Random Ramblings

2009-10-05T18:11:00.001-07:00

so apparently I AM A BITCH....AND I control my husband...Marco has no independent thought at all...glad to see people think so highly of my husband....
whatever people

BLAH

2009-08-27T18:56:00.000-07:00

Ever just feel "blah"? I have been feeling like that all week...dont know why....Im not "depressed"....jsut feel "blah". There isnt really a good reason, although i am finding that I have been taking little things really personally and getting offended at everyhting for some reason....i feel like everyone is picking at me or on me....although they probably arent and i am just paranoid....so i am just "blah" instead....i will probably snap out of it at some point and Im hoping the approaching weekend will rectify the situation....until then...........BLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh

frustration

2009-07-24T10:01:00.000-07:00

I am SERIOUSLY the worst girl ever....
This morning was a frustrating exercise in trying to find shoes to wear to ARnie and Becky's wedding that match the dress that my hubby picked out (mainly because i am incompetant with picking out any kind of dress other then a plain BLACK dress.). I found an "ok" set of shoes last night and bought then. However, i felt like i had to give DSW a chance.
Now, buying shoes for me has become an increasingly trecherous event as i have gotten older. It seems that with each of my 3 ankle surgeries, my left ankle/foot has morphed into a non-foot shaped object that fits into only aobut 1 percent of shoes out there. So not only was i looking for shoes to match my brown/gold dress (ad brown is totalyl out of season right now), i was lookign for shoes that a) FIT my mishapen foot and b) i could actually ambulate in.

Needless to say, i almost lost it in DSW. When i get frustrated, i pretty much get a "fuck you" attitude. If someone was in my brain (or trailing behind me, because im almost positive i was talking outloud to myself), this is what you would have heard:

- Fuck you Thais for having no sense of fashion and being a crappy girl
- Fuck you MArco for growing up with 4 woman and therefore being so good at picking out all of my clothing and thus rendering me out of practice for even attempting to be somewhat stylish
- Fuck you ankle doctor for my non-pretty, scarred up ankle
- Fuck you ankle for being such an assshole
- FUck you bunk bed at Drum Major academy for being so fucking high up
- Fuck you Lafeyette College for putting us in dorms that only had bunk beds
- Fuck you stupid ER doctors taht misdiagnosed my torn ligaments as a minor sprain, thus having me walk on torn ligaments for 3 months
- Fuck you trampoline for fucking up my fucking left ankle for the rest of my fucking life

soooo, basically at the end of my subconscious temper tantrum/schizophrenic break, i came to the conclusions that trampolines are the reason i am inept at picking out shoes....the moral of hte story is NEVER buy your child or let them use a trampoline.

This wasnt the end of my DsW experience. I went to look at hand bags for this dress as well. Now, most "girls" wuld look for a hand bag that would fit their lipstick, mascara, various feminine objects, compact....No, all iwas thinking was "hmmm..... will that bag fit my inhaler?"
Needless to say, i wound up NOT getting a clutch and decided that i will leave my inhaler in the car :)

In conclusion, I really am a crappy girl. I have only cooked 2 times in all of 2009, and have only worn make-up 2 times in 2009 ( i will be wearing make up this weekend, so i geuss this means i have to cook 2m ore meals....hmmmm). But, this is me, and my poor husband is stuck with me!

2009-07-19T18:22:00.001-07:00

so i am kind of addicted to the "house hunters" show on HGTV...i just love seeing differnt kind of houses. However, i find myself getting pissed when i see how much people are paying for these houses. I know that you pay a premium for lving in NJ....and i wouldnt live any where else. where else can you get to the city, mountains or beach with in one hour of your house? We have awesome places to eat, good health care, and zany people.
Tonight they were in New Mexico. Let me just say i would NEVER live there...every house and neighborhood was overwelmingly brown and burnt looking...actaully the house the people wound up buying came with 3/4 of acres of sand/dirt with it....very barren....
however, they bought a house for 244,000 dollars with 3000 square feet....and 3/4 acres (of dirt)......on a cul-de-sac....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......i paid more then that for my 1000 square foot house on a 60 by 100 lot......and to top it off, they were bitching about the price!!!!!!
anyway, i am hoping to catch one in an expensive area, like California or New York City so i can re-gain my pride and composure!

My post for today

2009-07-01T14:42:00.000-07:00

Ok, so here is my boring breakdown/thoughts for today:

- I had not one, but two, grossly inappropriate patients today. The first guy is basically dying (sadly); however, his daughter insists that he needs 3 hours of therapy a day AND should go to rehab. First of all, we are an acute care hospital...if you get 1/2 hour every other day, you are freakin' lucky. Second of all, this dude is dying - he has end stage cancer, cant breathe and his HR wont stay below 120,even at rest. He is a Code Blue waiting to happen. This poor guy cant even really talk anymore because he is so short of breathe; yet his daughter INSISTS he needs to be basically tortured with OT/PT....people like this need to be shot.
My second lady basically screamed the ENTIRE time we attempted to treat her....she has a old SEVERE CVA, a pelvic fracture and a hip fracture. The MD order says "Please get patient OOB and Ambulate." WE couldnt even do range of motion in bed with out her screaming bloody murder! PT/OT at this point is POINT LESS!! Me doing 10sets of shoulder flexion is NOT going to get this lady up and walking any time soon....Poor lady!
- One of my eating disorder clients said to me today "You know how it is when you just cant stop exercising?"....now, i know this is a therapeutic environment, but do I LOOK LIKE I KNOW HOW IT IS TO OBSESSIVELY EXERCISE?!?!?!?!? so hilarious!!!
- I hate when people try to do sneaky things....and they dont get the point of why you were upset in the first place....whatever
- I love my dogs....they rule. Its so nice to come home from a long day at work and just have two bundles of fur be so happy to see you....its an instant pick-me-up!

2009-06-30T17:45:00.000-07:00

I am trying to blog everyday...except, i dont think i have something witty, or exciting to say everyday.....Life tends to get into routines, which is fine...but it doesnt make great blogging materials.
For instance, my day:
woke up, went to work, treated a bazillion patients, including my somewhat cranky gorup today, left owrk, helped babysit for 45 minutes, drove home, went to dinner, took down the kayaks, took a shower, fed the dogs (late, sorry puppies), sat my ass on hte couch to blog, stalk people on Facebook, check the tabloids (and CNN and Huffington) and watch TV.....

Not great bloggin materials...im sure you all are fast asleep. Hopefully i will have greater materials for tomorrow...perhaps some pictures from LBI i will steal from Merry or Angie or some pictures of MAco and I trying to teach Angie how to ride a bike (also interesting)....we'll see!

Guilty Pleasure #5

2009-06-29T18:38:00.000-07:00

TMZ.com....and people.com....and wonderwall....and other random gossip sites.

Yes, I, Thais Kristina Petrocelli Migliaro, a person of sound mind and some intelligence, admit to loving to read the gossip websites.
It all started with my closeted reading of PEOPLE magazine. I seem to buy this magazine every week. I absoltly refuse to get a subscription, because i should be reading more intellectual magazines such as TIME or Newsweek. However, I love people magazine and can not resist buying it when i see it on the shelf (unless brad or angelina are on the cover, becuase frankly, they are dead to me after the jennifer aniston fiasco) There is nothing i like better then to come home from shopping, unpack all my stuff and then sit down on my couch and read my People magazine.
Well, my love for people magazine, in addition to my sometimes boredom/avoidance at my old job led to my addiction to people.com, as the state of nj had not blocked to this site. I love this site. For some reason, i enjoy seeing what Jessica Simpson ate for dinner, or the latest Jon and KAte fighting.....Its sick, i know. This past week, my BIL told me about TMZ...which i now check 4-5 times per day!!!! I think what also pushed my need to read the gossip sites is also my Other guilty pleasure of watching crappy reality shows/train-wreck TV, such as The Duggers, Jon and KAte, Girls NExT Door, etc etc (i have even watched the Tori Spelling show when home sick...i am not proud of it, but really, there is nothing on during the day).
Now, i do stay away from sites such as "ok" and "national enquire" and " US Weekly", as i feel those are less reputatble....not like people.com is more reputable, but i feel like they have better info.

yes, i am sad and pathetic....i could be spending my time on-line pursuing a masters degree or learning a new language...instead i am searching reading about Katie Holmes latest hair style......so so sad....

Back from Vaca

2009-06-27T14:12:00.000-07:00

We just returned from a FABULOUS week at LBI. We rented a house with my BIL, SIL, and Big E. The 6 of us had an awesome time, despite the weather. There was really only one day that was a total "washout", but we managed to keep busy! We did all of the things that i love to do at LBI, including eating at Skipper Dipper 3 times!! (not that i really had to twist any one's arms to ea ice cream). WE all got a little burnt (ok, chris got fried) on Thursday, but it was a perfect beach day.
So glad that my family got to spend time with me in a place that i have been going my whole life and love so much! CAnt wait to go back!

(...wow, did i just actaully write a positive, non-hostile blog post? Vacation sure did me some good!)

light bulbs

2009-06-17T19:32:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, I HATE change...i really do....I get all sorts of stressed and rebel against it...usually things turn out ok and i worry for nothing....

I think that is why i am so upset about the new energy saving light bulbs.

yes, i realize i am psychotic.

So, you know those "energy saving" light bulbs you can buy now that are shaped retardly and apparently last 2 years (which I think it TOTAL BULLSHIT!)? I HATE THEM!!! They are so so freakin' ugly! Light bulbs hsould be shaped like....LIGHT BULBS!!!! Thomas Edison's invention has lasted over a hundred year...why fuck with success, I ask you?!

I think it the shape of the "new" light bulbs that pisses me off the most....it is so ugly! And they are so ridiculously bright! Even though it says "60 watts"...its like 100 watts!! AND EXPENSIVE!! You hsould be able to buy light bulbs at the dollar store, as far as i am concerned...we paid $9.00 for two of those ugy contraptions!!! WTF!?

yes, i know i have lost it....I actually got into a lengthy arguement/temper tantrum in Target when my husband "insisted" on buying them becuase they are energy conscious, environmentally sounds, blah, blah blah, blah........I think the words "FUCK THE ENVIRONMENT" actually came out of my mouth.

Needless to say, i lost the arguement (temper tantrum) and we now own ugly-shaped, non thomas-edison, over-priced, way-too-bright, "environmentally" friendly lightbulbs....

like i said "fuck the environment"........I HATE CHANGE!

two AMAZING things!

2009-06-16T15:30:00.000-07:00

Number 1

I am so so excited - After 3 years of living in this house, we have finally decided what to do about the front landscaping...basically that involved hiring a landscaper...heheheh...but they finalyl came to day and it looks AWESOME!!

Number 2
Chris (my BIL) came camping with MArco and I last weekend!!!!!!! Ok, so he just came up for dinner and campfire fun, but he came out to the wilderness!!!! Bugs and all!!! It was very exciting!!! We took a picture to prove it - note the tent and campfire in the backgrounds!

Things that annoying me

2009-06-07T17:55:00.000-07:00

Ok, this is possibly me being over critical or over dramatic (things i can do quite well)...however, I just need to vent.

Now, I understand that everyone in this country has their own opionion on things and I respect that...believe it or not, i do...Most everyone knows I am a bleeding heart liberal. I understand that many people dont hold that value. The first thing we are always taught as children is to never talk politics, as it just brings out arguements and you are never going to change anyone's opinions....case in point, i know that my bro-in-law and sis-in-law are pretty much republicans...and yet they are some of my best friends....we just dont talk politics (or if we do, its just them making fun of me...in a humorous, non-competative way).

So, I log onto Facebook today and someone I went to college with must have been bored and took all of those stupid quizzes. Now, I try to keep facebook light-hearted, as it is a social networking sight basically for people-stalking and boredom. Granted, I have my own opionions....but i dont post messages about it, i dont take "quizzes" etc.....

So this person I went to college took all of these "opinion" polls and they pop up on my homepage...first off , i had when people take more then one quiz at a time on facebook,becuase it clogs up the status report thingies.....secondly, this perons took all hot button "social issue" quizzes.....

The first one is "I dont agree with assisted suicide" with a huge parargrapg narative....ok, while i dont agree, that one ill give you....

The second one is about "abortion"...now, as everyone probably knows, I am pro-choice.....however, i do not go around advertising that on Facebook, because that is such a hot button issue and not something I wish to discuss on facebook.....well this person (of course) Check "i do not agree with abortion" and then there is another huge paragraph explanation.

The third one was "gay marrige".....and you can only guess that this person is OF COURSE, against gay marriage.

Well, at this point I have had enough and my bleeding liberal heart is bleeding some more....and since I'm a loser, I think the best pay back is to go ahead and click that i am Pro-gay marriage (which I am----they are people just like you and I).....I had just reached my breaking point and played into the "Game"....It just pisses me off because this particular person (who i doubt is reading this blog because a) many of my prior posts are equally offensive, im sure and b) Im pretty positive that I only have 5 regular readers {chris, merry, bourtney erica and amy} and 3 occasional other readers {family members} who just read my blog to see if i am being offensive ) was like BEST FRIENDS with a person who was gay in college and, if my memory serves me correctly, even WENT to a gay club with us in college ....and now she is say that shit on facebook?!? WTF!? Its like saying "oh you are my good friend, i love hanging with you, your so fun...but i dont think you deserve that same rights as me, becuase i am a conservative straight christan and am more entitled to basic human rights then you are because i am better because I was born genetically pre-determined to like people of the opposite sex"...blah blah blah...I am actually really proud of myself because i didnt post a smart-ass comment on her facebook site or a smart ass comment as my status...like anyone really cares, because im sure they dont....but STILL!!

ok, so i guess this rant makes no sense to any one but me, and if i have offended any one, i dont really give a flying fuck. I do oddly feel better though...hmmm....ok, enough "politics" for awhile...back to talking about the weather!

