What is a friend?

I am quite open and honest when it comes to certain things about me, like for example I usually let everyone and anyone know that I have no friends. I haven't had a friend in years and actually prefer to be by myself.......that way no one expects things from you, and you don't have to let anyone down. Well I was wondering just what is a friend anyways?? I mean how many people can say they have that type of "friend" that really means something...... I mean there are people in my life that I would die or kill for but that is family type of shit....
And family is different, 'cause you can fight and sometimes say the meanest things to them and regardless.......you are family. Friends can just say, well F him then!!! Maybe I just forgot how to make and keep friends......or maybe I don't want them anyways! Oh well!

Great Dad~~~~Great Uncle

I am both!!! Being a great dad automatically makes you a great uncle. I have what can be classified as a great relationship with my nieces and nephews. It ain't that huggy-kissy kind because they know Uncle Walter isn't like that, but he is there no matter what. Growing up I had uncles who may have had their own problems and might not have been the most positive of influences, but what I remember is that they were always there.....same way I am, not huggy-kissy, but there!!! I guess I am proof positive that if a boy growing up has the male influences around he needs, then he himself will be a good man. Thank you uncles, and of course dad. So I guess what I am trying to say is men, be good to the kids in your life.......The girls will be better off with a positive male around and the boys will grow up in-turn better men.

That winning feeling!!!!

Bells, whistles and bright lights. I have recently discovered my love for slot machines at the casino. Now I have been going to the casino since it opened and never really liked it or really never even played while I was there. I usually just tagged along when someone else was going. The past four or five times I have gone there over the last few months I have begun to like it more and more. I like the slots, the old ones though~~~the ones with reels, and not the screens. I find that they are taking out the reel type and all of the slots are becoming the screens. I always play the three credit 25cent machines. I don't think I have a gambling problem-o~~~~~yet. A (not-so)wise gambler told me the other day, "You got to be in it to win it!!"~~~~~~ so if you don't play, you can't win!!!

Tuesday 3:45am, and here is what is on my mind...

An older lady, like say late 30s early 40s.....goes after or even "dates" a 18, 19 or up to 23 year old man/boy, and she gets classified as a "cougar" or a "MILF in heat" to borrow a term from porn lingo. A man same age does the same with a girl/female of the same age and he is a pervert or even worse. WHY??? Ladies even would dog on me or some male my age if he was chasing after 19/20 year olds. I just want to know why the double standard? The next time I see an older female walking hand in hand with a younger male.....I am going to yell "Perv" or "Cradle-robber", or even better I am going to mac on the first smokin' hot 19 year old I see and make it a point to smooch on and cuddle real close in public........yeah see how the older ladies like it when I am paying more attention to the younger breed.........

What is wrong with some parents!!??

Every single day I turn on the news and see yet another story about a missing two year-old or a mysterious murder of a three-year old. As kids grow into teens and young adults it seems as though it only gets worse when it comes to the types of crimes being committed against them. Now I realize that in most occasions there is not alot a parent can do to 100% fully protect their child against those willing to do harm on them, and if a pervert/murderer is wanting to get to a child they will. I am one-million percent in favour for the death penalty in Canada against child predators. The thing about this whole subject that really gets to me is the parents who lose their child because they weren't really watching the child carefully. The one case in the news that is really bugging me is Madaline Macann, who went missing in Portugal while she slept in a hotel room fifty yards from where her parents were eating at a resort restaurant. I personally think the parents should be charged with some sort of child neglect.....did the resort not have room service?? If you don't know what I am talking about look into the case and it will probably make you just as mad. Anyways, make sure to always watch your kids...all it takes is a few seconds.

