Oh X-mas Tree, O X-mas Tree part two.

As promised, here is the photo of our xmas tree. It is pretty pathetic, but oh well. I think it's been around for about 20 years. The stand is broken so it is mostly just propped in the corner, and the tree skirt is an ugly brown blanket I had. I helped a friend's family put up there Xmas tree one year and admired all the fun ornaments they had. My family never had any traditions for ornaments, so we had a random mishmash of stuff that didn't really have any significance. My friend's Mom/Friend, Catherine, decided to start a tradition of giving me an ornament ever year. I have four from her now. Those and three others the ornaments on the tree that are important to me. :)

I also thought maybe none of you thought I did anything crafty anymore sine I never post anything. This is not true, I just don't remember to take pictures anymore. I've made some things for people for Xmas, but I don't want to say what since some of those people read this blog. I will show one thing I've made though. It's a gift for Andy's mom. It's a dish towel with Hello Kitty embroidered on it. She's a fan, and it was cheaper to make one than to buy one.



The song from two posts ago (the MMMM Turkey post) was correctly identified by Emily and Andy as "Landslide". Below is the new song. It's another older song - from 1979- by a well know artist. Please ignore the parts where I biff big time.

Oh X-mas Tree, O X-mas Tree

I bet you are expecting to see a picture of a tree on this post.....Well too bad. I haven't taken a picture of it yet. I will get around to it though. I have a story to go with it.

I got a membership at the YMCA and have been playing a ton of racquetball. I'm also considering signing up for the "lazyman triathlon" in which you have five weeks to do 26 miles of running, 2.5 miles of swimming, and 112 miles of biking which I do not currently recall. I might need some motivation though. So let's hear it..... please.

I guess it is an acceptable time to reveal the title of the first "name that tune." The song is (supposed to be) "Fade to Black" by Metallica. The bit I'm playing is the main verse cord progression. I'll wait one more post to reveal the second song.

Now please enjoy the third: I think this one is fairly recognizable. It came out in the 1997 and was written by the lead singer of a popular rock band.

Mmm... Turkey

For Thanksgiving Andy and I went to visit his family in the cities. We spent Thanksgiving day with his mom, sister, and grandma. We had a nice turkey dinner with all the goodies that go with it and spent time playing cards, celebrating his mom's birthday (nov. 24) and his sisters birthday (dec 1st). On Friday we did NOT partake in any of the black friday shopping sales. We had a lasagna dinner with his dad and sister. Then on Saturday we went to a fancy pants restaurant in downtown Minneapolis to celebrate his aunt's 60th birthday. It was a lot of fun to meet some of Andy's family that I hadn't met, have fancy (free) drinks and appetizers, and mingle with some silly old people who were there. The four day vacation from work was wonderful. I'm not at all excited to go back.

For this post's name that tune, the song is by another well known band. It came out in 1975, has been covered by at least one band that I know of, and has appeared in a few movies that come to mind. I think it is pretty easy if you know music.

Name that Tune

I know that I suck at this blog. In an effort to be better about posting, I've decided to create a "name that tune" game. I have a few videos of short song clips I play on the guitar. Instead of telling you what it is, I'll leave it up to you to figure it out. You can post a guess as a comment, or just guess in your head. I'll tell you the answers eventually, but maybe not in the next post to give people who don't check this very often (because i never post) a chance to see it before reading the answer.

PS. this is being added after the original post. The song I play will always be an attempt to sound like the original, recorded version and may or may not be anything you've ever heard of. This first song is by a well known band and came out in 1984.

As far as my life.....I missed quilt club two months in a row. Once because I was moving and the second time because i forgot how to count. (thought the third thursday was only the second). I went back this last time and got registered again. (the new year starts in sept. there.) A really nice lady brought me some scrap fabric because she heard me saying how pathetic my stash is. It's nice because i've been working on a scrap project for a long time and was running out of usable scrap colors.

I had a crochet night with some ladies and work and we're thinking about trying to make it a somewhat more regular event. We will meet again in a couple weeks for another night of crocheting and visiting.

Sick and Sick and Sick

You guessed it. I"m sick. It's not death illness, but i'm not feeling great.

I thought it would be a good idea to get some fresh air. Andy suggested a drive and along the way we stopped at Minnemishonsdnflksndflknsd falls, which is a small water fall along Judson's Bottom Road. We (illegally) climbed down and did some exploring. There was a neat little stream that ran through the woods and a little (scummy) pond. It looked really pretty with all the leaves turning colors and stuff but it didn't come out as neat on the camera.

