I hope everyone has a great holiday what ever you choose to celebrate. Be safe and stay warm or cool depending on your location.
P.S. I rEaLlY hAtE iT wHeN pEoPle TyPe LiKe ThIs. It MaKeS mE wAnT rIp YoUr FiNgErS oFf AnD sHoVe ThEm WhErE tHe SuN dOeSn'T sHiNe. NoT tO mEnTiOn HoW lOnG iT tAkEs!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
A little bit country, a little bit rocknroll
1. Does anyone else get creeped out by Donny and Marie Osmonds relationship? They are brother and sister but they are a little too close for comfort. Have you seen the new commercial. I don't know what its for but it has the 2 of them on it. Marie walks in with a birthday cake for Donny. When it shows the cake it has a picture of the 2 of them on it. That is just creepy. It just seems like they are ALWAYS together. They are mormon. You don't know what kind of crazy stuff they are into.
2. So I guess I ruined a suprise birthday party for me. My sister and my friends have been talking about throwing me a suprise party for my 20-10th birthday and I went ahead and started planning the exact party they were planning and I had no idea. Now my sister is bummed because I ruined her plans. I feel like I'm the planner and I feel like if I don't do it then it won't get done. I am a bit of a control freak I guess. Obviously if it is a suprise party I wouldn't know about it therefore I would believe that we weren't going to do anything for my 30th birthday which would make me sad. I feel like I never really do anything special for my birthdays. It is just another day that comes and goes. I hang out with my friends but I think the last time I had a real "Party" for my birthday I was turning 13. I'm pretty sure I still have the video from that birthday with Amanda teaching people how to properly brush their teeth and wash their face. Zeth claims he doesn't want to throw me a suprise party because he would be afraid he wouldn't know who to invite and he would leave someone out that I would want to invite. Since I only have like 5 friends it's not like he would forget any of them. Since most of my brothers and cousins won't come to my party because its during deer hunting season that cuts the guests in half. Now I want to have a little pity party for myself because I'm a loser with no friends.
3. We just had a HUGE major winter storm that shut down the entire city. Well that's what the weathermen want you to believe. They had the whole state freaked out about this huge storm that was going to hit. We were going to have at least 6 inches of snow. Everyone had to go to the grocery store on Sunday to get their bread and milk because with 6 inches of snow we would clearly be stuck in our houses for at least 3 weeks and we would die if we didn't have our bread and milk. We got a whole 1.3 inches of snow. It wasn't even enough to cover all the grass in some areas. It was no big deal. Of course there were still the idiots who somehow forget what winter is like. They forget when there is snow and ice on the ground then it will be slick and you won't be able to drive the same way you do when the ground is dry. Idiots. They deserve to get in accidents. It's the poor innocent person who did get stopped in time that they hit that it really sucks for. Like when I got hit by that drivers ed kid. I was there, on the freeway, minding my own business when BAM. This stupid little brat who is taking her drivers ed final slams into me and turns me sideways on the freeway at rush hour. Can you believe she passed??
4. I know I complain about the weather ALL THE TIME. I only like Iowa's weather about 4 months out of the year. I usually like it from the beginning of April through the end of May then not again until mid September through mid November. Other than that it's too hot and humid or too bitter cold and snowy. I'm locationally challenged. I don't know how I was born in this god forsaken state. Unfortunately the only 2 cities I would want to move to have the exact same if not worse weather than we have here. It is like 10 degrees outside and I'm sure with the windchill its around 0. It's so cold. We had to go shopping tonight and I was not amused by the wind that was out there.
5. Tomorrow is my day off and I have so much I need to do. Lets make a list:
Give the dog a bath
clean the living room
finish decorating for xmas
take Jesse to the vet
bake cookies
make lasagna for my mother in laws birthday
Wrap some xmas gifts and a birthday gift
go to the christmas tree farm and pick out a tree with Zeth, Zach, Kathy and Trever
Freeze my ass off
pick up all of the food from our house
go to the In Laws to make dinner and do a birthday party
Come home
Watch Chelsea Lately
Watch Craig Ferguson
Go to bed
I think I would rather be at work. That seems like an awful lot of stuff for a day off. I don't work that hard at work.
6. I don't like any guy singers that sound like chicks. Like the guy from Train. I think that's the group. I don't listen to them but I hear their music on tv sometimes. I'm not a fan. No man should sing in a higher voice than most women.
7. Did you know that Celine Dion dropped out of school at the tender age of 12 and became a lounge singer. Then she was introduced to her old man husband and he basically called her a troll. He said she was ugly and made her do all this stuff to make her more "attractive". Krystal and I were watching some show about her for some reason the other day and that is what we got out of it. I'm not stating all of that as fact but that is what I got out of it. I was only paying attention about 7% of the time.
8. I've said it before and I will say it until the day I die. I wish I had a little person friend. I would make them dress up as an elf for xmas.
9. I've been watching what is going on with the cubs lately. They are looking at getting some new players and getting rid of some current players. It sounds like Mark DeRosa might be on the chopping block. I'm kinda sad about that. I wish Jim Hendry would call me and ask me my opinion on the matter. I would get rid of a few others before DeRo. He saved the Cubs asses last year and now we are going to kick him to the curb. Whatever. Reed Johnson is safe for at least another year so I guess I'm ok with it. I get too emotionally invested in the team during the season then when they go and change up the team during the off season I miss the old players and resent the new ones. They usually wear on me though.
10.I'm bored with this and I need my rest for all of this crazyness going on tomorrow. Good night to all and to all a good night. Over and out.
2. So I guess I ruined a suprise birthday party for me. My sister and my friends have been talking about throwing me a suprise party for my 20-10th birthday and I went ahead and started planning the exact party they were planning and I had no idea. Now my sister is bummed because I ruined her plans. I feel like I'm the planner and I feel like if I don't do it then it won't get done. I am a bit of a control freak I guess. Obviously if it is a suprise party I wouldn't know about it therefore I would believe that we weren't going to do anything for my 30th birthday which would make me sad. I feel like I never really do anything special for my birthdays. It is just another day that comes and goes. I hang out with my friends but I think the last time I had a real "Party" for my birthday I was turning 13. I'm pretty sure I still have the video from that birthday with Amanda teaching people how to properly brush their teeth and wash their face. Zeth claims he doesn't want to throw me a suprise party because he would be afraid he wouldn't know who to invite and he would leave someone out that I would want to invite. Since I only have like 5 friends it's not like he would forget any of them. Since most of my brothers and cousins won't come to my party because its during deer hunting season that cuts the guests in half. Now I want to have a little pity party for myself because I'm a loser with no friends.
3. We just had a HUGE major winter storm that shut down the entire city. Well that's what the weathermen want you to believe. They had the whole state freaked out about this huge storm that was going to hit. We were going to have at least 6 inches of snow. Everyone had to go to the grocery store on Sunday to get their bread and milk because with 6 inches of snow we would clearly be stuck in our houses for at least 3 weeks and we would die if we didn't have our bread and milk. We got a whole 1.3 inches of snow. It wasn't even enough to cover all the grass in some areas. It was no big deal. Of course there were still the idiots who somehow forget what winter is like. They forget when there is snow and ice on the ground then it will be slick and you won't be able to drive the same way you do when the ground is dry. Idiots. They deserve to get in accidents. It's the poor innocent person who did get stopped in time that they hit that it really sucks for. Like when I got hit by that drivers ed kid. I was there, on the freeway, minding my own business when BAM. This stupid little brat who is taking her drivers ed final slams into me and turns me sideways on the freeway at rush hour. Can you believe she passed??
4. I know I complain about the weather ALL THE TIME. I only like Iowa's weather about 4 months out of the year. I usually like it from the beginning of April through the end of May then not again until mid September through mid November. Other than that it's too hot and humid or too bitter cold and snowy. I'm locationally challenged. I don't know how I was born in this god forsaken state. Unfortunately the only 2 cities I would want to move to have the exact same if not worse weather than we have here. It is like 10 degrees outside and I'm sure with the windchill its around 0. It's so cold. We had to go shopping tonight and I was not amused by the wind that was out there.
5. Tomorrow is my day off and I have so much I need to do. Lets make a list:
Give the dog a bath
clean the living room
finish decorating for xmas
take Jesse to the vet
bake cookies
make lasagna for my mother in laws birthday
Wrap some xmas gifts and a birthday gift
go to the christmas tree farm and pick out a tree with Zeth, Zach, Kathy and Trever
Freeze my ass off
pick up all of the food from our house
go to the In Laws to make dinner and do a birthday party
Come home
Watch Chelsea Lately
Watch Craig Ferguson
Go to bed
I think I would rather be at work. That seems like an awful lot of stuff for a day off. I don't work that hard at work.
6. I don't like any guy singers that sound like chicks. Like the guy from Train. I think that's the group. I don't listen to them but I hear their music on tv sometimes. I'm not a fan. No man should sing in a higher voice than most women.
