I have nothing to say about that.

How Meeting Dr. Zibbs Changed My Life

2008-12-10T15:55:00.005-05:00

Yeah, I've slacked. I haven't told any of you about the night I met Dr. Zibbs and how it changed my life. I promised him I would write all about it, of course it's 5 days later and old news. Yea, that's the kind of blogger friend I am. You all know it. As a matter of fact, the big joke of the evening between Zibbs and I was that I only post every three weeks.

Anyway, I was super psyched about writing the post the day after I met him, but then another day passed and another day passed and I figure it's not that important, Jdizzle and Dr. Zibbs summed it up quite nicely. And, I have no pictures to prove that I even met him! But today I check my Google Analytics account and I think I owe Zibbs a big apology. I'm no "Look at me, I have 100 followers and 500 blog posts and I'm bigger than Google", but damn look at this spike in unique visitors* in the days following the Epic Jedi Battle...

WOO HOO!!! TWELVE!!!

And then again...look at the traffic sources. It's the most referrals I've ever had from another blog!

If I was smart (and not in a hangover coma) I would have written my most thought provoking, prolific blog post ever the day after I met Zibbs. Then I would have every one's attention! (At least once every three weeks)

So, sorry Zibbs. I've underestimated your power and your ability to rock a wig.

But look, this is about meeting Dr. Zibbs not my Google Analytics spike and my raise in popularity due to the blogger meet up. I want everyone to go out and make a plan with Dr. Zibbs, he's not creepy at all. He's actually quite pleasant. Another topic of the evening was how uncreepy Dr. Zibbs was and how happy JDizzle and I were because that was true. I'm a Dr. Zibbs fan and you should be too.

*My vistor count is pathetic, I know.

'Tis the Season for Sufjan Stevens

2008-11-19T14:20:00.003-05:00

I love this time of year for one specific reason. My hour and half drive to work gets much more bearable this time of year. Shortly before Thanksgiving I indulge in my guilty pleasure...Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmas! I will be indulging until the end of January (much to Brent's dismay). In addition to the album being on constant loop in my car, I will be proudly blaring it while I prepare the house for Christmas, during Christmas dinner and while I remove the Christmas decorations...and no body can stop me.

If you do not know the great works of Sufjan Stevens, you must go right now and buy it, any album will do, you'll love them all. I'll wait here.

Ok, did you pick up your album? Good...now go play it as loud as you can and wait for the euphoric feelings to wash over you like a warm cup of hot chocolate on a cold wintry day.

See, I told you it was good.

Sufjan started this album in 2001 with a group of friends and was released in 2006, compiling the old classics like Silent Night, We Three Kings, Jingle Bells, and O' Holy Night with some of his own Christmas flavor like Christmas in July, We’re Goin’ To the Country!, That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!, and Put the Lights on the Tree.

Asthmatic Kitty Records that produced this album says this about the creative process...

The recording process took place every December, for one week, usually at home, provoking collaborations with friends, roommates, and musical peers. Armed with a Reader’s Digest Christmas Songbook (and a mug of hot cider) Sufjan & friends concocted a musical fruit cake year after year, implementing every musical instrument they could find lying around the house: banjo, oboe, Casiotone, wood flute, a buzzy guitar, hand claps, sleigh bells, Hammond organ, and some tree tinsel.

I want to leave you with of one of my favorites, Sister Winter which is a Sufjan original. I don't know how to embed a song, so I found it on YouTube where someone had put the song to a still picture of Sufjan Stevens. I hope you enjoy this song as much as I do.

Dear Red States...

2008-10-23T21:16:00.003-04:00

I didn't write this, I wish I did, but I want to share it. Found on Craigslist...

Dear Red States...

We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us.

In case you aren't aware, that includes Hawaii, Oregon,Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new country of New California.

To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get Elliot Spitzer. You get Ken Lay.

We get the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood.
We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom.
We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss.
We get 85 percent of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama.
We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states pay their fair share.

Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of single moms.

Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids they're apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don't care if you don't show pictures of their children's caskets coming home. We do wish you success in Iraq, and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we're not willing to spend our resources in Bush's Quagmire.

