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it's a stressful time. UM not having a job is casting a dark shadow over everything, especially my bank account. I don't understand how someone could be trying to find a job and yet still be unemployed for 5 weeks.

Since I'm paying Um's rent, don't really have any extra cash to do anything fun ( especially after last week's car issues ). My dad always says "It's always somethin'" and it's true.

I'm hating life.

Hilarious. You'll need quicktime.

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look at this MAP

I drive from A to B and back again 6 days a week. If traffic was this beautiful at 5:11 everyday I would be a much happier person.

Seeing what is inhabiting the White House these days, It's hardly a holiday to me.

Friday was a very expensive car day. I don't want to talk about it, though. i might get a little choked up. Ok, I will say that it was less than $1000 to get it fixed - $1.23 less than $1000 to be exact. I had the money so it's not a huge deal but I can't help but think this only happened because the powers that be refuse to let me live a stressfree life and wouldn't want me to have any savings.

Friday night saw the Legendary Eartha Kitt at Jazz Alley. Fabulous.
Saturday worked at the mall and then hung out with Steve and then went out with Eddie & borther James. Was suppossed to meet UM but he was already a drunk mess and wandered home before I got out. Was out until 4am but luckily did NOT have any Joyce encounters.

Sunday had lunch with Steve & Erin and her offspring at pegasus in Alki. Gorgeous clear day but it was extremely cold. back to steve's for laundry, cd organizing and BEAR!
did some quick shopping and dinner at applebee's. Some lengthy conversations on the joys of being single ( or not ) and how luckily we are to have friends to see us through the rough spots.


that is all.

01 - Why are some people so stupid that you have to explain the simplest things again and again? And Again ? Could You be any dumber?

02 - Why are some people so bloated with self importance that they reply to anything they don't like with "that's unacceptable" ? I don't give a Fuck what You find "Unacceptable" - Seriously.

03 - Why is it that I have been going to the same dry cleaner every week for the last 6 years and they still don't remember my name ? Walsh is a complicated one, I know.

04 - Why do some people go through life expecting someone else to pull their weight and support them ? Are you the Queen of England?

05 - Why do so many people ( and large corporations ) believe that I can get blood from a stone ? See #2

06 - Why can no one in the Seattle region drive when it is drizzling ? Or when the sun is out ? or when the Earth is revolving around the sun ?

07 - Why do certain people watch tv all day and assume you will buy them food, cigarrettes and pay their rent ? ( oooh, I think I already mentioned this one )

08 - Why can't I find a decent human being to date? No Bears!

09 - Why do I put up with all the shit in my life that I hate ? I must love strife and Squallor !

10 - Why did I even bother posting this list of "why"'s ?

woke up really early today in a sour mood.

Ultimate Mess lost his job. Has had a few interviews but nothing yet. I'm looking for "help wanted" signs wherever I go. He's not trying very hard - he needs to take anything.
I'm obligated to pay his rent if he can't by the lease.

I am all sorts of stressed out about this. Stressed out about money in particular. Cars, Trips, etc. I would Whore myself out but I don't think anyone would pay for it.

I've lost 5 more pounds.

the weekend was uneventful. the usual.

I'm REALLY hungry. That "eat your arm off" hunger that isn't easily cured. I want a bucket of KFC, 200 chicken nuggets from wendy's with marie's chunky bleu cheese dressing and 16 ultimate bacon cheeseburgers from Jack in the Box.

in reality, it's a Salad day. good times.

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* THIS LINK IS A LITTLE RISQUE FOR WORK VIEWING *

Go here and report back. I am a mere 60% Gay - I found that kind of Sad. And so did Consuelo since she also scored at 60%.

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I love this:

http://www.buffalobeast.com/66/50mostLoathsome2004.htm

See my least favorite humans at
#50, #38, #37, #18, #15 & #9

Steve and I booked our little trip to Sydney in May.
Found a quite tasty Flight & Hotel combo and we booked it. Also, Steve managed to snag excellent seats at the KYLIE concert on the 30th at the Sydney Entertainment Center.

It's all very Scary and exciting. I've never been anywhere. Seriously. Not looking forward to 14 hours on a plane from LA to Sydney but I know it will be a life changing experience - Ok, I HOPE.

this weekend was pretty much a bust. Went out saturday night and saw a lot of old faces, met some new ones - but at every time I was having fun UM decided we had to go. No matter where we were he HAD to be in charge. There was QUITE a shouting match and I haven't spoke to him since saturday night.

OH - so on Thursday night at Manray I lost my Siouxsie money clip. On saturday night, Tommy ( manray owner ) tells me that his friend found it and gave it to Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters, who said he was going to give it to Ana Matronik because she's a huge Siouxsie fan. SO - I'm annoyed that I lost my money clip as I got it off ebay ages ago and it's mostly unreplaceable. But it's cute that someone from one of my favoritre bands now has it and I have this annecdote to tell.

