Sunday, July 22, 2007
Confessions of a Whiner and Complainer
But I do have one little piece of happiness. At the all staff meeting at work on Friday, I got an award! Yes...me! I guess people do appreciate me after all. It really made me week so much better. I tell you, on Thursday I was ready to just up and quit. But now, I feel better. It is amazing what a piece of paper and a candle will do for a person's ego - lol.
I got a new cell phone this week. I got a Blackberry Pearl, and it rocks! I am having issues with picture messaging, which I will have fixed by tomorrow (when I have access to another phone - lol - I only have the cell phone here in my apt - no need for a land line, too - or so I thought). Anyway, I love my new cell phone. It will come in handy on road trips when I need to get a map or find a hotel - hehe.
The weather has been hot - but that is normal for summer. It has been in the 90's , but I heard the 100's are gonna make a comeback next week :( All I know is that I am tired of being hot. And so is my head. I had such a bad headache yesterday that I took a nap to sleep it out. But when I woke up, it was still there. I ended up falling asleep early and waking up in the middle of the night at 3:30 am and couldn't fall back asleep. Now I am sleepy again - lol. Nap time!
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
So hot, hot, hot
I was sick last week. Fever, nausea, body aches....I had it all...including some unmentionable things too. It sucked ass. The week before, I had pulled a muscle in my back and it hurt like hell. I left work early and went home and laid down on my bed with pillows and smelling of Icy Hot (which REEKS by the way). I went to work the next day and brought my heating pad and a pillow. I just have had a run of bad luck lately.
Last weekend, Alicia dragged me out to the bar. I was the designated driver . But I had a fun time.You don't need to drink to have fun....especially when Alicia is around. She is hella funny when she is drunk. It was very entertaining. hehehehe
The 100+ degree weather is supposed to last thru next week. That doesn't thrill me one bit. In fact, it makes me rather sad.
I guess I have to look on the bright side. At least I don't live in Death Valley. It is supposed to be 129 degrees there
Saturday, June 23, 2007
I was born under the wrong sign
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You Know You're From Bakersfield When....
Instead of people thinking youre "rich" for having leather seats, they think youre stupid.
You laugh when people complain about 95 degree weather.
You're bored one day, and decide to go to 6 Flags Magic Mountain.
You're not worried about the big "California fires" cause by the time it gets any closer, they close the Grapevine.
You've seen the "Stairway to Heaven of lights" while coming back to Bako at night on the Grapevine.
You know what "White, Ming, Rosedale, Calloway, and Panama" mean
When you go out of town & you see a sign saying "Union Ave" you expect to see a hooker.
Rosedale is a world all its own.
Rosedale ALSO needs to be turned into a sitcom.
You remember the TWO times in the last 25 years that it snowed in Bakersfield, and you remember everything you did that snow day.
Everyone always says they're going to leave, but you know that if you try, you get sucked right back in.
You take the "California Roll" at a stop sign to a whole new level.
You know where all the "haunted houses" are when Halloween comes around
You know what an "08er is", where "the Dale" is, and what a "Dalion" is.
And then people who actually MADE it out of this city sit here & laugh at these because they know they're TRUE.
One of your friends owns a house on a spot where you had field parties in high school.
You know the ingredients in a George's Special, or have ever had a "Black and White" for lunch.
You get mad every time you see "Best of Times" when Taft wins at the end. ...or... you get mad every time you see "Best of Times" because who the heck are the Bakersfield Tigers?
You comment on how expensive Mexican food is in any other city in the country.
You have ever offered someone a Dewar's Chew from a bowl on your coffee table.
You claim to hate LA but go there at least every other month.
You have ever debated the merits of water skiing at Lake Ming versus Buena Vista.
You have to explain to friends from out of town what animal a tri-tip comes from.
You think beans and salsa go with everything.
You think a restaurant is chintzy if it doesn't come with soup, salad, spaghetti, and fries.
You think a red light is just a suggestion.
The best restaurants in town serve pickled tongue.
You think $400 a month for rent is way too high.
You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.
You know the pool can be warmer than you are.
You realize that Valley Fever isn't a disco dance.
Anywhere that takes longer than a 10 minute drive is way too far.
You think you're better than people from Fresno.
Someone mentions "the fair" and your thoughts turn to Cinnamon Buns, First Christian Church corn on the cob, and Boy Scout potatoes.
You have to "explain" to someone about Beach Park.
You complain about how boring Bakersfield is, but still make fun of people from Delano, Taft and Tehachapi.
Someone from out of town talks about how foggy it is and you tell them, "Just wait."
You swear that just last week there was an orchard where there is now a whole development of houses.
You drive just as fast on a on a foggy day in December as you do sunny day in June.
You no longer associate bridges or rivers with water.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Bakersfield..
