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Some I love, some I hate because I look like a fat loser, and others I don't like because of the effect but those can be changed.

This was my very first entry on September 30th, 2002.

I just have to thank Mikus so very very much for giving me a code for this lj! You rule! Insley, you were so close and thank you for trying! I am in computer class right now bored out of my mind. I don't feel like doing an excell spreadsheet! OK well I must leave now. Thank you everyone!

Remember when posting to LJ used to be fun? Yeah...

Way back when Grandma was in the Washington Redskins Marching Band I hung around a lot and football players were everywhere. That's when I met O.J. Simpson. Crazy huh?

I found out today at work that my hours are being cut. I only work 20 hours a week for goodness sake! Next week is 18 and after that it will be 16 or 17. It's only a few hours but I have a house and wedding to contribute to! I'm lucky they didn't cut the job out completely like they did the event coordinator. In reality, they couldn't cut out the job because then there would be nobody to do it so I think I'm safe. For now at least. Will applied for a management position at his job. I hope he gets it so it will make up for the money I won't be bringing in. Biiiig sigh.

In better news we have a reception hall. We get the brand new room at the Ramada. It will be ready in September so we will be one of the first people to use it! Yay!

The UD Marching Band was in the Inauguration Parade. I could have been there! Ahhhh...

On Friday Will and I went to Jess' for another game night. I ended up getting sicker by the minute to the point where it hurt to even talk. Alexis brought a new guy with her. He seems nice. We'll see how that goes. We played the longest game of LIFE ever. I ended up with no children, boo.

On Saturday Will and I were going to see My Bloody Valentine but I literally slept all day. I was probably awake a total of 4 hours that day. The good news is my cat Fuzzy who never comes in my room came in twice to snuggle with me. Yay.

On Sunday was Christina's baby shower. Not many people came but I'm very grateful for the people who did. I got to see Kate. She's afraid of cats which cracks me up. Every time Kitty got up she would jump. My card made Christina cry. We played the poopie diaper game and I learned to not stick a diaper directly into the microwave. They catch on fire! Nobody knew what the candy was in that one because it just smelled like burnt plastic. After the shower and some downtime we went bowling. That was fun as usual.

Turns out Christina had some hormonal breakdown and was crying. Wish she would have told me hours ago, though.

In more awesome news, America's Best Dance Crew is back! And J.C. isn't a judge anymore! No more stupid bow ties!

ETA: JC is still a judge, one of the guys from Jabbawockeez is just sitting in for him tonight. Damn.

I got sick yesterday so I went to the doctor today. I thought it was strep because I get it every year but it actually wasn't. It's some sort of virus that has caused ulcers in my throat. It's nasty! It hurts to swallow and because it's not a bacterial infection she prescribed percocet for the pain. I also got some Afrin nose spray. It works really well. I'm not going to work tomorrow so I can rest. Too bad my class starts tomorrow.

I had to cancel my appointment to check out one of the rooms at the Civic Center for the reception. Oh well. Jennifer is checking out the banquet room at the Best Value Inn for me tonight. I called and left a message for the woman at the alumni garden apologizing for not giving her a time yet. If we get the room at the Civic Center we have to decorate it that day which sucks. I might just rent it the day before, lol. If we have to decorate it that day I want to have the wedding at 2 but if I get a place where I can decorate the day before I want to have it at noon. It's so frustrating. But the outcome will be so worth it. :)

Oh, and the place, Dove Pointe, I talked about earlier was $1500 for just the room. Can you believe that?!

I switched my Dover class to Georgetown. I signed up in Dover because I wanted a different teacher for the first part of the Human World Views class since the other one was sooo boring. Then I figured to save money and time and since I already know his testing style and such to switch it out. I might drop my Monday night class in New Castle. I'll have to take a cut in my financial aid but it will save me lots of time and money. Since Will and I are going to move to the Dover area anyway it just makes sense to hold off on that one since I'm 2 hours away. Plus I work every tuesday and it will suck driving 2 hours home then going straight to be just to get up and work.

