I Created a Monster!!!

During my trip up to Nor Cal, my sister, Wildtomato, took it upon herself to have me learn how to knit. She had her knitting group over and well there was a left handed knitter and she taught me simple stuff. I learned how to do cast ons, and a normal stitch... sorry forgot the name, and my sister taught me how to finish.... I'll probably need to relearn that one though. So my first knitting project is finished. DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Yellow Practice Swatch!


This is an upclose of the stitching. Apparently this is good for a n00b. Honestly knitting was hard work and my arms and back where getting tired and my eyes too. But it was sort of fun. However I must have put too much testosterone into making this yellow swatch because it soon took on a life of it's own.......


No longer the yellow swatch.... it morphed into the........


Woolly Yellow Eye Attacking Beast of Doom (WYEABD). Its first victim was of course Mingus.


Followed by Vespa. Greaseball and Fifty Fifty were speared as Fifty Fifty Knows all and Sees all and thus out witted the WYEABD. When I left my sisters I thought I was safe, however the WYEABD had learned a new trick! It learned hot to cloak.


Without my knowledge I had brought it home with me.



The WYEABD quickly attacked Flick's eyes.


Flick put up a valiant struggle! He fought the WYEABD hard!


But in the end, just like Mingus and Vespa, he had to submit! Ego inflated, the WYEABD looked for its next victim........ my Guinea Pig, River!


At first River was confused as the WYEABD wanted a fast victory and surely a Guinea Pig would be easier than dogs and cats.


However, just when things looked grim, River had an idea. One that could save the world from this WYEABD forever.



With all her Guinea Pig might and will, River put her new plan into place. She attacked the WYEABD with all her cuteness! Fueled by her love of her daddy, veggies, and timothy hay and with the hope of all of earth's creatures........ she made the WYEABD submit to her will!


And that boys and girls is how River got her lovely yellow bonnet!

TofuNinja spends Christmas with WildTomato

Happy Holidays Y'all!!! Well I just got back from WildTomato's! The TofuNinja spend Christmas with his sister and brother in law. It was a hoot. Took to pictures to prove that I was there :) And yes her pets are really THAT cute. As soon as I walked through the door Vespa and Mingus wanted to play with Uncle Tofu!!!

Here are a few pictures of the cuteness that is Vespa, Mingus, Fifty Fifty, and Greaseball (The King).

The King wanted to check out his Uncle. Since Fifty Fifty knows all and sees all she stayed in bed



Mingus shows Uncle that he can be a Pom.


Vespa chews a bully stick, and yes that is the Green Cyclops Monster


Mingus shows me his Wolf sleeping like a cat pose.


Even Scarlet made an appearance


The Dog Pack posing for threats!

Christmas at my sisters was wonderful. I had a blast. My Brother In Law's family is really cool. They know how to have a great time. Because I know what "The Boy" was getting for Christmas I went and got my Sister and Him Rock Band.... that was a hoot!

As much fun as it was at WildTomato's there was some strange things going on...... Christmas Eve Fifty Fifty, who sees all and knows all, most have decided that she wanted to make me her slave and quickly got all the other pets in the house to help her achieve her goal. It was strange. Luckily my will was strong and I did not submit to the combined will of Fifty Fifty, Greaseball, Mingus, Vespa, and Scarlet. I have no idea how I escaped.

Fifty started it with her "Take Me To Your Leader" Eyes


Greaseball followed up with his "Bow To My Greatness" Eyes


Vespa then hit me with her "Give Me Belly Rubs" Eyes


Greaseball and Fifty then did a joint "You Will Feed Us" Eyes


The surprise attack was the "Give us Treats" Eyes from Mingus and Scarlet.

The day after Christmas I had to take off back to Fresberg. Vespa was sad to see me go and made sure to watch my back as I took off.

My Vacation thus far.......

Vacations can be over rated. I find myself bored and if I don't give myself something to do... I'd sleep all day.... not good. So what have I done this vacation thus far? Well been trying to spend as much of it as I can with my girlfriend. We have different schedules and so it is hard at times. For the first time we will miss "Tuesday Date Night" as it falls on Christmas and I will be up north with my sister, the famous Wildtomato of knitting fame. I hope I don't get that sweater infestation. I hear Mingus has it bad.... and I love playing with Mingus. I also get to play Santa for the Units who do not like going up north, they are afraid of that hill. This trip will be fun as it is the first time I see my sister I think since moved back.

Also got most of the Girl Friend's presents wrapped. Some little things... maybe something will catch my eye and I'll add to it, but I think I am finished. I have really enjoyed my week with her. Well I've only seen her the past three days, and then will be seeing her again on Saturday to drop off gifts, but I enjoy every moment with her and look forward to the times we will be spending. We watched I Am Legend.... scariest damn movie I've seen in ages..... good, just scarier than I like... and it needles.... lots of them.... yuck! Also got to surprise her with some trademark tofuninja flair. Can't wait until Saturday. We had a blast eating Ethiopian food with the Units and another couple from their marriage group.... so yes... in a way.... I was on a group date with the units.....sigh...... but the Girl Friend and I had fun and the food was good.

Hopefully by then I will also have helped her and her mom with something as well. I've been a bounty hunter for them but have yet to score the hit... i was close today. This mark has been both fun and frustrating.

I was a little shocked to find that Save Mart already has Valentine's Day stuff up... WTF?!?!?! It is like two friggin' months away... give me a break. DAMN!

Flick wants to say hi!


He hasn't met a box he does not like. Oh it has been rainy here the past few days and today I learned that the Vice Admiral is not fond of rain or water. Even though we are roughly 90% water or something like that, he just doesn't like to get wet in the rain...... So in honor of his fear of being in the rain I post this tribute picture! Enjoy.

Nice Weekend, but tiring.

