What’s that?

There’s quite a bit going on this weekend in Central Arkansas. We have the start of the state fair today, the Susan G. Komen race for the cure tomorrow morning, and my college alma maters homecoming is tomorrow as well. Out of those 3 events, I will be doing 1 ½. What’s the half you say? I honestly had no plans of participating in any of the homecoming festivities. I remember SouthernGal asked me a few weeks back was I going to homecoming and my reply was “what’s that?”. Lol The entire time I attended there I went to maybe two football games and hell even that may be a stretch. I know for sure I went to at least one. My preference was to take a nap during the games so that I would be ready for the after parties. I told ya’ll I didn’t like sports. Lol FYI….Southern and I attended the same college and don’t know each other (although every time I see her face on her blog all I can think is that she looks REALLY familiar). We had the same major and everything so I am pretty willing to bet we took some classes together or at least passed each other in the halls of the BBA building quite often. :-)

Anyway…..my friends have been calling and asking me if I’m attending any of the functions. Of course, I’ve told them no but they are encouraging me to participate (after they had to remind me that homecoming was this weekend…I’m a mess). I told them if they can figure out a good reason to lure me out of the comforts of my home then I may reconsider. I was also invited to a house party Saturday night, so who knows. SouthernGal if I am persuaded enough, you may just see some strange chick with a short hair do come tap you on your shoulder hollerin out SOUTHERN!! Lol Just kidding, I’m not that crazy…well yeah I kinda am. Never mind.

Random thought: I cut my hair! I don’t think I mentioned it but I got it whacked off about 3 weeks ago. I got tired of the ponytail I was rocking everyday thanks to the summer heat. I initially wanted it cut like Tabitha on that Salon Makeover show on Bravo (LOVE that show by the way) but changed my mind and now it’s cut like V.Beckham’s hair. Not the cropped style she has now but the angled cut prior to that. Anyway, it’s cute on me and I love it. I think I shall keep it shorter for awhile because honestly these types of cuts have always flattered my face more.

Moving on, I won’t be doing the race for the cure. I haven’t even purchased a t-shirt yet! I’m so off track this year. I’m just not in the mood to walk through the streets of Downtown Little Rock/North Little Rock with 45,999 other women and children. I told my friend that if I go this year the best I could do was cheer from the sidelines and get all the free stuff they give out (because I usually miss out on most of it because I walk). She says she understands because she’s not going either. Lol Oh well, there’s always next year. I’ve participated for the past 7 years though so I guess me taking off one won’t hurt. I’m still going to run out today to the store they’ve set up (if time permits) to see if they have any shirts left. It’s the least I can do.

So that only leaves one thing for sure that I will be doing….THE FAIR. I know…I’m so country. Lol I’ve been feenin for a corn dog for awhile. I know some people will be like but they sell them at the grocery store. You know as well as I do that there is nothing like the taste of one @ the fair….nothing. I also want a turkey leg but not to eat by itself. I usually get a couple of them so I have one to make greens with now and one to make greens with later. I only cook them a couple times a year so it works out great. Speakin of I need to check with the local grocery store to see if they are doing that token thing again where you pay like fifty cents or a dollar to get in on the first day. If not, I may not be going to the fair either. Lol

Have a great weekend!

Brainwaves

Driving into to work this morning I heard THE most random thing on the radio. I was listening to a caller on the Tom Joyner Morning Show and she wanted Tom to speak to the listeners to encourage them on how important it was to vote because of an experience she had while at the beauty shop this weekend. This lady, who lives in Michigan, said she was speaking with a young girl about the elections. The girl proceeded to tell her that they don’t have to vote now because McCain dropped out of Michigan. (FreakyD, come get your cousin!!!)

I’ll wait while you pick your jaw up off of the floor.

Her mama must have spent a little too much time in front of the microwave while carrying her. Are the youngins nowadays really this lost and clueless?? Please tell me this was just a rare occurrence of stupidity and not the norm. I beg of you. My spirit is vexed.

All Show and NO SUBSTANCE

As usual with the tragedy that is Sarah Heath Palin, we got MORE OF THE SAME NOTHING! More having to repeatedly hear the words Maverick, Joe Six Pack (WTF is that about???), Governor, Mayor, and Alaska. More having to hear her never directly answer the question. More of her and that damn winking!! More of her hauling that damn baby around with her everywhere. I know I ain't the only person who thought that kid should have been at someone's house instead of up there. And why was she patting his back like that for? Wasn't he already sleep? I know that's beside the point but she just irritates me on so many levels.UGH!!

She played the media card and please believe me when I tell you they have not been NEARLY as hard on her as they should be. She needs to be called out her bullshit and held accountable for her actions. Her performance in this debate was nothing more than sentences that she had stated before and worked around to sound different. Yeah she may have picked up a couple of new catch phrases (Say it ain't so Joe) and may have given a shout out to the elementary school (WTF?) but it just didn't hit home. The only reason she (barely) made it through was because of that huge stack of note cards she had. If I didn't know any better I could have sworn she was on a cell over there texting somebody for help. lol

Biden on the other hand respected not only the American people but the moderator and answered the questions given. Answers that we want and need to hear. He did a good job of going after McCain and tying him to the Bush administration instead of trying to deliver lame ass one liners to dance around the topics. I think he is a great compliment to Barack and I absolutely cannot wait to see them elected into office!!!

OBAMA-BIDEN '08!!!!!!!!!!

Fasten your seatbelts!

Work is kickin my patootie today, on the day of the debates no less, but I had to make time to fit this post in. I had intentions to get mentally prepped to listen to Sarah and all the fuckery she is sure to deliver tonight but yet I must work. I guess I'll just stop by the liquor store on the way home instead and pick up a bottle of something. Ripple anyone?? lol I figure I'll have a better chance of deciphering just what the hell she is saying if I am slightly plastered

Anyway, I found this vid on airamerica.com and it's quite a hoot. I listen to the live stream @ work sometimes during the afternoons because let's face it, there's only so much of Wendy Williams and her donkey I mean Charlemagne I can take. lol Take a looksie and ENJOY! And enjoy the debates tonight.



OBAMA-BIDEN '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I CAN'T BREAFE!!!

This vid is hilarious ya'll!!

AR Gal Letter

Dear white lady,

I saw you and your man walking down the street early this morning on my way into work. As I sat waiting at the stoplight, I watched you guys and my eyes dwindled down to your feet. I thought you had on flip flops since the bottom of your foot looked like a dark shadow but to my surprise, there was nothing there. Just your dirty feet looking like charcoal briquettes. I looked over to your man and saw he had on foot apparel. Neither of you looked down and out on your luck and looked like you could afford at least one pair of shoes. So strange! As both of you turned the corner, you seemed to stumble. Perhaps you were drunk, perhaps not. In any circumstance, seeing you this morning made me scratch my head and wonder why you would venture out like that in 55 degree weather. All I ask is to do better next time. Your feet (and mankind) will love you more for it.

Thanks in advance,

AR Gal

UGH!!

courtesy of the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/palin-a-journalism-major_n_130707.html

Help us all!!

I SERIOUSLY cannot wait until Thursday......

I don't think I've felt this much excitement since I went to Disneyworld as a kid....okay well maybe that's a stretch but you get my point. As I watched the latest train wreck that is the McCain/Palin ticket, I had several random questions and thoughts that crossed my mind.

