Internet Shopping! Gotta love it!

I just spent most of the evening shopping online. Why you ask? Because I LOATHE real shopping. I loathe the pushy people, the stupid Christmas music, the kids crying and yelling, pretty much everything having to do with it. Trust me, you dont want to talk to me if you found out I had been "real" shopping. I am a grouch ass.

If I go with Girl friends, yes I am the "man" shopper. I either sit and await their hours of shopping for deals outside the store or am basically whining or trying to find a TV store with a show on Ill watch. Laugh all ya want, but I am a more go in, get it, leave gal. You dont browse around you ask? I do, on the internet first. Then I go in, ask where it is, get it and get the hell outta there!

I went to Amazon.com today and Ebay.com,Foodtv.com and Huskervideo.com. I am almost done all in about 3 hours worth of "browsing" online. Bad part is I finally added up what I spent! Holy cow. I am already like $650 in and not done yet! Close though! I would say I am 4/5 done on the item part but about $300 away from the final destination. Sigh, so much for my budget! . But I shouldnt complain I suppose.It is just hard to drop that kind of cash on a Holiday I dont even decorate for. Yeah yeah, gasp all ya want, and call me scrooge but I dont. Then the whole paying for "stuff" for family I barely talk too especially when I dont really do much for myself. BUT my NY resolution is to change that! Dunno what I will get myself, but something I can find online Im sure!

You might be shaking your head too asking why do that when I probably dropped $200 on shipping. Well 1 I spent a total of $27.95 on shipping as amazon.com was where I did most of my purchasing and it was all FREE! *I love FREE shit* But I would rather pay $3.95 per item in shipping and be happy and not grouchy when I get done, or cold, or have to be in the ice storm thing we have going on this evening.

I just heard Hyvee is doing delivery, and dont even NOT think for a second I havent seriously considered it! lol

I think my favorite thing about the online shopping is I can actually get people what they want cuz I can find it easier. If I have to search for anything in a store, you can forget about it.Patience is NOT my middle name by any means.

One of my favorite things I bought today was, I got my brother a collector item of Coach Osbornes "Career Plaque" signed and some other cool Husker stuff.

My mom was the FoodTV one. I pretty much got all her stuff there. Her new retirement thing is too "cook" like they do on TV. lol I guess its good to have goals.

Dad is getting a rifle for hunting. No I didnt purchase that online, that is a seperate gift that I am "chipping in" for. Doesnt chipping in mean you pay a equal part? Huh, funny I got stuck with $150 and it is a $300 gun. Oh well, call me a sucker or a daddy's girl!

Of course, there is always the Guitar Hero Legends of Rock for the kid. Ya, I am pretty stoked for him to open it. So excited infact I had it shipped to my mothers so I didnt play with it while he was at school! Screw delayed Gradification! If I can get it NOW Ill do it! lol But realizing this, I did the right thing for all involved. Sigh, sucks to be "good" sometimes. But I guess I have to act like a mom sometimes huh? *Stomps foot*

Well thats all I have to blog about today. My online shopping spree, the relief I am about done and SO much closer to my 3 week break from motherhood. Ya, ok if ya know me you had to KNOW that was coming! I do love my FREE things and my FREE time from being a mom is one of them! So much to do! and no big mouths to tell my family! muuhhaaaaa Big Mouths=Teenagers who try and hold things over your head by threatening to tell "G'ma and G'pa" sigh

Happy shopping!

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Disclaimer: I do not write poems or even get creative often, so be nice!

T'was the night before the bowl games, when all through the land,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a Head Coach for Husker Land.
My Husker sweatshirts were folded in my dresser with care
In hopes that St. Tom soon would be there;

The Husker fans were nestled snug in their beds,
While visions of bowl games from the past danced in their heads;
with Callahan gone and our season ending with a gap,
we all had just settled down for a long post-season nap.

When out in Nebraska there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my Lazy boy to see what was the matter.
Away to the TV I flew in a dash,
fumbled my remote and sat down for the news flash!

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a Press Conference with news, I tried not to despair!

