Real Quick...

I know it has been awhile and I will blog later with an update of the past few months but I had to post this beautiful quote I just heard. If any of you know me then you know I couldn't be happier with the outcome of this years elections. Anyway here's the quote...

"Rosa Parks sad so Martin Luther King Jr. could walk. Martin Luther King Jr. walked so Obama could run. Obama ran so our children can fly."

Vote '08

So...anyone who knows me already knows that I'm voting for Barack Obama...so I'm not going to get into that whole debate. Instead I'm here to tell you that I vote Cory over Justin Bobby. Justin Bobby is undeniably hott, but Cory is just as gorgeous and he has an Australian accent. Therefore, he wins. Now...if only people would vote that way for president then we would have nothing to worry about considering John Mccain looks like a baby alien.

P.S. OMG Stephanie Pratt's hair actually looks halfway decent!

Backyard Shenanigans

This thing is running around our backyard as we speak. The Sheriff and I are scared to venture into the wilderness beyond our back door in fear this thing will attack. The thing with nutrias is they are not afraid of humans...oh no no oh contrare...instead of running away from you they will run at you and try to attack. They are mostly deaf and blind so I'm sure their aim isn't amazing but they have some pretty grotesque orange teeth that I don't want anywhere near me. Sadly though...the sheriff is more frightened than I am. No we don't live in the marshes of the south but the creature roaming our backyard might have you believing otherwise.

A moment of silence and some good thoughts

So today I got some really really sad news. One of my teachers from high school Ms. Hylton died this morning from complications with brain cancer. She was an amazing woman and an incredible teacher. She will be greatly missed and my thoughts are with her family.

Ice Cream Sandwich Maxi Jones?

I LOVE GENERAL HOSPITAL!!!...and...I LOVE MAXI JONES. She has a sassy no apology attitude and a killer wardrobe! However, the ex-Zenon girl of the 21st century should probably eat an ice cream sandwich...like I am doing right now.

AND...speaking of ice cream sandwiches have I ever told you that it is the one food that I take forever to eat. I could probably take 20-30 mins eating one of those bad boys. I like to wait for the ice cream in the middle to get soft and then I lick it all around the edges til the chocolate part is really hanging over and then I like to peel off one of the outside pieces and eat it..and THEN...I precede to eat the rest. Well the sheriff wolfed his down in two secs and looked over and was VERY jealous of how much I had left. He then accused me of purposely eating it slow and told me he should get a bite because he is bigger than me. Well excuse me for being a half a foot shorter than you...I can still totally hold my own in an eating contest. Anyway...being the amazing girlfriend I am I gave him a bite and then he preceded to lick the extra chocolate off my fingers. Okay is it just me or is it weird to feel someone else suck on your fingers? Yeah ok thats what I thought, it is odd. Needless to say the ice cream sandwich was delicious and I look forward to eating another one tomorrow.

Still...I WANT MAXI JONES WARDROBE...and a little bit of her attitude...not gonna lie!

People Like this Should be Shot

Alright...maybe not shot, thats a little dramatic..but the story I heard today that I am going to repeat here makes me want to puke. My bestie from Cali called me today and had a little story to tell me. She was at work helping a guest (she works at a coffee, cheese, wine shop) and the telephone rings so she answers it and the conversation went like this.

Ms. Rude: My I speak with Char.

The Bestie: She is not here today but Chelsea is if you would like to speak with her

Ms. Rude: Is that the Mexican? Because we don't come in when that Mexican is working.

Completely dumbfounded by this ladies complete ignorance and trying to keep her composure Sarah preceded to say...

The Bestie: I don't know what everyones nationality is around here (Keep in mind Sarah is from Spanish decent).

Ms. Rude: Well that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. A Mexican is a Mexican and when I see them walking down the street I turn the other way.

The Bestie: Well char is not here she will be back on Tuesday if you want to call back then.

Ms. Rude: What was your name again?

The Bestie: Sarah

Ms. Rude:...click...

WHAT THE (excuse my French) FUCK!!!!!!!! That lady is a plague on our society and I hope she receives a hard fast slap in the face, people like that should not be aloud out of their houses. Ugh..make me puke.

