Ready!

Ready to wear my black and purple garb in the hot sun.
Ready for “therapizing” in the hot tub.
Ready to spend time with the little monkeys.
Ready to debut the pirate parasol at a new fair.
Ready to continue the tequila & camera joke.
Ready to have someone run the table while we play pool.
Ready for a mini vacation.
Ready to have fun!

Texas...

I'm having way too much fun looking through all these graphs.....


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I Get A Kick...

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Tough as Nails...

"Sometimes things happen in life...." That’s the broad sweeping statement of the day…..

One of my friends is tough as nails – I admire that – granted she has said this about me too. She attended a "happy event" of someone who has messed with her life. I don’t believe that I would ever have it in me to be able to fake it for any length of time at an event like that. But I firmly believe that karma will get the BFR (and her fair weather friends).

Hokey Pokey....

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Don't Tell Mom!

My brother and I have a whole "covert operation" thing going when I travel.

Mainly because someone in the family needs to know that I am on a plane just in case something happens. But if I tell the M-O-M person, she will freak out - full on worry days before I fly, during the flight, once I have landed because there is a return trip, etc. She watches the coverage and is mentally in the muck and mire searching for survivors whenever there is a crash.

Yet despite all that, I love flying!

So for her sanity (and mine) – my brother is the one who gets the “Hey, I landed in one piece” call. She finds out after I am done traveling – less worry all around!

There are several "Don't Tell Mom" conversations......thank goodness I have a sibling.....

Harlem Shuffle....

I know, I know - Dirty Work is one of their worst albums, but I was in the mood to see Mick Jagger strut around in a purple suit....you all know that I'm drawn to purple......Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Do the Harlem Shuffle.....

Modified Pony.....

Hilarious - my favorite may be the pony in carbonite....
http://www.thetoyzone.com/25-inspiring-my-little-pony-mods/

Don't Cry for Me Argentina?

I realize that I can’t control how anyone interprets my posts - you will all form your own opinion, take guesses and occasionally come to a conclusion that is way off base. I can't do anything about that.

I’m definitely having an Evita moment.

Have I said to much?
There's nothing more I can think of to say to you
But all you have to do
Is look at me to know
That every word is true

Gah!!

Just go back into the “this is where you belong because this is what was discussed and agreed upon and you need to stay there or things will be bad” compartment…...come back out and I will beat you into submission…….stop thinking…..stay….staaaaay….STAY!….good brain…..

No, I said Stay!!!

Ugh....st00pid brain.......how about a treat? Will that work?

Cue the "I Love Lamp" Jokes.....

Look what I can do!

I’ve always had help (or had someone take over) when assembling things – TV stand, bed, coffee table, lingerie chest, bookshelf, etc.…..but I (me, myself and I) made a lamp today! (actually two identical lamps)

I got the lamps a while ago – they have been boxed and waiting for me to assemble them – just have not been home to do it.

My one and only goal of the day – completed. W00t for the lamps!

Hook-Er.....

Can someone please explain to me why after getting home at a ridiculously late (early?) hour I was wide awake at 9 am? Seriously…..

Hung out in a wine store and found that my European side definitely comes out when interacting with Greek men. All conversation stopped when the guy with the baby walked in though – all we then needed was a puppy for the cuteness overload to be complete.

Got to see Sprout and her hubby for a bit, had fun dancing and had the token “OMG – where did you get that?” chat in the bathroom – drunk girls are funny.

Got confused, then not confused, then confused again – I think that I may be back to unconfused now (not sure). So, when life confuses you – just go and watch Clerks 2 – and never go A to M…...

Something In The Air?

Cue the Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight" drum solo.....


My entire office and crew is giddy.


Everyone that I have talked to/emailed is giddy.


w00t for Friday!

w00t for car shopping tonight!

w00t for weekend plans!


(yup, I’m giddy too)

No Questions Please.....

Insert "no rule breaking round-about shout out about texting fun last night/early this morning" post here.

You made my night - you know who you are.

Pony is My Co-Pilot......

Here he is on the not-so-open road....

Quote of the day - A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.- Donna Roberts

Angry!

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Harumph....

The "really really cool awesome kicked my butt in gear even planned out where I could live and maybe get my masters" position is on hold due to the "current economic situation".

But, but, but when the economy is bad everyone goes back to school - they need me!!!

And the "Check Engine" light? It is intermittently coming on because of the issue with my catalytic converter - both of them.....yup, my car has two…I don’t think that I love my car anymore….ok, that’s a blatant lie, but it makes it easier to look for another car….