7. Did you know that Celine Dion dropped out of school at the tender age of 12 and became a lounge singer. Then she was introduced to her old man husband and he basically called her a troll. He said she was ugly and made her do all this stuff to make her more "attractive". Krystal and I were watching some show about her for some reason the other day and that is what we got out of it. I'm not stating all of that as fact but that is what I got out of it. I was only paying attention about 7% of the time.
8. I've said it before and I will say it until the day I die. I wish I had a little person friend. I would make them dress up as an elf for xmas.
9. I've been watching what is going on with the cubs lately. They are looking at getting some new players and getting rid of some current players. It sounds like Mark DeRosa might be on the chopping block. I'm kinda sad about that. I wish Jim Hendry would call me and ask me my opinion on the matter. I would get rid of a few others before DeRo. He saved the Cubs asses last year and now we are going to kick him to the curb. Whatever. Reed Johnson is safe for at least another year so I guess I'm ok with it. I get too emotionally invested in the team during the season then when they go and change up the team during the off season I miss the old players and resent the new ones. They usually wear on me though.
10.I'm bored with this and I need my rest for all of this crazyness going on tomorrow. Good night to all and to all a good night. Over and out.
Friday, December 5, 2008
This and That
1. Why is it that my bed is so much more comfortable when my alarm is going off? My bed is like sleeping on a cloud but when my alarm goes off it is the best place in the world. Does anyone else feel that way? Not about my bed but about your own.
2. It makes me sick to see parents chain smoking in a car with a child. It doesn't matter to me if the window is rolled down or not. It just makes me sick.
3. I can tie a tie both on myself or on someone else. I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority there. It seems like most people can do it one way or another but not both.
4. I'm almost done Christmas shopping. Neener Neener Neener.
5. I finally talked Zeth into getting the upside down Christmas tree and when went to buy it they were all sold out. This year we are going to have a real tree and hopefully next year I'll get the one I want. This is what an upside down christmas tree looks like.
6. I'm working on planning a vacation to Arizona in March. We are going to go down to visit Zeth's Aunt Barb for spring training. Just so happens the week we are going they don't have many games. I think we are going to take a few days and head up to the Grand Canyon and maybe hit Sedona on the way.
7. I am turning 20-10 in 32 days. I'm having a birthday party on January 3rd. It's going to be an 80's theme so dig out your parachute pants and cut Members Only jacket. Dust off that crimper and those LA Gear hi-tops. We're gonna party like it's 1984.
8. I hope everyone had a happy and healthy Thanksgiving. I survived all of mine.
9. I really hate those commercials that promote different razors and shaving mechanisms. I hate how they show someone shaving their legs and they jerk the razor really fast and act like they cut themselves. I don't know who does that when they are shaving. If you shave like that then you deserve to get cut and maybe you need to be taught how to properly use the razor. Just sayin...
10. I'm kinda already tired of winter and it really only started a week ago. I know it snowed like 3 weeks ago but it didn't stick. The last week or so it has stuck and I'm tired of it. Yesterday I shoveled the entire driveway, our sidewalk, our neighbors sidewalk to the corner and the sidewalk of the old people who live next to us that won't acknowledge the fact that I'm alive. I thought that was very nice of me since they won't look at or speak to me. A-holes.
11. Zeth refuses to believe that he snores so a few minutes ago I video taped him snoring. I know he will deny it saying it was my making noises but its true. He snores LOUD!
12. Tom Cruise is an idiot.
13. I'm not saying that I'm a Tom Arnold superfan but I really don't like the fact that Access Hollywood is exploiting his sexual abuse as a child. Nancy O'Dell is prying into his personal life and asking extremely inappropriate and personal questions that nobody should ask him for entertainment value. She kept asking him if the person who abused him penetrated him. What the hell? I'm not sure that is something he needs to be sharing with an entertainment show. It sounds more like something he should talk to a therapist about.
14. I wish I knew Chelsea Handler in person. Her and I would be Super Best Friends. Her and I are like 2 peas in a pod. Chuy cracks me up also. Everytime that little nugget opens his mouth I laugh so hard I almost cry. Like the other day Chelsea said that it freaks Chuy out when people lose a lot of weight. When she asked him why it freaks him out he busts out with "I like big butts and I can not lie" while doing the cabbage patch dance. How can you not laugh at a mexican little person doing that?
It's 1 am and I'm tired so I'm going to bed. I think I gave everyone a little something to think about after reading this. Actually I didn't. I'm pretty sure the 1 1/2 persons who read this will forget everything I've said before they even get to this point but I'm glad you wasted 4 minutes of your life reading my brain vomit.
2. It makes me sick to see parents chain smoking in a car with a child. It doesn't matter to me if the window is rolled down or not. It just makes me sick.
3. I can tie a tie both on myself or on someone else. I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority there. It seems like most people can do it one way or another but not both.
4. I'm almost done Christmas shopping. Neener Neener Neener.
5. I finally talked Zeth into getting the upside down Christmas tree and when went to buy it they were all sold out. This year we are going to have a real tree and hopefully next year I'll get the one I want. This is what an upside down christmas tree looks like.
6. I'm working on planning a vacation to Arizona in March. We are going to go down to visit Zeth's Aunt Barb for spring training. Just so happens the week we are going they don't have many games. I think we are going to take a few days and head up to the Grand Canyon and maybe hit Sedona on the way.
7. I am turning 20-10 in 32 days. I'm having a birthday party on January 3rd. It's going to be an 80's theme so dig out your parachute pants and cut Members Only jacket. Dust off that crimper and those LA Gear hi-tops. We're gonna party like it's 1984.
8. I hope everyone had a happy and healthy Thanksgiving. I survived all of mine.
9. I really hate those commercials that promote different razors and shaving mechanisms. I hate how they show someone shaving their legs and they jerk the razor really fast and act like they cut themselves. I don't know who does that when they are shaving. If you shave like that then you deserve to get cut and maybe you need to be taught how to properly use the razor. Just sayin...
10. I'm kinda already tired of winter and it really only started a week ago. I know it snowed like 3 weeks ago but it didn't stick. The last week or so it has stuck and I'm tired of it. Yesterday I shoveled the entire driveway, our sidewalk, our neighbors sidewalk to the corner and the sidewalk of the old people who live next to us that won't acknowledge the fact that I'm alive. I thought that was very nice of me since they won't look at or speak to me. A-holes.
11. Zeth refuses to believe that he snores so a few minutes ago I video taped him snoring. I know he will deny it saying it was my making noises but its true. He snores LOUD!
12. Tom Cruise is an idiot.
13. I'm not saying that I'm a Tom Arnold superfan but I really don't like the fact that Access Hollywood is exploiting his sexual abuse as a child. Nancy O'Dell is prying into his personal life and asking extremely inappropriate and personal questions that nobody should ask him for entertainment value. She kept asking him if the person who abused him penetrated him. What the hell? I'm not sure that is something he needs to be sharing with an entertainment show. It sounds more like something he should talk to a therapist about.
14. I wish I knew Chelsea Handler in person. Her and I would be Super Best Friends. Her and I are like 2 peas in a pod. Chuy cracks me up also. Everytime that little nugget opens his mouth I laugh so hard I almost cry. Like the other day Chelsea said that it freaks Chuy out when people lose a lot of weight. When she asked him why it freaks him out he busts out with "I like big butts and I can not lie" while doing the cabbage patch dance. How can you not laugh at a mexican little person doing that?
It's 1 am and I'm tired so I'm going to bed. I think I gave everyone a little something to think about after reading this. Actually I didn't. I'm pretty sure the 1 1/2 persons who read this will forget everything I've said before they even get to this point but I'm glad you wasted 4 minutes of your life reading my brain vomit.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Kiss me, I'm Shitfaced. I'm soaked, I'm soiled and brown.
So friends I am pretty excited right now. That is why I'm posting a blog at 1:00am on a Thursday morning.
I went to see the Dropkick Murphys tonight. It was pretty much the most amazing thing in the world. I'll start at the beginning so hang in there. It gets more exciting.
So I was going to go with Jenny but that kinda fell through so I went with Tiffany from work. We got there and waited in the car until they opened (so we thought) the doors. We got out and went up there but they hadn't opened the doors yet. We were standing out there and it was only 30 degrees. It was so cold. I was shaking in areas I didn't know I could shake. Finally they opened the door. Much to my surprise I didn't get felt up by anyone upon entering. We got in and scoped out the best spot to watch the show. The opening band came on. They were called Everybody Out. They were actually very enjoyable. I would think about aquiring some of their music. After that band we decided to go to the other side of the stage. We were up front against the baracade but off the the side in the "safe zone". I'm too old for that moshing business. The 2nd band came on, Angel City Outcasts. I could do without them. They were dressed with some snazz and pazazz. Finally it was time for Dropkick Murphys to come on.
The crowd was chanting "LETS GO MURPHYS (clap clap clapclapclap)" over and over. They had their opening music and finally they came out. The show was amazing. Al Barr was looking the best I've ever seen him look. YUM! and I've never really thought that before. They obviously sang a lot of their new stuff. I prefer their old stuff but they had a good mix. The sang a song about the celebrities in Boston basically saying your star will fade.