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Ahhh lazy weekend......ahhh
Last weekend, I traveled up north to Sebastopol for my cousin Mike's wedding. It was a really nice day. It was pretty warm, but not too hot. The wedding was outdoors and it was really nice. I got to see a lot of my relatives who I don't get to see very often. Unfortunately, I could only stay for a little while, as I had to drive back to Bakersfield, which was quite a long drive from Sebastopol. Put it this way. I left Sebastopol a little after 6 pm. I didn't get home til 2:30 am. A long drive indeed. I wish I had been able to take that Monday off so I could have stayed longer. But my boss already had that day off. Shucks. It would have been nice to visit with everybody longer.
I stopped off in San Francisco at the Golden Gate National Rec. Area and walked up a path to a viewpoint of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was an awesome view. I used one of the pics I took as the background pic on my Myspace profile page. I loved it! But it was terribly windy and brrrrrr cold. At times on the short walk, I felt like I was going to get blown over. And my hair was flying in my face so I couldn't see where I was going - lol. But oh well. It was a great view from the top.
I did make it to Bodega Bay and Jenner, which aren't too far from Sebastopol. It is nice because the beach is only about a half hour drive from my aunt's house. I got off the road at Petaluma on the way up because between San Rafael and Petaluma, the traffic was just crawling. I mean crawling! I am talking 10-15 mph. That was on the Friday on the way up. I can only imagine what it would have been like on a Sunday afternoon (which is why I chose to drive home on Saturday night as opposed to Sunday afternoon). I took the back way to Sebastopol by driving from Petaluma to Bodega Bay to Sebastopol. It was much prettier and not much slower (even tho it is a longer drive than going down the 101).
I went to Jenner and the Kruse Rhododendron Reserve on Saturday morning. The drive is twisty and turny but very pretty. The Rhododendron Reserve was nice, but the road there was dirt and a one laner at that. There were some turnouts in case you encountered some traffic coming your way, but luckily I didn't come across any other cars. My car sure got dirty though.
The drive home was long (didn't I mention that already? hehe) I stopped in San Francisco on the way back and went back to the same viewpoint area as I did on Friday. There were a lot of people up there on the road. Luckily, the wind was calm and it wasn't nearly as cold as it was the day before, even though it was getting dark. I stayed up there for a while, just enjoying the view and taking a few pictures, and then after it got dark, I took off for home.
I was so tired the next day. I slept til almost 1 pm (I didn't actually go to bed til almost 5 am that morning so I had an excuse!!! lol). And then later on, I ended up falling back asleep. I guess I am getting old
So this weekend, I did nothing but lounge around in the air conditioning (did I mention it got over 100 degrees last week.....3 times?? ugh - summer!),doing Kakuro puzzles and watching tv, and working on some stuff for our Americana unit decorating project at work. I did watch 2 movies (on dvd - I was too lazy to go to the theatre - hehe). I watched The Messengers and The Return, both scary movies. They were both pretty good. Now I am watching this program on the Galapagos Islands on The National Geographic Channel. I soooo wanna go there now - LOL! I am such a nature nerd.
Maybe this weekend I will be rested up enough to go on another outdoor adventure. Yosemite.....Sequoia....Big Sur....who knows. But it is too hot to go anywhere near the desert. And it is too hot to stay here in town!!
I hate summers in Bakersfield.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Goings on in good ole Bake-O
Of course, a few days later the weather cools down to a nice 80 degrees (instead of the 95 degrees that it was on Sunday). Ain't Mother Nature a bitch?
This Friday, I am traveling up tp Sebastopol, CA for my cousin Mike's wedding. The wedding is on Saturday (with a rumored 250 people to attend), but I am going up Friday so I can do some sight seeing in San Francisco and around the Bay Area. I am going to stay at my Aunt Helen's house for the night and my folks are coming up on Saturday. I haven't yet decided if I will go home on Saturday or on Sunday. The wedding is at 4 pm on Saturday, so the earliest I can leave Sebastopol would probably be 6:00 and it is about a 5-6 hour drive home from there. I guess I will have to wait and see how tired I am by then.
I would like to maybe go to Bodega Bay and Jenner to see the Salt Point State Park and Kruse Rhododendron State Reserve. They aren't too far from Santa Rosa. At this point, it is all up in the air. I will probably decide what I want to do on the drive over - lol. That is just how I roll.
I am sure that wherever I go, there will be plenty of pictures to take. I am just a picture taking fool
Friday, June 01, 2007
Holy sh*t ! Now you know why I don't do karaoke!
MANILA (AFP) - A jobless man was shot dead by a security guard for singing out of tune in a Philippine karaoke bar, police said Thursday.
Romy Baligula, 29, was halfway through his song on Tuesday night in a bar in San Mateo town, east of Manila, when 43-year-old security guard Robilito Ortega yelled that he was out of tune.
As Baligula ignored his comments and continued singing, Ortega pulled out his revolver and shot him in the chest.
Senior Superintendent Felipe Rojas said Baligula died instantly.
The security guard was detained by an off-duty policeman shortly after the shooting.
Deaths and violence are not uncommon in Philippine karaoke bars.
