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86 trailer trash!

2006-01-14T19:04:00.000-05:00

this is how it looked in my head.... we got about 60% there....

so the trailer trash look just wasnt working for me.
i've felt like TT for about two weeks now.
just couldnt deal with it anymore. so i went today, braved a new experience.
finding a new stylist is scary. especially when you've had the same one for 8 years. well i had gone to sheer professionals for 8 years.

so here are the results: (not totally fabulous!, but not bad either)

cheesy smile!

woohoo :)

regardless, it looks sooo much better than it has all week at school/work!

The Chattering Monkey

2006-01-10T21:52:00.000-05:00

Buddhism compares the untrained mind to a chattering monkey that jumps from one branch to another. The monkey is never still and constantly moving. This is not a flattering image, but if you watch your thoughts darting from one random idea to another, you may discover that it is quite accurate. You can train yourself to be aware of the stream of thoughts passing through your head, and to quiet the chattering monkey.

A.E.G.

2006-01-06T17:58:00.000-05:00

AEG is the key to wellness. That's what we learned in school today.

Awareness
Education
Growth

The trends lately is the wellness kick. Americans are going crazy, finally taking responsibility for their health and well-being. It's about time. It usually takes an illness or injury or some type of life-changing event for someone to develop an interest in their health and wellness.

Yah so I started school this week. Had class on Thurs and Fri. I love it so far. I love the diversity of our class. Age range from about 18-65. There's students just out of high school and there's students that have made drastic career changes from corporate positions. The teachers seem easy-going, appreciate wellness, are compassionate, and thrive on thier career decisions. It's very exciting to be in a place where everyone wants to be and is ready and willing to learn. Refreshing.

Wahooo! We just got our couch!!

2006-01-03T12:59:00.000-05:00

This is the Sleeper Section! Friends/Family this is where you'll be sleeping when you come to visit!
It's a queen size sleeper sofa!

This is very exciting since we've been using camping chairs for about a month now!! Horray!

San Diego Zoo

2006-01-02T18:24:00.000-05:00

He's was the first Panda that I'd ever seen, so cute just hanging out!!

nye05/06, these are the ACTUAL accounts

2006-01-02T05:12:00.000-05:00

as the night revealed, the anticipation of being in la for nye was - to say the least- far from what i expected. my expectations were not unrealistic, i dont believe, to simply enjoy an outdoor goa event, while being exposed to a well-developed psy-community, perhaps meeting a few like-minded souls. i wanted to stomp in the new year with space monkey and all the other israeli folk. much to our dismay, the journey to burbank and then up the mountains to the ranch was pointless. the event was canceled before it even started. apparently the mud/dirt/dusty roads were washed away that lead to the ranch. that was the story anyway. the location, the people, the community had all the potential in the world.... beyond frustrating. what do you do? you can't give up, not on nye, in a city of a million possiblities after a 500 mile journey. we trotted to the nearest exit, nonchalantly pranced into the lobby of a fancy marriot hotel in search of our friend the internet. that was too easy. perhaps, the only thing that was 'easy' the entire night. i located several options, but the clock was ticking, we didn't have much time to figure out where to go and how to get there. there were two main choices- the spundae mego event or a little artsy-community event that had some flare. 50 bucks or 10 bucks. we both agreed we had seen our fair share of mego events..... onward to support the lil guys.

the rest of the evening was merely an utter disappointment. other than my delightful companion, the bottle of champagne we ended up chugging, and the events that followed on new years day.... nye05/06 was simply a tragedy.

the directions to the little guys gig, brought us into hollywood, which was quite fabulous and exciting. there were people everywhere. that was somewhat glamerous. maybe under different circumstances, and if we had orginally planned to just go to hollywood to hang out for nye it might have been legitimate. we found our destination, finally. it was on santa monica blvd. and we thought we'd party till the sun came up. the venue looked exquisite: lots of people, decorations, lights, ferris wheel. perfect, let's do it. 45 minutes later, ball drop and all, we were still looking for a parking space. ridiculous. the *only* possible place, after circling the blocks thousands of times, was a pay lot that stacked your car and you had to turn in your keys. simply a bad idea, when the contents of your car are worth more than the car itself... not a risk we wanted to take with the skydiving gear in the back.

we did finally find a spot, still trying to have high hopes of a possible recovery for the night, we quickly changed and headed for the venue. along the way, we passed a smaller club hosting an SG's nye event, yummy! a lil angel, wings and all, popped out as we were passing by, she was sporting fluffies.... lox were the only thing she was missing! so....yah, anyways. we get to the venue and it turns out somehow, we had wrote down the directions to the spundae event, it was still 50 bucks (even though it was approaching 1 oclock!), it only went to 4am, AND it appeared to be winding down with people leaving in herds. of course, nothing can go right from this point on. cranky, we decided not to take that risk.

