Mama's House

Annette: Do you like everyone Jayden?
Jayden: Yeah, everyone except for Austin.
Annette: Why not Austin?
Jayden: Because he sucks at Rock Band... he can't sing!

Look who decided to get back into the swing of things. I guess we can now get back to our favorite pastime of checking that site regularly for not so regular postings. Does this mean less posting at this site from Austin? Probably. Does it mean that austin-web.com is going to have more posts than this site now? Probably not.

I think the following video will suffice as an answer.

I don't know why Annette doesn't post things like this, because she certainly should, but in case anyone is in the mood to applaud/throw rotten tomatoes at Jayden, he will be performing in a Christmas show for St. John Eudes at 7pm tonight.

Just a heads up... I need to have the money collected by the 20th.. So either call me and bring it by or bring it to Mama's.. But please remind your parents as well. Lastly, who is in with the alcohol exchange? I need to get those wrapped up as well..


BTW: Anyone have big white boards for pictionary? And any suggestions on some gift card prizes or should we have it just cash prizes?

Setting: Getting ready to play Rock Band as Popes Gone Wild.

Lindsey: Wouldn't it be cool if there were an actual Pope band?
Me: Popes Gone Wild is that band.
Lindsey: No, I mean a real life band.
Me: Popes Gone Wild is real. Don't ruin this for me Lindsey.
Lindsey: But it would be awesome if there was a real Pope band.
Me: You mean a band made up of actual Popes?
Lindsey: Yeah, that would be so cool if Popes decided to get together to form a band.
Me: You know there's only one actual Pope at a given time since they serve until they die.
Lindsey: Well maybe it could be the Pope and his assistants that form the band.
Me: Like The Pope and The Bishops?
Lindsey: Yeah.
Me: Dork.

December 21: Arrive in Chatsworth, eat at In & Out, and proceed to challenge anyone in Rock Band. Also say hi to Mom, Dad, and Grandma.

December 22: More of the above.

December 23: Last minute Xmas shopping and them more of the above.

December 24: Partake in Xmas festivities.

December 25: Do some praying on the slopes.

December 26: See friends and more of the same.

December 27 & 28: Vegas.

December 29: Back to TX.

austin (12:05:11 AM): dodgers have everything they need... starting pitching bad ass from japan... a new bat... new manager... it's fucking word series season
austin (12:05:12 AM): i feel
Bruin7089 (12:05:09 AM): that guy is 33
Bruin7089 (12:05:16 AM): and no guarantee he will be good
austin (12:05:34 AM): he's good
Bruin7089 (12:05:22 AM): that new bat
Bruin7089 (12:05:28 AM): had the worst season of his career last year
austin (12:05:44 AM): jones is solid
Bruin7089 (12:05:53 AM): and the manager couldn't win with the most highly paid team in history
austin (12:06:24 AM): ny yankees were a bunch of over paid bitches
Bruin7089 (12:06:43 AM): a lot of people say that about the Dodgers
Bruin7089 (12:07:16 AM): there was a funny headline that read, "Girl hits man on the head with potato. Dodgers sign her for 15 million a year."
austin (12:07:39 AM): lies

I don't know about y'all (<----------- TX roots baby <----------- Scotty Nguyen influence) but I don't think my faith in Christianity is strong enough to skip out on a trip to Mt High on Xmas day.  In fact, I'd probably do more worshipping flying off jumps praying I land intact.  Someone please find the tickets deals and let's get trip going.

Lindsey: Tagalog is going to be the end of me.
Bruin7089: just keep studying
Bruin7089: I need someone to translate all the Tagalog gossip at our family gatherings
Lindsey: I can translate if they're introducing each others' names
Bruin7089: Dork
Lindsey: Or if they're talking about shapes and colors

Also from Lindsey's AIM:

Ano ang pangalan ko?
Ilang bagay ang berde?
Saan ka nakatira?
Taga-saan ka?

I don't really care...

No, this is not another Squishie and The Prophets post. Rather it's a Dodgers post. Go Dodgers!

All-Star center fielder Andruw Jones and the Los Angeles Dodgers reached a preliminary agreement Wednesday night on a two-year, $36.2 million contract, SI.com has confirmed.

That's the great news, now for the "say it ain't so" part.

The Dodgers are expected to move Juan Pierre to left field, leaving Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier for right. The surplus of outfielders could make either Kemp or Ethier expendable.

Are you serious!? Juan Pierre getting a spot ahead of Ethier or Kemp!? SAY IT AIN'T SO!

In my never ending quest to provide as much a steady stream of content as possible I've decided to include clips of shared items from my Google Reader. For those who don't know, Google Reader is described by Wiki as "a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline." Or more simply put by Google,

Stay up to date
Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Whether a site updates daily or monthly, you can be sure that you won't miss a thing.