To quote Tigger - "Harumph"......

And Then I Found This Gem....

David Bowie & Placebo - 20th Century Boy

Another Reason to Clean....

The real reason you need to clean - you forget what you have in the music vault - I rotated all the CD's in my car.

I forgot how awesome the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack is - the yumminess of Ewan McGregor and Jonathan Rhy Meyers just add to the movie in general, but throw in the electric guitar riffs and I have driving music for hours.....

Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like Rock 'n' roll
I move like a cat, talk like a rat, sting like a bee
Babe i'm gonna be your man
And it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, Your twentieth century boy

Twentieth century boy
I wanna be your toy
Twentieth century boy
I wanna be your toy
Twentieth century boy
I wanna be your toy
Twentieth century boy
I wanna be your toy

The Other V-Day!

It's my nameday!!! Presents!! Yup, the holiday where you celebrate your name - stemming from the original "everyone is named after a Saint" thing.....heh, now that would be amusing......Saint Dizzy Vizzy.....

"A name day is a tradition in many countries in Europe and Latin America of celebrating on a particular day of the year associated with the one's given name. The custom originated with the Catholic and Orthodox calendar of saints, where believers, named after a particular saint, would celebrate that saint's feast day. In many countries, however, there is no longer any explicit connection to Christianity."

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction...

Wow - sometimes truth is stranger than fiction - this is like a plot from a movie/bad reality TV show!

China - A married Chinese businessman who could no longer afford five mistresses held a competition to decide which one to keep. But the contest took a fatal turn when one of the women, eliminated for her looks, drove the man and the four other competitors off a cliff.

“I Want An Oompa Loompa NOW!”

When I get something into my head, I have to hunt it down until I find it/process it/fully research it.

I am prowling for a choker – similar to what Bridget wore in the recent Girls Next Door Mardi Gras episode – but it has to have a pirate cameo in the middle.

I have awesome purple jewelry to go with my Ren Fair garb, but this new necklace idea is calling me. I have a vision of what I want it to look like and so far no one out there has exactly what I want. I found pictures of three different necklaces that could be combined into one. (Of course it has to be unique-like me!)

My friend’s wife (well she’s my friend too, right? We are friends on FB!) does great beadwork – she may be commissioned to create this piece.

It’s the “wait for the right one” vs. “instant gratification” factor (yes, I’m still talking about the necklace) – I know that it will be worth the wait, even though I do want to wear it this weekend. I will have to suppress the inner brat from shouting “I want an oompa loompa NOW!”

Nom, Nom, Nom....

Since I reined in my urge to quote Ezekiel 25:17 in the Post-smack entry, I will give my Pulp Fiction shout out now - "Yeah but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good."


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This Goes Here.....

I’m not a neat freak, but once the clutter reaches a certain point, I just stop and have to take care of it all – I need to bring order back to my environment.

Yesterday was one of those days – I’ve had a few weeks of coming home and just dropping stuff in one location before running off to the next adventure. (Six pairs of shoes and my ski stuff does not need to be right at the door when you walk in)

Six loads of laundry, one bathroom scrubbing, one mattress flip and lots of cleaning and sorting later, I had brought order back to my home. Phew!

I have this great feeling of accomplishment – I got stuff done!! The last thing left is a lamp that needs to be put together.....maybe tonight.....

Little English Bon-Bon....

Repeat Riders....

While surveying the double black diamond at Jiminy Peak (or Jiminiy as I've been spelling it - just kept adding in an I), I look over and see the middle blue sign. Seems pretty innocent......but I doubled over laughing and could not explain, I just kept pointing and laughing. I want that sign.....

After fueling ourselves at Cracker Barrel, Michele and I made the trek to go skiing - all of our compatriots had fallen by the wayside due to injury or illness. We arrived after gawking at the architecture and took our spot on the cattle mover (shuttle was a modified horse trailer).

We dodged passive aggressive people in line, we stared at the windmill thingie that powers the mountain – whooom, whooom, whooom, we ducked the veal on the easy trails, we heckled the people on the mountain coaster (modified alpine slide) and just had a great fun time.

My ski boots have a high performance tongue – add that to the Hardcore & Predator titles and I’m sure that much fun will be had with the comments………

I had a few runs that I just had to shout “Hell yeah!” afterwards – they felt good!!

We solved the debate - Hot Buttered Rum vs. The Broken Leg (Cider & Rum) - The first one is the clear winner - I have a new skiing drink!

Me showing off – the beginning of a kick turn.

Best message intro of the day - “I know you’re out gallivanting…..” – my brother left a sweet and funny message – it was “V-Day” (that’s me!) after all!!



We had dinner with Pony - he was trying out my Stallion Frostbite beer - well, i forget the beer's full name, but those two words were in it. Pony also sat patiently and listened to us chat for hours - we were sitting right by the fire, warm and cozy with no real reason to move - plus we had started a girly Devil’s Advocate chat. Oh, for future reference, don't ask me to make hand motions when describing “compartmentalized".......

Not A Saint But....

I could not let Valentine's Day pass without a mention of vampires.....

Happy V-Day - a day that I use to prove that my initials do not mean only one thing!

10 Girlies & A Movie....

10 Girlies + 1 chick flick = a whole lotta heckling during the movie

C invited me along with the Herd of ERAC-ers (ERAC-ians?) to see “He’s Just Not That Into You” – funny movie even if they did give it a mostly unrealistic Hollywood ending. We were rather noisy – some of the jokes made the whole group laugh VERY loudly and then we had to expand on them…..

They happened to be in CVS in one scene and I was NOT the first one to say – “Are they going to use their ECB’s to dealsmith?”

"Oh look - a Gaysian!" "A what?" "A Gay Asian!!"

“You should have a destination wedding!” “Where, like Latvija? It’s cold there and the land that we have is a farm!”

Best quote of the night - "Friends don't let friends dry-hump." Just watch the movie, seriously…..Scarlett Johannson (and her boobs) says dry hump....

And I had to be "that customer" - the one who orders something that is not on the menu - however, I have insider info - I know very well that the D & B managers don't mind making the "Oona's Grilled Chicken Salad" - seriously, they have everything on hand and many of them want to put it back on the menu.

It’s impossible for me to walk into a mall (especially Providence Place since I know who built it and originally managed it) and not look for the expansion joints, check out the sprinklers, etc. I have to go back too - they have a Lush!!

Know Your Pony!

Imposter Pony

Real Pony

Pony in Trouble

"I Solemly Swear That I Am Up to No Good"

I mainly do this for my own amusement but I do enjoy causing mischief sometimes…..

If you are not awake yet and you are on the phone with me – make sure you stop to buy a newspaper and tell me to hold on.

I could be quiet until you finish your transaction, but NOPE – I will chatter away and advise you what to buy….beef jerky, a scratch off ticket, a pony and a Dr. Pepper (not necessarily in that order). Or I will just pretend to be your inner monologue and say “Do not stare at the cashier’s lazy eye (comb-over, zit, etc.)”.

Because I want you to snicker, I really, really do…..

Tee-hee……

Disclaimer – I know that some may find this annoying, but the ones that I do it to find it endearing and have told me so many times……hence why I continue to do it....

Candid Aftermath.....

Notice me holding my booty in shock and aww. (as in AWW – that stung!)
Notice someone holding their beer and strutting away all proud of themselves……

Vengeance will be mine......

PS. The picture was actually sent to me labeled "Postsmack"....LOL.

NJ Day.....

OK, so now you are probably wondering what NJ Day is.….no, not really?......well, even if you aren’t, I’m going to share anyway……

"New Jersey Day is celebrated on December 18 to commemorate New Jersey's admission to the union. On this date in 1787 New Jersey became the Third state of the United States. Celebration include wearing patriot clothes or accessories, such as I <3 NJ tees or buttons."

In school, one of the grades was responsible for a skit about how we became a state – 4th maybe? – the rest of the grades had activities related to the theme. I'm not sure that they make a big deal about it anymore though.....

Oh, What Did Delaware?

We used to celebrate NJ Day – this was the song that we would sing – I could not remember the rest of the lyrics – Yay for Google!

Oh, what did Delaware, boys? Oh, what did Delaware?
Oh, what did Delaware, boys? Oh, what did Delaware?
Oh, what did Delaware, boys? Oh, what did Delaware?
I ask you now as a personal friend, what did Delaware?

She wore her New Jersey, boys. She wore her New Jersey.
She wore her New Jersey, boys. She wore her New Jersey.
She wore her New Jersey, boys. She wore her New Jersey.
I tell you now as a personal friend, she wore her New Jersey.