after strolling up and down santa monica blvd. looking for a bathroom, seeing a few prostitutes, 5 stretch limos at del taco....i resorted to tinkling by the car on santa monica blvd. that's worth something, right!?! btw, the SG's event was $50 each as well, hardly worth the eye candy w/o some sort of good music and dancing.

we drove through west hollywood (which was very cool, admittingly), attempted to find the actual event we were originally seeking before we gave up on finding something to do. for the record, we didn't surrender w/o a fight. appartenly, it just wasn't meant to be. we found the highway, homeward bound.... thinking we might try to find a hotel. i realized that we *could* try to make the most of new years day. that it would be silly just to drive home. in agreeance and both having had the desire to explore san diego, we decided to head that direction.

our journey matched the description of a national lampoon adventure.

we were southbound at this point, at who knows what hour of the night/morning. we were definitely de-de-delirious. we had been driving aimlessly for what seemed like days. we happened to come across disneyland! so we decided to stop and be the first ones in line for the morning! no, no, not really.... but we did take our picture in front of the disneyland sign! yah, its 2am on new years.... why not?!?

we were excited to see the pacific and 5 did meet up with highway 1 (which runs down the coast). we finally stopped in oceanside, ca. its probably the northest suburb of san diego... simple quaint beachtown. acquiring a hotel room, of course, wasn't easy. after stopping at 4 other hotels, we ended up at the motel 6 to break in 2006. wooooohhhhoooooo! grandiose!!!

checking in there wasn't even simple. the attendant, who resembled Michael Clarke Duncan from The Green Mile, looked totally out of place, busting out of his Motel 6 polo shirt that was 3 sizes too small, interrogated bj about what our intentions were with the room---- STRANGE!!!! Uhhhh, we wanted somewhere to sleep?! Hard to imagine, I know. It was a bed, clean room, we couldn't complain. And finally our night was over. We chugged our champange while watching dennis the menace and quickly passed out.

I woke up thinking about pancakes, yum. I read in the room guide that there was an IHOP near by. I won't go into the details of our horrible experience and the lack of good restaurant management. I'll spare the criticism...however, it really isn't too much to expect to get a hot breakfast in less than an hour, geez!

We were toggling between visiting Legoland or the San Diego zoo. Hard choice really..... The heart of LEGOLAND California is Miniland USA. A dedication to the ultimate expression of the LEGO art form, this replication of seven regions of the United States, all constructed with 20 million LEGO bricks in 1:20 scale, can be seen from many places in the Park. Would have been super cool, but we decide to go to the zoo since both attractions closed at 5pm and breakfast had taken soo long. *We did stop at Legoland to take a picture, just to match the Dishneyland picture of places we didn't get to go to on our trip.

The zoo was amazing and I don't normally like zoos. The panda's were fabulous. I've never seen a panda before. The structure of the zoo and layout was the best I'd ever seen. It makes sense why the San Diego Zoo is rated one of the best in the world. Honestly. We had a good time there and the weather was perfect. We decided that Little Italy would be our destination for dinner, since there are hardly no Italian restaurants in Tucson*. Seriously no complaints about the restaurant selection in Tucson tho. We are entirely spoiled with fabulous restaurants, between all the vegetarian, sushi, and mexican choices.

Little Italy was better than expected. We picked a nice selection Zagarella's, and we weren't disappointed a bit. The sauces were all homemade, the pinot noir was flawless, and the atmosphere was pleasant. A+ dining experience. Hoorray.

We cruised around the downtown after dinner. We loved it. The city was thriving.... has lots to offer. Downtown living, entertainment, shopping, dining, public trans... you name it. It seemed clean, safe, and very appealing. I'm definitely interested in the cost of living and what more the city has to offer. I'm surprised we hadn't been there before. Very impressive.

The rest of the story is simple. We journeyed home....after getting through the Cleveland National Forest, 4000 ft. elevation, rain and fog....... we were back in the desert and enjoyed the easy drive home. Thankful we can rest tomorrow.

Not at all what we wanted or expected, nye05/06, but in the end it worked out. we got to explore san diego, simply fabulous! however, i'm SOOOO itching to dance, RARRRRRRR!!!!!!

over and out.

School Schedule!!

2005-12-29T15:47:00.000-05:00

So I recieved my school schedule today! I start next week. Very exciting!!!

Yoga and Meditation will be fun and Five Element Theory should be very interesting. I've been looking for employment and I have two good leads. I'm not sure which one I'm leaning towards ?! But I also would like to concentrate on my business too. I always have soo many goals...and I love to start things, I just need to forge ahead and fight to complete things as well! Sounds like a goal for '06. <----which is right around the corner! woohoo. I think it'll be a great year :>

if i were a penquin....

2005-11-29T00:33:00.000-05:00

my saying for the week..... (actually last week)

"Zero to freak in a week"
Anyone who's seen me in the last week will understand !!

massive!

