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So last Sunday was a day of some great firsts. I went golfing with my uncle, and two cousins. Apparently I'm not too bad, and as a prize, my uncle gave me the set of sweet golf clubs that he p0 . . .
There was definetely a 6 car accident in front of my apartment tonight.the sound of it was insane.a cop car managed to slam into my downstairs neighbors parked car. That is the neighbors that are mo0 . . .
tell me how the damn dog managed to get my jawbone bluetooth off of the desk and eat it in the 30 seconds I wasn't looking at him. set up a camping trip in ithaca for june 26-28. Very excited 0 . . .
Mobile post from the thirsty buffalo. Thought I would grace you with a little review as it happens. Firstly, we sit 'outside' where we are blessed with the occasional whiff of sewage. 0 . . .
Beerology was fun. Just like anything involving beer, there was a large about of people standing in line for beer. But I got enough beer in me to be tipsy, and to marvel at the Egyptian exhibit. Damn 0 . . .
thanks to all of your for your well wishes for my mom.. She had surgery last night for a part of her bowels that had slipped through the hole from her dialysis tube. It cut off her digestive track 0 . . .
where do i begin.... my mother is in the hospital. has been throwing up for over a week. hasn't been able to eat as a result, in over a week. the doctors have no fucking idea what is wrong wit0 . . .
I just bought e:lauren and I tickets to Beerology. its our 4 year anniversary, and it was e:lauren's idea to spend it on beer tasting. This is why I love this woman. More Info: Beerology:0 . . .
Sorry I didn't make it over to the dinner after work. Or call. I had a massive migraine yesterday as a result of stress. Yesterday on the way into work I hit a drift in the road, slid, and aft0 . . .
I've been getting so drained at work lately... I keep anticipating the time when it will all just go away, and yet it doesn't... My Lockport store is currently the #1 Wireless zone store 0 . . .
I Bought a Japanese Juniper plant. it looks sorta like this 0409/Juniper0404.jpg the intention is to prune it into a bonsai like this: 0409/Bonsai0404.jpg I intend on doing this tomorrow0 . . .
Uh, I signed on early to say Happy Birthday Jim, and somehow i forgot that part. Sorry... 0409/03163054.gif Happy birthday!!!0 . . .
A couplea thingies Firstly, I was unable to get my shift switched at work so I can't make it to Tuesday. Sorry folks. Today is my only day off this week. I'll end at probably around 500 . . .
Every time I start to write a post, I realize two things. 1. I really have nothing exciting to share. 2. Anything that I could share would involve a lot of back explaining to fill in all the ga0 . . .
I have actually logged on instead of stalking anonymously!! yes indeed! I did so for two reasons. #1. e:matthew and all of e:pmt - I am sorry I missed your party. Happy belated birthday matthew0 . . .
i'm in recovery from an extremely long and damaging vacation. Lake George was great, New Years was great, and the Bandits game was great. We even had the Bandettes in our suite with us! 0 . . .
I'm tired. As excited as I am for heading out for my annual trip to Lake George for New Years, I'm tired. And I can't wait till next sunday, my next FULL day off with really nothing to 0 . . .
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I'm at my brothers. My dog won't stop crying. He missed e:lauren. I think its time to go home. 0 . . .
Its kind of cute how every morning as I eat my cereal at the computer desk, my cat sits patiently at the edge of the desk, staring longingly at the bowl. He never gets any, but somehow he knows that w0 . . .
sorry i missed the party last night... it was almost ten when i finally got home and was too exhausted for partying. Retail is hell this time of the year. sounds like a great time though, and I . . .
Holiday shopping season is in full swing and I am determined to make my mark. I am not one of those crazy money hungry salespersons - but I need to keep myself in a high swing positive push towards ex0 . . .
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4 not for work.0 . . .
Jack Black as jesus? Stars sing broadway tunes against prop 8? Check it out! http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c0cf508ff8/prop-8-the-musical-starring-jack-black-john-c-reilly-and-many-more-fro0 . . .
here i am... warm.. inside... drinking my coffee. i'm thinking about the blank cds I have in the car. That I brought home yesterday. That I need to download the audio book that I want to liste0 . . .
I am in ny pizza with e:heidi and e:lauren and I'm testing mobil posting. Woo0 . . .
Tonight is the breakdancing battle at verve dance studio... 910 main street usually lauren tells you about it. shes a lazy bitch and doesn't give an f if you come or not any more. hehe 0 . . .
instead of attempting to count the people at my grandmother's house yesterday, I found it easier to count the cars in the parking lot and up the driveway. 19. I spent a good deal of . . .
some things i'm obsessed with. my blackberry Don't stop the music - Rihanna age of empires pizza sleep interesting... all things that i will be enjoying this evening.0 . . .
i love my blackberry, but I'm lazy... I'm so connected - my yahoo and gmails come directly to my phone. I have a facebook AND a myspace application right on my main screen. I don'0 . . .
Just got in from a weekend at the parents house. Boy am I exhausted. I ate ridiculous amounts of food - drank ridiculous amounts of coffee and soda.... and now i feel like shit... not to mention I g0 . . .
TODAY= AWESOME Today my Sprint contract is up! That means today Lauren finally gets a Verizon phone! AND: That means today I get a blackberry curve! Hooray for being waayyy tooo connected to everyt0 . . .
Wanda Sykes is a big ol lesbian... who knew? I DID! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilYcrig6hyo did this give you a clue? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpZtL6rCeGY hahahahaa0 . . .
Verizon Home Services.... So... i hate to ah.. advertise or whatever... But if anyone is interested in any verizon home services - such as high speed internet - or, in some parts of the area, 0 . . .
Last post I asked 'why is it snowing?' and it was because estrip told me so. I didn't realize it was REALLY snowing! And the best thing about cookies that taste more like sweet 0 . . .
why is it snowing? today i made cookies AND beer. And by cookies - i mean sweet bread cakes. since i used wheat flour and applesauce its not very cookie like. And by beer I mean I brewed a0 . . .
i'm sitting on my balcony posting. Its nice to be outside and warm in November. Even if I get wierded out by the neighbors so close by on their balcony. Today we drove out to Lockport to drop 0 . . .