Grrrr Coffee

So...2 Christmas' ago my brother and his girlfriend bought me a coffee pot for Christmas. Back then I wasn't much of a coffee drinker so I used it more or less for heating water for hot tea. Well I have really gotten into plain black coffee and finally decided that I should by and make my own coffee instead of always going to starbucks and wasting the cups and my money. Well...I finally bought some today and went to make it this morning and my coffee pot is missing a piece!!!! WTF are the chances of that! Needless to say I'm extremely annoyed because all I want is a damn cup of coffee!

UPDATE: The Sheriff and I bought a new coffee pot this evening. We went to freddy's and saw this nifty coffee pot that was originally $45 on sale for $30. Being the savvy shoppers that we are we decided to get that one..but...of course there were none left so we deliberated over driving to another Fred's...so we climbed back into the honda and drove to the next Freddys, however we ran into the same problem. We really wanted it though so I started looking around and I just happened to look up and saw a stalk of more coffee pots above us!!!! Woohoo! We found one...except I wish I would have looked up at the other store because I'm sure there was one up there. O'well I have a new coffee pot and I already have it set on auto brew so I can wake up to a nice cup of joe in the morning. That is of course after I wake up to the Sheriff...sounds like an amazing morning...wait then I have to work..

Bend it like Butler

The Sheriff and I just returned from Bend today. We went there on Tuesday to catch John Butler Trio in concert at the Bend Athletic Club. Can I just say it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. It was a small outdoor venue with reasonably priced beer (4.50 for a 20 oz deschutes!!!) unheard of for concert prices! Anyway The John Butler Trio put on a spectacular show. They are amazing musicians and if you like folk rock I would definitely say check them out. They do some crazy things with their instruments and are just all around great performers. After the show we grabbed some grub at The St. Francis School McMenamins and then headed back to our little "weekend" humble abode at the In of the Seventh Mountain. Last Christmas the sheriffs parental units hooked us up with a gift certificate to the bend resort and we decided this would be a great time to use it. The next day we explored Bend and stopped at a used book store. I picked up 3 used books for $15 dollars and can't wait to read them! We ate lunch at the Deschutes Brewery Restaurant and I had a portobello mushroom sandwich and it was absolutely delish! Nick had some crazy mac and cheese concoction that was quite yummy also. After we did a little exploring we went back to the Inn and rented some mountain bikes. I have learned that I absolutely HATE mountain biking. I feel extremely unstable and unsafe and needless to say we didn't last long on the mountain bikes because I couldn't hack it. We then enjoyed the hot tub and later made a fantastic fajita dinner in our room because it has a full kitchen!! We then attempted to check out the Bend nightlife but since neither of us are super familiar with Bend we didn't stumble upon a whole lot. We grabbed a drink at a local dive bar and then headed back home, we crawled in bed and I watched some project runway til I fell asleep. This morning we had breakfast and then packed up the rig and headed home. It was such an awesome mini vacation I couldn't have asked for a better time or a better person to spend it with!

There's a new sheriff in town...

This is the MFBE...or it WAS the MFBE. He has now acquired a new nickname for himself which I will now be referring to him. He will now be called the sheriff because he likes to police my life. Not in a crazy jealous boyfriend way, he just likes to correct me...a lot. How does he police my life you ask? Maybe my life is a little extreme...that would be something he would correct me about. I am an exaggerator, always have been, always will be. If something is 10 to me it's 1000, it's just how I am and it makes life and stories more interesting. However, the sheriff does not let me get away with exaggerating, he's always gotta be calling me out!!! Also, if you call him out on something i.e. not wearing a helmet while riding a bike, then he will call you out as well i.e. calling his sister out on not wearing a helmet...SUCH a little brother thing to do. I like to think of him as the speech police always correcting what I'm saying and how I'm saying it.

Better Late Than Never

So on August 2, 2008 my good friend Kristin and her husband got married. My best friend Sarah and I were both in the wedding. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the wedding.

Me and the BF gettin ready!

Double Date!

Walking to the ceremony site.

Sarah, Heidi, and I.

The BF and I after getting ready.

The man and I gettin our drank on!

We made them hang out, but Devin has a Bill voice so they got along great!

Bride and Groom.

Pretty much perfection.

We next? JUST KIDDING!...wait...I did catch the bouquet...but then Nick downed a beer.

Obviously I am the classy bridesmaid.

Oh...I thought we were camping. Gotta love the oversized sweatshirt to keep me warm in the middle of Summer.

