Deep In The Forrest

As everyone probably knows but hasn't given much thought to, I have been participating all month long in the NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month November 2007 ) event, and today is the last day of November. It was trying at times, but I actually did it!! I posted, sometimes even more than one post PER DAY for the whole month! NaBloPoMo's site sported some cool "I Did It" banners, and I selected this cool little "Tattoo" version (since I love tattoos so much). Give me props people!! I did it! Yay! Thanks to everyone over at NaBloPoMo for being so cool, and all the other participants who made it, and even those who simply gave it their all, it's been tons of fun!!! As the month comes to a close, it's time to get all up into Christmas full-swing, right? Some of us have already begun discussing holiday stuff, such as the Fruitcake that I complained about yesterday and probably most of you are talking about drinking in the New Year already! Well, some...

I've got Christmas on my mind, and all the things I need to get done since it's getting quite close... hard to believe it's been a whole year already since Christmas. I'll say it again, it's zooming by extremely too fast. No matter how fast time passes, and the effects it and gravity have on all the rest of us, Fruitcake for some reason never changes. You know it is common knowledge that there is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and it is merely passed around from one person to the next. I mean, who the hell invented this sadistically nasty cake?? I know only one person who likes it and that's my Mom... I'm not going to question her judgment but I do not have to participate in her fruitcake ventures. I was reminded of Fruitcake when reading my friend Awa's blog . Here's another article about Fruitcake . Blechhkk!! If you like it, more power to you... you can definitely have my share. There are definitely so many more appetizing creations we ca...

Ok, I'm stuck in my "Mobster" mode today... You know I love my Mafia guys, who of course are all straight from Sicily. But you can't love Mobsters and Mob Movies without being attached to the Italian singers who are frequently featured playing in the cafes and restaurants and the soundtracks!!! One of my favorite Italian Singers (yes I told you I was quite eclectic but you didn't believe me did you?) is "Louis Prima"... My metal and punk friends, please don't shoot me because I love it all, and I am mainly tied to my Punk and Metal favorites, but I cannot help myself, today 'I've got the world on a string' and I'm collecting 'Pennies from Heaven' listening to the fabuloso Mr. Louis Prima!!! Here he is with a Combination of Songs Mixed in with "Oh Marie" (My Mom's name is Marie, so Here's to Mom!!)

You know your morning is getting off to a great start when you get behind the absolute most dilapidated, beat-up work truck (complete with run-down wooden bed on the back), going all of 20 miles per hour and bearing a bumper sticker that boldly states "Nowhere to go and all day to get there". I sighed, and waited patiently, driving along behind him without even a toe on the gas pedal. Isn't that irony at its best? And just my luck to get behind that guy... It seems like I have a knack for it. If you've ever seen the movie "Office Space" you know that first scene where Peter is trying to get to work and he constantly changes lanes trying to get into the one that is "moving", but just as he does it is that lane that screeches to a halt while the one he just left begins to go? Well that's ME! If there is an idiot on the road, you can rest assured you will find him driving blissfully ignorantly in front of me. Either that or they're behind or ...

Tuesday finds me loping along, making it through the week. After the scare with my Mr. J on Sunday night , I still find myself a bit on edge. I know it wasn't the worst-case scenario, but I guess it just threw me into that frame of mind. Since we've been through so much with my Father's health, I guess it just makes me think about things we all have to go through with situations (health and otherwise) as we screech down the mad timed highway. Gotta keep remembering the great things we have to be thankful for day to day. Speaking of Tuesday, well that makes it time once again for the Weekly Words Challenge (WWC) brought to us by our friendly neighborhood Tink of Pickled Beef . This week's words as stated by Tink, are "Assorted" and "Purple". I'll waste no time, let's cut to the chase. Purple: Well, first I thought the sign on this local Mexican restaurant was cool, it's purple ! Secondly, another one of Downtowns interesting Trolleys, also...

