Gotta be warped...

Um...last night, I watched a movie with my dad.
Yep... we are the family that watches BADDER SANTA at Christmas - Need I dare say more.
So last night, my mom, dad and I sat down and watched CLERKS II.
OMG!
Now, My sister and I sat dad down to watch Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and he almost wet himself in the scene outside the Quick Stop when Jay raps "F, F, MF, F..." (THE MAN ACTUALLY REWOUND THE SCENE TO WATCH IT AGAIN!)
So we watch the beginning and all of us are laughing. And about 25 minutes into it...my mom gets up says "I'm going upstairs to take a shower. I've had too many "Fucks" for tonight"
Well...I did a Silent Bob double take to my dad and laughed out loud with him.

My mom doesn't use the F bomb often and when she does it is for full effect. I love my mom.

Well I finished the movie with dad. THE DANCE SCENE IS GREAT! And we both said..."OK, Miriam is going to love this at Christmas, but it's pushing the envelope"
YA THINK, DAD?!?!

I still can't believe what my mom said and I'm still a bit shocked that I sat thru the whole thing with my dad. At the end of the movie, my dad looked at me and with a straight face he said...
"Martha, I think we've warped you girls"
I laughed all the way home

Retail Hell part Deux

So at about 9:20 on Tuesday night... the Macy's store was closed and we were still open. Not a soul in the mall because who the hell is shopping after 9 pm in the mall.
I'm straightening the tables up front and all of a sudden I hear a man yelling at the top of his lungs...
THIS IS BULLSHIT
Well, ok, yes it is. And Mister...whoever you are, I owe you a big one. You hollared out what many of us think every day.
You see the mall has certian hours we must abide by EXCEPT the big name stores (Macy's, Sears Penny's, etc...)
We smaller stores and the kiosks must stay open.
AND the mall will fine you if you close early.
Needless to say...someone else was not happy with the concept of retail hours at the mall.
Keep checking... I'll keep letting you know the lovey things about retail hell.

RETAIL HELL PART 1

Holy Shit...I survived BLACK FRIDAY.
I saw people in line
I saw people fighting for items and most of all....I saw mullets
Yes, the women below are a bit of the sample of what I saw.
I AM NOT KIDDING HERE PEOPLE and they were
"Schweet"!!!!
Only 5 more weeks...it all ends at 5 pm on my birthday.
December 23 at 5 pm I will walk out the door and head for a birthday martini. The fact that I will be all done on my birthday is a gift in and of itself.

Happy Holiday's!!! WHOOO WHOOO!

Big Wishes

After a while, you just want to be with the one that makes you laugh.

AMEN

Your girl is lovely, Hubbell

I have got to be a masochist...I watched "The Way We Were" for the first time. DID I CRY?!?!?! Oh boy. I am not as political as Katy, but how I so resemble the fact: that when there is a man involved, I forget myself. I put things that are important to me on the back burner and drop everything to be with the guy. Ok, sometimes that is an ok thing, but when it hurts me, it doesn't really make any sense to do it. Katy did it for Hubbell...Carrie did it for Big. I did it.
So...there it is. And to quote Carrie: Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they're supposed to run wild until they find someone -- just as wild -- to run with.
Euphamistically....I'm buying a new pair of running shoes.

The G'tles

My family as the Beatles.
Now it isn't the correct Beatle personality to the body, but you have to laugh...My mom never goes barefoot and never ever smokes.
I'm John.
I am the walrus

WHO WILL BE MY YOKO ONO????

Elvis Sighting

My Bestfriend...as Elvis Costello.
He won the contest.
I love Elvis.

MY Thanksgiving dinner...

Now thanksgiving is here and if I were hosting dinner for the holiday there would be an assorted cast at the table...
Colin Firth would be at the right of me and John Cusack would be at the left. Miriam would be there and she'd bring Rick Springfield. John would bring Jeremy Piven and Colin would bring Hugh Grant. Then I would also have The Tucker couple, Mark and Erica and the whole wedding party, plus Emmy, Eric and Tracy, and Joey. Anyone else from the Corbin Crew could come too. James Spader and Tracy Ullman and Tony Bennett would sing and then I'd bring back Anais Nin and Princess Di back from the dead to enjoy the meal, and Bart Simpson and Bridget Jones would show up.
And Renaldo, the talking deer. You gotta have a talking deer.
What a great party...

