-happy days-

not to much going on here...but i just wanted to take the time to wish my 3 regular readers a happy and safe thanksgiving!

-stock market-

someone i know was telling me today that he's lost $150,000 in the stock market in the last year. insane...mid 2007 he was talking about retiring "when the market breaks 15,000. at that point it was a little over 14,100. today? it closed at about 7552.

i jus found these numbers. thought they were interesting. how low is this thing gonna go anyway???

The Dow closed at 7,552.29 today.

The Dow is down 444.99 points, or 5.56 percent, today.

It is the Dow's biggest point-drop since November 5.

It is the Dow's biggest percent-drop since October 22.

The Dow is off 19.01 percent so far this month.

The Dow is down 872.46 points, or 10.36 percent, in the last two days.

It is the biggest two-day point-drop since the two days ending November 6.

It is the biggest two-day percent-drop since the two days ending October 20, 1987.

It is the Dow's lowest closing value since March 12, 2003.

The Dow is off 6,612.24 points, or 46.68 percent, from its record close of 14,164.53 — reached on October 9, 2007.

Year-to-date, the Dow is off 43.07 percent.

(Source: Dow Jones Indexes Media Relations)

-just an update-

my grandma had an appoinment with a cancer specialist on wednesday. the news is not the best news. the cancer is growing faster than expected, and requires surgery within the next 6 weeks. (it makes me mad that they wait 3 weeks to get her in. "oh its growing faster than we thought it would"...really? maybe you shouldn't have waited 3 weeks to look at it then!) anyways, her and my grandpa have to decide if they just want to take the lump out, or if they want to take the entire breast. if they only take the lump theres a better chance of her needing chemo...so...the choice has to be made, the surgery has to be done and we just wait and see. so please keep my grandma in your prayers. thanks.

-bathrobe-

i was having a hard time getting Chloe to take baths. the other night we were up at target and they had these disney bathrobes. so i bought her one. since then, 4 baths in a day and a half. i am daddy genius.

-song of the week-

this weeks song of the week is "i can feel a hot one" by manchester orchestra. im going to post the lyrics. you are going to read them. and then for fun youre going to leave a comment. tell me what you think the song means. come on...itll be fun.


"I could feel a hot one taking me down
For a moment, I could feel the force
Fainted to the point of tears
And you were holding on to make a point
What's the point?

I'm but a clean man, stable and alone man
Make it so I won't have to try
The faces always stay the same
So I face the fact that I'm just fine
I said that I'm just fine

I remember, head down,
After you'd found out
Manna is a hell of a drug
I need a little more, I think
Because enough is never quite enough
What's enough?

I took it like a grown man crying on the pavement
Hoping you would show your face
But I haven't heard a thing you've said
In at least a couple hundred days
What'd you say?

I was in the front seat, shaking it out
And I was asking if you felt alright
And I never want to hear the truth
I want to hear your voice is sounding fine
My voice is sounding fine

I could feel my heartbeat taking me down
And for the moment, I would sleep alright
Invading with a selfish fear
To keep me up another restless night
Another restless night

The blood was dry, it was sober
The feeling of audible cracks
And I could tell it was over
From the curtains that hung from your neck
And I realized it then, you were perfect
With my teeth ripping out of my head
And it looked like a painting I once knew
Back when my thoughts were not entirely intact
So i prayed for what I thought were angels
Ended up being ambulances

And the Lord showed me dreams of my daughter
She was crying inside your stomach

And I felt love again"

-bleepity bleep of a week-

this last week was not good. in fact, it could even be called bad. (i have other names for it...but i want to keep a PG rating) im not even gonna get into the details cause im just doing my best to let it go and move on. but...it was not a good week. so far this weekend is going much better.

today...chloe woke me up around 9. we got up, got dressed, jumped in the jeep yet to be named and drove up to the MN ZOO. we have been to the zoo 1,134,616 times now. but, for whatever reason, chloe was super excited to see the animals today. she even got a really cool half hour extreme close up of a swimming russian brown bear. these things are huge! seriously. she was nose to nose with it, running back and forth with it, as it swam back and forth just inches away from her. the pictures i could have taken, if only i hadnt left the camera sitting in the jeep. youre just going to have to try to imagine it. seeing it? kinda cool huh? huh? ah forget it.

the zoo trip ended with a half hour of watching baby snow monkeys beat the snot out of each other. chloe named all of them. "grandma monkey. grandpa monkey. grandma monkey. daddy monkey. baby monkey. fabio." ok...one of those was made up. you can guess which one. huh? huh? forget it.

after the zoo it was off to burnsville...when we got to town chloe asked me what town we were in. i told her burnsville. she is now convinced that mr burns from the simpsons lives there. she was mad that we didnt see him. anyways...we met my parents and my grandpa at outback steakhouse. Mmmm...outback. its my grandpas birthday. happy b-day gramps. it may have been the best meal ive ever had. cheesey fries with seasoned sour cream, potato soup, steak and garlic mashed potatoes. Mmmm. and yes, i did get a little fatter.

after eating we went shopping at the burnsville mall. mr burns was not there either. chloe was not impressed. (she did like the puppies though)

we left the mall around 7 or so and i was nice and tired from a long day of walking and driving all over the place. so...i got myself a nice large latte from starbucks. i stopped and got another one an hour or so later. it is now 1:30 am and i havent slept at all yet. stupid starbucks. foul temptress.

on the way home chloe said "daddy, i dont want you to be my daddy anymore. i want you to be my boyfriend". i told her i just wasnt ready for a relationship right now. i think i broke her heart. but better to be honest with her, right? huh? eh.

-happy halloween-