thanks gene...

Gene sent me this awesome photo today...it is now one of my favorites.

positive post thursday...

in an effort to infuse some positivity into the often-depressing world of the internet, a couple of my friends (gene and luke...who are also approximately 66% of my readership) have begun a weekly post series called "positive post tuesday" (i believe the tradition started here)...i am following suit, however, i don't want to cram too much positive-ness into one day...so mine will be called..."positive post thursday"....

i will keep this post short since i am at work...and my break is ending...and my phone just started ringing...

check these guys out...they are some college friends of my brother's...they are going to be kayaking down the entire mississippi river from minnesota to the gulf of mexico to raise money for an organization that fights human sex trafficking...their website is very informative and really opened my eyes to what a huge issue this is around the world...

so if you are asking yourself, "how is this a positive post?"...well, i was really encouraged to see how young people are tackling tough issues and using the internet to get the word out...if you have a few extra bucks, send it their way...if not, give them an encouraging comment...that's all....

http://www.upstreambattle.blogspot.com/

weekly wonder of wikipedia #3

this week's weekly wonder of wikipedia is near and dear to my heart...mostly because i wrote it (in collaboration with gene)

it is a short article about our good friend phil 's new album...cannons

Weekly Wonder of Wikipedia #3

that's my boy...

as you may have already guessed...we're having a boy...i'm pretty stoked about the whole situation...i would love to have a girl but it sure is exciting to think about having "my boy"...he'll throw the touchdown passes and i'll stand in the crowd and yell, "that's my boy!!"...it should be a great time...

i'm working on posting an ultrasound picture but i don't have a scanner right now...

i started my new job at PG&E on friday...it was very different from the unique world of truss manufacturing...basically the tattoos per capita were much lower...not quite as low as maybe a bank or something but lower than i was used to...as part of my training i am leaving to go to livermore tomorrow...i will spend the week there and come back on friday...this would be great but we are closing escrow on our house this week, so that leaves a lot for my beautifully pregnant wife to take care of...

i know i am sounding like the boy who cried wolf here but stay tuned for a strong week of blogs...i am going to be pretty bored while i'm out of town so i should be full of stuff to write.

by the way...as always check out gene's blog...he's on an awesome road trip.

so many things to talk about

so, as the title suggests, we have so many things to talk about...

-our house will be finished on june 26th...which also happens to be our three-year wedding anniversary...so that's good news.

-jamie and i are having our first child in november (also good news). the only question is...will it be "little casey" or "little jamie"??? that question should get answered in the next few weeks...stay tuned for the big announcement.

-after spending the past year driving to visalia for work, i have decided to stop. in two weeks i will start at pg&e. i'll basically be doing the same thing that jamie does but on the electric side of things. so we're pretty excited about that.

-i was thinking, "hey, gas is expensive and if i'm not gonna drive to visalia anymore, why do i need a car??" so my idea is to buy one of these bad boys:

jamie thinks i'm joking...but i may not be...

-my (sort of) cousin/friend grant is moving back to minnesota...it is a sad time for everyone...thought i'd let you know since i devoted a whole post to him and his state

-my friend/buddy gene has completed his album that he has been working on for basically forever...check it out here...it's grrrr-eat (tony the tiger...you don't hear that much anymore)

hopefully my blog will evolve into something more than just a news report...i'm working on that

my first post

well, this is my blog's maiden voyage...to celebrate, i actually smashed a bottle of champagne across the front of my iBook like they do on ocean liners...just kidding...i'm too mature for that...speaking of maturity...i will probably be abandoning myspace and facebook as i have obviously become much too mature for those things...just kidding...i will keep them around so i can check up on everybody...for now...unless no one reads my blog...then it's back to "the space" and "the book."

i am very new to this blog thing so i am accepting constructive criticsm...such as, "you're boring"...or "why do you always use that three period thingy?"...etc.,...to answer the second question...complete sentences are very difficult for someone like me...plus, writing in this fashion allows me to type as i think...so i will...a lot...it's my blog...i'm hungry...when will class end?...see? those are my thoughts...right there in front of you.

so i will stop rambling and get to the point...my blog is not very good...yet....so i'm gonna keep practicing, but in the meantime check out my good friend Gene's blog...he actually has interesting and intelligent things to say...plus he posts his music...so it's win/win/win...and it's kind of ironic that i'm writing this since he is probably the only one reading this...hello gene.

also, as a bonus...check out this guy on youtube...he is really funny and really talented...i can't figure out if the glasses and slow speech are really him or just an act, but either way he's enjoyable...my favorites are rocky remixed and this guitar dealy-o.

so tune in next time...and somebody suggest some better names for my blog...or else you're stuck with the current title