Been crazy busy since the party. I spent saturday sleeping and sanding down a bookshelf that lauren decided to purchase friday night RIGHT before the party. Sunday and yesterday evenings I spent pa0 . . .
If you don't enjoy the taste of vodka - stay far away from the jello shots at the party tomorrow. E:Lauren and I soaked gummy worms and gummy tarantulas in vodka and encased them lovingly in vodk0 . . .
This weeks schedule is scary. Mon-8 am to 6 pm East Aurora. Inventory Tues- 8:30 am. Springville for meeting. Otherwise my day off. Weds 7 am to 6 pm. Springville. Inventory Thurs 9:30 am to 6 pm0 . . .
I love it when Lauren sings bob marley in the morning. Day off. Clean: Lauren's bro is coming tonight for a NoFX concert. That includes vacuuming the couch where Lauren and I have using tw0 . . .
Survey: With food prices skyrocketing, where do you do your grocery shopping? Do you prefer to shop in one location, or many? Do you shop at farmers markets? If so, which ones and why? Is 0 . . .
the neighbor doesn't seem to be aware or doesn't care that when he showers and leaves the shower window open, we see him scrubbing his hairy asshole. seriously... between mid thigh and na0 . . .
Haunted House of Horrors and Haunted Catacombs and Shady Acre's blah blah blah. If you may go there, you may not want to read this, as I will be giving away some of the details... Okay t0 . . .
we have decided to head to the Haunted House of Horrors and Catacombs blah blah tomorrow at 7pm. So if anybody is interested in heading over, it will be awesome. I'm really excited for it all.0 . . .
Two fun pics for you.... First, what I have so far for a label on my 2nd beer. 1008/BlackberryWHeatSample1009.jpg And Ralphie in his little shirt that I hemmed for him. 1008/RalphieSmallShirt100 . . .
i just woke up after having a dream that I was setting up a 22 line business deal, because I got too excited in the dream from all the commission I was going to make. I work even in my sleep.0 . . .
i am an estrip stalker. Today I secured Saturday, Nov. 1st off. Which means I get Oct 31st off. Which means I get to come to halloween @ pmt! Sweet! I also may be going to some black tie affai0 . . .
SO I drove all the way out to Holland for my Dr.'s appointment, against my better judgment. I get there and sign in. Or TRY to sign in. They have no record of me. Oh, Dr. Patel? she moved h0 . . .
I made a doctor's appointment a few weeks ago. Had no Idea with who or where. I know, brilliant, eh? So this morning I track down the Dr. And find that I have apparently made an appointment in0 . . .
We went to wasabis last night and they served this tea that was so intriguing. I think i drank about 10 of those little cups of it. Literally, we were there for a while... Anyway - it tasted like s0 . . .
we are heading to gabriel's gate around 630 this evening for a couple drinks/bar appetizer food before we head over to battle @ buffalo. Its one of e:lauren and i's few outings these days0 . . .
I need some help finding a place to meet up with some coworkers. I'm looking for a place with an abundance of finger/appetizer food that isn't all greasy, and includes vegetarian options.0 . . .
not much of an update, but here we go... I'm working on a documentary right now, and the details are rather vague and I won't dull your sunday morning minds with them... Lets just say its0 . . .
THank you Heidi for fixing my computer! it runs soooo fast! Went to a redneck weddin last weekend. the centerpiece on the tables were actually empty jack daniel bottles. The weddin party rolled in 0 . . .
1. assistant manager for several stores means my head is going to explode at work with all there is to do. 2. I now have a 2 person film crew with a local photographer with $20,000 in equipment0 . . .
after driving to NYC via Pennsylvania (i-81 to i-84) I have decided that Pennsylvania needs to be kicked out of the Union for unruly behavior. (construction from the moment I entered till the moment I0 . . .
Well we didn't win the laptop at the barbeque/raffle last night. Which means we have to go and buy an uber cheap laptop. For lauren to do her papers on. Boo. but NOT a vista model. NO NO NO! a0 . . .
Where the hell have I been??? working. Apparently around here, summer = busy months. Not to mention that, for the most part, days off have come to = a strange combination of weddings, events and ob0 . . .
I feel as though I always post about the crazy and uninteresting things that are part of my life. And when I stop to try and not post about my life, and post about something meaningful and interesting0 . . .
we were wondering if estrip was down. we finally got our internet working today, but in the few snatches of internet time we have had in the past few days, we have not been able to get onto estrip. bo0 . . .
I am having a hard time right now... The internet is barely working and its really pissing me off. It is as if it works, then it doesn't... you have to mess around and connect it again... its 0 . . .
couple a things i have recently noted... e:paul i cannot beleive that you have a cat. Its really kinda blowing my mind right now. How much 'anti cat dander' medicine do you have to take?0 . . .
With e:lauren's parents visiting for a couple days, I don't quite know what to do with myself. Normally in themornings that I work I have things timed perfectly for getting myself up, dresse0 . . .
Its hard being a single mommy apparently. I was so busy while e:lauren was gone, trying to pay attention to my boys when i got home from long shifts, i had very little time for anything else! Went 0 . . .
LONGEST work days ever. FOr the past four days at work everything has been insane. 11 hour work days that are so crazy that i couldn't eat anything for the entire time. The store packed to the ra0 . . .
Training yesterday Morning (my day off) on data devices on the Verizon Network. I beleive that it has forced me into being interested in a data device. I think I want a blackberry. or should I say a c0 . . .
George Carlin died! Holy poo! I guess he was getting up there though.... 0 . . .
ok i was going to post photos of ralphie for e:jenks but once again, i have run out of time... Got my liscence renewal form in the mail. Apparently I need to go get my eyes checked. Or go stand in 0 . . .
was that my only opportunity to see LC? I have an aweful feeling it was. daaammmitt! Home was great. Visited the ol parential units. They loved Ralphie. My mom claims to dislike dogs greatly, but s0 . . .
okay i have to toss on a second post because i forgot about yesterdays greatest feast ever... i made a sandwich at work yesterday that had my eyes rolling back into my head with happy. Rice and 0 . . .
yesterday at work our T9 went out and we lost all communication. As in no phones/internet/etc. BAD news. We were in the middle of a hailstorm of customer service related issues. THe thing is... wh0 . . .
