I really like the picture for this thread... It's the biggest sandbox of all, and there is plenty of room for everyone to throw sand at each other. :)-
With Tracy about to leave... It'll just be Maki, you, and me. But Dat's Zokay... Maybe I'll watch Scarface tonight. I'm running out of space on the Tivo. Eventually I'm going to have to start buying some DVDs if I want to have them available at a moment's notice.
Maybe, one day in the future, we should have a lil' movie night at my place. Next month or something... Just thinking out loud here. Things at my place are still in-transition, so it may have to be delayed until the final gavel falls. I have a feeling that WTG knows what I'm talking about in that category. :/
Ok I finally made it over to the sand box. I live in Orlando, the sand box is far away and traffic sucks. I came over here because I looked at Anon's myspace page(way to go, outing him ladies, "ousted"? Tracy are you trying to kill him?). I went to Villanova, a fellow Big East school, I graduated from there with an engineering degree, and my senior year I lived in King of Prussia. I'm going back there in three weeks for my sister's graduation. Also, in Sept I'm going to West Virginia to go whitewater rafting on the Gauley River. Have you ever been?
Tom - Good thing you got over here when you did. I was just 'cleaning' this thread as well.
I lived just down the street on PA-13(West Chester Pike) from 'Nova.
I wasn't too sad to leave KofP area as the traffic there TRULY sucked. Manayunk was about 20 minute drive though and was awesome to just go to Manayunk Brewing Company on the river for Friday lunch and just STAY and never go back to work. :)
No, I haven't ever been rafting in WV. But, GO MOUNTAINEERS BABY!
I think we may be going to Conch House in St. Augustine tonight. I should know in a bit...
In any case, I think I've only got Maki's house #. Are you on his Top 8 on Myspace? Maybe I can send you an email with a cell # and see where we all end up later tonight...
However... I was still able to make to some of the local 'holes' and drink a bit today. Also lost to the friggin bartender on the Kentucky Derby pool... that cheating fucker!
You lucky bastards! I haven't been out on the water since I moved to Florida. That alone depresses the hell outta me.
The neighbors and I have been talking about renting a boat for a full day of that kind of debauchery. I wanted to see about doing that for July 4th around the Landing. However, I can't seem to find a rental place the matches exactly to what we want to do...
Sucks that none of the neighbors has a 'big' enough boat for that kind of activity.
$2K is pretty strong, but I guess it depends on how many ways you're splitting it up. It better hold at least 10, 2 full baths, and a galley, etc... I'm thinking that over $200 a person would be a strech for many... 3 hours is not a lot of engine time either.
Wow, that is way overkill for the size boat we'd need.
I'm guessing we'd have under 10 people. Honestly, something as cheesy as a pontoon boat for the day/night would be fine. Much easier to navigate too once its dark out and your bouncing off the other 1000 boats around the Landing on July 4th.
That boat does sound cool for a huge event though. Is that the one you guys went out on recently?
I understand the engine time thing. Personally, I rarely think about docking unless it is to check out a bar/restaurant.
Remember, I still haven't been out on the water down here, so maybe it's a lot different. In the northeast, where I last had a boat, we'd be out on the water for at least 6 hours. The engine was hardly ever off during that time as we'd constantly be cruising around.
Hmm... That is definitely a different MO. I guess because here most of the 'riding' is in the river or on the ILW.
We were on a huge bay that had maybe 2 or 3 restaurants within a 30-40 minute boat ride. Most of our time was spent either drunk-tubing or water skiing, and we'd possibly grab some food at one of those places at the end of the day.
I made it... but don't think not going didn't cross my mind. However, it was a good cause and turned out to be fun. We listened to music, chatted with the bicyclists, had the best rest stop in the two day ride... We're good like that.
I'm going to be placing an order from Rube's Steaks, probably on Wednesday morning. Right now I just plan on getting their Memorial Day sale of 10 8oz filet's for $89. (Check out the "Best of" thread for what I'm talking about.)
Let me know if anyone wants in on the order, or if you want something else. Even if you freeze them, they still taste so much better than what you can get around here.
Just FYI for everyone... I should have described this better before.
They send these steaks, never having been frozen, via overnight shipment in dry ice. All the steaks are individually vacuum packed, which is nice for freezing. Anyway, I don't mind selling off a couple of any pack that I end up ordering. In other words, you don't 'have' to buy 10 steaks if you don't want to... :)
Ugh... speaking of sand and 'dirt' in general. I've got so many friggin meetings and real work to do today.
Somewhere in between I've got to give my dog a bath outside. This is always an ordeal as he doesn't like it and becomes the famous 130lb immovable Akita. Swim trunks are already on for this endeavour.
I hear you Tracy, since I have limited access at work I generally only look at the movie quote thread in an attempt to not fall too far behind in the game. I don't usually look over here till I get home. But thank you for posting just for me, you rule, I'll be sure to check it out.
WTG - I'll shoot you an email with the Dr. I've been using. One of the best, down to earth ones I've ever had.
Tracy - What was it again you had for lunch yesterday? And I always visit the Tracy Diet, but haven't seen any updates since the huge picture one from Sweden. I'll go check again in a bit.
Stevie Ray Vaughn is great. One of my roommates in college got me into his music. He played guitar and used to play his stuff all the time, I used to juust sit and listen to him play, it was great.
Elbow MRI, eh? Maybe you won't have to go in the tube. I hated having to get BOTH my knees done at the same time. "Now don't move or we'll have to start over" FUCK!
I think I was in the tube for 2 hours listening to the never ending knock, knock, knock, knock...
Ummm... what?? It's not like it's alcohol that is seeping from my pores after binge drinking. I got food poisoning for helicopter's sake. I mean... why would I get another whiff?!!?
Besides, that's not the reason I'm not going to the gym. I still feel like shit.
Maki - Make sure YOU get a copy of the films to keep yourself. I've found that it's a MAJOR PITA to get those 'sent' to you should you happen to need the actual films, and not just the summary report.
