I'm Goin Old School

So I too, have felt the need to put a video on my blog being all the sudden excited about my fellow bloggers ones. But first, here is a fun little list of the shows I loved when I was a kid/youngerish person in no particular order.

1. Inspector Gadget (this ran from 83-86!) "Doo da doodadoo inspector gadget...hah hah!!"

2. Legends of the Hidden Temple (not a cartoon-but I luuuved this one) Featuring your good friends Kirk Fogg and Olmeck the rock head

3. Fraggle Rock(83-87) "Oooooh! A Fraggle! huh huh...Look ma! I got a Fraggle!"

4. The Littl' Bits(91-95)

5. Tiny Toon Adventures(90-92)"We're tiny, we're tooney, we're all a little looney. We're tiny toons adventures. Come and join the fun........and now our song is done."

6. Aaahh!! Real Monsters(94-98)

and finally..........

7. Ren and Stimpy(91-98) "I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs!"

And a video for anyone out there that's not happy enough:
may it be stuck in your head too

My Cast.My Cast.My Cast Has Been Fired.

Here are some of the shots I got of my cast signatures. It ended up being 45 strong. :)
Ok, I just got back from the Orthopaedic surgeon and he cut off my cast! A witness guy we know put it on and he was the one who cut if off today too. He told me that it would really tickle but uh, I had no idea how true those words would be as he started sawin'. Holy. Schnikees. I laughed out loud and kept apologizing to him but he just laughed at me. And I'm not even ticklish!(Mostly) I can't imagine how bad Tina would be.....And as he's cutting it off he's telling me the horror story of what it's gonna look like and how it's gonna be absolutely covered in dead skin and horrible looking. I'm terrified. But once he cuts it off, it's surprisingly "smoove" lookin and he even commented on how flaky free it was. "Why sank you doctah!" The leg hair growth was indeed frightening as suspected. But it was in the weird patches that mine and Tina's leg hair grows in cuz of our "Ingine" heritage. The foot is a lot smaller than the other and still really blue and beat up looking. And I am now restrained in the boot that must stay on at all times. Let's have a moment of silence for my cast. Ok, I'm over it now. Ha. I hated that dang thing! But no, the other foot is not broken Heddo. Thank. The. Lord. And we DID just talk about that! I would have died. But I have to wear this great super lace up dominatrixy loooking ankle brace. So I am looking like some hot stuff is what I'm basically trying to convey here. I took a ton of pictures of my cast before my appointment today that I will post later. I have another appointment in two weeks on the same day I have opted to take the NLN for entrance in to the nursing program. Is this a bad choice? Am I perhaps packing too much in to my crippled little day?? Maybe so...but that's how I hobble................

Um, this would be Aaron's reaction to seeing my foot out of my cast for the first time. What a friend. Haha

"It's Not Broken. Just Put Some Ice On It!"

Well, after:

1)just and I mean just discussing in class the effects of Vicodin and me opening my fat trap to say that I'd never had any prescribed to me for any reason

2) bragging openly about having never broken a bone(except my collar bone(clavicle-YES! I have learned something in school!) when I was a wee moose)

3) secretly being envious of anyone that broke a limb in school that got to get a "cool" cast that people could sign and what not

and

4) thinking that getting my time was actually somewhat easy the first two months......

I broke my dang foot. And the extremely exciting story of how it happened follows. I was over at a friends house, sitting on the carpeted floor indian style, watching Grey's Anatomy, and I (stupid me) went to stand up the same way I have done for years by starting on the outside of my feet and then rolling them in to a flat position without using my hands, and heard (and um felt) my bone crack. Yes, that's right. I broke my foot standing up from the floor. So now I have this great tie dye cast on my dumb foot. I broke my 5th metatarsal and as my orthopaedic surgeon said while looking at my x-rays, I "got it good girl!" Yee haw!

So now, I am stuck at the house and I am pretty much totally reliant on everyone in my poor family(mostly poor Tina) and everyday tasks have become annoying chores. I conjured up a way of washing my hair the other day that was I'm pretty sure worse than any workout video I've ever done, especially under the influence of the healing cuckoo crack drug they've given me.And I actually got extemely excited when I was able to shave my legs. It's the small things....

I can't carry anything anywhere because I have these crutches I have to tote along with me everywhere. Going to class is one big hoot and a half. There is all this dang construction going on and they've closed off mostly all the walkways and forced us all to go a bazillion miles out of our way.(Yessssssss) I actually attempted hauling my 3 ginormo books in their big ol bag along with my purse to class the other day and had to stop and rest 4 times before reaching my final destination. On the way however, a man was rolling closer and closer to me on the walkway in a handy golf cart and proceeded to 1)not look to have any sort of handicap other than sheer laziness 2)get insanely close to me and my crutches and 3)fly past me without looking back. Chivalry pivalry....Once I finally made it to class, I was so hot and exhausted I was ready to go back home.

I've been able to use the ever so handy electric shopping carts at both the Kroger and Sams Club. I dunno if any of you have ever hooked yourself up with one of those things, but they are sweet! They move at a tortoises pace, but are quite useful.

I must say, that the most exciting part of this whole ordeal is imagining what my leg will look like when I get the cast taken off. WOOF. As a friend said last night, "It'll be like a hairy cuff on your lower leg!" Whoo hoo! :-/

What a Slacker!!

