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.

I decided to jump on the meme bandwagon this week and asked Wiwille to interview me. Thanks for the questions :)

1. Do you find it incredibly annoying when a man shows difficulty making eye contact?

I find it incredibly annoying when anyone shows difficulty making eye contact.....unless of course they are autistic. I understand that some people have social anxieties and what not but I find eye contact to be a very important part of connecting with other human beings. I would be very suspicious of a man who was unable to look into my eyes.


2. What is it about reality television that you enjoy?

I really tried to think about an answer to this question and to tell you the truth....I have no idea why I love reality TV so much or why I watch so much of it. My top two are of course The Amazing Race and Departures as I would love to see the world and in a way get to live vicariously through the participants/travellers. Those two make sense......why I'm watching Date My Ex with Jo and Slade really makes no sense, or Mama's Boys or The Bachelor........I guess I love to waste my time watching crap. I have a job that can be very trying at times and perhaps I watch this stuff to relax my brain as I'm really not getting much out of such shows. I met a woman once that would only read Harlequin Romance novels....she dealt with crime in her everyday life and used those silly books to escape. She refused to read anything with substance....she wanted fluff.


3. If you could spend a day with any fictional character who would it be?


I would have to say Howard Roark, a character from The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. His character stays very true to himself, he is not motivated by money or greed but rather by his creativity and integrity. He does not care what others think of him or his work and only lives for himself. I would love to hear Howard recite his defense in the courtroom " I came here to say that I do not recognize any ones right to one minute of my life....." He could definitely teach me a thing or two.

I read The Fountainhead over 10 years ago and saw the movie for the 1st time recently. The above clip is Howards courtroom speech.



4. Have you ever owned an album by Milli Vanilli, Color Me Badd, or Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch?


I am proud to say that I have never owned an album by any of these "artists" (I use the term loosely). I did however enjoy "I Wanna To Sex You Up" and "Good Vibrations".


5. Out of all the places you've traveled where's the first place you'd like to return and why? (No you don't have to say Seattle to see the handsome Wiwille again).

While I really did enjoy your company (you were a fabulous host) I would have to say it's a toss up between Africa and Japan or more specifically Ghana and Kyoto. Africa will always have a special place in my heart as it was an amazing experience. I fell in love with the people as they were so friendly and inviting, happy and resilient. I have never in my life seen people work so hard and yet have so little.

Kyoto was my first experience venturing off completely on my own ( I did meet up with a friend of a friend for a few days) and while at times I felt extremely frustrated with the language barrier (and yes even *gasp* cried in public) I still felt a sense of accomplishment. I travelled for a week on my own from place to place and got so incredibly lost many times over, spent countless money on improper train tickets, felt completely alone and yet I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Yay we had 7 people show up for volleyball this past weekend which made me very happy. We did lose but had a good go of it so no complaints from this gal.



I had my first fall outside today, it seems as though everything is covered in a big thick layer of ice around here. It wasn't spectacular at all however I am thankful that there were no witnesses what with my big ego and all. My ankle is a bit tender but fingers crossed it will feel better in no time as I have to get my ass to the gym four times this week. I figure if I went with a sore back and a terrible cold then I can manage with a sore ankle. I'll just have to get creative :)



I must say I am rather disappointed in my progress or lack thereof thus far with this gym bullshit. I have been going to the gym four times a week for the past month and a half focusing strictly on cardio and jogging like a mad woman. I've only lost 2 pounds, two freaking pounds.......what the fuck is that??? Mid February I will be finished with this bloody goal and plan to try something new that will involve 90 grueling days of weights and cardio. It's a video that a few of my male friends have tried and swear by. I must say I'm a little nervous though as one of my friends (who is buff as hell) says that he has a hard time with this workout. At this point I will try almost anything........



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I've been feeling a bit of the winter blues this week. I'm not sure if it was the cold I had or the lack of sunlight or the million different things on my mind but I have not been a very happy kitty. I won't bore you with the trival goings on of my mind but I do need to snap out of this funk pronto, I'm just not sure where to begin......perhaps a tanning booth!!

My volleyball team (that I've played with for 3 years now) seems to slowly be folding. We started out strong with 9 players and have somehow dwindled down. I haven't seen one guy in months.....I'm assuming he's not coming back.