Keep the originals if you can't get a copy, and put them in a closet somewhere.
So I couldn't sleep and woke up at 5am. I screwed around with this stupid BellSouth DSL all morning. Even called Tech support, which I knew would be a mistake. I usually know how to 'work' Tech support to get me to where I want them to go asap, but this dude was so friggin slow.
Anyway, after an hour and a waste of time, I STILL can't log in to MySpace from my house. There's got to be some kind of proxy issue, because everything else works fine.
I've tried reseting the Linksys router, updated the firmware in an attempt to destroy any 'cache' still on the router, etc... Still no dice. Really strange.
If I VPN into work using my work laptop, then I'm able to log in. But, Big Brother is always watching their network, so I don't wanna be doing that too often.
If I use a 3rd party proxy site like kproxy, I can get in to Myspace. However, I don't really like having to do that, either. Totally pissed right now.
I was having a lot of trouble logging in from my BellSouth at home, too. I tend to think it's something to do with BellSouth as opposed to your router and such.
It's actually more of a "chucka-chucka-chucka" sound along with a "brang... brang... brang..." sound in there as well. You'd be surprised at the range of sounds a large tube full of magnets makes. You become very aware of it when you can't do anything else and are trying to avoid going completely insane...
By some people... I meant those who happened to glance up from the beer one of the many times I climbed out of the pool. The bruise is hard to miss... it is much much darker than the one I posted.
BTW: Congratz on the job WTG! Is it the area you wanted?
I'm probably going to the pool this afternoon, if it doesn't start storming like they say it's gonna. I know as soon as I head on over the downpour will begin. :/
I still need to clean up after last night's dinner party. At least my friends did the dishes...which is a nice surprise since I don't remember that part.
Oh, and I can tell everyone that Rube's steaks are JUST as good as they've ever been!
See WTG, if you'd learn to use that little device that you talk with you coulda had some Rubes! Also, the little one coulda came as well since my friend Kerri had a mini entertainment center set up in the spare room for the girls.
I'm sitting here with my right foot painfully swollen after yet another random encounter with fire ants. I'm so lucky like that! Apparently I need to be wearing combat boots to walk around in my front yard.
It's usually around this time of the morning that I'm running on the treadmill, but that isn't going to happen today. The fact that a lil ant can interrupt my routine makes me very, very angry!
So, I've declared war on these fuckers and will spend whatever amount of money necessary to either banish them to one of the crazy neighbor's properties or destroy them altogether. Think Bill Murray'esque in Caddy Shack.
I think I just paid a jillion dollars to doctors/labs/surgery centers/anethesiologists. And I'm not done yet. Gee, can't wait for my next credit card bill. The cancer didn't get me but the doctors will! : p
Have another appointment in a couple weeks too. Checking things out. Plus the durn pain that was the reason I went in the first place is still there as it had nothing to do with my problem. AND it is killing me slowly.
No shit Maki... I can't imagine what condition this place would be in if I had a 'normal' job that forced me to be at work from 7am to 6pm. Foot went down half way so I'm gonna 'force' some running this morning.
Trace - Stop calling me names, biotch! I was seriously waiting for a reply to that email. Couldn't wait any longer and had to get to the pool.
It's not my fault you can't just 'leave' when you want to... :)- I got a little toasty since I was there from like 1pm to 8pm.
Seriously Tracy, you need to get yourself a job that's got some health care benefits. Even though August is around the corner, it doesn't make sense for you to pay so much out of your own pocket. Hell, I think even our part time people at the bank get benefits.
I could have opted into the health plan at one point but it was mega expensive because I am not a permanent. And since I had student insurance, and rarely used it anyway, I just left it alone. Dumb me, eh? I'll be able to opt in again, supposedly, in August. This time I'll take it. Too bad I have all this other crap to pay in the meantime. Oh well. I gotta start sending out resumes again. Not because I don't want to stay here but because it isn't what I want to do with my MBA.
So, I got to see WTG & PK's new condo yesterday and I'm fucking jealous. What a great place with an awesome location!
I don't think I could live there though because two things would happen. First, I'd go broke going out every night because so many places are so close. Second, I'd absolutely go over the edge and turn into an AA member because I'd be able to walk home from all the bars.
Wow, yesterday was a fun day. We need to do that again!
Anytime you guys are 'south', I'm up for starting the afternoon off right again and ditching work. Two pools, a hot tub, friends, beer and food = awesome time!
I accrue vacation days as I work... I don't get them up front.
And I used a time off award that I had been given when I went to Sweden!
We'll see how I feel after class. But I have to be at work for the trip at 7:25... which is earlier than usual... so I might not want to be out late... and I don't even get outta class til almost 10! *sigh* I know... excuses...
Went this morning because my shoulder feels like I tore something. Dr. checked me out and says it's probably tendonitis or bursitis, but wants me to get an X-ray and is giving me a referral for PT.
I'm liking this Dr. Office more and more lately. If I had gone to my Dr. up in Philly, he would have said take Advil for a couple weeks and don't use that arm. :P
Well, went this afternoon for an X-ray over at Baptist South. I have to say that that is the cleanest and friendliest hospital I've ever been in. I hardly sat down after registering and they had me in the x-ray room. Try that shit in Philly, it wouldn't happen.
Anyway, PT starts Wednesday afternoon. Still have to see if the x-ray shows anything.
Thank you, thank you. Let's hope I can sneak out of work about 15 minutes early so I'm home for my interview... and not driving along Southside... Argh!
Tracy - Eat me... I'm ready enough for what I want to do with her! :)- Forget the quarters, I could bounce silver dollars off of her ass! BTW - I'd expect these conversations to be kept to us as well, ya here?
WTG - They think it's just a bursitis in my left shoulder, but she wants to 'work on me' for at least 12 sessions. I didn't argue with that. :)
As to 'safe' blogs, you know there is no such thing. If someone needs or wants me to delete stuff later, I'll delete it later.