Yippeee, friday.

Wednesday went with Harriett Pottress to the Baltic room to watch 2 of the Scissor Sisters dj. Well, they might as well not have even been there as all they did was stand by the dj and wiggle a little bit - just had a lot of fun with Harriett, Tommy and Tommy's pals. Met this cool guy named Kyle that I actually met months ago after the Siouxsie concert. Seriously hung over Thursday morning, luckily I had arranged to come in late Thurs and Friday.

Thursday I actually got an annual review with my boss. I got a G2 rating with means I Rule. I'm pleased with the rating and the nice little bonus and raise that came with it.

Thursday night, went and saw the sacissor sisters at the paramount with Consuelo & Harriett. It was a great show, they are really tight and polished. Consuelo, in her infinite shortness, could barely see. I'm borrowing her my dvd. Kyle was there again and we chatted a bit, Stood with consuelo and harriett for most of the show and then went back and watched from a distance with Tommy. I think I'd rather be further away, you can see more and you don't have to deal with the pushing assholes and the packs of idiotic girls shoving their way to the front - that has happened at every show I've ever been to.

Anyway, took Harriett & Consuelo home and then picked up UM and went to manray for a cocktail. it was packed like a sardine can ( on a thursday night ?) and again hung out with Tommy and Kyle. I have this overpowering urge to call him kylie.

So - I got to meet the singer from Scissor Sisters. he came to manray after the show. He's very short, but much cuter in person. he was a little bithy to some people that wanted pics but my friend started talking to him and he was really friendly to me. It was a cute minor celebrity experience. if you remember the Kristine W experience, I must say that this one was much more pleasant. Or the time I met Siouxsie and couldn't even talk. Great.

Nothing planned tonight. Must clean my room. Seriously.

I don't think I've ever NOT cared so much about any of the films nominated for the Oscars.

I have only seen a handful and have absolutley ZERO desire to see any of the others. Ok, actually I do want to see "Kinsey" and "Vera Drake", but not enough to haul my arse to the theater. I might enjoy sitting through the "Phatom of the Opera" just to revel in the gaudiness. And maybe "Closer", cuz I like Clive Owen.

Honestly, with my attention span, I'll probably never see any of them.

"Million dollar baby"? Are you Fucking kidding me? I can't fathom PAYING to watch Clint Eastwood - that's more like a prison sentence than entertainment. Seriously, It looks less interesting than watching paint dry. Of course, if I was a frisky heterosexual man, I might get a kick out of watching sweaty girls beat the shit out of each other.

Hmmm - maybe that's what all the hubub is about?

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Too bad there isn't one to stop Bit Bit,...err, britney

a three day weekend but nothing to report, really.

worked saturday, but woke up really early. UM had literally just got home at 7:30 AM and I decided to be the nice roommate and not make any noise. SO I farted around for a while but ended up going into AEFA. worked noon to 6 and the weather was weird so it was dead and we were bored to tears. off at 6 and then went back to AEFA until around 8 until UM called and said "let's go play". Must make mental note to not set foot in AEFA for 6 hours on saturdays without getting paid!

Went out with UM and it was all good times except there was some drama but there's always drama so why even mention it? a little head-achey the next day.

Sunday had Lunch with steve-o at La Coccina aka "THE COCK" and then shopped along broadway. I bought the ultimate piece of shit Madonna classic "Body of evidence" and Steve bought Schoolhouse Rock on dvd. Went back to my place and watched all our old schoolhouse rock favorites "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly - get your adverbs here!", "conjunction junction, what's your function", "interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl!" and drank some wine.

Was suppossed to go down to the market with Consuelo, but she pulled some sort of disappearing act. Then steve left right as the Sci-Fi channel's remake of "battlestar Galactica" began - and then i was sucked into that for SIX HOURS! a four hour mini series and a two hour episode - and if you know me at all - you know that I rarely watch actual tv. I hate commercials! Then I did nothing for the rest of the evening even though i had monday off.

then Monday Harriett Pottress and I went to Olive garden for Lunch and then we wandered around broadway AGAIN and then went to half priced books and records where i bought a whole bunch of shit from the $1 bin. Those amazing finds include:
- technotronic: the remix album ( 1990 disco trash! )
- the grind dance club erobics video ( with Eric Nies ! )
- the grind fat burning grooves video ( with Eric Nies! )
- stephen King "graveyard shift" because it has an old favorite story of mine "the mist"

then went home and hung out with UM and drank 3 bottles of wine and watched crazy old home videos. I shouldn't drink white wine ( white zin ) as it gives me terrible heart burn. Fascinating.

tuesday : work, home at 8pm. did nothing.
wednesday: work. traffic sucked this AM, 55 minutes to get to work. Suppossed to mall tonight but swapped for tomorrow night. just not in the mood. UM is off tomorrow so he is probably sauced by now. I hope so, he's easier to get along with when he's tipsy.

