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dear family,

YOU SUCK.

I AM NOT MADE OUT OF MONEY SO STOP ASKING TO BORROW IT.

aunts and uncles... i am just the angry, unwilling messenger so stop yelling at me. yell at your dumbass, good for nothing siblings. i don't care that you are my elders. i am an adult. i am smarter than you (my mom gave me that fancy education too). you no longer get to speak to me that way. DEAL WITH IT.

oh cousins, you ignorant assholes. where the hell is your fancy private school education? fuck you and the high horses you rode in on. the day you fall off, i will be the one pointing and laughing.

wolf neighbor in sheep's clothing... you step one foot on my grandparents' property and i will chase you out myself with Grampa's old riffle. that shit still works and he taught me how to use it. i hope they're haunting you and pulling your feet while you sleep. tell them i send my love.

kiss my ass,

me

EMC canceled our dinner plans at the last minute. i called CKang to see what she was up to. local dinner turned into dinner, drinks and dancing in the city. Stevie and I drove in to meet CKang, MCP and Jellybean. Parked in a garage, walked to our meeting place, crossed Time Square and in the process got FREE HUGS!! LOL. only in Manhattan. We ended up at Swing 46. they gave lessons at 9 and they had a live band all night. it took me a few songs to get the steps but by the end of night we were all swinging away. there was a wide range of people from young to old and all different nationalities. my favorite was the couple in their 80s that have obviously been doing this for years. it was like watching moving art. we ended the night with the largest pizza slices in Manhattan, up by Columbia University. good times with great friends made for an awesome saturday night. =)

got back a little while ago from NM screening.

it was an experience from beginning to end... got there at 630 for a 930 screening. Nordstorm rented out the entire theater for the screening (16 screens) so it was a bit of insanity. we got into screen 3 but it was almost to capacity and there was no way we were gonna do front row. so i went to 3 different managers trying to convince them to switch our tickets to the next screen. i gave them a sob story about one of my girls throwing up if she was too close to the screen. and she totally played the part!!! got all pale, tears coming down her face and for a sec i really thought she would up chuck. they all said no so i went directly to the man with the power... the kid passing out the tickets at the head of the line. HE WAS AWESOME!! quickly switched the tickets, no problem. and he said "i just starting giving out tickets for screen 4 so you should be able to get good seats". i almost kissed him. my girls ran past one of the managers, waved their tickets in his face and ran into screen 4. i wish i had caught that on video. the movie started as soon as everyone was in their seats so we only had to wait about 45 minutes instead of 3 hours.

teen bitch next to me, just had to scream in my ear when it started. i in turn, laughed at the most inappropriate moments earning me the stink eye from teen bitch. i was very tempted to spill my drink on her phone.

the movie itself... abs of steal in my face for 3/4 of the movie. anything bad just made me laugh. what's not to love? seeing it again in the morning. YAY!!!

the screaming... i don't know that my eardrums can handle it. too many concerts have made them very sensitive.

almost hit a deer with a death wish this morning. stupid thing just ran across the road into traffic. it's a good thing i just got my brakes changed. put on some old school Biggie to calm my nerves.

went running in the park today... there was a old guy (maybe around 60) making out in his car with a girl that looked to be in her mid 20s. CREEPY. nearly threw up my breakfast.

getting the girls ready to head out to the movie theater.

NM - 4 hours to go.

i already know monday won't be good cause it's almost midnight and i'm still wide awake. i'm a grumpapotamus when i don't get enough sleep. you would think i would have learned my lesson by now and not drink coffee after six but NO. i haven't had starbucks in over a week. that's just not kosher. so i dragged Jazz out of her self induced fanfic hibernation and we made a starbucks run. it was well worth it. not only did i get my latte fix but the flirting with the cute barista got me a free choc chunk cookie. YAY! men are so easy. combine that with all the fanfic updates i got today... HEAVEN!!!

well, i did go running with my brother today and that was no fun. can exercise kill you??? cause i don't see myself making it till the end of the week. we're repeating today's run in the AM. already, a shitty start to monday. grrrrr. it wouldn't be so bad if he didn't go all drill sergeant on me... damn sailor and his military mentality. i know he means well but if i hurl tmrw, i'll make sure it's all over his brand new shiny sneakers. that'll teach him.

i forgot how much i love CHANEL nail polish. yes, it's expensive and in these tough economic times one should not splurge on such things. so, it's a good thing i got all my favorite colors before the economy went to shit. painted on some BLUE SATIN #461 and i love. will do my toes tmrw. =)

alright, i'm off to do something productive. might as well take advantage of the fact that i won't be sleeping for a couple more hours...

Being judged by a certain 13 year old is no fun. Having to be the mature responsible adult is no fun either but such is life. Of course, what I really want to do is yell, "your mom!" and run away after locking her in her room but no. Must be an adult about it.

I've spent the last 3 days in excruciating pain cause of my brother's workout boot camp. A week and a half to go but i'm just about ready to tell him to go screw himself. Again, no. I'm the mature adult.
Bff still not speaking to me cause I bailed out on Halloween but she never bothered to ask why.

Crossing my fingers that the Yankees will win tonight.

thank you Vanity Fair!!!

excuse me while i go drool....

cause...

