Putting A Face To The Name

It's really cool when you can form friendships long distance. This is Gaetana and her fiance Luis. Gaetana and I work for the same company but she's located in Canada while I'm here in Vegas. I talk to her practically every day and we not only talk about business but about men and the weather and life in general. We promised each other that if we ever get to meet in person, we're gonna party and raise some hell. I don't see myself going to Canada any time soon but once in a while they will send some of their employees here. I'm hoping Gaetana will eventually make it on the list. Until then, I thought I'd give my Canadian friend some props
since she was nice enough to send me these pictures. I'll be out at the dunes this weekend (I hope I didn't just jinx myself by saying that) so you all have a groovy weekend. Blog ya later!!

Still Cheaper Than Having Kids

This here is Buddy. He's one of two dogs that I co habitate with and the closest thing to children that I will ever have. Here's his story - Now, I get home from work Friday and Buddy is running around whimpering with a large open gash on his backside with skin and fur pulled back far enough that I could see exposed bloody dog flesh. Well I almost had a heart attack as you might imagine coming home to such carnage and not knowing what the hell could have happened between the time I left for work and the time I came home. Anyhow, I had to act quickly so I called the vet and they were nice enough to squeeze us in. Well the doc takes one

look at Bud Bud and tells me he definitely needs stitches and since it's getting close to closing time I have the option of either bringing him back in the morning or paying $17 for him to stay overnight and get the stitches right away. Well you know $17 is a lot of money to my broke ass and afterall
he's only a dog so I said "we'll be back in the morning." It's not like he was gonna bleed to death overnight or anything, right? That way I could hook myself up with some Del Taco on the way home. Are you buying this so far? Of course you're not stupido! You better not be! I'm not that freaking heartless! You should be ashamed of yourself for even thinking I'd take tacos over my poor dying animal! Nachos however, we'll that's another story. Heh. Ok, back to Bud Bud. Well being the responsible parent that I am (ok, dog owner - whatever!) I checked him into the doc's office, gave him a kiss and a pat on the head and assured him that he would be just fine and that I would be back to pick him up in the morning. When I got home and did some poking around trying to find the culprit of my dog's injury, I found a large nail coming out of the side of the doggie door that was only visible from the outside of the house. I figured that had to be it so I called Dave and he was nice enough to come over and get it all fixed up before the same thing could happen to Baxter. Well I did just what I promised Buddy and the next day he was shaved and all stitched up and anxious to come home with me and see his brother Baxter. It was a happy reunion and we celebrated his bravery with hot dog treats and pie. Ok, maybe not pie but it sure sounds good. Buddy has to take 2 pills a day and goes back in a week to get the stitches taken out provided he doesn't manage to rip them out beforehand. He's been doing pretty good so far so we'll see how it goes. Anyway, it was quite an expensive experience for me and the 10 or 15 minutes of temporary insanity that I may have had regarding having real children of my own has surely passed with no chance of coming back.
Whew! That was a close one! If you'd like to learn a little more about Buddy (and why wouldn't you, he's only the bestest bravest dog in the whole world!) click here - Buddy this is the link to his webpage on Dogster.com. His brother Baxter has one as well so check 'em out. If you're an amimal lover like me, you can appreciate what they bring to our lives. They're always happy to see you and they love you unconditionally no matter what your faults are. Oh, and you don't have to wipe their asses or teach them about sex and drugs and send them to college while you on the otherhand, are only working a regular 9 to 5 ordinary Joe job and are just barely able to make ends meet and still driving the same 20 year old beat up ass car and wearing the same clothes you wore in the 80's and having to sacrifice everything that means anything to you because you thought it would be really cool to have a kid and then your husband leaves you and you only have 1 income to support both of you because he disappears and you can't find him to make him pay child support.........oh, did I just go on a rant? Sorry about that. Seriously, I hear parenthood is a great thing and that every woman should experience it at least once in her lifetime. Yeah, right. What lame-o man came up with that one? Seriously!

Happy Birthday Tiff!!

Wish I could have been there with you guys. Love ya bitch! Hooker. Hoochie lips. LOL!