THEN....THEN....THEN...THE BEST PART......Tiffany and I were standing there against the baracade and Ken Casey was talking about how "This next song is for the ladies" when I feel someone tapping my arm. I look and its the security guard. He was pointing at the stage. I was like "WHAT???". He pointed at me and pointed at the stage and mouthed "WANNA GO?" UMMMM HELL TO THE YES I WANNA GO ON STAGE WITH THE DROPKICK FREAKIN MURPHYS. So Tiffany and I go around the baracade and shimmy our way up onstage. Tiffany had a little problem getting up there because the stage was really high and we're not. We got up there and we were singing. Tiffany didn't know the song and she said "This would be so much more awesome if I knew the song" but I was on it. I knew the song. I sang my heart out. I jumped my butt off. I owned that stage for the whole 4 minutes. It's amazing how hard it is to hear the song when you are up there. Now I understand why they have those little earbuds. It's not very often that I am invited up on stage to sing with on of my favorite bands. Ok so I'm never invited to go on stage with my favorite bands. I got a little thrown off during the verses because it was so loud and we were all jumping but you know I screamed "KISS ME I'M SHITFACED. I'M SOAKED I'M SOILED AND BROWN IN THE TROUSERS SHE KISSED ME AND I ONLY BOUGHT HER ONE ROUND" and I definitely screamed the "...IN THE TROUSERS IT WAS TINY" part. Ken Casey was over by us for that part. It was awesome. No stage fright here. I didn't even think twice about getting up there. I was rockin out by the new guitarist in the band. As I was jumping I kept jumping on his foot. Poor guy. I kept telling him I was sorry but I don't think he could hear me. I was also right by the other guitarist James. Ken Casey and Al Barr came over and sang by us. It was amazing. Just because of that I have to say it was the most amazing concert I've been to. As much as I love my Social Distortion and Rancid, they have never invited me onstage. Although at Warped when I met Tim Armstrong from Rancid he asked me what song I wanted him to sing. When they came on stage it was the first song they sang. I like to think it was for me. Don't burst my bubble party poopers. I'm going to believe it was for me and there is nothing you can say to change my mind. Back to tonight. So the song was over and they ushered us all off stage on the opposite side of where we jumped up at so we made a beeline back over to our spot and I was shocked. Nobody else had taken it. It was still open and it was a prime spot. We stood there for the rest of the show. For the last few songs of their set they always let people up on stage to sing and mosh with them. I wanted to get back up there but the security guard wouldn't let us back around the baracade. We would have had to push our way through the moshpit and hop over the baracade and then up on stage. That would have been a lot of work so we just kicked it in our VIP spot. I will definitely see DKM again. Hopefully they make their way back this way again soon so I won't have to travel to see them.
All of that made me think that I should have been a rockstar. When I was little I always thought I would be a rockstar. It's too bad the Skittish Pixies never took off. That was the band Jenny and I formed. Jenny played guitar and I played bass. We never had a formal drummer which was a problem and neither one of us were all that great at our instruments but practice makes perfect. Since I wasn't enjoying the music of the 2nd band all that much I was really watching the bassist. He was very good. I think it's kinda fun now that I know how to play (kinda) to watch other professional musicians do their work and I'm always in aww of what they can do. By far, hands down, without a doubt, Matt Freeman from Rancid is my bass player hero. That man has mad skills. All I can do is watch him and know that I'm not worthy.
I guess that's it. I need to go to sleep because it's going on 1:30 am and I am going to work in a few hours. I just wanted to get all of my excitement out tonight. It might make me fall asleep faster. Lord knows I won't hear anything for a few days. Someone could break into my house and take things from my nightstand and I wouldn't know it.
I went to see the Dropkick Murphys tonight. It was pretty much the most amazing thing in the world. I'll start at the beginning so hang in there. It gets more exciting.
So I was going to go with Jenny but that kinda fell through so I went with Tiffany from work. We got there and waited in the car until they opened (so we thought) the doors. We got out and went up there but they hadn't opened the doors yet. We were standing out there and it was only 30 degrees. It was so cold. I was shaking in areas I didn't know I could shake. Finally they opened the door. Much to my surprise I didn't get felt up by anyone upon entering. We got in and scoped out the best spot to watch the show. The opening band came on. They were called Everybody Out. They were actually very enjoyable. I would think about aquiring some of their music. After that band we decided to go to the other side of the stage. We were up front against the baracade but off the the side in the "safe zone". I'm too old for that moshing business. The 2nd band came on, Angel City Outcasts. I could do without them. They were dressed with some snazz and pazazz. Finally it was time for Dropkick Murphys to come on.
The crowd was chanting "LETS GO MURPHYS (clap clap clapclapclap)" over and over. They had their opening music and finally they came out. The show was amazing. Al Barr was looking the best I've ever seen him look. YUM! and I've never really thought that before. They obviously sang a lot of their new stuff. I prefer their old stuff but they had a good mix. The sang a song about the celebrities in Boston basically saying your star will fade.
THEN....THEN....THEN...THE BEST PART......Tiffany and I were standing there against the baracade and Ken Casey was talking about how "This next song is for the ladies" when I feel someone tapping my arm. I look and its the security guard. He was pointing at the stage. I was like "WHAT???". He pointed at me and pointed at the stage and mouthed "WANNA GO?" UMMMM HELL TO THE YES I WANNA GO ON STAGE WITH THE DROPKICK FREAKIN MURPHYS. So Tiffany and I go around the baracade and shimmy our way up onstage. Tiffany had a little problem getting up there because the stage was really high and we're not. We got up there and we were singing. Tiffany didn't know the song and she said "This would be so much more awesome if I knew the song" but I was on it. I knew the song. I sang my heart out. I jumped my butt off. I owned that stage for the whole 4 minutes. It's amazing how hard it is to hear the song when you are up there. Now I understand why they have those little earbuds. It's not very often that I am invited up on stage to sing with on of my favorite bands. Ok so I'm never invited to go on stage with my favorite bands. I got a little thrown off during the verses because it was so loud and we were all jumping but you know I screamed "KISS ME I'M SHITFACED. I'M SOAKED I'M SOILED AND BROWN IN THE TROUSERS SHE KISSED ME AND I ONLY BOUGHT HER ONE ROUND" and I definitely screamed the "...IN THE TROUSERS IT WAS TINY" part. Ken Casey was over by us for that part. It was awesome. No stage fright here. I didn't even think twice about getting up there. I was rockin out by the new guitarist in the band. As I was jumping I kept jumping on his foot. Poor guy. I kept telling him I was sorry but I don't think he could hear me. I was also right by the other guitarist James. Ken Casey and Al Barr came over and sang by us. It was amazing. Just because of that I have to say it was the most amazing concert I've been to. As much as I love my Social Distortion and Rancid, they have never invited me onstage. Although at Warped when I met Tim Armstrong from Rancid he asked me what song I wanted him to sing. When they came on stage it was the first song they sang. I like to think it was for me. Don't burst my bubble party poopers. I'm going to believe it was for me and there is nothing you can say to change my mind. Back to tonight. So the song was over and they ushered us all off stage on the opposite side of where we jumped up at so we made a beeline back over to our spot and I was shocked. Nobody else had taken it. It was still open and it was a prime spot. We stood there for the rest of the show. For the last few songs of their set they always let people up on stage to sing and mosh with them. I wanted to get back up there but the security guard wouldn't let us back around the baracade. We would have had to push our way through the moshpit and hop over the baracade and then up on stage. That would have been a lot of work so we just kicked it in our VIP spot. I will definitely see DKM again. Hopefully they make their way back this way again soon so I won't have to travel to see them.
All of that made me think that I should have been a rockstar. When I was little I always thought I would be a rockstar. It's too bad the Skittish Pixies never took off. That was the band Jenny and I formed. Jenny played guitar and I played bass. We never had a formal drummer which was a problem and neither one of us were all that great at our instruments but practice makes perfect. Since I wasn't enjoying the music of the 2nd band all that much I was really watching the bassist. He was very good. I think it's kinda fun now that I know how to play (kinda) to watch other professional musicians do their work and I'm always in aww of what they can do. By far, hands down, without a doubt, Matt Freeman from Rancid is my bass player hero. That man has mad skills. All I can do is watch him and know that I'm not worthy.
I guess that's it. I need to go to sleep because it's going on 1:30 am and I am going to work in a few hours. I just wanted to get all of my excitement out tonight. It might make me fall asleep faster. Lord knows I won't hear anything for a few days. Someone could break into my house and take things from my nightstand and I wouldn't know it.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
America the Beautiful
Well the election is FINALLY over. We won't have to hear anymore campaigning for about 10 more months. Then they will start in on 2012.
Congrats to Obama. Although he wasn't my first choice he was the one I voted for. I think everyone in the country is ready for some change. We have no idea what the future holds for us but I think we all agree that something needs to change. I think either way the election went we would have had change. All I know is that this country can't continue in the direction it has been going for the last 8 years.