The wedding was beautiful but the best part was being able to kick it with my best friend and see my man all cleaned up!

I am...

...THE REMOTE COMANDO!!!...and Nicholas hates it. MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Did you watch the Hills?

Who is the bigger baby? Lo or Spencer? Ug they both make me want to barf. Provide your opinions...

Bachelorette Shananigans

Wow!!! It has been an extremely long time since posting about our life as of late. This has been one crazy summer. The MFBE has been kicking ass and taking names in summer school and I have just been workin. One of my really good friends from high school got married this summer and since I was one of the maids of honor I decided it was extremely appropriate to do a Vegas trip for the Bachelorette Party.

This is a picture of us ladies standing outside of the Wynn one of my favorite hotel/casinos on the strip...too bad I could never afford to stay there. However, we did go to Tryst which was one of my favorite nightclubs in Vegas.
Kristin, Sarah, Corinne, Heidi, and I all headed to Sin City and had a blast. During the day we lounged by the pool and attempted to survive the 116 degree days while entertaining ourselves with celebrity gossip magazines.

And at night we hit up the clubs. Here is a picture of the ladies and I at the palms

We decided on the last night that all of us ladies needed to go to a really nice dinner so we took Kristin out to Craft Steak which was amazing even though only one of us ate red meat.

The guys also went to Vegas the same weekend we did and it sounded like they has a lot of fun staying at Hooters. However, the ladies and I had a great time in our apartment at Treasure Island! :)

R.I.P. Leroi Moore

It has been brought to my attention this evening that the wonderful saxophonist that was Leroi Moore, one of the original members of the Dave Mathews Band has passed away. This saddens me because Dave Mathews Bands is one of my most favorite bands and he will be greatly missed.

He's Not Helpless

So after dinner tonight I was watching the MFBE put the dishes in the dishwasher and I decided that I secretly critique him to much and act like he's helpless when he really isn't. I of course like to be in control and have things done my way, which hey, who doesn't right? But I also realized that he has his own way of doing things and that does not make him wrong and me right, wow I'm so glad I finally realized this life lesson. Not to brag about myself too much, but I must say that when I realize that I'm wrong I can usually bow out gracefully and admit it, it just might take me a day or two to actually admit that I'm wrong. So here are the times that I a secretly criticize the MFBE (and sometimes outloud), starting with the incident that triggered this epiphany that I guess I am not always right.

- when he was loading the dishwasher today he stepped outside to grab stuff off of the grill but left the dishwasher open. I immediately looked at where he put everything in the dishwasher and started rearranging all the dishes in my head to where I thought that should be. To my defense I was thinking about space conservation.

- when he puts dishes away I usually can't find stuff because he has his own unique place of putting things.

- I won't let him do the laundry because he mixes his whites with his colors.

- I rarely let him cook because lets face it...I'm scurred. One time he cooked for me when we first started dating and he was bragging about how good the meal is that he made and when I tried it I almost puked it up. Come to find out he mixed bbq sauce and ranch together and mixed that mixture in with rice and chicken. I HATE BBQ SAUCE. In his defense however, he didn't know that I hated bbq sauce at the time, but I have been hesitant ever sense to eat his cooking.

- Sometimes I critique the driving routes he chooses because it's not my driving route.

...and I'm sure there are a lot more things I do. So with that being said, I'm sorry I judge you baby, your not wrong, I'm not wrong we're both different and I will try to keep that in mind in the future! :)

The intention behind the saying?

So, I met with a friend of mine today who I haven't seen in a really long time and she just moved to Austin with her boyfriend. It was the first time meeting her boyfriend and while I was getting ready to meet them I was thinking about the saying "nice to meet you I have heard so much about you." And I got to thinking what exactly does "I have heard so much about you," supposed to mean? Who created that saying and was there a specific reason behind it? I am probably thinking too much about it but here are the few things I was thinking.

- It is supposed to intimidate the person it is being said to. Such as "ha, I have heard a lot about you lets see if you hold up to the expectations."

- or, small talk to elicit a first conversation. Such as how the conversation usually goes "Nice to meet you I have heard so much about you."..."oh really hopefully all good stuff and nothing bad." And everyone has a little chuckle because everyone thinks it's such a clever line when in actuality everyone follows up the first saying with the second.