Friday - Take 2

Ok, we all know how Friday went for me last week. Let's see if I can get through this weekend with my guts intact. I managed to survive yesterday's In-N-Out Burger lunch (perhaps because of your prayers, thank you) so I'm having a pretty good feeling about it. I'm not sure what is in store for me yet since we are in for more windy days but once again, the dunes are out. I suppose we will do the usual bar band thing or maybe go see a lounge act or something. In any event, I am hoping the wind will behave itself long enough for me to sport my new plaid school girl skully skirt & sexy nylons. If not however, I figure I can always do the Marilyn Monroe pose with a smile on my face. Too bad I had a burger for lunch yesterday and hot dogs today. Man.... I sure hope they're support hose....heh. Have a groovy weekend!

Yeah, that's it!! Hee!!

To Beef Or Not To Beef

Ok, I just went through 5 days of misery. I've been eating soup and drinking Gatorade like it's going out of style. I want a freaking burger for f**k sake! Yesterday was the first day since my practically weeklong poopfest that I felt like my old self again. I've been very cautious with what I've been putting in my body lately for fear of a relapse but now I'm just about ready to say the hell with it and sink my teeth into a nice juicy fat one with cheese and all the fixins. Oh how I love In-N-Out! Always fresh, never frozen. The best way to eat cow on the planet. Soooo.. now I get to make the big decision of what I'm going to have for lunch today. Will I be hangin' with Campbell's kids or will I give in to temptation and head for the drive thru? I have about an hour to figure it out. In the meantime, please take a moment to say a quick prayer for my colon. You know, just in case.....


11:15am THIS JUST IN - Lunchtime is here and all I can say is this is the best motherf'ing burger I've had in the entire almost 36 years of my life!!!! *burrrp* ahhhh........heaven on a bun. Oh and don't forget, keep up with those prayers will ya? Thankee!!!

Happy Easter To Me

We didn't make it to the dunes and thank God!!! Here's my story -











Well, the holiday is over and while the rest of the world was coloring Easter eggs and having picnics and doing fun stuff, I spent the whole weekend pretty much doubled over with stomach cramps and poopooreah. Yeah, I know. Not really a pleasant thing to blog about but hey, we all go through it once and a while so might as well confront it. It all started Friday night. I had some drinks with my coworkers after work and then I went home for a snooze. I woke up, got ready to go see a friend's band play that night and by the time I got to Dave's house I was feeling a bit woozy. Thinking it was just leftover buzz from the beers I had after work, I didn't think much of it. Well we get to the bar, my stomach is in knots and I need to use the bathroom really bad. Now I'm not one of those people who can just poop anywhere mind you. I hate public bathrooms. I would much rather be home where I can die in peace. Unfortunately, we don't always have a choice so I sat there with strained smile on face as I waited for my opportunity to run into the bathroom with hopes that it would be vacant. As luck would have it, it turned out to be the most ghetto ass bathroom that I've ever been in. As I sat in the stall looking at the slanted floor and practically losing consciousness, someone comes in and goes into the next stall. Great. I wasn't quite finished and I knew that if I moved too quickly things could get really ugly. I did, however, what any considerate person would do and courtesy flushed while praying the whole time that the other occupant would hurry the hell up and get out quickly. As I finished my business, I turned to flush again and what happens?! Yep, you guessed it. Freaking ghetto toilet decides to play games with me and rise to the top before ever so slowly flushing away my insides. Nice, huh? To make matters worse, instead of doing what any normal person would do and hightail it outta there and take my sick ass (heh) home, I stayed to watch the band some more while sweating profusely and running to the bathroom every 5 or 10 minutes. Yeah, must have been temporary insanity due to intestinal stress. Or something like that. Anyway, the agony continued throughout the entire weekend and now that it's Tuesday and I'm back at work, I'm still not 100% better. I don't know if it was food poisoning or the strawberry shake I drank before the beers on Friday or what but lemme tell you, I wouldn't wish that crap (literally) on anyone. During my ordeal though, we did manage to squeeze in a cool car show and watch a few movies and even cook up some carne asada on the grill. Dave was even nice enough to let me bite the head off of one of his blue bunny Peeps. So it turned out to be a semi decent Easter afterall. Considering. Oh well. Shit happens, right?!