Richie has always had trouble sleeping, so he's used to taking a type of sleeping medication, which he found to be the only decent one that would work without giving him problems. It is Tylenol Simply Sleep. But when he decided to try a sleep medication called Ambien (CR I think), I noticed weird things right away. He would talk out of his head, and get in like a weird state of mind just in the few times he tried it. Just really strange, and seemed to be heavily affected. Then, last night it took a terrifying turn. He seemed to be snoring louder than usual, and I woke him once prodding him to turn over and hoping it would help. Then just a short while later, he catapulted awake, gasping for air and choking up. He couldn't speak and was just trying to breathe but couldn't. So I grabbed the phone to call 911, and Gray (Our "Guy on the Couch") was on the phone, so he was like "Hello??" And I screamed "Gray I have to call 911, I need the phone!!!" ...

Here, from yesterday... "Easy Like Sunday Morning" by Faith No More... I love his rendition. Hope you do too. Click here If You Can't See The Video

Last night went o.k... just went to a local microbrewery and chilled, had a bite to eat and then went next door to a Karaoke bar... of course I sang 3 songs, as we were trying to get Richie's friend Justin to sing a song in the style of "Cartman" from South Park, which he eventually obliged... it drew quite a response. Then we went back to his place and watched him play Guitar Hero... then finally we came back home and crashed out, maybe about 4:00 a.m. So Sunday night: Just reflecting here, relaxing and watching some videos of Mike Patton , one more musician who takes me 'back in the day'. He's had so many cool projects... Not everyone "gets" Mike Patton, but for those who do, he rules. Today was rainy and relaxing in that way but in the other ways I still don't quite know what the meaning of this life is. I think I know sometimes, and I think I'm on the right trail, but then I realize that I am just an extra cog that could neither make or b...

Wow, that's something I never say... I love the rain. I just don't like driving in it, which is exactly what I'm about to do. Mr. J and I are going to Midtown to a microbrewery place, he likes that sort of thing. I don't like much alcohol myself, I will drink an occasional beverage, but I'm mostly the weirdo who, when asked for my drink order, will respond "UN-SWEET Iced Tea Please" (smiling). I know it's virtually unheard of in the South, but then so am I. Guess that makes us a good match! ha-ha. It's been a rather quiet after Thanksgiving weekend so far, and we normally have stuff going on Saturday nights but that got canceled. So we are going to dust up the highway through the droplets of chilly rain to see what's going on in Midtown. I have felt pretty good today actually, and have had happy thoughts of Christmas and am actually beginning to look forward to it... Hope to put some of the magic back in these holidays... I think it can be done...

I'm still too stuffed to think about writing much, but I'm here. Just woke up from a nap in fact (god I'm lazy). I will report very soon with more interesting things, but meanwhile you guys keep the dream alive! :)

Don't get me wrong, I do wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving, I enjoyed mine with the few members of our family that came home today. I hope that you are all able to see the good things that you're blessed with in your life, there is always something to be thankful for... But I have to reflect for a moment on this piece by William S. Burroughs... Keep smiling. -AJ I recommend hearing him through the video above, however if you'd rather, here's what he says: "Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons, destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts. Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison. Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger. Thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin leaving the carcasses to rot. Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes. Thanks for the American dream, To vulgarize and to falsify until the bare lies shine through. Thanks for the KKK. For N**ger-killin' lawmen, feelin' their notches. For...

Oh joyful joyful 3 day work week. I am very excited about the days off, although I know they will pass very quickly. Today is, in essence, like My Friday . I understand that this is not the case for everybody, and I don't mean to gloat to those of you who have to go on working like normal, with no holiday. You see? I am a sensitive, kind and loving Aunt by nature, and remain so until someone sets off my radar, or ruffles my feathers. I like to think that I don't get mad easily, but depending on what it is and the lengths someone goes to in order to visibly enrage me, I will oblige! After all, I have the blood of Redheads and Cherokee Indians coursing through my veins. (You just can't really see the Indians because I was not blessed with enough brown to be seen by the naked eye... Hahaha!! But if you look closely enough, you will see that I am quite full of Native American wisdom, spirituality and enchantment and have been told by a few that I have a lot of soul for a white ...