Kayaking

2009-06-04T14:32:00.001-07:00

This one is after she consumed lots and lots of Gatorade....yummmmmmmmm....

BIg E taking a nap!

Big E surfing!

AS you know, my husband is OBSESSED with kayaking. This past weekend Marco , Merry and I took Big E kayaking. Needless to say, our little adventurer had the time of her life. Merry posted these pictures on facebook, but i felt like i needed to share them here.

She's a Killer!!! (pronouced "KEEL -- ER" with a bad southern hick redneck accent)

2009-06-03T18:50:00.001-07:00

I put this picture up because you can see how ferocious Chloe is...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.........look at her lion face.............she is deadly!!!

Ok, may be not.

However, as of June 3rd, 2009, its Chloe - 3, Cute furry Bunnies - 0.

Chloe has been catching and killing the bunnies that dare enter 132 Thomas ST. yard space. I am somewhat proud of her.....those bunnies are fast and Chloe is less then athletics. In fact she is famous for needing "rest breaks" when we walk her to the park (less then a mile away). but somehow she manages to get these bunnies in short bursts of adreneline.

I also feel bad for the bunnies as well. Somehow it is my job to scoop up the dead bunnies and dispose of them...mostly becuase my husband cant handle blood and guts too well....i have finally managed to get him to hold the "body bag". Im not going to lie, but it kind of stinks coming home from work to dispose of bunny bodies....oh well! hopefully the body count wont continue to climb!

Marco quote of the night

2009-06-01T18:55:00.000-07:00

poor marco is not feeling well...i have to share his cute quote of the night....

" I am driving somewhere for something yummy to make me feel better and you are paying for it!"

i am sad

2009-05-31T19:16:00.000-07:00

Why am I sad?!

I am watching the MTV movie awards to watch the sneak preview of "New Moon"....i am obsessed.....and pathetics....grrrr

my tummy

2009-05-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

I hate my tummy...and all the gastrointestinal parts that go with it.

I had the PLEASURE of an Endoscopy and a Sigmoidoscopy today...for all of oyu non-medical people, that would be cameras in both ends....NOT FUN!!!!!!!!!!

So, basically i was up all night anxious about the procedure, then got up at 5 am to do the prep and went to the hospital for 7 30.....needless to say,i am a bit tired.

And of course, what are the results? pretty much nothing i didnt know before....i have GERD, gastritis, duodenitis, proctitis - which basically means that my gastric system is irritated....no duh! The only new thing i learned is that i have a hiatal hernia, which is very common...which, frankly is almost comforting because i have been having chest pain for over a year and just thought it was anxiety and/or a heart problem i didnt want to know aobut...but surprise, its a hiatal hernia, which you can basically do nothing about...but at least im not dying or having major heart and/or panic attacks.....

and now my stomach is still hurting me this evening, even though i have been out of the procedure for 12 hours.....and i basically feel like im still at square one....blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

at least i have my loving hubby, who has taken good care of me all day :)

I RulE!

2009-05-10T18:53:00.001-07:00

Why do I rule? Take a look at my Saturday project:

ok I realizse its upside down, but i dont have the patience to flip it right side up.

that is the GIANT half dead rose bush I took out of the side of my house, formally known as "the jungle " (and not the one with dead animals).....I took this out all by myself..I RULE....it took me 45 minutes, a minor leg wound, "vinyl" burn from falling and rubbing my leg against the side of the house, and a lot of sweat, but I popped that sucker out! Needless to say I was very very proud of myself....I personally HATE to garden and do yard work.....But since i am not a mom, i didnt really have a good excuse to sit on my butt this weekend, so I attacked the yard...MArco nd I have prett much neglected the outside of the house for the past 3 years because we hate outdoor work. We have a landscape guy coming in to do the front where we took out all of the bushes out, but decided to try and do something with the backyard outselves, because hopefully in 3-4 years we will have an addition going on and will have to re-do the landscaping in the backyard entirely.

It took my 2 hours to mow the lawn, because of the rain.....and then i moved onto the "jungle" portion on the side of the house...this is the finished product...

guilty pleasure

2009-05-01T19:34:00.001-07:00

Guilty Pleasure #4 - Britney Spears
Yes, I am ashamed to type this...it was actually almost my guilty pleasure number 1, but i talked myslef out of admiting how much i like her and her music....but i've come around, because i dont think i am alone.
i have liked her since "oh baby baby" came out when i was in High school...there is just comething genious about shaking your ass in a slutty school girl outfit....yes, i realize that she has no musical talent whatsoever and as a person who is somewhat musical, i should hate her and admonish her for spreading her digitallymastered crap all over the airwaves and taking attendion away from REAL musicians/artist.......
but whatever....her songs are catchy, seductive and freakin' fun...there is nothing like singin "toxic" or "oops i did it again" at the top of you lungs.....when britney was crazy, i actually felt bad for her...I was rooting for her....the poor girl jsut needed some freakin' lithium!!!! Now i actually have recently downloaded "circus" "womenizer" and even "If you seak Amy" --which, by the way, is a shitty and genious song at the same time; however, i love it.....sad, sad, sad...i dont even LIKE club music- go figure!
So , that is my latest guilty pleasure....hopefully you all have some sort of respect left for me!

my stomach

2009-04-30T00:38:00.000-07:00

yes, its 3:38am on thursday morning...during the week....and i have to work in like 4 hours...why am I up, do yiu ask?
that would be my stupid stomach...i hate it....i have been away for 1 and half hours with my stupid stomach, occasionalyl running ot the bathroom at top speed.....i nearly broke the dog's nose with the last run, so i decided to cmap out on the couch for awhile in case these is something left in my body, which cant be possible, but then again....
I hate my stomach. This has been its status quo pretty much my entire life....I have memories dating back as far as the age of six of getting bad stomachaches, sour stomach and having ot run for hte bathroom...as i have aged, i have added the joys of indigestions and occasional gallbladder pain and nausea....If i have to hear ONe more time when i feel nauseous "oh are oyu pregnant?" I am goig to fucking punch that person....i get nauseous at least 1 time per week.
now, my husband says its becasue i am neuotic...which i am...and there isa direct coorelation to when i am upset and have stomach issues...he is correct...when iam upset or depressed about something, i dont get depressed - my stomach starts to bother me...however, there are those times when there is NO correlation and my body just fuckin' hates me....like tonight.....believe me, i was stressing about nothing when i was wnjoying a nice deep slumber in htis wonderful sleeping weather.....and its not like i had a hard night - i wen to choir (which i enjoy), and then sat my ass on the couch and watched mindless TV shows (which i also enjoy)....no stress!!!
I am guessing this time it is food related---only im not realyl sure what piece of food...hmphhhh.....
ok, well, gotta end this blog becuase my stomach is again killing me...lthanks for listening ot me bitch...im sure htis blog will make no sense in the am, but what ever...later

am i ever going to grow out of this?

2009-04-20T14:38:00.000-07:00

so, I am the biggest klutz in the world...those of you who know me can stop laughing now....yes, i realize that i am pointing out the obvious...but seriously...
Growing up, people would always say to my mom "oh she will grow out of this" " its just growing pains" " she is just adjusting to a growing body" (does it count that my waist size is still growing secondary to my love of yummy food? probably not)....well, i am now 27 and half (GASP!) and i am still the world's largest klutz! It gets embarrasing at work because much of my job involves teaching patients how to SAFELY get around the bathroom and the house with out falling....and i frequently trip during my demos....i try to play it off, but my patients arent that dumb.
This week my klutziness was in high drive. Wednesday night, while feeding my dogs, I managed to wack my fore head so hard on my table that i still have a lump and forehead pain. I actually CRIED for 30 minutes because it hurt so bad...who does this? how could i not see the freakin' table in front of me? How could i hit it with that kind of force???unbelievable...actually it was believable considering i once gave myself a concussion by reaching for a broom in my mother's kitchen and smacking my head on her cabinet.....when i was 24....
So I was recovering from my head injury when Marco and I went to the movies yesterday. Of course it was beautiful out and i was wearing flip flops (with a 1 inch platform - i know, not a smart choice, but my toes needed freedom afte a long winter or socks and shoes)....what do i do? I miss one of the steps in the movie theater, twist my (bad) ankle, some how get road rash from my knee rubbing the banister, and bruise myleft hip by hitting it on the same banister. If marco didnt stop my fall, I would have tumbled down the entire flight of stairs!!
People are always being like "thais, what is wrong with you?" or "pay attention, stupid!" ...ok maybe they dont say "stupid" but i know they are thinking it. I am telling you, i DO pay attention....there are time when i am traversing rough terrain when i actually have to think in my head "right foot, left foot".....Thank god I took 13 years of ballet (yes, you can start laughing now...erica was there...she has many stories...just imagine the hippos in Fantasia)...could you imagine how much MORE of a klutz I would be if I didnt take ballet?
So, is there hope for me? any suggestions? Or am I jut doomed for the rest of my life.....i think i may be doomed...Im going to die by knocking my self out with the refridgorator door or something like that....uggg

whiny bitches

2009-03-31T11:20:00.001-07:00

So I have been home with the stomach ick for two days....It is now 220pm and there is NOTHING to watch on TV....except those train-wreck shows such as Baby Story.....which, of course, like a train wreck, it is a horrific thing but you cant help but watch!
Today there is this crazy lady who already has a sosn who is only 1 years old and is currently getting ready to pop out triplets.....her and he husband decided when their 1st son was 3 months old, they hsould go back to the fertility doctor and try to have another because they wanted their son to have a playmate...low and behold, they had triplets, as tend to hapen with fertility treatment....
so this entire episode this woman has been crying and whiny that she "didnt know it was going to be so hard" , " i dont know how ia m going to manage" and she feel her first son will "not have a normal childhood" and will "be overshadowed" by the arrival of triplets...she also movced aBACK in with her poor parents for the last 3 weeks of her pregnancy because she couldnt deal.....now she is screaming at the nurse because her 1 year old is not allowed back in labor and delivery to "hang out" ...seriously...now she is exclaim at how she cant belive how "jealous" her one year old is....omg....................................ok, now i know my tolerance for baby-crazy people is somewhat low.......ok, its actually nil.....but COME ON!!!!!!!!! Did you actually htink it would be EASY to jsut pop out 3 more kids and take care of a one year old? Shouldnt these be questions that you and your husband should discuss BEFORE you get knock up? Its not like her gettin pregnant was a "oops" or anything...I really want to jump through the TV and slap this bitch...and her husband for going along with it!!!!!
ok, back to more train-wreck TV---i think the "Duggars" and "I didnt know I was pregnant" are on later today....OH NO! I am wrong!! "Briging home baby " is on...this is the show where they pick out two complete morons and follow them around for 36 hours after they have their kid....oh the drama....ok, not sure i can handle more whining so im giong to go watch the weather channel or something....

#3

2009-03-25T17:19:00.000-07:00

So, as some of you MAy or MAYNOT know, I absolutely refuse to pay money for shampoo and conditioner....its ridiculous the amount of money it costs to buy the "special" stuff.....I absolutely refuse to spend 6.99 for small bottle of Pantene conditioner....especially because i have thick hair and i have to put a crap load of shampoo and conditioner in my hair...Not to be conceited at all here, but i have in the past received a compliment or two about my hair ...people ask if i use pantene or something special.....the answer is "no"...my secret is actually kind of gross---i dont wash it everyday and i very rarely blow dry it all the way (usually only about 25% drying by blowdryer)...yes , i know, "HORRIFYING" but my hair doesnt look like i stuck it wet into an electrical socket and french fried it....I have always bought "off" brands or generic equivalents....I usually buy Suave, because it has a really great clarifying shampoo...but i digress, because the whole point of this blog is that I want to list.....
GUILTY PLEASURE #3 --which is Coconut flavored conditioner....i love it...i feel like a three year old when i open up the bottle and sniff it...sometimes i even giggle...but i absolutely love using the sugary sweet smelling conditioner....this pleasure also holds true to "groovin' grape" conditioner as well.....hehehehe

2 blogs in one night---holy shit!

