I really stunk up the place at Wallyball last night. The team I was on (and we rotate throughout the evening) didn't win a single game. Ugh. I really feel like a slow moving blob of fat lately. I can't run, never could, and my body just doesn't seem to move in the direction I want it to as quickly as everyone else can.

I know I'm just moody right now, so I'll try to shake it off. I just don't understand why they can't make miracle pills that don't have your hormones flipping in 10 different directions every couple of weeks. I narrowly averted crying in the parking lot this morning just at the mere sight of a couple coming into work together. My ex and I were once that here in this very building. Further, it didn't help that the female of the pair was rather rotund... the very thing I lost out to. I guess some guys prefer fat girls, but if that's the case why am I still single - I've got plenty o' fat? That whole thing needs to die from my thoughts, but it doesn't. It didn't help that I found old cards touting my praises and noting how SBLU(M) the other night, while hunting through the fire safe for something.

I dreamt once again of this house, I don't know the house, but I've dreamt of it before. Clearly I own it in the dream and am being forced to sell it, even though I had never even gotten to move in.

Back to real life... I'm making some progress on the notes etc I'll need to teach this fall. Pretty surprising since my semester isn't over just yet. Another week and I'll be cranking through a final, fingers crossed.

More news from the world of annoying and unconscionable. Your rights to look weird are now in jeopardy. Land of the free... as long as you're just like me. Sounds like the catholics truly have taken over.

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Six friends spruced up in fake blood and tattered clothing were arrested in downtown Minneapolis on suspicion of toting "simulated weapons of mass destruction."

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"They were arrested for behavior that was suspicious and disturbing," said Lt. Gregory Reinhardt, a police spokesman. Police also said the group was uncooperative and intimidated people with their "ghoulish" makeup.

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"Given the circumstance of them being uncooperative ... why would you have those (bags) if not to intimidate people?" said Inspector Janee Harteau. "It's not a case of (police) overreacting."

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Are you kidding me? So if some old lady doesn't like the color of my hair or my goth make up I could be arrested for being "DISTRUBING". Not overreacting? What do you think?

On a surprising twist my birthday gift from my dear mother was not an outfit as it traditionally is, but instead a fifth of vodka. How sweet is that? She prepped us up some charred cow and made me a cake, so I headed off to see Clerks on Friday night with a full stomach. The movie is a sequel, so the expectations aren't overly high. Yeah, disappointing when compared to it's predecessor in some ways, but still quite funny and worth the trip to the theatre.

Saturday I cranked out the laundry and dishes, and finished up my last paper for this semester then headed downtown to the Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony. When I saw the available tickets through work I nearly passed until I saw Galen Head's name on the list of inductees. Congrats Galen! For those curious about the Cambria County Convention Center's food etc, the food was ok but a bit bland. The service was poor, but it just reminded me of how well I'm treated when cruising. (Less than 45 days!)

Sunday included a good bit of sleep and then heading out for a little bit of shopping which turned into catching up with the Slipster and a lot of shopping. At least I did some walking. I did find another bitchin dress. Pretty bad when I have as many jerseys as I do fancy dresses and vice versa. That's saying alot.

In response to a previous comment left by a frequent visitor. I can outdrink sailors... just WAIT until vacation.

The birthday festivities were deferred to Friday evening due to Thursdays basically stinking for a celebration night and the AITP meeting conflicting. So on Thursday night I went to Hoss' for the meeting and then ran amongst Walmart and Home Depot looking for a certain type of plant. From there I hit TJ Maxx before they closed and bought a cutie Guess brand top from the clearance rack - BONUS. From there the ladies trapped me, despite my protests, and had me open gifts ON my birthday.

All I know is I got way too much and ate way too many calories in rich, thick chocolate cake. I now have beautiful stylish black dishes (setting for 8 none the less), my long desired hockey trivia game, a Guinness shirt, a new Snoopy mini-flag, awesome black and red sushi accessories, a DVD of Underworld, and my cute little vampire garlic keeper. Christmas in July indeed!

This morning got one heck of a gift on my mid-term, which helps bring me a little more comfort for the semester, but I'm not finished yet! At least now I'm inspired more for this week's assignment. And I found this after coming in to find flowers on my desk. I am truly spoiled.