Simplify your reading experience
Google Reader shows you all of your favorite sites in one convenient place. It's like a personalized inbox for the entire web.

I started using Google Reader only yesterday and I'm already in love with it.

So basically I'm sharing with all of you articles I've come across the web that I found at least semi-interesting enough to share. If any of you use Google Reader or any other aggregator and would like to share what they like to read on the web here, feel free to send me the necessary code and I'll update the site.

Bruin7089: are you really learning how to throw a ball?
lindsey: im doinga project on it
lindsey: for my kinesiology class
Bruin7089: so are you throwing a ball or what?
lindsey: no.
Bruin7089: are you going to be able to teach someone how to throw a ball?
lindsey: we're just talking about the mechanics and the phases it goes through. and the injuries
lindsey: yeah
Bruin7089: really?
lindsey: i researched step by step instructions on how to
Bruin7089: so you're going to know how to throw one and with practice you'll be good at it?
lindsey: possibly
Bruin7089: Could you teach your brother how to throw a ball?
lindsey: hahaha ill send him my project to read

ARE WE COOKING AGAIN????
Mama has been asking me if are going to be cooking again. Wayne suggested that who ever wants to cook, either cousins or Tita's would be better. So let me know which of you would like to contribute a dish for Christmas so I could let mama know.

This year rather than our $15 gift exchange, I will be collecting $15 dollars from everyone. Tita's, Tito's, Cousins and anyone who will be participating. So let your parents know. The money collected will be used for prizes for games played. This year I decided to do something different so we will be playing games like pictionary, karaoke, mad gab, possibly rock band or guitar hero, etc.. Let me know what other games we could play. But I would like to have all the money collected by Dec 20th so I could get some other stuff rather than just cash as prizes...

Last but not least I mentioned this idea to a couple cousins... The alcohol exchange amongst the cousins or any adults that would like to be included... Price range is 25 bucks of either alcohol and glasses or just alcohol. Just make sure its worth 25 bucks... Let me know whos in or out for this...Cause i know Joni already got hers...

Let me know asap about all three things....

From that list, I can recall playing six of them:

Contra
TMNT
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
Friday The 13th
Ninja Gaiden
Mega Man

Of those six I remember finishing only Contra and Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. Mike Tyson was particularly frustrating and satisfying when finally finished. And I don't I would've passed Contra without the cheat code. As for the other games, I remember spending a lot of time with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on The Dam level. Such fond memories.

Outside of those games mentioned I didn't really come across any other frustratingly impossible games. It was perhaps because Darryll and I stuck mostly to sports games which weren't frustratingly difficult to beat. Unless it was me trying to beat Darryll in a basketball game that is.

A notable exception would be Smash TV and its neverending waves of swarming enemies, which Mehran has far fonder memories of than I do.

Mama’s House Correspondent: So Moses what do you have to say to those critics who say your performances are all style and no substance? That in effect, although your stage performance is amazing, your actual vocals suck.

Moses: For those that have seen the webcasts, will come to realize that it's not all about the vocals. It's about grace and the show. Let's take the wonderfully talented and beautiful Britney Spears. She has the best show on earth, like the past VMA performance. Her vocals may not have been all there... but the dance moves were amazing and thus put on a great show.

Mama’s House Correspondent: But because of your vocals, could the Squishies and The Prophets ever put out a quality album or is Squishie and The Prophets meant to be experienced live in concert only?

Moses: That's a good question, and even though the raw vocals may not be of the bestest quality, a studio re-edit of the raw data will fix the extremely minute imperfections in the vocal quality of the performance.

Mama’s House Correspondent: Fair enough. Why, if you're the band leader and lead vocalist, is the band called Squishie and The Prophets and not Moses and The Prophets?

Moses: In coming up with the band name, I was extremely intoxicated. Thus the decision was not made with a sane state of mind. I think this was done on purpose as Moses would not have agreed to such ludacrious bull shit. Squishies as a ho. No one likes her... she's like the anti-Gweyn Stefani

Mama’s House Correspondent: On that note, two questions remain. Any truth to the rumors that Metatron is being replaced as drummer for the band?

Moses: yes. First of all Metatron... what kind of bullshit name is that. It's like someone got hammered and couldn't full come up with the name of Megatron. Second of all, Metatron has no stage presence. Third, he may be the worst band name. Fourth, W-T-F kind of name is Metatron? ... seriously

Tropical Goodies or Goody or wahtever his name is... now that's a fucking name

Mama’s House Correspondent: Ok last question in three parts. All the fans of Squishie and The Prophets want to know if you're thinking of starting another band? Whether Squishie and The Prophets will ever perform together again? And if you should ever start a new band, why should current fans of Squishie and The Prophets come out to see the new band?