So, I think I'm running up to Total Wine with the neighbors on Friday after my PT. I expect to drop at least 2 or 3 bills to restock the wine rack. We'll all probably go to dinner up there afterwards. It's been weeks since I've done anything with those guys. You guys are 'hogging' me. ;)
BTW - What's going on for July 4th with you guys? The party thing down here is a no go it seems. I was wanting to do another big one like Memorial Day, but they're not up for it...
That's fucked up about last Father's day weekend. I'm assuming this weekend is your 'normally' scheduled one... as if there is such a thing as a schedule.
No matter... she was passed around like a sack of sleepin potatoes at Copelands, so what makes this weekend any different? :)
Thanks for offering Trace! That's really nice of you... However, I think I'm going to bite the bullet and get another two line cordless since work may be installing a second phone line for me sometime in the future. Depends...
I dunnno if my busted phone just needs a new handset battery... I replaced it once about two years ago when it started going dead way too quickly. This time though the damn thing just shut off instantly without any warning. Really odd.
Anyway, I'm not going to mess with it and instead just go looking for either a 900MHz or 5.8GHz cordless, has to have two lines, have a headset jack on the handset for handsfree, etc... Maybe a Uniden or another Panasonic. I have to live on the damn thing for like 6 hours a day, so I'm going to be a bit picky. :)
I had two cordlesses in my old place... kinda retarded... but I think the second one was a gift... it was nicer and even had caller ID on the phone itself... but the old one worked better. I even dropped it in the toilet once and it continued to work after it dried out. The toilet was clean by the way. Or I woulda flushed the phone right down.
Results from tests back in a week. Had to shell out another $150 today that the insurance didn't cover from the last few visits. And I have the feeling they won't pay for this visit either. They only like to pay for one a year... dammit.
At least you're not shelling out $$ hand over fist to lawyers. And now another $350 for a bullshit house appraisal tomorrow. This shit just gets worse and worse all the friggin time.
Of course the dog went flying THRU the 8' screen door on the back patio last night. He gets a bit excited when I come home and doesn't always see that I haven't opened the screen door yet.
Ugh... More work for me. Maybe I can sweet talk the builder into fixing it for me... Yeah, right.
Does anyone here know anyone who works in any of the IT departments at Citibank? I've been looking to switch jobs for a while now, and I know Citibank is using some of the software that I specialize in...
So, I need to get in contact with someone in their enterprise management division to see if they need or will be needing any help.
So, I get a phone call at about 9:30am from my neighbor John who is coming off night shift from Bud brewery. He'd already stopped by Total Wine and picked up a 1/4 barrel of beer and wants to bring it over and 'install' it next to the Sierra Nevada keg in my kegerator. (This is for his 4 yr old daughter's B-day tomorrow, BTW!)
So, we wrestle it in there, tight fit, and of course we had to check to make sure it was 'functional'. Ugh, beer before 10am... Feels like college again. ;)
This is going to be an interesting day... BW3 for lunch and then Beer Fest for dinner.
So, I guess I can still bullshit with the best of them. I've got a follow up interview with Citibank next week. I'm still just trying to get in the door there so that I can 'move' over to the group I'm looking to get in to...
So, a couple of weeks back I told you guys that the dog went thru the screen door.
I'm happy to say that I was successful in sweet talking the builder's dispatcher into fixing it. She sent someone out just now to replace it. One less thing for me to mess with.
I'm flying up north into Philly and staying with my Mom in NJ until 7/31. My nephew is getting married at some insanely expensive country club... Needless to say, it is costing the bride's parents OVER $35K... Yes I said, $35K! Must be nice to have that kind of cash lying around. (Anyone have $65K I can borrow? I might need it as soon as I get back. ;) ) WTG - Start planning that party girl!
Anyway, we've got a bachelor party set to go for my nephew in NYC, so I predict some serious debauchery will transpire. Sorry, no cameras allowed guys...
Tracy is being nice enough to maintain the Movie quote game while I'm gone. So, be nice to her or else!
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You know what I've noticed... Why hasn't Jeremy come over here to do the movie quote game?
I can't remember what his excuse was...
maybe something about not being good at movie quotes. or maybe that was Katie...
Katie's excuse was our posts were too hard to follow and it was hurting her brain or something like that. ;)
You know... I try to go to bed a bit early and this is what I wake up to?!?
You got sand all over my friggin blog... like in every thread! And I HATE to clean. >grumble<
sand to throw?
how many glasses of wine did you have??
I really like the picture for this thread... It's the biggest sandbox of all, and there is plenty of room for everyone to throw sand at each other. :)-
oooh... nice. neverending wine glass... wish I had neverending ice cream bowl... or candy dish... or
Let's try and keep the sandbox at least 'dry', no?
Besides, us guys would eventually dehydrate.
I think we're gonna scare the kids outta the sandbox at this rate.
With Tracy about to leave... It'll just be Maki, you, and me. But Dat's Zokay... Maybe I'll watch Scarface tonight. I'm running out of space on the Tivo. Eventually I'm going to have to start buying some DVDs if I want to have them available at a moment's notice.
Maybe, one day in the future, we should have a lil' movie night at my place. Next month or something... Just thinking out loud here. Things at my place are still in-transition, so it may have to be delayed until the final gavel falls. I have a feeling that WTG knows what I'm talking about in that category. :/
Ok I finally made it over to the sand box. I live in Orlando, the sand box is far away and traffic sucks.
I came over here because I looked at Anon's myspace page(way to go, outing him ladies, "ousted"? Tracy are you trying to kill him?).
I went to Villanova, a fellow Big East school, I graduated from there with an engineering degree, and my senior year I lived in King of Prussia. I'm going back there in three weeks for my sister's graduation. Also, in Sept I'm going to West Virginia to go whitewater rafting on the Gauley River. Have you ever been?
Tom - Good thing you got over here when you did. I was just 'cleaning' this thread as well.
I lived just down the street on PA-13(West Chester Pike) from 'Nova.
I wasn't too sad to leave KofP area as the traffic there TRULY sucked. Manayunk was about 20 minute drive though and was awesome to just go to Manayunk Brewing Company on the river for Friday lunch and just STAY and never go back to work. :)
No, I haven't ever been rafting in WV. But, GO MOUNTAINEERS BABY!
I wasn't deleting due to 'off-topic', just didn't want this thread to get 100's of comments long like the movie thread was getting. Painful to clean.
Maybe I'll do something like delete comments older than 1 week. I dunno yet...
I think some people were complaining that it is a PITA to scroll down past 100's of comments. Dunno.
:)
Just trying to also remove any references to whomever this 'Tony' guy is...
Shit... I've actually got to go in to the office for a couple hours.
Watch the store while I'm out, would ya? Back after lunch.
Tom was bitching because he's still living in 1995 with dial-up.
For the record I complained only about the movie quotes comments, I never said anything about the sandbox.
Yeah... I know. I just didn't want to go through the pain that I had just gone through on the movie quote side.
I'll leave these alone and see how it goes the next couple of weeks.
BINIS is slooow.
No GNU News, or excitement here... I have a feeling I may get in to some trouble next weekend. Still TBD.
Mas Tequila baby...
It be Cinco de Mayo, rememba?
I dunno... I've got a shitload of contractors coming to the house Friday and I need for them to get their asses out before 5pm.
I think we're all going up to Monks later on Friday nite. Could get 'ugly' in so many ways. :)
Harmonious Monks off Old St. Augustine. I've never been before... the neighbors are dragging me out. Is that the 'redneck' place you're talking about?
Yeah. That's the 'trouble' I was referring to as well...
Beer blogging is one thing... not into the goggling. Besides, I just got my new bed delivered today. I don't want to 'fowl' it like that. :)
Hmmm... Where are you guys heading? I might need to 'escape' the neighborhood women who are trying to set me up. Ugh.
It's tough being single in the community of 30 something's with 1.5 children. They think it is their duty/mission to 'fix' me.
Maybe if I was gay they'd leave me alone. :)
This just happens to be the place they're all going Friday. Every weekend it's something different with them...
I've got Maki's number... You guys staying out til 2am?
Woo Hoo! Just found out that Monks is cancelled... I think we're going to go to St. Augustine instead...
I guess I'll find out around 5pm tomorrow.
I SWEAR by Cold-Eeze... Just go to Walgreens or CVS and pick yourself up some asap.
Just take them in between beers.
It works for me...
Have you had them before? They taste MUCH better than Zicam, and I think they work better.
I think we may be going to Conch House in St. Augustine tonight. I should know in a bit...
In any case, I think I've only got Maki's house #. Are you on his Top 8 on Myspace? Maybe I can send you an email with a cell # and see where we all end up later tonight...
Sorry, I was in no shape to continue on once I was dropped back off at the house last night.
We'll figure something out soon enough. Right now, me no feely too good. :)
However... I was still able to make to some of the local 'holes' and drink a bit today. Also lost to the friggin bartender on the Kentucky Derby pool... that cheating fucker!
3 Smithwicks
7 Heinekens
You lucky bastards! I haven't been out on the water since I moved to Florida. That alone depresses the hell outta me.
The neighbors and I have been talking about renting a boat for a full day of that kind of debauchery. I wanted to see about doing that for July 4th around the Landing. However, I can't seem to find a rental place the matches exactly to what we want to do...
Sucks that none of the neighbors has a 'big' enough boat for that kind of activity.
Damn!
$2K is pretty strong, but I guess it depends on how many ways you're splitting it up. It better hold at least 10, 2 full baths, and a galley, etc... I'm thinking that over $200 a person would be a strech for many... 3 hours is not a lot of engine time either.
Yes, I'm full of complaints. :)
Wow, that is way overkill for the size boat we'd need.
I'm guessing we'd have under 10 people. Honestly, something as cheesy as a pontoon boat for the day/night would be fine. Much easier to navigate too once its dark out and your bouncing off the other 1000 boats around the Landing on July 4th.
That boat does sound cool for a huge event though. Is that the one you guys went out on recently?
I understand the engine time thing. Personally, I rarely think about docking unless it is to check out a bar/restaurant.
Remember, I still haven't been out on the water down here, so maybe it's a lot different. In the northeast, where I last had a boat, we'd be out on the water for at least 6 hours. The engine was hardly ever off during that time as we'd constantly be cruising around.
Hmm... That is definitely a different MO. I guess because here most of the 'riding' is in the river or on the ILW.
We were on a huge bay that had maybe 2 or 3 restaurants within a 30-40 minute boat ride. Most of our time was spent either drunk-tubing or water skiing, and we'd possibly grab some food at one of those places at the end of the day.
SHHHHH... DAMMIT!
Subtract 1 from the tally I owe Tracy.
So, I hesitate to even ask this, but... No one witnessed me saying or doing anything 'stupid' last night, did they?
Me thinks me started way too early. :)
Not sure when it was, but we didn't get home too late.
Yeah, Maki and Lloyd were there.
No, he was fine. Even though I was trying to make him drink faster... I don't think he liked holding two beers. Haha!
Earlobe
Well. If you're ruling out the other obvious body parts, what's better than an earlobe? Nape of the neck? >shrug<
So, what was this about anyway?
HNT...
And damn... I obviously hadn't been to the sandbox in awhile...
Doh! I'm so fucking stupid. I didn't even think of HNT.
I still think an earlobe is sexy as all hell... One bite baby... woohoo...
Yes, I'm drunk, so what?
ok, here's a question...
What are the chances that Tracy made it to her event at 7am this morning when she was drunk and on the computer at 1:30am.
I mean, I didn't crash until around 2am and still woke up at 7am, but I'm 'special' like that. :)
Going to the neighbor's 4 yr old daughter's B-day party this afternoon. Good thing I don't have a hangover.
I made it... but don't think not going didn't cross my mind. However, it was a good cause and turned out to be fun. We listened to music, chatted with the bicyclists, had the best rest stop in the two day ride...
We're good like that.
Hey people... I figured I'd throw this in here.
I'm going to be placing an order from Rube's Steaks, probably on Wednesday morning. Right now I just plan on getting their Memorial Day sale of 10 8oz filet's for $89. (Check out the "Best of" thread for what I'm talking about.)
Let me know if anyone wants in on the order, or if you want something else. Even if you freeze them, they still taste so much better than what you can get around here.
I wish I had money to blow... damn bills from surgery are pouring in. :(
Sorry Tracy, that really sucks. :(
Just FYI for everyone... I should have described this better before.
They send these steaks, never having been frozen, via overnight shipment in dry ice. All the steaks are individually vacuum packed, which is nice for freezing. Anyway, I don't mind selling off a couple of any pack that I end up ordering. In other words, you don't 'have' to buy 10 steaks if you don't want to... :)
Ugh... speaking of sand and 'dirt' in general. I've got so many friggin meetings and real work to do today.
Somewhere in between I've got to give my dog a bath outside. This is always an ordeal as he doesn't like it and becomes the famous 130lb immovable Akita. Swim trunks are already on for this endeavour.
The new chocolate lab got a bath two nights ago...
LOL!
Aren't labs supposed to LIKE water... she has webbed feet after all!
I think they still need some kind of motivation/reason to get in the damn water.
Maybe if you threw the rubber duck in the tub so the pup would have something to go after.
Well, she's not mine.
Thank god.
I was thinking that your cat might not like the new company.
No, he wouldn't.
He gets mad when I take care of doggies for people.
I've done it a couple times.
Mad cat.
I had a chocolate milkshake at lunch.
My dog actually likes it if you smell like cat. Either that, or it makes him hungry.
...and apparently the sugar continues to have its impact on you. Or did you just want to repeat yourself in the sandbox?
WooHoo!
The Out of the Office Assistant is set to ON baby. Off until next Tuesday!
I don't really have anything to add here. I just wanted to post the 100th comment in the sandbox.
Doggie would love me... I'm sure I reek of cat.
Is that really something you want to brag about?
We've been commenting quite a bit about how stinky Tracy is... ;)
I hate you all.
And I had a chocolate milkshake at lunch yesterday.
Tom is my only TracyDiet visitor : (
I responded AND posted just for you TOM!!!
TOM!!
Did you hear me???
I'm going to a new one on Tuesday to get my elbow looked at... He's in Riverside, but I'll let you know if he's cool or not.
no but I have a great ob-gyn. lol. he fixed my innards and removed the cancer!!
: )
not that you wanted to know that.
i must be in a sharing mood.
ew.
I hear you Tracy, since I have limited access at work I generally only look at the movie quote thread in an attempt to not fall too far behind in the game. I don't usually look over here till I get home. But thank you for posting just for me, you rule, I'll be sure to check it out.
WTG - I'll shoot you an email with the Dr. I've been using. One of the best, down to earth ones I've ever had.
Tracy - What was it again you had for lunch yesterday? And I always visit the Tracy Diet, but haven't seen any updates since the huge picture one from Sweden. I'll go check again in a bit.
Nope... I've been cleaning the house the past couple hours. Haven't eaten. You should of called, I would have made a run with you.
If you haven't gone yet, give me a call.
Ugh... screw this cleaning bullshit. This house is a pain in the ass. You guys should all move in here with me, and then you can all help clean too.
You guys can move in tonight. I have two newly empty and cleaned bedrooms. :)
Yeah... no dinner for me tonight either. Too late to bother and I'm beat.
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No Biggie...
Give me a call later tonight when you know for sure what the deal is for tomorrow.
I hope you guys can make it!
Lunch... two days ago?
McDonald's??
I think?
Yeah...
ok boys and girls. I'm out for a couple of hours. Picking up the Keg, going to Winn Dixie for last minute stuff, etc...
Mind the store...
I'm tired... No, I'm fucking tired. This weekend was intense, and sure as shit kicked my ass.
I'm listening to my favorite Stevie Ray Vaughn DVD, which is the Live from Montreux festival back in 1985. I guess I'm in a very bluesy mood.
Stevie Ray Vaughn is great. One of my roommates in college got me into his music. He played guitar and used to play his stuff all the time, I used to juust sit and listen to him play, it was great.
I agree Tom. SRV will never get 'old' for me. Texas blues in general is usually my favorite
I really feel icky. Why the fuck am I at work??
There IS?!?!?
I thought it was just the food.
I hope it is just the food...
No mexican restaurants for me anymore though.
I'll make my own!
I'm not feeling too well myself. The treadmill was NOT a friend to me this morning. Ugh.
I think I'm actually dying a little inside.
Death by Mexican food poisoning, eh? Not good. Go home and curl up somewhere.
Can't.
Dammit.
I feel great. At least, other than the fact I have to schedule an MRI now. Dammit.
Elbow MRI, eh? Maybe you won't have to go in the tube. I hated having to get BOTH my knees done at the same time. "Now don't move or we'll have to start over" FUCK!
I think I was in the tube for 2 hours listening to the never ending knock, knock, knock, knock...
Dammit... guess who ate two or three spoonfuls of ice cream for lunch... just attempting to appease my tummy growls...
bleurgh.
Hey. All I had was a friggin apple. But at least I'm not still smelling Mexican food, eh? :)
eww. eww. eww...
I'm not anymore. Thank god.
But so much for going to another class at the gym tonight.
You know, I'm really sorry to have to be the one to tell you. The first time you sweat again, you're going to get another whiff of that Mexican food.
You might as well get it out now and be done with it. :)
Ummm... what?? It's not like it's alcohol that is seeping from my pores after binge drinking. I got food poisoning for helicopter's sake. I mean... why would I get another whiff?!!?
Besides, that's not the reason I'm not going to the gym. I still feel like shit.
Has nothing to do with sweating thru your pores. Your nasal 'pipes' are guaranteed to be holding a bit more of the 'chunkies'. hehehe...
Sorry you still feel like shit. Veggie or chicken broth?
She said helicopter. Nice!
Here's hoping no tube and no damn 2 hours, either...
Maki - Make sure YOU get a copy of the films to keep yourself. I've found that it's a MAJOR PITA to get those 'sent' to you should you happen to need the actual films, and not just the summary report.
Keep the originals if you can't get a copy, and put them in a closet somewhere.
I'm staying put tonight for a change. No need to repeat last week by any stretch... Although it was a great time!
Have fun at dodgeball people!
Joan's been staying at my place. Sorry 'bout that.
Somebody thinks they're funny, huh!? Remind me to call there at 6am...
So I couldn't sleep and woke up at 5am. I screwed around with this stupid BellSouth DSL all morning. Even called Tech support, which I knew would be a mistake. I usually know how to 'work' Tech support to get me to where I want them to go asap, but this dude was so friggin slow.
Anyway, after an hour and a waste of time, I STILL can't log in to MySpace from my house. There's got to be some kind of proxy issue, because everything else works fine.
I've tried reseting the Linksys router, updated the firmware in an attempt to destroy any 'cache' still on the router, etc... Still no dice. Really strange.
If I VPN into work using my work laptop, then I'm able to log in. But, Big Brother is always watching their network, so I don't wanna be doing that too often.
If I use a 3rd party proxy site like kproxy, I can get in to Myspace. However, I don't really like having to do that, either. Totally pissed right now.
I was having a lot of trouble logging in from my BellSouth at home, too. I tend to think it's something to do with BellSouth as opposed to your router and such.
Maybe BS hates MS...
I hate BS...
Still can't log in to MySpace without using that damn fproxy, as in FUCKING PROXY, pass-thru site.
It's not all bad today... I DID kick some major Trivia ass over at BW3 this morning/afternoon. :)
You're right WTG... NOW it's working :/
Hey... how did it go today? I figured between the rain and your interviews that today was pretty much a wash.
...and now it's NOT working again. Myspace home page wont even come up! I HATES me some Bell South!
It works for me : p
...but you're not using BS. I can get it to work too if I VPN in to my work's network. Not a smart move though...
Do magnets really chug??
Didn't I tell you something about not being very smart?
Now I, on the other hand, am wicked smaht.
; )
EVERYONE POST GAY PHOTOS ON TONY'S MS!! HE CAN'T LOGIN TO DELETE THEM!!!
heh heh...
First - Did you take an extra crazy pill today? WTF are you talking about magnets and chugging?
B - You DON'T want to start a war with me young lady.
Last - Be nice or you're gonna get a spanking.
1. Josh's post... magnets... chugalug-ing. Not on crack.
B. Have you seen my guns?
Middle. I'm already bruised... can't be any worse than the spanking I already got.
It's actually more of a "chucka-chucka-chucka" sound along with a "brang... brang... brang..." sound in there as well. You'd be surprised at the range of sounds a large tube full of magnets makes. You become very aware of it when you can't do anything else and are trying to avoid going completely insane...
1 - ok, read the MRI blog. Makes sense now.
Second - I've seen the guns, and they don't scare me little lady. :)-
In Conclusion - Oh ye of little faith. It can be worse.
Nope... I only showed off the ONE bruise. Some people saw another at the pool party as it stuck out my bathing suit...
Yeah... can't be worse.
'Some' people? What kind of pool party was this exactly?
I guess we could push you down the twisty slide when the water isn't running and see what that does...
For now I'll just kick some sand at you...
By some people... I meant those who happened to glance up from the beer one of the many times I climbed out of the pool. The bruise is hard to miss... it is much much darker than the one I posted.
I'm hungry... what's for lunch today?
go read for yourself.
me very full now. fuuuull tummy.
HEY! What gay picture? Trace and I were just exchanging pleasantries yesterday afternoon. No pictures were involved that I am aware of...
Wow, the above statement could be taken sooo many different ways. I obviously need more coffee...
BTW: Congratz on the job WTG! Is it the area you wanted?
I'm probably going to the pool this afternoon, if it doesn't start storming like they say it's gonna. I know as soon as I head on over the downpour will begin. :/
I still need to clean up after last night's dinner party. At least my friends did the dishes...which is a nice surprise since I don't remember that part.
Oh, and I can tell everyone that Rube's steaks are JUST as good as they've ever been!
See WTG, if you'd learn to use that little device that you talk with you coulda had some Rubes!
Also, the little one coulda came as well since my friend Kerri had a mini entertainment center set up in the spare room for the girls.
hee hee... gay Tony.
ooooh... a jobbie job!! Awesome girlie!!!!
I'm sitting here with my right foot painfully swollen after yet another random encounter with fire ants. I'm so lucky like that! Apparently I need to be wearing combat boots to walk around in my front yard.
It's usually around this time of the morning that I'm running on the treadmill, but that isn't going to happen today. The fact that a lil ant can interrupt my routine makes me very, very angry!
So, I've declared war on these fuckers and will spend whatever amount of money necessary to either banish them to one of the crazy neighbor's properties or destroy them altogether. Think Bill Murray'esque in Caddy Shack.
Have I mentioned what a PITA owning a house is?!?
hee hee... ants.
Not funny. I think I'm gonna go to the pool to make up for no treadmill today.
To bad you people have to 'work'.
hee hee, right back atcha!
There's a reason I'm selling my house and buying a condo...
Jerkhead... I read that email. Meanie!!
I think I just paid a jillion dollars to doctors/labs/surgery centers/anethesiologists. And I'm not done yet. Gee, can't wait for my next credit card bill.
The cancer didn't get me but the doctors will!
: p
Have another appointment in a couple weeks too. Checking things out. Plus the durn pain that was the reason I went in the first place is still there as it had nothing to do with my problem. AND it is killing me slowly.
No shit Maki... I can't imagine what condition this place would be in if I had a 'normal' job that forced me to be at work from 7am to 6pm. Foot went down half way so I'm gonna 'force' some running this morning.
Trace - Stop calling me names, biotch! I was seriously waiting for a reply to that email. Couldn't wait any longer and had to get to the pool.
It's not my fault you can't just 'leave' when you want to... :)-
I got a little toasty since I was there from like 1pm to 8pm.
Seriously Tracy, you need to get yourself a job that's got some health care benefits. Even though August is around the corner, it doesn't make sense for you to pay so much out of your own pocket. Hell, I think even our part time people at the bank get benefits.
ok, I'll stop preaching. Sorry.
I could have opted into the health plan at one point but it was mega expensive because I am not a permanent. And since I had student insurance, and rarely used it anyway, I just left it alone. Dumb me, eh?
I'll be able to opt in again, supposedly, in August. This time I'll take it. Too bad I have all this other crap to pay in the meantime. Oh well.
I gotta start sending out resumes again. Not because I don't want to stay here but because it isn't what I want to do with my MBA.
So, I got to see WTG & PK's new condo yesterday and I'm fucking jealous. What a great place with an awesome location!
I don't think I could live there though because two things would happen. First, I'd go broke going out every night because so many places are so close. Second, I'd absolutely go over the edge and turn into an AA member because I'd be able to walk home from all the bars.
Hmmm... I thought they were in my neck of the woods. Apparently not.
The price is WRONG, Bitch!
Just couldn't resist... I'm in a strange mood today.
Wow, yesterday was a fun day.
We need to do that again!
Anytime you guys are 'south', I'm up for starting the afternoon off right again and ditching work. Two pools, a hot tub, friends, beer and food = awesome time!
Where's my t-shirt?
Granny wants her GILF T-Shirt instead of the walker, eh?
OK, I'll bite... but it'll cost you. I'll email you the details. ;)
I'm getting tired of this crappy weather... It's really putting a damper on the afternoon pool excursions.
Good! It isn't really fair that you work from home and can therefore drink and swim rather than work...
I want your job!
Although tomorrow I get to do something fun too.
I'm going kayaking!!!
You are a mean old lady. ;)
I didn't think you had any more vacation days left after Sweden. How'd ya manage a kayak trip?
Ya know, it wouldn't kill ya to come out with us tonight after your test.
I'm going kayaking for WORK!!
: )
I accrue vacation days as I work... I don't get them up front.
And I used a time off award that I had been given when I went to Sweden!
We'll see how I feel after class. But I have to be at work for the trip at 7:25... which is earlier than usual... so I might not want to be out late... and I don't even get outta class til almost 10!
*sigh*
I know... excuses...
Well, you know where we'll be... If we 'move' we'll call and let you know.
Good luck tonight!
Thanks! I need it!
Hey crazy, how'd the test go?
Sorry... wasn't in the office today. I was KAYAKING!
I think I might die... yet what am I gonna go do? Go to a class at the gym. I think. Maybe.
The test seemed to go well.
My turn for Dr. crap it seems.
Went this morning because my shoulder feels like I tore something. Dr. checked me out and says it's probably tendonitis or bursitis, but wants me to get an X-ray and is giving me a referral for PT.
I'm liking this Dr. Office more and more lately. If I had gone to my Dr. up in Philly, he would have said take Advil for a couple weeks and don't use that arm. :P
My dr visit is on the 29th... : )
Saw X-Men 3 tonight!!
Everyone please send good luck vibes my way on Wednesday at 5 pm.
Good Luck to you sweet pea.
not NOW!!!
Wednesday!!!
Well, went this afternoon for an X-ray over at Baptist South. I have to say that that is the cleanest and friendliest hospital I've ever been in. I hardly sat down after registering and they had me in the x-ray room. Try that shit in Philly, it wouldn't happen.
Anyway, PT starts Wednesday afternoon. Still have to see if the x-ray shows anything.
Is it the weekend yet????
Good luck tonight T!!!
Thank you, thank you. Let's hope I can sneak out of work about 15 minutes early so I'm home for my interview... and not driving along Southside...
Argh!
ok. So I go to my first PT session today. Let me just say, I'm really liking the bedside manner of my therapist, and she's from Philly...
I'm on a roll lately, so why not another 'crash and burn' attempt... I think I'll wait until I'm done with PT though. HAHAHA!
Maybe you should wait until you are "ready"...
Just a thought.
: )
Tracy - Eat me... I'm ready enough for what I want to do with her! :)-
Forget the quarters, I could bounce silver dollars off of her ass! BTW - I'd expect these conversations to be kept to us as well, ya here?
WTG - They think it's just a bursitis in my left shoulder, but she wants to 'work on me' for at least 12 sessions. I didn't argue with that. :)
As to 'safe' blogs, you know there is no such thing. If someone needs or wants me to delete stuff later, I'll delete it later.
So, I think I'm running up to Total Wine with the neighbors on Friday after my PT. I expect to drop at least 2 or 3 bills to restock the wine rack. We'll all probably go to dinner up there afterwards. It's been weeks since I've done anything with those guys. You guys are 'hogging' me. ;)
BTW - What's going on for July 4th with you guys? The party thing down here is a no go it seems. I was wanting to do another big one like Memorial Day, but they're not up for it...
WTG... tests... let's see. There was my capsim test. I got 48 out of 50. And tomorrow I have the Exit Exam... bleh.
Tony... are you saying her buns are better than mine???????
I also think you meant hear not here. But I don't talk about you to her so don't worry. I prefer to keep my nose out of it.
4th depends. I might head up to the ATL.
Sorry Tracy, but yes. As far as I can tell anyway... I've only slapped yours. ;)
PT is quite... personal. I should've injured myself a loooong time ago.
You have done more (or even as much as) than slap your physical therapist's arse????
