Happy New Year

My musical wish to you as we head into 2006...yeah it's a little campy and kitschy but, dammit...it's ABBA after all... :)

Spam...how poetic

I sometimes read my spam messages. I mean I know they are just trying to get me to go to some site where they will download some spyware material or turn my computer into a HUGE spam server for them but I don't give into the tempatation to see "mature lads licking cock" or "Young russian unique virgins hardcore check pics and movies" because quite frankly, I'm still trying to figure out what's unique about the virgins.

However, I do read it for the odd things that they include in the spam message so they can get past the filters. For example"

"A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences."

"A heart that loves is always young."

How can you not love spam that gets philosophical on you.

F5 for Refresh

So I've kinda made a few changes around here...added a few more links (some naughtier and more "not work" appropriate than others), started weeding through the "best of" the past 4+ years of my life (wow has it really been almost 5 years since I started writing this blog?) and have even begun renting out my space on BlogExplosion as well...I've even found a way to put video on here as well which I've been trying to figure out for ages....anyhoo....just a little not-so-Spring cleaning here....

Mmmmmm delicious

A little more Christmas love before the New Year...

Goodbye, Lesbians....

A little more holiday love...this time courtesy of Saturday Night Live

Happy Holidays

Ho, ho, ho Bitches!

Friday's Bad Santa Photo

A scene from the upcoming motion picture:
Poltergeist: The Christmas Movie...On the plus side, this girl will have a great career in porn when she grows up as long as she can keep her mouth open that wide...

Before and After

He went from being a scruffy hottie on the Red Sox to looking like a limp-wristed gay man living in South Beach going out to the clubs until 7 in the morning every night...Johnny Damon...so not hot anymore...I mean he will be good for the Yankees but not good for my baseball fantasy that currently involves Derek Jeter lashed to the best and being covered in whipped cream from head to toe so I can send myself into a diabetic coma trying to lick it all off...

Thursday's Bad Santa Photo

Ya know....after four days of bad Santa photos...I'm starting to feel really good about the decision to not play Santa at the office's children's holiday party...

Moving Time...

Canada here I cum...I mean come....

After ruling that gay marriage was cool, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled swingers clubs were a-okay as well....damn....gotta love that!

Walking to Work...Strike Day 2

So...I was lucky enough to take yesterday off and avoid all of the mass hysteria as people tried to make it into their respective offices and get on with their lives while trying not to discuss the big white elephant (hmmm white elephant...is that racist?) in the middle of the room.

Thankfully Day 2 of The Roger Toussaint Transit Nightmare seemed to go a little better and I even lucked out on getting a ride over the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan rather than having to make that trek on foot. Out of 10 people in the office, only 4 of us are here and the psychotic one who seems to like taking time off is pretty much refusing to even come in or make an attempt at trying to come into the office which means I get to do her work. Of course, it is about a 2 hour walk into work for me which I'm not thrilled about but I'm here. I thought it would take longer but apparently I walk faster than I thought and was at the Queensboro Bridge in under an hour.

One of the rumors going around the office is that if you stay home from work due to the strike you have to use any of your personal or vacation days you may have left this year. If you don't have any left over, they will (supposedly) come out of your 2006 allotment. Well, if that is the case and people do start losing their vacation days, it's gonna create a ruckus. I can understand letting people have the first day of the strike off if it will cause a burden on THAT day. But after that you should have at least figured out a way to get into the office. Trust me, I put in a good couple of hours online looking to see where the pedestrian entrances are on the bridges I would have to cross so I could get over them with no problems. I didn't enjoy having to make the trek today but I did it because 1) my boss asked me to and I know he could use the help and 2) because the psycho isn't coming in and her work has to get done and there's no one else available to do it. I have four vacation days I could burn off but I'm being a team player on this one so hopefully it will pay off for me in the end. Tomorrow I'm thinking about breaking out the rollerblades which would kill my lower back but get me into the office much quicker. I just hope I can rememebr how to brake properly so I don't kill myself going down some of the bridges. I wish I still had a bike.

As for the strike, I'm on the side of the MTA on this one. I saw what the workers there are making which is significantly more than I am AND they get paid overtime which I don't. They also apparently get free medical care when they retire (which can be as early as 55 -- and they wanted to reduce that to 50!). Toussaint said something about how they didn't want to sell out their "unborn" which I thought was a ludicrous statement because he apparently isn't looking at what the cost of healthcare or pensions will be when the baby boomers retire. He says the workers created the surplus but they didn't. While NYC is clearly a pro-union town, the citizens who ride the MTA every everyday aren't especially appreciative of what's going on or what has happened. This intensified (especially for me) when Toussaint ordered the strike after being told by his national parent union that they did not support the strike and they needed to get back to the negotiating table and when some union leaders said that Toussaint wasn't fully forthcoming with them over the terms of the MTA's offer. Frankly, in my evil world of worlds, I hope that the strike lasts long enough so that it totally wipes out their raise for next year and in fact, I hope it puts them in a deficit so they can all look at Toussaint and say, "And why did we strike when we're making less this year?"

What really galls me is that he thinks the $1 million per day fine that was levied against him and the TWU is excessive.

You know what's excessive? Crippling NYC to the tune of $300-400 million a day. That's excessive.

Toussaint, come out of your fantasy land and into reality. You had a damn good deal on the table that I would be thrilled to have if I was an employee. You walked away to make a point that seems to be biting you on the butt as two-thirds of the city is AGAINST you and the union right now. If I really wanted to make a statement against your leadership of the union, I'd probably consider walking to work every day just so you and your union don't get a dime of my money.

Who knows I may do it anyway.

Wednesday Bad Santa Photo

Isn't this consider extreme torture under the Geneva Convention? I don't know who has the redder face -- Santa or the kid...

Second Tuesday Bad Santa Photo

Oh yeah....this is great for the holidays too...a Fox 5 poll had 66% of the people say that if there was a strike, they would blame the Transit Workers Union. I think I would too...

Tuesday's Bad Santa photo

Is Santa strangling this cat? Come on....look at where his hand is...PETA must be furious....

Monday's Bad Santa Photo

Monday's Bad Santa Photo

And the women at the office wondered why I didn't want to play Santa at the company's annual children's party. Hell...this is why I'll NEVER play Santa!

Sunday's Bad Santa Photo

Sunday's Bad Santa Photo

Can you really blame this girl for losing her shit over this Santa Claus? I would be scared out of my mind as well. What the hell is wrong with Santa's face? Is he a burn victim?

Reading comprehension

I'm sitting on the train into Manhattan and I notice this book that the guy next to me is reading. On the spine of the book, I read "Buttfest."

It was a book by Jimmy Buffet.

Maybe it's not reading comprehension I need but a vision exam.
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Bad Santa Photo

Is there any excuse...

...for it to take AN HOUR between the opening act and the next act to take place?

Was someone going through some for of emergency detox backstage?
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Sad opening acts

You know you don't really have the crowd on your side when your DJ continuously cajoles the audience to, "Make some nooooooooooooooise..."

He's done it about 10 times and we're only about 35 minutes into the opening act...
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Caption This Photo

Okay...caption contest...if you can really call it a contest since I don't have prizes to award...caption this photo of our dear beloved president...

today's picture

I found this picture on the Village Voice website whlie reading an article about Tookie Williams and for some reason it was just a little too hypnotic for me and I kept starting at it trying to figure out what two of them were doing until I realized that one of the bears was facing in the opposite direction. I will say this though...the ad is VERY eye catching and inventive...damn I wish I was as creative as them...

Holiday Top 10

Taken from him:

The Holiday 10...just do it:

1. What’s your favorite holiday movie?
Hmmm tough one...never been a big holiday movie guy but if cartoon specials count then it's gotta be the "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" cartoon....if I had to actually go the MOVIE route then maybe Home Alone

2. What’s your favorite holiday song (title and artist)?
Hmmm another tough one..."Jingle Bell Rock" was always a favorite and I found a big band version of it that I like but I don't remember who recorded it...

3. What’s the best holiday gift you were ever given and why?
Money that helped pay off my trip to Italy.... :) Okay on a serious side, it would have to be...geez...hmmm...probably one the two teddy bears I still have from my childhood because it's one of the few things that I've had for pretty much my entire life and if I ever lost either of them I would probably cry my eyes out

4. Do you have a special someone to kiss at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s?
No...*pout*...

5. Name your favorite reindeer?
Blitzen...because he's such a slut....

6. Favorite holiday food?
Candy canes...love 'em...if you want the traditional holiday dinner food, it would be my grandmother's oyster stuffing she use to made religiously for large holiday meals...man I hope someone got the recipe for that

7. Snow day…cuddle by the fire or hand me a snowball?
Depends on who I'm cuddling with...

8. What was your New Year’s resolution from this year? Did you stick to it?
To be a nicer person....and we all know how that turned out...

