Since I will be reducing my hours at my second job next month, I thought that I would take advantage of the extra time to do some things I've never done before.
I've just signed up to participate in Race for The Cure and AIDS Walk AZ. I'll post links for my donation site soon. And just as an incentive, for anyone who donates $25 or more, I will send you a baker's dozen of assorted cookies! Those who know me are already aware of my mad skillz in the kitchen. I hope that all my readers will keep me busy in the kitchen!
I'm also going to work on finishing the quilt that I started four years ago. Maybe I can get it done in time for Kathy and Sean's five year anniversary. I'm going to sign up for a few quilting classes next month to help me get started.
Lots of fun stuff happening for me in the future. I'm excited to do more. I've always had funky work schedules in the past, and I've never been able to participate in events like these. This is going to be fun!
I love marketing books and articles. Especially ones that are targeted to demographics. I've got dozens of them in my library at home. I so need a subscription to Advertising Age magazine.
This a great article from Wired.com about marketing to men between the ages of 18-34. Advertisers are having a hard time reaching this age group because these guys are not watching tv, and if they are, it's TIVO and they are skipping the commericals. These guys are playing video games and looking at porn. So how do giants like Coke find their way to reach these guys? Maybe Coke needs to hook-up with Vivid Productions for branding in their videos?
Sounds like a genius idea if you ask me.
I'm going to be working on re-coding the site so that it is viewed properly in Firefox and Mozilla. Right now it sucks. I'm working on it :)
If anyone has any helpful tips or recommended tutorials, please let me know. I need all the help I can get :)
I picked up Brandy after work today. Brandy and Chad are leaving tomorrow for her sister's wedding so she wanted to stop for a manicure and pedicure. At the last minute, I thought what the hell, I'll get a manicure.
About 2 minutes into the manicure the girl asks me if I was from around here, I said yes and that I have been in Phoenix for almost twenty years. She then asks me, "Do you now any mental hospitals?" I shit you not, she totally asked me that! I was floored. Shit do I ooze crazy? Did she know me and my family history? Did she know my mother? It was kinda like she saw right through me.
It was just a crazy question to ask a stranger. Apparently the nail tech's mother-in-law is falling off the deep end. I felt bad for her because I know what she's going through. I was too freaked out by the question to offer any kind of help.
Crap! Blogrolling no longer works at my office! Now it's harder for me to slack off. The way they block sites is so odd. Sites that don't even come close to being offensive are blocked. Now I'm totally bored.
So I came home today a bit late. Normally I'm hit as soon as I walk through the door by three dogs. Today there was only two. I ran around the house calling for Phoebe, and she never came. Seriously I was freaking out. I looked out the pool thinking the worst had happened. She wasn't there thankfully. She still didn't come right away, and I felt like I had lost a child. Do they do amber alerts for dogs? They need to. She finally popped up about 5 minutes later. She must have been sleeping under the deck where it's cooler. Still my heart dropped for a few minutes.
Check out the photoblog. I just finished posting pictures from 4th of July, happy hour, and Brian's new house. Run take a look!
More pictures by brian are up in the photoblog. The house is moving right along!
More pictures to come....
Um maybe you need to take a closer look at the entry 'Shake The Disease' asshole. Not everything is about you. I am and have always used this site to get Joey's attention. This is all about Joey you freakin asshole!
Continue reading "It's Not Always About You"*UPDATE* (I guess it's better to be direct)
To my dear friend JOEY
I know that your self-esteem is at an all time low. I know that you may feel embarassed to admit that you're struggling. And I know that your pride has taken a huge blow. I want you to know that you have a friend in me. I have never let you down, I have always been in your corner cheering you on. I only want good things for you, and I will support you in everyway.
As humans we make mistakes, that's what we're suppose to do. The great thing is that we learn from those mistakes. We may not realize it, but we do learn from them. There is no need to dwell on the mistake, or make it worse. The mistake is in the past you can't change that. What you can change is your future. Only YOU can do that.
Your friends and loved ones are waiting in the sidelines to help you. You simply need to ask or give us a little sign to let us know that you are ready.
Come back soon dear friend. I miss you!
My friend Joey is MIA. No one has heard from him, he's gotten fired from his job and there is a chance that his underage girlfriend has booted him out of the apartment.
How low does someone have to get before life as he has known it is completely gone? One would think that going to jail for shoplifting hot dogs from Safeway would be your low point, but apparently not low enough for Joey.