2005-11-23T10:16:00.000-05:00

RARRRR!

1 to the 10th power

2005-11-21T14:03:00.000-05:00

as there are many pieces of the puzzle
finding the link to unify is the key

my time has been allocated in many other areas. i haven't really explained myself - what i'm doing, why i'm doing it, how i'm going after it

somewhat cheesy, this is my entry essay for DIHA.
from my understanding, it's probably in the top 5 of school's of this nature, maybe even top 3.

As a natural progression through high school and college, I’ve been in the restaurant industry for 8 years, with three major companies. It became an intricate web of playing different roles and always taking on more responsibility. I feel that I’ve utilized the industry as a stepping-stone. Personally growing into a young professional, I’ve soaked in the useful resources, developed management skills, and met many different networks of people.

With the most recent position at BDI Inc., I gained valuable knowledge of a corporate structure within a 50-unit (in 19 states) privately owned company and successfully opened a new unit with a team of 5 co-workers. This included the scratch-setup from a 1.5 million dollar renovation, hiring, training, and compliance through the first 6-months of operations. The core of skill sets from Restaurant Management include: Interviewing and Hiring, Training, Administrative Billing and Processing, Inventory Control, Schedule Writing, Local Marketing, Grass Roots Marketing, Promotions and Daily Operation of 200+ seat dining room and a full service bar with annual sales exceeding $4 million dollars.

I’ve enjoyed the differences in my daily routine (there’s never two days exactly the same), exposure to diversity, new opportunities, and the swift advancement opportunities. As I’ve realized it is time to evolve into another career, the one common denominator I enjoy the most is people. With a sociology background, studying people- personality traits, habits, buying patterns, relating to and motivating others is fascinating to me. My life goal and personal motivation has developed into making a difference. The restaurant industry has been an enriching experience, which taught countless life lessons and ignited an entrepreneurial spirit, skill, and ambition.

I was blessed in my life to have had the opportunity to work and learn from a very wise and successful entrepreneur, Seth Task. He taught and guided me through life lessons that will influence me through the rest of my life. Each of us has been presented with opportunities, gifts, talents, and challenges for a reason. It’s a choice how seriously we take these things. It’s very important to me to do everything I can do to share my gifts, learn from my mistakes, help others become aware of the knowledge they possess, and to believe in the endless possibilities. He is an amazing person and taught me to be passionate about my goals and life. The passion pushes the boundaries, the passion doesn’t allow you to take no for an answer, and the passion motivates you beyond explanation. He showed me how to use life’s challenges as a stepping-stone into a brighter tomorrow, to always embrace knowledge and never stop learning, and to appreciate the value of communication. I am truly, entirely grateful. I have the desire to make a difference in people’s lives and positively impact society. With my massage therapy certification and masters of business administration, I plan to create an organization designed to help others with the tools and skills of massage therapy, yoga, mediation, nutrition, and other self-preserving disciplines. I hope to find a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment in this career plan that will lay a solid foundation on the path towards success.

I have a natural embedded nature for guest/costumer/client service. For the last 8 years, I’ve been building regular guests, knowing internally that the relationship is about more than dinner. I’ve lived with the philosophy of giving our guest’s the experience that they would like to have, thus it’s imperative to read the non-verbal communication and to anticipate their needs. With this philosophy, there are comparative similarities to the massage therapist/client relationship. My goal is to continue to develop and channel my passion to help people into a meaningful career.

Other interests such as nutrition and a healthy way of life are also imperative characteristics of my life that introduced willpower, awareness, and devotion to live a vegetarian lifestyle. I also enjoy an array of physical activities and discovered a passion for yoga, mediation, and skydiving. I’m excited to dive deeper into the science of self-healing and touch.

So that's that. That's not it, but that's what DIHA's all about.
As far as Tucson, there's 350 days of sunshine, no-one can argue with that.

peace out.

Capturing the moment....!!!

2005-11-14T20:59:00.000-05:00

I should have captured the glorious moment of my freedom...

My freedom will most likely truly be enjoyed once the stress of moving twindles. Although the past two days have delightfully been productive. Ah, the days are back of attacking a list and feeling accomplishment again.

Deep down, underneath, it is a great feeling. Knowing I don't have to go back there....back into that industry......

YAY!
celebrate.

it's on the list

2005-10-25T12:57:00.000-04:00

i really want a tail, i think it'd be sexy

poor Tommy

2005-10-25T12:53:00.000-04:00

sometimes life doesn't go as planned.

http://doktorj.benow.ca/musik/doktorJ-gnosiS_mix.mp3

the lesson today is: don't play on the roof!

besides, friends don't let friends jump off buildings w/o a parachute.

Back Shot, for eBay!

2005-10-20T23:43:00.000-04:00

My tag line for eBay...

