My mom and sister are a emotional mess still. It hit all of us different. My mom lost the love of her life and her soulmate. My sister lost the man she called dad that brought her into our family. My returned home to San Francisco to resume his life. We have become even closer now. I call him daily to make up for the call that my dad placed everyday to him. What about me? I lost my good buddy and my father. We had all the same interests. I guess I had all of his you could say. Star Trek, action flicks, monty python mini golf, jimmy buffett to many to name.

We all moved on and helped our friends and family also. They also helped us do the same. I remember the night of his funeral sitting at Bones bar with John and Jay remembering all the good times and not so good times we all had with Dad. It wasn’t what I wanted to do but what my brother, jay and I needed to do. Celebrate my dad and the ways he changed our lives.

The kids now look at his picture and I tell them stories about their pop pop. Just like he did with me after my pop pop passed.

So now another day will move on. Life has changed, people have changed. Ever since he died I play the music in the car loud with the sunroof open so he can ‘hear’ it. I will go home and tuck my girls in like he did. Enjoy life like he did.

I hope that he is spending lost time with my uncle Jay, my mom mom and pop pop and all of family and friends that have moved to the next world. I hope he still has a Fins Up and sways them from left to right as he shines down on us.

I miss you dad…

Fast forward to later that night. I am giving the girls a bath and they are all clean and playing a bit. SOOOOO I start to read a few pages of my current bathroom “Why We Suck” by Dr. Denis Leary. Kids are playing I am reading and sploosh! a splash of water hits my book and soaks part of it. My fault for thinking they would be good. So my book is now dry after hanging from a chair in the kitchen by the heater.

So i serve a warning to all future parents out there….put all your shit in boxes and forget about them…for ten years minimum. Later!

Wish me luck!

Lets get started with the voice actors. Sometime the in the DC animated universe they try different voices for their core characters. A absolute requirement for these films is to have Tim Daly as Superman\Clark Kent, Kevin Conroy as Batman\Bruce Wayne. As a bonus you get Susan Eisenberg as Diana\Wonder Women. All of these are the voice actors for the Justice League and Justice League: Unlimted. Now as  topping on the cake you get Summer Glau and Kara Zor-El\Supergirl and Edward Asner as Granny Goodness. Pretty much a top notch voice acting cast.

Next this Movie is a sequel to Batman\Superman: Public Enemies. Its not all essential that you see this film but helps at least in the 1st few minutes. Also it is drawn again in  a darker style like Public Enemies so if you use to seeing DC animated cartoons this is not drawn anything like that. Also all of the women are drawn like they all had boob jobs. Which is AWESOME!

This story follows somewhat the story of how Supergirl arrived on Earth and has no memory of anything before she landed. She lands(crashes!) into the Gotham bay. Batman in mere seconds is on the scene to investigate. You know Batman someway somehow is thee most prepared person written in comics and animated films ever. He always has some gadget or something that will usually solve the problem or at least bring it to halt for a little bit. Moving on. So after Supergirl nearly wrecks half the city because she is unaware of the power she Superman speeds into the scene to save some people from a crashing automated blimp that the police use to monitor the city. Yeah Gotham as advanced as it is uses automated blimps to help stop crime. So it comes down to  Batman with a piece of Kryptonite from her own downed ship to stop her.

Now we move along to the Batcave where Batman is scanning Kara’s body from head to toe in his usual suspicious nature. He figures out that she is from Krypton and maybe related to Superman. He also determines that her body is more dense then Superman’s. He figures its her youth and they way her body processes sunlight to power her body. Throughout this scene and the next you see negative relationship between Batman and Supergirl form due to Batman’s distrust of just about everything. After a few witty comments between Batman and Superman the movie moves on.

Now we are at the Fortress of Solitude where they have Kara under lock down until she gets her powers under control and in one of the best cameos in DC animated history Krypto the Superdog  is chasing Kara because he is uneasy with Kara’s presence and Batman agrees with the dog. He says that the dog was always a good judge character. So after some more arguing about Kara place in the world and utter lack of control of her powers you get to see the great statues in the Fortress of Superman’s Mom and Dad, Jor-EL and Lara. This image of the two of them holding up a planet assumable its Krypton.   As you see them Batman asks her if this helps with the memory loss and she can only remember that they are her aunt and uncle.

