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 not have an estrip bumper sticker. i think i'll feel naked today.

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 all had and I got to see more of my fam than i have in a long time.

my meatloaf was the talk of the party. well maybe not, but it was the best meatloaf there and i talked about that a lot.

My nephew, danny, is the cutest ever. Here he is dancing to whatever music he has in his head.


We got some family shots too.

this is me and my brothers.

we are all so excited and so happy to be there. please note the beer can that is so cleverly hidden in brian's hand. (mine was in my back pocket)
we are so classy.

all in all a great time. I missed the photos of my mom and all her brothers and sisters with gram and grandpap, and didn't have my camera present for the photos of the Moores, but i'm sure somebody will send them to me.

Today is 'busy day'. day off that includes doing lots of chores.

there is three and a half pounds of loaf marinating in my fridge.
yes thats right. meatloaf.

be jealous. be very jealous.

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! i did not want to drop it into the mail slot as i assuemed that led directly to the floor, where said phone would probably be found in twenty five pieces. Somebody let me know if you actually found it!

2> Any suggestions as to where i can find about a 12" by 16" by 72" piece of foam? i need it to fill in the gap that was left after my dumb ass ordered a california king bed rather than a standard king.

3> i seemed to have missed some birthdays. theecarey happy birthday! lisabeth- happy birthday! anybody else i missed - happy birthday!

4> i'm having some pains right now. I don't feel well. eh whatcha gonna do...

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 don't want to discuss my past experiences with JW's. I might get edgy. I wouldn't be concerned, except my new manager, who I am attempting to not dislike passionately, was trying to get into a whole convo with one of the JW coworkers. The manager is a 'christian' but she seems like the type to use that word as a title rather than to actually subscribe to belief. or maybe I say that because i am already convinced that she is completely fake in everything that she does. eh... i'm a jerk, huh?

Saturday is my gramma's 80th birthday party. It looks as though all 10 of her kids will be there, but I could be wrong about that. I know that all of my siblings will be there, which will be great for a group shot. It is going to be a huge and ridiculous party.

And I am supposed to make a meatloaf. I've never made a meatloaf before. Hmm this should be interesting.

Also we watched the justin timberlake's HBO special last night. That guy is amazing. Who else could go from Mickey Mouse club to Boyband to pop star to hip hop/anything he wants star?
and who can dance so casually? he is my hero.

sunday we go to darien lake. until we find out that its going to rain or something.

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 to a silent longshot for about 5 seconds and went back to her finishing and the people clapping.

Why exactly, Fox, would you chose to not hear Ms Fields speak about her views on the war?

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 quality is, of course, horrid. but that just makes it more interesting.

oh what a wonderful sunday night.

last night was even more exciting. a couple of rum and cokes and a hearty game of scrabble.

and if i think about me just a few years ago... i would have never thought i would be this wonderfully lame.

and i would never assume that i would be this happy about it!

oh ani. difranco.

you named your church 'babeville'.

oh ani...

you never cease to wow me.

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.

Okay so this is not exactly fine dining here, but I saw that it definetely won some awards by Artvoice or Best of Buffalo or something.

I went there first with my friend Kat and her lady friend Colleen - who used to live in buffalo, last weekend. The food was great for my hangover. I had a simple breakfast of eggs over easy, homefries, bacon and toast. The homefries were spicy and wonderful. The bacon was good and cruncy and the eggs were just runny enough to be sopped up by my delicious whole wheat toast.
but again - i was hungover so it was difficult for me to formulate an accurate review.

Lauren and I went back today and now i have a better idea of the place.

ATMOSPHERE: Its a wonderful dive. The type of place where the walls are plaster, the people are eclectic, and homemade art adorns the wall. There is even a strip of cork above each booth for you to hang your own drawings that you can make on your paper placemat while you wait for your food to arrive. This is your typical diner style with a food counter, tables and booths all stuffed into a small space.

THE PEOPLE: This would be the type of place that you wouldn't want to upset your waiter/tress. A sign on the wall says: Be Nice or Leave! and the stories that circulate about rude patrons being ordered out are abound. The wait staff is an amazing mix of people, piercings, shaved heads and tattoos abound. They all cooperate with eachother to bring you a constant supply of coffee, and attention. It will definetely bring you back to your college days, though don't be suprised when college students aren't all you see here. The range of people that seem to flock here make it all the greater.

THE FOOD: Lebanese American. Excellant Middle Eastern American food here! They have plenty of vegetarian options, and the hummus is plentiful! There is plenty of people who insist that they make the best omlettes in town, though I couldn't say as I haven't had it myself. There is a section in the back of the menu that is full of the staff's concoctions. This is where I ordered from. Dan kabobs! though there was no kabobs happenin, It was basically chicken fingers and french fries on a hummus slathered flatbread that was then rolled up wrap style. Pretty basic, but oh so delicious!
such simplicity is what i live for! For the vegitarian I do hear that there are several varieties of veggie burger to choose from - including lentil walnut.

THE PRICE: lets just say that if you hit Amy's Place before 9 am you can get breakfast for 99cents. Eggs, Toast and homefries. After nine it is two dolalrs. need i say more?

okay that was my review.

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.

Miss South Carolina is an idiot. I laughed with the tears rolling down my face and all. but her 15 minutes are definetely up.

The way that they set up the VMA's with separate parties was great. Everyone seemed to have a great time, especially when Fall Out Boy won an award and when they cut to that party they were drunkenly screaming and moshing around and it was the best acceptance speech.

Timbaland and Dr. Dre are taking too many steroids these days.

Chris Brown is Crazy legs!


And now for other things in life.....


Sculpture park. Woo!

Coming back from South Buffalo on a sunday late afternoon during a Bills home game racing the fourth quarter clock to beat traffic.

my legs are still twitching.