Pointless Announcements
Gee. I get one and there's over 60 new posts!
Glad you're happy again Irina!
My first thought was that there was a flame war going on.
He wants you AND your wife?! That's just greedy.
Also, Nice FBI Agent is nice but utterly useless.
He didn't want me, he wanted to be me.
Mr. Nice FBI Agent told me lots of other things, and did many things as well, but in the interest of keeping the post short, informative, and entertaining, I just synopsisized the whole of the situation.
This is why we can't have nice things.
We have:
ground turkey
turkey Italian sausage
pork chops
pork loin
chicken breasts
steak tips
A badass pizza. Or a kebab. Or omelets. Or if you just want one meat, pork chops and mashed potatoes with collard greens.
I need to go to this.
As your attorney, my advise to you is to start drinking heavily(er).-Tuffy
Yeah, I'm not thawing all that out. I just need to pick one meat item and plan dinner around it.
Did I mention that I made my first collard greens this past weekend? We grew them (Drew grew them) and they were delicious. I'd never prepared them like that so I watched a couple of YouTube videos to see how to clean/prep/cook them. The first video was some skinny white lady in an all white and chrome kitchen and I was like, lolz riiiight and found a video with a soul sista instead.
This is not racist, it is fact.
That means "of beauty".
I have never been good with having a nickname. I like my name
As your attorney, my advise to you is to start drinking heavily(er).-Tuffy
QED
Of course, I've had a stalker who stole my mail, broke into and robbed my place of business, told my then-wife that he was "going to make you mine", and told the Nice FBI Agent that he "expects that I (meaning the stalker) will probably have to kill him (me)."
The Nice FBI Agent advised me, "Get a gun."
He's still out there.
Dayum. Well, if this guy's still out there, it would make sense that he'd be on this site, disguised as one of us. And just like that, we're thrust into the story of the Ten Little N-... uh... Indians... wait... let's just go with And Then There Were None.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
So, it turns out James' company's Christmas work party is Saturday evening. So no Hillstomp 
I was looking forward to the party, it is supposed to be a pot luck and there is supposed to be band and drinks and meeting everyone's significant others and children. But I thought it was in another week, not this weekend.
We are missing these guys. (I've probably posted their stuff before) bummer bummer fucking bummer. :(
We've got to go to Drew's company party tomorrow night. We're going to show up and mingle and have a drink and then go out and party by ourselves.
By party I mean we'll probably have a couple of martinis and possibly sushi and be home by 11.
I have a company potluck in a few weeks. I have no idea what I'm going to make. thought about doing a pavlova, but I don't really trust my oven (it's very hot), so that's a lot of pressure. maybe I can do small meringue nests with fruit and cream instead. or i'm totally open to any other suggestions.
Yeah. I have no idea what I am bringing to the potluck either.
James has a list of what food and drinks are already being brought, and I guess the main course meat whatever is being provided by the company. So I just have to take a look at what all is on the list already.
Saturday is also Gabriel's 16th birthday. But his boss gave him the night off because of it and he has made plans with friends for the evening. I told him if he wanted to do something with the family all other potential plans would be cancelled, but he wants to be with his friends because now that he works every friday and saturday night he never gets a weekend at all to spend with them.
I guess we will be having birthday cake for lunch.
It seriously bums me to miss that show for the company party though. I was all for missing it to take Gabe out if that is what he wanted, even if he had changed his mind at the very last moment and asked to do something with us instead of his friends i wouldn't have gone to that. But sucks to miss it for other reasons.
I'm tired and feel like spewing.
Blah.
Who's the dick stalking Irina on here? I'll bite them on the bum so hard.
QED
Of course, I've had a stalker who stole my mail, broke into and robbed my place of business, told my then-wife that he was "going to make you mine", and told the Nice FBI Agent that he "expects that I (meaning the stalker) will probably have to kill him (me)."
The Nice FBI Agent advised me, "Get a gun."
He's still out there.
Dayum. Well, if this guy's still out there, it would make sense that he'd be on this site, disguised as one of us. And just like that, we're thrust into the story of the Ten Little N-... uh... Indians... wait... let's just go with And Then There Were None.
Ahem...well this is awkward:\
How so?
Damn lib and his white power agenda.
NO no. hahaha!
I mean the thing about "this guy's still out there, it would make sense that he'd be on this site, disguised as one of us."
And because I'm the newest cultie, makes me seem the most suspect.
Fish and Chips for dinner! Hurrah!
Well, Potato Fritter, Banana Fritter and chips for me, and fish and chips for the bloke. If I don't get some potato in me soon I'm gonna die.
I made fish too. catfish.
(no not those ones, I'm letting them hang around a while longer. they entertain me. I have begun to discover their personalities and it is quite amusing to watch them interact)
Also, the party isn't this weekend after all!
So, yay! Hillstomp!!!
Our Christmas party is next Friday. Midday whiskey and drunk executives everywhere for me!
See you there!
As your attorney, my advise to you is to start drinking heavily(er).-Tuffy
Hey... hey guise...
Guess what... guess...
I... got... another haircut.
And once again... I love it.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Why don't you marry it?
Guess what... guess...
I... got... another haircut.
And once again... I love it.
Hey, I got a haircut today too. ^5
Mines pretty good. My hair usually looks best 2 weeks after it's cut and 2-3 days after I wash it.
Today I was hanging out in a class I'm not in, just chatting with the professor, and this girl I like walks by(I think she's in the class). I said hi to her and she just completely ignored me. The professor called her out on it. It went from really awkward to pretty funny.
