Like a waterfall in slow motion, Part One
3 years ago
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Are they professional pics? You be the judge.....
These are some pis I took in Salado yesterday for Carol and her friends for their yearbook page.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
Workin' 9 to 5!
So, I am now sitting here in my parents' house by myself since they have both gone upstairs to obsess over the high school football game in Cedar Park by holding the radio up to their ear. I personally could not give a shit, but whatev. Coming home is always fun, but I forget how un-used to it I am. This is illustrated in dog form when DJ came in to my parents' house tonight and was humped by my mom's new poodle Duncan. Duncan has not been neutered yet, and we have high hopes for his ball-removal operation. He is sooo excited all of the time, and having another dog to play with, especially an enticing female one, is almost too much for him to handle. DJ likes to play, but the constant sex is getting a little old. She is a lady!
In other news I am happy to announce that I was officially offered a full-time job at the Dr Pepper Museum yesterday, and I have accepted! I pretty much knew it was coming, but Jack actually sat me down and we discussed the nitty gritty of salary, benefits, and job description yesterday. This is pretty exciting for me, since I have worked really hard for two and a half years to get this, and I love my job. David and I are excited to stay in Waco for a while, and we hope he enjoys his job as much as I enjoy mine.
Today at work Jessica and I put up the Dr Pepper and the Military exhibit, which turned out wonderfully!! It is so colorful and bright, and really patriotic looking. Here are a few pics from it, so come to the museum and check it out! You won't be disappointed!!
In other news I am happy to announce that I was officially offered a full-time job at the Dr Pepper Museum yesterday, and I have accepted! I pretty much knew it was coming, but Jack actually sat me down and we discussed the nitty gritty of salary, benefits, and job description yesterday. This is pretty exciting for me, since I have worked really hard for two and a half years to get this, and I love my job. David and I are excited to stay in Waco for a while, and we hope he enjoys his job as much as I enjoy mine.
Today at work Jessica and I put up the Dr Pepper and the Military exhibit, which turned out wonderfully!! It is so colorful and bright, and really patriotic looking. Here are a few pics from it, so come to the museum and check it out! You won't be disappointed!!
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Of Morals and Country Music.....
Friday night was the first time I had been home on a Friday in a long time. Usually I have plans Friday nights and I go home Saturday mornings, especially right now since my dad is about to leave again at the end of the month. So I get home Friday night and eat dinner and there is a knock on the door. Turns out that my dad had a consultation with like the 5th cable guy about getting the addition on our house rewired, and he finished all his jobs during the day and came back Friday night with his supervisor. What he didn't tell my dad was that it was going to take every cable guy in Harker Heights and Killeen to get it done, so at one point there were about 10 cable trucks in our driveway and 16 cable guys working on the house. The were absolutely hilarious, and there was not much to do since they were working on the TV and the Internet, so me, my mom, and me dad sat around and drank almost 3 bottles of wine between us as we were watching the doors to make sure the cats didn't get out. but i didn't really feel bad, as I have the article my dad cut out of the paper about how red wine is good for you to back up my drunken actions. HA! I love wine, and home improvement is definitely funnier if you are drunk.
So many cable trucks! Partay!!
DJ also was not aware that Duncan was going to be there when she got to my parent's house this weekend. She just thought he was visiting! We only had one humping incident, and thankfully he is getting neutered the day after Thanksgiving. They both went to the beauty shop Saturday morning, and they are both so fluffy!!!
So here is what happened Saturday...
Saturday afternoon I went to a friend's wedding. I have known her and her family for a long time, but in actuality I was not invited, my parents were. This is fine with me as she and her brother were not invited to my wedding, just her parents were. This was a space thing, as I am sure it was for her yesterday. Anyway, we get to the place, which is beautiful. We go down to the amphitheater, which is where the ceremony will take place, and it is this cool limestone background with limestone terraced seating with trees all around and the weather was just perfect. So, this is where it started to get weird. Affixed to the back of the amphitheater is a HUGE wooden cross, which would be fine except that if you do not want to have a Christian ceremony that beautiful place is pretty much out. So the wedding starts and she is beautiful, and her dad gives her away, and everyone is crying. Well, I wasn't, but I was enjoying it. So right off the bat, the preacher, who obviously did not know them, called her husband-about-to-be the wrong name, and that kind of set the mood for the ceremony. The first reading was the typical 1 Corinthians, and then they said their vows. His were all about him being the head of the household and how he would be the spiritual center of their family and he alone could make her complete spiritually and all of this REALLY misogynistic stuff. Her vows were about her respecting him as he guides her spiritually and how she will support him as the spiritual leader of their home and be there at all times to support him in his spirituality and his leadership of her. Ugg. And then there was the reading "Of Husbands and Wives" which basically said that she was inferior to him and she best not talk back to him. Ugg times two. OK, so here is my fundamental problem with all of it. I think that if that is really what you believe then that is how your ceremony should be, and I have absolutely nothing against a wedding that addresses the spirituality of the union of two people. However, I know my friend, and I cannot in a million years see her being OK with ANY of what was said. Throughout the event it was obvious that the unique touches like the U2 song that was played as they left and the coffee bean centerpieces were all her, and the weird male chauvinist stuff was not. It really confused me. The worst part is that is was not really about them, it was about God. I think it should be about both if that is what you believe in, but why have a wedding if it is isn't to also celebrate the relationship the two people have, instead of how their relationship is only valid if they put God above each other. Anyway, it was way weird, mainly because it was not at all what I had expected from her. Other than those few minutes of confusion, the rest of the evening was wonderful! The food and drinks were good, the band was good, and they looked really happy.
