Madness never sleeps!
WOW .. its just sad. When you see this you’re gonna feel embarrased for doing so poorly at Roly’s 30th birthday party. Here’s a 14-year old kid who not only manages to hulu hoop for almost 2 1/2 minutes straight but takes on a total of 30 of our round little friends.
Now I’d like to see this kid rump rope. He’s got nothing on Roly though. That’s the Grand Master of jump rope.
We all have first times. Our first birthday, your first steps and who could forget … the first car. Well this year, David was given a little gift some of us got the chance to share with him … his ”first time” behind the wheel of a true NASCAR race car. Doesn’t get better than that!
How many of us have “legally” had the opportunity to go experience 160MPH down the highway, or in this case, in circles around a track. Have you seen the banking down in Homestead? Intimidating!!
The day started with us 5 (Leslie had to work) arriving at check-in excited as can be. David had a couple of donuts and made his way to registration. Then we all walked over to the training area to take it all in. What an experience that was. You could easily imagine yourself in front of that huge crowd of rednecks .. I mean fans. I love you sweetie! J After a short while they rounded up the guys (don’t remember seeing any women drivers) and started the training. The instructors were funny. One of them reminded me of Jeff Foxworthy and kind of looked like him too … interesting character. They then went over a few rules and explained how to take the turns.
Everyone got a chance to ride around in a Ford F350 to get a feel for things. When they returned, it was time to “SUIT UP”! David was given a uniform, but it ended up being one size too small. They didn’t calculate for his “Package”. J After a quick exchange, he was all ready.
About 20 minutes had passed when they called out David’s name. He dragged himself over there, nervous as could be and loaded up into his car. He was driving #99, Carl Edward. I reminded him of the tradition with that driver, “when you return, you have to do a back flip off the car … its tradition”. Anyways, the crew chief strapped in him and readied him up. “Fire her up, Son!”, the instructor screamed. The Thrill had begun. Well, I won’t go into too much detail about his experience, I’ll let him do that. But I will say for a “first timer”, he ran a heck of a race. Even passing his opponents.
“Go DAVID!”
Thanks for having us all, buddy.
Crew of #99
Chuck bought a horse from a farmer for $100, who agreed to deliver the horse the next day.
The next morning, the farmer drove up and said, “Sorry son, but I have some bad news…the horse died.”
Chuck: “Well, then just give me my money back.”
Farmer: “Can’t do that. I went and spent it already.”
Chuck: “Ok, then just bring me the dead horse.”
Farmer: “Wha’cha gonna do with him?”
Chuck: “I’m going to raffle him off.”
The farmer thought for a second and said, “You can’t raffle off a dead horse!”
Chuck replied, “Sure I can, Watch me. I just won’t tell anybody he’s dead.”
A month later, the farmer met up with Chuck and as curiosity would have it, he asked “What happened with that dead horse?”
“I raffled him off”, he said. “I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a profit of $998.”
Surprised by his reponse, the farmer asked, “Didn’t anyone complain?”
Chuck said, “Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back.”
Update: Chuck grew up and now works for the government. He’s the one who figured out how this “bail-out” is going to work.
Doesn’t seem like much of a deal considering regular price is $9.00, but if anyone is interested in joining Lesle & I at The Fair on Opening Day, let me know. A simple “Yes” or “No” will do. No explanation required.
NOTE: Personally, I’m going for photos and food. Who doesn’t love Elephant Ears?
Fair time & info: http://www.fairexpo.com/thefair/fairtime.asp
UPDATE: So far going .. Isabel, Monica, Danny, David P. & Lana (as of 3.25.09 @ 2:45PM). I’ll keep this updated.
No excuses. The promise was to post something either daily or weekly. What can I say … I failed in the first few days of my blog. I did start some posts, but didn’t get far enough through them to publish any. No need to make excuses about it. It’s simply time we pick ourselves up and move on. So this weekend I’ve planned on setting some time aside to finish a few of the ones I’ve started and start on a couple others I’ve had in mind.
One thing I have stayed true to is my 3.6.5. As promised, I’ve posted a picture of day for the past 13 days. Some days were definitely harder than others. But so far so good.
