Jonathan - Caught trying to suckle the air out of the room

B-Day +26

I'm really getting old. I've seen so much and done so much I really think I may be ready for either vacation, retirement, or mid-life crisis. I've been eating alot but because I have such an active lifestyle I metabolize everything just about as fast as I eat it. As such I have had to go to the icky place where they take all your clothes off and put cold things on you. I try to tell the big beings I don't like it by making as much noise as possible but they don't seem to care. They are so dense. At any rate, it appears I'm really not getting any bigger. In fact, I think I am still a little smaller than when I first started 26 days ago. It's not for lack of trying. I try to eat at the all you can eat buffet all day long and once in the middle of the night. I do like to mix sleeping with eating - they are such a perfect combination together. I can't get enough of either. I haven't had any other digit breakthroughs. I know that I hold the keys to so much more if I could only unlock the secrets of the digits. I think the big beings are kind of holding me back because they keep puting my digits in little protector things so that I can't get to them. This is really annoying. Well, got to go and eat before the buffet closes for the night.

Other Jonathan Edmund's of Note

Though Jonathan Edmund is predominantly an English name, Obendrauf is not. It is predominantly German. Actually it is only German as no one else would have it. If you are curious about other Jonathan Edmund's that are out there the following is a list of some very famous ones. We were unable to find famous Jonathan Edmund Obendrauf's as there only appears to be one - so the namesake of this blog is therefore the most famous of that name.

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/player/55288.html
http://www.latrobefamily.com/ged2html/d0000/g0000015.html#I3359
http://www.thepeerage.com/p7112.htm#i71113
http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=27007
http://www.collectorgrade.com/bookshelf7.html
http://www.spingola.com/TaliaferroTimes/TT11.htm
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/keithwheel/d17.htm
http://www.co.henrico.va.us/manager/11-21-95.htm

Some of these links you will have to look for "Jonathan Edmund" on the page to find mention. It is all so very exciting to see how many famous Jonathan Edmund's have proceeded this one. Cheers!

B-Day +18

It's been a really busy week for me. I discovered my thumb which was a big winner. You can view the news story on that in another post. Another is that I have been working out. I can do some pushups if I want to but I don't like to show off when anyone is looking. I also like to role my head from side to side. It's bunches of fun and I can do it for hours. It's like a party for my neck. One of my grandma's came to visit. She was nice and couldn't seem to get enough of holding me - her picture is posted with this post (That would be Eric's mom - EO). I've been working on my expressions. This seems to be cause of great entertainments for the Whaa's. They make lots of noises at me that seem to approximate what I sometimes say but I can tell you they don't know what they are talking about or they have absolutly no ability to formulate and express a coherent thought. Yet more proof that longlasting, meaningful communication with these beings is going to be VERY difficult. Fortunately I now have the thumb.

I've been getting out a little bit. Yesterday I went to the river with the main Whaa's and some furry, red colored, four legged beings with an additional leg growing out of the back of them that swung back and forth. I found the rive very boring so I slept while one of the Whaa's carried me.

On another note; a couple of days ago I went to the place where they make you take off all your clothes and they poke you with sharp things and place cold round things on your chest, and do all sorts of aweful things to you. They strapped me to a table for a while and gave me a yummy flavored thing to go in my mouth - kind of like the all you can eat buffet spout (Jonathan is trying to say that he was circumcised on Thursday and that they gave him a cherry flavored passifier to make it all go better - EO).

Lastly I am happy to say that the thing that was attached to my tummy has finally fallen off. Until I post again... good by, I guess.

Thumb Found - New Era Has Dawned for Digits

Medford, OR - In a surprise development Thursday afternoon, Jonathan Edmund Obendrauf discovered a whole new world had opened to him which could change the way in which he relates to dissatisfaction management and could pave the way for the solution to many of the world's ills as well.

Previously Jonathan had been used to making his requests known by sounding his barbaric yawp. A well placed cry, yell, or scream could get him just about anything that he wanted. But of late he had been finding that these calls for attention and satisfaction weren't always being met with the results he wanted or, in some instances, any results at all. This crisis led to him attempting different means of obtaining satisfaction.

Methods such as gurgling, cooing, sneezing, coughing, etc were alkl tried but to no avail. Even a scream using all of his energy didn't always work. "What I needed was a sure fire way to get some satisfaction in the case where it did not come from the usual sources," said Jonathan in a Thursday evening interview. "I began experimenting with parts of my body." This experimentation led to vigorously moving arms and legs. "I found that mere body movement was not the key. It just didn't give me quite what I was looking for," related a disappointed Jonathan. "What I really wanted to do is suck but there was precious little for me to suck in and of my own accord. I can really relate to Jagger in that I just couldn't 'get no satisfaction'."