Note to self, when inflicted with second degree burns across shoulders from raging gay sun, do not assume aloe is always going to be your savior. Example. Do not apply aloe liberally, then cover w0 . . .
apparently, planning to spend the day in the beer tent at Buffalo Pride is not an appropriate substitute for sunscreen. My shoulders are so sunburnt that I'm bubbling. and not with happiness. 0 . . .
Ok, as an answer to e:tinypliny 's post... This is more like what we try to do on Wednesday nights... http://youtube.com/watch?v=30bq3IvRMG8 For me right now its more of a fun way of exe0 . . .
my world is simple and yet frustrating at times. This is a story of how i made the attempt to transform my black and shriveled thumb into a lovely spring green. we went and got a tomato and pepper 0 . . .
I got promoted to Assistant Manager. Really it means nothing, no raise, or extra duties. It just gives me a title. A leadership role, so that others might follow my lead. Sure sure. I Also finangle0 . . .
Sad and dissapointed. I have to work on Sunday the 8th. Pride. Boo. Which of course means that e:lauren will be out there, with Ralphie. Getting accosted by people who can't leave him alone. W0 . . .
amazing to think of what i did before the puppy. Like computer work. Pay bills. watch tv. watch MOVIES. yesterday we took mr ralphie on a long ass walk. saw e:drew along the way which confused the0 . . .
WHAT A GORGEOUS DAY OUT?!~!! started out with a nice walk with Ralphie. Walked up Elmwood to Lexington ave and back, and he did so well. THe little shit is so stubborn he refuses to move for the fi0 . . .
remember that guy who drove around with his SS# written on the top of his van? he was inviting people to try and steal his identity. He got his identity stolen. HAHAHAHA! what an idiot0 . . .
Now that things are settled down... sorta... i feel as though i can rejoin the world. Training a dog is suprisingly time consuming. Scratch that. Training a Dachshund, one of the most stubborn bre0 . . .
funny.thing.about.dumping.iced.tea.on.your.keyboard..... sometimes..it..makes..your..space..bar..quit... dddaaammmiiitttt0 . . .
Ok not much time to post as of late. the little bugger has me exhausted! One thing I would not recommend is to have house guests when you bring home a puppy. Lauren's brother and friend from b0 . . .
Check out this super handsome fellow named ralphie! 0508/10513.jpg 0508/20513.jpg 0508/30513.jpg 0508/40513.jpg Maxx is displeased thus far.0 . . .
we have a dachshund puppy! pics will come as soon as he is out of puppy quarentine. (leaving him in the crate until the cats get used to his presence) HOORAH PUPPY NAMED RALPHIE!0 . . .
I haven't checked my mobile messenger on my verizon phone in forever, but I keep getting these notes on my aim saying that I'm signed in to two locations! irritating because I couldn't 0 . . .
the dream of the day! This mornings dream has to do with a dog show. I got stuck with this little toy... thing... It kept peeing all over itself. As in it peed, flopped on its back with embarrassm0 . . .
I had a weird dream this morning. We had the front half of this house turned into a cellular sales floor. Inviting people in and going through all the displays of phones and whatnot. I was trying to c0 . . .
Thurs, May 1. Avenue Q was amazing, though the tallest man in the world sat directly in front of me for the first half of the show. As much as I have heard the music on the cd, it was amazing to see h0 . . .
Yes e:Chico, please wait till tomorrow to post about bedbugs! Though we were pretty damn thorough in our cleanings. Thanks to e:lauren who picked up the slack and did all the laundry while i was work.0 . . .
so YESTERDAY we get a notice that they have to do some preventative spraying for bed bugs. Reason? last saturday or so the neighbors downstairs found a rash and suspected bedbugs. Orkin came and found0 . . .
In three days I will be in the air on my first plane trip ever. I know I keep blatherin on about it, but the excitement is unbeleiveable. what IS unfortunate, however, is the lack of free time i am0 . . .
Yesterday was shopping for Florida day. Let me inform you that shopping for a swimsuit is probably the most horrifying adventure that a chick with an extra pound (or two) could experience. First of al0 . . .
I've been listening to a book on tape - a really random gross one that I didn't realize was more of a romantical book than a historical fiction - which is more my interest. So of course toda0 . . .
Every time I go to the zoo i get faced with animal bums. so here is a fun new game for all of us to enjoy... NAME THAT ANIMAL BUM!!! 0408/TorontoZoo0740422.jpg 0408/TorontoZoo0770422.jpg 0408/Tor0 . . .
I'm at work.... and its slow. Watching a kid across the street trying to bust his face open by riding his bike up a makeshift ramp. I'm afraid to look away in case he succeeds. otherwise,0 . . .
Spent last night at my grams. Good times, good times. Of course i didn't bring my phone charger so my battery was dead. e:lauren took the opportunity to go out without me. Which is why she is 0 . . .
We spent yesterday at the Toronto Zoo. Here is a recap of a couple important things. 1. Canadian drivers can be scary at times. 2. FOcusing on the inner set of numbers on the spedometer instead0 . . .
My cat is sitting on the floor waiting for me to come do my morning stretches and exercises. He stretches next to me. And by stretches, I mean flopps his ass on my head. I had a dream that I had my0 . . .
I broke my glasses yesterday. BOOOOO no vision on my health coverage. Or should i say BOOO me for not adding the vision part to my health coverage. I gotta run to work early and stop off at walmart0 . . .
Lets see... times comin for some fun! Friday we are going to the Toronto Zoo. My aunt and cousin were going to come with us, but apparently not. My parents are coming up to visit my grandparen0 . . .
