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Happy Anniversary

Three years, today.... I'm I'm still not sick of ya!

I love you Chloe.

Maybe we can go out to eat, I'll gum myself some mashed potatoes and Jello.

'Tis the Season...

...to be a Zombie, Fa la LA la LAAA, la laaa laaa mmmbraaaaains


I love Halloween. Not because I'm susceptible to the incessant marketing and ploys by corporationy America to siphon you for all your money, but because of the campy macabre, and sweet sweet parties that come with the true holiday season. Chloe and I were married on Halloween, 2004. That was one of the best events EVAR; up there with the Carnival, the fall of Rome, and Esha's 8th birthday.

the Tooth Ferry

I am having all four of my wisdon teeth removed this Friday. The 26th. I'm taking the day off of work, so a small Asian man can put his hands in my mouth with a pair of pliers and yank out part of my head.

I am not looking forward to it. I've been told to not use a straw until the stitches come out. OK. I've also been told to sleep sitting up. er... OK. Any other pointers from the peanut gallery? Perhaps I need to have my jaw wired shut? My eyeballs removed so you can pour drink down my gullet through my sinuses?

In any case, drop me some of your favorite links for the interwebs, and make some movie suggestions for the while i'm home and convelescing that weekend. If you're nearby, you can say hello and rub my feet. In any case, I'll keep you updated on my discomfort.

Tabasco on my Eggy Weggs

This is a feel good video. Don't worry, it's not a "touch yourself and feel good" video.

Down with cowardice!

Ok. So as soon as it went up, it is now down. I've decided that to remain on the outskirts of gauche, I must remove my overly gorpy wish list. (ask me personally fo the definition of "gorpy"). I am not a cam girl, nor do i want anyone to know I'd like to purchase Morticia Stewart's Home Goth Makeover book series. Sorry list. Buh bye.

Stealing a Pique

I suppose i should spend more time writing when I'm thoroughly content. Like most humans, when there is conflict, the brain reacts. In my case, these head butts spurned trails of meandering thought that result in some modicum of coherent text that i don't mind sharing. With Chloe being so healthy these days, i usually roam the Earth with a perpetual shit-eating grin taking life in as it's thrown at me, rotten tomatoes, bad drivers, unexpected death and all. Life for all it's left turns, is good, and I am enjoying it. Just wanted to leave something to savor for the two of you who read this page.

On a side note, I met quite a cool clan of Google-ites and friends of friends last night. I think some new friendships are a brewing. It's rare that i feel so comfortable with a new group. I usually have to test the waters with my humor, starting around PG and working my way up through R, NC-17 and above. Here, all of our quirks were received (as Journey says), with open arms. This experience is refreshing, like taking a deep breath in a walk-in freezer.

Caving in to Internet Consumerism

I have shamelessly added my Amazon.com wishlist to the "linkness" on the right. ->

I only have one more comment: If you by chance want to buy me a comic book from the list, don't. Tell Chloe, and she will get her "hot chick" discount from our local comic book store. The books are merely in the list for reference. :D

Lucid Life

Sometimes I feel like I'm walking around with my own hand up my ass, making my head talk out of sync with my thoughts. I am a giant mutant self-puppeted ventriloquist dummy. I need a pancake.

King of Kong

I'm anticipating this almost as much as i am Heath Ledger as the Joker.

Jesus was a Mormon Pt 3 (What's a Pederast?)

I have some MORE pics.

This is a better view of the main "stage" area. Can you spot the $600 pair of heels?


Here is the SupperClub supplied dandy traveling backrub. Unfortunately the muscle-knot remover isn't covered with the meal cost.

Here she is again, this time removing the back of Chloe's skull to get at the brain.

Jesus was a Mormon Pt. 2 (or Quintana has Balls)

As my buddy Ryan would say, "Yeah... Well."

Yeah, well indeed. A lot of life happened between then and now. Chloe is still on the mend, and we both are looking forward to our next trip back to the SupperClub. I promised pictures, so will simply let them do the talking.

Some preface:
SupperClub is a nightclub/bed. I don't know how other to put it. Imagine a bordello designed by the masters at IKEA. There's about 200 feet of bed on a balcony, where all the patrons cozy up to each other on white sheets. It is a nice icebreaker.

Below is the kitchen, and a large dance floor, as well as more bed and overflow tables. Everyone is hot. There's plenty of airflow. It's difficult to be as drunk as we were and not keep the Black Cherry Bombs from spilling on to our cushy accommodations. I think i was a very good boy and managed to not bite anyone who wasn't in our party. Oop, I've been reminded that i did take a nip at the butt of one of Stacy Kiebler's friends (see below).