I went to weigh-in last night and much to my surprise I gained 3.4 pounds! WTF is that all about? I am so freaking pissed it's not funny. I went to the gym and worked my fat ass off, and journaled my food. I dipped into my FlexPoints more-so than I normally do, but not over the 35 and not enough to gain 3.4 pounds from what I could tell. I wore a pair of capri pants yesterday, a size 24, and everytime I sat down I had 'plumber's crack' for all the world to see. I could barely keep my pants on. Even the size 22 pants are big on me, I can totally sport the 'Erkel' style.
Could I have put on that much muscle doing cardio in a week's time? AARRRGGHH!
I was dead ass tired yesterday afternoon. I was running around all around town, so I didn't get to the gym until 9pm. I was so tired that I almost fell asleep driving. Being tired really made such a difference, I couldn't get moving up to the same speed I was at the night before. I lasted about 40 minutes. So to compensate I did the strength resistance machines for 30 minutes. I hope it helps when I go for weigh-in tonight.
Safeway has blueberries on sale this week 10 for $10 if you have a Safeway card. Smoking deal! They're plump and ripe, great for baking which is exactly what I did with them. I made these yummy blueberry muffins last night for my co-workers. I am way too nice to these people I know. The recipe is so easy, you don't even need a mixer for it. Enjoy, and share your experience!
Yummy Fresh Blueberry Muffins
yield: 24 medium muffins
I was reading this article from one of my favorite sites this morning. I came across a flyer for Victory Farms yesterday when I stopped in to La Grande Orange (40th St and Campbell, Phoenix).
I think this program is great! For $25 a week you get fresh organic produce from local farms. It helps you eat better and you're helping farmers and farmland alive. We see too many farms giving into real estate development companies so they can build overpriced condos all too much lately. And if you're wondering if you can eat all that, yes you can if you cut out the meals you eat out. Cooking at home is fun, relaxing and healthly.
I think Courtney and I are going to take part in this for the fall. Brian and I are already planning a day trip to southern AZ to several of the U-Pick It farms for the fall harvest. This is a great way to give back to the local economy.
I'll get to that in a sec.
Melissa and I went to the scrapbook store on Saturday afternoon and picked up supplies. I got some really cool papers for a present I'm working on for Brian. One thing that I never noticed before was the quotes on some of stickers. If you live in AZ, then you know that a vast majority of these scrapbook companies are owned by women. Apparently these women love their husbands so much that they felt the need to put it on their products with sayings like, "My Husband is the Greatest!" or "Love Your Husband Daily" crap like that. I'm not married yet, but I've probably been with my boyfriend longer than most people have been married. I love Coutney there's no question about that, but I just think those stickers should say, "My Husband is the Greatest, when he puts down the toilet seat" or "I Love My Husband When He Leves Me Alone for More Than an Hour". When I was telling Melissa about it in the store, a woman looked at me in horror. Whatever lady!
Ok so the reason I say that Melissa is my dealer is because she is evil. She introduced me to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf this weekend and their Ice Blended drinks. Pure evil. Shit if there was one closer to me and if my Starbucks stock wasn't up 60%, I would totally be all over this. I even checked out the No-Sugar Added, with fat-free milk, 24oz Blended, dude only 5.5 points! Kicks Frappachinos ass!
Now I'm craving it like all the freakin time. Thanks Melissa!
I'm getting everything back online again. I hate it when shit crashes. I lost all my bookmarks, and now I'm clueless as to what I had that wasn't on my blogroll.
And I have this wireless optical mouse for my lap top that is giving me such grief that I'm going to feed it to Phoebe (my Bassett Hound) any minute now. I put the call into Chad to see if he wanted to go to Fry's with me later and may see a flick.
I'm off to see Melissa and venture out in search of scrapbooking supplies. Yeah, like I need more supplies. Like a meth-freak needs meth.
Since we're talking about friends and the cool things they do today, I thought that I would also give props to a friend of a friend.
This is funny shit. Lots of comedy on all things happening in the world. If you have a twisted sense of humor (and I know most of my friends do), you'll love Tian.
Stop by and check him out. You'll laugh your ass off. I highly recommend browsing through the May archives. Check out the spoof on MTV's Pimp My Ride. It's milk out of your nose phunny!
Things are shaping up for downtown Phoenix lately. Tons of uber cool lofts are popping up all over the place, selling for $300K or more. If you love art and want to support the local scene, check out mapphoenix.com. This is a great guide to downtown Phoenix. I high recommend picking up their FREE magazine for witty articles and spotlight on local happenings.
My old friend Jason is one of the editors/writers of mapphoenix. Jason is a friend of mine from back in the day when shopping at Oak Tree was cool. He is funny and so very talented in everything he does. Jason, you rock man!
I got my new hard drive from Dell yesterday after many attempts to deliver it to the wrong address. I spent like 5 hours re-installing windows and trying to get my laptop tp recognize my wireless connection. I was on the phone with the Dell tech support idiots, and after about an hour they figured out that I was missing drivers. The rep asked me if I could go to another computer and download them, I said "sure I have a MAC will that work?" The dude laughed at me. Now I love my MAC for everything media related. I simply replied, "Well thank god I have my MAC. Since my DELL PC has taken a shit, I wouldn't have been able to get anything done for the last two weeks." ASSHAT!
It looks like I'll be spending the weekend reloading programs and just it back to where I had it before. This is the second time a Dell hard drive took a dump on me. I promise to back up now. I swear. Cross my heart.
If you're reading this while eating, come back after your food has settled. Just a tip, don't say that I didn't warn you.
Women and public bathrooms.
Continue reading "Seriously Girls"I've seen this all over the blogsphere over the last few days. I never do these, but this one seemed interesting. So here I go:
FIRSTS
First job: Wendy's. All because I wanted to get closer to Chad Barnes.
First screen name: Vio8tr, my favorite Depeche Mode album
First self-purchased CD: Depeche Mode's Violator
First piercing/tattoo: My mom pierced my ears when I was 7. The same day I had my First Communion. Gold balls.
First true love: Can't say, but he knows it was him. It was a very unhealthy relationship.
First enemy: Angela Gafford. She wrecked my truck and never said sorry. I still can't forgive or forget.
Holy shit! It's raining! It's raining sideways! Wow! Crazy storm shit happening outside right now. It'll be all over Good Morning AZ in the am.
Nighty Night!
Since we have been forced to watch 800 Dial ATT commericals, I felt the need to pose this question:
Is anyone else a little weirded out that Carrot Top has developed muscles?
Just seemed a bit weird to me.
I Love The 90's starts tonight on VH1. Is that time already to start feeling nostalgic about the 90's? Man it makes me feel old.
I love the show though. I can't seem to get enough pop culture crap. My friend Jasonused to say that I was a marketing dream. I was the one marketing companies would aim for. I'm a sucker, I know it. But I never owned a Hyper-Color shirt! I swear.
These days I don't fall for the fads, but stick to the classics. Vans, various old school skate t-shirts, kahkis, and huge men's button-down oxford shirts. It's comfortable, and keeps me happy. My brain is still full of useless knowledge that no one will ever need to know. But someday I'll kick ass in Jepoardy.
Ever had one of those days when you just don't want to do anything? Yeah, that's the mood I'm in today. Hopefully it won't get too busy around here today, so I can slack off without getting caught.
I don't hide the fact that i LOVE my alternative music. From the cheese of the 80's to the grunge of the 90's I love it all. This weekend VH1 Classic premeired a new show called The Alternative, and I'm in heaven. I can only hope that they bring back Dave Kendall and make the show as great as 120 Minutes.
Someone upstairs must have heard my prayers yesterday. I went into weigh-in stressing about my gain. I was freaking out. Got on the scale and much to my surprise I lost 4 oz! It's not much but it's still a loss in my book. I totally have not been good for the last two weeks. No gym, no journaling my food, KFC, and pecan pie didn't help matters. I can't let that happen again.
Back to the gym I go!
The long weekend is over and I'm back to work. It's totally busy, and I suspect that any minute the shit is going to hit the fan. I'm just waiting for it to happen, I'm ready for it today.
The fireworks were good. It seemed more crowded this year than last year, and there was an abundance of screaming kids with no parental guidence to be found anywhere. While we were waiting for the crowds to leave the park, there were these kids playing behind us. Two small boys, probably 8-9yrs old, and one older boy, probably about 12-13yrs old. They were playing a bit rough as boys tend to do, but then I noticed that the older boy had pinned one of the smaller boys to the ground and was yelling for the other one to punch the boy that was pinned down on the ground. And once again there was no parent around. So I started taking pictures, using my flash in the hopes that someone parental figure would take notice. A bit risky considering that I could get capped or have the shit beat out of me. I took about 5 pictures before someone noticed.
Continue reading "Random Stuff"My hard drive crashed on my laptop at some point today while I was at work...that really sucks cause that's where all my digital pictures are stored....I have them on my website, but the hard drive had the orginal formats. Three Dell computers and this will make the second time the hard drive has needed to be replaced...LAME!
So not only do I have geek issues, I have just dished out $2200 in car repairs over the last week. I just picked up my car today after it was in the shop for a new transmission, and the truck had brake issues last weekend. I so don't need anymore car issues at this point.
Needless to say that the new desktop I wanted will need to wait another month or so. *SIGH* *BOO-HOO* I'm going to the gym later to work it all out on the treadmill!