- or, is it intended as a compliment. "Oh I have heard so much about you," as in I have heard wonderful things about you and I can't wait to get to know you because you seem like such a wonderful person.

So, think about it for a second and let me know how you intend the saying "I have heard so much about you", to come across to the recievee.

You Draw the Connection

So today at volunteer we had a Police Officer come in and talk to the 4 and 5 year olds. These were some of the very interesting statements and questions that these kids came up with for the firefighter to answer.

"what should I do if a store runs out of clocks?"

"what should I do if a clock stops?"

"There's an alligator in my bathtub."

"My baby sister went wah wah wah (while flailing her arms) to call my mom."

"I would call 1-1-9-1-1."

Wow. It should be interesting to see where these kids go!

This kid?...Nuff said

My boyfriend introduced me to this marvelous video...I thought you might enjoy it's randomness and yes this child hails from Oregon.

Soap Opera Competition

So the MFBE was jealous of my soap opera boyfriend Patrick Drake and decided that he needed a soap opera girlfriend and he chose Sam Mcall from General Hospital as well. He wanted me to post a less tasteful picture but I decided to respect myself a little and put some clothes on her.


P.S. My boyfriend is way cuter than his girlfriend and he's a doctor.

Juice Fasting...only for the strong?

So I have decide I want to try a juice fast. It has nothing to do with wanting to loose weight I just want to try and clean my system out because not only do I think it is important to help keep the environment around me clean I feel it is important to keep my body healthy both inside and out. Therefore I have decided to try a juice fast.

Now...the only problem is I don't own a juicer...


Plannin on fixin that one...

Becoming Green

I have decided that I want to become more green and help save our environment...so far I have managed to..

1) Plant some veggie plants. Thats right I'm attempting to grow some strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers and green peppers! I will keep you updated if and when I accomplish this.

2) I have switched over to natural cleaning products and hand soap. I love the smell of Method's sweet water hand soap!

3) I have been researching composting so that I don't have to throw more stuff away than I really need to.

4) And I'm looking into getting a rain barrel to help collect rain water and reuse it to water my lawn!

Being green is hard to get started but when you get it down I think it will be pretty easy! Wish me luck!


P.S. Also, the MFBE gave up red meat in February. It takes thousands and thousands of gallons of water to raise one cow. Therefore, it ain't so legit for the environment!

It's been awhile!

What the heck have we been up to? Updates...

-The MFBE and I got our own humble abode one house down from his sis and her familia.

-We went to Chicago and dealt with fabulous American Airlines and their canceling of flights...we did get to eat Pizza Uno though so it made it somewhat worth it.

-I got a second job at the gym kickin it with the kiddies...free membership...HOLLA!

-We used our new grill from the parental units and had fish tacos and 440 calorie ice cream sandwiches with the SIL and her hubby. And I beat them all in Phase 10. Sorry for all the skips Brent.

I'm sure there is much more we did but I'm probably the only one who finds it interesting so I won't bother you with the minute details of our lives. Soon however, I will post pictures of our super cute little house!

Joke Time!

Bert asked Ernie if he wanted to go get some ice cream.

Ernie replied, "Sure-bert."

HAHAHAHA!

Yessssssssssssssss! Double Fist Pump!

I am no longer the owner of the dumb shit award. My dad has officially taken it over by flooding the spare room with 100 gallons of water. Needless to say momma wasn't to happy...but I'm thrilled to not be holding the title :)

Adventures in Laundry

So, I already know that when Nickos finds out that I posted this story he is going to have a fit, but yesterday I had asked him to move the white load into the dryer. Of course, I don't let him do the laundry because his idea of doing the laundry is throwing whites and blacks in the same load and I'm not ok with that, so I suck it up and do all the laundry because it's a waste of water for us each to do our own laundry. Anyway, back to the story at hand. So he asks me like he's never worked a dryer before "How do I turn it on?" and I respond "just put the clothes in and press start." So, I am getting ready to go to work and I go to the garage to get my work shirt out of the dryer. And there it is...still sitting there...sopping wet. Well shit, I have to be to work in 15 minutes so I call the OG and thank god my most favoritest manager is working and I tell him that Nick was supposed to start the dryer but he didn't quite make it that far and I as of right now will be a half hour late because I don't have a dry work shirt. So of course I tell Nickos that my shirt is still wet because he didn't start the dryer. And he tries to blame it on me that I didn't tell him he needed to press the button twice...all of the lights lit up so he thought it started...but wouldn't most people make sure the dryer started before they walked away? or is it just me?