Sometimes it blows my mind that I quit smoking. Today I held the cigarette of a coworker while he was with a customer. It wasn't lit or anything, but it felt very natural in my hand. I think 0 . . .
Day OFF! I also have Friday and Sunday off. Woke up at 10:30! Wow that is a great feelin- waking up late.. Chatting now with my brother whose Golden Retriever is in the middle of having puppies0 . . .
i am so very excited for the lovely weather, even if i know that it will be all overwith in a few days. weird ass buffalo ups and downs in weather has been craaazyyy... I've been taking note o0 . . .
i feel so out of the loop after being away for so long. We got our internet kit yesterday and we are just waiting for a) me to go buy a wireless router and b) the service to be turned on. Currentl0 . . .
been without internet for a few days. The internet gods have weilded the angry hand of encryption onto our free web access. At work now. Lunch break. Just ordered some internet so god knows when we0 . . .
Hey guys, be careful out there tonight... Buffalo News says they are expecting Gang initiations tonight by people bumping your car and then when you get out, they assault the driver... Buffalo N0 . . .
I just spent about ten mnutes looking at the Dachshund Rescue of North America's website and at all the special need puppies and I think I would like to cry. I wish I had the place and space for 0 . . .
i got e:lauren excited about the dachshunds i think... hehe I have such a constant set of vacations that I am due to go on throughout the summer that it will be difficult to bring Ralphy with us. 0 . . .
Ok guys first of all I've missed e:matthew's birthday.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTHEW! Sorry I missed it! I dunno what else i missed as I don't have much time to read posts... I know you 0 . . .
Okay after hearing all the yelling and commotion yesterday I have to say that next year i will definetely be out enjoying st. paddy's day... I spent the day catching up on chores and painting.0 . . .
i'm taking baby steps here... we have been getting the 'thai kitchen' stuff from wegmans. Thai kitchen and decided it was time to try and make it myself. but not really 0 . . .
My sales have been down lately at work... not a good thing when I made such a great impression for my first six months on the job... so today on my way into work... i got excited for how much money i 0 . . .
Yesterday I went to work only to discover that I didn't need to go to work today. Yeah I drove all the way to Lockport and found out that the schedule didn't have me on it. Vacation day! 0 . . .
last night e:lauren and I purchased two train tickets to Florida. This is an extremely big deal for us because A) I've never been on a plane, B) I freak out when making big purchases and C) e0 . . .
Photodump from my poor quality camera phone from our lovely trip! This was our room that we got to stay at for free on night one and three... 0308/03080813190311.jpg Its the pretty in pink room... 0 . . .
A brief but fabulous post from the land of Die Pfalz! Or as the locals like to call it.... New Paltz! We are staying at the most luxurioius bed and breakfast in town - the Lefevre House Bed and Bre0 . . .
I think I am interested in joining a gym. here is the part about gyms that I don't like a) they are ridiculously expensive b) they require EFT. I Hate EFT. With passion. c) they are cons0 . . .
i always START to comment on peoples stuff and then run out of time and i think.... i should post instead! but yeah... then i don't have time to post either... we watched night at the museum l0 . . .
Once again posting instead of gettin ready for work... e:jim - where is the video you said you buried with the cubicles? retracted margarita assignment! Had an awesome time last night. We had a 0 . . .
we watched the best of cheri oteri last night and we laughed our asses off! I had tears in my eyes and couldn't breath sometimes.. it burned! it burned!!! This isn't even the funniest par0 . . .
For e:jim and e:james! okay so i cannot find the hasselhoff sweet caroline video that i'm absolutely positive that i've seen (can't even find a mention of its existance!) so here is 0 . . .
procrastination: me sitting here when i should probably be on my way to work at my aunt's warehouse... Today the mailperson should be delivering my latest netflix dvd... this one is one that 0 . . .
ah yes another pointless post by yours truly... in a week and a half e:lauren and i will be heading on down to new paltz again for vacation. i love my vacation weekends in new paltz. Sometimes, how0 . . .
What a weekend.... Saturday nights battle rocked! we had a damn good time and followed it up with a trip to Roxy's. Good times for all! i danced, though poorly i beleive.... Sunday i took m0 . . .
e:drew you have my asian noodles in the back of your truck! had a good time irritating all the ladies who wanted our parking spaces. got a hair cut picked up friend from airport. had one 0 . . .
Guest! I am picking up a guest from the airport tonight. She will be in town for the weekend. tomorrow i have to work all day and then we have the battle at buffalo! then maybe out? who knows... a0 . . .
ok i have to complain about my printer for a second... Yes i found the HP photosmart d7160 at target for half price last year. But wow the pictures were beautiful! And what is even better, it has s0 . . .
well today i found out that my father and brother lost their jobs on valentines day. apparently the company that they work for just closed the doors on them. They didn't even know until my si0 . . .
here i am once again... playing on the computer when i should seriously be getting ready for work. we got our refund check which meant we bought some things we normally wouldn't at wegmans las0 . . .
last night e:lauren and i went to our dance class and found that (!!) we got to do a floor class instead of our normal cardio dance class! as in we actually learned breakdancing moves like spinning on0 . . .
a few brief highlights of the past few days: 1. Netflix rules. 2. i'm sick of having cupcakes in the house. 3. i'm sick of the amount of booze/beer in the fridge/house. anybody wan0 . . .
there seems to be nothing better than procrastinating getting showered and out the door to work. I do this every morning. sit in front of the computer wayyyy tooo long and then run around like an idio0 . . .
my internet is working my internet is working!!! hoorah!! so when you all go out downtown, do you typically use a DD? or call a cab? i hear that the subway closes early.... so on saturday when 0 . . .
my free internet suddenly has a password. grrrr neighbors. i'm at work and shouldn't be online here... until i get some new internet, we may not be on for a while.. but that doesn't0 . . .
Worst way to spend your day off? Sick. Sat afternoon I left work early - i mean i could have really made a killing saturday, but I was so afraid of coughing my lung up on to somebody's shiney0 . . .