I wouldn't try this at home, although it is one of the funniest scenes from the movie "Mallrats". Gotta love Jay and Silent Bob... and just happened to see "Clerks" on T.V. about a week ago... I don't know what reminded me to go find the above clip though... "Fly fatass fly!" LOL! I've had a long day today, and for some reason I have been edgy and bitchy as the day grew long. I went to the grocery store upon leaving work, forgetting that everyone would be at their Thanksgiving-worst. That's right, a thousand selfish, 'do unto others before they do unto you' assholes were out and about trying to pick up all their supplies for the big day. I can tell you that I did not enjoy being there. Not to mention the traffic between work, gro. store and home. Everyone's gone madder than usual. Just makes me want to hide somewhere away from all the cretins. Then came band practice. I was tired, my feet were hurting and I was edgy... It's ...

Yahoo it's that time again! The Weekly Words Challenge (WWC), which is brought to us by the extremely animated Tink of Pickled Beef . This week's WWC theme words are: Inanimate and Yellow. Hope is Inanimate, and I hope you participate too, but If you haven't joined the fun and want to, go here to Tink's instructions for details. I'll start with Inanimate. If you think about the textbook definition of Inanimate, it's pretty much this: in·an·i·mate ( n- n -m t) adj. 1. Not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms. See Synonyms at dead . 2. Not animated or energetic; dull. 3. Grammar Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for nonliving things: The word car is inanimate; the word dog is animate. But I also associate it with other things you can't see, like emotions and thoughts, etc. Here are a few of my Inanimate things! Small, stone feet The mannequins and clothing in this window are Inanimate objects. Although it looks almo...

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We should never forget our roots... they give us strength. So I failed my 8th grade science test, what else is new? lol Now what was I saying?? Ah yes... In my years on Earth, I have yet to miss a Thanksgiving. It's always been at Mom and Dad's house (my childhood home since 2 years of age). So I can only imagine at this moment how I will feel when that is no longer possible. Holidays as I have known them will one day be nonexistent. I can't help but think about this. I know this is something that we all deal with, and a lot of people I know who have experienced loss deal with it very well, others not at all. I always get an edgy, nervous feeling around the holidays though because that is when things always tend to go wrong. I can only sit back in prayer that we make it through without anything major, you know?? I sure do miss the old days, but I say that way too much around here. Another irritating dream last night: This time, I dreamt that I woke up and it was like 4:30 i...

Nothing like an 8th grade science quiz on a Monday morning. Seems like not much has changed, I still did shitty. Actually I think I could've done better, and don't know exactly what happened. I'm definitely not telling Mom and Dad, they might ground me.

Wow it's been hard for me to post this weekend because I don't really have much to say. I have accomplished nowt this weekend except a little video gaming, lying around in my undies (which are basically stolen pairs of my husband's boxers and a t-shirt lol!). So I didn't die from over stuffing myself yesterday, hope you guys weren't worried about that. I felt like it though... but I didn't. My dreams have been very weird to me all weekend... but not worth discussing really. Earlier, I was just sitting and thinking about the last ten years... that's all it takes 10 years. Ten years to turn from shiny, new, full of spirit into an old tattered fart. (To just look in the mirror and realize how old you can feel sometimes, and how old I guess I am [supposed to be] ). It's not working though... my number continues to rise, but I don't feel like I am keeping up with it. I can't grow up, I still feel the same inside as I always did... and I sit and obsess...

Yeah that's right. In other news, the Burger King Dude is still a freaking MoFo, and I hate him!!!

Oh god, I ate too much for breakfast/lunch (brunch, whatever). I feel sick. Going to veg out and play video games for a while and digest. I'll be back later with something worth talking about hopefully. In the meantime, hope you're all enjoying your weekend.

