How to Speak Southern, Volume VII

LESSON 7:

Et: To have eaten. "You done et?"


Copyright 1976 by Steve Mitchell and Sam C. Rawls

Are you ready for some football?! et al...

Well, man! I can't believe I have not posted in two weeks! Time flies when you are swamped I guess!

Some things going on lately....

...I seem to be getting increasingly swamped with work at the office. What with school having been in session for a while and all teachers getting tired of the behavior of their "little angels," I am getting more referrals for evaluations... ADHD, behavior problems, learning disabilities, you name it. Very time consuming. Especially when you consider the fact that the only time I generally have to write the reports (typically 9-10 pages each) are in the evenings after the kids have gone to bed...

...what time I have carved away (admittedly more than I should have been carving out) has been spent with Bioshock for the Xbox 360. I was not all that interested in the game, but got sucked into the hype of it as the release date neared so picked it up. Boy am I sure glad I did! Though I typically only enjoy single player games that have a solid multiplayer component (unless you mention Oblivion, LOL), this single player only game was DA BOMB! Shooter, adventure, RPG, horror, mystery components all perfectly rolled into one. And the glue that held it all together? One of the best, Hollywood-script-quality style storylines I have ever seen! Man, when you get a twist toward the end, it rivals and gives you the same chilly feeling as the realization of the Kobayashi/Keyser Soze story twist in The Usual Suspects! Amazing! The game is finally finished and traded in for the next great game - Halo 3 - due out two weeks from tomorrow! More to come on that at a later date! Oh, and btw, I also picked up Space Giraffe for Xbox Live Arcade... It has been getting a bit ripped by reviews, but if you are at all a fan of Tempest, trippy music and visuals, or Jeff Minter, you gotta get this game!

...other things taking up time...

Luke has started playing football, and we have practices 3 days a week. Pretty funny seeing 177-8 year olds in full football gear and pads at practice! I have to admit that it has been quite an emotional flashback helping him put his pads on, lacing them up, and fitting his helmet. Last time I member all this, it was me getting my shoulder pads laced up by my dad. When the perspective shifts like this for the first time, you are overwhelmed with feelings of joy and pride, but also grief over the loss of those old days when you, both literally and figuratively, looked up to your dad. I'm lucky to be able to say I still book up to my dad but still miss those days. I can only hope my boys look up to me like I did to my dad. Anyway, this has also started to take up a good bit of time.


So anyway that catches us up a bit on things around here. Hope to post more soon!