As promised,,,,

We are, for all intents and purposes, moved in to the new place. I will show some before and after pictures so you don't have to come visit to spy and judge.

This is the living room before and after. We repainted the wall a bit darker color (but you can't see it in this photo. way to go me), redid the paint on the fireplace about the same color, and repainted the ceiling.



This is the kitchen before and after. We got new linoleum, repainted the walls, and ceiling, and moved the fridge a little. (I'm not exactly sure how andy wound up half naked in both these pictures....)


I didn't take a new picture of the main bedroom so you don't get to see it, but here is the second bedroom. We repainted the walls and ceilings, and got new carpet. They also redid part of the wall because it was moldy and disgusting (ps i forgot to rotate the before picture and don't feel like fixing it)



This is the bathroom. We got new linoleum, a new shower wall thing, and repainted the walls.


the end.

coming soon.....

so apparently people like it when i add posts to my blog more frequently even if i don't say much.....
I moved this weekend. I will post pictures once we are more thoroughly moved in. I'm not writing my address for all the world to see, so if you want it, you'll have to send me an email. I will however, go as far as to say that I moved to North Mankato. So far it has been ok, but I am sick to death of cleaning. Unfortunately that doesn't change the fact that I still have to clean the apartment that I moved out of in hopes of getting a decent portion of my deposit back.

A girl I work with and her girlfriend helped us move a bunch of stuff on Friday and then my dad and Annette came up on saturday to help us move the rest of the big stuff. Now we just have a few small things to get out of the apartment and we'll be all set to go in our new place.

Boudary Waters

I went to the boundary waters with andy over labor day weekend. It was pretty neat. We fished and fished and fished. We only caught about 10 though. Four northerns a piece and a couple stupid small perch. Andy ate two of the northerns. I hate fish. I tried some, but didn't like it.

It got really cold overnight but I packed a lot of layers so I didn't freeze. The coldest it got was 36 degrees. One day it made it up to 70 though so I got to run around in shorts and a tank for about three hours.

Both mornings we were there, there was a ton of fog all along that water. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen, but difficult to take good pictures of.

Our campsite was pretty cool. It was facing the water and there was a rock ledge drop off deal to the water. The area to set up the tent was tucked back a way. I like the site a lot.

Overall I had a good time, but it was nice to get home and shower and shave. My hair was disgusting by the time I got home to wash it.

Biked.

I'm really pushing it with my two posts a month goal...

I finally got my motorcycle back from the shop....two weeks to the day from when I dropped it off, and 9 days later than they said it would be. After two weeks, you'd think it would be running flawlessly. Instead, it ran worse than when I took it in. It sounded terrible, the choke wasn't working, the clutch wouldn't catch well, the throttle lagged, and it topped out at 70 when I know it could go at least 90 before I took it in.

I took it back and hoped that they would take their thumbs out of their arses and get something done. Fortunately it only took a day to get it back, but unfortunately they really didn't fix anything. The throttle still seems off and the choke doesn't work. Sometime I can get it to 80, but it has no power once it's in overdrive when it used to kick some butt. Andy and I learned how to fix my clutch, so that at least is better.

Despite all the crap, I've been riding it a lot. I got to ride it to work every day this week and plan on riding to fairmont tomorrow for my dad's birthday. Maybe I'll see if it can go faster than 80 or if it's magically regained it's power.

It's been a long time since i've put anything up with the guitar. I haven't been playing a whole lot lately, but awhile ago I tried to record me playing some green day to show that I don't always play fluffy songs. I failed because I hate playing stuff like this on an acoustic guitar so I don't try very hard (my electric is in fairmont and lacks an amp). I also only played a minute's worth and completely bite it at the end of the clip. But I know you know I'm not perfect so I figured it's not a big deal if I share some of my fumbled efforts. The song is called Fashion Victim.

Bikeless

My motorcycle was acting up in the middle of July. It leaked gas and then the RMPs kicked up big time so it was idling at 2000-3000 which was ridiculous compared to the normal 1250 ish that it was at before. After a few weeks of that crap, I decided to take it in to get the carbs cleaned. They had a ton of trouble getting it to stop leaking and had to order some parts for it. They've had it for 10 days now. There was a chance I'd get it back today, but now it's raining so I can't get it anyway. I've been very annoyed and saddened by the whole situation. The riding season is winding down and I've missed ten days that I could have been riding. On the plus side, it should ride really well when I finally get it back.