2009-03-22T17:18:00.000-07:00

So, I am starting a new feature in my blog (thanks for the idea amy)..I am calling it "Guilty Pleasures." We all know what these are...these are those things or moments that you indulge in even though they are the stupidest things ever and you think that everyone would think you are crazy for doing/thinking/ enjoying them...however, usually, you come to find out that other people have similar guilty pleasures....at least, you hope that...well, even if you don't, maybe you can geta laugh out of how retarded I am.....so, here is my inaugural section:

Guilty Pleasure #1
Driving my car, blasting "Boyz II Men" songs at top volume, while singing along....selects include, but are not limited to, "MoTown Philly" and "Thank You"

Guilty Pleasure #2
Eating potato chips on your cold cut/sub sandwich....yummmoooo...especially good if they are salt and vinegar flavor

sweating to the Iditerod

2009-03-22T17:03:00.000-07:00

So, when i was younger, my mother used to iron to the "Sweating to the Oldies" videos...I never saw her "sweat" to these videos, but they seemed to be great for ironing...she always told me she was "preparing" by watching them thoroughly....
Well, tonight, marco and I just watched 2 hours of the iditorod (yes i am aware that we are losers, but cute dogs in beautiful alaska? its a win-win). Now, Chloe loves watching dogs on TV. We often watch dog-based shows just to see her watch TV, and whine and walked up to the TV and nose it...once she actually licked the TV screen, much to my husband's dismay....well, it seems as if WATCHING the Iditerod has tired her out....she has been sleeping for basically the last hour soundly on the floor (also an odd thing, as she is a spoiled brat and usually sleeps on the green recliner with blankets), which for those of you who know Chloe, is highly unusual, as she is either usually causing havoc by eating toilet paper, chasing bagheera, or whining to be let out... or sitting drectly on top of marco and I , pawing and licking us to death....but no, she is comotose on the floor...everyone once in a while, the TV will make dog sounds and her ears will move, but literally that is the extent of the activity....i guess WATCHING the dogs do strenous activity was just too much for her...I do have to remember this is the dog that needed a 20 minute nap AT spring lake park last time we walked there before we headed back. For those non-townies, its like 1/3 of a mile form our house, if that, across flat ground. We thought we were going to have to carry her 8 lb ass back to the house...clearly, she is beyond domesticated....I wish we could trade out her lazy gene and get rid of her need to hunt squirrels and possums in our back yard....silly spotted doggy..

license to breed

2009-03-04T14:09:00.000-08:00

i have come to the conclusion that people should need licenses to have children...yes i know that sound "horrible" of me, even "nazi" esquw........i am NOT proposingselective breeding or anyhitng like that.....but frankly i dont care what you may or maynot think. Iam dead serio0us. We need licenses to drive cars and we get rid of them every few years!
The reason i feel this way was again re-itterated today while doing chart reviews on the lovely unit i work on that deals mostly with adolescent girls. You hear stories about bad parents and usually think "oh the kids are just being dramatic"....well, in many of these girls' cases, they actaully arent being dramatic.....many of hte girls we see have parents who call them fat and ugly and useless or who are drug addicts or have their own serious issues....several of our clients have been raped or molested by a parent...and let me tell you once that happens you are pretty much fucked up for hte rest of your life, for good reason!.....and then people wonder why these people have so ,amy problems!!! So, if you need to give people a license to have children, i think that many of our socal service and mental health costs in this country will be cut down becuase dumb ass unresponsible jackasses wont be having and raising and fucking up their poor children....and now i am done venting for the day! :)

Day off

2009-02-27T18:06:00.000-08:00

So today i had a day off, since i worked last Sunday. Let me just tell you that work was hell on earth this week, so i really really was looking forward to this day and had make these wonderful grand plans of cleaning my entire house.
Well, a brand new set of brakes and 400 some odd dollars later, i was about 3 hours behind schedule....and then i went to target where i had a near orgasm at the new fli flop diplay ( i cant wait util thursday when i get paid!!! :) )
So about 3:00 I finally got home and set to my plan of attack. The major thing i wanted to clean out was my small armour (not sure i'm spelling that right, but whatever) upstairs. Since we moved in, the armour as my catch all for my random crap suck\hs as pictures, old OT shcool books, arts and craft supplied, pens pencils and any random junk.
Well, for those of you who know me, i am a bit of a pack rat. Today just further illistrated that.
Contents inside the armour included, but were not limited to, My snake box my sister in law so lovingly made me, my old kindegarten class picture, Old valentine's cards from marco, seashells from when we first started to date, All of my birthday cards from my 24th birthday, theraband from my short time as ahomecare therapist, old canisters of undeveloped film, programs from musical presentations from high school and college, old movie ticket stubs, old card from when i was in college, my college ID, a ticket to mine and marco's graduatiojn, and so on and so on and so on....and of course, what did i do with all of this stuff? Did I sort it out and thin it down??? Noooooooooooooo........I bought a storgae container form target and put most of the crap in there...Im not sure why i save this stuff, since im not having children, and no one will appreciate this shit except for me......and some of it, including my snake box, i just put back where it came from...this time, in an ORGANIZED fashion....so yeah, basically im a hopeless pack rat....im going to be 90 and going to the nursing home with my boxes of random ticket stubs, photos, and old birthday cards....sadly enough, this also proves my theory that i am turing into my grandmother, because when i moved INTO her house, I had to sort through boxes of old holiday and brithday cards, ticket stubs, etc etc etc.......and sadly enough i also really enjoyed going through this stuff...i guess it takes on pack rat to know another pack rat!
anyway, my day off is over, but i have successfully organized that armour as well as my laundry closet.....now if i could just get to the rest of the house...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmphhhhhh

YOU KNOW YOU'RE OLD WHEN...

2009-02-19T20:15:00.001-08:00

You make a "Back to the Future" reference (and there are so many of those) and your 19 year old niece looks at you like you just told her the earth was flat and goes "Is that the one with Brendon Fraiser in it?"

Punxsutawney Chloe? ....You Decide!

2009-02-10T18:05:00.001-08:00

So every year, my dog Chloe, whose origins are somewhat unknown, sheds pretty much every single hair on her body. Usually this occurs in the spring time, around March. Conversly, she gets very very fluffy and soft and warm for the winter. It seriously looks like she puts on 10 pounds for the winter and gets skinny in the summer.

This year Chloe's coat got ridiculously fluffy in NOvember. Marco and I were convinced it was going to be a cold winter....and, as we all know, the weather, sans that last few days, has been RIDICULOUSLY freezing!

Well, last week Chloe started sheding her fur like CRAZY!!! My couch and clothing in COVERED with Chloe fluff. Marco brushed her TWICE on Sunday and my backyard was full of floating chloe fluffs. SOOOO...I am banking on the fact that Winter is almost over and Chloe is more accurate then that stupid groundhog, who says 6 more weeks......Lets see if my theory holds!!! If not, I am going to have a really, really cold puppy!!!!

my weekend

2009-02-07T17:35:00.000-08:00

So I am spending this weekend doing a course on Kineseo taping. For those of you who arent PT/OT/Atheltic-type people, Kineseo taping in aform of taping which can do lots of cool stuff like inhibit or faciliate muscle gorups, protect joint, get rid of bruising/swelling, etc etc etc....I only totally understanding about 40 percent of what is going on , becuase a lot of it is PT based (ie back and spine)...however, its pretty neato! I took a picture of a gastroc. (calf) taping taht was done on me to help with plantar fascitis....i am testing it out to see if it really does anything for my plantar pain...we'll see!!!

Anyway, the upper extremity stuff is pretty cool and seems useful. I also learned one to help with lower back pain, so im hoping to use that on myself when my back is killing me.

later!!!

in mourning.

2009-02-05T15:22:00.000-08:00

I just finished "breaking Dawn" last night at 11:05pm (late for me, isnt it?)

I am so sad....

*SIGH*

I feel like I dont even want to read anything else because NOTHING will live up to TWILIGHT....

I cant belive Im on this bandwagon....i usually shun books that are so popular...but there is a reason these books are popular. I have not been this engrossed and personalyl connect to a set of books since I read the "little house on the prarie" set when i was 9....and at least those books are based on real events and real people and not werewolves and vampires! In my small brain, the Cullen family of vampires are living out in Washington, jsut waiting for me to come a visit...I was acutally having dreams about these books and characters, including dreams i had last night!
sad, i know..... hmph! :(

helllooooooooooooooo

2009-01-22T15:38:00.000-08:00

S I havent blogged lately becasue a) i havent had much to talkabout and b) all of my sarcasm is always aimed towards teh same gorup of people who i cant say anything about on this blog because they stalk me and becuase it will make me look like an ass and make them cranky and hostile and i dont feel like dealing with their pettiness..

anywho - not much have been going on with me. Today was my 90th day at Somerset Medical Center and I am *officially* off probation and am a permant employee!! Wahooo! not really sure what that means but i think it means that I am harder to fire!! even better!! heheheh... i really love my new job and i just recently started to work on the eating disorders unit! so far, so good..im not sure if its the honeymoon period or what not but the groups there have been somewhat easy in comparision to the non-descript shit hole of a state hospital i used to work at. Its also good because i am learning so, so much both in the EDU and in the acute clinic in the morning!

Tomorrow is my first "official" day off...ok so maybe i doesnt count because its actually a flex day, but i am excited to have a week day off!! I actually have an exciting weekend! Tonight we are oging out to dinner with my favorite people (the sochas) at maggiano's and tomorrow I am going to see Erica in DC with courtney! So excited!

Other then that, my life is fairly quiet...i am tired from a really long week at work, but am looking forward to being a vegetable at erica's house tomorrow!!!

dumb people

2009-01-10T09:47:00.000-08:00

so i was at the mall last night and one of those annoying sales people who are in charge of the kiosks came upt to harrass me...any guess what they were harassing me about???

Buying a hair straightener.

Really.

uterus pain

2009-01-09T17:55:00.000-08:00

Dear Uterus-
Why are you such a snarky jack ass? Why do you make me a crazy psycho bitch for 5 days and then curse me with horrid, back searing pain for another 5 days?! I am nothing but nice to you! Im fucking 27 years old---you should have gotten your pain-in-the-assness out of yourself in your rebelious "teenager" years. You are nice and safe and warm under many layers of warm belly fat and you still cause me agony! To make you stop hurting , I have done all of the "supposed" things you like ----8 glasses of water, yoga stretches, warm showers and heating pads, deep breathing---i think you started nasty rumors that you like these things just for the shear pleasure of wanting to see me suffer more. The only thing you do seem to like is 800mg of ibuprofen, but your cheeky "friend" -the digestive system -has different ideas about that--really, the two of you should get together and go bowling and decide what the fuck you want from me.

sincerely,
thais
PS- you look like a cow.

I am old

2008-12-14T17:27:00.000-08:00

So, i now am officially an old fart...seriously....
I went to a wedding with ym colelge buddies this weekend and was totally slammed today...i had the worst hangover since college...here is how, at this wedding, i realized i am totally old.
1. One shot of tequila totalyl anialated me....in college i used to play "tequila pong"...last night i had one shot and i was trashed. I had the world's worst hangover this mornig - i really hought i was going to die on the drive home
2. I stayed up until 2 oclock a.m. last night...it was possibly the first time in over a year that i have stayed up this late...
3. I found myself looking at some girls dresses and commenting that htey were totally scandalous and trashy......
4. I choose to wear my 1/2 inch kitten heels versus the nicer looking 3 inch heels i own becuase my feet hurt...,nevermind that the shoes totalyl didnt match
So, Im off to take my geritol and go to bed....at 9 oclock pm...grrrr

religion and gigalos

2008-12-04T16:54:00.001-08:00

2 thoughts of randomness today

1. As you may all know, we are in a recession (see previous blog). While discussing this with my dear and lovely husband while out to dinner the other night (see previous blog), he told me not to worry - he has a plan.....if he losses his job, he states he will just become a male gigalo....yes that is seriously his plan...yes, he is a charmer, isnt he?

2. Some of you crazy catholics probaly dont know this nor do you really give a shit, but when the bishop of the united states was elected for the episcopal church, several large parishes in the united states (mostly red states) decided to "leave" from the angligan community basically because theyare assholes...they had previously been pissed off because a gay clergy was elected to head the new hamshire diocese and when a female bishop to lead the entire united states was elected, well, they got even crankier.......well, now they have formed their "own" denomination call the orthodox anglican church......as a liberal episcopalian who supports gay clergy,as well as female clergy (as you may remember, it was my dream to be marreid by a lesbian female----we settled for father john becuase he was married to a female preist :) ), I would like to say to that denomination "good riddance, Im glad we got rid of the dead weight." Now, i know you are saying "that isnt very 'christian' of you thais"....whatever---its not very "christian" to say some one can not be a spiritual leader becuase of their gender or sexual preference....the catholics only let unmarried "straight" men become priests, and look how far that has got them! DOnt these orthodox anglican realize that our church was founded because that horn dog henry the 8th wanted a freakin' divorce so he could screw around?!
So, i wish the orthodox anglicans "good luck" with their new religion and i will continue to be a happy pagan/liberal episcopalian with the powerful females and the gay bishops....

PMS

2008-12-01T18:01:00.001-08:00

Will someone give the stock market a fucking Midol?

in side my head

2008-11-30T11:30:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I named this blog "random ramblings" for a reason and here they are for today.....

