From the files of "Nothing Can Ever Be Easy"

Music Monday

2010-09-27T07:18:00.000-07:00

My three most played songs of last week: 1. The Walking Dead by The Dropkick Murphies 2. No Tengo Dinero by Kumbia Kings with Juan Gabriel 3. The Pot by Tool Top 10 "All Time" Most Played Songs: 1. Friday I'm in Love by The Cure 2. The Middle by Jimmy Eat World 3. My Girlfriend's Dead by The Vandals 4. I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones 5. Tu Solo Tu by

An Open Letter to Refrigerator Magnet Vendors....

2010-09-24T11:34:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow, my Texas Longhorns will play a home game against UCLA. Allie is a UCLA "fan". I put it in quotes because she couldn't tell you anything about the team other than the fact that UCLA is in Westwood. I don't necessarily care that she's not a true fan, because as a fan of sport, I love the fact that she's probably more excited about this game than I am (I expect it to be over by

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

2010-09-22T13:15:00.000-07:00

Before I was married with children, I could devote entire weekends to doing nothing but watching football. Now that I'm all grown up, I usually end up having to pick and choose which games I watch in order for me to have time to spend with the family. It doesn't bother me one bit to spend time with my family/friends rather than watch "the big game", but when I do find the time to watch some

Music Monday

2010-09-20T07:52:00.000-07:00

The problem I have with blogging is (mostly) that I only want to write when I have something funny to share (or when I want the last word in an argument with Allie). I miss blogging but in order to do so I need to realize that I should blog when I'm sad as well as when I'm happy, when something makes me angry as well as when something makes me laugh. I could really make an effort to show my

Analysis of a Facebook Faux Pas....

2010-07-14T10:45:00.000-07:00

One of the biggest reasons I'm addicted to Facebook is because it helps me communicate with family members that I have absolutely no time to see on a regular basis. I have a rather large extended family (something along the lines of 9 aunts and uncles from my mom's side and 15 from my dad's side which translates to something around 100 cousins and who knows how many second cousins now.) So, as

Maybe I should just beat them instead....

2010-06-25T09:22:00.000-07:00

I have a bad habit of putting children in timeout....then completely forgetting to un-timeout them. The irony is that although they weren't very interested in following rules before I punish them, apparently they're sticklers for the timeout rule and won't budge an inch until I tell them to do so. I have a nephew, niece and three kids (and a dog) that I've probably done this to all at different

Deadbeat Dad

2010-03-10T09:44:00.000-08:00

This is hard for me to say....but I can't stand my wife's child. It's horrible of me isn't it? I tried to play with him, but I end up getting frustrated by his over-zealousness and we usually end up with me just chasing after him trying to get him back under control. I can't stand his constant need for attention. Yes, he's about to be 2 years old and practically a baby still, but what the

Soy Un Perdedor

2010-03-08T11:12:00.000-08:00

I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?-Beck The other day I was chatting with my mom and my sister about life and love and all that. The conversation turned to a cousin of mine who is divorcing his wife after years of separation, reconciliation, argumentation, and on and on. My mom wondered why he hadn't divorced her earlier, my sister speculated that maybe it was the fear of being

Closure.....

2010-02-08T06:14:00.000-08:00

So, I'm a big sports guy. I religiously follow the University of Texas football team and as you may (or may not) have known, my football team played for the National Title recently. Unfortunately, things didn't turn up as I had hoped, and quite frankly, I was upset at the outcome. (Not a REAL type of upset, I mean I'm a fan, but I'm not a fanatic.) In any case, I found it pretty difficult to

Unfinished Business

2010-02-03T14:38:00.000-08:00

The other day I noticed that I had several posts listed as "draft" on blogger. I decided to go through them to see if I really needed to save them. Apparently, I'm a Post Hoarder. I had at least 20 unfinished blog posts. Unfortunately, I got rid of most of them before I came across this gem from October 23, 2009: I've hit a blogging rut I want to blog...I really d A for effort? I

Failure, setback, succes?

2010-02-03T10:47:00.000-08:00

Regarding my previous post about my New Year's Resolutions for 2010: 1. Continue to not throw away the Christmas tree until Spring. (pictured below) FAILURE! Mostly because I blogged about my intentions for the tree, Allie forced me to throw the stupid tree away on Saturday. I protested loudly and for a long period of time, but she finally wore me out, so I threw the tree away. I believe

New Year's Resolutions for 2010 (And Beyond)....

2010-01-28T08:37:00.000-08:00

This year I've decided to challenge myself by waiting till the end of January to come up with resolutions. So, officially, I have 11 months to get these all worked out. Also, due to the great success of my previous resolutions (see this post) I've decided to make these resolutions challenging (and ridiculous by most accounts.) So, without further ado, here are my 2010 New Year's Resolutions

Search Terms....

2010-01-26T07:05:00.000-08:00

The following is a list of search terms that have led people to my blog: nothing can ever be easy nothing can be easy nothingcaneverbeeasy.blogspot.com nothingcaneverbeeasy@blogspot.com how to tell if there is a ghost in an apartment what can i do home alone and i am gay my wife wants me to have an affair eashyhome broke in to my house guy who performed open heart surgery with pen jennster

Land of Confusion.....

2010-01-22T06:16:00.000-08:00

(Alternate title: This Is Why My Blog Isn't a Photo Blog") So, as much as everyone seemed to be confused about the picture I posted on Wednesday, I was equally confused by your comments. I assumed that the joke was apparent, but apparently not. I believe the confusion has come about because I have no freakin clue how to upload pictures onto this site. I use Photobucket (because in 2007

How I managed to accomplish every one of my New Year's Resolutions...