Follow along with me if you will (video is below)

1. Does she know that she's stupid or has she just been brainwashed into thinking that she's not?
2. Is it just me or does Old McDonald look REALLY uncomfortable starting @ the 53 second mark of this interview when dummy mcdumbpants gives her scripted yet incorrect answer?
3.On a scale of 1-10, how embarassed does she look @ the 1:00 minute mark? I vote a 10!!!
4. How in the phuck is it considered "gotcha journalism" when a voter was simply asking her stance on an important topic?
5. How tragic was play-dough face's joke @ minute mark 1:06?
6. Ummmm, I don't think Katie Couric was addressing the question to you fool! (please reference minute mark 1:24)
7. I saw that editing glitch @ minute mark 2:30. What happened CBS? She said something dumber than normal didn't she?
8. People can be excited about Sarah all day long McCain, that still doesn't change the fact that she's dumb.as.hell.



OBAMA-BIDEN '08!!!!!!

Barack!

I just received this from a friend of mine. It's a nice assortment of moving pics of Barack's campaign and supporters. Take a looksie if you get a moment.

http://www.scouttufankjian.com/main.php


The last day to register to vote in Arkansas is Monday, October 6th.
Are you registered?
Are your friends and family?

OBAMA-BIDEN '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tina Fey does Palin on SNL

tee hee

I owe it to my country......

.....to do this. In lieu of the upcoming political smackdown that is sure to ensue later this week (ie the VP debates), I will shall start back up posting the silliest, funniest, and most embarassing ish about Sarah Palin I can find. Not that it will be that hard, that crazy bitch is not one egg short of the coo-coo's nest, she IS THE PHUCKIN COO-COO'S NEST (not the mention one of the biggest jokes this country has ever seen).

On your mark, get set, leeeeet's gooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!



OBAMA-BIDEN '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not a mother......

.....but it this ingrate were mine he would be officially dead to me after this.....for real.

Police say teen plotted to kill mom for breast implants

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/27/implant.hitmen.reut/index.html

Coming out of the dark......

I've been a closet Danity Kane fan for the longest but now I'm busting out and making it known that I love these girls! I'm headed out to get their latest album in a little while because I cannot get these songs outta my head!!

Bad Girl


Damaged



These songs are on my playlist if you wanna listen after this post disappears into the archives. lol

Got Gas?

No not the internal kind you silly rabbits! Gas, ie petro, fuel, etc., etc., etc.

I ran across this clip while surfin the web tonight. It's video from a local station somewhere in the Carolina's about the gas shortage there. While otherwise pretty boring, please be sure to pay attention to the woman at the very beginning going off on someone that cut in front of her while waiting to get gas. They show it again at around the 1:30 mark.

We (in AR) experienced this same problem a few weeks ago prior to Ike hitting. There were long lines everywhere you went. I was on the other side of town from my house when I got THE call saying that I should go gas up. Mkay cool. Maaaaaan, I pulled into the Wally World parking lot and there were no less than 10 cars in each lane waiting. NEXT! I decide to go check out Exxon and saw (before I even got close) that the line of people waiting to go there was in the street. *sigh* I caught a glimpse of what looked to be an empty space at the gas station diagnol from Exxon and low behold it was not just a mirage! I made a beeline for it and snagged the space and was giddy with glee because it felt like I had just hit the lottery.......until I found out that not only were they out of unleaded but mid-grade as well. Oh vey! What's a girl to do I thought? Do I waste gas riding around town looking for available cheap gas or just suck it up pay premium prices and weather the storm? I sucked it up. There was no sense in looking for something that may or may not have been there and sacrificing what petro I did have left to look for it. I left with a full tank and a slightly bigger hole in my bank account. Oh well....it is what it is right?

Anyway, here's the vid. Enjoy.




OBAMA '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Update Deux

So I tuned into the radio station again today after still not hearing anything about Ms. BIB (BussItwindows Baby). It turns out that I didn't listen at the right time as she did call back in yesterday. I called into the station to talk to the dj directly and he told me that ole girl did indeed follow through. She broke every single last windshield AND mirror on BOTH cars. bwahahahahahahaha. I asked him if she got caught. He said that he didn't know and wasn't sure where they stood in the relationship. Ummmmmm, color me naive but I'm willing to bet that they are DUNZO!!!! LMAO!!! He also told me that she would be calling back in with more details of the sordid affair. I told Z about my convo and he said that he heard some guy call in that said he was in the area and saw one of the cars being towed off. *snicker*

I hope she drove off quick after she finished because the charges and hefty repair bill she is sure to incur if she didn't will not be purty.

Update

Well not really. I tuned in to the radio station Friday on my way home from work to see if Ms. Bussitwindows Baby would call back in to give an update but heard nothing. The dj confirmed yesterday that she didn't call Friday but he was hoping to hear from her Monday. She didn't call in while I was in the car so I'll tune in again today to see if I can get an update.

In the meantime, take a looksie at this. It's an few minutes from Bill Maher's (aka Superhead's ex-side piece) show talking about what else.....politics. :-) Yes it's that time again...don't hate me. lol

Sixth Sense........

Yesterday I tuned into one of the local radio stations on my way home from work. On this particular station, the dj in the afternoon has “the call of day” which normally features crazy stuff someone has called in to say regarding a topic of discussion or just whatever is on their mind. Yesterday’s call came from a young lady that was on her lunch break. She said that instead of going to grab a bite to eat something told her to go home for lunch. When she arrived she said that she saw her best friend’s car in the driveway and her boyfriend’s car (who just happened to be off from work). During the time of the call, she had been sitting outside waiting (up the street from the house) in her car for about 3 ½ hours for someone to come out. Well I guess they were taking too long her liking so she called the radio station to have him play a request (“Bust Your Windows” by Jazmine Sullivan) before she went and handled her business. She said that her boyfriend (probably ex-boyfriend by now) had a bat in the trunk of his car. When I say I hollered, I am not lying. I had my windows down and folks were looking at me crazy. Ask me if I care. LMAO! While you’re at it, ask me why I called the station to try and get through to ask him to have her call back with her location so I could go watch. WHAT?! That’s entertainment! Lol

Z and I talked about it (he heard it too after they replayed it the next hour) briefly but really we were just laughing at the entire situation. I questioned why she didn’t just go back in the house because most folks, IMO, would want to handle that situation right then and there and not procrastinate. He made a good point that some folks can’t handle seeing the actual act, just knowing is enough. I thought about it and wondered how I would handle the situation and honestly I can’t say because I’ve never been in a web quite that tangled before. The closest I’ve come is seeing an ex out with their current girlfriend but honestly what could I do other than roll my eyes and call her an ugly b*tch under my breath? Lol I would hope that I could contain myself but like I said you never really know. I just hope I never have to find out (cause I keep a lot of knives at the house and am not opposed to cutting a b*tch).

Anyway, the dj says he has the chicks # so he is going to call her back today to receive an update. If I remember to tune in, I’ll let ya’ll know what the outcome was.

This is the Same Girl?

So if you look a couple of posts down, you'll see the clip from MadTv of BonQuiQui @ King Burger. This clip is of the lady, Anjelah Johnson, that plays her on the show doing stand up. Yeah, I know major difference right? Make-up is something else. Anyway, this is a little long but but this chick is super funny. Make sure you listen to her do the bit about the nail shop....hilarious.

Homie Don't Play Dat!

Today I had to take my eldest furry child to the vet's office to have a teeth extraction and cleaning done. In an effort to spoil him rotten, AR Gal would frequently buy him those big hearty bones to chew on because he loved them so. In doing so, this has caused him to have a fractured tooth. Now granted noone really knows how it happened but that's my diagnoses and I'm stickin to it. Mkay? Thanks. Unfortunately for my boy, that means no more of those tasty treats but lucky for him I still want to spoil him and his little sister (aka his sidepiece...more on that later) so they will be just fine with other alternatives I've found for them.

So I take him to the vet, talk with the vet asst. for a spell about the procedure that was to be done (a TOOTH extraction and cleaning) say my goodbyes and jet back home. About 3 hours or so after they were complete, I get a call from the office telling me that everything is done and that Cochise is fine but that the procedure was a bit more complex than they first thought. This girl proceeds to tell me that they have irrigated his ears and did some special shit to his nails.

