Emma and the broken arm...

It's funny in life, I have been waiting for my daughter Emma to break her arm for years but she has been lucky. But not anymore........

It seems that she has been sporting a small stress fracture for some time. I guess she had been complaining as far back as January. But this is the first I have heard of it. She must be like her old man and have a high tolerance for pain. So they put a cast on her arm and then she went back to school.
     I don't know what she is going to do about Dance. Dance is the one thing in her life that she loves and she does quite well at it. She has a Duo with Miss Katie, I hope that the cast will only be on for a couple of weeks and will be off by the dance recital.
Update: After speaking to Emma her follow up is in two weeks, hopefully she get a good report and have the cast removed before the dance recital. I think this is the last year that Miss Katie is dancing because of High School Basketball and Track. So this duo will be her Swan Song hopefully Emma will be ready.

Ultimate Nerdfest Weekend for Emma and Me!

     This past weekend was the Ultimate Nerdfest for Emma and I. First it started out with a stop at New England Comics in Malden, MA. to pick up our pull list for the past three weeks. It was .......

The place was packed. In the back they had a couple of local comic book writes that wrote the books Healed. This book explained what would happen if every disease was cured in one day. There are 5 issues in the series and they are eye opening. They were also pushing their new book called Baby, what would happen is a kind of baby Godzilla came to town. We each picked out our two free books and got in line.
     After finishing there we went to Quincy to another NE Comic Store that was having a Signing by the Gentleman who did the FCBD book of The Tick. While I was there I noticed in the back a Moonstone Comic of Kolchak, but what intrigued me was that Barnabas Collins was also on the cover. What a cover, Kolchak , The Night Stalker and Dark Shadow's Barnabas Collins. I had to have it and it was mine. My daughter picked up some Dr. Who buttons and Lego Figures. I think we will be making another trip to that store again when its not so busy.
     It was getting close to the time that we had to be at the Thomas Crane Library. The Library was hosting

Hosted by the Nerd Fighter group of Boston. Have I missed something? What the hell is a Nerd Fighter? According to Emma they are a group of young people who bask in the glory of being a nerd. Back in my day we called ourselves "The Nerd Herd". Just a bunch of kids who liked comics, sci/fi movies and Dungeons and Dragons. I was shocked when my daughter asked me to sit in the Library Cafe while the movie was playing. I was kick out of a Nerdfest. Me, Roger Trujillo, The O.G. (Original Geek). Hell, I should have been worshiped for paving the way for Nerddom!  I don't think I have ever seen Emma so happy after this meeting of the minds. She wasn't so different for other kids, there are other who read like she does, there are others who like Doctor Who and there are other who write Fan-Fiction.
     We left there and proceeded home to feed my parents. We quickly fed my parents, grabbed Luke from The Meadows Basketball Court and went to The Movies! We went to see Iron Man 3.

Let's just say that the movie was AWESOME! But the best part of the movie came when .....SPOILER ALERT............ Tony popped out a one shot repulsor ray to zap a evil villian. Both Emma and I shouted at the same time OOOOHHHH! in unison. Not one other person said anything but we got a huge laugh afterwards. It was really a unique feeling to know my daughter was thinking the exact same thing.
     Those two kids are the greatest thing that came out of my failed marriage. I would go through that miserable existence I had again so that I would have my two kids. I don't know what the future holds for me and the kids but I can not wait to see whats going to happen.

Emma, me, and the Cons!

                                                 Emma and Artist Brian Kong


                                                    

 The end of my Spring vacation is upon me, it's Sunday morning and I am watching "The Day of The Jackal" from the 1960's. I remember reading the book in my younger days and it was fantastic. Not a bad way to spend a lazy  morning.. Yesterday Emma and I spent a wonderful day going to the two different Comicons that were held in Lowell and in Somerville. Emma seemed to enjoy the Lowell Con held at Larry's Comics, We both ended up with some awesome prints and autographed comics. We then went to Comicazi in Somerville and got the Official Boston Comiccon tee shirt and My Little Pony Exclusive comic book. Emma seemed to be in her glory. She has impressed me.
     She was not far from the the bomb blasts that rocked Boston on Patriots Day. Her class was cancelled the next day but was held on Wednesday and Thursday. The last class was cancelled due to the fact of the gun battle with the terrorists in Watertown, I was glued to the television all day Friday and was so happy when I learned that he was captured. This was after they had cancelled Boston Comicon 2013. As soon as Emma heard the Terrorist was captured I got a text "Is Comicon back on?" Sorry to say, no it wasn't. But the determination of the Boston Geek population would not be stopped. Emma did some searching around and found the two previously mentioned Comicons and asked if we could go, "Dad, we can't let the terrorists win, we are from Boston." I nearly cried, I was so proud of her. I don't think that she was greatly affected by her proximity to the blasts. I don't think that I have to worry about her in her life, I know that she is a strong, beautiful, young woman and will do very well in life. Her writing is very important to her and she does it extremely well for a person of her age. Not too many people want to play Scrabble with her because her vocabulary is vast.
     I am looking forward to next weekend, Emma and Luke will be staying with me for the whole weekend. I wonder what kind of adventure we will be going on?

Remember ...... Boston Strong!

