Category: 2006

We had a superb weekend! Saturday was very productive: I finished oracle20-20.com for April and Nick got the taxes done. We had to PAY! Boo!! We watched Lord of War Saturday night. It was an ok movie, sort of a docudrama. It was much slower than I expected.

Sunday was yardwork early then out for the afternoon. We ate lunch at Casa Vieja, a Colombian restaurant over in a ratty ass strip mall off of Shallowford Rd, behind the Ranch 99 Market (for those familiar with the Buford Hwy Asian area). We LOVE that place! It is a well kept secret and you’d never even notice it if you weren’t looking for it. They have the best skirt steak in this town and the best grilled liver, too. And it’s hella cheap! We had the Bandesa Paisa (skirt steak, rice, beans, plaintains, fried egg and pork rind) and the Hidalgo something (thinly sliced grilled liver, onions, rice, salad and plaintains) plus 2 Club Colombia beers, a coffee and a Colombian apple soda called Postobon. All this cost us $27. The place is always packed with Colombians, which tells you it’s a good place for authentic food.

Then we hauled our stuffed asses over to Value City for some shopping. First, we checked out the 99 Cent store next to Value City and OH! What bounty! I got some Chinese silk party purses, some really cool painted chopsticks, a salt and pepper set and a heavy wooden spoon for, like $10. They have a ton of bizarre Asian plastic ware with Engrish on them. We then entered the fray at VC; they had a shoe sale as well as Easter dresses on sale. CRAZY! We rooted around and I got a couple of ss black tops and Nick got a ss button up shirt, too. (!!) He has a fear of ss button up shirts, you see, so this is a milestone!! Then. Then, my chicas, I found them! The SHOES!! They are by the same company that made the other sparkly shoes I got a few months ago!

Shoe stats:
Make: Bamboo
Model: Swing-12
Color: Blackstn
Price: $24.99 VC price

I got a shoe high like you wouldn’t believe! I was looking at the brown model they had on display, thinking that I didn’t want more brown shoes, when the box popped open and these black silk with purple shinies were there, gleaming at me. I could hear the siren song of shoe magnificence: AAAAAAHHHHH! I gasped in awe and some guy at the end of the aisle looked at me quizzically. I told him, “Sorry! I’m having a Shoe Moment!” Tee! Oh, I need to upload that pic here so when I change the webcam I’ll still have it. Here ya go:

Too bad the colors of the sparklies aren’t represented well. Trust me, they are purply and FABulous! :-)

Once I’d put on my magical shoes, it was time to head to the strip club!

Continue reading “Colombians, sparklies and boobies, OH MY!”

Criminal Records started using MySpace for the comics newsletter, so I joined MySpace. I know it’s the latest and greatest thing on the ‘net, but I really hate it. It’s full of wankers and adverts.

It started as a place for musicians to post samples and tour dates and suddenly about a year ago, the teenagers found it. Now it’s the hottest blog spot on the internet and I hate it.

I guess if you’ve got nothing else or if all your friends are on there it’s worth the hassle, but I find it clunky, ad laden and hard to use. Eh, I guess I’m just used to my little corner of the web!

Ok, it’s Wednesday already and I’m just getting to the party details! Busy: uumm YAH!

So, I’d like to thank everyone for coming out for our 2nd Anniversary party! It was a fabulous party with just enough food and just enough booze. There was so much conversation that I couldn’t keep up!

As I mentioned in my last post, I have a bizarre party story. We all stayed up way too late; the time change really messed with us. It was about 3am when there was a knock on the screen door. We all looked at each other then I got up to see who it was.

There was this young black guy standing there grinning like a ‘possum, asking what’s up and do I have a light? I was startled, to say the least, that a black guy would traipse up a driveway to a white person’s house – much less at 3am!! Hell, in this neighborhood, he’s taking a chance at a black person’s home!!

So, after I picked up my jaw from the floor, I said, yah, I got a light and fetched the lighter. By then all the menfolk had gathered on the porch with me and this guy. He’s still grinning and asking what we’re up to and can he join the party. I’m stunned, but determined to find out what the hell he’s up to, so I ask him his name. He says Moo or something and I said, no, your REAL name and he says Amos. Huh. Right. So, this goes on while the menfolk are freaking out that I’m talking to this kid. He’s obviously crunk or something because his speech is slurred. Finally I tire of the game and I tell him that he needs to motor. He kind of stands around a minute more then wanders off the porch and across the yard to the street. He wanders over the hill and away.

We are all standing around flabbergasted that the guy had the guts to come up to the house in the middle of the night. The boys were certain he was looking for trouble, but I think he was just high and looking for something to do. Heh, crashing a white party is certainly one way to live on the edge in this neighborhood!! LOL

It was beyond bizarre and after that we all decided that we should probably crash after that much weirdness.

Kudos to the couple who had too much fun in the office after everyone crashed. Teehee! I enjoyed the show immensely! (Yes, I’m a voyeur, but this was listening. What is that called?? Whatever it is, it’s still perverted and I like doing it. :-> )

It was a great party and we thank those who brought gifties and nibblies. We can’t wait for the next one! It’ll be the middle of May for Nick’s birthday, which is May 10. I’m thinking May 13 for his party. Look for the evite!