Don't You Forget About Me

I don't know where we went wrong.  Maybe it was the time that I pretended like I was quitting the blog for an April Fool's joke.  Or could it have been my lack of updates over the last few months?  Either way, less and less people seem to tuning into the blog.  I confess that it has been discouraging at times, ok, most of the time.  But there are times that I find encouragement, like when I see comments or 1 or >1 LOL ratings.

Anita's due date is coming up and we have decided on the name.  I'm not giving clues or saying anything until the baby arrives.  I mean, you people voted against the "Naming the Baby" reality series.  We still have a lot to do including breaking Ivana's will.  She must sense impending doom and possibly the end of her reign as the benevolent ruler of our household.  She really does keep it real in the suburbs.  But when I say "real" i mean "real" like "Real Madrid" the premier soccer league team.  Yeah, I didn't feel like finding the Spanish accent to put over the "a" in "Real"  Are you tired of all the quotations?  Me too, but I allegedly have readers that are teachers and writers and grammar experts.  Ivana also has molars slowing coming in which lead to many "waking up in the middle of the night for 3 or 4 hours" episodes.

I'm going to leave you with the following offer:
If you promise to keep reading, I promise to keep posting and working hard for the >1 LOL's.

Independent Random Thoughts

Do you think that the whole BP oil spill mess was just a well orchestrated payback from England for the beatdown that we gave them in the Revolutionary War?  Hasheesh, they sure are a bunch of sore losers!

We celebrated Independence Day yesterday with our neighbors and we had fun.  Tonight, the Latino family that lives a house down from us were lighting fireworks in their driveway.  They must have been celebrating Cinco de Julio.

Our relatively new next door neighbors came to the 4th of July celebration.  The wife keeps talking about seeing snakes outside.  I haven't had the heart to tell her that I sometimes like to walk around the house naked.  Yeah, that's not a snake.

Do you ever wish that you could call up fictional TV characters for help?  If I could, I would have CTU Agent Jack Bauer on retainer to put a sleeper hold on Ivana when she refuses to nap.

Sorry for the delay in posting, but things at KIRITS have been pretty depressing.  The Blog is feeling the effects of the struggling economy and there have been many layoffs.  I have been told that if readership and/or followers don't increase, I could lose my job.  

Are we human?  Or are we dancer?

Yeah, that was probably weird, but I kind of love putting semi-annoying songs in people's heads.  I think I could listen to Johnny Cash sing his or any other person's songs.  His cover songs that he did before he died were tremendous.  I think he could have even made Starship's "We Built This City" tolerable to me.

I have received exactly zero questions at realkept@gmail.com.  Throw me a bone please!!!!!

Thoughts While Watching K&KTM With the Wife

Ivana is at my parent's house for the night.  It's our first break in a while.  Guess what we're doing?  We are watching Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami.   It's causing me physical and mental anguish, but I want to spend some time with my wife.  Guys don't normally admit to doing things like watching a painfully bad reality tv show with their spouses and therefore, do not get the well deserved credit for emasculating themselves in such ways.  Right now, Khloe is whining on the phone with Lakers star and her husband, Lamar Odom.  Give me a minute, I need to bang my head against the wall like 47 times.

Anita went to hang out with her mom and sister, so I got to watch the US vs. Ghana World Cup game in peace.  I decided to multi-task and fold the mountain of clothes that had accumulated in the laundry room while watching the game.  It was a painful loss to Ghana, but I am proud of how well the team performed at this World Cup and even more proud of the support they received from people here.  Also, what made the bitter defeat a little better for me was the fact that the dang clothes are folded now.  Is it just me or were you also surprised at the laziness of people from Ghana?  I mean, how long does it take to get up or run to the sideline or throw the ball in or make a goal kick?????  I know, I am a very sore loser.  Forgive me if I ramble, I am having a tough time focusing while hearing things like "I need to get a bikini wax", "it will be fun ripping Khloe's pubes out one at a time" or "Scott gets his ass bleached?"  If I had a gun, I think I would shoot the tv like Elvis.

I mentioned Anita's pregnancy underwear recently, I know, you probably tried to remove the image from your mind.  Me too, but one time, I was at Target and she asked me to buy her a pair of underwear.  I didn't know how to choose, so I tried to take a picture of it with my camera phone.  Unfortunately, as awesome as the Motorola Droid is, it alas, does not have a panoramic view setting.

Anyway, I will try to post again tomorrow, so please read and forward along to others.  I would love to increase the number of followers and readers.  I also encourage you to post questions and comments to realkept@gmail.com.

Interview With an Umpire (ok, a Referee)

Real Kept Dude snagged an exclusive interview with disgraced World Cup Referee Koman Coulibaly, the ref who stole the game from the entire United States as well as their soccer team.  I have a feeling that Couilabaly agreeing to the interview had more to do with the fact that this blog has the least readership of any major publication in the world then my journalistic expertise.  Either way, we got the interview.  I decided not to ask him the obvious questions because I wanted to get to know the real Koman Coulibaly.  I also wanted to get him comfortable enough to talk about his horrible disgrace.  The interview follows:


Real Kept Dude:  Koman, may I call you "Stupid Idiot"?