I didn't agree with McCain on most of the main issues but I do respect him as a person and for what he has gone through for our country. I think he shot himself in the foot when he chose Sarah Palin as a running mate. She is an idiot and I would have been scared to death if she had any more power than she has right now. I think she is really shady. If you do research on her there are many obvious red flags. I'm very happy that she won't do for the United States what she has done for Alaska.
I think it is important for the American people to support the president even if it isn't the person they voted for. I haven't agreed with anything George Bush has done but I've (tried to) always respect him as our president.
Congrats to Obama and Biden.
Congrats to Obama. Although he wasn't my first choice he was the one I voted for. I think everyone in the country is ready for some change. We have no idea what the future holds for us but I think we all agree that something needs to change. I think either way the election went we would have had change. All I know is that this country can't continue in the direction it has been going for the last 8 years.
I didn't agree with McCain on most of the main issues but I do respect him as a person and for what he has gone through for our country. I think he shot himself in the foot when he chose Sarah Palin as a running mate. She is an idiot and I would have been scared to death if she had any more power than she has right now. I think she is really shady. If you do research on her there are many obvious red flags. I'm very happy that she won't do for the United States what she has done for Alaska.
I think it is important for the American people to support the president even if it isn't the person they voted for. I haven't agreed with anything George Bush has done but I've (tried to) always respect him as our president.
Congrats to Obama and Biden.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Never paint your boobs. I'm never gonna paint my boobs again. It's not worth it.
(I didn't paint my boobs. It was a quote from The Girls Next Door. I just want to get that straight)
So my grandpas wife passed away about a month ago. That has left me, my sister and my dad to clean out the house that has had stuff crammed in it for the past 50 years. I had no idea that one house could have so much shit shoved in every nook and cranny. We found canceled checks from 1941. We even found a christmas card from 1918. No lie. My grandparents owned a hardware store for 30 years and they kept every receipt and every piece of paper that ever went through that store. It is just ridic. It's been very interesting though. We found a TV from 1952 and an old phonograph machine that still works.
For the past month my days have been consumed by that house. I feel like every waking moment that I'm not at work I'm out there. We are getting really close to being done though. I painted for 20 hours last week. I had no idea their living room was so big. I spent 10 hours just on that room. It looks so much better though so it's worth every ache and pain.
Sunday we had a get together out there. We did a little garage sale without the sale part. It was more of a give away. We invited the rest of the family and some friends out to go through all of the stuff we don't want so we had less to give to goodwill. I'm shocked that there wasnt enough stuff for an auction or something like that but the stuff that is left isn't worth a garage sale. I figure if we can't give it away nobody is going to buy it.
We did find some really fun things out there. Like every pair of glasses they ever owned.
Example A
Example B
Example C
Example D
We also found some fun hats
Example A (my sister)
Example B
Example C
Example D
Example E
My favorite thing that we came across was this lovely Owl Costume. I know you are jealous. It's ok. Green looks good on you.
That is what I have for you this time. Enjoy!
So my grandpas wife passed away about a month ago. That has left me, my sister and my dad to clean out the house that has had stuff crammed in it for the past 50 years. I had no idea that one house could have so much shit shoved in every nook and cranny. We found canceled checks from 1941. We even found a christmas card from 1918. No lie. My grandparents owned a hardware store for 30 years and they kept every receipt and every piece of paper that ever went through that store. It is just ridic. It's been very interesting though. We found a TV from 1952 and an old phonograph machine that still works.
For the past month my days have been consumed by that house. I feel like every waking moment that I'm not at work I'm out there. We are getting really close to being done though. I painted for 20 hours last week. I had no idea their living room was so big. I spent 10 hours just on that room. It looks so much better though so it's worth every ache and pain.
Sunday we had a get together out there. We did a little garage sale without the sale part. It was more of a give away. We invited the rest of the family and some friends out to go through all of the stuff we don't want so we had less to give to goodwill. I'm shocked that there wasnt enough stuff for an auction or something like that but the stuff that is left isn't worth a garage sale. I figure if we can't give it away nobody is going to buy it.
We did find some really fun things out there. Like every pair of glasses they ever owned.
Example A
Example B
Example C
Example D
We also found some fun hats
Example A (my sister)
Example B
Example C
Example D
Example E
My favorite thing that we came across was this lovely Owl Costume. I know you are jealous. It's ok. Green looks good on you.
That is what I have for you this time. Enjoy!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Riiiiiight. Uh huh. I believe it. NOT!!!!
Nicole Kidman credits fertile water with pregnancy
Sept. 23, 2008, 9:46 PM EST
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman said swimming in Australian Outback "fertility waters" during production of her latest film may have contributed to her unexpected pregnancy over the past year.
The 41-year-old Aussie, who gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose in July, said she and six other women who swam in the waters of a small Outback town during production of the epic romance "Australia" fell pregnant.
"I never thought that I would get pregnant and give birth to a child, but it happened on this movie," Kidman told The Australian Women's Weekly in an exclusive interview for the magazine's 75th anniversary edition, released Wednesday.
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She fell pregnant? How does that happen? Did she trip over a pile of sperm and somehow it made it's way to her egg?
"I never thought that I would get pregnant and give birth to a child, but it happened on this movie," WTF???? What did she think she was going to give birth to? When someone gets pregnant it USUALLY results in a child. I've never seen a human give birth to a kangaroo. Honestly though, I don't think she was pregnant. I think she faked it and someone else had her baby for her. I think she used a fake belly. Hey Kidman, if you believe in fertility waters I've got a gallon jug from the fountain of youth I'll sell ya. It's full of botox and collogen. Oh wait, she already has plenty of that.
Sept. 23, 2008, 9:46 PM EST
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman said swimming in Australian Outback "fertility waters" during production of her latest film may have contributed to her unexpected pregnancy over the past year.
The 41-year-old Aussie, who gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose in July, said she and six other women who swam in the waters of a small Outback town during production of the epic romance "Australia" fell pregnant.
"I never thought that I would get pregnant and give birth to a child, but it happened on this movie," Kidman told The Australian Women's Weekly in an exclusive interview for the magazine's 75th anniversary edition, released Wednesday.
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She fell pregnant? How does that happen? Did she trip over a pile of sperm and somehow it made it's way to her egg?
"I never thought that I would get pregnant and give birth to a child, but it happened on this movie," WTF???? What did she think she was going to give birth to? When someone gets pregnant it USUALLY results in a child. I've never seen a human give birth to a kangaroo. Honestly though, I don't think she was pregnant. I think she faked it and someone else had her baby for her. I think she used a fake belly. Hey Kidman, if you believe in fertility waters I've got a gallon jug from the fountain of youth I'll sell ya. It's full of botox and collogen. Oh wait, she already has plenty of that.
Friday, September 19, 2008
I know how to pick 'em
My 6th grade boyfriend is currently in jail complete with a neck tattoo and a $50,000 bond for intent to deliver Meth. I guess he wasn't going to sell it because he didn't get busted for a tax stamp. I didn't really like him. I was forced to be his "girlfriend" by my friends. It lasted all of maybe 3 weeks but we did smooch. Just a few pecks. No tonsil hockey with him. It was pretty much true love. I wonder where that relationship went wrong? Another boy that liked me around that same time went to jail for shooting someone or trying to shoot someone. I'm not sure which one. I really knew how to attract the winners, didn't I?
DWTS
I'm sitting here watching The View and I just saw a commercial for the new season of Dancing with the Stars. It was the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. It was all the guys dancing to Right Said Fred's "I'm too sexy". I'm going to say right now that I don't think any of those men are sexy. I think they are all very creepy. They look like they should be all greased up and in a calendar. You know what I'm talking about. Those calendars that are full of creepy greased up men wearing g-strings and posing in uncomfortable positions but it doesn't matter if they are uncomfortable because that position makes their muscles look just right. I'm going to go as far as saying that in most of those calendars 11 out of 12 months those men have the creepiest faces I've ever seen. I guess their face isn't what most people are looking at though. In my opinion there hasn't been a sexy male dancer since Johnny Castle. Just sayin, if there were a 12 month calendar of Patrick Swayze I know who would have one. My friend Jenny. I would buy her one for xmas. That is a good idea. Maybe I'll make her one. I think her ancestors were from Swayzesgay, Georgia. Inside joke. The funny part is she doesn't even read this so I'm just writing it to make myself laugh. HA!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
sleepless nights
It's shortly after 1 am and I can't sleep. 12 hours ago my brothers were having their Surprise 50th birthday party that I wasn't invited to. Oh wait, yes I was. Only after my dad called one of their wives to bring it to her attention that I hadn't been invited. I finally got my invitation in the mail less than 48 hours before the party. Family shouldn't be an afterthought.
I don't have the kind of job where I can just leave early for a birthday party with short notice. I wasn't able to go to the party. If I would have known about the party a week ago I could have gone. You have no idea how much that hurt me. NO IDEA. I was the only one that wasn't there. There were family members from Texas that made the trip for this party. There was a cousin there that I hadn't seen in 13 years that I didn't get to see because I DIDN'T GET AN INVITATION on time. I shouldn't have to beg for an invitation to my own brothers' party. Hell, my dad's ex wife and her family were even invited. I saw pictures and video of the party. Looked fun, wish I could have made it.
