My Dailies 2007

AUGUST

Friday, August 31, 2007

Today at work I worked on painting walls in my upstairs remodel project again...

And now that I'm home,.. I'm going to add a few movies and shows to my Page 40 in My Thoughts For The Day and I might work on adding some more of my favorite songs to my Page 41 in My Thoughts For The Day too...

Other than that,.. I think I'm just gonna have a shower and go to bed...

Hey,.. I just noticed that Jodie Foster the actess "is" my age... Almost exactly my age... And born here in California too.

The reason I mention this is,.. I use to think she looked my age back when I saw her on TV when I was a little kid.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Today at work I painted walls again on the upstairs remodel project that I've been working on lately...

And now that I'm home,.. I've just had a shower and I'm about ready to leave for dinner over at Pomodoro Cucina Italiana...

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Today I got up a little late and got a late start getting to work... I've been staying up too late lately...

And at work today I painted walls on the upstairs remodel project that I'm working on...

Now that I'm home I've got one load of laundry going and I think I'll throw a load of towels in now too so that I don't have to do them on my dinner night tomorrow...

And then,.. I'm just going to go to bed after I get my work clothes folded.... Maybe save folding of the towels for tomorrow because I'm going to have to stay up later waiting for them to dry...

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Today while I was at work I got a request from my mind that came across as real...

It was as if some people would like me to sit in front of my Living room television tonight...

Surprising to me if that TV camera is still working in there,... but I'll go in there tonight for a little while...

See what's up,... if anything...

I'll be in there during News time like I use to do...

And it's getting close to that time now,... so I'll write out the rest of my dailies here later...

Well,.. I couldn't really tell if there was some reason to be watching TV today...

"No interaction" like there use to be long ago... Or,.. back when my original couch writing was going on...

Nice seeing some of the people that I use to watch do the News though.... It's been a while since I've seen some of you...

And,.. it seemed odd that it was Ann's night off...

I thought Laura looked very nice,.. and I think I'll tell you here that I've always liked your choice of clothing when you do the News...

I usually only saw the top portion of your clothing,.. but I've seen some really great looking top's and Jackets on you...

"Wonder Bread"... I didn't quite catch what the problem with Wonder Bread was...

But,.. Wonder Bread has always been one of my favorite breads too... It's because it has always been one of the nicest softest freshest like breads. And I've always liked the flavor of it too.

Today for work I painted walls on my upstairs remodel project... And now that I'm home I think I'm going to put off doing laundry today and do it tomorrow since it's getting late on me here...

But I do have some movies and shows that I think I'll have time to put into my Page 40 in My Thoughts For The Day.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Video - Me singing an INXS song called: "Need You Tonight".

Monday, August 27, 2007

Today I thought I'd mention something here,.. because I may of led people to believe that I'm against Gay and Lesbianism back when I talked about how I don't want to kiss any boys or be kissed by them either,.. and I'm against being Gay for Me,.. "I don't want to be Gay,.. and never have"...

But,.. "I AM NOT AGAINST BEING GAY FOR EVERYBODY ELSE",... AND,.. "I THINK THAT IT'S OK FOR THEM TO BE THAT WAY TOO".

If I was to ever have kids,.. I'm not against them being Gay either,.. and think that it's up to them to choose...

It's their Life,... and I like the thought of my kids being able to feel free and comfortable to be totally themselves,... and to be able to feel like it's No Problem to talk to me about anything...

I've thought that in order to achieve that,... being in trouble around my house is not going to be a big deal...

Like I'm going to have to be cool about everything,.. and explain to them Why,.. instead of scolding them or giving them punishment...

Because I think that once I become the person that don't seem so cool anymore,... that their not going to feel so free and comfortable around me anymore...

I don't know,... but I'll tell ya,.. I've had some cool friends that I've hung out with that were my Dad's age,.. and I felt free and comfortable around them...

But I never wanted to hang out with my Dad... Didn't feel free and comfortable around him...

Today for work,. I just prepared and painted window frames and unmasked a bathroom on the upstairs remodeling project that I'm working on...

And now that I'm home,.. it may be a laundry day,.. I'm not sure yet,.. I've gotta go in and see how full the hamper is getting...