Alright. It's definitely time for a new one so I thought I'd let ya'll know what I'm up to lately. First of all, the assembly hall project is officially over. Have I mentioned how incredible it was to be there working? This project has turned me in to some sort of crazy wanting to go everywhere and help out woman. I just simply loved being around all those good hard working people. And seeing it all come together felt like some sort of crazy modern day miracle. Who would have ever thought that our assembly hall could EVER look this incredible? I mean, it is just stunning. No more 70's ghetto! :D

Secondly, and completely off that subject, I saw Matt Kearney a few days ago. I love this guy. Tina quoted our favorite song he does in a post recently. L.u.r.v.l.y. He put on a great show aside from making eyes at every girl there which tends to annoy me. Meiko opened up for him and this chick is utterly fantastic! All of us bought her cd and I have listened to it over and over again. And I got to see Griffin House of whom we also love immensely. He came to the Hard Rock Cafe on Beale. He is fantabulous. The whole show was on a donation for breast cancer research basis. It was great aside from highly obnoxious couple seated to my right that kept screaming "H yeah! Yeah Griffin! Whoo!" They also knew every single song and had to sing along and as soon as one started they'd holler out the name of it like none of the rest of us there knew who the heck he even was. But he put on a great show and I got him to sign my autograph book and Brandon and I got our picture with him. He's super nice and seemed to be slightly annoyed with obnoxious couple. And mid show he announced that he had to take a quick break because he was about to pee his pants. Good stuff!

Most of you know, Tina and I have acquired yet another dog. Whoops. But we could not help ourselves from scooping her up. We were leaving work at the assembly hall one day and in the Sears parking lot, we see this little puppy trotting behind these two guys who were extremely annoyed with her presence and proceeded to kick at her every so often when she got too close. And it was a particularly hot day, and any little piece of shade that she could find, she would fall over in and sit for a little while only to get up and run after the guys again when they got to far away. But anywho, we scooped her up and took her home. Turns out she had the non contagious kind of mange which had caused most of her hair to fall out and she was skin and bones. So after two vet visits and about 5 prescriptions later she is well on her way to recovery. We also bought her a sweet little doggy sweater because since she had no hair, she shivered all the time. She's very adorable. We are currently trying to house train her. And we still have Fizgig, Mr Brister, Lil P or whatever pops in my head to call him at the time......and he is getting to be a horse. I mean, this dog has the hugest feet I've ever seen on even a grown dog! But he is blossoming in to one sweet little boy. :) And then of course we have Posey who rules the roost. She is queen bee and is the best baby ever. I know it's probably far too many for our house, but I sure love all my babies. Awww.

OH! And last but certainly not least, yesterday was our last official day to use our nasty decaying cats in lab. We had a test on veins, arteries, and the heart. You can just imagine how fun that was. I had to lean in all close to the various cats to see which vein/artery was pinned. I have never been happier to see something go. I'm pretty sure the smell is etched in my nostril hairs......

Smelly Cat Oh Smelly Cat, How I Hate Dissecting You....

So today in Anatomy and Physiology II, I officially started my two week long process of cat dissection. Our professor informed us that they paid a little more for our cats to have them already skinned. We workin' high class at STCC! We have to work in groups of 4 or 5 per cat and one of the girls I got put in a group with is currently in her third attempt at this class. We decided to name our cat Pat because at this point, we haven't felt around for "holes" and "protrusions" and what not to determine it's sex. And now that we've gotten in to it, it's very easy to tell a boy from a girl.... oh well. I simply have never understood why dissection is necessary. I would SO much prefer to just study the very handy and accurate pictures we have in our books and lab manuals. The sound and smell are worse than the actual cat laying there in front of you. All I could think of was that cartoon movie (highly depressing)(Ah haa! Plague Dogs) about the animals that get captured to have research done on them and they escape and are forced to be running from the lab people the whole time only to almost be caught in the end but drown instead.

Today, after yet another examination of said cat, I am happy to inform you, it's a boy. Our teacher informed us today that our cat's thymus is so lovely and large! Yippee.... Anyways, there will be a test on the cats next tuesday when Mr Baki will have placed stick pins in various organs on the different cats that we have to identify. And this goes on for a long time too. We get to investigate all the different organ systems in the cat.

And to think that I complained about the dang frog I had to dissect in grade school! WOOF! Or should I say........meow..........

Elvis and Catwoman Together At Last!

Well after enough whining on my part, not just me, but my whole family is going to see the Jamie Aaron Kelley experience tomorrow night. It's been a while since I've gotten this excited over a concert. And yes, I know that makes me an utter dork. But seriously guys, I LOVE Elvis. And this guy is amazing-truly amazing. His voice is like buttah, he moves like the King, and even looks like him. You can catch a ton of his stuff on youtube. Did I mention that I am excited? All four of us have VIP passes to see him that dad bought for us. Awwwww! :) I of course will have my ghetto camera with me to catch some sweetness for the blog. Oh, and Ashley, his latest CD is him and the Dempseys. Cool huh? The picture on the front? - all of em' standing on Beale. Under what rock have I been hiding that I haven't ever heard of him before?? I'm just so excited that I get the chance to see him. Yippee!


In other news, dad conned me in to watching Catwoman starring Halle Berry with him tonight. Did anyone seriously like that movie? The only reason I sat through the whole thing is because I simply cannot stand to not know the end to something unless of course it involves some sort of demon possessed something or random floating object, nasty hootchiness, or, well, yall get my point. H.o.r.r.i.b.l.e.

Ok, we went to see him last night and he was every bit as awesome as I imagined! I yelled out for Love Me, and he played it right then. He asked, "Is that a request or a request?" I yelled, "Both!" Harhar. He did a FABULOUS job with that favorite Elvis song. And a little later, he held up a blue heart someone gave him from the audience and I yelled out "Heartbreak Hotel!" Someone a bit louder than me (is that possible??) yelled for Blue Christmas though, and he played that first but then went right in to my request. He was awesome. I was insanely ticked at all the young things that had purchased tickets only to sit around talking, drinking, and not listening to the magic that is his voice. I even hollered at them to shut their pie holes a couple times. But as soon as the show was over, the dumb restaurant started playing rap and what not and all of em' started dancing and grinding and being hootchie. I was SO ticked off. And needless to say, my parents weren't impressed with them either. Darn young people and their lack of respect for good ol' music. It's Elvis week.....in Memphis, Tennessee people! Come on!

Ahw Huh huh!

