I WON!!

And I never win ANYTHING!!!

I love reading uptomyneckinchocolate and decided to enter her "Why did I do that?" contest... and I won!! Here's the link to read what got me to the top...
http://uptomyneckinchocolate.blogspot.com/2009/01/and-winner-is.html

Horray!

Dear OS Nazi,

It really bothered me this week that you decided to "eliminate" my position at the OS. It bothered me that you called an all staff meeting just to get everyone out of the office so that I couldn't interact with or say good bye to anyone on my way out. When you made me clean out my desk with a guy from security watching my every move, that bothered me. Good thing we got some boxes of copy paper in the same day you let me go so that I had nice new boxes to put all my stuff in, otherwise, that would have really bothered me. It bothered me that you were only in the room to hand me the letter and then you split to talk to the other employees. I absolutely believe that you were too cowardice to stay in the room.

You know what though, at least you can't bother me any more. And now, I have the freedom to tell you exactly what I think of you if I ever see you out on the street. I can tell you exactly how you are running the company into the ground while alienating all the good craftsmen in our industry. Good job running the company on 2/3 the staff we were supposed to have and piling all the work from people who quit onto people who are already over burdened with work. I'm sure that won't bother them at all.

If you see me on the street, please don't bother to say hello.

Sincerely,
Kitty


**This letter brought to you from Mama Kat's weekly writing prompt. Check her out and do your own!!**

All is not lost... yet

I had my first session with Travis today and he kicked my ass!! It was a great workout and I'm so into this hardcore. Here's to the Bolder Boulder! Look, I'm even giving myself a visual:



You gotta hope for something right?

Oh God the Irony...

I don't even know where to start...

My first sign should have been that yesterday's definition on my Corporate Bullshit Definitions calendar was "Close the Door"... a phrase commonly preceding a reaming or firing.

Foreshadowing at it's finest.

You know that all staff meeting I mentioned at the beginning of my last blog? Well I didn't go to it because just after I sent in my blog I was called upstairs to the conference room. I walked into a room with my GM, the head of HR and our benefits manager.
"Please close the door"
This is what they gave me when I sat down.

"Dear Kitty
Unfortunately, a reduction in force is necessary and therefore, your position as Receptionist/Production Assistant and Counter Sales will end today, January 27, 2009.
OS appreciates your efforts and hard work since January 21, 2008."

It goes on to tell me about all the lovely things I need to take care of now that I'm gainfully unemployed. I, of course, am crying my eyes out as they are talking and all I can read in the letter is:


They went over everything with me and then escorted me downstairs and stood and watched me as I packed up all my possessions into boxes. No one was around because they were all in the all staff... how convenient. I packed up everything, left a note for giggles and got in my car. Not, of course, before they took all my credentials and parking pass away... I had my dad on the phone before I even left the parking lot.

Total blindside. Thanks OS, Thanks a lot.



Here are the last words I have to say:
Giggles- I can't imagine finding a better friend out of such a shitty job. I don't know what I'm going to do not seeing you every day.
Sir Cranky- You might have been cranky, but I loved working with you anyway, you were a great friend right from the start.
Cowbell- I will miss going to games with you. It's never the same when you aren't there yelling your head off :)
King of Pop- Thanks for never being offended by my remarks to you or around you... It was always out of love... for real real, not for play play.
Z- We didn't work together all that long, but I will miss you dearly
Handy Man- You are so sweet and helpful in everything you do. I will miss your cheerful smile.
Bulldog- I'm sorry I always screwed up the fucking tax shit. I'm not stupid, I swear!
Shortie- If you knew, I would have loved a heads up. In any case, I loved working with you and the Halloween party was a lot of fun!
Como Estas- Thanks for being the cheerful accountant when we needed help, I'll miss you.
Wind Pants- Enjoy your own fall out, I hope you crash and burn
and finally
Production boys- I will miss you all, both on staff and the overhires. I can't beleive this is it. Let me know if you need help for MHMF in the summer, I'll be there.

