so here's the rest...
On Saturday John and I went to the ICP concert... I C Motha Fuckin P!!!!
I had a blast...wasn't too sure whether or not John did...LOL but I did...
At first when we got there there was some guys on stage...(don't remember who) we went down on the floor where all the rowdy motha fuckers hang out...
As the different groups came on they got rowdier (if thats a word) I was getting squished by guys twice my size...so John and I moved to a different spot...wasn't impressed with whoever was on and John asked if I wanted to go see if we could find a better spot to see from... seeing as I'm a midget in stature the spots were limited... so we went out I bought a couple of shirts... YAY!! then we decided to go upstairs and see if the view from the balcony was better... it was... and it had seats... so couple of more groups go up... the last of which being Esham... the crowd was awesome...and a lil awe inspiring... FAM-A-LEE!!! as Esham finishes everyone knows that ICP is coming up next so they/we start chanting with them I C P!! I C P!! and the theatre went dark... oh yeah it was awesome... Shaggy and Violent J come out and the fun begins the stage setup was awesome and all hellish looking...of course..since it was the Hell's Pit Tour... lol... crowd goes nuts... anyway to make a long story short about the concert itself... ICP shook up and sprayed so many bottles of Faygo that at the end of the concert you could taste Root Beer in the air... it was fuckin cool. I loved it... mad props go out to everyone involved with getting me there... theres a huge list of people who helped out in that.. number 1 of course would be Jason if it weren't for the DrunkenMonkey convincing me over a year ago that "I needed to give them a chance and just listen" I wouldn't even be a Juggalette today ;) and yes I am one now :P even got the t-shirt to prove it... and of course Raistlan for being so nice and not having a problem with me going to see Anna and John and of course thanks to Anna and special thanks to John for the tickets... btw John gets the special thanks because he came with and was my own bodyguard for that night ;)
However the night did not end well...
John and I were standing at a bus stop waiting for a bus (I hate buses) when his phone rings... it's Anna's brother... Anna had been taken to the hospital... not good. she hadn't been feeling well for a few days but apparently when she got home after dropping us off at the concert she was walking up the steps into the house and her scar from last January's surgery bust open and she was bleeding all over the place... for more gruesome details about it all...ask her to post it to her blog...
So needless to say John and I hopped into a taxi went home where I stayed and he was off to the hospital... I wasn't even sure if I would see her for the rest of my trip.
But alas she came home that night pumped on morphine and stomach packed with gauze...lol
again for gruesome details ask Anna :P
Sunday...
enh was too tired to do anything... however it was John's birthday and the three of us went out for dinner to a Korean Buffet... first time I ever had Korean food wasn't too bad... and if it was dog I was eating I don't wanna know :P
went back to the house and ralph (Anna's friend) and Joey (Ralph's nephew) came over...we watched some movies...stayed up late and went to bed... >:)
Monday...
slept... then got up... then slept... then talked to Patrick on the phone a couple of times... took a nap with John... then packed... napped with John some more... then went to the airport...
NO I did not go to the museum and I don't regret it because I didn't want Anna to be uncomfortable or in pain... I'll just catch it next time ;)
and thus ends my adventure in Chicago...
Monday, November 29, 2004
Saturday, November 27, 2004
Chicago...Continued...
Went to Anna's mom and dad's for Thanksgiving dinner...
Dinner was delicious, company was entertaining...
we watched the latest Harry POtter after dinner
came home chilled out...
went downtown tonight...it looks really good all lit up...
was like Toronto but not really...
hard to explain
went and saw the skyline tonight...
saw the planetarium... snapped a pic for Raistlan...
I'll post pics when I get home...
haven't really taken a lot of pics tho..
celebrated Jonathan and Joshua's birthday tonight with cake and some singing... Sunday is John's birthday... dunno what we are doin for that
blah not much else to say...
oh yeah one other thing went to the occult shop I had found online... got myself a new book, new soap, and some resin for the house... made me happy :D
Tried white castle...enh..wasn't impressed but the hamburgers are definately cute ;)
Dinner was delicious, company was entertaining...
we watched the latest Harry POtter after dinner
came home chilled out...
went downtown tonight...it looks really good all lit up...
was like Toronto but not really...
hard to explain
went and saw the skyline tonight...
saw the planetarium... snapped a pic for Raistlan...
I'll post pics when I get home...
haven't really taken a lot of pics tho..
celebrated Jonathan and Joshua's birthday tonight with cake and some singing... Sunday is John's birthday... dunno what we are doin for that
blah not much else to say...
oh yeah one other thing went to the occult shop I had found online... got myself a new book, new soap, and some resin for the house... made me happy :D
Tried white castle...enh..wasn't impressed but the hamburgers are definately cute ;)
Friday, November 26, 2004
I Knew I Was Worth Something :P
I'm worth $1,514,142.14! How much are you worth?
hmm Canadian or American??
oh well doesn't matter...since Bush has been in office our dollar is going up :P
(tellya about thanksgiving dinner tomorrow)
hmm Canadian or American??
oh well doesn't matter...since Bush has been in office our dollar is going up :P
(tellya about thanksgiving dinner tomorrow)
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Chicago...Thus Far...
well here I am...
I'm here in Chicago sitting in Anna's bedroom just finished a delicious piece of lasagna...kinda wishing I could spark up a smoke while I sit here and type like I normally would at home... *sigh* damn non-smokers...
lol Anyway... thus far in the trip...
dropped my mom off at work Raistlan and I head to the border (Fort Erie/Buffalo) pull up to the agents lil box....and as we're pulling up I say to Raistlan..."this guy looks like a hard ass"...sure as shit
BG = BorderGuard
scene follows:
BG- Citizenship? *pointing at Raistlan*
Raistlan- Canadian
*BG points at me*
Rae- Canadian..
BG to Raist- where ya going?
Raist- taking her to the airport (motions towards me)
BG looks to me- and where you going?
Rae- I'm going to visit a friend in Chicago for thanksgiving
*BG takes our licenses backs away from the truck, looks at the truck, looks at my license and looks at me*
BG- weren't you just there a couple of weeks ago?
Rae- pardon?
BG- didn't you just take a trip to Chicago a couple of weeks ago?
Rae- Uh...No...
BG- you sure about that?
Rae- Yes!
*BG backs to the back of the truck and looks at license plate, walks inot his lil booth, looking at probably some imaginary screen*
*I turn to Raist and say "what the hell??" last long trip my sister took in the truck was when she went to Detroit but that was in July" BG steps out of booth*
BG- and in the luggage? Just clothes and stuff?
Rae- Yep just my clothes
*BG turns to Raist*- and you're coming straight back after you drop her off?
Raist- Yes.
BG- Go Ahead...
ok so apparently this dude was trying to use some sort of scare tactic or he really thought I was someone he let over the border a couple weeks ago...
Second odd occurence was we board the plane in buffalo...everyone is seated...
