I've moved

I have moved myself to Wordpress. You can now find me at http://karateskunk.wordpress.com.

March for Babies

It's that time of year again. I've signed up for the March of Dimes March for Babies. The march this year is more targeted towards helping to end premature birth than in previous years.

You can help support me in my efforts at http://www.marchforbabies.org/katrinajoy. You can donate as little as $1. Premature birth is an epidemic here in Utah and I'd like to do something to help. You can too.

Now that I'm done begging for money I have some cool news to share. I'm a published author. Yes I am. But blogs don't count! I hear you all saying that. It's not a blog. It's on this really cool site called http://www.helium.com. The articles that I've written so far are at http://www.helium.com/user/show/380582. I plan on having many more articles. I'm off to write more right now. This next one on knitting felted bags. Frankly the ones that they have there are abysmal.

Let Me OUT!!

This is our newest addition to the family. His name is Bear and he's still a baby.

Questions?

How does Sonic make their burgers taste so good?

I just shit my pants

I found the funniest cartoons surfing you tube the other day and I have to say this is the funniest I've seen in a while.

One Week

Okay, so it's been a week since my last post. I apologize but you're going to have to get used to it. I will make promises of posting daily, and I'll do it for a little while, but then I'll let life get in the way and forget about you for a while.

While I do apologize, I'm not sorry. I feel no sorrow over ignoring you for a while. I do not need this outlet to keep me sane. Although I know that I'll entertain you occasionally that's not entirely why I'm here.

I'll let you in on a secret. I don't write every day. I'll sit and write a few days worth of posts at once. Then I'll actually publish them one day at a time. Same thing with the questions. Once I find an actual reliable developer and printer I'll do the same thing with the photo's.

So this is the one and only time you'll hear an apology from me about not posting. I promise I'll never apologize for this again. I may apologize for other things but never this.

Unexpected Snow in the Morning

This was the weekend I met my man. This was early on the morning of either the 27th or 28th of May 2006. We were camping in Weber County Memorial Park East of Ogden and not expecting snow. Rain maybe but not snow.

Questions?

Why are knitted washcloths so addictive?

Freakin Awesome!

So I decided on Monday that no matter what happens everyday is going to be, Freakin Awesome! No matter what.

If I'm late to work because it's snowed 4 feet in one night and it takes me an hour to get my car out. Freakin Awesome!

If I freeze my ass off for a week because my roommates are too lazy to talk to the landlords and get the heater fixed. Freakin Awesome! (I would do it but I'm not on the lease.)

If my paycheck is short because I've taken too much unpaid time off. Freakin Awesome!

If my nose gets broken in sparing class because I drop my guard and walk into a punch. Freakin Awesome.

Some of you may think I'm crazy. Maybe I am. But life is too short to let things get in your way and get you down. I don't want to be on drugs because I'm stressed and depressed. That's not how I want to live. So if I have to change the way I look at the world then so be it.

Call me crazy I don't care. I'm going to be happy by damn. And there's nothing you can do to change that.

Questions?

Why don't Utah Taco Bell's have tostadas?

Retarded

So a lot of people may be offended by the subtitle for this site or the title of this post for that matter. I'm going to tell you right now I do not apologize for anything, ever. If you have a problem with something I say tough. Send me an email, in my FAQ, or post a comment.

Now for the explanation. I sometimes do things that are a little immature for my age. For example, our heater has been out in our house for the last couple of days. We have been using space heaters. They help a little, but when it's in the teens outside and you have no heat it's not much better inside. I sleep in the nude. The only times I've been warm for the last 3 days has been either in the shower, in bed with my man, or squatting down on my haunches in front of the space heater in our bedroom.

Why do you ask am I squatting in front of the space heater and not in bed snuggled up or in the shower? I certainly don't know. Why are you asking me? Just because I'm the one doing it? Like I can answer a question about my own behavior.

Well, about 2 days ago, my man was in the bathroom and I was warming myself in front of the heater waiting for him to get out so I could shower. When he came back into the room and saw me the first words out of his mouth were, "Babe. Why are you such a retard?"

This is not the first time, and I'm sure not the last, that he has said these words or something similar. "Babe. Quit being a retard.", "Why are you so retarded?", or just plain ole "Motard!" That last one took me a couple of minutes to get and then I still had to ask for an explanation. Motard = more of a retard.

Okay, so, yeah sometimes I'm a little weird. But that is what makes me so wonderful, and lovable, and fun.

Questions?

Why, oh why, oh why do I live in a state where I have to go to a state run store to buy liquor and when you say you're running down to the liquor store for coke people look at you like you're crazy?

What is your Name?

You may be wondering what the hell my name means. It doesn't mean I stink at karate. I don't even study karate. I study Chinese Kempo, or Shaolin Chuan'fa, with United Studios of Self Defense (forever after called USSD).

Well then what does it mean? You may be asking. I used to have a streak of purple in my hair, purple being my favorite color. My sensei decided that my new name was either purple, which was a given, or skunk because of my stripe.

Even though the stripe is gone now I still sometimes get the name. It kind of just stuck. So there you go just a simple explanation for something you thought would be really complicated.

Come back tomorrow to find out about the subtitle to this blog.

Questions?

Why is it that people ask how you're doing and then don't wait for an answer?

Odin in his Box Fortress

Isn't he just too cute? And yes he is blind in one eye.

FAQ

What does your name mean?

Please see this post.

How can I contact you?

I welcome all comments and suggestions, however inane, and can be reached at karateskunk at yahoo dot com.

Can I send you gifts?

I would welcome gifts however I do not yet have an address that I can give out for you to send them too.