The 80's cartoons were the best!

I was watching some clip this weekend about flashbacks from the 80's cartoons. It got me reminiscing about all the cartoons I watched as a kid. In my personal opinion, these were some of the best years for cartoons. No...really! I know people that are older than me that think so too. The older folks didn't watch them except with their kids and the parents really liked what they saw. One of the things that I loved most about my childhood cartoons, was that they always had good morals in all the shows that I watched. You could really get something constructive out of them.

I remember getting up early every saturday morning(at 6:00am) to watch some of my favorite shows. My mom would spend Saturday sleeping in after a long week of being an adult. Not me. Now I know this sounds like a bad way to be a kid, glued to the tv for several hours on a beautiful Saturday morning. I assure you that I did get my outside time, but only after my mom was up...at around 10:00am or so.

When we lived in Orlando, Florida and in Baltimore, Maryland I wasn't allowed to go outside at all without adult supervision because of the dangers of living in a rather large city. So parking my behind in front of the old "boob tube" was how I spent my weekend mornings. We didn't always live in a city but the rules were pretty much the similar. My mom had to know where I was and I couldn't leave without her permission. So being a obedient little lad, I managed to get my cartoon fix every Saturday.

So here are some of the cartoons I watched. I didn't watch all of these in one sitting of course. Different places played different shows and of course some shows went away after a while but you get the idea. Some I watched after I got home from school as well. The weekday afternoon cartoons rocked as well! For all of you youngsters, this is the kind of stuff us old people watched when we were kids. And for all you other old fogies like me, here is a trip down memory lane!

1)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
This one started out as a Saturday Morning cartoon but later I watched it when I got home from school in the afternoons. My favorite turtle was Raphael(he wore red) because he was a smart aleck like me. This did carry well into the 90's but I figured what the hell!

(Because of copyright issues I cannot play the original opening theme video only the song...sorry!)


2)Bravestarr
This was something of a western/futuristic cartoon that I would watch on Saturday mornings.



3)Voltron
I think this was where they got the idea of the Power Rangers robot.



4)Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
Its was very short lived but I will always remember this cartoon. This is what early Japanese anime looked like. Hmmm! I still watch old episodes on youtube.



5)GI Joe
Oh my GOD! Yea this is what I can blame for me always wanting to join the US Marine Corps. I wanted to be GI JOE when I was a kid so what did I do? Oh I enlisted! Well this was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. I never missed an episode. It came on every saturday morning and mom new she would not ever be able to pull me away from this show at any time! Snakeeyes was the best and my personal favorite. GI Joe PSA's were the best too!



And of course I loved the GI JOE intro for the cartoon movie they did back then also. The theme song was suped up and really catchy.



And by the way...where the hell was my super awesome JetPack when I joined? Grrr!

6)He-man
By the power of gray-skull...I have the POWER! Enough said!



7)She-ra
This was a spinoff of He-man. I liked both of them that is until I found out that He-man and She-ra kissed...and that was gross because they were brother and sister... dirty! There was kind of a theme with that back in the 80's. Luke and Leia(Star Wars...in case you didn't know) were also kissing siblings!



8)Silver Hawks
This was one of those cheesy cartoons that I would spend my Saturday mornings watching...gosh this was soooo 80's!



9)Transformers
I always wondered why Megatron would turn into a gun if he and everyone else was always carrying one. This was another of my Saturday morning cartoons.



10)Mask
Another cheesy 80's cartoons that I loved.



11)Bionic Six
Well I liked superheroes a lot and this was a family of them. They were kind of like the Fantastic Four but plus 2!



12)Jem
Yea...don't make fun of me! I know it was a girls cartoon but I watched it anyways!



13)Thundercats
Oh this one really brings back memories. When I was a little kid, I remember watching the pilot episode, and they were all naked! They really aired this for kids! I think later they covered up the nudity in the original episode but it was there...I swear!



14)The Real Ghostbusters
It was a fun cartoon that spawned from the movie. Gosh I miss being a kid sometimes!



15)The Smurfs
Saturday morning fun! And I still think smurfette was a tramp!



16)COPS(Central Organization of Police Specialists)
I used to watch this in the after school afternoons. It was a good show I don't know why it didn't last long.



17)Robotech
Some more early Japanese anime at it best!



There are a bunch of old cartoons that I watched as a little kid. Some were not my favorites but I would watch them anyways. Some I didn't list because this post is already taking so long. So here are some of the others: The Jetsons, Speed Racer, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Dennis the Menace, Garfield and Friends, Mighty Mouse, Popples, Heathcliff, The Muppet Babies, Richie Rich, Go Bots, The Ewoks Adventures, Inspector Gadget, Tom and Jerry, The Snorks and so on...Some of these did air in the 70's too!
I may not have got them all, so sorry if I didn't, these were just the ones I could remember. With the exception to the Ninja Turtles I didn't list the cartoons that ran into the 90's. There is a whole line up of those as well. Mostly from Disney like Duck Tales, Chip and Dales Rescue Rangers, Talespin, etc...
Well that is all for now. Until then have a great weekend!

The cats out of the bag!