Wedding fun

The Wedding party The Happy couple.

Some wedding photos

The captions....
The happy couple...Mark and I, Erika and I, the wedding party toasting the couple, Jon begging the Pirate captian for mercy, Miss Emmy, The bride in Chuck taylors, Every wedding must have a Joker, The Happy happy bride and her chucks...They were custom made by the way.
The bridal party doing their best ARRRRRGGGG.... The girls of the wedding, Miss emmy and oh, crap...I forgot his name but he's so nice. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST....
A NICOLE SANDWICH....Ken and Joey, Getting to know Nicole.
New Friends....Meet old friends and new friends feel like they've been old friends all along.

This is the Dude of Honor and Me...
Ken and Martha.
Ken is one of Erika's best friends and this is the man that got me to Cali...
He deserves first child naming status.
He is talented and a hoot to boot!

Family

This is a group of people that I am so very close to...my family of choice. Some people are new and some I've been close to for years.
I'm the red head in the middle. The guy to the right of me is my BESTEST FRIEND, Mark. It was his wedding to the woman below in the chair...Erika.
These people are absolutly wonderful. The blonde next to Mark is Nicole. She's one of the coolest chicks known to man.

Hungry...

I've been having wierd cravings. NO...I'm not preggers. I just want certian "tastes". Really... Haven't you ever gone thru a phase or two of wanting something and eating it and then getting sick of the stuff. I have.
Right now...I want KUNG PAO.
I had a special lunch with a friend at PF Chang's. NUMMY...just hot enough for me(and the other person) and lovely stuff. I want more of that. Gotta find me a Chang's
And I love my "MIKE AND IKES"....the fruiter the better
And some good chocolate. I have been limiting myself on this... I'm on a diet and have been crabby lately, but working the hours that I have, it's not been bad. I've eliminated snacking so it helps.
What diet you say...the "RETAIL HELL" diet. I eat my carton of yougurt before I go to work. Drink my H2O all the time, as well as diet coke and then eat my Lean Cuisine for lunch and dinner with an extra yougurt for a treat. and maybe a snack size hershey bar. Just a taste. I've dropped 15 so it's gotta be alright....
But somebody tell me that my yearning for "Funyuns" and Cheeto Puffs is really really bad
and I'm so glad that I can't have an IN&OUT burger. Oooh.... Gotta go back to LA for that!

To the One I let go...

Billy Rose / Edward Eliscu / Vincent Youmans

More than you know
More than you know
Man of my heart, I love you so
Lately I find
You're on my mind
More than you know

Whether you're right
Whether you're wrong
Man of my heart,
I'll string along
I need you so
More than you'll ever know

Loving you the way that I do
There's nothing I can do about it
Loving may be all you can give
But darling, I can't live without it

Oh, how I'd cry
How I'd sigh
If you grew tired and said goodbye
More than I show
More than you'll ever know

I sang this song to him. And you know...the trip home was a lot less difficult and tear filled.
I'll always love him...simple as that. But it's just not meant to be. And that is ok.

A song for the heart

As those of you know...I'm a helpless/hopeless romantic.
Found a song that is getting me thru my fall and the start of winter
You might think that it's a song of yearning for a lover from the past. I look at it differently...I see this as a song of a person looking ahead to a new love...like the old, but different.
We are drawn to people for certian qualities, whether it be for a physical trait or just something about them. I also think that we have the capabilities for more than one "BIG" love.
So...this is my song of hope and idealism...for the possibilities that lay ahead.
(Thank you, Billie Holiday and Madaline Peyroux)

I'll look around
Until I've found someone
Who laughs like you

I know somewhere
Spring must fill the air
With sweetness just as rare
As the flower
That you gave me to wear
I look around
And when I've found someone
Who laughs like you
I'll know this love
I'm dreaming of
Won't be the old love

I always knew
I know somewhere
Love must fill the air
With sweetness just as rare
As the flower
That you gave me to wear

I look around
And when I've found someone
Who laughs like you
I'll know this love
I'm dreaming of
Won't be the old love
I always knew

Ahh...hopefully romantic. That's me.

