The movies:

1. Almost Famous
2. Nightmare Before Christmas
3. 16 Candles
4. Stand by Me
5. Usual Suspects
6. Life of David Gale
7. Joy Luck Club
8. Trainspotting
9. Goodfellas
10. American Beauty
11. Boy in the Stripped PJ's
12. Kill Bill Vol 1
13. Gone With the Wind
14. The Last Unicorn

I figured #6, #7 (shout out to Rawbean) #11 and #14 might be a bit more difficult (how many of you have actually seen The Last Unicorn?) but come on the Trainspotting one....love that line when Spud is in the interview!

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Bad boys bad boys whatcha gonna do...........

Seriously what the fuck is going on around here, I feel like I'm in South Central LA. I was driving to a friends after work and was slowed down by all of the rubber neckers checking out .... well I'm not sure what because I wasn't looking however I did see 4 cop cars and an ambulance coming to the assistance of somebody.

I picked up my friend and we went for dinner to this Indian restaurant not far from her place. A side story: I was facing the door and for our entire hour long meal I watched this older gentleman wander around aimlessly. First he went upstairs, then he came back down, he went out for a smoke then he came back in and went around the corner. Not but 10 minutes later he was walking towards the door with another smoke in his mouth (which I think he lit in the doorway as the restaurant reeked of smoke after that). He came back in, wandered upstairs again.....this went on forever!

My friend said she had to people watch as a school assignment years ago and it was really interesting to see what was going on around her as we're usually so enthralled in our own conversations etc. She saw kids rolling joints under the table of a restaurant, a couple fighting and a man picking his nose and examining his treasure, EWE!!!

Anyway back to the story, so we leave the restaurant and walk to the car and not but a block away are about 7 cruisers and police tape surrounding a corner store. Me thinks they got robbed just steps away from where we were enjoying our dinner.

I drive her home and head up to another friends house and yet again see flashing red and blue lights up ahead. This time there were cops all over The Keg parking lot........no idea what was going on as I hopped on the highway and booted it to safety. I stayed in for the remainder of the evening.

Try to stay safe and have a great weekend everyone!!

Below are quotes from some of my favorite movies. You my lovely readers must tell me which movies they come from....no cheating and please I've practically given a few away :)

1. Look - you should be happy for me. You don't know what he says to me in private. Maybe it is love - as much as it can be...

2. You've poisoned me for the last time, you wretched girl!

3. God, I hope whoever got that note doesn't know it was me who wrote it. I'd shit twice and die.

4. If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That's easy, Pez, cherry-flavored Pez. No question about it.

5. Give me the fucking keys, you fucking cocksucking motherfucker, aaarrrghh

6. I'm no more afraid of the Grim Reaper than I am of a Presbyterian on Mother's Day.

7. Where are my grandsons, huh? My son says he's planted enough seeds in you to fill a basket, plenty for ten thousand grandsons! It's all your fault, always running around, letting my son's seeds spill out. From now on you lie in bed all day. Lie down! Lie down! Until my grandson comes! Do you hear me? Disgusting little thing!

8. In a word: pleasure. It's like, my pleasure in other people's leisure.

9. Whenever we needed money, we'd rob the airport. To us, it was better than Citibank.

10. Oh, yeah, and one more thing, from now on we're going to have alternate dinner music because frankly - and I don't think I'm alone here, I'm tired of this Lawrence Welk shit!

11. Why do you wear pajamas all day?
The soldiers. They took all our clothes away.
My dad's a soldier, but not the sort that takes people's clothes away.

12. Do you find me sadistic? You know, I bet I could fry an egg on your head right now, if I wanted to. You know, Kiddo, I'd like to believe that you're aware enough even now to know that there's nothing sadistic in my actions. Well, maybe towards those other... jokers, but not you. No Kiddo, at this moment, this is me at my most masochistic.