...AND THEN...I go to get my workshirt out of the dryer (it's finally dry now...don't leave a man to do something a woman can do better :)..and lo and behold theres twenty-one crisp US dollars! HOLLA! I've hit the motherload...but we all know it came out of Nickos' pockets...so I struggled with the thought of keeping it since I do the laundry..but my guilt go the best of me because I love Nickos and I don't want to steal his money even though I warned him that I was keeping whatever I found in the washer/dryer...but $21 is a lot when you're poor. But he has officially been warned so next time I will be keeping it!

Why oh Why?

My boyfriend of the moment Jason Thompson has been replaced by some awful-actor on General Hospital. He played sexy Dr. Drake, I hope this is not permanent...I might have a breakdown.

Favorite Quote of the Evening

In reference to the shopping car sitting on the sidewalk in front of our house...

"Somebody needs to move that thing...we can't even rely on the hulligans anymore. You would think one hulligan would hop in it and another hulligan would push the first hulligan down the street." - Nickos

God I love my BF...he always makes me smile with his quirky comments :)

His bite is as bad as his bark...

Nickos and I were enjoying a very nice dinner at the SIL's house this evening and then Nickos decided to bite Jack. Yes, I suppose it was an accident but Jack was not to happy and it was rather hysterical the reaction he gave. After the attack happen Jack took a good minute to gradually turn his lower lip under and then decided to wail while everyone was laughing...poor boy...I decided this event would give me a good reason to post one of my favorite youtube videos...

Enjoy! It is quite the hillarious...



And I guess since we're watching really cute little kid videos I'm going to bore you with this one also..but he's flippin adorable when he gets stressed out...

Dumbshit Award

Over the past few years my family has created what is known as the dumbshit award. It is an award that is passed along each time someone in the family does something completely stupid and makes you wonder how we have managed to make it this far in life. Well in my time I have definitely held the award a few times. I got it once for leaving my license at home, driving to mapleton when finally realizing it, driving back home to get it because I was going to Seattle the next day and then the day I head to Seattle I realize out side of Portland that my drivers license is still sitting at home in Eugene. I also got it another time for putting dish soap not detergent dish soap in the dishwasher and there were bubbles coming out for days. My mother has had it for sending a dead chamelion through the washing machine and my dad has had it so many times we have officially lost track. Well as of lately my mother has had it for losing her paycheck and driving to Eugene for class even though class was canceled.

Well...shit...I officially took the dumbshit award from her, which she is rather happy about mind you. However, I must defend myself, it was half Nickos's fault. I came home from work today and decided before going over to the SIL's house that I should probably clean the room and do some laundry. Well I was sorting clothes and I'm usually EXTREMELY good about checking the BF's pockets because he is always leaving useless crap in there (to the point where I have decided that I am keeping whatever money I find in the pockets, hey, it's his fee for me doing the laundry...I suppose money ain't so useless). Anyway...I threw a pair of his shorts in the pile and though to myself "I should probably check his pockets I might find me a fat hundo that I can spend on myself...," but then I remembered that he only wore them to bed so there wasn't going to be anything in there to benefit me so I threw it into the washing machine....


dun dun dun...

So Slick hasn't been able to find his phone (I'm sure you all know where this is going but I couldn't quite figure out how to lead this story another direction so I'm going to finish it anyway)...us and the roommates have been looking up and down and here and there for that damn thing and no one can find it. We are trying to retrace steps to no avail and then Barnjammin mentions that he saw Slick grab it this morning and then I thought to myself....FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. He was wearing those shorts this morning that are now offically sitting in the washing machine waiting ever so patiently to be put into the dryer......

....I quitely walk out to the garage and check the shorts pockets and of course....there is the phone...chillin....dead, apparently cell phones don't like to go swimming. We try to recessitate the phone...and instead of coming back to life it instead sounds like a really awful bagpipe player...


I am now the official proud co-owner of the dumshit award...I am still convinced slick is sharing it with me since he never checks his pockets....I must now set a family member up so they can take the dumb shit award back **Plan boiling in my skull...mwahahaha**

Credit Where Credit Is Due

I would like to write a quick muchas gracias to all of my guests as of last night. 99% of you were model restaurant customers and you made my evening rather enjoyable. More people should learn to be like you folks! Thank you for following my rules.