Me: Ummmm, why?

Girl: Well, Dr. B noticed that he had some build-up in his ears and felt that since he was already under that it would just be a good idea. And his nails were really long. So with the extra work done your bill is now $357.

Me: Mmmmm, I doubt that. Why did noone call any of the THREE phone numbers I have listed to ask me or Z for authorization?

Girl: Yes Ms. AR Gal, we are really sorry about that, I don't have an explanation.

Me: Mmmmmmm. ok so when will he be ready to pick up?

Girl: Around two o'clock.

Me: Ok, I'll see you then.

Now I know you're thinking why isn't this girl going off by now right? If not, humor me and play along. I knew they were in some kind of violation but I had to call the state board to make sure. Why? 'Cause I like to have all my cards in play when I'm dealin in bullshit.

I call and state my case to the lady and without missing a beat she tells me they cannot do that. I asked her what needs to happen next and she said try talking to the vet (which I was already going to do) and if then he still didn't want to remove the charges to file a complaint. She then asks who my vet is and I tell her. Her response: "Ohhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooo!! I really hate that but the laws the law." You would have that I said Jesus or something how she responded. See my vet is one of the best in Central AR and is known for his work but I didn't give a damn today.

With that assurance under my belt, I make my way to the office, enter and speak politely. As I step up to the desk , the girl wants to go ahead and have me pay. Ehhhhhhhhhhh, no. I tell her I would like to speak with the doctor first. She seems a little surprised but walks me back to a room. As he enters, we are cordial but he knows I am upset by the look on my face and tell him so. He tells me that he thought I knew about the ear issues and that I wanted that done. Ummmmm, COME AGAIN? I know every spring he goes through this infection thing and we have to get medicine for it but noone said anything about his ears when they were examined just here LAST WEEK for his check-up. He then says yeah but it's harder to actually gauge the extent and since he was already laying there we were better able to see. I told him that I got that and I'm not saying that it was not needed but noone.called.to.ask.me.if.it.was.okay. That is my issue with this, a decision was made w/out my consent. He wasn't gonna die if someone took 5 minutes to pick up the damn phone to call....shit. That's just like you taking your car to the repair shop and them doing work on your car w/out calling to tell you and expecting you to pay. Bump that! I told him that he may not have known but that vet. asst. did and this was unacceptable. We continued to talk and just as I was about to trump him with the state board violation, he goes to get the bill so we can review and proceeds to mark off everything I didn't want to pay for.....which was everything except for the dental extraction and cleaning thank you very much.

Now see, wasn't that easy? *rollin my eyes*

Homework Pitbull Style

I know I am probably overkilling with the politics posts and stuff but ya'll this crazy bitch really amuses me. I mean really she does. Do yourselves a favor and watch the interviews that she's done with Charlie Gibson so far. Maury Povich is less entertaining...I PROMISE! LMAO!!!

Sarah Palin's pre-Charlie-Gibson-interview worksheet - Upload a Document to Scribd

Read this document on Scribd: Sarah Palin's pre-Charlie-Gibson-interview worksheet

I LOVE MAD TV

BON QUI QUI @ KING BURGER

Don't Play me Small!

Oprah Speaks at UCLA Rally

You will have to listen to the clip to get the post title.

Where's Maury??!!

Okay so this is a video of some cat claiming to be Bristol Palin's baby daddy. He is probably just trying to promote his music since the web address to his myspace page flashes on the screen a few times but you know what?! I.DON'T. CARE! bwahahahahaha I'm lovin it.





DOWN WITH REPUBLICANS!!

OBAMA-BIDEN '08!

No More BARRACUDA...

"Sarah Palin's views and values in no way represent us as American women. We ask that our song Barracuda no longer be used to promote her image. The song was written in the late 70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. The barracuda represented the business. While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there's irony in Republican strategists' choice to make use of it there." - Letter from the band Heart to the Republican National Committee


*exhales*

Now I can go back to loving one of my all-time favorite songs in peace and harmony

*waves spirit fingers*


Check out this blog. It is freakin Hilarious!!

http://sarahpalin.typepad.com/my_weblog

AR Gal PSA

Putting a Cadillac carkit on a Chevy Trailblazer is not only tacky (especially when it's blantantly obvious you are not driving a Cadi) it's just dumb as hell!










That is all. Carry on.

Code Pink

So I watched the speeches of Sarah "Peggy Hill" Palin and John Mc T-Pain on Wednesday and Thursday night hence the picture of the day posts I've been doing. I can't elaborate much on what has been said about either one of these dipshits in the past week so I just choose to protest in picture form. lol

Anyway, I noticed during both speeches there were interuptions by these woman running down the steps in the convention center taking their clothes ( and wigs I think) off. I didn't' realize the common demoninator of them all wearing pink until I was listening to C-SPAN this evening. The commentators mentioned and then showed clips of these folks. So I google them and found out that they and I quote:

[CODEPINK] emerged out of a desperate desire by a group of American women to stop the Bush administration from invading Iraq. The name CODEPINK plays on the Bush Administration's color-coded homeland security alerts — yellow, orange, red — that signal terrorist threats. While Bush's color-coded alerts are based on fear and are used to justify violence, the CODEPINK alert is a feisty call for women and men to "wage peace."

You can find out more about them here, http://www.codepink4peace.org/index.php

Anyway, to make a long story short, they were BY FAR the most entertaining portion of either of the speeches IMO. Don't believe me? Take a look

Uh oh, Uh oh, Uh oh, Uh ohhhhhhh shit!

From the desk of Stella Foster of the Chicago Sun-Times:

JUST IN: R&B singer Usher reportedly has separated from his much older wife, Tameka Foster, who reportedly is expecting their second child in December.

Check it out by clickin on the link and go about halfway down the page but it says just what it shows above. lol

http://www.suntimes.com/news/foster/1144401,CST-NWS-stella04.article

Oh yeah, Jesse Jackson has checked into the hospital too.

One Liner of the Day.........

Sarah Palin is Newt Gingrich in drag




**I only wish I had a picture to accompany this.

Pictures of the Day

Picture of the Day

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

One more year older and I still feel like a 19 year old......YEAH RIGHT!!

On the eve and day of my birthday, I've had the connection problems for hell. After purchasing a new modem (after being told that our modem had an error) we've since found out (after spending countless minutes on the phone with our ISP and router manufacturer) the problem was the router. Everything seems to be working well now so keep your fingers crossed it stays that way. We will be making a stop at the local Best Buy to return the modem and spend that money on something else....ie me!!!!! YAY!!!

Since my plans for this evening were so rudely changed on me (see previous post) I'm off to find something to get into this afternoon and evening.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!!!

P.S. McCain is STOOPID!!!

Thanks For Nothing!

Hello, this is Ticketmaster Customer Service with an important alert for your upcoming event. Eddie Griffin, scheduled at Robinson Music Hall on Saturday, August 30, 2008, at 8:00PM, has been cancelled. Your credit card will automatically be credited the ticket price and convenience charges, and should post to your account within 7 to 10 business days. Please note, the $3.40 per order processing fee and any ticketFast or UPS delivery charges are non-refundable. >>>>This is reason why I always have them mail my stuff by USPS. I still want the $3.40 back though.

*off to what else I Saturday night*

Gawt Dayum the Democrats!!!

And the phluckery of it all continues.....


Please meet Harriet Christian, yet another AVID HRC supporter that felt is was also her duty to make a complete and utter jackass out of herself (in front of the cameras of course) in the name of all things Clinton. The thing about all of these crazy folks poppin up out of the woodworks is that I totally get that they supported and wanted HRC as the Dem. nominee. I can respect that BUT that part of the process is over. She's not even a contender anymore so why all the uneccessary fuss and tears?! This mess is just ridiculous but yet comical at the same time.