Moses: Yes, there is a new band being formed that is more Moses-centric becauses Moses knows what all the Moses groupies want ... and that's more Moses. As for whether or not squishie and the prophets performing again... we'll have to wait for Squishie and get back to me and whether or not she will stop hogging the stage and open it up for The Moses to rock out. Now as for the current fans of squishie.... We'll see more of Moses and Moses will be more drunk singing the tunes that squishie fans have come to expects.

Mama’s House Correspondent: Thanks for the time Moses. Any last words you would like to share?

Moses: no thank you, Mama's-fonaciers.blogspot.com has always been nice to Moses and has given Moses his first strike at fame

yaz: parents are weird and so damn overprotective
Bruin7089: yours are?
Bruin7089: or in general?
yaz: Not mine
yaz: New parents
Bruin7089: do you care to tell me why you're thinking this?
yaz: I am not saying anyone in specific
yaz: But they freak out abuot germs and shit
yaz: like my brother
yaz: if someone coughs it is like they go all michael jackson on the kids
yaz: Fucknig masks, sequester the kids
Bruin7089: maybe it's just one of those things we can't understand because we're not in that role
yaz: Bubble kids
yaz: Fuck that
yaz: I hope my kid gets every illness, besides the ones that kill you
yaz: Makes them stronger
yaz: we are really breading a generation of pussy ass kids
Bruin7089: well that's the thing
Bruin7089: how do you know it's not the illness that will kill the kid?
yaz: Seriously, it is getting out of hand
Bruin7089: it's your first kid
Bruin7089: i bet if your brother has a second kid
Bruin7089: He'll be less overbearing
Bruin7089: or protective
yaz: he has one
yaz: same damn thing
yaz: It is ridiculous
yaz: Has to be complete silence and darkness for the kids to sleep
yaz: I mean come on
Bruin7089: are you mad because you couldn't watch tv with them in the next room?
yaz: I want my kids to be able to sleep through a fucking train wreck
Bruin7089: did they interrupt your Gossip Girl time?
yaz: I am pissed because this country is going to hell in a pussy ass hand bag full of pussy ass kids
yaz: No spanking, organic baby food, no germs, no playing in the dirt, no getting sick, no going out in the rain, here's a fucking trophy when you lose
yaz: Dont run up the score, it hurts kids feelings
yaz: No strikeouts in baseball
Bruin7089: jesus
yaz: Rewards for doing what you are supossed to do
yaz: No chatter on the baseball diamond
Bruin7089: why don't you just go over to your brother's and hit the kid
yaz: My kids are going to hate me
Bruin7089: yeah right
Bruin7089: you talk tough now
yaz: My wife will divorce me for being mentally abusive to my kids
Bruin7089: she's supposed to divorce you because you're spending too much time at work alone with the hot secretary
yaz: Well that too
yaz: I hope
Bruin7089: so you're getting divorced on more than one ground
Bruin7089: nice
yaz: Well I mean if you are going to go, go big right?
Bruin7089: A future husband and father of the year in the making
yaz: I try my best

Feel free to discuss. I'm particularly interested in knowing if any of the youngin's in our family is in danger of becoming one of these "pussy ass kids."

As you may or may not all know, I'm a bit of a political nerd - which happens to be just one type of nerd I am. So being the political nerd that I am the following strikes me as particularly amusing.

One of the few stories about Papa and Mama that will always stay with me is how they happened to choose their political affiliations here in the US. As some of you may not have known, Papa was a registered republican and Mama is a registered democrat. Having became aware of that fact I asked how that came to be. I don't know if it was the idealist or the romantic in me, but I more than expected a tale of passionate, intelligent political discourse followed by an agreement to respect one another's beliefs as they went their separate ways when registering to vote; and despite diverse political ideologies they were able to maintain a committed loving relationship. So that's what I wanted to believe.

Well here's the truth. I was told that they were at Fedco when they saw a pair of lines to register to vote. I don't know if they thought it was their duty as American citizens to register or what but they decided to get in line. Of course, in true filipino style, they decided to each go into separate lines to make the process of getting registered quicker. Turned out that the lines were distinctly separated for purposes of registering republicans in one line and registering democrats in the other line. So without giving a thought about their political beliefs and which party best represented those beliefs they got into separate lines hoping that the lines moved fast so that they could finally get out of Fedco.

So that is the tale of how Papa came to be a republican and how Mama came to be a democrat.

As requested by Uncle Arthur on the thread on Geni (yes I do read it)...

Here is a link to some Family Reunion pictures, some of which I took on my camera, and some that Lindsey or Austin took.

click me to see the pics

p.s. Please disregard the pictures from the L.A. County Fair at the end of the album haha

p.p.s. I also posted a link to Thanksgiving pictures in the comments section of an earlier post.

We will be live broadcasting the show on the internets tonight @ 8pm!