With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent of the country's fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of America's quality wines (you can serve French wines at state dinners) 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools, plus Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.

With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88 percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia.

We get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.

Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy b*****ds believe you are people with higher morals then we lefties.

By the way, we're taking the good pot, too. You can have that dirt weed they grow in Mexico.

Peace out,
Blue States

POS Follow Up

2008-10-20T13:29:00.002-04:00

Remember the POS that tried to steal my camera that I posted about last week. Yeah, well I am pretty sure it is Sarah Palin. Here is her lastest email...

I was wondering if you sent the camera back to me. It was a mix-up. I
would like to send that one back the fuji company for repair. We are
excited about the new one you sent us. Our family has been under alot of
stress..My daughter just found out she is pregnant and has been so terribly
sick!. My daughter told me it was me who sent it back to you... I don't even
remember doing it! Sorry once again, if you need reimbursement for postage
let me know.

Between stealing my camera, Troopergate and teen pregnancy, how will we ever be able to trust her? Good thing we won't have it.

(POS did get her camera back. I sent it 1st class mail, no insurance and no declared value. YEAH! Take that POS! I'm such a rebel.)

Yup..there's a celebrity in my "family"

2008-10-20T12:58:00.002-04:00

Don't be jealous. I know you are but really, don't be. I'll love you just the same even if you don't have a celebrity in your family. I say family, but really this celebrity is in Brent's family and may be one day, in the far distant future, maybe in another life...will be my "brother-in-law". Yikes, that's weird to say. Any who, Brent's brother Bryan is a contributing writer at Wired and he got to do is thing on Gadget Lab. He doesn't come in until minute 7, but WHOA does he blind us with science! In order to keep up with JDizzle and Dr. Zibbs celebrity rendezvous, here is the video. Feel free to fast forward to minute 7 unless you are really interested in the Motorola Razor then by all means, have at it.

You're jealous, just admit it.

Where's Judge Judy When You Need Her?

2008-10-15T10:56:00.007-04:00

This is just despicable. No wonder I hate people. Recently Brent and I have been selling items on Amazon to make a little extra cash, a couple camera's and an old Xbox to be exact. So a couple years ago, Brent won a digital camera at his company's Christmas party. We never used it since the one we already had was better than the freebie. We never even took it out of the box. So we put it up for sale on Amazon. Clean as whistle, brand new, in the box with all accessories. I shipped to a woman who's name I am changing to "Piece of Shit" or "POS" for short. So "POS" received her camera last week and I got this email from her:

The camera I purchased does not work properly.

I thought it was batteries, so I purchased new batteries, that did not help. I then purchased a new picture card and that didn't seem to make a difference either...
The lens doesn't go in and out..it seems to be stuck.

I would like to send the camera back for a full refund..what is your return policy and method..

Thank you.

And I thought...hmmm..brand new camera doesn't work? That's weird. But being the good, trusting person that I am I told her to send it back to me, I was very sorry and I'd be happy to issue her a full refund.

So I get the camera back yesterday, pop some batteries in it and sure enough the lens is acting weird and the the camera is making a funny sound. But wait...this isn't my camera!! It had a crack on the side (obviously from droppage), scratches all over what used to be a nice new shiny camera body, there is dirt around the shutter button from grubby hippie hands taking pictures and the power button is well worn. And what's this?? The sticker that has the serial number that matches the box I sent it in is on top of another sticker with a different serial number! You "POS" hippie mother effer. To top it all off, I find this picture dated 12/9/07 stored in the camera.

So, no you little "POS" hippie mother effer, unless you can prove to me and we have agreed upon that there some strange time warp between where you and I live that damages items, turns time back a year and where you cut down Christmas trees in October, you are not getting a refund! So I send her this email with pictures of who I assume is her husband attached:

I received the camera today you sent back to me and I am sorry to tell you
that I will not be issuing you a refund. The camera you sent back to me is
obviously not the same camera that I sent you. The camera I sent you was
brand new, this camera has been dropped and has a crack on the side and many
scratches. Not only that, but there are pictures on this camera of a man
cutting down Christmas trees in the snow and the date states 12/9/2007 and
pictures of the same man cooking in a kitchen (please see attached). Also, I
believe you took the serial number sticker off of my camera and put it on
top of the serial number sticker on your camera so that it would match the
serial number on the box I sent the camera in.