In case any of you haven't heard, Elvis week is only days away! Lately, I've had the disturbing desire to decorate everything "Elvis-y," including myself. I'll let yall take a gander at some of the great items I'm lusting after at the present moment. 3 days and counting til' it's officially Elvis week. Here's a link for your listening, watching, buying, or simply browsing enjoyment.
www.elvis.com

And here is a list of many of the exciting upcoming events scheduled for Elvis week 2007.
August 10 - Sun Studio Allstars Concert
8:00 PM
SATURDAY 11

Hunka Hunka Burnin' Peppers - Memphis Farmer's Market
7:00 AM-1:00 PM
Fan Appreciation Day at Elvis Presley Birthplace
10:45 AM
Cranston Fabric "Make and Take" Workshop
12:30 PM & 2:30 PM
The Memphis Redbirds and AutoZone Park - Official Elvis Week Kick-Off Event
6:10 PM
SUNDAY 12
ELVIS EXPO 2007
Merchandise and Memorabilia Showroom – Day 1 of 3
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest – QUALIFYING ROUNDS
5:00 PM
George Klein's Elvis Mafia Reunion
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
MONDAY 13
ELVIS EXPO 2007

Merchandise and Memorabilia Showroom – Day 2 of 3
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Elvis Music & Movies at Graceland
7:00 PM
TUESDAY 14
ELVIS EXPO 2007
Merchandise and Memorabilia Showroom – Day 3 of 3
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Elvis Scrapbooking Class with EK Success
12:00 PM & 2:00 PM.
Elvis Music & Movies at Graceland
7:00 PM
Rockin' Sock hop with Sonny Burgess and the Pacers
8:00 PM - Midnight
WEDNESDAY 15
4th Annual Elvis Film Festival Presented by Malco Theatres
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mass in Memory of Elvis
3:00 PM
Candlelight Vigil
8:30 PM
THURSDAY 16
Elvis Day on Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
Starting at 6:00 AM Eastern/5:00 AM Central
Elvis: Walk A Mile In My Shoes Tour Series
9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon. Boarding at 8:30 AM.
Jerry Hopkins - The Once and Future Elvis: A Conversation
10:00 AM
George Klein's Elvis Memorial Service
12:00 Noon
Elvis Presley Induction - Peabody Duck Walk of Fame
4:45 PM – 6:00 PM
Elvis: The 30th Anniversary Concert
8:00 PM
Elvis: Midnight in Vegas Concert
"That's the Way It Is"
11:59 PM
FRIDAY 17
The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest - FINALE 7:00 PM
SATURDAY 18
25th Annual Elvis Presley International 5K to Benefit United Cerebral Palsy
8:00 AM
Heart and Soul Of Rock 'n' Roll Party

8:00 PM
Club Elvis at Graceland
9:00 PM - 12:00 Midnight
MULTIPLE-DATE EVENTS
Walk-Up Times for the Meditation Garden
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM daily. Evening walk-up dates/times TBA.
The Elvis Presley International Art Show - Fan Art From The Graceland Archives
July 27 - August 18
Live Entertainment Tent at the Elvis After Dark Complex
August 10-18. Day and night.
Live Entertainment at EP Delta Kitchen & Bar - Jamie Aaron Kelley
Nightly, August 11-16.
Memphian Theatre Tours
August 11-17. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
Tours of Lauderdale Courts
August 11-18.
Elvis Week Art Contest & Exhibit
Daily, August 11-19.

Budweiser Clydesdales at Graceland
August 14-18, daily. Times TBA.

Elvis Bingo

Kaetlyn

So this weekend was spent in Chattanooga at a funeral. I've lost three grandparents and yall know how horrible any death feels and what a toll it takes on your heart, body, and mind. It was a horrible, "part of me gone" type feeling every time I lost a grandparent. And while we are never ever programed to be "ready" for someone to die, and I hope this doesn't sound harsh, it does ease some of the pain knowing they had a long happy life full of memories and experiences. But when someone young that hasn't even tasted what life has to offer dies, it's a feeling all together different. I have never lost anyone like Kaetlyn before. She was 17.

She stayed with us at our house during Memphis in May and the memories of her there are still so fresh and real to me. (She's in the group shot of my Music Fest post from May 14th)She was obsessed with this black and gold sparkle eyeliner I had and she used it every day of music fest. There were questions about which outfit to wear, if she could borrow a belt, if we drink coffee in the mornings, how it was to be out on our own..... We stayed up late talking about boys, crushes, makeup and other very obviously "girl" talk. And I remember talking with her thinking, "This girl is really cool. I feel drawn to her. She is a really 'wise for her age' soul." It was the first time Tina and I had actually gotten to spend real time around her when she was no longer a little girl with what seemed to be a greater gap in age between us. I remember her being here so perfectly. And now she is just.....gone. I've read the thank you card she sent us over and over. I can't imagine how her parents must feel. They have her room, all the little things around the house that she used, meeting books that she studied, clothes that still smell like her, things she left on her floor, makeup on her dresser she had put on the morning of the accident, and just tons of reminders that she was just there, things that she will no longer touch, hold or use. What do you do with it all? Do you leave it the way she did?

It just all seems so surreal........

Aaron Always Said,"Embrace Your Inner Nerd."

Ok, I have a billion things to say. First of all, most of you know about the new man in my life. I'm becoming quite attached. His name is Fizgig, Lil' Peanut, Biscuit Head, My Sweet Lil' Man, Mr. Brister and whatever else happens to pop in my head when I see him, but mainly the first two. I'll include his picture when I get a chance. I'm trying desperately to house train him. Yeesh. Not. Fun. He is mostly Rhodesian Ridgeback and has this sweet very pronounced mohawk running down his back. He is going to be utterly huge I'm afraid. When I got him, he was a little over ten pounds. I weighed him this morning and he's now a whopping 21.4! He's a sweet little man though. Ok, I just weighed him again yesterday and he is now 26.4. Whoa nelly!