"Pay attention Son, everyone should learn a trade." I have always been of the belief that some people should not become parents. Still, it always appears to me that the very ones who should not be (usually), are the ones you see with all the children. For example, This Guy, Robbing a bank with his child in tow . Talk about "Home Schooling"... I know we see more and more bad stuff in the news all the time, but how could he? (click the link or the photo to read the whole article) Guy you get the "Father of the Year" award for sure!!

"Your approval rating is great with the turkey!" Friday is in full effect, and while I still had a rough morning getting started I perked up when I thought about next week being a "3 Day Week". I can't believe it's nearly Thanksgiving again... It seems like I just finished telling you the story about my Halloween Trick-or-Treater, "Little Venom", who's probably outside terrorizing a turkey as we speak. Speaking of Turkeys and Terrorism (which go together rather humorously in this photo, I think, looks like this little guy is a fan of Bush and Cock... LOL!! Thanksgiving was always fun at my house growing up. One or more of my nieces would usually spend the night with us before, and we would wake up and watch a bunch of cool t.v. shows that came on Thanksgiving Morning. I don't know why, but it seemed like everything cool came on that day. Then I loved to watch the Thanksgiving Parades too. Finally, everyone began piling into the house around...

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Had to share this (and btw I updated my last paragraph below with thoughts on a homeless man). Ten stupidest laws are named!!! These are the stupidest laws, according to percentage share of public vote as per an article in www.telegraph.co.uk Most ridiculous British laws: It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%) It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (7%) In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (6%) Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (5%) In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (4%) In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (4%) The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen (3.5%) It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want ...

Maybe if I lived with a man who awoke at the crack of dawn to greet the day with great fervor... maybe I would be able to wake up alive and bursting with energy. Instead, I must peel my eyes open daily, drag myself out of bed only to have to look at the man I love, still lying there cozy and hibernating like a bear in the dead of winter under the warmth of the delicious electric blanket. See, I detest waking up in the morning (aside from the general glee at the realization that I am still lucky to be alive come daylight). I usually sleep too long... which is as long as I can get away with, then I have only enough time to bathe and throw myself together and hurry off to beat the traffic and come hurdling into the office Fashionably Late (if I may say so, as a 'techie' without sounding dimly like a slacker). Luckily, I enjoy what I do so it's definitely not "work dread" keeping me glued to my mattress, it's just simple exhaustion and lack of motivation from lyi...

"So in America when the sun goes down and I sit on the old broken-down river pier watching the long, long skies over New Jersey and sense all that raw land that rolls in one unbelievable huge bulge over to the West Coast, and all that road going, all the people dreaming in the immensity of it, and in Iowa I know by now the children must be crying in the land where they let the children cry, and tonight the stars'll be out, and don't you know that God is Pooh Bear? The evening star must be drooping and shedding her sparkler dims on the prairie, which is just before the coming of complete night that blesses the earth, darkens all rivers, cups the peaks and folds the final shore in, and nobody, nobody knows what's going to happen to anybody besides the forlorn rags of growing old, I think of Dean Moriarty, I even think of Old Dean Moriarty the father we never found, I think of Dean Moriarty." Those were the last, gasping lines of Jack Kerouac's "On The Road...

Happy Tuesday! The WWC can slip up on me, and I always think I'm not going to be prepared. But with fall abound and so much beauty glowing around us with the season, it's hard not to have something to shoot with the cam these days. I had a hard time picking through my photos to narrow it down enough this time. This week's Weekly Words Challenge (WWC), as always brought to us by the always colorful, and creative Tink of Pickled Beef is themed with the words "Red" and "Architecture". Some of mine is combined, and some is it's own photo. I felt I quite a few for this week, so I hope it's not too many. Hope you'll enjoy!! Red and Architecture! Let's start with RED... This brilliant red tree surely caught my eye! Red lets you know "we're open!" Delicious Candy Apple Red I'll have some Sushi please! Red fish simply brighten up this building in the Pinch District. And now, ArChItEcTuRe! This Oriental-Style building near the P...