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In Toledo that probably is worth a 30 second segment halfway through the 11 o'clock news.
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I'm going to talk about how my family and I voted, and currently vote, for President but to be abundantly clear I'm not going to talk about any policy or positions. I'm really just trying to tell a family story but if I go out of bounds I get that posts need to be deleted sometimes. No harm no foul.
Election night 2008 was on 11.4.
Mary Ann died on on 11.6.08. Mary Koopman Obituary - FL
My whole life I knew her as a GOP voter but I more or less emulated her hippie younger years......when she was a kid she went to UPenn (so way smarter than me yet she didn't get her degree there). After UPenn she joined VISTA for a few years which is kinda like the US domestic Peace Corps. So she clearly was left as a younger woman.
Anyway in November '08 she was bedridden. We had a hospital bed in the middle of her condo.
I think I helped out with my dad when he was at the end but that was nothing compared to what he did for her. Like she couldn't get up. The bed had like balloons in it that would inflate and deflate at random times to prevent bed sores. She couldn't get up to do bathroom stuff so my dad took care of all that. I never had to do that for him.
Anyway she was super Catholic at this time. She'd pray the rosary every day watching the Catholic channel.
However she was on board with Obama. And I was so fervently for him in '08 I did like phone banks and shit. So he was the 1st Dem I saw her vote for in my entire life. It was cool for her to live just long enough for us to see and share that historic election together.
I was always told the story that when I was born the first thing she said to me was "You'll always love your mother". I was lucky enough to be there with her the moment she died. I got in bed beside her and as she died I told her, "I'll always love my mother".
And I lucked into that moment. It was the right time, right place situation. I had just finished an overnight work shift and was heading to their place as always when the hospice nurse called and said it was time to be with her......as I was in the hallway walking to their condo.
I lived with my dad for like 2+ years at his end and I missed that moment with him and it makes me sad. While super sad, it's a beautiful, great last memory I have with my mom.
Fuck this random date generator sucks.
The kinda funny thing is that after she died my dad who voted GOP along with her his whole life all of a sudden became a Dem. I'm convinced he just went along with her to avoid any trouble. Mary Ann was the alpha of the Koopman family. I'm sure my dad was like, "After the shit I've been through you think either of these parties seem so bad to me? I'll just go along with my wife". And while I was all about Obama and so happy she voted for him.....after she was dead and Obama served both his terms I became MAGA. So it's kinda funny how once our matriarch was gone both my dad and I did a 180 in terms of our political views. It took me a little longer. For Hendrik it was like 2 weeks later hahah.
I just think it's a cute story. I'm not trying to push any side's agenda. I just want to bookend this post with that to be abundantly clear.
Election night 2008 was on 11.4.
Mary Ann died on on 11.6.08. Mary Koopman Obituary - FL
My whole life I knew her as a GOP voter but I more or less emulated her hippie younger years......when she was a kid she went to UPenn (so way smarter than me yet she didn't get her degree there). After UPenn she joined VISTA for a few years which is kinda like the US domestic Peace Corps. So she clearly was left as a younger woman.
Anyway in November '08 she was bedridden. We had a hospital bed in the middle of her condo.
I think I helped out with my dad when he was at the end but that was nothing compared to what he did for her. Like she couldn't get up. The bed had like balloons in it that would inflate and deflate at random times to prevent bed sores. She couldn't get up to do bathroom stuff so my dad took care of all that. I never had to do that for him.
Anyway she was super Catholic at this time. She'd pray the rosary every day watching the Catholic channel.
However she was on board with Obama. And I was so fervently for him in '08 I did like phone banks and shit. So he was the 1st Dem I saw her vote for in my entire life. It was cool for her to live just long enough for us to see and share that historic election together.
I was always told the story that when I was born the first thing she said to me was "You'll always love your mother". I was lucky enough to be there with her the moment she died. I got in bed beside her and as she died I told her, "I'll always love my mother".