I have two scathing reviews that I need to write veerrrry soon. 1. The mean lady at Village Laundry who looked at me long enough to take note that I was heading her way with a $20 bill. "W0 . . .
You might say I am nosey. I like to know what is going on around me at all times. I hear sirens and I want to know where they are going. I think this has to do with growing up with firemen and thus sc0 . . .
on days like today the snowflakes that fall in estrip-land should probably just fly from left to right. brrrrr!0 . . .
I just got this delicious cold pasta salad from the coop. its cold noodles with maybe... parmesan cheese? and cranberries. And it was kinda garlicy. And i need to know how to make it because i absolut0 . . .
Went to Allen Street Hardware last night for joey's art opening. I have never been here before but it really is a neat little hole in the wall. also the glass that my hoegarden came in was awesom0 . . .
I had full intentions of going to the Buffalo Psychic Fair last evening at the hearthstone manor. I wanted a reading. Then my sore throat developed into the "s" word. Cough, Tight lungs,0 . . .
PARTY!!! hey all - just wanted to post a general invite... Friday February 9th we will be heading out to Club Marcellas for e:lauren's birthday. Its our first visit to the club, and we are 0 . . .
Bandits game? well it was damn cool. photo dump one day soon when i actually find the cord. And have time. E:lauren had a damn good time too - though i'm sure that the free beer might have had0 . . .
Next stop.... bandits game! okay i should be getting ready for work - which means... perfect time to update estrip! I'll be working down in springville tonight - and closing up shop with ju0 . . .
Okay so the shake that i've been having for my breakfast.... here is the skinny on it... Here is the link to the site from iherb.com check out the reviews also... good stuff that i have stu0 . . .
i've been having these superfoods shakes for breakfast for the past three or four days. a shake for breakfast? why yes! and the suprising thing is that i am not really hungry for several hours af0 . . .
so e:lauren and i are going to a bar in wheatfield named, coincidentally enough, JT Wheatfields. We are going to go meet my aunt and cousing for a few drinks. http://www.jtwheatfields.com i0 . . .
So yesterday was our big shopping day. Started out with a trip to the DMV - which was on 77 Broadway. So I (being the noob of buffalo streets that I am) decided to punch the address into my VZ navi0 . . .
e:lauren and I started back up with the breakdancing classes last night after a two month vacation. OW! WHen you don't workout (or use any type of physical energy) for two months you really can g0 . . .
I ask you... is this the face of a presidential hopeful? 0108/Gulliani0108.jpg Or the face of evil??? 0108/Nosferatu20108.jpg GULLIANI IS NOSFERATU!!!0 . . .
Last evening I had a get together with a few people from work. The one woman who hosted our little party called it a 'book club without the book' and I think that was the appropriate name fo0 . . .
check it out peeps! three posts in two days! Lauren and I are sitting here enjoying some frozen baileys drinks while waiting for the salsa chicken to cook. what are we going to do on our excitin0 . . .
everyone needs to have photos like these.... 0108/Catcher0105.jpg 0108/Woah0105.jpg maybe its time to stop drinking...0 . . .
RETAIL SEASON IS OVER! which means I have no reason left to be dissapeared! I was reminded of this last night I saw e:drew and e:janelle in the very very cold wegmans's parking lot. Also I told a0 . . .
i started to type this as a comment to my own post, but i think that the review of the magic bullet has to have its own post. first of all - to address the 'magic bullet' and how it sound0 . . .
I GOT A MAGIC BULLET! 1207/G17188x1223.jpg hoorah! 0 . . .
Yes I have been MIA. I have been working my poor little (big) bum off for millions of christmas shoppers to complain about getting their kids cell phones. It is a stressful time of the year for me, an0 . . .
Here i am in east aurora. working. and there all ya'll are in PMT. eating. drinking. being merry. etc. why does work always have to get in the way of play time? oh and speaking of work.0 . . .
today at work.... a woman was leaving with her baby and 5 year old little boy and the little boy tripped on the carpet on the way out and was crying. conveniently the woman had a digital camer0 . . .
this is a video of lauren and i wishing you all some holiday cheer. seriously you need to see this.... http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=11705897720 . . .
I woke up this morning with a serious need to watch the youtube video of david hasselhoff singing 'sweet caroline'. i didn't look too hard but apparently that one isn't a youtube f0 . . .
sometimes i have to wake up earlier than i have to in the mornin to check my mail/estrip/etc before lauren needs the computer for the rest of the day... and then i have nothing exciting to post. 0 . . .
So the cats haven't knocked the tree down yet. it looks kinda nice actually. It is the light that we were missing in the unlit side of the apartment. Of course it kinda looks like the tree is0 . . .
lauren is hoggin the computer. the whole 'school work' thing.. yeah sure... put up the tree last night. its sooooo ugly! white tree. the cats will knock it down soon i'm s0 . . .
I give my retail season resolution out to all of you know. in speaking it, i have a much better chance of keeping to it. I promise to chill out when everybody and their mother wants to purchase p 0 . . .
Happy Turkey day you ALL!!!!! E:lauren went home for the holidays and i find myself alone for the first time in quite some time! which apparently means eating large amounts of pizza. now i h0 . . .
e:janelle = the cats wanted me to express their graditute for you coming to feed them this weekend, so they have a token of their appreciation for you. how would you like to receive such a gift? perha0 . . .
ahhh i never thought i would be so happy to come home. e:lauren and I went back to New Paltz this weekend and oh what a weekend it was. It was a whirlwind of places to go, people to see. It was 0 . . .
though i haven't had much time to post lately i thought that the count that e:lilho,42129 and e:paul,42128 have going should be enough for now. boy -j boy -j girl - k boy - e boy - s boy - 0 . . .
my estrip posts have been relegated to morning coffee time. Which is why i can't put my shit together enough to have an intelligent post. or post a video properly. where oh where is my phone 0 . . .
In Re: James 7TSprF1Zpjw me and my first Cell phone. I don't know why i insisted on hanging out in men's bathrooms. In England.0 . . .
