A place for Words

Happy Mothers day!

2008-05-11T15:02:00Z

Happy Mothers day, everyone.

It has come to my attention recently that not everyone enjoys this day and to them I say "Humbug". These individuals tend to fall into one of two categories I'm told. Either they wish they were a mother and are not and are therefor resentful of those who are mothers. To these women (and men I may suppose) I would like to say that maybe you should take a moment out of your selfish life and remember that you have a mother of your own who brought you into this world and be grateful that she did. The other category contains all those who just don't get along with their mothers or whose mother was not a part of their family. I still think the spirit of the day is to set aside selfish thoughts in order to remember mothers and honor them if only for one day. Even if you don't get along particularly well with your mother, there is much to thank her for even if you don't like her. I realize that some people will read this and say "what about this situation" and I don't know about that situation. But while there may be some situations where honoring a particular mother is unwarranted, I feel that there are plenty of mothers out there who could use our love and support who, though they may not be our mothers, would still enjoy our pleasant thoughts this day.

Just some thoughts that occurred to me this week.

-Lee out

Birthday wrap up

2008-04-26T06:03:04Z

To the two friends who showed up to say hi and hang out: Thanks

To the two friends who called to let me know why they couldn't: Thanks

To the rest who said they'd "definitely come": you suck

-leland

cricketfighter @ 2008-04-25T04:03:00

2008-04-25T10:04:24Z

Happy ANZAC Day. (and my birthday)

Birthday Reminder

2008-04-24T23:10:20Z

Tomorrow, Friday, April 25, 2008 is officially declared "Hang Out With Lee Day". I have procured the day off from work and shall be available from 1pm 'till about midnight. All I ask is that you make some time to come over and hang out. If you have a favorite game (video, board, card etc.) feel free to bring it over or we can dig into my out meager supply. If directions are needed give me a call. If you don't have my number my email is @gmail.com. Please come and hang out with me and my family.

Hope to see you there,
-Lee Land

ps. I got my bike today. We went with a cheap-o walmart bike in case I decide I don't really want to ride a bike I won't have wasted all kinds of money. Anyway we didn't think about how to get it home. I ended up riding the 5ish miles home as my first ride in nearly a decade. It didn't kill me so that's promising.

ugh

2008-04-23T08:10:28Z

I should not be awake now. Not even remotely so. But I can't help myself lately. I'm going to bed. Sweet dreams, internets.

-lee out like a light

My Birthday

2008-04-22T15:21:16Z

Friday, April 25, 2008 is officially declared "Hang Out With Lee Day". I have procured the day off from work and shall be available from 1pm 'till round about's midnight. All I ask is that you make some time to come over and hang out. If you have a favorite game (video, board, card etc.) feel free to bring it over or we can dig into my out meager supply. If directions are needed give me a call. If you don't have my number my email is @gmail.com. Please come and hang out with me and my family.

Hope to see you there,
-Lee Land

It seems silly.

2008-04-19T05:54:55Z

I feel silly refering to going to bed at midnight as going to bed early but for me that's the case. I'm goin to be early tonight and I'm exhausted enough for it to be awesome.

-Leland

cricketfighter @ 2008-04-18T02:29:00

2008-04-18T08:30:48Z

I hate being awake this late. *Mleah* I always forget just how many birthdays cluster around my own. It's truly an amazing conglomeration of celebrations.

-Lee

yawn

2008-04-17T14:56:33Z

I'd really rather not go to class today. But I have a nagging suspicion we have a test today and after ignoring that same nagging suspicion yesterday and ending up half hour late for my test in linear algebra I think I'll pay attention this time. Off to class I go.

-Lee out

Up on Time

2008-04-09T14:23:57Z

Today I am awake and ready on time to leave for school. Hooray. I might actually be on time to class this morning. That rarely happens with my 9am class. I always end up getting to the campus on time and spending 20 mins looking for a parking space. Lame. Anyway I'm off to go learn something.

-Lee Out

Woot and psychological seditives

2008-04-06T15:17:06Z

Today's woot was so awesome that it sold out in the first two hours.