The popular Frank Sinatra song "My Way" has been taken off many karaoke bars in Manila after it was found to be the cause of fights and even deaths when patrons sang out of tune.
F is for Friday
So, I got my car thingy to work and all is well in the auto world again.
I had to go do my citizenly duty and sit in the jury duty services building for a few hours on Wednesday. Luckily, I didn't have to serve on a panel. I did have to spend about 8 hours of the day down there (they did give us 2 hours for lunch though). I had my Kakuro puzzle books to work on so I did have something to do at least.
It is starting to get hot outside. Ok, well it has been hot for weeks. It is in the 90's everyday now, so I know those 100+ degree summer days are not far off.
Oh joy.
Monday, May 28, 2007
No comprendo espanol (but I am trying)
I don't have to go to jury duty tomorrow. I checked and groups 1-25 go tomorrow. I am group 26, so that means Wednesday will be my boring day down at the courts. I so hate jury duty. At least I got my puzzle books and Ipod to take with me. I am so addicted to Kakuro puzzles. They are like Sudoku with a touch of math. Which is ironic, since I suck at math, but then I am weird, so there it is.
Work is kinda kicking my ass lately. I got stuck with about 40 or so cases ... 95% of which was Spanish, by the way ... when a coworker left the unit. I worked my ass off last week and cranked out about 30 cases. But man it left me tired. All I wanted to do after work was come home and lie down. I hope to have the rest of them done this week or by early next week. I just hate having cases looming over me like that.
I want to go camping again soon. But this weekend is Alana's birthday party (she is gonna be 2 yrs old) and then next weekend is my cousin Mike's wedding, so camping won't be for a while. But there will be plenty of pics to take at both of those occasions, so it's all good
I am off to bed. Time to take some sleeping pills and hit the hay. I can never sleep at all on Sunday nights (this is like a Sunday night) so sleeping pills should help some. Otherwise I will spend all night waking up every hour or 2 and never get any actual sleep.
I'm a star! lol

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
For once I was right.
Congrats Jordin. You go girl!
And was it me or did Bette Midler totally suck tonite (not that I like her on any other night, but tonight she sucked more than usual)
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
What sign should I be?
You Should Be A Cancer |
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American Idol finale and other unrelated stuff
Jordin rules. Pure and simple. Although I thought Blake had the best performance of the night with his first song, "Living On A Prayer," I think Jordin did the best overall. Still, the final song was more suited to Jordin than to Blake, which wasn't entirely fair, since they HAD to sing that song, but oh well.
I hope Jordin wins. But I won't be at all upset if Blake wins. They both are good. They just have different styles.
Oh, and the best part of the night was getting to see Chris Daughtry perform his song, "Home." Is it me or is that guy just smokin' hot??? I just wish he hadn't jumped on the whole Manscara and Manshadow bandwagon. He looks hot enough without the makeup!
Oh, and he can sing too
I am not making any predictions, since I am always wrong and I don't want to jinx anyone. But I do hope Jordin wins it all. The girl deserves it.
On a completely unrelated note, I went to the dentist today and had a filling done on my front tooth, which rendered my entire upper lip and roof of my mouth numb and useless for nearly 3 hours. I wuf tafkin wike thwis for hours. And drooling! Perhaps that was TMI, but oh well. It is my blog. I will write whatever I wanna.
Anyway, now I have this weird spot on the front of my tooth that feels weird. It feels like I have food stuck to my tooth and it is driving me crazy. Hopefully, I will get used to it over time. Hopefully.
Oh and next week I have jury duty. Fun, fun, fun for me. And yes, I was being sarcastic. I am not crazy enough to actually WANT jury duty, unlike Ricardo who has jury duty the same week I do and wants to get selected for a jury, because he doesn't want to do his cases - lol. I would much rather work than serve on a freakin' jury. Yawnnnnnn.
Let's hope they dismiss me or just don't call me.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Separated at Birth??
Geoffrey Fieger

Stuart
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
I didn't see THAT coming
I didn't see that coming. Not by a mile. I figured it would be Melinda vs one of the other 2 in the finale. But, in true AI fashion, no one is guaranteed to be safe. (remember last year when Chris Daughtry was voted off???)
Still, the finale should be good. All 3 of this year's top 3 are good singers.
It was good to see my favorite from last year's top 3, Elliot Yamin, performing tonight. He was really good.
So who will win next week? I have no idea. And I don't plan on making any predictions.
I am always wrong anyway
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
I think....
a better punishment for Paris Hilton would be to have her sit at home in a room and make her listen to nothing but her record album for 45 days straight.
Not only would it be excruciatingly painful, but it might teach her to never record another song again.
Someone remind me again why she is famous??
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American Idol - the top 3
I can only make a prediction on who is a shoe-in to stay in the competition...... Melinda. I really don't know who is going to be voted off, and based on tonite's performances, I can't say anyone deserves to be voted off. They all put on a great show tonite.
I just don't know.
Monday, May 07, 2007
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