1. I must agree with husband and admit that Beyonce is freakin' hot in her new video "Put a Ring on It".....and I say that in the most heterosexual way......but she is hot...she has one of the nicest figures in music/hollywood and hse knows how to dress and show off her greatest asset, which is totally her ass...it is lucious....If she were to ring my door bell and ask to take marco away, i would totally let him go because she is totally hot.
2.
Why, when you are checking out at stores, do people never have their money/credit card out to pay...today i was at the express lane at the A and P..the checker was somewhat fast so the line was moving nicely...however, the TWO people in front of me totally slowed her down! The woman in front of me was just kind of standing there with a "DUH" look on her face and the cashier actually had to ask her to pay...then she took nearly a minute to rumage through her freakin' purse to look for her debit card....people, its not surprising that you have to PAY at a store....i dont understand...maybe this is the Jersey in me speaking, but its really annoying and wastes my time!! Move it along people!!!!
3. I am TOTALLY sick of people making snarky ( i love that word) comments that i dont cook....like i am a bad person and/or dont take care of marco....ok first off - look at marco and i---do we look like we are starving?!??! I think not. I take very good care of my husband, for all you old fashioned assholes out there (and he also takes good care of me) --I do his laundry, i clean the house, and I just got done making peanut butter cookies for him ( i do, incidently like to bake). Secondly, why the fuck does it bother people so much?!? So i havent cooked dinner since June 29th...(witht he exception of the ziti I made for work , the water i had to boil for my dogs when we had the water main break, and the pineapple souffle for thansgiving) .who is it bothering? I DONT LIKE TO COOK!!! I DREAD IT!!!! I dont even like to eat the food i do cook, so why would i do something i dont like and wont eat (and yes i realize that whole "not eating stuff I cook" thing is quirky, but i AM quirky)?! I dont think people realize but i do not sit on my butt all day at work ...i am on my feet lifting and moving people for 7 and half hours a day and ,at times, these people can puke/piss/poop on me...i certainly do NOT feel like going home to prepare a meal...not my thing. THIRDLY - for all you people who are like "ohhhhh---you would save so much money....blah blah blah blah"......why do you care whta i do with my money...there are many people I know who throw their money in the trash and people are afraid to say anything to them about their money management skills..... my mortgage is paid, my school loan is paid my car loan is paid, i have clothing, i dont have young children to feed/clothes, provide for, and my heat/electricity/water is still on....I make sure my niece is well-nourished and i feed/clothe/provide for her on a regular basis....yes i will admit, it does get slightly pricy, but hey - i dont smoke, i dont drink, i dont wear makeup, i dont use hair products, I dont get regular hair cuts or manicure or dye my hair, i dont carry a fancy purse OR wallet, i dont wear designer clothing and/or shoes---so, if eating out and not cooking is what i want to do, i am going to do it...its my vice. And sadly enough, we do have it down to a science....we can eat out most nights for under 20 bucks....we can eat under 10 bucks if its Paulo's (does any one know if their dining room is open yet?)
Now , I will be cooking for christmas eve, so my lovely pots and pans will get utilized...and i do bake every so often, so my oven doesnt feel lonely.......so if you are worried, dont be..I love you all anyway.....hehhe...sorry for that rant...wow, now i feel better!

4. I cant wait for it to snow...i cant believe i am even typing that...not a major snow, but a nice 2 inches, just to make everything look pretty! I love the holidays, and always have, and i feel like it would be so pretty and awesome if it snowed a little bit...a nice christmas snow!

ok, i am done....i am going to read my book before we head off for an early dinner (at the outback, in case you are wondering....)

pre-thanksgiving shopping

2008-11-26T21:22:00.001-08:00

SO I think marco and I found a really great shopping trick....

I had rad somewhere that Kohls was having their midnight madness sale today...however it wasnt advertised...when you look at their website, there are adds for opening at 4am (!!!!!) on Friday, but made no mention that Kohls was open to midnight.

MArco and I went to KOhls to see what we could find and found out that ALL of the 4 am sales for Friday were actaully in effect for tonight after 6 oclock....o we were shopping in KOhls until abot 1030 this evening ---AND THE STORE WAS EMPTY!! It was fabulous!!!! I wonder how many other stores offer this?!

So no bloack friday for me (i was actaully thinking of stopping at Kohls BEFOE work on Friday!)

I hope every has a really nice thansgiving!!! This is one of my favorite holidays! There is so much to be thankful for this year!!

Nebraska...its actually a cool state

2008-11-25T19:39:00.000-08:00

I have nothing to blog about.....i do not rubber stamp or do craft shit....my sarcasm has been somewhat dampened because i actaully enjoy my job and am somewhat happy in life (afraid to say that)....I am boring.
Marco says I should blog about him because he moved the poker table out of my dining room....after 2 months....or how i finally cleaned our room tonight (it was gross)....or how marco hung up a shower curtain for me.
yes my life is boring...busy, but boring....
I think that may be a good thing.

btw, check out chris's blog.....the drums have died a slow and painful death...so sad..

anyway, im babbling.

Although, I did want to comment on an interesting news story I caught...i may get myself in trouble for this, but i dont really fucking care.
So Nebraska passed a safe haven law, in which people could surrender their unwanted children to hospitals/police station if they are unable to care fo them with out a penalty.....many other states have this law...well, nebraska forgot to put an age limit on this law...so out of the 35 children surrendered, only SIX of them were under the age of 10!!!! People were flying form out of state (i.e. georgia, florida) to dump their unwanted teenagers!!!! How insane is that???!?!?!

....thats what I was thinking...and then i realized that this phenomena actually occured in my own family......marco and i are nebraska......talk amoungst yourselves.....

more eights

2008-11-18T19:08:00.000-08:00

so my bro -in-law stole my list of 8s which i stole from my friend amy, whom I think stole it from her cousin....well chris decided it needed to be 8 lists of eight....so here are my last 4----keep in mind that chris made these last few up please (see the second and last category).

8 Movies I Cannot Turn Off If They Are On TV
1. Forrest Gump
2. An American President
3. Knocked Up
4. Ferris Bueller
5. The Bird Cage
6. Father of the Bride
7. Anchorman
8. Wedding Crashers

8 People I consider "Tools"
1. Various relations whom i can not mention (but not the one other people in this family think is a tool---i think he is just funny)
2. My ex-ceo at my previous place of employment
3. George Bush
4. Dick Cheney
5. Sarah Palin
6. another person i can not mention in public without pissing off friends/husbands/relatives
7. Newt Gingrich
8. Donald Rumsfeld

8 Places I Want To Go But Have Never Been
1. Alaska
2. Glacier Nation Park (yes, i am still stuck on that stupid national park show)
3. Germany
4. US Virgin Islands
5. British Virgin Islands
6. Grand CAnyon
7. Las Vegas
8. Florida Keys

8 Reasons Why I Rule (this one is hard, chris)
1. I have a brain
2. I have a good job
3. I still sleep with a stuffed moose
4. I am a member of the rock band "bleeding Anus"
5. I am a secret reality show junky (ondemand rules)
6. I am a sarcastic asshole
7. I bought my first house at 26
8. I can speed read

hehehhe...ok people, i think im done with lists!
later gators!

blah

2008-11-17T18:57:00.000-08:00

totally stealing amy's idea for blogging, as i have nothing to do and am not tired enough to go to bed yet---

8 TV Shows I Love to Watch:
1. Entourage
2. The Office
3. Big Love
4. True Blood (sad, i know)
5. Mad Men (such a fuckin awesome show)
6. Sex and the City
7. Reruns of MASH or THe Cosby Show
8. Any sort of travel shows

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Europa
2. LongHorn
3. Carrabas
4. Friendlys
5. KC Prime
6. Ruby Tuesdays
7. Paolo's
8. TJ Rockwells

8 Things that Happened Today:
1. I got mad because my alarm clock went off and i realized it was Monday
2. I worked my butt off at work becuase 2 OTs were out today and no one told me until 10:00
3. I bought a winter jacket
4. I went out to dinner with Marco ( I always do that though)
5. I talked to MAry on the phone ( i miss here and Joan)
6. I hi my funny bone REALLY REALLY hard that I almos puked
7. MArco and I decided we want to go to Glacier National Park in Alaska (see # 8above)
8. I ignored the dishes in my sink until tomorrow

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Turkey Day
2. Christmas
3. Going to Disney in dec. and Oct.
4. Going to LBI this summer!
5. Getting a hair cut (when i have time)
6. Taking over the world
7. Winning the lottery
8. Renovating my house to include more then 1 bathroom

ok, well Im still not tired, but there is a good show about national parks in alaska on Discovery HD. Later!

Ps - I wanted to write something else here, but i didnt...it would only mean something to aobut 3 of you readers and plus it feeds into things, so im not going to write it...marco and i laughed.

Happy Veteran's Day

2008-11-11T18:24:00.001-08:00

So usually I am a sarcastic asshole in my blogs....is just who i am...and believe me i have plenty to be a sarcastic asshole about....however, I just read my friend Amy's blog, which typically is very thoughtful and introspective (with the exception of the trumpet teach stuff, which is just funny) and she posted a fitting tribute for Veterans Day and her grandfather, who incidentally, is one of the sweetest, cutest, nicest guys i have ever met (as is the rest of Amy's family).
It got me thinking of my grandfather Thompson and his service in the Navy. Now, my grandparents were slightly younger when the "War" started but my grandfather graduated high school and entered the navy in 1946, at the tail end of the war. He got 2 weeks leave soon after he entered the service and came back to Jersey City (the thompson/keegan homeland) to marry my grandmother, his high school sweetheart, after he gave her 3 weeks notice.
In the navy, my grandfather was a radio/radar man and was assigned to several ships, including the USS McKinley and the USS Iowa. Soon after, his naval position posted them in San Diego, where my grandmother rode to alone by bus, 3 months pregnant and "puking all across the United states" as she put it. (it was actually funny---we used to talk about US landmarks like the painted desert and she would be like "yeah i threw up there"....gotta love my grandmother)
During his service, his ship was sent to the atmoic bomb testing at Bikini island. He was present for 3 of the atomic bomb tests, two of which he was underneath the deck, However, he was on deck for one of the tests, where they were mearly told to "turn " their back and "close" their eyes to protect themself from the blast. My grandfather often recounted that he wound up with a second-degree sunburn through his clothing. He also used to recount how part of the ship he was on was "closed" for the remainder of his tour of duty because it was radio active....and then it remained radio active for many months after..
Later on in life, my grandfather became a sickly man at a young age and had chronic heart failure, which led to his early death in the late 1980's. It turned out that many of the servicemen present at the time of the testing(including my Aunt linda's dad, who was acatually send on the radio active "dummie" ships to see what happened to the experimental animals on them) had similar symptoms and ailments to my grandfather and it turned in to an agent orange/gulf war syndrome trend, whch the government pushed under the table, as they do so so well.
I always found it interesting that although his service in the navy had made him so ill for much of his life, he always spoke fondly and proudly of his time in the navy. He even saved a memorial booklet from that tour of duty (i have it---its cool). He was a really funny guy with a somewhat dry sense of humor. He would proudly wear his USS Iowa and USS McKinley ball caps and never missed an Army/ Navy game. He used to talk about ths Bikini Island testing and would always tell us the one thing he learned from that experience was that if an atomic bomb was dropped the only thing you could really do is bend over and kiss you ass good bye...and then he would laugh.....as he always did.
So, happy veterans day to all and thanks to BOTH of my grandfathers for their service....and thank you grandpa T for your sense of humor...its what i remember the most about him...

2008-11-10T15:33:00.001-08:00

BLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

and thats all i have to say about that.

2008-11-05T14:38:00.000-08:00

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!!!

just wanted to give a shout out to my buddies in the swing state (s) - you rock!

good riddance

2008-10-28T14:35:00.000-07:00

I would just like to post this for the NEW JERSEY gestapo:

You freakin' suck---perhaps you should spend less time STALKING people and looking for "personal connections" to try and "catch me in a lie" so you can suspend people and try working on patient care.....hmmm....4 patients sent to the hospital, or stalking people on the internet to see who their friends are...and then accuse people of lying.what problem would you deal with? the New jersey gestapo SERIOUSLY has earned their freakin' name. And YES, Mary IS my firend...WHOM I MET AT WORK....apprently I "lied" about this.....clearly this is more important to them then patients STABBING other patients (and im not breaking HIPAA because this event made it into the paper)...whatever

So, I have officialyl moved on from this job and now am working ata communtiy-based hospital in central new jersey. Although I will miss Mary and Joan and some other people, it is so refreshing to be ina place that I am allowed to do what I want to do on my personal time and quality patient treatment is valued....Its only been 2 days but this seems to be a good fit....so new jersey gestapo, please i really hope for patients sake, that you spend more time working on the major patinet violence going on....

modification

2008-10-21T08:29:00.000-07:00

Ok, so i forgot a month---october is ALSO PHARMACIST APPRECIATION MONTH!!!! (so sorry chris)
Soooooo the new moral of the month is:
Dont punch your wife OR your pharmacist, especially in the boob

so many months

2008-10-20T17:43:00.001-07:00

So i have noticed that there are so many "months" celebrated nowadays...when i was in school it was February was African American hisotry....and dental awareness month .....then there came women's hisotry month in march...then breast cancer awareness in october....then national OT month in April....so many months to keep track of!!!
I have noticed the pink ribbons around the trees, which is awesome, because breast cancer (as all cancers) SUCKS!! But i recently noticed that every OTHER tree in town is purple.....my lovely husband then informed me that it is also domestic violence/abuse prevention month (although I think possibly we should be preventing this, just like breast cancer, all year round)......so many months to keep track of!!! Last month I also saw GREEN ribbons up in watchung----environmental awareness month?!
so if you take anything away from the month of October, please remember: Dont punch your wife, especially in the boob.

The most wonderful time of the year....

2008-10-02T19:37:00.000-07:00

CAN YOU BELIEVE ITS BEEN A YEAR?!?!?

Well blog readers (all 4 of you) I am off to Disney for my first anniversary tomorrow!!! I CANT WAIT!!!! Marco is making me leave my computer at home---not so sure how i feel about this, but maybe its a good thing to kind of just go away for awhile...so anyway, you wont be hearing from me for a week! I will be enjoying disney and getting away from the rat race for awile....i am very much looking forward to this, as this is our first big vacation since our honeymoon!