And I lucked into that moment. It was the right time, right place situation. I had just finished an overnight work shift and was heading to their place as always when the hospice nurse called and said it was time to be with her......as I was in the hallway walking to their condo.
I lived with my dad for like 2+ years at his end and I missed that moment with him and it makes me sad. While super sad, it's a beautiful, great last memory I have with my mom.
Fuck this random date generator sucks.
The kinda funny thing is that after she died my dad who voted GOP along with her his whole life all of a sudden became a Dem. I'm convinced he just went along with her to avoid any trouble. Mary Ann was the alpha of the Koopman family. I'm sure my dad was like, "After the shit I've been through you think either of these parties seem so bad to me? I'll just go along with my wife". And while I was all about Obama and so happy she voted for him.....after she was dead and Obama served both his terms I became MAGA. So it's kinda funny how once our matriarch was gone both my dad and I did a 180 in terms of our political views. It took me a little longer. For Hendrik it was like 2 weeks later hahah.
I just think it's a cute story. I'm not trying to push any side's agenda. I just want to bookend this post with that to be abundantly clear.
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IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
We're back!!!!!!
This was the day after my 40th birthday. It was not a good time. Pam had this huge thing planned for me, she was going to take me to Disney and going with her would have been so awesome but I fucked it all up. So this one doesn't have very good memories attached.
This was the day after my 40th birthday. It was not a good time. Pam had this huge thing planned for me, she was going to take me to Disney and going with her would have been so awesome but I fucked it all up. So this one doesn't have very good memories attached.
I just noticed I hadn't done this one. On the 9th, we went to the Christmas by the sea festival in Ogunquit's Perkins Cove. Santa and the elves come over the bridge, and there are firepits for smores, and hot chocolate.
A couple days later we got our new MoccaMaster coffee maker. It's made in the Netherlands.
A couple days later we got our new MoccaMaster coffee maker. It's made in the Netherlands.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
12/9/2023
About a week prior to this date, I saw the Indigo Girls perform live for the first time. They were very good (one of them can still sing very well, the other is only singing ok). I was with my wife, sister-in-law and 13-year-old niece. The opening act was a one girl pop act named Bitch who talks about taking the words bitch and pussy back (from being insults). She performed a song about 'pussy manifesto motherfucker number one'.
About a week prior to this date, I saw the Indigo Girls perform live for the first time. They were very good (one of them can still sing very well, the other is only singing ok). I was with my wife, sister-in-law and 13-year-old niece. The opening act was a one girl pop act named Bitch who talks about taking the words bitch and pussy back (from being insults). She performed a song about 'pussy manifesto motherfucker number one'.
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11/9/2008
This is around the time I started doing song reviews for 411mania.com. The first one went live 10/29. Here is (the first half of) my debut review:
Britney Spears – “Womanizer” Review
Hit Today, Gone Tomorrow – A Forgettable Anthem for Gum-Chomping Airheads
Ten years ago, millions of men aged 14 to 40 drooled over the new teenaged girl dressed in a revealing school uniform on MTV begging her man to “hit me baby one more time.” Britney Spears' debut single then rocketed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Apparently what the American Family Association described as a "disturbing mix of childhood innocence and adult sexuality" was a very successful way to launch a music career.
A decade later, after spending more time on the cover of tabloid magazines than at the top of the charts, this twice-divorced, rehab-visiting, head-shaving, custody-losing lip-syncher has finally scored her second #1 single by combining a stolen beat, cheesy music, silly stuttering and mindless repetition.
Britney’s eco-friendly fans will be pleased because aside from adding the sound of a faux hi-hat cymbal alongside the cheesy clap snare, music producers The Outsyders have basically recycled and repackaged the beat from Soft Cell's Top 40 new wave hit "Tainted Love." Once you've heard the first few seconds, you've basically heard what the entire song has to offer.
As for that soul-searching poetry we call lyrics, Britney offers the following revelation, "Womanizer, woman-womanizer, you're a womanizer, oh womanizer, oh you're a womanizer, baby. You, you, you are, you, you, you are, womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, womanizer."
