2023 seemed like a tumultuous year for the world. You've got wars, strikes, and poorly performing box office, and while it's technically 2024, Japan rang in the new year with an earthquake and tsunami. Hopefully, it's not a sign of things to come. While I have yet to look back yet, I think 2023 was a pretty decent year for me with maybe only a ( Read more... )

I might as well get this out of the way first. Yesterday morning I came downstairs and followed my mom into the kitchen. I noticed she was crying, so I asked what was wrong. She said Doug died last night. All I could say was "Oh," and wait for that to sink in. It wasn't completely unexpected, but still hits you pretty hard. He had stopped breathing ( Read more... )

I wanted to take some time before writing this because I knew as soon as I started writing it, I was going to start breaking down. So, I'm not sure when exactly this is going to go up on my blog. OK, here we go. On Thursday, May 13th, we made the extremely difficult decision to have Luke put to sleep. Yes, I can't even explain how hard this is. It' ( Read more... )

First of all, just an off topic aside. RIP to the legendary Prince. I never imagined he would die young like MJ. It's hard to believe. I never got into Prince much, but I did love some of his songs. Goodbye and goodnight Purple One.

I finished off season three of The Sarah Jane Adventures. I'm getting closer and closer to getting into the classics ( Read more... )

So, I'm late in sharing this update since I kept forgetting. I remember now though so, here it is. I was heartbroken over the deaths of David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Both fantastic entertainers. I'm a fan of both. David Bowie was like the soundtrack of my life and that was tough news to swallow. I wasn't hurt as hard by Alan Rickman's death and I ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Kourtnei and my brother decided to have Duncan put to sleep. Reason being is his aggressiveness got out of hand. It got to the point where he couldn't be around any dogs because he would attack them on sight. There also was at least one case where he bit a person too. They felt like they couldn't take Duncan outside anymore. Thus became ( Read more... )

2015 is right around the corner, so let's take a look at some things that happened over the year 2014. This is my 2014 Year In Review ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went with my family to Rita's (my uncle's mother's) memorial. They never held a funeral for her, or if they did, there were no invitations sent out. This memorial was held two months after her passing. I didn't really know anybody there besides people from my own family. It was a nice affair. They held the service in a park. My uncle ( Read more... )

Long time, no post. I'm deeply heartbroken over the loss of Robin Williams. He was my favorite actor when I was a kid. I think I even did a report on him in school once. Asked me who my favorite actor was back then and my answer was him. He brought me so many memories and laughter over the years. I'm sorry he was unable to get the help he needed ( Read more... )

This is hard for me to write, but I just wanted to chronicle it here for the record, and I'm sorry if it's too graphic. I had to say goodbye to Franklin yesterday. Yes, he was two years of age, which is the average life span for a rat, but it's not been easy. He first started getting paralysis in his hind legs two weeks ago, which is common in ( Read more... )