the amazing adventures of jen14221

friday kid photo

I think I may have over-estimated my readers' interest in the obscure acting roles of Bill Paxton.  Oh well.  I may need to make another wreath to appease the masses.

Great day today.  My one (sniff) day off is now Friday and Will and I enjoyed some outdoorsy time here in Lockport.  I am flying out to Madison again (but you know that I love Madison!) on Sunday so it was good to have some good quality time with the boy. 

When we finally did come inside, Will found his way up onto the dining room table.  Where he is under no circumstances allowed to be.

even more random bill paxton sightings

Pat Benatar is mega cool.  She's running with the shadows of the night.

Bill Paxton is a nazi radio-operator.  He gets blown up.

Judge Reinhold also has 2.5 seconds of screen time. What the hell is he up to these days?  What kind of a name is Judge?

I wish someone would teach me how to embed movie files right here on my blog.  I'm stupid.  Here's the link.

i took a fish head out to see a movie, didn't have to pay to get it in

Unfortunately, Big Love did not feature any shots of Bill Paxton's ass on Sunday night.  Jenn may not admit to liking Bill's ass, but I do.  Looks damn good for a 50 year-old.

I have seen Bill Paxton in many movies - most notably as Chet the mean older brother in Weird Science and the Oceanographer in Titanic (he was also in some movie about U-boats where he appeared with half his head blown off - oh dear). 

But, I did not know that he was the dude in the Fish Heads video.  Even Will knows the lyrics to  Fish Heads! 

See it here

heat wave!

Well, it's 50 degrees here in Buffalo today and there are all sorts of clowns out and about wearing shorts and t-shirts because this is Buffalo and that's how we are.  I myself am overdressed, wearing a turtleneck, a jumper and black tights.  To celebrate the warmth, I did have lemon ice from Anderson's for lunch.  I will probably strip my tights off in the car on the way home from work.  Did you know that I am now working on Mondays?  Oh yes, I am sure you know.  Damn. Tomorrow I may wear croppy pants with loafers and no socks.  Did you know that I hate to wear socks? 

The temperature gauge in my X-Terra reads a balmy 92 degrees.  It has been acting up since I installed Sirius satellite radio.  I depend on that temperature gauge and it is throwing me off.

rite aid vs. mighty taco

I entered hell again today, and hell was at Rite Aid.  Why is it so difficult for me to shop at Rite Aid?  Where is there a CVS when I need one?  I walked in at 4:40pm with a prescription that I needed to fill and the mean old pharmacist started huffing and puffing and if you know anything about me at all, do not huff and puff at me simply because I need you to do your job.  Because I will cut you.

Pharmacist:  "well I don't know if I can do this before we close" and "you should have come earlier" and "don't you know we close at 5?". 

Me:  "it's a tube of cream you bitch, just slap a label on it and take my 7 bucks copay and I have a yeast infection and I will jump over this counter and kill you if you don't give me my cream right now.  Thanks."

I didn't really say all that.  I just smiled at her as she hemmed and hawed and violated every HIPAA and Privacy Rule in the book.

Phramacist, in a very loud voice, with other customers standing around:  "is your address is still 575 BlahBlahBlah Street and is your phone number is 433-1111 and did you know this is used for VAGINAL YEAST and you can also use this for for EXTERNAL ITCHING" and on and on.  I am surprised she did not reel off my social security number and mother's maiden name.  But she did give me my cream.

Then I went to Mighty Taco because after the time spent in Rite Aid hell, I just didn't feel like cooking for dinner and did you know you can feed a family of three at Mighty Taco for only $7.63?  You just can't have soda.  No kidding, I brought the food home and everyone ate (even Petey the cat had a little nibble) and we are all quite satisfied and jolly.

See how happy everyone is?

   

And I'm happy because my I have my tube of cream.

a life lesson

One of my favourite bands - the Smiths - has apparently turned down an offer of $5 million to reunite and play one performance in California this spring.  I guess that either Morrissey and Johnny Marr are just too damn rich or they are still mad at each other.  You know, life is really too short to hold grudges against your old friends.  I think everyone should all just get along.

This makes me feel kind of sad and think about how I should maybe get in touch with my old roommate from Junior year in college.  You see, we did not part ways as friends.  We lived on ParkVale Ave in Allston and oh my, she was a slag and a whore who stole my clothes and hit on my boyfriends and got VD three times. 

And on second thought, I'm totally not going to get in touch with her. 

friday kid photo

Not only does my boy get to decide what we watch on TV, he also likes to steal my chair.  Every time I get up, he steals it.  Brat.

But I still love him.

i learned something new today

Hey, did you know that if you have a mobile phone with a camera, that you can take pictures with it?  Of course you did.  I knew that as well.  Well, did you know that you can also send these pictures to an e-mail address?!?  Yes?  Oh.  I did not know that.  You see, I am quite slow with the technology of my new-fangled phone that I have had for a year and a half and just discovered that you could e-mail pictures with it. 

Here's my new do:

A bit on the blurry side but please, people - it's a camera phone.  Also a bit on the pale side, but please - it's March in Buffalo.  My hair is now trimmed, in one color with some stripey streaks in the front that are kind of blonde and I am not sure if I like the stripey things but I am thinking that perhaps they will grow on me.  I hope so because stripey blonde streaky things are not exactly inexpensive.  Even if you go to a salon in the Eastern Hills Mall.

I still do not look like this:

 

Which is unfortunate.

observations on the apprentice and also how diet coke is bad for you

So, did you know that I love reality TV?  I do!  It makes me feel better about myself, just watching dickweeds on televison, acting all stupid and tedious.  My life is not as bad as Brent's and that makes me feel much okay.

I may feel okay, but I do not feel pretty.  Witness one Ivanka Trump:

She was the Not-Carolyn on the Apprentice last night and I have to admit that I sort of have a girly crush on her.  She's smart, pretty, young and well-spoken.  Also rich.   I was gushing all over her but Peter was not impressed.  "Too much eye makeup" was his only comment. I do love him sometimes.

I had a Diet Coke with Lime today.  Twelve delicious ounces.  It was my first drink of soda  in about two months and I am now paying for it with heavy heart palpitations.  Worth it.

I am taking a lunch today to fix my two-tone hair.  I am not going to Supercuts.  I may post a snapshot if it turns out okay. 

how to get grossed out on a sunday night

So I watched Dateline last night.  Lead story:  Bedbugs!  They are back! 

I was left a nauseous, shivering, itchy wreck at 8pm, covered in welts from where I had scratched myself raw from imaginary bedbug bites.

I am going back to Madison in a week and a half, and one thing the website of my hotel does not mention is the prevelance of bedbugs.  Are they there, or not?

I did learn the bedbug hunting method from watching Dateline last night.  I will be bringing my little flashlight to seek them out, Gil Grissom style.