I went to Missouri recently for Omar and Rheanna's going to Bethel party. It was fun. We danced and danced and danced....... And once the crowd thinned out, Rheanna's brother got the mic and said some parting words to O and Rhe and then asked his girlfriend to come over, after which he dropped on one knee and asked her to marry him. Whoa nelly. She said, "Yes." Everyone cried. I've never seen anyone get proposed to before in real life. It was crazy. Heather convinced me to stay until Monday and I'm glad I did, but then there came the time when I had to say "bye" to O and Rhe and that was r.o.u.g.h. I was totally fine and dandy the whole time I was over at their house, but then, out of nowhere, the floodgates opened. And boy do I mean opened. Doh! :( Looks like I'll be planning a trip to New York soon! Seriously love those guys. I even wrote a dorky poem for them.

I have once again developed the horrible desire that hits me every single summer and I realized it the other day. It's the need to go swimming always. I can hardly concentrate on working when it's this hot because all I want to do is run for the nearest pool. The other day was seriously bad. I was so thankful when it finally poured down rain like crazy.

"The Nerd, Geek, Dork Test" - shafted openly from Ashley's blog :)

Your Score - Pure Nerd
52 % Nerd, 43% Geek, 30% Dork

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.


You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd.

The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful.

Congratulations! Wow- who knew??

My Life's Soundtrack According To My iMoose

Story of My Life...according to Apple's iPod!
The Soundtrack of Your Life: Here's how it works: Open your computer music files, ipod etc and set to 'shuffle'. Whatever song plays first goes in the first slot (no cheating!). When you go to a new question, hit the 'next' button' and continue doing so until all blanks are filled.

Here ya go Ashley... :)

1. Opening Credits: "Right For Me" - Justin Timberlake featuring Bubba Sparkx (I forsee an odd future)

2. Birth: "Cast No Shadow" - Oasis (ahh! I can see the head.. looks like....it's a.......groundhog!)

3. First Day At School: "Afraid Not Scared" - Ryan Adams ( I like it!!)

4.Falling In Love: "Not Only Numb " - Gin Blossoms

5. Fight Song: "Sparkling Diamonds " - Nicole Kidman from Moulin Rouge (um, wow! what a toughie!...."the French are glad to die for love....a kiss on the hand may be quite continental.....nice one iPod-jeesh)

6. Breaking Up: "Basement " - Puddle of Mudd (sweeeeeet)

7. Prom: "Don't Make Me Dream About You" - Chris Isaak

8. Life: "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" - Elvis ( You don't have to, but I like it when you do...arfarf)

9. Mental Breakdown: "Over It" - Katherine McPhee (apparently it's quick and painless?? Stop laughing at me because I have Katherine Mcphee on my iPod..)

10. Driving: "Somebody's Crying" - Chris Isaak (ooooh good one!)

11. Flashback: "Buttons" - The Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop (whoa nelly!)

12. Wedding: "Wait For You" - Nelly Furtado

13. Birth of a Child: "Bad Magick" - Godsmack (oh dear-apparently some sort of child of the corn or something)

14. Final Battle: "Green Eyes" - Coldplay (YES! I can think of no other song that would get me in a fighting/battling mood. Uh huh....)

15. Death Scene: "The Trouble With Never" - Tim McGraw

16. Funeral: "Crash Into Me" - Dave Matthews Band

17. Ending Credits: "Things Go Wrong" - Chris Isaak ( nothing like a life well lived?.... :( harsh! )



Ok, here is what I would choose for my soundtrack if it wasn't up to iPod.

1. Opening Credits:Hips Don't Lie - Shakira I'm not quite sure why...but it just felt right. :)

2. Birth:Green Eyes - Coldplay

3. First Day At School:"83" - John Mayer "These days I wish I was 6 again. Oh make me a red cape. I wanna be superman."

4.Falling In Love: "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room" - John Mayer "We're goin down and you can see it too. We're goin down and you know that we're doomed. My dear we're slow dancing in a burning room."

5. Fight Song: "Whatever" - Godsmack "And I wander day to day. I don't like you anyway. I don't need your crap today. You're pathetic in your own way."

6. Breaking Up: "Stars and Boulevards" - Augustana "Late nights won't do me justice cuz when I drink I just get so ....depressed and it not's like I ain't trying to get over you."or "Forever Blue" - Chris Isaak. "Nobody ever warns you or tells you what to do. She walks away. Your left to stay alone,forever blue." Lord knows, I could have more than one break up song in my soundtrack.

7. Prom: "Hold Me Now" - Thompson Twins uh just cuz I'm a nerd and love this song

8. Life: "Both Sides Now" - Joni Mitchell "I've looked at life from both sides now....it's life's illusions I recall. I really don't know life..at all."

9. Mental Breakdown:"The Sickness" - Disturbed just a good gone nuts song

10. Driving: "Song 32"- Blur - Just absolutely LOVE this song to drive to - don't know why, just do. :) At least it's some number. I think it's 32. Ya'll know the one I'm talking about.

11. Flashback:"Someday" - The Strokes "In many ways, they'll miss the good ol' days....someday, someday.......When we was young, oh man did we have fun, always, always.."

12. Wedding: "Crazy For You" - Griffin House

13. Birth of a Child: "My Precious One" - Celine Dion Sorry if that's horrendously cheesy.... Can't help it. LOVE this song. "Just bow your head and give your cares to me. Just close your eyes and fall in to the sweetest dream cuz in my loving arms, your safe as you will ever be so hush my dear and sleep."

14. Final Battle:"Doperide" - Saliva

15. Death Scene: "Overcome" - Live

16. Funeral: "The Scientist" - Coldplay "Nobody said it was easy, it's such a shame for us to part. Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be this hard."

17. Ending Credits:"Rain" - Breaking Benjamin

Ahhhhh Florida....

