I have a wonderful announcement!

CONNER LEWIS SMITH

born April 25th at 7pm! 

   6LBS 8OZ 19.5 IN

         (and life is grand!)

 

 

David<~~~~~~~an Uncle!

 

 

 

Good News from the Land of Dave...

I have two new announcements...

 

#1     Barnes & Noble just gave me 170 shares of limited stock

                                                       AND

#2    FedEx just delivered two new frogs to my place from Reptile Depot in California.  An Asian Leaf Frog I have named GOBLIN.  And a Surinam Horned Frog that I haven't named yet.  I have kept Asian Leaf Frogs before and I love their call, it sounds like a smoke detector going off.  Surinams are very hard to come by and this one is a beaut!

 

                             (hopefully soon I will have a brand new shiney Nephew to crow about too!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~Official Happy Camper!

 

 

 

 

 

               245 lbs !

 

 

 

NEWEST UPDATE!

Howdy Faithful Readers...

 

Here is the latest update in my life:

My laptop's motherboard failed and almost caught fire, time to buy a new laptop.

I bought a new car, a 2008 Pontiac Vibe (I named it "Deerslayer").  Silver with sport wheels and the seven speakers/6 CD changer.  I love it so...

Did I mention that I ran over a dead deer on the highway going 55mph? (Hence the name of the car).  Spun out and ended up on the left hand shoulder.  Just picked it up from the body shop this evening and it's running great and looking fine.

Had a great year at work, and earned a HUGE BONUS!  Gotta love the bonuses.  Picked up a new digital camera to use on my Vacation to the Grand Canyon.  Bought the gf a Sony Walkman.  I used some of the mula to buy the laptop I am currently typing on...

 

Now that about sums it all up...

 

WHOOPS...

 

I will be an Uncle shortly and Tif and I will be driving down to Atlanta to meet my new Nephew over Memorial Day!

 

Now THAT about sums it all up...

 

 

David<~~~~~~~~~~~~back on the internet!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello, did you think I had fallen off of the face of the Earth?

OK, here is the latest news...I am Diabetic.  Big change in my life.  I test my blood sugar 4 times a day and am watching what I eat.  I am at a new all time low at 252 lbs.  Giving up on sweets is easy, watching the carbohydrates is really hard...

 

 

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~DIABETIC!

 

 

 

 

5 Car Pile Up On 270

I was in a car accident last night.  I am OK.  My car isn't.  I was the 3rd car in a 5 car crunch in the middle lane of 5 lane I-270.  I was on my way to pick up some pinkies for Mr. Grinch.  Tif came by and I followed her back to my Apartment.  Any day you walk away from an accident is a good day...

Interesting behaviors

Mr. and Mrs. Walenda are hanging out next to their eggs, I think they are guarding them...

Mrs. Walenda laid two eggs in her vivarium...

     Last night my GF came over so we could go see some Boston Terrier puppies.  I'm standing there and I notice two little white spheres glued to the side of the Asian Vivarium.  It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Walenda might be parents.  When I noticed it I was dumbfounded.  I was elated and sad at the same time.  I immediatly knew they were gecko eggs and I immediatly knew that the side of the Vivarium was a poor place for them to develop.  I just had my hands at the side of my face and didn't say anything.  My GF thought I had lost my mind.  It's possible that the eggs might hatch, but it's not likely.

     So then we left for our appointment with the lady that had the Boston Terrier puppies.  We got lost trying to find her house.  Then we got lost again.  We finally found her place, it is real close to downtown and not in a good neighborhood.  She had three male puppies and their father for sale.  The father did not have good markings, was too large, and his snout was incorrect for a Boston Terrier.  So I'm not interested in buying him.  His puppies were great.  The biggest one had  great markings and was a lot of fun to play with.  That puppy is the one I'm interested in.  I'm not going to run off and buy the first puppy I run across.  This is an important decision and I'm taking my time...

 

  David<~~~~~love Boston Terriers!

 

 

I'm going to have a nephew...

Here's a joke I heard today...

                      Question:  What did george bush get on his  SAT's?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                Answer:  BBQ sauce

 

 

Tif and I went over to her Sister's house and watched the game last night

  MIZZOU RAH!