At this point it would seem overly decadent to then go out to a big fancy meal this evening, so I'm quite pleased with my "meal out" decision to head to Altoona and consume at Chateau Millie. I haven't bothered to even try and pull out my grill yet this year so I'm more than happy to eat mom's grilled up delights. From there we'll be taking in Clerks deux. (Somehow my evening has turned into a french theme.) To top it of ... how does one say sloshed in French? Benoit, a little help please?

Bad news and birthdays clearly make ideal bedfellows. While I will respect privacy and omit names, I cannot not express my heartfelt sadness and love for my friends in their time of need. To those I love - I'm so incredibly sorry for this unexpected loss.

I so love the days that massages are available at work. I truly feel like I just shed a ton of junk. <best Jamaican accent>Nooo problem.</best Jamaican accent>

I returned the remaining pieces of gutter cover over lunch taking my total for that small home improvement project to around $70 for parts. Not a bad deal, let's see how well they fair on keeping the blasted leaves the hell out. Things are finally coming to a close and I will be able to push materials out to do some testing on my project. Whee! I was the queen of naps again last evening. It kind of makes it hard to make much progress on this week's paper when it's simply too hot to stay awake. This heat should make wallyball rather interesting this evening too.

Oh! And I saw another monarch floating above just in front of my car last evening on the way home too! Why am I too lazy to get up to stackhouse to get some pictures?

Schedu-mal w/ home games bolded:

Oct. 21 Pensacola
Oct. 22 at Trenton
Oct. 25 Wheeling
Oct. 27 at Wheeling
Oct. 28 Cincinnati
Nov. 1 at Toledo
Nov. 3 Trenton
Nov. 4 Wheeling
Nov. 5 at Wheeling
Nov. 10 Charlotte
Nov. 11 Toledo
Nov. 15 Trenton
Nov. 17 Wheeling
Nov. 18 at Dayton
Nov. 24 at Reading
Nov. 25 Trenton
Dec. 1 Trenton
Dec. 2 Reading
Dec. 8 at Dayton
Dec. 9 Reading
Dec. 10 Bakersfield
Dec. 14 at Cincinnati
Dec. 15 at Cincinnati
Dec. 16 Cincinnati
Dec. 23 at Toledo
Dec. 27 at Toledo
Dec. 29 at Trenton
Dec. 30 at Wheeling
Dec. 31 Toledo
Jan. 5 at Gwinnett
Jan. 6 at Augusta
Jan. 7 at South Carolina
Jan. 12 at Dayton
Jan. 15 Wheeling
Jan. 19 Dayton
Jan. 20 at Cincinnati
Jan. 21 at Toledo
Jan. 24 at Trenton
Jan. 26 at Reading
Jan. 27 Augusta
Jan. 28 Dayton
Feb. 2 at Reading
Feb. 3 Reading
Feb. 10 Wheeling
Feb. 11 Reading
Feb. 14 at Trenton
Feb. 16 at Cincinnati
Feb. 17 Cincinnati
Feb. 18 Trenton
Feb. 23 at Wheeling
Feb. 24 at Wheeling
Feb. 28 Dayton
Mar. 2 at Reading
Mar. 3 at Wheeling
Mar. 4 Toledo
Mar. 7 at Trenton
Mar. 9 Wheeling
Mar. 10 Cincinnati
Mar. 11 Toledo
Mar. 17 at Reading
Mar. 18 Trenton
Mar. 21 at Trenton
Mar. 23 at Dayton
Mar. 24 at Dayton
Mar. 25 Dayton
Mar. 27 at Cincinnati
Mar. 30 Toledo
Mar. 31 Dayton
Apr. 1 Cincinnati
Apr. 4 at Toledo
Apr. 6 Reading
Apr. 7 at Reading

Senility comes quickly. Saturday evening I had managed to completely forget I was signed up to work the Johnstown Film and Wine festival until Beff showed up to go. Gratefully she was early, which is rare for her *poke*, so I could pull myself together in 20 minutes. I didn't go watch any of the movies, which I'm sure went well, but the organization in general through the officiating office left something to be desired.

