Originally published at Whip It Into Shape. Please leave any comments there.

Every time I talk these days, I keep hearing my voice and thinking more and more that I sound like my father. From tone, inflection, the general sound of it all. And that pretty much scares me because it just keeps feeling like I’m falling into that trap that I don’t want ( Read more... )

Originally published at Whip It Into Shape. Please leave any comments there.

These totally float my boat. There’s just something fun about making them all pretty-fied like this.

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Well, not mine!

The girls are off on their summer vacation with their mother to North Carolina, though this week is only eight days instead of the usual fourteen or so because of work issues. Still, when the girls are away, dad gets stuff done. This vacation has two projects in store for me around the house to get done with my partner in crime, Kim ( Read more... )

It’s been a pretty busy few days, but a pretty great few days, outside of the usual things that come up with two young girls that conflict with each other at times and have their own issues. For the second year in a row, the girls and I went up to York Beach in Maine for a vacation. Last year we did it for like two nights, this time for five, with ( Read more... )

There’s something to be said for adding things you get amused by with trailers and then eventually watching them. Today saw four new discs in from Netflix.

Hobo With A Shotgun
Sanctum
13 Assassins
Just Go With It

What a combination.

The Fourth of July weekend, as many friends will attest to, is an awkward one for those dealing with the anime side. Many fans end up flocking to Anime Expo for the holiday and the industry folks as well as those that report on it spend plenty of time covering it, even if you do it from afar like I have. For me, being on the east coast, California ( Read more... )

One of the fun things I got to do in the last month is to get Miria’s new bedroom organized just a touch. The big event was getting Amethyst into her new room, but I wanted to give Miria a little something extra for her room. Back in March, we saw the Justin Bieber movie together with Kim and afterward I got her a couple of shirts and a couple of ( Read more... )

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