Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Apparently, it was a slow sports day...
because the cheese was shocked when, during the 10 o'clock news on channel 11, highlights from a Concordia University basketball game were shown. Thinking this had to be some weird aberration, the cheese was further shocked to find other news outlets covering it as well.
All the attention almost, but not quite, brought about feelings of pride for the cheese' alma mater. But then he remembered what going there was like, and you know, all the feelings of good will seeped away in the vast emptiness in the cheese' soul that comes with having a BA in Humanities.
All the attention almost, but not quite, brought about feelings of pride for the cheese' alma mater. But then he remembered what going there was like, and you know, all the feelings of good will seeped away in the vast emptiness in the cheese' soul that comes with having a BA in Humanities.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Crazy Comic Covers
I have gotta say that the Marvel Zombie artists have some crazy ideas for covers. Basically they take classic covers and zombify them. Check out these covers for Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness #1. Nothing quite beats zombie captain america punching out zombie Hitler.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
A small sampling of thoughts that have little interest to anyone other than myself and have absolutely nothing in common with each other...
It is, roughly, 10:30 PM on Sunday evening as the cheese begins typing this. The actual posting time will no doubt be much later as the cheese is alternately procrastinating on both homework and work work. Both the princess and momma_cheese are in bed, as Sunday night has become the cheese only time to actually "do" stuff. Last Sunday, for instance, the cheese stayed up until 4 AM (Monday morning) finishing a paper. After a thoroughly unrefreshing 3 hours of sleep the cheese woke up to feed the kid.
Tonight does not seem to be destined for such a late bed time. Nevertheless, here's some things that have been on the cheese' mind of late....
-A short list of various points of advice for Tengu (or any other new fathers out there in cheeselandia), in no particular order
1. At some point, you will get poo on or around your face. Perhaps this has already occurred. If not, accept the eventuality of it and try not to freak out when it does occur.
2. As soon as he starts grabbing on to things, things will start going in his mouth.
3. At least for the princess, books seem to be incredibly delicious, so you might want to stick to board books in your living room.
4. The cheese hears that some time away from the baby is good for parents. Since the cheese only gets time away for work/school/homework, he'll have to take other's words for this, but you might want to try it out.
5. Classical music is particularly good at soothing the princess when she's upset...off key renditions of Itsy Bitsy Spider, I'm a Little Teapot, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star work well also.
-It's a few months late, sure, but the cheese isn't up on music/movies/anything like he used to be. Regardless, this band is pretty much awesome from top to bottom so check em' out.
-The cheese has said it before, and he'll say it again, but James Blaylock is a seriously fucking good writer!
-With only two weeks left in spring training the Dodgers seem to be blessed with a ridiculous surplus in pitching. They haven't yet been able to parlay that into a trade for a big bat, but as the season rolls on, the trade deadline approaches, and teams fall out of contention, this state of affairs may change. On the other hand, the Dodgers do have some serious speed at the top of the order, followed by a number of very good, selective, and not overly prone to strikeouts hitters, so maybe they don't actually need another bat. They made the playoffs (though, let's not dwell on the resulting three games) last year without a legitimate home run threat, and they seem even better this year.
-The cheese has enjoyed coffee for many years now, but with 4 hours of sleep a night becoming a reality, and the ebb in energy the cheese has felt as he approaches the end of his 20's, coffee is not so much an enjoyment as a necessity that rivals air.
Tonight does not seem to be destined for such a late bed time. Nevertheless, here's some things that have been on the cheese' mind of late....
-A short list of various points of advice for Tengu (or any other new fathers out there in cheeselandia), in no particular order
1. At some point, you will get poo on or around your face. Perhaps this has already occurred. If not, accept the eventuality of it and try not to freak out when it does occur.
2. As soon as he starts grabbing on to things, things will start going in his mouth.
3. At least for the princess, books seem to be incredibly delicious, so you might want to stick to board books in your living room.
4. The cheese hears that some time away from the baby is good for parents. Since the cheese only gets time away for work/school/homework, he'll have to take other's words for this, but you might want to try it out.
5. Classical music is particularly good at soothing the princess when she's upset...off key renditions of Itsy Bitsy Spider, I'm a Little Teapot, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star work well also.
-It's a few months late, sure, but the cheese isn't up on music/movies/anything like he used to be. Regardless, this band is pretty much awesome from top to bottom so check em' out.
-The cheese has said it before, and he'll say it again, but James Blaylock is a seriously fucking good writer!
-With only two weeks left in spring training the Dodgers seem to be blessed with a ridiculous surplus in pitching. They haven't yet been able to parlay that into a trade for a big bat, but as the season rolls on, the trade deadline approaches, and teams fall out of contention, this state of affairs may change. On the other hand, the Dodgers do have some serious speed at the top of the order, followed by a number of very good, selective, and not overly prone to strikeouts hitters, so maybe they don't actually need another bat. They made the playoffs (though, let's not dwell on the resulting three games) last year without a legitimate home run threat, and they seem even better this year.