I felt like I got a bonus day this weekend, thanks to going out on Friday evening. But I blew a good chunk of my Sunday sleeping. After rolling out of bed at noon I worked for a while for my class, then finished this week's reading, and headed outside to pull weeds by the fence. Drenched with sweat and wondering if some of what I pulled was poison ivy I headed in. Exhausted after a mere hour in the nasty heat I showered and quickly decided a nap was in order. Woke back up at 9:30 and did a little more prep work for this week's class.

Big news today is the release of the ECHL schedules. I'll be posting ours later today! I'm eager to see if I can hit the Pens games that interest me w/o conflict.

Yesterday was quite the busy day. The morning flew as I worked in another building for the morning, ran back and checked my email, and headed out for the day around 12:30. Cash a money order, hit the post office, snag a balloon, and get to Greensburg to sign some paperwork and show ID such that I may teach in the fall. On the way to the college a monarch flutterby passed my car. I do feel the need to report all of the incidental ones I see as it keeps me in the mindset that I am at least noticing the small things nature has to offer around me.

Sounds like a pretty full day by 5pm, doesn't it? But that was just the start. Yesterday was Ms. Beff's birthday so we had to step back out.

After the sharing of the gifts we headed downtown to Surf and Turf. Everytime I eat there the food is great, so I don't know why I don't return more often. From there back to Richland to catch Pirates of the Caribbean. A reasonable sequel, a bit long, but I was expecting that from the reviews of others. Johnny Depp does a fabulous job in that role. I do look forward to the third flick and the planed special appearances! From the movie theatre to Denny's for the late night birthday "cake".

Today - a wee bit of lounging in bed after waking up was quite comforting. I need to get some relaxing in since I'm expecting another written assignment for this upcoming week's class. From there I made a VC run. I'm pleased to announce I now have Christmas gifts purchased!

Two cases that scream "only in Pennsylvania":
1). PA Man, 80, Admits dealing crack for sex.
2). Ever hear of a "Chicken Dump" raffle? So they sell 50/50 tickets then take the completed portion, laying them out and allowing a chicken to walk on them... whichever one the chicken relieves himself on wins the money.

Davey T is my hero. At least now I can leave for work tomorrow morning without fear that my house is a firetrap for my baby girl. He hauled up after work, we snagged some gutter covers, got them installed, figured out which circuit the evil plug was attached to, and rewired the little bugger to a plastic box and new outlet. It's also good to see the boychild again before he heads of gallivanting south. In return, a small pittance, some yummy pork and kraut (if I do say so myself - and no, contrary to some folks' feedback on a previous post it was not his last meal), and a sampling of a rather interesting brew recommended by a good chap at Little's: Old Leghumper ale. Good stuff!

It's funny how things either move at 1000 miles an hour or slow to a crawl. I'm on the down turn, which while it's a bit comforting it is also unnerving. I was able to go wander the mall and watch a movie last night!

I still stayed up a bit late to read part of the second half of this week's reading assignment. Finally reading chapter 10 ahead of schedule has paid off giving me only one other chapter to get through this week. I guess I should read ahead to chapter 6 so I'm more prepared for next week's writing assignment. I still find the legal reading a bit cumbersome but I'm getting through it. This small lapse in pressing demands has given me the chance to start thinking about what course I should take in the fall. I should probably just get the capstone over with since it seems to be the most ambiguous one. Then with just an elective to finish things off for graduation all should be fairly smooth sailing (all down hill if nothing else).

At least my mind was free enough to dream about the upcoming cruise, even if it was a rather spazoid dream at that. Less than two months!

"Search every corner, there's nowhere to hide. -Lacuna Coil"

No more fighting with the stupid front door lock to get my key back now that I've changed the lock. So far today I've accomplished more cleaning and even headed outside to trim back the hedges between my place and the neighbor's place. I was going to move the spare sump pump to another plug, but quickly decided against it after getting the jolt of my life. THAT woke me up.

Nothing worse than realizing you almost qualified for the Darwin award. Granted, I didn't do anything super stupid, I just went to pull out the plug like people do every day, but for some reason the ground on the box no longer seems to exist. I so need a man who can at least attempt to fix stuff around here. I'll exchange a home cooked meal for repairs. Any takers?

"I can't keep on waiting for you. I know that you're still hesitating. -Madonna"