The design and inspiration of these Cyberlox were for them
to be the most UV Reactive Cyber Falls on the market!
Mission Accomplished!

**cross your fingers, i hope they sell!!

Tribute to BDWV05

2005-10-20T14:06:00.000-04:00

The New River Gorge Bridge, quite fabulous!

This is my pseudo WRX ad....

I love this view!! Scrumptous!

Apparently...
when you're in the Bible Belt of WV you're not a fairy, you're an angel! I learned this really fast, damn "W" supporters!

Chef, I'd like mine marinated please!

Meatless and Wunderbar!

The cabin living room, so cute!

Holiday Inn, love!
What happens at the Holdiay Inn, stays at the Holiday Inn!!

More to come soon
oh what a year.....
what a community!
Blue skies!

cyberlox wizard of OZ!

2005-10-07T11:28:00.000-04:00

so i just finished these for my sister's LIONNESS costume! I'm thinking maybe the whole Wizard of OZ crew should have lox too?!?

I think they'll definitely provoke a huge RARRRRRRRR!

Mark this day!!

2005-10-04T01:08:00.000-04:00

I did it! This day should be marked in history, it's been in the making for over 8 years now.

At times we don't see how things become a part of us, the way we spend our time, utilize our minutes.... when you blink and a year or two has passed.

Stepping stones in life: sometimes you have to take several steps backwards to see the big picture, to see the future and a chance towards another path.

I learned several years ago, that I AM the only driving force that will make things happen for myself. And you never know, unless you try.

Afterall, some of the best things that have happened in my life, were a result of a faith/karmic CHANCE i took.

Once again.

Everything happens for a reason!!

Typical spoken, but true...... TODAY is the first day of the rest of my life!

smooches.

LPSF05 Aftermath, opps!!

2005-10-02T03:11:00.000-04:00

NiteVibe captured us at 1015, being freaky of course!! NITEVIBE!!!

100's of cops in RIOT gear!

2005-10-02T03:03:00.000-04:00

Watch out cyber-fans, Nyogen's here to save the day!!

the full picture can be found here,
http://www.funkyclouds.com/gallery/music/lpsf05misc/IMG_1626?full=1

orbital

2005-09-17T09:27:00.000-04:00

woah.

mass chaos, i keep wondering where the summer has gone? it's more than halfway through september now. as much as i enjoy fall and it's beauty, it's downhill from here.... the "w" word and the "s" word are approaching, lingering in the foothills ready for action. salvation comes from knowing that i will endure it's arrival, on task like seth, and i won't withstand the departure, not here at 41/81. the elements are lining themselves, the plans are formulating, the energy is flowing...

relaxation, the calm before the storm, a deep breathe is coming soon, blue skies on continental, sunrise on the west coast....... 5 days in counting.

good posture...

2005-09-11T09:42:00.000-04:00

namaste

Australia's cane toads love the nightlife

2005-09-11T01:06:00.000-04:00

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Poisonous and ugly, Australia's cane toads are also suckers for nightlife.

Researchers looking for ways to eradicate the toxic toads, introduced from Hawaii in 1935 and now an environmental menace, have found a way to trap them using ultra-violet "disco" lights.

The pests have spread in their millions across the tropical north. Cane toads, some as big as dinner plates, can even kill crocodiles and wild dogs with their hallucinogenic venom.

Australian scientists have tried for four decades to find a way to eradicate them, with only limited success.

Residents of Queensland state and the Northern Territory have even resorted to golf clubs and cricket bats.

But researchers in the Northern Territory have found that ultra-violet "disco lights" are a great way to attract cane toads so that they can be trapped.

After experimenting with red and then blue lights, Australia's Frogwatch "Toad Buster" project found that the "black" light was the most effective way to attract them.

"We've found that the old toads are definitely a disco animal," Frogwatch coordinator Graham Sawyer told reporters.

He said 200 of the toads were caught in a three-week project using the disco lights at a remote station about 120 km (75 miles) south of the Northern Territory capital, Darwin.

About 1,500 toads had been trapped since January, Sawyer said.

He said it appeared that part of the attraction for the toads seemed to be the swarms of insects that the lights brought.

The lights were placed inside toad traps with one-way doors.

Cane toads were introduced 70 years ago in a bid to fight greyback beetles, which were threatening Australia's northern sugar cane fields.

They now number in the millions and have so far defied attempts to control or eradicate them. Female cane toads can lay 8,000 to 35,000 eggs at a time and may produce two clutches a year. The toads reach maturity within a year and have a lifespan of at least five years.

choices, timing, playing the cards

2005-09-01T09:39:00.000-04:00

it's a love hate relationship
how can there be an inner desire/will/motivation yet such a block from actually following through

torn

too few and far between

i hope the days go fast and are filled with productiveness (like in the past) but with dreams and hopes of the future

todays the day

it amazes me, the same thing that drives me to such great ambitions and allows me to develop such elaborate dreams/plans/ideas is the same thing that is able to hold me back...... one of life's great mysteries

one of these days, i'll figure it out
the light is shed is stages, the stages of development, and despite all, everything happens for a reason

has a time and place
and will make sense at some point....

it plays on my worse fear.....running against that clock.... tick tick tick

ok, ok, i'm going to go save the world already!
i'm going, i'm going....

