Pointless Announcements

Hahahahaha.

I'm taking a writing class this semester. I have to peer review a peer's story. He emailed it to me last night. I read printed it out and read it when I got home. It was awful but his comments in class were pretty idiotic so I wasn't super surprised. Then the last paragraph is something like...

I knew you'd think I'd write something like this so I slapped something really gruesome together first. I'll send you the real story tomorrow. Don't worry! It doesn't have any murder or dying in it!

Sigh.

That was my nickname in high school. Actually just my reputation.

Sounds like quite a dickhead.

Elementary school for me.

Sometimes I think Jess and Isaac know each other in real life and are just amusing themselves by fucking with each other here where we don't know.

Are you suggesting I'm the dickhead, ironically calling myself a dickhead?

Yes, of course sweetheart.

What else would you expect me to suggest of you?

Oi. Fuck I had too much.

calling Isaac sweet heart. lol.

Alecia, Pepper and Winnie are the bestest Mums.

I really don't miss not remembering stuff I did while shitfaced.

I am soooooooooooooooooooo itchy and red and sore and itchy and itchy!

My drivers side it all red and spotty and itchy.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Stoopidsunallergy.

Happy half-birthday to Lucy again, Sarah!

A quart of assorted loose bricks and a half-dozen little Lego people.

We're building an army.

Oops, had a mini splurge. I love my new hoodie and shoes though.

We've had a really nice weekend so far. We took Giancarlo to the game on Friday night and tooled around the little town it was in while he was there instead of driving home and then back again. It was pretty cool/quaint. We had dinner at a Mexican place, then drove around looking at a bunch of old plantation homes and checked out some spooky cemeteries. The best part was how happy my boy was when we picked him up from the game. The girl (Briannica) told him she was so glad he was there and that she really likes him and wants to keep talking to him and she gave him a bunch of hugs. It was just really awesome to see him so happy. She sounds like a nice girl, and this is a first for him - liking a girl where she likes him back.

Then, we had a yard sale yesterday and made a little more money to put towards our vacation fund. We'd like to take the boys on a cruise next year, and we've just about got it paid for now by saving our change (we average about $200 a month in loose change...can you believe that?!?) and the money we've made when we've had yard sales over the past couple of years and stuff we've put on Craigslist. Combining two households has meant two of lots of things, so yeah, cha-ching! Except for kids' clothes, though...I list the boys stuff on Craigslist for free because if I take it to the thrift store they'll just turn around and sell it. I'd rather someone not have to pay for hand me downs if they need them.

Anyway, today I'm gonna go get groceries early and then I'm having coffee/dessert with my cousin this afternoon. Right now I'm drinking a cup of coffee and watching Rachael Ray.

Oh yeah, and we had sushi last night and it was so delicious. Also, dirty martinis.

You are such a winner, Alecia!

No, YOU!

So, three times yesterday, young hipster girls (all late-teens to early 20's I would guess) working at the mall, apropos of nothing, said to me, "Nice shirt". Which eventually made me paranoid. I was wearing a black The Clash London Calling t-shirt; nothing particularly special about it. So here are the possibilities.

• They liked my shirt (I consider this unlikely).
• They thought my shirt was stupid and I can no longer recognize ironic snark (probable).
• The Clash are suddenly a very popular band among girls too young to actually remember The Clash.
• Store clerks are now being trained to compliment elderly customers on their ridiculous choice of clothing.

Thoughts on this, anyone?

Thank you Sarah!! It looks like you are doing a wonderful job with Lucy! She looks like a very Happy Baby! Alecia, I like that you took your boy to the game. Those things are important to kids, and I think as adults we sometimes forget how important that stuff was to us when we were that age. It was your whole life. I'm taking myself back here lately with Jack going through this breakup. Anyhow your making great memories for him and it's something he will always remember. Cheers to you Alecia! (Pepper is rubbing off on me. Lol)

I want some honey smacks but all I have is cinnamon toast crunch. Do we have a first world problems thread yet?

Yes we do.

...and a hipster who doesn't know The Clash is not taking their hipster status seriously enough.

Are The Clash now a hipster band? They're about as obscure as The Beatles.

I was into them before you were. Now they suck. Because you like them.

I think it's still considered cool to like bands like The Clash.

H&M and Topshop do Clash t-shirts, Metallica t-shirts, Dallas t-shirts so they probably think you're totally fashionista.

So, The Clash are suddenly a very popular band among girls too young to actually remember The Clash.

Nice shirt, Tuffy.

PA: I've busted my ass this weekend but it paid off. I think I made close to $400 dollars in tips these past 3 days. We had several parties at the restaurant and they were crazy prepping for but overall really fun. I love my job.

That's ridiculous. Would be way funnier if we were the same person.

You're so smart and pretty. That's why everyone likes you.

Wow. Nice job!

Back at ya.

Or maybe Class t-shirst are like Ramones t-shirts, there's plenty of people out there who don't like the band/don't even realise it's a band and still wear the t-shirt.

It's my birthday today, but I didn't really tell anyone up here at school. I was outside for a smoke and some people I really like came outside and the one girl told me that she decided this morning that I was the coolest person that she had met this year. Totally made my day.

FUCKING NICE!!

They're a popular logo amongst people who like logo t-shirts.

Uh-oh.

What? I'm just saying, it was in the first row of "the clash shirt" google image search results.

OOH that's a nice t-shirt!

What's the "Uh-oh"? Did that woman steal Tuffy's shirt?

Just realizing what kind of crowd is moving in on Tuffy's cool factor.

That's Kristen Stewart. She stars in bad movies.

I really don't care though. She's hawwwwwwwwt.

fix'd

I hope you only mean On the Road, Chris.

Haha the Twilight girl. She doesn't even wear her own band.

We went to Home Depot and I bought Mums for the front yard or porch or where ever I decide to put them. Yellow and lavender and maroon ones.

I made stuffed bell peppers to go with the pork loin James is smoking for dinner. I never made them before and wasn't sure how and wanted to make ones that Gabriel would eat as he is still on this vegetarian kick. He will eat fish and seafood so I bought a bunch of crab meat, the real stuff not that fake nonsense, I mixed the crab up with diced onion and tomato and mushrooms and mixed in parmesan cheese and stuffed all that in the peppers.

I'm thinking of getting an insurance license, not because I'm interested in th field, but because I need the money and don't know what else to do with my life.