And I thought I might work on my favorite songs page 41 a little bit and I've got a couple shows that I can add to my Favorite movies and shows page 40 too...

Sunday, August 26, 2007

So far today I've just been sitting around again singing and making videos...

And I've got a few more of Elton John's songs to put in here for video today...

In the first video,... Sad Songs (Say So Much),.. I made 5 different videos of me singing that song,... and I think I sang it better in the last one,... but it was the first one that I made that I liked the way my voice sounded best in that one,.. so that's the one I'm putting in here today.

Like my voice sounded best first thing in the morning on that one...

And now that it's early evening time,.. I'm just going to do some usual things like,.. have a shower, feed the cats and go to bed...


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Videos - Me singing Elton John songs: "Sad Songs (Say So Much)", "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues", "Your Song".

Saturday, August 25, 2007

I decided this morning to take the day off from working today... And I've just been sitting here all day so far singing and making music videos...

It's almost 8:00pm here now in my office,.. and I've worked on making a new page with all my favorite songs on it a little bit today...

What I've got finished so far is viewable now. It's Page 41 in My Thoughts For The Day...

It's taking up a bunch of time because I don't remember all my favorite songs by name,.. so I'm having to listen to parts of each of them as I go...


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Videos - Me singing Elton John songs: "Daniel", "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word".

Friday, August 24, 2007

Today I worked on painting walls in my upstairs remodel project.

Then I came home and made some videos that I'm putting in here for today...

I don't have Foreigners song called Women on Karaoke, but I decided to do it today in acapella because I heard it on the radio this morning. Like,.. they inspired me to do it...

Now,.. it's about 6:30pm here,.. and I'm in the process of cooking a big pot of food for the cats,.. and I'm going to add some more of my favorite shows to my page 40 in My Thoughts For The Day...


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Videos - Me singing Foreigner songs: "Women", "Cold As Ice","Blue Morning, Blue Day ".

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Today I worked on my upstairs remodel project again and got started on painting the walls.

Then I came home and made music videos,.. and after that I went out to dinner over at Pomodoro Cucina Italiana.

And now it's after 10:00pm here and I'm ready for bed...


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Video - Me singing a Foreigner song called "Waiting For A Girl Like You".

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Let me see here,.. .. .. Today I worked on my upstairs remodeling project touch up painting where the overspray from spray painting the trim got on all the ceilings. And I did some un-masking and a little prep on the windows...

Since I've been home it seems like I've just been playing around with making videos mostly...

Listening to the radio today made me think of Bill Murray the actor,.. so I thought I'd add some of his movies to my favorite movies and shows Page 40 in My Thoughts For The Day,.. but I haven't had time to get to any of that yet tonight...

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Today I worked on my upstairs remodel project and spray painted trim,.. door jambs, base boards and window frames.

Then I came home and made a couple videos for today... In the videos below,.. I liked the way I was looking best in take1,.. but I liked the way I sounded best in take2.

And I also went and picked up my Toyota from the shop,.. I had them put all new radiator hoses on,.. and a new thermostat...

And now I'm about ready for a shower...


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Videos - Me singing an acapella version of Queen's "Spread Your Wings".

Monday, August 20, 2007

Today instead of deciding to fix my Toyota like I would usually do,... do it myself,.. I decided to take it to a shop and let them change all my radiator hoses for a change.

Then I went out to Redlands and checked on my upstairs remodel job, then checked on my major whole house remodel project, and then went and finished painting a shed on another job.

I got my flight plan to Hawaii changed so that I could have a little more time here at home to work on the jobs I have going here... And I'm not sure what the new date for going is as of yet...

Then I came home and made a couple videos and was happy enough with one of them to put it in here today...

In the video below is another cool new song that I recently found that I've never heard before...


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Video - Me singing a song in the style of Frank Sinatra called "All Of Me".

Sunday, August 19, 2007

I'm on my way to bed and just remembered that I haven't done my dailies for today,..

Let me see here,... I did checking account balancing, I've done 2 loads of laundry,.. which reminds me,.. the towels are still in the dryer,.. I've done some Online banking and paid some bills,.. I've updated my web sites and I went grocery shopping.

And now I'm going to bed...