Your Verbal Tips Don't Buy Me Shoes...

As most of you know I sling pasta at your neighborhood Olive Garden, and I (and everyone else who works there) put up with a lot of unneccesary bullshit. So I am going to provide everyone with a free dining ettiquette course.

1) Standard tipping these days is 15-20%. NOT 10%! NOT 5%! NOT 0%! Yes, I do get paid minimum wage...but...and this is a BIG BUT..my wages are taxed due to the tips I HAVE to claim and since we are supposed to claim 100% of our tips and everyone knows standard tipping is 15-20% then the minute you tip me less than this I am officially paying to serve your fat ass!...so contrary to popular belief I don't make a stable minimum wage

2) Unlimited soup salad and breadsticks does not mean...
- come in with an old friend and park your ass in my booth and sit there for 3-4 hours...move it along...time is money...you sitting in my booth is taking up the times I could have other people sit there...therefore you are costing me money which means I can't afford that really cute summer dress I saw at the mall yesterday!
-run my ass off and leave me $1. NOT OK! The harder you work me the more money you should be giving me because you have now taken my attention away from the really cute guy sitting at my table who I was planning to flirt with a little to nail me a bigger tip...therefore I nominate you to make up for my loss of profit.
-contrary to popular belief ordering unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks is not "being easy..." you are actually making my job ten times more harder for a hundred times less money.

3) Just because I am a server does not mean I am an idiot. I probably even have a higher education than you and might be teaching your children someday...and...I...DO...REMEMBER...YOU...the disrespectful jerk...and I will not hesitate to fail your child. KARMA'S A BITCH! Please, Thank You's, and Sorrys are all necessary.

4) Just because you told me how great I was and even told my manager how wonderfully perfect of a human being I am that does not exempt you from leaving me a good tip. I already know I'm perfect. P.S. I will never get a raise from my employer...YOU ARE MY RAISE...so if you think I deserve a raise...don't tell me...show me.

5) The kitchen messed up your food...or you came in on a Saturday night and we're slammed so things are taking a little longer...I WILL bend over backwards to make sure everything is perfect which could include comping your meals or give you free dessert...sorry sir but some things are just completely out of my control, so please don't take it out on me, I will be honest when it's my mistake and will adjust your bill accordingly...I'M HUMAN, I'M NOT PERFECT, MISTAKES HAPPEN...be a little forgiving already!

Reasons you should be leaving a minimum of 20%:

1) You ran my ass off and made it so the service on my other tables was god awful.
2) You're child was a rude pain in the ass and you did absolutely nothing about.
3) You just paid for your whole meal (or a good portion of it) with a giftcard...which means (I know this is hard for people to comprehend so I am going to spell it out for you) YOU DIDN'T PAY ANYTHING FOR YOUR MEAL!!!!

Believe me, when you come in I do want to make it an enjoyable dining experience for you and 85% of the guests are absolutely fabulous to serve...but that 15% out there is making it hard for me to afford that trip to Costa Rica I have been saving up for...

So This is what bad weather does to me...

I have officially spent my crappy weathered Saturday becoming a full blown blogstalker. The sun must come out soon and save me from myself...

If I Could Be Famous

I have often pondered about being famous...and if I were famous what capacity would I want to be famous in? I know if I wanted to be a good person I would lie and say that I wanted to be famous for doing something good..that would be tight and all...but it wouldn't be a very interesting post now would it. So I have thought about the more selfish ways that I could be famous and have narrowed it down to a few different things to choose from. A movie actress, a tv actress, a musician, an artist, an author, and/or a model. I feel on the surface it would be very easy to to pick something like a musician or an artist, you know, a career in which I inspire people...but here is what I have come up with. I would like to be a soapstar. Yes, this officially means I have to come out of the closet about being a soap fan, and I do waste countless hours of my life watching soaps (thanks mom), but now that it's out there in the open lets discuss why this would be a good choice! My dream job actually has always been to be a victoria secret model...but...I like to eat and I'm much shorter than the average model...so now I'm shooting for a more realistic goal. So, back to being a soap star and the reasons I think everyone should aspire to be one...

