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Friday, August 22nd, 2003
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So truth be told, I loaned my bike to someone. A bicycle is a necessity in Japan because of the limited parking, you cant drive everywhere and if you are my size, public transportation leaves a little to be desired.
So I went and bought another bike. Wasted money I didnt really have - or did I? I just rode around town for an hour. Yes - that is right - an hour. I really love biking. Even more than I used to love hiking. I used to go hiking every saturday at home and now since it is city living for me now, biking seems to be my new favorite thing to do.
I also found a batting cage here - they love base-a-ball here. Being the only female there, I drew quite a crowd and they were impressed that I could bat. I am glad I wasnt playing in a game because then they would know that this fat girl cant run. Anyway - thats another story.
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Monday, August 18th, 2003
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we just had an earthquake!!!! It shook the entire house and kept shaking for about 7 seconds. It scared the living shit out of me. I know on the scale it probably wasnt a very big earthquake but I have never been in one before so I didnt realize what was happening. The sofa started to shake - I was watching TV. I thought - WHO THE HELL IS OUTSIDE SHAKING MY HOUSE???? Dumb arent I? I was suh-scaredddd.
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Sunday, August 10th, 2003
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there is no denying the power of bread. It has an irresistable quality that makes it almost impossible to pass it up. Especially the flavored breads like cinn/raisin or coated bread with sugars. Japan has really great bread. Their sliced bread is just like Texas Toast. They have great bakeries and pastries. I love bread
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movies about love and music should be out lawed. They arent real and only leave you feeling like you can never have that. Then again for some people is does the opposite.
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I am here and moved into my little lodge room and looking for a place to live. It is culture shock lemme tell you. Things are tiny here and as big as I am, I feel like GODZILLA!!!! They even have an Irish Pub called Madigans in the town by the base. I went off base and paid perfectly good money for a bowl of soup that had nothing other than "ramen noodles" in it. I thought to myself - "I can get these at home!!" *laugh* Thats what I get for not knowing how to order huh?
The base is nice - lots of men to look at but all I can think of is the one that I am engaged to. Yeah thats right - mr wonderful asked me to marry him before I left the states. Most of you are saying - "Mr Wonderful???" When did that happen?? Well he sort of snuck up on me and I wasnt expecting to even be attracted to a man anymore. He is nice and loves me and treats me like a princess in my own kingdom. I wish he was here but because we arent married, the Navy wont sponsor him. I could bring him here and he could stay for 6 months and renew his VISA every 6 months after that but I really wanna be married and get the bucks that the Navy will pay for him to be here.
Work is crazy. There is a lot to be done. More than I care to elaborate on. The people I have working for me are AWESOME! and I say this knowing that none of them can read this so you know I mean it now. So I have 4 stores - and about 40 employees. We actually have a good starting point and I know it will only get better.
I have to buy a car in the next few weeks because my lazy but is tired of walking. ALthough - it will give me smalled legs if I walk more.
Ok enough for now....will have pics when the whether gets better.
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I have my tickets for Japan. I leave on June 7th at 8:40am. I am sure that hartsfield on a saturday is going to be oh so much fun. And on top of that - I get to fly continental - you know, those jackasses who lost my luggage when I came home from germany in february. It took 8 days for them to get it to me. What maroons!! And now I am forced to fly on their freakin airline again??? geez. joy for me.
I am angry about something at work. It is my last week next week. For the last 9 weeks I have been hounding the boss to talk with me about my severance. I needed to know when I would be getting it so I could make some plans. Well...he put me off time and time again by saying - we will look at it as it gets closer...and then never talk to me. So yesturday I made him talk to me. My last day is May 30th and he isnt going to pay me my severance until July 2 or 3rd - he isnt sure which. He explains to me that this is typical in business. I just look at him and feel like ripping his neck out and watching the blood from his jugular spill to the floor and soak into the carpet. I am going to leave the country with $500 and then have to wait 30 days to get anymore. And what makes it worse - I wont be here if he convienently forgets to pay or something....I wont be here to dog him. I will be at the mercy of him who has lied to us all.
You know what I dont understand? I have been a manager of restaurants for 16 years and everybody I know here in this office tries to tell me what "real" business is like. Let me tell you something. Service related industry is the number one money making industry in the country and DONT YOU FUCKING PEOPLE THINK FOR ONE SECOND THAT IF I DIDNT KNOW BUSINESS THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN A MANAGER FOR SO LONG???????? Damn!! I mean its like - well you have no idea what real business is like because you wore a uniform for the first 5 years of your career and then you just told a whole bunch of restaurant employees what to do. I always make people completely speechless when I look them in the face and tell them that my last 5 years in the business was out of the corporate office and not in the restaurant itself. I dont see how different it can be - they sell burgers at one and internet banking at the other. What a crock of shit!!!
I think I was on a rant roll there. Sorry - will stop for now.
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Four men went golfing one day. Three of them headed to the
first tee and the fourth went into the clubhouse to take care of the bill.
The three men started talking and bragging about their sons. The first man
told the others, "My son is a home builder, and he is so successful that he
gave a friend a new home for free".
The second man said, "my son was a car salesman, and now he owns
a multi-line dealership. He's so successful that he gave a friend a new
Mercedes, fully loaded,".
