Four Lies and a Truth: Good News Edition
One of the following five stories is the good news I promised. The other four are lies. Bad lies. "I'm not even really trying because I'm sleep deprived" lies (hint). Enjoy!
1) I joined the circus, and will be on blog break to work on my routine.
2) I'll be on blog break because I'm training for the Olympics.
3) Me and my boyz got a callback for the next season of "America's Best Dance Crew," so I'm taking a break to practice.
4) I'm taking a break from blogging because I will be touring with NKOTB.
5) My wife gave birth to the most beautifulest baby girl earlier this week, so I'm taking a blog break in order to take the necessary time to convince myself that I'm grown up enough to talk about things like "vaginas" when the boy asks where his baby sister's penis is. I'll be doing some other stuff too, but mostly that.
Comments
aubrey said:
well, HUGE congratulations to your wife. and you of course! take all the time you need to help her out and enjoy time with your baby girl.
elasticwaistbandlady said:
No more OmarPhillips.net. :(
Omar Phillips, the brand new 2.0 version? YAYYYYY!
Congratulations!
cadiz12 said:
if number five weren't so compelling, i'd offer what few breaking tips i have to you and your crew.
congratulations and many blessings to all the phillipses.
Jonathan said:
Which circus? :)
X said:
Whoa! Congratulations! I don't know if words can express how awesome that is.
Just throwing this out there: I want to be like you when I grow up.
---X
Syar said:
If no 5 wasn't so awesome...oh the commenting possibilities!
CONGRATULATIONS! Have I told you today how excited and happy I am at this news? I am, and I will be for a while yet. Woo hoo, Baby Girl Phillips!
Nikhil said:
Congratulations Omar. This is really awesome... Hope you have a great time with the family...
S said:
Congratulations!! Be careful with the bears and elephants, they have been in the news lately, and not good news. Its gonna feel like the circus, so dress up!
Becky said:
that is the most exciting thing ever! I never would have sarcasticly joked about a new baby on the last post, or equated it with my trivial problems, if I'd known!
have a pink bubblegum cigar, from me. if she looks anything like her big brother, I'm sure she really IS the most beautifulest baby girl, if not only upstate, then surely in the whole tristate area!
is it wrong that I'm disappointed that you won't be meeting donnie wahlberg? I'm mostly excited for you and your family, but I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a smidge of sadness that you can't get his autograph on t-shirt for me.
marie/y said:
Ya know, I thought there might be a bambino involved. I just didn't realize she was imminent!
Congratulations, and good for you for putting your priorities in the right order, even if it means less laughs for, well, me.
Guess I'll finally have to go through your archives and re-live your past.
I'll keep you on my RSS just in case you decide to show the boy (and eventually the girl) how to blog, how to create an animated short, or some other bloggable task.
I'm happy for you but as with the other post-ers here, it really does all come back to how this affects US! Just kidding but barely.
Now go take a nap. You need that more than sitting @ the computer.
Nobody said:
Yeah, I thought maybe pregnancy---didn't know she was HERE! Congratulations! That's so wonderful!
Be prepared to spend the next 20 years of your life completely wrapped around her finger. There's something about little girls and their dads...
Tori :) said:
I CAN NOT believe you're going to tour with NKOTB! Are you opening for them or what?? That's just so awesome!! Let me know when y'all are coming thru Dallas!
Tori :) said:
Kidding.
Congratulations to you and your family!! That's just awesome!! I ,i>knew it had something to do with a baby.
YAY!!!!
Tori :) said:
Kidding of course.
COngratulations Omar and Family!! That is just rad news! I knew it had something to do with a baby... but I didn't know she had arrived!!
YAY!!!
Tori :) said:
Sorry for the screwy comment before my last screwy comment. Oops.
Lauren said:
I KNEW it! Hooray! Congrats to the Omar Phillips family! Now we get to hear about The Girl as well as The Boy!