So Superman now as Clark takes Kara on a shopping spree to make her feel like a earth girl(its hard not insert a Earthgirls are Easy joke here, Google that if you don’t know what it is). After that they enjoy a hot dog and she actually asks if they are made from real dog. That’s funny and creepy at the same time. So they move on to a park presumably one in Metropolis where there is a statue of Superman and Kara realizes  they somewhat worship him and decides that she doesn’t want to be a hero just a kid.

Now they get a attacked and someone  smashes Clark hard enough to push him away from the area(He is Superman right?). While he is gone Kara’s powers go off again and the previously mentioned statue is destroyed along with some other things in the park. Superman returns after the group of people try to take Kara and it turns out they are surrounded by the Amazons as they are trying to abducted her to bring her to Paradise Island to help control her powers better. So Superman throws about ten of Amazons away with ease and they realize it’s Wonder Woman and Batman who orchestrated the  whole affair as it would be better for the public for her to be away from them instead of Superman training her and reluctantly he agrees and they take her away.

Fast forward a year later and Kara is well trained and living the Amazon life. With Superman and Batman looking in on her training. Superman is frustrated with the fact that she is not around and is assuming the big brother roll. As Kara fights another generic Amazon that they give a ancient Roman name to Superman intervenes and stops her before she can hurt Kara. Then after another argument about her future they finally decide that she can choose her own path and she flies off with her psychic buddy. This is just in time for a Boomtube to open and a zillion Doomsday clones appear.

Remember Doomsday? The character that killed Superman? Here comes a slight issue with this film. Here is a clip to help…(I hate when people post videos on youtube and disable embedding! A-Hole!). After you watch the clip read on!

First off Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Amazons are all fighting the character that took down Superman. Thee most powerful character in the universe. At least this universe. Later they show Superman bumping them off with his freeze breath with ease. Ok I can see past this I guess.

I also love this clip because its the 2nd time in the DC Animated Universe that they show Superman seriously use his power and not hold back. This is when he melts the entire army of Doomsdays. Below is the 1st time he cut loose so to speak….

So after that they Kara is gone to Apocalypse to be brainwashed by Darkseid and Granny Goodness. So the hero squad arrives at a suburban location to see Big Barda. Recently defected from Darkseid’s ranks. She suits up and helps them. So Wonder Woman and Barda take on Barda’s former squad of psychos the furies while Batman has something excellent planned. Superman is heading straight for Darksied. They all have some excellent fight scenes and move on. Superman encounters Darksied and Kara dressed in Goth(really!) and she proceeds to pound him into the dirt. Meanwhile Batman activates the Hellspores that Darksied has stockpiled up. In the end of it all Batman gets Darksied to relinquish control of Kara and lets them all go.

Then in a somewhat sappy scene Kara is recovered and is standing before the statue of her lost friend. Crying. She decides that she will go with Clark to the old Kent farm and live with his parents. So as arrive at the house Darksied smashes through the house and a epic battle ensues. Clark out for part and Kara out for the other. In the end most of the farm house, barn and land are destroyed and Darksied is ejected into space via Boomtube.

Okay Kara decides to be Supergirl and follow in her cousin’s footsteps.

That was along way around it all.

Okay here is why this is awesome:

1. Its Batman, Superman, Supergirl, Krypto and Wonder Woman in one film!

2. The story and talent are awesome

3. Well the animation is beautiful. Especially on Bluray. Oh and the boobs!

Here is why its not so awesome:

1. The story really digs deep at some points. This should only matter to die hard comic fans. Superman taking out multiple Doomsdays when he had trouble killing one.
2. Some people may be turned away by some of the more violent battle scenes that take place.

3. The fact that Micheal Ironside was not Darksied. He made that character!

Well if you read this or not is your choice. Thanks for the time either way!!!

I am a Coke drinker by birth. Thats what Mom drank and we followed suit. These days I limit it to one a day. Don’t need any future sugar problems. This runs like wild fire through my family. I try to be careful with that.  I keep the sugar low whenever I can. This coming from the kid that tried to snort Pixie Sticks and yes you read that right. Snort. I am adult enough to admit my flaws from childhood. I had many….way too many.

