Zach and Cody, Credit Scores, Photobucket, and some groovy mind trips

We got our credit scores today. Since the purchase of our house my score's jumped a whopping 50-70 points depending on the agency, while Lisa (who's score was well ahead of mine) had a more modest 20 point jump.

That's good news, and a VERY pleasant surprise. Prior to the house purchase we were mainly a 'cash' paying family with no revolving debt. I assume that's the reason for the big increase in our score.

Why, it almost feels like we're grown-ups now.

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Sad news to report: Disney is pulling the plug on The Suite Life of Zach and Cody.

 

Disney has a habit of canceling sitcoms whenever they reach the 65 episode benchmark, but Suite Life proved so popular it will end with 88 under their belt. A Slapinions family favorite, I've long argued that it was a good enough show, with some tweaking, to have held its own on the networks.

Plus Lisa loves the Mom's hair:

Disney does some fine sitcoms. Besides Suite Life, Hannah Montana, Phil of theFuture, and That's So Raven were/are fine shows. Wizards of Waverly Place is growing on me, desite being a Harry Potter knock-off, largely because the two oldest kids are fine actors.

Cory in the House is an embarrassment and should never EVER have been greenlighted.

Good news tho': a spinoff entitled SuiteLife on Deck, set aboard a cruise ship, is in pre-production.

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Here's a disturbing fact about Phill Lewis, who plays manager Marion Moesby on Suite Life.  In the early '90's he was convicted of manslaughter for killing a woman in an automobile accident while intoxicated. Sentenced to 5 years in prison, he served one before his release.

Assuming he learned his lesson and is leading a good life, I wish this father of two continued success.

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Typing on this yogurt damaged keyboard is HELLISH. Z, Y, space, B, and T stick one time out of four.

Ugh.

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Did you ever look at a baby and notice her instantly and nonsensically become ecstatic at the sight of you? 

 Did you ever wonder right then, with a little bit of fright and awe, if  100 years from now her spirit didn't let go and slip back to inhabit that moment?

As if perhaps her last desire on earth was, just for a moment, to slip back to a time in the beginning when just being was enough to make her happy, when the ordinary sight of a (to her) long deceased parent was a thing to celebrate?

Yeah, probably not.

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Very few things make me as instantly happy as popping in a copy of Pearl Jam's Ten.

Nevermind that  wasn't the best album of the genre, or that PJ would go on to make better songs (but not a better album, imho). It was this cassette that my friend Atta gave me in high school as an introduction to 'modern' rock, and I was instantly and permanently hooked.

Today I played it in an otherwise quiet house once the kids were asleep.

The album instantly took me to dark and moonless night in the mountains of Tennessee. The only light inside the car was from illumination on the radio, relentlessly noting the time as each song played. A mist covered the road before me and swallowed my headlights, and the wind from the slightly open driver's window chilled my shoulder. Lisa lay asleep in the passenger seat, her face towards me and her mouth open just a crack, her hands beneath her cheek like a child who fell asleep mid-prayer.

It was as clear as if I was living it in the present.

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For those of you wondering, none of this post was written while drunk or high. I do plead guilty to being in a weird, tired, funky place, but no more.

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Photobucket rocks. Kudos to Ronnie aka Veronica for suggesting it. No more 20 minute waits for AOL to upload a single pic; Photobucket will do half a dozen as fast as AOL does one, and you can automatically set it to upload to a specific size, such as one perfect for an AOL Journal.

Plus it has storage and sharing options galore, and free editing software.

If you journal or just enjoy digital picture taking, please check it out.

You won't be sorry.

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