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I am beginning to wonder if anyone is even reading this...?? I mean I think it doesn't matter either way because I am really just doing this as an alternative to writing in my writing book anyways. I did receive some encouraging inquiries as to when I was going to post some more entries, thanx Brother Merv! Also, I know people like my Dad have told me that he looks in on here from time to time, so I suppose there are some readers.........I don't really know how to get the word out and get the URL around, and if anyone is reading this feel free to tell your friends or even post the address to my blog around anywhere and everywhere. I mean most of the things I write are just things that pop into my mind or things that bug me, and of course the views and opinions expressed are those of the "bloggers" and in no way reflect the opinions of my sponsors and The Turner Broadcast Network.......HA HA HA yeah.....'till next time~~~ act like ya know!!

just had a thought~~~~

I was just being nosey on PerezHilton.com and had a funny idea. I should become like a spoof gossip/blogger for "celebrities" around Thunder Bay. I could hire a couple paparazzi photographers and do stories on Barry Third or Mark and Dee of Rock94. I think it could be something that might catch on. maybe??? I mean The Bay does have some people who people might want to be nosey about....like imagine a pic of Eric Staal picking his nose while eating out somewhere.....or Mayor Lyn Peterson in a fashion disaster........??? If reading this please comment on whether it is something to look into.......

Sexual harrassment~~~both ways...

All you hear about is men being sued or fired for inappropriate behaviour in the workplace or wherever else men are, why never ladies? I have figured out as to why you never hear of the ladies getting in trouble.....it is not because they are not doing it, it is just the men who are being harassed aren't complaining about it. Picture this, a man walks by a lady on the job and comments on her lets say~~~big butt.....she complains and he is fired. Same situation just reversed, and a man walks by a woman and she comments on the size of his bulge.....guarantee he is looking for the closest closet to mount the women. Men if we want to equal it up, we need to start thinking with our big brain. I am not an expert nor have I held an office job of any kind, but what I do know is the ladies.......and ladies are horny too!!!! Trust me.....I know!!! yeah right

Babies!!! Babies????

Well my sister just had a baby boy, and seeing him brings me back to the time when my own daughter was that small. How fast they do grow up. I always heard that before you know it they are gone off to college or married......and its true. Babies?? Male sea-horses are the ones that carry the babies. Would as many babies be born if it were that way in humans?? I have witnessed pregnancies first hand a couple times and can say 100% without a doubt I would not want to go through that. Men, would you? I am all about fairness and equality in contraceptives.....I keep a box of female diaphragms right beside my bed......ha ha ha!!

Is self-confidence genetic, or learned?

I was washing my face earlier and looked up into the mirror and thought to myself, it ain't so bad being ugly. I mean I see what I am, and am totally comfortable with and don't need to be told I am "good-looking" or anything. I would not say I am confident, I actually think I lack the "guts" it takes to approach females and even people in general. I wish I had the self-confidence that some of the guys I know or have known. I mean I have hung out with some very ugly dudes, and these guys think or have thought they were "all that and a bag of chips". I mean they were ugly......but yet they talked so great about themselves......I mean are they blind as they are dumb???? Here is a website that classifies people as beautiful or not....fill out a profile and send a pic and they will tell you whether or not you actually are........www.beautifulpeople.net , and then you will see maybe what all of us who look at you see.........for all those fellow uglies out there

few days since my last thought

I was browsing? surfing? Reading Knet homepages this morning and saw that a friend of mine named Bill Albany had updated. Now Bill is a smart man who is also one of the nicest guys I know, anyways I was reading his thoughts and got to thinking. He wrote something along the lines of and I am para-phrasing here "teach your children left from right and the difference between black and white, and to not expect them to learn it on their own". Now I fully agree with him on that, but also have my own ideas on what the school of parenting curriculum should include. I as a parent believe it is our responsibility to show kids a certain amount of reality....and by that I mean tell them things like "the world is tough and it will poop on you alot" and not to coddle them to the point that they think they live in a world made of marshmallows and candy. I don't mean so hard that you are mean, but be real........I think kids grow up smarter and more able to cope with tougher times if we as parents are a little more real with them.

My last meal....

I was watching "Monsters Ball" the other day and got me thinking..... What would I chose as a last meal if I was about to be executed?? Imagine if you had to pick something as the last and final thing you would eat....hmmm?? I mean I bet they would probably allow you to pick anything, even like ten things as long as you could eat it. I think I would chose roast beef, mashed potato's and gravy, broccoli and cheese with cherry cheesecake for dessert...and to drink I would have a 2 litre of Tropicana twister lemonade......yeah that sounds good.

