Rest in Peace Nana

Today was a sad day for my family. We lost someone very dear to us. A courageous woman, a family woman. A woman who has been through so much and still managed to be the glue in our family. My nana Janet Bean, will forever be missed, never forgotten and always remain a part of who we are.

I love you nana!

Baby Jameson’s first Chirstmas

My buddy Nicole had her first kid a few months back. He’s growing up like a champ. Never have I seen a child so happy and carefree. I was having coffee alone at Rock Island Coffee a few weeks ago and Nicole and her sister Kim were nice enough to stop in with the little man. He’s grown so much since then.

Its so funny how your life could change. Nicole and I have been friends for sometime now and though she hasn’t changed at all, her life has made some pretty extreme ones. I could only imagine. She and her husband James have asked me to prepare a little Christmas card featuring their son Jameson to give out to family and friends. Of course I’ll do it for free. After all. The kid rocks man!

The comfy bunkie

My bedroom or what I most commonly know it as, my layer, isn’t bad at all. There’s a place for my MacBook, plenty of lamps and a window thats deprived of light (I love the darkness). But why the fruity-nut-cakes is it so frigging hot sometimes? Arg.

My room is right next to the houses’ water tank and actually about 50% underground, giving it an exciting batman cave experience. But thats about it. Its pretty neutral as far as colors are concerned and the walls could need a bit of dressing up. You there! Quit snickering! I like it this way.

I moved in this room about a year ago. It was priority one on the old apartment located at the bottom of the family house. The plan was laid out on a series of colorful sticky notes months before I started to fix it up. There was no floor, closet, and at one point, no wall. After I fixed those, I added a ceiling light, bedroom door, closet doors, blinds and moved in.

Time for phase two. December is here and I think its time for a overhaul. Any ideas? Im so excited. Aren’t you?

A pleasant surprise

Yesterday was a slow start for me. I opened my eyes and kissed the morning at about 11am, zombie walked over to my computer and attempted to respond to the abundance of instant messages left by my best friend, Layla.

I do a lot less complaining about life these days. One of the reasons is I saved money by switching to Geico and the other is I’ve got an amazing friend who means the world to me. Layla dropped in by surprise yesterday while I was actually blogging. My whole day did a 360 backflip because she’s so much fun to be around. She thinks exactly like me and has a beautiful creative mind. I secretly wished she’d stay the night. It gets lonely here sometimes you know?

P.S. I’m listening to her breathe as Im writing this. It’s 11:05pm and she’s fast asleep and as cute as a baby.

Pearlys and the coffee fund

I’ve always been proud of my white teeth. Yea, I said it. I like to tell myself I’ve got the whitest little pearlys in the whole wide world. Did I mention Im referring to my pre-coffee problem days? Aren’t you happy I’m finally accepting I have a problem? Its the first step you know?

Where was I? Oh yea, the whitest teeth. So since my coffee binge, I’ve been making a point to give the ol’e chiclets a good scrub more frequently throughout the day. Its a good habit to get into but hard to pickup. One of the things that helped was torturing myself with photos of old Irish men with rotten teeth. I’d hate for people to assume I eat bugs for a living at some sick bug factory in asia judging by my toothsies. And who wants that right?

Oh, and I thought I’d mention someone used my toothbrush yesterday! I mean, thats gross. C’mon, whoever it was, quit it. I have to go spend $14.00 for a new toothbrush now. And that comes out of my coffee fund. How appropriate.

UPDATE: Thanks for the new toothbrush Sam!

She’s Samantha Barbie

Remember that cool kid in 8th grade? The one everyone wanted to give their cheese sandwich to in exchange for their friendship (or soul)? Samantha Barbie is her. I think its fair to say Im a people person. I love meeting new people. But if someone paid me a million Milano cookies to tell the truth, I’d have to say one of my favorite new people I’ve met in the last few months would be Sam.

She may not know this but she is one of the few people who inspire me if not everyday, at least a few days out of the week. She’s right up there with Steve Jobs, Layla Robinson and Matt Hayes. We can’t help but be attracted to the charismatic energy people demonstrate and the confidence the posses. Its something we all want and enjoy.

Sam was originally a student at a music school I was affiliated with. After her piano lesson one day she wondered into my office in her rain-boots, where I was playing my guitar, and boldly asked me to teach her. Of course, I accepted. Me being the guy I was and eager to teach the art of the acoustic guitar we began free lessons which continue to this day. Sam has learned so much in the short few months we’ve known each other and I look forward to learning from her every week.

The Funny, daring, sexy, talented, witty, curious, smart and of course drop dead gorgeous Sam! She’s exactly what thousands of men like me are looking for in a woman these days. There aren’t much girls like this in Bermuda. Ill give my left arm for a clone machine right about now. Anyone?

Darn those magic markers

Deck the halls with boughs and holly, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la! Seriously though, how annoying is that song? Its almost christmas time already! Gee, it felt like it was just June last week thursday and here we are again, standing on the door step of the most expensive holiday ever.

I’ve never gotten excited about Christmas. I just love the weather this time of year. Maybe more than I like the actual holiday. I find myself cranking up the A/C even in the summer just so I could get cozy under my bed. There’s nothing like a hot cup of coffee… okay, okay, hot coco and a good book to keep you busy during the cold nights. Maybe even an attractive woman rubbing your feet and singing Christmas carols until you fall asleep too, well maybe thats pushing it.

I have a huge list this Christmas. It includes, mac stuff, mac stuff and more mac stuff. Thats all anyone really needs in life anyway right? Who needs all that mushy love stuff when you have great Apple products to show your affection to? I think my address smeared off of Santa’s list anyway. Damn you and your magic markers Mrs. Clause!

Oh, and before I forget. Here’s that annoying “Deck the Halls” song [link]

Seriously though. I hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas.