hmmm

Wow it has been a long time since I posted on this. I guess I feel like now that my carpal tunnel is in full force it is a good time to type excessive useless info into my computer. It is sat and I had so much planned to do for the day so I believe I'm going to get off the couch and do it. To bad I had some interesting stuff to type.

The Practical One

I think it is really funny that deb often calls me when trying to be talked out of an expensive unnecessary purchase. Today it was a blazer. Luckily she couldn't decide on the white one or the chocolate one. Aaah the trials and tribulations of a downtown dwelling shop-o-holic dealing with insufficient funds. I would have to say that deb is INDEED addicted to shopping. Not just ordinary shopping-but making extremely large purchases on rather spontaneous impulse. I might qualify her as a closet addict as the casual acquaintance might not pick up on it from her usual attire of tees and jeans or her overall personality that doesn't exactly scream, "give me a mall".

I'm sorry I didn't answer the phone...there should be a designated signal for these situations...but I'm glad indecisiveness ruled over superfluous purchases. Although I would not be surprised if by now you have gone back and bought both ;)

DAY 14: A DAY OF COMPLIMENTS

Flatter someone today and see if it does indeed get you anywhere.

WHAT A FINE HAT!

This is the best memo I've ever read

THAT TOUPEE REALLY SUITS YOU, YOUR HONOR

They never told me you were beautiful as well as intelligent

THAT'S A NICE BRIEFCASE

You're no the boss for nothing!


Challenge: ok, now this is one I can really use-maybe it's the ticket I need to get a new job!! I am going to compliment the next librarian that talks to me..

Trying not to be a doubleminded woman!!

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a doubleminded man, unstable in all he does.

The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with schorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Don't be deceived, my dear borthers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. he chose to give us birth through the word of truth , that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Lately

So recently I have been TRYING my best to look for a job but that is hard to do when you know you have enough money in the bank to last at least a month and there are so many other things to do especially w/ the nice weather!!!!! UGH TORTURE! Deb you know how I would often times keep myself behind closed doors instead of going out cause I had papers, reports, school work to do...and yet I wouldn't get it done I would still find something at home to keep me occupied instead of completing the work so I should've just gone ahead and gone out?? Well that is my problem now. I am not taking FULL advantage of unemployment! And that pisses me off. If I either went full force into the job search or put out 100% effort into enjoying my time off I would be happy.

In other news. This past weekend was pretty great w/ the cubs game. I AM A ***CHICAGO*** FAN! SOX, CUBBIES, BULLS, BEARS, RED WINGS....AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM!! Cubs win. There is nothing better then walking up and down the streets of wrigleyville buzzed on a gorgeous sunny afternoon after a victory! It is one of the greatest things, I would bet money on it. It is also great to yell GOO CUBBIES to people waiting in line for bars the evening of a win. Try it, you feel like a hero when replied w/ bouts of HOORAHS. After the game quali, bake, brett (brett brown, kid from IC) walked back to Bylina's (nother IC). He lives about 2 blocks south of the field. His apt. was pretty cool. The keg was done by 6 so Bake and a couple others went to get another. She and I took off for the bars before 9:30. I skipped quite a few things but this is getting long. (I will say that we still do NOT have tattoos though)

We were at the bar (pretty wasted) before 10 while everyone else there was probably on their second drink. It was great. They were having one of those free beer parties till 10:30 so we had still MORE free beer and no cover. I told jules I felt like an 8 yr. old at a wedding. Dancing up a storm and I didn't care WHO thought WHAT of it. We had an early night. In bed by 11:30 so the next day we felt great. Went for a bike ride and then I made pb, choc, oatmeal no bake cookies which turned into pb-oatmeal when I couldn't find the cocoa....found it right after I finished them...HEY BACCA!!! So what about beerfest?? I couldn't find anything on the web about it??!!! I want to come visit and I want to go to beerfest...2 birds with 1 stone.

DAY 12: WHAT's YOUR TYPE?

Write it on a piece of paper and carry it with you as a reminder at drunken parties

( ) Dumb Blonde
( ) Beefcake
(X) Clever Brunette
(X) Mr. Nice Guy
( ) Wild Redhead
( ) Loaded
( ) Lesbian/Gay
( ) Married With Kids
( ) Nag
( ) Sleazeball
( ) Cold Fish
(X) Handsome Prince

uPCOMING eVENTS

oH AND ONE MORE THING.....ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO TO kt tUNSTALL OR sNOW pATROL LET ME KNOW. btw WWW.wxrt.COM HAS A LOT OF INFO ON MUSIC IN THE AREA!!

Day 11

Today introduce yourself to someone you know but never speak to.

A NEIGHBOR!
TALK ABOUT:
THE WEATHER
THE FENCE
OTHER NEIGHBORS

A SHOPKEEPER!
TALK ABOUT:
THE LOCAL AREA NEWS
FRESHNESS OF PRODUCE
OTHER SHOPKEEPERS

A COLLEAGUE!
TALK ABOUT:
THE COFEE MACHINE
THE BOSS
OTHER COLLEAGUES

A LOCAL HOOKER!
TALK ABOUT:
PRICES
POSSIBLE DISCOUNTS
OTHER HOOKERS

nOW i'M GOING TO WATCH A MOVIE CALLED "mE aND yOU aND eVERYONE wE kNOW" ;)

In Deepest Gratitude

I am taking this moment out of my life to give Becca the honor she most certainly deserves. I have been given #2 letter and I must say this one was even better then the first. You leave me wanting more. I read the entire thing to Deb as I opened it. Much appreciated. It was just the thing I needed to cheer me up during my draining and unproductive job search.

KEEP THEM COMING!!!!!

Ok I'm Back....DAY 10!

Turns out job searching takes more time out of the day then when you have a job. I've been more busy the past week and a half then I have been the whole 8 months I've been up here. I don't have any definite leads and have no more clue of what I want to do but I should be fine (money-wise) for about 2 more months.

Day 10 is MEET JONAS DAY!
This is Jonas Jansson, a courageous young fellow who has agreed to follow the Book's injunctions to the letter. In this, his first week, he has already been arrested once and lost his girlfriend. Go Jonas!

Bio: Jonas was born in 1982, in the small village of Gavle in Sweden. He grew up, went to school, made some friends, studied a bit, got drunk a couple of times, got a job - but something was still lacking in his otherwise eventful life. One day last year, the authors of the Book spotted him playing pinball in his local mall. Something about his style and look caught their eye. They approached him and asked Mr. Jansson if he would play the guinea pig for their venture. He said he'd think about it, and before he knew it, his life was totally and utterly transformed. It's only been a few days since Jonas has been following the Book but already it's pepped up his life no end. Only a week ago he read the "love of your life" page and followed it a bit too far. First he chucked his gf Magda, even though nothing was said about getting rid of current loves. Then he thought he spotted the love of his life, 59-year-old Canadian tourist Bibi Jeanmaire, busy enjoying a coffee in downtown Stockholm with ex-Mountie husband Pierre-Louise. Jonas approached her, showed her the relevant Book page, and proceeded to woo her with a passionate kiss. That's the spirit Jonas! Local police agreed to drop all charges the next day, but not without fining him a substantial 1000 crowns. Better luck next time!

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St. Paddy's Day!

 

Monster.Com

Well, my first job after graduation is now over and on to the next. Mon. my supervisor told me my position was being terminated and Fri. was my last day. I get 2 weeks pay after this week but after that will have nothing but savings-which is NOT going to go far. So I've been looking all week and today found something at a bank that looked pretty good so I'm going to send the application for that tomorrow and look into some other bank positions.

So if anyone has any suggestions letma know.

Do Something Before Breakfast Today

As any peasant worth his salt will tell you, the early morning is the best part of the day, so set the alarm for 5 o'clock and rise and shine.

Here is a list of Ideas:
D...............Watch the Sun rise
A...............Gossip about the neighbors with the garbage man
Y...............Go for a five mile run
..................Call a friend and express surprise that they're not up yet
9................Find out what's on t.v. at this hour
..................Lick morning dew of a leaf
..................Have sleepy sex
..................Milk a cow

DAY 8: Addiction-Free Day

Oh what the heck? I can't believe this fell on a sat. Well I for one am not going to be able to fulfill this
activity today so I won't hold it against anyone that postpones this one for tomorrow.

Your body is your temple. Cut out addictive substances for the day and see how much purer you feel.

This includes (but not limited to): alchohol, sleeping pills, all other drugs, coffee, Chinese food, and cigarettes.

SPECIAL TIP FOR ANY BOOK OWNERS ADDICTED TO CRACK COCAINE: You may not feel purer immediately. Stick at this one for at least a couple of months to see the full lifestyle benefits.

DAY 6

Today write the opening sentence of your debut novel: here are some examples to get you started~

"Call me Ishmael." Moby Dick, Herman Melville

"Hale knew they meant to murder him before he had been in Brighton three hours." Brighton Rock, Graham Greene

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Old Testament, Anonymous

"You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, if on a winter's night a traveller." If On A Winter's Night A Traveller, Italo Calvino

"LOLITA, light of my life, fire of my loins." Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

"Stately, plump Buck Miligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed." Ulysses, James Joyce.