Soooo, after that I was going to a Dierks Bentley, Randy Roger's Band, and Miranda Lambert concert with my sister and her friend Holly. I was not too excited as I am an old lady and don't like staying out late, but I made myself go and I am glad I did. So we got their late because of the wedding, and we were supposed to be meeting Carol's friends there and they were up at the very front. We got there before the thing started, and there were about ten ros of people on the floor between us and them, and it took us like 10 minutes to work up the courage to push through the people to get up to where they were. So once we did we were getting horrible looks from the girls around us because I am so tall. Well bitches, I can't do anything about it, so step off! So we maneuvered around so everyone could see, and after we did that they were nice to us and we had a good time. I felt bad, but I can't really do anything about how tall I am. So the show started and the Randy Roger's band came out first, and even though they were the opening number, I liked them the best of all. So of course there were the assholes who waited until right before Deirks Bentley came on to try and push their way up to the front, and there was this one guy in particular who literally shoved middle school girls out of the way to get up there, like he knocked them over in his fervor to get to the front. We almost got him kicked out, but he found a pocket and settled down. He is lucky the crowd of pre-teen girls didn't shank him with their sharpened pink Moto RAZRs!!! Now, let me just say that Deriks Bentley is a tiny little man. He was also not very attractive in person, but entertaining none the less. This all leads to the fact that I am puzzled with peoples' reactions in big crowds like that. We live in a world that is supposed to bring us closer together, but because of the Internet and what I am doing RIGHT NOW we are way more uncomfortable then ever to be in a small confined space with other people. This is why I am never surprised at people's reactions in crowds. It was fun, check out the pics below!
So many cable trucks! Partay!!
DJ also was not aware that Duncan was going to be there when she got to my parent's house this weekend. She just thought he was visiting! We only had one humping incident, and thankfully he is getting neutered the day after Thanksgiving. They both went to the beauty shop Saturday morning, and they are both so fluffy!!!
So here is what happened Saturday...
Saturday afternoon I went to a friend's wedding. I have known her and her family for a long time, but in actuality I was not invited, my parents were. This is fine with me as she and her brother were not invited to my wedding, just her parents were. This was a space thing, as I am sure it was for her yesterday. Anyway, we get to the place, which is beautiful. We go down to the amphitheater, which is where the ceremony will take place, and it is this cool limestone background with limestone terraced seating with trees all around and the weather was just perfect. So, this is where it started to get weird. Affixed to the back of the amphitheater is a HUGE wooden cross, which would be fine except that if you do not want to have a Christian ceremony that beautiful place is pretty much out. So the wedding starts and she is beautiful, and her dad gives her away, and everyone is crying. Well, I wasn't, but I was enjoying it. So right off the bat, the preacher, who obviously did not know them, called her husband-about-to-be the wrong name, and that kind of set the mood for the ceremony. The first reading was the typical 1 Corinthians, and then they said their vows. His were all about him being the head of the household and how he would be the spiritual center of their family and he alone could make her complete spiritually and all of this REALLY misogynistic stuff. Her vows were about her respecting him as he guides her spiritually and how she will support him as the spiritual leader of their home and be there at all times to support him in his spirituality and his leadership of her. Ugg. And then there was the reading "Of Husbands and Wives" which basically said that she was inferior to him and she best not talk back to him. Ugg times two. OK, so here is my fundamental problem with all of it. I think that if that is really what you believe then that is how your ceremony should be, and I have absolutely nothing against a wedding that addresses the spirituality of the union of two people. However, I know my friend, and I cannot in a million years see her being OK with ANY of what was said. Throughout the event it was obvious that the unique touches like the U2 song that was played as they left and the coffee bean centerpieces were all her, and the weird male chauvinist stuff was not. It really confused me. The worst part is that is was not really about them, it was about God. I think it should be about both if that is what you believe in, but why have a wedding if it is isn't to also celebrate the relationship the two people have, instead of how their relationship is only valid if they put God above each other. Anyway, it was way weird, mainly because it was not at all what I had expected from her. Other than those few minutes of confusion, the rest of the evening was wonderful! The food and drinks were good, the band was good, and they looked really happy.
