Mama's House

Jason: I love Roland's dog.
Me: When did you see Roland's dog?
Jason: I've seen pictures of it and I want it.
Me: Why?
Jason: I just like cute and dumb things.
Me: Then you've got the right girlfriend. (Pats Faye on head.)

Darryll got himself a Xbox 360 yesterday. The only game he currently has is NCAA Football 2008 and has yet to sign up for Xbox Live. What other games MUST he own?

For those keeping score that's 3 Xbox 360s, 3 Wiis, and 0 PS3s in our little family circle.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Annette will be having a bbq at her place starting around 6:30 tonight for Jade's 29th. Lots of food and probably a lot more drinks to be had. See you all there.

I only recently heard about Max's Restaurant and that they had locations here in SoCal and although I've been aware of Jollibee, I didn't know they had locations all over SoCal.

So who's down for some filipino fast food?

Did anyone feel that one last? That was the most action I've got in bed since... well we won't get into that. For those of you who were actually engaging in extracurricular activities in bed and assumed that their partner was merely being extra vigorous, we had ourselves a little 4.5 earthquake in our backyard:

Ohhh, that was a nice 20 to 30 second rumbler too. Tonight's 4.5 earthquake, minutes before 1:00 a.m..... The epicenter is in the Santa Susana Mountains north of the intersection of the 118 freeway and Topanga Canyon Blvd. near the split of the San Fernando and Simi Valleys.

No major damages to speak of unless you count one severely broken Eric Gagne bobblehead as major damage and that I do - I know Austin is happy right now because he hates Gagne. So here's the total cost of last night's earthquake.

So what did everyone think about it? Did you even notice it?

I don't want to be rude or anything like that, I am completely staggered at the results of the poll. I know we all like to pick on Roland (atleast I do) and use him as some sort of scapegoat for why the lives of all are failing and the world is going in turmoil, but did anyone seriously think before voting? Who honestly believes Rol is getting some ... "action"? Someone please justify the last poll's results. Also, who the heck voted for me?

New poll out, remember you can vote for multiple items. Not that any explanation of the dishes should be needed because we're all true filipinos here, but here you go courtesy of Wikipedia:

1. Adobo - consists of pork and/or chicken stewed in a broth of soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and peppercorns, a favorite dish among many.
   
2. Pancit - a dish primarily consisting of noodles, vegetables, and a bit of meat or shrimp with variations primarily distinguished by the type of noodles used.
   
3. Lechón - whole roasted suckling pig. Sometimes, either a piglet (lechonillo, or lechon de leche) or cattle calf (lechong baka) is baked instead.
   
4. Kare-kare - also known as "peanut stew," boiled oxtail and/or ox tripe in a peanut-based stew of mixed vegetables, served with alamang (fermented shrimp paste).
   
5. Sinigang - tamarind-soured soup typically made with pork, beef, or seafood. But tamarind is not the only souring ingredient used: Variants include guava and miso, but these are only used on seafood.
   
6. Kaldereta - beef or goat simmered in vinegar and tomato sauce. There is a variant that uses dog meat.
   
7. Afritada - made of pork or beef and vegetables simmered in tomato sauce.
   
8. Dinuguan - a stew made from pig blood, entrails, and meat.
   
9. Balut - is a partially-developed duck embryo boiled then served in its shell.
   
10. Halo-halo - composed of shaved ice, milk, coconut sport, purple yam pudding, caramel custard, sweetened plantains, and jackfruit.
    
11. Bibingka - hot rice cake topped with a spread of butter, slices of kesong puti (white cheese), itlog na maalat (salted duck eggs), and sometimes grated coconut.
    
12. Leche Flan - caramel custard made with eggs and milk.
    
13. Puto - sweet steamed rice muffins.
    
14. Dinengdeng - consists of malunggay leafs and bittermelon similar presentation to pinakbet.
    
15. Pinakbet - vegetables stewed with bagoong.
    
16. Arroz caldo - a Spanish inspired rice porridge cooked with chicken, ginger and cheap saffron, garnished with spring onions (chives).
    
