it's days like these that keep me on my winning streak

A) I did not have to stay late at Hallmark today. Hooray!
B) I managed to finish all the displays and crap for tomorrow, so I also do not have to go in early in the morning. Double hooray!
C) Severe weather = lots of Sven on my TV!
D) Except that this storm killed two of the trees up at the cabin a couple hours ago. Boo!
E) OMG THANK GOODNESS THIS FUCKING WEEK IS OVER
F) dramallama is not my favorite activity
G) mmmmm...whiskey! crap, I'm outta Jack. Goldschlager it is then!

You know what's frustrating?? The fact that my DSL modem arrived today, but they haven't hooked up my line yet. Instead, it's just sitting there taunting me. They're supposed to have it done tomorrow. *crosses fingers* I'm going to finally be rid of my dial-up!!!!

I'm really looking forward to drinking, eating and Firefly watching at dazeebean's place on Sat night. Work is killing me this week. And my wrist, which huuuuuuuurts. I guess I'll be slamming shots with my left hand. ;)

rockerlee, I'm getting a copy of the FP Vegas show from that guy, so don't worry about needing to make a trade with him. I've got you covered. Anyone else who wants it too, just let me know.


My new Madonna icon is hawt.

Yes, I realize that I still haven't finished my journal entries from LA or done the one for my Des Moines weekend. Hush. They'll get done eventually. I wanted to write up this one while I still have a small thread of memory about what happened. I apologize that the only photos I have to go along with this post are crappy cell phone pics. I cleaned them up as best I could.

My trip to Nashville to see Duran Duran and Stimulator, or ( Leigh's hangover is named Chad Stewart )

Annnnnnd...that's about it! KC trip journal coming soon!!

So, remember, almost two months ago when I took a road trip out to Detroit & Chicago? And promised that I'd post a big journal entry about it? And then never did? Yeaaaaaaah...Well, I wrote the whole entry a while ago. I was just lazy about scanning in the photos to go with it. And then I kinda forgot. But, *tah dah* today I have it for you! Of course, at this point, it's more like a trip down memory lane. =)

( Remember when I went on a road trip and crunched my car? )

I've hit some sort of white trash jackpot, as my weekend has thus far been filled with booze, karaoke, more booze and moonlight bowling. Not to mention the White Castle I am enjoying right now. Excuse me while I go put on my wife-beater.

wonderfungus, you were missed tonight. You would have LOVED the crazy lady running moonlight bowling!!

I'll post some actual stories later. Or something like that.

The next couple weeks seem to be about loss, as a bunch of people that I really like (and a couple I'm not so fond of) are leaving both of my work places. But I suppose that's how it goes.

Thursday night, I spent with my fam, who I haven't hung out with much. My lil bro will be going back to school soon, which is sad. I haven't seen much of him while he's been home. My parents are actually getting to be a little bit excited that I'm going to NYC. Usually, they just remind me that I really can't afford the trip and bitch at me. So, it's cool that they've been asking about what we're going to do. My aunt & I went out for ice cream at Cold Stone (who knew there was one so close???) and ran into one of my bro's best friends. That was cool.

Friday night was Joanne's last night at our B&N, as she's moving to a different store. We had a somewhat spontaneous night out at Applebee's after work. I had left early as there wasn't much for me to do, but still met them out. It was good. Just not very exciting. I was so damn tired. I crashed out as soon as I got home, only to be woken up by a drunk-dialing wonderfungus. He was stumbling home drunk and wanted some company on his walk. And someone to ramble to. It's all good.

Saturday night was Joy's going away party. She's moving out to Rice Lake, WI - which is wrong. You should never willfully move to 'Sconi land.

( Details behind the cut - warning! It's image intensive! Because what's better than drunk photos?? )

When I got home this morning, I found out that one of my high school classmates that I'd actually want to see had emailed me. We're going to try to get a few people together on Tues night. (I guess I'll be calling in "sick" to work - shhhhhhh) This settles my not-actual dilemma about my reunion. I definitely won't be going, since I'll get see the people I want to.

Oh, and who's up for a Twins game?? Jess & I want to get people together for the Oakland game on Sunday, Aug 8th at 1:10pm. We're planning to park and catch the train into the city. 2-L? Laura? Wendy? Chandler? Kace? You guys interested?

My parents have a cabin on Round Lake in Baxter, MN and my friends & I always spend one weekend there during the summer. This year, I noticed that my favorite Minnesota band, Blackstone Cherri, would be playing in nearby Brainerd on Labor Day weekend. Since that’s also my birthday weekend, we decided to make it cabin weekend too.

( A sordid tale of alcohol, dancing, allergies and friends )