Soooo, after that I was going to a Dierks Bentley, Randy Roger's Band, and Miranda Lambert concert with my sister and her friend Holly. I was not too excited as I am an old lady and don't like staying out late, but I made myself go and I am glad I did. So we got their late because of the wedding, and we were supposed to be meeting Carol's friends there and they were up at the very front. We got there before the thing started, and there were about ten ros of people on the floor between us and them, and it took us like 10 minutes to work up the courage to push through the people to get up to where they were. So once we did we were getting horrible looks from the girls around us because I am so tall. Well bitches, I can't do anything about it, so step off! So we maneuvered around so everyone could see, and after we did that they were nice to us and we had a good time. I felt bad, but I can't really do anything about how tall I am. So the show started and the Randy Roger's band came out first, and even though they were the opening number, I liked them the best of all. So of course there were the assholes who waited until right before Deirks Bentley came on to try and push their way up to the front, and there was this one guy in particular who literally shoved middle school girls out of the way to get up there, like he knocked them over in his fervor to get to the front. We almost got him kicked out, but he found a pocket and settled down. He is lucky the crowd of pre-teen girls didn't shank him with their sharpened pink Moto RAZRs!!! Now, let me just say that Deriks Bentley is a tiny little man. He was also not very attractive in person, but entertaining none the less. This all leads to the fact that I am puzzled with peoples' reactions in big crowds like that. We live in a world that is supposed to bring us closer together, but because of the Internet and what I am doing RIGHT NOW we are way more uncomfortable then ever to be in a small confined space with other people. This is why I am never surprised at people's reactions in crowds. It was fun, check out the pics below!
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Oh I Love Target!
Ok, so I am admitting an obsession of mine right here, right now. I LOVE TARGET!!! I love it because you can go there and get a huge bad full of relatively attractive clothing for $100.00, and the same size bag full of work clothes for $150.00. Nowhere else can you do that!! I have a really hard time justifying spending a lot of money on pants and tops. I end up selling everything in consignment at some point anyway, and if something was really expensive it makes it harder to part with based on principle. However, I do not have a problem shelling out the big bucks on shoes and purses and wallets. My favorite pair of shoes right now is the pair or Borns I bought in Las Vegas after my Target loafers failed me miserably. Don't get me wrong, the loafers are really cute, but they were not up to the 15 minute walk inside the hotel to get to our convention room. I wear them more now that I am usually in the safety of my very small office at work. Any, I love Target. I can safely say that about 90% of the clothing I wear on a regular basis at this time is from there. I also love the dog clothes, which DJ can smell when I bring them home. Wednesday I got her and Duncan matching Mr. and Mrs. Claus outfits for when we take them to get their pictures taken with Santa this Christmas. I love buying make-up there because there is a big selection and it looks clean and organized, unlike at Wal-Mart where it looks like someone just walked down the aisle with their arm extended randomly knocking things over. I love their shoes and jewelry because they are cheap but cute, and look like the designer ones I can't always afford. I do want to say that if you see me in a pair of cowboy boots, those are Steve Maddens for real; I did not buy them at Target. Target is one of the only places we registered for the wedding, and once we find an acceptable place to live our entire house will be furnished with Target things. The best thing about our Target is that it is right by Panda Express. I LOVE PANDA EXPRESS!!! I love their chow mein and orange flavored chicken. I actually just got hungry thinking about it!! So, usually when I am wearing lots of Target things I try to balance them out with a few of my more expensive items, like my Borns or Steve Maddens or ridiculously expensive GAP jeans, my mom's vintage Agner knee-high boots, my Giani Bini pumps, or things of that nature. And always my Coach purse. This makes me feel less like the penny-pincher that I am, except that I am only a penny-pincher with tops and pants.
So, I know this sounds all superficial, but I am a girl and I love to shop. Especially when I can replace my whole shirt wardrobe for $100.00. I work hard for my money, and I don't have any kids yet to drain every penny I make or a mortgage or a car payment or anything like that, so I am going to enjoy my money while I have it. I enjoy buying Vogue and looking at all the expensive things, but I also find comfort in the fact that if I ever bought one of those things I would feel ridiculous and never want to touch it for fear of staining it. I have only ever bought one really expensive pair of work pants in my life, and i have worn them constantly for almost 4 years now. The point of this lecture is to inform those of you out there on a tight budget that there is an answer, and it is Target.