I would just like to wish my hubby a happy anniversary and point out to everyone that my husband is possibly the most wonderful, patient, loving human being ever to walk the earth and I love him very much. The crap he puts up with is amazing and he is still a wonderful and caring person!! I cant believe we have been married a whole entire year!! Time flies when you are having fun!!!

ding ding the witch is dead

2008-10-01T13:45:00.000-07:00

So the asshole is gone....Mr. wisdom tooth was extracted today....and I must say it went better then expected.
Of course I cried like a baby, but this smart dentist( may be i would live next door to him) offered me nitrious oxide!!!!! That shit is AWESOME!!!!! Why other dentists have jsut told me to stick it out is beyond me! It was like taking 3 xanaxs (xanai?) and feeling the effects immediatly...then waking up immediatly as soon as the O2 was put on!!!! I even got to pick which "flavor" I wanted ( ipicked rootbeer). Of course I loved this because I am a very olfactory-person.
so here is a shout out to our wonderful secretary Eileen at work who basicalyl booked this appointment for me....thanks for forcing me! now I can enjoy my vacation in witho ut htis bastard of a tooth bothering me!

dentists

2008-09-29T14:38:00.000-07:00

so the asshole is rearing its ugly head again....By the name "assshole" I am of course talking about my left upper wisdom tooth--fucking bastard that he/she is...I was up a lot of last night with some pain so Marco convinced me it was time to call the dentist. I hate the dentist...i cry when i go there...
Now, most of you are saying "well no one likes the dentist."....you do not realize my deep seeded hatred of them. I dont understand why anyone would want to be a dentist...you might as well be the grime reaper as far as im concerned. I dont understand why people aspire to want to grow up and scare people....what kind of life is that? I honestly think that if i were looking to buy a house (in a much more upscale neighboorhood), and the neighboor was a dentist, i would not even look at the house...sad isnt it? On my list of hierarchy, I see dentists as basically one step up from animal abusers and one step below right wing republicans....SAD!!! I see dentists WORST then right-winged republicans....and if you know me, you understand the true meaning of it.
Now, Im sure my dentist is a nice man- he is soft spoken, talks to me nicely, and puts up with my copious amounts of crying and screaming when i do get a cleaning or get my cavities filled (if you think i am kidding, sadly, i am not). He nicely prescibes me xanax and will kindly suggest that I may want to "double" the dosage next time I come. According to his website, he has a nice family and kids and is very involved with coaching and the community.
Well, frankly this means jack shit to me...All I see is Conan the barbarian...or sweeney todd--for some reason whenever i think about going to the dentist, I think about the "evil barber of fleet street" and envision a scary-looking bloody Jonny Depp coming at me with those horrible picky things....Seriously, I know I have issuess!
I feel like dentistry is still really barbaric! To me, in like 50 years ,we will look back at this stuff like root canals and drillings and liken it to blood letting and lobotomies....we will go to museums and look at Mr. Sucky and fillings and it will be like visiting the war museum at Gettysburg and looking at the rudimentary amputation devices they used inthe civil war to hack off your limbs. Our future generation will go "what were they thinking?!"I dont understand why dentistry has to be so painful and uncomfortable when we have come so far in modern medicine.
Anyway, my rant is over....i actually have an appointment to get rid of this fucker from my mouth forever, although i will have to rely on the barbaric "modern" dentistry practices until something better comes along....

Furniture

2008-09-21T17:10:00.001-07:00

So today I had a lovely day shopping with Courtney and her sister-in-law for furniture for courtney's new apartment.
I never ever noticed that buying furniture is like buying a new car....now , this may be becuase i actually d not OWN any nice furniture----all my furniture is Ikea/unclaimed frieght/ target/ or grandma special.
As soon as you enter the door, these people zoom in on you! We were in Bob's and this creepy guy whose name was "faustino" greeted us in the usual creepy used-car salesmen manner. WE manage to escape him by saying "we are just look". After 5 minutes, we wandered to the back of the store and foudn a sectional we liked. WE were mulling it over when courtney's sister in law asked " I wonder what color this comes in?" Out of NOWHERE "faustino" comes over and hands us the brochure! It was like Mr. Deed's butler! he jsut came out of a nowhere! then we wandered to the next sofa and he did the same thing!!!!
WIERD!! I guess when i finally buy real furniture, i will have to deal with this!

are you fUcKING KIdDING ME?

2008-09-16T14:22:00.001-07:00

OK, so more from the Sarah Palin/Antichrist front.

This was part of an interview done in People magazine:

"She's a rock fan. She named her son Trig Paxton Van Palin because it sounds like the band Van Halen. Says friend Judy Patrick, a former city council member who has known Palin for 12 years, "How cool was that to have a kid named Van Palin?" "

Ladies and Gentleman, I am speechless

giving to a good cause

2008-09-16T13:56:00.000-07:00

So my crazy B-I-L is doing several runs/races in the next few months and he has choosen to run in name of a charity.
he has choosen the Lance ARmstrong foundation which is an AWESOME charity that funds all sorts of cancer research. As of late I have been kind of bitter about how "all of a sudden", now that we have gotten HIV/AIDS, as well as other diseases under control, people and Hollywood have decided that "cancer" is an issue. Where they have been for the past several hundred years, is beyond me. However, The Lance Armstrong Foundation is a great foundation and Lance Armstrong has really brought the issues of cancer reserach and care to the fore front.

I very rarely play the "dead father" card (except when I want my niece to quit whining and utilizing her past as a crutch) because its not called for...however, i am using it now. My father died of cancer when i was 14 after 3 and half years of a horrible fight. 4 years later, a new drug to help fight his form of cancer was found. Perhaps it could have been found faster if more money was thrown into cancer research.

Please PLease PLease visit and donate to my brother-in-law's fund raiser.
Here is his personal website:
http://www.livestrong.org/grassroots2008/cmsocha?faf=1&e=1895234727

Thank you!
<3Thais

calling all ots

2008-09-14T15:34:00.000-07:00

calling all OT friends and anyone else who happens to read my blog:
I am possibly looking for a new place of employment becuase the new jersey gestapo is out of control and i am sick of driving up to parsipanny everyday....if you have any ideas/suggestions or leads, pleae email me!

hmmm......

2008-09-09T15:16:00.000-07:00

hmmm...

- pro-life
- Creationism-only in school
- anti sex education (see post below)
- Pro-gun
- Speaking in tongues

wow....

Sarah Palin = the AntiChrist

(at least in my brain)

blog going private

2008-09-06T08:31:00.000-07:00

Just like the government, my first amendemnet rights are being infridged upon EVERY'WHERE.
so as of Monday, my blog is going private...please email me if you want to be included as being able to see my blog.
thank you.

PS-
i know im a fucking white bitch and i accepted what i am

hmmmm....

2008-09-01T18:20:00.000-07:00

So the new vice presidential candidate's 17 year old daughter is pregnant. Part of Governor Palin's platform for running for office was instituting abstinence-only sex education...
hmmm.....clearly that is an effective way to educate our youth...it works so well...

isnt it ironic....dontcha think?

what is tomorrow?

2008-08-25T19:10:00.000-07:00

Do you know what tomorrow is?
Yes, Hillary is speaking at the Democratic National Convention.
But there is a reason.....

Tomorrow marks the 88th anniversary of women getting the right to vote.

...just thought i would let you know!

olympics

2008-08-19T14:47:00.000-07:00

Ok , I would just like to say that the chinese gymnasts are total fucking cheaters.......First off, there is NO WAY they are all 16 --i mean, i know gymnasts starve themselves and never go through puberty, but 2 of those girls look like they are down right infantile. According to the TV, they have valid passports...which is retarded becuase the passport is issued by the Chinese government which also incidentally controls all the sports programs as well. What a fantastic way to check age, you dumb olympic people!!!

Second off, i am willing to bet after the American girls won all individual all-around that the gynastics judges were totally kidnapped and tied up and whipped until they promised to give all the apparatus medals to the Chinese...lets face it, China doesnt have the greatest human rights record. How the hell can someone fall on their KNEES and get a bronze medal!?....frankly i think i could have done a better vault (ok, for all of you laughing at that mental picture, fuck you).

I know the above post sounds like i was kidnapped myself by George Bushie and brain washed with his foreing policies (g.w.b. foreign policy= there are no countries other then america)
, but come on people!!! you dont have to be a genious to figure this stuff out.

Anyway, so my sister-in-law left her piece of crap car outside my house...which i didnt mind for 2-3 days becuase she was having a medical emergency....now its starting to piss me off becuase i honestly htink she just doesnt want the car any more and is too lazy to dispose of it correctly.
I actually wanted to blow it up last night and frankly the only thing stopping me was that marco pointed out I would need an excelerant and I would be wasting 10 dollars worth of gas to blow the car up properly...at 4 dollars a gallon, it just wasnt worth it....so it will continue to sit in front of my poor neighbor's house with is windows wide open until I can convince my DH to let me have it towed..................grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

random ramblings at its best

2008-08-10T18:15:00.000-07:00

Ok, so today i think i reached my peek of evilness towards children.

now, ok, I always say I hate children...this is not entirely true....i hate children whose parents have converted them into entire annoying pains in the asses.

Point in case: My miniture golf experience today
I would just like to highlight htis by saying that I am a bit competative when it comes to mini golf. You have to realize that at an early I was playing 36 - 52 holes of mini golf a day while on vacation. My father was sadly very passionate about this sport. We were taught the ins and outs and etiquette of mini golf at a young age.
In addition, my family kept score, even though i was 7 and my brother was 4 (at least in my earliest memories). Yes, of course my father and mother would beat us. However, this made us into better mini golf players and in the long run better people. By time my brother was 8 he was beating us in mini golf. I am sick of hearing these days about how schools and childrens programs dont keep score so everyone is a winner.
Well tough shit kiddos - life is all about keeping score . I feel like this nation is raising a gneration of pussies. Buck up people!
But I digress....
So this leads me to my story. Marco took me mini golfing today, which i enjoy. Well behind us were two children whose parents (grandparents?) paided to have them play golf....and OF COURSE they just let them hit the ball around and fool around and NOT play correctly. Honestly, i dont know what the freakin' point was !
Not only did this annoy me, but these children kept bumping into me and walking on our green while we were playing...and OF COURSE the parents were playing no attention...as a matter of fact the grandmother/mother was text messaging on her phone while her dumb children were annoying me.
So, what i did next, i am not proud of, but felt was neccesary. My glares and somewhat loud sarcastic remarks about how people these days need to teach their children respect were not working. In the animal (non-homosapien) world, a "warning" is usualyl given to tell other animals to "back up". Some animals swich their tails, some puff up their necks.....I decided it was time to give the "thais" warning.
As the one boy was encrouching into my personal space on the putting green, I non-chalantly tucked my club under my arm pit so it stuck out about 2 feet behind me. I then swung my body around, jsut narrowly missing the child's face with my club by about 6 inches. I DID NOT hit him...just mearly gave a "warning" that he was took quick.
And for all you tender hearted people (whose children are going to be eaten alive by society), i have to tell you it worked. Immediatly the father yelled for his son to back up and not stand to close...and i had a wonderful back 9 without a child riding my ass.
So to all you parents and all you people who are thinking of procreating, please please please teach your children manners and keep score....your children will thank you in the long run!

oh, and please teach them to play mini golf apprpriately.

BTW - I also BEAT THE PANTS out of Marco ---46 to 52....hehehhe

Ode toTarget (prounounced : Tar-jay)

2008-08-06T17:46:00.000-07:00

I have been unusually cranky this past week because of the mass amount of losers who inhabit my life and make it a living hell.....however, i can not post about it in this blog because honestly the FCC, nj gestapo, or the Bush administration may take it down due to the excessive amounts of blasphemy and crude language....

so i have decided to blog about some thing that makes me happy, without a fail....

that would be the Target store.

My love affair with Target began when it the first one in the area opened in Menlo...due to the fact that menlo isnt around the corner, i did not get here as ofen as i would have liked. However, I did manage to spend 400 dollars there before i went to college.

then they opened in South Plainfield and my obsession began.

My mind can not even wrap around the large amounts of money I have spent at Target. I seriously can not leave that store with out dropping at LEAST 50 dollars. Now, grant it, i do a majority of my grocery shopping (stuff is about 20 percent cheaper there).

However, I notice that when I am at Target I feel the urge to buy stuff that I have never needed before. Case in point: We now own not ONE but TWO electronic weather gauge---do i really need two? did i even need the first one? the answer is "no"; Example #2: The dollar spot: Even though i dont need them , I now own 4 trays of fruit-shaped ice cude molds.....hmmmm....however, Target must have the worlds best marketing people because at the time of purchase both Marco and I felt we could not LIVE without both of these items.

I also would seriously plan out where i would live based on Target. I have told Marco seeral times taht I would remain a South Plainfield townie as long as Target was here.

It is also the only store on the planet where i have my own parking spot....ok, not really...marco and i had earlier claimed the spot.....we actually ge really irritated when other people park there---pathetic isnt it?

Sadly enough, when we are bored we often go "hey, want to go wander around Target?" We are like poor people who dont pay our energy bill----we go there to soak in the air conditioning, people-watch and kill time.

And to top off the magicalness of Target, OUR Target has a Starbucks right in it ---its like Shangri-la .

And I know I am not alone in my love....My best friend and my sister in law share my obsession...and im sure we are not alone...

sunday night blues

2008-08-03T18:04:00.000-07:00

Does any one else get horrible sunday night blues?
I do....and i have them bad now!
I have had them my whole life since i can remember...its that "blah" feeling that you get about 7 oclock on sunday night when you realize that you have to go to work and your weekend is over.
Tonight it is especially bad, because work has really really really sucked latly. I am filled with dread for tomorrow's disaster, whatever it may be ( and lately, it REALLY could be anything). I feel like Im stuck in a rut at work.
Alas, usually monday mornings cure the Sunday night blues, so lets see what happens!

missing the old

2008-07-31T19:21:00.000-07:00

So I have never ever liked change...as a matter of fact, i usually turn into a major bitch when change occurs....ok, i understand i am ALWAYS a major bitch, but lets just say it gets magnified.