No Cool Story said:
YAY!!! CONGRATS!!!!
=D
Super awesome news!
Welcome to the world of baby girls. Ah yes, so much fun :)
Nancy Face said:
OH! I am so happy for you and your wife and the boy! Congratulations! It really is the most wonderful news possible! :)
What a fun way to make your announcement! :)
Carol said:
Wow!! Congrats!
Sad to hear you are taking a break but definitely understand! Look forward to the new omarphillips.net!
Lia said:
Congratulations and happy birthday! To The Wife, since she did the hard work. Also to you. :)
Baby girls are so much fun! We'll miss you, but enjoy the family time.
Lisa said:
That is so exciting!!!! I was thinking maybe a baby! I'm so glad that was it! Congratulations! Just think of all the new stories you will have! :) All the best!
JustRandi said:
congratulations!!
Yeah, spending time with the baby is probably more important right now than time with the blog.
OR
You could blog about the baby!
See? I'm a solver.
Sarah said:
Congrats!
I hope you named her Sarah!
Jon said:
Congratulations! I wish you many restful power naps!
Although before I got to #5, I had just grabbed my old OP.NET jumpsuit out of the closet and was getting my finances together to follow you on the road, not unlike a greatful dead fan... oh well... maybe once the girl is old enough, you can tour again. I'll just start saving up for that. I'll be monitoring the fan forums until then.
mjaSeattle said:
Congratulations! I always knew you could be an Olympic level curler!
Seriously though, another baby, that's just awesome :)
Christian said:
You're in the Olympics?!
Wow OP why did you say anything earlier?
Christian said:
didn't*
-
Even with LIVE Comment Preview I still manage to phail...
Rhonda said:
CONGRATS!!! Welcome to my world...the crazy life of raising a toddler and a newborn. :) It's actually been a joy, but I totally get the blog break now. You will be lucky if you have time to pee.
Please come by and say hi to me every once in a while. I will miss you!
P.S. Vagina talk is easy. Keep it clinical. Or, pretend like you are a character on Sex in the City.
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seven said:
Congratulations! That's so great. Are you going to show us pictures?
No Cool Story said:
I'm wondering what is going to happen to the cool points during the OP Break/Baby '08
Will loyal readers get double points?
How about double points for readers who comment several times during the break?
And how about triple points for those super loyal readers who follow OP to the new OP blog?
I'm just throwing a few suggestions out there, 'cause it's in my nature to be helpful.
HTH!
carrot jello said:
Aww congratulations.
I find my little boys end up calling them "manginas" *sigh*
Becky said:
I'm with NCS. will I retain gold status after the break/move? it was hard enough to earn once, I can't imagine having to figure it out a SECOND TIME!
annie said:
Congratulations! A daughter will definitely change you!
glo said:
I totally thought that was you on the completely cable station reality programming I was watching the other day.
marie/y said:
I wonder if he's read any of these or if we're just continuing his blog without him...
Bob T Bear (esq) said:
Congratulations!
When my mum was little her brother asked if hers "would grow with her teeth".
Hehe!
:@D
Rhonda said:
I keep coming back EVERY day looking for a baby photo. Where is the baby photo?????
elasticwaistbandlady said:
Yeah, what Rhonda said. I'm going to go stalk Flickr and Photobucket now to see if I can turn up some pics of the newest Phillips cutie.
Joshua Barton said:
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Joanna said:
You'll be having that vagina conversation with The Boy very soon. It'll go something like this while you're changing a diaper:
Boy: BOY have a penis?
You: Yes, you have a penis.
Boy: GIRL have a penis?
You: No, she doesn't have a penis. She has a vagina.
Boy: GIRL have a bagina?
You: Yep.
Boy: I want to see GIRL bagina!
You: Umm...
Boy: GIRL have a bagina. Mommy have a bagina?
You: Er...yes..
(and if he's anything like my boy)
Boy: BOY have a penis. Daddy have a big penis!