I always find it funny when drivers (myself included) use the turn signal when the turn signal is totally unnecessary. For instance, there is a street in the neighborhood that makes a 90° turn to the right, but is not an intersection, and I find myself using my blinker sometimes. Just this morning, someone in the parking garage used their blinker to indicate that they were going to go up the ramp, which was the only possible direction for him/her to go. Totally unnecessary. (Yes, I got nothing much to write about today! )
My two boys! I am proud that they are turning into nice boys. I’m also proud of my wife. She’s awesome.
Soup
What is the best thing youve ever won as a prize?
I am not sure I have won anything as a prize. Mental block!
Salad
Name something you do that is a waste of time.
Some would say video games are a waste of time. I disagree.
Main Course
In what year of your life did you change the most?
I think I have been pretty much the same throughout my life. But if I had to choose, I guess I’d have to say 1984, which was when I was in High School. I stopped taking everything so seriously, although I don’t think I was ever a really serious person.
Dessert
Where is a place you consider to be very tranquil?
Kamakura, Japan is a very tranquil place. Not just the temples, but the town itself is very relaxing. I just associate a carefree life with Kamakura.
Was at the local supermarket the other day when I spotted these lovely NASCAR/Harlequin Romance novellas. I always thought the fantasy genre novels based off of computer games were a stretch, but this is just amazing! And wonderful!
My mom was born and raised in Jamaica, and much of her side of the family speaks with a Jamaican accent. It’s pretty interesting, but hell if I can understand a lot of it! Anyways, an email made its rounds on the family mailing list. Use it to test your comprehension of Jamaican patois!
PRICELESS JAMAICAN TRANSLATIONS
ENG: It’s been a long time since I have seen you girl.
JAM: Gal yuh noh dead yet?
ENG: Oh Lord, we have lost electricity again.
JAM: Lawd Gad current lack aff again to rahtid.
ENG: This meal is not too bad.
JAM: Di food can eat.
ENG: Where did you buy that awful Bracelet Cindy?
JAM: A weh yuh buy dat deh big ole hugly bangle deh misis?
ENG: Hors d’heurves
JAM: Ah wah dis likkle sinting you a gi me?
ENG: Here kitty kitty… get down from the roof.
JAM: Hey dutty puss come aff a di house tap before a buss yuh**?@!
ENG: I think something is wrong with Susan, she might have the flu.
JAM: Lawd gad obeah tek up Suzie!
ENG: Oh my God, I just broke mom’s expensive plate!
JAM: Lawd mi gad, mi bruk up mama stoosh crackry!
ENG: aren’t those pants a bit short?
JAM: you did a expect flood or yuh tek yuh measurment inna wata?
ENG: Why are you squeezing the mangoes like that?
JAM: Lissen to mi nuh, mi a beg yuh stap fingle-fingle up di mango dem.
ENG: Sir, please don’t throw my luggage like that.
JAM: Aye buff teet bwoy, tap fling up-fling up mi bag dem suh man.
ENG: I wish you would quit lying.
JAM: Tap di blinkin lyin, yuh ole liyad.
ENG: Lift up the hood of the car for me John.
JAM: Hey my yute, fly di bonett rasta!
ENG: I am Waiting for a taxi and it’s taking so long!
JAM: But wait, no Robot naah run todey!
ENG: Get me a pop please.
JAM: Beg yuh carry wan drinks fi mi deh
ENG: It’s time for a Perm.
JAM: Gal yuh head waan Cream, yuh noh si how it tough?
ENG: Yuck!! This is nasty.
JAM: Kiss mi neck back!! What a sinting tase bad an
ENG: I wish you would close your mouth.
JAM: yuh mout come in like when grip cyaan shut.
ENG: Girl, your acne is terrible.
JAM: Massa gad, pickney, yuh face bumpy-bumpy an fayva grayta eeh.
ENG: Please make some room on the bus so this man can have a seat.
JAM: Schoolas, small up unnu self man mek daddy siddung.
ENG: I have a stomach ache.
JAM: Mi belly ah gripe mi.
ENG: These mangoes look a bit over ripe.
JAM: Missis move fram in front ah mi wid dem fluxy mango deh
ENG: He has very large full eyes.
JAM: Wat ah bway fayva patoo
ENG: He has no manners.
JAM: Him dont have no broughtupsi!
ENG: perspiration odour
JAM: him smell green
ENG: poached (boiled) chicken
JAM: dat deh sinting nuh start cook yet
ENG: oh, dear
JAM:ee-eeeee
ENG: Josh is suffering from Attention Deficit disorder.
JAM: Di pickeny too dam hard ears!
ENG: He has a touch of Dyslexia.
JAM: What a bway Dunce sah!
ENG: I need a bottle of Peptobismal. ..my stomach hurts.
JAM: Lawd mi coulda do wid a wash out yah now… mi belly bine up.
ENG: That man over there is missing his dentures.
JAM: Cooh pan dat deh mashmout bredda ova deh soh.
ENG: OH my, your feet are so ashy…
JAM: yuh foot tuff like aligata back....yuh couldn’t rub likkle cocanatile pon yuh foot dem…
This past weekend, we went to Brushy Creek Park to go fly a couple kites I had bought. The park is perfect, since there is a wide open space for plenty of kites. When we started, we were the only ones flying, but when we left, there were probably four or five other kites in the air. At one point, Koa let go of the string and the kite took off, with the string handle being dragged along. The handle ended up getting stuck in a tree, with the kite flying high above the parking lot. It eventually came down, hitting Mariko in the head by complete accident when whe was putting stuff in the car.
I came across this video of Fred Rogers asking for funding of his program in front of the Senate in 1969. If you didn’t think he had passion before, you will after you see this. (Found on Strollerderby)
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