*bing bing* This is the captian speaking, as most of you are aware the planes that we fly are mainly computerized and just like your computer at home we sometimes geterror messages. We are experiencing one such error message at this time. we need to shut down and reboot the plane...(in my head I"m freaking out...when my computer gets an error message its because its a piece of crap...what does that say about this plane???) just so you know all the lights and power will go off in the cabin.
10 seconds later...we're all in the dark... (fucking wonderful he's cold booting the plane) I'm sitting in my seat wondering if he got the blue screen of death...I start to giggle... the guy next to me didn't think it was funny...
Lights come back on we taxi down the runway and we're off...
I love the feeling of flying...if I could fly everyday I would... the take offs the landings hell even the turbulence... I love it all...
I was bummed I didn't get to see the sunrise like I wanted to because it was over cast... damn chicago weather... talking about which... it started snowing at about 3pm and hasn't let up :( and guess who forgot their boots... uh huh yep go ahead point yer fingers at me...
oh well... I got to meet Patrick today...yay he's so great...he's a really nice guy... I was so tired... I was laying down for a nap he brougt me a blanket... so we napped together...
Anna made a kick ass lasagna dinner...mmmmm yeah Rae's gonna eat real good this weekend LOL
John set up the laptop so I could go online with it...not that I have yet...I've taken over Anna's computer upstairs... I'm so mean... I'll give it back ;)
talking to Raistlan earlier he's tellin me to sneak one of John's laptops into my luggage on the way home ...LOL
So right now Anna's downstairs passed out on the couch... poor woman has been running all day... Johns' quaking...kids are sleeping...and me... well I think I'm going to go rummage in the fridge for a snack ;)
oh btw thanks again Shana for letting your camera come on vacation with me :D It's having a great time LOL
I'm here in Chicago sitting in Anna's bedroom just finished a delicious piece of lasagna...kinda wishing I could spark up a smoke while I sit here and type like I normally would at home... *sigh* damn non-smokers...
lol Anyway... thus far in the trip...
dropped my mom off at work Raistlan and I head to the border (Fort Erie/Buffalo) pull up to the agents lil box....and as we're pulling up I say to Raistlan..."this guy looks like a hard ass"...sure as shit
BG = BorderGuard
scene follows:
BG- Citizenship? *pointing at Raistlan*
Raistlan- Canadian
*BG points at me*
Rae- Canadian..
BG to Raist- where ya going?
Raist- taking her to the airport (motions towards me)
BG looks to me- and where you going?
Rae- I'm going to visit a friend in Chicago for thanksgiving
*BG takes our licenses backs away from the truck, looks at the truck, looks at my license and looks at me*
BG- weren't you just there a couple of weeks ago?
Rae- pardon?
BG- didn't you just take a trip to Chicago a couple of weeks ago?
Rae- Uh...No...
BG- you sure about that?
Rae- Yes!
*BG backs to the back of the truck and looks at license plate, walks inot his lil booth, looking at probably some imaginary screen*
*I turn to Raist and say "what the hell??" last long trip my sister took in the truck was when she went to Detroit but that was in July" BG steps out of booth*
BG- and in the luggage? Just clothes and stuff?
Rae- Yep just my clothes
*BG turns to Raist*- and you're coming straight back after you drop her off?
Raist- Yes.
BG- Go Ahead...
ok so apparently this dude was trying to use some sort of scare tactic or he really thought I was someone he let over the border a couple weeks ago...
Second odd occurence was we board the plane in buffalo...everyone is seated...
*bing bing* This is the captian speaking, as most of you are aware the planes that we fly are mainly computerized and just like your computer at home we sometimes geterror messages. We are experiencing one such error message at this time. we need to shut down and reboot the plane...(in my head I"m freaking out...when my computer gets an error message its because its a piece of crap...what does that say about this plane???) just so you know all the lights and power will go off in the cabin.
10 seconds later...we're all in the dark... (fucking wonderful he's cold booting the plane) I'm sitting in my seat wondering if he got the blue screen of death...I start to giggle... the guy next to me didn't think it was funny...
Lights come back on we taxi down the runway and we're off...
I love the feeling of flying...if I could fly everyday I would... the take offs the landings hell even the turbulence... I love it all...
I was bummed I didn't get to see the sunrise like I wanted to because it was over cast... damn chicago weather... talking about which... it started snowing at about 3pm and hasn't let up :( and guess who forgot their boots... uh huh yep go ahead point yer fingers at me...
oh well... I got to meet Patrick today...yay he's so great...he's a really nice guy... I was so tired... I was laying down for a nap he brougt me a blanket... so we napped together...
Anna made a kick ass lasagna dinner...mmmmm yeah Rae's gonna eat real good this weekend LOL
John set up the laptop so I could go online with it...not that I have yet...I've taken over Anna's computer upstairs... I'm so mean... I'll give it back ;)
talking to Raistlan earlier he's tellin me to sneak one of John's laptops into my luggage on the way home ...LOL
So right now Anna's downstairs passed out on the couch... poor woman has been running all day... Johns' quaking...kids are sleeping...and me... well I think I'm going to go rummage in the fridge for a snack ;)
oh btw thanks again Shana for letting your camera come on vacation with me :D It's having a great time LOL
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
I Can't Stand And Walk, But I Stand Accused.....
ok so I'm sorry I haven't posted anything real personal like in the last few days or so...
Been on a bit of a rollercoaster... (oh *shudder* perish the thought)
yeah yeah yeah I know...
Anyway... what have I been doing...
well I've been working some over time so I could get some money together for going to Chicago, I've been trying to figure out whats going on at work with my stupid campaign and whether or not I'm still going to have a place in Hell when I come back from Chicago, I'm trying to figure out a day that I can go spend the day with my Squasha when he gets here, and I've been working thru some emotion that decided to poke its ugly head back up again like mom's meatloaf three days later...
I really need to pack tonight...yes I haven't packed yet...LOL Moonie and Shan's heads are probably spinning out of control now...LOL
Yes I leave later tonight at 3am and I have not packed yet ;)
But anyway incase I don't actually post anything while I'm gone...
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American buds ;)
And to the Canadians...um...uh...well... Happy Being A Canadian!!!
To anyone else who's not covered in those two countries... WOW thanks for readin my blog ;)
hmmm...
thats about all the thoughts I have right now...
Been on a bit of a rollercoaster... (oh *shudder* perish the thought)
yeah yeah yeah I know...
Anyway... what have I been doing...
well I've been working some over time so I could get some money together for going to Chicago, I've been trying to figure out whats going on at work with my stupid campaign and whether or not I'm still going to have a place in Hell when I come back from Chicago, I'm trying to figure out a day that I can go spend the day with my Squasha when he gets here, and I've been working thru some emotion that decided to poke its ugly head back up again like mom's meatloaf three days later...