  MIZZOU RAH!

TIGERS!

 

I am watching a documentary on PeTA

I am watching a documentary called "I am an Animal: Ingrid Newkirk".  It's an insider's view of PeTA as they plan illegal activities.  Ingrid Newkirk is a mentally unbalanced woman.  She is violent and dangerous.  PeTA conducts 'investigations' (which they have NO right to do).  They trespass on private property.  They vandalize private property.  They steal private property.  PeTA is an evil organization.  They demean the suffering of the people that died in the Holocaust.  They demean the suffering of the slaves.  They lie about what they do.  They provide support to domestic terrorist groups (ALF, etc).  No one should support PeTA, do not donate money to this shadow organization.  The major players of PeTA are glory hounds, who love to get their picture in the News first and foremost.  "PeTA by day, ALF by night" (I had never heard that before, and it rings of the truth to me).  PeTA lies about animal treatment in the Circus. PeTA is a horrible organization, and I will oppose what they do till the day that I die.  PeTA is against the ownership of pets, if they had their way no one could have a pet dog or a cat.  Indgrid Newkirk is a nutjob and should be stopped.  I cannot even keep a coherent stream of conscious I am so upset by what they do.  If PeTA told me that the sky was blue, I would assume they were lying...

 

 

                            DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~animal lover!

 

 

 

I look for beauty wherever I go

Right now I have THE CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK playing on my TV.  Simon and Garfunkel's Reunion Concert from the 80's makes my heart glad.  I'm sitting here on my sofa looking over the top of my laptop at the Autumn sun shining thru the red leaves of the tree outside my apartment.  The wind is blowing and earlier I was sitting out on the balcony barefoot and it was really nice.  The other night my girlfriend was sitting next to me on the sofa and we were watching the TV and she 'quick as a bunny' leaned over and licked the cookie I was eating.  She laughed and laughed.  I look for beauty in everything I do.  Whether its the mischievous twinkle in my girlfriend's eyes.  The swaying cascade of colors in a tree decked out in it's fall colors.  Or the simple truth in the lyrics of a song that I love.  Beauty is everywhere, you only have to look...

 

                      I have a good life...

 

 

 

 

THE SHEEP MUST BE SHORN!

 

BENNY HINN, SILVIA BROWNE, KEVIN TRUDEAU, DAVID KORESH...

 

The list goes on and on.  Which is worse?  The person claiming secret knowledge preying on the gullible or the person that is so gullible that they look for someone to lie to them?  If David Koresh had never lived, the Branch Davidians would have found someone else to claim to be the Messiah.  If Kevin Trudeau hadn't written his books, people would have found someone else to give their money too.  If Silivia Browne never made claim one about talking to the dead, they would watch someone else on Montel Williams.  Benny Hinn knows people best...THE SHEEP MUST BE SHORN!  Think people, nothing is worse than willingly giving away your free will.  Nothing is sadder than someone who embraces ignorance.  Is the unknown that scary?  Is it better to believe a lie than to be uncertain?  Is it better to give your wives and children to David Koresh to have sex with and latter to burn to death than to live with not knowing?  It sickens me...

 

David<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PROUD ATHEIST!

 

 

Just got back from the STL Herp Show

DAVID<~~~~~~~First in line!

 

     The Herp Show was fun.  I picked up a feeder colony of Lateralis Roaches (Blatta Lateralis) and two Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches (to keep as pets).  I also snagged two stems of Sumrong tropical fruit pods to decorate my Asian Vivarium.  They are cool looking!  OK, my girlfriend is standing here waiting for me to finish so we can to eat some chili at her parent's house, time to chew!

 

                                            David<~~nerd

 

 

 

I'm looking for my buddy Paul

 

PABLO, WHERE ARE YOU?  TIM HAS MY PHONE NUMBER,

CALL ME!

 

 

AOL SUCKS IT BIG TIME!

for the record, I have my journal on AOL, that is the only reason that I stay with AOL, AOL is the most incompetent internet service that you can chose, AOL sucks, no one else should pay for AOL, if you can, cancel your subscription, I don't wish AOL to fail, because then I'd lose my journal, but I do hope that the upper management of AOL gets a rash, a really bad rash, that spreads to their face and that itches all the time so they cannot sleep and is contageous so that no one will want to be near them, then I hope worse things happen to them, they suck, their company sucks, I don't know how they live with themselves...

