International Babysitter Extraordinare!

ok so the reason why i am calling myself the Int. Babysitter Extraordinaire, is because my wonderful and generous fiance Stacey agreed to babysit her 2 nieces over the weekend. now generally this wouldnt be any big deal, except that they live almost 5 HOURS AWAY! so we left on thursday and got there late thurs night cause their mom and dad were leaving for a conference, which i later found out was a quickstar/amway conference, had i know this i wouldnt have been happy about going, but too late im already there. now these 2 girls are the cutest and funniest girls you will ever meet and for some reason they know me as Uncle Burbon. i dont know where they got this from because they dont see me drinking burbon or anything like that plus they even know my name is brock but just choose to call me uncle burbon. now the parents left us nearly NO FOOD in the house and they live way way out in BFE. (about 30 miles from gainsville) so we are having to find stuff for the kids to eat not to mention me and stacey, well then guess what?? on saturday we have to pack the girls up to go all the way to Jacksonville airport to pick up their 17 yr old uncle (their moms brother) who is flying in from France. yes thats right the land of cheese and hairy arm pits FRANCE. and this joker didnt speak hardly any english at all but he did say "yes" a whole lot. and i find myself talking to him real slow and loud like he is deaf, i dont know why i do that but i do. so we get him and have to turn around and drive all the way BACK to BFE which it turns out to be about 300 miles round trip with 2 squaling kids and a french guy who has a mild case of B.O. you can imagine at this point how i am handling the situation. finally the kids go to sleep and we get home but now they are all wired up and want to play in their little kiddie pool out in the back yard, fine no pblm go for it i dont care, go run that energy off, well in about 10 min stacey comes in from watching the girls in the pool and says that there is a old lady in the yard who is lost. im thinking well this isnt going to get any better, well it does. the old lady is from new york state and recently moved to BFE, out walking her dog cujo who she assured me was gentle because she just got him from the service, whatever the heck that is. and said she couldnt remember what street she lived on. so stacey (who is still in her bikini) goes next door to get a neighbor because we dont know where she lives cause we dont know where anything is around there. so the neighbor comes out both of them, him with no shirt on and his wife who is about 7 mths pregnant and looks like a tick about to pop, so they are talking to the old woman me and stacey are standing there and trying to get the phone number out of the old woman who is still trying to restrain cujo from killing us all. and for some reason the pregnant neighbor constantly rubs her stomach like she just ate thanksgiving dinner??? im not real sure what that was about but im sure you are getting the mental picture her. so we get information on the phone and they connect us with her husband who shows up in 2 min in a mustang and acts like this is nothing at all, it must happen to the old woman constantly. so we get that crisis taken care of. so the kids come in we clean them up have them eat their Mac and cheese for dinner they sit down to watch the Incredibles and at around 9:30 they get ready to drift off when Frenchy decides he wants to start wrestling with the girls. now i cant understand a word he says and his voice is so high pitched its like there is no testosterone in his body, i mean i cant even make my voice sound remotely like his. well we convince him to stop wrestling calm the girls back down and we FINALLY get the girls to bed. and i spent the next hour watching Hidalgo in french with english subtitles, now let me tell you how manly it is to hear cowboys ripping off a growl and a scowl in french. i finally gave up and went to bed and left frenchy to his own devices. well so sunday comes and we have to leave the girls with frenchy until their mom and dad get back on sunday night from the amway conference, stacey was so worried about the girls, im like he is their uncle they will be ok. i couldnt get out of there quick enough. i was actually looking forward to the 5 hr drive in florida traffic. i have a new respect for child care providers, parents and language translators all around because i know i am not cut out for it. there is a reason i dont have kids yet and me not being able to handle it 24/7 is one major reason! and for those of you wondering, yes the kids were fine, their parents got home and all was well, evidently frenchy did a good job.

the bdt

BRAVO TWO ZERO!

quite possibly one of the greatest movies of our Emmanuel days, even though we never got to watch it, we all became sean bean fans over night. Jamie Dunning knows...

THE GREATEST FIANCEE IN THE WORLD!

it was brought to my attention that i havent mentioned the most important person in my life on here, so allow me to correct the error of my ways, first of all Stacey is the most caring person i have ever met. she will sacriifce doing things for herself or spending money on herself for me, and she will do this for no reason at all. she is a very hard worker and goes above and beyond the typical 8 hour day at her firm. she loves to laugh, she loves to just hang out, she loves going to the movies, she supports me in my interests and hobbies regardless of how lame or crazy they may be. she listens to me whine and complain about everything and never criticizes me for it. she lets me vent when i get pissed off and just sits there and listens. AND she loves ot people watch and make fun of the unsuspecting individuals. she is a great listener. VERY compassionate, and genuinely cares about people. she loves all my friends and makes sure that i keep in touch with them because she knows the sacrifice i made to move down here. and there is so much more to her that it would take up no less than 5 whole blogs to name all of her qualities. I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD LOVE SOMEONE THIS MUCH! plus she is trying to teach me spanish and i must say that i am progressing rather nicely. heck i even started my proposal to her in spanish. she is perfect for me in everyway. So Stacey this is to you, my love, mi vida, mi corazon, mi todo, mi estrella brillante y brillante!!! i will love you forever through all eternity.

