Kittens

Ok first I just have to say that after my last post all of those forwards were replaced with a note from Facebook saying that they could contain harmful things. Anyway on to the good stuff.

Over the winter we have noticed a couple of cats hanging around our place. Usually on the back porch and in the carport. So we would chase them off, we being more of a dog family than a cat family. Today I was outside and I hear a faint meowing from somewhere. I try to get my bearings on the sound and it stops. I start meowing and get a response back. Slowly I find the meowing coming from some bee boxes that we have stacked on the back patio. Thinking of a recent story of a cat falling between the wall and sliding down to the basement I go to explore...



I move the box of the top and can hear a louder more audible meow so I take a look inside...



Four little kittens at the bottom of the stack of bee boxes! So I did what any curious boy would do...I picked them up and set them in the grass so they could enjoy the sunshine!



So the question of the day is what should I do with these four little guys? I've never been a cat guy, I have always loved dogs so I don't know much about them. I did read that you can train a cat to use the toilet, which would be awesome to train a cat just for the amusement of watching a cat jump up on a toilet and do his business. Anyway, if you are a cat lover and want one let me know. Also let me know what you think about me keeping one. Here are some closeups of each one. Enjoy!

Diffidence

OK so maybe I'm just sick of getting all the "fun wall" posts from people but I have to comment on this. I have received so many stupid posts that go something like this:

" hit forward and then you can see who looks at your profile the most..."

Now maybe you wouldn't notice this right of the bat but before this statement said that to view the person who views your profile the most you need to hit Alt + F4. For anyone that doesn't know what Alt F4 does I suggest you open a random window, any old window, maybe another internet window or a Word document or something. It really doesn't matter because Alt F4 does one thing and one thing only in a Windows operating system...it closes the window that is open. Thus if you don't have a pop-up blocker and suddenly get a ton of windows opening up than you can counter that by repeatedly hitting Alt and F4 at the same time. Other uses is you are too lazy to click on the red "X" in the top right corner. There are many useful uses for this function. One of the many useful functions is NOT, I repeat NOT to tell you who views your profile the most!
I don't really understand the appeal of this in the first place. I do not care who looks at my profile! If I did than I would make it so you can't see it unless I specifically allow you to. The only reason I could think of is Diffidence, or if you haven't looked this up yet, a lack of self-confidence. I don't know, maybe it is different for girls to see what guy is interested in them and always checking you out? Perhaps but I for one do not care! You can look all you want, and please comment and leave a little note. I know who my friends are by their posts on my wall or comments on my blog. The rest of you I hope you have enjoyed looking at my life.

Sorry if this was a rant, but I really don't like little things on facebook, like the idea to forward stuff on, or invite everyone to become a part of a group cause I made a bet that I could get "X" amount of people to join.

Also I did not mean to offend so I'm sorry if you love doing these things, just don't include me on your forwards, Thank you.

My dive into the Woman's recherche psyche!

Ok, Now that I've word of the day I can explain. This last week I've had a dive into the complexities which is known as the woman's psyche. How you may ask...it all started on Saturday, February 23, 2008. I was feeding the horses over at my brothers house and came in after the morning feeding. My niece was there and she was reading The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. I had heard of these books and the odd attraction women had to it. Most of the girls I knew had read them got sucked in and finished all three in about as many days. As my niece was on the second book and the first book was sitting on the table I thought that I could sit down and read a few chapters to see what all the fuss was about.

It was a romance novel in pretty much every sense of word. It was bearable though knowing that it had to get interesting because there are vampires involved. So I read on. Now I might loose some readers by giving my review of the book so if you are a huge fan than don't read on. It took about 350 pages before it got interesting. Up until that point the book was an easy read. Very well written but not much in the grasping department. I also found the way that Edward treated Bella very two faced. One moment he was rude and distracted and the next he was sweet and loving. But even when he was in a good mood than he still seemed to be mocking her and treating her lightly, always laughing at her when she was trying to be serious. All in all though it was a decent book. By nightfall I was almost finished and we had to make a run to Walmart so she could buy the third book so I could read the second. I finished in the morning and started the second.

The second book I was disillusioned by Bella. I was deeply disturbed by the way she acted after he so flippantly left her. I guess I just don't understand women (I know big shocker right!) The second book never really caught my interest but I read till the end. Sure there are a few pages toward the end that are intriguing but all and all it was not my kind of book. I love the way she rights and it's easy to read and get a very visual picture but I could not make myself read through the 300+ pages of the romance parts to get to the 100 or so pages of adventure.

My next experience came this last weekend. On Friday February 29, 2008 I drove up to Idaho Falls to help run sound for a Time Out for Women.

This was an amazing event. Even though the talks were geared towards women I still found little nuggets of truth that have changed me. It was also really fun to work with some talented LDS musicians. I have always been a fan of Jenny Oaks Baker and it was a pleasure to work with her and hear her play live. Kenneth Cope wasn't bad either, and the new group Mercy River was good, and it features a girl that I graduated high school with. All in all it made me realize that women have harder problems than I'll ever have. It also makes me want to be a better man so that when the day comes that one women will allow me to marry her than I will be the envy of the salons, Relief Society and noon hour restaurants :)