Watch out Maya Angelou, here comes Britney.
This is around the time I started doing song reviews for 411mania.com. The first one went live 10/29. Here is (the first half of) my debut review:
Britney Spears – “Womanizer” Review
Hit Today, Gone Tomorrow – A Forgettable Anthem for Gum-Chomping Airheads
Ten years ago, millions of men aged 14 to 40 drooled over the new teenaged girl dressed in a revealing school uniform on MTV begging her man to “hit me baby one more time.” Britney Spears' debut single then rocketed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Apparently what the American Family Association described as a "disturbing mix of childhood innocence and adult sexuality" was a very successful way to launch a music career.
A decade later, after spending more time on the cover of tabloid magazines than at the top of the charts, this twice-divorced, rehab-visiting, head-shaving, custody-losing lip-syncher has finally scored her second #1 single by combining a stolen beat, cheesy music, silly stuttering and mindless repetition.
Britney’s eco-friendly fans will be pleased because aside from adding the sound of a faux hi-hat cymbal alongside the cheesy clap snare, music producers The Outsyders have basically recycled and repackaged the beat from Soft Cell's Top 40 new wave hit "Tainted Love." Once you've heard the first few seconds, you've basically heard what the entire song has to offer.
As for that soul-searching poetry we call lyrics, Britney offers the following revelation, "Womanizer, woman-womanizer, you're a womanizer, oh womanizer, oh you're a womanizer, baby. You, you, you are, you, you, you are, womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, womanizer."
Watch out Maya Angelou, here comes Britney.
6/6/2022
The day before I tested negative for Covid. From my 'diary'...
5/24 see cleopatrick and royal blood at house of blues boston. get home at midnight.
5/26 still a bit tired and sore from the concert but fine at work and playing tennis.
5/27 barely sleep, wake achy and very tired. develop a mild sore throat. take a covid test when i get home from work and it's negative, but i still feel like a hot mess with a side of achy breaky can't stay awakey with a metal rod impaled between my temples. when my son gets home i call him from the living room to his car to tell him to stay away from me despite the negative test because i might be sick.
5/28 my son does 3 hours SAT practice test in AM. i stay away from him. i test for covid when my wife gets home at 2pm and i'm positive. i quarantine in bedroom. sleep on and off all day. achy head to toe.
5/29 spend most of the day in the bedroom, except going outside a couple times for sun, space and fresh air (and badminton with masks for about 15 minutes).
5/30 spend most of the day in the bedroom again, except going outside with masks to play badminton.
5/31 feeling mostly better when i wake up despite not sleeping well.
6/5 still testing positive for covid, though the cdc and other reputable sources say i can take the mask off after day 10.
6/7 test negative for covid.
The day before I tested negative for Covid. From my 'diary'...
5/24 see cleopatrick and royal blood at house of blues boston. get home at midnight.
5/26 still a bit tired and sore from the concert but fine at work and playing tennis.
5/27 barely sleep, wake achy and very tired. develop a mild sore throat. take a covid test when i get home from work and it's negative, but i still feel like a hot mess with a side of achy breaky can't stay awakey with a metal rod impaled between my temples. when my son gets home i call him from the living room to his car to tell him to stay away from me despite the negative test because i might be sick.
5/28 my son does 3 hours SAT practice test in AM. i stay away from him. i test for covid when my wife gets home at 2pm and i'm positive. i quarantine in bedroom. sleep on and off all day. achy head to toe.
5/29 spend most of the day in the bedroom, except going outside a couple times for sun, space and fresh air (and badminton with masks for about 15 minutes).
5/30 spend most of the day in the bedroom again, except going outside with masks to play badminton.
5/31 feeling mostly better when i wake up despite not sleeping well.
6/5 still testing positive for covid, though the cdc and other reputable sources say i can take the mask off after day 10.
6/7 test negative for covid.