So that's my goodbye letter basically. If you work at OS and read this and don't know what your nickname is.... umm.... you probably shouldn't ask.

This is Kitty, signing off until next time... which will probably be soon... becuase I have nothing else to do....

We have an all staff in 15 minutes...

There may be an update later….

 

At this point, I’m bored.  I made it to 3:00 looking busy, reading Wired magazine and answering the phones when every one decides to call during their lunch break… while we, too, are trying to eat lunch.

 

But now… I’m bored so I’ll blog.  Yesterday I went and signed up at the gym and met my personal trainer, Travis.  He seems really nice but I’m sure he will be kicking my ass every step of the way.  I’m excited to start training with him so that I can get a real routine down and know what I’m doing and why.  I’m so thankful my parents are helping me do this.  Since I’m more broker than Al Roker (York, PA joke, sorry) and they knew how much I wanted to do it, they stepped in to foot the bill until I’m able.  I think that’s awesome!  I did my first workout this morning by myself and I was really proud that I got up and actually went.  That’s the first step, and it’s a hard step especially when you look around at the other women there who are skinny and athletic.  I know they didn’t get there overnight and they have to work to keep it up (or they wouldn’t be there at all) but it’s still a bit intimidating at first.  I have to keep reminding myself that I’m not doing it for them, and what they think doesn’t matter.  I’m doing this for me, my health, and my future.  I know it sounds corny but, hey, it works for me. It’s even helping me go to bed earlier since I know that I have to get up earlier I’m getting to bed earlier.  I’m so determined right now it’s ridiculous.  Travis says I’m going to run the Bolder Boulder in an hour.  He didn’t say it’s a goal, he didn’t say it would be nice if I did it… he said I’m GOING TO DO IT IN AN HOUR…. I like him already J

 

I’m going to the Av’s game tonight…YAY! I haven’t been to one in a while.  I’m glad we have club seats tonight because I LOVE the soft pretzels on club level and I’m kinda craving one.  On the other 2 levels the pretzels are soggy on the outside and hard in the middle… and never warm. Complete waste of money.  On club level they are fat and warm and nice and squishy and almost worth the $6.50 price tag.  I’m kinda a pretzel snob… sorry but it’s hard to beat the club level pretzels!!   

 

You know what really ticks me off?? Corporate think tanks.  I hate that a bunch of big wigs sit around a table and decide what is the best way to change the toner in the copier.  Maybe they need to outsource it… are our people so untrustworthy that we should bring in someone?  Wait, what if we hire someone from outside the company to be in charge of all things printer related… then we can trust him, and no one else.  No, what if he’s sick and isn’t there that day and the toner runs out… then what?  We could start a committee that can then elect several people to be in charge of the printer and supplies for it; that way, there will always be more than one person who knows how to change the toner.  Oh I know!  We could hire a company to create a robot that will stand in the copy room and remotely monitor the status of the toner and when it is low the robot will spring into action and the world will be safe for one more day!! That’s a brilliant idea Bob!  Now what should we call the robot?  Well I was thinking….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Asylum

I write this entry assuming that you read my entry about what a crazy week was in store for me last week. Well, as I embark on a new week, I find it necessary to vent a bit, and in general, unwind. Bare with me as I ramble into oblivion. Not to worry, I only have about 30 minutes until my sleeping pill kicks in... then it's lights out.

I think we are all caught up through Thursday when I had my interview with a robot. Thursday night, however, I went to play trivia at Old C's and with the help of Carlito, I came in second... slash third. If you need and explaintion of how this happens, check out the trivia blog from that night. There's a wonderful (NOT!) picture of me with Carlito and how the night went down.

Friday was pretty standard wackiness at OS. Giggles and I routinely lose our minds on Friday and it's pretty much just a big game of who loses it first and who loses it worst. In the end we always end up pretty even by annoying our co-workers to the "nth" degree. We got a smattering of snow which caused everyone to forget the basics of driving 101 on the wonderful ride back to the subburbs which pretty much explains the life of a city commuter. Friday night I hung out at Old C's with my favorite bartenders again after I was dissed by some other friends.