"That morning I woke trying to recall the events of the night before." Untitled As Of Yet, Hillary Croxton

DAY 5 Mass social experiment

Ok some of these things will work out better then others. This one will require a bit more work on your part since you don't have the book, but give it a try anyway.

Draw a large red circle w/ the words "OUT OF ORDER" in the center. Cut this circle out and stick this sign on any item of public infrastructure you might encounter today, including, but not limited to: elevators, garbage trucks, cranes, phone booths, toilets, ventilation units, escalators, entrances to subway stations. The aim is to achieve comprehensive social breakdown across the US.


In other news I caught my first two episodes of this season of Scrubs tonight. GREAT! Didn't realize how much I missed it.

Awwe, news is live at the Berghoff. Last call in 20 minutes =( I was going to go tonight but instead went to Heaven on Seven a Cajun restaurant in Naperville. Oh well, my money is on them reopening as a restaurant w/in the next 5 years. Wagers anyone?

Mardi Gras 2006!!

Wow! This year's Mardi Gras weekend was even CRAZIER then last's!!!

Well ok maybe not crazy. Didn't have the money this year to go to StL so I took advantage of the activity-less weekend up here and went home. Both nights I had my pj's on before 9. MY FAVORITE! My mom had Tivo'd the women's figure skating long program so I watched all of that, poor Sasha. =(

Saturday we went to my Dad's parents. We brought Ryan so I'm sure they enjoyed the visit even more. GENIUS! He can count to 10, he knows all his basic colors, and he knows he can get what he wants if he gives me a hug. When we got back home Kaili and I went shopping and I spent entirely too much-OH WELL!!

Sunday I saw my mom's parents and then had dinner w/ the fam. That is absolutely all I did all weekend and it was great. Well time for more sleeping!!

DAY 4 WORLD COLORING-IN DAY

Today, work out your globetrotting plans for the rest of your time on earth, and get on the phone to n accredited travel agent. NB: the State Dept. currently discourages travel to the following countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Zimbabwe, North Yemen.

Now print out your WORLD MAP and fill in country by country: Green Been there, Blue Intend to go there this year, Yellow Intend to go there sometime before I die, Red Happy never to set foot there.

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Day 3

Today throw something away that you like.

Ok "like" and "love" two different things so don't be too harsh when deciding. I'm not going to have much access to a computer the next couple days so this is early. You have an extra day to decide what to throw away.

I already decided: the paper nativity scene Josh made for me. I even tore it up so I wouldn't dig it out of the trash later. I really liked it, best construction paper nativity I've seen. But it was paper...how long can you keep construction paper that only sits out 2 months of the year? And then by the time it starts looking really ratty and too awful to even display anymore you can't throw it away now cause there's too much sentiment invested in it. "I can't throw it away, Josh made it for me and I've kept it for the past three years." By then you're stuck hanging on to it until you are buried. Oh now I'm kinda sad. Maybe I should've picked something else. :(

Day One: Warm-Up

As this is your first day, you should warm up with an easy task that will only change your life a little bit.

Choose one of the following options:

Do one press-up
Perform a striptease (in private)
Triple-tie your shoelaces
Learn to play "chopsticks" on the piano
Increase your typing speed by three words a minute
Jaywalk in a pedestrian zone
Set all your clocks to exactly the right time
Whisper a white lie when no one's listening
Fantasize about your partner
Use a different thickness comb
Say "yo" instead of "hello"
Hold the phone up to your other ear
Tell someone your middle name
Try a new sandwhich filling
Leave work five minutes early
Bookmark a new website
Give your genitalia pet names
Decide which one of your toes is the prettiest
Insult an insect
Go on a one-minute hunger strike

Well I got the book a week ago so I already decided which toe was the prettiest (my index toe on either foot) but since I just started this I will Bookmark a new website: And in honor of "Fredding" http://www.unclefred.com/ it is!

This Book Will Change Your Life

Kay, this is the book that bacca's post about "Fredding" reminded me of. When I first got it I was thinking of giving it to Deb or another friend because it was so funny, but decided to keep it. =) BUT I am going to share the daily tasks w/ you both cause I think some of them are highly amusing and worth sharing.

Back Cover Notes:
Is the year ahead looking much the same as the last? Another 365-day grind of group meetings, nights at the bars, and not-to-forget-birthdays? IF SO, TRY THIS BOOK. Part instruction manual, part therapy, part sheer anarchy. "THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE" will help you poke a stick in the spokes of your routine and make every day of the next year the first day of your new life.

If you follow this Book's instructions, in a year's time you will be famous. People will be writing all sorts of suff about you, and will want to know exactly how the Book's advice changed you. So make sure you note all changes day by day in the practical links, conveniently headed POST A COMMENT. Then just submit your compiled comments to your biographers at the end of the year.

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"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: "Duh."

~Conan O'Brien

(I didn't think it was too clever but I really like Conan O'Brien)

Winter Olympics 2006

Becca's probably going to complain cause I haven't logged in a while and now I have several things to post, but that's just how my free time goes and how my ideas come. Oh and also I've been entirely too involved in myspace...and going to back off of that a bit. The site takes TOO long to navigate thru and do anything w/ my slow @$$ computer.

Last night was basically the first I've caught of the Olympics. Josh (guy I work w/) is in love w/ anything that involves girls that look like they are prepubescent (this would include figure skating, X-country runners, and over all underage athletes) and he likes changing lyrics to songs and making up poems so he gets some of us involved. This time the theme was obviously the winter games and below are what we've come up w/ so far...remember kids it's quantity not quality (mine are at the end):

The Winter Olympics (So Many Hotties)
By Josh Reinke

Sadly, the Winter Olympics come only once every four years.
It’s so exciting to watch the competitions, hotties and cheers.
The Olympics aren’t just about fast skiers and skaters that do twirls.
It’s also about gorgeous women and super-cute girls.

What would the games be without her big blue eyes and amazing hair?
She’s tough, she’s beautiful and her skills on a snowboard are rare.
If she has a boyfriend, I’ll admit I’m quite jealous.
By now I’m sure y’all know I’m talkin’ ‘bout Lindsey Jacobellis.

The next Olympian I’ll mention is as flexible as can be.
Much like Shaun White I wish she’d go out with me.
With those beautiful brown eyes my love for her is growin’.
Yup, you got it…I’m talkin’ ‘bout the hottie, Ms. Sasha* Cohen.

So far this poem makes it seem the U.S. is the only team with beauties
But, Canada and Russia and Norway all have so many cuties!
With her amazing smile, sparkly eyes, and cute victory dance the one I’ll dream about tonight
Is none other than the talented and beautiful snowboarder from Australia named Torah Bright.

There are cuties in snowboarding, skiing and skating too.
Kara Traa, Gretchen Bleiler, Jillian Vogtli…I love you!
All these hot women in just one Olympics may seem suspicious.
Belbin, Meier, Savchenko and Kostner are all sooooo delicious!

* Sasha’s real name is Alexandra.


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By Matt Blume

When watching the winter olympics, you'll notice that something's not there,
Look for a man of significant color, you won't find one anywhere.
I'm all for America, the red, white, and blue; I want us to win the gold,
But you won't find me in Torino this year because brothas just don't do cold.

Take for example the sport of ski jumping where you hit a ramp and then fall,
The only jumping that I wanna do involves a rim and a ball.
I'm sure that the view is fantastic and there's lots of beautiful sights,
But you won't get me on that mountaintop because brothas just don't do heights.

And what's the deal with figure skating, these dudes look like 80s singers,
The only ice I'm down with is around my neck and on my fingers.
I know these guys are athletes, and I don't mean to be hating,
But every man in his right mind knows that brothas just don't do skating.

Hockey's a game dominated by white boys sporting their mullets,
This just ain't my thing, I think I'd rather be in Compton running from bullets.
These dudes' grills is more jacked up than freakin' Obie Trice,
You won't catch me in a pair of skates because brothas just don't do ice.

Now snowboarding's different, these dudes are ok, I kinda like their style,
I wouldn't mind sitting around and blazing with them for a while.
But even though Shaun White has a killer attempt at a 'fro,
You won't find a board strapped to my feet because brothas just don't do snow.

I've only touched on a couple of sports, there are others like bobsled and curling,
But the thought of the snow and ice and wind kinda makes me feel like hurling.
When the time comes again for the summer olympics, you'll find me front and center,
But as for now I think I'll pass because brothas just don't do winter.

************************************************

Ode to Alexandra
By Hillary Croxton

all week all i've heard, all josh has said
is man i can't get this girl out of my head
her twirls and her spins and geez her great jumps
even though the poor girl has had some bad slumps
her smile and her eyes they blow me away
boy how i wish i could just tell her "hey!"

and all along i have to admit
i really didn't see what made her the sh!+
but after last night there is no denying
as i was watching her bow, bend and flying
she is the best thing i've seen in a while
in fact i might add her to my heroes compiled
she said girls should be strong, fierce and bold
and after last night she's sure to win gold!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Too White to Say 'Brotha'
By Hillary Croxton

though blume & i have never met
it's quite apparent, i'll even make bets
these winter games are just not his bag
it's even been heard that they make him gag
and although there is few found in the crowd
i did spot a brother that might make him proud
yes that silver was awarded to him with drama
but think of the tears of joy that came from his mama
push aside the cold and shivers those points are moot
and give shani davis a big deserving salute

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"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'"

~Dave Barry

Who's Studlier, Bill or Chuck? You Decide.

Bill Brasky:
He'd eat a homeless person if you dared him!
His poop is used as currency in Argentina.
He hated Mexicans! And he was half Mexican! .......And he hated irony!
Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky took me out to go get a drink with him? We go off looking for a bar and we can't find one. Finally Brasky takes me to a vacant lot and says, 'Here we are.' We sat there for a year and a half and sure enough someone constructs a bar around us. The day they opened we ordered a shot, drank it, and then burned the place to the ground. Brasky yelled over the roar of the flames, 'Always leave things the way you found em!
They use Brasky's foreskin as a tarp when it rains at Comiskey Park.

Chuck Norris:
Chuck Norris didn't start the fire, but now he kind of wishes he had.
Chuck Norris uses his forehead as a flyswatter... and he has never missed.
Chuck Norris is a sensitive soul who writes beautiful poetry under a femalepseudonym. But if he ever catches you reading it, he'll kick your pansy ass.
There is no chin under Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.
Contrary to popular belief, Chuck Norris, not the box jellyfish of northern Australia, is the most venomous creature on earth. Within 3 minutes of being bitten, a human being experiences the following symptoms: fever, blurred vision, beard rash, tightness of the jeans, and the feeling of being repeatedly kicked through a car windshield.

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"You know you're becoming one when you stop thinking of old people as a separate ethnicity."

~Hillary

Sleepy

Ok, so I'm watching "Broken Flowers" with Bill Murray. I don't get to finish it tonight as I have to go to bed in T minus 3 minutes and I've only gotten 1/2 hour into it, BUT from the 30 minutes I did get to watch I can tell it is good. Even if the rest of the storyline, characters, and ending sucks-the oldest daughter of his neighbor and seemingly best friend-is the cutest little girl ever. I hope she's in it more. I couldn't even Find her name for sure but I think it is Korka Falls and I bet she will be in another movie before too long. Ah this woman is a professional closet organizer!

Well Deb I got thru 2 miles, a load of laundry, dinner, dishes, put laundry away, and got thru a bit of the movie...not everything but not bad.

Hasta Mananna!

He's Alive & Kickn

Quote 2 of 8

"If life were fair, Elvis would be alive and all theimpersonators would be dead."

~Johnny Carson

333 Pages To Go

"The more I watched her, the more I came to feel that she must be struggling in that cloudy, old lady's mind of hers with thoughts of her own mother and father-who had probably sold her into slavery when she was a little girl-just as I had been struggling with thoughts of my own parents. Perhaps she had lost a sister too. I'd certainly never thought of Granny in this way before. I found myself wondering if she'd started life much as I had. It made no difference that she was a mean old woman and I was just a struggling little girl. Couldn't the wrong sort of living turn anyone mean? I remembered very well that one day back at home, a boy pushed me into a thorn bush near the pond. By the time I clawed my way out I was mad enough to bite through wood. If a few minutes of suffering could make me so angry, what would years of it do? Even stone can be worn down with enough rain."

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New York

Chicago

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"I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west.'"--Richard Jeni

Go Pittsburgh!!

A little late but thought it might warrant a post.

This Sunday ended up being the best Super Bowl party I've ever been to. And I'm quite confidant it would have remained the best even if I HAD gone to previous. It was at a co-worker's boyfriend's parent's house. She told me the basement was really nice but I had no idea how completely pimped it was....that's right I said pimped. There is no other way to describe it. For starters he had the game projected on a screen about 6"X6". (Deb~that should be next on your list of "must have gadgets" A projector!! I thought they were pretty cool but didn't realize how much more completely awesome it was to watch anything on such a great picture.) There was a full sized bar (fully stocked of course) and even more food. On either side of the projection screen there was the rest of a usual entertainment center-stereo, DVD, TV....anyway it was a lot of fun.

Deb, Kate would appreciate the awfulness of what I'm about to say: I cooked some turkey brats tonight. Had just opened a fresh french hoagie, went to the fridge to get the condiments AND THE #1 CONDIMENT WAS ALL GONE!!! I had no ketchup! =( Was a terrible dissappointment but I managed to make due w/ mustard.

Bar Chicago

I've been meaning to get some pics up. About 3 weeks ago after a hockey game we went to Bar Chicago to see Pedro DJ. I had to leave early to get the last train home so all I got to see him do was dance around the bar-no DJ'ing. He did sign something for me though and I got this rockin picture of him so I guess it was worth the $6 cover...oh and I think I ate another $6 worth of tator tots that they had out for bar food that night instead of pop-corn. Geez I hadn't eaten all day-get your own tots!

Pedro @ Bar Chicago

40 oz. to Foremost Liquors

I think I just might have possibly had the greatest restaurant meal ever. We went to the Cheesecake Factory in Schaumburg today and I got tempura and bang bang Thai chicken and shrimp. SO GOOD. I didn't have room for cheesecake so will be going back before too long.

Last night was fun but weird. Josh, Quali, Bake and I started out at my place drinking and stalling till a group of other V3 workers got done w/ dinner. Then we went to 63rd St. billiards. We quickly found out that they didn't serve alcohol so we headed on down the road to crickets & cues. But first Baker and I had to fill our craving for a 40. After several failed attempts of finding one at gas stations we were directed to a liquor store where we found a couple of old guys and their dogs working behind the counter. They let Baker and me "me-you" the 40 while Bake played w/ the nasty dogs. We tried to get one of the guys to take our pic on Bake's camera phone but he just took a picture of her boob so we finished up and left. (Foremost liquors-in case you're looking for a quick stop in between bars) We finally got to the pool place and met up w/ the rest of the group. Stayed there till it closed and then went over to one of the guy's houses. BUT FIRST: We spent about 20 minutes looking for Bake. And then another 20-30 minutes trying to find this dude's house. We all stayed up till bout 5 and crashed there. I was lucky enough to get both a blanket AND a pillow-some were not as lucky. Bake Josh and I had to wake up 2 hours later to get Bake back home in time for her to meet her dad downtown. I'm sure the pompeii exhibit never seemed more interesting then it did to her this morning!

Time to run

Hey what up posee!

I have had several great things to blog lately but as usual when I think of them I am not at a computer and by the time I have a chance to type it down....I can't think of it. But I had a few secs. so thought I'd post something anyway. Hmm what is new. Not much. OH! One exciting thing. I checked out Nikerunning.com and found the work out of my dreams! ;) You can select the race your training for and your goal and it will spit out the training program you need to do to get there. Check it out if you like running or if you're bored and you want to pretend that you like running.

OOOoooh YEEEEeeeEEEs!

After talking to Melissa this week I realized I had left the funniest part of Friday night out of my blog:

When we got done at the Union Station bar I had to go to the bathroom and had the urge to go shopping as I often do when drunk. So we ran into Old Navy. While in the stalls we heard a woman come in and loudly ask if the "WASHROOM WAS FULL?" We said yeah but luckily Melissa got done w/in a few seconds. The woman aparently ran in w/ her pants undone and she and for a side note VERY LARGE! The funny part was the noises and exclaimations she was making. "Oh Jesus! That feels GOOD!, OOooooh oOOOOooOOOh YEEES!" "Oh have MERCY that feels goooood." And so on and so forth! It was the craziest thing ever. So funny!! It went on the entire time we were in the bathroom. Then I bought a shirt and belt to replace my clothes that were too officey, wooly, and itchy. Then we went on to the resaurant.

In other news:
Melissa has told me that she wants to join a curling team! I am very excited to see her in action

Desert Flower

So tonight was the first time since moving up here that I missed Illinois College. Maybe it was from seeing Katie and Ali last night but it hit me when I left my apt. at midnight to buy a shower curtain. I had thrown my mildewy ripped one away earlier today and forgot to pick one up while out. So anyway, it hit me then cause midnight Sunday walmart trips scream IC. The late night trips w/ Rima were some of the funnest times. Goofy and exhausted from a weekend of drinking. Remembering stupid things people, and ourselves, did/said. Buying the oddest items. It was the first time I was sad about not having a roommate. Before grabbing the curtain at the store I stopped at the flower section and almost picked out a cactus to be my pseudo roommate but this is the week of bare necessities (except for Thursday night's hockey game and very mandatory t-shirt to display my Blackhawk inspired iron-ons). Plus, the out come of my geranium leads me to believe I should not use a plant to represent my new roommate. HA! I just saw the funniest comcast comercial ever. It was "comcastic". That made staying up so late absolutely worth it. ;)

Friday NIght

So much happened Friday night that I am going to split it among SEVERAL blog postings so it isn’t one MASSIVE post that will be too long for you to care to read. Now it is going to be SEVERAL smaller very detailed descriptions of the different events from last night. To start off here is what the plan was for the evening as of 6:38 when my train got to Union. I was going to meet up w/ Melissa (EPA friend that lives and works downtown now) at the bar near the food court. We were possibly going to have one drink and then head for the hockey game. After the game we were going to go to a Columbian or Korean restaurant and then I was either going to catch the last train home or we were going to go to more bars…..