So this is my one indulgence any more. I have become a little more simple and not running out and blowing cash when the feeling hits me. Sadly that money is spent on stuff for my girls and their mom. I am truly happy with my family…as they are nearly everything to me. I do have to leave a little for breathing and what little time I get with my friends. Oh and sex I leave a small slice for that too. Very very small…lol!

I am fully de-raged from yesterday and will not think of it again. Well maybe a little. I wish I understood? Maybe I never will? Who knows and or cares? I do. As my therapist once told type here what is truly on your mind as you will be able to type it better then speak it aloud. Very true. I can say what I want here but not so much in the real world.

I awoke to a big fat slobbery kiss from my Meghan this morning I am hoping for the same in a few hours. You know until I had kids I never thought I was like my parents before me. No I know I am. My Dad was a great man and still is somewhere in the beyond and taught me how to be a parent by being my parent. My Mom taught how to love and nurture my children as she did all of us.

The old man once told me “Must be nice to know everything like you kids do!” I know now I only knew a 1\4 of what he did. I miss my dad and everyday without fail I do 2 things. I call my brother on my ride home from work like he did on his ride home and I play some Jimmy Buffett with the sunroof open so he can hear it. I know he is having drinks with the Yankee greats or singing with Elvis like he did so well and always wanted to do. I keep my fins up daily so he can see it from the heavens above. I am teaching my girls to do it too.

Well enough I think for tonight. As Inspector Gadget said “This message will self destruct in 5 seconds….4……3…..2…1…BOOM!

The day started good. Up early took Meghan to her 1st day of  Sunday school. They have another name for it but it was Sunday school then and it is to me now. I came back home with Kate and Kelly. Little while later Kelly leaves to get her and take her to church. Kate wouldn’t sit for three minutes let alone a hour long mass. I got to stay home this week. I will go next week.

So Kelly comes home and this is where my day goes south. I am waiting for a call and or txt from friends of mine to stop to see them. I kept this part of the day totally open just for this reason. Normally I would have done the Kmart run around then. So after waiting a while with no message I grab Kate and head to Kmart and Dollar General. I love both those stores. Outside of food I get all of things I need for the week at these places. I have my phone and checking all of the messages as they come in. None of which mind you are from the people I am waiting to hear from.

So as I only have til 5pm I wait it out until then and head to my Mom’s house for a excellent Chili dinner. Ahh nothing like dinner at Mom’s. Always tastes better then anything cause its what you grew up on. Also during this time no message and or phone call. At this point between the rain and my phone I have had it with this day and grew slightly cranky.

But like Superman flying out of nowhere to stop Lex Luthor my girls quickly snap the cranky out of me with a little bit of play in the back yard. That was so much fun. I have generally tried to spend as much time as possible with Meghan this weekend as I see her minimally during the work week. I miss my angel but I am learning all the things I didn’t know about Kate. Its a trade off. I guess.

So all day goes by and no message from the friends I thought would call. So finally I said…FUCK IT. I gave up and will this point forward. I have been nice and tried my best with some people but as nice as I am I can’t do it any more. Sadly most of my friends live just a few blocks away and I never see them. But I talk to out of state friends and family nearly daily without fail. I know the question I missed here was why didn’t I call? Yeah I thought about that. When someone says they will call\txt I am under the assumption that they have plans and I am not the type to invite myself. Well unless food is involved and then I am 1st in line.

Anyway one lesson I learned from the old man was that as hard as you try you cannot please everyone and not everyone can please you. Great advice. I had hoped to never use it. I am the type to be friends with everyone and anyone. But you can only get forgotten so many times before you forget why you tried. Yeah this is a lot of mindless babble. I just needed to get it off my chest so I could sleep.

Let’s talk. Been a while since I posted anything here when I wasn’t half awake. Lets start off a week ago today. I went to see Jimmy Buffett again! The concert was just awesome! Played a good mix of old and new songs and did a double encore. See being a parrothead and having parakeets you learn that staying up late and getting drunk on Tuesday night is a common thing. We are not afraid to go to work the next morning with tired and with a massive hangover. We are also sometimes known as The Order of the Sleepless Knights. At least my family is. None of us can sleep right.