Saturday was a workshop at the OS and so I had to get up early and work. Overtime is great and all, but it messed up the chi of the day!! After work I decided to go to the market and on the way stopped by to check out the 24Hour Fitness near me. After a tour and explanation of prices, I decided to join. I'm going in tomorrow after work to sign the paperwork and get my membership card. :) I've also found out that my parents are almost definitely coming out for Memorial day to see me and so that my dad and I can do the Bolder Boulder together!! YAY!! I eventually did get to the market and home where I made a wonderfully low fat dinner. I had just enough time to check my email and make a phone call before I had to head off to the church I design lights for for a meeting with the director of the service. I can't even tell you how great it was to finally have some one on one time with her without all the other committee members telling me their opinions. In short, I don't give a damn about what those other people want to see done!! It's between me and the director. Besides, you, my dear, have shitty taste!

Today was spent (and I do mean ALL of today) at Comcast Media Center in Centennial watching a taping of Food Network Challenge. This one was really different, and I would tell you all about it except I had to sign a non-disclosure waver saying that I wouldn't tell what went on during the taping and that if I did FNC had the right to come break my kneecaps.. I couldn't take pictures and there were only 50 people allowed to come. Last time I went there was no guest list, anyone could come and go as they please, you could take pictures, and there was no waver. I was pretty upset about the picture thing. I'll blog more about it after the show airs the third week of April. The other taping I went to is called Chocolate Masterpeices and is showing during chocolate week in February (around Valentine's day). I got to the studio at 7:45am and left at 7:30pm. Crazy!! About the show, all I can say is that Food Network may have taken this a little too seriously and I think that's a damn shame.

A full weekend but fun and I got some good stuff done. I'm getting a little heavy lidded... guess I've been typing for about 3o minutes, eh?

I did fail to mention that on Wednesday night I traveled down south to Courtney and Matt's who so graciously invited me to come watch the LOST season premier. Though it's a bit of a drive for me, it was a lot of fun!! Until Joe came in through the balcony door (she's on the 2nd floor by the way) and scared the ever loving Jesus out of me...

Until next time....

OMG THE SKY IS FALLING!!!

Everyone take cover and start driving like idiots!! There are little white things everywhere!! What are we going to do!?!  OH THE HUMANITY!!!

 

 

 

An Interview with a Robot

*NOTE- If you are looking for my writing prompt, scroll to the next entry!*

 

So this morning was my phone interview.  I think that it went very well… I think… you see, there is no way of knowing because I interviewed with a robot.  Allow me to explain.

When the interviewer called me she introduced herself and then told me that this was a structured interview.  She would be asking me a series of questions and then pause for me to respond. This would take between 45-60minutes depending on how long it took me to answer each question.  She could not elaborate or clarify any question, she could only repeat it.  “ok” I thought… this should be easy.  No.  It might have been one of my hardest interviews to date (and I’ve had a few).  Imagine someone asking you questions in a totally monotone voice and then pausing for you to answer but giving you absolutely no acknowledgement on your answer.  Not an “uh huh” “ok” “yeah” “I understand”… nothing, just move on to the next question.  SO FREAKING WEIRD! And this went on for 40 minutes.  I guess I’m a fast talker… or I don’t explain enough. 

Something else that was weird was that she didn’t ask me any questions about why I want to work there or what I could bring to the company.  They didn’t even ask the old standard interview question, “tell me what your strengths and weaknesses are”.  There WAS, however, one question that asked if I considered myself “addicted to smiling.” To this I answered, “well I do tend to smile at complete strangers and I feel like they think I’m crazy, so yes, I guess I am”  This is actually true though.  I DO smile at strangers because of all of my sales training I’ve had.  “As soon as a customer walks through the door smile and greet them, if you can’t greet them verbally, greet them with your smile”.  GAG In any case, that’s why I think I smile at random people when I walk through a store, at some subconscious level, I think I’m working there.  (NOTE- Do not wear a red shirt of any kind to Target, everyone will think you work there, and you don’t want to run into a neighbor while you’re giving someone directions to the adult diapers just because you happen to know where they are.)

