happy days of snow

i officially love snow days...it makes you feel like a kid again...actually when i was a tiny kid you could take your snowsuit and sled to school for recess and that was awesome...nobody but a northerner understands that...i have been below the mason dixon line so long i am used to seeing an inch of snow and getting the day off of school...hell, i remember in louisiana we got to just get up and go outside when someone actually saw a snow flake fall because there were kids in my class that had never ever seen a flake their whole lives...i just couldn't believe that...but, i have had the whole day off today for 3 inches of snow....nice :)  so i have been reading, writing, getting ahead on school work, playing with my wee one, listening to music, cooking and about to watch how to train your dragon...nice day....hopefully it will refreeze so we can have snow day #2.

football...not for the fans anymore

i lucked out and got offered NFL tickets last week…i didn’t really care who was playing or who won the game but i was super excited because the colts were playing and that was my wee one’s favorite team and she’s never been to a professional football game before…initially I thought the only downside would be a late night on a school night and the fact that it was about thirty degrees outside and she might be cold…little did i know what was in store for us.

see, the hometown team bills buying tickets and season passes as a great event for you and your whole family and how wonderful supporting the home team would be… that is complete and total bullshit
first of all, there is absolutely no parking anywhere near the stadium unless you have a parking permit for specific parking lots…so, if i was one of the chumps that bought psl’s and season tickets i would also have to fork out for a parking pass…and i guarantee the lots closer to the stadium are way more expensive then the parking lots that are about a half mile away…and if you go to their website for good directions they actually direct you to those lots but fail to mention that you need a parking pass to park there.
so, that left us trying to find a place to park…i actually saw a business charging $40 bucks to park and it was almost a mile from the stadium…most spots were $20 bucks…hell no, free tickets or not, i am not forking $20 for parking…so we found a $10 lot but had to hoof it about two and a half – three miles to the stadium
then you get there but, you are not sure if your tickets are on the east side or the west side of the stadium and we entered the wrong side but, that’s do-able…of course your kid is “so hungry” and really, really needs to stand in the huge line to pee…and then the hike up to the upper tier of the stadium and after getting there almost two hours early we were walking up to our seats during the kick-off.
my seats had a good view for where we were…twenty yard line…it was getting cold up there…the wee one had on two socks, two pants, two shirts, a scarf, gloves, a fleece, a hat and both blankets…and she was still bitchin by the fourth quarter…so, we started to leave with ten minutes left and we saw a bunch of taxis lined up so i decided we would grab a cab back to our parking garage…they want $25 to drive me 3 miles…hell no, again so, we hoofed it back three miles and 42 steps up to the top of the parking garage…needless to say, the wee one wasn’t cold any more…lol

if i had bought those tickets 75.00 each + parking + food + a souvenir + gas = $200 for a night out with the wee one…we are a family of 2…multiply accordingly for your family…that’s unrealistic for a family outing…$100 per person; wow.

i was talking about the game with this guy i know a couple of days later and he said he was there…he was in a suite of the 50 yard line…his company had sublet the suite from another company just for that game…they took their sales team and each one of them got to bring one of their best customers…so 20 guys watched the game on the 50 yard line in a sublet suite that cost them $5000 for that game plus they have to have it catered there which cost $4200 [wonder if the food was worth the money…i wish i would have asked him that question] so…they spent $9200 on their 10 customers they bought oh, i mean brought with them…he said that companies usually spend about $60,000 a year on suites like that one…makes me not want to go back…i need to think about what i want my cash to support.

let it snow, let it snow

it is snowing right now as i type and it is fabulous...i am checking the school closings so that i can have an extra day off this week with pay...come to find out teacher wear their pajamas inside out and do snow dances at night before they go to bed...or at least the one's i work with...who knew...every teacher wants snow days!!!!!

'Megamind' Trailer 2

this is a four thumbs ups movie review from me and the wee one...not a huge will ferrell fan but, he is brillant...super funny...go see it!!!

has christmas lost its sparkle

i dont' think that i have turned into a huge scrooge... well, maybe i have but, christmas is just isn't what it used be and i even have a wee one this time around so, you would think that i would be all into it and for her i am but inside it all seems pretentious and overrated...i like to think that i don't need a holiday to give a gift and to remind people that i care about them...i know christmas is about the birth of Christ and that all the decorating and gifting and eating and shopping and pot-lucks and secret santas and obligatory gift giving and even christmas cards are just man-made extras that you don't really need but, it doesn't seem like you can get away from it and it isn't that i want to totally ditch christmas it just doesn't seem special...maybe it has something to do with the fact that my wee one won't be with me this year or that  i will be chilling in florida for most of my vacation from school or maybe it's because i don't have a special person in my life to spend it with or it could be because i don't have a christmas tree or lights smashed into my tiny apartment or maybe it's because the wee one has already opened most of her presents and i know that there are going to zero presents for me this year...i can't exactly pinpoint the why or if i even need a why to think that christmas is overrated.  i am one of those people who doesn't depend on others for gifts or what i want because no one usually ever gets me anything that i really want [there has been a few exceptions]...so, i am pragmatic about my life and christmas just falls into the same category...rereading this seems depressing and i am not depressed i just don't think building things up in your mind can do anything but disappoint so if i have a great experience in florida or between now and christmas then hey, it's a bonus and i will file it under christmas 2010 but, if not then okay...it can't be worse only different.  yeah, that's me being reactive [instead of proactive] but, i'll let it slide this time...merry xmas