Well if you didn't read about it on the Love of my lifes blog at http://quiet-here.blogspot.com/ than here it is...we are havin a baby. Yea...I know...SURPRISE! There is something in the air...everybody we know is pregnant or has recently given birth...weird!

Apparently I have like super sperm or something. Over the last 4 years we have been extra careful that this didn't happen. Which in all reality I am surprised that it didn't happen sooner...with all of the sexy times we have...hmmm! We are like rabbits! I do come from a very fertile family and I do have 4 kids (some were while my ex-wife was on birth control) through a previous marriage. So I am not all that surprised! Like I said, I think I have super sperm.

A few weeks ago when we went to the doctor to get Lorin all checked out. The doctor said, "oh you have a very minimal chance for complications. This fetus is as healthy as I have ever seen"! To me that is a very good thing to hear.

We have known for about a month and a half now. But on the off chance that Lorin's mom reads our blogs we didn't say anything. We waited until she showed up here yesterday so Lorin could tell her in person. Lorin's mom,as we guessed not so thrilled! Fortunately, she didn't kill us or anything. Her mom is still very controlling when it comes to Lorin and her sisters. Even though Lorin is 27 years old she still treats her like she is a kid. You should have heard about the stink she put up when Lorin went to buy a new car 3 years ago...yikes! My mom, on the other hand, is bouncing up and down!

I mentioned in a previous post in November about my mom moving out here. I didn't mention why because it would have been obvious. Well this is the reason...we are having a baby! With me being in school for nursing, that kind of puts a damper on things seeing as the baby will probably be with me most of the time since Lorin works full-time at her grown-up job! I wouldn't really have much time for my schooling. So Lorin and I sat down one night to discuss things and we came to the conclusion that the only way it would work is if we had help. Lorin suggested my mom as a joke, I think. I said "oh that's a great idea"! So I called my mom, at midnight our time 2 am her time, I told her the news that we were having a little one and I had the intention of asking her for help. She was super dooper excited and before I had a chance to ask for her help she said, "with you in school and all, do you need me to move out there"? Huh! Yup! My mom is just cool like that! She was ready to move closer to my brother until this news and so she changes her plans and decides to come live with us.

So in January I am flying out to Louisiana to help her with the move and then my mom and I are driving back here. For the time being she will stay with us in our house. I dunno if she will stay with us afterwards, but I leave that all to the future.

So there you have it. I am gonna be a daddy again! Scared? Yes. It's always scary bring a new child into the world. I will say that I am not nearly as scared as Lorin is. She seems equally excited and scared at the same time. This is her first, my fifth, so she doesn't really know what to expect. So I whenever she has questions about baby stuff she asks me...since I am well practiced! I am not tooting my own horn but...I am rather good at the child raising.

Its funny. Lorin and I never planned to have children. We just simply said that if it ever happens than great we'll be good little parents(nerds totally...but good)! We Love each other so much. We usually make our friends nauseous. So in June we will be adding a new member to our little family. Thank you...the end!

What to do for today? And for the rest of the weekend?

Well the snow has mostly melted away. This week has been rather warm for December. There is an overcast and it is a little wet outside. Forecast calls for some light rain. What is there to do when the weather is so wishy washy?

So I don't know what to do. I want to go gun shooting out at the range. I don't know if Lorin is feeling up to it. I haven't been shooting for a while due to being broke over the last several months. I have managed to buy a bunch of ammunition, a little at a time, over the last few months. I just wanna go shooting. Let off some steam out at the range. That sort of thing.

We have to do some house cleaning. Lorin's mom is coming on Monday. So making the house all perdy and stuff is something we do need to do. I really don't want to clean today but we are going to clean before Monday.

A laundry party needs to be assembled! Since our washing machine crapped out on us a few months ago, we have had to do laundry at the Washoe house. It's fine. We just hang out there all day, lounging about, while we do laundry. Well in the Washoe Valley area, when it snows...it really snows! Therefore, even though I have a 4 wheel drive truck, we can't get down the dirt driveway to the house. We would have to walk about a hundred yards or so to the house carrying the laundry (about 4 baskets full) to the house. Not really up to doing that. So we are going to have to go to a laundry-mat this time around. Stupid washing machine going out! Arrrrgggghh!

Other than that, there really isn't much to do around here. Movies at the theatre look unpromising. We don't frequent bars, hell...we rarely drink. This little ole town does not have much recreational activities to do. I should study for finals week...but I really don't want to just yet. I know we can lounge around the house but I am not sure I really want to do that either. We could go window shopping...but that requires me getting off my ass to do that. I really don't know if I can control myself, since the Christmas shopping bug is in the air!

So this is my dilemma. What to do for the weekend? Thank you ba-bye now!

Wow I suck at blogging!

I really do suck at blogging. I go to other peoples pages and I see all these blogs posted. Some post every few days, some post daily, others post multiple times a day. Me? I post like one blog every other week or so. Sometimes when I am feeling particulary bold I will post two in a whole day...and then nothing for a few weeks.

Am I really that boring or am I just anti-social or am I just not creative enough? I don't know. It's not like I don't have the time. I actually do! I just can't think of anything interesting to post.

