I hate staring at an empty Word document. I know it will fill up with words, eventually. But when? It must be done by tomorrow afternoon..

Here I am, in the last minute rush to get my work done. I will be in a mode of panic tomorrow afternoon, when I realize that all of my procrastinating has left me scrambling to catch up and complete the school work that is due.

Sometimes I just need to have my brain shoved into action; and somehow, doing things last minute really helps. The thoughts are formulating in my mind. I know what I have read, I understand what I have researched, I have opinions and arguments, I am more than capable to take on whatever the task may be..but not yet. When? I don't know. It has to happen and it will.. but until then, I fret. The time ticks closer to the deadline.

I am also sleepy. Of course, I want to go to bed.. but because I can't, I really want to. That is how I work. *yawn*

ooh, come to me.. come on, come on, come ooooooooonnnnnnnnn.. words of wisdom, academic enlightenment, international business fairy, and whatever else I need to write two papers. A kick in the ass maybe?

Go ahead--kick me: *bends over*


k- back to my temporary mental block...



oh one more thing..
Who is doing what this weekend? 'cause I can't stay in an study *all* weekend :)

and one more thing.. I shouldn't complain, but I am in the mood for a blizzard. The kind that closes school (because I work in a school and go to school, get me?) yet everyone is safe and sound all snuggled inside sitting by the fire drinking scotch yumminess or playing outside; skiing, hiking, rolling around in the snow, doing donuts w/ your car.. whatever you prefer. But yeh, I am in the mood for that..

Mostly because Y-Town is still pretty much snowless.


now, I am back to my school work..

Have fun!

carey

As promised.. the silly-cute-funny-semi scandalous picture of (e:mike):






Whatcha holdin' in those big hands of yours?? ;)


Do you remember when this was taken?? haha
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On another note.. some email has not been getting to me.. that freaks me out.
Is it Yahoo or is it Verizon? bah.

k.. study time :)
As promised.. the silly-cute-funny-semi scandalous picture of (e:mike):






Whatch holdin' in those big hands of yours?? ;)


Do you remember when this was taken?? haha
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On another note.. some email has not been getting to me.. that freaks me out.
Is it Yahoo or is it Verizon? bah.

k.. study time :)

A friend of mine just returned from PA.. He won some money on the game. I'm not a fan of football, at all. Someone actually said to me, after hearing that I don't follow the game, "yeh, its probably too barbaric for you" HAHAHAHAHA.. "um, no.. just the opposite. Rugby is *my* game.. football has NOTHING on my beloved rugby" bah..too slow, too much stoppage, too much protective equipment. But I would go to a live game.. there is always something about being there.. for any game, that can be really exciting.

I'll also take hockey.. maybe some soccer.. and world combat championship

I guess there were post game celebration RIOTS. My friend has pictures and video footage. I watched cars turned over and torched! --In celebration!! I should see if I can get a copy of his videos. --or atleast some pictures. Freaky stuff!!

I am chilled to the bone. I can't seem to warm up. I just spent the last two hours walking through Youngstown and through Fort Niagara State park.. Icey snow pellets smashing into my face as I walked briskly down by the river and down to the lake.. "strolling along the beach" in the pitch dark (we left around 9:30?), tresspassing into the Fort.. listening to the waves crash violently.. otherwise silence through town. We hiked up and down hills.. I wiped out a couple of times (gracefully, I must say) as the hills and streets were slick from snow. We only covered about 7-8 miles, but since it was dark, cold, windy and snowing.. I thought that was pretty good.

I am also working on my "winter fluff" -- no longer welcome. Go away, now, please.

This quiet town is just gorgeous...any season, any time of day or night. The snow pellets, the lights.. the absolute silence.. it all does good stuff for my brain.

For some reason.. even though I walk through this area a few times a week, I suddenly found myself longing for Level Regatta- the sail boat races that occur every July in Youngstown. Good memories with that event.So many people, a lot of partying, pop up tents, street parties, food, beer, boats, etc. Been going since I was 14 years old. Not sure where I was at or what I was doing, but I missed it last year.. And I totally live withing stumbling distance..

oh, wait.. I recall (e:ladycroft) and I had taken an extensive bike ride that weekend...rode through a swarm of people and traffic.. and we hung out by the water.. but didn't watch the races. Or go out and party in town. We probably downed a bunch of Corona (extra lime), listened to Moby (Hotel) and sat outside under the canapy.. chillin.