Union Station Bar

Why is this venue not talked about on Metromix. Melissa and I decided it was our #1 hot spot. Yes, I am kidding. It is not so much a bar as it is a few tables and chairs w/ a stand that serves alcohol in a hallway on your way out of the station. But that was fine that was all we needed. It did provide for great people watching…I wish I would’ve remembered my camera was in my bag and I wish I had been drunk so that I wouldn’t care if people saw me taking their picture. I don’t think the strangers walking by will sound as funny as they looked, but you know I’m going to try anyway. Melissa had had a couple glasses of champagne at her office before she met up w/ me so she was enjoying the ambiance even more then I was. (Wait a minute…I thought she was held up at the office till 6:30 cause of all the work she had??!) Within 45 seconds of each other we noticed the following: there was a massively LARGE middle-old aged man sitting at the bar about to pass out while one of his buddies proceeded to fill his glass w/ the remainder of their pitcher. Something tells me he didn’t really need anymore. The man’s face and body posture including his COLOSSAL beer gut was funny enough to cause a hearty laugh alone-especially considering where we were. For some reason I find complete wastedness in the Union bar more out of place then in say…an Irish pub. Maybe the fact that it was not even 7 had something to do w/ it too. Then a man and his girlfriend walked by. He was carrying his dry cleaning and had a VERY impressive hat made out of about 45 balloons (the kind you make animals out of). Melissa and I were jealous and if I had been drunk I probably would’ve tried to barter for it. Again, you had to see it in order to completely appreciate, for the man was not your typical balloon hat wearing gentleman and yet he walked as if there was nothing out of the ordinary going on above his eyebrows. Next a man walked by wearing a giant chinchilla coat that I thought looked like he had cleaned the Metra’s seats w/. Melissa explained to me that he was pimpin and it was hot-that’s when I noticed her cute pink boots that she got at Famous Barr for $20. After that a “man” that was apparently listening to our conversation about how we were both Pisces, tried to join in by saying he dated a Pisces and it ended badly. It took him about 3 minutes to get that sentence to come down from his brain out of his mouth, I just thought it was because he was lying and bad at it but later he definitely proved that it was because he was wasted.

The Cab Ride

Turns out this guy was going to the hawks’ game w/ one of his buddies too. Earlier Melissa had half jokingly suggested we find someone to split a cab w/ so when this guy offered we decided it would be an easy way to save about $10 and after I saw their tickets were in another realm from our own $8 seats, it seemed harmless as well, making an instant separation at the Center quite easy. It was. But not before I thought the two guys were going to “play” wrestle each other through the Plexiglas divider. Melissa and I convinced them that they missed Celine Dion sing our National Anthem and apparently this sent them into a fit of rage while trying to determine which one of them caused the tardiness to the game. When the cab ride was finally over-which seemed to take days-Melissa and I ran to the ticket window. People in line informed us that all tickets were sold out except $25 ones. After debating if this was a reasonable price, and after considering buying some from a scalper for $15 we decided to scratch the whole game and get some dinner. While walking to the bus we saw the “scalper” talking to another man in an unmarked cop car. Turns out he was undercover. Thank goodness the guys in line planted the idea that the tickets might be fake otherwise I think I really would’ve convinced Melissa we should make the purchase. I wonder how the night would’ve turned out then.

Dinner

Now that I recall the company that joined us later that night on the bus I am really second guessing my decision to buy a CTA Plus Card. I think I saw public transportation at its finest. Just for a taste of it I will mention a bit about one man: Wasted, loud, wondering creepy eyes, toothless smile, rolling cigarettes, VERY WIDE unzipped zipper, making disturbing noises. Melissa pulled out her maps and list of possibilities for food. All I needed to hear was “margarita” to decide on Manantas Mexican Restaurant. We got there at about 9 and I briefly caught a glimpse of one of those all too familiar rainbow poles that let you know where you are. I acknowledged it but my thought process didn’t take my brain to what this next situation was going to be like. I had to pee so I made a bee-line to the latrine. When I got back Melissa made a comment that there was an abundance of hot guys here, I hadn’t noticed what she was referring to. I looked around and we were quite possibly the only girls in the place. Um, oooooooh yeeeeeah. Ok whatever. We ordered the margaritas as a few cross dressers walked by and waited for our table. The food was Muy Excellente!

Trying to Catch a Train

We left the bar at 12 and hurried to get on the el. By 12:30 we realized we weren’t going to make it through two more stops, a cab ride and a run to the station by 12:40 so we threw in the towel and I decided to crash at Melissa’s. That’s when she realized we missed our stop. We got off in China Town. (“the outskirts of where white girls don’t go after midnight” as Melissa refers to it.) While we were huddling under the warm lights for the incoming train a man shuffled over and asked Melissa where she got her boots, to which Melissa replied, “we’re not interested” Finally after a little more questioning she said “downstate” He asked, “How much you pay for dem”, she replied, “not much”. He continued asking where and how much?
“Do you want me to get security?”
“Why, for talking to yas. I was gonna ask you for an auto-graph Brittany Spears”
“For being rude-we’re just trying to catch a train”

Apparently he thought it was hysterical that she told him we were trying to catch a train. He walked away repeating it several times in between chuckles. Then I think one of those under cover cop/security guys came over and sat on the bench next to us pretending to use his cell until the train came. The rest of the night was uneventful. On my train back home Sat. morning a guy handed the conductor an Amtrac ticket to Wisconsin? And I thought I had trouble with the train! J

If the most you can do is show some restraint then the least you can do is get carried away...

Where did this snow come from? I thought spring was on it's way. Oh well, I did want to make a snowman and go sledding before snow season was over. I am on lunch break and have about 30 mins before I have to go back. Today is going fast though. After work I'm taking the train and meeting up with Melissa and Deb at Union Station then heading to the United Center for the hockey game. After that it's dinner, Columbian or Korean food-Melissa's choice. I can't wait! Last night my toilet broke so I had to call the 24 hour maintanance man. Luckily it just took a few mins. and seems to be ok now. Wed was a busy day. I realized my tire was going flat again-I found it almost completely dead a week ago but it seemed fine since then..took it in and they found a fat screw. They were able to patch it for $20. Later that night after helping a work friend move in a new sofa (much heavier and time consuming ordeal then I imagined), and after dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings (MMM my favorite-and my payment for labor), I met up w/ Mike & his roommate Josh who recently started a new job w/ a travel company!! Yay-Hawaii just got that much more obtainable.

V3 Holiday Party

Well here are a few pictures...

Christmas is Over!

Phewww finally got the stupid last post to work. So I got rid of my Christmas tree. It was quite and ordeal getting it out of my balcony door to the ground below while trying to avoid my neighbor's patio. Deb was a HUGE help I might add ;)

I'm so glad you stopped by though Deb was a great excuse to treat myself to some full on Chinese buffet binging.

Hmm, I think I need to go a head and trust myself to own a credit card again but not use it for day to day things. I am finding many things that come up where a credit card is necessary...my IPASS auto renewal for one. Have you ever tried using the Account Manager online...not handy. Well now time for bed.

Try This

OK well after wasting too much of my precious time trying to get these dang links to work w/ the post I'm giving up. If you want to see a pic of the president punching somebody click HERE.

If you are interested in the Terrapass click HERE.

 

BaccaSexy

Ok, per Becca's request and me being bored cause I can't go anywhere due to the 6inches of snow on the ground, I decided to give a truly valuable answer to the question, "who the hell is chewbacca anyway?"

Chewbacca (or Chewie) (c. 200 BBY - c. 25 ABY), a fictional character of the Star Wars universe, is 2.3 m (7.5 ft) tall Wookiee and co-pilot of Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon. Chewbacca is the son of Attichitcuk, the husband of Mallatobuck, and the father of Lumpawarrump.

Wise and sophisticated, he has a great deal of technological savvy. Chewbacca is known for his great strength and loyalty. While Chewie is perfectly able to understand the galactic-standard language Basic, he is unable to speak it due to his species' vocal structure. He communicates in his native language, Shyriiwook, while Solo always speaks to Chewie in Basic. Chewbacca was played by actor Peter Mayhew in the Star Wars movies.

Chewbacca undertook a Wookiee "life debt" to Han Solo due to Solo saving his life at some point before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In the Expanded Universe comic book entitled simply Chewbacca, Imperial Navy Officer Han Solo was ordered to destroy a drifting shuttle full of Wookiee Slaves, including Chewbacca. Solo refused to do so, and set the Wookiees free. Solo was discharged from the Imperial Navy for this act. Chewbacca tracked down Solo and from the time Solo saved his life, up to Chewbacca's death on the planet of Sernpidal, the two were nearly inseparable.

Initially, Princess Leia did not like Chewbacca, calling him a "walking carpet." But eventually she almost became as close a friend to Chewbacca as Han Solo (mirroring Han's own initial resistance to Chewbacca's loyalty, which was also replaced by a deep and abiding friendship). Chewbacca was very close to Han and Leia's children, becoming an uncle of sorts to the three children.

OK Maybe I went a little over-board, or maybe just enough-board. Maybe this will provide you w/ a little late night drunk reading material Deb. Can't wait for tomorrow night! Yay no school till....when do you have to go back?

Angela Heading's Wedding

 

chewbacca is a canadian

My friend Mikee has an affinity for canadians and it has slipped my mind to tell him that I BELIEVE chewbacca is a natural born canadian

Ok I can't recall if I've officially thanked Becca for her letter SOOO...