The effing "POS" ordered my camera and thought she would send me back her broken camera, ask for a refund and get a free brand new camera. Listen you little "POS", you gotta get up pretty damn early to try to pull this shit over on me. Seriously, how stupid does she think I am?? Obviously pretty stupid, I guess. So I got this email from her this morning:

It was my daughter who package the camera and sent it to you....please send
the camera back and I will ask her if she mixed the cameras up...She had
the same camera and liked it so well...I believe that is why she wanted the same
one. This was not not done intentionally...I am sorry for any
inconvenience. Just please send it back and we will gladly pay for
it.

Sure...if you even have a daughter and she just unintentionally "mixed" up the serial number stickers. Give me a break "POS". If you have a daughter, you are even more despicable then I originally thought for blaming your little game of thievery on her.

I am going to send her the camera back because technically it is hers, but I am going to tell her to not even think about sending back my new camera to me because she is not getting an effing refund, no way, no how. Don't think I didn't document every email and take pictures of the broken camera she sent me. And if she bitches and complains to Amazon about getting her money back, I'm gonna sick this bitch on her...

Cutiest Little Puppy EVER!

2008-10-13T11:52:00.001-04:00

I need a trampoline just for this very reason. Love it!

Sneak Attack!

2008-10-10T16:48:00.004-04:00

After having M&D and JDizzle over last weekend, I ended up a peeping fug in my shower...

I lost track of where he was last so I am still not sure who snuck him in. M&D say it wasn't them and JDizzle is pleading the fifth. All I can say is Christmas is coming up bitches! Don't be surprised if all you get for Christmas is a Fug in your stocking!

That's What She Said

2008-09-17T09:01:00.002-04:00

My friend Cory sent me this and it was a great start to my morning. Please enjoy every single "That's what she said" from The Office.

Randomness

2008-09-10T19:55:00.004-04:00

Over at This is Reverb, Pastor Ryan is having a seven day, not sure why, but I thought I'd try it out. Right now I know you are all like "Pastor"?? I am not religious, I know, but I enjoy Ryan's blog (pretty sure he doesn't even know I was reading it), plus he is a very talented photographer and cook, and he's got tattoos.

So here are 7 things you may not know about me:

I want to be an art teacher but I cannot afford the schooling.
I am a country girl at heart.
I was in the AV club in high school, was the morning news host and loved it.
I once hosted a radio talk show.
I was the singer of a band for 3 weeks.
I rode horses competitively.
I want a horse...and a goat.

Here are seven random photos.

One of my parents peacocks...

Old family photo...Savannah tree...

Florida starfish...

Butterfly in my garden...

Bonfire hair...

Savannah waterfront...

Here are seven of my favorite shows right now:

Lost
Dexter
Weeds
Big Brother
True Blood
How Clean is Your House
Most Evil

And lastly, seven animals that I have owned...

Ferret #1 - Ferbie
Ferret #2 - Loki
Ferret #3 - Milo
Iguana - Seth
Current Dog #1 - Sasha
Current Dog #2 - Molly
Current Cat - Ginger on paper, Kitty in real life

Now lets see a couple of your sevens.

Thought of the Day

2008-09-06T15:01:00.001-04:00

Cheez-its give me heartburn, but man do I love them. Damn cheesy baked goodness.

Country Water Cooler

2008-09-04T10:23:00.007-04:00

I am not going to go through the whole "sorry I haven't blogged in awhile". You guys all know by now that I suck at keeping this thing updated.

So recently I have been catching up with an old friend from home. We grew up together but have not seen each other in a long while so it's been really great getting back in touch. She still lives in my hometown and is happily married. Our families know each other and occasionally run in to one another. Today she said to me, "My mom saw your Dad at the dump".