Yup, no slapping though... It's a lot of 'hold on to my hips while I stretch ya' kind of thing. Hips, arse, oops... ;)
Like I said, I'm getting a lot out of my PT.
HAR HAR HAR, WTG...
I'll be glad when we don't have to talk about anyone's ass anymore.
What's going on this weekend?
That's fucked up about last Father's day weekend. I'm assuming this weekend is your 'normally' scheduled one... as if there is such a thing as a schedule.
No matter... she was passed around like a sack of sleepin potatoes at Copelands, so what makes this weekend any different? :)
I've erased 4 or 5 different responses because they all sounded pretty lame after re-reading them.
Sorry WTG. I'm sure YOU will figure out the best way to handle it.
I do know, WTG. I hope things settle as quickly as possible.
Sorry girlie. I've found that drinking seems to suppress my nightmares. And people wonder why I drink so much...
I have nightmares... but I don't drink them away. I just cry instead.
: )
Now THIS was an awesome display of disgruntled manager syndrome!
Check out this article/video from this minor league manager.
http://sports.espn.go.com/minorlbb/news/story?id=2500470
ok, my shoulder is f'n killin me right now... but it was worth it. Have I mentioned how much I like going to PT yet this week? ;)
Perv.
Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black...
No.
I don't go to a PT for touchy touchy.
Neither do I... It's just an extra benefit. :)-
Whatever... you wouldn't be so excited if you had a big, hairy PTist...
Um...no. Would you?
Dammit! My office phone, after over 5 years of trusty service, may have just bit the dust.
Right in the middle of a conf. call of course. Grrr...
Looks like I gotta go out and get another decent one. I hate shopping for cordless phones!
I have one somewhere... in a box... in my apartment. It worked well for me forever. You can have it. If I can find it.
Thanks for offering Trace! That's really nice of you... However, I think I'm going to bite the bullet and get another two line cordless since work may be installing a second phone line for me sometime in the future. Depends...
I dunnno if my busted phone just needs a new handset battery... I replaced it once about two years ago when it started going dead way too quickly. This time though the damn thing just shut off instantly without any warning. Really odd.
Anyway, I'm not going to mess with it and instead just go looking for either a 900MHz or 5.8GHz cordless, has to have two lines, have a headset jack on the handset for handsfree, etc... Maybe a Uniden or another Panasonic. I have to live on the damn thing for like 6 hours a day, so I'm going to be a bit picky. :)
I had two cordlesses in my old place... kinda retarded... but I think the second one was a gift... it was nicer and even had caller ID on the phone itself... but the old one worked better. I even dropped it in the toilet once and it continued to work after it dried out. The toilet was clean by the way. Or I woulda flushed the phone right down.
That's not retarded... I've got two too, or had. The only corded one I've still got is just for power outage emergencies...
Well, I'm REALLY retarded then.
I just bought this dual line, dual handset model from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002VMDJ8/102-9932387-9445765?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=172282
This means I'll have three cordless phones in the house now.
That's not what makes you retarded Tony...
: )
Results from tests back in a week. Had to shell out another $150 today that the insurance didn't cover from the last few visits. And I have the feeling they won't pay for this visit either. They only like to pay for one a year... dammit.
Shattup stinky!
At least you're not shelling out $$ hand over fist to lawyers. And now another $350 for a bullshit house appraisal tomorrow. This shit just gets worse and worse all the friggin time.
Of course the dog went flying THRU the 8' screen door on the back patio last night. He gets a bit excited when I come home and doesn't always see that I haven't opened the screen door yet.
Ugh... More work for me. Maybe I can sweet talk the builder into fixing it for me... Yeah, right.
Here, let me throw out a long shot.
Does anyone here know anyone who works in any of the IT departments at Citibank? I've been looking to switch jobs for a while now, and I know Citibank is using some of the software that I specialize in...
So, I need to get in contact with someone in their enterprise management division to see if they need or will be needing any help.
Thanks to anyone who may know someone. :)
I don't know anyone...
I can't even get my own job...
Kevin has an interview on Monday though.
Down here in Jax?
Yup.
Crazy.
Uh... yeah. >Zipping mouth from this point forward<
lol...
dork.
So, I get a phone call at about 9:30am from my neighbor John who is coming off night shift from Bud brewery. He'd already stopped by Total Wine and picked up a 1/4 barrel of beer and wants to bring it over and 'install' it next to the Sierra Nevada keg in my kegerator. (This is for his 4 yr old daughter's B-day tomorrow, BTW!)
So, we wrestle it in there, tight fit, and of course we had to check to make sure it was 'functional'. Ugh, beer before 10am... Feels like college again. ;)
This is going to be an interesting day... BW3 for lunch and then Beer Fest for dinner.
Cool. Give me the info when you get a chance...
So, I guess I can still bullshit with the best of them. I've got a follow up interview with Citibank next week. I'm still just trying to get in the door there so that I can 'move' over to the group I'm looking to get in to...
And here I thought I was out of practice... ;)
So, a couple of weeks back I told you guys that the dog went thru the screen door.
I'm happy to say that I was successful in sweet talking the builder's dispatcher into fixing it. She sent someone out just now to replace it. One less thing for me to mess with.
In case anyone was wondering where I am...
I'm flying up north into Philly and staying with my Mom in NJ until 7/31. My nephew is getting married at some insanely expensive country club... Needless to say, it is costing the bride's parents OVER $35K... Yes I said, $35K! Must be nice to have that kind of cash lying around. (Anyone have $65K I can borrow? I might need it as soon as I get back. ;) ) WTG - Start planning that party girl!
Anyway, we've got a bachelor party set to go for my nephew in NYC, so I predict some serious debauchery will transpire. Sorry, no cameras allowed guys...
Tracy is being nice enough to maintain the Movie quote game while I'm gone. So, be nice to her or else!
Are you back yet?
I'm 'semi' back... Going to be busy the next couple of days.
Thanks for taking care of the place Tracy!
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