Boston Marathon Tragedy......... Keep Calm and Stay Strong Boston!

    

       Yesterday was Patriots Day here in Massachusetts, it was also the day of the Boston Marathon, and it was also the first day of my daughter Emma's writing class during April vacation. Her class ran from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm and was located on Boyleston Street about four blocks from the area that was attacked. When the first reports of the attacks came over the radio, I was on my way to pick up my daughter near the area where this tragedy occurred
     The surge of emotions that ran through my mind was crazy. Fear for my daughter was the one that would not go away. I knew that I needed to get her out of the area. As I drove to the where she was, the area was in bedlam. People running with their families, runners trying to get somewhere safe, and police directing people from the crime sceene.

     

     As I got closer to my destination, I saw Emma standing in the doorway looking all around her nerviously. I managed to cut infront of the building and got her into the van. She was terrified. She was in class when the explosions occurred and  people were confused and terrified. As we made our down Boyleston Street we both teared up, trying to understand why this was happening. Glad I knew the back streets of of the area soon we found ourselves on the Tobin Bridge head to Emma's home. When we got there she opened the door and got out. But before closing the door she leaned in and kissed me on the cheek and said, "Dad, I Love You!" I said "Love you too!" I watched her go into the house and I drove down the street. When I reached the bottom of the hill, I broke down and began to cry. I sat there for five minutes until I was totally drained. I drove home listening to the radio and feeling angry. I hope they find who did this and remove them from this reality.
     One final thought, Keep Calm and stay strong Boston!

Has the World gone Crazy?

     I never thought that I would see the World on the brink of Nuclear War. But here it is 2013 and some little North Korean Warlord is threatening the United States. They say that North Korea is a few months from developing a missile capable for hitting US soil with a Nuclear Warhead. A few months? The President should go on national TV and inform the world of this, then pull out his special briefcase and say "but we have the capability NOW!"
     What is North Korea thinking? They must be daft! I am surprised that this is still going on. The only thing that is a plus with this situation is that the US and China seem to be coming a bit closer together.The fact is North Korea has little to gain, and everything to lose, from starting a war. The regime’s primary concern is self-preservation; a full-fledged fight would be dynastic suicide.



 Here is my answer to the situation:

End of Story!

WOMEN! What's the secret?

     In all my life I haven't figured them out. I have fallen in love a few times, been hurt more than I care to count and have seen girls that I have never stopped loving switch to the other team. That's the killer, did I have something to do with that? I dunno, it bothers me sometime. But they do seem much happier.
     Girl have come into and out of my life, only to show up again. I was married (matter of fact, still am) to a woman who seems to loathe me. I have never really understand why. Throughout our time together I gave her everything I could. I ran a successful DJ Business (www.rockingroger.com) until my knees gave out and I could no longer continue performing four times a weekend. It was when this extra money stopped coming in that I was shown the gate and she "needed a break". Well, it's been a ten year break. I guess we are playing that game, "Who's gonna die first?" But that's probably another thing that I will fail.
     I have fallen in love a few times and these women have either cheated on me, left me, or gone gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that......LOL! Some of my best friends are on the other team. Jeez, I'm gonna burn for that. It just never has seemed to work out for me concerning the opposite sex. Oh well, life goes on.

Spring has Sprung....but who really cares!

The Season has supposedly changed but the temperatures have not increased. It's still cold in the mornings. Life at Casa de Trujillo hasn't changed much. It consists of getting up at 3:45 am, taking care of my legs and walking the dog. After this is all this I sit in the kitchen and make my parents their brown bag lunches. My father being 89 and my mother being 82 they have issues in movement. Personally, I think its laziness. Lunch consists of a sandwich and other treats (ie. Pudding, Peanut butter crackers, nutty bars, gelatin and other snacks). Then its time for the 3 S's, shit, shower and shave.
     By the time I'm getting dressed it's 5:15am and I'm in the van at 5:30am and off to work. I spend my days taking sales calls and helping out my fellowman getting the tools to pipe the shit right out of their house. Thats right, I sell toilets and other such items. I knew I'd put that English degree to work for me. The only reason I am in this business is because after I got out of school I wanted to spend some time with my Dad, little did I know that I would be in this business for the rest of my life. So I won't be the writer that I wanted to be but I think my daughter will be.
     The one thing I have done in my life is passed on my love for writing and reading to my Emma. I am so proud of her. Not only does she do well in school (When she passes in her homework) but she reads like its going out of style. I thought I read a lot when  I was younger but not like her. Recently she entered a poetry contest and took 4th place, not bad for the first writing contest she has ever entered.
     This coming April vacation she is taking a writing course in Boston six hours a day for four days. I have never heard of a kid wanting to do such a thing but more power to her. So I'll be walking the streets of Boston for the time she is in class, be prepared for a lot of photos of good ole' Beantown.
     Luke is no slouch either but his game is Basketball, He's pretty good at it and just needs to keep practicing to get better. For April vacation he is going to Europe, I look at what these kids are doing and then I look back at my life at their age. I never thought of going to Europe, the trip I want to take was to go to Disneyland with Rex Trailer and Sgt. Billy. Well enough of my rambling.........Bye Boston!