Current Mood:

Up-To-the-Minute-News

2005-08-15T09:29:00.000-04:00

running along in my hampster wheel
treading quite nicely
the light shining ahead
neon glimpses of hope
the timeline is securing itself

day 14 of 21
breezy

35 days till we leave for San Fran, LP or bust baby

O&O.

surprise surprise

2005-07-23T06:30:00.000-04:00

i'm opening, actually i'm at the beginning of an opening binge
horray!

i tried to be productive, after my day finally started yesterday, caribou led me to the bookstore and i wonder around aimlessly and soaked in knowledge, it is one of my favorite things to do. it felt good. i took a lot of notes and wrote down a number of isbns. good times.

came home and made some really good tofu.

yesterday was pleasant.

what will today bring?

3 out of 4 are consistent

2005-07-22T15:36:00.000-04:00

I'm definitely an ENF.... its the J and P that I go back and forth with:

ENFJ - "Persuader". Outstanding leader of groups. Can be aggressive at helping others to be the best that they can be. 2.5% of total population.

Free Myers-Briggs Word Choice Test
personality tests by similarminds.com

ENFP - "Journalist". Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total population.

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personality tests by similarminds.com

For the longest time, I've been an enfj, but i think over time and the number of times i've taken different tests, maybe i really am an enfp??

the truth is i'm probably somewhere in the middle....and i'm content with that.... its really just about understanding yourself and others.

things that make you go ''hmmmmm'' !!!!!

the hours of a midsummer's event

2005-07-22T12:06:00.000-04:00

i left for work wednesday morning around 6:30 and returned home friday morning at 12:15.... crazniess!

sushi rock lead to annebelle's which lead to nicole's...
a considerably successful adventure into sushi rock, only one marble slab and just enough for one sitting..

randomness of course

f4-1, dirty d, two..... pittsburgh flyers: for a laugh..... adventures upstairs and naps in the car, a combined effort for a fabulous start to marisa's birthday.

horrific traffic everywhere

M Bistro and pretentious westlake, patios are always great

Off to crocker park to see Charlie, with no expectations, it was great. CCF ended the night.

(no pictures to document events..)

today i'd like to attack my list, a sense of accomplishment is necessary...

out of the woodwork

2005-07-15T12:04:00.000-04:00

oh the joys of pretentious akron
a dose of fuel
stumbling upon a reality check
LIT's
randomness
5lbs of dehydration
its just like chess
nothing a *new* funky pixie cut can't handle!

cheers.

love for the media

2005-07-13T05:20:00.000-04:00

why would you want to subject yourself ?

i flip on the TV news, or pick up a newspaper and start reading. what a perplexing tangle of different forces at play in the world. the mind and the heart are instantly bombarded with suffering in a multiplicity of forms. how are we, who are not experts in international affairs or politics or economics or social policy or criminal justice, to grasp the enormity and the minutiae of what is actually going on? it feels like a huge cascading torrent, this day's recounting of what happened, who said what, who did what, who knew what when and who didn't, who went where, who responded to what and how they responded. thre was such a recounting yesterday. there will be another one tomorrow. and none of it, mind you, is exactly what happened. they are stories about what happened, constrained by all sorts of parameters, some of which we know, some of which we may have no inkling of, much of it spun one way or another by pandits and by political protagonists aiming to achieve or prevent one effect of another.

nevertheless, we can glean a lot by taking it in with more than a grain of salt. in any case, whether we know it or not, we are continually building our own images and opinions of the world and what is going on out of this stream of partial information to which we can easily become addicted, even as we are perhaps becoming exasperated by particular emergences, the particulars depending, of course, on who you are and what you care about or are evne open to hearing or cannot escape admitting. our eyes flitting over the newspaper fill the mind with random details as much as with coherent stories or analysis, out of which grow our own thoughts, feelings, and opinions, which proliferate endlessly. watching the news on tv or listening to it on the radio does much the same. after a while, however we take it in, it becomes a steady diet, and a poor one. for most of the news is a recounting of dukkha (suffering) in its infinite forms. there is precise little to lift the spirits.....
-jk zinn

self imposed torture, even filtering through the 'spins', the suffering, and the hot 'topics'..... to feel informed? does that even exisit anymore?

at least i'm not alone, others share my 'understanding' or lack there of, due to the subtle incompetence of those in positions to inform....

rarrrr!

goodbye hulla!!!!!!!