There are three people who tend to show up whenever and cannot be counted on.....they may or may not be there on any given evening. That leaves 5 of us that are actually dedicated to playing our set schedule (and one of whom can only make it out to certain games due to work). We have some strong players and a few weak ones....when you only have 4 people playing a game at least you have a chance with 4 strong players.....throw in a weak one and it's game over. This season has been appalling in the score department and now I'm finding our morale to be non existent. To be honest I don't even feel like playing anymore.....what's the point? We've had two forfeits due to lack of players and if we have one more we are out of the league for the season. (For the record I'm one of the stronger players :)

I am debating about asking a friend to come out this weekend just in case we need an extra body. The one girl told me she would let me know if we need anyone....I might just bring him anyway. Telling me at 6pm that we need an extra person for 7pm doesn't quite cut it. Another girl had a couple of friends that wanted to play when we first started the season but she told them we had too many at the time. I told her to ask them to come out now as it can't hurt us in any way. Who knows, maybe they will be good!!

My somber mood certainly has not been helped by my failing immune system....yes folks I have a cold. I feel like absolute shit today. I have a fever, glassy eyes, stuffy nose.....my head feels like a bowling ball blah blah. I have however been fortunate enough to sleep most of the day away. I feel like one of those commercials, you know the "sneezing, achy, watery eyes, congestion" ones for medication. I'll certainly live....but I can't wait for today to end as I will feel ten times better tomorrow due to my current over medicated/lethargic state. Sleep and meds make the world go round don't cha know!!

My appalling behaviour last weekend:

I like to have a drink every now and again but oh my I clearly had a few too many last Friday. The evening started out with dinner at a pub and a few pints to wash the food down. J and I then met up with a friend at another bar to listen to a bluegrass band play......a few more pints down the hatch. (Please note I should not consume more than 2 or 3 pints as I am well aware of my alcohol tolerance and anything more than that is a terrible idea). We felt like dancing and walked down the street to our third and final location, a bar playing music from the 70's. It all went downhill from there my friends as I had a few more bottles of beer.

(Random bathroom shot in the middle of the evening....still looking okay)

I danced with a cute nerd and then announced to my friend that I thought he was stupid ( no idea why), I tried to order another bevy at 2:30am (the bartender stared at my friend as she apologized profusely). I apparently wanted grub in the wee hours of the AM, ordered some breaky and then could not eat it, gave a $20 to the waitress and told her to keep the change. Two random guys sat down with us and I just sat there like a lump not engaging in any conversation as I was starting to feel sick. On the way home in the cab I apparently started to gag and heave J went to open my window when she saw my cheeks puff out......and then.....I swallowed it! EWE!! I don't recall that moment but J seemed very impressed that I did not make a mess.

I also drunk texted two people at 3 AM, two people that I really really should not have (how mortifying). I am banning myself from carrying my cellphone when I'm out drinking.....or wait a better idea....I'm never drinking again!!

I paid for it the next day as I stayed in bed until 6:30pm and felt awful the entire time. I did have to get up though as I had TT's Tiki Hula dinner and party to attend that evening, although I must say by 8 PM I was as good as new!! Big shout out to J for taking care of me :)

I did however have a few minor incidents at the party due to my clumsiness/not paying attention. Just after arriving IE I had not had a drink yet, I threw my back out while trying to put some beverages into the fridge. I also somehow managed to get quite a large part of the corkscrew for wine stuck in my finger while I was opening a drink with the beer opener end. I cringed, twisted it out and asked for a band aid. There were no band aids to be had however the wonderful host made one for me with cotton balls and masking tape.

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I was super pissed about my back as this was the last week of my first month (did that make any sense) of going to the gym 4 x a week. I am a trooper and waited till the last four days of the week to go. I walked super super slow and did not even break a sweat....but I was there....I actually thought it might help to loosen my back up a bit as it was quite stiff and sore.

Anyway, I plan to lay low for the next couple of weeks, I'm babysitting for a friend next weekend, perhaps I will go and see a movie as well or at least have a non alcohol involved weekend :)

Am I the only person on earth that finds Manswers to be a bit of an odd show?? I came across this gem at one of my friends houses as it just happened to be on the TV. It showed up recently on my own television when Tivo decided I needed to check it out and taped an episode for me to watch. Hmmmm this particular show asked the questions : which sport is the most dangerous? and what does a woman's breast size tell you? It also showed any interested viewers how to make a hot tub in the back of a pick up truck...oh my!!

