cool and the gang heading out to Cirque du Soleil 

Did I Offend?

I am so tired of being politically correct. Why do we walk around on egg shells? Why can't we say what we want (within reason) in a mixed group of people. I'm not condoning racist slang or anything like that but why can't we say things like " homeless people are either lazy or stupid." Not a great example. I got it from a radio talk show this week. The host says things that most radio personalities wouldn't say. Things like "you (any man) should require some form of birth control before you sleep with a woman and if not then she should have no doubts in her mind that she would have an abortion should it be needed. If she hesitates then you move on." He's saying abortion or lack there of is a deal breaker. I think it's refreshing. He pisses me off on a daily basis and I enjoy it. Why shouldn't he say exactly what's on his mind and not care about offending half of his listeners. I wish I could say exactly what was on my mind and tell people exactly what I think of them. But I don't cause I do care what others think of me and besides most of the time it's just being mean and I like the people I associate with so I'd just be pissing off strangers and I don't have that much time to devote. But my point is that this country is too conservative. Who cares that we saw Janet Jackson's breast at the Super Bowl? Why is it a big deal? Parents got on the network's back so hard over a body part all women have and all men (well all the hetero men) enjoy looking at. It's like offending someone is equal to shooting at them. Why can't people just be adults and take it as a fact of life (and a first amendment right) that you won't agree with what everybody thinks and that's it's Okay that way. My god isn't free thought the whole reason this country was founded? If everyone keeps their thoughts to themselves (either good or bad) then aren't we just going back to communism? Perfect example of this is my movie that I posted a few days ago. I felt compelled to right a disclaimer so that no one would take any of our words too seriously. Why? Why should I care? I tell you why because one wrong person sees it and takes it to the school and I could out on my ass. All because I used a few choice words that the actual nut jobs used on us and I'd be the one offending and well we just can't have that. Everything we do and say has to be pleasing to all people all the time. That's not a society I want to be a part of. But I'll keep doing it cause I'm a sheep. Bhaaaaa!!

Chad and I enjoying the "cold" weather.. It's cold if you've spent most of your life here. 

don't I look shocked and amazed?.... I don't think so either but that's the look I was going for. this is up in cave creek, about 15 miles north of our house. 

say it isn't so....

Well Chad brings home the local paper a few nights ago and apparently theren are plans for a new Wal-Mart to open literally right across the street from our neighborhood, like 4 blocks down the street. This could be the beginning of the end. They're already building a super Target 2 miles up the road so why the hell would we need a new super center going in that close when there's already a super Wal-Mart 4 miles away. what the hell is happening? Chad and I are planning on becoming active in protesting this. I don't want to sift thru boat-loads of minivans just to get to work each day. It's going to kill my property value, which I normally wouldn't be bent out of shape about but if it's gonna suck living here because the neighborhood turns in to my last one then I'm gonna need to sell and nobody wants a Wal-Mart in their front yard. Holy Shit!!

read the disclaimer!
to those who have never heard our stories this movie may seem pretty random and over the top but it is 98% factual. All the dialogue is real and all the randomness is real. the only part that isn't real is the fight scene. that did happen but it was between two customers (see November 2005 posting) and not us employees. I have had a lot of trouble getting this to post and of course it's still not quite right as the ending music starts about 10 seconds too late (it's supposed to start at the ending credits) but at this point I don't care. I hope you enjoy it and if you are interested in the unedited version let me know and maybe I can set something up. I hope you enjoy it as we had too much fun making it and it's still hilarious to me every time I watch it. Again don't be offended by the dialogue, it's verbatim. And now I present to you .... Book Wars.

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Spring fever...well now it feels like winter.

It's spring break which means... absolutely nothing since I stopped being a student. Actually I do get Thursday and Friday off but I don't have any plans so I guess I will sleep a lot. There's no one on campus this week except the other poor suckers who have to work in registration etc. We've been having fun though. We made a documentary about working in the bookstore. We took all our best stories and dressed up like different people and video taped it all. Then I edited the whole thing and not to toot my own horn but I am very impressed with how well it turned out. We even have an outtakes montage at the end. I tried to post it online but apparently 10 minutes is as long as I am allowed to take so you guys are out of luck but if I figure it out I will post it.
I got pictures of the snow we got this Saturday and I will post them later.. I am just so damn lazy it's not even funny. I can't believe we got snow.. amazing. We haven't seen rain in 142 days and then we get a down pour and snow. Well snow on the mountains but whatever.

Everyone is against me

I went to Old Navy today to see what was happening. I like Old Navy b/c their clothes are reasonably priced and quirky and fun to wear. I can always find something I like and my credit card with them is always being used. So, I found some very cute tank tops with some St. Patty's day icons. I start looking for my size and oh well what a surprise they had plenty of small, extra smalls and more than enough extra extra smalls. I think those are called youth sizes but anyway. Fine. Can't fit in to the cute St Patty's day wife beater. Gotta move on. Found a nice yellow shirt with some detailing. Oh what's this? They have plenty of 2X and a whole bunch of 3X and 4X. Ok can't fit in to the "plus" size clothing although in most fashionable society I am considered a plus size because I'm over a size 10. (Consequently, I should be at least a size 12 for goodness sake I'm 5'10" tall.) Fine whatever, I'm only in the third aisle. Hey wow some very cute panties with ducks and clovers. Ok where is my size. Again plenty of smalls and lots of mediums. I could fit in to a medium but I don't like when my bikini's turn in to thongs so I need to find a large. Now mind you, I do not have a big butt but some time in the last 4 years my hips grew out. I think they call those child-bearing hips and so I guess mother nature thinks I am ready to bake. I say go fuck yourself mother nature!! Fine no cute panties for me. But what's this, the multi colored flip-flop's that I adore and by every year. Let's see a size 9 must be here because well they have rows and rows of 6 and 7 and a ton of 10's. Okay the last pair of 9 in the shade of pink and it's mine. Oh but wait some idiot let their kid loose and they got a hold of the pink flip-flop's, as they must have known I was coming, and got them all dirty. So fine! I will buy the 8's (which fit quite well actually.) What's the moral of this story? Well that maybe Old Navy should re-think their sizing. While they do carry more sizes than any other store their ratio of XL to XXS is way out of wack. They wouldn't have to put all the XXS on clearance if they carried some more XL. Apparently I am not as fast as the other girls who wear XL as they have beaten me to the store and have cleaned out all the styles I like. Don't even get me started on the bathing suits. For those of you who haven't noticed I am a full chested gal and well I require a big brazier to fully cover the twins. Well you'd think a 2X would do it but I have come to realize that a 2X in t-shirts is NO WHERE NEAR a 2X in a bikini top. OR a sports bra. I guess big boobed girls don't need support when they work out, only the A cups. I still managed to spend $61.00 today but it was a difficult journey with many moments of me cursing Old Navy under my breath and rolling my eyes. I will continue to shop there but it will be rare that I don't mutter the words "it figures" at least twice a visit.