What Would Things Be Like If.....
[ETA: Today is Tuesday 4/5/11. This was supposed to get done Sunday 4/3/11 gut thanks to LJ breaking down this is the first time in days I could post anything. I have no updates for today. Will try again tomorrow.]
I am back! Well I’m going to try to be. I specifically decided not to post on here because I wanted to go back and organize my stuff by tags which still hasn’t gotten done. I did get to writing down all my titles in chronological order so that I won’t end up being redundant.
A lot of stuff happened in March but I don’t remember a lot of it. I don’t think there was anything overly important. Same stuff different days. I have been trying really hard to get my shit together, catch up stuff, organize, and generally do things I’ve been wanting to but put off. Of course as a result there’s a lot of shit that’s a mess and not getting done as a result. Basically I have way too much on my plate and it isn’t helping that I’m not prioritizing. Which is another reason I need to post regularly so I can keep track of what I’m doing, what I’m getting done and what I’m not getting done.
So anyway the most recent news is that my dad turns 85 tomorrow. You’re probably thinking to yourself that I must be one old motherfucker but the truth is well you’ll never know. Men can fertile for a long time is all and well, I didn’t say how old my mother was and seeing as she’s dead that’s not likely a topic I’ll bring up. Anyway dad is still going strong despite the fact that he has or has had almost every disease the ever known to man. We celebrated his birthday yesterday with him and his wife and pretty much every living person he has managed to spread his DNA along too (17 people in all):
Dad, Anne, Me, Lill, Chris, Katie, Lisa, Sabrina, Jerry, Kathy, Jim, Jo, Steve, Zach, Jen, Hailee, Jason
Sis 1
Nephew 1 and his SO and their annoying little dog
Niece 2 (who has no SO) and her daughter
(Niece 1 was not there either because she was working or is fighting w/Sis 1)
Bro 2 and his SO
Bro 3 (or that other dude I am related to via DNA who is divorced, stays…er lives out of town and whose 3 daughters were home)
Sis 3 and her SO
Nephew 2, his daughter and his SO
Nephew 3
It was a chaotic day and maybe wonder “what if” an awful lot
Mainly I wondered WTF everyone was talking about because with that many people in one room especially in this house I couldn’t hear a thing. Sometimes I wish I was went completely deaf and they all had to learn sign language and/or I could just not be present at these things at all. But I don’t have that option anymore and even if I did I couldn’t for this occasion. At least after dinner and desert a lot of people left except my dad, the wife, bro 1 and his wife and bro 2 because apparently my SIL had to have bro 2 check out something on her comp (because bro 2 is some sort of comp whiz which is about the only thing he’s ever been good at). I eventually got tired of twiddling my thumbs and went to join niece 2 and great niece 1 watching The Last Unicorn for the second time.