(This first paragraph was written on 5-26-07)We just got back from Destin today. We left at 4:45am last Saturday morning and drove all day to arrive in the afternoon at our very adorable beach condos. I am proud to say that I am noticebly tan(for me) and I have a tan line where I wear my ring so that's saying somethin'! Of course mom and dad were the first ones to see us and they saw me and smiled and then when Tina walked from behind the car it got a >gasp!!You're SO dark!!< I got "Aww! Your so freckly!" :( Oh well......

The weather was superb the whole time. And the water was perfect the first few days and then turned into a churning mass of killer rolling waves overnight. In fact, Julie and I decided to take a chance at swimming/tumbling at one point, and Julie got caught up in a wave that sent her spiraling towards the shore like a tube sock on the hardcore wash cycle. She lived though, so that's good. :D

I'm happy to say, that I kept with the tradition of getting sick on vacation and managed to pick up a fabulous cold while I was there. Grrrr....

The pictures....top left - Our group(without Julie, B, and Lauren)leaving the Lucky Snapper where we had a yummy dinner.
top middle - Me at Fudpuckers where everyone at our table signed and dated it. Mine says MOOSE and I put the date and my initials next to it.
bottom left - shopping day in front of the fountain
bottom right - It's Tina and I in front of Bass Pro Shop. But hello, I had to have our picture taken in front of the "Hunters" part! :) We both look like goobers and I apparently wanted to make sure everyone knew why we were taking the picture, what with the pointing and all.(what a nerd) Haha

So there you have it. May has been one crazy month. Beale Street Music Fest was the first weekend as I have told you about. The next weekend was the party in Baton Rouge. And at the house we were staying at for the party, we were able to have some good ol' redneck fun shooting cans in a pond and throwing hatchets at a stump(that was a hoot) And then there was Florida! So no one ask me to do anything at least until July, cuz I'm poor as Job's turkey....Arfarf. But ain't it all worth it when I had such a fabulous time!

No Rain, Tp in the Dispensers, or Corona(Despite Passing the Cart a Few Times-Doh!)

Well, this year's music fest did not disappoint. Of course, nothing will ever top last year and my 5 minutes of fame, but we had a hoot!

Friday- I won two tickets from the radio for this day and was quite excited to get Aaron and the other half of D-n-A in for free. The trip downtown was a bit crazy and we got a late start, but once we got out of the scary Taco Bell alive and then out of the car once we were downtown, we were all excited. Tina and I decided to bust out the crazy rain boots that we had shipped overnight for the occasion. Anyways, as we're walking to one of the stages, channel 13 people call us over and ask if they can interview us about our boots, to which we say, "Heck yes!" We ended up getting a good bit of air time. Boy are we southern!! Yikes! And why did no one inform me that I speak out of the side of my mouth like some cockeyed camel! Retarded!! Anywho, there was no rain because Aaron came with us-haha. Chevelle was awesome as usual. We made our way to the very front where I proceeded to acquire bruised ribs and had an "incident". Tina freaked out and had to be pulled out of the crowd(not due to the incident...or wait....was it??-haha) Our friend B-Rad got my sister and I backstage for Red Jumpsuit Apparatus which was really really cool. I took some pics from the stage on my camera phone. I was sad to say that he kind of sung my favorite song by them through his nose. :/ The evening ended with having a Snake Bite at Dan McGuiness. YUM!

Saturday- This was a FUN day. The ones that stood out to me were Taking Back Sunday, Jacks Mannequin, and um, another one that was quite possibly the best show I've ever seen. I had to use the porta potty several times that day and that was not fun.....but by the second time, I would wait for one that had 1)toilet paper still hanging from the roll dispenser and 2)hand sanitizer. These were hard to come by! >:( ew..... those things will never cease to make me wanna hurl.

Sunday- I was crazy excited about my boy Chris Daughtry and also Barenaked Ladies. I also really wanted to see Hinder, Egypt Central, Papa Roach, and Guster. We had our assembly that day so we got a crazy late start and missed at least two that I wanted to see. It was crazy packed once we finally got in. I hate it when it's like that. Anywho, I had every intention of getting really close for DAUGHTRY so that I could throw myself on the stage...arfarf.....but alas, everyone else had the same idea. :( It was p.a.c.k.e.d. And then my cousin started hyperventilating like Tina does and had to be carried off to an ambulance which was not cool. Tina gets really freaked out too if she gets in a crowd and can't find an out and she will start the same thing which always freaks me out. We did, however get to ride around in an ambulance with some really nice medics who wanted ice cream for their services. And we got a free ride to our car that was parked three million miles away. We were all glad she was ok, but I was mucho sad I missed my shows. There is something that will always prevent me from seeing Egypt Central when they come. That's the second time I've missed seeing them when I was supposed to. :(

But all in all, we had a really really great time. The pic on the left is most of the peeps we went with.
Also, I thought I'd share this redneck squirrel rockin' shot of me with the blog world. (on the right with Tina in the background even though my fat hand is covering up a lot of her face) This is right before Chevelle, shot courtesy of Aaron.

Remembah, I watching you!!

Well, hehro. Dis is Chinese Slave Drivah. I figyah it about time I take matter into my own hand and do blog post on dis stupy site. She nevah post notting good anyway! I heah stupy guhl finish her semester of college today. I sure she fail cuz she stupy. Hahahaha! I show her what real work is! That sister know someting bout real wuk when I treaten to beat her when she not wuk! For instance, when we paint riving room in house of stupy gulls, I scah Tina very much wit my threatening wuhds! Hahahaha! Dis make me laugh refrecting back on dis. Ok, I tink I say all I want to. Eryone behave because Chinese Slave Drivah have ways finding out wheh you live! One of favorite tings in life is to treaten others! Ok, I leave you now.