I had totally forgotten that down in our small little South Jersey town, we have to take our own trash to "the dump". At first, before the recycling craze, it was a big hole in the ground where you dump everything from last night's dinner to that flammable paint can that has been sitting in your basement for 12 years. You just drove your car up the dirt ramp and shoved it all over the side. Now, because they are so ecologically conscience, it has different receptacles for your various pieces of trash. Brown bottles go here, green bottles go here and the paper bags go over there.

One time, I remember gathering the trash cans from our garage with my Dad. We went about once a week or so and we had about three small trash cans that needed to go. They weren't the big trash cans that maybe you and I are use to seeing our trash guys pick up. They were about half the size, cracks down the side and only one of them had a lid. Let's face it, if you don't have to pay the township for a trash can, then you can put your trash in anything that your little heart desires. So anyway, on this particular trip I noticed something moving in the trash when I picked up the can to put it in the back of the truck. As I put the trash can in the the truck a big, mean, evil, blood sucking RAT jumped the fuck outta the can and into the bed of the truck! I started to try to case him out, but Dad wanted to leave him there. He said we would "take him to the dump". Good point, that's where that little fucker belonged.

So we drove to the dump with a rat hitchhiking in the bed of the truck. After separating our recyclables, we drove up the dirt ramp and started to unload our trash. That little rat fucker stayed in the front of the truck bed, just watching us, waiting for the opportune moment to share his rabies. After we had emptied the truck of our waste, I grabbed the broom that my Dad had brought along to sweep out the bed of the truck and I started pushing the little fucker to the end of the truck bed. When I got him about half way down I was able to move to the end of the truck bed to pull him towards the end. As soon as I did that the little fucker jumped right at me! I had to dive to my left to avoid his blood sucking fangs that were coming right for my neck. The rat jumped so high, he went over the side of the truck and right into the trash hole in one single bound. There he was finally among friends. True story.

So what's the point of this story? The dump in our small town is like the water cooler of country life. People see each other and stand there to chat and catch up on the town's gossip. Among the filth and blood sucking rats. My Mom frequently says to me "I saw so and so at the dump and he asked about you" or "do you remember so and so, I saw them at the dump the other day". It's been so long, like 15 years, since I've had to go the dump that this now makes me giggle to think that some people still have to take their own trash to the dump and that they enjoy the social outing.

UPDATE: My long lost friend just informed me that the dump is now called the Convenience Center. How convenient of them to let me dump my trash!

The Buzz and The Fuzz

2008-07-22T12:46:00.007-04:00

Friday night I went to a friends birthday party. It was a great time. I had not seen anyone since I left for vacation, so it was nice to catch up and hear about some of their recent vacations. The party was at our friend Scott's place (it was his birthday) and his place is amazing! I had been there before, but not since they rejuvenated their back porch and driveway. It was like walking into a rain forest. Trees, flowers, plants and beautiful patio lights tastefully placed along the gardens. I could live there....can I Scott? Scott had set up a nice array of spirits and treats. I had to drive home, so I needed to take it slow on my drinking. I got there about 8pm and had about four Corona's over about 2 hours. I then backed off, had a few glasses of water and before I knew it, it was about 12:30pm. It was time for me to go home. I am not a skinny mini and I also drink like a fish when ever possible, so the only thing those four Corona's did was wet my whistle. So I was good to drive home to my place about 15 minutes away.

So on my way home I am contemplating the night, thinking about how nice Scott's place was and how nice it was to catch up with everyone. Next thing I know...BAM!!! I see this sign...

Crap!!! Are you effing kidding me!!! My life was flashing before my eyes. I was thinking "I'm done", "how am I going to get to work after getting a DUI", "What will they do with my car when they take me to JAIL!!" and "How much is this going to cost me?". The funny thing is, I wasn't drunk, not even nearly tipsy. I had stop drinking 2 hours earlier, but I know my breath probably smelled of beer and it was almost 1am. They are gonna know I was not at a late night church revival. Having never been through a sobriety check, I had no idea what was going to happen but I figured "honesty" was the best policy.

The Fuzz: Hi Ma'am. I'm Lieutenant Jim Dangle with the D-Town Police Department. Where are you coming from?