With a little old man, So lively with football views,
I knew in a moment it must be St Tom with some Head Coaching news.
More rapid than a running back his coursers they came,
and he smiled and told us and called him out by name;

Bo Pelini is now your Head Coach! Bo Pelini is now your Head Coach!
To the top of rankings! To the top of the polls!
Now reporters Dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!

As the reporters reported the exciting news,
about how we met an obstacle, and how our adminstration came through.
They'll now go to the practice field with lots to do,
With a new play book full of hope and a new Head coach too.

and then, in a second you could hear in the distance,
The hoorays and hollars, of the days new Head Coaching business.
As I turned off the News, and was sitting back down,
A new feeling of relief and hope was all abound.

Pelini spoke but few words and said he was going straight to work,
he has player slots to fill with recruits which is a lot of hard work,
and with a wave of his hand and a nod of his head,
he was off getting ready to be part of the infamous Husker land.

St. Tom was pleased and went back to his office,
Next year is looking up and now fans have been given solace.
and I think I heard him exclaim, as he sat out of sight,

HAPPY 2008 FOOTBALL SEASON TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

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Only a person in NEBRASKA could think of this.



From the county where drunk driving is considered a sport, comes this true story. Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar after last call the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so apparently intoxicated that he could barely walk.



The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing. After what seemed an eternity in which he tried his keys on five different vehicles, the man managed to find his car and fall into it. He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.



Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off--it was a fine, dry summer night--,flicked the blinkers on and off a couple of times, honked the horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the other patrons' vehicles left. At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot, he pulled out and drove slowly down the road.



The police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now started up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over and administered a breathalyzer test. To his amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence that the man had consumed any alcohol at all!



Dumbfounded, the officer said, I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the sherriffs office. This breathalyzer equipment must be broken."



"I doubt it," said the truly proud non-drinker. "Tonight I'm the designated decoy."

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Yesterday I had THE best day since I went to Worlds of Fun! It was football Saturday and I got to go to the game! I went with some old co-workers of mine and the original set of friends I made when I moved to KS. It was going to be fun whether or not we won.


All in all the day was great, Only got 3 hours of sleep the night before since my dinner ran late Friday, but I was up, packed the cooler and was out the door and too Lawrence by 9:15am in the morning! Jagerbombs started at 10am, whoa Nelly. We got lucky and one of the wives *I went with the "guys"* was our limo driver and so we never had to walk far, dropped us off at the game, for our row 4 seats! Yes folks, I was basically on the field. It was the best seats I have ever had at a game.



The Good.

The day was filled with laughing, cheering and talking with other fans/football alumni. Reconnecting long lost friendships, mostly due to life and not having "time" to get together. You know you have made good friends when you can get together after 2-4 years and it’s as if you all never have been separated. Some lives had changed married, divorced, pregnant wives. Nevertheless, we all were the same just with some tweaks of some kind. We partied all day, laughed all day, drank all day and I got home at around midnight. Maybe thinking today, I am too old to be start-taking shots at 10am, but **** it, I had the best time! You only live once, right?



The Bad

The bad of the day of course was our punk ass football team who never really showed up for the game. When I say punk ass, I mean it in the nicest of ways. Of course having such premo seats, means I got up close and personal to see how we looked. The offense started strong, but our defense never showed up.We had no excitement from our players. By the 3rd quarter, they were heaving their chests so heavy from being on the field too much. "Fire Callahan" was heard from KU fans and Huskers alike. Several of the KU fans said it wasn’t as much fun to beat us, due to our struggles. I thought that showed character on several KU fans parts. No one likes to see a flailing team who was once a power house struggle like we are, fan or not.



The Ugly

Since I was with KU fans, I fully expected a little razzing, which of course I got. I too am wondering, "Why our team didn’t show up". I didn’t expect, to walk to the bars in KU and be harassed by several KU fans. Not harassed as in I am overly sensitive don’t say shit about my team, I wear my colors proudly and will be a fan even if we were 0-10. Harassed as in, as we walked KU fans shouted obscenities, some would race off of the side walk and get in my face, some grabbed me, some threw things at other fans and I got asked to not walk on "their" sidewalk more times than I can count. My male friends I was with didn’t want to leave me alone ever for some fear I would be accosted. I wasn’t sure if I should really be scared or not. I was however, super disappointed that there are fans like that from any team or sport.