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Today I stayed home and got to sleep in for a change. It was pretty nice...

Then I got up and made a couple bills, removed the battery from my old work van, went to AutoZone and got a new battery, went to Lowe's and got a new room air conditioner (my bedroom air conditioner went out last night),..

then I drove out to Redlands and got paid from my Master Bath remodel project, noticed my Toyota has a hole in one of it's radiator hoses, but was able to re-fill the radiator and get it home,..

then once I was home I removed my old air conditioner and installed the new one,.. then I installed the new battery in my old work van,.. and now I've cleaned up and had a shower,.. and after my hair dry's I'm going to go deposit a check and then go out and have an Ice Cream...

Friday, August 17, 2007

Today I worked on getting my Upstairs remodel project ready for spray painting the trim. And I also stained and lacquered a couple doors for my Master Bath remodel project.

Now that I'm home,.. I'm feeling a little burned out like,... maybe after a shower things will pick up...

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Today I worked on staining, puttying and installing trim and also staining doors on my Master Bath remodel project.

Now that I'm home,.. I'm getting ready to go out to dinner over at Pomodoro Cucina Italiana.

I've gotta fix dinner for the cats,.. and then I'm out of here.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Today I worked on my Master Bath remodel job and got all the walls and ceilings finish painted.

Now that I'm home,.. I've still gotta fix dinner for the cats, make a call about working in Hawaii,.. and I think I'll add some more movies to my Page 40 in My Thoughts For The Day before I go to bed...

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Let's see here,... I'm thinking,... .. .. .

I went and checked on my Upstairs remodel job this morning and finished up a little caulking, then I went over to my Master Bath remodel project and sanded, re-stained and lacquered some trim, then painted the walls and ceiling in the bath and shower area.

Now that I'm home,.. I just got out of the shower,.. and I'm doing my cat cooking,.. and I think I'll make time to add some new shows to my Page 40 in My Thoughts For The Day.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Today I worked on my Master Bath remodel job sanding doors for re-staining purposes. They had quite a few flaws in them once they were stained.

I could of had a couple friends help me to finish this job tomorrow,.. but they told me they would rather just have me alone there. So I'm not gonna get no help to finish this one before I have to run off to Hawaii again...

I saw a Channel 7 news van pass me on my drive home from work today. Looks like they decided to try out those Dodge Sprinter Vans.

I looked at those too when I was thinking about getting a new Van. But the payment on it was going to be more than my house payment is,.. and I was uncomfortable with that.

Yesterday I never did have the time to add any movies to my Page 40 in My Thoughts For The Day,... but I did add some today.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Today I worked on my Upstairs remodel job. I'm in the process of getting it all sanded, puttied and caulked so that I can spray paint the trim next week.

Now that I'm home,.. it's laundry day for towels,.. and I've thought of some movies to add to my page 40 in My thoughts for the day,.. and I'm in the process of making a new page with all my favorite songs too. It will probably be Page 41 in My thoughts for the day when I get it finished and uploaded.

My battery went dead in my old work van. So maybe I'll go out and deal with that too today if I seem to have time.

Also I thought I might make me a go out and have Ice Cream day. So I may go out and get Ice Cream later. Summer time seems like a great time for Ice Cream.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Today I worked a little bit on 3 of my jobs that I have going,... and the majority of my time was spent on my Master Bath remodel job seeing if I can get a bunch of imperfections in the woodwork do disappear for staining purposes.

Actually,.. the stain brought out all the imperfections,.. so today I was seeing if I can sand them out and re-stain them...

And it's working.

Now that I'm home,.. I'm just going to work on web site stuff a little bit,.. then go to bed.

Oh,. I've thought of some more movies to add to my Page 40 in My thoughts for the day too,. so I'll probably spend a little time with that also.

Friday, August 10, 2007

I don't know yet,.. I gotta go to work...

Well,. I'm home from work now. Today I worked on my whole house remodel job that I'm doing and did a bunch of drywall patching.

Now that I'm home,.. I've got a load of laundry going,.. and I'm going to go get in the shower.

And I've also added a few more movies and TV shows to my Page 40 in My Thoughts for the Day.

I'm gonna work tomorrow,.. so I'm just going to finish my laundry tonight and go to bed...