As if I wasn't in enough pain from not being able to attend I got another whammy. Nobody stuck up for me at the party. I was told that the boys would know that I wanted to be there but since I had to beg for an invitation at the last minute I wasn't able to attend. That messege didn't get relayed. I was let down today. I've had so many emotions tonight. I've felt hurt, let down, disappointed, anger, RAGE, regret, left out, etc.
I've cried so much tonight that my eyes hurt. They are swollen. All I want to do is go to sleep but I can't. I have so many thoughts running through my head that I can't relax enough to go to sleep. I can't remember the last time I cried for this many hours in one night. The hardest part is being let down by someone that I didn't think would do that to me. I'm supposed to understand why my messege wasn't delivered but I can't. I just asked one simple thing. Please let them know why I wasn't there. Let them know that it wasn't my fault. That didn't happen. I look like the asshole. I look like I don't care enough to get time off work for my brothers birthday. I'm hurt but the hardest part is the feeling of disappoinment.
I don't have the kind of job where I can just leave early for a birthday party with short notice. I wasn't able to go to the party. If I would have known about the party a week ago I could have gone. You have no idea how much that hurt me. NO IDEA. I was the only one that wasn't there. There were family members from Texas that made the trip for this party. There was a cousin there that I hadn't seen in 13 years that I didn't get to see because I DIDN'T GET AN INVITATION on time. I shouldn't have to beg for an invitation to my own brothers' party. Hell, my dad's ex wife and her family were even invited. I saw pictures and video of the party. Looked fun, wish I could have made it.
As if I wasn't in enough pain from not being able to attend I got another whammy. Nobody stuck up for me at the party. I was told that the boys would know that I wanted to be there but since I had to beg for an invitation at the last minute I wasn't able to attend. That messege didn't get relayed. I was let down today. I've had so many emotions tonight. I've felt hurt, let down, disappointed, anger, RAGE, regret, left out, etc.
I've cried so much tonight that my eyes hurt. They are swollen. All I want to do is go to sleep but I can't. I have so many thoughts running through my head that I can't relax enough to go to sleep. I can't remember the last time I cried for this many hours in one night. The hardest part is being let down by someone that I didn't think would do that to me. I'm supposed to understand why my messege wasn't delivered but I can't. I just asked one simple thing. Please let them know why I wasn't there. Let them know that it wasn't my fault. That didn't happen. I look like the asshole. I look like I don't care enough to get time off work for my brothers birthday. I'm hurt but the hardest part is the feeling of disappoinment.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
All we need is a DINK and a BOMB!!!!!!
So as I'm sitting watching the Cubs game I figure there is no time like the present to finally get on that blog about the game. Not that anyone really cares but whatev.
To pick up where I left off in my last Chicago Blog. They finally opened the gates and we all got through the security checks and started filing in. I had no idea people took it so seriously. There were all kinds of people RUNNING up the ramp to get to the bleachers. Since we didn't really know what we were doing we just continued walking. We got there and had the discussion for a minute of where do you want to sit? I don't care, where do you want to sit? I don't care. Finally I took the lead and sat us down. We were in left center field. 5 rows up from the field on the aisle. Pretty good seats if you ask me. We watched batting practice and such.
When we were sitting there waiting for the game to start Jim Edmonds, I believe, threw a ball up into the crowd. The guy in front of us caught it. His wife was off getting something to drink or something. He was so excited and didn't have anyone to tell so he decided he would take a picture of himself with the ball.
There were a man and woman sitting behind us. The woman was behind me. She obviously knew everything there was to know about everything and the guy knew nothing. She had no problems informing him on every detail of the game. He made the mistake of trying to give Zambrano the nickname Zambrani. She wasn't having it. Everytime he would say it she would correct him and say "NO it's BIG Z" Whatever. First inning starts. Soriano hit a homerun in the first. Everyone jumped up and cheered. In the process the "smart" bitch behind spilled beer all over my back. I understand it was an accident. I don't doubt that at all. The part that really pissed me off was she never said she was sorry. I would have accepted her apology. NOOO. She must have had the longest legs ever because she obviously needed all her leg room and all of my seating area for those mile long legs. She dug her knee into my spine continuously. I just leaned back and rubbed that beer all over her knees. I know that since we were in the bleachers people would bump me. No problem. It was the constant digging into my vertebrae that was annoying me. Then at one point she said "uh oh, everything is spinning. I feel like I'm gonna puke" I don't know if any of you have had someone sitting above you say that but it is not a good feeling. I was worried that I was going to have regergatated beer on my back. Then her and the guy kept saying the phrase "I got your (enter double en tundra)" Example. "I got your 2 balls" Could mean the pitch count or, well, ya know. That would be funny. Well they were saying that about everything. At one point, and I'm not making this up, she said "I've heard Edmonds can be a jerk sometimes". The guy comes back with "I got your sometimes" WHAT? What does that even mean? I was more than annoyed. Oh, then she kept saying "This person sucks balls". The self portrait people left and I had one too many jabs to the back. I finally yelled "I CAN'T HANDLE ANY MORE OF THIS SHIT" and moved down a row. So what does the bitch do? She kicks her feet up on my seat between Zeth and Jenny. I was pist.
Zambrano's first pitch.
Mark DeRosa, Jim Edmonds, Alfonso Soriano
Mark DeRosa
Ok, done with her. Another fun experience. I thought going into the bleachers that there would be a bunch of drunk obnoxious 20-something guys I would have to deal with. Not the case. The drunk obnoxious person happened to be a drunk 60-something woman. She was sitting in the next section over and needed to use the restroom. As she was walking through the row she was grabbing all of the people by the head. I thought she knew them and was messing with them (something i would do). By the look on their faces it was clear she did NOT know them. She got to the aisle and stood there for a minute. You could tell by that glossy eyed not really focused on anything look on her face that she had passed 3 sheets to the wind. She was probably closer to 7 or 8 sheets. She walked up one row and fell backwards and rolled over the girl 2 rows in front of me. Just took her out. The girl had no idea it was coming. So she stood back up and had her hands out to balance her while she said "OK 1...2...3..." like she was regaining composure. Nope. One more step and she took out the kid in front of me with the same stunt. At this point I'm thinking I'm next so I had my hands out to catch her. The usher took control of the situation and was helping her up the stairs. About 7 rows up she fell again and took someone out. She peed (i assume) and made it back without too much incident. It was fun and sad to watch. We were only in about the 3rd or 4th inning.
MY FAVE REED JOHNSON BATTING. Hey cubs fans. Can you find the guy with season tickets who always wears the green shirt and pink hat?
You can't quiet THE-RIOT
Alfonso "waste of $136 mil" Soriano
There was also a couple that got thrown out of the game.I guess the girl had gotten upset with him for some reason because she had gotten out of her seat. Walked past about 10 people in their row and yelled at him from the aisle "I'M GOING HOME RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!" The NOW came out with that high pitched I'm getting ready to cry voice. She got really pist when when the guy waved at her. She took off back through the row as 3 ushers took off for her. They don't take lightly to cursing and attacking people I'm guessing. She was on top of this guy ready to knock his lights out. They escorted both of them out. As they were leaving the guy was saying "I'm just trying to enjoy the game" I guess he would be enjoying the rest of the game from the privacy of his own home cause he was OUTTA THERE!
Bored Bull Pen
Jenny was pretty much the coolest person in the bleachers
The game was tied 7-7 in the 9th. We were going into extra innings. 10th inning comes and goes. Still tied. Top of the 11th inning this guy comes out of nowhere to sit in front of us. He was FIRED UP! Jenny and I refer to him as Jerry. Jerry was on fire. He was yelling and trying to start the "LETS GO CUBBIES" chant. He just yelled and yelled.The usher actually told him he needed to quiet down. Then he made the mistake of yelling "WHAT IF THIS WAS THE 7TH GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES? WOULD YOU ALL BE SITTING ON YOUR FUCKIN HANDS" Like I said earlier, the ushers don't take cursing lightly. The usher was ready to kick him out right then but somehow Jerry convinced him to give him another chance. Everyone around him kept saying "but its not the 7th game of the world series" By this time Houston had scored so it was 9-7 Astros. We were defeated. At that point we were all ready for the game to be over so we could leave with our tails between our legs. Not Jerry. He wasn't going to give up. Nooo way! He kept yelling "ALL WE NEED IS A DINK AND A BOMB. A DINK AND A BOMB" I kept antagonizing him. He said something about it being the bottom of the 9th inning. I had to say "Well next time it's the bottom of the 9th we'll talk about it" He just said "Oh come on, you know what I mean" At one point Jenny and I decided to help Jerry cheer. We got up and started yelling just to make fun of him. Everyone thought it was funny. Everyone except for Zeth the fun hater. He got mad and yelled at me. Then he was trying to ump the game. He was all off on his balls and strikes but he was trying. Everyone kept asking him to leave and the usher again told him he needed to quiet down because he was ruining the game for everyone. Then he asked "can I yell Houston sucks? Will I get kicked out if I say Houston sucks?" The usher said he wouldn't get kicked out. Well duh, we were getting swept by Houston. Go ahead and yell that they suck. Anyway, nobody could get Jerry to leave. Finally the 12ish year old boy who got taken out by the drunk woman turned around and said "THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER SEATS HERE. GO SIT SOMEWHERE ELSE" Talk about leaving with a tail between his legs. Jerry just got up and walked away. We all congradulated the kid on having the balls to tell Jerry what's up.
