In movies and television, characters sometimes need to dig a grave and/or dig up a grave. This is usually done in the dead of night. Sometimes drunk. Often with one or two standard shovels. In the matter of a couple of hours they have a near perfect square hole that is six feet deep, give or take a few feet.

Now I know the ground in Sooke is pretty nasty. Down a few inches you hit the hard clay and rocks that require you to get out a pick-axe and whack away. But even your fictional coffin were burried in the finest top soil, I seriously doubt that you’d ever be able to dig such a perfect hole so fast.

Or maybe I just need to hire some burly actors the next time I want to plant trees.

I had our Websense admin submit the URL for a review. Hopefully, they won’t find it too offensive and downgrade me.

We’ve had two brunches this weekend. First Friday with our friend Christine. Then Saturday with Sheldon and Laurie, and our neighbours. It was fun. Lots of food. Lots of Rock Band. The kids were all having a good time.

Tonight we’re going to Sonia’s mom’s place for a turkey dinner. Then more flooring tomorrow.

Yes, that’s Senator Barack Obama: Democratic presidential hopeful. Now I know that Obama is following some 13,000 other people. And I know that it is probably some lackey handling his twitter. I’m sure Barack is sitting at his laptop saying “Cool, Shad’s playing Rock Band again”. But somehow, it’s still cool to me. Maybe if I had hundreds of followers I wouldn’t notice so much. But with four, he sort of stands out.

I’m following Hillary Clinton too, but as of yet she hasn’t taken an interest in the land of shad. I looked for John McCain, but he’s not on the twitter bandwagon. I think he still sends out his status updates by Wells Fargo telegraph.

New Floors
We’re starting a big project this weekend. We’re putting laminate flooring throughout the first floor. It’s sad, since the carpet they put in is only three years old. But Citta pretty much put the cheapest of absolutely everything in our house, so I’m not surprise that they’re ruined. Having two dogs doesn’t help. I’ll be posting pictures of the progress. It’s a little bit of a daunting task, but I think we’re ready for it.

Rock Band
The think that I’m most hesitent about pull up the floors is that it will cut into my Rock Band time. I absolutely love that game. I never thought I’d like Guitar Hero…and I thought Rock Band was just way over top. But once I played both of them I was hooked. I also have to post some pictures of us rocking out with Maia.

Patrick Swayze
I was watching Google Trends yesterday and witnessed the “volcanic” interest in the National Enquirer article stating that Patrick Swayze has pancreatic cancer and only had five weeks to live. The FOX News website had an article citing both the Enquirer and Perez Hilton as sources. That is some rock solid reporing right there. I knew that FOX News was more or less a joke, but I had no idea that they were that bad.

I almost feel sorry for Hollywood publisits. I mean, withing a three hour span this story exploded with hundreds of website reporting the story with no “credible” sources. How do you combat the internet when shit travels that fast. What do you expect when you’re in that industry. I did say I “almost” felt sorry for them.

Who I do feel sorry for is Patrick Swayze. As it turns out, he actually does have pancreatic cancer. And even though his condition isn’t as grave as the NE made it out to be, he most likely won’t make it. Pancreatic cancer is one not may people walk away from. Godspeed Patrick Swayze. I’ll never be able to watch Red Dawn the same way again.

Okay…this is really lame. The only hotspot I can find here is a pay-for site from Bell. That sucks, I’l have to post this when I get home to Sooke. Bah

Where to start. On Thursday KC cat came home to us. She’s been living with Sonia’s grandmother because she didn’t get along well with Annie. It’s been good for KC and good for Gran. But Gran had to go into the hospital, so the kitty came home. So far things are going okay.

Friday we lost our TV for the weekend. Our 50 inch TV has been acting up for the last couple of months. Figures, the warrantee was up in August. I called to repair shop, but of course they won’t come out to Sooke to fix it. I had to bring it into their shop. Which is not easy for a TV that size. So the dude at the shop gave me direction on how to disassemble the TV so I could just bring in the light box. It was a little nerve racking, but I manages to get it apart without destroying it.

So not only were we sick…but we were without our nice big TV. We brought out 27″ down from the bedroom, but it’s just not the same. We had to watch the Oscars on this…

Luckily I got a call today to say that the TV is repaired. We should be able to pick it up after work tomorrow.

We managed to get a cute picture of almost all of the animals in the cat tree. Oscar is getting brave and can climb up the the forth rung, which I’m sure kills his back when he jumps off. Here we have Monster, KC, Oscar and Annie in the tree. Only Lily is missing. She was busy doing her own thing.

You see. Much of the episode deals with Charlie Brown pining for the fabled “Little Redhead Girl”. Now he’s obviously got it bad for LRG, but his personal problems and low self esteem keep him from doing anything about it. Despite all of his insipid whining she remains oblivious to his wonderlust. If he doesn’t bust a move soon, he’ll regret it for ever. I’ve heard stories of people finding out that the girl they loved in high school but never asked out actually had a crush on them too. It’s never happened to me, but I can imagine how cool that would be.

Perhaps I have too much in common with old Chuck. As my wife, or any of my past girlfriends can tell you hesitation, insecurity and self-doubt plague me too. I think that’s why I feel qualified to give Charlie some helpful tips to improve his live life and mental state.

Shad’s Life Advice for Charlie Brown

1. Forget about LRG. She’s obviously out of your league. It’s never going to happen.
2. Peppermint Patty obviously is into you – go for it. Sure, she looks like a dude and has that butch lesbian vibe. But are you really going to do any better?
3. Stay the hell away from Lucy. Being around a horribly negative and mean person like that is deadly to a kid with esteem issues. She’s an emotional vampire.
4. Stop playing baseball…you stink. Of course his father may be pushing in into teams sports to force him to “man up”. But why pitch. Play left field. Or maybe be a benchwarmer.
5. Buy a new shirt for Christ sake.

If Charlie Brown follows my advice, he could end up living a much happier, fuller live.