Happy Birthday to me...

41 at last! I can do SO many things I couldn't do before...AND I'm that much closer to AARP discounts...

7 things

This is from a tag by Tara...but I won't be tagging anyone since I don't think anyone would see it who hasn't already done the lists...

Seven Things To Do Before I Die:

1 - Start a company
2 - Write/publish a book or story (print - not internet)
3 - Go to Greece (Athens and the Greek Isles)
4 - Pay for my daughter (and child #2) to go to college (most of it anyway - though a scholarship would be nice)
5 - Move to Florida (or some other warm climate locale) - sooner the better
6 - Become a manager (no hurry with this one)
7 - Retire by 60

Seven Things I Cannot Do:

1 - Play basketball
2 - Go to sleep early (usually)
3 - Sleep in (which can cause problems when combined with #2)
4 - Give up my cell phone
5 - Give up my computer (for more than a few days)
6 - Keep my office clean
7 - Stop loving my daughter (even when she gets into trouble-though I hope she doesn't test this one too often as a teen)

Seven Things That Attract Me To...Blogging:

1 - Networking
2 - Writing
3 - Fun
4 - "Everybody's doing it"
5 - It helps me with my procrastination for other "more important" things
6 - My parole office says it would be good for me (kidding, no - really)
7 - Corrupting others

Seven Things I Say Most Often:

1 - Dude
2 - Drug names (the ones I sell)
3 - my daughter's name
4 - my wife's name
5 - What would Harry Potter do? (nah, I just made that one up - but I think I like it)
6 - What IS up?
7 - It cost HOW much?

Seven Books That I Loved:

1 - Count of Monte Christo
2 - The Crystal Cave
3 - the Harry Potter books
4 - Three Musketeers
5 - Anything by Grisham
6 - The Bourne Identity
7 - most of the Jack Ryan books by Tom Clancy

Seven Movies That I Watch Over and Over Again:

1 - Groundhog Day
2 - most Disney animated movies
3 - all Pixar animated movies
4 - Brotherhood of the Wolf
5 - Spiderman 2
6 - Office Space
7 - Princess Bride

Seven People That Get to Join In Too (if they haven't already):

1 -anyone
2 -anyone
3 - Beuller?
4 -anyone
5 -etc
6 -etc
7 -etc

This is a test...

Take this test!

I got a 10/11, but I disagree with the one I missed...

Jacktracker (from 24)

More photos - this time from NJ

These are from Hanukkah in Cleveland and Thanksgiving in NJ at my parent's house...I know, I don't download photos as often as I should...oh, well.

Recent photos

Unlucky Bear

This video is much more fun than most...

Another video - Mentos + Diet Coke

I did this experiment after reading about it on ksra's blog (I think) and did not take a video. Here's one I found...Just drop some mentos into diet soda and stand back...By the way, just watch the first 30 seconds or so (and turn down the volume)...

The big news...

Child number 2 is due in July. Actual due date is 7/13, but delivery will be around 7/5 due to c-section (they do those a little early). Still filling in all the family members, though some already know (as of a few days ago). But I don't think any family members read this website, so I guess I'm safe...We waited a bit to announce since we had a miscarriage about a year ago. We also had a miscarriage about a year before Child number 1 was born. So we were cautious...but doc said everything looks good and we're past 3 months...so there you go...Did you guess?

Nicotine (back from Memphis, too tired, yet still blogging)

Going to Memphis...News coming soon...

I will be away from the computer until late Thursday night...I have a meeting in Memphis. I have to leave my house around 5am for a 7:30am flight. Coming soon, though...big news. How's that? A teaser...

Oh, and by the way, the big news has nothing to do with Memphis.

Abolut-ly

Stuff to ponder...

Per Tara's blog...too tired to do the link...look at the links on the right side of this page for Eclectic Spaghetti...

