gsp Thoughts From A Diva: 10/26/03 - 11/2/03

Thoughts From A Diva

Random images and thoughts from a misplaced Minnesota Diva trying to survive in Wisconsin.

Saturday, November 01, 2003

Assholes!

Three nights ago, my future father-in-law was mugged outside his apartment.

Bud is 72 years old. He had been to the local bar and played some pull tabs. For those of you not familiar with these, they are like scratch off games, but you pull the tabs off instead of scratching them.

Anyway, Bud won a couple hundred dollars. As he was unlocking the door to his apartment building, someone came up behind him and smacked him in the back of the head with a 2x4.

He woke up in the hospital, not sure how he got there. He is going to be okay.

But how could someone do that?!?!? He's an old man!! that is just wrong.

It's not like he lives in LA or NYC. He lives in Podunk, Minnesota.

I lost some faith in humanity today.

Thursday, October 30, 2003

Which Costume Do You Need?

Bunny Costume
You should be a Bunny!


What Should Your Halloween Costume Be?
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More Questions

Welcome to the next edition of getting to know your friends. What you're supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire email and paste it onto a new email that you'll send. Change all of the answers so they apply to you. Then, send this to a whole bunch of people you know *INCLUDING* the person who sent it to you. The idea is that you'll learn a
lot of little facts about your friends.

1. WHAT TIME DID YOU GO TO BED LAST NIGHT? 10:00pm


2. IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING OF YOURSELF WHAT WOULD IT BE? My temper


3. PAPER OR PLASTIC? plastic

4. WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK/MAGAZINE YOU READ? I am reading A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

5. A TV SHOW YOU CAN'T STAND TO WATCH? Any soap opera

6. WHAT DID YOU EAT FOR LUNCH TODAY? It is only 6:15am

7. DO YOU LIKE TO BE SURPRISED? Yes

8. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR TOOTHBRUSH? Red

9. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE STORE TO SHOP AT? Wal-Mart

10. WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER OR FALL? Spring

11. WHAT BRAND OF DEODORANT DO YOU WEAR? Whatever is cheapest

12. FAVORITE DESSERT? Fried Ice Cream

13. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PREFER - MAID OR PERSONAL CHEF? Chef - I already have a maid named P. LOL!!

14. REGULAR OR DECAF? Neither

15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT? Outback Steak House

16. WHAT CHARACTERISTICS DO YOU ADMIRE? Honesty, Truthfulness

17. FAVORITE HOLIDAY? St Patrick's Day

18. FAVORITE TIME OF DAY? Sunrise

19. FRUIT OR FRUIT SMOOTHIE? Fruit

20. HOW MANY RINGS ARE YOU WEARING? None - Never wear any

21. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR MEAT PREPARED? Extremely well done. No pink at all. I don't want it to moo when I cut it.

22. WHAT WAS THE LAST CARD YOU SENT SOMEONE? Condolence

23. WHAT RADIO STATION IS ON WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW? Nothing...but KQRS will be on in the car in about 5 minutes.

24. WHO DO YOU LEAST EXPECT TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? My brother

25. WHO IS THE PERSON YOU EXPECT TO SEND THIS BACK FIRST? Someone from Greenleaf

26. ONION RINGS OR FRENCH FRIES? French Fries

Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Question

How do you track what someone has searched to find your site?

In other words, how can I tell if someone has searched for "Naked women dancing on a bed" and found my blog?

Can anyone tell me??

Please.

SAD

I wonder if this is my problem.

Not Me: Come on in...the water's fine...

Not Me: Come on in...the water's fine... is the newest addition to my blogroll.

Excellent description of the fires in Cali.

Also, she has a great sense of humer (Pecker Head).

I found Shelli via Venomous Kate.

Cameron Crowe

Satruday, while I was Up North, P and I went to an auction for Habitat for Humanity. We didn't spend a lot of money, but I got some really cool stuff.

I bought a console stereo for $5. I thought even if it doesn't work it will give us something to play with. It has an eight track player and a turntable!!

I haven't had time to play with it until today. I pulled out my old vinyls. Found my Frampton "I'm In You' album. Damn! It sounds awesome!! I had forgotten how much I loved the old vinyls!

So anyway, before I turned on the stereo, I was watching Almost Famous. You know, the movie about Cameron Crowe. After I turned on the stereo, I was reading the liner notes from the Frampton album. The notes are written by Cameron Crowe in 1977! How cool is that!?

I thought it was cool anyway.

Tuesday, October 28, 2003

CSI: Miami

I really like the show CSI. The head honcho on that show is great and does not mind sharing the limelight with his associates.

CSI:Miami on the other hand irritates me. The guy that plays Horatio just can't seem to let anyone else do anything. He has to discover all the evidence. He has to figure out who did the crime and how.

Last night, they did an entire show on meth heads. Although it is not something I am proud of, I do freely admit I was a meth head. I loved crank. Crystal was better, but crank was cheaper.

My ex got me hooked. I started by drinking it in my Coke. Then I learned to snort it. I was a light user compared to everyone else. I could make a quarter last all day (that's one line a day). Most people do a quarter in one day. Or actually, several quarters in one day.

I was also one of the lucky ones, because I could say no. I knew my limits. When I had had enough, I could walk away from it. And did quite often. On the other hand, my ex could never say no.

Anyway, they were showing how meth heads act last night. They got it all wrong. They showed meth heads twitching their hands and unable to stop moving their hands. Yeah, that is true, but then they showed them speaking very slow and deliberately.

LOL!! I have never seen someone on crank speak slowly or deliberately. Usually, they talk faster than Jerry Falwell at a revival.

Also, most tweakers grind their teeth. And they almost always have something to drink. My drink of choice at that time was water. I couldn't get enough of it. Crank dehydrates you badly.

They also said something on the show about how food would upset your stomach. That is not true. You just can't slow down long enough to eat, and you truly aren't hungry.

I lost a lot of weight on the Jenny Crank diet.

One more myth I would like to put to bed: Tweakers live in filthy houses. How can you have a filthy house when you have the energy of ten people? I had the cleanest house on the block. I had to do something with all that extra energy.

I quit cold turkey about 4 years ago. There will always be that part of me that wants to go back to it, but I can't. I know it is wrong. But, man, sometimes I would love a line just to clean my house - or lose some weight.

Monday, October 27, 2003

Crush

I have a crush on someone I shouldn't have a crush on.

I have a significant other. We have been together for 6 years.

About a year ago, I met a guy that doesn't even live in the same state. I have only seen him twice. That is all it took. Now, just the thought of him can make me shiver.

He is happily married to a beautiful woman. I have also met her. And absolutely adore her.

I know I shouldn't feel this way about him, but I can't help it!

Only in Japan

Why only the left foot?

Sunday, October 26, 2003

MARLINS WIN THE SERIES!!!!

The Florida Marlins won a HUGE upset Saturday night.

That Yankees team is over-rated and over-paid!!!

One player on the Yanks makes more than our entire Twins team.

Go Marlins!!