Malachi is sick. He didn't take any naps yesterday but still managed to be awake and wanting to play until 2am at which point we put him in the car and drove around until he fell asleep. Then at 4am he woke up again. At this point we fed him a bottle, put him in his crib, turned on the fan in the bathroom so his crankiness wouldn't be the only thing we could hear and went back to sleep. Fortunately besides having the effect of making it hard for us to hear him, the white noise also has the effect of a psychological seditive on Malachi. I used have the same response to white noise. It took me forever to realize what it was but if there was any source of white background noise I would find myself inexplicably sleepy and find it very difficult to concentrate. I figured it out one day listening to the trees rustle in the wind outside and feeling very drowsy when someone came home and shut the front door. Suddenly severed from the source of the sound I felt awake and alert as if I'd never been drowsy at all. At any rate the fan worked and he's been asleep since and so have we. Hooray.

-Lee out

24 weeks already?

2008-04-03T19:01:58Z

According to LJ it's been 24 weeks since the last time I posted. That feels about right. If this is anyone's only means of keeping up with me I appologize for dissapearing but it's been crazy busy between school, work, and family and I don't even keep a real journal so I don't know why I expected to be able to keep up with an electronic one as well.

At any rate I think I'd like to turn over that leaf and start journaling again. Perhaps the drive to maintain this journal will inspire me to start writing in my other one again.

Perhaps not. Well we'll see.

-Lee out

In a holy crap moment

2007-10-17T09:00:09Z

Happy (late) Birthday zevhonith

moo

-lee

Puzzle Pirates

2007-10-17T08:46:36Z

Does anyone still play?

If not you should come back.

-lee out

Death in the family

2007-09-13T06:11:57Z

So I found out tonight that my Uncle died. It's the first family death in that generation of my family tree. It's really wierd. It makes me very sad. I am going to miss my Uncle Butch.

-lee out

A strange confluence of random events.

2007-09-11T18:31:22Z

So I ran into Marissa again today at school. I don't think I would have recognized her if I hadn't run into her at work the other day. Life is bizarre in Albuquerque.

-lee out

Awesomeness to some. Irrelevent to others.

2007-09-08T09:04:33Z

I saw an old friend today. It was a chance encounter that I thank Albuquerque's smallness for. Some of you will remember Tom's daughter. She's awesome and looks well. Unfortunately I didn't get to chat but hopefully I will hear from her soon. In any case it made my day. Again.
It's been a good day.

-lee out

grabbed from zevhonith

2007-06-30T00:24:30Z

IF YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my f-list, so let me know with whom I'm friends! Post a reply with your answers.

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song or Album:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarkey) - what are they :
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school:
22. Describe your accent:
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?

-lee

Awesomeness

2007-04-25T03:52:58Z

For those of you who haven't been watching Heroes, I assure you, you are missing out.

Do yourself a favor and click here. You won't be sorry. Heroes delivers. I watch each episode with a certainty that I will have to watch the next one. I mourn the day when it gets cancelled without a series finale.

-lee out

ps. I'm going to Tucson tomorrow. See you guys when I get back.

Holy cow I'm not dead

2007-01-31T09:19:11Z

I know. I was surprised too. But I am, in fact, still alive. Life is full of the fullness of working and school and childrearing. For instance, it is currently 2:17am. I got home from picking up Malachi after work about 20 mins ago. I have to be up for school in 4 1/2 hours. And I don't get to go back to sleep until after my Chem I lab that ends at 8:45pm tomorrow. That's pretty typical for my schedule these days. So if you don't see and/or hear from me anymore, sympathize with my wife. She's in the same boat. If we didn't have a family plan where I could call her for free, I don't think I'd see or hear from her some days.

Well that's life. My life to be precise. As I mentioned I have to be awake in 4 1/2 hours. Good night. Good luck.

-lee out

Test

2006-11-01T06:18:48Z

this has been a test of the phone posting system.

Thanks djsparkydog and zevhonith

2006-10-27T20:16:27Z

neat

Automobile warranty expires. So does engine.
- Stan Lee

-lee out

Mal

2006-10-02T23:38:09Z

Baby Mal is home now. We brought him home last night. Neither of us is used to sleeping with newborns around. Neither of us ended up with much sleep. Otherwise he rocks.

-lee

Pictures

2006-09-23T06:49:57Z

These are all the pictures I have from the Hospital so far.

http://picasaweb.google.com/cricketfighter/TheDayMalachiWasBorn

Enjoy

-Leland

It's a Boy!

2006-09-22T20:49:47Z

Malachi Reese Hampton Evans (Mr. He for short) was born today, Sept. 22, at 11:12am MDT. He was born at 35 weeks so his lungs were a little bit underdeveloped. He currently has a pneumothorax and a corresponding chest tube. Other than that he is strong and doing well. He was born 4 lbs. 8 oz. and 17 inches. We love him.

-Leland