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An Hola family classic!

Here It Comes

I could cry. I spent the past 40 minutes writing some nice weepy ruminations on turning 30 and my damn extra sensitive mighty mouse made me lose it. Guess it just wasn't meant to be. Which is a shame really.
It was about the laundromat, my love for Janell and how she relates God's love in real ways, the amazing meal she cooked this evening, David George and skyping through weird times, missing my estranged friends, Bob Dylan and how I feel like I've yet to learn a thing in life, my workmates and how they made my day with simple Chinese food, how I've felt the love so much in the past few days and knowing that I'm only going to feel it so much more as I get closer to and past Wednesday... so much good stuff lost.
DJ Mike D & Me
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Pop Quiz!

Here's a multiple choice question to make up for my recent lack of posts:
Please choose the number which you think most closely answers the following question,"What did I do with my weekend instead of writing holaolah?"

1. Visit my dad in DE (surprise)?
2. Visit my dad in NJ?
3. Visit my mom, bro, sister-in-law, and cute-now-crawling-niece in NJ?
4. Attend a funeral in PA?
5. Talked to a fellow who made industrial strength dryers for nuts, materials, fabrics and various types of packaging?
6. Meant to finish reading "Blue Like Jazz?"
7. Wandered around IKEA for 3 hours?
8. Got hooked on the hit series "Lost" and watched almost the entire first season in two sittings?
9. Swept the stairs?
10. Realized that my co-workers and family are sometimes connected in strange ways via flickr?
11. Caught up on my blog reading?
12. Finally listened to Marah's "If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry" and asked myself why I've been avoiding it for so long?
13. Realized that there are lots of older Americans out there who get sad and deal with their mortality on a daily basis because their peers are constantly fading from view?
14. Pondered the awesomeness of my job?
15. Thought about the future of my family?
16. Replaced our shower curtain?
17. Wondered why some kids are so careless with what they write in their blogs?
18. Was impressed by my friends?
19. Did the dishes?
20. Heard that my Mom thought Owen Wilson was "Soooooo Cute!"?
21. Got excited about the Spring?
22. Said grace before eating dinner/lunch?
23. Wondered if an XM subscription can be just as effective as psychiatry for lonely people and those prone to periods of extended sadness?
24. Hoped that Movies With Heroes will finally make it big?
25. Talked to Major Todd about relevant subjects such as studying and avoiding drugs?
26. Realized that some people never listen to themselves talk and wouldn't know irony if it tied them down and gave them an extensive, multi-year lesson series on the basics of the subject and how you can spot it in your life and in the lives of everyone who's ever walked the face of the Earth?
27. Felt pride in the fact that my Mom is living proof that you can teach a middle aged dog lover many new tricks?
28. All of the above?

My Christmas Cubicle

Man, my Christmas Cube pic is really polarising.