So, another money dilemma I am in is that I want to sell my computer. I have a very nice Toshiba laptop that I got for my graduation present back in April, even though I don't graduate for another month. At the time the laptop that I had was falling apart, and I was about to have to take 2 online classes, so I needed the upgrade. But, it was right before I started work on the website at work, and I learned to love all that Macs can do. Now I want to buy a Mac laptop, but I don't have the money. Ideally I would like to keep my Toshiba and just buy the Mac too, but I don't think that will fly with the mister. My Toshiba has a huge hard drive and memory, wide screen but still small, and great speakers. I love it but I want a Mac too. I just want everything! Let me know if you are interested in buying....
Well, I am too tired to write anymore, but what can you do? I am going to sleep...
~MB
Two of my Target favs...
This is a sweater i am loving right now. It is all bunched up around my boobs becasue the plunge goes down to my tummy and you are supposed to wear a shirt under it, but I was too lazy to put another one on. I have a grey one just like it!
These are my fav shoes. I never wear them because they have a 5" heel and I am 5'10" flat-footed, but they are good for work sometimes. Very cute!
So, I know this sounds all superficial, but I am a girl and I love to shop. Especially when I can replace my whole shirt wardrobe for $100.00. I work hard for my money, and I don't have any kids yet to drain every penny I make or a mortgage or a car payment or anything like that, so I am going to enjoy my money while I have it. I enjoy buying Vogue and looking at all the expensive things, but I also find comfort in the fact that if I ever bought one of those things I would feel ridiculous and never want to touch it for fear of staining it. I have only ever bought one really expensive pair of work pants in my life, and i have worn them constantly for almost 4 years now. The point of this lecture is to inform those of you out there on a tight budget that there is an answer, and it is Target.
So, another money dilemma I am in is that I want to sell my computer. I have a very nice Toshiba laptop that I got for my graduation present back in April, even though I don't graduate for another month. At the time the laptop that I had was falling apart, and I was about to have to take 2 online classes, so I needed the upgrade. But, it was right before I started work on the website at work, and I learned to love all that Macs can do. Now I want to buy a Mac laptop, but I don't have the money. Ideally I would like to keep my Toshiba and just buy the Mac too, but I don't think that will fly with the mister. My Toshiba has a huge hard drive and memory, wide screen but still small, and great speakers. I love it but I want a Mac too. I just want everything! Let me know if you are interested in buying....
Well, I am too tired to write anymore, but what can you do? I am going to sleep...
~MB
Two of my Target favs...
This is a sweater i am loving right now. It is all bunched up around my boobs becasue the plunge goes down to my tummy and you are supposed to wear a shirt under it, but I was too lazy to put another one on. I have a grey one just like it!
These are my fav shoes. I never wear them because they have a 5" heel and I am 5'10" flat-footed, but they are good for work sometimes. Very cute!
Monday, November 06, 2006
I love ice cream!
So this weekend I went with David, Ryan, David's mom Linda, and my sister Carol to Lubbock for the Baylor vs. Texas Tech game. For those of you who don't know me you may wonder why I drove 6 hours to the middle of the desert to go to a football game, a sport which I am not very fond of watching, but many of David's cousins go there and all of his family on his dad's side were going to be there, so I thought I should go with them. It was advertised to me as a stress-free weekend, which of course it was not. In fact it was very stressful, as David, Carol and myself all slept in the same bed and Ryan slept on the floor of our room both nights. I am not going to go into the details of all that annoyed me this weekend as I have vented A LOT already, so I will just let it go. Saturday night we went bowling with all the cousins, which leads me into the story of my eating issues. How you might ask? Well, Saturday we ate at Rosa's after the game at around 3:00 and by the time we went bowling it was 11:00 at night, and all I had had since then was about 8 glasses of Sprite. So at about 1:00 in the morning I had another heart palpitation, almost fainting attack. The history behind those is that I basically was not eating well at all and not taking a multivitamin since school started and my heart was beating funny a lot. I went to th doctor and he told me to eat healthier and take a vitamin, so I have been and I have felt a lot better. But Saturday I did not do that and it hit me like a ton of bricks. The problem is that I LOOOOVVEEE ice cream, bread, fruit, candy, and especially coffee. I am not a vegetarian on purpose, but the only time I really eat meat is at the Roadhouse. So I have been trying to eat meat even though I don't like it. The thing is that I can only eat a little meat and then I get sick of it, but I will eat bread until I think I am going to puke. I LOVE it! The same goes for ice cream. So, the point is, I am trying to eat better. Whoop-dee-do.
Next on my list is the fact that I am a huge product junkie. Many of you know this, but I really realized it today. Let me start out by saying that my lip gloss collection is huge, and I have more lotion than I know what to do with. My two main weaknesses are Kiehls and Origins. Funny story about Origins. Jennie and I went to the one in Vegas, and even that sales lady who had known me for 5 minutes told me she thought I am a product junkie. Ok, so today I got an email from Kiehls saying that I would get free shipping on orders of $40.00 or more, so I go on the site and put $16.00 face wash, $17.00 body oil, and $16.00 dog shampoo in my cart and sat there and stared at it for 20 minutes trying to rationalize getting it. I was actually going to spend $16.00 on dog shampoo! Now, that is not to say that I might not buy it later, but with about $700.00 worth of Christmas gifts looming in the next month, I was very proud of my self that at this time I just exited the screen. Whew!
So with Christmas around the corner I am getting ready for the fact that I am about to be out in the "real world" of the work force, but I am not sure how applicable that is to the job I will have. I love my job because it is fun but serious at the same time, and the people I work with are great. I am blogging right now even though I have a paper I need to be writing, so I am looking forward to being able to do this all I want without the threat of homework looming over me. Because I love my job so much I will advertise for the Dr Pepper Museum right here on my own blog. I recently redid the newsletter, which features items in the giftshop. Need a great holiday gift? Check it out! For the newsletter go to www.dpmnewsletter.blogspot.com/ or the gift shop at www.drpeppermuseum.org/drpepperstore/. Love it!
Next on my list is the fact that I am a huge product junkie. Many of you know this, but I really realized it today. Let me start out by saying that my lip gloss collection is huge, and I have more lotion than I know what to do with. My two main weaknesses are Kiehls and Origins. Funny story about Origins. Jennie and I went to the one in Vegas, and even that sales lady who had known me for 5 minutes told me she thought I am a product junkie. Ok, so today I got an email from Kiehls saying that I would get free shipping on orders of $40.00 or more, so I go on the site and put $16.00 face wash, $17.00 body oil, and $16.00 dog shampoo in my cart and sat there and stared at it for 20 minutes trying to rationalize getting it. I was actually going to spend $16.00 on dog shampoo! Now, that is not to say that I might not buy it later, but with about $700.00 worth of Christmas gifts looming in the next month, I was very proud of my self that at this time I just exited the screen. Whew!
So with Christmas around the corner I am getting ready for the fact that I am about to be out in the "real world" of the work force, but I am not sure how applicable that is to the job I will have. I love my job because it is fun but serious at the same time, and the people I work with are great. I am blogging right now even though I have a paper I need to be writing, so I am looking forward to being able to do this all I want without the threat of homework looming over me. Because I love my job so much I will advertise for the Dr Pepper Museum right here on my own blog. I recently redid the newsletter, which features items in the giftshop. Need a great holiday gift? Check it out! For the newsletter go to www.dpmnewsletter.blogspot.com/ or the gift shop at www.drpeppermuseum.org/drpepperstore/. Love it!
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Introducing Duncan!
So this is Duncan, the dog my mom and dad adopted yesterday. The woman who owned him had been recently divorced after being married for 35 years, and her daughters gave him to her as a Mother's Day. She is on a tight budget and had no time for him, so he was basically being ignored. Thankfully the lady is friends with a woman mom works with and she told mom about him. She brought him over and he played with DJ and the cats and had a grand old time, so they decided to give him a good home. He is a white poodle, obviously, and he weighs about 7 pounds. DJ is excited to have a little brudder!
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Happy Day of the Dead!
Well hello! Today in my Latin American History class we had to write poems for Day of the Dead. Now, I do not consider myself a poem person, but mine was totally the best. We each had to pick names out of a hat to determine which classmate we wrote about, and I chose Juan. He told me he likes politics, and since he was not specific about his political persuasion, he was a Democrat. Here is how Juan dies:
Of Juan and Politics…
One day while watching 24 Juan dreamt a political dream,
He yearned to make a difference on the Democratic scene.
His passion was for Womens’ Rights and minority representation,
So he waited out President Bush’s term until he could attend Hilary’s inauguration.
With the prowess of Jack Bauer and the determination of President Palmer,
He marched out to the voting booth and marked his choice with honor.
In January he bought his ticket and made his way to Washington,
And to both his manly and political delight the crowd was filled with braless women!
As the ceremony started the crowd became excited,
The pure animosity towards men made all the feminists delighted!
Juan was not quite sure in all the rage how he should react,
But all at once he knew as they started to attack!!
“Don’t let that man get away!” they cried and screamed aloud!
And that is how in one felled swoop Juan was trampled by the feminist crowd.
Hilary was ushered in that day, but not without a loss,
And Juan will be forever remembered as the man who died of feminist accost.