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Today I did a little sanding on my upstairs remodel job then went over to my Master Bath remodel project and did some wood staining.

Now that I'm home I'm going to add some more movies to my Page 40 in My Thoughts for the Day,.. then I'm going to go get cleaned up and go to dinner over at Pomodoro Cucina Italiana.

Last night while I was looking up movies on tvguide.com I came across Gene Hackman and found out that he was born in San Bernardino, California. That's close to me. I drive through San Bernardino almost every day on my way to work.

Looked like Gene has been making movies for 46 years now and he was born in the same year that Clint Eastwood was.

I had a truck stolen in San Bernardino once. I was working up high on the exterior of a Church,.. think it was somewhere around 5th and E street,.. and I heard a familiar sounding backfire,.. I looked down,.. and saw my truck driving away.

That was my very first truck that I was still paying for,... and I never got it back. I was around 18,.. 19 years old at the time...

The guy I was buying it from got it back though. And when he called me about it,.. he said,.. "I had to put a new transmission in it,.. and you can have it back for,... " I don't remember the exact amount,.. but it was double what I owed him.

So I decided not to take it back.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Today I worked on 3 jobs. Did a little sanding on one, some drywall patching on another and prepared some woodwork for staining on the 3rd.

Now that I'm home I've been adding some movies to my new page 40 in My Thoughts for the Day.

I just noticed over at TVGuide.com that Robert Redford's birthday is on the same day as my brothers birthday,.. August 18th. And that Robert De Niro was born in New York city. I think my Dad would call him a City boy. Because I remember him calling his friend Bruce Harrington something like that once. My Dad was born in Rome, New York.

Today I got the idea to make a new page with all my favorite songs too. Not sure that I'll have time to get started on it tonight though.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Today I decided to work late so that I could get a job cleaned up for them. The lady of the house said she felt confined with all the plastic covering the door ways and had to sleep on the couch last night.

I installed some corner beading and did some drywall patch work on my major whole house remodel job today and primed walls and cleaned up on my Master Bath remodel project.

Now that I'm home I've added a few movies to my Page 40 in My Thoughts For The Day and organized the page better.

It's getting late now,.. and I've gotta do cat cooking today,.. so I better go get started on that.

Cat Cooking = cook up a big pot of food for the cats...

Monday, August 6, 2007

Today Al Pachino's name came to mind and it caused me to think about Movies.

Back when I was a young kid I remember my parents use to take us to the drive in theater to see movies. I remember them all being Disney cartoon movies. And I also remember falling asleep in the back of the car while watching them and not waking up until I was being carried to the front door to go into our house.

Seems like the last Movie we ever went to as a family was at a walk in type theater. It was a movie my Dad was interested in seeing.

The movie was called "Dog Day Afternoon" with Al Pachino.

It seemed like a movie that me and my brother were too young to be seeing. I don't remember how old I was,.. but it was back when that movie first came out... I don't think I was in High School yet.

At first my parents acted like we were going to walk out of the theater. But we ended up staying for the whole movie.

I don't really remember much about the movie other than it had a lot of cussing in it.

Hey,.. that "Bourne" movie is sounding like it could be good. I've heard that there are 2 Bourne movies made before this new one though,.. and have thought that maybe I ought to see the first 2 first.

Today I thought I'd tell which movies and television shows I've liked and are my favorites. I'm going to put it on a page in My Thoughts For The DAy though,.. because it will just get lost in my Dailies if I put it here... (Hard to find)...

I'll see if I can get a start on making this page today...

For work today I ran around getting tools and materials, then worked on installing a little drywall on my major whole house remodel job, then went over to my M. Bath remodel project and sanded all the drywall patching. This job should be ready for a coat of wall primer tomorrow.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Today I worked on the upstairs remodel project that I've been working on. I just sanded all day.

I left the job early thinking that it would give me more time to do things around home and I'm still busy here at home as it's going on 9:00 pm already.

I came home today and put my new license plates on my new Van and showered and fed the cats and worked on web site stuff which is what I'm still doing now...

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Today I had making a movie of my life on my mind. I didn't mean for it to be there and as it kept coming back to mind no matter what else I was thinking I soon realized that there could be a reason that it was coming to mind. Like as if someone was putting it there.

