I like to make food for everyone...but jesus...I'm a pretty good employee...and i can't get a sniff of a job...seriously...not at all!  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

But do I really want a sniff...oh ya...cause bills and kids are expensive...so help me help me!

Dreams will be the death of me...

Those who know me, know that I have some of the craziest dreams of any around.  We're talking full movie type dreams.  Normally filled with a crazy amount of frustration - walking barefoot, stuck in tight space, partially blind...it drives me crazy but that's just the start.  I regularly have dreams where I'm sadly under-dressed...and I'm not talking about wearing jeans to a wedding...I'm talking wearing a bathrobe to a company meeting or just my undies in school...oh I forgot....I still rock the old late for a class or haven't studied the whole quarter and now have my final dream...I haven't been in school for more than 15 years and I wake up dealing with this...and I believe it most of time...my point is that I'm always dreaming...even during the day...I'm a day dreamer as well...playing the what if game all the time - it's something I don't want to give up but getting old makes that hard! 

Tell me about your dreams...sub-conscience or day dreamed up!

Comments on the internets are the land of Jerks...

I'm an internet guy....quick Google searches at the drop of a hat...cause well I like answers!  But aside from that I like to read opinions interesting things on Buzzfeed, Facebook or Twitter and I'm still shocked at how freaking mean folks are.  When did we lose our ability to just keep our attitudes to ourselves...I guess that would be when the internet allowed us to spew hate with the protection of not really having to be accountable for it.  Today I saw an article about one man's experience with losing his job and how his kids reacted to his loss of a job...I thought it was a pretty tame article but was shocked at the outpouring of negative and downright mean notes back to him.  One even was a blast at our President - wha?  How many times have you seen someone take a harmless post to a disgusting place?  All the time - I am lucky to have not had any of that yet - and I say yet because I know there are trolls out there waiting to troll me!

What have you seen out there? 

If a blog is written and nobody reads it...does it exist?

 So I've been doing this for about a month...I guess...But I've received no feedback...so at this point I'm pretty confident this is just my version of verbal masturbation.  I'd like to think there are loads of folks out there waiting for my next post...that at some point I'll see my "views" jump by thousands...but that's up to you!  And like I said....not sure that's in the cards....but a kid can dream can't I?  I guess I should promote this...buy ads...buy time...buy space...pay google to put me on a list...but what fun is that?  Should I break news?  Should I talk about celebrities?  About how insane the dirt back in GA is for leaving his son to die in a hot car while he sent pictures of his dong to some teenager...or how I'm blown away that Gaza is at a point where bombs and rockets land daily...Maybe it's about me...that my basement flooded...that many of my treasures are soaked and moldy and stinking...

Maybe it should be about the World Cup!  But when the USA and Mexico lost it took some steam out of my sails...Should I tweet...should I Facebook...Should I linked in this pig?  Probably not...I'll just keep plugging away in my little part of the world...so read on readers!

Kinda like seeing your ex with a sign saying...Looking for new mate

Well if you've been with me during my time here on this blog, you'll know that I've been dismissed from a job that I was pretty good at...sixty days later I find myself still searching for a new job...today...during my regular morning routine...coffee...email...linkedin...job search sites for Chicago and the nation...blah blah blah...today...the sad state of affairs came calling!  My old job posting popped up in my search for jobs...OOPS...it's like seeing your ex on a blind date...or simply walking down the street with a sign saying...hey...looking for new mates...anyone out there...let's hook up and see what magic we can make..of course my first thought is to apply...I mean I was good at it :)  My former team would love it...and I'd love a new paycheck again...living off one's savings and 401k isn't the best for the ego...ya dig?

But now I watch Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, a show I love, a show I watch each day because it reminds me that working is a thing I love to do!  I'm good at working!  Hell I think it's all I'm good at...Should I just become a ditch digger...like the guy at the end of "Office Space" or like Judge Shmails said - "...the world needs ditch diggers Danny..."

But hell I went to college...spend a boat load of cash to go...I can't dig in dirt for a living...UGH...what is the answer? 

Does a vacation ever really relax you?

Okay I'm fresh off a "vacation" and while I expected some R and R I pretty much got none...but that seems par for the course!  This is especially since we had kids...I'm pretty sure the kids loved every second...just like I did when i was a kid...but now i understand why my folks never seemed to fully enjoy our trips...of course when you grow up you have to worry about things like paying the tab...eating out...boat trips...fun fun fun...all costs money...

We went camping...which my wife and I thought was going to be a cheap vacation...UM..let's say it's not...especially when you go with a couple that enjoys GLAMPING...yes GLAMPING...this is not ..the camping I did as a kid...but you know what...it's also good...because I'm old to be doing this stuff...sleeping on the floor...again if you've read any of these you'll know that I'm a man of larger carriage...meaning I'm a big boy...so despite a blow up mattress...my big ass was on the ground each night...thanks cheap mattresses!  well not cheap but maybe user error?

Fact - it's worth every minute of it because the kids LOVE it!  But I tell you camping ain't cheap!  Rounds with drinks, bug spray, ICE...Beer...man it adds up! like BIG time! So my question is...does anyone actually get relaxed on vacation?  We went with another couple and I can tell you they brawled and had no fun...that is a post by itself...getting along with your spouse when others around you are not can be tough...seems like the bad mojo can bleed over and cause issues without notice.  Well I'm going to get back to relaxing from my non-relaxing vacation...did I mention my basement flooded?  Ya...good times folks...next time maybe next time I'll just stay home