 

 

I'm back from Florida...

First I attended my National Store Manager's Meeting in Orlando, then my gf arrived and we spent a day and a half in Orlando, and finally we spent 4 nights at my Grandmother's house on Estero Island...

 

Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dave, and Tweedle Dum

 

David and Tif at SeaWorld (it was a blast)

 

Thought about taking up fishing...

 

I really had fun on my Vacation, the best part was showing my gf around SW Florida.  Thank you Tif for making my Vacation memorable!

It's that time of the year again!

OK, it's that time of the year again.  I leave for my National Meeting this Sunday.  Tom Brokaw is our main speaker.  I'll return with new ideas for my store and lots of free books and cd's.  I'm staying in Ft. Myers for a bit of a vacation afterwards with me girl.  I miss her she has been on vacation with her folks.  I get to spend another one of my Birthday's at a Meeting.  It happens more often than not because Sept is Hurricane season and those are the cheap Hotel rates in Florida.  ::shrugs::  My lot in life.  I'm watching "Kinky Boots", it's a great movie, everyone should watch it.  I'm sick.  I'm complaining.  I should go to bed.

 

 

David<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~squirting sore throat medicine into my mouth!

 

 

 

Good News, Bad News...

GOOD NEWS!

 

David<~~future Uncle!

(I'd like to introduce my Nephew...SPECK!)

 

 

BAD NEWS!

 

David<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~missing my sweetie

 

 

 

 

I lied

(the sound of cicadas makes me happy, it reminds me of Summers at Pap-pa's house)

OK, last one for tonight...

my hair is too long time for a flat top...

I guess I'm not done making new friends...

OK

Generally speaking, I don't like smokers.  I don't trush people that are dependent on something dangerous to feel normal.  I question their judgement.  I also don't like litterbugs, and as I have previousily stated...

All smokers are litterbugs!

I'm not trying to debate, I'm just stating a fact.  Any smoker that says they have never tossed a cigarette butt onto the ground is a liar.  ::shrugs::  Dirty habit.  Can you tell I pick up cigarette butts off of the sidewalk in front of my store?  Smokers also sit their lit cancer sticks on ledges and burn little reminders of their addiction into stone.  Smoking is gross. 

OK

I am done making general statements about other people.  And know what?  I don't need permission to tell the truth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                 (it's tiring being morally superior, I need an Asst to help me carry

                                                      the burden.  Anyone want to work while I'm on vacation?)

 

 

 

A day in the life...

My girlfriend leaves this Friday to go on vacation with her family.  David<~~sad.  My work is going very well.  I am leading my District in Comp Sales (current sales vs last year's sales).  I am in second place in Plan Sales (the amount of sales the Company wants you to make).  I believe I am now tied for second place in Secret Shops year to date.  My store looks great.  On the way home from work tonight I stopped at a gas station and bought a microwave burger.  Driving home I accidently squirted some onion relish out of the burger onto my shirt.  I pulled the spill up to my mouth and licked it right off.  My shirt now smells like onions.  I like the way it smells.  When my Grandfather was dying, his eardrum got perferated during an operation.  So he couldn't hear so good out of one ear.  When my relationship with Mary was falling apart, I called Pap-pa and tried to tell him about it.  I was very upset and had a hard time telling him.  He couldn't hear me over the phone and eventually I gave up because it was too hard to tell him.  A couple of months later when he heard it from relatives he turned to me and started crying and said to me.  "You tried to tell me."  He felt so bad, like it was his fault.  It makes me cry even now thinking about how much I miss Pap-pa.  I have popcorn kernels stuck in my teeth.  I bought Kettle Corn at the Air Show on Labor Day.  I was hoping to run into my buddy Pablo there.  I do not have his new phone number so I cannot call him.  I need to call his brother here in town and get his new number.  I don't have many friends, I keep people at arm's length.  No one can hurt you if you don't let them get close.  I am a rock.  I am an Island.  Polite applause.  Fade to black...