Was anybody out at Marcellas on the night of the E:strip Halloween party? If so - was there anybody who witnessed a larger fella dressed as Timmy (lassie in tow) up on stage doing kareoke with the0 . . .
yes. snow. i just received a call from my boss lady in Springville. Snow. Also - I was supposed to have my new phone now. A Samsung u740 with that dual flip thingie. But stupid Verizon is r0 . . .
Haven't been posting lately. No its not you, its me.. you see i've been so busy... i just... well... i haven't had time for you... please don't take it personally... i love you re0 . . .
Last night e:lauren and I were watching a (2 hour??) documentary on this new manuscript that suddenly showed up in the Italian National Library in Rome. Amazing how these things just kinda pop up out 0 . . .
I confess that I have donated a whole $0 dollars to the e:strip fund. I also confess that I have actually avoided posting occasionally on e:strip because I find myself in shame for not donating. Th0 . . .
We are bringing a bunch of jello shots tonight to the party - and we were thinking of having a little donation jar next to them. A quarter a shot? a dollar? whatever you want to donate fore each shot 0 . . .
Did anyone else happen to see the CNN special "Planet in Peril" this evening? Its very humbling, sad and angering at the same time. Part 2 is on tomorrow night. If you didn't watch it 0 . . .
This morning while making my lunch for work, I was pondering the fact that most of my coworkers thing that i'm a vegetarian. If you know me, you know that this is definetely not true. I love me0 . . .
Buffalo Just won a game. is it just me or was that win rather lackluster? i mean everyone was just like... yeah we won, i'm tired lets get a beer... i mean its the bills... shouldn't t0 . . .
perusing the titles on yahoo news after signing out of my email often leads to interesting news..... but this morning's tidbit of news was just the cats pjs! HARRY POTTER SPOILER!!!! http://0 . . .
Well kids, today I want to talk to you about entitlement. Take note of the following and very pertinant example that I have taken from my everyday life. "I have given you guys a lot of mon0 . . .
I've been skiing about three times. Ski trip #1 involved lauren and myself, and our friends Kathi and Kim. Kathi and Lauren being the great skiiers that they are, took off and left me with Kim0 . . .
oh look everybody! the vatican secret archives has uncovered a document that shows how the pope WASN"T trying to murder the knights templars! he just wanted them disbanded for the sake of the chu0 . . .
sorry to miss the fun guys... in exchange we went to our dance class wherein both lauren and i have managed to put ourself in such an amount of pain that we can't even stand to shower. i 0 . . .
Frozen pot pies linked to salmonella? COOK THEM YOU MORONS! anybody else think that unions have gotten too big for their britches? i've been rather anti-union since my father got screwed aroun0 . . .
now its time to put last nights rollercoaster of emotion away and pretend like monday night football doesn't exist. i have a football hangover. without booze ever having been involved.0 . . .
i am currently soaking sliced bananas in rum. this would be a hint as to one of the flavors of jello shots that i will be bringing to the e:strip halloween party.0 . . .
REFRESH! Yesterday we went to the Corn maze in wheatfield! My cousin came to the house and picked up e:lauren and drove her up to my aunt's house in Niagara Falls. I met them there. Of cour0 . . .
We just returned from our first dance class. Wednesday is more of a workout class for women. It involves all the top rocking, or the moves that don't involve getting down on the floor. so we 0 . . .
okay last video i'm posting. i swear.... this is so creepy and strange i don't know what to make of it... it is little abba puppets. abba puppets! and very stereotypical gay men! ye0 . . .
If A and B then C. A = Love of Muppets B = Interest in Pulp Fiction C = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvJwUFI_es 0 . . .
Last evening was spent witnessing some of the best dancing that I've ever seen that didn't involve alchahol... The dance battle was amazing. There were so many people there, so many diffe0 . . .
We are heading out tonight to the Verve dance school tonight (almost on the corner of Allen and Main -- above the art store) It is supposed to be a dance battle with people of all ages breakdancing0 . . .
Australian rugby league player Ben Czislowski, 24, complaining of an eye infection and pain in July, was found by doctors to have, embedded in his head, a tooth belonging to opponent Matt Austin, wi0 . . .
anyone have any good suggestions for places to get an oil change? i'm trading cars with lauren today so i can get her an oil change while she is at work. Her car is smelly. And sadly, does not0 . . .
my cats are being absolutely insane right now, running all over the apartment meowing like insane little balls of crazy. Yesterday was my Gram's 80th birthday. It was a great time that we all0 . . .
there is three and a half pounds of loaf marinating in my fridge. yes thats right. meatloaf. be jealous. be very jealous.0 . . .
a couple of things before i run off to work. 1> Paul, Matthew or Terry! Or anyone who is in contact with any of these fellows: I left Matthew a sprint phone on the pmt porch behind the plant! 0 . . .
I just found out that several of the people that I work with are Jehovah's Witnesses. Which is fine really, as long as work remains secular. I dont want to discuss my past experiences with JW . . .
we flicked past the Emmy's a few minutes ago and Sally Fields was receiving an award that was going on forever. She started going on about the war and suddenly the cameras left her and went t0 . . .
Lauren and I are watching 'double down' on the wned learning channel. it really is crack for the mind. the kids are all awkward and sometimes we actually know the answers. the production q0 . . .
oh ani. difranco. you named your church 'babeville'. oh ani... you never cease to wow me.0 . . .
Okay I haven't been to too many places so I couldn't really write a 'review' type post, but here we go! Amy's Place Main street, right across from the UB south campus. 0 . . .
a few brief points to cover. MTV VMAs. first of all - it went from horrid to great. Britney Spears is washed up - though props to Mary J for sticking up for her. Mis0 . . .
Tomorrow our friend Kat is coming to visit along with her new lady friend who used to live in buffalo. now her new lady friend just happened to have recently left a chick who is still here in buff0 . . .
this is a special treat for jim. http://youtube.com/watch?v=YevYBsShxNs my favoritest muppets video ever.0 . . .