9. Is there really a Santa Claus?
Yes...except he's moved his house to Palm Springs and run elf-slave labor centers in Thailand

10. Present or stocking stuffer?
Depends on how big the stuffer is...did I actually go there???

Picture of the Day

Thought I would throw this up there and just do a series of weird pictures....thought you might like this actual street corner in NYC...

Yes...this really does exist...

Spam (Part II)

There are days when spam mail has its uses...for example, I haven't seen this kind of line in a spam mail in a long time...

"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction."

That's not spam...that's art...

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A bad combo

Kilts and snow.

Not good.
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Time I will never get back...

Hudson Hawk...

Why did I even bother taking up a space on my Netflix with that?

Why did I even bother attempting to watch it?

I'll never get those eleven minutes back.
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Saved!

"I am FILLED with Christ's love!"

I watched the moved Saved! this morning (mainly because I couldn't sleep) and all I have to ask is this...

When did Macaulay Culkin become such a cute hot-ass??? With or without the wheelchair I would have done him looking as cute as he did in that movie...

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And one other thing...

Are leg warmers making a comeback? There are two women on my subway car sporting them and it just looks lilke they are rejects from Flashdance 2 audition...
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So it's been a while....

Yep it's been a while.

I had nine days of grand hury duty to sit through and what is my first post about after jury duty...

Celebrity suicides...

I'm so freakin' morbid aren't I...

But I didn't know that he had hung himself. I thought he was just a child actor who never got another acting gig.

Four of the Von Erich wrestling family members: David, Kerry, Chris, and Mike.

The woman who did most of the female characters on South Park

The guy who sang the classic oldies hit, "Runaway"

The original host host of The Today Show...I guess the monkey finally got to him...

Addison DeWitt because he was "bored"

Just stupid trivia that I, for some reason, found VERY interesting today...

Holiday Greetings

In the immortal words of someone far wiser than I...

GOBBLE, GOBBLE BITCHES...
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GRRRRRRRRR

Some people are just morons.

It makes you wonder they made it this far in life without getting the shit beaten out of them.
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Won't you take me to...FUNKYTOWN

I'm in a funk. Can't really explain it. Just tired of working as hard as I have and not really having anything to show for it.

The guy I had the date with pretty much flaked out and all of the phone calls and conversations wejve had since then aren't on the same level so of course that leads me into a kwhat the hell is wrong with me cycle.

My roommates told me they are moving out which means I have to start a roommate search. I hate roommate searches.

I still find myself questioning my purpose in life.

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Spam -- It's the Mystery Mail!

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OMG -- A DATE!!!

So it's been a long while since I had a date.

I had one tonight and the name of this one will be The Teacher. Too early to really start picking out the china pattern just yet but we'll see where things go -- if they go anywhere twhich of course I hope they do).

Nice dinner. Great conversation. A nice walk. A few short, sweet kisses as he dropped me off at the train. A very nice date indeed.
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Such a kidder

My mother is such a jokester. She told me that I should get my nephew a set of story CDs for Christmas that he likes.

Who makes those CDs...that oh, so gay-friendly group "Focus on the Family."

I'm going to buy the whole collection right now.

Not.

Gondola boys

All hail the Poet Laureate of Television

The opposite of pro is con
That fact is clearly seen
If progress means move forward
Then what does Congress mean?

-- Nipsey Russell, who died today at the age of 80

The Ancient Ampitheatre of Volterra

Wine Country

Tuscany Sunset

Just found this in my camera and I didn't realize how well it had come out....I miss it already...

Bridge and Tunnel

Tonight I leave Venice (and the cute owner of the B&B I have been staying at...so cute)...I have to be up at around 530am so I can catch my expensive water taxi to the airport for a flight that sadly leaves at 720am. Oh well such is life...I will be returning in full Eurotrash regalia though (leather coat, Ducati t-shirt, Italian jeans, Italian boots...maybe Italian underwear if I can find some...)