Andy and I went camping last weekend in Albert Lea. It was a nice site, but a mile hike with all the gear was not very pleasant. The fishing was also terrible. 8 hours worth of fishing and 9 million bullhead later, and all we caught were two perch big enough to eat. We caught a variety of sizes of bullhead so I have one picture with a big one that Andy caught and another with a stupid bobber-sized one that I could. I hate them.

We wanted to go camping again this weekend, but the rain kept us home. Now we will probably be bums all weekend and not do anything exciting.

It's peanut butter jelly time

At work today people were arguing over how a costume worked. I volunteered to try it on to clear things up. Once the costume was dawned, I asked if anyone would get it if i started doing this. This being the singing of "it's peanut butter jelly time, peanut butter jelly time. peanut butter jelly. peanut butter jelly. peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat..." No one got it. Then I was sad.

I remembered that I never posted this picture of me wearing the little red riding hood costume we had. I don't remember why I put it on, but probably just to see how it would fit. I decided I looked too silly not to take a picture to share. So merry christmas.

We're starting to work on new costumes which is why it's been awhile since I've had any pictures of me looking like a jerk in them. We got everything finished up and now we're just starting new stuff, so it will be awhile before there are any more.

Things and Things and Things

I don't have anything in particular to talk about today, but I figured I'd better try to get something posted so as not to disappoint people who actually want to read this.

It seems like I had a pretty busy week. On tuesday my friend Jamie was in town so she, trista, and I spent some time together. We went to a softball game and had a lot of fun heckling the opposing team. I made a pretty amazing call by shouting at a batter to hit the pitcher in the "cratch" only to have the very next pitch come withing inches of doing just that (it was in the gut rather than the crotch, but still a pretty good call on my part if I do say so myself).

On Wednesday I had to say goodbye to andy who left for a trip up to the boundary waters. He stopped by my work to give me hugs and let me remind him to stay safe. I've had to find things to do to stay busy since I didn't have him around to keep me company.

On thursday I had lunch with a friend from the mortuary whom I hadn't seen in quite awhile. We went to Chipotle and the burrito I got was enough to be lunch, supper, and a bedtime snack.

On Friday I went to Fairmont and hung out with some friends I haven't seen in awhile. We basically had a few drink and talked about various odd things. Something we seem to be pretty good at doing.

Saturday I spent some quality time with my mom and we went out to lunch. Afterwards, I went to my dad's house and spent some quality time with him and annette. We just watched the twins get their butts handed to them on a platter, then went out on the lake for awhile. Later that night, I hung out with Jamie again. She played the piano for me which is one of my very favorite things, then we talked about how much life sucks sometimes.

On sunday I cleaned out the closet in my old room at my mom's (lots of skeletons you see) and then went out to lunch with her. Then Meg came over and we went to the driving range and hit some golf balls (something neither of us has done much of in the past few years). I headed back to Mankato, went for a little motorcycle ride, got a few groceries, and then relaxed for the remainder of the night. All in all, I'd say it was a pretty ok time.

I said that I'd post a few pictures from leech lake. It's a bit out of place but I'll throw one on here....

Camp and camp and camp

This past weekend Andy and I planned on going camping at the Rapidan Dam. On friday, they issued a tornado warning so we decided we should probably not go. Instead, we went shopping and got some things to take with the next day when we planned on leaving. When we got to Walmart, they told us they were gathering everyone in the electronics department because of the weather. There were "tornadic" storm cells all around us. We stayed at walmart for about 40 minutes. They handed out cookies and let us browse through books and magazines to kill time. We finally just left even though there were still supposed to be storms coming. The rest that were supposed to hit us that night missed, and we just got rain.

The next day we headed out to rapidan. Along the way we got to see all the damage the storms had done in the area. There were millions of fallen trees, branches, and some power lines. When we got to the dam, they told us they weren't open, so we decided to try Minneopa State Park. Trista and Andy (her bf, not my andy) came out and we played around the falls (which are apparently the second highest they've ever been according to a park lady), fished, and grilled supper. They headed home around 8:30 and then more storms decided to come. We were in another tornado warning, so we decided to go home (leaving all our stuff behind) and come back once they passed. We got back out at 10pm and basically just got ready for bed.