2005-07-10T22:11:00.000-04:00

it may be the last time i get to run around all night and say 'happy hulla!' like it's a holiday, to celebrate the day for what it is and for the people that it's joined together, but as they say...
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END!

it just so happened the last hulla ever was on my birthday. what a great reason to frolic up to toronto, a lovely city. carpe diem, who knows when we'll ever be in toronto again? yes, i know, we'll find a reason! from 3 o'clock on, i kept wondering if anyone would play our song? i wasn't sure if i could fathom that the song that we had grown so fond of many many moons ago, hadn't affected others along the way? these thoughts developed into the best moment of the night, THE LAST SONG! of course. there are very few moments in life, when time freezes and you think 'wow, i'm going to remember being in this very moment for the rest of my life'...... my birthday turned out to be very special afterall, with no one's control, just fate.

Ahha smiles!! Uber cute and festive!

Quick take a picture of Brian taking a picture of you, it's never been done before!

Nicole darling, saying 'Oh yah....look at me go!"

over and out.

jsyk (the past seventy-nine days)

2005-06-22T02:40:00.000-04:00

i rarely questioned my return.
knowingly, it was going to have to be remarkable.
in a sense, documenting or understanding the period of time that pressed forward and developed, must occur over time, an all-inclusive ---> this is the nutshell shaboom bang bang would be entirely tooo draining, and would most likely entail several trips to caribou..

with that said....

cheers!

Setting the pace

2005-04-02T10:24:00.000-05:00

Not exactly on fast forward anymore. Not letting my guard down either.
Lose an hour tonight. Those are so precise.

The next weeks will go fast. Must get on the accomplishment bandwagon once again. The celebration WILL not be chaotic, if I have anything to say about it.

Anticipation.
Invitations went to 15 different states. Insane.

Big day, must set the end of the week up for success. TM is vital.

______________________________________

it will be a great day when our schools get all the money they
need and the air force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber
________________________________________________

DSS

2005-04-02T10:19:00.000-05:00

7 Deadly Social Sins

Politics without Principle
Wealth without Work
Commerce without Morality
Pleasure without Conscience
Education without Character
Science without Humanity
Worship without Sacrifice

2005-03-24T12:58:00.000-05:00

Everyone looks stoked, yo!

2005-03-24T12:46:00.000-05:00

Drewby made me these wonderful veggie meals during the opening/training week. So posh. Why did you have to leave me?!?!

JSYK.....

2005-03-24T12:09:00.000-05:00

56 days out.

Martini night was a success, w/o even promoting it. Stellar.
I'm working on an ice wine martini, I think it'd be devine.
Ferrante Ice Wine+Ciroc+dash of Chambord?

Going to pick up the invitations today and we're finally going to check out the rings, hopefully everything works out. We don't really have time for it not to.

Theres so much to do...... but i guess i'd be bored if there wasn't so much to do, eh?

Flux

2005-03-11T23:40:00.000-05:00

68 days.
good day off, right combination of productiveness and relaxation.
Johnny M's was yummy, as usual, and 1 Orange Cream(oj and absolut vanilla) did me just right!
Robots was cute, definitely worth seeing.
Must get some sleep, tomorrow's our 4th USPA National Safety Day!

toodles.

2005-03-10T07:01:00.000-05:00

Drewby & I @ the Trainer Dinner tuesday in Geneva at the winery

detrimental avoidance

2005-03-10T06:44:00.000-05:00

wow. so many times, the last weeks, have effectively run together and i'm not sure where they start or end. especially the last ten. as i predicted, the craziness started march 1st-ish and has yet to slow down, in fact, it's picking up acceleration. with the new store, hiring, training, setting up the bar, opening liquor orders, product management (micros), and everything in between- it's perfectly safe to say that i've had my hands full. there hasnt been much time for anything else.
i was prepared this time. and unlike my last opening years ago, i'm not in the middle of finals. ha. of course, it appears as if the wedding is on hold, due to my current focus. as if decisions/plans can't be made w/o me? maybe its really not on hold and all sorts of things are getting done and i'm just unaware? let me cross my fingers, that'd be marvelous.

my last post, a fabulous creation of mixed word/emotion was a victim of the BSoD. (blue screen of death) i guess it wasnt meant to be. it was just about my dream, the dream, the place i escape to, the tick tock in my extreme motivation.

interesting, eh?

we'll say hello again, as it was the first time.

Costa Rica '05

2005-02-13T12:27:00.000-05:00

Plan B.

How cute is the pool?!

..and the beach is just a few feet in the distance

The Bungalow we'll be staying in...

So excited, and everything's booked :)

All this crazy wedding planning might be worth it, to relax in Costa Rica for a week. We all know that we'll both need it!!

Green Kick!

2005-02-13T11:27:00.000-05:00

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem...
Go Green.
Spread the word.

