anniversary time

recently i got the privilege of celebrating a stone (not quite a mile yet). that stone is for 11 years for marriage bliss. i know the only reader i have left could more than likely careless, but since i'm feeling sentimental that's just going to have to be too bad. over the past 11 years with mrs. anchor we have been though trials (that's putting it mildly): a couple demons... i mean children, car catching fire, foreclosure, me loosing some hair (let's just say i tried out for the new mr.clean), various surgeries including face removal, me being in a feature film (and was not as the anchor unfortunately), moving in with my parents (next will have to move in with my in laws), many many many sick days, an alleged divorce according to a blog post, and a multitude of other events (some good and some not so good). through it all we are still here standing together. i love my wife very much and only have 1 thing to say to her.....

groovy tunes

2 posts in one day after 5 month hiatus, i bet u feel lucky to be the only reader of this blog. i was realizing it's been sometime since i last updated my music playlist on this blog so i knew it was time. i dug down deep to remember my early days of getting my groove on, and i knew i had only 1 choice..... la bouche! they would get this anchor moving in ways never known to man(for better or worse). i also had to throw in haddaway to bring back the roxbury as well (cause we all know la bouche & haddaway go hand n hand). so enjoy the groovy tunes while u read and feel free to cut a rug while ur at it (or for rich dad u can do donuts in ur new ride). im actually getting my dance swagger back while i write this post and listening to these tunes again. i posted this picture cause that anchor in blue looks (and dresses) like this anchor when the club comes a callin. enjoy the tunes!

rich dad's new ride

i know i couldn't leave my last reader holding onto that last post since it was such a downer, so this anchor is back with a follow up post to bring back the good vibes to this blog. when i wrote that last post that whole story with my old neighbor had just happened, and was weighing heavy (like my figure in real life) on me. now its time for the anchor to get back to the basics. lately i've been thinking about my rich dad, he's not my real dad by birth, but by marriage. he's been having such a great time having family stay with him, and it makes me wish everyday we could live with rich dad as well (mainly to save money), but also to spend time with him. rich dad survived the hot summer of utah years ago with brutha money and has told his Herring story to those who will listen in hopes of avoiding history repeating itself. rich dad was forced to sit in a car with no air conditioning while traveling through the hot deserts of utah with brutha money. not knowing what to do when faced with heat exhaustion he did was any rich dad would do.... roll down the windows and hope and pray for the ride to be over with soon. soon was almost not enuff time, but luckily he survived. rich dad recently got a new ride that has this anchors jealous. rich dad made sure that his new ride had plenty of air conditioning so no one ever has to sit through a ride like that again with him at the wheel. pics enclosed at the top of the post to see why rich dad is so wise. rich dad we love u down in brutha money land. can't wait till we have our chance to live with u and have u enjoy our company as much as ur getting to the others these days. good nite rich dad from brutha money aka the anchor.

guess who's back????

i know it's been awhile, but i'm afraid for all the haterz this anchor is still alive and kicking. i'm sure by now i am down to 1 reader (if even that), so i know i gotta make this post one of my best. unfortunelty for that 1 reader i doubt this is that great of a post. last week was definelty a week that i will never forget. i came home from work like most mondays - fridays on thurs and i logged onto my facebook as i usally do (i have a very boring life), and several people had statuses about a shooting in a neighboring town. as i read through the story to see what was going on with this headline. it tore my little heart to hear that there was a family, a mom and her daughter, her daughters fiance, and their little 16 (or 18 depending on which headline u read) month old all shot dead. out here in anchorville shootings are the norm and unfortelty are headlines any day ending in y. this story stuckout so much cause the person who committed the mass murder. the shooter who turned the gun on himself and killed himself to make it an even 5 dead was............. my old neighbor. in a blink 3 generations of a family where all taken off this earth. i know how unfunny this post is as opposed to my norm, but this story that took place last week is still has me in shock. since i know this post is such a buzzkill i will end it, but i will give some hope for my 1 blog reader that im back and i will try to post more and be more anchor style in my writings. adios. 

u.n. resolution time

on the eve of the eve of the upcoming new year this anchor is in reflective mode. although after reflecting on things i'm seeing my thoughts turn southward. thinking back over the past few years, and the resolutions i have made for myself, and realizing that i haven't reached any of them (or so little progress that it's not worth mentioning). Usually i would pick ones like.... lose weight, get healthy, stop abusing drugs & alcohol, spend more time with my family, learn how to salsa and then compete in salsa dancing contests. since i haven't met those resolutions in the past except not abusing drugs and alcohol (which i've never done to start with cause i figure my body is in bad enuff shape as it is don't need any help with that). so this year i've set the bar so low that for me not to achieve these goals would be the equivalent of me not being the anchor. i've put alot of thought into what areas of my life need the most improvements, but since there are so many i'm going with just what i think will work (hopefully) in the upcoming year. as with all of my lists they are in no particular order:

resolution#1 - i'm not going to take a salsa dance class and or compete in salsa dancing competitions (just watch me on this one not do it).

resolution#2 - i'm not going to lose weight (i've done a good job of blowing that this second half of the year already).

resolution#3 - i'm going to find my doppelgänger, and see which one of us has the better life.

resolution#4 - continue my hair loss (u maybe seeing this anchor on curb your enthusiasm at the rate its leaving my top these days).

resolution#5 - continue listening to nothing but good music (no matter how much the wife tries to tempt me with bad glee covers ruining classics & maroon 5. i won't give in).

resolution#6 - no divorce hoax posts on april fools (can't guarantee there won't be any throughout the rest of 2012 though. i don't think i've made my father in law happier though (just kidding rich dad).

resolution#7 - i will not watch the osbournes (as much as i love ozzy, i just bring myself to watch that show).

resolution#8 - i plan on reading at least 2 books (hopefully more, but i'm working with baby steps).

resolution#9 - i am going to determine a career and then work on getting myself in that field (i'm serious cause i know how much everyone around me hates hearing me talk about this topic).

resolution#10 - and my final resolution in 2012 for this anchor is work on getting a 6th reader for the blog (and hopefully keep the 5 current readers on board).

so hopefully this time next year i can say that i've accomplished these goals, but time will tell. have a happy new year to all 5 readers of this blog, and may your 2012 be more fulfilling than a overstuffed grilled burrito from taco bell. till next year... adios!

x-mas list

this has been a long year, but now that its almost x-mas and the end f 2011 i find myself reflecting hard on my actions this past year. as i ponder these previous actions something has become abundantly clear.... ive been very naughty. i'm pretty sure santa won't even bring me coal this year (more than likely he will bring me a lecture or two). since getting something new and shiny from santa is probably out of the question this time around. considering santa won't have the time to read my list this year i figured i would show it to my favorite (and only) 5 readers of this blog. this is in no particular order:

- the gift of music (nuthing makes me happier than great music)

-the gift of sleep (in high demand for me these days since the supply side is short and the demand is def high)

- the gift of peace (my boys do more fighting than al queda, or so it seems. at least they can play with each other afterwards with all the their limbs in tact and no missing family members - bad yes i know, but like i said ive been and this year might as well keep the streak going)

- the gift of a cardinals super bowl (since they are all but out, i figured they have been naughty as well.)

- the gift of critical thinking (something ive def been lacking (and not just lately))

- the final gift is the gift of friendship (with the holidays being around and being in contact with several old friends and acquaintances made this anchor long for something more than just being docked).

hopefully next year i will mind my p's & q's (or whatever this anchor needs to do) to have santa take a look at my list. to all 5 readers have a merry x-mas / hanukkah / kwanzaa, and happy new year. i am hoping that there might be 6 readers next year.

women are crazy

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