This is as close as we're going to get...
Monday, January 26, 2009 ... to real snow.
That's hail. Dog food sized chunks of frozen death terrorized Southern California last night. Fury brought some to school to show his friends. Shut up, he's snow illiterate.
... to a real post.
Yeah... I know. I don't come around here that often anymore. And I have been publicly mocked for it via Web 2.0:
At least you know I didn't just pick my blog name for its search engine friendly attributes (Google "dad blog" or "dad blogs" and see for yourself - booyah!). I'm actually keepin it real. I AM a busy dad. My new job (last one, I promise!) is keeping me out of the house from 7:30am to 8:00pm daily. Fury goes to bed by 9. Throw in prep/eat dinner, finish random chores and to-do's, enjoy a couple Newcastles and/or Jack Daniels, catch up with this wife I allegedly have, and all I've got left is time to realize I have no time to blog tonight.
Plus, this is my house:
Yes, we're undergoing a complete down-to-the-studs remodel. It's going to be epic. But in the meantime, it means we're living out of a suitcase at my buddy Toheed's house. The same buddy who happens to be the general contractor working on the house. He is a single guy -- who now has: Legos strewn across the house, 2 dogs tearing up his yard, a TV always set on Cartoon Network, and blanket forts built upon his formerly pimpin couches. People are amazed at how quickly the remodel has been progressing. I say it's all about motivation.
... to a real committment.
But really, I have some great things in the works. Blogger meet-ups, funny things my kid has been doing (remember when this daddy blog used to actually be about daddy-ing?), videos and more. Plus, I have a whole mess of killer giveaways that are still sitting in a suitcase somewhere at our temporary abode. The PR world HATES me right now. PR reps for Nokia, Adobe, Poingo, Toon Books, Esquire Books, Roxio, Sensa and RCA are probably better friends right now, united in their shared displeasure for "that Busy Daddy guy."
... to real traffic.
In my absence, I noticed my traffic actually increasing! By 2,000 unique visitors a month. Maybe not posting actually makes the blog world fonder of me.
Maybe not. I just found out that it's all guys looking for pictures of Amy Adams. She's mine, guys. Go away.
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Reader Comments (49)
Oh gosh, if you can do a remodel, live with your contractor and stay out of couples therapy all at once, I won't believe you're real.
Also, you gotta go to Lolita and cook for me.
You know, if I didn't know for a fact that we had that freak storm last night that brought hail and encouraged dogs round the neighborhood to collectively freak out, I'd think you recycled this hail story.
And how do you know it's just guys googling the lucious Amy? RAWR.
This is as close as we're going to get...
... to an actual comment.
So, water actually does freeze down there from time to time? Huh. Never woulda thunk it. By the way: can I have your traffic, since you're not using it?
Are you okay? Do you have fever? A rash? The cold sweats? Maybe you want to go lie down for a while.
Whoa there BD! Are you saying that web 2.0 humiliation is your motivation? Dude, had I but known.
You're gonna have to watch your back now ;)
dude, I thought about emailing you to see if you were okay!
I'm just glad to know you're not dead. Yea I'm an optimistic person. LOL
yeah! you're back. well kinda. great way to make the contractor meet deadlines lol move in with him!! hilarious!
Oh my goodness, I never thought this day would come. I may have just crapped my pants.
You have one classy excuse in my book. I heart remodels, hail, and single guys that watch the cartoon network!
I don't believe you're really remodelling. You pulled this pic from goodle images and are just spending significantly more time with the Newcastles and Jack Daniels.
OK, new rule. Everyone should get to live with their contractor when they are renovating! That'll speed up the process for sure.
Epic, is the right word.
And you are selling yourself short, you're just ahead of the game, twitting is the new blogging.
Long live the twit!
My ears perked up at 'blogger meet up'. Please say your are coming back to the East Coast. As I was walking past that bar at the train station the other day, I almost called and said lets do a Jager shot!
We had our kitchen remodeled a few years ago. The contractor was a friend of ours & lived with us while doing it. Took 2 times as long as projected. Next time we'll move in with him instead. Hope the new job is going well
Just wanted to stop by and make sure someone was feeding the crickets.
