4/28/2013

Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me, Happy birthday to me! What a good day--I (willie) woke up to turkey bacon and french toast, then went to a Magic tournament, then had Snappy Dragon (General Tso's and handmade stir fried noodles) for dinner. Then the piece of resistance--my annual Cocolat Bi-Color Mousse cake! Mmmmmmm, but I probably ate too much because I had to take a potential barf bucket to watch America's Funniest Home Videos (in case I laughed too hard). Fortunately, while it was a good episode, I did not have any vomit inducing side splitters. It was a good haul of presents too with Mommy and Papa, Grandparents, Cousin Mimi, our friends Ellie and Dana and Esther, and even Teddy all contributing. All in all, it was a good day to celebrate my 16th birthday. Now, about the car...

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 Papa surprised us with Ethiopian food for lunch one day during break. It was great, but the they underestimated my need for extra extra injera. We'll know better next time. It was pretty good, because this is all that was left.

No Ethiopian for me from the place papa went--they mix wheat into their teff flour--who ever heard of such a thing--I'll sue.

Fast forward to friday where I was telling everybody how to do the Harlem Shake, then they made me get up and demonstrate, for which I made a silly costume, gyrated some, and flopped on the floor. That's about as much as you'll get out of me on the subject of a popular internet meme.

 I still don't get it, but that's okay.

I'm going to start a new internet trend of impossible finger poses, like this.

 Birthday bacon and cards--this is the way to start the day.

 Hmmm, let's see if i can let some air out of big brother's birthday balloon...

 BONZAI!!! POP! SLASH! POKE!

 Zorro's got nuthin on me.

 Good thing my birthday isn't for a couple of months--that will give willie time to forget his new scars and hopefully not retaliate.

 I'm trying to eat here--leave me alone if you know what's good for you.

This is what's good for me--Cocolat Tri Color Mousse cake. Okay, it's bi-color--we skip the white chocolate, which is kind of a waste of time.

 The best fortune ever.

If you want to read it you'll have to scroll down. Don't count on having left over mousse cake though. It's my precious, and it's my birthday and I wants it!

Why is this bearded man smiling?

 Oh, it must be 4 weeks and 5 days since the start of the Omer, or 33 days of the Omer, or Lag b'omer which means he can shave. Should he keep the Iron Man look?

Nah! Take it all off. Hey--this is a family site.

This was my (willie) fortune tonight--really! Eat chocolate to have a sweeter life. Amen, fortune cookie company worker!

4/14/2013

Spring Break is finally here!! We're off to the beach in search of bikini babes, April fools! Better late than never. Although much discussion was devoted to bikini babes at Friday night dinner when we were talking about the Three Stooges and papa piped up about some new flame (isn't Uma Thurman and Scarlett Johansson enough for him) who apparently wears something called a 'nun-kini' in the movie. We don't really get it, but then again we're more interested in computers and junk like that. You'll see below.

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 Like we said, we just sit quietly like church mice and don't ever raise any kind of fuss.

 TWEAK!!! Got yer conk!

 BLOW--Teddy snotted me. It was worth it.

 Ahh, what a comfy place.

 This will lead to the Book of Pain!

 I (willie) have been busily producing new shape in Google SketchUp. I've been taking 2 strange but regular polygons and use a combine tool to make something completely different but with some vestigial traits. With mad skillz like mine I could be SketchUp monkey for some faceless conglomerate.

 This one is the Spine Cake (trademark, copyright, patent pending). Basically I was just randomly taking pointy circles and adding weird cross shapes to it. Looks like my new headquarters of evil.

 It's all part of the world domination plan. Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Teddy?

I think so Willie, but where are we going to get 50 pounds of red M&M's at this hour?

4/7/2013

We woke up the other morning to BOOM BOOM BOOM and there was a huge thing that looked like Mike Mulligan's steam shovel (except it was hydraulic) in the back yard of the house two houses away. You can maybe guess what happened next, but if you can't, there is a picture below.

I (Teddy) got a haircut--it was starting to fall down into my eyes again which was starting to bug me. Also, I figured Willie got one so I could now safely get one as well.

Papa's been busy watching baseball games every day for the past week. Luckily the A's won 5 out of the last 7, so we're safe from his wrath...for now. Stay A's! [Editor's note--we don't say Go A's anymore].

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I won't smile, I won't smile, I won't smile.

 Darn your eyes, Willie, why'd you have to say something funny?

And now chef willie will create some concoction to please his palette. Sounds like pasta again, but this morning it was turkey bacon. Come to think of it, chef willie made all three of his meals today. Come to double think of it, chef Teddy made all three of his meals today too. [Editor's note: I can't say freedom because that is a Yang worship word--I must not use it.]

Poor little house, we hardly knew ye. Anyway, a big beautifuller house will be in its place soon, we hope. In the meantime, looks like papa got his childhood mud slope back. Mommy will have to wash him off with a hose in the front yard when he comes home from playing over there. That will be a fun sight to see.