Ah...the adventure is over and I'm somewhat sad...like The Terminator said...I'll be back...

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Stairway to Heaven

Today I did the most amazing thing I have ever done in my life....something that I have thought since I was a little child but never really had the opportunity to do and never thought that I would really ever do...just a childhood dream that remarkably came true today...

I went inside the Leaning Tower of Pisa and walked all the way to the top...

It was totally worth the 17 euro I paid and I probably would have paid more if I had known it would have been that magnificent and spectacular. The entire climb I was grinning like a child knowing that I was going up inside this remarkable structure and that I was experiencing something that very few get to do. They take maybe 30 people up at a time and it's absolutely one of the most amazing things that I have ever done.

Can you tell that I got a rush out of that one???

I leave tomorrow for Venice so this is my last chance to snag some time in an Internet cafe (which are EVERYWHERE here) before I head out tomorrow. I must repack teh bag and start making my laundry list of things that I have bought for the customs agents. Four bottles of wine and one bottle of grappa are already on the list as well as the leather coat I just bought in San Lorenzo Square...sigh...I'm such a clothes whore...or leather whore....or just a whore...

Let's not go into the shoes...

La Passagiata

I don't know where exactly I am in Firenze (have to be Italian you know) but after a dinner at the Itlain equivalent of a "greasy spoon" I began to wander through the city and barely knowing how to get back to my B&B. I turned a corner and was hit by a wall of music from a quartet playing many classical standards and I was forced to stop and listen to them. It was one of those picture postcard moments that you want to hold onto forever becuase the feeling and sensation you get from it are too much to let go...at least for now...

Thankfully I am taking them home with me...in CD form at least...something to remember my first true night alone in Italy..

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Viva Italia...the story continues...

Wine tasting (five glasses in about 90 minutes)

Olive oil tasting

One round of practice on a figure skating spin with the Italian guide

A clear sky with more stars out than you can count

One last day of hiking (over 50 in total by the end of the trip)

One more week in Italy to go...

The adventure continues...

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Viva Italia!

I am not coming back...I'm going to get an apartment here and live forever...

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I'm in love...

Day 3 in Italy and I may not want to come back... :)

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Leaving on a jet plane

Oh, kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go

'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

And I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

-- "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by Peter, Paul, and Mary

One caveat....I don't hate to go!

Gotta Love the Europeans

Sometimes they know how to phrase things better than Americans...taken from Snopes.com and yes, this is a real picture and not doctored at all...

Written in the stars

Courtesy of my good friend AJ...

Your Solar Return will take place in NYC, on Sept 16 at 1:24pm. (I assume your flight does not leave until night.)

You're kicking the year off right w/ a trip, because the Sun and Mercury are conjunct in the ninth house of Travel, Higher Learning, and Foreign Place, People, and Languages. Couple that with Sag Rising, and that Sag rules the ninth house, and you have a good year for taking up a new subject or visitng new places or learning a foreign language.

Jupiter, which also rules the ninth, is in the tenth house of Career, so look for some lucky opportunities to pop up, which might be related to where you're going, what you're learning. The Moon and Uranus conjunct in the third mean your emotions might be a bit of a roller coaster and might surprise people. You've got them in Pisces, so you could be more psychic, intuitive, or feel a greater need to help others.

Your Solar Return is almost at the Full Moon, which you'll have it over you in Italy the next night! The third house rules siblings (does one of your parents have a younger partner who could provide one?) and, more likely applicable here, communications. Writing, speaking, which tie back into the learning a foreign language or seeing new faces and places.

Venus in the 11th house of Friends and Social Groups says you'll be a social butterfly and quite enjoy it. Mars in the fifth house of Romance, Pregnancy, and Gambling says romance could be hot and sexual, and if you fuck a woman, you'll get her pregnant. ;-)

The only downer is Pluto in the first house of Self. You could be moody at times, pondering deep psychological issues. But Pluto wants to help you get over them, so ultimately, it's all for the good. It will also make you intense and insightful.

And then in regards to someone that I am kinda sorta pursuing....

Hmm, nothing screams, "Run away!" or "Your One True Love." This will be what you make of it. Nice stuff include his Pluto conjunct your Sun, showing a karmic connection. But it's also close to your Mars, meaning there can be some earth-shaking fighting...and love-making.