Just for shits and giggles, here's another vid of Ms. Christian defending her actions. Oh yeah, and also explaining why she will not be voting for Barack. *sigh*

That was Presidential??!!

This is video of Ann Price Mills ( a delegate) who was interviewed on CNN after HRC gave her convention speech last night. She is, as you will see, an AVID HRC supporter and even though she didn't flat out say it she feels like her homegirl was robbed of the nomination. Ummm, yeah whatever.....get over it. This lady annoyed me on so many damn levels from her butterfly hair clips to the words coming out of her mouth. How can you be a TRUE democrat yet be faced with such a hard decision as to vote or not to vote??!!! Ho saddown!

This comment someone left on the message boards summed it all up for me:

Hillary's supporters remain upset because they lost to a rookie. She wasn't that great of a politician after all. She had the greatest asset any candidate could want: a spouse-President! Forget about the alleged sexism she received. The national media was pro-Hillary from day 1. She played every GOP trick she could think of & worst of all invoked the tragedy of RFK to justify staying in the race & lied about sniper fire in Bosnia. She's pathetic for that alone. Shame on her "historic" campaign.

Have you ever......

....... had a convo with one of your friends where you seriously just wanted them to STFU??!! This happened recently to me while speaking with a friend of mine on the way home from work. We had to cut our convo short as she was at the eye doctor and was just called back to the examining room. Not ten minutes later she calls me back:


Friend: You will NOT believe what just happened to me

Me: Nope...what?

Friend: Okay, so I had just gotten called back for the doctor to see me. She comes in the room to tell me that she will be right with me but she needs to take a call from her vet. She comes back in the room and just before she starts to examine my eye, she breaks down crying.

Me: Her pet must have been really sick or died.

Friend:How did you know?

Me: Weeeeeellllll, it was kinda obvious. Which one was it?

Friend: Girl, her dog died and then this bitch canceled my appointment.

Me: Yeeeeaaaah, that's hard to deal with so I could see why she would.

Friend: Puuulease! We're talking about a damn animal not a human being here!!!

Me: *hears record scratch in my head* Ummmm, what?

Friend: She should have just taken a few minutes to get herself together and come back in to do her job.

Me: Yeah, so you know you called the wrong one to vent to right?

Friend: What?

Me: *I repeat what I just said above* I hear what you're saying but a lot of people, such as myself and Z, think of their pets as family so when you have that loss it's hard.......extremely hard. I've lost a pet before, as you know, and that shit hit me like a ton of bricks. Unless you've had that experience it's hard to relate. I don't expect you to understand though.

Friend: I mean I understand the woman is sad but damn...I had to drive all the way from (insert small town AR about 20 minutes away from LR) to get there and now I have to drive back next with.

Me: I can sympathize with that BUT would you rather her have tried to examine you with tears and snot fallin down her face and doing a poor job at it? Me personally, I would have preferred that she rescheduled so that she could do her job with a fresh mind.

Friend: I guess. I may not even go back now...I'm pissed

Me: Bless your heart.


I was not upset about her feelings about the situation, I just really wanted her to shut up talking to me. I know she was upset and needed someone to vent to but I mean seriously.....*sigh*

Yeah I know...I have issues.

Ehhhhhh......

.......nothing much to say, just hanging out on a Saturday evening. We were finally going to see "The Dark Knight" (shutty FreakD! lol) but when we looked up the times online, we found that we are too late as the only showing (at the local theater) started @ 7:30.....it is now 8:16. Neither one of us felt like driving to LR, me especially since I commute there everyday. Oh well....there's always tomorrow or next weekend. :)

I am craving an Oreo cookie blast from Sonic right now and nothing else. No meat, no potatoes, no veggies just cream, milk, and sugar! I had turkey bacon, toast, and milk w/Nesquick mixed in (strange combo I know) around 1 or 2 this afternoon and nothing for breakfast so you'd think I'd be A LOT hungrier. My appetite on the weekend can be extremely akward as opposed to during the week. I can eat once or twice during the day and be fine but at during the work week I'm always starvin like Marvin.....go figure!

The movie "Enchanted" has started showing on cable. Can I just say that I really really really REALLY like that movie. There's this song that is sung I would guess about halfway through called "How Do You Know" (I think that's the title) and I think that's half of the reason why I like the move. I'm a little ashamed to admit that I have watched it 3 times today just to hear the song. Sue me! lol

I've suggested a game of Monopoly this evening but the man of the house's mind is focused only on dinner. Him hongray! What's that you say dear? You're not cookin?? Guess what....me either! Your debit card is on the table you say? Great! Sonic here I come!!

Hey You…......

Yeah you crazy lady driving the SUV. The next time someone tells your that’s okay just go with it….mkay? Thanks.

I took the pooches walking yesterday and the particular route I chose to go caused me to have to cross a busy street. I was in no hurry and was demonstrating such by occasionally glancing up to check traffic and looking down at my fingernails when all of a sudden I hear a horn honk. I glance up thinking it was just a disgruntled driver when I see this lady had stopped to apparently let us cross the street. Now this street is a two lane with a turning lane in between to get to the street I wanted to cross to. I look the opposite way like mama ‘nem taught me and see cars coming. I turn back to her smile and mouth “That’s okay” and wave for her to just keep on going. I can be bold but I wasn’t about to risk life, limb, and my babies’ paws just because she said it was okay to cross! What happened next not only shocked me but forced me to go hood in the ‘burbs. This woman, instead of just keeping on like normal folk, then decides that I am not appreciative enough of her random act of kindness and proceeds to pull up to my bumper, roll down her window, and tell me so.

“Kind” Crazy Lady: Hey, I was just trying to let you cross the street!
Me: Yeah, I see that. I also see traffic is coming from the opposite side of the road and didn't feel it was safe.
KCL: So why didn’t you go?
Me: *thinking is the bitch serious?* Are you seriously holding up traffic for this? Didn’t you just hear what the hell I said?
KCL: You could have been gone.
Me: You also could have had your dumb ass at the house a long time ago but instead you chose to ignore my signal for you to get the hell on. Now you’ve held up traffic and pissed off me, my dogs, and the folks behind you. Go home stupid ass!!

**Emma was growling by then again she growls at anything that she doesn’t know so that’s not unusual. Lol

She drove off after that but I was just left there standing dumbfounded by that idiot. I almost turned around and went home but I wasn’t about to let her ruin our walk. I did however find a nice size rock on the ground to chunk at her just in case she came back for round two. I swear I have seen/heard/experienced some crazy stuff in my life but this one ranks right up there near the top of the list. What’s even crazier is that she is a part of the staff or teaches @ my alma mater which is just right up the street. I saw her hangtag through the windshield and just shook my head. Just to think, she could possibly be teaching folks something……that’s a scary thought.

Shut up and Drive!

FYI....if you are in the central AR area the Sam's Club in Sherwood has their gas down to $3.31/gal.

Ummmmmmmmmmm..............

......just press play 'cause I ain't got shit else to say

Pole Position

I saw THE craziest thing driving home from work yesterday. I was in the left lane on the interstate behind a big dodge ram. The truck passed me earlier but ya'll know how crazy rush hour traffic can be. Well anyway, I ended up behind the truck again. The person behind the wheel was driving all foolish and almost swerved off the road. You know how people kinda move to the left to see what's holding up traffic? Yeah that's what they were doing. Anyhoo, I soon found out that the reason they were shucking and jiving was because they were trying to catch up with another truck, a dodge ram no less. So anyway, I'm move over to the right lane because I got tired of folks slammin on their breaks and whatnot and still end up behind the original truck. Well, all of the sudden they increase their speed to catch up with the other truck and then these fools go in towards the lines on the road and the driver of the original truck starts passing stuff out of his window to the passenger in the other truck. My mouth was open and my head looked like this

I just kept saying to myself...OMG OMG O.M.G!! lol Of course this caused people to slam on their brakes because noone wanted to be close to either one of them driving all slaphappy and whatnot. I just want to know what kind of hurry that they were in that they couldn't have just (1) pulled over to the side of the road or (2) gotten off on the next exit which was all of ummmmmmmm 30 seconds away to make their exchange. Makes you wonder what they do in lieu of pottybreaks on roadtrips. Ewwwwwwwwwwwww. *shudders* Anyway, I was just glad to make it home in one piece and be off the road with the fast and the furious wannabe's.