BACCA: Thanks for the letter it was great and made me laugh. I enjoyed every second and every cosmo clipping. I will have to make those delicious sounding ham and cheese sandwhiches when I have the time.
I guess not many people buy cosmo for the recipes ;) And thanks for the offer of being your new year's date. I need a glamour shot incase anyone doesn't purely believe my words and needs proof since you won't actually be up here to celebrate w/ me.

Thanks for the quote, you need to revist your quote of the week spot on my blog page every once in a while.

And as always, if I could save time in a bottle the first thing that I'd like to do is to save everyday till eternity passes away just to spend them with you if I could make days last forever if words could make wishes come true I'd save every day like a treasure and then again I would spend them with you but there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them I've looked around enough to know you're the one I want to go through time w/ (short instrumental break) If I had a box just for wishes and dreams that had never come true the box would be empty except for the memory of how they were answered by you but there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them I've looked around enough to know you're the one I want to go through time w/ (instrumental ending)~I think the writer had to be canadian.

oh tanenbaum

Last night I had some people come over help me make decorations. They work for food if anyone needs some good pipe cleaner or construction paper ornament makers. The tree looks very fun. I'll put a pic up later. I couldn't find a tree skirt I liked, so am considering just leaving the thin layer of needles that fell off of the tree into a neatly formed circle, where they are. They almost provides the illusion of a tree skirt. Now all I need are a few presents to wrap and put under. I haven't had anytime yet to go out and get ideas. I don't really know what I'm going to get anyone but I guess there isn't a whole lot I need to get so it should be fine. We watched Elf last night too. "Good bye Buddy, hope you find you're dad" ;)

Sat. night a bunch of people from highschool came up so we just ate/drank and played games at Jenny's apt. It was fun. Found another person that lives w/in a half hour of me! Fri I went to improv-olympics. It was very fun. Made me want to play it myself.

Mandy's Favorite

 

Bump Set Spike

So I got my tree but it is sitting in a mixing bowl full of water for now. It needs a little surgery to fit into the tree stand. It is also all bundled up so it looks really skinny and sad. I can't wait to cut the rope off and see how big it is. Like those expanding sponge capsules that explode when you add water. Or those washclothes that are little cubes till you put water on them.

I played vb w/ a team that was really good tonight-the team I played w/ wasn't all that great =) It was a lot of fun. I am sooo worn out from it though. AM SOO OUT OF SHAPE!

Christmas Tree Time

Hey,

My Thanksgiving was great however I don't think I have anything to add to Deb's competition. Ummm nope, no I don't. But, I did learn how to make earrings and got to see Mindy.

BUT I get to get my Christmas tree tonight. I can't wait! And then after I get my tree a bunch of us get to go to a guy from work's apt. and decorate his tree and play board games.

OK gotta run.

Non sto mai a questo hotel ancora. Lei può soddisfare il passo il sause di calamaro?

YAY!! Mindy got the job! ! How exciting. Congrats!! I know you will miss the crazy people from the last job but sounds like it will be more fun.

Today was kinda rough. I didn't get enough sleep so it was super hard to focus on the crap I was reading. I am thankful tomorrow is Friday. I can't wait to sleep in on Saturday morning. I'm looking forward to going home next week too. It is so nice being home. I feel so relaxed. It is like a vacation. I don't have to do anything or be anywhere and is sooo nice having my mom and dad cook meals. Actual meals w/ fruits and vegies and meat seasoned correctly and not over garlicked. And having them take care of the dishes. OOOH I can't wait!!

Tonight was one of the little holiday work parties. It was ok but it was all project managers so they are mostly older and intimidating. I think my favorite part of the evening was when I went to the bathroom and they had language tapes playing teaching you how to say "I am never staying at this hotel again because of the bad service" in Italian. A woman walked in as I was repeating it. I wish some of the younger people were going to be at these things. I have like 4 more I'm supposed to go to and they have such potential for being a good time. I think one of them is gonna be at the cubbie bear. Deb maybe you could meet me at it.

I don' t like the cold that comes with winter but I am so excited to get my Christmas tree. I'm gonna have a Christmas tree decorating party on the first or second Sun in Dec so mark your calendars.
~Bedtime

I didn't know hippies played lacrosse

Ok, Deb always complains cause I don't put enough stories on here but the thing is, they happen...I get in front of my computer...I forget.

But since I can't think of anything interesting to others about myself right now I will share a story from someone else's life.

There is a guy at work named Eric who is a crazy hippy. A few weeks ago he was out in one of the work trucks and it stopped working. There are random "H-E-L-P" vehicles that drive up and down the highway and these guys pull over and clamed to be one. After they check out the problem they tell him to wait there while they go down the road to get the part. Long story short Eric got screwed...well the company got screwed because the shady samaritan's way overcharged for the work they did. Eric was too preoccupied cause his friends were waiting on him to get done w/ work so they could take off for a lacrosse game up at Notre Dame so he actually ran out of the office inadvertantly before everything was taken care of w/ the "mechanics". So he's playing the game of his life, is hopped up on adrenaline from the whole truck fiasco and scored more goals then ever. Then an opponent wacks him hard on the back of the neck w/ his stick. Eric goes down. His teammates start charging the enemy screaming save the hippy. Turns into a major lacrosse style brawl. After the game Eric has like 20 missed calls. After returning some calls he has broken up w/ his girlfriend and found out one of his relatives has died. Both were a long time coming and for the best he said. Later that night he finds himself at a poker game w/ a group of guys that for the most part he didn't know and for the most part were drunk. He, again, is playing the best game of his life. He ends up winning the pot and one of the drunk guys gets a little too riled up. Eric had taken his shoes off at the front door so is barefoot at this point. It gets uglier so one of the guys there that he was good friends w/ told him to run out the back door and meet him at such and such place. Eric takes off running down the street w/ no shoes on and scared for his life.

I think that is where the story ended. I hear he had a pretty spectacular Halloween but I was warned that I might be offended so I didn't ask about it.

Brought to you by Deb: Cell phone

Since I'm bored, I just looked at all ur pics. One of the first ones that is posted has me on the phone right in the front of it. Jen is sitting next to me and actually made a comment about me being on the phone all the time. I must be ridiculous since she's only known me for a month or so. Actually, her and Kate were talking about how they felt like my secretary last week. Of course, I think the majority of the phone calls were from one of the two of them, but whatever. Funny none-the-less.

Hmm don't know if I'm ready for 2006...

I just read every blog I've ever posted on this thing. 11 months-took less then 20 minutes!! That just doesn't seem right. I know I didn't post every day but I would have thought it would take more then 20 mins. to summarize all I'd done in the past year! Wow that went quick. A year ago I was in my third semester of grad. school and the beginning of the second year of my internship. We were just about to start a brownfield grant in Augusta and now the company I work for is doing the environmental cleanup of that site. I was a red sox fan-now root for the white sox on account of geography. I am excited to celebrate New Year's in Chicago~especially since I have a personal fashion consultant to pick out the attire~and am hoping it will be more fun then the past couple in Springfield have been. I wonder if we'll still be posting on this a year from now.

Congrats To Mindy

Yay, Mindy has gotten an interview lined up for next week. I hope it goes great Mindy!!

Nothing too interesting has happened lately w/ me. Other then running into an old friend from college. It is a pretty spectacular coincidance actually. I will explain in case Becca and Mandy read this cause I think everyone else knows.
Halloween weekend when I was leaving a costume store in Boys Town I heard someone say my name! I look up and it is a guy I went to IC with that I haven't seen or talked to in over 3 years!! CRAZY ASS SHIT! Turns out he is living in a burb 10 mins. away. He grew up in the area so is super excited about showing me around and he says his friends never want to do anything exciting so now I guess I won't have to go to stuff by myself all the time! Wed we went to a swing dance lesson at a bar in Nville and last night we went to a wine tasting and then to a open bar party at northbeach (the place I've been playing indoor sand vb). It was a pretty good time. Baker and Quali met us out and there was a group of people from my office. Baker's friend Quali is so hot one of the gay guys said she could probably turn him straight!!

Kay all I got for now.

I wish I was a song writer

So, the people at work always have music on the U drive and sometimes it's really weird. Like today. This guy had Sufjan Stevens. I had never heard of it but really like it...all except the john wayne gacy jr. song which was freaky. So I was talking to a diff guy at work about it and emailed me this blurb read it...

Sufjan Stevens: IllinoisThe brilliant young singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist SufjanStevens returns to Spinning On Air to present his forthcoming album,"Illinois" (due out July 5th). Continuing his ambitious project ofrecording an album for each of the 50 states, Stevens has created anelaborate, innovative, poetic, emotionally powerful album of songs thatare inspired--sometimes directly, sometimes abstractly--by people andplaces in Illinois. Stevens joins host David Garland to talk about hisalbum, and brings his group, The Illinoisemakers, into the WNYC studioto perform some songs live.

What an ingenious idea!! You get to tour the country and sell 50 diff. cd's at the same time. So awesome! ok gotta go play vb now. #1 Stunnas rock the house that rocks the party.

Come on Ride the "Micro Train"

Well I am in training right now. I use excel ALL the time at work and found out there are a lot of things I have no idea about. Macros?? What are those. Anyway, people at work told me to take the level I class cause they got a lot out of it. Well I've been here an hour and a half and so far nothing. Hopefully it will pick up after lunch or she'll let us out early. It's supposed to go to five!!