His Uranus conjuncts your Moon-Pluto conjunction in Libra means you find him exciting and liberating, and he might liberate you to a new home. (BTW, the next six weeks or so are big for you and home, w/ your stacked natal 4th house being transited by lots of planets in Virgo and Libra. You'll probably stay in touch w/ home base while you're away in Europe, and maybe spruce up your pad and/or entertain there.)

His Mars in Aquarius trine your Mercury in Libra adds feisty communications, and his Venus in Gem trine your Merc adds loving words. This can work, but it'll b/c you want it to.

You're in the mood for romance, and maybe even feeling a little more pimp daddy than one would expect from a Virgo. In your Progressed Chart, planets are shifting from fourth house of home and family and mother into fifth house of romance, pregnancy, father, and brain children and other big projects. The next two months look to be big as the Progressed Moon conjuncts the Prog Vertex.

He's making a list....and checking it twice....

To Do List

With take-off scheduled for this Friday night, I have quite a bit still to do or acquire and I'm more than a little surprised:

1) Do laundry so I have clean clothes to wear Dropped off laundry this morning and borrow the jumbo sized suitcase from the roomies Packed and ready to go

2) Purchase a few protein bars to tide me over on the plane and train ride Bought four at Duane Reade last night....got a couple more just in case

3) Purchase Italian-English Dictionary Did this on my lunch hour...do you know how hard it is to find a small Italian to English dictionary with the word "fuck" in it??? and plane/train reading screw this...we'll check out the bookcase to see what needs a good re-read

4) Purchase SPF Sunscreen just in case it's VERY sunny and my Irish skin can't take it Took forever to find but I got it

5) Purchase tickets to go up into the Leaning Tower of Pisa Done this morning on the last possible day I could purchase tix for the date I could go there

6) Look into getting another large memory card for my digital camera Trading memory cards with my boss for the trip

7) Get some batteries so I can brush up on my Italian language CDs on the plane and train ride over I'm going to try to load them into my MP3 player instead.

8) Hire a male escort to "massage" me after the hiking tour I kid...I kid...

9) Investigate internet cafes in Florence to see if I can upload pics to clear out space on the memory card if needed They exist but will get some help from the B&B to point me in the right direction

10) Figure out how to get from the bus station in Venice to the train station Ugh....this part won't be easy....

11) Make sure my Blackberry will work over in Italy It will work. Won't be cheap but it will work...

12) Clean my bedroom I've started Well...maybe I'll finish....

13) Print out all of my B&B confirmations, directions, and phone numbers Check and double check. I'm ready to go!

14) Check into the lube/condoms thing that Brad told me about in a comment I have enough in supply now to last me...unless I turn into a raging whore while I'm gone....

15) See if I need to get some more Tylenol PM to help me out at night after a long hike 100 caplets is enough right???

16) Refill my diabetes prescriptions and make sure I take enough lancets and test strips for the glucose monitor Yep....all done....

17) Enjoy myself while I'm gone.....

Totally Useless Quiz Day

Meatball Pizza

Unusual and uncompromising. You're usually the first to discover a new trend. You appreciate a good meal and good company. You're an interesting blend of traditional and modern.

What's Your Pizza Personality?

What Your Underwear Says About You

You've washed your underwear so many times, you don't know what color it used to be. You're not afraid to lay around resting your hand in your pants.

The Underwear Oracle

Note, I was wearing teal boxers at the time

Your Birthdate: September 17

Your birth on the 17th day of the month suggests that you are very lucky financially, because this date indicates a solid business sense. Although you are probably very honest and ethical, this birthday enables you to be shrewd and successful in the world of business and commercial enterprise. You have excellent organizational, managerial, and administrative capabilities enabling you to handle large projects and significant amounts of money with relative ease. You are ambitious and highly goal-oriented, although you may be better at starting projects than you are at finishing them. A sensitivity in your nature, often repressed below the surface of awareness, makes it hard to give or receive affection.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Well that sucks

In a Past Life...

You Were: An Albino Assassin. Where You Lived: Germany. How You Died: Typhoid fever.

Who Were You In a Past Life?

Your IQ Is 130

Your Logical Intelligence is Genius Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Above Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

You Passed the US Citizenship Test

Congratulations - you got 10 out of 10 correct!

Could You Pass the US Citizenship Test?

