Blog plug

BLOG PLUG!! Not butt plug!! You guys are disgusting! Either way, check out my buddy Talixmer. He just started blogging and is a personal friend of mine in real life. You know if he hangs out with me that he must be a movie and music guy.

Also, my wife and I are still posting over at Dad Said, Mom Said and have a new post up today. Go check it out.

I hate being it!!

My wife tagged me to answer some of these typical chain letter type questions.................so before I get harrased to do it, here goes:

Three people who make me laugh:

1. Allie - How can a one year old not?!?! Especially when she's yours!!
2. Fuzz - If you read his blog, you'd know what I meant.
3. Anyone that makes an ass of themself!

Three things I can do:

1. Drive stick.
2. Make an ass of myself.........well.
3. Make a noise that sounds like an empty bottle when you blow on the top, but I don't need the bottle.

Three things I can't do:

1. Imagine my life without my wife and daughter
2. Not get freaked out everytime I fly.
3. See out of my right eye. Even with a contact in it. (OK technically I can, but it's real blurry and pretty useless!!)

Three things I'm doing right now:

1. Typing
2. Breathing
3. Pushing my cat away from my legs.

Three things I want to do before I die:

1. Go to Italy. (Yes Babe.........so do I)
2. Drive cross country in an RV and see every state.
3. Own a 1967 Chevy Camaro RS/SS

Three things I hate the most:

1. Leaves!!
2. Watching the Yankees lose!!!
3. The Boston Red Sox!!

Three things that scare me:

1. Something bad happening to Allie or Jenn.
2. That I will freak the fuck out when Allie is old enough to date!! (she cold totaly date someone like me, and that's not cool!!)
3. Flying (see above)

Three things I don't understand:

1. Korean
2. Hindu
3. Italian

(Yes I know that was cheesy, but to fucking bad!! I'm answering the damn questions here!!)

Three skills I'd like to learn:

1. Speak Italian (besides the curse words that already know)
2. How to build my own house.
3. How to ice skate (so I could take my daughter out in the winter without falling on my ass)

Three ways to describe my personality:

1. Outgoing
2. Funny
3. Caring

Three things I think you should listen to:

1. Your Spouse (or anyone in your life that you care about)
2. Your instincts. If you don't feel right doing something, you definately shouldn't.
3. Jimi Hendrix ("Just because your listening to him doesn't mean you're hearing him." - White Men Can't Jump).

Three things you should never listen to:

1. Anyone that thinks their opinions are the only opinions.
2. Opera (unless it's A Night at the Opera by Queen. Then it's ok)
3. Menudo

Three favorite foods:

1. Lasagne
2. Steak
3. Mashed Potatoes

Three beverages I drink regularly:

1. Coffee
2. Water
3. Orange Juice

Three shows I watch a lot:

1. How I Met Your Mother
2. The Sopranos
3. Big Brother

Three people I'm tagging to do this:

1. Jennster
2. Jennster
3. Jennster

(I know she will never do it, and I hate tagging people)

And another thing...........

............that pisses me off:

21. Working the Monday before a holiday when the Holiday is on a Tuesday!! (At least there was no traffic) FUCKERS!!!

20 things that piss me off

My wife tagged me.............so here they are (in no particular order):

