The New 52

For those who don't know "The New 52" is a pretty big gamble by DC Comics. They decided that they were going to relaunch their 52 comics. I mean completely start over from scratch. Some of them without even acknowledging the past...well, for the most part. I guess they were wanting to get fresh takes on their old characters. The launch started this month, and sadly I hadn't had the opportunity to pick up a title here, a title there. Rumor had it that first prints were flying off of the shelves. I figured that they would. To my surprise, I received a Batman and Robin #1 in the mail this week (I had a subscription to it before the new titles came out), and lo and behold, it was pretty damn good. By most accounts this gamble by DC is paying off. Sure they are only one issue deep, but most of the responses are positive. Hell, it got my curiosity back into comics. By no means am I going to get all 52, but I sure would like to grab a couple more titles soon. Ok, enough nerd rant....

Hmmm....let's see...well, I didn't get to finish off on updating on my vacation week, but day four and five were fairly uneventful. I didn't do a hell of a whole lot, but that was completely fine with me. Although, I did have lunch with Raymond at River Oaks Elementary, which was pretty cool. It ended badly though. He had a hard time with me leaving without him. He cried and cried. I wasn't expecting that at all. It kind of sucked, but I did have to leave. I hated that part of it, but of course, everything worked out ok in the end...he got over it and finished the day off at school.



Another year and the Texans find themselves at 2-0 again. In a lot of ways, it feels a little different than last year's fast start. They are about to get into a very tough part of their schedule this weekend. They go on the road to take on the New Orleans Saints. When the schedule first came out, I thought they weren't going to have a shot in the Super Dome, but now I am not so sure. They definitely can win the game. Will they? That is a different question. If they can with stand the blitzing that is going to be thrown at them, they have a big time shot of beating the Saints. I would really like them to, man, that would be freaking great!

It's been great hanging with Eric out this year and pulling for the hometown team. A little shade of the ol' 1990's for me. I hope that we can continue to hang out on Sunday's. If all goes well, he has cooking duties this weekend...I cross my fingers on that...

Visual Companion to Day Three

Just a few....

Day Three

Keeping it going...a little late, but I got it in...

Day Three was a good as it gets for me. I didn't do a hell of a whole lot. Had a little quiet time, took my Mom two places and picked up Raymond from school. Wednesday's are early dismissal days. I rewarded him with a happy meal, and the afternoon was great. It's the little things in life that I enjoy the most. It didn't seem like a lot, right!? Well...it was priceless to me....

Picked up Thor on bluray, we even went to dinner at Gringo's as well. All in all, a good day.

Day four will probably shape up the same. I can't wait!

Here is a little update on the Aloe...I can see progress already!

Day Two

...Weekday two of my week long vacation is just about in the books. I am feeling tired, and I really don't want to be. I can't say that I did a whole lot today. Still, I felt as it was a good day.

I think it is pretty safe to say that when you have kids, you don't really get a day off. I was off from working at my normal job, but I was on girl duty today. Naturally I spent most of the morning at my Mother's house. Around midday it was time to come home and make sure that the girls got in a nap before we dropped them off at Mom's again and attended Raymond's open house at school. While the girls napped, I had a little quiet time and cleaned up while I had the chance. Not overly eventful, but a little productive still.

The Girls are doing so well. I had a great day with them. Wow, they turn two years old on Friday. As they get older, it seems to get a little easier. I mean, we don't have to watch over them every minute of the day. They can get away with playing in another room for a while, that is before they start fighting over a toy or a book or whatever. Still, it is getting easier and I am happy to say that I am glad that we do have happy children for the most part.

Tomorrow is Wednesday which means that my vacation is almost over. I am not going to complain that it is going to fast or that it didn't last long enough, because let's face it, I am not at work. That is enough for me. I just have to enjoy the time off, right!?

On another note, Ruby and I haven't had any luck with any plant of any kind in the nine years that we have been married. Hell, I can barely cut grass. We do have an aloe plant that has managed to survive us for a while. I noticed it in the computer room last week and it was starting to look not so greenish, so I decided to water it and take it outside. Some sun should do it good right? Well after watering it and a few days going by, I see it outside only to find that it is now brown!! Damn. I told Ruby that if we killed an Aloe plant, then something is wrong with us!! I didn't expect for that to happen for reals, you know!? I watered it again, sprayed it with a water bottle and brought it inside. Turns out, it really doesn't have to be outside for very long. Now I know that. Hopefully I can salvage it. I will keep an update on that in about a week or so....

Well, there you have it another update. My goal is to keep this up for five days straight. If I can do that, I will be happy!

Here's another stupid/funny Star Wars video...(big day inches closer and closer...)

Day One

...weekday one that is...

It's the time of the year that more and more people are learning to love more than ever. That's right, it's the opening weekend of the NFL season! What a way to start off the season too! There were a couple of very good games for us to all watch! It means a lot more to me than it might for most. Not only do we get to root for our favorite team, but we all get to hang out with family and friends. It's something that I don't get to do these days, or at least it seems that way. Good food, alcohol and family....does it get any better than that? I don't know.

It certainly was an added bonus that The Texans started off the year the way that they were supposed to, by stomping on the Manning less Colts. Sure people still find things to complain about them, but in the end, they won big. Isn't that what it is all about anyway? Ultimately getting that all important "W"? Not only that, but I think I started off the season by drinking a bit too much. I guess that tends to happen on the first Sunday of the season because there isn't anyway that I can keep that kind of drinking up every Sunday....nor do I plan to....

As the first Monday of my week long vacation came to an end, I guess it was a productive one. We got to straighten up the living room/table. Well, I have to give most, if not all, of the credit to Ruby. Always a battle it is to try and clean our poor little, broken home. Although, it won't stay like that for very long, it felt good to have a clean room for just a little while....

Here are just a few thoughts that I had while watching the Pats and Dolphins game. Had Raymond not been playing on my phone, I might have tweeted these...

"They gonna kill Reggie Bush if they keep letting him run inside."
"Dolphins are celebrating that first touchdown like they are going to the Super Bowl, relax, there are still three more quarters!"
"Ok, the Dolphins are trying to make this a game!"
"Ok, Reggie bush wants to be an every down back? Well, I want to be a millionaire"
"An all out blitz on the goal line against Brady? Making it too easy for him"


****a couple more days for the big bluray release, here's a little something that i thought was funny.....

Ok Lucas...

...Ok Lucas, now you're just fucking with us, right?!?! At first I didn't think much of this because I thought it was fake, but it looks like it is legit....



WTF Lucas? C'mon!!! Now even I am starting to get pissed. I almost don't want the bluray's now, but still, I can't resist...

Thoughts?!?!