Had a great weekend, busy too, with the Girlfriend. Saturday she got to met two my my friends at lunch then we went to my school's Christmas party. I found that it doesn't matter what side of the guest list I am on, staff or other, I am not as comfortable at parties as others. I do not know what it is. At school I am somewhat of a rockstar and a ICON of WWE.... at a party I am a wall flower.... strange.... very strange. We had fun at the end, but a late lunch made us not want to eat. My girl was a trooper though and I am reminded why she is so great. After the party we went back to her place and watched some youtube..... strange that in this day and age you can watch youtube as an activity. hahaha.

The next day my friends bailed on lunch in Lemoore and the GF and me had a late start. We did some shopping for a school charity, took care of some other gifts, then watched the Golden Compass. I could be nice and say that we were both tired and that the movie was too slow for us that day... but I won't, the movie absolutely sucked. I think that because I was really excited to see it, it raised the suckage bar.... the GF said that it was exactly what she thought it would be.... the only part that was cool was the ending of the bear fight.... THey didn't even put the correct BOOK ending to it......

After the horrid movie, she met my parents and it went well, however she was a bit nervous. She was raised that the boy only takes the girl home when it is serious and after a month this made her really nervous. I tried to sooth her nerves and well everything went ok, but I wish I could have done more to comfort her. Sunday was not as cool as Saturday, but I still had a great time.

This week we are both busy and might not get to see each other on our nomral tuesday night date night... but that's ok. Hopefully we will still have one on the weekend.

What is in the air today hahahaha

The Male Parental Unit was trying to figure what was up with me this morning as we had a playful half boxing match. hahaha. It's been a long time since we did something like that and time I was the aggressor. He was stretching and I asked him to do that again and he tucked in and said he didn't trust me, cause I had this look in my eye. So as he went past me I started playfully using his back as a punching bag, landing lefts and rights. He turns around and I start peppering his shoulder with left jabs. He then laughs, lowers his head and rams me, only to get some right hooks to the gut and left hooks to the back... all with very little power. He laughs and retreats and I peppers him with more jabs as he does... he ask what is up with me and tries to kick at me.... which with my green belt training from years past I deftly blocked and peppers him with more jabs. I moved in and started to land some light kidney shots.... that is when he cheated and chased me off with hot water...... good times. Getting a full REM cycle of sleep makes a difference.

The Rainbow

It has been rainy here in the central valley for the past day and a half. Well on my way to work the sun was out and well there was a rainbow. I snapped off a few daring photos. I had planned to take more when I got to school. But on my way to school as I was driving with the rainbow (Two, one bright one dull) in front of me the sun got covered and both of the rainbows vanished. So sad.

Awesome New Idea

I was forcing my students to listen to show tunes.... well the soundtrack for Cats.... and when the song Gumby cat was on. Near the end of the song there is a dance routine when you watch, well while that music was playing I had a strange mental vision... it was one half WWE one half dance. Are you ready for it.... Jazz Hands... wait for it.... Battle.... that's right.... Jazz Hands Battle......
I need to make this happen. Two people facing off WWE style like they are going to kill each other, then they each take turns or at the same time break into Jazz Hands...... This could be huge....

I just remembered

If I ever needed a reminder of why at times I have turned my back on the church, this is one of them.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/entertainmentfilmreligionusbritain

Pretty much a group of Catholics and Bishops are condemning the movie the Golden Compass. They say it is anti-religion. Well I read the book and didn't see it. And besides the history of the Catholic Church is one of oppression and other not so nice things...... But who are these supposed closed minded ultra conservatives to tell ME how to live my life or what to watch. I still maintain that it is up to the Church to preach that parents should be MORE involved in their children's lives and *gasp* talk to them about issues like this..... yeah that's right, parents need to be parents. What a novel concept? OMG!!! Instead parents don't do this and they rely on a church that abuses their children.... nice.... give me a break, let people live their lives and if anything remind them that being a good parent will solve most of the issues these groups are complaining about.........

Best Typo of the year

Well as a lot of you know I am a teacher. Where I teach an elective, Business and Computers, at times there is not a lot of big writing assignments due. However I assigned one after my Intro to Business class watched the first four episodes of the Apprentice Season 1. Well in those episodes the females blank the males, mainly using their sex appeal. One of my students was trying to make that point, however he did not proof read and his paper read, "I think that the women did use their sex apple to win..." I had to take a double take, and when I did I was laughing so hard I had a backlash of coughs that have been lingering. I almost died laughing, literally. Just all the endless possibilities that a Sex Apple could bring.... oh the joy was too much for this teacher to handle..... I love it!

Family Pets Elfed

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1157542695


Thought this was funny. So I blogged it. The Units wanted me to email it, but I rather not. Here is better. Starting Vespa, Flick, Mingus, and River the Guinea Pig

Niners stink it up again

Niners stick it up again today vs. the Panthers. No offense.... Nolan has got to go. We need a new offense, a new QB, and receivers that can actually catch the bloody football. That is not too much to ask is it? sigh

Lemoore

I've been spending a lot of time in Lemoore, Ca. I don't mind because the company is good. The long drive is not that long knowing where I am going and who I am seeing. The long trips back are also worth it. They give me some time to soak in the days events and what not. I can not wait to be back there or for a little part of Lemoore to come to me.

Boomer and Helo Update

Well Boomer and Helo are settled in nicely with their new parents who just adore them. It took them about three days I believe to remember that they were sisters. There were some worried times as they would hiss and Boomer quietly dominated Helo..... Helo just had to get used to the fact that she was no longer Queen Bee. Well as of last update from their new parents, they kittens are sleeping on the same bed as their parents and grooming each other as well as playing with each other. It warms my heart to know that the sisters are once again sisters.... it looked like they would have a blood feud.