13. I'm not asking you to forgive me. I'll never understand or forgive myself. And if a bullet gets me, so help me, I'll laugh at myself for being an idiot. There's one thing I do know... and that is that I love you.......

14. Oh, she'll kill me one day or another. But she will remember forever that I caught her, and I held her prisoner. So there's my immortality, eh?

So Big Ben suggested that us single bloggers try using some type of online dating sites. Hahahahahaahhaha!!! Sorry for the outburst, anyway, I just so happened to get a spam email a few days later outlining a "free weekend" with such a site and figured what the hell I'll give it a go. By give it a go I mean fill out the silly questionnaire and then do nothing else about it! I'm not paying $60 a month to talk to creepy strangers.

Being the free weekend and all I did peruse the "matches" they found for me and saw a few that piqued my interest however, not being a subscriber I am not able to view their photos......no thanks! I'm not a super shallow person however shallow enough that I'm not about to start talking to the hunchback of Notre Dame because he likes animals!

Perhaps next time there is a free weekend I will have the guts to send an icebreaker to a man sans photo but until then I'll keep looking in the real world for my prince charming.

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Have a great weekend everyone! I plan to stay in and read a lot, load up my Ipod and just relax. I've been super sick this past week......again......seriously folks I have two prescriptions....two!! I do feel a thousand times better so I really can't complain. Anyway, get out there and have some fun!!

I was commenting on Scotts blog recently and went to look up an old concert ticket to find the name of the venue where Bowie played as it has since changed (I lost the ticket stub unfortunately but he played the Warehouse which is now the Koolhaus). It was quite nostalgic looking through the album full of old concert stubs as well as surprising to see how the cost of each ticket has changed significantly over the years.

I don't recall if my first concert was New Kids on The Block or Nelson but bless my poor mother for trekking along to such shows just to make me happy. I was far too young to go on my own and needed someone to accompany me. Nelson played at an amusement park so at least she got some fun out of the deal; that was in 1991 and I was 13 years old. The ticket cost $9.36 plus park admission. Thankfully my taste improved (or so I think Ha!) and the following year I believe it was 1992 (I lost the ticket stub) I saw The Cure at the Skydome with Sly sans parents and we had a blast! We were seated beside these women in long floral dresses who sat through the entire show looking bored and angry. They kept yelling at us to "sit down" while we danced and sang along to each song. Of course we didn't listen.......we were at a concert not sunday school.

I have seen many artists perform more than once and don't mind paying an arm and a leg to see them again and again. There is nothing like hearing my man Trent belt out "Something I can Never Have" live......shivers people, I get shivers.

So to follow, a list of the stubs I have kept (or should have kept) over the years and a few stories to go along with them (Sorry about these silly lines I could not for the life of me get the year and cost to stay in nice little tabbed spaces)

Nelson ------------------------1991 ----------------$9.36
Tea Party ---------------------early 90's on--------------

(This sexy photo was one of those self portraits of sorts and not very flattering at all).

My 1st Tea Party show was inside PPs school gym in the early 90's. I went on to see them play all over the bloody place and am embarassed to even think about how many times I have actually seen them. Go ahead Jennifer make your Captain Morgan and pomade jokes I don't mind. All of you go ahead and have a good chuckle but just know I was tickled when I was able to party with Mr. Jeff Martin a few years back!!

Depeche Mode---------------1993--------------- $36.00 (9th row yay!!)
Madonna ----------------------1993 ----------------$38.50
Depeche Mode --------------1994 ----------------$17.04 (Plus park admission)
Pink Floyd --------------------1994 ----------------$42.00
Rolling Stones ---------------1994 ----------------$54.50
NIN ------------------------------1994 -----------------$29.75

Jim Rose Sideshow and Marilyn Manson both opened up for NIN that day. Sly and I had seats up in the bowl area and a few of her friends had some general admission floor tickets. During the concert Sly walked down the seats in front of us and disappeared into the crowd. She returned a while later with two floor tickets and one bracelet. We left our seats, showed security our floor tickets and when they asked to see our bracelets she grabbed my arm and yelled "RUN." You see we each needed a ticket and a bracelet to enter the floor area however she was only able to get one bracelet from her friend. We ran like hell into the crowd and security lost us!!