That is my story and I'm stickin to it.
By the way, the Cubs won tonight.
To pick up where I left off in my last Chicago Blog. They finally opened the gates and we all got through the security checks and started filing in. I had no idea people took it so seriously. There were all kinds of people RUNNING up the ramp to get to the bleachers. Since we didn't really know what we were doing we just continued walking. We got there and had the discussion for a minute of where do you want to sit? I don't care, where do you want to sit? I don't care. Finally I took the lead and sat us down. We were in left center field. 5 rows up from the field on the aisle. Pretty good seats if you ask me. We watched batting practice and such.
When we were sitting there waiting for the game to start Jim Edmonds, I believe, threw a ball up into the crowd. The guy in front of us caught it. His wife was off getting something to drink or something. He was so excited and didn't have anyone to tell so he decided he would take a picture of himself with the ball.
There were a man and woman sitting behind us. The woman was behind me. She obviously knew everything there was to know about everything and the guy knew nothing. She had no problems informing him on every detail of the game. He made the mistake of trying to give Zambrano the nickname Zambrani. She wasn't having it. Everytime he would say it she would correct him and say "NO it's BIG Z" Whatever. First inning starts. Soriano hit a homerun in the first. Everyone jumped up and cheered. In the process the "smart" bitch behind spilled beer all over my back. I understand it was an accident. I don't doubt that at all. The part that really pissed me off was she never said she was sorry. I would have accepted her apology. NOOO. She must have had the longest legs ever because she obviously needed all her leg room and all of my seating area for those mile long legs. She dug her knee into my spine continuously. I just leaned back and rubbed that beer all over her knees. I know that since we were in the bleachers people would bump me. No problem. It was the constant digging into my vertebrae that was annoying me. Then at one point she said "uh oh, everything is spinning. I feel like I'm gonna puke" I don't know if any of you have had someone sitting above you say that but it is not a good feeling. I was worried that I was going to have regergatated beer on my back. Then her and the guy kept saying the phrase "I got your (enter double en tundra)" Example. "I got your 2 balls" Could mean the pitch count or, well, ya know. That would be funny. Well they were saying that about everything. At one point, and I'm not making this up, she said "I've heard Edmonds can be a jerk sometimes". The guy comes back with "I got your sometimes" WHAT? What does that even mean? I was more than annoyed. Oh, then she kept saying "This person sucks balls". The self portrait people left and I had one too many jabs to the back. I finally yelled "I CAN'T HANDLE ANY MORE OF THIS SHIT" and moved down a row. So what does the bitch do? She kicks her feet up on my seat between Zeth and Jenny. I was pist.
Zambrano's first pitch.
Mark DeRosa, Jim Edmonds, Alfonso Soriano
Mark DeRosa
Ok, done with her. Another fun experience. I thought going into the bleachers that there would be a bunch of drunk obnoxious 20-something guys I would have to deal with. Not the case. The drunk obnoxious person happened to be a drunk 60-something woman. She was sitting in the next section over and needed to use the restroom. As she was walking through the row she was grabbing all of the people by the head. I thought she knew them and was messing with them (something i would do). By the look on their faces it was clear she did NOT know them. She got to the aisle and stood there for a minute. You could tell by that glossy eyed not really focused on anything look on her face that she had passed 3 sheets to the wind. She was probably closer to 7 or 8 sheets. She walked up one row and fell backwards and rolled over the girl 2 rows in front of me. Just took her out. The girl had no idea it was coming. So she stood back up and had her hands out to balance her while she said "OK 1...2...3..." like she was regaining composure. Nope. One more step and she took out the kid in front of me with the same stunt. At this point I'm thinking I'm next so I had my hands out to catch her. The usher took control of the situation and was helping her up the stairs. About 7 rows up she fell again and took someone out. She peed (i assume) and made it back without too much incident. It was fun and sad to watch. We were only in about the 3rd or 4th inning.
MY FAVE REED JOHNSON BATTING. Hey cubs fans. Can you find the guy with season tickets who always wears the green shirt and pink hat?
You can't quiet THE-RIOT
Alfonso "waste of $136 mil" Soriano
There was also a couple that got thrown out of the game.I guess the girl had gotten upset with him for some reason because she had gotten out of her seat. Walked past about 10 people in their row and yelled at him from the aisle "I'M GOING HOME RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!" The NOW came out with that high pitched I'm getting ready to cry voice. She got really pist when when the guy waved at her. She took off back through the row as 3 ushers took off for her. They don't take lightly to cursing and attacking people I'm guessing. She was on top of this guy ready to knock his lights out. They escorted both of them out. As they were leaving the guy was saying "I'm just trying to enjoy the game" I guess he would be enjoying the rest of the game from the privacy of his own home cause he was OUTTA THERE!
Bored Bull Pen
Jenny was pretty much the coolest person in the bleachers
The game was tied 7-7 in the 9th. We were going into extra innings. 10th inning comes and goes. Still tied. Top of the 11th inning this guy comes out of nowhere to sit in front of us. He was FIRED UP! Jenny and I refer to him as Jerry. Jerry was on fire. He was yelling and trying to start the "LETS GO CUBBIES" chant. He just yelled and yelled.The usher actually told him he needed to quiet down. Then he made the mistake of yelling "WHAT IF THIS WAS THE 7TH GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES? WOULD YOU ALL BE SITTING ON YOUR FUCKIN HANDS" Like I said earlier, the ushers don't take cursing lightly. The usher was ready to kick him out right then but somehow Jerry convinced him to give him another chance. Everyone around him kept saying "but its not the 7th game of the world series" By this time Houston had scored so it was 9-7 Astros. We were defeated. At that point we were all ready for the game to be over so we could leave with our tails between our legs. Not Jerry. He wasn't going to give up. Nooo way! He kept yelling "ALL WE NEED IS A DINK AND A BOMB. A DINK AND A BOMB" I kept antagonizing him. He said something about it being the bottom of the 9th inning. I had to say "Well next time it's the bottom of the 9th we'll talk about it" He just said "Oh come on, you know what I mean" At one point Jenny and I decided to help Jerry cheer. We got up and started yelling just to make fun of him. Everyone thought it was funny. Everyone except for Zeth the fun hater. He got mad and yelled at me. Then he was trying to ump the game. He was all off on his balls and strikes but he was trying. Everyone kept asking him to leave and the usher again told him he needed to quiet down because he was ruining the game for everyone. Then he asked "can I yell Houston sucks? Will I get kicked out if I say Houston sucks?" The usher said he wouldn't get kicked out. Well duh, we were getting swept by Houston. Go ahead and yell that they suck. Anyway, nobody could get Jerry to leave. Finally the 12ish year old boy who got taken out by the drunk woman turned around and said "THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER SEATS HERE. GO SIT SOMEWHERE ELSE" Talk about leaving with a tail between his legs. Jerry just got up and walked away. We all congradulated the kid on having the balls to tell Jerry what's up.
That is my story and I'm stickin to it.
By the way, the Cubs won tonight.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
???
Should I let it bother me that my best friend got invited to my twin brothers (Brian and Berry) 50th birthday party and I didn't? I didnt even know anything about it until she called me to see if I was going.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Sweet Home Chicago
For Labor Day I went to Chicago with Zeth and Jenny. We went to see a Cubs game. The cubs game will be the next blog. This blog will be the other things we did in Chicago.
Monday we got there and checked into our 4 1/2 star hotel on Michigan Ave. Pretty much the best hotel I've ever stayed at in Chicago. I really miss the Cass Hotel. The Cass is still there but when it had its "multi-million dollar renovation" it quadrupled the price to help pay for those renovations. They priced themselves out of my business. Anyway, our hotel was really nice and they even had complementary robes for us to use or buy for $60 (i think). When Zeth and I were headed to dinner that night the elevator doors opened and there was a man who was at least 70 standing in the elevator wearing nothing but the robe and slippers. It took everything I had to not laugh in his face. I would have given anything to have Jenny there with me. I just got in and looked down so he couldn't see me laughing silently at him. Zeth said everytime he looked over at the guy all he could see was tufts of grey chest hair sticking out of the robe. It was entertaining yet uncomfortable.
We walked up and down Michigan Ave for a while then headed back to the room to get ready for the night. Jenny was going to spend time with a friend who lives in Chicago. Zeth and I decided to go to Harry Caray's Steakhouse. I love it there. Really yummy food. Our bill ended up being $96 for the 2 of us to eat. Zeth is so expensive. When I saw the bill I said Holy Cow.
Here are pictures of Harry's Glasses and the Bartman Ball. If you don't know what the Bartman ball is let me know and I'll tell you.