All these disappointments led to the accidental discovery of independently moving digits on his hands at the ends of his arms. "I began by sucking my whole hand but the problem with that is that the hand does not conveniently fit into my little mouth. It wasn't until I moved to the individual digits on my hands that I felt I had struck upon something truly revolutionary!" exclaimed an exuberant Jonathan. He first began with sucking on multiple digits. These, though much more satisfactory than anything he had yet discovered, were still not quite the panacea he was looking for. "Multiple digits require a little too much coordination and the size and texture was not quite optimal." Jonathan continued to hone his techniques until he struck upon the thumb. "The thumb is like the king of all digits. The thumb is the master. I am very pleased with the usefulness and versatility of the thumb. I think the future uses of the thumb are there and that its potential is, in a sense, virtually untapped."

Jonathan's use of the thumb has been a real boon to the thumb and, potentially, to the other related digits. In his words, "the thumb is like a digit gateway into a whole world of digit utilization. Not only for dissatisfaction management but also for other needs which are heretofore unknown. Digits may one day help to cure disease and help with world peace!" One can only hope that Jonathan is a prophet and that his discoveries see such noble uses.

Eric Obendrauf - Staff Writer

Progeny Sweepstakes Results

Jonathan asked me (his dad) to post the results of his sweepstakes. He was dissappointed that nobody was really that close to his birthday. I explained that he seemed a little reluctant to come into the world which he seemed to agree with. He said he really liked his little home. So, here are the results:

Winner:
Patrick and Nicole Hagerty from Malin, Oregon with 1/22/06 @11:15am. Sadly, their name entry for a boy was Poodniggle which, after much deliberation, Jeanette and I declined to use. However, we have placed it in reserve for perhaps a middle name or nickname for future children. Their grand total winnings are 50% of... $0.00 which, when calculated properly comes to... $0.00.

Boy Name Entries:
Here are the Boy names that were submitted:

• Poodniggle
• Eric Jr.
• Jonathan Michael - was very similar to the name that we gave Jonathan except different
• Micah
• Samuel Joseph

Girl Name Entries:
Here are the Girl name entries:

• Little Cindy-Lou
• Ishi
• Sarah
• Arianna Kay
• Elizabeth Marie
• Mary
• Rachel Elizabeth
• Maria Jeanette

Our thanks to those who included our last name in their name entries. We were at a loss for what to use but your direction was a beacon shining in the dark fog of naming. Thanks also to those who took the time to submit their entry. We will have the legal kinks worked out for the birth of our next child so that you may legally send money and, if you should be the closest entry to the birth of the child, recieve a pretty gift of cash - all within the laws of the land.

I'm Hungry

For the love of all that is good and decent, where is the all-you-can-eat buffet?

Me checking out the world

Where's my hands? How come I only have these ridiculous paddles?

Me and my Great Grandpa Obendrauf

He's really old but really nice too. Apparantly I am to continue the Obendrauf legacy which he was very happy about as the Obendrauf name was very close to being wiped off the planet until I came along.

Me and my Great Grandma Obendrauf

She seems like a really old Whaaa but she's really nice and I like her

B-Day +9

Not a whole lot to report. I have found that I really like to eat. I can eat for hours and hours. The all-you-can-eat buffet isn't always stocked for all that eating but I have found that if you wait long enough that the food gets restocked. So, while I am waiting for the owner to restock the buffet I like to do one of my favorite activities - sleep. Sleep is neato. I can sleep anywhere, anytime. I am a sleeping factory. When I am in someones arms, it's like a sleeping party. How much more fun can one have? In all my vast experiences I would say "not much."

Communication with the big beings has not progressed much. Some of the big beings have started to become not quite so responsive as they once were. I fear that I may be loosing touch with their primitive communication abilities. I must find another way or make my means of communication more compelling and irresistable. I fear that much lies in the balance touching upon communication. Instead of calling the big beings "big beings" I have decided to give them a name more in keeping with what I call them in their presence. I've taken to calling them "Whaaa." It is quite amazing how inept and primitive the Whaaa are in their ability to communicate as proven by their not always knowing when they are being called. I will continue to work on this and I am confident that in time I will build a bridge to their understanding.

In other news, I have almost gained a limited ability to control my head movement. Mostly it just flops around but I can move it to look at things that are interesting. Mostly there isn't really anything interesting to look at except the buffet. Also, lots of things seem to be quite blurry. When I get closer to them they come more sharply into view.

The picture posted is me with whom seems to be one of the main Whaaa's - next to importance of the owner of the all-you-can-eat buffet. I am doing one of my favorite activities and it appears that the Whaaa likes that activity as well. He is nice and warm so I let him hold me sometimes -unless, of course, I want to eat. He doesn't seem to be able to help very much in that area so I don't even bother with him when I am hungary. That's when a call the Whaaa with the all-you-can-eat bufffet.