In other news re my dad that wasn’t brought up last night but was brought up during a recent visit that I meant to post about. He has decided to get married by a Catholic priest. For all intents and purposed my parents were Catholic and my family was raised Catholic. That being said, at this point in time pretty much everyone in my family has a diverse thinking regarding religious beliefs and/or spirituality. I would not categorize Catholicism as one of the primary forms for most of us. Sis (who I live with) is probably the currently most “devout” Catholic and I use that term loosely because she does go to a Catholic church the most often but I can’t say I know where she stands beyond that. I have mentioned that dinner prayers are few and far between and sporadic at best. I think most of us bypassed it yesterday and began to eat however someone and I believe I know who it was decided we have to (as I continue to give bro 2 the stink-eye being his is the most “religious person in our family but is certainly not of the Catholic denomination and is not one of the various other popular ones either for that matter). That was probably a tad more elaboration than I intended. Anyway as far as dad as concerned I have never known him to step foot in any church let alone a Catholic one for pretty much all of my life as far back as I can remember. My mother dragged me to church but if my dad ever went it was when I was most likely when I was jumping off the stairs into a pile of my large collection of stuffed animals. I don’t know about his wife but for as long as they’ve been together (a long time) I have not known either of them to step into a church other than when there was a funeral of which there have been several (or bro 1’s wedding which was also a long long time ago). So when he announced that he wanted he wanted to get married by our neighborhood priest (who has been our neighborhood priest also for al long long time - hell I was an alter boy when he started) I was like *blink - blink - blink - blink*. That was not the biggest shocker. He then said he wanted me to be his main witness *blink - jaw drop - blink - blink*. Why is that so shocking. Because when he did get married I was a young brat going through one hell of a life phase that lasted a long time and right before the ceremony started (they got married by a JOTP) while everyone was there and ready I completely walked out and walked from the wedding hall back home to my mom’s house. So I never saw my dad get (re) married to his current wife. I was not at the ceremony, not at the reception. I don’t remember the fallout exactly. I think my dad was upset for a bit but it didn’t last long. Heck I remember not long ago a worse episode with him than that which laster for a good 5 years. So I was pretty much floored when he just blurted it out. See he couldn’t get married in a church the first time because even though him and my mom were divorced the marriage was never officially dissolved (or annulled) by the church. My mom would never do it. And that was eons ago. Somehow dad found out that because mom is now dead he can now officially get married in the Catholic church. I wanted to ask him WTF is was going through his head with this announcement but I was too much in shock and only managed some blabbering. Also Sis and Chef were in the room and well, I figured I would not make a big deal out of it since the man is as old as God and likely just trying to finagle his way into heaven anyway he can at this point.
So there’s that. Shit it’s almost 3:0am and I haven’t even started to watch one of my Netflix movies. I am trying to get through my queue as quickly as I can because I have somehow managed to get it back up from 250 to 500 in a short period of time and I still have more to put on it. Not to mention I am also trying to get my DVR watch list down and I can barely get it to drop. I am sooooooooo far behind.
OK I have caught up enough for this post. I will try again tomorrow only hopefully not so much. Also gonna try to post other things I find on the web and comment on now that I have a ton more crap added to my Facebook feed and Google reader.
I am back! Well I’m going to try to be. I specifically decided not to post on here because I wanted to go back and organize my stuff by tags which still hasn’t gotten done. I did get to writing down all my titles in chronological order so that I won’t end up being redundant.
A lot of stuff happened in March but I don’t remember a lot of it. I don’t think there was anything overly important. Same stuff different days. I have been trying really hard to get my shit together, catch up stuff, organize, and generally do things I’ve been wanting to but put off. Of course as a result there’s a lot of shit that’s a mess and not getting done as a result. Basically I have way too much on my plate and it isn’t helping that I’m not prioritizing. Which is another reason I need to post regularly so I can keep track of what I’m doing, what I’m getting done and what I’m not getting done.
So anyway the most recent news is that my dad turns 85 tomorrow. You’re probably thinking to yourself that I must be one old motherfucker but the truth is well you’ll never know. Men can fertile for a long time is all and well, I didn’t say how old my mother was and seeing as she’s dead that’s not likely a topic I’ll bring up. Anyway dad is still going strong despite the fact that he has or has had almost every disease the ever known to man. We celebrated his birthday yesterday with him and his wife and pretty much every living person he has managed to spread his DNA along too (17 people in all):
Dad, Anne, Me, Lill, Chris, Katie, Lisa, Sabrina, Jerry, Kathy, Jim, Jo, Steve, Zach, Jen, Hailee, Jason
Sis 1
Nephew 1 and his SO and their annoying little dog
Niece 2 (who has no SO) and her daughter
(Niece 1 was not there either because she was working or is fighting w/Sis 1)
Bro 2 and his SO
Bro 3 (or that other dude I am related to via DNA who is divorced, stays…er lives out of town and whose 3 daughters were home)
Sis 3 and her SO
Nephew 2, his daughter and his SO
Nephew 3
It was a chaotic day and maybe wonder “what if” an awful lot
Mainly I wondered WTF everyone was talking about because with that many people in one room especially in this house I couldn’t hear a thing. Sometimes I wish I was went completely deaf and they all had to learn sign language and/or I could just not be present at these things at all. But I don’t have that option anymore and even if I did I couldn’t for this occasion. At least after dinner and desert a lot of people left except my dad, the wife, bro 1 and his wife and bro 2 because apparently my SIL had to have bro 2 check out something on her comp (because bro 2 is some sort of comp whiz which is about the only thing he’s ever been good at). I eventually got tired of twiddling my thumbs and went to join niece 2 and great niece 1 watching The Last Unicorn for the second time.