Last year, on a very windy day, in November or so a tree fell on my Grandparents (now my) car. Today, also a very windy day, a tree crashed through our roof and ceiling. Into my room! What is the deal with the trees?! Luckily I was not home or in my room when it happened but now there's a gaping hole in the ceiling and they think the rest is going to collapse so I won't be sleeping in there for a while. The tree has already been removed and Caitlin said I could stay at her apartment if need be. I told Grandma to take some pictures because I find it all very funny. It will probably be less funny when I go home and see the damage. Also it would be a lot less funny if I owned the house. Thank God for home owners insurance!

NYC was awesome as usual. I highly recommend that if any of you go there to eat at Planet Thailand 212. It was ridiculously good. Equus was great. A lot creepier than I thought it would be. Our hotel was horrible. Beds were uncomfortable, the comforter had burn holes in it, and right after we checked in we heard people having sex at 2:45 in the afternoon! Agh! And we couldn't figure out how to turn the shower in so we had to take a bath. It was terrible. We're going to save up and stay in the city next time. It wasn't worth it to be cheap. I went to a Chipotle finally and it was the opposite of what I thought it was supposed to be. Still good but I think Moe's is a better place to go for basically the same thing. I still have yet to find the Naked Cowboy and it's driving me crazy! He's elusive! The subways weren't as bad as I thought but the door almost closed on me on the first one. I yelled 'Jesus Christ!' very loudly and everyone looked at me. On one of our subway trips a homeless man got on and he said 'I have no home, like you' and I thought he was going to start yelling/guilt tripping us but instead he prayed! I felt terrible so I gave him the $2 bills I was saving for Brenda at work. He was so happy. He said 'I'm going to eat tonight!' and I said 'Yes, you are!' so he told me happy mother's day and I told him that I wasn't a mother but thanks so he told me happy birthday instead. Then he went down the car and said 'the only people who give are the ones who care about their family' and pointed me out. Luckily we got off at the next stop but I felt so bad for him. I hate that there's people out there with no homes. We went to the halloween parade that I didn't even know existed until the day before. It took forever to get to us because we were at the end. Only saw about 20 minutes of it because we had a movie to catch. I got to see the Thriller dance at least. Lots of stupid, slutty costumes but a few great ones like Veronica Corningstone from Anchorman and Ugly Betty. I got some mint chocolate miniatures and hot cocoa flavored Hershey Kisses from the Hershey store. I also got a book for $1 at The Strand. That place is crazy. Oh, and I got an Equus beanie. I'm probably fogeting some stuff but I'll write about it later.

I can finally go into detail about a previous post I made. As you know, my best friend Christina moved to Michigan in July. She got married in August and kept it a secret from her parents and I until recently. She told Dee for some stupid reason and she didn't keep her mouth shut so everyone found out. Christina had to deny it when I asked her and she felt terrible about it because she's never lied to me before. I told her I was hurt that she told Dee instead of me because I can actually keep a secret. She knows now not to trust Dee with something like that now. Her mom told my Grandma and Grandma wasn't supposed to tell me but I got it out of her. I had to wait for Christina to come to me and tell me. According to her mom it was more of a 'commitment ceremony' than a wedding but it says in the Bible if 2 people commit to one another under God they are 'technically' married. So if she believes in her heart she is then she is, I suppose. Her mom also said Andrew doesn't like to deal with the government so he doesn't want a marriage license. Christina claims they have one so who knows, really. It's all in the past now. She's having another ceremony with a real priest in November but I can't go because it's on black Friday and I work in retail. No way they would let me off. Oh well. She said that next summer they will have a ceremony in Delaware. As far as I know, Andrew still does not have a steady job which sucks. He needs to get one ASAP if he knows what's good for him. When she told me she said 'I thought you would hate me, you're actually calm about this'. I think it's a good thing I found out earlier because I would have freaked out on her otherwise. I'm not here to be the judge I'm here to be the friend. If she's happy then that's all that matters.

I got 4 words for you: Hail to the Redskins! What?!?! Yeah!

Will's fondue was amazing, omg! Such a good investment for him, me, us? I would technically say it's ours since we're going to get hitched eventually. Anyway, weekend was good. His book signing went really well. He sold 11 and in 2 hours that's pretty good. I found an Office trivia game so I bought it. We played 3 times, I won each time! We watched Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny, it had its funny parts. We also watched Dark Ride which was pretty creepy. Definitely worth the rentals.