Too much sleep these days

In the past week I think I have slept an average of maybe 15 or more hours a day. I like to sleep but not that much. It is just with Aiden gone, I have nothing to do......when she is here there are things that I know I have to do from 8am 'till 9:30pm when she goes to bed......but now, nothing, no time to get up, no breakfast I have to make, no things I have to do.......just bored, so I sleep!!!

Glad to see The Dog back on TV.

I watched a new episode of Dog: The Bounty Hunter last night, and it was great. I was actually disappointed when I heard A&E was taking his show off the air after his racist remarks went public. I mean come on.....we are all guilty of saying something racist or having racist thoughts, or is it just me??? Only difference is he got caught, and lost his show and almost his business and way of feeding his kids. What really pissed me off about it too was Nick Hogan almost kills a friend drunk drag racing and his show is still on the air.......anyways, water under the bridge, and he is back!!!!!! When fear and darkness are all around you, the criminals are on the run.....no use in hiding in the dark, he'll hunt you down 'cause he's the DOG!!!!!!!!

Canadians are funny.

One of my favorite shows on TV is "Corner Gas". It is a Canadian comedy on CTV, and it is one of the smartest comedies on television. The word-play and innuendos are really sharp, and well it is just really well written. It got me thinking about how Canadians are really funny.

NKOTB!!! What to do???

When I was just a young boy it was a weird time in my life. I was a boy who was soon going to be a man, and I was "in love" with the New Kids on the Block. My favorite was Jordan. Now I am older and will admit that I still have a Hangin' Tough CD and bought like four old cassettes at Salvation Army when I saw them. But now, they are back and releasing a new CD. Will I buy it? Probably! As much as I may have grown up and matured in some ways since I was a kid, there is still that little boy inside who loved the New Kids. So I am proudly going to be a fan!!!!!!!!!!

MANTRACKER

One of my favorite shows on TV is Mantracker, its airs on OLN Monday at 9pm. If you don't know the show it is about a professional forensic tracker who is formerly and might even still work to track fugitives when they escape in the woods etc. Anyways, on the show he is usually challenged by two people who try to make it to an end point usually somewhere between 50-60 kms from the start, and they have around 32-38 hours to reach the finish. The challengers have to run over and through some of the toughest and thickest bush in places like Northern Ontario and B.C. Mantracker doesn't get any clues or help just a local guide and his horse, but he is good and usually catches his "prey". Out of maybe twenty-five shows I have only seen him beat maybe four or five times. I think back in the day I could have beat him though...........I mean take myself and any one of my friends back in the day and we would have beat him........I remember hours of "playing" war and "special forces" and things like that. We were all really good at anything in the woods.......OH what could have been. Just remembering old times I guess.

People I dislike, but really shouldn't.

I am the type of guy who follows news and keeps up on current events. I usually know when breaking news happens, and like most people when something happens I have an opinion one way or the other. Case and point....Democratic contest for a nominee in the States, for me it got to the point where I actually wanted to spit on Hilary Clinton for her refusal to recognize the fact that it was over for her. There are people who are always in the news and those are the people that I dislike, but shouldn't. People like Rev. Al Sharpton, every time he is in the news he is usually standing up for some black rights that were violated....and don't get me wrong I believe that every race of people should have those like him who are willing to go to bat for the entire race, but every time??? and always him??? What can I do I guess......
Another opinionated person who isn't wrong in their own fight for justice, but drives me nuts is Nancy Grace. I mean she is only standing up for the people she needs to stand up for and more power to her as she does it, but something about the way she argues her side of the story and only sees things from her point of view.........like I said before, what can I do?

A letter to my girl.