At the end of the interview when she turned back into a human, she told me that all my information and interview will be submitted to the hiring manager and if they would like me to proceed with the interviewing process they will let me know in a week or two.  Wow, I hope I don’t have to wait that long!

Well, I should go, “I have work to do”… not.

I CHOOSE!

To accept!! Mama Kat, you have the best prompts...

I chose number 4-- the best picture I took last month and why it's my favorite.

Actually the story is sweeter than the picture, so the story comes first, then the pictures.
I flew home to my parent's house on the eve of Christmas eve. (which actually ended up being Christmas eve morning because of delays...) After sleeping in and spending a rainy day with Amy, it was time for festivities. I took a shower, looked nice (hello! pictures!) and went down to watch and help mom get ready for our epic dinner. Amy came over and we had cheese and crackers and chatted and drank champagne until dinner was finished. During our fabulous dinner we started talking about the one present as a kid we remember. I told my mom it was my Cabbage Patch Kid that I named Eve (because I got her on Christmas Eve). My mom said she had to get my aunt to buy one in California (where she lived at the time) and send it to Pennsylvania for me because she couldn't find one here.

My dad then told a story of something he got as a gift when he was 9. My Grandpa is an avid Yankees fan and so my dad is too (hey, no one's perfect), and growing up in southern PA it's not super hard to get to NY to see a game. Not hard, that is, unless you have 5 kids and are poor, just like my dad's family was growing up. Never the less, my Grandpa found a way to take my dad to a Yankee game at Yankee Stadium when he was 9 years old. When they were walking out of the stadium after the game my dad saw a shop where they were selling real Yankee baseball uniforms in kids sizes. My dad knew that they didn't have much money to splurg on something like that, but he asked my grandpa anyway if he would buy him that uniform... and my grandpa did buy it for him.

Sitting at the table I was touched. I have heard about how hard it was growing up with 5 kids with hardly any money, but they were ok, and always had a loving, caring home. When my dad stopped talking (teary eyed from the emotion/wine) my mom stated, "I have that upstairs in the closet, your mom gave it to me years ago!" My dad was on the verge of disbelief and anger. My mom swore up and down she had told him about it, but I side with my dad that says if he would have known, it wouldn't have been in a Wal-Mart bag in the back of her closet. I offered to clean up the whole dinner if she would go up and get it... which she did.

My picture is my dad with his Yankee uniform laying over him. They don't make things like that any more. The quality, the thickness of the wool... very old school. I don't know how much they paid for it and my dad doesn't either, all I know is that for my dad, and for me, now, it is priceless.

These are a few of my favorite things...

Had a little bout of home sick for the good ole PA tonight... so here is an ode to the homestead...

~Martin's Potato Chips in regular kettle cooked or bbq kettle cooked... either way, you can't go wrong!


~Tastykakes! Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes are my fave, and are the best sellers in the whole Tastykake line!


~Hershey and Hershey Park! I miss Chocolate World and of course the roller coasters!





~Stauffer's ICED Animal Cookies!! A- because they are called animal COOKIES and B- They are iced!! YUM!! And C- It reminds me of tennis season... don't ask :)


~West York High School... my bulldogs! I hope I can go back and see some of my old teachers again some time.





~The HOP! I have more stories about this place... "The night of bad decisions" started right here!
*EDIT* This picture, as Amy pointed out, does the creepiness no justice. Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that one of the Hop's most notable qualities is that they sell condoms in the snack food vending machine. Never go to bed with an empty stomach!





They, of course are in no particular order, but just random thoughts about tonight. Thanks for taking this magical photo journey with me. :) See you next time :)

To everyone who has to work on MLK...