17. Soup No. 5 (Also spelled as "Soup #5") - a soup made out of testicles. Found in restaurants in Ongpin St., Binondo, Manila.

And others that didn't make the cut include:

1. Camaro - are field crickets cooked in soy sauce, salt, and vinegar. It is popular in Pampanga.
   
2. Asocena - Dog meat, is especially popular in the Cordillera Administrative Region.
   
3. Pinikpikan chicken - chicken which has been beaten to death. Cooks do this to tenderize the meat and to infuse it with blood. It is then burned in fire to remove its feathers then boiled with salt and pork.

Here are the results to the question: Who Will Be Next To Have A Kid?

Roland: 4
EJ: 2
Austin: 1
Oliver: 1

I suppose that makes Roland the odds on favorite to have the next kid with the odds for everyone being,*

Roland: 1/1
EJ: 3/1
Austin: 7/1
Oliver: 7/1
The Field: 1,000,000/1

Basically, everyone other than Roland and maybe EJ is a sucker bet. Although with the odds The Field is getting you may want to lay down a buck and hope to get lucky.

*These odds are merely for use as entertainment purposes and are not intended for betting purposes - no matter what the last paragraph above states. By the way, if I've messed up in my calculations of odds, please excuse.

Revised to more accurately reflect how odds are really displayed.

For those of you who don't have an Xbox360 - I can't believe there's only two in the family who have one - and because I'm tired of chainsawing Austin, the 360 is having a price drop starting tomorrow. Need more reasons to get a 360? Well here you go.

Here's a list of each Dodger player and their chosen "at-bat" or "entrance" song.

Currently, Roland leads all vote getters, outdistancing his closest competitors by having twice as many votes as Oliver, Austin, and EJ - can anyone say landslide?

I'm somewhat surprised that no one voted for one of the girls, especially Faye, seeing that girls typically have kids at a much younger age than guys. Also, I suspect that none of the guys in this group are going to have kids until their 30s, which I guess Roland is. By the way, is this a poll that anyone wants to even win?

Everyone does say that to have kids is the best thing EVER.

1. in 2006, Pamela Anderson marries Kid Rock.
   
2. in 1492, Christopher Columbus sets sail on the ocean blue.
   
3. in 1936, American sprinter Jesse Owens wins the first of his four gold medals in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, tying the Olympic record of 10.3 sec in the 100-meter dash.
   
4. in 1949, the National Basketball Association is formed.
   
5. in 1960, Niger gains independence from France.
   
6. in 1923, Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th president of the U.S. after the sudden death of President Harding.
   
7. in 1963, the Great Train Robbery occurs in which $2.5 M is robbed.
   
8. Tunisia celebrates Bourguiba's Birthday.
   
9. New Zealand celebrates Arbor Day.
   
10. 1739 English revivalist George Whitefield writes in a letter: 'I am no friend to sinless perfection. I believe the existence (though not the dominion) of sin remains in the hearts of the greatest believers.'
    
11. in 1900, Firestone is founded.
    
12. in 1958, Nautilus travels under the North Pole.
    
13. in 2000, Darryll has pizza for lunch.
    
14. in 1990, Annette rides a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
    
15. in 1983, Joni is still in the womb.
    
16. in 1989, Oliver sees the blue sky.
    
17. in 1979, Wayne goes both #1 and #2 in the SAME diaper.
    
18. in 1994, Roland takes a look at himself in the mirror.
    
19. in 1984, Melanie has a drink of water.
    
20. in 1999, Vanessa listens to a song on the radio.
    
21. in 2003, EJ does a little dance.
    
22. in 2006, Lindsey visits Mexico for the 19th time earning a free trip in next time. (ed. note: Per the comment made and for clarification, it was her 5th time legally.)
    
23. in 2005, Austin does something with a computer.
    
24. in 1990, Mehran watches some television.
    
25. in 1982, Farrah-Faye was born.