1) You will always have a loyal fan base
2) You don't have to have any real acting talent
3) You can always find work because there are about 15 different soaps
4) You will be famous enough to your loyal fans but not overly famous to where the paparazzi is involved in your everyday life...you can actually have a semi-private life.

Don't get me wrong it would be cool to test the waters of being super big famous like a movie star...and of course I would feel good about myself if I was famous for helping other people and doing something good...but you gotta admit...being a soapstar would be kinda tight...right? Maybe it's just me...

I Need To Know...

Where terms like...

"a buttload" or...

"flip a bitch"

...originated from. What exactly is a buttload? And when I make a u-turn how exactly am a flipping a bitch?

If anyone could enlighten me on this and other like terms feel free to!

Bad Bad Leroy Brown-ies

So it has been brought to my attention that I am only aloud to make brownies twice a year. I decided to bake some brownies yesterday and the box told me that the recipe makes 20 brownies...24 hours later and the pan is gone. My mathematical equations show a correlation between the time I spend with Nick and my self control of sweets. Due to his lack of self control over sweets I have developed this same problem because if I don't eat any as soon as they are around I will not be eating any...ever, because he will have ingested them all. Therefore, I have decided that brownies are no longer an option in my household unless I am sharing them with the rest of the world because I have learned to share far too well with myself. I will however, continue to buy mint chocolate chip ice cream because that lasts at least a week, for some reason he stays out of that.

P.S. I will admit I probably ate 75 % of the pan...it was like a walk by eat...everytime I walked by the kitchen I had a sliver...5 slivers later and I'm two brownies deep. Damnations! Thank god for spin class!

Compulsive Online Shoppers

So I wasn't going to write about this when it first happened but when I went to bed last night I was thinking about the situtation and decided this would be a good post, and I know at least one person will appreciate this. So yesterday was any regular Monday, I spent the day babysitting my nephew (Cassadie I hope it's ok I call Jack my nephew :)), and we had a great day! Well, when Cassadie got home we were talking in the garage while Jack was ever so effectively sweeping the floor (mind you this kid is 13 months but he's determined to do what the big guys do). She opened the door to the house and saw that there was a package sitting there. I informed her that while outside playing the mailman said he had a package so I took it in. Of course it wasn't for Cassadie, it was for Brent. That is when we realized that our significant others have a thing for online shopping...
Ok, so now that you have the background to this story, I am going to attempt to shed some light on the innerworkings of my boyfriend. Nick strongly believes that Amazon.com is the greatest thing since sliced bread. As long as he is sitting around the house he has three constant things open in his internet browser: Fantasy Baseball (three leagues mind you), Amazon.com, and wikipedia. Now I will admit I do admire his thirst for knowledge, anything interesting he hears about he goes straight to wikipedia to find out more information. Anyway, thats besides the point of this entry. Back on track. The best part about Nick's online Amazon account is that it has a click to buy button...thats right...one right click on the darn mouse and your purchase is already on it's way to you...no questions asked...it will be there in 3-5 business days. In the last month it has been an online shopping extravaganza at our house. Just recently bought an XBOX 360, yes he actually traveled to the store to buy this, this was not one of the many online purchases. Since then he has managed to click that button and purchase a second controller, Tiger Woods Golf '08, a headset, a 20 GB memory card, a new computer cord, Fuzion Frenzy, and as of last night...muscle milk...MUSCLE MILK!!!! You know that powdery business that you stick into fattening milk shakes to help convince yourself that you are going to turn into Barry Bonds overnight after lifting the bench press for 3 reps of 8! Now granted...I am a shopper...not gonna lie...but I am what I like to call myself a predictable shopper. If I come home from the store and I say "Babe guess what I bought today," it's going to be one of three things: Clothes, shoes, or books...end of story. It's like Christmas for me everday when a new package arrives for Nick because I never know what it's going to be.
The kicker to all of this online shopping nonsense, is that it is like pulling teeth for me to get Nick to buy some new clothes. And I'm not even saying expensive ones...just some new shirts to replace is faded holy ones, or a nice pair of pants for dressier occasions. He thinks $20 is too much for a pair of jeans, but is already thinking about buying a long board for $50 (granted that is a good deal for a long board and there will be no shipping and handling on this purchase). I WISH I could find a nice pair of jeans for $20.
Anyway, my point to this long post is Cassadie I think my Muscle Milk trumps your laminated poster of northwest salmon...but maybe not, at least mine is edible and will be gone in a matter of weeks you will forever be staring at fish :)!