Other verses:
Oh, what does Iowa? She weighs a Washington.
Oh, what does Idaho? She hoes her Maryland.
Oh, what does Tennessee? She sees what Arkansas.
Oh, where has Oregon? She's gone to Oklahoma.
Oh, what did Massa-chew? She chewed her Connecti-cud.
Oh, how did Flori-die? She died in Missouri.
Why did Cali-phone ya? She phoned to say "Hawaii" ("How-ah-yee")
Where has Oregon? If you want Alaska, (I'll-ask-a) where she's gone. She went to pay her Texas.
What did Mississip, through her pretty lips? She sipped a Minna-soda.
How did Wiscon-sin, boys? She stole a New-brass-key.

Note to Self....

Remember that you are on the phone with M-O-M and she will not find the licking/spanking stories as amusing as you do.

AND

Don't relax about the car - the "Check Engine" light will come on as soon as you do.

Moody, Moody, Moody.....

Cranky, Cranky, Cranky....

Until the phone rang......

Surprise guest star – my brother came to visit. Well, he was in the area and stopped by for lunch. It was a nice break from the “weekend letdown” and work stuff. I needed to talk to him anyway, so it all just worked out!

"It was Carlisle's Car".....

This is the full quote that I wanted to use for New Moon Monday on FB.....the feeling that I have reading that paragraph deserves more than just one sentence.....

"It was a black car – a car I knew. I might be the furthest thing from an autophile, but I could tell you everything about that particular car. The Mercedes S55 AMG. I knew the horsepower and the color of the interior. I knew the feel of the powerful engine purring through the frame. I knew the rich smell of the leather seats and the way the extra-dark tint made noon look like dusk through those windows. It was Carlisle’s car."

Signs That You Were at the Same Sleepover....

1. You wake up next to a pony and a pack of gum
2. Hot butter is NOT to be put THERE!!!
3. Your host cooks a great breakfast – even though they are broken and really don’t have to
4. You are willing to pay $10 for a dominatrix style tuckie, tuckie, tuckie from me
5. You tell the truth about why/how you hit yourself in the forehead with a riding crop (years ago) and no one believes your story
6. You don’t move except to get the door for the Chinese food guy and then curl back up to watch UHF
7. A camera flash is the wrong type of flash
8. You hear “I’ll just pretend that you’re all talking about girls”

The Adult Side....

The "spend time with some of my favorite people on the planet" category applies here as well......

Bringing my new black strappy shoes out to play and still not being one of the tallest ones. (the shorter set enjoyed the eye level view, on second thought, I’m sure the taller set did as well)

Hearing my name whispered a million times – it’s impossible to ignore hearing your own name - I will always turn around and say “What?” even after I realize that you are doing it on purpose!!

Full harmony during my favorite song!!!

Referring to the fact that my favorite song caused it to be “the size of Florida” may not be the best way to share your sarcasm (no matter how happy I am that you came out to play with us).

Getting to see that people have improved their licking stealth – “Come here, I have to tell you something”…heh.

The ass smack heard round the room….how’s your hand, buddy?

Hmm, just add an “S”!! Wait, who has a pen? Ooo, even better, get a Sharpie!

It doesn’t matter how broken you are, come out and see Instrument!

The Great Waltz Debate of ’09 – umm, let’s just teach you to polka!

The never ending group hug – no complaints though – it was cozy….

The Family Side.....

I knew going into the weekend that it would be a fun one. It lived up to the expectations and then some - mainly because I got to spend time with some of my favorite people on the planet.

I fell prey to the cuteness of pigtails, the innocence of trying to eat with a fork (they did well!) and trying lettuce, watching my brother have an intense chat with the “non-larval one”, hearing “I wanna go in your car!!!” and just having an overall great time while celebrating a family birthday.

Then I beat my GPS by 35 mins by driving like a Cullen – reserved for occasions
where the cuteness of 4 little girls won’t let you leave when you originally planned to.

But I was able to switch gears from innocence to adult fun in the blink of an eye…..

Fangirls!

Just the way to I wanted to start the weekend - with a laugh!


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Lists.....

I am a list maker - I love, love, love my lists and do not feel complete without my list (hey, we all have a crutch).....

I love crossing things off the list, feeling like I accomplished something and then making a new list for the next set of things that need to be done.

The list for tomorrow was made on Tuesday – ranging from cardboard recycling, movie returning, post office visit, stuff for the party and a change of clothes for later.

The list for today at work is not as exciting – I have to be bad cop and tell people that unless we get certain forms back they are not to return to work.....

PUPPY!!!!