What's the craziest driving technique you've ever witnessed?

AR PSA......

It is neither right nor will it ever be okay to see a grown man walking around in public with these on (especially with WHITE SOCKS!!!!)))

or these

UPDATE: I added this as I'm sure to get a lot of questions as to what these thingamajigs are. These are Five-finger shoes which apparently help to enhance your natural walking motion. *shrugs shoulders* Find out more about them here: http://www.fitsugar.com/166456

This PSA was brought to you by my shopping experience at the local Wal-Mart this weekend.

That is all. Carry on.

Another Legend Lost......

An entertainter of imminent proportion...... Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr.

August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008

You will be missed........

.....in this household as well as many others across the world.

I've loved Bernie Mac since his days with Def Comedy Jam, to "The Kings of Comedy", to "The Bernie Mac Show" and everything in between. You were truly gifted and made me laugh even if I was sad or mad at the world. I wish you peace in the after life and peace and comfort for your family during this time.

Well done Uncle Bernie....well done. :)


I had to come back and add this vid because this is some of the funniest ish I've ever heard in my life and it's one of my favorite parts of "The Kings of Comedy".

Thank God It’s Friday!!

I’m sitting at work right now and the power is out so what better time to post! I’m on my laptop and the battery is really low so I hope that I am able to get this put up before it dies out on me.

Work has been kickin my butt like a slave with calluses on their feet. One of my pet peeves about places of employment are companies that thrive on having unnecessary meetings. I mean really, how do you expect for folks to complete assigned tasks from one meeting if you are having to rush off to another right after the one you just left? Oh vey!! And since when is needle pointing in a meeting kosher??!! Yes, one of the folks, a regional director no less, was sitting in there chillin’ getting her multi-task on! Lol At first I thought she was about to floss her teeth because all I saw was a string hanging from her mouth. The closer I looked; I realized she was threading the needle. It sounds crazy but that is the type of environment I work in. They encourage stuff like that because they know people get bored having to sit for hours at a time discussing strategies (ie the same ish over and over). It’s probably just me and I just need to loosen up but dammit if that’s still not awkward as hell! lol

Anyway, enough of that! I ventured off to M-town last weekend to kick it with my mom and 3 and 4 year old nephews. I do believe I have filled my quota of Disney channel, cartoon network, and piggy back rides for the rest of this year. Needless to say those tiny tots wore me out. I swear if anything ever comes through this birth canal of mine, I truly hope it’s a girl ‘cause boys are ROUGH!!! One was kung foo fighting, the other was tryin to wrestle, both were whining and fallin out on the floor when they didn’t get their way (da hell???). Auntie had enough and called for both of them to go sat their asses down somewhere. I’m not used to all that commotion and noise. Auntie likes peace, quiet, and serenity and I was just WAY outside of my comfort level. What better way to cure that than a nap! One for me, and two for them! YAY!!! After they woke it up, it seemed to rid them of the evil that was lurkin within and they both regained some sense and sensibility. Sunday was a risne and repeat of Saturday but different. We got to go to Chucky Cheese to celebrate my 3 year old nephews birthday (he turned 3 on the 4th). WHOOPEEEEE!!! It actually wasn’t that bad. I’m guessing it’s because it was on a Sunday *shrugs shoulders* Anyway, we had fun, the kids had a lot of fun and my other nephew and niece showed up. I’ll have to post the vid when I get home of them dancing in front of the CC camera. Hilarious! Lol

Anyway, lemme shut this sucker down because the battery is on it’s last leg.

Have a good weekend!

Run for it!

I wasn't going to post today but I saw this video this morning and I could.not.stop.laughing. It's footage of the earthquake that happened in CA yesterday while the Judge Judy show was taping. Now, of course, I'm not that insensitive to laugh @ the actual event. What got me is the plantiff in this video would.not.budge from the table. Not because she was scared but she seriously thought they were going to continue with her case. Ya'll....I hollered. I tried to contain myself but......just watch. You'll see what I'm talking about. lol



I will also admit that I got tickled watching everyone, except the plantiff, run out of the courtroom. Not because they were running for their lives but for the fact that all it took was one person and everyone else was out! Lol Watching it made me think back to something similar that happened to me.


Back when I was a young buck I was in Nashville visiting my best friend. We had all gone out to this club and hadn't even made it in when a fight broke out in the parking lot. So we backed on outta the way so we wouldn't get caught up in the crowd of people watching/participating/whatever. As everything settled down we started making our way back to the door when this girl screamed. It was as if some cattle had suddenly been herded because folks just broke out runnin. Well I look @ my bf and the other folks we were there with and we break out runnin too. A few moments after we started running, my other homegirl just stops, busted out laughing and asked "What is we runnin fo'?" After she caught up (cause I was still runnin), I answered her question. I ain't know but I d@mn sure wasn't about to stand around and find out. Hell those folks were NOT running all willy nilly for nothing. lol Turns out, one of the guys that had been fighting earlier had said he was going to get his gun. That was reason enough for us to take our tails back to her apartment and call it a night.

What do you want now????

I don't blog about the j-o-b too much on here because most jobs are pretty much the same story with the same characters just with different faces and diff't challenges (read bullshit). My current gig is pretty sweet for the most part. The work is relatively easy (it just involves a lot of reading and writing), everyone is pretty cool, and the dress code is extremely lax. You can wear pretty much anything you want on any given day...jeans, shorts (no coochie cutters of course), flip flops, I've even seen some folks with spaghetti strap attire. Now that's a bit much IMO regardless of what they say you can wear but I digress. I guess I just haven't loosened up enough from a strict corporate dress code to get with that program (and probably never will).

The environment is pretty laid back and everyone seems to get along for the most part although I have been able to detect some of the "cliques" and strong dislikes some people have for others. Speakin of which, I've been invited to join the "cool kids" lunch club. In an effort to combat high gas prices and average pay a group of folks decided to form a lunch club that meets a few times a week. They decide on a theme (mexican, italian, etc) and each person brings something to contribute. I was first asked verbally and then sent an email invite. I guess this means I'm "in" now. lol I normally bring my lunch everyday but I may go against my anti-social grain and stop by a few times here and there before the year is up. lol

Anyway, I'm gettin off track because that's not even what my post is about. lol Soooo, within the fancy building you can find almost any nationality of people. It's truly like the UN. Our admin happens to be from the motherland. She's sweet as pie and I really do like her but can I just put something out into the universe real fast?? She.gets.on.my.damn.nerves.sometimes!!!! I know you're like AR Gal, what doesn't??!!

Lemme explain. My employer emphasizes that face-to-face interaction is the preferred form of communication. Me, I'd prefer to just receive an email or talk on the phone and be done with it (please see anti-social reference above). The AA....not so much. She truly takes the ish literally and I suppose I shouldn't knock her for that but still....................*sigh* Anyway, today she came down to my desk no fewer than 10 times (seriously I'm not exaggerating). About the 4th time, I had this look on my face that screamed WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?? UGH!!! I'm not the one to tell people how to do their job but ya'll just don't know how bad I wanted to tell her "really, it's okay if you just pick up the phone and call". lol Honestly, I think the reason why she does it is because english is not her 1st language so her accent is really thick and she may think it's easier to understand her in person -vs- on the phone. To me she sounds the same either way. *shrugs shoulders* I think the annoyance was the fact that the things she wanted were simple things liikkkke I need the key # to your lock on your desk for such and such, do you still have that file on your desk (if she had called she would have found out I didn't and could have saved herself an unecessary trip to my desk), do you have any agenda items for our meeting next week.......the list goes on.