Hey becca I posted anonymously on your blog cause it wouldn't let me sign in. I still want that mac and cheese. How did you hween end up? :S

learning to save

So I'm getting this magazine called budget living and on the first page there's an add for Le Tigre sweaters. Did I miss something!? Who on a tight budget rolls around on the living room sofa in an $80 polo?

But it did have a web site where you can get restaurant gift cards for 1/3 of their price and 10% goes to charity. restaurants.com

I am doing better w/ my finances...will have my credit card paid off soon and finally opened a savings account up here.

Halloween Pics Are Up!

Bionic woman afte rthe race.

Brought to you by Deb: Halloween Weekend

Jules's favorite holiday is Halloween. As the years go by, I think Halloween is becoming one of my favorite holiday's as well. But, I'm sure our reasons are different.

Last night both Cheryl and Hillary came to the city. We really had no definite plans until the last minute and we spent many hours debating on whether or not we should where a costume. In the end, Cheryl, Doug, and I voted no and Hillary voted yes. So, Hillary decided to go to a costume party that some people from her work were going to and the rest of us went out in wrigleyville. Yes mindy, this was the first step that led us astray from your warnings. Actually, it was pretty much the only step-- we all ended up at home safe and sound at 3 with all of our belongings in tact. Surprise, surprise.

tonight should be fun. Doug found a bar/party to go to and I just bought my first Halloween costume ever. This evening I will be snow white. I'm pretty excited.

o, I don't think I mentioned this to anyone. Thursday night I met Jen & Sean to study and then we all went to a nearby bar for a couple of drinks. The bar we picked happened to be having a pumpkin carving contest, so we decided to join in the festivities. And, the couple beers of course turned into several hours. We all had a lot of fun and I think jen is voting that we end our study sessions like that more often. I think I have to agree, of course my pocketbook might not. What am I talking about, I don't have money to do any of the things I do. Again, I had better get a fat job.

Filler

Well it's been a freakin long time since I've posted. I'll probably have to send you guys an email just to notify you of a new message.

Once you get out of the swing of posting it is hard thinking of anything worth talking about. The Sox just won!! Go Sox! I'm kinda sad that it's over though. I wanted them to win at home. I've decided my favorite player is Cotts. I'm going to send him a baseball next spring training to sign so I can sit it next to my Boston hat and ball signed by Mr. Arroyo =)

So I've found my halloween costume. This is the first time I've had it picked out prior to the night of since I was about 10. I'll post pictures after the weekend. Friday night I think Deb and I are going to a party downtown. $40 all you can drink from 8-1. It is a benefit for fire fighters from New Orleans-which will be there so should be a good time.

Well that should be enough for now.

I don't jump on the band wagon, I just end up there.

Yay Marathon Weekend Is Here. And what better way to kick off Marathon Weekend then to get hammered at a couple co-worker's housewarming party before my Marathon running guests arrive. I can't believe I have to work on Monday. Don't they know it is Marathon Weekend. I thought it was a national holiday or something. Well I don' t really have anything to say. I'm exhausted and think I'm getting sick so am going to bed. Only wrote this to keep up w/ Deb's quota.

Oh today I bought two pairs of shoes and a bunch of winter clothes. It made me feel better after yellow team's awful performance in flag football. Personally I think I am the reason we lost. Hopefully none of my co-workers noticed.

Go WHITE Sox!

Farm Aid 2005

Camping in Bear Paw near White Lake

smelly car what are they feeding you?

I used to think that Walmart was going to take over the world but it seems like others are repositioning themselves and are going to make it so that doesn't happen. But now my hypothesis has moved to Google. This week was their seventh bday. Next time you are on the Google homepage check out what all is hiding behind "More" if you haven't yet. Did you know they have something like ask.com but they charge $2.50 or more for each answer. I can't even think of a question that I would be willing to pay $2.50 for...have to admit the first thiing that came to mind was "Who sings 'Just Like The One Winged Dove Sings A Song Sounds Like She's Singing, whoo ooh ohh'?" so I could email it to a certain someone. But decided it wasn't worth the $2.50 and the embarassment when everyone at the office found out how obsessive I was.

Ok one final thought. Monday night I smelled the strong odor of a skunk. About 5 more miles down the road the smell still lingered in my car. It was a little odd because I didn't even see a body and really don't think I ran over it. Well the next morning and last night it STILL SMELLED! Not just a little bit either. Deb you know my car's aroma was a little dank already skunk is the last thing it needed. I'm hoping to do a complete overhall washing to take care of every bad odor eventually.

Complaints by Deb:

Alright. Seriously Hillary, it has now been over 20 days. I'm going to quit checking your blog. You have become like Mandy, Sandy, Mindy, Jules, and everyone else. Don't worry though; I think Becca is about to joing u soon too. Anyways, if you ever decide to join the blogging world, drop me a line and let me know. peace. i got to get back to class.

What Came First, the Chicken or Dodi's Farm?

Q. What was the chicken that crossed the road?

Well I got to visit Jules' commune this wkend? I honestly didn't want to leave. It is so pretty out there. I'd probably change my mind after a few more weeks though. We found that it is sometimes pretty hard to find anything to do if you don't feel like gigging, noodling, drinking, or spelunking. Sun night we tried about 4 diff. plans before we ended up eating at applebee's and going to the movie theateure (the second one of that night). One bar, a golf course, and the first theateher were all closed. Deb and I picked bro.s grimm & the rest of the group chose red eye. We about an hr into the movie we realized we made the wrong decision. The rest of the wkend was awesome though. Fri we went to a kareoke bar and sat we went caving/camping. Mon before we left we all helped jules' landlady move some matresses and other crap around so she has room for some refugees from New Orleans. Kay sleepy g'night

A. Poultry in Motion.
(I ate some laffy taffy today)

Pulled Pork w/ Sweet Potato Chips and a 22oz. Micro Brew in Paradise

Tonight I went to Cheeseburger in Paradise (restaurant) w/ some people from work and Jenny. It was one of the guys' bdays. Well, this guy went to the bathroom and while he was taking care of business at the urinal some stranger smacks him on the butt and then walks out of the bathroom. The guy (josh) didn't get a look at the guy so couldn't point him out but the whole thing was really freaky. The food was awesome!!

Two other things:
I was looking at West Chicago's website calendar and saw that sept. 5th was brush collection day. So I clicked on the link to see what they were talking about. WHen you read "brush collection" what was the first thing that came to mind. Well for me it was hairbrushes. I'm imagining the Naperville waste dept.-or some civic group-going house to house to pick up people's old goody, scunchi, revlon-broken bristled, hair clogged brushes and wondering to myself what are they going to do w/ these??!! After a couple sentences into the description I realize they are talking about yard waste.

Also, get your fill of Google Earth. I wouldn't be surprised if they "take it off the market". Jenny heard that people (I guess important people) are getting concerned about terrorists using it as a tool to locate bomb targets I hadn't thought of that! WHOA I just had triple deja vu! Have I already typed about the bomb thing, and then have I already typed about having deja vu about it? It must be the cheeseburger slider talking. G'night

Commenting Spam

Hey, maybe you don't want to go back to allowing anonymous comments but if you did you could got to "settings" "coments" and click yes for word verification and it would eliminate spam comments. (well it's supposed to)

Hero In A Half Shell

Make it a Jaguar w/ GPS

Here's a pic of a turtle from the reptile guy that came to the co. picnic sat.
My weekend was pretty good. Fri went to napperville w/ bake and jenny, sat had the picnic. That was a lot more fun then I expected. They of course had free alcohol. My cookies were all eaten but didn't win anything. Sat night Jenny, me, a girl I work w/ and her bf went to a place called on the border. Then Jenny and I just went back to her apt cause we thought we were going to spew from fullness. Sun I ended up driving to the museum at 4 looked around till 5:30 when it closed and then went for a bike ride on the Lake shore trail. I liked the bike ride better then the museum which was exactly the same as I remembered it from my childhood-boring and old. I still remember the same exhibits from when I was little. The info about how the heart works and the stuff about...oh whatever it wasjust boring. After I got back from the trail it was time for the Body Works exhibit (which was the whole pt. of going to the museum) It was pretty cool but it was hard to imagine it was real human body parts I kinda just felt like I was looking at a human anatomy book in 3D. Plus they wouldn't even let you take pics. of anything!! Are you kidding me!? Then I got lost driving around the southern tip of the city. I think I was extremly close to Indiana. Luckily there weren't too many people out but I was getting pretty freaked. The reason I ended up in this direction was cause I was out of gas and that was where the closest station was. A homeless man made me let him pump it for me so I had to give him $1 when I only had $8 to begin w/ Luckily w/ a little help from deb and the internet I made it back up north to 55. I think my next hybrid is going to have a GPS.

Am I drinking the 10% ammonia or 5% pollutants?

I was reading a forward at work the other day about a press release that discussed the awards given to two IL water treatment facilities. One was in Rushville-Go Big Gold! Home of T.R. The other was in Wheaton-a town up around here-Christian's Rock The House That Rocks The Party!