Couilabaly:  I prefer "Koman"


Real Kept Dude:  Ok, Koman, I am not going to ask you about the U.S. vs. Slovenia because I am sure you have heard enough about it and will likely cry yourself to sleep for the rest of your life, soooo what is your favorite song?


Coulibaly:  I like Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light" and the classic "Three Blind Mice"


Real Kept Dude:  Can you name a few of your favorite musicians/artists?


Coulibaly:  I have quite a collection of 8 tracks including:  Blind Faith, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Third Eye Blind and Blind Melon to name a few.


Real Kept Dude:  How about movies, do you have some favorites?

Coulibaly:  I enjoyed Scent of a Woman, The Blind Side, The Miracle Worker, I Am Sam and Nell

Real Kept Dude:  There seems to be common thread in your answers, but I can't put my finger on it.

Coulibaly:  No, I am not gay.

Real Kept Dude:  What is your favorite form of transportation?

Coulibaly:  I like rickshaws as well as those small buses I sometimes see.  Some of them have a name of a school system or something like "Minnieland".

Real Kept Dude:  What are your favorite TV Shows?

Coulibaly:  I enjoy most Fox News shows such as Glenn Beck and Hannity as well as "Jersey Shore", "Real Housewives of New Jersey", "American Idol", "The Celebrity Apprentice", "Project Runway" and "Keeping Up With the Kardashians"  Oh, I also love Keith Olberman.

Real Kept Dude:  What will you do with your free time?

Coulibaly:  I am planning a fishing trip with my good friend and fellow ref/umpire:  Jim Joyce.

Real Kept Dude:  Has your refereeing skills improved since you decided to insert your head into your arse for World Cup 2010.

Coulibaly:  I didn't hear the question, my head was in my arse.

Real Kept Dude:  never mind.

Real Kept Dude:  Thank you for your time Koman.  I appreciate it and I am sure my readers will as well.

Coulibaly:  No problem, do you validate parking?

Real Kept Dude:  This was a phone interview.  I don't know where you are parked.

Coulibaly:  Oh, ok.

Are You Going To Go My Way?

I have reached the point in my blogwriting career where I need to ask the question: are my readers prepared to be entertained in a way where they will consider shunning other forms of media?  Is that even possible in a world?  I have been patiently waiting for an audience to build and I have taken steps to try to speed up the process.  It's not that I don't want to entertain the small audience that I have now, but my time is limited as is the reader's time.  There are more important things to do then read a blog or solve an environmental catastrophe.  I mean "Glee" is on as is "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" as well as a new season of that "Blank Shore" show that the kids love.  As Axl Rose so eloquently put it "Just a little patience, yeah, yeah ... I've been walking the streets at night, just tryin' to get it right ..."  I am trying to get it right.  In fact, I was walking the streets [ok, it was my lawn] at night and I saw 3 deer run across the street at the same time my neighbor was driving up to his house.  I don't think he saw the deer in time, so I put up my hands and closed my eyes to focus on making his car stop.  Guess what?  It stopped. So, I not only have super blogwriting skills, but I have super powers to stop moving objects.  The other day I was putting the clothes in the dryer and I stumbled upon an article of clothing that was kind of silky.  I thought it a large scarf, so I studied it further.  Just then, Anita walked into the laundry room and yelled "Jas, that's my underwear!"  Ok, I was just checking if you were still reading.  Am I getting to a point?  Does it matter?  Is it time to really dig in and write to my full entertainment potential?  Time will tell.

Are You Ticklish?

The Keepin' It Real In The Suburbs (KIRITS) blog reached an important milestone.  We had our 1000th unique visitor.  I installed a site counter about 2 weeks after I started the blog and on today, June 13, 2010, we hit 1000 unique visitors.  The site counter is great, it gives me all sorts of information like what sites people came to the blog from as well as what sites they went to after they finished with the blog.  In 4 months, I have discovered that an alarming amount of people that read this blog also seem to enjoy a tickling fetish ....  Just kidding.  The exit site always shows up as the blog site, so no need to be worried.  By the way, it was very difficult to find a picture of tickling that didn't have the appearance of some sort of perversion.  Any way, I wanted to celebrate by introducing everyone to a dance that they may or may not know already know.  It's called ...  "The Potty Dance".  So thank you for visiting and  your continued support ... and goochie goochie goo you pervs!

Confusion

I may have caused some confusion with the poll that I put on the blog.  I asked whether the blog posts were too long, just right or if it really didn't matter.  At the same time, I shortened the length of my posts. Now I don't know if the ... get ready for this ... 4 PEOPLE that are satisfied with the length of the posts are satisfied based on the shorter length or enjoyed the multi-paragraph run on blogs.  So there you have it.  No go vote.  It is your right as citizens of the KIRITS nation.