Posted by Rob on May 8, 2011 – 6:27 am
Filed under My Personal Life
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, ccg, jack, lord of the rings, mom, mothers day, nerd, PlayStation 3, PS3, Sci-Fi, star trek, Star Wars, the hobbit, the silmarillion
I wasn’t planning on writing this, but as I just finished my previous blog, it made me think more about what my mom’s meant to me over the years. I don’t mean this to be sappy or anything, but I think she deserves a ton of credit not only dealing with me, but for also cultivating the nerd within me. My earliest “nerdy” memory of my mom is her trying to read The Hobbit to me when I was like five years old. I wasn’t into it at that age, but I soon got into Star Wars from watching the family VHS tapes, and I think that’s where my nerd really started. But I didn’t get my full nerd on until my teen years, and when I was ready to embrace it, my mom was ready to help along also.
Below are a list of things I would like to thank my mom for on this Mother’s Day:
- Going with me to see all three Lord of the Rings movies, as well as the Star Wars movies (both the prequels and the “special edition” theater release of the original trilogy
- Playing the Star Wars, Middle-Earth, and X-Files CCG with me, despite the fact that I cheated and blew up her planet with the Death Star when it actually should have failed (though she wouldn’t play for awhile since she was mad after she caught me cheating)
- Introducing me to the works of Tolkien by lending me her copies of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion
- Watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. I never got fully into it, but by sitting down and watching it whenever she was, I learned that maybe “Trekkies” weren’t so bad after all, and had an idea of what good sci-fi was
- Buying me a PS3 game each year for Christmas even though she wasn’t supposed to know I went out and spent my money on it (cause she would say that paying off your student loan is more important than a PS3)
- Not killing me when coming home drunk that one time and puked in the driveway and in my car
- For just always being there to support me, whether it was on the best day of my life or I was doing some of the stupidest things I’ve ever done
Thanks mom, and Happy Mother’s Day! Read More »
Posted by Rob on October 8, 2010 – 9:09 pm
Filed under Pets
Tagged as adoption, animals, big bad bob, bigbadbob, boo ball, cats, foster, frisky, humane society, jack, kittens, Loki, odin, Pets
To be quite honest, this post is a few weeks overdue. We’ve had the fosters for a few weeks now, and a lot has gone on. In fact, we’ve not only integrated them with Loki and Odin, but we also sent them back to the adoption agency earlier this week. I’ve really been slacking…
So for the past couple of weeks, our cats Loki and Odin have been successfully integrated with the foster kittens, Frisky and Boo. I think I’m pretty good with cats, as I was successful in introducing Loki and Odin when we first brought Odin home. Thus, I took it upon myself to get the cats used to the kittens. I started out by petting and rubbing the kittens while in the room, and then letting the cats smell my hands when I came out. Then I began to leave the door open when I went in and left so that the cats could see the kittens, and vice versa. Then I began to introduce the cats to the kittens, one cat at a time.
I did Loki first, because I was more nervous about him than Odin. Loki, while a big mush around people, is quite the opposite around other animals. He is either scared of being hurt by them or scared of them invading his turf. When we first got Odin he was the main issue, as Odin was pretty friendly towards him. So I was very careful with him when introducing him to the kittens. Loki first started off being down-right nasty, and would hiss and swat violently at the kittens. It wouldn’t be long before I took him out of there. On the kittens part, they would run from him a little, and then come back as if they forgot he just tried to attack them. Eventually Loki mellowed out a bit, and took to watching the kittens from a distance. However, he did not like it if they got too close to him…he almost acted as if he was afraid of these furry little critters. In the end, he got somewhat used to them, though he didn’t like it when they got too close for comfort. Read More »
Posted by Rob on June 20, 2009 – 10:07 am
Heading down to the rents for Father’s Day. No PS3 or Wii for me, but I’ll have my trusty DS!!!
Happy Daddy’s Day to all the daddys out there!