Easter's Equivalent To Pumpkin Pie

Now how can one get through the holiday weekend without these little buggers?! I remember when I was little, all we had were yellow Peeps. Nowadays you can get a rainbow of colors in both chicky and bunny form. How times have changed! What hasn't changed though are the way the sugary Peeps crunch as you chew them and then turn into a globby mess of gook in your mouth before you work up the necessary bravery to actually swallow them. Ahhh......Easter is sweet! And for an extra special treat, I am including a link to a story about the Peeps and how they do their research at the library. Enjoy. Peeps out!!! http://www.millikin.edu/staley/fluff/peep_research.html

Searching For Bobby Fischtaco

Well it's lunctime again and as I sit here with my fork in hand staring at my budget gourmet nukable macaroni and cheese, I can't help but have visions of something far better and tastier. For weeks now I have had fish taco on the brain. Where do I find the ultimate combo of tortilla, pescado and white sauce? And let's not forget the cabbage for some extra crunchy goodness. I have looked online trying to find the best fish taco recipe. Apparantly you can use pretty much any kind of fish you want as long as you have a yummy beer type bread mix to fry it in. And the white sauce, forget about it! As long as you have your mayo cream like base, you can add whatever you want to doctor it up with. Now back to my original question, where do I find the most bestest fish taco in town? Would it be in my own kitchen? I have some mahi mahi that my redneck friend RJ caught, packaged and distributed to me himself just sitting in my freezer waiting to be used in the perfect recipe. I'm thinking I'll give it a try. After all, I still have my mac and cheese to fall back on, right? Uh.......my lunch is stuck to my fork like glue. Something to fall back on? Maybe not.

What Not To Do

This weekend I found out that drinking vodka all day and then ending the evening with a few frosty beers is not a good idea. It seemed to be a good idea at the time. It really did. The next day however, I woke up smelling stale and so dehydrated that I couldn't even swallow with lips chapped like I'd been in a freaking blizzard or something. I did manage to have a great time though. Friday was spent hanging out with my fellow coworkers at a pub getting buzzed up and raising hell. A good way to let off some steam after a crazy work week. I even swiped the cute warehouse boy's beanie. Saturday was the redneck birthday party and it went off without a hitch. Lots of good grub and spirits. Afterward we caught our favorite band at a bar by the house. After all of the drinking and hell raising you would think Sunday would be the day to rest, right? HELL NO!!! We kept on going and after squeezing in a movie (The Chronicles of Narnia) we hooked up with some friends at the beach house and fired up the grill . Needless to say I am tired as hell and ready for about 14 hours of straight sober sleep. Unfortunately for me, I have too much to do. The tax deadline is upon me and I have to find a place quickly and file with the hopes that I might get something back this year. I'm not going to hold my breath on that one though. At least I have the weekend to look forward to. While some people will be heading to church and hunting for Easter eggs, we will be back at Dumont tackling the dunes. In the meantime, I'm just gonna try to cruise through the work week with as little stress as possible. Peace out homies.

Redneck Birthday Party

Yay! We are in for another rootin' tootin' good time with our favorite redneck RJ. He's having a party for his wife's birthday Saturday and the weather is supposed to be in the upper 70's. Sweet! Perfect for eating, drinking and acting a fool. The guest list consists of various coworkers, family and friends. I'm really looking forward to it since we've had some crappy weekend weather lately and haven't really been able to enjoy the great outdoors. I will, however, need to jack myself up on some allergy medicine before I get there but I figure that will just add to the buzz I plan on getting after a few cold ones. Last time I hung out with some coworkers at a bar across the street, one person in particular put everyone else's drunken antics to shame by making a total ass out of himself. He has since moved away so now I wonder- who will it be this time? Let's hope the company spy is not there taking notes! Heh. Anyway, that question will be answered soon enough as we all get ready for the weekend. Happy Friday!!!