The third man, not wanting to be outdone, bragged, "My son is a
stockbroker, and he's doing so well that he gave his friend an entire
portfolio."
The fourth man joined them on the first tee after a few minutes
of taking care of business. The first man mentioned, "We were just talking
about our sons. How's yours doing?"
The fourth man replied, "Well, my son is gay and dances in a gay
bar." The other three men grew silent as he continued. "I'm not totally
thrilled about the dancing job, but he must be doing good. His last three
boyfriends gave him a house, a brand new Mercedes, and a stock portfolio."
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The other night I was invited out for a night with "the girls."
I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, "I promise!"
Well, the hours passed and the champagne was going down way too easy.
Around 3 a.m., drunk as a skunk, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up and cuckooed 3 times.
Quickly, realizing he'd probably wake up, I cuckooed another 9 times.
I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick-witted solution (even when smashed), in order to escape a possible conflict with him.
The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, and I told him 12:00. He didn't seem disturbed at all. Whew! Got away with that one!
Then he said, "We need a new cuckoo clock." When I asked him why, he said, "Well, last night our clock cuckooed three times, then said, "oh crap," cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed another 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped over the cat and farted.
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things I just dont get sometimes
people
places
crap at the office
why it takes someone 2 hours to say - nah thats alright
when they could have said it all along
I have 10 days left at work
I have to take my cats to get them spayed tomorrow and then they go to their new homes on monday
I am going to be sad when my Buffy goes.
NO PIZZA FOR YOU!!!
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2003
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While I was flying down the road yesterday (only 15
mph over), I noticed a cop with a radar gun sitting on top of a bridge.
Naturally, he pulled me over, walked up to the car
and asked me, "What's the hurry?"
I replied, "I'm late for work."
"Oh yeah," said the cop. "What do you do?"
>I'm a rectum stretcher," I responded.
The cop said, "What?.... A rectum stretcher? What
does a rectum stretcher DO?"
I said, "Well, I start with one finger, then I work
my way up to two fingers, then three, then four, then my whole
hand. Then I work until I can get both hands in there,
and then I slowly stretch it until it's about 6 foot wide."
The cop asked me, "What the hell do you do with a
6 foot asshole?"
I simply replied, "You give him a radar gun and park
him on top of a bridge....."
Bail: $100
Ticket: $95
Look on that cop's face: PRICELESS
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So I get these updates sent to my mobile phone of weird news and shit like that....
The swedish authorities rejected a submitted birth certificate last week because the couple wanted to name their new born son "Superman".
what is this world coming to?
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I went this Saturday to see my friend who lives in North Ga. I helped her DJ a wedding. It was fun and the wedding was beautiful. Then that night, we went to karaoke and all night for three and a half hours, my friend sang and then I sang - and that was it. I must have sang 8 times in an hour. SO I sang 20 songs saturday nite. Thats more than most performers sing in concert. Man was I tired.
Sunday, mothers day, sucked for the most part. I really miss my mom. I really really wish she was here. When she died 15 years ago, I could never imagine how much I would need her. Now as I grow into a woman, I want her here so I can ask her advice on things. I took some new flowers out to her and had lunch there while watching the planes fly over. That is the cool thing about where we have her now. Anyway - I just really miss her.
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One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read, "...And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said, 'Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?'" The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that man said?"
One little boy raised his hand and said, "I think he said...'Holy sh_t! A talking pig!'" The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.
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1. Why the hell cant these stupid people at my work figure a way to do their job without making my job more difficult?
because they are idiots
2. Why cant atlanta drivers ever learn that when the speed limit is 65, they should be going 65 and not 50?
because they are idiots
3. Why cant those people who drive in the emergency lane learn that HEY YOU _ THATS AGAINST THE LAW???
because they are idiots
4. Why do they package 10 hot dogs in a package but only 8 buns?
because they are idiots
5. Why is it that when you have only 21 days left at your job, they pile more work on you than you can handle and expect that you are actually going to do it?
because they are idiots
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You are Elizabeth Bathory. (The bloodcountess)
Legend tells us that you, this very rich,
beautiful and high born woman tortured and
murdered some 650 young women and bathed in
their warm blood to keep yourself beautiful.
In some stories, it is said you have drank thier
blood as well. You were a sexual sadist on a
grand scale.
Ah vanity is your downfall. For shame!
Which Imfamous criminal are you?
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You should be a Libra,
Cosmopolitan, refined, amiable, sociable,
happy, generous, realistic, charming, gracious, affectionate,
balanced, diplomatic, easy-going, elegant, charming, flirtatious,
committed, objective but can be indecisive, emotionally complex,
vague, dependent, distant, argumentative, depressed, exhausted,
materialistic, superficial, self-indulgent, easily-offended
~*What is your TRUE Zodica sign?*~
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So I went to meet garaynbow last night for coffee. She and her girlfriend are AWESOME!! Had a great time talking with them. We got cut short because of some book reading they were going to have - geez you mean people really read those books they sell in there? *laugh*
You know - its just my luck I think. Last night I get a call around 8:45pm from someone that I used to be sooooo interested in. I have 31 days left in the country and this person calls me now???? wanting to go out??? or more???? What is up with my rotten luck??? I would havecut off my right arm for a date with this person six months ago - man!! *smile*
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lethargic.
amused.