1. Traffic- Why does the flow of traffic always slow down when I go thru two particular towns on the highway on my way to work? Do people forget how to drive when they hit those towns?
2. When people complain about something over and over, but don’t ever try to change it. If you’re not going to do anything about it, shut the fuck up!!
3. Tolls on the Garden State Parkway – Just make me pay when I get on and when I get off………….not every seven miles!!!
4. People that stop walking and decide to carry on a conversation in the middle of a walkway. Move off to the side you assholes or I'll knock you over!!!
5. a. People that don’t wait until everyone that needs to get off an elevator does so before they try to push their sorry ass on!
   b. ……….AND while you’re at it………………PERSONAL SPACE PEOPLE!!
6. Bands that keep making music long after they’ve already began sucking!! THIS MEANS YOU AEROSMITH! Every song you release sounds the same as the other nine on the album! Give it up! If you want to tour, play Back in the Saddle, Dream On and whip out your Big 10 Inch all you want …………but stop with the “Crazy” and the “Cryin’” and the “Amazing”. ENOUGH! YOU ARE DONE! They're not the only ones, but I can't go on with this forever!
7. Women that are 5 foot nothing, with one kid who feel the need to drive Chevy Suburbans!! WHY?!?! You can’t even see over the steering wheel! “But we want to be safe!” SHUT - UP!! You’d be safer if you had a vehicle that you could actually drive without a phonebook under your ass!! Maybe you wouldn’t hit as many things!!
8. People that don’t appreciate help when it’s given. They just expect to be helped. THEN when you don’t give it to them anymore, they complain about you and think you’re being a jerk. How about if they payed attention to what was being shown to you the last 27 times I showed you, then you wouldn't need my help you shitter!!
9. Any group of people that thinks they are better than everyone else, because of their race, sexual preference, religion, financial status, country of origin, etc. We all breathe the same air! Just because someone works the counter at McDonald’s doesn’t give anyone the right to treat them like shit! Chances are, the reason they are putting someone else down is because of their own insecurities! Either that, or their spouse controls them to no end and they have no power over anything else!!
10. My lack of work space! How can the powers that be where I work think that four people in a 12’ x 12’ space (one in each corner) is productive?!?! My desk is only 18" deep and my computer takes up most of it! We’re all right on top of each other and can’t say or do anything without the other three knowing about it! Not to mention the guy on the other side of the 3 foot wall is about four feet from me!! It’s a damn good thing the people around me are all cool. Even so, we get on each others nerves sometimes!!
11. Why do people try to make me feel bad for not letting them give my daughter cake and icing? When my wife and I want to feed her cake, we’ll do it! NOT YOU!!!!
12. People that don’t realize that when you are driving up a mountain that you need to plan ahead for it and not decide that you want to accelerate after you’ve driven ¼ mile up the hill already!! You’re already screwed, and so am I because I’m behind you!!
13. Anyone that flashes their lights at you for you to move out of their way, when there’s 16 other cars ahead of you! Where do they think they are going?!?! AND the asshole in the front of the line who is driving 56 miles per hour next to the guy in the right lane doing 55 ½ miles per hour! *HINT – IT’S THE LONG SKINNY PEDAL ON THE RIGHT!!! PRESS HARDER ON IT*
14. Why are the people in this country so obsessed with actors and other famous people!?!? When you see them in a store, leave them alone!!! All they’re trying to do is go to have a nice dinner with their family!! They don’t need a swarm of people around them! “Can I take my picture with you?”; “Can you sign this for me?”; “Oh my God, I love you!!” Shut up and leave them alone!!
15. People that gossip about other people all day long! Mind you business and shut your mouth! If it doesn’t concern you, stay out of it!
16. Illegal Immigrants – If you want to be here, fill out all the forms, pay taxes and then I you can have a say in what happens here. Until then, stop complaining about how it’s unfair that you are not treated equally and don’t have the same rights. YOU SHOULDN’T BE HERE! If so many of you don’t like how things are where you're from, why don’t you try to change them? How do you think America became a country? By just doing what the Queen of England said? NO! Another thing……and this goes for everyone……if you love it here, take that damn flag off your hood! No one cares where you’re from! Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud of my Italian heritage, but I’m not waving the flag in everyone’s face!
17. Chain emails!! Especially the ones that say “Send this out to at least 10 people and see what happens”. Here’s a clue……………do you know what happens after you send it? NOTHING! But if you keep sending them to me, THEN something will happen! I’m going to kick your ass!!
18. Met fans that suddenly have something to brag about. I am not a stereotypical Yankees fan………..I don’t walk around saying how great the Yanks are and how every other team sucks, so why do they feel the need to bring up every time the Yanks lose? Do I walk up to them and say, “So, how does it feel to not have won a World Championship in 20 years?” and “Now you guys know that just because his name is Matsui doesn’t mean he’s as good as Hideki.”? NO! So shut the fuck up!
19. People that do nothing with their lives but live off everyone around them. At least attempt to contribute to society! GET A JOB!!! ANYTHING!!!
20. Finally……………..there seems to be a lot of people that feel the need to kiss my daughter on the lips!! SHE’S NINE MONTHS OLD!! I know she’s freaking adorable, but keep your lips off hers! ESPECIALLY when you just had a cigarette!!!! Use your brain people!!

Now I need a cigarette.................thanks babe.

Only because she's my wife........