Most people are.

1. What time did you get up this morning? I was up at 5:30 but crawled out of bed at 7:30...and yes I was on time to work.

2. Diamonds or pearls? umm...not so into jewelery

3. What was the last film that you saw at the cinema? the incredibles. also alien vs predator, dawn of the dead and open water and those are the only movies i saw in the theater in 2004. ( or at least the only ones I remember )

4. What is your favorite TV show? south park

5. What did you have for breakfast? a diet rite and some peanuts

6. What foods do you dislike? olives and tomatoes and avacado and fish.

7. What is your favorite cuisine? americanized chinese food. or any kind of buffet. Kfc buffet is HEAVEN.

8. What are your favorite potato chips? lays salt and vinegar

9. What is your favorite c.d. at the moment? toss up between the scissor sisters cd and goldfrapp "black cherry"

10. Favorite sandwich? monte christo

11. What characteristics do you despise? arrogance and religion induced intolerance

12. Favorite items of clothing? my cargo pants and my blue shoes.

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation,where would you go? I want to go to australia, hawaii, greece and the caribbean

14. What color is your bathroom? upstairs "celebrity" bathroom is bright yellow, but one wall is entirely covered with framed pictures. the downstairs bathroom is ass white.

15. Favorite brand of clothing? Gap. cute and comfy and not overly expensive.

16. Favorite time of day? when I get home from work after battling seattle rush hour traffic. Nice to be home and the cat is always glad to see me.

17. What was your most memorable birthday? My21st--messy messy drunkfest. all of my birthdays are messy drunk fests but I actually remember that one.

18. Where were you born? Mason City, IA. Unsolved murder capitol of North America

19. Favorite sport to watch? I don't do sports. you can't even Imagine the amount of time I've freed up by not caring about sports.

20. What fabric detergent do you use? Gain? something not tested on animals (tide!)

21. Coke or Pepsi? Diet pepsi - can't stand diet coke, it tastes like gasoline! I prefer diet rite as it has no aspertame.

22. Are you a morning person or a night owl? night owl . i have a really difficult time getting out of bed. i also have severe bouts of insomnia

23. Do you have any pets? TanQueray, TanQie, TanQ-baby - my 7 year old tortoise shell fat cat.

24. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share with family and friends? no. besides the fact that i've now lost 36 pounds since september. only 45 more to go. t's frustrating because other than the fact that my clothes are looser, I can barely tell.

25. What did you want to be when you were little? a rock star. I still dream of being a lounge singer. and I'm not even kidding.

26. What are you meant to be doing today? putting out fires and ordering supplies.

27. What did you get done yesterday? i worked in 2 different cities and then went out for dinner and then out for cocktails. and I went record shopping.

28. Favorite quote: "hey, you got that botox" and "Yule-ish, Very Yule-ish"

GRIMACE!

Is my picture broken?
my photo host seems to have taken a dump.
I'm Glad I pay for such reliable service.

it's been a long week.
It's been crazy cold. Especially this morning.
I've been really unmotivated all week, just kind of cranky and irritable.

Last night I went out for pizza with Harriet Pottress and we discussed how there's nothing but bad service in Seattle and you just have to expect it and accept it. This is something Consuelo really needs to work on.

Then I met UM at Everyday music where he was looking thru all the stacks of used vinly. Eddie wasn't working cuz he has the flu. I found an old Rupaul "little drummer boy" on red 12" vinyl. Hideously bad and dated but it was Mint and $2.60! Besides, we all need More Christmas dance mixes!

Then UM and I went to Manray for a few gin & tonics ( out on a weeknight? ) and it was fun-ish. UM's old housemate "Lady" showed up and they got drunk.
A couple of my favorite eye-candy-boys ever ( Andrew & Zane ) were there, so that was nice and Mark was playing all the videos I usually request. Tommy & I discussed upcoming Scissor Sisters events.

Also, ran into this guy I've been on a few dates with and realized that he had totally lied to me about what he was doing last night and he was out on another date. He acted like he was totally busted. I don't care what he was doing but don't lie to me, ok?

Annoying - but what did you expect? Welcome to my life.

I was home and in bed by 11:00, a little irritated. Slept pretty well, except that FAT ASS TanQ must have been cold and wanted to lay right on my head.

An exciting life, I KNOW.

3 day weekend, mall 12-6 tomorrow. Not excited about it.

GRIMACE!

Today I Think everyone is on drugs. Smack Crack Dope Whatever.

And I think drugs are bad...or at least a total waste of money.

I still have a lovely headache...it has faded into the background but it's still there and getting worse as the day drags on.

Scary tornado looking skyline over bellevue today.
Malling tonight.
I hope the mall doesn't get sucked up up up and away.

ehhhh.