Vissable Views

Archive for January, 2010

Name one thing that would be better than kicking crimes ass and eating pizza in a sewer? Oh yea being a turtle and leaning kung-fu from an over sized rat that is what would make it better! If I was a ninja turtle I could do anything I wanted and know if I got embarrassed I could just hide in my shell, my giant turtle man sized shell. Being a ninja turtle would rule and would make me feel great about my accomplishments and eternal battle with Shredder. I think I could also do the world a lot of good if I was a ninja turtle, like stimulating the worlds economy by eating massive amounts of pizza.

The visuals are pretty good as well. It’s interesting to finally see a show that acknowledges the fact that the world doesn’t have a black outline around it, and allows for a darker line around object and people instead. Also a nice touch to have everyone based on simple shapes, like triangle and squares. Even the textures in the background tend to mirror Phineas and Ferb’s heads. On top of all this, it seems like head shapes mirror character traits as well, with Phineas and Doofenshmirtz (the daily instigators) having triangle heads, as well as Candace and Jeremy (potential couple) having circle heads. A lot of Jnice artistic detail in this show, or maybe I’m digging way to deep. Great music as well, including at least one song in every episode. Amazing range of songs, too, not sticking to one genre. Nice background tunes throughout episode as well and not too much noise so as to distract the viewer from the story. Overall, this is a fantastic show, great stories, great music, great everything!

My old dog was a sixty pound, golden hair mix of a Shepard and Retriever. She couldn’t quite accept her weight, however and much of her time was spent jumping on furniture and myself. She would play all day with only one toy. It had to be a thick latex chew toy with foam inside that squeaked. She would play with her noisy toy at all hours of the day. Most nights she would jump into my bed, keeping me wide awake. Eventually I bought her memory foam orthopedic dog beds, hoping it would keep her slobber off my pillow. Sadly, the bed was not silicon and it did not make inhuman amounts of noise and she would have nothing to do with it.

As we arrive in the parking lot, I mention some of the things the children should expect for the after school hours, and I reach back with one hand to each of my babies and hold each child’s hand for a few seconds. We call this a “hand hug.” We can’t reach one another for the real thing, but this means as much to us. The principal of the school opens the car door, and the kids jump out, ready to start school. I make the return trip home, using the quiet as an opportunity to think through the rest of the day. When I get back, I walk with my neighbor for some exercise. Then I sit down at the computer and check messages. While I wait for the computer to boot up, I move the laundry to the dryer, start another load, and empty the dishwasher. Today I have a doctor’s appointment at 11:30am, so I try to get as many household chores out of the way as I can.