Me (looking like a deer in headlights): A party.

The Fuzz: Have you been drinking?

Me: Yes.

The Fuzz: ok, how many did you have.

Me: Uh...a couple.

The Fuzz: Where do live?

Me: Glenside Road

The Fuzz: Ok, Get outta here.

Me: Taking off like I am auditioning for the next Dukes of Hazard movie.

That's it? No "get out of the car and walk this line with your eyes closed while touching your finger to your nose"? What if I had said I had 4? I'd like to know where this cop would of drew his line. I'm pretty sure if I had said 4, even though it was 2 hours ago, he woulda yanked me outta that car faster then he could order and eat a donut from Dunkin Donuts.

I truly do appreciate that they are keeping the roads safe and since that road is the main route from Dub-C to D-Town I am sure they caught a couple of boozed up college kids that night. But now they have seriously inconvenienced me when I want to go out and have a few drinks in Dub-C. Crap. Well, at least I am not some one's bitch in the county jail right now and you are not reading my story on West Chester Unplugged.

I'm BAAAACK....sorta

2008-07-18T16:14:00.007-04:00

It has been a long three weeks. Between getting ready to go on vacation, to being on vacation, then catching up after vacation and the birth of little Maddie, I've had no time to blog! Hope I haven't lost many readers because of it. Please don't go, all three readers that I have of this blog! I need you!

I finally got all caught up at work and I'm back to comfortably homing from work. It's Friday, almost time to go home. Anybody else feeling the weekend itch?

ok, so it's 10 minutes until it's time for me to go home. So here's the wrap up for the past three weeks...

Vacation started off well. We went to a winery in the Endless Mountains for an event they were calling "Winestock". The wine and music were crappy, but the bands played mostly hippie music. Which even bad, was good. A bunch of us were there, wasted as usual. Dad and I fought over a bottle of wine on the way home while mom painstakingly drove 4 drunks home. I guess I made some cheeseburgers when I got home. I don't remember, it coulda been that Tylenol PM I popped right before bed. Unfortunately, I have no pics from that night because I forgot my camera. I was hoping JDizz would post some, but I guess she's over it.

Here are some other pics from the week...

Turtle Races and the VFW...seriously.

Awww...aren't we cute? Cows in the road...had to track down the farmer to let him know his herd was making a run for it. Wyalusing Lookout over the Susquehanna River Pretty picture...Dad explained something about Indians watching the Settlers come down the river. It included bows and poison arrows and something about a turkey...I think. I wasn't paying attention.Dad and Brent throwing rocks over the edge. I was in no way getting that close.Pretty pictureMoll relaxing in the sun Me relaxing in the shade

Sashie playing crosswords
Then when we got home our garden was out of control but we had mad veggies!And I found this little guy enjoying the fruits of our labor while we were gone
Hope y'all had a nice 4th!

Maddie Dean Sarno Has Arrived!

2008-07-14T14:17:00.006-04:00

I know I've been out for a week, but I only have time for one post today. Maddie Dean Sarno was born today weighing in at 7lbs 14oz. (Same as her birthday 7/14) Congrats to our very good friends, Cory and Jenny on their beautiful new addition! Happy birthday Maddie!

Craptastic!!

2008-07-02T10:26:00.005-04:00

I know I have been seriously slacking on the blog posts recently. Sorry about that, I have been super busy at work trying to prepare for my vacation next week. This has totally cramped my usual homing from work, but I'm back for one day! Friday Brent and I leave for the cabin for a week. It is going to be heavenly...no cell phones, no internet, technology free and lots of booze!

But, that is not what this post is about. Last week I received my "something" from the Something Store, and it was CRAPTASTIC!!! See below...

It's some sort of bag with multiple zippers, it probably would not of been that bad except it is lime green and pink. If it was say, brown and green or some other kind of earthly tones, I may actually use it for a makeup bag or to hold all those little bits that get lost in my purse.

Even the cat was confused...