Cranberries ---------------1995 -------------------$31.50
Our Lady Peace ---------1995 -------------------$6.00 (at a bar)
David Bowie ---------------1995 -------------------$39.50 (with NIN)
Sex Pistols ----------------1996 ------------------$43.00

We were on the floor for this concert, general admission. All I remember is a group of young men with mohawks, chains, pins everywhere standing in a circle holding one another and singing a song. During the song they all spit into the middle of the circle however I was standing quite close by and got a goober in my ear!! EWE!!! The bloke was very apologetic but it was still disgusting!

Tori Amos -----------------1996 ------------------$22.50
Smashing Pumpkins ---1996 ------------------$34.30
Danzig ---------------------1997 ------------------$24.50
Radiohead -----------------1997 ------------------$31.50

Radiohead played at a very small venue called the Opera House which used to be a Vaudeville theatre way back in the day. They put on an amazing live show and I ran into Jeff Martin (from the Tea Party) in the bathroom area and gave him a big ole hug. It would have been nice to snuggle up to Thom Yorke as well but sadly that did not happen.

Prince ---------------------1997 ------------------$65.00

I've always been a big fan of Prince but never found him to be particularly attractive until I saw him live. Holy shit did he surprise me! The way he sauntered across the stage and gyrated his hips caught my attention! He is soooo unbelievably sexy when he dances!

David Bowie --------------1997 -------------------I lost my stub :(

Bowie played at The Warehouse which holds approximately 2500 people. It was a very small and very intimate show. He engaged the audience like no other artist I have ever seen, he sounded phenomenal, laughed a lot and was just so friendly and captivating. I'd have to say this is one of my favorite shows ever as it was just so personal and he really made the show special.

Depeche Mode ----------1998 ---------------------$54.75
Korn/Rob Zombie -------1999 ---------------------$41.75
Rage Against the Machi--1999 ---------------------$35.75
Tori Amos ----------------1999 ---------------------won these tickets
Morrissey ----------------2000 ---------------------$46.25

I jumped on stage (as Morrissey allows his fans to do) and I walked towards him with my hands outstretched as he walked backwards away from me. Apparently I was making grabbing motions with my hands or so I've been told, the lovely Morrissey did eventually give in to a hug!

NIN ------------------------2000 ---------------------$39.50
The Cure -----------------2000 ---------------------$49.00
Dave Matthews Band --2000 ---------------------won these tickets

I won these tickets and agreed to take PP as she was a big DMB fan however I had no idea who they were. We were in the nosebleed section on a metal bench, it rained, she enjoyed herself and I did not love it at all.

Third Eye Blind --------2000 ----------------------won these tickets
A Perfect Circle --------2001 -----------------------$37.50
Sarah Slean ------------2002----------------------- $14.00
Lenny Kravitz ---------2002 -----------------------$73.25 (with Pink)
Sarah Slean ------------2002----------------------- $15.82
The Dandy Warhols --2003 -----------------------$21.00
Coldplay -----------------2003 -----------------------$35.75
Metallica -----------------2003 -----------------------$100.25 (with Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit)

A friend had an extra ticket to the Summer Sanitarium Tour and I do like Metallica so I agreed to go. While I enjoyed all of the peformances (especially Linkin Park) I was a bit distracted by all of the pyrotechnics going on during the other two pefromances. I really really hate fireworks and for whatever reason Limp Bizkit and Metallica really seem to enjoy them. I spent much of my time ducking and holding my ears through these two shows trying to avoid the fireballs of death.