I salute you.  But not in the “put your hand to your forehead and sharply move it away from said forehead” type of way.  I mean, I respect that you too do not get any time off on this MLK day.  I won’t be seeing the postman today, nor is anyone at our parent company working… but here I am, sitting at my desk waiting for the phone to ring.  I doubt many people will call today, they will assume that we aren’t here.  That will most certainly make today crawl by even slower than most days.  Wind Pants had to unexpectedly leave this morning for the rest of the day, I guess she needed some time to reflect about MLK day.  Schools are closed today so I’m sure the malls are cursing this holiday.  However, my commute this morning was smoother than normal so that was nice.  (Edit- Someone just called and asked, “Are you open?”  No, I’m sitting here answering the phones to make sure that everyone knows that no, we are not open.  Stupid stupid stupid…)

 

I have a busy week this week!  Let’s see what’s on the agenda:

Today- Not too much, basically work and maybe something afterwards, but nothing too exciting,

Tuesday- I’m opening for Anne and then going to the Nuggets vs. Kings game at night.

Wednesday- LOST SEASON PREMIER!!! I’ll be going to Courtney’s house that night to watch the most anticipated 3 hours of TV the world has ever seen!!

Thursday- My phone interview to get a new job!! Wish me luck!!

Friday- No Plans, but it’s PAYDAY!!

Saturday- Special effects workshop at work.  It should be the best one of the series, plus that means I get overtime!

Sunday- One of two things.  Food Network is taping here and I’m on the waiting list to get a seat in there for Extreme Superhero Cakes.  If I don’t get in, I’ll be going to the Nuggets vs. Jazz game.  I might go to that too after the taping if it’s not too late. 

 

So see… I’m pretty booked up! This week anyway, next week looks pretty normal, and by normal I mean boring. 

 

I’ve already started to plan how I want to arrange my room when roommate #1 moves out.  This change of plans, like I said, came at the perfect time.  I don’t have to worry about finding a new place and I won’t have to share a bathroom anymore!  I can walk from the shower into my room naked now!!! Sorry… TMI…  I’m excited too because I’ll be able to take a BATH now!  I’m the only person that will be using it, and after I give it a good scrub down I’ll feel totally comfortable taking a bath in my nice clean tub!  Right now I wouldn’t take a bath in my current tub if you paid me.  God only knows what goes on in there when roommate #2 is in there *shudder* I just got the heebie jeebies just thinking about it!!   I’m also totally psyched about my balcony!!  I’ll put a little table and chairs out there and be able to enjoy the nice weather (like today we are supposed to hit 65degrees!)  and drink some beers and watch the neighborhood cats dodge the cars in the parking lot.  Can you tell I’ve been thinking a lot about this?! 

 

I would say “well I better get back to work” but I don’t have anything to do… except blog and that has been accomplished… and I’ve almost finished my book…

 

 

 

Testing?

So apparently I can email blog posts in and they will automatically post?? This could be my way of launching a whole new blogging attack on the world!! From work!! Without getting caught!!!!

Not that I would do that....

YES I TOTALLY WILL!!!

assuming this works...

NOT the same shit!!!

So these past few days have been GOOD to me!!

Thursday night I went to the Nuggets game and ended up winning the King Soopers gift card by playing Price Is Right AGAIN! That's right, another $100 of free groceries! The game went into overtime and we won in a very exciting finale. It was the first game I've ever seen go into overtime in person, so I was pretty amped. The game was televised so it didn't even start until 8:30pm. Needless to say, by the time I got home I was exhausted!

Friday while at work, I got a call to interview for a new job!! It's a phone interview first and then, if they like me, I'll go on for a face to face interview. It would be more pay and that would be a very very good thing.