Mayhem!!!!

2005-02-08T10:51:00.000-05:00

It is well into February, it's amazing how fast time has been flying by. Days and weeks at a time. Our goal is to have everything done & planned by the end of this month: the deadline is approaching fast.

major things left:

-invitations
-cake
-flowers
-dresses (picked at designs/materials, must get started!)
-wings
-honeymoon, resort....we have like a handful that we're debating between
-minister (we're meeting with him on saturday)
-transport from reception to lodge (i'm working on a deal with enterprise, crossing fingers!)
-rings??!?!
-i'm sure theres more! and thats a LOT!

deep breathe.....

What day is it?!?

2005-01-29T11:04:00.000-05:00

It's been a while.... I know. I really haven't been slacking tho. I've been really busy. (Productive as well!!!)

Wedding planning is *so* time consuming. Everyday-it seems- I'm making plans, making lists, on and on....

Everytime we think we can cross an item of the list, there's 5 new things that we hadn't thought about yet.

We're almost done booking our honeymoon reservations!! YAY!
the hotel can be viewed (with Internet Explorer only, dont ask!):

http://www.jardindeleden.com/index.html

What else?
Next week is our NSO Meeting in Columbus for work. They've moved our opening up a day already: March 21st. :)

Gnomad!

2005-01-14T10:51:00.000-05:00

Please enjoy a few pictures of Gnome's first adventure overseas....... he should return to the States within in few days! It appears as if he's having a marvelous time!

2005-01-14T10:49:00.000-05:00

He likes to hang out! Ardrahan was not too far away, and he needed a little break.... He's soo strong!

2005-01-14T10:47:00.000-05:00

If there's one thing that I've taught Gnome, it's to never give up! On his adventure to the Dunguaire Castle, he said he never stopped thinking about saving the princess! He's got such a big heart!

2005-01-14T10:41:00.000-05:00

"Euro Training Surfing is a blast!", said the gnome. He told me he became very skilled in this sport, while riding the rails. Go gnomie! I'm so proud..

2005-01-14T10:37:00.000-05:00

"I'm definitely going to miss the bus!", the gnome said. My little gnome wasn't too worried...

2005-01-11T22:58:00.000-05:00

My little Gnome is enjoying his journey across the Atlantic. This picture shows him on a cliff on the coast of Ireland, a destination he's dreamed about for quite some time...

Everyday Mind

2005-01-07T13:09:00.000-05:00

January 7
_________________________________

Imagine a very poor man living in a decrepit little shanty, the only thing he owns in the world. What he does not know is that just beneath his shanty, but hidden in the dirt, is an inexhaustible vein of gold. As long as he remains ignorant of his hidden wealth, this pauper remains in poverty; but when he attends more closely to his own dwelling, he is bound to discover his own fathomless wealth. Similarly, all we need to do is unveil our own nature, and we will find an inexhaustible source of wisdom, compassion, and power. It is nothing we need to acquire, from anywhere or anything. It has always been there.
Seen in this light, the Buddha-nature requires no additions. One does not have to memorize sutras, recite prayers, or accumulate virtues to create it. All one needs to do is unveil it.

a simplistic frenzy

2005-01-03T02:20:00.000-05:00

fren·zy P Pronunciation Key (frnz)
n. pl. fren·zies

A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement.
Temporary madness or delirium.
A mania; a craze.

_______________________________
already hours into the 3rd day of January , i am most certain that an undeterminable amount of time has disappeared..

possible, yes; probable , eh, no.

time/space continuum: take 1

2004-12-28T07:21:00.000-05:00

Dead esleep one mintue, wide awake the next.
Literally.
Not so strange, eh?
How about at 4 in the morning?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Perhaps it's the start of an incredibly productive day. .
Maybe not. We'll see.
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La Fiesta kicked my arse.
Woah.
say it with me now, ::de·hy·dra·tion::
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Question of the day:
What do you do to foster a 'more' fulfilling lifestyle?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When 'work ' doesn't seem so grande...

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com - mu - ni - ca - tion

2004-12-24T02:14:00.000-05:00

Anyone who knows me well, knows that i'm a huge fan of communication.
The human race cannot and will not survive without it.

In our society, and other societies around the world... we learn many lessons on a daily basis where it's an imperative element of: business, pleasure, relationships, politics.. Yet, it's so difficult for some. Some never learn, some have no desire, some would like to but don't have the opportunity.

Amazing.

There are people that are born, live, and die - and are never understood, are never explained, never make a difference, and virtually never remembered.

Wow.
Tick, Tick, Tick

what are you doing with your time, your precise minutes, each hour, each day, each week, each month, each year?

Make yourself happy, if you remember what happiness is. Make someone else happy, if you know how.
Live each day like it's your last.

