Just in case anyone who doesn’t dig deep into the comments on Kimmy’s blog really was curious about my deserted island picks.

Kim brought a ‘hot guy/bat” and a boatload of animals. Sam chose a bunch of cool people for various reasons. Elizabeth posted five of the same person. Kevin posted psychos and superheroes. It’s hard to top all of those. So, I have resigned myself to being myself. I don’t want to be on an island with giant animals or psychos or Christian Bale.

So. Here’s the best I can do.

#1: Cinderella. She can cook, clean, and tame the island mice. Sounds good.

Biggest positive: Takes verbal abuse and reprimand without complaining. A handy characteristic if being on the island puts me in a bad mood.

#2: Arwen (Lord of the Rings): She’s a great rider (in case there’s horses on the island), she’s good with weapons (in case there’s something dangerous on the island) and can talk to water–handy if it’s hard to find fresh water on the island.

Biggest positive: Immortality. Should we all die, someone needs to be alive to tell the tale of our heroic existence on the island.

#3: Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks (Tears of the Sun): A doctor has obvious uses on a deserted island. A good-looking doctor is even better.

Biggest positive: If a super-secret rescue team comes to save her, Dr. Lena will demand that they rescue all of us, and will refuse to leave unless we come too.

#4: Riley Poole (National Treasure). Super smart, but loyal. A good guy to have as we scheme to get off the island or find a comfortable existence there. I think we’d be friends.

Biggest positive: He’s a nerd–which means I’ve got a better shot at all the women on the island than he does.

#5: Belle (Beauty and the Beast) She’s handy around the house and has a kind heart.

Biggest positive: Aside from being super sexy, she’s got a soft spot for, and has been known to fall in love with ugly, undesirable men–a useful characteristic since I’m going to be there.

Alright…i don’t really expect anyone to know or care anything about this. But being the nerd i am i thought it was funny. I found it on a pro audio message board.

-The definition of “perfect pitch” is a banjo and a bagpipe being thrown into a dumpster.

It’s late, and i’m sitting in the living room typing on the new Dell piece of crap computer that we got for free for transfering a credit card ballance to a new card. Wonderful in theory…but this is definatly the worst computer i’ve ever owned–including the ones i built back in college. Would someone please get a reliable version of OSX86 (macintosh for PC) working so that i can actually enjoy this thing? Apple shut down their OSX86 project from what i’ve heard, and there are rumored to be versions floating in the internet ether somewhere…but i’m much too stupid to even dream of being able to figure out how to get one to work reliably. So, i’m stuck with good old WinXP (to all of you windows users out there–this is not meant to be offensive–you REALLY need to consider a Mac the next time you buy a computer. They are not nearly as expensive as they used to be, and now that they are using Intel chips it is actually possible to run Windows XP on the mac as well (not that you’ll ever want to once you’ve used OSX). Really–i’d forgotten how bad windows was. Hey–it’s been a while since i went on a good rant. Aren’t you glad i’m back?

It’s past midnight and Verity just woke up–i can hear her playing with a rattle up in her dark bedroom over the baby monitor

The main reason i wanted to post tonight was that i wanted to talk about Elizabeth–and not this computer. I’ve been thinking a lot this evening about ‘us’ and how many things have changed in our lives since we got married over five years ago. Nearly everything has changed, but Elizabeth has only changed for the better.

I got home late this evening. I got a late start and then forgot an appointment with a customer–a job which i completed at 6:30 instead of 2:30 like i scheduled. Anyway, Eliza didn’t seem to be feeling real good this evening and so she went to bed at 9:00. Very early for either of us, as i’m sure y’all know. Anyway i don’t say it enough to her, or to anyone else. But she’s been doing an amazing job since Verity was born. I’ve always appreciated her, but since the baby has been born she’s really stepped up several notches and has proven to be a wonderful mother.

As if dealing with a newborn isn’t enough, she’s also been great about putting up with all the crap that i’m sure i put her through. I know it’s not easy to be married to a self-employed business owner with an obsession for writing, recording and playing music. She’s handled it all with grace though–from allowing ‘the band’ to set up all our stuff in the living room and keep it there all winter, to tolerating all the time i’m down in the studio with the music turned up to floor-thumping levels (right beneath her kitchen). She’s taken it all in stride and has been amazing about it all. As far as my music goes, she still claims to be my biggest fan and at the same time isn’t afraid to cut right to the chase and say stuff like “that background vocal sounds really bad” or “that guitar part doesn’t fit at all.” And she’s always been right. Every change i’ve ever made because of one of her suggestions has been for the better.

Living with a baby and an obsessed musician can’t be easy, but i’m sure she makes it look easier than it is. I just want her to know, and everyone else who is reading, that i appreciate her more than she will ever know from the way i act, and that i have never regretted my decision to ask her to marry me. She is my best friend and becomes a better friend to me by the day. She deserves to be honored and respected, and i ask that each of you would remind me of that if you ever observe me acting or speaking in a way that is dishonoring to her.

Thanks.