As for this blog entry, we’ll keep it short. Save the words for another blog post. See you all then …
NICKNAMES:
• If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
• If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.
EATING OUT:
• When the bill arrives, Mike , Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it’s only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
• When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.
MONEY:
• A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
• A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn’t need but it’s on sale.
BATHROOMS:
• A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.
• The average number of items in the typical woman’s bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.
ARGUMENTS:
• A woman has the last word in any argument.
• Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
FUTURE:
• A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
• A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
SUCCESS:
• A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
• A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
MARRIAGE:
• A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t.
• A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, but she does.
DRESSING UP:
• A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
• A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.
NATURAL:
• Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
• Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
OFFSPRING:
• Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
• A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A married man should forget his mistakes. There’s no use in two people remembering the same thing!
** Courtesy of Carlos Perez **
This post should be fairly short.
I just wanted to thank you all for taking the time and joining us at Flannigan’s last night. I had a great time and sincerely apologize for the mix up with the seating arrangement. Despite being so seperated, I honestly enjoyed myself. We always enjoy the after party festivities more anyways .. 
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I special Thank You goes out to Jenny & Alex. The card was awesome. Hoops & Yoyo ROCK!!
Thanks again guys …
Rigo.
Day One! My first official post.
We are starting a little late, but I’m staying true to my Flickr “Project 365″. Yesterady I posted the first picture. And on that very day we gave light to an iconic hero. I worked so hard on his self image. Every president since George Washington has had a portrait made for future generations to remember them by, illustrating the awesome power that comes from photography. And so will “TM” be remembered. With his great powers and good looks, he’s sure to win the world over. Afterall, we all love a man in Uniform! And who can forget, he’s sponsored by Nike!
Like his counterpart, Batman, Leslie’s suggested we create some type of logo in the sky that calls for Trivial’s services. What an ingenious idea. But that’s going to take some real magic on my part, and one I don’t currently have much talent in doing. But I’ll give it some thought.
The real question now is “Who’s the man beneath the cape and the goofy goggles?” The world may never know. Someday photoshop might reveal his true identity.
But till then remember … Madness Never Sleeps!
WOW … today’s a day of celebration! For the first time, I share my birthday with someone NEW .. Trivial Madness ™!
Who’s Trivial? Well that’s me, of course. For a long time I’ve wanted to come up with a name, a call sign … just something to identify ME. So after much deliberation, it seemed natural to considering Trivial Madness as my new “Identity”. You might be wondering where the name came from. Well the story is short — suprisingly.
On a cold winter night, while sitting by the fire .. ok, ok, I’ll get to the point.
Simple, one night while talking to Leslie and throwing around some ideas and a few mental pictures, I was struck by the image of a boy with cape strung across his back like his childhood hero and a set of googles to protect him against the elements. So I waundered out of the room as I’ve done hundreds of time before in search for the outfit. Minutes later, I reemerged, storming through the door of our home office with soundtrack and all, flying through the room in slow motion. She was SOLD … and immediately fell to the ground in laughter. And ever since, Trivial Madness was born. Well .. today he comes to life.
Now this blog isn’t just about Trivial. You might also be wondering why I decided to start up a blog. Why all of a sudden? The truth is, ever since the start of my first Flickr account, I wanted to create a blog to talk about photography and events we all were a part of. It’s hard to summarize something like that into one shot. Since then I’ve created two other blogs that eventually died out and never got used. This one is different. This year is different. Times’a wastin’ and the days are counting.
This year, I’ve decided to put my Blog to good use. We’re counting down to my 30′s Birthday. I’m calling it “Project 365″. Well the idea isn’t exactly new .. far from it to be honest. My hope is to get in the habit of uploading one picture of day [to Flickr] and possibly create a post once a week, if not sooner. I have confidence in myself, and so should you. I need your support. No purchase required.
So until then [tomorrow], stay tuned. We’ll be seeing a little more of each other in the next 365!
With that, I leave you with this one Quote:
“Madness Never Sleeps!” – Trivial Madness