Take an hour and call me in the morning

> 1 . FIRST NAME? Audrey

> 2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My grandma(mom's mom). Her name was Audrey Lucille

> 3. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Last Sunday

> 4.DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yea I do actually

>5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Woof. I'll take a veggie burger

>6. KIDS? uh... are known to have runny noses and can often be seen picking those noses, grow really fast, are short, is a term for baby goats

> 7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Do I have multiple personality disorder? I'm friends with all my personalities....

> 8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL ? Sure do

> 9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Does a dog pee in the woods?

> 10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Sure do-never have given me any problems

>11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I would LOVE to. But it's bad umkay? DOH!

> NO 12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? For practicality, the miraculous Kashi crunch that keeps me full for long time. For sheer pleasure and indulgence, Lucky Charms. Yummmmy......Lucky Charms......

> 13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Nope, and then I always get annoyed when I have to put them back on. Grrrrr

> 14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Physically I do. Emotionally not so much.

> 15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Peanut Butter Passion and Love Potion #31 tie

> 16. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Their build I suppose

> 17. RED OR PINK? RED!

>18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My lack of ability to say "no"

> 19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Bop Bop and someone else who will remain unmentioned

> 20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? I'm not really sending it to anyone so I guess it should be "do I want everyone to comment on it?" Heck yes I do!

> 21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Blue jeans-Levi's and my brown Birkenstocks

> 22. THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Some tuna with garlic salt, pepper,and a pickle and sweet tea

> 23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The birds chirp outside and Posey snoring

> 24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Orange




INTERMISSION!- Please enjoy an ice cold beverage or the tasty snack of your choice before continuing......



> 25. FAVORITE SMELL? Coffee being ground, dad, Tommy, cilantro being chopped, clean laundry smell on someone

> 26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? I wish it was 93x to win Music Fest tix, but I can't seem to get through! DOH! But other than that, it was Tina

> 27. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? I do!

> 28. FAVORITE DRINK? Sweet tea and Corona with lime

> 29. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? College basketball is the only sport I like to watch and boy do I love it!

>30. HAIR COLOR? Naturally really dark brunette but now I have lots of blonde in it for the summer. Whoo hoo! Lauren is the woman!

> 31. EYE COLOR? Green,brown,hazelish-I don't know. Tina says brown, but I think more green

> 32. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Nope

> 33. FAVORITE FOOD? Chick peas

>34. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Um, I guess if I have to pick, I'd say happy endings. I hate a dang sad ending!

> 35. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? The Prestige. WOOF! Let me just go kill myself.... refer to previous answer

> 36. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? a nudey pink tank with a white one that has different shades of green starburst things all over it on top of that, and my trusty Touch Up Solutions work apron on top of that.

> 37. SUMMER OR WINTER? I love all I get to do in the Summer outdoors, but I HATE being hot. I never(ok-usually never) have frizzy humidified hair in the Winter and am never hot. I dunno. I like the changing seasons. How's that?

>38. HUGS OR KISSES? Depends. Who's askin'?

> 39. FAVORITE DESSERT? Rice pudding

> 42. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? eek too many...... Narnia chronicles, and trying my best to make it all the way through the Bible (cue angelic chorus)

> 43. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? brown shingles, a window box, white siding...... But that mouse is goin' down!!!!

> 44. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST ON TV LAST NIGHT? um, nothing

> 45. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Posey chewing her fleas....haha For real, nights outside at our new house are pretty awesome sounding, mom's singing voice(I never hear it anymore-the one she used to sing songs to us when we were little with), a harp, music I'm in the mood for, Moses howling at the fire engines(never ceases to make me bust a gut)

> 46. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Rolling Stones.....I guess. I'll take Elvis Presley for 1000 Trebek.

> 47. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Italia!

>48. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Oooh! Don't bury it in the ground-make that sucker give you some interest!

> 49. WHEN WERE YOU BORN? September 21st 1983

-THE END-

Loosen up my unbottns babe....

By now, this is probably considered vintage....... haha
Who doesn't love a good useless but hilariously(yes, that's a word) funny questionnaire every now and again??

YOUR REAL NAME: Brooke Hunter

YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle.) Broizzle Watch out. I might actually start going by this one.

YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal) Royal Blue Dog

YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name and the street you live on) Brooke Brownsville

YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Hunau

YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink) Burnt Orange Sweet Tea

YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of you dads middle name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, and last letter of your moms middle name) Unbottn -----oh my!!!!

YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents middle names) Dianne Anthony

YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets) Black Posey

YOUR ADULT FILM STAR NAME: (your first pet's name plus your mother's maiden name) Bubbles Robertson

And the Hits Just Keep On Comin!!

With a one point victory over Texas A&M, our boys are now in the elite eight! I knew the outcome of that game before I watched it (dang bean spillers-haha), and I still was jumping up and down and screaming at the tv while I was watching it. What a nail biter!! I have currently become obsessed with covering every inch of my body in Tiger gear. I have provided a picture for your viewing enjoyment. I will wear this shirt until it rots off my body. Haha. I intend on going in tomorrow before the game and getting an elite 8 shirt for myself. I bought one for dad today because he was dying to have one but there were none in his size when I went the other day. The Tiger Bookstore had gotten a shipment in today but none in my size. :( I was told to come back tomorrow. And I will!

I started this entry forever ago as you can tell. I thought about changing what I had written at the beginning but it just makes me so happy reading back over this when it was before I knew they got the shaft later. :( So there you have it. Yes, we got to the elite eight and that is an amazing accomplishment two years in a row. I really am truly proud of my boys. I do however hate how the referees handled the last game in the second half. I got so angry that I had to walk around the block and could not watch the last two minutes. But anywho......getting off of that, let me splain' the pictures. The one on the left is when I was still so hopeful that they would advance to the elite eight. And dad is wearing the shirt I bought him. Note: I said fully decked out. Tiger flip flops, belt, blue jeans, blue ring, blue bracelet, and official shirt that rotted to my body...haha. And that's my Tiger tag and sticker there in the background. The top one is all of us that wore Tiger gear after the game that we watched at my parents place obviously very sad about the outcome. And finally, we have our hopeful next season picture on the right.

