bars, bad moods, boston

yet again today found me in another terrible mood.
it was lightened, however, when a bar guest asked for a captain and coke-
his wife stops him and says

"or- wait- did you want the 151?"

he asks

"well whats the difference?"

wife replies

"they're the same thing."

hah.

***

in completely unrelated news i am going to BOSTON to visit my angie.

i couldn't be more excited, although this trip might constitute an entirely new winter wardrobe.
cincinnati is at a balmy 23 degrees, while ange informed me the "high" in Boston today was 0.

it's cold. also...

i mean, really freakishly cold.

***

the parking brake in my van broke- i think the brake itself is fine
but the spring in the lever which you pull in order to engage the brake has come apart
and NOW i drive with my emergency brake on constantly.

(well, i haven't really driven anywhere- my van made it home and isn't leaving til i find a shop.)

i need to do this soon. the people i have been relying on for rides may start to get sick of me.

luckily, i was awarded my W2 today from my employer- and i HEART $.

so if anyone wants to reccomend a good auto repair shop and/or CPA i am ALL ears.

sad news for a friend

a young boy who used to work as a busser for me at the restaurant was involved in a terrible atv crash over the weekend.

he is now entirely paralyzed on the right side of his body. the doctors are saying they aren't sure if it will be permanent or not.

regardless- this kid is only 17. i feel very sad about this- for him and his family.

i have organized a small donation effort- i would like to send his family some flowers on behalf of the reataurant. i feel this would be an appropriate gesture. this has had to be devestating for everyone that loves him. my heart certainly goes out.

i hope y'all will keep him in your thoughts as well.

evidently i have an enemy

whilst working this afternoon, a phone call came in from a woman who asked to speak to:

(ahem)

"...that stupid, slut-bag mandy."

my bartender approached me, perplexed, holding the phone to his chest and said

"someone on the phone isn't very happy with you."

i never found out forsure who it was since they hung up almost immediately.

***

damn.

i guess not everyone in the world thinks i'm as awesome as i do.

i will try not to get on prozac over this...

another l8 night

good ol holiday blues

gonna get kicked by some wine and wii fit-

we'll see

i hear you shouldn't drink and exercise at the same time...

somewhere to sleep

I BOUGHT A BED!!


!!!!!

now i have somewhere to lay my head AND subsequent remaining parts of my body....

((as previously lamented in this post...))

willin'

"I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, oh I'm still
Out on the road late at night, I seen my pretty Alice in every head light
Alice, Dallas Alice

I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
Now I driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed
And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine
and you show me a sign
I'll be willin', to be movin'

Now I smuggled some smokes and folks from Mexico
baked by the sun, every time I go to Mexico, and I'm still
And I've been kicked be the wind, robbed by the sleet
Had my head stoved in and I'm still on my feet and I'm willin', oh I'm willin'

And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed
And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine
and then you show me a sign
I'll be willin', to be movin'"

-little feat