After dinner we met up with Jenny at Navy Pier. (I saw Henry Blanco there with his family). It's kind of a tradition that we go there at least one night we are in Chicago. I have to take my picture of the skyline.
We went back to the hotel and got a good nights rest.
The next morning Jenny and I went down to Millenium Park to see the fun stuff down there. Zeth doesn't appreciate the art in the park so we left him back at the hotel. Jenny had never experienced the Bean before. I love the bean. It's hours of fun. Here are a few pictures of us having fun at the bean.
This one is for all of you Adventures in Babysitting fans out there. If you have never seen this 80's blockbuster then you are missing out. I love that movie and this building is my favorite building in chicago because it was featured in that movie. Jenny is hugging the building because AIB is where it's at, yo!!!
After the fun at the Bean we went to see the 2 towers where the faces appear and spit water. I've been to the park about 5 times and this feature has never been working until now. It was fun.
After all of that we walked down to Buckingham Fountain only to find out it wasn't working because they were doing work on it. Buckingham Fountain was the one that was in the intro to Married with Children. It was soooo hot that day. We did all of this stuff before noon and we were sweating so bad. We made our way back to the hotel to cool down before we headed up towards Wrigley.
While in the 54 degree hotel room Jenny found something in the bathroom. Read the box to see what it is. Read the French version.
It's a BONNET DE DOUCHE and here is Jenny sporting said Douche.
Here are a few pictures of us being stupid in the hotel room.
We hung out in the hotel for a while to cool down then decided to head up to Wrigleyville. We hopped on the El and got off at Belmont so we could do some shopping in that area and make our way to Wrigley. Zeth doesn't really like that area either but he dealt with it. We had a good time and he didn't even complain. I was proud of him. We made our way up Clark to the ballpark.
We shopped around there for a bit at all of the Cubs shops. Jenny bought a bunch of shirts. She bought one that said "I want to get to 2nd Base with Mark DeRosa". That is super fun. I wanted Zeth to get one that said "You can't QUIET THE-RIOT". He didn't want to get that one. I bought one that says "Hey Chicago What do ya say? The cubs are gonna win today" with the cubbie bear on it. We heard that you need to get in line for the bleacher seats 3-4 hours before gametime to get a good seat. We walked by about 4 hours before game time and there were quite a few people already in line.
We decided against getting in line at that time. We ended up eating a late lunch at Harry Caray's Tavern. Here are a few pictures from that.
After that we went and stood in line for the game. The gates opened at 5:00. The game started at 7:05. We got in line at about 4:15 so we didn't have to wait long.
I'm going to stop there and write all about the game in the next blog.
Monday we got there and checked into our 4 1/2 star hotel on Michigan Ave. Pretty much the best hotel I've ever stayed at in Chicago. I really miss the Cass Hotel. The Cass is still there but when it had its "multi-million dollar renovation" it quadrupled the price to help pay for those renovations. They priced themselves out of my business. Anyway, our hotel was really nice and they even had complementary robes for us to use or buy for $60 (i think). When Zeth and I were headed to dinner that night the elevator doors opened and there was a man who was at least 70 standing in the elevator wearing nothing but the robe and slippers. It took everything I had to not laugh in his face. I would have given anything to have Jenny there with me. I just got in and looked down so he couldn't see me laughing silently at him. Zeth said everytime he looked over at the guy all he could see was tufts of grey chest hair sticking out of the robe. It was entertaining yet uncomfortable.
We walked up and down Michigan Ave for a while then headed back to the room to get ready for the night. Jenny was going to spend time with a friend who lives in Chicago. Zeth and I decided to go to Harry Caray's Steakhouse. I love it there. Really yummy food. Our bill ended up being $96 for the 2 of us to eat. Zeth is so expensive. When I saw the bill I said Holy Cow.
Here are pictures of Harry's Glasses and the Bartman Ball. If you don't know what the Bartman ball is let me know and I'll tell you.
After dinner we met up with Jenny at Navy Pier. (I saw Henry Blanco there with his family). It's kind of a tradition that we go there at least one night we are in Chicago. I have to take my picture of the skyline.
We went back to the hotel and got a good nights rest.
The next morning Jenny and I went down to Millenium Park to see the fun stuff down there. Zeth doesn't appreciate the art in the park so we left him back at the hotel. Jenny had never experienced the Bean before. I love the bean. It's hours of fun. Here are a few pictures of us having fun at the bean.
This one is for all of you Adventures in Babysitting fans out there. If you have never seen this 80's blockbuster then you are missing out. I love that movie and this building is my favorite building in chicago because it was featured in that movie. Jenny is hugging the building because AIB is where it's at, yo!!!
After the fun at the Bean we went to see the 2 towers where the faces appear and spit water. I've been to the park about 5 times and this feature has never been working until now. It was fun.
After all of that we walked down to Buckingham Fountain only to find out it wasn't working because they were doing work on it. Buckingham Fountain was the one that was in the intro to Married with Children. It was soooo hot that day. We did all of this stuff before noon and we were sweating so bad. We made our way back to the hotel to cool down before we headed up towards Wrigley.
While in the 54 degree hotel room Jenny found something in the bathroom. Read the box to see what it is. Read the French version.
It's a BONNET DE DOUCHE and here is Jenny sporting said Douche.
Here are a few pictures of us being stupid in the hotel room.
We hung out in the hotel for a while to cool down then decided to head up to Wrigleyville. We hopped on the El and got off at Belmont so we could do some shopping in that area and make our way to Wrigley. Zeth doesn't really like that area either but he dealt with it. We had a good time and he didn't even complain. I was proud of him. We made our way up Clark to the ballpark.
We shopped around there for a bit at all of the Cubs shops. Jenny bought a bunch of shirts. She bought one that said "I want to get to 2nd Base with Mark DeRosa". That is super fun. I wanted Zeth to get one that said "You can't QUIET THE-RIOT". He didn't want to get that one. I bought one that says "Hey Chicago What do ya say? The cubs are gonna win today" with the cubbie bear on it. We heard that you need to get in line for the bleacher seats 3-4 hours before gametime to get a good seat. We walked by about 4 hours before game time and there were quite a few people already in line.
We decided against getting in line at that time. We ended up eating a late lunch at Harry Caray's Tavern. Here are a few pictures from that.
After that we went and stood in line for the game. The gates opened at 5:00. The game started at 7:05. We got in line at about 4:15 so we didn't have to wait long.
I'm going to stop there and write all about the game in the next blog.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Really???????
TOKYO - A Japanese monk trying to rid his temple of a hornets' nest panicked when the hornets attacked him and dropped a torch, burning his temple to the ground, police said Thursday.
The Buddhist monk had put lighted rags on a stick into the nest in the temple, but dropped it and ran when the hornets flew out and attacked him, Niigata state police official Yuichi Ozaka said. The fire occurred Wednesday.
He said the monk, Atsushi Sato, 41, suffered burns on his ears, face and left hand, but he was not stung.
The temple in Ojiya City, northern Japan, was burned to the ground, along with the nest, Ozaka said.
At least he wasn't stung and he got the job done. The nest was burned to the ground and took the temple with it.
BEIJING - A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox program on China's tropical island province of Hainan.
The four-year-old bull elephant, referred to alternately as "Big Brother" or "Xiguang" in state media reports, was captured in 2005 in southwest China by traders who used spiked bananas to control him.
After police arrested the traders and freed Xiguang a few months later, the elephant was confirmed to be suffering from withdrawal symptoms and sent to a wild animal protection center in Hainan for rehab, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
A year of methadone injections at five times the human dosage had helped wean Xiguang off his addiction.
Now clean, Xiguang was expected to arrive on Saturday at a wildlife park in Kunming, capital of the elephant's home province of Yunnan on the mainland.
Xiguang's return would cap a 1,500-km journey home, Xinhua said, and mark another step in the elephant's triumph over addiction
I just hope the Elephant doesn't relapse. I'm sure there will be a lot of temptation out there in the wild. I hope the pressures of elephant life aren't too much for him to handle. Just remember Xiguang, hugs not drugs.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. The suspect left behind a condom filled with water he had been using as a fake breast.
The woman said she believed the thief followed her while shopping. A witness told investigators he was wearing a short denim skirt and black tube top, and fled in a silver car with two other male crossdressers.
Police are processing the condom for fingerprint and DNA evidence.
Condoms? Really? Those had to be some odd shaped boobies. Hasn't this guy ever heard of water balloons?
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa City police said a man who was driving drunk tried to bribe a police officer — with a sandwich.
Police said a 25-year-old man was charged with drunken driving early Sunday morning after an officer saw him driving with his headlights off.
Police said the man was riding with a police officer in a squad car when he offered the officer free sub sandwiches if he could go home.
The officer declined.
Only in Iowa.
The Buddhist monk had put lighted rags on a stick into the nest in the temple, but dropped it and ran when the hornets flew out and attacked him, Niigata state police official Yuichi Ozaka said. The fire occurred Wednesday.
He said the monk, Atsushi Sato, 41, suffered burns on his ears, face and left hand, but he was not stung.
The temple in Ojiya City, northern Japan, was burned to the ground, along with the nest, Ozaka said.