Surprisingly the most dangerous sport (if you call it that) is fishing......apparently from the amount of drownings, capsized boats and what not it's far more dangerous than football, boxing and parachuting.... who knew?

As for breast size, apparently women with pear shaped tatas are far more sexual than say women with orange or melon shaped breasts.....hmmm.....somebody get me a mirror!!

Anyway enough of that nonsense.......

I have an itty bitty MP3 player that I use while working out. Since I have been going to the gym four times a week lately, my 50 song play list is no longer cutting it. I could read load 50 new songs however it seems like a lot of work when in reality I'm going to want to change the list again in a few weeks time. I'm debating about sucking it up and purchasing an Ipod.....I'm just not sure which size I would need......I mean do I really need 10,000 or even 2,000 songs....I doubt it.....but will 200 be enough?

I would also like you my lovely readers to give me suggestions for songs to add to the player. Anything fast and upbeat to keep me going on the treadmill or even some harder songs to keep me or get me lifting those weights again. Ha! (I took a year hiatus from weights and want to get back at it). I prefer angry boy music to lift weights to a la Ministry/Linkin Park.

What songs get you moving??

Wiwille recently wrote a post on religion (an interesting read) and it reminded me of how much I dislike strangers touching me (unless they are hot men).

I did not grow up in a religious household however I did have the pleasure of attending church with PP's family when I was much younger. Every now and again we would have a sleepover on a Saturday evening which meant church in the morning. They did give me the option to stay home however I always attended. Apparently I was much less rude back then :)

Anyway, I always dreaded the part where you have to shake hands with the people around you as I do not enjoy touching strange hands. I don't know where they've been....perhaps whacking off a few minutes prior......using the toilet and not washing.....up a nostril.....or.....maybe the person has scabies or some other thing that I would prefer not to contract.

My hesitation with hand shaking is just as apparent today as it was back then. Every once in a while I'll have a client who *gasp* likes the court ordered work they are doing and will thrust their hand towards mine as I cringe and take it.

After a game of volleyball it is good sportsman (woman)ship Ha! to shake hands with the opposing team. I always do however I make a beeline for the bathroom afterwards to wash the filth and grime off of my hands.

And don't get me started on those with a limp handshake.....I mean really....why bother at all?? A friends girlfriend had the worst handshake on the face of the earth. She barely touched the palm of my hand with the tip of her fingers before it fell limp and sort of hung there. It was AWFUL! If you're going to make me touch it.....make it nice and hard...firm if you will!!! That sounded mildly dirty!

Goal List Update

Accomplished:

#18 Pay off my car

Yay!!!! I had 11 months of payments left and was able to squash those and pay the bloody thing off. I have however spent almost a grand this year fixing various things that have broken on it....might be time for a new one. Ugh!




Working On:


#5 Achieve BMI of 24.9 or less

I have been able to drop my BMI down 5.2 by eating better and working out. I must say though I need to kick it up a notch and really really try to eat better. I'm certainly not eating out as much but I am also not following my points as I had planned to do and seem to be stuck at a certain weight. I'm just thankful I'm not gaining!!




#35 Read all of the unread books on my shelf (6/35)

I read The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd which I really did enjoy. There was one paragraph that got me thinking on pg 255


"Knowing can be a curse on a persons life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth and I didn't know which one was heavier, which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question though because once you know the truth you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not the truth is yours now."


An interesting thought really.....is it better to know the truth or is it better to believe the lie?


I also read Insecure At Last by Eve Ensler and while I found it an okay read it really didn't grab me as much as I thought it would. She made a number of valid points and some of the stories were heartbreaking to read however I just didn't love the book.


#42 Go to the gym 4 x a week for 2 months (8/32)

I decided to get my ass into the gym over the holidays and thus far have been able to show up for 8 sessions in two weeks ( I went today as well and shock me shock me shock me there were a million more people there than usual....January anyone?). I do hope that my body agrees with this and continues to work hard as we all know I have knee/back issues that can spring up at any time. Cross your fingers because I will be super pissed if I'm in my last week of this goal and I am not able to finish due to injury....I hate having to start things over.


I've toyed with the idea of a group guitar lesson via the school board. (You know those interest courses they hold in the winter/summer). The only thing I'm not too keen on is the time as it does not fit too well into my schedule. I can make it happen......but it will be a pain in the ass ..... so we shall see.

A pretty slim list I must admit..... slowly but surely!