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Back in seattle last night.

I had a great time and saw family and seldon seen friends. Missed a few but it's hard to coordinate schedules, etc. there's always next time, right?

I also managed to drive over a thousand miles going back and forth to minneapolis, cedar rapids and des moines. I don't think i can do that anymore either. It was worth it to me but it sure annoyed my parents.

I don't think I will do a full 2 weeks again. It's too hard to put your life on hold for that long.

my christmas cookies including:

monkey santa, crazy gingerbread lady, blind snowman, fatally wounded gingerbread man, albino speedo gingerbread boy, crazy ghost lady angel, black satan snowman and many more.

Obviously, cannot decorate cookeis the way a normal person would.

Enjoy your day!

low key vacation. Driving around the midwest in a gray mini-van!

"Mini-van, Mini-van - does whatever a mini-van can!"

traipsed down to cedar rancid and had dinner with my dear friend Jay. mark rode with me for shits and giggles. Dinenr at olive garden did not sit well with me and I ended up losing it at 6am. Delciious!

Going out tonight with mike, the van bue's, karie. etc. hope to see mizz brown as well. have had a headache everyday since i've been here. what is that about?

Yesterday I bought and watched "the brothers grimm" = Holy waste of money!

I'm leaving it here for my sister's family to all suffer through!

Photos

1. Hank, my sister's 13 yr old golden retriver

2. General grievous from revenge of the sith ( xmas present from Mike - THX!)

3. General Grievous and new best friend, Hank.

Mark and I went to KING KONG tonight.
Was it good? VERY
Was it 3 Hours Long? Seriously.

the bug scene alone is worth seeing it for. Your skin will seriously detach itself from your body and try to crawl away.

On a somewhat related note, when i was a kid ( make that over 25 years ago ) I had a record called "Goofy Gold" - on this record was "King Kong Your Song" i think it was by Bobby "Boris" Picket of "Monster Mash" fame, but I could be wrong.

This song has randomly popped into my head hundreds of times over the years so I thought I would share what I remember of the lyrics. Keep in mind a late seventies semi-disco feel and you'll get the idea. LOVE IT!

:On an island with a mountain in the shape of a skull,
There lived natives in a village beneath a towering wall.
A giant bolted door stood over half a mile tall.
Behind it lived the mightiest creature of them all!

King Kong! King Kong!
The white man done you wrong!
And so we sing this song to you.
Mighty Kong Kiiiiiing Kongggggg!
Hunga Hunga Hunga Kong!
Get a load of mighty Kong!
Million Natives can't be wrong.
Hunga Hunga Hunga Kong!

and on and on.

i need to find an mp3.

that is all.

This is my 8 yr old niece, Leah.
I saw her Christmas musical/play on Sunday.
She's rather hilarious.
that's because she was born on the bathroom floor on April fool's day.

01. My Cute 99 yr old Raisin Grandma, "eedie"
02. El Gato Blanco Diablo ( the white devil kitty ) So cute! So Evil!
03. My Sister's 72 inch tv! Who the Fuck needs a movie theater?

Having a nice relaxing time. Very bored, and that's peachee.

more later.

my view this morning in Inver Grove heights, Mn.

BRRRR !

Lil' Syd under the xmas tree
TB in her Secret hideout Fortress high atop the entertainment center.

This is me leaving the mall last night at 11-ish. It looks like the Fog is coming to get me!

I'm done with the mall until the 30th. Will be in the midwest from thursday till 2 thursday later. (15th-29th)

Retail is Hell during the holidays. I keep telling myself that this year will be my last! Maybe this year! Yes Yes! Why do Ii have two jobs anyway?

I'm sure I'll be blogging from the freezer...errr, midwest.

Happy Whatever!

I spent 40 minutes looking for a parking space today. it was very hard for me not to say "fuck it" and drive home.

there is no free parking in bellevue and i'll be damned if I'm paying for my own parking.

01. Blyss and Colony
02. Daisy and her arm-pillow
03. Opening presents. yay!


friday: went to harry potter 4 with steve, dougie and brian. Loved it.
saturday: mall until 8 then to re:bar to see harriett pottress perform as Blyss.
someone had brought their 4 week old kitty who was wearing a pink sweater. her name was daisy and she decided she loved me and took a nap on my lap for the rest of the evening.
Sunday: lunch at La Cocina with harriette, steve and dougie. a disco nap for me and then steve and doug came over for snacks/dinner.

whoo hoooo

Thanksgiving
- dinner with Pat & Brian - thanks top P for slaving away. Cards and cocktails with consuelo's sister, brother and dad and thier spouse-i. thanks for the scoobi snacks, Joe - and stop being such a crazy republican - you're too young to be that insane. Dawn, teach doug the difference between patti smyth and siouxsie sioux. consuelo - buy a better stereo! thanks!
Friday - very boring work. no one was there.
Saturday - Mall. crazy but not quite as i expected.
Sunday - Mall again.
...tried to clean my room all weekend but really just ended up moving things around.
had THOSE leg pains again fri and sat ngihts - expected to wake up paralyzed again. NICE!!
Monday - work and dinenr with harriett P at la Cocina. whoo hooo
Tuesday - work and a quick pitcher at manray with UM. Tommy needs a Siouxsie dvd (but who doesn't?)
Wednesday - work and mall. Ho Hum.
Thursday - 8:50 am and it's snowing. gross.

will have to deal with enough of that when I'm in the midwest for the 2 weeks over Xmas!

that.....is all.

is this a picture of UM with his closet friend, Gin and Tonic?
NO - it's picture of Tommy with Um and GnT in the way.

Ooops.