Posted in 1 on March 13, 2009| 1 Comment »
If you are trying to access my new website www.bluntdelivery.com it is currently undergoing maintanence so that this blog will automatically redirect. It might be unavailable for up to 2 days, but most likely not that long.
So don’t forsake me forever.
Come back.
Please.
I know I’ve put you through alot lately.
Posted in contests, daily dilemmas, family affairs, famous people, featured blogs, in the news, poli-tics me off, reality tv, self discovery, the holidays, the Kenny Chronicles, the science of dating, the younger years, tagged blogging, contests, funny, humor, news, random on March 12, 2009| 6 Comments »
Well, it’s one month shy of my first post here at The Daily Elephant. I would like to say a big thank you to all of you out there who actually take time out of your extremely busy lives [or so you say..] to read about my ridiculous life. It has been my pleasure to get to know you all. As much as I’ve loved my big, oversized, wrinkly elephant skin, – I need some space to breathe. You know how I get restless.
The time has come to announce my new website, and I thank you for your patience. Oh wait, you were a bunch of crazy LUNATICS continually griping in my ear everyday.
I want you to know that in this era of social networking, twittering, and myspacing that YOU are the first ones to know about this wonderous new development. And let me tell you something, you better come visit me cus that blog is nekkid!!! And no, it’s not the kind of nekkid you’d be excited about. I spend countless hours copying some of my favorite blogs onto the new website so it wouldn’t be empty and now there are ZERO comments. It’s as if I have the most hated blog on the planet. Boo hoo. First one to comment wins… uh… my heart?
We all know that I’m challenged when it comes to things like choosing names, significant others, or things from the dollar menu. So you can IMAGINE the heartache I suffered over the name of my new website. Afterall, I’m pretty hard to please and I’d like to be happy with this for more than a year. So I thought long and hard about the general nature of my blogs and conversations with friends. And one thing kept coming to mind- I’m very direct. And I like it that way. And I like others to be that way with me. So I present to you my new website, designed by yours truly:
***FAVOR: All of you that have The Daily Elephant listed on your blog roll, could you pretty pretty please change that to bluntdelivery.com??? I will love you forever.
And just for that, I have some fabulous new blogs for you right at the top of the pile, including:
A Post-it Would Have Been Better
Not to mention that there is now a picture up of Kenny and I from the actual night in question from my post The Kenny Chronicles: How We Met
BOO-YA! Told you I’d have it up by today. There’s all sorts of new things for you to feast your eyes on, so you’ll have to look through the categories. I am also introducing THE SKINNY, which is where I’ll be telling you the deal about products, websites, and things that will either revolutionize or destroy your life.
See ya around kids.
Posted in in the news, tagged blogging, chicken soup for the soul, dating, life, random, relationships on March 10, 2009| 37 Comments »
Alas, the moment is almost upon us…
How I’ve missed all of you in the past couple weeks. I’m sure it was harder for you than it was for me, thus, I vow never to put you through such unspeakable anxiety like that again.
I will be announcing my new website at the end of this week – either Thursday or Friday. Um. That is where you’re supposed to show me your excited face, and I’m not too impressed so far. So check back as I will have many new and exiting things for you to explore. Did I mention that every visitor gets a FREE SNUGGIE?!!!!!
In other exciting news, I have another story being published in Chicken Soup for the Soul. It is the “Campus Chronicles” edition coming out on April 7th. Unlike my first one, which was a bit cheesy [ I mean, I’d never even read these books so I didn’t know what they wanted ] this is a seductive tale of forbidden college romance. A true story, of course, of a guy who changed my life.
Posted in family affairs, tagged american idol, blogging, children, family, funny, humor, kids, marriage, men, mom, parents, relationships, women on March 4, 2009| 31 Comments »
One of my goals for 2009 was to “stop fabricating the truth” so that means that what you are about to witness is actually forreal.
Again, I am sorry for the GIANT space between blogs here… all good things come to those who wait. Or have money. Whichever. So, those of you who know my parents will understand that this blog is absolutely true. Those of you who don’t know my parents, might now understand how I became the freak that I am today. My family is hilarious. We’re like the token Italian family they always showcase in movies, who talk over eachother and have 8 different conversations happening at once. Except, my mom isn’t even Italian. And I don’t have 7 siblings named after famous Italian statues.
First, there’s a couple of things you must know about my parents to fully appreciate this story. My dad is quite possibly the funniest person alive – to everyone except my mother, who never gets any of his jokes. On the other hand, no one on earth ever laughs at my mother’s jokes, except my mother, because they are just horrendous. My dad and I often challenge each other to see who can ignore her jokes the best, because if we give her even the slightest bit of encouragement she will keep repeating them. over. and. over. In a nutshell, they are on completely different wavelengths. In fact, the only thing they might have in common is their confusion over anything related to pop culture.
We’re watching American Idol, some nerdy kid sings, and my mom loves it.
mom: you know who he reminds me of? that kid on King of the Lords.
me: what?
dad: King of the Lords?!? you mean, Ring of the Lords?
mom: oh, IM SORRY. that’s right, I meant Ring of the Lords.
me: no. no. it’s Lord of the Rings.
mom: well, I like him. he reminded me of Clay Aiken.
me: I guess. I like Clay Aiken. Can’t believe he had a kid.
mom: a kid???? he got married?
me: not exactly. he artifically inseminated his 40 yr old roommate and then he came out of the closet.
mom: WHAT?!?! since when?
me: like, a year ago?
dad: [randomnly changing the subject] you know, if you need get those pictures off my camera I’ve got a SUB cord and you can hook it up.
me: SUB? what? It’s not a car we’re talking about here. you mean a USB cord?
dad: Oh gosh, I’m sorry. I don’t know what’s wrong with me tonight. Sometimes I transpose my numbers.
me: …… sigh… you mean letters? [going to grab some paper so I can write all of this down]
[Nathaniel, the annoying emo kid sings…]
mom: he looks like he has a booger in his nose.
me: it’s a nose ring.
mom: so tell me more about this Clay Adkins?
me: it’s AIKEN.
mom: so does he have a boyfriend then?
dad: well that’s usually how it goes.
[then Jose, the Puerto Rican sings his song and gets emotional afterwards]
dad: [all annoyed] well you know he’ll make it now
me: cus he cried?
dad: of course. but you know who I liked was that little brunette. She was the best one with the best voice that messed up the worst.
[meanwhile, “‘Lil Rounds” (which is where I got my inspiration for ‘Lil Phant) sings her R&B song….]
mom: well that was just terrible. She’d of been better off singing Mary Had A Little Lamb than that crap. it was like black on a chalkboard.
dad: well that’s cus you just don’t get it. That girl’s gotta lot of class.
me: you said black on a chalkboard.
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