Good season boys. Good season indeed. Here's to next time going to the Final Four! YOU CAN DO IT!! You don't want to let down these very loyal fans.....

P.S. I have been meaning to post the "after the temperature flew back up" snowman picture and I finally did if you care to take a peep at it a few entries ago. :) Poor little guy......

SWEET 16 BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We won again! Yee haw! FINAL FOUR FINAL FOUR FINAL FOUR FINAL FOUR...................Oh, was I saying something? HEH HEH! How bad does it stink that CDR has hurt his ankle though? That looked really bad. I have to say that I am so proud of them for still being the bomb without him and I think it shows just how awesome of a team they are. And take Coach Cal's advice team, "shut your eyes and imagine yourself making free throws." You can do it!!

BRING ON THE MARCH MADNESS!!

This is why we're hot! This is why we're hot! We're hot cuz we're fly. Texas ain't cuz they not! BOO YA! I'm so proud of my boys! The first half was making me a little crazy but looks like Coach Cal stepped in and kicked them to their senses. Please let us make it to the final four. Please let us make it to the final four...... Nothing gets my blood pumping and my throat scratchy faster than some Tiger basketball! Whoo hoo!

GO TIGERS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Curly hairs - an ode to grandma Hunter

Well, another year, another grandparent..... We just got back from my granny Thelma's funeral. Currently everyone is in the living room doing the southern, after funeral gather round for lots of food and story telling thing. My dad's brother decided to not come to the funeral - how lovely. I'm so worried about my grandpa because he's of course been taking grandma's death really hard. Dad went around their house the other day taking pictures of things the way she left them (the kitchen sink with all her little knick knacks from over the years from all her kids that she would have never dreamed of getting rid of, the pictures on her wall that were hung perfectly straight because we're all pretty sure she had a level built in to her head, her cabinet filled with empty jars that were destined to be filled with her pickles or other things from her garden.......) We've spent a lot of time laughing at the goofy memories we all have of her. Anyone that has been "privileged" enough to hear my granny Thelma stories knows what I'm talking about. I rest assured that my world will just not be as "purdy, curly, or paihnchable" without her. :(

Let me in! I'm naked!

Ok ok people. I will now share this highly disturbing story with you. My good buddy insists no stalking will take place from the streaker or said family of streaker after writing. So I'm trusting him on this one. If I get a stalker we can all blame it on him. Haha. And begin.........

Last weekend was going very nicely. Tina had left for Missouri with D-n-A and I was planning on coming up that Saturday because some "things" needed to be "taken care of" Friday evening.....Anyways, fast forward through the goodness and land me smack in the middle of Friday night bummed without Tina, alone, downtown in my car. I decide to call "Bob" and "Mrs. Bob"*. They tell me to come on over and we'll talk. So I make my way to their house and we stay up talking till about 2:30. They took crazy good care of me and told me I should just crash at their place instead of going home to the empty house. I agree and crash on their couch. Well, I finally get my head to shut up and go to sleep......only to be awakened at about 4 am to the sound of banging, beating, shouting, and general unpleasantness outside. Now people, anyone that knows me well, knows that I could have a tornado rolling through my bedroom and a cow land on my face and I'd still be drooling on the pillow. But this night, I was AWAKE. I hear lots of moaning and some very un-nice things. And finally it stops. And then......the said moaner comes to our door and starts beating his body in to it and turning the handle! (Enter my immediate heart failure) This stops pretty quickly about the time I hear another voice. I decide to take a peep out of the blinds at this point and lo and behold there were two moons out that night. =-O !!!! Yes, the shouting man had removed all his clothes from the waist down and was prancing around the yard. The other voice I heard was a cop. So moony man decides he wants to go for a swim in the pond that had to be cold and was not looking welcoming in the least. But the cop is yelling at him to not do it and >splash< in jumps moony man. The cop finally gets him to the edge and starts to handcuff him but moony man ain't having it and starts bucking and flailing-nearly throws the cop in the water. More cops finally arrive and sad to say left their tazers and night sticks at the office apparently. But I got to see a good old fashioned whoopin' cuz moony man had decided to take on the whole police force that had arrived. He was hog tied and hauled away in an ambulance. This was about 4:30am. And that's when I went back to sleep. The next morning, boy did I have a story to tell! "Mrs. Bob" however was very upset that 1.she did not get to see a live version of her favorite show COPS and 2."Bob" slept through the whole ordeal not really demonstrating his "I a caveman and protect family at all costs" skills. Heh heh. Later that day, I drove to Missouri in tornado strength winds only to come back home not even 24 hours later. I know how to pack some fun in a weekend!
*names have been changed to protect the innocent