A change at work has happened for me as well. I switched departments and kept the old responsibilities as well. I did this by my own hand. I needed a change of pace. Sometimes your in a job for so long that its going through the motions to get home. Usually I didn’t mind. But sometimes I was done with all of things I had to in like 3 hours. Using the rest of the shift to manage my drivers. But my drivers are somewhat self sufficient and sometimes barley need me. Unless they smash something. All in all a good call for me in multiple ways. I get way more exercise then I was. The nights are flying by and I am enjoying the challenge.

My dad’s 60th birthday was this past friday. My entire local family got together at Kelsey’s and had dinner and drinks to celebrate the old man. This was great for my mom to have all of that family together in one place. She needs that. I hope enjoyed his 60th talking with the rest of family that has passed on. Love you dad!

Got Loki coming tomorrow and the kids are excited. I love watching dogs for friends and family. I am aiming to get one for this house by the end of the year. I nice female boxer. Hopefully I can swing it. The kids will love it. If not then hopefully by Meghan’s birthday!

Sitting here, eating tater tots, I am listening to the kids not making me nuts. They are quiet and settled. Not sure why and I don’t care. As long as they are not driving me nuts. Meghan is becoming more of a smartass everyday just like me. While Kate is the happiest baby ever. Nothing except hunger changes her tune. They both keep me on my toes and also cause gray hairs and hair loss.

Well time to go play with my bundles of Joy.  Later…..

Talking with a old friend the other day and she brought up the topic of out 15 year high school reunion. I am always curious to see the people I went to school with as I see so few now. I see maybe 2 to 3 people regularly and the rest are facebookers. Yeah I just made a new word up Facebookers. Yes facebook that insecure social networking god. You can publish your life simply with a few clicks. I love it tell the truth. Get to see how life is for us all after high school and beyond.

Again I say I miss my friends and need a night out with all of them. Good night dear reader this blogger’s day is done. Sleep well…

It has been ages since i posted here. Since my Dad died i have focused on being the dad he was for my kids. Teaching them daily and making the memories I am sure one day they will tell their kids.

This weekend at my mom’s we had a party for Kristyn Beseda for graduation. This was the first time since dad that we had all gotten together. Wasn’t all our family but parties at mom’s never were. We always brought along whoever was around. A big family like ours always has tons of food and drink to go around. But amiss all the talking and kids splashing in the pool something was missing. I knew what it was and felt it early on. But having a family of my own I couldn’t let it slow me down when the kids needed me. So between playing with Kate, teaching mikey things on the Wii (mind you he schooled me a bit) and swimming with Meghan, Lyndsey and Daniel I was able to keep my mind off it.

My dad loved/hated the summer. He loved all the kids and family around but disliked the heat. I remember him standing over me as i cut the grass so i wouldn’t miss anything. Later on it was just to make sure i didn’t get hurt. Another good memory of summer was playing football in Pop’s backyard and him thinking up silly plays that always seemed to work. I will never forget those days.

Now i play some Jimmy Buffett for him on the ride home from work with the sun roof open so he can hear some real music. Meghan asks from time to time to see him and Kate doesn’t seem to be exactly the same at his house. She senses something is different. But still has the smile on as she always does. Kelly and I talk about the good times we had.

So web reader life goes on for the 33 year old child….

This was true for me. As i sit here and think of the good times i had with my dad it saddens me more on the ones i won’t have. I miss the old man. More then i let on. My father, my friend. He was the man i looked up to and later the man i loved to be with. Sadly 2 months before he died he lost his job. That turned out to be good in his personal life so that he could spend some good time with his kids and grandkids. Meghan asked me everyday if Pop-Pop was home and with a smile i said yes! Kate would get that big grin and run over and hug him. They loved him so.

I reflect back on all the good times i had and there to many to type here.

Forever in time will i miss him all of us will….

Father, brother, Pop Pop, husband and friend. He went by all these names and more. I know he is have margaritas with my uncle his brothers and my Pop Pop and Mom Mom. Looking in on us all to make sure we have a smile on our face make sure our “fins” are up!

May he rest in peace….