Some identities have been obscured for the sake of... obscuring identities. Enjoy.

This young lady was our server. She tried to climb into my "to go" box.

An opera performance, lauded by Chloe. This performer greeted
everyone wearing black duct tape over her mouth.

Me, enjoying myself.

This fella was our busboy.


The ladies sharing our bed. The second one from the right
looked like Stacy Kiebler.I refused to go home with her,
even after her repeated, increasingly aggressive
requests. Too skinny. I bit the butt on the right.

Our host(ess) for the evening.


Our host(ess) with much fewer pieces of apparel.

Sir Spam-a-Lot rallying the crowd.

The dance floor. No one moved like the D.

Our friends, old and new, without whom we'd
have just been watching Lebowski at home.

A Room With a View

I was checking my email, and this is the view i had from my computer desk. I was first drawn to the commotion, and then i realized there was a bikini clad Asian vixen in high heels. This required some more direct attention.

It looked like they were filming something for film class. A short skit about the unlucky business man and the proverbial unobtainable bikini clad Asian vixen in high heels.

I called my wife over to witness the event, not only to justify the slight oddity of the situation, but to subvert any perversion that could be derived from me staring out the window at a barely clothed chick flanked by a bunch of drooling (yet pretending no to be) guys.

Who cares. I know Eduardo would want to see this, so i grabbed a camera and took these shots. For my friend, see!? For proof!

I like my apartment. I like my apartment building. I like my neighborhood. I like random girls in bikinis and high heels. It seems like a natural thought process. I suspect if i change the subject to pancakes, no one will follow? I had a single pancake for dinner. I like pancakes.

On a side note; I need a new camera. I'm creating a PayPal account to start taking donations. I will post tomorrow.

Less is More

After nearly three months of recovery, sprinkled with soreness and all-out pain, it seemed that Chloe's comfort wasn't improving much after the extensive surgery. She went back for a full exam, and they discovered some new developments in the same region.

A cyst had developed on Chloe's left ovary; this one twice the size of its host. The shape was irregular, so extra fluid was suspected to be surrounding it, as well as extending into her left fallopian tube. The initial suggestions from the doc were these:

1. See if the hormones Chloe was now taking would have an impact on the offending region. Perhaps this would pass as a normal cycle.

2. Surgery. Immediately.

We had just gone through this. We knew what the aftermath of an invasive surgery would entail. Chloe has been ill since March, and is simply sick of being sick, and all of this is taking a massive drain on the both us. Perspectives have shifted. Our lives have changed. This terrible invasion into our well-being has made us only stronger as individuals, and cemented our relationship more tightly than a midget with a construction helmet and Superglue. For those friends and acquaintances reading this blog, beware, as our vow, our wedding promise of world domination, has begun to come to fruition.

After a little bit of convincing from a loving husband, and most of it coming from the "mom sage," Chloe opted for #2. Why fuck with it? We're lucky she didn't, because the doctor only had a best guess without looking at the trouble directly, and the diagnosis changed dramatically once she could get a direct look.

I'll save the details for Chloe to divulge, but in the meantime i can say the following.

Chloe is a powerhouse, a potent example of strength. Once she was opened up, it was observed that her condition wasn't one easily tolerated by most humans. The pain she was experiencing would have dropped anyone to their knees every time it decided to take a random jab. Her sentiment was always, "Hrm, I'm just a little tender today."

There were pieces removed. Fortunately, this also didn't take away our ability to procreate (although it has affected the chances of it happening simply, and without the help of a third party). Don't be sad for us. Feel our muscles. We are now strong with health, and have always been bulging with humor and the enjoyment of existence. We are the coveted life; the couple that "look so happy together."

We are simply tired. And we need some movies to watch. Leave a comment and make a suggestion.

Jesus was a Mormon

This is the first part of likely many. Dinner has bloated me and i can't go on.

Last weekend, i went with some friends, old and new, to a San Francisco venue called "SupperClub." What a restaurant. The food was a 3 of 5, but the event was a 5.

The limo arrived behind us like a government agent on the trail of his first kill, or like a shark sleekly and almost nonchalantly stalking a box fish. It couldn't be here for us, but we were informed otherwise. We pulled up to J's around 5:45, prepared to do the big "surprise!" yell to D as she passed through the threshold while she discovered her carriage for the evening. I was dissapointed to find out she had to be told of the impending ride to whip herself into presentable shape before it started to cost.

I looked like, well, me. Quasi-business, semi-rockabilly. Chloe looked like a fetish model straight off the pages of Joanna's Angels, with the exception that she was as live as a Nine Inch Nails concert.