I really need to pack tonight...yes I haven't packed yet...LOL Moonie and Shan's heads are probably spinning out of control now...LOL
Yes I leave later tonight at 3am and I have not packed yet ;)
But anyway incase I don't actually post anything while I'm gone...
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American buds ;)
And to the Canadians...um...uh...well... Happy Being A Canadian!!!
To anyone else who's not covered in those two countries... WOW thanks for readin my blog ;)
hmmm...
thats about all the thoughts I have right now...
Friday, November 19, 2004
So do I change my blog name??
ok I'm thinking I need to change the name of my blog...
I google'd the name RAE to see if I could find my blog in there...
this is what I find RAE AT HOME to me this is kind of disturbing :(
I google'd the name RAE to see if I could find my blog in there...
this is what I find RAE AT HOME to me this is kind of disturbing :(
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Night Has Fallen, Laying Awake....
So I was watching the movie Insomnia the other night (when I couldn't sleep) and after watching the DVD I like watching all the lil bonuns features and one of them was about Sleep Debt and I thought hmm thats odd... so watched it and realized hey is that why everyone is always so tired??
So I looked it up and did some reading on it... I'm betting EVERYBODY has sleep debt nowadays...
I'm sick of people telling me that I have a Sleeping Disorder so I figured hey I'll go look that up too see if its just sleep debt or if I have a sleeping disorder.
So then I looked at the page that said Sleep Robbers and I expected to see "KIDS" in big letters, it seems the last two days that Keenan has not been here my sleep has been greatly improved, because I can lay down and take a nap without convincing him that he should lay down too.
So I've been having fun surfing around on the sleep pages...learning about all kinds of different sleep related things...
Unfortunately, it made me kinda sleepy ;) Here Go Educate Yourself! LOL
So I looked it up and did some reading on it... I'm betting EVERYBODY has sleep debt nowadays...
I'm sick of people telling me that I have a Sleeping Disorder so I figured hey I'll go look that up too see if its just sleep debt or if I have a sleeping disorder.
So then I looked at the page that said Sleep Robbers and I expected to see "KIDS" in big letters, it seems the last two days that Keenan has not been here my sleep has been greatly improved, because I can lay down and take a nap without convincing him that he should lay down too.
So I've been having fun surfing around on the sleep pages...learning about all kinds of different sleep related things...
Unfortunately, it made me kinda sleepy ;) Here Go Educate Yourself! LOL
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Tuesday, November 16, 2004
I'm Trying to Get Back to Burlington to a Square in the Centre of Town...
So I've decided that I need to find someone who will do all my shaving for me...
I'm really quite sick of shaving...I think I'm going to start breaking it down throughout the week...so I'm not trying to get all my shaving done in one day...could be as follows;
Monday - Pits
Tuesday - Yoni
Wednesday - Right Leg
Thursday - Left Leg
Friday - Pits
Saturday - Right Leg
Sunday - Left Leg
Unless I'm going somewhere more exciting then work... then maybe I'll do all of them when I get showered to get ready to go out...you know like on this Saturday when I go to the Christmas Party for work (don't ask why its in the middle of Nov. Long Story) Maybe I'll do the whole package...
Blah why is it we females seem to strive to be smooth?? Maybe I'll just give up shaving for the winter...shave on Saturday before the party then go on strike from shaving for the rest of the winter...hmm there's a thought..
I'm really quite sick of shaving...I think I'm going to start breaking it down throughout the week...so I'm not trying to get all my shaving done in one day...could be as follows;
Monday - Pits
Tuesday - Yoni
Wednesday - Right Leg
Thursday - Left Leg
Friday - Pits
Saturday - Right Leg
Sunday - Left Leg
Unless I'm going somewhere more exciting then work... then maybe I'll do all of them when I get showered to get ready to go out...you know like on this Saturday when I go to the Christmas Party for work (don't ask why its in the middle of Nov. Long Story) Maybe I'll do the whole package...
Blah why is it we females seem to strive to be smooth?? Maybe I'll just give up shaving for the winter...shave on Saturday before the party then go on strike from shaving for the rest of the winter...hmm there's a thought..
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Busted Flat In Baton Rouge...
You are 47% Virgo
|
You are 60% Libra
|
Hmm yet you don't think I'm a cusp baby eh? well put that in your pipe and take a long hard drag on it and choke to fucking death. LMAO
mhmm that sounds about right to me >:)
|
well the description seems right however I'm not a fan of yellow /:)
I always said a man can't swing anything at ya if he's laughing too hard ;)
| It's Not Sex. It's ... : Rockin the Casbah |
Great now I have that damn song in my head...
| Your Hippie Chick Name is: Sunflower |
Riiiight....
| Your Star Wars Masturbation Method Is: Manually Targeting the Rebel Base |
Have I mentioned before that I dislike Star Wars...??
Hmmm I need Raistlan to do that one...because at least if I'm that gay and he's that gay then we really are great for each other...LMFAO
Well that was fun :D Thanks for coming out...
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Met A Girl Sellin Drinks At The Disco..
Woo hoo finally broke down and bought a new web cam...
(shut up I've already heard it...)
I didn't even hear it from MY man I heard it from someone elses man...sheesh...
Not even the person I'm going to see said anything...NOOOOO
you know what you're all saying to yourselves... "Aren't you supposed to be saving money to go to Chicago to go see Anna?"
YES!!
And then the person that starts questioning me about whether or not I can afford it and afford my plane ticket to Chicago is the one that goes and tells Anna that I bought the cam...
What the fuck is that about?
As everyone can tell I have a fairly boring exsistence... not much happens in my world...so when I do something that I find news worthy and someone else has already told my other friends I get a little pissed off. Excuse me for wanting to share my own news with my friends.
Within two days I've been questioned on my parenting because of me taking a trip to Chicago...Asked whether or not I could afford to buy myself a cam....and told I need anger management...
I guess it could have been worse...while I was freaking out about my news being told by someone else they could have sealed their fate by asking me if I was PMS'ing...
rant fini
LMAO
This rant has been brought to you by Rae and "Cute But Violent" Inc...
(shut up I've already heard it...)
I didn't even hear it from MY man I heard it from someone elses man...sheesh...
Not even the person I'm going to see said anything...NOOOOO
you know what you're all saying to yourselves... "Aren't you supposed to be saving money to go to Chicago to go see Anna?"
YES!!
And then the person that starts questioning me about whether or not I can afford it and afford my plane ticket to Chicago is the one that goes and tells Anna that I bought the cam...
What the fuck is that about?
As everyone can tell I have a fairly boring exsistence... not much happens in my world...so when I do something that I find news worthy and someone else has already told my other friends I get a little pissed off. Excuse me for wanting to share my own news with my friends.
Within two days I've been questioned on my parenting because of me taking a trip to Chicago...Asked whether or not I could afford to buy myself a cam....and told I need anger management...
I guess it could have been worse...while I was freaking out about my news being told by someone else they could have sealed their fate by asking me if I was PMS'ing...
rant fini
LMAO
This rant has been brought to you by Rae and "Cute But Violent" Inc...