He lives! Good to read about the BD World again. Good luck on the rebuild, sounds like more fun than I could stand.
Man. You know what I love? That you can not post for, like, eight months, then come back with some pic of a tore up house and get more comments by midday than I've ever gotten. Awesome.
Glad to hear you're not dead, dude! :)
Wait... You can live with your contractor during a remodel? 'Cause my last one was totally hot in a Tim Allen sorta way. :)
Oh! And yay for "wanna be snow", jobs that actually keep you busy, couch tents, and humiliation via twitter. You are livin' the life, man. Livin' the life.
I need to send you guys an envelope of real snow!
OMG. He LIVES! HE LIIIIVVVEEESSSS! LOL!
We miss you BD! Good luck with the remodeling thing.
Sounds like you've done a pretty good job remodeling your contractors house.
Good to have you back. If you ever make it to Toronto, my son Matthew would like to show Fury the Lego Eiffel Tower he has in his bedroom. 3,400 pieces...I should know, I stepped on a few hundred during the 16 hours it took him to build it.
haha! all my friends in arcadia were blogging about the hail too. epic indeed.
and i do have to say, that's an amazingly good way to motivate your contractor.
I'm so impressed by your remodeling project. I am rendered a blithering idiot by the thought of painting a room. I was going to say that your work hours are crazy, but realized that we're out from 6:30 am to 7:00 pm. I guess my work hours are crazy.
Y'know, I don't care if you're amazingly busy and your house is being trashed all in the name of remodelling. We need you here and we need you blogging. Can't you blog from the crackberry/iphone/whatever device you have that's supposed to be a phone but really does everything but make calls.
I've been here every freaking morning................imagine my surprise today. Peace, Mike.
P.S. I assumed you were really busy.....
I'm sitting in the "no time to blog" wagon with you. Except I have time. What I lack?
Motivation.
Glad to see you're back.. I am too ... sorta. Been a rough month... look forward to catching up witcha...
and good luck on the reno... you are a busy, busy dad...
Welcome back! So how long did that hail last in Fury's pocket??? ;)
Hope life settles down for ya soon.
If I could send you some real snow, I would. As for the real post, well, twitter is almost as good. But not quite. Especially when it croaks. Here's to a speedy remodel and more Newcastle. Always more Newcastle.
Who is Amy Adams?
I am just too shocked for words.
Oh, see, now it isn't just you. Its a 2009 thing. But yeah, a down-to-the-studs remodel would definitely do that for me, too.
Glad to see you around. Now if only Twitter would cooperate.... ;)
Blogger meet ups? With who??? ;-)
You are so smart to get out. I lived through my remodel with a 5 month old. It was hell, pure hell and then we ended up selling the house a few months later because it still wasn't big enough. That's what happens when you keep reproducing.
huh.
how come *we* didn't get any of that white stuff?
i'm not that far from you....
good planning on living with the contractor. that will get'r done so much quicker!
I got plenty of ice and snow for ya here. Good luck on the remodel.
Send the
blog fodderboychild over, his winter/snow education is obviously lacking!Ok, I was going to be all kinds of "I needed medical attention when I saw you updated", but then I remembered that I haven't even looked at my reader in two days.
So good luck on the remodel! :D
That looks like Texas snow. We don't get much here either! (: Good luck with the remodel!
Sounds like life is a bit crazy right now. Hope it calms down a bit.
I know how it is to work & have a 'dad blog.' I'll keep checking in with you though!
Hey there BD. Because I went through my own down-to-the-studs-and foundataion* remodel a few years ago I completely understand your busy-ness. In fact, if you need any info, sympathy or the lowdown on fake grass I'm an email away.
* or what I call our Extreme Home Makeover not financed by ABC and without the trip to Disneyworld
I just want to know why you changed your twitter name!
Can't wait to see the finished redo. And to actually get in on some of the giveaways this time. Curses on me for not discovering your blog in time to have gotten in on the McD's Star Wars toys!
I'm glad you're keeping it real. We're all pulled in a million directions; and make your blog better; sometimes, I want to smash my computer.
Thomas
Gotta say guess I picked a good time to come by and check out your blog for the first time.
Side note this is snow
WOW! I thought my house looked bad. Jiminiy.