Dear Aiden,
Hey babe. Was just sitting around here thinking about ya. I talked to you a few hours back and hearing your voice really made me miss you. I want to tell you that there is nothing in this world I would not do for you, and I love you so, so much. You are my best friend and favorite person to hang out with. Each day I wake up and say a little thanks to God for giving me one of his angels. And since the first time I held you on that cold morning in January back in 2001 I have done nothing but fall more and more in love with you and I am so proud to be your dad. Every single day you amaze me with something else you do, whether it is reading or spelling a hard word, or even jumping rope more times then you did the day before. I want you to know that you can come to daddy with whatever it is you need, and never be afraid to tell or ask me anything. I will always be there for you. All I ask of you is that you try your hardest and don't stop trying to be better. No matter what always remember, life is too short to sweat the little things and you are to cool to worry about things that aren't that important. I love you, and that is 4-ever!!!
Love your daddy,
Walter Watt

Even a genuis asks questions.

I wonder? I often wonder even if we teach our kids the difference between bad and good, right and wrong; if they actually take it to heart. Like I mean my daughter won't lie, swear or even be bad without thinking that daddy will be mad and she might get in trouble. Which is a good thing and I am proud of her for being that way, but come ten/twenty years from now will it still be the same? I mean I am sure when she is older she will use bad words, and do some of the things that are "bad"......but I wonder if the way we teach them now will still be the way they will be when they are older. I think I am the way that my dad raised me.......actually probably not, 'cause I have been known to cuss and say some bad shit from time to time. I guess I can only wait and find out........

The mask....

We all have a mask that we hide behind, and I am no different than others in that sense. Some have a scary mask, or a funny one, but they come in many different forms and behind each one is a different person than the mask portrays. I am not even sure which one I wear. Maybe each day it it a different one, and it all depends on what I need to do while I wear it. I think I like to pretend that I am mean and cold, but actually I am not. I mean I am de-sensitized to some stuff and have lost some compassion for other things, but I am not the man the mask shows. I just wonder if people who are "beautiful" like those girls who strut around the mall with their blonde-dyed hair, tight jeans and fake nails and tan; I wonder if they are hiding....or if they actually know that they are what they are trying to be.........I mean I know that they prolly have alot of self-confidence and all that but I am sure with great beauty comes great insecurities. Maybe a "beautiful" girl can reply to me and let me know if it is like that......Do "hot" females hide behind masks as well???

Why are people the way they are???

I am sure there are people in all our lives who we don't like they way they are. I am the kind of person who does not concern himself with what others are doing or what others have to say about people. I usually have one reaction when someone comes to me and says "Did you hear what so and so said or did?".....Who gives a shit!!! If it does not have to do with myself or my daughter the it is usually none of my business. Not that people are so concerned with what I am doing, but there are certain people especially in this family that seem to want to always know what is happening and what everyone is doing at all times. Like I asked....why?? Why do people become that way? I think this world would be alot better if people did not concern themselves with others so much....and I know people sometimes use the excuse...."Its because I care!" or some fake thing like that, but is just being nosy!!! So to all you people who are like that.....GET A LIFE!!!!

My job....

I was watching TV last night and "John Q" was on. I like this movie but watching it last night made me miss my daughter even more than normal. It also made me think of a conversation I had with my sister a couple nights ago about who would "John Q" themselves for the kids in our lives. I am also thinking about "my job" as a dad, and what it means to me. Like as a parent I think it is our job to first and foremost to raise good kids, who will eventually be good wives and husbands and themselves good parents. I also want to say to my dad.....good job. Parenting to me is an adventure that is constantly changing from day to day. I mean I am a man raising a girl who will one day be a woman. I will be the first to say I have no idea how a woman works or thinks or anything. I can also say that the fear I had when I first started keeping Aiden has never really disappeared, it has faded into the background more as I have become better at being a dad but yeah it is still here. I have those fears that I think every parent has, you know that everyday things like safety and health stuff, but on top of that I have the fear of one day not being able to relate to my daughter 'cause she is a female......but that is a few years down the road.

Tired, tired and oh yeah tired.