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Theiving, Theiving, Theiving We Will Go..
The GashlyCrumb Tinies - You have a terribly wicked
sense of humour and people are drawn to your
wit. Children beware of the thin, pale man
with the black umbrella!
Which Edward Gorey Book Are You?
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Had to steal it from Shan who stole it from Moonie who probably stole it from someone else no doubt... ;)
Not sure if it suits me or not...maybe a lil... >:)
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Shh Listen...See What You Can Find Out....
It's interesting the things you overhear at work when you're quiet and nobody knows where you're sitting...
We have a new supervisor starting in the next couple of days and I got to hear all kinds of comments from the others about how they feel about the situation...
I also got to hear about what some of the "more experienced" reps had to say about the newer reps... I did agree with a couple of the things they said however that was not the place or time to be saying the stuff they were saying... such as so and so shouldn't be here and this person is horrible and how all the new reps should be closer to the floor support and blah blah blah...
I think I'm going to set up a meeting with my other sup to see about a few things...
We have a new supervisor starting in the next couple of days and I got to hear all kinds of comments from the others about how they feel about the situation...
I also got to hear about what some of the "more experienced" reps had to say about the newer reps... I did agree with a couple of the things they said however that was not the place or time to be saying the stuff they were saying... such as so and so shouldn't be here and this person is horrible and how all the new reps should be closer to the floor support and blah blah blah...
I think I'm going to set up a meeting with my other sup to see about a few things...
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On the way home on the bus... was listening to the bus driver tell another passenger...about how there are some "people" going around the north end of the city shooting out bus shelters, car windows, and bus windows as they drive by, with high powered pellet guns.
How fucked up is that....
On the way home on the bus... was listening to the bus driver tell another passenger...about how there are some "people" going around the north end of the city shooting out bus shelters, car windows, and bus windows as they drive by, with high powered pellet guns.
How fucked up is that....
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Why is it people try to push their beliefs on others??
If you don't believe the same sort of views that another does why argue to the point of your view...
What makes you think that whatever you have to say is going to change their views???
Politics...Religion...Abortion...
If you know that someone doesn't believe the same thing why push and push and push until you are arguing about it...
Friends shouldn't pressure each other to change.
Why is it people try to push their beliefs on others??
If you don't believe the same sort of views that another does why argue to the point of your view...
What makes you think that whatever you have to say is going to change their views???
Politics...Religion...Abortion...
If you know that someone doesn't believe the same thing why push and push and push until you are arguing about it...
Friends shouldn't pressure each other to change.
Monday, November 08, 2004
It's That Shit That Make Ya Groove Mama...
As I sit here trying to wake up for there is something wrong with my sleeping but enh..
I'm thinkin about how friends are great... not just because if they have music you don't have they'll drop it too you, or not because they'll listen to you make moo'ing noises just because you're bored, or not just because they'll try to help you with your piece of shit computer from thousands of miles away, or not just because they'll let you wake them up at 8 o'clock in the morning by calling them on the phone, or not just because they'll sit and listen to you go on and on about your latest fight, or not just because they'll talk to you until the wee hours of the morning, or not just because you know you can tell them anything....
It's not JUST because of any one of those things...but because of all of them... friends are great because you can be yourself and not feel the need to try to impress them ALL the time...
I've found over the last couple of days I've been thinking about all the friends I have had and all the friends I do have... and I'm thankful for all of them...even the ones I don't have contact with anymore... even the ones that have hurt me in the past... all the friends I've had have taught me something new...
I'm thinkin about how friends are great... not just because if they have music you don't have they'll drop it too you, or not because they'll listen to you make moo'ing noises just because you're bored, or not just because they'll try to help you with your piece of shit computer from thousands of miles away, or not just because they'll let you wake them up at 8 o'clock in the morning by calling them on the phone, or not just because they'll sit and listen to you go on and on about your latest fight, or not just because they'll talk to you until the wee hours of the morning, or not just because you know you can tell them anything....
It's not JUST because of any one of those things...but because of all of them... friends are great because you can be yourself and not feel the need to try to impress them ALL the time...
I've found over the last couple of days I've been thinking about all the friends I have had and all the friends I do have... and I'm thankful for all of them...even the ones I don't have contact with anymore... even the ones that have hurt me in the past... all the friends I've had have taught me something new...
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Valuable Fire Safety Bulletin Received by Kitchener Fire Department
Friends: My brother and his wife learned a hard lesson this last week. Their house burned down...nothing left but ashes. They have good insurance, so the home will be replaced and most of the contents. That is the good news.
However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. The insurance investigator sifted through the ashes for several hours. He had the cause of the fire traced to the master bathroom. He asked my sister-in-law what she had plugged in the bathroom. She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow dryer. He kept saying to her, "No, this would be something that would disintegrate at high temperatures."
Then, my sister-in-law remembered she had a Glade Plug-in in the bathroom. The investigator had one of those "Aha" moments. He said that was the cause of the fire. He said he has seen more home fires started with the plug-in type room fresheners than anything else. He said the plastic they are made from is a THIN plastic.
He said in every case there was nothing left to prove that it even existed. When the investigator looked in the wall plug, the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there.
My sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light built in it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim....and then finally go out. She would walk in a few hours later, and the light would be back on again. The investigator said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down, it would come back on. That is a warning sign. The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug-in fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many burned down homes. Consumer Products Safety Commission
**this was sent to me by a friend of mine which of course was a forward from someone else, but I thought it would be a good idea to post it, in case you have one of these things, better safe then sorry...isn't it?**
However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. The insurance investigator sifted through the ashes for several hours. He had the cause of the fire traced to the master bathroom. He asked my sister-in-law what she had plugged in the bathroom. She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow dryer. He kept saying to her, "No, this would be something that would disintegrate at high temperatures."
Then, my sister-in-law remembered she had a Glade Plug-in in the bathroom. The investigator had one of those "Aha" moments. He said that was the cause of the fire. He said he has seen more home fires started with the plug-in type room fresheners than anything else. He said the plastic they are made from is a THIN plastic.
He said in every case there was nothing left to prove that it even existed. When the investigator looked in the wall plug, the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there.
My sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light built in it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim....and then finally go out. She would walk in a few hours later, and the light would be back on again. The investigator said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down, it would come back on. That is a warning sign. The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug-in fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many burned down homes. Consumer Products Safety Commission
**this was sent to me by a friend of mine which of course was a forward from someone else, but I thought it would be a good idea to post it, in case you have one of these things, better safe then sorry...isn't it?**
Saturday, November 06, 2004
How well do you know me?
How well do you know me?
I'll be checking to see how y'all do :P
**Edit**
If you did it once already...please go do it again I had to change something (add the 10th question again) and it deleted the stats...
I'll be checking to see how y'all do :P
**Edit**
If you did it once already...please go do it again I had to change something (add the 10th question again) and it deleted the stats...