EC Homecoming 

Brock & Stacey 

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

ok so me and stacey went to watch this movie the other night and i have to tell you i went in with my reserves about this, simply due to all the media hoopla surrounding it. but i have to say the movie was fairly entertaining. i was impressed, not too much language, no nudity that i saw and not that those 2 things bother me in the least, but it is nice to see a movie with some actual dialog and not just a bunch of cussing and T & A. Some parts were unbelievable but what movie doesnt have unbelievable parts, so i would recommend it and on a scale of 1 to 10 i would give it a 7.5.

bdt

Poverty in Africa and Politics......A Rant

OK so i was watching that interview with brad pitt the other night and he was talking about how poor africa is and how much is needed over there and how it was so exciting that we have the opportunity to end poverty in africa. so before i get into my rant let me just say that my heart breaks for the poor and starving in africa, is it a horrible situation? absolutley, do i pray for them? sure, but can we change it? nope.
First of all this whole One voice campaign is a joke in and of itself, when in the history of the world has a rock concert changed anything for the positive? much less ended hunger on such a massive scale as Africa. this concert or movement or revolution or whatever it is isnt going to change a thing. and they want to say that they dont want your money just your voice, what the hell is that supposed to mean, are we going to sing songs about food to them or what. that slogan makes absolutley no sense at all. america already sends close to 20 billion thats right 20 BILLION to africa each year to help with hunger and humanitarian aid, and thats just america alone. but has the situation improved? nope. america is the richest and most prosperous country in the history of the world and we are only 230 some years old. we are richer than any other civilization EVER and we cannot end poverty in our own country even with all the tons of government programs, churches, and charities. if we cant end hunger here, then what makes anyone think that we can end it in africa. these countries with the starving people are not free countries like we are, if they were then there wouldnt be a problem. these countries are ran by dictators, communists, and islamic wackos that deliberately starve their citizens and take all the money that we send over there. until there is government change over there then there will be no end to poverty. so change the government you say, well thats what we are trying to do in Iraq but GOD FORBID we do that. the Liberals want you to think that we are SOOOOO wrong for helping bring governmental change to Iraq. so its damned if you do and damned if you dont.
Another thing that has me pissed off is the lack of border secuirty in this country. i dont know what the hell George W (and i voted for G.W.B) is doing but it sure isnt locking down the borders like he said he was going to do. the only thing separating us from mexico is a barbed wire fence and a shallow creek, my oh my what a deterrant. i cant imagine any mexican or other person being able to crack that high caliber of security. what are we going to do when a terrorist flies to mexico and walks across the border, thats right just walks across the border then blows up some large city like Dallas or LA or New York, hey it can happen and probably will if we dont do something and do something soon, i wish i could have been in arizona when the minute men were down there patroling the border, if the government wont do something then the private sector MUST! we cannot be afraid of alienating the hispanic vote, they can follow imigration LAWS just like everyone else. you dont leave the front door of your house unlocked at night do you? so tell me why should we leave the front door of america unlocked?
And now for something that hits home down here in florida, all this freakin grafitti that these gang bangers love to paint all over everything. why use such big letters that you cant read them? and why the need to "tag" everything, why not act like a dog and just piss all over everthing, thats the caliber of individuals we are dealing with here. i say round them all up and give them a tooth brush and some soap and make them scrub it off. if you cant find them then i know a way to end all the unemployment. how about the homeless with their signs that say "will work for food" well if you want to work then i got a job for you, start picking up all that trash you are standing in and start cleaning up the grafitti thats all around you, maybe then someone will give you a burger. i mean dear God where is this country going??? personally ive about had it and i am going to go into politics to try to change things unless something is changed and changed soon. i know ive probably pissed off about half of you guys who read this and i dont really care, the only reason you are mad is cause you know what i am saying is true.

the bdt

MY FAVORITE MOVIES

ok so a few weeks ago i made a "worst movies ever list" now i am making a list of MY favorite movies, so you guys feel free to inform me of the ones that i left off.

in no particular order:

Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Caddyshack
Star Wars - yes all of them
THE BURBS!!!!
Boondock Saints
Half Baked
Tombstone
Gladiator
Braveheart
robin hood men in tights
leon the professional
moulin rouge - Jamie Dunning knows what im talkin about
Super Troopers
Office Space
The Matrix and yes i liked all 3 of these too
Underworld
The Girl Next Door
Cruel Intentions
Serendipity
The Forbidden Planet
Rear Window
Dial M for Murder
The Truman Show
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Goonies
The Princess Bride
Pirates of the Carribbean
Independence Day
and i know there is more but i am tired and cant think of anymore so let me know if i left any out.

Hurricanes and the Idiots

Well according to the local news down here Florida evidently is going to get hit by no less than 22 named hurricanes and will eventually break off and float next door to cuba, that way the cubans wont have so far to swim. these idiots down here think that this year is evidently the year of the apocalypse. there are bill boards telling people to prepare!!! get ready cause the end of the world is coming...... sections in the paper devoted to STORM 2005!! woop de freakin doo. we even have a 12 day tax break for generators, flashlights and batteries, and no lie the line at every home depot is out the door. i bet the sales at home depot and lowes is up atleast 15% just from the morons who are ready to die. evidently its easier to spend $1000 on a generator than $30 on a tank of gas and evacuating but hey what do i know. i havent bought the first battery or bottle of water. and i am not going to either. if a hurricane comes then so be it, atleast ill get a few days off of work to sleep.

5 straight days of rain and counting

ok so i know florida is famous for its sunshine and rain, but i mean come on. no lie it has rained a solid 5 days in a row with maybe a hour a day with no rain. enough is enough, as i sit here and type we have just gotten another 3 inches. when will it end? only God know.