However, I really enjoyed this experience. Next Christmas I am buying a something for everyone in my family, but going to have them shipped directly to me. I will wrap them before opening the shipping package and we are gonna have an all out Cutthroat Pollyanna! I cannot wait!

Well...back to work. I need to continue passing my daily tasks on to other unsuspecting souls. 'Til my return!!

p.s. I've also posted many more blogs on my blog roll that I have been stalking, check 'em out! I find I am much more of a stalker than a blogger.

Ice Cream Tattoo Quest

2008-06-27T09:34:00.001-04:00

Got my ice cream tattoo last night, check out the reacap over at Hometown Hangover.

I'm Sorry...

2008-06-11T15:08:00.004-04:00

Can you smell what the Barack is cookin'??

Something

2008-06-10T09:26:00.007-04:00

Have you ever needed something for somebody, but not really sure what to get them? Somethingstore.com now has your answer! The Something Store sells "something" for $10, shipping included. However, you do not know what that "something" is until you receive it. I heard the report on NPR this morning, and I was hooked! (did I mention I have a spending problem?) I just ordered my $10 something. When I receive it in 7 days, I will post what my something is! Maybe it will be an iPod or a gift card or a remote controlled helicopter! Or maybe it will just be a coffee mug. I know for sure it will not be a body part or unfortunately, prescription drugs. Duct tape wallet or beeswax candle, the mystery and suspense are worth it.

This year, everybody is getting "something" from me for Christmas!

The Many Reasons I Love You

2008-06-06T09:27:00.005-04:00

Ok, so I had a major break down yesterday about our lack of gaming equipment. I've been feeling out of the loop for some time now, especially since Beeps has like EVERY gaming system that was ever put out and EVERY game! I was so envious of their Rock Band tours, their traveling to far away planets to fight Storm Troopers and battling other gamers online. However, I think what pushed me over the edge was the new GTA. Years ago I bought Playstation 2 only to be able to play GTA. It was the only game I ever owned for Playstation 2, mostly because I could not afford more games, but I loved this game. So yesterday I started to bug Brent, determined to go to Circuit City last night to buy a Xbox 360 and the new GTA. Here is how our Gmail chat went down yesterday, you can just feel my tenacity. A little background, we had just discussed the day before about buying an A/C window unit for the living room but Brent insisted we did not have the money for it...

me: babe, i want to buy an xbox 360 and get gta, can we splurge for it???? i want that more than an AC unit
(no answer from Brent)
me: well???
(10 minutes later)
Brent: get a raise and we can talk. have you been drinking at work again?
(note: I don't drink at work, just needed to say that)
me: lol, no. come on, it'll be fun.
Brent: why do you want to go on a spending spree?
me: i just want it badly. i really want to play gta. it will be our xmas gift from last xmas since we didn't get the tivo
(we thought we were going to buy tivo last xmas, but we figured out that it did not work well with directv...bastards ruined my xmas)
(no answer from Brent)
me: can we go to best buy?
(8 minutes later, still no answer from Brent)
me: can we? actually it would be circuit city in exton.
Brent: no. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
(at this point I knew I needed to try a new tactic...pity)
me: if we split it, it wont be that bad. we can sacrifice for a little fun. i'm so tired of being out of the loop! and behind the times! we have not bought anything just for us in a long time, if ever!
(then I remembered something we had bought for ourselves)
me: besides the house of course
(D'oh!)
me: come on babe, it is something we will both enjoy
(20 minutes later)
me: ???
Brent: ??????
(I think he is getting irritated at my whining right now, but I don't give up, as a matter of fact it gets worse)
me: can we, pleeeeaasseee??
me: we can get a refurbished one
(I knew I was not buying a refurb, but if that's what it took to get him to the store, then so be it)
me: come on, we can go get it after work along with some wine and play it tonight! you don't have to work tomorrow, so you can stay up all night and play it!! we could also do a circuit city credit card to buy it and pay it off slowly. we can cut up the card right after we buy it.
(I have a problem with credit cards and he is well of aware of this)
me: look they have: "No payments and no interest for 3 months on all purchases $249 & up" we can TOTALLY do that!
Brent: what happened to you today
me: nothing, i just really want it. can we do it, pleeeaasse? i just really want to play gta and eventually get guitar hero. if i can't have A/C then I want xbox. at least I can have something fun to do while I am sweating my ass off this summer.
(I'm trying the anger angle now)
me: well? can we meet at circuit city after work?
Brent: we have to go to the gym first for 15 min at least
(YYEEESSSS!!! but I am so excited, I try to get out of the gym. He said yes, what was I thinking!?!?)
me: but circuit city is on the way
Brent: you want my blessing that is the deal
me: ok!!!
Brent: and I want to watch at least one episode of twin peaks tonight
me: ok