So my non-descript hospital finally moved out of its dated facilities into a state-of-the-art facility 2 weeks ago. At first it was exciting, as all new things are....now i havent gotten lunch in 2 weeks, i dont feel safe and every meeting i go to has at least one person throwing a temper tantrum or fighting (and it has only been me once!)

I never thought i would miss the random weeds growing into my office window (office flora) or the rusty pipe leaking out of an open ceiling onto a bucket on my desk (it was my water feature---how many people have offices with a water feature !?)

I never thought I would miss passing random abandon building crumbling from abandonment

I never thought I would miss having to hold my breathe to go into a closet because there is asbestos in it (i know, like holding my breath is REALLY going to help)

I never thought I would miss bitching about the scorching heat (near 100 degrees in my old office in the summer AND winter)

I never thought I would miss having to lock the 2 different bathroom door becuase its a co-educational bathroom (very ali mcbeal of us..)

I never thought I would i miss the the old, but familiar smell of black mold

I never thought I would miss hitting pot holes the size of texas as i navigated the sprawling campus utilizing my own gas to get form place to place

I never thought I would miss getting drenched or snowed upon while traversing between complexes

I never thought I would miss working in a builiding which has a sketchy history and to which patients used to call "The Projects" , "The Snakepit" or "The Cages" when i first started to work there and where a staff member was actually killed (dont tell my mother that....it was a accident - things were much improved)

but alas, i do. I know that it is some how better we are in the newer place, but i am homesick for the old place. It had so much history, which is one of the things i loved the most about the non-descript hospital i work at.
oh well ,i guess time heals all wounds.

PS- nj gestapo, please dont arrest me for these comments.

yes two posts on 1 night

2008-07-22T18:42:00.000-07:00

I have been meaning to repost this one for like 2 weeks since my friend A posted it on her website
as you may or maynot know, one of my only hobbies i truly enjoy is reading...now usuaully i am relegated to reading chicklit or trash becuase my brain needs a good rest...however, i was pleasantly surprised with the results of this!!! The survey says you are supposed to read at least 6 of these----well dont i feel learned!!!!!!! I have read 36 of them!!!!! I would just like to give a shout out to my high shcool english teachers who forced me to read these books and therefore made me educated!! thank you ms. timko, ms. ludovico-marchochi, and ms. pastula - you rock!

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your blog so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;-)"

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings en
- JRR Tolkien 0 saw the movies - does that count?
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - unlike everyone else int he world, i have no desire!
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7. wuthering hieghts - emily bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
.9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. great expectations
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare -not the complete- but a lot
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - i tried - did not succeed
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis -
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood 0 such a WIERD book
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen - i love jane austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
!62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
?72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert - one of the world's first feminist novels...written by a man!!
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom - i cried my eyes out!
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl - i think im the only one who hates this book
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo - read it in french---BLAH!!! i didnt really understand it but i did read it...and then saw the play 3 times!

my letters

2008-07-22T17:43:00.000-07:00

Dear XM satellite radio programmers:
I am just writing this letter to inform you of the fact that Coldplay sucks. They are the worst band EVER. I do not think you are aware of this fact, as my XM radio has been over run with this crappy band's songs. Not only am I subjected to their crappiness on the alternate rock stations and pop stations, you hve now decided to provide me with "30 days of coldplay". Do I look like a Middle eastern that the Bush amdinistration put in Gitmo? Frankly ,I think waterboarding may be more pleasurable then 30 days of that whiny shit coldplay likes to call music. In addition, was it really neccesary to give them their OWN station (in the process of getting rid of the all Led Zepplin station) but UPOP as well. NOw I know that COldplay is the most popular band in Europe...however, unlike Europeans, i shave my armpits and dont wear speedos, so therefore I should not be tortured with this shitty music. If you felt so inclined to subject me to European music, why is there not "30 days of Led Zepplin" or "30 days of the beetles."
In conclusion I would like to please please please please, for the love of god and my sanity, STOP playing COldplay. They suck.
Sincerely,
Thais K. Migliaro
PS - Members of coldplay - was it neccesary for you to re-make "bittersweet Symphony?" It was "the Verve's" only good song....must you ruin everything???!!!???

Dear women with big boobs who wear shelf bras:
I am writing this letter to let you know that unless you are an A cup, you can not wear only a shelf bra in a tank top. No one wants to see your saggy mammary glands hanging down to your knees...you look stupid. Those tank tops were created for anorexic models who have no boobs. If you are a normal human being, gone through puberty and dont make yourself vomit every 5 minutes, you more then likely can not rely on utilizing a shelf bra in a tank top. I understand that wearing bras are uncomfortable...i myself dont like them either...but sometimes we need to make sacrfices.
thank you
sincerely,
thais K Migliaro
PS: To all those woman who wear thongs: You can not wear thongs with cotton pants.....Thongs, as you know, are designed to go up your butt to prevent "unsightly" panty lines...well, when you wear a thong and cotton pants, it looks like you ass is eating your pants...and that is even more unattractive then panty lines...just an FYI

Dear upper left wisdom tooth:
Fuck you - you are an asshole. Just you and your kind wait - evolution is a bitch.
sincerely,
thais K Migliaro

2008-07-07T14:53:00.001-07:00

so i think that some people just dont know how to take me....

i say things that seem really really funny in my brain...and they seem funyn to me when i say them...usually they are laced with sarcasm and curses, but none-the-less i think i am funny.

Apparently other people do not, because aside from a select few, people just look at me like i have lost my mind. I especially get this stare from OT students at work and people i do not know very well. I find it annoying...is it just that they are just too stupid to understand my humor? Or am i really just an unfunny asshole....hmmm....something to think about.

While you ar eall pondering that, I would just like to say that for hte next 3 weeks, i will have 2 teenagers resdiing with me...so take it easy on me

I dont think this is accurate---it should be much higher

2008-07-06T17:26:00.001-07:00

YOU ARE 72% BITCHY

You Are 72% Bitchy

While you may not think of yourself as the ice queen, admit it, you're often in a bad mood.
And it's those around you who often bear the brunt of your annoyance, even if they haven't done anything wrong!

http://www.blogthings.com/howbitchyareyouquiz/">How Bitchy Are You?

I heart new jersey

2008-07-04T19:27:00.000-07:00

I am just writing this blog to re-declare my love of the great state of New Jersey!
I was reflecting upon this while journeying up the Parkway (the greatest roadway ever).

I love nj because of the massive shore migration that occurs every single summer on the weekends...no matter your class, creed, race, whatever, if you are a native jersian you have this internal biorythym that makes you want to migrate down the shore like a drone with the hoards to find your small patch of sand.....and, despite the crowds, expensive gas, dirty seagulls, freezing ocean, and fucking New Yorkers who cant drive ( GO TO YOUR OWN BEACHES!!) and have obnoxious accents (to be discussed in a later blog) , you still feel like you have your own piece of heaven.

I love new jersey because you can have a casual conversation at parties with fellow jerseyians, throw the word "FUCK" around casually and no one cares ---in fact, it is jsut considered part of normal speech

I love New Jersey because being from New Jersey makes rocking out to Bon Jovi on the radio just that much better....i cant imagine "living on a prayer" would get my heart racing as it does unless i was from new jersey...its like one of our anthems.....as a mater of fact, is there was a state anthem , im sure it would be "livin' on a prayer"

I love New Jersey because there is a diner on every corner...and the food is always good

I love New Jersey because I can always have an attitude all the time and no one thinks there is anything wrong with that...as a matter of fact, i didnt have an attitude, people would think there was something wrong

I love New Jersey becuase i can go to the city, the mountain or the beach all within 1 hour

I love New Jersey because pretty much 95 percent of the population can identify where they live based an exit number off the turnpike or parkway....for instance, if I would say to a fellow jersian "I live off of Exit 10 on the Turnpike or exit 127 off the Parkway", they would know exactly what Im talking about.

I love new jersey because the food. Within walking from my house, i can get italian, portguese, irish, "american", vietamese, indian, greek, and chinese. With 10 miles of my house I can pretty much get any type of food in the world.

2008-07-03T19:08:00.001-07:00

who installs a baby changing station in a bathroon in a psychiatric hospital for the most severely mentally ill? Did the state have to pay for that in the construction? Would people actaully bring their young children there (even though its against policy?)...hmmm....

wild turkeys and oil in watchung

2008-07-02T14:40:00.001-07:00

Have you ever had one of the mornings where you feel like you may have sampled some of the mushrooms from Alice in Wonderland? As a matter of fact, ironically, CNN had a piece on the spiritulaity of taking 'shrooms today....
So, anyway, i digress - I was in my daze and i had to sit for 25 minutes on the approach to the watchung circle...I was so irritated when i got up there! I have no idea what the hell they were doing, but i swear to god, it looked like they were drilling for oil! And i was so hostile and cranky and tired and out of it that i actaully got MAD that the borough of Watchung was not going to share the oil with me....and that i have to pay 4 dollars per gallon to fill my tank..yeah i was out of it....
And then i got to work and the largest freakin' turkey I have ever seenwalked in front of my car and looked right at me...i swear to god, he gave me the stink eye! And then he wouldnt move...i beeped my horn and he just sat there and looked at me....
grrr...
i need a vacation....or to work later hours :)

no jersey gestapo today

2008-06-23T14:21:00.000-07:00

My wonderful SIL "tagged" me on her blog today for this cute questionaire (i love these things), so i dont have to worry about the NJ gestapo today!

Ten years ago: I was just finishing up my junior year of high school, About 70 pound skinnier, looking at colleges, I was working at the pharmacy, i was hanging with the blonde squad (somethings never change), dating roger and trying out to be SPHS Marching Band drum major....wow! times have changed!!!

Five things in today’s 'to do list':
1. Work (check)
2. Make dinner (UGG!)
3. Put away laundry (more ugg!)
4. Go to Target (WAHOO!!)
5. Sit on my ass (WAHOO!!)

Snacks I enjoy:
1. Twizzlers
2. Cookies (anything without nuts!)
3. Cake with yummy icing
4. Twizzlers
5. Strawberry shortcake

Things I would do if I was a millionaire:
1. Pay off my mortgage
2. Put a huge addition on my house (im never moving ever)
3. Buy a shore house
4. Pay for Big E's and Angie's college education
5. Drive cross country for 3 months
6. Go back to Hawaii (travel)
7. Buy more Disney timeshare points
8. Buy a hot, fast convertible car, a red tube top, trendy sunglasses, a Janis Joplin CD and drive around all day long with the top down
(yes i now there are more then 5 ansers here ---whatever, its my blog!)

Places I have lived:
Ok people, this is my "pathetic" catagory---i REALLY had to stretch it to make 5
1. Mahar Avenue, South Plainfield, NJ
2. Laurel Lane, South Plainfield, NJ
3. Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
4. Plum Street, Elizabethtown, PA
5. Thomas Street, South Plainfield, NJ
(yes i am aware that i have lived basically within one square mile my entire life---i did go out of state for college!!!)

Im not tagging any one, becuase i only have 2 friends with blogs, and i was tagged by one of them already!! hehehhe...

random thoughts

2008-06-18T13:43:00.001-07:00

so throughout the day, i tend to get these random "thoughts"...however, i either forget them or they dont have a "theme".....so here they are:

- What does the time keeping office at work smell like cat puke? I jsut dont understand...eery single time i go down there, it jsut stinks!! I have no idea how people work there!

- When are they bringing back flannel shirts? They have brought back "skinny jeans" and "bell bottoms" and those god-aweful shirts that make you look pregnant....why have they not borught bakc the "grunge" look from the mid-90s? I miss flannel...it was like wearing PJs and you were still stylish!

- Why is it people think they have the right to ask you when you are having a baby? Is my reproductivity any ones business? Its like the minute you are married (god forbid you arent married!!!!! hos does a piece of paper suddenly bring ona barage of questions?) people feel like they must ask you...it obnoxious and rude!!! I swear to god! What if i couldnt have children...or was trying and couldnt get pregnant.? Wouldnt they feel like assholes!! What if i just dont really want children? does that make me a horrid person? I just tell people "i hate chidren"....it usually shuts them up becuase its hard to have a response to that...hehehhehe...let poeple think i am a heartless bastard (because i am)!! I think next time some one asks, i am going to ask "oh, so when are you going through menopause?" Also, not everyone feel likes they want to repopulate the earth with offspring or that it is their god-given right to pop a kid out...whatever....people are ridiculous!

ok enough random ramblings!

GRrr

2008-06-04T14:43:00.001-07:00

I am tired and I have to go to North Carolina tomorrow. I hate the south...people are ignorant and dumb and they are still fighting the war (which we freakin' won)....grrr...I was in the ER last night with my father in law til the wee hours of hte morning becuase Robert Wood Johnson is possibly the WORST hospital i have ever been to and i was afraid if we left him, we would come back and they would have amputated a leg or something by mistake--oh im sorry, that would have required one of the nurses to stop eating and come actually check on him....to top it off, todaya at work i had a patient walk off and got somewhat hostile all over a STUPID CIGARETTE!!!!!!!!!!!! Why they can not let my patients smoke is beyond me....and belive me i thnk smoking is a gross habit that can led to health problems...however, nicotine has been proven to calm schizophrenics...and when you have a 6'5" schizophrenic with a history of beating the crap out of people wanting a cigarette and he cant get one (even for 5 dollars a cigarette---outrageous!!), it doesnt make for the most pleasant situation..which our lawmakers or powers that be seem to give a flying shit about...meanwhile myself and my employees have to get cursed at and threaten....thats all i have to say about that--now the new jersey gestapo is really going to kill me because they want everone to thinking its a great idea....grrrr

maybe i dont have to be a cagefighter.....