In other news re my dad that wasn’t brought up last night but was brought up during a recent visit that I meant to post about. He has decided to get married by a Catholic priest. For all intents and purposed my parents were Catholic and my family was raised Catholic. That being said, at this point in time pretty much everyone in my family has a diverse thinking regarding religious beliefs and/or spirituality. I would not categorize Catholicism as one of the primary forms for most of us. Sis (who I live with) is probably the currently most “devout” Catholic and I use that term loosely because she does go to a Catholic church the most often but I can’t say I know where she stands beyond that. I have mentioned that dinner prayers are few and far between and sporadic at best. I think most of us bypassed it yesterday and began to eat however someone and I believe I know who it was decided we have to (as I continue to give bro 2 the stink-eye being his is the most “religious person in our family but is certainly not of the Catholic denomination and is not one of the various other popular ones either for that matter). That was probably a tad more elaboration than I intended. Anyway as far as dad as concerned I have never known him to step foot in any church let alone a Catholic one for pretty much all of my life as far back as I can remember. My mother dragged me to church but if my dad ever went it was when I was most likely when I was jumping off the stairs into a pile of my large collection of stuffed animals. I don’t know about his wife but for as long as they’ve been together (a long time) I have not known either of them to step into a church other than when there was a funeral of which there have been several (or bro 1’s wedding which was also a long long time ago). So when he announced that he wanted he wanted to get married by our neighborhood priest (who has been our neighborhood priest also for al long long time - hell I was an alter boy when he started) I was like *blink - blink - blink - blink*. That was not the biggest shocker. He then said he wanted me to be his main witness *blink - jaw drop - blink - blink*. Why is that so shocking. Because when he did get married I was a young brat going through one hell of a life phase that lasted a long time and right before the ceremony started (they got married by a JOTP) while everyone was there and ready I completely walked out and walked from the wedding hall back home to my mom’s house. So I never saw my dad get (re) married to his current wife. I was not at the ceremony, not at the reception. I don’t remember the fallout exactly. I think my dad was upset for a bit but it didn’t last long. Heck I remember not long ago a worse episode with him than that which laster for a good 5 years. So I was pretty much floored when he just blurted it out. See he couldn’t get married in a church the first time because even though him and my mom were divorced the marriage was never officially dissolved (or annulled) by the church. My mom would never do it. And that was eons ago. Somehow dad found out that because mom is now dead he can now officially get married in the Catholic church. I wanted to ask him WTF is was going through his head with this announcement but I was too much in shock and only managed some blabbering. Also Sis and Chef were in the room and well, I figured I would not make a big deal out of it since the man is as old as God and likely just trying to finagle his way into heaven anyway he can at this point.
So there’s that. Shit it’s almost 3:0am and I haven’t even started to watch one of my Netflix movies. I am trying to get through my queue as quickly as I can because I have somehow managed to get it back up from 250 to 500 in a short period of time and I still have more to put on it. Not to mention I am also trying to get my DVR watch list down and I can barely get it to drop. I am sooooooooo far behind.
OK I have caught up enough for this post. I will try again tomorrow only hopefully not so much. Also gonna try to post other things I find on the web and comment on now that I have a ton more crap added to my Facebook feed and Google reader.