2010-01-21T06:02:00.000-08:00

In only less than THREE years! Out of curiosity, I decided to go back through my archives and find my last blog post in which I list my resolutions. It was dated: December 28, 2006. In any event, I've pasted the blog post here, so that we can examine it together. Please read on..... Caesar Marches Triumphantly Back Into Rome.... (Another working title: Yet another half-assed attempt at

This is not a door....

2010-01-20T07:49:00.000-08:00

Other things it's not: An entrance An entry way A waffle iron The lost city of Atlantis Definitely not Bigfoot

Keeping the day sacred...

2010-01-19T07:14:00.000-08:00

Excerpt from a conversation with one of my coworkers yesterday (we were discussing MLK and all his greatness).... Me: [Referring to Coworker's comment earlier that MLK had more bitches than Tiger Woods] He wasn't a saint...but he put himself out there knowing that he'd be the target of assassination attempts. Coworker: Oh yea...more than can be said for the pope, who rides in an armored

Your penis is on my leg....

2010-01-18T06:00:00.000-08:00

So in continuation of the previous post about my Communist dog, here are two more things that I can't stand about this asshole:1. Picking up the poop. We walk him, he poops on something and I pick it up in a little green baggy and then dispose of it in the trashcan. Does that sound normal to you? There is no one on the face of this earth who's poop I'd pick up off the ground! If my daughter

Who are you to tell me how to live?

2010-01-13T07:44:00.000-08:00

So a couple of months ago, we decided* to get a dog. First of all, I'm not a dog person, we've tried owning a dog before, but after three weeks, I was so stressed out by the dog that we gave him away.Almost immediately after we gave him away, I regretted doing so, telling myself that I just needed time to get used to the dog. What made matters worse is that Allie is such an animal-lover and

Texas Fight

2010-01-06T08:35:00.000-08:00

As some of you well know, my alma mater is the University of Texas. I'm also a huge sports fan. So, as my football team is preparing to play for the national championship tomorrow night, I haven't been able to focus on other things (you know: work, raising my child, etc).I found this video clip of Mack Brown (the coach of the Longhorns) talking to the team after they won the championship in

Whatever

2010-01-05T08:29:00.000-08:00

Me: Kaci pick up all these toys please.Kaci: Pff. Whatever!Me: [Thinking to self "did she really just say 'whatever' to me?"] NOW KaciKaci: Fine, ONE toy and that's it!Me: We're NOT negotiating here. Pick them all up or I'll throw everything away.Kaci: Even my babies?Me: Yes and the dog too, but probably not your mom.Kaci: [Crying as if I just shattered her entire world] Not MY dog, I

I wanna be a rock star

2010-01-04T10:07:00.000-08:00

Or at least play one on the PS3. It turns out the best Christmas gift I've ever gotten, wasn't even a gift for me. My niece got Rockband 2 for Christmas this year, and my life hasn't been the same since.I've played Rockband/Guitar Hero before, but usually while at a party or a friend's house. I always found it fun, but I never got sucked into it, until last week.I'm completely addicted. I find

2009 In Review (With two weeks left, I'm pretty sure nothing interesting is going to happen to me for the rest of this year.)

2009-12-17T10:37:00.000-08:00

Ok this isn't really a "year in review", it's a short list of things that came to mind in the 5 minutes it took me to prepare writing this post: Possible Military Service?The other morning, I seriously considered joining the National Guard. Reason: I wanted do do something that was adventurous/exciting while earning extra money/student loan help, etc. I talked to Allie about it and she was

If you like rap music so much, how come you're not smiling?

2009-12-16T09:47:00.000-08:00

The other day Allie and I were driving somewhere. I can't remember how it started, but I made a rhyme within a sentence, which brought me to continue to rhyme it. Some hip hop song was on the radio, so I used the music as my background. It was lame, corny, and completely 2nd grade-ish.As soon as I paused, Allie began "flowing". (For the non hip hoppers, that means she was making up lyrics as

Kaci is dating now...

2009-12-15T08:20:00.000-08:00

And apparently has not one...but TWO boyfriends. Needless to say, I'm not a happy fucking camper right now. My three year old is telling me that she has "boyfriends". And that she wants to marry one of them when she gets older. Apparently the boy she wants to marry is named Alex. I believe it's frowned upon (and illegal) to punch kids in the face, but I'm sure Alex would totally deserve it.

A post about sports?

2009-12-14T07:00:00.001-08:00

Tiger Woods. You've heard the stories I'm sure. The other day Allie and I were talking about it and she was going on about it and how it was a shock and such. I believe my response was "Why is it a shock? He's rich and famous, I'm sure women throw themselves at him. It was probably just as easy as breathing."Then I get the "So are you saying that YOU'D cheat on ME if you were rich and famous

Strange Days

2009-11-19T08:50:00.001-08:00

I think my last post was something like November 2nd. Today is November 19th. The days between then and now have been so full of bullshit, it's really starting to get annoying. But just when I think I'm having the worst day of my life, I have this conversation with Kaci:Kaci: Dadda...Me: Yes?Kaci: I don't hate you. [In the same tone I give her when I say stuff like "I'm not mad at you,

And the next day he performed open-heart surgery with a pen....

2009-11-02T12:49:00.000-08:00