dopplerbangers

my new favorite word for the week...actually until i get tired of it so, for a while is dopplerbanger

dopplerbanger :  when the person your banging begins to look like you or you begin to look like each other

every time i say that word it makes me laugh...i will never be a dopplerbanger because i am not narcissistic enough to date someone that looks at all like me...or actually am not attracted to myself sexually...not that i don't think i am attractive but not in that way...okay i just keep sounding stupid-er and stupid-er but, i still stand by the fact that i will not become a dopplerbanger

funny fact:  i did see dopplebangers at lowe's last weekend...both with spiked, short, grey hair, physically in-shape, each in khakis and carrying coffees...so i just smiled and said dopplebangers in my head and when shopping for my pvc...what a strange world we live in sometimes.

question answered

questions answered by opening a random book to a random page and getting a random passage...


The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honore de Balzac:


products for the infinitely purer elaborations of human intelligence." This requires some explanation.
The general upset of 1830 brought to birth, as everybody knows, a number of old ideas which clever speculators tried to pass off in new bodies. After 1830 ideas became property. A writer, too wise to publish his writings, once remarked that "more ideas are stolen than pocket-handkerchiefs." Perhaps in course of time we may have an Exchange for thought; in fact, even now ideas, good or bad, have their consols, are bought up, imported, exported, sold, and quoted like stocks. If ideas are not on hand ready for sale, speculators try to pass off words in their stead, and actually live upon them as a bird

holy shit batman...how could they figure me out???

okay....i like to dabble in the horoscope...tarot....runes...numerology...readings....etc.  i think it is fun and some times it can be dead on.  like, have you ever looked up in one of those books about the day you were born?  it is kinda scary how those things are kinda right...not, always but in a general sense.  well, one of my good friends who likes to read tarot cards also found this great horoscope website...you can get weekly readings and birth charts...etc  so, i checked it out and it was scary how dead nuts on it was about me when i plugged in my date of birth, time of birth and city of birth.  i don't even know if i want to actually share it with anyone who really knows me because they would then in turn know too much about me.  but, here are a few of the things about me that are spot on...or at least were at one time in my life.  i think things can change with age and wisdom where your natural tendency would be to fall back to yourself but, you live and learn and adapt and change.

• masterful, likes authority, aspires towards an ideal.
• likes to give advice.
• is honest, frank, loyal, open and sincere.
• is sociable, intelligent and lucid.
• is modern, original, inventive, non-conformist and brings new life.
• discusses, deduces and judges. 
• reasons logically and accurately.
• High hopes of love.
• likes to live and satisfy her passions to the full.
• Protects and makes friends with those who can be useful.
• Likes adventure, independence.
• opinionated, with lots of authority and ambition.
• Possibility of a large family.
• systematic, ordered, meticulous.
• A scientific mind
• Well-developed artistic leanings.
• Likes long voyages, things foreign, water.
• likes pleasures, distractions of all sorts.
• expresses herself easily, is a born orator. 
• Very adaptable.
• Successful professional life in great part due to good relationships, friends or patrons.
• She finds love in the circle of friends.
• has a lot of imagination, high ideals.
• Likes studying.
• Looks for a loving and tender partner.
• Income will come either as a result of an advantageous marriage, or by a very useful association.
• looks for refined unproblematic people, with whom to have long discussions, without raised voices of any kind.
• Everything is calculated, the slightest risk analyzed, patience is one of her main qualities
• One or two love affairs, marriage, a family, all unproblematic - done calmly with love and wisdom.
• One of the professions or teaching.
• Marriage with someone who will quickly disappoint. The spouse's lack of energy and vitality will annoy her, and this could lead to the break-up of the marriage. A second, happier one could happen.
• Travel with risk and adventure.
• Sincere and life-long friendships. The family comes first, however.
• intelligent, with quick and lively reflexes. She is preoccupied by her circle, likes to exchange ideas with her friends, but also with strangers. Of an open nature, she goes out to others.
• has a changeable nature.
• A varied love life and a sometimes dubious morality. 
• is a dreamer, with lots of imagination: she likes the Arts.

and i could just go on and on about myself...just kidding...and if you are still actually reading you know alot more about me then you should and all of those things are true...super crazy...go check out your birth chart or at least your daily horoscope.