Well that's great, I thought, IL has two outstanding water treatment plants out of the 6 nationwide that were given these awards. Until I read the basis of the awards. Rushville was awarded for consistantly removing an ave. 95% of pollutants from incoming wastewater. And Wheaton was awarded for for consistently removing 99 percent of chemicals and 90 percent of ammonia from incoming wastewater. Ok you tell me that 10% of the ammonia that remains is actually good for you, keeps the water clean or some such s#!t and I'll believe you, but if these places are being rewarded for leaving 5% of micellaneous "pollutants", chemicals and ammonia-WHAT DO THE STAT BOARDS OF THE LOSING PARTICIPANTS OF THIS AWARD LOOK LIKE?

If any of you are interested in moving up here-maybe to Wheaton-and think you could really enjoy one of the following job positions let me know.
1.) Director of Information Technology (IT)
2.) Project Account Administrator (Accounting)
3.) Receptionist (Both Woodridge and Colorado)
4.) Land Development Design Engineers, Project Engineers, Project Managers, and Design Technicians ( in both Woodridge and Colorado)
5.) Administrative Assistant / Construction Contract Administrator (Elgin Field Office)

If I refer someone and the keep the job for 6mths I get $1500! That's no wastewater reward but it's something.

Deb Print Out Your FarmAid Ticket From the Email I Sent You

So this sat. there is a work picnic and for some reason I decided to enter the bake off. I've been craving those Oatmeal No-Bake cookies on and off for about 3 years now (my mom never makes them). So I decided to make those. The recipe called for "Quick Oats" so that's what I got but for some reason they were still pretty chewy. Maybe after they sit for a day they will be better...:S I don't think I'm going to win the bake off. But f it's really hot out sat. I might win for "most resembles a turd".

I think I have strep throat and I REALLY wish I would've gone to prompt care earlier this week to get meds. cause now that it's the weekend I'm not going to stay at home and go to bed by nine like I've done all week. Tomorrow night I think we (Jenny, Erin, and maybe Bake) are going to Naperville-today at a meeting I went to somebody brought up that 3 people in the last 3 months at the same intersection have been killed by drunk drivers. Then today I heard this REALLY long commercial about drunk driving. It had a cop telling the person "you're going to jail" it was reallly scary. I think this is enough of a sign for me to insist on a cab no matter what-even if signs don't exist mandy. =) Then Sun. I'm either going to a triathalon to cheer someone on or the museum of science and industry to see this exhibit w/ human body parts EEEW! But people said it was neat. Or I'll probably try to squeeze them both in since I think the race is near the museum. Hopefully I'll have better luck w/ the train. Oh I washed the train pass I just bought last week in my shorts pocket $28 down the crapper.

Ummm what else. Oh I had a really great night of driving around about an hour out of my way. First on my way back from a mall (I got a couple hats from Lids Deb-I can't screw it up this time, there are only two Lids w/in 40 mins of me!! Luckily both the hats fit like a baseball glove so I won't have any returns ;) So I was on the right road on the way home and if I would've stayed on it I would've been back home w/in 10 mins. but then I saw a road that I had to get on on the way there so I thought "hmm, I better retrace my steps" and I got on it. It wasn't till about 10 miles later when I realized I was going the wrong way. I had to turn around then get back to the original correct road. Then I missed my exit cause I was in the far right lane and the road split cause of construction and I couldn't get over. So I had to go past woodridge and take the Joliet exit. By this time I was tired of turning around so I just went thru Jo. and bolingbrook and finally got to the meijer by my house-I had to get the quick oats and coco. By the time I got there my bladder was about to explode like a pinata. (i've been drinking water like it's beer hoping to get better) I run right past the bathrooms across the back of the store where they usually are, ask the door greeter where they are, he points to the other side of the store where I came in at, says something in Indian/English so I head back don't see them ask ANOTHER guy he finally tells me they are thru the exit where I ran in! GEEEZZ. I'm really hoping I'll eventually get the hang of where everything is!! Shit!!!
(I just wanted to consistantly end each paragraph w/ a form of poop)

Gimme pineapple, spinach stuffed thick crust w/ a side of retina

Deb~ Yes you are a very funny girl, but the scene of your mom ordering pizza,

(after about 10 minutes of debate and asking if about 3 diff. pastas were homemade)
Mom:"I'll have the small thin crust pizza, half spinach half anchovy."
Deb: "no mom, you wanted artichoke hearts."
Gay waiter: "I'm sorry mam we don't have thin thin crust in that size, but I can make it thinner then usual in a pan."
Mom: "ok, I'll have thin crust, uuuuh, do I have to have pepperoni on that?"
Gay Waiter(gasping): "do you have to have WHAAAT?? Um no, I think you'll be fine."
Mom: "Ok, I'll have thin crust spinach"
Deb: "don't you want artichokes on it?"
Deb's Uncle: "SHE'LL HAVE THE THIN CRUST MEDIUM, HALF SPINACH, HALF ARTICHOKE HEARTS! AND I WANT MEATY LASAGNA!!"

Followed by the spewing patron in the bathroom! That whole dining experience was much funnier then a guy pissing on the side of the road and well worth the extra hour and a half I had to wait for the last train back home-while listening to a chinese man tell me about his statistical research job at a hospital in Beijing where he's doing a study on the air quality and......

Work is still going good. My supervisor came back mon. from hungary only to leave again tues. for eye surgery. His retina was falling off and he had to have it reattached. He said he is in the 10% of people (in the city/state/nation/galaxy??) that have this problem due to EXTREME nearsightedness. BUT my dad said he knows three people that this happened to and another girl I work w/ is related to someone it happened to. I am really starting to freak out-my left eye is -5.0 I'm not sure what legally blind is but I wouldn't be surprised to find out it was -5.3. Great now I'm going to have nightmares about my retinas falling off!

Exhausted

Ok Westfalls, I will try to work a little harder at posting blogs. It's just that by 7 o clock when I sit down to the tv/comp. I am too tired to think about much. I know I keep complaining, but who knew how draining 40hr work wks could be!?

PLUS! I still am not getting more then 6 hours of sleep a night. I just can't make myself go to bed any earlier then 11 I've tried so hard. And then I just lay there till usually 1. And THEN it seems like at that time every night somebody is coming home from work or something and feels like saying hi to everyone. AND THEN!! I am constantly waking up 1hr to 1/2 hr before my alarm even goes off!! Ok I'm done.

Deb (and Sandy) I'm proud of you for run/walking AND playing tennis! Way to go. I found a great way to motivate yourself to workout. Buy a pair of REALLY expensive jeans that are juuuust about too tight. It's worked for a week now.

Ok Policia Cyborg 3 is on, got2go!

Work Out With Deb:

Believe it or not folks, Sandy and I went running tonight. We walked/ran 2 miles and then played tennis. Of course, there was much more walking than running, but it's all about making progress.

Hillary, I enjoy your site soo much more when you write stories. It has been quite some time since you have given a qualified blog update. The pictures are ok too, but don't forget to write. However, when discussing the situation w/ Becca, she mentioned that she truly loves to read the detailed comments underneath the pics. I had never really paid attention before, but they are pretty interesting.

On other news, the Skeleton Key is an excellent movie. I highly recommend it.

Also, I broke the vow and talked to Ms. Marrin for awhile tonight, after she called my house. It was deffinately interesting. She basically didn't say a whole lot, and I basically told her that i couldn't hang out w/ her for awhile. She couldn't imagine why, so I had to spell it out for her. Not really sure how it ended, but I don't think it was too bad.

"The real hollywood?", "No, the chocolate one."

Well I finally got my pictures on a disk-I really hate computers sometimes. I also go my pictures up.

more pics

I got some pics up of moving, botanical gardens, and the baseball game. I was gonna get a stereo today cause mine is a peice but they didn't have anything in my price range. Gonna hold off till I can afford a nicer one. i'm going to Matteson tomorrow for an economic development meeting. I'm hoping they're open to the public-I haven't gotten around to calling and finding out. I know I'm going to stick out like a sore thumb and everyone is going to wonder why I'm there. I still don't know the general opinion "municipal people" have toward consulting companies-and who knows of V3. Anyway-time for bed.

UGH!!

I was gonna post a couple pictures from teh game last night BUT since the computer guy didn't fix my computer I have to use the USB cable spot to use the internet and that's how I hook my camera up to get the pictures off :(

nothing clever comes to mind

I'm watching mr. holland's opus and it is so much crapier then I remember. Maybe cause I'm catching it w/ only 30 mins left. When ever I'm at work I am constantly thinking of things I want to look up on the computer tons and tons of stuff but the second I get in front of my computer I can't think of a single thing. I'm afraid to check my email at work or do much of anything that I'm not supposed to do at least until the 3 month trial period is over.

HOLY CRAP!!! DEB IS MOVING TO CHICAGO!!!!!!!! I CAN'T FREAKIN BELIEVE IT!! I AM SO FREAKIN EXCITED. SHE GOT EXCEPTED TO NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON!!!

I have had such a hard time sleeping lately. Nyquil doesn't seem to help. Also, the other morning before I was really awake I lifted my head and as I tried to put it back on my pillow I totally smacked it on my head board. When I woke up I didn't remember if I fell asleep afterward or knocked myself out. And I had a huge knot on my forehead.

Richard Dryfus is now crying and singing lennon's "beautiful boy".