Finally, and this is the MOST exciting part, yesterday I found out my roommates are moving out!!! The one across the hall in the master bedroom, is moving out at the end of the month and I'm moving into his room!! I'll have a room twice the size I have now, my own bathroom, a walk in closet and my own little balcolny! I'm rediculously excited! The other roommate, who I currently share a nasty bathroom with, is leaving as soon as he can find someone to take over his lease. If he can't find someone, he'll be leaving the 15th of June (beware the ides of June.....!! lol). I can't wait to not share a bathroom with him. It's pretty bad when you have to put a post-it note up on the door frame that says "Please Flush" so that he remembers to do so... what is he like 5 years old??? Anyway... I won't have to deal with that anymore!

The best part is, my rent is going up $25 since I'll have the master bedroom, but if I get this new job, $25 isn't nearly what I would be paying if I moved out and found a place by myself. This way, I'll be able to SAVE some money instead of living paycheck to paycheck. I'll be able to save for a while and when my lease is up, then I'll be able to move out on my own with a cushion :).

I hope I get this new job, for real real, not for play play.

On another note, my dad ran the Arizona Rock and Roll Marathon today!! He finished in 4:12: 18. Good job Dad!!! He wanted to finish in under 4 hours, but HELLO!! he ran a whole marathon, I think that's awesome enough!

Well I'm off to do some errands and then to the chuch to help set up some lights. After that football and chillin!

That's from last week... not bad eh?

Confessions Mama Kat Style...

This week's Mama Kat blog prompt I choose is number 3 about a time I stole something...

For a year I worked on a cruise ship and while there, had some very good friends who worked in the bar department. The ship I worked on had over 900 cameras watching your every move. Hello big brother! My friends in the bar department got very good at stealing booze from the bar and sneaking it back to one of our cabins. Here's a little story of one night that didn't go so well...

We were in dock overnight in Maui and when the bars on land closed me, Bear, and Sunshine had had only a few drinks and definitely didn't have our share of drinking yet. Bear (who worked in the bar department) said we would figure it out on the ship. No sooner had we gotten to Bear's cabin than we got a phone call that some of our other friends already had alcohol in their cabin. That solved that dilemma. We went over there and quickly finished off a fifth of Captain between the now 7 of us. Captain Idiot decided that we needed more and put on his uniform in order to go back to one of the bars and get us more! (keep in mind it's like 3am now)
No sooner had he left than there was a knock on the door... security!!! Luckily both Bear and I knew this guy and after he saw what was going on, told us to take a hike.

The next morning at 7am, after a whole 3-3 1/2 hours of sleep we were all woken up by security and taken in to be breathalized and questioned. Things turned out alright all around. By that point most of us were under the ship limit (.04BAC... one half of the legal driving limit) but one of the guys from the party ended up quitting and left the ship that day. Captain Idiot? He came back to the cabin having sucessfully completed his mission... and wondered where everyone had gone... He was never associated with that mess... good for him.

So the moral kids is don't steal booze from the ship and then have a cabin party... just drink it quietly in your room...alone... and BE QUIET!!!!

Baking Rewind

For my Christmas treat for work I decided to make these awesome treats I saw on one of my favorite blogs, Bakerella. (basic recipie)(advanced) I, of course, skipped the whole basic thing and went strait to the advanced shit... yeah, that's how I roll!

Here's how they turned out...

Shortie said that they were "heaven on a stick"
King of Pop refused to tell me how good they were because he was addicted to them
Giggle's husband said he wants to marry me because I let her take some home for him
Sir Cranky really liked them!
And even Wind Pants liked them!
Some people thought they were professionally done!



Here are the pictures of the final results! A lot of work, but totally worth it!

I stuck them in a piece of Styrofoam covered in foil... not very classy, but functional

It even looked kinda pretty

I love this shot. I covered them in chocolate bark and let them chill overnight. Then I drizzled the white chocolate bark on top and immediately shook either red or green sprinkles in it. It gave it a bit of color without being over the top.

If you want to hire me to make some I do weddings, birthdays and bar mitzvahs!

Wouldn't YOU like to know!

So Mama Kat's prompt this week... since I haven't done it in a while, was easy to pick. I really only liked one of them this week so #1 it is...