I decided Minneopa is a nice park, but not a place I care too much to camp at. We're going to try again to camp at Rapidan this weekend. The weather better not mess it up for us this time.

My plants were left out in the rain and did not fair so well. Wally (tomato plant) has been sick for quite some time. He's now passed away. Claire and Emit faced a lot of damage from the storm. We're keeping our fingers crossed that they make it through. The deifembachia (ignore horrible spelling error) is doing well. I don't know how much i've talked about this plant. I haven't named it yet, but should do so soon. I got the root system of this plant from a lady I work with. It was nothing but dirt in a pot when i got it, Now it has four sprouts, each of which will turn into a nice plant.

I realize i suck at blogging consistently. I'll try harder.

Last week I went on vacation to leech lake with my family. It was a pretty nice time. Mostly the vacation consists of fishing and more fishing. This time however, we also visited itasca state park to see the headwaters of the mississippi. We also climbed a 100ft fire tour that let you see a million miles in all directions. it was really neat and slightly scary for people who don't like heights.

I didn't have any spectacular catches, but i caught plenty of pan fish to keep the family fed. I even took a few fish off my own pole with my bare hands (usually i use a towel as a buffer or my dad takes them off for me). I even tried my hand at cleaning my own fish, but I still need a lot of practice....a sharper knife would have helped too.

I'll stop here for now and post some more picture from the trip soon, so I can reach my personal goal of two posts per month. ( a pathetic goal i know, but i'm still having trouble achieving it.)

bikes and plants and bikes and plants

I thought maybe I should do an update on my garden since it's getting to the point where it seems like they'll either make it or break it. Wally the tomato plant is looking pretty good and even has a couple blossoms on him already. My mom says I can look forward to some tomatoes within a month! I'm very pleased. It seemed like Claire and Emmit were not going to even be born. It took a couple weeks for them to even start to sprout, but I think it was just because it got so cold and rained so much. They are now doing very well. I'm hoping that they have lots of babies for me to eat.
Andy wants to make some pickles so hopefully we get enough to do that

It was ridiculously hot most of last week. Andy and I basically just laid around in the air conditioning because we've both been feeling sick. Our friend the squirrel was even too hot to do anything besides recline on the deck.

Today I took on a rather large endeavour for me. I decided to make a trip all by myself to Fairmont on my motorcycle. I planned on taking back roads so there would be less traffic. It was probably not the best idea to go since I haven't been feeling well, but I needed something to fill the day since Andy went to the cities and I didn't want to hang out with anyone and get them sick. I left around 9:45 and got to fairmont around 10:15. The ride seemed horrible. It was pretty windy and the roads i took were very bumpy. I didn't feel well at all , but hoped I'd get better since I usually feel the best by afternoon. It wasn't the case today. I got a hair cut and hung out at my dad's for awhile. Then I stopped in to visit my mom for a little bit after trying to have lunch with my dad ( I wasn't feeling well enough to eat) and then basically just headed back home. I left town a little before 3. The ride home was a lot more bearable. I took some different roads and had the wind at my back for a lot of the drive. I still had to take some of the bumpy roads, but overall, it was a lot more enjoyable. I was glad to get some practice driving on city streets that are a little less busy than Mankato too.

The day could have been a lot better, but it was nice to get out and know that I can ride ok on my own.

motor motor motor

It's been awhile since I've written, but it's because I've been so busy riding my MOTORCYCLE! Not really, but sort of. I took it out several times and just rode on some streets near my apartment that are very lightly traveled. I was a little nervous because for awhile my brake light wasn't working and my turn signals seemed to only work half the time. Fortunately, do to some sleuthing on my part and a little hands on education I was able to get my brake light to work. The turn signals are a different story, but it seems like they've been working for the last few rides without any issues.

Last Sunday I finally ventured out on the bike into the great unknown (except that i knew where i was going)... Andy and I rode to Red Jacket park where there are a couple trail systems that meet. (I've been there before and showed some pictures of the Le Sueur River before on this blog). Then we went a bit on highway 66. The total trip was about thirty miles. That night we made the same trip again just to get more practice. I wasn't feeling well on Monday so I didn't go out, but I took another ride on Tuesday with Andy. We went south on 22, west to 90, and south-east-ish on 16. We turned around where 16 meets up with 22 and did the reverse route home. That trip was also about 30 miles.