My class thoroughy enjoyed it, and I guess if you have to be a Democrat and die, this is a great way to go.*
My dad also pointed out that my blog desription at the top of the page about me being amish might offend some people out there, which I think is highly unlikely for two reasons. One, I don't think amish people read my blog because they don't use computers. Two, I like amish people and that saying is referencing the fact that now that I am Mary Webster, I sound amish to myself. This is compounded by the fact that my husband looks like he is amish because his beard is extremely full and luxurious. He will not shave. So that is the explanation behind my blog description, which is not good anymore since I had to explain it.
*After posting this and thinking about it for a while, I decided to clarify. I hope everyone knows that my comment above about democrats does not mean that I am, in contrast, a republican. I hate political parties, and do not consider myself of any political orientation. I recently went to vote in the state elections, which I did not want to do. I am completely uninformed about the issues the people who are running stand for, and I mainly don't care because their stupid political ad campaigns interrupt my viewing of Friends reruns. So, under extreme pressure from my mother, who is a republican, I went and voted. I felt horrible afterwards because I think it is better to not vote at all than to vote if you are uninformed, but then I felt bad about not doing my American duty. Ugh. However, it did make me feel better to tell her that I would just vote straight Democrat since I knew she was voting straight Republican, and that would cancel out my vote. This would solve my not-wanting-to-vote-but-feeling-like-I-must dilemma. Ha!
Let me be straight. In less than a month my father is about to embark on his second 14-month tour of duty to Iraq, just in time to miss Christmas. This will be the second Christmas he has missed because of this war. However, I know that while he is over there he is protecting the shit out of our country, and I am proud of him for doing what he must. In other issues, I love to fill up my gas-guzzling '97 Mustang at the Shell station, I think homosexual people should be able to do everything straight people do, I want to be able to get all the birth control I want, and I want to be able to teach kids the "under God" version of the Pledge of Alliegence when we put up our "Dr Pepper and the Military" exhibit at the Museum later this month. So those are some things I would fight for, but not by labeling myself as a "Republican" or a "Democrat." I love America and don't want to live anywhere else. Especially not Russia (Liz is the only person who can understand this sentiment as she is my only friend who took the Russian History class with me).
Of Juan and Politics…
One day while watching 24 Juan dreamt a political dream,
He yearned to make a difference on the Democratic scene.
His passion was for Womens’ Rights and minority representation,
So he waited out President Bush’s term until he could attend Hilary’s inauguration.
With the prowess of Jack Bauer and the determination of President Palmer,
He marched out to the voting booth and marked his choice with honor.
In January he bought his ticket and made his way to Washington,
And to both his manly and political delight the crowd was filled with braless women!
As the ceremony started the crowd became excited,
The pure animosity towards men made all the feminists delighted!
Juan was not quite sure in all the rage how he should react,
But all at once he knew as they started to attack!!
“Don’t let that man get away!” they cried and screamed aloud!
And that is how in one felled swoop Juan was trampled by the feminist crowd.
Hilary was ushered in that day, but not without a loss,
And Juan will be forever remembered as the man who died of feminist accost.
My class thoroughy enjoyed it, and I guess if you have to be a Democrat and die, this is a great way to go.*
My dad also pointed out that my blog desription at the top of the page about me being amish might offend some people out there, which I think is highly unlikely for two reasons. One, I don't think amish people read my blog because they don't use computers. Two, I like amish people and that saying is referencing the fact that now that I am Mary Webster, I sound amish to myself. This is compounded by the fact that my husband looks like he is amish because his beard is extremely full and luxurious. He will not shave. So that is the explanation behind my blog description, which is not good anymore since I had to explain it.
*After posting this and thinking about it for a while, I decided to clarify. I hope everyone knows that my comment above about democrats does not mean that I am, in contrast, a republican. I hate political parties, and do not consider myself of any political orientation. I recently went to vote in the state elections, which I did not want to do. I am completely uninformed about the issues the people who are running stand for, and I mainly don't care because their stupid political ad campaigns interrupt my viewing of Friends reruns. So, under extreme pressure from my mother, who is a republican, I went and voted. I felt horrible afterwards because I think it is better to not vote at all than to vote if you are uninformed, but then I felt bad about not doing my American duty. Ugh. However, it did make me feel better to tell her that I would just vote straight Democrat since I knew she was voting straight Republican, and that would cancel out my vote. This would solve my not-wanting-to-vote-but-feeling-like-I-must dilemma. Ha!
Let me be straight. In less than a month my father is about to embark on his second 14-month tour of duty to Iraq, just in time to miss Christmas. This will be the second Christmas he has missed because of this war. However, I know that while he is over there he is protecting the shit out of our country, and I am proud of him for doing what he must. In other issues, I love to fill up my gas-guzzling '97 Mustang at the Shell station, I think homosexual people should be able to do everything straight people do, I want to be able to get all the birth control I want, and I want to be able to teach kids the "under God" version of the Pledge of Alliegence when we put up our "Dr Pepper and the Military" exhibit at the Museum later this month. So those are some things I would fight for, but not by labeling myself as a "Republican" or a "Democrat." I love America and don't want to live anywhere else. Especially not Russia (Liz is the only person who can understand this sentiment as she is my only friend who took the Russian History class with me).