There is a reason Husker fans are known as "gracious fans", win or lose we never degrade our opponent and wish them a good game. I think the fact that KU's memorial stadium had a record setting attendance NOW that they win says a lot about their fans, we have always had a sell out, win or lose. Fair weather fans are very far and few between for our Huskers. Sad that it took those other 20k fans an 8-0 season to decide to show up for their team, don’t you think?

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I have a weird addiction to the History Channel. I must not be the only dork out there who has this same addiction, because as far as I know the History Channel does pretty well. I'm not that big of a dork to keep the station afloat myself.

Don't judge me. History is cool!!!

I didn't begin this to defend myself about watching the History Channel. I began it to tell you that we're all going to die horribly painful deaths, and it's going to happen a lot sooner than you think. We have about four years left to enjoy ourselves. 2012 will be the end of all that is good, fun and awesome in the world. *If you believe that* Did I scare ya?

I didn't just come to this conclusion by hitting buttons randomly on a calculator and staring at the sky while predicting oil prices in comparison to my mom's menstrual cycle. I watched the two-hour-long special on Nostradamus's' Lost Book last night. The show should have been about half as long as it actually ran, but the last 30 minutes of the show gave me Goosebumps and did cause me to think a bit.

According to some crazy predictions made using the center of the galaxy and the orbits of the earth and sun, Nostradamus predicted that the earth would end anywhere from 1998 to 2012. I wouldn't really be too stressed out about it, except that the Mayan Calendar ends abruptly at the year 2012 too. Edgar Casey also predicted many things that Nostradamus did too. Coincidence? Who knows?

It was interesting to see how the Church, Numerology and Astrology all play a part in these predictions. All three faucets of *beliefs* have quatrains about the exact same thing. Of course, the Catholic Church keeps most of their things under wraps; Nostradamus was a churchman and not all about numbers and astrology. He included all three into his predictions. Even 500 years later his predictions on anti Christ, which he has three and predicted two of the three as Napoleon, and Hitler who is the third? Osama? Could be.

Personally, I am not one to lean to the churchy side of things or leaning towards the “astrology” side either, even though if I am bored I will scan my horoscope that is always wrong btw. However, I guess seeing all three faucets put together in quatrains were interesting since there was no separation of the three.

I sat down today and read some copies of Nostradamus’s book, the actual excerpts that are translated to English, they are riddles said in a way you wouldn’t really know what he is talking about until AFTER the event has taken place. They showed future predictions, which they can’t, translate well due to the fact they don’t know what his “vagueness” to people and places really means. But if you go back and read the past ones, since they already happened, seems pretty clear.

Of course, there was also skeptics. Always a skeptic in the crowd. I am usually this person, but try to keep open minded to such things. I believe in coincidences, but sometimes when there is many with one person, makes ya wonder.

Anyway, just my thoughts overall on what I watched on the History channel. They had 3 last night, all that was so interesting I didn’t even watch my normal shows. So what do you think, is it fact or fiction?

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lol, I had to copy/paste this cuz I couldnt have said it any better myself. How true is this and more importantly, WHICH one are you??

Wow. Drunk people are ******* retarded. I'm not even joking around with you..Drunk people are some of the stupidest people on the planet. I know that booze affects the mind in severe ways, causing all kinds of problems with motor skills and inhibition, but...comeon. Some of the shit people do is beyond stupid. It makes me wonder how dumb they were before they ever started drinking that night.

For the last three weeks, or so, I've started making some extra money (thanks, ex-wife!) by working security at a popular bar in town. My job has thus far consisted of checking for underage people at the door and making certain that no one sets drinks on the pool tables. Considering the length of my shift, it's pretty god-damned boring. I have a lot of time to sit an observe people in varying levels of fucked-upedness. Yeah. That's a word if I want it to be.

I like to fashion myself as an observer of humanity, and I think I've developed ways of categorizing people fairly accurately. That being said, I think that while there are countless of different people who like to do countless different things...people still fit into at least one of these categories, if not more than one.