1.) Describe your latest obsession.

I have 2...Here goes:
1)China Dragon. It's this Chinese food place really close to where I work. Todd got me started eating it and I've pretty much succeeded in infecting the rest of the office with the same obession. Seriously, for $5 (lunch) you get a huge thing of sesame chicken, rice, and an egg roll. When we can get 3 people to all get China Dragon we can have it delivered, that's even better!! Yummy Chinese food delivered right to my door?!? Are you kidding!? LOVE IT!!

2)The website Ask A Urinal (clicky!). I've always wanted to take pictures of all the dumb shit I see in the bathroom stalls and share it with people (because it's funny and ignorant at the same time!). This site takes it to a whole new level. You have to see it to understand the full awesomeness of what I'm talking about. This one is my favorite...

And those, my friends, are my latest obsessions.

:) See you next time! :)

oh honesty... what did it ever get me?

So.... I was tagged by McMean so I guess in the spirit of honesty, I should do it... The idea is that once you are tagged you must tell 10 honest things about yourself (even if they are painfully honest!) and then tag 7 bloggers to do the same. I don't think I know 7 bloggers, but here's some shit about me...

1) I really DO think that money will buy me happiness. No matter how many times people tell me that it won't, no matter how many times they tell me that money can't buy me love, I don't believe them. I believe that enough money will let me buy good food, get a gym membership, live in a place that I don't hate (thus reducing stress), and allow me to pull my life together. This will allow me to be skinny and then people will love me... SEE... $=Love

2) Sometimes I wish I was a religious zealot. I am jealous that they have something to believe in and believe in it so strongly that they spend their whole lives living the way religion tells them to.

3) I always think of the worst possible scenario... and by worse, I mean... I have to tell my friend I can't go out with them tonight. What happens is I call and tell them, they are like, cool, we'll meet up soon. What I think is, I call, they say cool, then hang up. They don't have anyone else to go out with so they go out alone. At the bar they meet a guy who gets them drunk, takes them home and rapes them. Drunk and scared they drive home alone and get pulled over by a cop that doesn't believe them. They only get a ticket but as they are almost home they run into a tree and DIE... yeah, like THAT kinda worst possible scenario.

4) I wish I was closer to my family a LOT. Sure I'm brave and move wherever I want just because I want to, but I sacrifice the relationship with my parents. I miss them every day and wish I could be closer to them dearly.

5) I honest to god think that my parents are ashamed of me. Maybe this comes from ME being ashamed of ME but what have I accomplished since college.... nothing. Not a damn thing to brag or be proud of. More than anything I want my family to be happy for me and proud of me... this is pretty much impossible if I'm not happy or proud of myself.

6) I truly believe that animals can make you happy. I'm not a hippy or stupid, but I fully believe that in the presence of animals you can live a happier, fuller life.

7) I pretend to know more about sports than I really do to pick up guys at the bar. I know more about sports than your average girl, don't get me wrong, but I have been known to take the latest headline and say it in such a manor that makes me sound all knowing and milk it for all it's worth just to start conversation. I'm terrified they'll find me out.

8) I know I drink more than I should but it gets me out of the house and it's cheaper than shopping. I hate my roommates and on top of that, when I'm home, I'm depressed because I sit and think of how shitty my life is. I would rather go out, have a few beers, meet some new people and spend $20. In that time I could go to walmart by myself and spend $80... really it's just a matter of economics.

9) If I knew I wouldn't get caught, I would hit my GM with a car, baseball bat, or other potentially deadly weapon... I don't think, after the way she has treated me, I would feel any remorse at all. That is a scary feeling.

10) I don't think I'm worthy of being loved. I'm worthy of being fucked, screwed around with, forgotten about, pushed over, and tossed out... but not loved. What have I ever done to really deserve it?


Tagging people...
1-Giggles
2-Mama Kat... I'm sure she doesn't read my blog, but just in case...
3- Lisa from MU... yeah do it!
4-YOU!!