I get to see Mike Birbiglia on Friday, finally!

I had dinner at Olive Garden tonight with my women's group. It was great as always. I love those girls like crazy. We're going to go to Famous Dave's on the 27th, yay!

Manly Bike for Sale

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Date: 2008-07-22, 10:18AM PDT



Bike for sale


What kind of bike? I don't know, I'm not a bike scientist. What I am though is a manly guy looking to sell his bike. This bike is made out of metal and kick ass spokes. The back reflector was taken off, but if you think that deters me from riding at night, you're way wrong. I practiced ninja training in Japan's mount Fuji for 5 years and the first rule they teach about ninja biking is that back reflectors let the enemy know where you are. Not having a rear reflector is like saying "FUCK YOU CAR, JUST TRY AND FIND ME".



The bike says Giant on the side because it's referring to my junk, but rest assured even if you have tiny junk that Giant advertisement is going to remain right where it is. I bought this bike for 300 dollars from a retired mercenary that fought in both World War 1 and World War 2 and had his right arm bitten off by a shark in the Phillipines while stationed there as a shark handler. When he sold it to me I had to arm wrestle him for the honor to buy it. I broke his arm in 7 places when I did. He was so impressed with me he offered me to be his son but I thought that was sissy shit so I said no way.



The bike has some rusted screws, but that just shows how much of a bad ass you are. Everyone knows rusted screws on a bike means that you probably drove it underwater and that's bad ass in itself. Those screws can be replaced with shiny new ones, but if you're going to go to that trouble why not just punch yourself in the balls since you're probably a dickless lizard who doesn't like to look intimidating.



The bike is for men because the seat is flat or some shit and not shaped like a dildo. If you like flat seated bikes you're going to love this thing because it doesn't try to penetrate your ass or anything.



I've topped out at 75 miles per hour on this uphill but if you're just a regular man you'll probably top it out at 10 miles per hour. This thing is listed as a street bike which is man-code for bike tank. The bike has 7 speeds in total:


Gear 1 - Sissy Gear
Gear 2 - Less Sissy Gear
Gear 3 - Least Sissy Gear
Gear 4 - Boy Gear
Gear 5 - Pre-teen Boy Gear
Gear 6 - Manly Gear
Gear 7 - Big Muscles Gear

I only like gear 6 and 7 to be honest.


Additionally, this tool of all immense men comes with a gigantic lock to keep it secure. The lock is the size of a bull's testicles and tells people you don't fuck around with locking up your bike tank. It tells would-be-thieves "Hey asshole, touch this bike and I'll appear from the bushes ready to club you with a two-by-four".


Bike is for 150 OBO (and don't give me no panzy prices)

I think I have a ganglion cyst in my wrist. Hooray.

Like Heather, Will and I went to Old Navy today to cash in on the $12 denim sale. It was freaking crazy! I managed to find 4 decent pair. Only 2 in short though but I can get the others hemmed up. I also got $10 off since I had a bucks back so I only paid $38 for 4 pairs of jeans! How awesome is that?! Will got 2.

Then we headed to Rehoboth to have lunch at Arena's. I managed to find a decent parking spot and did an awesome parallel parking job, on the second try, haha. Lunch was awesome, as usual.

After lunch we headed back to my house to watch The Descent. It was ok. I thought it was going to be scarier. Eh.

I noticed Amy was getting extra hours and it was pissing me off so I said to Shawn today 'I noticed Amy coming in as I was leaving last week, if you ever need someone to stay a couple extra hours I will gladly do so' and she said 'Ok, cool' so now it's known that I would LOVE some extra hours. Friends and family discounts are coming up so if you would like one let me know! You get 25% off of your whole purchase including sale items!

I finally made a decision about school. I want to go back! Better yet, I'm GOING to go back! I was looking online at Wilmington University and found info on their Media Design program and it looks awesome. They have 3 career tracks to choose from and photography is one of them so I'm really interested. I should have done this years ago but someone had to ruin my idea by making me feel bad. Jerkface.