OK, so my wife tagged me to do a "Three Favorite Things to Bring if you’re on a Deserted Island" type of post a week ago and she's been bugging me to do it. I'm not sure how I'm going to narrow it down on some of these, but here goes:

Books
OK, I don’t read. I get bored too easily. Can’t I just keep getting Motor Trend sent to me on this island? I guess I’ll just bring three books I can read to my daughter.

1. A Baker's Dozen by the One and Only Dr. Seuss
2. The Complete Tails of Winnie the Pooh
3. J.R.R. Tolkien – The Hobbit – She (and I) would have to read this before we were allowed to watch the LOTR Trilogy that my wife was bringing.

Movies
Now this is going to be tough…………………..I have so many movies that I love to watch (and quote), but which ones do I bring:

1. Cannonball Run (hence the name the blog) – I have to have my daughter understand what I’m talking about when I randomly quote this movie.
2. Star Wars (now I’m going to cheat and bring all six movies; so too bad)
3. The Godfather Trilogy – How could I not bring these movies?

Music
This also will be hard, because of my range in musical tastes. I think I’ll need a couple of different types so I can vary depending on my mood:

1. Led Zeppelin – Complete Studio Recordings (Ya gotta love box sets for situations like this). This set has every album that Zep ever released, plus “Hey, Hey What Can I do” as an added track on Coda.
2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon – I figure there will be something to smoke on the island………..I mean hell, if I’m gonna be there forever, I’m gonna have fun!
3. The Very Best of Frank Sinatra – I mean really………..how do you say no to Frank?

People
Now from what I am told, I can’t take my wife or Allie as people I’d take because by default, they would be there. So who would I bring?

1. My mom. There’s no way she’d be able to live without seeing her grand-daughter ever again.
2. My friend Matt. He and I could build or fix anything. Not to mention we have been friends since elementary school and he was the best man at my wedding. That alone should be enough reason to bring him.
3. The third person is hard………….I couldn’t bring any of my four siblings. It’s either all or none. Plus some of them have kids and significant others. I wouldn’t take them away from their families. I guess I’d say “Captain Jack Sparrow” from "Pirates of the Caribbean". OK, ok………….I know he’s fake, but he seems to find the rum and a way off the damn island everytime!!

Tagging
I hate tagging people, because I don’t want anyone to feel like they have to do this. I know that if I say Point, his fiancee' Jennster will make him do it, so then I'll tag her too; also Issa's World. I'm never a fan of chain emails, letters or that kind of thing, so please, don't feel obligated to do it.

Random questions about me

My wife sent this to me, so like the good husband I am, I'm doing it:

Accent: New Yawk
Booze of Choice: 7&7 and beer!
Chores I Hate: Yard Work! (see previous post)
Dog or Cat: Both, and yes babe, we’ll get a dog, but not until someone is home most of the time to walk it and take it out when it needs to go.
Essential Electronics: TV, DVD, Stereo, Surround Sound
Favorite Perfume: Do guys wear perfume? Well………some do, but that’s a whole other survey.
Gold or Silver: Not big into jewelry, but my wedding ring is white gold.
Hometown: Born – New Rochelle, NY; Grew up – Orange County, NY; NOW – Northern New Jersey
Insomnia: Only when the baby or cats wake me up
Job Title(s): Dad, Husband and Analyst
Kids: Yes………..my baby girl Allie!
Living Arrangements: With my wife, daughter, 2 cats and a bird (RIP – Jasper, July 2005)
Most Admired Trait: Depends on who you ask, but most people would say my useless movie knowledge
Overnight Hospital Stays: When Allie was born I stayed with Jenn; also to have my tonsils out when I was 4 years old.
Phobia(s): HEIGHTS!
Quote: “Hey………….how ya doin’?” and any random movie reference
Religion: I’d have to say not really, but DON’T get me started!
Siblings: Two brothers (Dan & Kenn) and two sisters (Dawn and Danielle)
Time(s) I Wake Up: 6am…..or whenever one of the cats decides they want me to!
Unusual Talent/Skill: Making bottle noises without a bottle……….and knowing all of Cannonball Run
Veggies I Refuse to Eat: Mushrooms!! ("I collect spores, molds and fungus" - Dr. Egon Spengler)
Worst Habit: Annoying my wife with my occasional obsessive ness
Yummiest Food I Make: STEAK!
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Now who to tag back? I don’t know anyone that has a blog except my wife, and she tagged me! Can I tag MySpace? How about Billy? Of course I'd have to tell him about my blog first or it won't work!!