Oh well, there's not much I can do to change it now. I just needed to vent I suppose. I'm going to go to work tomorrow with a better attitude and try to keep it that way.....unless she comes down to my desk again. lol

UPDATE: It is not even 9 am and she has been down to my desk twice already.......

Me and you must neva part............

......ma ki bouncy ball.

Not to be outdone, Emma must get her two minutes of shame....I mean fame too.

Simply put, this dog is a freak of nature. Other than food and the 'rents, fetching is her reason for living. Ever since she grasped the concept, it's been non-stop ever since. Climbing a mountain, walking in hot temp's, getting her shots, sometimes not even dinnertime will make her stop. Nothing but death will keep her from it! Now I don't want folks to get the wrong impression. I love playing fetch with her (because truly it's funny to watch) but when I do certain things of a personal nature, I need her to understand that we need to take a time out.

Sadly we must ignore our precious baby girl sometimes in order for her to get the point that it's not all about her. I too had to learn this lesson and it was a hard pill to swallow. I do believe that it will take her a lot more pills (or a slightly bigger one) as she has quite the big head. It hurts my heart but it must be done.

That's just Nasty................

Dogs eat grass.....

Said grass sometimes makes dogs vomit.......

Vomit is not meant to stay in the body..........

Throwing up is not fun.............

Believe me, I know.............

Seeing a 90 lb. dog do it in front of your face is even less fun............

90 lb. dog usually gives a signal..........

When we see that we rush him outside................

No signal this go 'round....................

Vomit+ carpet= some really fucked up shit...................

Why didn't he move to the tile..................

He's done that before too...................

He's a smart dog........................

Carpet=not good.....................

Tile=still not good but better than carpet..................

Thank goodness for home steam cleaners.................

Thank goodness I happen to really love this damn dog.......................

OMG!

I decided to check my blog history to see how long I had been back in the blogging game. I figured it had been really close to a year since I started back. If you'll recall, I technically started blogging about 3 years ago but due to unforeseen circumstances (read laziness) I stopped. Well, I jumped back on the wagon last summer and was surprised to see that I've been going at it(somewhat consistently) for over a year now since 6/28/07. GO ME!

I honestly didn't think I would last this long and thought I would have a lot more depth to my writing but alas......I don't. lol I'm cool with that though. Blogging for me is really something to do in my spare time. I'm not out to change the world one keystroke at a time, my blog doesn't have a theme, and I've found that I thoroughly enjoy reading other blogs more than I like conveying thoughts in my own. Again...I'm cool with that. There's a lot of things that happen in the day of life of AR Gal that never make their way to the screen you see in front of your eyes and most likely never will. Partly because I don't want to share (sowwy, some things need not be on the internets (yes I spelled it like that)) and also because I just don't have the time or desire to type it out.

With that being said (because this post seems to be taking a rather depressing turn), I think I'm gonna stick around for awhile. I promised myself that I would try and stay with this for a good year before deciding if I wanted to hang up my "Gone Fishing for Good" sign. For the most part, I like my blog and I definitely have taken a strong liking to the folks that swing by and comment. For me, that's reason enough to keep on keepin on.

AR Gal PSA.....

I absolutely positively, without a shadow of a doubt, cannot stand summer heat!

That is all, carry on.

How 'Bout a Round of Applause?

I wasn't even going to mention this but for some reason I can't stop thinking about this experience I had. lol

I went to Zaxby's last Friday to pick up some viddles for me and my mane. Now Z is a very picky eater and sometimes wants his food a certain way. Cool, no problem (unless he picks the wrong day to test me, lol). The particular sandwich he likes he prefers to have the food components separate so he can just put it together himself because he claims the sauce on it makes the toast soggy. I pull up to the order box thingy and told the girl taking orders want I wanted. I even made sure to use their terminology of "building it yourself" because that was how it was given to me by a Zaxby's employee. She tells me to hold on for a moment then comes back to inform me that they do not do that. Hmmmmm.......

Me: Ummmm, okay. Well the last few times I visited it was not a problem

Girl: Well, they said they weren't doing it that way today

Yes I typed, to-damn-day.....*sigh*

Me: Today? And who the fu.....who is they?

Girl: The cooks in the back

Me: Well, are they doing it tomorrow?

Girl: Ummmmmmmm......

At this point I ctfu.

Me: Da hell do they....nevermind..can you hold on a minute?

I call Z. I'm holding up the line because I didn't give two shits about Zaxby's or anyone else behind me right then. I tell him that he is more than welcome to get something else from this joint (just let me know what he wants) but my black ass would rather starve.

Z: Did you ask to speak to a manager?

Me: Hell no, 'cause I ain't coming back so it does.not.matter.

Z: I can't believe that ish, she actually said today.

Me: Yup

*we both laugh*

Then I hear the girl on the intercom asking to see if I was still there. I just told her I changed my mind and thanks but no thanks and drove off. I mean call me stupid but how dumb is it that you would rather put the sandwich together -vs- the consumer requesting that you just put components in the container for them to do it and save you a little extra work.

*sigh*

You put on quite a show, you really had me going

But now it's time to go, curtains finally closing

That was QUITE a show, VERY entertaining

But it's over now

Go on and take a bow.

I's Tieahd...........

This week has been kicking my ass something serious! I'm in a training class this week to learn about some new software that we are converting to. The people in this class have to teach the rest of the folks in the company. Lawd, what have I gotten myself into. lol Since we are in there all day, I have no time to get my work done (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) and by the time I get home, I'm worn out. I skipped out on walking or doing Tae-Bo today....I'm spent! As soon as I'm done, if I get done, typing up this post, I'm getting ready for bed. I made my salad and told Z he was on his own tonight. Training for everyone else begins next week and I will have to be the secondary trainer in some sessions but the session I have to lead is not until next month (thank gawd!) so I still have a little time to get better prepared. :-)

I opted to do 3 posts instead of one. I had all the stuff I talked about in one but it would have been way too hard on the eyes. Knock yourselves out....I'm going to bed.

Party Favors..........

So everything went well with the shower Saturday but the start of my day did not. I woke up early that morning to finish washing clothes (I had started the night before). I went to take the load out that had dried the night before and the clothes were still wet. I remember turning the thing on and hearing it roll around. Hmmmmmmmmm I restart the machine and I hear the power going through it but the drum wouldn't roll. Great, just phluckin great. *insert scream here*

**Sidenote: Have ya'll ever seen that show "Snapped" on Oxygen? Ummm, yeah I was THISCLOSE right then....THISCLOSE. First the air in the car, now this??!!

After throwing a tantrum (ie banging my head against the wall), I calm myself down and finish washing the clothes to take to the laundromat to dry. While there, I decided to just stop worrying about it, called Z to let him know so he could look at it when he got home from work and decided to focus my energy on the shower.

Sidenote: I'm happy to report the problem was nothing more than the belt needing to be replaced and we now have a fully functioning dryer again.