Please do yourself the favor to get to know these two music videos. this is starring prabhu deva who has been described as the michael jackson of bollywood. please note the great clothes, and the 0 . . .
I am a genius. I have ordered a bed from amazon.com using my gift certificates. Free bed, hoorah, right? well if i wasn't such an idiot, it would be a wonderful situation. instead.... i order0 . . .
on the way home from work - on 190 - a beautiful husky was in the road. everyone stopped and had their blinkers on... a few people were trying to catch it. i had my friend on speakerphone - and she wa0 . . .
i've had a bit of a break from the world of posting - due to a new life change... WORK! hoorah! seriously though, after a whole month off... well.. its taking a bit of getting used to being bac0 . . .
0807/27225628.gif you know you jealous of my mad skillz.0 . . .
Lauren went to school today. So today, my last official day of my month long vacation (the thought of it burns holes in my stomach lining) i am sitting at home bored. i already ironed clothes, polis0 . . .
awesome time last night guys! you are all wonderful and fun people!! thanks for such a wonderful time.. and thanks e:terry for making sure we went to the big scary lesbo bar... for all those not0 . . .
lauren and i are considering going out tonight on allen street somewhere just for a couple of drinks... anyone care to join us? or have suggestions as to where?0 . . .
http://youtube.com/watch?v=seQFz0qi4JA thats right, we went to the zoo! http://youtube.com/watch?v=BeC1ypl-Zwc check out the gorilla plannin a picnic! http://youtube.com/watch?v=WqpB7VB_Cpg 0 . . .
we went to tops and put together the greatest trail mix in the world. and now i'm attempting to make some stuffed chicken parm. then i'm going to attempt to do some painting. left hand0 . . .
okay guys i need a referral to an inexpensive vet. Maxx seems to have some type of cut on his chest that hasn't healed in the past week, so now i'm getting worried. help? also keep in0 . . .
who hot who not? lauren is doing some kind of cute little booty dance in the kitchen while waiting for the hot water for her oatmeal. its very cute. thanks, jim and james, for renewing the TPai0 . . .
Here is the point where you all find out what my true interests in life are... This post may or may not have been alluded to in previous entries.... so here is the deal. I need to find out some i0 . . .
Okay so ten years ago I moved from the Thousand Islands in waaaay upstate NY to New Paltz, NY in order to go to college. this move marks the time in which i severed all relations to the Buffalo Bill0 . . .
e:lauren said i never let her drive. so today i made her drive and she gets flipped off by somebody.... i don't even know what happened - i was daydreaming with my feet on the dash looking o0 . . .
I want a 42" tall rectangular pub table. due to the excessive height of our stools we need a tall table. it needs to be long and narrow to fit into the area that we need it to fit into. 0 . . .
i guess i have a job. she said she would email me the offer letter anyway. thats fun. i guess i was nervous during the first interview - she said i didn't really relax till the last ten minutes 0 . . .
I'm lame and don't know what I want to do for my birthday. Or where to eat. Maybe I'll just pick up some mighty taco and watch a movie. That sounds like fun. god i'm lame.0 . . .
Everyone who is interested! Albright Knox Gallery 7:30 probably an old hat for many of you e:strippers. but its my first time. i hope they are gentle. It is free on Fridays!0 . . .
i found a website that is absolutely chock full o documentaries. it makes me as happy as a kitten in a milk puddle. boy that was a silly simile. i watched a documentary about flouride that was abso0 . . .
my mother just bought lauren a gun rack at an auction. because she is sooooo funny. and then suggested that we put it in our stairwell with a note that says that the occupants' gun was too la0 . . .
I am not a cook. I don't know much about cooking, nor have I ever really had much interest. that being said, I'm starting to experiment. Zucchini and squash stir fry; with spinache pasta0 . . .
Okay so the painting is all done and I have photos where you can see some of it.... i don't have a super fancy smancy camera that takes wonderful photos but i did what i could... 0807/BedAndSi0 . . .
Lauren just found 'the best of soul train' on tv and i just stared slack jawed for a good ten minutes....cocaine was definetely in high use on that show. happy birthday james!!!!!!!!! 0 . . .
This morning my mother informs me that my dog died. I tell myself repeatedly that it is good that he is out of his misery. He was pretty damn old and he was having seizures and lost his eyesight. It w0 . . .
sooooo lauren and i took the bus down to the square. first of all, i have to say that the bus driver lady was hilarious. calling out the names of all the streets and in between that she seemed to 0 . . .
tomorrow we have decided to step out of this paint and bleach smelling apartment. And this time it won't be to go to wegmans. I just checked out the Thursdays in the square and found out that 0 . . .
today lauren and i used up my 400 dollar credit on amazon.com. we bought a bedframe, slipcover for the couch and a floor lamp. also managed to get the rest of the clothes put away. and then we s0 . . .
I'm feeling a bit more myself now... I cannot even begin to tell you why i felt it entirely neccessary to spend five days of serious apartment painting and organizing before i felt somewhat hum0 . . .
i'm hoping the worst of it all is over. today i moved a 900 lb couch up to my living room. it really is a hideous couch, but i have a bunch of fabric and i'm hoping to transform it as we 0 . . .
those are the names of our new bedroom colors. by the by... we are here in buffalo now. since tuesday. we have been spending 12 hour days painting like madwomen. so pardon the absence, we0 . . .