-The cheese has enjoyed coffee for many years now, but with 4 hours of sleep a night becoming a reality, and the ebb in energy the cheese has felt as he approaches the end of his 20's, coffee is not so much an enjoyment as a necessity that rivals air.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
This guy is pretty damn hard.
This guy, Lance Mackey,who just won his second consecutive Iditarod this week (just 12 days after winning another 1000 race with, essentially, the same dog team), is now high on the list of the cheese' personal lords and saviors.
He still falls below Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, James Blaylock, and Bear Grylls (what's that, you haven't seen Man vs. Wild, well then you're missing out my friend), but he's probably slightly above Steven Gerrard and the guys at Penny Arcade, so that says something.
He still falls below Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, James Blaylock, and Bear Grylls (what's that, you haven't seen Man vs. Wild, well then you're missing out my friend), but he's probably slightly above Steven Gerrard and the guys at Penny Arcade, so that says something.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
I present Sir Riley Peter Tom
With Lord Cheese's permission I would like to induct a new defender of the realm.
Friday, March 02, 2007
the big cheese "big" update
Well, maybe not too big, it is 12:30 in the ante meridiem after all. But the cheese has been quite lax in his postings lately, except for results of the occasional comic themed web quiz (and if only the cheese lived in the comic book world he would be Apocalypse and alternately get it on with Scarlet Witch and Psylocke.....sweeeet). So, here then is a short list of goings on in the cheese' life
-While the birth of princess Isabella was joyous, it came at a not entirely perfect time, but had she not been born last year then the cheese would not have been qualified (read: a father) to get his newest part time job as a Writer/Researcher for Dads Adventure. And even though he is only working a scant 15 hours a week for this organization (and some of that is at home...) this second part time occupation has forced the parents cheese to place the princess into day care twice a week. Tuesday, in fact, marked the princess' very first foray into a world where she interacts with other children for an extended period of time. It was, needless to say, a difficult day for the adults, but the princess seemed to really enjoy it.
-Work on The Chronicles II: Son of the Chronicles continues at a decent pace, and since the cheese is enrolled in two writing courses this semester he predicts that there may be more than 100 pages completed by the time May rolls around. Now if only there were time finish up The Chronicles I: Father of The Chronicles II: Son of the Chronicles...
-In case you citizens were unaware, the Dodgers played their first spring training game yesterday (Thursday) which means we can all settle back for a nice 7 months of America's pasttime...and if we're (and by we, of course, the cheese means all decent people, or Dodgers fans) lucky we'll actually get a few playoff wins this year.
-And lastly/most importantly a month ago......
Since then the cheese clan has also seen the rise of crawling, which, as one might guess, makes the princess much more prone to hurting herself/means dad needs to pay WAY more attention when she's playing on the ground, and she is no longer content to simply be in the playpen. And very recently she's take to pulling herself up on to her feet in her crib. Basically, the princess is a genius....the cheese predicts that in another six months she'll be tackling non-Euclidean geometry and composing her first symphony.
-While the birth of princess Isabella was joyous, it came at a not entirely perfect time, but had she not been born last year then the cheese would not have been qualified (read: a father) to get his newest part time job as a Writer/Researcher for Dads Adventure. And even though he is only working a scant 15 hours a week for this organization (and some of that is at home...) this second part time occupation has forced the parents cheese to place the princess into day care twice a week. Tuesday, in fact, marked the princess' very first foray into a world where she interacts with other children for an extended period of time. It was, needless to say, a difficult day for the adults, but the princess seemed to really enjoy it.
-Work on The Chronicles II: Son of the Chronicles continues at a decent pace, and since the cheese is enrolled in two writing courses this semester he predicts that there may be more than 100 pages completed by the time May rolls around. Now if only there were time finish up The Chronicles I: Father of The Chronicles II: Son of the Chronicles...
-In case you citizens were unaware, the Dodgers played their first spring training game yesterday (Thursday) which means we can all settle back for a nice 7 months of America's pasttime...and if we're (and by we, of course, the cheese means all decent people, or Dodgers fans) lucky we'll actually get a few playoff wins this year.
-And lastly/most importantly a month ago......
Since then the cheese clan has also seen the rise of crawling, which, as one might guess, makes the princess much more prone to hurting herself/means dad needs to pay WAY more attention when she's playing on the ground, and she is no longer content to simply be in the playpen. And very recently she's take to pulling herself up on to her feet in her crib. Basically, the princess is a genius....the cheese predicts that in another six months she'll be tackling non-Euclidean geometry and composing her first symphony.
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