2008-05-27T17:59:00.000-07:00

ok, so maybe i dont have to start cagefighting for my frustration----i can just BOX on the Wii!!

So in case you havent guessed, we bought the Wii this evening....now, we had played it once before at PJ and Kari's house (now just PJ's house - long story)....and i thought it was cool ---way cooler then those other gaming systems (although i have a slight addiction to rock band - we played for over 4 hours last weekend- i know- sad...i even broke a drum stick...even sadder)....but marco was still torn between a PS3 (we already have a PS 2) or Wii....and i really thought the PS3 was going to win because it had a bluray player.

then we took a nice trip to Amy and mike's apartment----and proceeded to play Mariokart for 2 hours---which i TOTALLY sucked at, but it was so so so fun!!!!!! I sucked so badly at the game that i totally kind of freaked out when i got into my saturn to drive because i felt as if i might have forgotten to drive and would take a tumble off of rt 78...hehhe...fortunaly, i am better at driving the saturn then i was the mariokart.

So, needless to say, we bought the Wii tonight...unfortunatly Mariokart was sold out (apparently the Wii fit has caused a run on all things "Wii" around here)....however, i did discover what an awesome rush BOXING IS!! I totally Knocked out my opponent within the first round - plus got some hostilities out!

Oh, and on the brighter side, my kind BIL and SIL have made an emergency trip to their Target for us to pick us up Mariokart!! Wahoo!!!! This is good---maybe i have finally found a hobby (other then reading)...now i just need to learn how to turn the damned thing on by myself....hmmmm.....

my small excitment

2008-05-20T14:31:00.001-07:00

OK, so my blog last night was a little evil...that is because i am evil....But sometimes i think maybe my job makes me evil---case in point - the OT meeting today....my poor boss!

Anyway, a little note of happiness...

I heard"I saw the sign" by Ace of Bass today on my radio...I was SO EXCITED!! I used to LOVE Ace of Base! They were best thing to come out of sweden (besides pretty people, and ABBA)...Its just one of those songs that you hear and it makes your blood tingle and the nostalgia runs over you---needless to say, I totally sang it on the top of my lungs...and then had the song in my head for the rest of the day, along with their "other" hit song "All that she wants is another baby..."

Ok, off to have dinner with some of my favorite people!!!

i hate cooking

2008-05-19T18:23:00.000-07:00

I really really hate cooking....almost as much as i hate OT students....j/k (maybe not)....(Marco claims i can not say that....hmm...is there an "OT" gestapo as well as the "state of NJ" gestapo??)
Why cant i afford a personal chef? Life is so unfair...hmm...

So I tried to make dinner tonight....apparently you can not freeze pizza dough...who the hell knew? I didnt! I though I was a total genious because i was making 2 meals out of materials i bought for just one....Needless to say my pizza casserole was a bust...therefore McDonald's was to the rescue.
I would just like to say that I am very sad transfat is no longer used...i know, it will do my fat ass better not to be inhaling transfat...but McDonald's fries now suck! What the heck? Must "activists" take everything away? Its all those damned skinny, nutritionist types who want my clients to eat fish sticks and fat-free mayo ...they ruin everything - I digress- I mean, I know Im fat and I know its not good to inhale fatty mcdonald's fries, but I am a consenting adult and on the once a month occasion (i really dont eat Mcd;s that much) I feel like clogging my arteries i should be able to!!! If Im a fat ass, its by my own choice!! I am "PRO CHOICE" all around people!!! Meanwhile I have to eat sub-par french fries that have just as much fat and calories, but taste like shit!

OK, so my french fry rant is really just because I had a cranky day...as evidenced my hatred of OT students...I dont HATE all OT students - I just am FRUSTRATED by todays youth...i cant believe i just wrote that , considering I am only 26 1/2 (my kind husband jsut reminded me that i am more like 26 3/4....he is such a catch!) . But some of these kids have nerve!! Not all of them ---some of them are quite nice and professional....but this other group - they are a whiny becuase they have to do field work and neglect doing other stuff in order to "go on vacation"...what the crap!!!!!!! When I was an OT student, I would have licked the floor if my clinical supervisor told me to!! (Mary, you missed out in making me look like an ass)...

....and while I am ranting and raving, I would just like to say the world DID exist before text messaging came about...and no employer is ever going to employ you if all you do is text message....its very rude to check you text messages mid sentence as well...Grow up - your life does not revolve around text messaging.It makes me just want to take their prissy phone and throw them on the ground and stomp on them.....

.....and in my day I had to walk 10 miles in freezing rain without shoes just to get to school...hehehhehe....

Perhaps my hostilities towards this "generation" (which, although I am only like 6-8 years older, I feel totally alienated from - although my niece is pretty cool, despite her obsession with text messaging as well :) ) come from the fact that at the movies this weekend, a bunch of these "teeny boppers" were singing what I heard one of them call "OLDIES"....ok people, here are the songs they were singing ---"BARBIE GIRL" and "I WANT IT THAT WAY"....i totally remember when those songs came out....i felt like such an old woman!!!! Oldies, my ass.....oldies are song like "In the Still of the Night" and "Hound Dog"....not "Barbie Girl!!"

Ok, so re-reading this blog I am noticing that I am a little hostile. I think that maybe I am going to take kickboxing or something to get my hostilities out...or become a cage fighter...ultimate cage fighting...heheheheheh............

.....I know, I wouldn't last 2 minutes....but think of all the entertainment you could get!

I hate pollen!

2008-05-07T17:23:00.000-07:00

So I was really enjoying the spring weather - the nice sunshine, the pretty trees and flowering trees, the sweet smell, sleeping with the window open, airing out my house..............

And then reality sunk in. My car is now covered in pollen and I am sneezing, coughing, have a sore throat and miserable with allergies.....the charisma of the season made me forget why i DONT sleep with the windows open....because i become a giant mucus bucket....sorry for the descriptive language. So, I am probaly the onlyperson in the gorgeous weather who has her air conditioner on..i know, im a loser.

i watched American Idol last night for the first time in ages and it got me thinking about songs.
Now we all know my favorite song is the "Thong song"....not because it has any special meaning but becuase it is catching and has a good beat. As as matter of fact, it is one of the stupidest songs ever written.
We all have "favorite" songs....However, it got me thinking about songs that have special meaning to me and have impacted my life...These are the songs that get you in the gut when you hear hem...They are not neccesarily my favorite songs (although some are), but whenever i hear them, they either bring back memories or i think they are just powerful songs....so, here is my list of "Thais's most meaningful/impactful songs"...Part 1 ----ill do this in 2-3 parts, because i havent come up with all of them yet!

Thais's most impactful/Meaningful songs
1. "Not Ready to Make Nice" - By the Dixie Chicks.
I was a fan of the Dixie Chicks WAY before the controversy and this song, although this song cemented my love for them. I actaully cried at the concert at MSG when they played this song. As a matter of fact, this song is not neccesarily my favorite Dixie songs - That would be "Cowboy Take me away." However, when ever this song plays, i feel my heart start to beat, my adrenaline start to go and suddenly i have this overwelming urge to go to a peace rally and burn my bra or something like that. To me, this song is like a musical defense of the First Amendment . In a time where my views were VERY UNPOPULAR (how people change their tune..hmmm), it was nice to hear that i was not the only one who thought the world had gone absolutly mad. In my liberal, somewhat convoluted mind, I could imagine this song being played during the American Revolution if country-rock-chick music had been popular back then. (yes i know - im being a bit histrionic)....Even if you dont like the Chicks, you have to admit they make great music! (note: close second "political" dixie song - "Truth #2")

2. "Icky Thump" - The White Stripe
Whereas #1 song makes me want to burn my bra, this song make me want to bang the hell out of a drum set and scream. If I were to describe this song, I would call it "primevil rock." It makes me want to dance around like an idiot when this song comes on the radio. It is rock at the rawest and roughist....and I still think Jack White is a genious. In 20 years when i look back and try to define to my great nieces and nephews (no grandkids for me) what was "rock" in 2008, "Icky Thump" would come to my mind....the 1960's and 1970s had the beatles, rolling stones and led zepplin....we have White Stripes and Icky Thump.

3. "Do What You Have To Do" - Sarah McLachlan
Yes, of course I love the requisite Sarah songs such as "angel" and "adia" and "I will remember you"....However, TRUE sarah fans recognize her greater body of work which includes songs such as the afore mentions. I remember listening to this song whenever i was going through a period in my life where i needed depressing angry-chick-esk music to pout to. Its a great break up song and is the song i play most often when feeling either sad or when Im really cranky and feelig like a matyr. Its a beautiful melody...Plus, SArah Mclachlan writes the most profound lyrics. The first line of this song is:
"What ravages of spirit
conjured this temptuous rage"
Who writes songs (lately) with words like "temptuous" in it...as i recall, America was recently obsessed with a song thats great lyrical poetry included the phrase "my humps, my humps , my lovely lady lumps".

Ok, Im done writing to my next blog-time for dessert and some sleep---I will continue my list next time!!!!

Reason #5654 why I should not have children

2008-05-04T18:54:00.000-07:00

So on Friday I was sitting at a light in PLainfield, waiting very impatiently for it to turn green...In a back yard 2 houses away from where my car was, a boy around 6 was trying to ride his 2 wheel bike with training wheels...for some reason, depsite the training wheels, this child was having difficulty mastering the bike.....After some time, he proceeded to hit a curb and then take a slow-motion tumble off the bike....

And what do I do?
- Do I exclaim "Oh my! That poor child!"
- Do I look to see if he is ok/conscious?

no, not me....I burst out into uncontrolable laughter!!! It was the funniest thing I had seen all day!! I am so going to hell!! My window as wide open - Im surprised i didnt get shot!
And the even sadder thing is, as I replay it over and over in my head, I still find it hilarious!!!

support joe!

2008-04-29T16:46:00.000-07:00

So I just got an email from my crazy friend Joe, whom I have known since I was like 11. Now, I say he is crazy because he is riding ACROSS THE UNITED STATES BY BIKE!!! I cant even cross Clinton Avenue without getting hit by a car on my bike! I think its a really cool thing , and I can imagine Joe will do quite fine with the riding.
He is riding to support the National Lung Association, because he suffers from asthma, as I also do (he and I frequently swapped inhalers in school - really safe, I know - but if you cant breathe, you cant breathe!!). Its a really good cause and it seems he needs to raise 5 grand by June!!! So here is the link:
www.seejoeride.com
If you are a "blog stalker" such as myself, you can also bookmark it and stalk him as he makes his trek!

Commuting

2008-04-24T15:08:00.000-07:00

Wow! what a beautiful day!! I love days like this - it could be this tempurature all year round!
So, on my commute home today I was thinking about what I would write in my blog, since i have taken a short sabbatical from it recently (mostly becuase all of my posts would have the common theme of "ignorance or idiot - you decide" and I felt like i really didnt want to piss too many people off).
At the same time, I was getting REALLY frustrated with all the other dumb people on the roads.....so that is what my blog is going to be....

THAIS's RULES/OBSERVATIONS/THOUGHTS FOR/FROM COMMUTING
Ok, so for those of you who dont know, I communte approximatly 60 miles a day to and from work - its takes me about 50-60 minutes one way. I USUALLY stick to back roads, as living where I live all of the Major highways are parking lots during rush hours and they just wind up getting me more and more cranky then I already am! Being a commuter, I do what I would presume every other commuter does and try to race the clock to get home....a day when i make it home in record time is like a holiday to me. Also being a commuter makes me want to save every single ounce of gas I possibly can and avoid frequent braking and unneccesary stops/slow-downs.
1. IF YOU CANT NEGOTIATE A TRAFFIC CIRCLE, GET THE F--- OUT OF NEW JERSEY!!!! Im sorry all you non-jerseyians---ok, Inot really sorry....You do NOT stop in the middle of the circle to let people in.....a traffic circle is a traffic "free for all".....it is survival of the fitest so you have permission to drive as aggressively as possible when utilizing the circle. YOU NEVER STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRAFFIC CIRCLE EVEN IF YOU ARE LOST!!! ITS A CIRCLE PEOPLE!!! YOU WILL PASS THE ROAD AGAIN IS YOU MISS IT!! I drive through the WAtchung circle 10 times per week and at least ONCE A week some idiot decides to yield and/or stop in the middle of the circle and alomost always causes an accident or near-accident.
2. DONT GET OFFENDED IF I BEEP MY HORN YOU, as you are probably doing something retarded.
3. YOU CAN GO MORE THEN 5 MPH ON EXIT RAMPS!!!!!! These people are the worst!! YOu get off of 287, where you were doing a cool 85 and the dude in front of you is scared that his Honda wont be able to hand the curve of the exit ramp and then proceededs to slam on his/her brakes and negotiate the ramp at 5 MPH. Listen people, I am not advocating you take an exit ramp at 50 miles per hour ( although my DH was able to take one in my passat at 55 mph once) nor does my ranting and raving apply to wet and/or snowy conditions....However, that being said, most cars these days are desiged to be able to negotiate turns at a decent rate of speed.
This concept also applies to making turns.....you dont have to come to a complete halt to turn your car...
4. GOD GAVE YOU BLINKERS FOR A REASON---enough said.
5. IT IS LEGAL TO TURN RIGHT ON RED IF NO ONE IS COMING!!!! Yes, I understand you have to stop and look both ways...but dont just sit there and wait for the green ---they made that rule for a freakin' reason! Also, please referred back to Rule/Idea #2
6. MIDDLE AGED, WHITE UPPER-CLASS BALDING MALES LOOK RETARDED IN CONVERTABLE SPORTS CARS. Ok so this is just an observation from my commute thorugh morris county....first of all, we know you just bought the car becuase you are going through a mid life crisis and you are compensating for something....but you look dumb. I mean, come on, no one is going to think you are actually 25 again just because you drive a 25 year olds car! Plus, you are going to sunburn your bald spot - white people burn!! That is just inevitable! Then you will look REALLY uncool and old! Also in this catgory is the fact that tube socks should NEVER be pull up to your knees, especially if you are wearing shorts. It just looks dumb.
7. GREEN MEANS "GO". Not a hard concept people...only it is!!! If you are the first person at a red light, it is your DUTY to pay attention and jump the light soon as it turns green, for the benefit of the people behind you (again, refer to rule #2). I dont understnd wht takes people so long to move their foot from the brake to the gas pedal...If it takes your central nervous system and axons that long to react, perhaps you should not be driving.
8. ALWAYS PLAY LOUD COUNTRY MUSIC WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE GHETTO, and always play ghetto music while driving through yuppie land---AT TOP VOLUME....It is really fun to a) piss people off and b)see peoples reactions.
9. A BIKE IS NOT A CAR. I often encounter this on my commute through the Great Swamp, especilly when the weather is nice. Bikers drive in the car lanes as if they are cars and expect people not to run them over....ok, unless you can bike the speed limit, you should not be in the car lanes....and as an addendum to #6 white upper class, middle aged men (not that i dont love you all) should NOT WEAR SPANDEX - You 're not Lance Armstrong people!
10. THE SPEED LIMIT IS MERELY A SUGGESTION. It really is. Now, I'm not advocating you speed race....However, I feel the "code of the road" dictates you can drive 9 over the limit on back roads and 14 over the limit on the highway with out getting pulled over. And even worst then the people who drive way under the spped limit are the people who drive like 1-2 miles under---you just want to pull your eyelashes out!!!! In addition to this one, I would just like to address people who slow down when they see a cop who has already pulled over someone else----ok, unless you are driving 50mph over the speed limit, dropping bags of heroin out the window , the cop is NOT going to jump bck in his car and chase you!!! It is not neccesary to slow to crawl to drive past him!