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
OK, so this is me in front of the huge Abercrombie and Fitch billboard at Fashion Mall in Vegas. Now, there has been some controversy about my keeping company with many shirtless guys while in Vegas, but thankfully none of this controversy has come from David, who really doesn't care since he knows what the deal is. He has a beard for goodness sakes! He has no insecurities!! Anyway, I assure you, that these are the least harmful of all the guys we saw, due mainly to the fact that they have no heads. Also I am not a fan of Abercrombie and Fitch since they feel it is good business to make sizes only Nicole Richie can wear, but this was just too good to pass up. Jennie took this picture, and she is now giving her sister Susannah a run for her money as a photographer. J/K!! Here is the link to Susannah's site: http://www.susannahsheppard.com/ But really, Jennie took this and it is one of my favorites from the trip. Enjoy!
New Fav....
nataliedee.com
This is a smapling of the comics that Natalie Dee does. She looks eerily similar to Natalie from the Dixie Chicks, but I am sure she would get pissed off at me for saying that, so we will write it off as just a passing observation. Check out her website at www.nataliedee.com and also her and her husband Drew's website at www.marriedtothesea.com. I garantee they are laugh-out-loud funny!! If you do not laugh out loud at at least ONE of their comics, I will give you your money back. But first you have to give me some money, so there you go. Peace!
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Friday and Saturday in Vegas...
So on Friday we slept in and had a luxurious breakfast with $5.00 glasses of orange juice and Jack and Linda picked us up around 12:30 to go to the Venetian shops. We stayed there all afternoon and went to Sephora and some places like that. We also were right outside of Tao, which had its birthday party with a ton of celebrities later that night. So we think we are finished shopping there but Linda wants to stop back by this place she went in before called David and Goliath, and we ended up spending about an hour and a half in there! They had the cutest sushi stuff, and I bought magnets and stuff. The funniest part was that the people who worked there had been at the Thunder from Down Under show with us, and the girl had won the "Fake Orgasm" contest, and the Sly guy asked her out! So funny, and they remembered us and we talked for a while. So after that we went back to Jack and Linda's hotel room to print out our boarding passes for the next day and relax for a while, then we went to Freemont street to see the Freemont Street Experience. It was in the VERY SKEEZY part of town, which we were not accustomed to after our week of luxury. It didn't help that the light show was just women in bikinis dancing on the ceiling. So at one point I had to go to the bathroom and we went in the Golden Nugget and I honestly thought we might not get out without getting shot. So scary!! So after we finished there Jack and Linda dropped us off at the Riviera to see American Storm!
Here is the story behind American Storm... I was a big fan of the VH1 show Stripsearch when it was on, and the premise was the creator of Thunder from Down Under wanted to create and American version, and that is what the show was about. They literally got in an RV and drove around auditioning these average Joes then training them and the winners get their own Las Vegas show. So once the show was over I never heard anything else about it, but on Wednesday we were in our new hotel room looking through the magazine that you get and we came across an ad for it and it had a two-for-onw ticket deal! So that night was Thunder, and we decided to play it by ear depending on how well we liked Thunder. Well, as you know we were not that impressed with Thunder, but we didn't really have anything to do so we decided to give it a shot...
So we get to the box office and get our VIP tickets, and there is already a group of people waiting. There are about 7 big black and hispanic girls, and a hilarious gay guy; they are all talking big time shit to anyone who will listen. So they were the only people in line yet, so we went and grabbed a bite of food for dinner then came back and got in line. We waited for forever, and the people that had been there before just got louder and we got more scared! So we finally get to go in and we are across the isle from the crazy people, but I am sitting on the outside on the middle isle, and they are sitting on the outside of the isle opposite me, so we are safe. So the show starts and I am in a prime spot and all the guys at some point came up and messed with me. And let me just say that the American Storm show was in an actual theater, with cushy seats and tables and a person that came and took your drink order, and it was just all around much nicer than Thunder. So in the show there are 3 main guys and the MC named Josh who alos gets his own part of the show. So when it was his part he same out into the audience and messed with me, and we were clapping and laughing and the guys were smiling and were great dancers. So after Josh's part the show is almost over and I look down and realize that THE DIAMOND OUT OF MY ENGAGEMENT RING IS GONE!!!! I thought I was going to throw up I was so panicked! I immediately started looking around in my area to see if I could find it but, I did not see it anywhere. And all of a sudden the gay guy sitting across the aisle from me who was talking so much shit earlier asks me in the nicest voice what is wrong. I am not going to lie that I thought I might not tell him becasue he might find it and run, but I decided to give him the benefit and tell him what was up. He was so nice and told me that he and his friends were not leaving until they helped me find the diamond! So nice! So after the show we all start looking and the lights guy refuses the turn up the lights so I can look and says that the theater turns into a club after American Storm and that I will have to come back and look at 3:00 am when the club closes, but that he will give me a flashlight and good luck with that. Such an asshole!! So at this point I am starting to panick because I think there is no way I will be able to find it in the dark, and all of a sudden one of the guy's frinds pops up and says "Is this it?" while holding the diamond. I was SO releived that I just started bawling, and we paid for her drinks and her pic with the guys. So i was calm while we were looking because I knew we had insurance, but it would just not be the same. I am also gratful that of all the places to lose it it was in a confined space, because any where else and it would have been gone forever! Jennie and I also learned that the lesson of the trip was not to judge people. Always wise:) After that we took a cab home and couldn't go to sleep until about 4:00 am because we were so hyped up on adrenaline.