Friday, November 05, 2004
hrm...
I think the way Keenan is with the video games he'll grow up to be a video game designer...
If he does then hopefully he'll thank his mom for being so cool and letting him play video games and for playing video games with him.
Cause gawd if I have to hear "It's Me Mario" one more time I think I may pull my hair out...
I'm too blah to post anything else...deal with it.
If he does then hopefully he'll thank his mom for being so cool and letting him play video games and for playing video games with him.
Cause gawd if I have to hear "It's Me Mario" one more time I think I may pull my hair out...
I'm too blah to post anything else...deal with it.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Welcome To Kindergarten
work was fan-fuckin-tastic tonight....we need more nights like tonight....
"NICK!!! we need you to come back to the dark side and rejoin the evening crew..."
my poor supervisor usually only works until 5pm... he stayed until 9 tonight...Muahahaha...
Nah seriously tho...tonight I had the most fun in three hours then I have in the three months I've worked there...no wonder why the lifers are weirdos...its all the weirdos that are lifers ;)
"Your Mom!"
we have this automated system that calls our phones randomly and will give us true or false questions...press 1 for true press 2 for false.... they just started tonight... apparently they wanted to meet their quota or something... I got 14 test calls in 3 hours... LMAO
"You know what I could go for right now...a big steamy bowl of SHUT THE FUCK UP!!"
To make things even funnier about the test calls they were asking the three same questions over and over again each time...LOL hell yeah I know those three things off by heart now...LMAO
"a six pack and a pack of smokes, just cause I think she's a virgin"
Oh yeah and the other kind funny thing about my shift besides the random quotes from the floor that I'm throwing in for you....?
"MC Sara and Dj EPS"
I only took about 8 actual customer calls tonight.
"I bet I could fit both in my mouth"
Some of the conversations tonight were just bad but so funny at the same time...
"Oh so you're a durty boy eh?"
I swear sometimes I feel like I'm back in kindergarten some days when I walk in...and somedays I join the kindergarten class when I walk in...
"Was that more of an insult to you or my mom? think about it..."
then there's the days when ya walk in you feel like you've stepped onto the set of a porn
"She was grinding a penis, I swear"
or some strange fantasy novel
"you can't or we'll tie you to this chair using headsets....throw in a cashmere sweater and thats one of your fantasies eh?....I've always had a thing for headsets..."
Any way ya look at it...it's always a new experience when I'm at work
"its a sick game we play, he turns them gay and then I turn them straight again"
"NICK!!! we need you to come back to the dark side and rejoin the evening crew..."
my poor supervisor usually only works until 5pm... he stayed until 9 tonight...Muahahaha...
Nah seriously tho...tonight I had the most fun in three hours then I have in the three months I've worked there...no wonder why the lifers are weirdos...its all the weirdos that are lifers ;)
"Your Mom!"
we have this automated system that calls our phones randomly and will give us true or false questions...press 1 for true press 2 for false.... they just started tonight... apparently they wanted to meet their quota or something... I got 14 test calls in 3 hours... LMAO
"You know what I could go for right now...a big steamy bowl of SHUT THE FUCK UP!!"
To make things even funnier about the test calls they were asking the three same questions over and over again each time...LOL hell yeah I know those three things off by heart now...LMAO
"a six pack and a pack of smokes, just cause I think she's a virgin"
Oh yeah and the other kind funny thing about my shift besides the random quotes from the floor that I'm throwing in for you....?
"MC Sara and Dj EPS"
I only took about 8 actual customer calls tonight.
"I bet I could fit both in my mouth"
Some of the conversations tonight were just bad but so funny at the same time...
"Oh so you're a durty boy eh?"
I swear sometimes I feel like I'm back in kindergarten some days when I walk in...and somedays I join the kindergarten class when I walk in...
"Was that more of an insult to you or my mom? think about it..."
then there's the days when ya walk in you feel like you've stepped onto the set of a porn
"She was grinding a penis, I swear"
or some strange fantasy novel
"you can't or we'll tie you to this chair using headsets....throw in a cashmere sweater and thats one of your fantasies eh?....I've always had a thing for headsets..."
Any way ya look at it...it's always a new experience when I'm at work
"its a sick game we play, he turns them gay and then I turn them straight again"
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Today...
Keenan's sick...blah
After hearing a couple little hacking type coughs come from him I went to the medicine cabinet to pull out what I thought was cough medicine...read the label "Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever"...crap...pulled out the other one we have...read the label "Cold & Allergy Alleviates Runny Nose/Sneezing"....Fuck...apparently the Cough syrup is gone... Shadow called at lucnh...relayed the message to him that we need "Cough" medicine...So poor Keenan had to wait until almost 8pm before we could do anything about his cough...poor kid.
So far so good he has been sleeping since 9 o'clock...*knocks on wood*...apparently he kept Grandma awake last night until 1 am with his coughing...which sucked for her since she has to be up for 3am for work...needless to say she went home today after work and had a nap....
Work....enh
Work was fairly boring...had one call where a woman said a tech HAD to be out to her house before 7pm so she could go and vote because she hadn't had a chance to vote yet....her polls closed at 8pm.
For most of the night we sat around the sup's desk refreshing the CNN webpage for updates on what was happening...because apparently the people who were calling in wanted to talk about the election...and we were bored.
I described it to a friend of mine earlier as a morbid fascination we all had...since our airwaves have been bombarded with American election crap for who knows how long now...it was like we had to find out what was going on...curiousity I guess. To see which half of the US is going to be pissed and which was going to be enh with it.
They call an election here...we have a few weeks to decide and boom we vote... they call an election and it seems like the rest of the next year is filled with election bullshit, debates, mud slinging, name calling, stumping (new term I learnt tonight) , and we see faces plastered all over our tv's....it's just blown way up....I remarked how I was surprised that election day wasn't a national holiday for them...
Before Work....
Was pleasantly surprised...was talking to Jamie on Skype...when all of a sudden my skype started ringing... must say I'm still fairly new to the whole skype gig...didn't realize when I was on a call I could get another call...was confused for a moment as to what to do...Anyway...
It was my Squasha...yay...haven't "talked" to him in a long time...have sent messages back and forth but haven't heard his voice in a long time...(At this part of my blog I'm assuming his already stopped reading so I can get a little mushy)...LOL
I miss my Squasha... a lot... we never did get to see a lot of each other in person... but I remember a time when we would be able to message back and forth for a few hours at a time (shut up I did so have a life)...we used to have some of the weirdest conversations back then...now mostly when we do get to message its basically a hi how ya doin kinda thing... Anyway, we talked about how he was coming home to visit (for those who don't know he was originally from here but is now living in England) ...I'm really hoping that while he's down I'll be able to get to see him...hopefully for more than an hour...LOL Last time he came home I missed him....and the time before that I only got to see him once and that was while there was a bunch of other people around so we didn't get to talk too much... I still consider him one of my really good friends even tho we don't talk much... He's one of those guys who doesn't get to sentimental or emotional about too much... but he'll listen to anything ya have to say.... and he'll help you out in a pinch... And really he's an all around nice guy. I miss him lots. I'm really glad I got to talk to him today.