Your Kissing Purity Score: 34% Pure

You're not one to kiss and tell... But word is, you kiss pretty well.

Kissing Purity Test

You are

What Rejected Crayon Are You?

You're an Expert Kisser

You're a kissing pro, but it's all about quality and not quantity You've perfected your kissing technique and can knock anyone's socks off And you're adaptable, giving each partner what they crave When it comes down to it, your kisses are truly unforgettable

You're a Romantic Kisser

For you, kissing is all about feeling the romance You love to kiss under the stars or by the sea The perfect kiss involves the perfect mood It's pretty common for kisses to sweep you off your feet

What Kind of Kisser Are You?

Your Summer Ride is a Beetle Convertible

Fun, funky, and a little bit euro. You love your summers to be full of style and sun!

What's Your Summer Ride?

Your Life Path Number Is 11

11 Your life path is greatly associated with spiritual awareness. As one of the two master numbers, the 11 yields understanding and knowledge beyond the grasp of others. The attitude toward life of those possessing this Life Path is somewhat extreme; extremely intuitive, avant-garde, idealistic, visionary, and cultured. These extremes make you an interesting, if unusual person, with much to offer society. The Life Path 11 person is deep-thinking, and you are no doubt interested in understanding many of life's mysteries and more intriguing facets. Your inventive mind and broad-minded views will permit you to succeed in life in any number of ventures. You can best serve society, however, in those endeavors utilizing your skills of counseling and guidance. Much of your idealism is people oriented and quite humanitarian in nature. You expect a great deal of yourself and of those to whom you are close. On the negative side, there is a lot of nervous tension associated with the 11 life path, and you can be a difficult person to deal with because of this. For this reason, relationships, at times, can be difficult. This is a Life Path that seems to feature broad mood swings between the elation and depression. You are likely to have trouble making decisions and getting your life in gear, so to speak. There is a tendency for the 11 to harbor feelings of uneasiness, and dissatisfaction with accomplishments and personal progress in life. Your grandiose schemes usually make sense, but you can get off the track and they can be very impractical. You have a very distinct side that lacks common sense, and you are quite often unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality. In this regard, you are perhaps more of a dreamer than a doer. When you do get on target, your ideas seem to have been inspired on high. Perhaps you are not a leader, but you are a visionary and a very talented idea person.

What Is Your Life Path Number?

You Are From Saturn

You're steady, organizes, and determined to achieve your dreams. You tend to play it conservative, going by the rules (at least the practical ones). You'll likely reach the top. And when you do, you'll be honorable and responsible. Focus on happiness. Don't let your goals distract you from fun! Don't be too set in your ways, and you'll be more of a success than you ever dreamed of.

What Planet Are You From?

You Should Try Street Luge

With speeds of up to 70 mph, Skateboarding laying down is not as tame as it seems.

What Extreme Sport Should You Try?

You Are a Newborn Soul

You are tolerant, accepting, and willing to give anyone a chance. On the flip side, you're easy to read and easily influenced by others. You have a fresh perspective on life, and you can be very creative. Noconformist and nontraditional, you've never met anyone who's like you. Inventive and artistic, you like to be a trendsetter. You have an upbeat spirit and you like almost everything. You make friends easily and often have long standing friendships. Implusive and trusting, you fall in love a little too easily. Souls you are most compatible with: Bright Star Soul and Dreaming Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

You Are the Very Gay Bert and Ernie!

Two grown puppets living together, sleeping in the same room? They've even got coordinating striped shirts!

What Gay Childhood Icon Are You?

The Subway Adventures of 646Guy

Comment made by 646Guy as he leaves the subway where a young couple hae been arguing since they got on the train:

"Tonight you two are either gonna break up or have the best make up sex ever. But do the rest of the people on the train a favor and decide now so you'll just shut up."

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Under the Tuscan Sun

I haven't had a REAL vacation since 2000. Before that it was 1995. I need this vacation. I need it to recharge my batteries and figure out what the hell I am doing with my life. I need it so I can get away from everything and enjoy the world. I need it so I can come back to NYC full focused on what I need to do in my life. I need it just so I can get away and not have to deal with some of the people currently in my life.

I need it for me. I need to do something for me rather than doing stuff for other people. I need to give back to myself because, as of late, I've been giving too much of myself away to others.

Nine days and then two weeks abroad.

I need this.