It is Tuesday afternoon and I think I am about to go to sleep for while. Last night was what you would call a loooooong kind of fun night. Myself and a couple of people that I know went across the border and hung out at the casino for awhile. It was cool I suppose to get out. Didn't end up coming back until real late....like real early I guess. But was also a bad decision on my part because had an appointment at 10:30am, and still haven't slept. So I might come back on here after and put down something more interesting, it is just right now my brain is half asleep and ............yeah

Hmmm....

Barack Obama is something!! Every time I watch this man speak I feel something weird, something a Conservative Canadian should probably not be feeling. I feel like for a moment (and only a moment) that I would not mind being an American. I say this only because I wish I could be taking part in this historic '08 election. Many times I have tried to explain to my daughter and get her to maybe remember these days in time, and remember the significance of the history that is about to take place in 2008. I mean a black president? The first black president.....it will never happen for the first time again. I mean I never thought ten years ago it would happen in my life time. But yeah, it should be something to watch come November. I mean don't get me wrong I love being Canadian but there is never anything as exciting day to day like the American Presidential election. I mean Maxine Bernier dating a former biker chick??? BORING!!!! anyways, PEACE

Just some thoughts

Well another day has come and I just spoke to Aiden. Actually my "second best friend" AJ is here visiting and wanted to speak to her, so we called her and talked for awhile. This summer is kind of weird for me, I mean last year Aiden left for the same amount of time and I don't seem to recall feeling this way about it. Last year I think I was waiting on the break, this year I can honestly say I might have prefered to have her stay. As "annoying" as kids may be from time to time, and as much as some parents may say they want breaks and time away....I really think for myself anyways that it is no longer like that. Five or six weeks is a loooooooong time for me and I think even for Aiden to be away from each other. Anyways, without getting too "faggy" about it.....I will end this part by saying I miss her a whole lot. But as much as I miss her.......AJ is filling the gap of "annoying" kid. HA HA just kiddin......

Can't sleep

I don't know why when I posted my 1st entry last time it was almost 10pm but the time on here registered 6:52pm....hmm. Anyways, it is almost 2am and I was thinking about going to sleep, but then I realized I just am not tired. I hope that my blog can become one that alot of people will look to and read.
I really can't put into words what being a dad means to me. I recently had another birthday and it sort of hit me pretty hard. I sat back to ponder my life and realized I really have nothing....no friends, no life and nothing that a man my age should want or have. Although this is the case, I am not so much bothered by it. Or am I?? Anyways on my birthday I didn't go out and do what is expected or what others may do....you know the partying and drinking. I sort of thought maybe I should have. But no, on that day I went to the mall for lunch with my daughter and five year-old niece. As crappy as I may have been feeling about my inability to have anything different, it hit me at lunch that all that did not matter. My niece....who is the cutest and like really my second best friend.....says to me " Uncle Walter? Is this what you are only doing for your birthday? Just hanging out with me and Aiden. " It was at that point I realized......that is what it is all about.....these girls. Also my other neice and nephew....love you Aiden, Adrianna "Munk:', Natasha and can't forget about the handsomest little man around Austin!! ~~ and the newest member, Lil' Reg!!

Lonely summer days

Well 1st entry into this whole bloggers world. I wanted to start my own blog because every day I see celebrities or even just normal people blogging. So I feel like I have alot of things to say about alot of different subjects. I am a single dad to a seven-year old daughter named Aiden. I have been raising her on my own and over these years I have matured and learned a whole lot. But that is all a different story for another time. Right now I am in the beginning of the annual six week long period of time when Aiden visits her mom. Her mom lives in the north and is like 300 kms. from here, so it is actually really hard for me to be away from Aiden for this long. Not to sound like everyone else who has a child or children but she is my everything. I have no friends and no life. I like being on my own and prefer it actually, but when I say "she is all I got"....I mean it. It is July 5th and she will not be back until August 5th.....so yeah to pass time I figured I would blog about it............I am new to this so maybe I will post a new entry daily or even every few hours.....if you are reading this please do respond or tell your friends and have them tell their friends and they'll tell 2 friends and they'll tell 2 friends....... Wayne's World style...............peace