SWEET!! These are some of the many reasons why I love Brent: he puts up with my whining, he understands my need to spend money and also keeps me grounded when I am getting way out of control. Luckily the xBox is something that he also wanted. So just like I expected, he was up until 3am last night playing GTA.

So we are in the loop now people, we got our xBox and our GTA. Next stop, Rock Band! Oh, and Halo3 because that was also one of my ploys to get Brent to allow this purchase. Now I've gotta get back to work so that I can make enough money to pay off our purchase...

*Update: I just received a call from Brent, who is home from work today and suppose to be cleaning up the yard and the house. He called to tell me he might get some work done today but the Xbox is calling his name, so I should not be surprised if nothing is done when I get home.

I think I'm getting "sick" boss...cough, cough...I think I need to go home and get some "rest".

New Friends

2008-06-04T12:48:00.001-04:00

Check out my new friends over at Datanneal. Show some love bitches.

Danger Happened!

2008-06-02T11:44:00.036-04:00

Hey y'all! I hope everyone had a nice weekend and that the rain on Saturday didn't ruin it. Well, this weekend was the big weekend for Kaiju Big Battel! On Sunday, JDizz, Beeps, Brent, Dad and two of my nieces, Meg and Kelsie, traveled into Filthadelphia to dodge bullets and watch the awesomest wrestling show EVER! If you are unfamiliar with Kaiju it is like all the Godzilla monsters meet WWF and they are contaminated with radioactive waste. This was my first Kaiju show, but JDizz, Beeps and Dad had seen it a few years ago. (The basic story is that Dr. Cube and his evil posse are trying to take over the world and the Kaiju Hero’s are trying to save it.) So I knew what to expect, and it totally blew my expectations out of the water! I highly recommend you find out when Kaiju is in a town near you, gather your peeps and go root for your favorite villain or hero!

The night started with an opening band called Harry and the Potters. They are my new favorite band, like ever! Three guys jamming about Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Harry’s love for Hermione, Voldemort and much more silliness. They were a whole lot of fun. Here are some pics of them jamming out...

Then it was time for some fighting! Our host, Louden Noxious, introduced each character including the “Official Offical” Referee Jingi, and gave a little back story of each of the fighters . Then it was FIGHTO!!! FIGHTO 1: A revenge fight of Pedro Plantain vs The Grudyin (a feral beast type creature). You see, last year Pedro’s brother, Pablo, was murdered by Dr. Cube and turned into a zombie! So it was time for pay back!
Then zombie Pablo made an appearance to assist his dear brother Pedro!

FIGHTO 2: Sun Buster vs Vegetius (giant bird turtle), the Kaiju commissioner arranged this special exhibition match so that Sun Buster can prove his worth to the Hero’s as Steam Powered Tentacle Boulder observed from the ringside.

After FIGHTO 2, Dr Cube came out and extinguished Steam Powered Tentacle Boulders fury by throwing a cup of water in his furnance! FIGHTO 3: Hero Intern’08 vs Tucor (half-toucan, half-gerbil abomination) with Dusto Bunny ringside cheering on Intern.

FIGHTO 4: Chris Hero (the human wrestler, I think a play on Chris Jerico from WWF) vs American Beetle. Chris Hero HATES monsters, good, evil or rogue.

FIGHTO 5: Kaiju Grand Championship Match of Neo Teppen vs Uchu Chu (Space Bug)

Uchu Chu won the Championship as seen here being carried around the ring by the Swarm.