I now insert a plug for LL Bean cold weather attire. My jacket kept me warm tonight.. It kept out the wind, rain and snow. This jacket, combined with a hat, scarf gloves and a couple of other layers.. I was overall toasty warm. I walk fast.. so I am sure to have built up some good body heat.

But now that I am home.. I am cold. I am also tired. It is way past my bedtime. I shall grab my kitties and crawl under my wonderful mound of blankets and pillows.

Good night..

Carey

Damn private parties. I was looking forward to hanging out at Coles. But chillin' and drinking at Mister Goodbar turned out just fine. A good amount of (e:peeps) and satellite friends showed up. We must do this more often. For me, it isn't a matter of where, or how much, but with who.. and with the right company, a good time is guaranteed.

(e:kangarooboi) It was truly a pleasure to meet you! I had so much fun making our way to the bar, multiple times to acquire our beloved SoCo and Lime. Yum!Yum! Yum! We must do that again :)
[inlink]kangarooboi,11[/inlink]

Who else? My friend, Mike (who I believe is the first guy I ever saw naked) joined us. We go way way back. I know we were chillin back at the age of two (hence, first guy I saw naked). I think clothes were optional at that time. What did we know? I thought it was perfectly fine to run around without a shirt. Boy, was I disappointed when I was told that I had to wear one. You mean there are difference between boys and girls? Well, I don't want to be a girl! *pouts, stomps foot*. Since then, things have changed. But all of my best buddies growing up were guys. Then came (e:pyrcedgrrl) in the second grade, then (e:ladycroft) in the sixth. BTW, (e:paul), (e:pyrcedgrrl) walked in not a minute after you left!!
Who else.. well the absolutely lovely (e:jenks), hehe, she was "that girl", passed out on the couch. [inlink]jenks,61[/inlink] But she was well protected by Mike and Timika. Although I encouraged Mike to look down her sweater, haha. I have pictorial evidence :)

A pleasant surprise, (e:pyrcedgrrl) came in after work, and ofcourse, (e:ladycroft) was there with her super special supergirl underoos. Next time I dare you to kiss someone, make sure it is a cute stranger. It just can't be someone you know.. it doesn't work out that way! I was many Guinness pints and SoCo (w/Lime!) shots into the evening, so what do I know?

I had some funny looks and comments when I ordered Guinness.

I am glad to have had the chance to meet and chat with (e:decoyisryan). I think I have a picture somewhere. At some point I was just snapping pictures randomly, not sure who ended up in them. I was "caught" taking a picture of (e:matthews) butt. A guy laughs and says, "I saw that". Honestly, I wasn't aiming.. I was squatting, so of course my face was at everyone's ass level. Funny all the same.. I'll look to see what I actually took a picture of.

Well, (e:terry) was quite the stud last night. He had all the girls kissing up on him. Wooo!

I was thinking about how I take a ton of pictures regularly. In the past couple of years I have taken more than I ever have. It correlates with my having a digital camera. Back in the day it was a 110 camera or a 35mm camera.. but then the expense of buying film and processing.. there would be no 100 picture taking events. Besides, it will be fun to look back on pictures many years from now. The "elder (e:strip)pers" will pass on their wisdom to the young peeps and will have pictures archived, ready for viewing. We are creating the quilt now. How neat it will be to look back, 20 plus years from now? (e:paul) and I were discussing that. We also entertained what sort of things we will write about. The geriatric (e:strip)pers will contribute to a blog forum on Bingo. Which brought us to the idea of going to bingo sometime. I have never been to bingo and I am not inclined to go with any serious intent, however, we could have some fun with it. So the more we talked about it, the more serious I became about getting a bunch of people to go. We will make a farce of it! We'lll alter our state of mind prior to the event, we'll gather all of our "good luck" gear and any other tacky bingo paraphernalia that we can find. Maybe create a bingo chant prayer.. We'll go all out and crazy. It will be funny. We will call it: EXTREMEbingo©

Any takers??

Now on to some pictures..