I have written several blogs that I just don't post because I think they are dull or bland or I just don't like them. I want my blog posts to be interesting. I don't want to bore my readers with uninteresting posts. So I just don't post as often as I would like to.

I don't have a lot of followers and I would like to have more. I do really appreciate all of you who do take the time to read blogs from my little corner of the world. To all of you, I say thank you!

I don't want this post to sound all mopey or whiny. I am not trying to sound that way, so sorry if it does.

On a plus note I have two more weeks in this semester before the Christmas Break. All sad now. No more Sex Class! I am bringing pizza for our little pizza party on the last day of that class, so that will be fun...PARTY! The next semester registration starts in a few days, so I will have to jump on that very soon. I am going to step it up again and try to take more classes so that way I will be that much closer to my Nursing degree. I am now unemployed so that way I will have more time to devote to my schooling.

I do have other interesting news but that will be a long post for another day. Until then. Ta-Ta!

I am trying to be a good little house-boy

So over the course of the week, I have managed to vacuum, clean the kitchen 5 times(that is what I hate about Thanksgiving...the clean-up before and after and again and again until there is no turkey left), cleaning the kitty litter, putting things away, and other little odds and ends. Our plan for the last week has to put up the Christmas lights. Not turn them on yet but just have them up. Well it has been snowing for the last few weeks here. This past week it has been an ice cube outside so neither me nor Lorin has had the motivation to do our outdoor work.

So today is the day. Lorin has a choir performance just down the street and who knows when it will be done. I am feeling very productive today. I have managed to clean the kitchen again and give the dogs a well needed bath. Archie our sheltie takes over an hour and a half just to clean and dry him alone(he is a hairy dog so that's why). Barty not so long.

My next project is to get started on the lights. I have to be a little more careful because of all the ice and snow. Last year we didn't get to put up the decorations for Christmas for the exact same reason. Not this year. We weren't the only ones not to decorate. There was like two houses on our block that decorated last year and that is because they put up their lights right after Halloween. Well this year I am bound and determined to put up the lights. Rain, sleet, hail, or snow will stop me this year. I Love decorating for Christmas. I am a festive kind of person. I will listen to Christmas music, decorate the house, and I love having a REAL tree to decorate. Having a real tree is just Christmasy to me. I Love the smell. I am an insomniac so I wonder around the house late at night. When the tree is all decked out I can see! So I won't trip over the dog toys in the dark. Well that's all from my little corner of the world. I hope everybody is doing great! Bye

Happy Turkey Day!

Well it's now Thanksgiving Day here in the USA. So I am doing my usual up all night cook-a-thon! For like...3 people! Me, Lorin, and Erin(Lorin's little sis) are all here to have Thanksgiving tommorrow or later today seeing as how it is 1:15am.

So here is what I do. I spend all night the night before prepping everything for the big day. I cook some things like hard-boiled eggs(for the deviled eggs), I get the potatoes peeled and cut(mashed potatoes), I soak the turkey in juices overnight, I chop up whatever vegetables that need to be, so that wait the cooking for turkey day doesn't take as long! The other stuff really has no need to be prepped, most of it is usually very easy and does not require too much special attention. So that is what I will be doing for the next few hours. Then off to bed only to get up in the morning to get my cookin' on!



So have a Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Rods and Cones!

Lorin and I are laying in bed talking and I tell her about this spot in my peripheral vision that just won't go away. Its been there for months now. I really don't notice it until I am just zoning out and am looking at something like a white painted wall or something light in color. Anyways, we are laying there going over what it may or may not be. When Lorin mentions that maybe one of your rods in your eye has gone out. Well that started both of us thinking back to Blue Man Group.



Ok. So Lorin and I used to work at Blue Man Group at the Venetian down in Las Vegas.



Actually that's where we met and fell in Love. So this place will always be something we take to heart. There were times we Loved working there and then there were times when we hated being there. All in all, I look back more on the good of being there and the fun of working for Blue Man Group. I remember watching the show(almost every night...and sometimes twice a night) and being in awe even though I had seen the show like a bizzillion times already. Almost everybody who worked there had a favorite part of the show. It didn't matter how many times you had seen it, it just never got old. My favorite part of the show was called "Rods and Cones".

If you have never seen Blue Man Group, then I suggest you go and see it for yourself. Don't bother asking anyone who has seen the show or has ever worked or currently work there, what the show is all about. Trust me...its damn near impossible to describe what its about. You will hear about certain parts of the show or what people like etc...but a description...no! Its a lot of fun if you have never seen the show. The show is also something you can watch multiple times. Trust me! I watched it over and over, 6 to 7 days a week, for over 3 years.

I know Lorin hated working there sometimes. I really didn't hate working there up until the last few months I was there. Sometimes I miss working there(I think Lorin secretly does too) so, every now and then, I will watch some vids or listen to some of the music they play.



And now I give you my favorite part of the show. Its called Rods and Cones. It brings back memories to me...
How bout you Lorin?




In case they feel like sueing me for copying pictures. I do not own anything! These pictures are the property of BMPI
Thank you!