So the next morning we went to the Rio to eat a breakfast buffet, and we got to take pictures by the Chippendale's theater! So fun, and sexy too!! The breakfast buffet was ok, but after all the amazing food we had eaten it did not really measure up. We went to the airport and turned in the rental car, and winged our way back to Austin. It was a long trip, but so fun! I would recomment Vegas to anyone who can do it right!!
Here is the story behind American Storm... I was a big fan of the VH1 show Stripsearch when it was on, and the premise was the creator of Thunder from Down Under wanted to create and American version, and that is what the show was about. They literally got in an RV and drove around auditioning these average Joes then training them and the winners get their own Las Vegas show. So once the show was over I never heard anything else about it, but on Wednesday we were in our new hotel room looking through the magazine that you get and we came across an ad for it and it had a two-for-onw ticket deal! So that night was Thunder, and we decided to play it by ear depending on how well we liked Thunder. Well, as you know we were not that impressed with Thunder, but we didn't really have anything to do so we decided to give it a shot...
So we get to the box office and get our VIP tickets, and there is already a group of people waiting. There are about 7 big black and hispanic girls, and a hilarious gay guy; they are all talking big time shit to anyone who will listen. So they were the only people in line yet, so we went and grabbed a bite of food for dinner then came back and got in line. We waited for forever, and the people that had been there before just got louder and we got more scared! So we finally get to go in and we are across the isle from the crazy people, but I am sitting on the outside on the middle isle, and they are sitting on the outside of the isle opposite me, so we are safe. So the show starts and I am in a prime spot and all the guys at some point came up and messed with me. And let me just say that the American Storm show was in an actual theater, with cushy seats and tables and a person that came and took your drink order, and it was just all around much nicer than Thunder. So in the show there are 3 main guys and the MC named Josh who alos gets his own part of the show. So when it was his part he same out into the audience and messed with me, and we were clapping and laughing and the guys were smiling and were great dancers. So after Josh's part the show is almost over and I look down and realize that THE DIAMOND OUT OF MY ENGAGEMENT RING IS GONE!!!! I thought I was going to throw up I was so panicked! I immediately started looking around in my area to see if I could find it but, I did not see it anywhere. And all of a sudden the gay guy sitting across the aisle from me who was talking so much shit earlier asks me in the nicest voice what is wrong. I am not going to lie that I thought I might not tell him becasue he might find it and run, but I decided to give him the benefit and tell him what was up. He was so nice and told me that he and his friends were not leaving until they helped me find the diamond! So nice! So after the show we all start looking and the lights guy refuses the turn up the lights so I can look and says that the theater turns into a club after American Storm and that I will have to come back and look at 3:00 am when the club closes, but that he will give me a flashlight and good luck with that. Such an asshole!! So at this point I am starting to panick because I think there is no way I will be able to find it in the dark, and all of a sudden one of the guy's frinds pops up and says "Is this it?" while holding the diamond. I was SO releived that I just started bawling, and we paid for her drinks and her pic with the guys. So i was calm while we were looking because I knew we had insurance, but it would just not be the same. I am also gratful that of all the places to lose it it was in a confined space, because any where else and it would have been gone forever! Jennie and I also learned that the lesson of the trip was not to judge people. Always wise:) After that we took a cab home and couldn't go to sleep until about 4:00 am because we were so hyped up on adrenaline.
So the next morning we went to the Rio to eat a breakfast buffet, and we got to take pictures by the Chippendale's theater! So fun, and sexy too!! The breakfast buffet was ok, but after all the amazing food we had eaten it did not really measure up. We went to the airport and turned in the rental car, and winged our way back to Austin. It was a long trip, but so fun! I would recomment Vegas to anyone who can do it right!!
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