Madonna --------------2004 ------------------------$318.50
The Cure --------------2004 ------------------------$69.25
NIN ---------------------2005 ------------------------$58.75
Depeche Mode ------2005 -------------------------$104.00 (8th row yay!!)
Theory of a Deadman--2005 -------------------------Free tickets
Depeche Mode -------2006 -------------------------$104.00
NIN ---------------------2006 -------------------------$72.75
John Mayer---------- 2007 --------------------------$82.50
The Killers----------- 2007 --------------------------$51.75
The Cure ------------ 2007 --------------------------$98.50
NIN -------------------2008------------------------- $69.50
Lenny Kravitz -------2008 -------------------------$79.50

We had great floor seats for the Lenny concert. He walked around the bottom of the stadium at the end of his show and I was able to reach out and touch his hot sweaty arm yummmmmm!!!! I was sooo fucking excited as he is on my list of the top 5 sexiest men alive!!!

Note: My first Depeche Mode concert 9th row cost me $36 and my Depeche Mode concert in 2005 8th row cost me $104. My how times have changed!

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I absolutely love going to concerts I love to hear the music and I love to share the experience with other fans. When Sly was climbing down the chairs at the 1994 NIN concert, people were holding her hand and helping her down giving nods of approval. There's a sense of togetherness at live shows, I've had people come and sneak in beside me on the floor when I've had great seats and they have not. As long as I have enough room to dance I'm happy to share my space with someone who enjoys the band as much as myself. I've also been helped and have helped others climb over seats to get a closer view of the action, this type of thing would never fly anywhere else. Can you imagine someone climbing over you at a sporting event or budding in line at the grocery store without saying anything to them? At a concert it's different, there's a sense of camaraderie, everyone wants to have a good time and it's all about the music!!!

I have been out of the city most of the week however had one day left of my gym goal to complete. I belong to one of those cushy ( or so I thought ) big name gyms and am able to workout at any location I can find. So I woke up this morning and headed out for my last mandatory session to a location I had never been to.

I ended up at the most ghetto gym ever!!! It was tres tiny and the equipment appeared to be hand me downs circa 1982. You know how Vegas has the graveyard for the old lights....I think that this particular gym was the graveyard for old work out equipment. The treadmills......oh the treadmills......

1st of all they were these oddly shaped devices that had absolutely no front to them; basically a bar at belly button level holding the control panel, no front at all ( I felt like I was running on a cliff), no cup holders, the face of the controls completely scratched, not sturdy at all.....worst machines ever.

There were homemade signs everywhere: "DO NOT LEAN ON THE MIRROR," "DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ON THIS SHELF IE WATER BOTTLES, JACKETS" I'm thinking, where the fuck am I supposed to put my water bottle when there are no holders and this shelf is conveniently behind my treadmill sans cup holder?

The bikes were dreadful as well.....only two options: Fat Burn or Cardio, there were no levels to choose from or a manual option only Fat Burn or Cardio that's it!

My favorite, the enormous TV's placed above the cardio equipment ( IE at any moment one could come crashing down on your head). Take note, these were placed above and not in front of the equipment as is most practical for everyone to view. Every TV was muted with closed caption typing away.......none of the machines had the TV link device to plug your headphones into.....you had to actually read the captioning if you wanted to know what was going on as there was no way to hear the audio.

Dreadful just dreadful!! I feel sorry for the people who actually have to attend this location on a regular basis. I don't understand how one could feel motivated in such a place. Clearly I've been spoiled with my usual location as it is a palace in comparison.

I was off on my timing, the gentleman I was talking about in my last post did in fact call to cancel his appointment however he called at 5:25 AM and not 4 AM as I had predicted! Clearly I'm not in the office at that time! Gotta love it!

Anyway this is going to be a short note I have a million things to do and will not be around too much this week. I'm starting my P90X workouts next week, so wish me luck!

I also bought myself the 8 G Ipod Nano in pretty pink and fell in love with the salesman. Seriously, LD and I both wanted to take him home and make him our friend. He was super flamboyant and funny and used words like "okey dokey" Loved him!!