At Home With CNN
Been refreshing CNN and watching the numbers change between Bush and Kerry...and I got this funny-ish idea... on the page I've been viewing it has Bushs pic and Kerrys pic both are smiling....it would have been funny if they could have changed them as the votes came in...as the numbers for one got bigger have the one that was trailing (Kerry) their picture making a sad frowny face .... so as Bush got more votes have Kerry's face getting more and more sad with each vote Bush got...until the end of the polling...and then whoever lost have the pic of them crying...LOL I'm so twisted some days.
Blah..thats enough about my day...
After hearing a couple little hacking type coughs come from him I went to the medicine cabinet to pull out what I thought was cough medicine...read the label "Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever"...crap...pulled out the other one we have...read the label "Cold & Allergy Alleviates Runny Nose/Sneezing"....Fuck...apparently the Cough syrup is gone... Shadow called at lucnh...relayed the message to him that we need "Cough" medicine...So poor Keenan had to wait until almost 8pm before we could do anything about his cough...poor kid.
So far so good he has been sleeping since 9 o'clock...*knocks on wood*...apparently he kept Grandma awake last night until 1 am with his coughing...which sucked for her since she has to be up for 3am for work...needless to say she went home today after work and had a nap....
Work....enh
Work was fairly boring...had one call where a woman said a tech HAD to be out to her house before 7pm so she could go and vote because she hadn't had a chance to vote yet....her polls closed at 8pm.
For most of the night we sat around the sup's desk refreshing the CNN webpage for updates on what was happening...because apparently the people who were calling in wanted to talk about the election...and we were bored.
I described it to a friend of mine earlier as a morbid fascination we all had...since our airwaves have been bombarded with American election crap for who knows how long now...it was like we had to find out what was going on...curiousity I guess. To see which half of the US is going to be pissed and which was going to be enh with it.
They call an election here...we have a few weeks to decide and boom we vote... they call an election and it seems like the rest of the next year is filled with election bullshit, debates, mud slinging, name calling, stumping (new term I learnt tonight) , and we see faces plastered all over our tv's....it's just blown way up....I remarked how I was surprised that election day wasn't a national holiday for them...
Before Work....
Was pleasantly surprised...was talking to Jamie on Skype...when all of a sudden my skype started ringing... must say I'm still fairly new to the whole skype gig...didn't realize when I was on a call I could get another call...was confused for a moment as to what to do...Anyway...
It was my Squasha...yay...haven't "talked" to him in a long time...have sent messages back and forth but haven't heard his voice in a long time...(At this part of my blog I'm assuming his already stopped reading so I can get a little mushy)...LOL
I miss my Squasha... a lot... we never did get to see a lot of each other in person... but I remember a time when we would be able to message back and forth for a few hours at a time (shut up I did so have a life)...we used to have some of the weirdest conversations back then...now mostly when we do get to message its basically a hi how ya doin kinda thing... Anyway, we talked about how he was coming home to visit (for those who don't know he was originally from here but is now living in England) ...I'm really hoping that while he's down I'll be able to get to see him...hopefully for more than an hour...LOL Last time he came home I missed him....and the time before that I only got to see him once and that was while there was a bunch of other people around so we didn't get to talk too much... I still consider him one of my really good friends even tho we don't talk much... He's one of those guys who doesn't get to sentimental or emotional about too much... but he'll listen to anything ya have to say.... and he'll help you out in a pinch... And really he's an all around nice guy. I miss him lots. I'm really glad I got to talk to him today.
At Home With CNN
Been refreshing CNN and watching the numbers change between Bush and Kerry...and I got this funny-ish idea... on the page I've been viewing it has Bushs pic and Kerrys pic both are smiling....it would have been funny if they could have changed them as the votes came in...as the numbers for one got bigger have the one that was trailing (Kerry) their picture making a sad frowny face .... so as Bush got more votes have Kerry's face getting more and more sad with each vote Bush got...until the end of the polling...and then whoever lost have the pic of them crying...LOL I'm so twisted some days.
Blah..thats enough about my day...
Monday, November 01, 2004
I Got Bored...*shrugs* What Can I Say?
It was exactly that...I got bored...when I get bored I go and read all my friends journals and blogs...
Well I went to Moonie's blog and if any of ya have been there you can see she has some really neat stuff on her blog... so I saw the lil guestbook map that she has on her site and I said..oooooo I want one of those... (hopefully people will fill it out) ...Anyway...so I clicked the link and whoosh...next thing I know its a couple of hours later and I got a bunch more stuff on my blog...
An event calendar that I can list whats going on...whats coming up...
My very own lil tiny chatroom...(which when I'm online I'll have up incase anyone wants to come and say hi) :D
A page that shows my favourite links...(which of course you can post your fav's too)
And a Forum Page...where I want everyone to express your opinions about anything...got a beef feel free to vent it in there....or if you want to start a debate about something/anything go ahead and do it on there...
I also became a member of the Blog Explosion...so I hope I'll get some more traffic ;)
I also registered to do a mini poll...not sure what I'm going to do a poll on yet...but heck signed up for one just incase...LOL
Oh yeah and I added a photo link there too...there won't be as many photos in here as on my photo blog...there will only be a couple.
Anyway have fun on the fun new stuff on the blog... :D
Well I went to Moonie's blog and if any of ya have been there you can see she has some really neat stuff on her blog... so I saw the lil guestbook map that she has on her site and I said..oooooo I want one of those... (hopefully people will fill it out) ...Anyway...so I clicked the link and whoosh...next thing I know its a couple of hours later and I got a bunch more stuff on my blog...
An event calendar that I can list whats going on...whats coming up...
My very own lil tiny chatroom...(which when I'm online I'll have up incase anyone wants to come and say hi) :D
A page that shows my favourite links...(which of course you can post your fav's too)
And a Forum Page...where I want everyone to express your opinions about anything...got a beef feel free to vent it in there....or if you want to start a debate about something/anything go ahead and do it on there...
I also became a member of the Blog Explosion...so I hope I'll get some more traffic ;)
I also registered to do a mini poll...not sure what I'm going to do a poll on yet...but heck signed up for one just incase...LOL
Oh yeah and I added a photo link there too...there won't be as many photos in here as on my photo blog...there will only be a couple.
Anyway have fun on the fun new stuff on the blog... :D
Happy Halloween - Happy Samhain (Long Post)
So I said I'd let ya know what we decided to do for Halloween...well here it goes..