I'm still a little shaky on things--I'm not quick on taking turns, sometimes forget what gear I'm in, and have a little trouble always getting into first gear, but I'm feeling pretty good about it overall. I plan on getting out as often as possible though the wind seems to get in the way a lot (riding when it is really windy is scary and sometimes dangerous). The wind also seems to think it's amusing to blow my bike cover off and rip it which frustrates me to no end. I'll attempt to remember to get a picture of me on my bike so you can make fun of how alien i look in my helmet. :)

Plants and Plants and Plants

In light of the nice weather, I've begun a "garden." I don't have any actual space to plant so I've improvised. My mom bought me a tomato plant (who I've named Walter....which is also what I named my motorcycle, so the plant goes by Wally) to put on my patio and some cucumber seeds (who are collectively named Claire and Emmit). Theoretically the cucumber plants are close enough to the ground that they can just spill onto the deck as the vines get longer and produce millions of cucumbers. Andy and I plan on making pickles with a recipe that he got from his uncle, who I only know as "pickle uncle." I'm not exactly sure if the deck gets as much sunlight as the plants might prefer, but I'm hoping that things will work out for me.

I've also acquired a few new house plants. I got a wine colored oxalis (clover plant) from a greenhouse in Fairmont. I think she's a really pretty plant and she likes shade which is a bonus for everyone. I've named her Isabel.

A woman at work has a philodendron and she gave me a few pieces of it to bring home. I've been letting it grow roots in a glass of water and just yesterday potted it. I put in the bedroom next to Mary the fish (he's a boy fish and I did not name him). This plant I've just decided will be names (appropriately I think) Phil.


Lastly, another woman at work gave me a salvia plant (not the psychedelic kind). I've decided she will be named Sylvia. I need to go out and buy her a home. I think she will get to live on the deck with Wally, Emmit, and Clair.

A Dam Good Time... Damn it.

This weekend Andy and I went to the Rapidan Dam. We rode his bike out there and packed a nice picnic. We did some exploring on a neat little hiking path along the river. Probably not exactly encouraged by dam officials, but obviously frequented by many other people. The dam looks a bit different when the water level is down so much lower than the last time I was there. There is even a nice little sandy beach area along the bank that we stopped at along our hike. We also stopped to watch a few people pull some catfish out of the river. Does anyone know if there is anything to catch in the river besides catfish and carp? (which are both gross....along with all other fish.)

We had a nice lunch with chips and sandwiches, explored more, and then headed home. After our nice hike, we worked up enough energy to eat some delicious hamburgers on the grill. Today Meg is coming up to play. We are going to do a little shopping and have a nice picnic with some frisbee throwing and maybe some basketball.

This past Monday was Andy's 24th birthday. His school was nice enough to give him two tests to take that day. He also had class most of the day and didn't get home to celebrate until around seven. I made him a birthday cake on Friday so we could have more time over the weekend to eat it.....This is why his cake is partly gone in the picture. He wasn't allowed to "blow out his candles" until his actual birthday or his wish wouldn't work. We failed at actually consuming much of the cake...It was good (lemon with lemon frosting) but other things seemed to have more need-to-be-eaten urgency....Like the potato salad that I made him.

For his birthday present I made him a quilt. I finished it awhile ago, but had to keep it hidden. I also had to work on it in secret so it could be a surprise. It's about 70 x 60 and has a nice cuddly fleece backing. I almost got caught several times working on this because Andy would get home early from class or work, but in the end it still finished as the surprise that it started as. I ended up tying the blanket because I didn't have a chance to visit my aunt to get it machine quilted and I'm not good enough to do it on a regular machine. Andy didn't seem to care.

One failed attempt

Last Saturday I decided to make my first attempt at drinking a 40. I hate beer (and malt liquor if you want to be picky). A lot. But apparently it's a taste that can be acquired by drinking a ton of it. I decided to document my progress through this attempt. Please note the excited look on my face at the start of the evening. I was very confident. Andy and I got a Mickeys and an Old English. I picked the one that tasted the most bearable--the Mickeys. Andy's theory regarding drinking 40's is the think of them in thirds. The first third should be chugged. The second is enjoyed. The third basically has to be forced down.

I'm not sure how this theory stands for other people, and since I haven't got one of my own, I decided to go for it. The first third was not great. The next photo in sequence is me as I made my way through the second third. As I'm sure you can see from the photo, my enthusiasm went down dramatically.

