Weekend Notes
- According to people in the Czech Republic, dogs say "huff." And what's more, cows say "boo." What? Since when do cows make "B" sounds? Since never, that's when. That came up when someone from the Czech Republic was talking to my kid about animal sounds. Let me issue a warning to you, internet: don't try to tell me or my kid that cows say "boo." I'm not threatening you or anything, I'm just saying.
- I spent the weekend upgrading some stuff in my home network. Some of you may understand the sheer joy this brought me, though I expect most of you have already (a) finished rolling your eyes once and are working on roll #2, (b) moved on to the next blog, or (c) noticed that you were getting free wireless internet access from my new router, and have been serving porn from my IP.
- High school girls these days, they don't wear enough clothes. If I haven't mentioned it before, I'm thrilled my kid is a boy.
- High school boys these days, they're a bunch of punks. But I'm still glad I have a boy.
- I think I'm starting to show my age.
- 90% of the blogs I read started around this time last year. That's weird. Though I did actually start blogging a year ago today, the anniversary of omarphillips.net is on April 1st. You WILL be reading more about that in the coming weeks. I'm nothing if not full of myself.
- I went out last night, I didn't get home until 11:15pm. I was in bed and asleep by 11:35. Did I mention that I think I'm starting to show my age?
- It's quite possible that the only movie I saw that got nominated for an Oscar in any category is March of the Penguins. In thinking about it, I've only been to the movie theater three times since the end of 2003. I saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (summer '04), then Star Wars Episode III, twice (May '05). Maybe I'll treat myself to a trip to the movies sometime later this year...
Comments
cadiz12 said:
don't worry, o. you may be old, but you're still cool.
happy bloganniversary.
Becky said:
that's cause czech cows are scary.
Nadia said:
Omar's GREEN! Cool!
Katie said:
What does that say about me if I think 11:35 is late? And your son won't be a punk, he'll be a manly superhero who wins at everything he does.
Viking054 said:
There's not much difference between an 'm' and a 'b'... At least they didn't tell the boy to say 'quack'
Koenix said:
Cows say "boo"??? What? My linguistics professor said that the only "natural" sound all languages agreed on was "moo" for cows.
But m's and b's are both bilabial sounds...
Glo said:
You need a girl. You'd be a total nut over a girl. You'd love it.
Radioactive Czech said:
That's what happens when your language gets overrun by consonants: total czaos.
demosthenes said:
Dogs say "wa wa wa" in French. Go figure.
jasmine said:
yeah omar, start saving up. those trips to the movies? they're just as good as disneyworld. in fact, tell the boy that the movie theatre IS disneyworld. it'll be ages before he's old enough to realize he's never been....
Cate said:
11:35? Dude, that is so late! I'm usually asleep 2 hours before that. Does that make me even older?
Viking054 said:
PS- I'm a 4 now. Thought you should be the first to know.
Syar said:
I kind of lost track of this post after you said there was going to be a bloganniversary. I love your milestones.
and as for the movies, I must say I'm rather apalled. all my friends and I do is watch movies. set up a home theatre! I mean c'mon, all those cables and equipment and doodads and million-buttoned remotes...lookie Omar. Shiiinnnyy.