As you can see kids, danger can happen anywhere. Be sure to check out Hometown Hangover for JDizz's recap.

SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!

2008-05-30T14:18:00.003-04:00

Kaiju Big Battle this Sunday!

I gotta go choose my posse now.

Endless Mountains Day 2

2008-05-28T09:53:00.016-04:00

So after a long night cruzin' around in the Gator, we got a pretty good sleep and we needed it because the next day had lots in store for us...

Mom and Dad had planned with their friends Bernie and Walt to attend a Russian church dinner. We were very excited because this dinner was going to have a bull roast, all you can drink beer and vodka and a Polka band!! This is a great combination and usually ends up in high jinks and flat out silliness.

Well we go there and there was no bull roast and no vodka, but we were not going to let that ruin our day! We played "Click Its Bingo" which are these little cards that snap open to reveal letters and if the letters spelled BINGO in any order you win anything from $.25 to $25.00. Even though none of us one more than $.25, which we would trade in for two more tickets, we still ended up spending like $30 on these tickets...

After a little while the band, "Joe Lastovica Polka Punch", started playing!

Their number one hit, which was requested by the rowdiest table there (our table) was "I Don't Want Her, You Can Have Her, She's to Fat for Me!". Seriously, this song is so popular with Russian's that the whole place got up and started dancing and all of the little old ladies were signing the lyrics. Hii-larious! Our other request was "Who Stole the Kielbasa?", but the band didn't know that one. Here's a little taste of dance floor in full swing...

Once the band found it's groove, Mom, Dad, Bernie and Walt were tearing up the dance floor in their Polka madness!

Then started the door prizes and raffles, oh my...was that a mistake! I laid out another $30 on raffle tickets, mostly because I wanted this movie popcorn maker that came with popcorn and little ceramic popcorn movie bowls. After I lost to a little old couple, we joked about how I was going to follow them outside and somebody needs to be ready with the get away car! But our table was not a complete wash with the raffle, Mom won an Italian wine basket...

And I won 5 dozen homemade perogies! Brent and I now have perogies to last us for the next year! I also won strawberry preserves from TJMaaxx as seen in this photo which was suppose to represent our day at the Russian church...Click to enlarge the picture to see where it clearly says "BULL ROAST".

Walt made me take a picture (for the blog!) of Dad, Johnny and him acting as "the band", while the real band was on break...

Then there was this guy who talked to Dad about his days in Normandy for what seemed like 45 minutes. He was wearing this patriotic hat, but I am not sure what was going on with the duck puppet...

Then there was this woman who was the woman handing out the raffles prizes and by the end of the day she was three sheets to the wind and begging Dad to come back next year!

When we were all done, we heading home to get a good night sleep to prepare for our drive home the next day, but not before Brent made my Mom take a picture of me feeding him the fake grapes from her Italian wine basket!

6.3 weeks left 'til our next trip to the endless mountains where your dreams of drunken stupidity are endless!

Endless Mountains Day 1

2008-05-28T09:10:00.005-04:00

You know it is a going to be a great weekend at the cabin when you see a bear on your way there! Unfortunately, I did not get a picture because we were driving, but it went something like this: Brent is driving and I am taking in the scenery, I look over to the left side of the road and in a split second the following goes through my mind...wow, look at that big dog standing on the side of the turnpike; oh, that's a really big black dog it must be a Newfoundland; why is it on the side of the road, I hope it doesn't get hit; huh, that dog has a white nose...OMG BEEAARRR!!! (as I slap Brent on the arm while he is driving 80 mph) Needless to say, Brent was not amused, not only because he had not seen it but because I almost killed us. That was definitely cool and I think I talked about it for the next hour. So anyway, on to the weekend at the cabin...

We arrived late Friday night, so our mini vaca started the next day. We decided not to do anything on Saturday except hang out around the cabin so we played with the dogs...

We played a little backgammon...

And we took a walk...

Later that night after we had all had a little too much to drink, we took the Gator (which is basically a 4-wheel drive golf cart) up to the top of the mountain...

And I got a great sunset pic of Mom, Dad and Brent in the gator...