The nano is actually a birthday present so I will have to wait until March to use it boooooo!!! I just picked up the one that I wanted, hot pink yo!

We met a lovely gentleman on the weekend as well who wears his PJ's to the bar. We've actually seen this guy around for years but after a few bevvies on the weekend I decided I wanted a photo of him. He was very friendly and gave us some homemade samosas that he brings to the bar for the bouncers and friends and also gave us some to bring home to J. I also found out that he is friends with Asian Patrick Swayze ..... I would like to ask him about this however am not sure my nickname for his friend will fly.....should I just say it???

Have a great week everyone!!! And Happy chocolate eating on Valentines Day!!!

I have spent the week dealing with a bunch of drama queens and quite frankly I no longer have the time nor the energy for such people. It absolutely baffles my mind how someone can move from crisis to crisis to crisis so on and so forth every single day of their life.

I have one coming in to see me tomorrow....oh wait....who am I kidding....I will have a message on my voicemail at 4 AM with some lame excuse as to why he will not be able to show. This dance will go on for the next few months, I'll waste my time and paper and postage trying to contact him of course to no avail.

I think somewhere somehow I lost my heart along the way.....oh your parents are divorcing, that's too bad, when are you coming to see me? Your dad is in the ICU, sorry to hear that, when are you coming to see me? Your 10th grandmother passed away....my condolences...here's your new appointment I'll see you then.

I have no doubt that many of these events did in fact happen but when it's one after another it gets to be a bit much. I'd have much more respect for someone if they were truthful. Tell me you're not coming to see me because you don't want to or you're not going to do what I ask, no problem but for the love of god just let me know so I don't waste my time chasing you. And don't call me at 1 AM when I'm clearly not in the office to answer my phone and say " I was hoping to catch you"

I do actually feel bad for these people in a way because all they really want is some attention. Unfortunately I am the last person that will give it to them as it's far too draining to engage in such conversations. Just do what I ask....or don't....but do not give me a million excuses as to why you can't.

I went bowling this past weekend for the 1st time in about 10 years. Is it possible to start off rather well and then get embarrassingly bad as the evening wears on.....of course it is!! I came in 2nd place during our first round and managed to barely scrape by in the 2nd game. My body felt like it had been hiking up hill for 10 days straight the following day. Strangely my upper body felt fabulous however my ass was absolutely killing me....still is! Perhaps it was my terrible technique that did me in....M likened my bowling style to Elaine's dancing on Seinfeld, uncoordinated and very jerky! Good times!


I've been noticing this one trainer at my gym lately, he's not super hot but I find him strangely attractive. He actually resembles Judd Nelson from The Breakfast Club. Anyway he looks fine in gym attire but the man has absolutely no fashion sense in the real world. I saw him saunter in one day wearing white pants, a white jacket and *cringe* a white fanny pack....seriously! I saw him again wearing white sweatpants, white fanny pack and a neon orange Oktoberfest hoodie jacket thing and moon boots. Oh my! I desperately wanted to take a photo.

When I was out on the weekend I saw this older gentleman dressed very well in a camel coloured suit, nice button down shirt, looked very sharp.....only problem and I kid you not, he looked like a neanderthal. He was hunched over with this perma stunned look on his face that never seemed to break. His friend had on an argyle shirt...I love argyle...these men were stylin.

Lastly, there was a photo of a lottery winner in the paper recently.....he had on green pants and a red jacket....his clothing was the first thing that I noticed. Someone pointed out that he was single *wink wink* and I said that that was obvious due to his attire! Before you think I'm a super bitch I must tell you that the reporter covering the story also made note of his clothing....so and so came to pick up his cheque wearing green pants and a red jacket.......

.....that made me laugh!!

Do you think it's possible to change a significant others attire/sense of style? I've never actually tried to do this....but for those of you that have....were you successful? I mean I can buy a guy who loves to wear Big Johnson Tshirts a button down....but I'd imagine the BJ Tshirts will still be in the closet taunting me.