My SoCo buddy, (e:kangarooboi)


the girls- (e:ladycroft), (e:theecarey) and (e:jenks)


My friend Mike and (e:jenks). One of those random shots.


Gettin' some.. (e:terry) and (e:theecarey) haha


Aweee Alex and Carey


(e:terry) and (e:paul) -- scrumptious!


Paul and Carey "Future Elders" (but not for a long long time!)


Girls!


Terry Terry Terry.. such charisma!


Paul and Matthew


(e:decoyisryan) and (e:theecarey)


Terry, Thee Orbs and Matthew


Ooh, yeh, touch my lager.. uh, huh.. right there. .


Snapshot form the floor. Would that be Matthew's butt?


SCANDALOUS! who would take advantage of a drunk girl?


ahhh ladycroft would.. gotta watch out for her..


(e:pyrcedgrrl) (dana) and (e:theecarey)


hehe.. what can we do with the unsuspecting (e:jenks)??


"Mike, look down her sweater!" (this eventually awakens Sleeping Beauty)


"Alex, go back to sleep.. no laughing!" *she tries to keep a straight face* haha


My girly lip gloss. It seemed like a good idea to take a picture :)


Thats about it. I stumbled in about 7am and slept most of the day.

The weekends are over too quickly. Last night was fun... a few of you were missed.. maybe next time or even sometime in between.

Later, friends!
carey

BAH! I lost my post. The ONE time I choose not to write it or save it in Word first.

Maybe I can recap- -super duper edited version :(

A summary of My Friday:

• I had some stuff to do after work. I much prefer to go straight home, but occasionally I need to pick up a few things. I went to the bank, got my hair cut, stopped into the porn store and as I made my way back home, I realized I still needed to go to a discount store such as Walmart of Target.. but to go to either would require that I back track. Fortunately I saw K-Mart up ahead and decided to go there. The lot was relatively deserted as was the store. This made me happy. I liked that people weren't up my ass as I tried to shop for a few things. Just basic stuff.. but I hate shopping. WHen I do, I want people to leave me alone. Stop following ME!

• Back to the porn store. I experience the best customer service in those places. Is it really that rare that girls do a lil' shopping in there? The guy was very receptive to my questions and inquiries. I made my purchases and left. Afterwards, I noticed that the items purchased are labeled as "Marital Aids". kinda funny to me.

• Ordered pizza and wings. Partially because I have nothing edible and didn't want to go back out to go to the store to buy something then have to cook.. and partially because (e:leetee) posted about pizza. [inlink]leetee,126[/inlink]. WOW, there are a lot of comments to that post. We all lovin' the pizza 'round here :)

I ordered way too much, but it worked. 8 piece double dough pizza with mushrooms and sweet green and red peppers. Oh, and 20 mild wings. I got through 9 wings and 1.5 pieces of pizza. Having a slew of left overs is a splendid thing today. Furthermore, last night (e:ladycroft) and I ate a ton of junk food and that is carrying over to today. Hmm.. will my clothes fit this evening? Hehe.. bust out the sweat pants. That's HOT.

• snickers*, I will post pictures from last night, later.

• I received a phone call way too early this morning. I checked the caller ID and crammed my head under my pillows. I wasn't ready to wake up, even though I was excited by who called. I don't think I could have managed a croak to answer the phone anyways. As I was too excited, I got up, seriously sleep deprived. I called my friend back. I have known Angela since we were 10/12 years old. Her family was my family as I spent so much time with them.I even adopted her grandpa. He's so cute. Yeh, I am in the habit of adopting people. (hint hint, (e:jenks)). I last saw Angela over three years ago, the last time I spoke to her was just over two years ago. I have been thinking about her a lot lately. I didn't have her number, had no idea what her married name is, and I wasnâ??t sure how to find her. There are a few people that if I really think of them, they will contact me. It seems really odd.. and it is truly uncanny, but it works. She called me. Weâ??ll get together soon, yay! :)

Well that about wraps it up..

OOH WAIT!, one more very important thing:

• COLES tonight..Tears and Cheers Pity Party!!! Come out to play. 1104 Elmwood Avenue. Come drink beer, be happy and have fun! 8pm till whenever you feel like stumbling home :)

[inlink]ladycroft,182[/inlink]

Play nice.. see ya later!

Carey