*Disclaimer: All of this is historical fact. Alright, so somewhere along the 8th item on this list I got a bit lazy looking stuff up to put on the list. Quite frankly, not all that much happened of historical significance on this date. Faye was born on probably the most historically insignificant/boring day ever.

Hey all,

Greeting from rainy TX! Reading these few posts so far brings back good memories, memories from 7 months ago. Anyhow, things are nice out here and I miss only family and friends back in CA. Things I can pass along about TX are as follows: (1) not all Texans wear cowboy hats (2) you didn't hear this from me, but they really don't know what heat is (3) their steaks and bbq, yet good, are overrated (4) they have a better pro football team than L.A., but that's no secret (5) you can drive in all but 1 degree from an epicenter for about 5 hours and still be in Texas (6) I haven't quite registered with the NRA, but I have gone paintballing and thats about all I can say right now but I'll report back as I become more acclimated.

Love everyone. Bye

Still no word yet on what's happening tomorrow but Saturday night is still on and by the Faye's very own admission it's going to be a rather large party. Also, Annette just informed that a couple of the bouncers at Day After workout at her brother's gym. So the likelihood of yours truly getting tossed out are not so likely anymore - yes, this has happened to me before and let me just say... it was probably for the best.

UPDATE: In case you don't check out the comments, Faye has this to say about tomorrow night,

BBQ at Annette's house tomorrow night. Korean BBQ, BBQ chicken, Oysters, and more. Drink? But OF COURSE! As for the club...I will let everyone know what is happening on Saturday. I want everyone to be there when I get there so that there will be no problems for any of you when you get there. You know how us Fonaciers roll deep ha!

See you all there! And uh... I think someone should let Annette know about this. NOT IT!

Well here it is. Not as comprehensive as I'd like it to be. If you guys want to pass along more information please do so.

My favorite part of the site has to be the relationships section which states Lindsey's relation to Angelynne as: Lindsey`s father`s sister`s daughter`s daughter is Annalynne. Or as like to call them, first cousins once removed.

I really need to work on my skills of persuasion.

Bruin7089: come out Saturday
Bruin7089: no excuse
austin: that's dodger game night for me
Bruin7089: we'll still be out after the game is over
Bruin7089: not getting to that place until 10 at the earliest
Bruin7089: come out after the game
Bruin7089: don't be a bitch
Bruin7089: see you there
Bruin7089: dude!
austinrf: huh?
Bruin7089: Filipino American Night at Dodger Stadium is Aug 16
Bruin7089: I wonder if they serve pancit instead of dogs that night
Bruin7089: What are you doing Friday night? (Faye's bday dinner, not Fil-Am night)
austinrf: that'd be awesome
austinrf: i don't know yet
Bruin7089: so make it out Friday night instead
Bruin7089: you gotta make one or the other
austinrf: no I don't
Bruin7089: yeah you do
austinrf: I don't support Faye
austinrf: at all
Bruin7089: but faye supports you
austinrf: well tough

I think I lost him when I mentioned Fil-Am Night @ Dodger Stadium.

I wonder what they do at Dodger Stadium that makes it Fil-Am Night other than merely calling it Fil-Am night and announcing it is Fil-Am Night because that would be extremely lame.

So if you've been checking the calendar on Google like you all should be doing (or are on MySpace with Faye as your friend) you will have noticed that Faye has planned a couple of things for her 25th birthday. As an aside, Mel, Rol, Annette, Darryll, how old do we feel right about now? In case, you're too lazy to check the calendar or your emails, Faye has plans for a family dinner this Friday night at either Duke's or Annette's. And for Saturday night she has planned to go out to Day After. EJ and myself are planning on making it out Saturday night. I'm not so sure if I'll be making it out Friday though. Let me know what you guys are thinking with a comment.

Anyway, anyone have any idea what Faye would like for a birthday gift?

Think of this blog as Mama's house on the internets; it is a place for us to gather or drop-by online to share family news, give each other a hard time, and whatnot.