Barack Obama

So I am sure many of you know that Barack Obama was in Eugene last night at Mac Court giving a speech. I unfortunely didn't get to attend but I did watch his speech on T.V. and jotted down a couple of notes on the speech. As we all know this is a very crucial election and I wanted to make an educated decision. I am registered as democrat but that doesn't mean that is the only way I will ever vote. I think it is very important to look at each candidate and see what they have to offer before making a decision. Overall his speech was good and he is a very good speaker to boot. I liked what he had to say but sometimes you have to think about how these politicians plan on pulling off the things they are promising. I am going to post the highlights from his speech.

Healthcare
Barack Obama has promised to put into place a healthcare system that benefits all American's by the end of his first term as president. If you are already receiving healthcare from your employer then he plans to work with the employer to help lower premiums by $2500/year. If you don't have healthcare then he plans to implement a government-run plan that will allow you to choose your own doctor healthcare that will not exclude due to pre-existing health conditions. Also he plans to implement prevention education to help turn it back into a healthcare system as opposed to a disease fighting system.

CEO's vs Workers
-take away tax breaks for oversea labor and creat ta breaks for business that move their labor locally
-trade agreements that set labor an environmental standards.

Environment
- he wants to cap greenhouse gas emissions and fine polluters who excede the cap, that money would then inturn be invested into clean energy
-infrastructure- break reliance on oil by investing in clean energy: solar, wind, and biodiesal power

Schools and Education
- invest in early child hood education
-reward teachers: Higher salaries and more support
- higher standards in shool (not just by standardized tests) which encourages all subjects not just math and science but art and music, etc as well
-College
-$4000 tuition credit in exchange for students to be actively involved in community service, volunteering, peace corp, etc.

War and Military
-believes we need to get out of this war
-promises to pull out one batillion of troops each month until all troops are removed from Iraq which could take up to 16 months
-invest in proper training and proper troop rotation
-take care of our troops when they get home.

As I watched and listened to this speech I couldn't help by feel like jumping on the Barack Obama band-wagon. He said all of the right things and if he could pull off everything he says that would be awesome, but I'm not ready to throw my hat into his ring until I research the other candidates as well. I would also like to see how Barack plans on implementing many of the things he is planning on. Where is he going to get the money to do all of this? I guess I will have to research him further but overall I like what he has to say.

So, this is it?

Alright, here I am, trying to figure out how exactly one starts a blog...hmmm. Well I guess I'll just go with it and see what I come up with. I figured I would give this a try not just for everyone else but for myself. All to often I don't realize what exactly is going on in my life, so I figured if I blogged and actually kept up on what is going on I couldn possible see where my life was headed and how I'm getting there. First off my name is Mishaun and I am a U of O alumn doing absolutely nothing with my degree right now. I am currently slinging pasta at the Olive Garden and still trying to figure out why I'm still there with a four year degree. Well truth be told I can't do anything that I would like to do with my degree. I still need two years of school and being accepted to graduate school seems to be getting in my way, I never realized how hard and frustrating it would be, but here I am, just waiting it seems like. I stay at the Olive Garden because of flexibility. I can pretty much pick my own schedule within reason and can easily get time off when I need it. Who can beat that right? Most the people I work with are pretty kick ass and my management isn't half bad either, so I will keep slinging that pasta I suppose until I can actually start doing what I really want. What exactly is that you say? Speech-Language pathology. I have always found the aspect of communication systems extremely intriguing. I also love children and want a lot of time of...so combine those three things and you get a Speech-Language Pathologist. So hopefully by the year 2011 I will be done with all this restaurant mambo-jambo and will be moving on the bigger and better things. Currently I am volunteering at the Eugene Hearing and Speech center in a preschool language development classroom. I absolutely love it. I pretty much go in once and week and kick it with little kids for hours. On Monday's I babysit my boyfriends nephew and I'm pretty sure he's the coolest little kid there is. Monday's have slowly become one of my favorite days of the week because I love kickin it with the little guy and taking him on adventures. It's crazy how fast they grow. Anyway, If I keep going I'm never going to stop and before you know it you will have my whole life stories, even the not so interesting details, so as of now I am going to sign off and when I come up with something interesting to say that won't put you to sleep I will offer it up for you all to read! Until then take care!