Most Wanted

Let me know if you want to submit an entry. It's going to be great.

Fool

Getting Old Sucks

The Normals Theme

The Normals. from massy on Vimeo

NFFF Coming June 18th

Happy Anniversary

Still good after 27 years.

Pinata

Milestones

Home Construction in East Africa

Houses are almost 100% Cement and it's all poured by individual buckets.

It's amazing to watch it in live action. Click below.



Arhiba Home Construction from massy on Vimeo

Inevitable

A Classic

Bacon

First Ever Normal Family Film Festival

With the success of the Lil' Timmy franchise, I am pleased to announce the first ever Normal Family Film Festival, June 18-22, 2007.

This festival is dependent upon on the Normal Family faithful. I want your videos. Send them to me or post them somewhere and let me know. We will play them here at the Normal Family for the world to see. Whether they be one minute or twenty minutes, Action-Adventure or Mocumentary, get your movies ready. You can believe me when I say they are fun to make. Good luck.

Lil' Timmy II, The Sequel

Mesdames et Messieurs, je vous present Lil' Timmy II, The Sequel.

The fight scene is worth watching. It starts 10 minutes in.

UST

And the Oscar goes to...

Another rival's blog has issued a duel at the box office this week as Lil' Timmy II, the Sequel is about to be released. It looks to me as if it is another Michael Moore documentary. Frankly I find this sort of unbridled aggression to be a bit low, but I'm confident that LTII will bring people back again and again.

See what the critics are saying about LTII:

"Riveting!" -Linda Johnson, Johnson Family Christmas Letter

"The best piece of cinema since Empire Strikes Back." -Goofus, Highlights for Children

Lil' Timmy II, The Sequel Coming Thursday, May 31

God Bless America

Yo Ho Yo Ho...

Don't be fooled by Hollywood. Pirates are not our friends.

Pirates

Unfortunately due to internet piratage in this part of the world, I'm unable to access the internet from my computer. I regret to inform you after all the buildup, the Lil' Timmy II, The Sequel worldwide premier will be moved to next week. Please stay tuned to the Family Normal for further details...

Lil' Timmy II, The Sequel Trailer 2

Lil' Timmy II, The Sequel Trailer 2 from massy on Vimeo

Lil' Timmy II, The Sequel

Rumor has it the Lil' Timmy, The Sequel is coming out next week and a new trailer is coming too. In the meantime you can watch the first Lil' Timmy movie that caused such a sensation during the dot com era. It is believed by many that YouTube was created because of this video.








Lil' Timmy, The Sequel Trailer from massy on Vimeo

Patsy

I always thought Bill Stickers was a bit shady.

10,000

10,000

Thanks to the fans of the Family Normal.

Lac Assal

Assal Lake is 300 feet below sea level. It's the lowest point in Africa.

Non-Steroid Player Junior Throws his Jock Strap at Heckler

A Dodgers fan involved himself in a battle of banter with Cincinnati Reds star Ken Griffey, Jr. at a recent game from near the Reds dugout at Dodger Stadium. The fun-loving fan was within earshot of Griffey all game long, and posted a blog on his MySpace page detailing the events that took place between the fan and the oft-injured Griffey. -The Jaunt

"So I started with the basics: YOU SUCK..SHOULDN'T YOU BE ON THE D.L...TOO OLD FOR CENTER....that kind of stuff. Well, by the 2nd inning
he was looking right at me giving me the looks. When he walks in from the 6th inning he decided he had enough and came over to talk some smack. He called me some fat references which was hilarious and then he told me I couldnt touch the threads on his jock...After the 6th inning he walks out and stops to talk to me holding a brown paper bag in his hand. He motions to throw it to me and I told him no, I know that trick. He laughs and says catch it, so I put up my hands and he tosses it over. He wouldn't leave until I opened it and when I finally did, the whole place erupted with laughter. Griffey throws me his jock..."

I always liked Griffey.

Centre-ville Dj.

Office Funtivities

Here are Yousef the artist, Ali and me.

Happy Mother's Day

Sonata

Dancing to Mozart from massy on Vimeo

World League

I was just drafted by the World League. I'm not sure what team I'll be playing on but I'll be sure to leave tickets at will call for anyone who wants them.

Getting Worse

Bikes

Determination

5-6-7

O5-O6-07

Vivid Dreams

4:30 AM [muffled] “Rampa! Rampa! Rampa! [more clearly] Grandpa!” [thud]

For the past four years living in Africa I have had some of the most vivid dreams. I don’t know why. I’ve never taken any malaria medication. I’ve been amazed that I can recall people in my dreams that I haven’t seen or talked to since junior high.

Last night I had a typical, “someone is trying to get me dream.” I had a lot of those last year after we had a thief in our house. One night last year I woke up screaming.

I’ve been sleeping on the couch in the living room since I’ve been back. The couch is about 6 inches too short for me to lay down so I have to put my legs up on the back cushions.

In my dream someone was attacking me by wrapping up my legs. I was trying to get away but to no avail. I started screaming for my Grandpa, I’m not sure why. It was one of those frustrated “I can’t speak clearly because I’m dreaming ‘Grandpas.’” Really it was more like “Rampa!”

Finally I broke free from the “attacker” by jumping off the couch onto the tile floor and landing on my knees. It was about a 3 or 4 foot jump. The “attacker” turned out to be the couch cushion. My knees are a still sore this afternoon. Crazy dream.

Everything Moves a Bit Slower Here in Scranton

Here are some pictures of people I work with.

This is Daud the watchman. He used to be a watchman at our our house several years ago.

Nima is in the yellow. She claims she's not photogenic.

That's Abdi in the gray. He put something in my Fanta when I wasn't looking that my stomach didn't like.

Ali is in the white shirt. He's Yemeni by ancestry. He has been the chauffeur here for a while. Last year he finally got a badly-needed cataract surgery. He can see the road now.



And of course Mr. McFeely.

Shuban Biyo

Here's part of an email I wrote to my wife. I hesitate to write about this sort of thing but it's too good to pass up.

On 5/03/07, J. Normal <Joenormal@I'mnotgivingyoumyemailaddress.com> wrote:

Dear Roxy,

I had one of those "terrible African" situations yesterday. My stomach was rumbling as I was IM'ing with you. I knew it couldn't wait until I got home since I still had several hours of work left to do. So I had to brave the African toilet at the office. Everyone who works in the office is African so as you know there is a different toilet routine but I was happy to find some toilet paper. So I did my business and thought I was done with it at the time but in the back of my mind I remembered that my body likes to save a little bit for an encore.

Jump ahead about 3 hours to the recording studio. It was the sundown prayer time and Abdi went to pray. My stomach started to act up again. This time I was more frightened. I knew there would be no hints of a western toilet at the studio. If you can remember what it's like there, there is a toilet but it doesn't have a seat. I was surprised to find a roll of toilet paper but there were maybe 8 squares left on it. The toilet room also had the obligatory bucket of water with a cup floating on top. Of course there was also about an inch of water on the floor. My stomach was not going to wait another second. I got there just in time. I was happy I made it but I was not happy about what I was going to do or not going to do next. Let's just say 8 squares in that situation is not enough. I had to work for another couple of hours. I did a lot of standing after that.

As you can recall, this is not the first time you or have encountered a situation like this and it is not one I'd like to repeat if I can help it. I think I ate some bad food somewhere. Today I have a roll of toilet paper in my bag.

I miss you.

Love, Joe

Save the Date

Turns out I was invited to Lindsay Lohan's birthday party after all. I didn't think I would be.

Hot and Dry in Djibouti

What does Djibouti look like? I'd rather not look.