BOYCOTTING FIRESTONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, last weekend I got a flat tire. We (ok ok-mostly Todd, while Tina and I watched- I did a lovely job of cranking up the jack thank you very much) changed it out for the spare and I took it in to Firestone the next day for them to fix/replace it. I have road hazard on the things, I bought the tires from them, and that's where I always take them when I run over something which I tend to do quite a bit. The guy was an utter jerk and treated me like I didn't know my butt from a hole in the ground because I'm a woman and proceeded to tell me my car needs about $1300!! worth of repairs while I'm at it, some of which included a $40 oil change she wasn't due for, a $15 battery corrosion package(hello! coke!), and various other pumps and jim jammies replaced. I told him I'm not getting anything done but the tire. Anywho, today, I'm coming back from my last class of the day, and everything's going fine. I decide I don't want to go home because the weather is so bee-u-ti-full and so I was trying to get a signal on my dang phone that is about to kick the bucket to see if anyone would want to meet me for coffee. And so I am turning on to Summer and whoa nelly! I almost run in to oncoming traffic because I cannot turn my wheel. I am wondering,"what tha heck??" But I forcefully turn the thing and pull it in to the closest parking lot. By this time it dawned on me that my dang power steering had gone out. So I did what any girl of my nature would do when they aren't really sure what to do. I called dad. He asked if I could drive it, just as far to their house. And so I cranked her up (I noticed that was the second time I was able to use the expression"crank up" in this entry- sweet!) and hand over hand fully flexin, back her up, and pull her back on to Summer. Well........ I'm driving along (in a mostly straight line so that was good) and I see smoke emerging from my hood. This causes me to look at my temperature gauge and sure nuff'- I'm overheating! Yay! I start praying at this point, "Please just let me make it home. Please Bessie, just make it home. C'mon old Bessie. You can do it." She's a' smokin' and a' boilin' acting all fussy but I made it to mom and dad's........where we proceed to pop the hood and take a peek. Ok, my serpentine belt is just dangling, there's some random pulley wedged in between metal, and my water is boiling. "Hmmm, not good." I think. And then I thought to call Firestone and chew them out for messing with my levers and pullies without my permission(please ask, thank you very much) and got so stinkin' mad, I thought it might be better for dad to do it. Well, he called them and told them the story. Of course, they simply "performed a totally visual only test. We couldn't have caused it." How the devil would they have known all that $1300 was wrong with it just from looking at it I'd like to know! But he was nice-ish and said "alright then." and hung up. And so now, I am stuck at mom and dad's with no car writhing in my anger. And so in the words of the girl from Saturday Night Live........."I think my feelings could best be expressed in a song by No Doubt"
Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me
Don't let me out of your sight
I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite
So don't let me have any rights
Oh....I've had it up to here!
The moment I step outside
So many reasons for me to run and hide
I can't do the little things I hold so dear
Cause' it's all those little things that I fear
Cause I'm just a girl, I'd rather not be
Cause' they won't let me drive my stupid car
without telling me there's $1300 worth of stuff wrong with it
and just fix my dang tires
Cause' I'm just a girl, guess I'm some kind of freak
Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes
I'm just a girl, take a good look at me
Just your typical prototype
Oh....I've had it up to here!
Oh....am I making myself clear??

2 Words

IT SNOWED!!!!



(And I got a little carried away with making a unique snowman-hehe)
Now Spring's approach won't make me sad for lack of playtime in the snow. :D Yay! So happy!

Spring Break!

Well, I am going to Treasure Island beach in Tampa Bay, Florida in March during spring break. Still not sure of the dates of the Hard Rock Cafe Florida job, but I am loving all this trip action! Yippee! A little group of us are getting some cheap rooms in a po dunky joint...but it's on the beach! I'm so excited! Though we are driving there....so that's a little icky, but I'm trying to convince my parents to let us take their minivan so we can all fit in one car at least. We'll have 6 drivers though, so that should make it easier. And it should end up being a pretty cheap trip, which is always nice. I'm trying to figure out a way to get at least a smidge of sun presence on this pasty white body of mine...... If I don't.... which is most likely seeing as how the only way I could get some sun is in a tanning bed, and that will never happen (I guess I could try the fake bake layering lotion stuff but the last time I did that, I got a huge patch of hives on my arm. I don't know if it was from that or the other hive inducing things goin' down in my life at the time....but still! How straight up nasty would it be to have hives and pastiness on the beach????!!!!!) Everybody!.....bring out your sunglasses!!

Florida! Whoo Hoo!!

Well, I apparently talked to much smack about Key West and someone out there is listening. OK, either that, or somewhere, sometime, a band of drag queens and beer wenches put a tracking device in me and now check my blog in addition to knowing where I'm at 24/7. =-0 !!!! I say this because a couple weeks ago, we refinished the bar at the local Hard Rock Cafe. They obviously liked what they saw and are now requesting us to do another........in......Key West Florida-home of the lowered pirate beer wench and Sushi in the red shoe. N.o. W.a.y. What timing! But hey! Who's complainin'?? So... we are gonna make it a little extended work/trip with the family. Tina will of course be able to camp out on the beach all day everyday (grrrrr). But I will slave my fingers to the bone getting it all done in record time(hopefully-please please!) so that I can hang with the wench. Huh Hhmmm....... The pirate beer totting variety of course. Sushi and beer wenches, here I come!

Just Chillin' With My Peeps....

I always stay up and watch the ball drop in New York City on New Year's. Sometimes the local stations here decide to not show it and use the time to show car chases and other useless trash I couldn't give two hoots about when the countdown is going on. But alas, this year I was able to see it, twice! (New York time and our time) But while watching, one of my friend's informed me that last year, she saw a drag queen being lowered in a red shoe, and I thought, "That's hilarious! I wonder if other places drop things??" Sooooo.... I am thrilled to share with you what I found. Enjoy..... In Havre de Grace, Maryland, a wooden duck is lowered. Atlanta, Georgia lowers an eight foot tall by eight foot wide, over 800 pound peach. North Carolina has a few different ones. In Brasstown, they lower a live opossum in a cage, Mount Olive, a pickle, and Raleigh, a 900 pound brass acorn. And Texas?? They hope to lower Darren Ballard's testicles in 2009. !?!? Indeed! Pennsylvania has the most.(28!!!!) In Blain, it's a cow made of wood, dropped from a silo. Falmouth has a stuffed goat lowered. Hershey raises a giant Hershey Kiss , and Mechanicsburg lowers a wrench (get it? Mechanics burg- a wrench- cute huh?) just to name a few. One of my personal favorites is the giant Peep that gets lowered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. But I think these two take the cake. First, the pirate beer wench(pictured)(Tina, how much could Bob tease you about that one!), and second, the drag queen named Sushi(also pictured) that comes from the ceiling in a nine foot red shoe, both brought to us from Key West, Florida. And I thought that shiny glass ball in New York was interesting! These people have gotten down right creative! But even though they are all extremely strange, they supposedly all have something to do with the city's history. Which leads me to wonder, "Who in the world established Key West??"