Gulity Pleasures Revisited

I have this habit of listening to a song over and over...
Right now, I have about 5 or so that have been on my hit list.
1 - "Just to see you smile" by Chuck Prophet.
A happy happy tune brought to me by Mark and Erika
2 - "Stranger than Fiction" - Joe Jackson
JOE JOE JOE...another man of snarky lyrics.
3. "King for a Day" XTC
One of those songs you just can't help to dance to. A ska like song
4. "Time" - Alice Peacock
PRETTY PRETTY song. I love her whole new album
5. "Have you seen the moon tonight" - A girl Called Eddy
This album is a gem. The influences of Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, Dusty, Chrissy Hynde, Elvis C and many more are so evident on this cd. This is especially pretty...the lyrics are amazing too...particularly to a romantic like me.
TAA for now

OH MAN DID I HAVE FUN!

Well, I love California. The weather was nice. The people that I met are wonderful and I am pretty happy for the couple.
Here is a link to the wedding album. What a perfect day for a wedding.
http://www.corbincrew.com/photos/index.php?twg_album=Tucker_Wedding++10-06
Here is the link to the After Party that Nicole and I hosted in our room after the dance. OH MAN...I know that I have some splaining to do... it was fun and lasted till 3 am.
http://www.corbincrew.com/photos/index.php?twg_album=The_After_After_Party

1. I ate a PINK'S hot dog within the 1st hour of arriving in California
http://www.pinkshollywood.com/pgz/greeting.htm
2. I saw the ocean and got lost in Laurel Canyon.
3. I went to the yarn shoppe that Tracy Ullman goes to
http://www.wildfiber.com/about.html
4. I saw a few porn stars - yep, I did. (Google "Adam Glasser"...saw him at LAX in security line. watched him put on his shoes and gave him a knowing smile. NO I"M NOT GONNA TELL YOU HOW I KNOW THIS GUY EITHER!!!)
5. I was able to find my way to and from Glendale without a map. I'm good.

Things were fun...I''ll tell more stories soon.

Welcome to the new edition of getting to know your friends. Thanks Shannon!
>1. What is your occupation? Assistant Manager of a clothing store
>2. What color are your socks right now? beige
>3. What are you listening to right now? silence...I'm in the library, but I think the guy next to me farted.
>4. What was the last thing that you ate? a strawbery - banana yoplait yogurt
>5. Can you drive a stick shift? If I try hard enough...
>6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? purple... they are magic
>7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Becky
>8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? You betcha
>9. How old are you today? 37...damn, my birthday is coming up.
>10. Favorite drink? vodka martini...earl gray tea...diet coke...
>11. What is your favorite sport to watch? I don't have one
>12. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yep, just was a hair model.
>13. Pets? none at the moment
>14. Favorite food? a good steak, creme brule,
>15. What was the last movie you watched? Memoirs of a Geisha
>16. Favorite day of the year? I'm a sap: Valentine's Day
>17. What do you do to vent anger? sing in the car
>18. What was your favorite toy as a child? My stuffed monkey, JO JO or my big Curious George animal. Oh yeah...my MRS Beasley doll too.
>19. What is your favorite Fall or Spring? I love them both
>20. Hugs or kisses? HUGS
>21. Cherry or Blueberry? cherry
>22. Do you want your friends to email you back? sure
>23. Living arrangements? upstairs apartment
>24. When was the last time you cried? yesterday...don't ask
>25.What's on the floor of your closet? totes of yarn, bag of clothes to go to goodwill, purses and shoes
>26. Who is the friend you have had the longest? Stacy
>27. What did you do last night? Worked, talked on the phone, read then fell asleep.
>28. Favorite smell? that smell a guy has in the small of his neck.
>29. What inspires you? hmmm....watching the kids that I work with. They make me want to be better.
>30. What are you afraid of? shipwrecks
>31. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? plain
>32. Favorite car? Audi...or a VW Bug
>33. Favorite dog breed? PUG
>34. Number of keys on your key ring? 4
35 How many years at your current job? 6 months
>36. Favorite day(s) of the week? monday...full of possibilities
>37. Which states have you lived in? Minnesota and Wisconsin
>38. Favorite holiday? Valentines day or May day
>39. Ever driven a Motorcycle or heavy machinery? How about a tractor...a big John deere tractor. I helped my cousin hay once...it was fun.