At least he wasn't stung and he got the job done. The nest was burned to the ground and took the temple with it.
BEIJING - A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox program on China's tropical island province of Hainan.
The four-year-old bull elephant, referred to alternately as "Big Brother" or "Xiguang" in state media reports, was captured in 2005 in southwest China by traders who used spiked bananas to control him.
After police arrested the traders and freed Xiguang a few months later, the elephant was confirmed to be suffering from withdrawal symptoms and sent to a wild animal protection center in Hainan for rehab, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
A year of methadone injections at five times the human dosage had helped wean Xiguang off his addiction.
Now clean, Xiguang was expected to arrive on Saturday at a wildlife park in Kunming, capital of the elephant's home province of Yunnan on the mainland.
Xiguang's return would cap a 1,500-km journey home, Xinhua said, and mark another step in the elephant's triumph over addiction
I just hope the Elephant doesn't relapse. I'm sure there will be a lot of temptation out there in the wild. I hope the pressures of elephant life aren't too much for him to handle. Just remember Xiguang, hugs not drugs.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. The suspect left behind a condom filled with water he had been using as a fake breast.
The woman said she believed the thief followed her while shopping. A witness told investigators he was wearing a short denim skirt and black tube top, and fled in a silver car with two other male crossdressers.
Police are processing the condom for fingerprint and DNA evidence.
Condoms? Really? Those had to be some odd shaped boobies. Hasn't this guy ever heard of water balloons?
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa City police said a man who was driving drunk tried to bribe a police officer — with a sandwich.
Police said a 25-year-old man was charged with drunken driving early Sunday morning after an officer saw him driving with his headlights off.
Police said the man was riding with a police officer in a squad car when he offered the officer free sub sandwiches if he could go home.
The officer declined.
Only in Iowa.
oops
Sorry that all of my pictures are no longer available on my fair blog. I moved them into an album and it changed the link so it won't show the pictures. Quite frankly, I'm too lazy to do anything about it. I guess if you saw them you were one of the lucky ones.
I'll be working on a few new blogs soon about my trip to Chicago. Right now, though, I'm going to bed.
I'll be working on a few new blogs soon about my trip to Chicago. Right now, though, I'm going to bed.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
U GOTTA LOVE IT!!!!
Ok, after a lot of copying and pasting I think I have my blog back. Lets give it a try.
So the fair is finally over and I've begun my recovering process. My body isn't hurting anymore. We were there 10 out of 11 days. I kept saying that I wasn't going every day and I didn't. I took a few pictures while I was there that I thought I would share with all of you. When you think of the Iowa State Fair what automatically comes to mind?
1. Butter!
Here is the 2008 ButterCow
The face looks a lot more like a dog than a cow but look at the veins on the, umm, utter thing. I don't know what its called. Milksac? ewww.
Also, Everyones favorite olympic gymnist was honored in butter
The lovely Butter Shawn Johnson ::rolls eyes::
I'm so sick of Shawn Johnson and then there she is in all of her 4 foot glory. First of all, it looks nothing like her. It just looks like a girl. Second of all, I think it's strange that she is facing sideways and not forward. Third, she has weird kneecaps.
What else do we think of?
2. Animals. I love taking weird pictures of animals.
Here is the biggest bull. I always feel bad when I go look at the biggest animals. They are all big and tied up. they can't move. They are just there like some circus side show for people to come and gawk at the size of their balls. That's really the only reason people go to look at them and if you say its not then you are a liar.
The Big Boar
That's not a butt.
This is a goat with no ears. Very strange.
Unicorns
Well when they announced these animals they called them unicorns. Clearly there is no horn on their heads. I was slightly disappointed. Later in the evening Jenny and I made our way into the horse barn where I could ask a Farm guy where the unicorns were. He didn't even look at me like I was crazy. He explained it was the way they hook them up with one horse in front and 2 in back. You learn something new everyday. Don't forget to notice the poop in the foreground. There will be more poop later. I promise.
Alpacas. They creep me the eff out. I'm not even kidding.
I love pigs. Little pigs. Medium pigs. Big pigs. I love them all.
2a. Baby Animals
so cute
6 hours old
Newly hatched chick
3. POOP
2 Farm girls I'm really not sure why I put this under the poop heading.
4. Food Award winning veggies
The Iowa State Fair set a world record for the largest group of people chomping on a corn dog at the same time. I'm not even lying. Look it up. I had to take a picture of 2 corndogs. One for my dad and one for Shelley. They didn't get to eat them though. Zeth and Shannon ate them.
Jenny and her award winning cabbage. Ok, so she didn't actually grow it but she's holding the ribbon and possession is 9/10ths of the law, right?
Yuck. Don't eat these things. My philosophy is if it's not broke don't fix it. There is nothing wrong with normal oreos. There is no reason to deep fry them. Icky.
5. Other randomness This woman was a big ray of sunshine. I don't know her that's why I didn't get a picture of her face. What I didn't get in this picture was her entire outfit. That was an entire yellow dress that came down past her knees. Then to top off the entire outfit were a pair of matching yellow crocs.
This was pretty much Jenny's favorite part of the fair. I've gotten a picture messege of this guy every day since the fair has ended. She misses him so much. He wants to put HIS pork on her plate. It never gets old.
The pretty lights of the double ferris wheel.
This is what her life has been reduced to. Eating a stale pretzel and cheese out of a dixie cup watching stupid people trapse through the mud.
The old school house.
Mullet
This womans face isn't really like that. I distorted it to protect her from all of you mullet lovers out there. I'd hate for her to be stalked by all of you that are envious of her glorious haircut. MULLETS: They're everywhere. That should probably be the state fair theme.[Photo] That took me like all day so that's all for now kids. Enjoy!
So the fair is finally over and I've begun my recovering process. My body isn't hurting anymore. We were there 10 out of 11 days. I kept saying that I wasn't going every day and I didn't. I took a few pictures while I was there that I thought I would share with all of you. When you think of the Iowa State Fair what automatically comes to mind?
1. Butter!
Here is the 2008 ButterCow
The face looks a lot more like a dog than a cow but look at the veins on the, umm, utter thing. I don't know what its called. Milksac? ewww.
Also, Everyones favorite olympic gymnist was honored in butter
The lovely Butter Shawn Johnson ::rolls eyes::
I'm so sick of Shawn Johnson and then there she is in all of her 4 foot glory. First of all, it looks nothing like her. It just looks like a girl. Second of all, I think it's strange that she is facing sideways and not forward. Third, she has weird kneecaps.
What else do we think of?
2. Animals. I love taking weird pictures of animals.
Here is the biggest bull. I always feel bad when I go look at the biggest animals. They are all big and tied up. they can't move. They are just there like some circus side show for people to come and gawk at the size of their balls. That's really the only reason people go to look at them and if you say its not then you are a liar.
The Big Boar
That's not a butt.
This is a goat with no ears. Very strange.
Unicorns
Well when they announced these animals they called them unicorns. Clearly there is no horn on their heads. I was slightly disappointed. Later in the evening Jenny and I made our way into the horse barn where I could ask a Farm guy where the unicorns were. He didn't even look at me like I was crazy. He explained it was the way they hook them up with one horse in front and 2 in back. You learn something new everyday. Don't forget to notice the poop in the foreground. There will be more poop later. I promise.
Alpacas. They creep me the eff out. I'm not even kidding.
I love pigs. Little pigs. Medium pigs. Big pigs. I love them all.
2a. Baby Animals
so cute
6 hours old
Newly hatched chick
3. POOP
2 Farm girls I'm really not sure why I put this under the poop heading.
4. Food Award winning veggies
The Iowa State Fair set a world record for the largest group of people chomping on a corn dog at the same time. I'm not even lying. Look it up. I had to take a picture of 2 corndogs. One for my dad and one for Shelley. They didn't get to eat them though. Zeth and Shannon ate them.
Jenny and her award winning cabbage. Ok, so she didn't actually grow it but she's holding the ribbon and possession is 9/10ths of the law, right?
Yuck. Don't eat these things. My philosophy is if it's not broke don't fix it. There is nothing wrong with normal oreos. There is no reason to deep fry them. Icky.
5. Other randomness This woman was a big ray of sunshine. I don't know her that's why I didn't get a picture of her face. What I didn't get in this picture was her entire outfit. That was an entire yellow dress that came down past her knees. Then to top off the entire outfit were a pair of matching yellow crocs.
This was pretty much Jenny's favorite part of the fair. I've gotten a picture messege of this guy every day since the fair has ended. She misses him so much. He wants to put HIS pork on her plate. It never gets old.
The pretty lights of the double ferris wheel.
This is what her life has been reduced to. Eating a stale pretzel and cheese out of a dixie cup watching stupid people trapse through the mud.
The old school house.
Mullet
This womans face isn't really like that. I distorted it to protect her from all of you mullet lovers out there. I'd hate for her to be stalked by all of you that are envious of her glorious haircut. MULLETS: They're everywhere. That should probably be the state fair theme.[Photo] That took me like all day so that's all for now kids. Enjoy!
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