A New Law

2004-12-12T09:56:00.000-05:00

There should be a law about NOT having to wake early on Sumday morning... ever

a law created by the people, for the people

one day, we may dream, to enjoy our sabbath day together

this country is full of work-a-holics, myself, included.
when do we have time to enjoy what we are working so hard to achieve?

when will we recognize, unite, and agree that time is precise?
we each have one thing in common: the same 24 hours in the day, and what we choose to accomplish in those 24 hours are the only choices we have

enjoy today as if tomorrow may never come

Oh, hum..... always waiting

2004-12-07T04:11:00.000-05:00

I think my life is comprised entirely too much of waiting!
I'm always waiting... or is this a recent trend? !
Waiting for someone, waiting for more time, waiting till another day passes.... waiting for the right moment...

waiting for that *one* opportunity
waiting, waiting, waiting

hmm....

Uh-Oh, Stepford Wife

2004-12-01T00:47:00.000-05:00

Straight from Pleasantville...

2004-11-30T22:51:00.000-05:00

Aww, how cute... don't gag !!

To have wings or not to have wings?

2004-11-29T06:19:00.000-05:00

That is the question.

Do I really have to weigh the odds?

Afterall it is my day. I mean afterall, it is our day.

Conclusion: unknown.

2004-11-29T04:35:00.000-05:00

I'm impressed with this *particular* wingmaker..

::Tofurkiness ::

2004-11-28T13:06:00.000-05:00

M cl
T cl
W cl
TH X
F 11
S X
S X

Tofurkey was amazing, yummmy, lots of good food, family, even some yummy fresh fruit smoothies with Ciroc! Topped off with winning Settlers.

The week has flown by, some days going as planned, others simply classified as ::interesting::

HoB's wasn't classy, LIT was like $9...
Parliament was good times. Dan's set was fun.... Josh was remarkably funky, drinks were very strong. pewfff, even included a journey to the valley.

Traditions do tend to take a twist here and there....

Who ever thought things would be the same forever?

Inner Movements of Circular Motion

2004-11-22T16:52:00.000-05:00

A compelling time span.
My thoughts escaped me. Ran wild, through a visual intrepretation: text.
No response.
Severed ties.
Its interesting how this journey has played out.

Complete?

Only time will tell...

An Endless Journey

2004-11-17T09:38:00.000-05:00

It's early.
Vaca, as long as it seemed, is pittering to an end. Well, after today- it'll be over. I've learned that the days go by faster than one would imagine.

On to the next journey.

Exploration.

Feburary was so long ago. I've been floating since then. It's definitely time to get back on my feet and devise The Plan. We always said that there will be times when you have to take a couple steps back to take the next leap forward. This time was necessary to gain strength and heal.

The journey of today is now before me....

Welcome to Woop Woop

2004-11-15T16:26:00.000-05:00

Making a Difference

A friend of mine was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset. As he walked along, he began to see another man in the distance. As he grew nearer, he noticed that the local native kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he kept hurling things out into the ocean.

As my friend approached even closer, he noticed that the man was picking up starfish that had washed up on the beach, and, one at a time, he was throwing them back into the water.

My friend was puzzled. He approached the man and said. "Good evening, friend. I was wondering what you are doing."

"I'm throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it's low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don't throw them back into the sea, they'll die up here from lack of oxygen."

"I understand," my friend replied, "but there must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You can't possibly get to all of them. There are simply too many. And don't you realize this is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can't you see that you can't possibly make a difference?"

The local native smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied, "Made a difference to that one!"

-a Buddhist Teaching

Welcome to Woop Woop

86 trailer trash!

The Chattering Monkey

A.E.G.

Wahooo! We just got our couch!!

San Diego Zoo

nye05/06, these are the ACTUAL accounts

School Schedule!!

if i were a penquin....

massive!

1 to the 10th power

Capturing the moment....!!!

it's on the list

poor Tommy

Back Shot, for eBay!

Tribute to BDWV05

cyberlox wizard of OZ!

Mark this day!!

LPSF05 Aftermath, opps!!

100's of cops in RIOT gear!

orbital

good posture...

Australia's cane toads love the nightlife

choices, timing, playing the cards

Up-To-the-Minute-News

surprise surprise

3 out of 4 are consistent

the hours of a midsummer's event

out of the woodwork

love for the *media*

goodbye hulla!!!!!!!

jsyk (the past seventy-nine days)

Setting the pace

DSS

JSYK.....

Flux

detrimental avoidance

Costa Rica '05

Green Kick!

Mayhem!!!!

What day is it?!?

Gnomad!

Everyday Mind

a simplistic frenzy

time/space continuum: take 1

com - mu - ni - ca - tion

A New Law

Oh, hum..... always waiting

Uh-Oh, Stepford Wife

To have wings or not to have wings?

::Tofurkiness ::

Inner Movements of Circular Motion

An Endless Journey

Welcome to Woop Woop

love for the media