So while that was on my mind today I also had some other thoughts come to mind in a very similar way. They were little stories that could go along with my life,.. but stories that some people wont like being told.

2 little stories. And I'm Ok with not letting them be in a movie of my life.

I also thought today that Michael Cain could play the Preachers part well that I've talked about before. The Preacher that the kid kept shooting rubber bands at as he just kept on reading.

And I also thought that if the Dad from the Wonder Years didn't play the part of my Dad,.. that he could easily play a friend of mines Dad that lived down the street from us. Stearn looking guy,... looked like a guy you shouldn't mess with. I remember seeing him out there working on his truck. And he never said nothin. Just had that Stearn serious look about him.

On the topic of taking online surveys,... I've had a problem finishing just about every survey that I've come across.

It's always because,.. I cant answer their question with the answers that they are providing me with. Sometimes all they really need in there for me to be able to answer it correctly would be a "I don't know".

But here is a question from a survey that I couldn't finish last night:

Complete the following phrase (check as many as apply)
I go to Pomodoro when I,...

1. Have a special occasion, such as a dinner date or business lunch.
2. Have any number of needs for the right restaurant.
3. Am with my family looking for an appropriate restaurant.
4. Want to go out with a group of friends.

Can't answer it. None of them apply. Therefore I couldn't finish the survey,.. because you've gotta click something in order to move to the next page.

My answer is: "I go to Pomodoro because their food has been GREAT TASTING to me. I'm kind of like Jack Nicholson in the movie "As good as it gets",.. Pomodoro has become the restaurant that I go to on a regular basis.

Jazz night is cool and all,... really like the live music during dinner,.. but it's the food that is the reason that I'm there.

The waitress that kept coming to my table to check on me the last time I was there,.. it was hard to answer her because my mouth was full every time she came to my table.

Today I worked out in Redlands California on painting the trim on a storage shed. Oh,.. and I also did a little caulking on the upstair remodel project and went over to the Master Bath remodel project that I'm working on and did a little touch up patch work on the walls.

Now that I'm home I've got one load of laundry that I should get started on right now,.. and soon after that's done I'm thinking of going to bed.

Friday, August 3, 2007

Today I worked on spray painting an exterior shed. Then on the way home I went by the bank and deposited a check and came home.

I was thinking about maybe doing another song or 2 for video,.. but I"m just too busy with other things and don't seem to really have the time for it today.

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Today I worked on my whole house major remodeling project a little bit,.. and got a couple friends from Orange county over there to help me.

Then I went over to the Master Bath remodel job that I'm working on and put another coat of drywall mud on the walls and ceiling.

I'm liking my new van so far. It's got this little button that pokes through the instument panel that's pretty cool. I can use it to tell me exactly how many miles I've driven.

There is one problem with it though,... it's just like my laptop computer,.. dust falls right into the hole that that little button pops through and gets all inside the instrument panel,.. and you can't get to it to wash it out of there.

2003 and they didn't improve that,... maybe they improved it in the newer years,.. I don't know...

There may be a way to open up that instrument panel so that you can clean that I would imagine,.. but I don't know that yet either...

Well it's Jazz night over at Pomodoro Cucina Italiana again. And I'm going to go over there and have dinner tonight.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Today the guy that I'm working for doing the upstairs remodel project saw my new work van and asked me if I'm going to Checker it too. Paint it in gray and white checkers.

I told him,... "I'm going to go incognito for a while".

And he said,... "so your gonna hide".

And the more I thought of that today,.. when he put it that way,.. it makes it sound puss for me to go incognito.

I was just thinking more along the lines of blending in with the crowd instead of standing out in the crowd is all. "Hiding",.. wasn't a part of my thoughts there.

Then over at Flanigan Construction when I told them the same thing,.. they made it sound like I should Paint my new van just like I painted my old one.

Well,.. going incognito for a while was just a thought. And maybe I will Checker my new van too. It looks to me like it may look Ok in Checkers.

Today I made sure that the upstairs remodel was ready enough so that a friend of mine could spray paint the ceilings later today,... then I went over to my Master Bath remodel job and worked on getting all the walls taped and mudded.