I realized that I ordered my Harry Potter book from Amazon.com. it didn't arrive on Saturday. and so i just received a confirmation email for the full cost of the book being refunded to my amazon0 . . .
tonight i fix lauren's car window/blinker with jess. tomorrow is my last day at work tomorrow night is happy hour at oasis for the last time saturday is harry potter saturday night is a barbe0 . . .
i have made many attempts to write/check everything here. everytime i do i get sidetracked or whatever. But it appears to be slow today so here i go. brief updates that none of you care about: my 0 . . .
god this computer is slow. i was going to upload a photo of the kitchen that lauren and i just spent crazy back breaking heat stroke inducing hours painting, but the photo is huge, and this computer 0 . . .
note to self: you are within months of being 28. drinking large amounts of alcohol of any type for twelve hours while playing in the hot sun may make you feel like ponce de leon discovering the pro0 . . .
i've been running around like crazy trying to get everything together for my going away party this weekend. its very exciting. i'm making jello shots tonight.... i have lemon drops (lemon0 . . .
well we made it there! somehow we managed to move the entire truck into the apartment in the matter of about 20 minutes. chalk it up to excellant packing, but wow... it all came together great! my0 . . .
well..... i'm officially a couch pet. staying with kathi unil i'm fully moved into buffalo. there is something extremely discomforting about it all. more importantly jersey was amaz0 . . .
times a tick tockin away! tonight after work begins crunch time. everything we own is getting moved to the garage. or to kathis. tomorrow morning lauren and i will be wrestling with the hoardes of0 . . .
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1Rlu3sVOmXc0 . . .
my throat hurts. which sucks. i don't enjoy that very much. i thought that was supposed to end when i quit smoking. that was 9 months ago. i think we have made a decision to move on the 2n0 . . .
i drank a little too much blue moon last night... but luckily i started out the day snuggling with a purring kitten... unless you are e:paul, there is no way a bad day could start out with a purring0 . . .
yesterday i spent about a half an hour filling out an online resume / questionairre for cingular. they called this morning and wanted me to come in for an interview. umm... sorry i don't live 0 . . .
pics of our trip to buffalo... there are not i know... 0607/UsInCar0621.jpg drivin drivin drivin but this is our new home! 0607/3670621.jpg and this is our balcony! 0607/Balconee0621.jpg 0 . . .
We just got back from Buffalo (pics later) We went first to esquared's sheldon apartments wherein they started showing us this first apartment.... "the guys who lived here before were0 . . .
buffalo HERE I COME! i think we are leaving around 5 am. lauren hates me for that. but i'm driving, right? we have to get up to wilson and drop off a bunch of my stuff at my brothers house,0 . . .
so i'm recounting the deposits for the last week so that i can make a bank deposit.... and as i'm counting i'm noticing something strange... i keep losing count between 14 and 15.0 . . .
There is something about ancient knowledge that fascinates the crap out of me. The kind of ancient evidence that goes against what we know. We have an established history and millions of books that sa0 . . .
just spoke to a woman about seeing an apartment. even though i told her i'm presently making 40 grand a year and i manage two sprint stores that if i don't have a job before i move to buffal0 . . .
i'm excited as pie. blueberry pie maybe. or cherry. i love cherry pie. ala mode. or maybe half a slice of blueberry and half a slice of cherry with a big fat scoop of vanilla perched melty like a0 . . .
nerves abound folks, time is flyin and felly is still apartment and job less! you know if i'm referring to myself in the 3rd person i must be going nuts. in one week from now i'll be i0 . . .
Due to some of the recent discussions of religion on the estrip, I have decided to write a bit about my own religious views. I'll begin with something my mother once told me. It went something0 . . .
first of all thanks paul again, as the restore key just kept me from being a very cranky dyke on Pride day! the parade was today. but first..... KITTEN! 0607/Liir0603.jpg cute as hell, I know. s0 . . .
After work yesterday Lauren and I drove up to Utica to see her ex boyfriend's art show. Now I have to first of all admit that I don't like the guy. And it is not just because it is her ex b0 . . .
My nephew is selling raffle tickets for the Ransomville fire department. Apparently there are about ten different grand prizes along the lines of a laptop, flat screen tv, dyson vacuum, a generator, p0 . . .
I just set my post its to go to my phone. how exciting... i feel as though somewhere along the line i have jumped into the age of technology. So I am presently working a ten hour day in one of my s0 . . .
I'm not used to working Mondays. One of my employees quit this weekend, bringing my hours up but totally screwing my schedule. Wednesday I work a ten hour shift and now Thursday will be at least 0 . . .
We bought a tent. which basically means that no matter what happens, we will never be completly homeless... maybe that is a rather bleak way of looking at the future. But seriously, it will wo0 . . .
okay so i'm trying to upload photos and it is telling me that adobe flash player is having a script error or something that is causing my computer to run slowly. then the photos that i upload hav0 . . .
Today I took a look at this schedule that Jeff, the other manager, made up. somehow my hours have dropped down to 30 hours and his has risen to 40. this is all, of course, due to the fact that Anthony0 . . .
This is my third attempt at writing a post. Entry number one got eaten by a power outage/storm. Entry number two was lost in a horrible backspace/back a page incident. here we go we just had a0 . . .
Yesterday afternoon I received a phone call from Anthony who informed me that he is probably going to go to the other store, the one that is offering more an hour, plus a full 40 hour week, plus featu0 . . .
For some reason i feel as though somebody somewhere is about to yell at me........ 0507/BabyWeb0512.jpg hehe... Steven wants one too. maybe i should charge him....0 . . .
I just spent about 2 hours on my friend's Myspace account friending every person I could find from the UK. She is a musician and requested that I, her northeast marketing director, do so. Conside0 . . .
One of my employees just called me to let me know that if i wanted some extra hours that I could come in early and he would get out early... Nice to know, Anthony... I'll keep that in mind... tha0 . . .
I've noticed that, more often now, I have been absorbing as much about the Hudson Valley and the Catskills as I can. I'm savoring the sites and the sounds. Soon I'll be leaving all this0 . . .
We decided last night that it would probably be a good idea to not move out of new paltz officially till the end of july. I would still like to get an apartment in buffalo sometime in the beginning of0 . . .
I had a customer just enter my store and chat it up with me. He asked me if I had ever thought about a career in corrections. He wasn't trying to sell me on anything, he just thought I should be 0 . . .
T minus two months till the big move... HERE WE COME BUFFALO!!! are you ready for us? or, more appropriately, are we ready for you? not really... i need a job and i need an apartment.... its r0 . . .
Here I am, new to e:strip. I'm moving to Buffalo this summer so I wanted to get a little bit of a feel for the place and the people. I've visited once a few weeks ago - my girlfriend 0 . . .