I woke up very early rolled over looked at the clock and it said 6:30 am so I shrugged and said ok guess I should get up and do some cleaning since there's going to be 9 people at my teeny tiny apartment... 5 adults 4 children... (going backwards for a second...Krammit called and wanted to see if we wanted to go trick or treating with her and her kids...I suggested coming here...she decided that was a good idea)
So I got up and started cleaning the apartment some...took a break and checked email...clock on the computer read 6:35 am...sitting there puzzled for a moment as to how long I had been cleaning...it slowly dawns on me that it was Daylight Savings Time...Holy Fuck I got up at 5:30 not 6:30...
standing in the kitchen picking up some stuff off the floor...I heard a noise from the kids room I look towards the door of their bedroom...didn't see Gambit coming out so shrugged and went back to picking the stuff up...all of I sudden I hear "Mornin Mom" I nearly jumped outta my skin...I look up near the top of the door opening and there's Gambits head...after swearing at him for scaring the crap outta me (btw he was on the top bunk peeking his head out) I asked him to help me for a bit...
So Shadow wakes up awhile later tells me he has a huge headache is taking some drugs and going back to bed...
Great so much for getting him to help me...and the novelty of helping me had already worn of for Gambit and he was playing...so I continued tidying for a bit more...
Keenan comes crawling out of bed...coughing and sniffling...great he has a cold...
So after Shadow wakes up I inform him that since I got up so friggin early I was laying down for a nap...
So I was woken up by the phone ringing and Krammit asking if I needed anything from the store...let her know of the couple things needed for dinner...and passed back out...
Shadow comes in to let me know that he's getting into the shower and that it was time for me to get up now since it was 3 pm...
I ask him to rub my back first...being the nice guy that he is...he starts rubbing my back...phone rings "Shadows House Of Body Massages" Krammit laughs on the other end of the phone...she asks if my sister is here yet...she wasn't...umm ok...why?
"well I'm down on beaverdams rd and I have a flat tire"...shit now that woke me up...
so we start thinking of all the different ways to solve this problem...ends up we decide that we'll deal with it after trick or treating, she wasn't that far away...So Shadow grabs the kids wagon and goes to meet Krammit...the two kids got a wagon ride so they wouldn't have to walk so far since they were going to be doing a lot of walking for trick or treating...
So everybody gets here...and after dinner we get the kids ready to go out...we do a couple of streets, pile 9 people into a 7 seater van and head over to the Lions club where there's a little halloween party for all the neighbourhood kids...
We then pile back into the van and head over to the Fire Station where the kids got hotdogs and chocolate milk and of course...more candy... we decide to go say Hi to my crazy aunt that I haven't seen in almost two years (thats another story for another day) because she only lives down the street from the firehouse...) and then on the way back to my place we stop at Krammits van to change the tire...because we found out upon calling TBear (Krammits husband) that the doughnut tire for the car is under the van...and thus begins the fun...
Krammit pulls the van very slowly across to the other side of the road so that we could get to the passenger side back tire easier...finds the jack...then theres a hunt to find the bolt that releases the cable that lets down the doughnut...found it...Shadow jacks up the van...BIL is under the back side of the van trying to turn a huge wingnut to get the tire out while Krammit turns the stupid bolt in the back of the van Sis is holding a flash light for everyone...cars of course are slowing down...gawking at all of us...then we all kind of change jobs...Shadow gets under the van because now the van is jacked up and flat tire is off...absolutely MANGLED...no repair job could fix that flat...I'm now cranking the bolt in the back of the van...Sis giving evil looks to passerbyers...we ddn't need their help but then again it would have been nice if they offered... so imagine if you will the image...BIL is dressed in one of the inmate costumes black and white stripes number on the front...Sis is dressed in a black robe with black collar that has skulls around it, her short black hair is spiked, her face is paitned white and black looking like some sort of skull demon...I'm dressed fairly normal..blue pants, fleece sweater my hair is in a bun at the back of my head with this ring of spiky vibrant purple hair shooting out of the bun...Shadow is in his bdu cammo pants, black doc marten boots his long hair and a black sweater with a wolf head on the back...Krammit was in black pants, black sweater and her hair is long brown and straight... This mish mash of misfits are all standing around the back of Krammits van while the children are buckled in in the other van...staying put after I tell them if they move I'll kill them...Shadow's working the crank now..still trying to get the cable to move so the tire will come down and BIL is still lying under the van trying to get the tire out when all of a sudden...
A cop pulls up...
Nah nothing as extreme as all of us going to jail :P Sis had just been saying five minutes prior too bad we didn't have a flare to caution the on coming traffic about us on their side of the road...when Viola! Mr Policeman arrives...very cute I may add ;) and asks if we need any help... nah I think five adults trying to fix a flat is more than enough...so then he says ok..well I'm going to set up a flare for you guys.
Aww how nice was that...
So I'm getting frustrated because the way we've been doing it doesn't seem to be working..I start on the bolt in the back...hoping that all the swaying of the van makes it land on BIL's head... "why don't you try the crank the other way" he says...grr
After a long while...Krammit says...how long does one of those flares last...as we all look over and the flare is half way done...Shadow says they usually last an hour...so then starts up the argument of who gets the cute little teepee stand that the flare is standing on... *insert eyeroll* btw it was between Krammit and Shadow...lol (oh yeah and neither of them got it)
So lo and behold another cop pulls up...this time he had his lights going...woo hoo we're gettin popular now... he asks if we need any help...again..he was cute too...Sis says nah don't think theres much you would be able to do...we're just trying to get the doughnut out...One of your buddies not to long ago left a flare tho...so he proceeds to ask if we wanted a few more...not another one...not a couple...a few LOL she said thank you but it wasn't necessary...he says ok and good luck and drives off...I almost kick her...dude we could have gotten more flares...what the hell was she thinking...flares are always cool. LOL
Anyway...Sis looks at me at one point and says do you realize what time it is...umm not wearing my watch I reply with...uh no...why? she tells me its 10 to 10...wow we've been out here for like two hours... well at least it was entertaining...
no five people could have ever had more fun changing a tire if they tied monkeys to the lamp posts and threw bananas at them...
So anyway...got the doughnut off with some brute force and some heavy duty winding (that was me) :D pulled it off and...
I swear to you that thing has never ever ever ever been taken off that van since the day it was first attached... Hell Krammit didn't even know it was there and shes had the van for over a year now...LOL that thing was dirty as hell and the wingnut was rusted...the cable was seized...its no wonder it too so frigging long to get it off...
So Krammit and I got in her van everyone else got into the other van...we all came back here...they all grabbed their stuff and went in all the directions that they needed to go...
Got a call about an hour later from Krammit letting me know that they got home and everyone was in bed...and she was on her way that way too...
So Shadow and I played a couple video games after putting Keenan to bed (Gambit went back to his dads) then we headed to bed...I watched some decent porn while Shadow went to sleep...then I came out here to tell you all about my night...
It was a little more eventful then we were all planning...but fun all the same...
So how was your Halloween?