I met my friend to follow her to her FIL's house so I could park my car and ride with her. She was on time meeting me but behind in getting her stuff done. I thought we were heading straight over to the house to setup but it turns out we had to stop and get the cake and a couple of other things....no biggie. She drops me off @ Party City to pick up a laddle and she rides down to Kroger to pick up the cake. It takes me all of 1 minute to find what I need and pay for it so I just walked down the sidewalk (after almost busting my butt thank you very much) to the grocery store to find her. Once we walk around getting other last minute items, we head to the bakery. Now let me preface this by saying that she said that several people had recommended the bakery to her and told her how great the cakes were. The woman pulls the cake off the rack and it looks a HOT ASS MESS! lol lol lol The first thing I notice is that one of the corners is missing icing. I mean, all you see is brown! lol My friend by this time is just real quiet. After 13 years, I know that means she's pissed. She looks at me and rolls her eyes and I just put my head down 'cause I already know she's about to say something crazy. She asks for the baker and she comes up to the front.

Friend: We've got a problem
Bakerlady: Excuse me?
Friend: This is not what I ordered. The cake is pink, I asked for peach. The trim is messy, hell it ain't even in a straight line and this corner doesn't even have icing on it.
BL: Well ma'am, the cake is peach, I can show you the color palettes we work from and how pink and peach look. I did the cake like you asked.
Friend: Well, let's say the cake is peach, which it's not, what about the trim and missing icing? I mean did you think it was finished?
*me trying to ctfu*
BL: I apologize for that
Friend: Let me......let me just.....I'll be back

So we walk off to go get some oranges for a flower arrangement she was making.

Friend: Does that cake look peach to you? I'm just trying to make sure it's not me
Me: Hell no. That's pink if I ever saw it. Now that, nodding my head in the direction of this woman I saw, is peach. Her shirt is peach. lol
Friend: lol
Me: Go ask her to go stand next to that cake so you can show that woman what peach looks like. lol
Friend: Girl what am I gonna do? I am too embarrassed to show up with that shit.
Me: Weeeellll, you need a cake but I wouldn't pay for that ish nor would I want it.
Friend: Me either

So we go back to the bakery and she proceeds to tell the folks that she doesn't want it.

Me: Ummm, so no cake?
Friend: Oh I'm getting a cake. I'm going to stop by Sam's and pick one up
Me: Can they have one ready that quick?
Friend: Yeah, if I just get a pre-made one. Hell anything beats that shit in there.
Me: You got a point

So off to Sam's we went and 20 minutes later out she comes (I waited in the car) and off to the house we went. There was a nice turnout and the bride to be rec'd some nice gifts even though several people were still rolling in after it officially ended. *rollin eyes* Now just imagine, my friend, her SIL, and myself are cleaning up packing up the food and these kneegrows are coming up in there trying to get a plate. Da hell??? I gave this one girl this look that said if you don't get the hell away from me. The funny part is we forgot all about the cake until it was over. I realized it while going back to get one of the food trays. Most people were still there so my friend made a quick "oh yeah we've got cake too" announcement and that was that. lol

Ice'y Hot

My air is fixed but not after some bumps in the road. They FINALLY figured out it was the blower motor resistor that was problem but they figured this out keeping it ALL DAY FRIDAY!! WTF??!! I was hot. I mean seriously, they had had the car since early that morning. *smdh* That's not all though. The kicker was by the time they figured it out and were able to order the part they wouldn't have enough time to do the repair because they would be closed so that car had no air in it all weekend. I was so mad I called Z and told him to drive from the house (30 miles away) to come and get me. He just told me to hold on and he'd be there as he could tell my anger level was high because my voice starts shaking and I start stuttering and ish when I am really mad. lol Sure I could have went up there and told them off but sometimes a mans presence is just better....feel me? Add to the fact that the asst. mgr . dude had been trying to holla since Thursday. I wasn't interested and my actions fully showed that....or so I thought.

He struck a nerve Friday morning. I'm sitting in the office waiting on him to do something in the garage and start getting impatient because (1) I needed to go to work and (2) I had questions I still needed to ask. After waiting about 5 minutes I go into the garage and start asking my questions and he interrupts and ask me if I'm married. Ummm WHAT??!! I had to bite my tongue because I was 'bout to call him a n*gga but I just asked him "what the fuck does that have to do with what is coming out of my mouth?" instead. That shut him up real quick. I finished my interrogation, called my ride and I was out. I figured I could show him better than I could tell him anyway so when Z showed up with me that evening, dude just looked dumb.as.hell. lol I swear you gotta show folks fat meat is greasy sometimes.

While picking up the car Monday, the manager was there (he had been out on vacay the week before. He asked me who services my vehicle. I asked him why (knowing good and well where he was going with it) and he told me he just wanted me to keep them in mind for all my servicing needs. I politely told him in no uncertain terms that it would be a cold day in hell before I ever brought my car back there again *knocks on wood* and that I could list off several reasons why. He asked, I told him (asst. mgr.'s tactics included) and I got nothing but I'm sorry's and a discount off of my service. That's cool, but I still won't be back.

Anyway, that's all said and done now. My air is fixed and thankfully we are a 2 car family and didn't have endure the cruel summer days ridin sweaty or restricted to the house.

The Verdict is in......................

In the case of "To Help or not to Help a Friend", my conscience has found that AR Gal should indeed help her friend out.

What Z said that day really stuck with me and it made sense. Someone asked me had she ever gone out of her way for me and until that question was posed I hadn't even thought about it but yes she has. I won't go into the details but it was many many years ago (hence my memory lapse) and she was truly a friend indeed for a friend in need. lol I called to confirm with her that I'll be there and all is well. She told me that about 35-40 people were invited and that most of those people had called to confirm. I hope that house it's being held in is not small 'cause it's gonna be hot in there if that's the case. lol

In other news, the phluckin air in my car has decided to malfunction in out in the middle of the got damn summer. When you turn it on it comes on but then it shuts itself off.....then it turns itself back on.....then it shuts itself off. Da hell? I took it to the shop today but of course it didn't mess up while they had it but sure enough as I pull driving out of the parking lot off it goes and in reverse I went for them to pull it back in. lol It was close to closing time for them so I have to go back tomorrow for them to keep to see what's going on. One of the guys said it's probably a short somewhere which is what Z predicted as well. I don't give a care what it is I just want it fixed.....like NOW!!! UGH!!

Meme Time!!!!

I stole this from FreakyD. I figured I haven't done a meme in awhile and I liked the questions so here it goes....

1. How many rings until you answer the phone?
Honestly it depends on if I feel like getting up to answer it, then I check the caller ID to see who it is, THEN I decide if I want to talk. lol

2. Do you type with your fingers on the ‘home’ keys?
With the home keys. I've been doing it since my mom enrolled me in a typing class when I was 10. I tend to cringe when I see people typing "correctly". lol

3. Who told you they loved you last? Z just told me not 5 minutes ago...awwwwwwww. Now I wanna mate. lol

4. What color are your eyes? Plain ole' brown

5. Who is the first person on your top 8? Top 8 what?! NEXT!!

6. What’s your relationship with your first person in your top 8? *sigh*

7. Which shoe goes on first? I put my shoes on early this morning. I can't remember that far back...sowwy.

8. Would you consider cheating on your s/o if they were on the other side of the world for 3 months? 3 months...nahhhhhhh but you if you start asking about years then we will just have to part ways or something. lol

9. What do you usually order from Starbucks? I.don't.do.Starbucks.

10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose? I have banged my head against walls before but I really didn't try to hurt myself....it just sorta happened.

11. Do you wear a watch? Rarely. My cell is normally my main timekeeper.

12. What was the last thing you paid for with cash? Ummmm, I don't remember. I rarely have cash on hand.

13. What was the last thing you paid for with a credit card? Not shit. CC's are the devil....especially Discover! *looks @ SouthernGal* You know what I'm talkin about. lol lol

15. Is sex before marriage wrong? If it's wrong, I don't wanna be right!

16. What do you think of your friends? Their human, their good people, I love 'em like a fat kid loves cake.

17. Do you like painkillers? Depends. The one's that actually knock out the pain...yes. The one's that knock you out in the process....no.