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646Guy: I’m changing my name.

 

646Guy:  in preparation for doing my own late night talk show

Momof3:  to?????

Momof3:  ok the name change, and what late night talk show??  i better be your really odd sidekick

646Guy:  The name of the show is "On the Edge"

646Guy:  and my new name is Kumquat Jones

646Guy:  so the full name of the show is "On the Edge with Kumquat Jones"

Momof3:  thank God!!  I was terrified you would go for the obvious and boring like   Vanilla Sherbert

Momof3:  or johnny Carson

646Guy:  and if you're going to be my sidekick you're name will be either be Poodle McClure or

Tootsie Sassafrass

Momof3:  oooo ooooo

Momof3:  can i call you KUM??? for short

646Guy:  no you cannot

Momof3:  i like tootsie

Momof3:  how about kummie

646Guy:  and I get to ask all of the really difficult, hard questions to celebrities that Letterman, Leno, and Oprah are too scared to ask

646Guy:  like, Leona Helmsley........why so mean?

Momof3:  ok like..fr instance

Momof3:  or tom cruise are you really that much of a asshole or is this just all a really stoooopid publicity stunt

646Guy:  Tom Cruise....you claim that psychiatry is voodoo....then what do you call Scientology.....a nice game of Tiddlywinks?

646Guy:  Oooh ooooh

646Guy:  Tom Cruise.....when you have sex with Katie Holmes....do you pretend she's Vin Diesel or Keanu Reeves

Momof3:  THIS is why i LOVE YOU!

646Guy:  Tina Turner......you claim that your ex husband Ike Turner physically and verbally abused you....

646Guy:  just admit it.....it was all hot S&M roleplay action

Momof3:  or donald trump how long have you had ALL the mirros in your house covered?

646Guy:  DOnald Trump.....did you know your hair looks like it was done by a dog groomer

646Guy:  do you consider it to be more of a poodle hairdo.....or llasa apso

Momof3:  oh now kumquat!!  we must be careful

Momof3:  we do NOT want to offend

Momof3:  the dog lovers

646Guy:  Tootsie.....when it's your show you can do what you want but this.....

646Guy:  THIS

646Guy:  THIS

646Guy:  This is ON THE EDGE WITH KUMQUAT JONES!!!

Momof3:  well, i was worried about all those dog people.....to have theire little darlings likened to donald trmp, now i only say this because we want our dear kumquat ON the edge, not pused over

it
646Guy:  THat's why I'm ON the edge

646Guy:  right there

646Guy:  dangling on it

646Guy:  DANGING, I say Tootsie

646Guy:  I"M DANGLING ON THE EDGE!

646Guy:  Oh yeah....

646Guy:  I'm on it

646Guy:  Oh yeah....

646Guy:  Edge

Momof3:  Oh kumquat, what are you dangling by

646Guy:  EDGE

Momof3:  and how are you holding on

646Guy:  Well it's better than you that just sits there like bibb lettuce

646Guy:  that's right

646Guy:  I said BIBB LETTUCE!!!!

646Guy:  Oh yeah....

Momof3:  oh please, i am much more like PARSLEY....a completely useless garnish...yet

somehow with out it, your plate looks lonely

646Guy:  and it tastes like shit

646Guy:  bibb lettuce

Momof3:  well dear kumquat, lets' just say i'm an aquired taste

646Guy:  Tootsie, let's just say I'm going to be a proper Kumquat Jones and not answer that

646Guy:  so let's welcome my next guest.....

646Guy:  she won 2 emmys for her work on Cheers and a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway revival of Chicago

646Guy:  AND

646Guy:  She's a total fucking raving bitch who thinks she's the hottest thing on the face of the planet when her career really hasn't taken off

646Guy:  ladies and gentlemen.......Bebe Neuwirth!!!!!

646Guy:  Bebe.....you're a total fucking bitch and not that many people like you.