Good TImes

So I was talking to Rima the other night and she excitedly told me Tv Land was having a "Good Times" marathon. It was one of her favorite shows when she was younger. I promised her I'd watch at least one episode before I went to bed. Well now I'm hooked. It is such a good show! Sanford and Son is actually really good too. I always thought it was annoying and didn't like how dirty everything looked.

Hmmm nothing interesting has happened lately. I'm gonna come home this sat. if Baker isn't doing the 40 mile bike ride w/ her dad sunday morning. Ugh!! One more day! I can't wait to sleep in sat!!

Things that I happened to today

What? Leno just said someone was getting a face transplant??

Anyway:

After work I had the lovely idea to walk to the Chi. Art Institue cause it's free on tues.
Problem 1: it was raining at the start and was pouring during parts, plus I was wearing those before mentioned flip flops and fell-the traction is lacking-and broke my umbrella.
Problem 2: the museum was closing as i was walking up to it-I think cause of the rain; it was supposed to be open till 8pm :(
Problem 3: the train; I finally get there, find my OWN seat and seconds before we leave the station some women plops next to me, I then notice why my shirt felt weird-the strap was broken
Last Problem: $40 ticket on my windshield for parking in a no pking spot at the station :( :(
I REALLY thought I was going to crash in the heavy downpour on the drive home but escaped any other problems and enjoyed the rest of the evening w/ ave. joe and...some other reality tv show. Over 100 channels and I'm still watching $#!+

finally

that took forever, i am finally caught up on all the postings i missed. becca i am very glad i didn't skip your previous entries, they were hilarious!

well i love my job and i like my apt. i am trying to get used to the 8 hour work days though. it's not a problem being at work it's just hard finding enough time to do everything else i want to do. i rented a movie when sandy came and had it for over a week and still didn't find time to watch it. also the quality of dining has diminished to zilch. one night dinner was donut holes and a lunch meat sandwhich, another night it was a cherry meijer poptart. i have the ability and ingrediants to make more nutritious food-just not the interest or supervision that i find necessary. my parents are coming this weekend to go to the botanical gardens so they might teach me how to use my charcoal mini grill that my sister gave me as an un-needed wedding present about 4 years ago-that has not yet been used.

we had a cookout today at work. the managers grilled us brats, chicken, burgers and they had a bunch of other food. Seems like they have stuff like this on a very regular basis. I had to type an "intro" letter to everyone in the office letting them know what i was going to be doing there-so a lot more people acknowledged me today-which was nice.

they put their old navy flaps on one foot at a time...

I always picture chicago people as intimidating, well dressed, highly groomed individuals (like deb in her power suits). But after walking around downtown tues I realized there were tons of people that were in way worse shape-in the fashion sense-then I. There was out dated denim skirts, frizzy hair, tapered pants, and neon shirts (from the first time neon was in). These incidents might have been abnormally high due to the season-all the tourists, however it was a nice welcome and made me feel a little more at home in my surroundings. Since I missed my first train I got to sit and talk to an old couple visiting their son-they were from Fla. and were wearing average old floridian attire.

Of course every other person had iPod ear buds in -but not as scary as I always thought. It did make me feel old though-not old in the sophisticated sense just plain old-because even though I still felt a bit like a little kid-getting bigger and bigger blisters every step of the way (in the wrong direction at times), everyone around me seemed about my same age. I kept expecting to see old people and then I realized that I was "old people". Well time to go make some bannana bread w/ the pile of rotting bananas in my fridge.

Things That Are New

Town: stores, restaurants
Apartment: neighbors, address, smell, geeses (and their feeses)
Job: supervisor, fellow employees, working hours (no more 20 hr. work wks)
Phone: games, rings, loudspeaker-deb I'd like to try a convo. w/ both of our loudspeakers on while driving-sounds like a good idea.
Entertainment: cable, high-speed wireless internet (hopefully soon), watering plants, buying milk

Valhalla

Valhalla

Well I'm sure none of you will believe this but I am again working on my coors paper.
I took a week long break once I found out it wasn't due till the end of the summer sumester.
I hope to email it to the prof. this weekend. Tonight if I'm very lucky.
I think that this paper has really caused me to like coors better. I am drinking a miller lite
and it really does taste awful. Damn union.

Well little mouse no need to wait too much longer. The (very brilliant) cable guys came to my
apt. today and installed my high speed internet and cable so I will be posting too many comments
for you to keep up.

OK back to the cable guys. For starters the appointment was scheduled for 4-6pm. Well I guess that was
up to the descretion (sp?) of the co. cause they called me at 11-"we're ahead of schedule can we come over?"
Umm well you see I am not currently sitting on my couch watching Los Locos en Generale Hospice praying for
you guys to come. You see I am at work and won't be home till 4.

"Can you take an early lunch?" So I come home-meanwhile at the office they are having a party...
literally-they brought a bunch of food in, were playing softball, bags, and darts and were
having a party while I was hanging out w/ the cable guys. All they said when they came in was
aren't you glad you got to come home early for lunch." Yes, thank for the thoughtful favor guys.
Then tossed me a "welcome package" said "here's your username, here's your password, sign
here" and left! Great service...ok I MUST go write this freakin paper now...less filling tastes like
$h!+

reduce recycle reuse

hey this was on becca's site a while ago...just now clicked to it but haven't read it yet. anyway I liked the way it fades to the site and wanted it on my blog page too-ok NOW i'm going to write my paper about coors brewing co.

Valhalla

Ok You've been smothered with pictures but I WILL have to get these up soon. Another thing that happened while at my grandparent's house the other weekend was my mom drove my cousin's 4 wheeler!! Ranks up there with the time we got her to say "Nasty-Freak". (You had to be there)

Tomorrow is my last day working at a summer camp EVER (never say..ever) I successfully avoided having to work on the day they make the treck to adventure village-both years I worked there. It's hard enough getting those kids from the playground to the pool I am glad to miss it! I am not glad however, about not getting a paycheck from my last few weeks experience for another good 2 weeks!

My new supervisor sent me an email instructing me to sign up for a conference w/ the USEPA. Getting more nervous by the day.

Happy Birthday Mindy!!

Mindy rarely checks these things anymore so everyone make sure to wish her a happy birthday!

Here's some pics at my Grandma and Grandpa Croxton's house

Graduation

Can you find me? I FINALLY got my pictures from graduation in May up.

Valhalla

Two recently heard quotes I like:

When you're confident with your equipment, it's amazing what you can do. (from a car commercial...saab? and I think I worded it incorrectly)

It's like a party in my mouth and everyone's throwing up!

Overboard

I am all for saving the environment but geez! Warning! this is pretty gross. A friend of mine informed me of a girl she knows that is so Earth conscious that she has started using home-made tampons. Whats more, they are re-useable!

Ick. I think recycling my cans and #'s 1 and 2 plastics will be sufficient.

news

Things that have happened since the last blog:

1. I got a job-well technically my wish of being an eternal intern is taking form. I will be under the title of Grant Administration Intern for three months starting in July for the company I interviewed for a couple months ago. Pays well, good experience, and at the end of 3 months I either have a job with them or they said they'd help me find one. And in the meantime I am back at the Nelson center for a couple weeks so I can actually afford that first month's rent. =)

2. I went on vacation-mom, dad, sister, bro-in law, and one yr. old nephew drove down to Orange beach alabama. We normally stay up the road in Gulf Shores Ala. but it was destroyed by one of the hurricanes last year and from the looks of it will be attacked by hurricane arlene shortly. :0

3. I went deep sea fishing and caught a delicious red snapper. Let me just say, that it was so heavy, my fore-arms were sore the next morning. We (Doug) also caught a bunch of vermillion snappers. ;)

4. This was my nephew's first vacation-and although he had a great time at all the restaurants, the gas stations, on the beach, and in the pool, I don't think he felt the 28 total hours in his car seat were worth it. Also, he choked on a piece of food and stopped breathing for a few seconds. My mom had to give him baby heimlich and I had just dialed 9-1- when he finally let out a scream. Very scary =(

5. I had to go to class an hour after we got back and have to go back tomorrow and Sunday. After this weekend I have only one more weekend class (july 8th-10th) and then I am really for REAL graduated and DONE.

I think that is most of it. I will put pictures including graduation and the HUGE snapper up later.

Shameless Plug By Deb: Hey- A Little Extra Advertising Never Hurts

Folks it's time for another remote. yes, i actually sold something else. and, if this one goes well, he will buy more. so, everyone should come out!!

The Office Sports Bar & Grill

WQLZ live on Saturday, June 4 from 8-10pm

• The Absolut Girls will be there promoting $4 Absolut Doubles
• The Bud Girls will be there promoting 8.75 buckets of Bud Select-which probably means free beer
• Stout & Lauer Barware Giveaways- 10 silver plated can coolers (huggies) and a real nice bar set with a jigger, stirs, bottle opener, olive fork, martini strainer ect... all in a nice wooden glass top case( Retails for $125.00... must be present to win)
• 25 Cent Wings all Night long

Valhalla

Valhalla

NEVER EVER try to fish at the "pond" that you can see from 55. In fact I think it is safe to say that no one should ever fish in a pond that is w/in 20ft of a highway and less then that in circumferance. I felt like I was fishing into a puddle of goose poop and two tailed fish. It smelled bad, looked worse and was very dissapointing. Luckily I didn't catch anything. I was not looking forward to handling a mutant. Lesson learned. I guess I'll try lake springfield again.