Ok, that wasn't really 7 people, but I don't have that many friends, so sue me... Have a great Week and if I don't talk to you before then, I'll be back next Monday with Not Me's!

Slice like a ninja, Cut like a razor blade...

My Vanilla Ice video... yes, that's right, I said VANILLA ICE ICE BABY!

In case you want to sing along, here are the lyrics

VANILLA ICE

HELLO!... LO...Lo...Lo...lo...lo........

Yes!! I am here!! I know it's been a while since I blogged but with the holidays and new years... give a girl a break! Let's break it down and get dirty!

Work update:
My direct boss quit, like 3 months ago. However, they threw some money (i assume) at him and he agreed to stay through the holidays until an indefinite time. Yesterday he came in and said that it was his last day... well, in his defense, the holidays ARE over... They named Sir Cranky as the new Production manager leaving Giggles to fend for herself in the Rental department... wow. I'm sure firing me is next in line. I hope to make it to my one year mark there which will occur in just less than 3 week's time. For those of you who know me, I'm a bit of a job jumper. I've had more jobs than I can remember but you know, I'm always trying to do better!! (Look where that's put me now...)

Friends:
Well, I still have some so that's a start. McMean and I have been been keeping up on things as uaual and I got to talk to one of my dear dear ship friends, Wendy last night for over an hour... that made my day. I went over to Steph's last night to hang out since my SHITTY ROOMMATES had ANOTHER kegger. Thanks for letting me know at 10am boys... way to plan ahead. What ass holes. I've been here 6 months, 3 more to go. If I could break my lease you can bet your sweet ass I would be outta here so fast it would make their druggy brains spin... what's left of them. I walked in this morning at 10:30ish and there was apparently a drunk people obstacle course set up. Couch pillows, shoes, clothing, cups, bags, plates, a table(?!?!) stewn around the room such that it would be fun to watch drunk people try to get to a seat. Not so fun when I come in the front door sober. Oh and a note to the 4 people passed out in the living room... I am SO not sorry I woke your drunk asses up as I came in... Who's house?? Kitty's house!

wow... that section wasn't really all about friends was it...? Oh well!

New Year's:
So I know that this is the one you guys want to hear about... Well went down to Susan and Keith's to pregame. It was a lot of fun and Jasmine was there so it was nice to see her again too. Another one of Susan's friends came with her boyfriend who, swear to god, looks just like Montel Williams. After drinking pretty much everything in their house we jumped on the light rail and headed down town. Ben and I went to meet up with Sarah and her brother at Scruffy Murphy's and rang in the new year there. Might I say, I am fully convinced now that Dick Clark will never die... why you may ask. Not becuase he hasn't died yet, and not becuase it looks like he hasn't aged since the stone age, NO... did anyone else notice that Dick Clark TOTALLY looked like a vampire on TV this year??? Fangs and all! I even tried to photograph the tv and it didn't come out!! Total Vampire move there Dick Clark...
After that we went over to regroup with Susan et all. After waiting in the potty line for about 20 minutes (which included watching Susan almost get into a fight with some hos who were also in line) we continued to drink our fair share of alchohol. Last call comes and we decide to hit up Lure for a last minute drink since Ben knows all the bartenders there. This is where the night gets a liiiiiitttttle fuzzy. That last drink knocked us both on our asses. I remember peeing in the small tree grove on SPEER(!!!) and that's the last thing I remember. At some point we got a cab got home and went to bed. Odd thing though... obviously I took my dress off... but in the morning it was still zippered, the bow around it was still tied, and it was right side out... how did I get it off?? No clue. Ahhh, the mysteries of the world.

Rose Bowl:
Don't even get me fucking started.

I hope everyone had a great new year's, I know I did. I didn't fall, puke, or die. All in all... that's a good score by me.

Until next time everyone... here's a video of a deaf retarded cat...




Yes, she really is deaf and really is retarded... she belongs to my parents and her name is Tink. My dad named her, don't you judge me!