I would, but it's quite the whore.
Mines pretty good. My hair usually looks best 2 weeks after it's cut and 2-3 days after I wash it.
^5
Mine varies, depending on the style I got it cut in.
Awesome professor. What does he/she teach?
Si vis pacem, para bellum
I keep having breakdowns. This stinks.
"We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think."
— Rod Serling
"Chuck calls Noah fortnightly on his bakelite rotary phone and gives him publisher's insider information and stock tips."- Tuffy
Mines pretty good. My hair usually looks best 2 weeks after it's cut and 2-3 days after I wash it.
^5
Mine varies, depending on the style I got it cut in.
Awesome professor. What does he/she teach?
I have him for a concept drawing class, but he also teaches some wood working classes, like bandsaw boxes and stuff like that.
We love you.
We Do. For Real.
James fell off a ladder today and seriously sprained his ankle. He thought it was broken at first from the amount of pain. (and after my wrist break this year I have serious trepidation to believe initial diagnosis of a sprain rather that break)
The Dope. He called me to say he thought his leg was broken and he was on his way home an needed me to take him to the hospital when he got here. Meanwhile his boss returns his call all concerned that he is driving as he was on his way to get him and take him himself.
Why do men do these things? Your leg is possibly broken so you drive home instead of finding help?
Anyway, he got here okay and the he got to be charming while having a bunch of cute young nurses poke at him whist in his underwear and take care of him and though he cannot walk without either my shoulder as a crutch or terrible hobbling and and grimacing while trying to alone at least it isn't (hopefully) a break. So that is the bright sides.
Also, quote:
"the things I will do just to not take you out."
(as to the Hillstomp show)
And the other thing.
I became a mother sixteen years ago today.
Yay, happy birthday to Gabriel!
Last night was absolutely incredible. And I stayed out way too late. I did not want to get out of bed this morning one bit. But last night was worth it.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
I think you have every right to. Hang in there and you know we're here for you.
Happy Birthday Gabe.
PA: I had a nice day yesterday. One of our customers who hangs out for hours at a time was good company. We talked about a lot of different things. Shared videos, book recommendations, and other stuff. I also met a ceramics artist who gave me great advice about how to go about documenting my murals(she is also a muralist). I really love my job.
I am very sleepy and I want to go to bed but that isn't going to happen.
Happy birthday, Gabriel!
Congrats on a job well done so far, Amber!
Drew's company party was fun last night.
Giancarlo came home today from his Dad's because he's coming down with that same crud Anthony and I both have had. Poor kid.
I bought groceries and stuff today. I seriously love Aldi. I got a bunch of stuff for $37.
I've been doing work-work for the past three hours or so because of this big project I'm working on under deadline. I'm kicking it's ass, though, so that's good.
I think we'll pick up some dinner tonight. Giancarlo says he only wants ramen, so I'm going to make him some.
I want to make a detective sho won TV called Fridge. It's set in Alaska.
Who is skinning all the seals and leaving them on the shores?? Frost Force Five is on teh case!
I'm going to go out drinking tonight and see what they changed my favorite bar into....Backstory...... My favorite bar is this really dirty dingy bar downtown called HeadHunters. They know me there and have lots of Punk/Metal shows and half naked punk sluts dancing on the bars... its awesome. Well apparently not too awesome as it seems the bar was going broke. So what did they do? They caled the guy from the show "Bar Rescue" to save them and the gutted the whole place and changed the whole theme and even renamed the bar.... to "Metal and Lace", sounds like a gay biker bar to me.. think "Blue Oyster".. However its the same people, the same crew/regulars so I'm going to go check out the transformation.
“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Metal Lace would have been better than Metal and Lace.
Metal and Lace seems somewhere in the grey between tacky and trendy.
Guys, James' ankle has swelled up more than a softball. And his foot. With purple bruising.
You would think that between me being a design major and my roommate being gay, that one of us would have an ounce on fashion sense. You would also be wrong.
However I did buy what I think is a very nice scarf today for like $3. Score.
I think James has to go to the doctor real soon.
At first I misunderstood that post and thought the bar was called Backstory and I thought that it was surely a gay bar.
Alecia, that is a great name for a gay bar.
Pepper, hope Gabriel had a nice birthday. 
And that James feels better soon.
I woke up for the radio show I listen to and I was half an hour late (it starts at 8), and the song that was playing was Sour Times by Portishead. Way to start the day with a smile. It was at their show that I first heard Portishead, 7 years ago, and then looked for more music and decided they'd be my favourite band. They still are
We used to have a gay bar called Pound. It was the Pound symbol, but I can't find that on my computer. I went there a couple of times when I was really trashed and got lost and found myself in the middle of a naughty doctors and nurses stage show.
Pound "₤" or Pound "#"?
I'm assuming ₤. But just "Pound" is a great/terrible name for a gay bar.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Yeah the UK money Pound. I didn't even know that # was called a pound.
Only in the US I think.
This is why we can't have nice things.
We call # a "diez".
I call it a hash.
Good god I've just seen the Lego Minifigures series 9 characters and I am DYING for them! Most wanted: Roller derby girl (!!!!!) mermaid, CHICKEN SUIT GUY!, cyclops, Mr. Good and evil!
check it out:
http://thebrickblogger.com/2012/12/lego-minifigures-series-9-pictures/
I need them so badly. I feel sick.
http://amiilloyd.blogspot.com/