The Fallout just updated.

i have my new moon tickets.

the chicken in the oven smells delicious.

i just talked to both my brothers. one is on his way to do some bar hopping and the other one is at a party. me? workin. blaahhh. i could use a nice cold beer right now. so sad that drinking is frowned upon when you work with children... it would make things more interesting!!!

looking for new dance moves??? do the YES DANCE!!!!

betty crocker's got nothin' on me. lol....

went apple picking yesterday, up in Warwick. awesome! there were still plenty of apples to pick from, as well as tomatoes, peppers and berries. so today, i got to baking. i'm on baked good #3. perhaps i shouldn't have had that last cup of coffee.

little tree and i went running earlier. he gave me the ultimate compliment.  he was shocked that i could keep up with him mile for mile.  who would have thought, little ol' me would impress my asshole, sailor, overachieving, health/workout nut of a brother.

speaking of sailors, the first female in my family to go into the military is currently at navy boot camp. she has 4 weeks to go.  kick ass, Lucy!  our prayers are with you. ;-)

according to the Apple thesaurus...

idiot: noun (informal)
that idiot was driving way too fast

SYNONYMS: Fool, ass, halfwit, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, moron, imbecile, simpleton;
informal - dope, ninny, nincompoop, chump, dimwit, dumbo, dummy, dum-dum, loon, dork, sap, jackass, blockhead, jughead, bonehead, knucklehead, fathead, numbskull, numbnuts, dumb-ass, doofus, clod, dunderhead, ditz, lumox, dipstick, thickhead, meathead, meatball, woodenhead, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, peabrain, birdbrain, jerk, nerd, donkey, nitwit, twit, boob, twerp, schmuck, bozo, turkey, chowderhead, dingbat.

ANTONYM: genius.

my favorite is Dingbat. what's yours??

it's been three whole weeks since i've been out with the peeps for some good ol' shenanigans. duty called so i had to step back and address some things but life is picking up! which means i'm putting on my dancing shoes this weekend. we're gonna celebrate jellybeans birthday with some carnaval fun at S.O.B.'s. lordy, i didn't even make it a month. yeah, yeah, yeah, i know. i was in the city last weekend for a family party. SO NOT THE SAME.

i tend to find pleasure in the simple things.... this Geico commercial is one of them. cracks me up every time....



K, Bye!!!

i made the excruciating decision yesterday, to NOT go to Martha's Vineyard this weekend.  i let myself get really upset over it for about 12 hours.  i had been looking forward to these 4 days away for over a month.  but i came to the realization yesterday, that going away right now would simply be running away from my problems.... perhaps even make them worse. 

i only told EMC my reasons for not going.  i trust her not say anything to the rest of the crew.  i love them to death but they can be a bit judgy and i don't feel like dealing with it.  EMC  has been the object of their judgments before and she gets it. 

who knew i would wake up with a sense of peace today... my problems are still the same but somehow, there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel. 

i think Jazz is right.... somewhere between Mexico City and Martha's Vineyard, i grew up. 

ever have one of those days when you just feel like a failure at life???

i feel like i'm always two steps behind..... damned vicious cycle and i can't spring free. i've decided to use it as motivation to get my act together. i just need God to take my side for once and allow at least one thing to go my way.   that's all i need... just one.

i'm tired of the obstacles... tired of being told what i'm not good at, what can't be, what's out of my reach. FUCK IT ALL!!! i'm doing this whether anyone believes in me or not.  

Crappy ass Monday.
After a weekend of drinking games and laying on the beach it's back to reality.
Thing 2 is currently in a therapy session. Thank the lord... Her shennanigans from this morning alone are enough material for 2 or 3 sessions.
Mom comes home from her trip to Canadia tonight. I wonder if she brought me back something pretty?

Two more days 'till school starts... Doing a little happy dance.

i hopped on the scale today and realized i gained 5 lbs from all that summer bbq food.  crap!!!  i think i did myself in with all the southern food at  Brother Jimmy's on sunday.   i don't regret it.  it was all yummy and well worth it.  this just means i'll have to work twice as hard to get down to my goal weight.

my beach days are limited now so i'm going to try and squeeze in one last trip on sunday.  we are going to martha's vineyard in september but by then it will be cooler and more about football on the beach rather than sunbathing. 

gonna miss the swing dance festival tonight.  kind of upset about it but i have other things that need my attention. 

today was the first time since my return from vacay that it was cool enough to put on a sweater.  i know it's a fluke and there's a couple more weeks of heat left but i'm loving it.  i can't wait to pull out all my comfy sweaters, scarves and my favorite boots. 

my new, pretty, glorious laptop arrived today.  it's like getting a limb back.  a week without a computer almost drove me to drinking... almost. i'll have to get my little brother a really nice birthday present for sending me this gem.

wasn't planning on shopping tonight, but i got dragged to the macy's one day sale.... summer sandals were 75% off and i got 2 pairs for $25. awesomeness.

tmrw... beer olympics as long as the weather holds up. i know asshole mike said rain or shine but there's no way i'll be out there during hurricane winds.



*the Amazing Mrs. Z (a.k.a. Grammy) was laid to rest today, with her Herby. she was a class act. she lived a long and amazing life which we will celebrate rather than mourn. it's what she wanted. i'm grateful to have met her and shared so much with her. i strive to be at least half the woman she was and make her proud. she's left me with lots of wonderful memories and a love for cooking. Mr. and Mrs. Z, your magic is forever in my heart. ;) *

First my cell bites the dust.
Replace it with a BlackBerry but the intenet won't work. After 2 weeks of fighting with the company it's finally working the way it should.
Good thing since my computer decided to quit on me too. It's been a week. My new one should arrive tmrw. I'm an idiot for not backing up my files when I had the chance. just hoping my computer genius little brother can save them.