I won't go into great detail, but the evening ended about midway through the bottle. I couldn't force anymore down my throat. Eventually, what I drank forced it's way back up my throat along with the sandwich I had for supper...This was not photographed. The concluding photo show the failed first attempt ending just about exactly half way through the bottle.

On a completely unrelated topic, I started working on a puzzle with Andy. I think we started it last Wednesday and finished it sometime early this week. It was not the most attractive puzzle, but it had really neat shaped pieces and a pretty easy picture to give clues about where pieces should go. All in all, i think Andy put about one eight of it together and left the rest for me.

Rivers

With all the rain we've been getting and all the snow that's been melting, there has been a lot of talk about the rivers in the area. I decided to go out and take a look at how things were going. I went with Daniel on Tuesday to the Rapidan Dam. I think it's the Blue Earth River that runs though it. I've never been there before. It was pretty neat. The water was still frozen over on one side of the dam, but it was still flowing through really heavily. There are some walking/bike trails around the area that I might devote more time to exploring when the weather starts staying nice.



On the way there, we passes a really neat lokoing house. With a little bit of work on the main floor, I think it would make a fantastic Zombie house. (meaning a house to hide out in when the zobies come. Not a house for zombies to live in). I would like to explore it more thoroughly but I'm not sure if there are acutally people living in it. I bet it's haunted.



We also stopped at the Le Sueur River. There is a park called ther Red Something Something park that has a really cool walking bridge built over the river and highway. There seems to be a lot of trail ruinning through this area that will be worth checking out in nicer weather too. This river was also really high. I wish I had a paper boat that I could have dropped in to watch.



The weather was great for two whole days. It made me want summer really badly. This winter has been going on for far too long.

Kiddie Casket

When I graduated from the Mortuary Science program I received a very nice, unique gift. My friends Trista (aka T-borg, T-bot, T-bear, and t-bibbity)'s dad makes plane pine caskets/coffins. As a gift to me, he made an infant/display size casket for me to have. It's really neat. I said that since I don't currently have a dead infant to put in it, I would use it to store some things. I keep my photo albums in it along with a box of "treasured" items, which actually is more of a random assortment of silly things that are not horribly important. That's what I keep in there for now, but I said that if I ever to have a dead infant, I'll use the casket for it's intended purpose.

Shirts

In my last post I mentioned something about a shirt obsession. Ever since I was little, I have always wanted a raglan shirt. For those unfamiliar with the concept, it's a shirt where the sleeves/shoulders/neckline are a different color than the torso of the shirt. I developed the odd little obsession because of the movie My Girl I think. The main character wears a few raglans throughout the movie. I have basically never been able to find a raglan shirt that fit me until last year. I found a bunch of different colors at a store for $6. I went nuts and got six of them. Then I found a couple to wear as pajamas for $7. Then I found some on sale at the bookstore in college. And on it went. I now have 19 or 20 of them, and have recently taken to trying to make some of my own.

I didn't have a pattern, so I made on of my own from a shirt I already had. There have been several failed attempts, but I now have three homemade raglans that I wear on a regular basis. Fabric stores don't seem to carry enough colors of the right fabric to make my shirts, so I've taken to buying shirts from the thrift store and cutting them up to make what I want. Maybe I'm weird, but who cares. THEY'RE RAGLANS!






On a different topic, Andy and I have been making a lot of homemade pizzas. Here is a picture of one of our delicious creations. We use basically the same toppings every time, but sometimes we go wild with the dough and make beer-dough pizza.

At work the other day I was doing some measuring for new costumes we got in. I found some super silly costumes. There was an alien with silly hands, so I took a picture wearing those. (It is my current profile picture on facebook.) Then I found a gorilla costume so I had fun with the feet. I really would have enjoyed it if I could have worn the feet all day, but I didn't think the bosses would appreciate it.

Lastly f or the day... When I work at the Jackson Hewitt Kiosk at Walmart on the weekends, this creepy 50-ish year old guy seems to find it necessary to come talk to me. He works there, and I have to see him almost every time I come in. Within a few weeks of starting the job, he told me that I should come to his birthday party, and that as soon as he figured out when it would be he would let me know. A week or so later he presented me with this fancy invitation. It seems like the more I look at it, the more grammatical mistakes I find. It creeped me out beyond belief to be given the invitation. Thankfully, the d-bag seems to have caught the hint that I would rather not talk to him because he doesn't bug me as much. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go look for something to wear to the "restaunt" for the "brithday" party...