Will gave me the letter M so I have to write 10 things I like that begin with that letter. Here goes:

1. Monkeys!
2. Michaels Arts & Crafts Store
3. Manatees
4. Myspace
5. Musicals
6. Maki
7. Milk chocolate
8. Moe's Southwest Grill
9. Making things for people (and myself)
10. Marching band

That was harder than I thought.

Leave me a comment and I'll give you a letter.

Over the weekend Will and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary. The real day was on Monday but that obviously wouldn't work. I drove up there Thursday night after my cake decorating class. On Friday he had to get up and go to work. I slept in, showered, and met him at the new hot dog place on 202. It's called Johnnie's Dog House and it was amazing! I got a chili cheese dog. After that I went shopping! I went to Circuit City to use the gift card Zaniah gave me. I got an itunes gift card with it. Then I went to Ulta and got some perfume that came with a free weekender bag and lots of eye shadow. I drove to the Christiana Mall after that and just wondered around. I went to MAC and got some glittery black eye shadow, Hallmark and got 2 cards and some tissue paper, and a new outfit for my Build A Bear monkey (Rocco) and a mini orange tabby cat (I named him Crookshanks) to go with Will's black lab (Sirius). I got a cinnamon sugar pretzel at Auntie Anne's and it was glorious. Oh, and I got a giraffe shirt at Hot Topic. Then I headed back to Wilmington and got my eyebrows waxed, went to Michaels where Will met me after work, and then went to Old Navy where I got a satin pleated skirt in a light blue color and a hooded puff sleeve shirt from the clearance section. We came home, ate Jake's, and watched I Spit On Your Grave.

On Saturday we got up early to go to the Philadelphia Zoo. It was awesome! We fed birds, rode camels, and saw super cute animals. I really really want a pet Loris now! I wanted to break into the plexiglass and steal him. After being there for about 6 hours we came home and zonked out for a half hour then had to get ready for dinner. Once again dinner at The Melting Pot was amazing. We had the featured fondue (Gouda and Gran Queso cheeses blended with fresh garlic and sweet and spicy Peppadew peppers topped off with scallions and a zest of fresh lime) and salads (Crisp romaine and field greens, fresh tomatoes, mangos and hearts of palm with a light creamy citrus dressing and a touch of coconut encrusted cashews). The cheese was ok but I preferred the cheddar from last time. We got our food cooked mojo style which is caribbean seasonings and it was really good. Very tangy. For dessert we got dark and white chocolate with cheesecake, marshmallows, rice crispy treats, strawberries, pound cake, brownies, and bananas to dip in it. I also had an amazing martini called the Love Martini. It had Malibu rum, Peach Schnapps, cranberry juice and strawberries floating on top. We came back and watched I Am Legend in our food coma. It was ok. I was really mad about the dog part.

On Sunday I was going to leave early to go to Joyce's goodbye lunch but I didn't feel well and it started to hail! We slept in then while Will was in the shower a tornado warning came on and scared the heck out of me. We went to Taco Bell for lunch then to Staples so I could FINALLY get some photo paper for a laser printer. Then we went to Target and I got a flash drive and paper to print out cd labels. Then we went to Lone Star for dinner with his mom, so good! When we came out there was an awesome rainbow. Then I noticed there was another one! That's the second time I've seen 2 rainbows this summer. It was very faint but it was there.

So that was my weekend, how was yours?

On Sunday I was putting some stickers on clearance and I hear 'Hi Amanda'. I look up and it's Jeff's mom! I loved that woman, it was really good to see her! She told me she's a grandmother now, holy crap! Jeff's brother Chris and his girlfriend or fiance or whatever she is now had twins! She showed me pictures, they're adorable. I think their names were Landon and Logan. She also told me that Jeff left Nissan because they cut his pay which really sucks so he went to Toyota in Milford and after a month they did the same thing. So he's back at Nicola's which is good I guess. He made decent money there too. It just sucks that he really enjoyed working on cars and with the crappy economy he can't do it now.

In other news I got a Del-Tech course catalog in the mail today and there's 2 digital photography classes I can take! Yay! One in October and one in November, 4 weeks each. I'm debating on taking the first one but I guess I should to familiarize myself with my camera.