Singapore

Singapore (click to enlarge)

This is a very interesting place. There is such diversity of cultures and they all mingle together to create some of the best food I've ever had. I wish my family could be hear to enjoy this place. Also, it would be a lot more fun than traveling with people from work. Today one in the group said "I don't know if you guys are interested but I could really go for a Hooter's burger tonight." Thank god the rest of the group also wants to experiment with new foods like I do, his proposal was quickly dismissed. Today was our first chance to get out and walk around, we worked about 1/2 a day and we won't be working on Sunday. This is when it feels unfair to my family, I get a little mini vacation in a foreign land with my food and lodging all paid for and my family doesn't get to join in the fun and I so want them to be part of this. I think this time it has been a bit worse being away because there seems to be a lot of families vacationing from Australia and there are quite a few little kids running around the hotel and it make me miss my kid even more.

Cold and Hot

I love a cup of hot tea with my ice cream. I like when the hot teaspoon cuts through my ice cream. I enjoy a nice slow gulp of hot followed by a slow spoonful of cold gently smoothed against the top of my mouth.

Mr. Mom

The CEO had strep throat all week. Ouch. I barely made it in to work as I played Mr. Mom most of the week. From Tue. through Thur. she mostly spoke to me by writing things down on paper. I've collected some of the best of the notes and thought you all may enjoy them:
-You can't miss every day of work in your life.
-I cannot talk. My vocal cords are injured. Must sing by Friday. Why do you keep asking me questions in my face.
-The Capital Grille on Beacon Hill had a turkey and swiss that was to die for...$4.95 So Fresh.
-Plenty of people parent drunk.
-I can eat the carrots and potatoes! Very Soft!
-She doesn't eat cooked carrots. Wasted.
-You either read lips or not.

Tired yet again.

Yes it has happened again....
My laundry has built up to an unconquerable mountain. I've stayed up too late doing work too many nights in a row. I've put off paying the bills 'till the last moment.
Why oh why does this have to keep happening over and over and over? It seems to hard to stick to or perhaps even develop a working system. I don't want to make it like my life is crazy but I think that there are just to many variables and this life when looked at from a engineers viewpoint all these variable have created an unstable system that can not be predicted.

Award Party!!!

Last night the CEO had her moment in the sun thanks to the Oregon Literary Arts Woman's Writers Fellowship that she received. What an incredible night. It's hard to put in to words what it was like for me and I'm sure the CEO was even more overwhelmed, I had never seen her so nervous. There must have been about 100 people there, 13 of them grant recipients. I felt so adult, for lack of a better word. This was a room filled with serious, high caliber writers, people were dressed nice and interested in the work of the writers. It was such a step above the typical coffee shop sort of scene I'm more accustomed to. The CEO was the last person to speak and she did a wonderful job. She gave a the room a small insight in to what her play was about and it sparked interest in may who listened. I know this because after she spoke she spent a good hour talking to people who came up to offer their congratulations, I now call these people her new fan base.

Congratulation CEO! You well deserved the recognition.

Year Three.

I just hit the 3rd year anniversary of my blog!
Close to 250 entries and counting.
Thanks for sticking around. I plan to keep on trucking and I hope my often mundane and boring blog can keep my three readers captivated for another three years at least.

On this joyous occasion let me leave you with a typical Tony-C thought:
Have you ever stood in front of a bag of junk food and told yourself this is the last handful over and over again until the whole bag was gone? I have.

American Idol (Yikes)

So the CEO started watching American Idol this season. I'm not sure why, anyhow, I of course soon joined her. We joined in a little late so we didn't see all of the bad auditions but we saw enough. Anyhow, the point is that we are actually enjoying watching the show. The banter of the three judges is the worst part but it's nice to listen to the songs and root for these young kids. Now there, I've done it, I've admitted to the world (or at least my three readers) that we are watching the show. Why do I feel so bad when I give in to pop-culture?

Mr. B (The Old Timer)

Mr. B is getting old. For those of you who don't know him here's a short little background. Mr. B is an 25lb American Eskimo (dog), he's friendly, anxious, scatter brained and lovable. We have had Mr. B for our entire relationship. The CEO and I picked him up together somewhere west of Boston, I think. He was the cutest little dog I had ever seen. He used to hate riding in the car and threw-up in my car many times, however, he managed to get over this problem in time to be the CEO's companion as she drove across American in her quest to live in Hollywood. He was a very curious little guy and had to run to the apartment window in West Hollywood anytime someone was in the garage below to check out what was going on. He's always had some funny traits: he wont step on metal grates, he hates walking through water and he gets upset at the slightest changes to his environment. For example one time he noticed that the CEO had hung Christmas cards on the wall this of course called for a light quick step to get past the wall then some barking to let them no that he was in charge. Despite these quirks he has successfully made the transition to five different homes with us, the addition of another dog and two kids. Now he's really slowing down, having trouble getting up and down stair and worst of all having trouble waiting to go out to relieve himself. It is quite a sad transition. Mr. B is my first dog and if I give his passing too much thought tears quickly come to my eyes. We don't quite know when he will be leaving us but when it comes, sooner than later, it will certainly leave a great big hole in my heart.

Shady Grove

File this on under sleep deprivation.
The littlest one doesn't want to sleep, it's 2:35 AM and she has been up since 1ish. I think she's finally down for the count. I'm just amazed at how little sleep humans can survive on. I think the only time I get uninterrupted sleep (I hear her talking to herself!) multiple days in a row is when I'm on a business trip. The poor CEO doesn't have such luxuries for her it has probably been over five years since she was undisturbed.

Good Night.

Cute Video

This little video about spiders is well worth watching:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

It's been a dry blogging spell and I've also noticed my readership has seemed to have dwindled. I hope to get things back on track soon.