I woke up very early rolled over looked at the clock and it said 6:30 am so I shrugged and said ok guess I should get up and do some cleaning since there's going to be 9 people at my teeny tiny apartment... 5 adults 4 children... (going backwards for a second...Krammit called and wanted to see if we wanted to go trick or treating with her and her kids...I suggested coming here...she decided that was a good idea)
So I got up and started cleaning the apartment some...took a break and checked email...clock on the computer read 6:35 am...sitting there puzzled for a moment as to how long I had been cleaning...it slowly dawns on me that it was Daylight Savings Time...Holy Fuck I got up at 5:30 not 6:30...
standing in the kitchen picking up some stuff off the floor...I heard a noise from the kids room I look towards the door of their bedroom...didn't see Gambit coming out so shrugged and went back to picking the stuff up...all of I sudden I hear "Mornin Mom" I nearly jumped outta my skin...I look up near the top of the door opening and there's Gambits head...after swearing at him for scaring the crap outta me (btw he was on the top bunk peeking his head out) I asked him to help me for a bit...
So Shadow wakes up awhile later tells me he has a huge headache is taking some drugs and going back to bed...
Great so much for getting him to help me...and the novelty of helping me had already worn of for Gambit and he was playing...so I continued tidying for a bit more...
Keenan comes crawling out of bed...coughing and sniffling...great he has a cold...
So after Shadow wakes up I inform him that since I got up so friggin early I was laying down for a nap...
So I was woken up by the phone ringing and Krammit asking if I needed anything from the store...let her know of the couple things needed for dinner...and passed back out...
Shadow comes in to let me know that he's getting into the shower and that it was time for me to get up now since it was 3 pm...
I ask him to rub my back first...being the nice guy that he is...he starts rubbing my back...phone rings "Shadows House Of Body Massages" Krammit laughs on the other end of the phone...she asks if my sister is here yet...she wasn't...umm ok...why?
"well I'm down on beaverdams rd and I have a flat tire"...shit now that woke me up...
so we start thinking of all the different ways to solve this problem...ends up we decide that we'll deal with it after trick or treating, she wasn't that far away...So Shadow grabs the kids wagon and goes to meet Krammit...the two kids got a wagon ride so they wouldn't have to walk so far since they were going to be doing a lot of walking for trick or treating...
So everybody gets here...and after dinner we get the kids ready to go out...we do a couple of streets, pile 9 people into a 7 seater van and head over to the Lions club where there's a little halloween party for all the neighbourhood kids...
We then pile back into the van and head over to the Fire Station where the kids got hotdogs and chocolate milk and of course...more candy... we decide to go say Hi to my crazy aunt that I haven't seen in almost two years (thats another story for another day) because she only lives down the street from the firehouse...) and then on the way back to my place we stop at Krammits van to change the tire...because we found out upon calling TBear (Krammits husband) that the doughnut tire for the car is under the van...and thus begins the fun...
Krammit pulls the van very slowly across to the other side of the road so that we could get to the passenger side back tire easier...finds the jack...then theres a hunt to find the bolt that releases the cable that lets down the doughnut...found it...Shadow jacks up the van...BIL is under the back side of the van trying to turn a huge wingnut to get the tire out while Krammit turns the stupid bolt in the back of the van Sis is holding a flash light for everyone...cars of course are slowing down...gawking at all of us...then we all kind of change jobs...Shadow gets under the van because now the van is jacked up and flat tire is off...absolutely MANGLED...no repair job could fix that flat...I'm now cranking the bolt in the back of the van...Sis giving evil looks to passerbyers...we ddn't need their help but then again it would have been nice if they offered... so imagine if you will the image...BIL is dressed in one of the inmate costumes black and white stripes number on the front...Sis is dressed in a black robe with black collar that has skulls around it, her short black hair is spiked, her face is paitned white and black looking like some sort of skull demon...I'm dressed fairly normal..blue pants, fleece sweater my hair is in a bun at the back of my head with this ring of spiky vibrant purple hair shooting out of the bun...Shadow is in his bdu cammo pants, black doc marten boots his long hair and a black sweater with a wolf head on the back...Krammit was in black pants, black sweater and her hair is long brown and straight... This mish mash of misfits are all standing around the back of Krammits van while the children are buckled in in the other van...staying put after I tell them if they move I'll kill them...Shadow's working the crank now..still trying to get the cable to move so the tire will come down and BIL is still lying under the van trying to get the tire out when all of a sudden...
A cop pulls up...
Nah nothing as extreme as all of us going to jail :P Sis had just been saying five minutes prior too bad we didn't have a flare to caution the on coming traffic about us on their side of the road...when Viola! Mr Policeman arrives...very cute I may add ;) and asks if we need any help... nah I think five adults trying to fix a flat is more than enough...so then he says ok..well I'm going to set up a flare for you guys.
Aww how nice was that...
So I'm getting frustrated because the way we've been doing it doesn't seem to be working..I start on the bolt in the back...hoping that all the swaying of the van makes it land on BIL's head... "why don't you try the crank the other way" he says...grr
After a long while...Krammit says...how long does one of those flares last...as we all look over and the flare is half way done...Shadow says they usually last an hour...so then starts up the argument of who gets the cute little teepee stand that the flare is standing on... *insert eyeroll* btw it was between Krammit and Shadow...lol (oh yeah and neither of them got it)
So lo and behold another cop pulls up...this time he had his lights going...woo hoo we're gettin popular now... he asks if we need any help...again..he was cute too...Sis says nah don't think theres much you would be able to do...we're just trying to get the doughnut out...One of your buddies not to long ago left a flare tho...so he proceeds to ask if we wanted a few more...not another one...not a couple...a few LOL she said thank you but it wasn't necessary...he says ok and good luck and drives off...I almost kick her...dude we could have gotten more flares...what the hell was she thinking...flares are always cool. LOL
Anyway...Sis looks at me at one point and says do you realize what time it is...umm not wearing my watch I reply with...uh no...why? she tells me its 10 to 10...wow we've been out here for like two hours... well at least it was entertaining...
no five people could have ever had more fun changing a tire if they tied monkeys to the lamp posts and threw bananas at them...
So anyway...got the doughnut off with some brute force and some heavy duty winding (that was me) :D pulled it off and...
I swear to you that thing has never ever ever ever been taken off that van since the day it was first attached... Hell Krammit didn't even know it was there and shes had the van for over a year now...LOL that thing was dirty as hell and the wingnut was rusted...the cable was seized...its no wonder it too so frigging long to get it off...
So Krammit and I got in her van everyone else got into the other van...we all came back here...they all grabbed their stuff and went in all the directions that they needed to go...
Got a call about an hour later from Krammit letting me know that they got home and everyone was in bed...and she was on her way that way too...
So Shadow and I played a couple video games after putting Keenan to bed (Gambit went back to his dads) then we headed to bed...I watched some decent porn while Shadow went to sleep...then I came out here to tell you all about my night...
It was a little more eventful then we were all planning...but fun all the same...
So how was your Halloween?