4 jobs I've held: Drug rep, Time Share sales, Troll Doll and stuffed animal sales, advertising agency grunt

4 movies you could watch over and over again: Shawshank Redemption, Office Space, Groundhog Day, Brotherhood of the Wolf

4 places you've lived: Sagamore Hills OH, Montville NJ, Saginaw MI, Bridgeport CT

4 TV shows you love to watch: Lost, Battlestar Galactica, 24, Veronica Mars

4 places you've been on vacation: St Martin, Grand Cayman, San Juan PR, Hawaii

4 web sites you visit daily: AOL, Yahoo, MySpace, EOnline

4 of your favorite foods: Spaghetti (with either marinara sauce or white clam sauce), Pizza (NYC style, folded in half, preferably with mushrooms), flank steak (the way I cook it - on the grill or broiled with a sauce made of ketchup and mustard mixed evenly - sounds gross but tastes great), most fruit (especially strawberries, grapes, oranges, apples)

4 places you'd rather be: living in Orlando (or other warmer climate places south of Cleveland), vacationing in Hawaii, vacationing in Greece, Doing the pub tour of London

How's that sound?

To that I'd add...

4 favorite concerts you've attended: Sting (with and without The Police), U2, Sarah McLaughlin, Bare Naked Ladies

4 favorite books: The Count of Monte Christo, The Harry Potter series (I'll count that as one), The Crystal Cave series (4 books, yet still one), The Bourne Identity

4 favorite animated movies: Treasure Planet, Jungle Book (first movie I ever saw in a theater), Lady and the Tramp, Iron Giant

OK...that'll have to do...

X3 coming in May

What do you think of these?

Superdog

superdog
Originally uploaded by nickjones65.

From k_sra's site (see links), I was able to make this ode to Chewbacca in his Superman costume...

He is staring at me as I do this and I think he's pretty pissed in the photo...

Tagged...damnit

Tagged by Nicole to write 5 random facts about myself. Normally, I'd ignore the request, but Nicole is nice enough to be one of the few regulars to this blog. Therefore:

Fact #1: I did a comic strip my freshman year at Ohio State. Another student, Jeff Smith, also did a strip at the same time. His was called Thorn. It eventually became a comic book named "Bone". Bone was an amazing success. There is a collection of his strips from Ohio State called "Thorn: tales from the Lantern" (The Lantern is the school paper). I have a copy and recently found and sold another copy (I didn't want to part with my original one). I purchased it at a used book store for $200 plus tax and sold it for $735 plus shipping etc. I figure (after fees) that I made $500 in about 2 weeks. Not bad. Oh, my strip was just a silly one that never amounted to much, though I enjoyed doing it...I guess this one is a few facts, but I'll still count it as one.

Fact #2: I have run the Columbus Marathon 3 times. The first time, I didn't have a ride home to my OSU apartment, so after 23 miles, I stopped near my place. I guess that was dumb. People thought I couldn't finish it, so I ran it the next year and finished in under 4 hours. Of course, I wasn't an amazing runner, I was just intent on finishing. The third and final time was in 1989. I was at Kent State for my MBA and decided to run the race a month before since people kept telling me I couldn't do it (I was a bit out of shape - yet still 25 lbs lighter than I am now). I finished in around 4 1/2 hours and then drove back to Kent to take a midterm the next morning (got a 98!). Now, my knees are so bad, I doubt I'll do it again, though I'd love to try a 10K.

Fact #3: I used to have hair way past my shoulders. Since it's very curly, it would be even longer when wet. I think I went 8 months once without a hair cut. I just liked it that way. Now, I have it clipped every month or so. I like it short since I don't have to do anything about it (not that I did when it was long)...

Fact #4: I met my wife outside a doctor's office in Michigan when we were reps for different companies (pharmaceutical). A mutual friend had been trying to set us up and we both ignored that. We started hanging out and eventually started dating.

Fact #5: One of my favorite Disney cartoons is Treasure Planet. Most critics hated it and it did poorly at the box office, but my daughter liked it and I think we've watched it together about 30+ times. I've always liked Disney movies (before becoming a parent), but now I have an easy excuse to watch the movies, Disney Channel, etc. I'm somewhat sick of some of the princess things, but it's easy to buy her gifts...and she's due some more since she's almost 4.

How's that Nicole? Revealing enough? OK, I don't think there are enough people to tag that read this, but on the offchance that they do: tag to Sippy (can't put the link, per her instructions), Tara (of course - along with Nicole, my two best supporters), K_sra. I think that'll have to do...If they choose to ignore this tag, so be it!

Up since 5:15am, all day meeting, have to be up early for the drive to Y-town. Goodnight!

What 2005 song are you?

Your 2005 Song Is

Beverly Hills by Weezer "My automobile is a piece of crap My fashion sense is a little whack And my friends are just as screwy as me" You breezed through 2005 in your own funky style!

What Hit Song of 2005 Are You?