I have to share - mainly because she has invented a new word and it brought up the need to share another random fact......this was the email exchange:

Brennie-Pooh - "He was a big fluffy German Shepard with fluffy looking paws. I sooooo wanted to shmuggle (shmush the ears and head and snuggle) him. "

Me - "You have restraint - I have a tendency to go "Oooo puppy!" even at the service dogs. Granted, I also wished every dog (not their owners) a Happy New Year when I was two - I was taking a walk with my grandma (in the Bronx) on New Year's Day."

Yup, even hugged a Great Dane on one of my birthdays - that was actually a recent event, not as a kid.....

Ah, Teenagers....

My favorite teenager cracks me up - in one conversation she goes from telling me how cool I am and how I “take away awkward moments” to telling me that I'm "a big ol' dork" for liking certain things and then back to me being cool because I sent her the Twilight soundtrack.....I'm glad that I can keep up with her......

I do throw her for a loop - when she tells me that I'm weird, I agree and tell her that it's part of my charm. Tee-hee. She still has a very optimistic view on the world - no venom in her veins. I know that her first big heartbreak is coming eventually - I want to protect her, but know that it's part of life.

It will be great if she ends up going to Harvard - even though she is more of a "big fish in a little pond" type and may not like being one of many big fishes in a school. (but she'll be close by!) I am glad that I can keep an eye on her for her parents - she tells me stuff that she isn't comfortable telling them and I hope that that continues.....

Piragi...

Still in reading mode....my brain is just absorbing things....

I've been experimenting with cooking Latvian foods - it started a few years ago. I have my grandmother's Latvian cookbook (in Latvian of course) but if you are curious and want to make one of the staples - Piragi - here's the recipe in English!

http://recipes.epicurean.com/recipe/170/piragi-(latvian-bacon-rolls).html

Mr. Prickly...

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"Newsy" Type of Day....

My brain is on overload - been reading way too many news stories and blogs today....

Uconn Rock - they painted their whole crest! d00d - KKPsi - get on it!!

The mall as a Day Trip....even if they did get spanked for being ugly.....

When Star Wars Fans take it a bit too far during a baby shower.....

Seriously? You're the ones who wanted to get married in the first place!!

And please, enough with the mom of the octuplets - I was excited for her until I found out how many kids she already has at home (six) - how can she afford all of them as a single parent??

Shake, Rattle & Roll.....

The M-O-M called me about this - a 3.0 earthquake in NJ last night - the town I grew up in was next to the epi-center!!!

Articles here and here.

Deal Karma?

I have to share what I consider to be deal karma from this past weekend....

I wanted to make chocolate covered strawberries – didn’t look at a sales flyer or anything, just went to the closest grocery store – strawberries were on sale – Buy One, Get One Free.

I needed to pick up beer for the VT trip – Miller Lite was the request – it was on sale, there was a $2 rebate and I got a free T-shirt that I gave to our host.

And I found the cat food trial size packages – on clearance at $0.10 – each had a $3 coupon inside – I bought 7 bags (70 cents!) and got $21 worth of coupons.

"Do you know where my pen is?"

So the weekend went from one extreme to the other – from one friend’s sadness to absolute joy and laughter with other friends. We regressed instantly but refrained from running amuck in the hotel (not that there is anything wrong with that!).

Highlights:
* How else do you inspire someone to climb two flights of stairs, but sing the Rocky theme? “I can hear you outside with the door closed”
* Why does it have a blue label??? Blue is better than black?
* Do you know where my pen is?
* Scattergories – eyeball does not start with the letter “I”
* Someone (not me) was thinking of ways to get kicked out – make soup out of the people in the hot tub (bork, bork), rate their diving, tell the Guido looking guy that he’s missing one of the token tattoos…..there’s more but I forgot them…..
* Should we go to the Red Shutter Inn? Actually, let me tell you this story….
* “OW!! My booty!”
* Mad-Libs – my name can be used as a noun - “Please confirm your Dizzy Vizzy prior to departure”
* Great conditions for skiing and tubing – they actually let us make tube chains!
* “Look out for the ditch!!” "Stop calling me that!" "D-I-T-C-H!" "Oh"
* “Do not walk on the Magic Carpet!!! Well, they’re throwing snowballs – yell at them!!”

I found that there were at least two people on the mountain louder than me, we can make everything into a song and someone actually brought a Pony!!!!

Oh, they really should lock the electrical panels – it’s way too tempting.

I may have to go back – my bottle of vodka is being held hostage……