OK, now that you all think Im psycho, I must tell you sometimes I think I am...sometimes i feel like cruella devil in 101 dalmations when she is driving her car all sorts of crzy looking for the puppies. However, I always wear my seatbelt and try not to get in to an accident...and i dont drive liek a maniac in bad weather!

I am going to close my blog with another thought---why is gas so freakin' expensive and why dont we have an alternate (and ethonol doesnt count becuase, as far as im concernred, that is a waste of time)that everyone can utilize? I mean, I am honestly starting to doubt we put a man on the moon over this (possibly been hanging out with my patients too much???hmm...). But seriously, if they can "allegedly" launch 3 men in a tin can through our atmosphere into the great beyond and land them thousands of miles away on a moving giant piece of space rock, why can we create a cost-effective alternative fuel source that everyone can afford? Its been almost 200 years since the first effective team engine was built---we havent perfected it yet???
Im no rocket scientist, engineer or even a greenie, but i just dont understand...All i know is $3.45 for a gallon of gas sucks big time!

PS- and for all you people whose answer is "move closer to work" I invite you to help me buy a home and pay the taxes for it in Morris County on a State salary.....because contrary to Corzine's belief, we are not robber-barrons as the public depicts us....and now the state gestapo is REALLY going to come to my house!

NYC

2008-04-16T19:02:00.000-07:00

So, I had to go to NYC today for my MOTEC meetings....Since I am a true Jersey surbubanite at heart, most days I really HATE the city - it smells, it's dirty as HELL , there are too many people , and I ALWAYS miss my train in and out (today i actaully got the train in but sat on the traacks for 15 minutes and then i missed my train home by like 1 minutes---grrr).
However, despite my transportation woes of the day, I did not find myself hating the city today--very peculiar. Some random very large, somewhat scary-looking African American guy stuck his hand out and held up the entire, very crowded A train for me (which was great because i was late) and then gave me a polite "your welcome" and did NOT proceed to either a) stare at me inappropriatly or b) talk to me...hmm!!!! And today, I realized one of the greatest pleasures of NYC----People watching!!!!
Where have I been?! This is one of Marco and his sister Merry's favorite past times and I am starting to kind of get into it. Today it hit me that NYC is a haven for observation of every kind of homo sapiens that walks this earth. I also realized that you can wear ANYTHING in the city and no one really gives a crap...I could have walked around on the subway in my underwear (scary, i know - i dont even want to think about it myself!) and everyone would keep on going, listening to their ipods and heading to whereever people in Manhattan go...
Let me also tell you that there are WAY TOO MANY people wearing skinny jeans (and whoever brought those back into style should be SHOT - unless you are a size two or four, they DONT LOOK NICE) who should not be...and I am sorry, men should NOT wear skinny jeans, especially those cut to accentuate the groin area. Who the hell wants to look at punky, "trendy" guy's junk? And to make matters worst, most of these guys in "skinny" jeans were wearing the jean in ugly colors such as washed out black and stone washed!! AGG!!! The 80's is a decade that should NOT be brought back! What's next? Chartruese scrunchies and fanny packs? AHHHH!
So on to my next topic, and this is open for comment discussion. For the past few months, I have been wanting to do something very wierd - I want ot put a pink stripe in my hair....I have NO IDEA why - I just think it looks bad ass. Now, I know I am NOT "bad ass" ( there isa big difference between being "bad ass" and an "asshole") but for some reason I think this is so cool!!!!! I am thinking that I am regressing back to adolescence...I did not go through the "I am going to dye my hair ugly colors i.e. blue, pink, purple with KoolAid" phase that most of my peers went through at age 11-13, which also coincided with the "grunge" phase of the 1990's...The "grungiest" I ever got was wearing my flannel from Abercrombie and Fitch to school...it wasnt my thing.
One of my favorite authors, Meg Cabot, has a pink streak and it looks awesome (her blog is hilarious, btw). Now, I thought I was insane, until my fairly sane-minded SIL stated she was also contemplating it! How would I even go about this? Would I look stupid at work? (ok, maybe not considering my place of employment) Hmmm......I dont know...maybe its just a phase of me trying to be bad ass, when i know that Im really not....

The crabs are back!

2008-04-15T19:09:00.001-07:00

Last night, as I am just about to fall asleep, my DH turns to me and goes in a VERY excited tone "I am SO EXCITED? Tomorrow the crabs are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I almost fell out of the bed.
For all of you sickos, get your mind out of the gutter.
He was referring to one of our favorite shows - "Deadliest Catch"
For some reason, we both love this show. I dont know why I like this show. I personally am very afraid of boats and sinking and this show chronicles both of them. Some of the wide lense shots even make me seasick just WATCHING them....However, I am addicted!!! I even have a favorite boat - The NorthWest!! Sad, Sad, I know....
So I somehow got on a SPAM list so my blog was down! I think I have finally rectified this situation.
I really cant blog much about some of hte recent events of my life, as to not offend people (why i care, I dont know....oh i guess i do - remember, I am working on being "nice?") Lets just say this past weekend was a freakin' bitch!!!
Catch you later gators!

Whew!

2008-04-09T19:41:00.000-07:00

I just got my "Reunion" news for Etown. I am sad to say that my notes did not make it in...probably because i forgot to send them in....i am so bad with stuff like that! I am jealous of people who are organized with those "clerical" things...Its hard enough for me to remember to pay my bills - Thank god for Marco! As 1950's housewiish as that sounds, i must admit I hate dealing with my finances ! Well, as of Friday I will be a happy home owner and be so poor that i wont have any finances to even deal with! ha!

Work today was slightly obnoxious. So, I dont know that I can talk about "work" here because the State of New Jersey gestapo ( in my imagination the state of ne wjersey employee gestapo are made up of our scary personnel staff dressed in blackk leather jackets with guns with Governor Corzine limping behind them as the ring leader...but I digress) may show up at my house and fire me and/or arrest me under some obscure Patriot Act law that allows them to, so I will talk about it in "general terms."......Two words: Retarded employees---talk amoungst yourselves....

So, for all of "stalkers" who didnt get to read about me in the reunion notes because Im a slacker, here are my own reunion notes:

Where do you live? i live in New Jersey (none of that PA shit any more), South Plainfield and as of Friday will officially hold the title of "Townie"...For most of my life, except for my short time in "that other state" [PA] I have lived with in one square mile....You gotta dream big, people!

Spouses: Marco and I got married on October 6th, 2008 and he has not killed me and/or been commited to the local psych unit as of yet (although I am apparently an evil influence on him), so I would say that is a moral victory!! hehehe....j/k - i am very happy!

My fondest Etown Memory: Sooo many....Hershey Park, Dell day, My car breaking down on 78 twice, in Hamburg and juts about everywhere else, Swimming in Lake Placida while wasted out of my mind during Senior Week (damned dead nazi shots!!! You cant drink ANYTHiNG with JAEGER in it with out acting retarded) , drinking and swimming in my baby pool for 2 years on Dell Day, Swimming with Amy and Alisa under the Beer pong table...while drunk.....hmmm...there is a wierd pattern of swimming and drinking here...Wow, I was kinda a lush in college - now I cant even handle a small glass of red wine!!!!!

What I would do if I could go back to 2003: NOT USE MY CREDIT CARDS EVER!!!!!! They are the root of all that is evil...hmm, not graduate and stay in college FOREVER?

So its time for Thais's "NERD TIME":

I did, in fact finish the fluff book and have now moved onto another chick lit book called "Kind of Married"....I am finidng its a bit more serious then I thought...however, it is set in NJ so of course I will finish it! Anyony have any suggestions for new reading materials???? does any one even read my blog? who knows!

Tomorrow night I am going out with work people to celebrate many milestones - Mary's 25th anniversary (despite her 22 years of separation/divorce), Craig's bachelor party (he isnt even going out with us because of wedding obligations), and OF COURSE - our successful move to the new hospital!!!!!!! (which of course, we havent moved.....it was postponed....AGAIN). All in all, going to be a wonderful celebration!!! hehehehhehehe

thank you Mary and Stefanie for commenting - it made my pathetic day!!!

I will leave you all some of my political adgend, jsut becuase i feel likebeing an ass tonights....so all you republicans and conservatives (i love you any way!!) can CLICK OFF now so i do not offend you.................

I took this picture down in north carolina while attending my sister-in-laws graduation and i just found it on my hard drive--It says "bush F-cked America (can i say f-ck on my blog?!) -it was on my desktop for awhile...i figured i should post it, so maybe when the New Jersey gestapo comes to arrest me for blogging about my job, they will actually have TWO reasons to arrest me under the Patriot Act....plus i have listened to way too much CNN today.....hehehhe...later gators!

wow! I am a dork!

2008-04-07T19:34:00.000-07:00

so I told my DH that i got a blog and he responded with a groan.....i was a little miffed and then my loving dear hubby of 6 months told me he thought it was a bad idea because my assholey-ness may come out and he thinks that only him and my boss Mary (isnt she lucky?) are aware of my full bithchiness/assholey ness.....
so anyway, if i come off as an asshole, im sorry.....but not really because as i mentioned previously - this is my blog!!! However, I did make a resolution to be nicer in the month of April...its day 7 and its not going so well!! I have tried though....kind of, sort of...whatever, I mean well!
Anyway, I would like to take this chance to talk about my new band....yes i am a member of a band and we are awesome...i play drums, marco guitar and chris, my bro-in-law, is the singer...
...and if you havent already guessed, i am totally talkin about "rock band", my new favorite thing in the world....i am sorry to say that i spent my entire Saturday night playing this blasted game...and yes, i am fully aware that I am a loser...
To continue with my loserness, I would just like to say that I am totally addicted to the "John Adams" miniseries on HBO---possibly some of the best TV I have seen in a long time. It is historically accurate in pretty much every detail, which is AWESOME and sometimes hard to find with historical film!!! If you havent seen it, check it out! Even my DH, who tends to find history a bit boring, is totally engrossed. Its ON DEMAND, so check it out!

BOOKS: Since I dont have cute kids and/or cute crafts/hobbies to post about, I am going to post about the books I am currently reading. Currently, I am reading two books. I am reading JOhn ADAMS by David McCullough, which the miniseries is based on (wow, I am jsut reading this blog and realizing I am a total nerd). It is really really intersting, although a bit dry at times, as most straight history is. However, I am increasing my basis of useless knowledge by millions of brain cells and it makes me happy for some reason. The second book I am currently reading is what I would call "chick fluff"---its not trashy (not too trashy) but is an easy read. Its called "Shoe Addicts Anonymous"...its pretty cute!
That is for now! I should be done with the shoe book by thursday!

later gators!

I have a blog

2008-04-06T20:00:00.000-07:00

Its 11 pm on Sunday night - WAY past my bed time. I am waiting for the dryer to buzz and I have decided to FINALLY sign up for my blog. Im not sure what the hell I am going to post on my blog---I do not have children (well, i have furry children and i will most likely post cute pictures of them) , I do not have pretty crafts or hobbies to post about (i read - Im boring) and I am not actively campaigning or running for any office or post (although i will periodically utilize this space to shamelessly push my liberal views---and if you dont agree, i dont really give a shit because its my blog---so ha ha). My spelling sucks and sometimes I type too fast and for get letters, words, phrases etc etc.....deal with it!
Anyway, welcome to my blog and enjoy my randomness!