1) Asshole. Yeah, you might be an asshole when you get drunk. You may say shit to your friends that's hateful and unnecessary just because you think that it's funny, when it really isn't. You may be rude to complete strangers because you don't care what they think. You may treat women as objects that exist only to fulfill your twisted fantasies. Wait a minute...this describes me when I'm sober.

2) Dude/Chick With No Limits. Don't know how to pace yourself when you're drinking? Don't know when that last shot of tequila you took was one too many? Nice. You're the drunk who has no limits. You're cut off by the bartender at about 1 am because you can't be understood when you're ordering. Your friends usually have to help you out to the car...hopefully they're driving.

3)The Slut. This is usually a bitch, but sometimes it can be a guy. These are the people at the bar who get super-drunk and decide that they want some attention. They're usually a girl who has a low self-esteem and they immediately switch on they're "fuck me" sign. They cruise the bar, throwing themselves at the most attractive guys and filter down the rank-and-file until they get to a guy who's drunk enough, or desperate enough, to take them home. I like these bitches, but they seem to get snatched up before they ever fuckin' make it to me.

4) The Sometimes Bi-Sexual. These are always chicks, though I'm sure there are some exceptions to the rules out there. These chicks also seek out attention from their peers by making an exaggerated show of being attracted to other chicks at the bar. While sober, they typically have no homosexual urges whatsoever. Three or four drinks into the evening, though, and they're searching for likely throats to stick their tongue down. The target is usually a trusted friend, who is also a sometimes-bisexual. This trait can be taken advantage of by a smart boyfriend by exploiting the sometimes-bisexual's homo urges, and getting two chicks in the sack at once. The only problem is dealing with a shocked straight chick in the morning. It's probably worth it.

5) Mr. Moody. This guy gets drunk and then gets really ******* sad. He's typically an alright guy before he drinks, but as soon as he has some booze in his belly, he turns into Sir Weeps-A-Lot. He gets upset about his mom...or his girlfriend...or his job...or really anything sad that he can focus on at the time. Being drunk is his way of getting over the bullshit of his normal existence, and he uses it as some kind of cry-baby therapy. That's okay, I guess. Just fuckin' do it somewhere else.

6) The Ass-Kicker. Ten feet tall and fuckin' bulletproof. This guy's balls swell with testosterone while he drinks, and he's ready to brawl. He builds himself up in his own mind and gets so pumped up for a fight, that's he starts looking for any excuse whatsoever. He likes staring people down and bumping into folks randomly, blaming them for spilled drinks and stepped-on toes. I have a feeling that these people don't really want to fight. There's a good chance that they'd back down from a fight, but you never know. They usually just want to get off on dominating people at the bar. I hate The Ass-Kicker. They deserve their ******* doom when they **** with me.

7) The Hugger. This dude (or chick) loves you. They may only have just met you, but they love you anyway. They walk around hugging people that they love,which is usually everyone that they know by their first name. The dudes who do this want to talk about "the good times" that the two of you shared. The chicks who become Huggers are deceptive. You think that since they're hugging you and telling you that they love you, that you might have a chance of ******* them later. You're wrong. Those chicks are assholes.

8) The Wild Card. These are the to watch out for. They get good and drunk, and then declare statements like, "Hey! Watch me jump off this moving car!" or "Hey! Watch me set my arm on fire with this Bacardi 151!" Whoo-hoo! Yeah! That's how I want to cap my night off. I want to baby-sit you at the Emergency Room while you're getting your ass shaved for ******* skin grafts. That's fun for me. Honest.

I wanted ten in my list, but I ran dry on thinking of more types of drunk people. That's okay. I think we can only deal with eight, really.

I see folks at the bar doing this shit all the time, actually. I hate them, but some of them are worse than others. They act like idiots, and then they blame it on the booze the next day. **** that. I know for a fact that there's never been anything I've done or said while drunk, that I wouldn't have done while sober. I've never fucked a chick I wouldn't have fucked during the day, and I've never sustained a major injury because I was drunk out of my mind. Maybe I'm lucky, or maybe I just know how to pace myself while drinking. I doubt it, though. I'm just not an idiot. Drunk people are ******* retarded.

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