646Guy:  Oh....there's no question....just a statement

Momof3:  oooo no question...very edgy

Momof3:  wait, i don't have to be the band leader ......i'm jsut idiot sidekick who laughs at everything your brilliance says, right

646Guy:  absolutely

646Guy:  and you agree with me explicity

Momof3:  well, of course

646Guy:  and even better....you have another alter ego

Momof3:  your edgieness

646Guy:  Danger Girl1

646Guy:  Girl! I mean

646Guy:  and you get to do all of the fun wacky stunts

646Guy:  like throw a pie at the president

Momof3:  mmmmm can't i throw a banana at hillary clinton and sing HOLLA BACK girl to her instead

646Guy:  no

646Guy:  because it's a KUMQUAT pie

646Guy:  and you would have to throw kumquats

Momof3:  i'm not sure i want to be tackled by secret service....no wait never mind i would love to tdo that

646Guy:  i'll make sure they're all hot

Momof3:  because danger girl is just a little slutty

646Guy:  I am so not going to go there

Momof3:  tootsie is a perfect lady

646Guy:  danger girl is a whore

646Guy:  Danger Girl goes to kidnap our next guest.....here is he VIN DIESEL!!!

Momof3:  i have sooo always wanted my own evil twin

646Guy:  Vin....you have a very odd accent that until recently I wasn't able to really place

646Guy:  Then I was in the gay district in New York and I heard it everywhere

646Guy:  It was amazing

646Guy:  What do you think abotu that/

Momof3:  our vin??? say it ain't so?  damn you get all the really built ones

646Guy:  yes but Danger Girl gets to bring them all in

Momof3:  thank you dear, tootsie is horrified, but danger girl is such a happy camper

646Guy:  hehehehehe

646Guy:  well tootsie

646Guy:  I am heading off to bed

Momof3:  see ya sweetie...oh no, you need a really classic sign off line kumquat

646Guy:  yes I do

 

646Guy:  That's all we have for tonight.  Join Tootsie and me here tomorrow when my guests will be Senator JOhn McCain, the reigning Miss Universe, and Buffy St. Marie.....

646Guy:  This is Kumquat Jones telling you to take it to the edge

646Guy:  Good nighht

Momof3:  oh yessss that's it

Momof3:  good night dear

646Guy:  Good night Tootsie

 

So instead of getting the super expensive perfume, I've opted to go to the famous leather school and get the leather jacket/blazer that you see here. It will not be cheap by any stretch of the imagination but I'm determined to not do major shopping while on the hiking tour because I'd rather not have to lug things around with me and I know that the Italian postal system is notoriously slow and since I'm buying Xmas gifts over there...well maybe if it's supremely gorgeous and I'll never be going there again.....but this jacket is GORGEOUS....

Potential once in a lifetime thing

Okay...one of my friends pointed me towards a website about a guy in Florence who is for lack of a better phrase the fragrance designer to te stars. He does personal appointments where you can get your own personal fragrance made...the only down side is that at a minimum it costs 500 bucks (and that's not euros). I'm tempted to do but I'm questioning more whether or not it's kinda cool or kinda dumb...I mean it's not cheap for sure but it could be kinda cool....

Thoughts?

And on a P.S. thing, I decided to stay at the B&B that could host me for all four days rather than go to one place for a day adn then to the other for three days. It's the same price and I don't have to move around so I like that....

UPDATE: I've decided not to do it because based on the most recent info I have found on the web (and to show you how "recent" it is, it's from 2003, the bottle of perfum woudl cost a minimum of $700 now and not $500....I think I'm gonna pass....I can get several pairs of shoes or some nice leather for that much money....

Ugh....I hate making decisions....

Okay....so as I said in an earlier post (now that I have calmed down from this morning's hysterics), I have screwed up ever so slightly on my bed and breakfast stays for my trip to Italy. There was a minor misjudgment in when my hiking tour ended and I am left without accomodations for one day.

Now, I could stay here in the Brunelleschi Room for 80 euro a night and it's somewhat near the train station. Maybe a 15 minute walk. This would be good for the days that I plan on heading out to Siena and Pisa since I don't know when I will be returning. On the bad side, it looks like an IKEA showroom.

My other option is that I spend one night here in their PINK room at 90 euro a night and then I move over to my normal establishment for the next three days here in the Thomas room (or at least that's the room that I have requested) at 80 euro a night.

The third option (if it comes through) is that I just stay in the Pink Room the entire time at 90 euro a night.

The views in the first one are magnificent if not breathtaking. The Pink Room offers its own private terrace which overlooks the roofs of Florence. The Thomas room has some great decor, exposed beam ceiling, and a second story sleeping loft. All of them have breakfast and a private bath with shower. It's a tough call people.

Thoughts?