18. How many TVs do you have in your house? Trois

19. Does your computer have a mouse? Yep

20. What is your zodiac sign? I am a Virginal Virgo *moves before lightning strikes*

21. What’s the most recent band you’ve been introduced to? Ummmm.....yeah........I got nothing

22. Who is/are your favorite comedian(s)? Richard Pryor, Simmore, Kat Williams, Ole School Bill Cosby

23. How do you feel about your hair? I wish it were thicker

24. What are you doing tonight? Wishing it were Friday

25. Longest shift you’ve ever worked? Hmmmm I've pulled some 12 hour shifts in my day

26. Who sleeps with you every night? Z and Emma. She's a sneaky lil bitch. She starts off in her bed and ends up in ours.

27. Would you ever fake illness to get attention? Nope but I reserve the right to cry wolf for mental health days that I may need to take in the future.

28. Have you ever been tied up/cuffed? Nope

29. Do you have any phobias? Kinda sorta. I can't swim so I don't like water in my eyes, ears, nose but I can deal with it if my main goal is to be clean.

30. How many years is it until you turn 100? 70. Makes me feel kinda young looking at it that way.

31. What letter/number does your street start with? (Freaky said this one best, lol)

What the fuck kind of question is that? Why not ask for my government name, phone number, and social security number too? I live at 555 Noneya Fucking Business Blvd between the intersection of Fuck You and Nosy Bitch!

32. Do you visit your grandparents at least once a week? No, all of my grandparents are dead.

33. Have you ever messed up your computer? I plead the fif.

34. Is your bedroom clean? Clean enough tonight, lol

35. Is wearing socks with sandals cute? Ehhhhhhhhhhhh......no

36. Have you ever had lice?Hell naw!

37. What color are the sheets on your bed? C.R.E.A.M

38. Do you know what an IP address is? Not by heart

39. What instantly makes you laugh/smile? Payday, silly texts from Z, hearing Niecy Nash sing "Who wants a Clean House?" on Clean House (I kid you not, lol), The Geico commercial with the old dudes......rental car smells like sunshiiiiiiiine. lol lol lol

40. Are you flexible? Not really....I need to work on that.

I need a favor.........

I don't know about you but that phrase always makes me cringe. Why? 'Cause favors people ask of me always seem to be bit much IMO.

Example 1:
My eldest sister: Could you do me a favor?
Me: Depends
ES: Would you mind taking off work, flying up to STL to help me drive from STL to Atlanta? I don't think I could make it all that way having to deal with both boys.
Me: Ummmm, don't you have a husband?
ES:So I guess that means no.
Me: *silence*

Example 2:
Co-worker: Could you do me a favor?
Me: Depends
CW: Could you drive me to (insert restaurant name here)? I need to pick up the lunch ordered for boss lady and I don't how to get there.
Me: *trying not to blow my breath and roll my eyes* I'll go with you but you're driving.

Example 3:
Friend: Could you do me a favor?
Me: Depends
Friend: Would you mind helping me with a shower I'm throwing next weekend? It's for such and such I used to work with.
Me: Who?
Friend: such-n-such. I don't think you met her or maybe you did, I don't remember
Me: Hmmmmmm, where's it at?
Friend: In Sherwood
Me: Hmmmmmmmm
Friend: My sister-in-law will be there to help to but I think I may need an extra pair of hands
Me: Hmmmmmmmmm, I'll think about it and call you back.


Example 1 was cut and dry no for me because my sister was going to a family reunion of some close family friends. My mom was also going but she was flying....as my sister should have. All of us had been invited but I had chosen not to go (and had told her this on several occassions). I still cannot wrap my head around why she asked me to help her drive down there. My folks work my nerve.

The request in example 2 really wasn't so bad but it was just the fact that she asked me to drive? The hell??!! If YOU need help, then YOU are driving....case closed.

Example 3 just happened yesterday. I told her I would think about it so that's what I'm doing now. As stated, she is throwing a shower for some girl she used to work with. I don't know the girl and if I ever saw her when I used to stop into the shop to visit with my friend I don't remember her. She told me her name but ummmm yeah...it didn't ring a bell. I asked her where it is being held for a reason because I thought maybe it was going to be in the town where I live (In Conway about 30 minutes away from Little Rock). Sherwood is on the other side of North Little Rock (which is just across the river from LR)....basically a nice little drive.

My first thought is hell no. My thing is this, I wouldn't ask my friends to go out of their way like that, especially for someone they didn't know. I was talking with Z about it last night and he said that there is no right or wrong response to her request but maybe it would help if I thought about it from the aspect of even though I don't know the girl, my friend needs my help. Hmmmm, true but still. Either way I'll let her know something by tomorrow at the latest.

What do ya'll think? Am I being mean? Please be honest.....it's always better than the giving the "right answer" in my book. Thanks!! :-D

An Afternoon at the Movies: Hancock

Z and I finally got our ish together and went to see "Hancock" yesterday afternoon. True to form, we got there with only minutes to spare. We had a game plan though. We were going to go inside and use the machine, which the theater just got a few months back, to get our tickets so we wouldn't have to wait in line. That would have worked out great had the thing not been broken. Soooooo, back outside we went to wait in the now even longer line. After waiting for about 30 seconds, I said let's just get tickets to a later show or just go home because we are not going to have good seats. After waiting for about 10 minutes to get up to the front of the window because these school age children were to dumb to realize they needed two people working the window and not one *eye roll* we got tickets. Z went ahead and bought them for the 4:30 show....*even bigger eye roll* We walk in and it's packed, I turn around to give him that "I told you so look" and he is gone. lol He's outside talking to the people at the window and they just tell him we can go ahead and go to the other theater it's showing in @ 5:15.

He turns around and tells me...see babe, we get to see it in comfortable seats and for the matinee price.

Me: "You sneaky mf'er, did you plan this?"

Him:" hee hee hee".

Me: " I can't stand you, lol"

Him (after he stops laughing): "Nope, didn't plan it but you gotta admit, it worked out nicely"

Me: "I suppose....sneaky mf'er, lol"

The movie was pretty good. I'd read the reviews of the "pros" and other bloggers so I knew what to expect. As predicted, it starts off funny and ends not exactly how I would have liked. I'm pretty sure by now everyone knows the gist of the storyline....a drunk superhero who tries to revamp his image. There are not a lot of twists and turns to make your jaw drop, everything was pretty predictable (to me anyway). Case in point, when Charlize Theron's character makes her first appearance, you know that she and "Hancock" have a history of some sort. It was written all over her face. At that point it's just a matter of when this fact will actually come to light and what exactly their connection is/was. Speaking of Charlize, Z had me dyin' laughing in the theater. I was laughing so hard I had to cover my mouth because I didn't want folks laughing at me like we laughed at the man in the theater last weekend when we went to see "Wanted".

Z: "Hey isn't that what's her face?"

Me: "I don't know anyone by that name"

Z: "You know....uhhh uhhh...."

Me: "Nope, still nothing"

Z: "No Kevin..... it wasn't the wine Kevin...."

Me: *hollers"

Z: *laughing*

Me: *trying to contain myself*"Yeah, that's her"

If you are not familar with that line, it's what Charlize Theron's character tells her husband in "The Devil's Advocate" when she is trying to convince him that the ladies she was just out shopping with turned into demons. Both of us happen to love that movie and love that line from the movie even more. It's a line that we use all the time around here when we are feeling goofy (which is a lot of the time). Yes, we are wierd. lol

Annnnnnnnywaaaaaayyy, I that's about all I say about the movie. I won't say you shouldn't go see it but I won't say that you should either. I dunno, use your own judgement (like you wouldn't anyway) on this one. FYI....if you do go catch it at the theater, be sure to stay seated after the credits start rolling for a minute as there will be a brief cameo by Mike Epps.

AR Gal rates this one: It could have been worse