I just called the Hyatt to see if the suite we got bumped up to had one bed or two. Ermin, the groovy reservations manager answered the phone. So, I gushed thank-yous for bumping us up to a suite and asked him about the bed. He said that we only had a king. I said, bummer, that won’t work, so he looked around for the other suites. They were all booked. I said, well, that’s ok, we’ll just get a cot.
Then Ermin says, “Oh, no need for that! I want you to be comfortable. Here, I’ll just give you the adjoining room with the suite.”
Yes, friends and neighbors, we now have a suite AND an adjoining room!! People, get ready to parTAY!
We will be hosting a party in the room at some point. Prolly Sat, but maybe Fri. We’ll see.
I cannot believe it! I think ol’ Ermin is a short timer at the Hotel because when I invited him up to the room for drinks at the Con, he said “if I’m still here in September, I will”. That would explain the bountiful rooms of plenty! If he’s leaving, then what does he care?
The universe is definitely all about the Yin/Yang balance, isn’t it? Yesterday I crash my car, today I get a free room at the con. Just damn!
I don’t know if they are or not. I think your IQ changes throughout life and I think intelligence can’t be quantified or classified by strict numbers. One thing I do know is I’m always classified as an “insightful linguist”. I always score very high in language and deduction. I just took a test at tickle.com and got an Intelligence Quotient of 127. Here is the whole list of IQs (from another site):
Descriptive Classifications of Intelligence Quotients
IQ Description % of Population
130+ Very superior 2.2%
120-129 Superior 6.7%
110-119 High average 16.1%
90-109 Average 50%
80-89 Low average 16.1%
70-79 Borderline 6.7%
Below 70 Extremely low 2.2%
Eh, anyway. I guess I should quit assing around on the internet and get to work on the bills. Bleh.
I just had my first auto accident. Wah! I wrecked my poor little Honda, but good. :-(
I guess 25 years of no wrecks is pretty good, but still. I’d just as soon NOT had the experience.
I was pulling out of the Kroger lot on the N Decatur side, which sucks on a good day and I totally did not see a ginormous Dodge Durango coming up the road on my left. I couldn’t see him due to a big van that was in the turn lane coming into the parking lot. Scared the SHITE out of me!! Thank the gods that the guy driving the Durango was paying attention and locked it down! His skid marks were about 12 feet long. [I woke up this morning, Ap 12, and realised that despite thinking I was gonna die, I didn’t even stall my car during the wreck. How’s that for the power of the reflex: I engaged the clutch during an accident!] The impact was hard enough to knock off my sunglasses, but I’m ok.
My poor Honda, on the other hand, is not so ok. I was actually about to cry over my car being crunched rather than the wreck itself! I’m silly that way. Here’s what she looks like:
Honda damage after hit from Durango.
Also luckily, I had the window rolled all the way down, so it didn’t break. My car doesn’t have full coverage, so I’ve got to pay to get her fixed. Travelers will pay for the Durango’s bumper. The guy driving the Durango was a very very nice man [Although he and his buddy totally scammed the insurance company for “injuries” they incurred…right. -A], a school bus driver, so he was totally aware of his vehicle and the consequences. I can’t believe a truck that big could be totally hidden behind a van! I’m a lucky girl to not have a scratch on me. I’m a VERY lucky girl and I’m grateful to the gods of automobiles that I’m not road pizza. [And thankful to my car crystal!]
So, now it’s all about paying the damn ticket and paying to get my Honda repaired. The good news is that now her exterior will be all shiny new to match her pristine interior. I’ve wanted to get her painted forever, and now I get my wish! She is faded from sitting out in the GA sun for 10 years.
Well, now I shall take some analgesics to offset the soreness I’m sure to feel tomorrow and to drink a beer on the deck. I tell ya, I will not be driving in drive time traffic again any time soon! [Ap 12: I’m not sore today, either. Any soreness I have is from working out hard yesterday. I am a LUCKY girl.]
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!
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:
Black sparkly clogs!
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!
Har! Luckovich has a great editorial ‘toon today! He is on comics.com if you are looking at this after April 7, 2006. Look up the ‘toon by date.
TeeHee! Her ID is the Race Card!! LOL
She’s apologizing now that she’s been told to by the Congressional Black Caucus, but it’s not sincere. Here’s the story at the SF Gate. The AJC has a better story today, but you’ve got to sign up to read it.
The bottom line is that McKinney is a troublemaker that lives her life to make sure everything is about race. The sad part of this is that all the blacks who put her in office will do it again because they think that her lip service means something. I saw an op-ed comment yesterday from a black man in South Dekalb who said he’d vote for her again “if she makes things right”.
I’m sure this will assuage the people who keep voting for her useless ass. They obviously don’t care about anything other than the Race Card, either.