J and D, as always, looked not only stunning, but nearly unrecognizable from our 'childhood' together. "Saucy" is the word that immediately comes to the frontal lobes, but that is an understatement. "Pimp" is overkill, as they wouldn't be doing any trading of sex for money. Sex is free 'round dese parts. I think "good" is enough to leave it open to subjectiveness.

We (the wife, J&D and I) poured into the limo and begun our adventure. It's good to have friends who work for Google.

The trip itself was great. We hadn't seen J&D long enough for J to grow a hedge off his chin. It looked like he had been eating the chest of an Iranian disco dancer on the prowl. D is simply always prime USDA. She's really why they built the Hubble telescope; spying on hot chicks is the "hobby" of its operators. To have these characters warmly pressed up against you in a car is an adventure in and of itself.

To be continued... with pics!

Moving Pictures

We did it. Our previous lease was officially up, and we have moved into our new joint in downtown San Jose.

A few boxes remain. They contain mostly pictures. As it turns out, we lost roughly 200 square feet. That's a lot of wall space. I'm thinking we'll start hanging the frames from the ceiling.

Wish List

I think i have the first item for my proverbial "Internet wish-list."

A good chuckle...

For some reason, this reminds me of my buddy, Adam.

Not So Peachy

I am at work now, and i'm sure someone from the office is going to read this and hound me, "Dude! you're blogging on work time!."

I'll retort with the fact i was in the office @ 7:15 already in full swing. With that out of the way...

Damn! I've had two new batches of peaches, and still have been let down. Yesterday's from Nob Hill was close but didn't quite match up to Devine Peach #1. Round three this morning is from Albertson's. It's the same, if not just similar grower as the sticker matches exactly the Nob Hill batches. The one i just bit into tastes like German candy - similar texture, but not enough sugar.

The hunt is still on.

Peachy

I worked out tonight. An hour and a half. I know tonight I'll sleep fine, and wake up chipper with a chubby scary enough to cause my wife to jealously interrogate me on who i was writhing with in my dreams. Tomorrow during the day I'll question my efforts as it'll feel like I did nothing. Two days from now, in the early afternoon, I'll get up from my desk to drink some green tea, and i wont be able to raise my arms without whimpering. That's how it works. One day you're a man, the next you're a wolf. (sorry, watching American Werewolf in London).

When i got in from the gym i was inspired to sing a song. I don't know how to sing, let alone play guitar, but i started on both and enjoyed myself for a good half hour in unintelligible lyrics muffled by sloppy strumming. "kitty sometimes has poo on his butt, i think the hair on his ass i will cut..."

Of course that morphed into a song about Chloe's wonderful attributes. When something is in your house as epic as my wife's ass, you must serenade it in swooning song.

Workout. Singing. Hungry. Snack. I recently got peaches at Nob Hill on Nick's suggestion. They were overwhelming. Bite after bite, my wife's posterior fell further into non-existence. This peach, this fruit handed down from god, to Raley's, to Nob Hill, to me, was nurtured its entire life specifically to satisfy my taste buds. It punched me. They say when someone is in a traumatic life-threatening accident, their life flashes before their eyes. If this is true, this peach was taking fatal blows. I watched as the juice escaped through my slurping and left a glossy streak down the curve of fine fur.

"slurp, yum... slurp, oh god..."

"Chloe, you gotta eat one of these!"

I ran to the fridge and grabbed the next one. "Here." I jutted out my arm as if it were burning my hand.

I could see the anticipation and she licked her lips. It let out an impressive snap as she broke its skin. Nothing. You could see it in her eyes. She got a bad one. I took a bite. Yep, hard and crunchy, more like an apple than a peach. Must have been from another batch. I immediate ran back to the fridge to grab another. I kept hers for myself. She had to experience the glory of my first fruit high.

Peach #3. What the fuck... no where near #1. This one Chloe finishes. It's good, but good like having to release your own tension, not a marathon sex session with the goddess Rose McGowan.

What an absolute dissapointment. I've had the greatest peach in human history... and it was the only one of the bunch. We've eaten three between us. There's one more in the fridge. My bowels tremble in fear, as one more attempt will force a bout of the skitters, and possibly sleepless night.

One more try... The first bite is close. Handed off to Chloe. "Emm, i9've had better."

I take a bite myself and believe it. The peach certainly cant go to waste, and it is still very good, but it starts to make my tongue raw.

I know I'll be chasing the dragon like a junkie. That first high, the divine nature of that first experience. In ten years I'll be homeless, making a cardboard camp in front of fruit stands from shore to shore, and when the grocer's back is turned i'll be taking my bite of each peach, turning it's exposed flesh face down and back into the stack as i sneak that next bite... chasing the dragon. I fear i won't find it again. and with that, a song about peaches.