Yes, I love it. Good quality furniture, and household items for cheap. Easy to put together and none of that wood spliting that comes from the cheap crap of Target, Walmart and Meijer. And I absolutely have my eye on the sofa. The cover is removable and can be washed! Which as an owner of a dirty stinky basset, comes very handy.
I'm so determined to get this sofa that I am selling my beloved Parillion chair and my dining table. The table is sad but I have never used it so might as well sell it to someone who could make use. And the chair is a catch all, but the cat I'm sure will mourn it's loss. Also selling my bike since walking seems to work much better and I'm afraid to ride on the streets around here, the drivers are freakin ASS Clowns. Plus our heavy HD tube TV.
I love wandering through the show room, thinking about how I wish I had a huge apartment, ( I have ruled out homeownership if we stay in this area, unless I hit the lottery or become project manager for a highway or bridge company) and what i would decorate it with. I love home improvement, even for my tiny expensive apartment, which I still love and won't move unless I can find one closer to Old town and even more nice and cheap.
Anyways, just wanted to profess my love of the wonderful store.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Dumb asses! All hail your queen!
Yup. That's right, for she is me! Why would I call myself a dumbass? Well it's a pretty fun story.
Yesterday began as a usual morning for me. (Get up, take out the dog, get dressed, brush hair and teeth, pack lunch, walk out, walk to train, hop on train, go to work) Except the one thing that is normally included in those tasks was not done. A couple years ago when I first moved here I locked myself out of my apartment. It sucked. Especially when I was charged almost 50 bucks by the apartment complex, which at time, I was paying 1320 a month to them....still to this day don't know what that money was for...anyways, so I became very paranoid about my keys and I always checked from then on that they were in my bag.
Fast forward to yesterday. I haven't been sleeping well and I was rushing , but felt it was Ok and went on through my workday. I was very queasy and tired, and all I could think about all day was going home and taking a nap. So I get home yesterday afternoon. Reach into my bag for my wad of keys... The keys were not in their spot...BLERG! Frick frick frick. My husband wouldn't be home for another 2 hours so what do I do?? I have no keys and of course the door is locked.
I decided to walk to the office. It was only 4:50. They close at 6:00 so I figured I could just get a spare key real quick and unlock the door and return the key. I walked over to the building to the leasing office where the huge sign on the door reads..9:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday-Friday. But the door is locked..no one is there. Now I'm trying to understand why hours are posted when they truly do not apply to the rental office.
Dejected, I pulled out the cell phone and called maintenance. They have keys for when they go in and "fix things" which really means they go in, look at the dish washer, say yeah it's broken and then we never see them again. The guy answers and I can barely understand him anyways since I'm not latino, but I'm used ot that crap here, and he tells me, he won't do lock outs. I have to call a locksmith. Who wants to charge me 150 bucks. And he is the friend of the maintenance guy. Hello! RIP OFF!
So, while the whole situation is hilarious, deep inside I want to cry. But I calmly walked back to my building and climbed the stairs and sat at the top. Looking at my locked door. Home and a nap was so close but it was like the door just mocked me. I pulled out a paper clip and tried to pick the lock, cuz I'm a ninja like that! Of course I'm a craptastic ninja and it didn't work so I sat down and decided to read.
After about five minutes of reading my book, I got angry and decided I was gonna leave a hate note to the rental office. Apparently, I have very violent tendencies that I harbour. I walked back getting happy at the nasty things I was about to write and the door was open! They had simply been showing an apartment. Sweet and damn at the same time. I was so ready to chew an ass. So I got my key and got into my apartment and all was right with the world again.
Until the next time I do something stupid.....
Yesterday began as a usual morning for me. (Get up, take out the dog, get dressed, brush hair and teeth, pack lunch, walk out, walk to train, hop on train, go to work) Except the one thing that is normally included in those tasks was not done. A couple years ago when I first moved here I locked myself out of my apartment. It sucked. Especially when I was charged almost 50 bucks by the apartment complex, which at time, I was paying 1320 a month to them....still to this day don't know what that money was for...anyways, so I became very paranoid about my keys and I always checked from then on that they were in my bag.
Fast forward to yesterday. I haven't been sleeping well and I was rushing , but felt it was Ok and went on through my workday. I was very queasy and tired, and all I could think about all day was going home and taking a nap. So I get home yesterday afternoon. Reach into my bag for my wad of keys... The keys were not in their spot...BLERG! Frick frick frick. My husband wouldn't be home for another 2 hours so what do I do?? I have no keys and of course the door is locked.
I decided to walk to the office. It was only 4:50. They close at 6:00 so I figured I could just get a spare key real quick and unlock the door and return the key. I walked over to the building to the leasing office where the huge sign on the door reads..9:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday-Friday. But the door is locked..no one is there. Now I'm trying to understand why hours are posted when they truly do not apply to the rental office.
Dejected, I pulled out the cell phone and called maintenance. They have keys for when they go in and "fix things" which really means they go in, look at the dish washer, say yeah it's broken and then we never see them again. The guy answers and I can barely understand him anyways since I'm not latino, but I'm used ot that crap here, and he tells me, he won't do lock outs. I have to call a locksmith. Who wants to charge me 150 bucks. And he is the friend of the maintenance guy. Hello! RIP OFF!
So, while the whole situation is hilarious, deep inside I want to cry. But I calmly walked back to my building and climbed the stairs and sat at the top. Looking at my locked door. Home and a nap was so close but it was like the door just mocked me. I pulled out a paper clip and tried to pick the lock, cuz I'm a ninja like that! Of course I'm a craptastic ninja and it didn't work so I sat down and decided to read.
After about five minutes of reading my book, I got angry and decided I was gonna leave a hate note to the rental office. Apparently, I have very violent tendencies that I harbour. I walked back getting happy at the nasty things I was about to write and the door was open! They had simply been showing an apartment. Sweet and damn at the same time. I was so ready to chew an ass. So I got my key and got into my apartment and all was right with the world again.
Until the next time I do something stupid.....
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
It's like im pushed over cliff by a suicidal Mickey Mouse!
Time changes suck. For whatever reason it takes me forever to get used to them. The lack of sleep I think is making me loopy.
I haven't slept well since Saturday, if at all and last night finally went to sleep but woke up several times after having what i guess could be mini nightmares. It's horrible. I'm sitting here at my desk falling asleep but for whatever reason, when I actually want to sleep I can't. I have bouts with insomnia but usually these only last a day or two...but we are on the fifth day..going into the fifth night of no sleep.
I'm miserable. And when nyquil fails you, it's bad.
I guess the good thing with not getting sleep is you have a lot more time to do things. I actually finally finished a book and I have gotten the kitchen so clean you could eat off the floor (although I wouldn't cuz the floor is old and nasty!) I have caught up on my news and celebrity gossip. Too bad we have to sleep...there is so much you could do if you didn't have to sleep! But then again, I lvoe my nice comfy bed, and sure would love to sleep again soon. Maybe tonight! maybe......
I haven't slept well since Saturday, if at all and last night finally went to sleep but woke up several times after having what i guess could be mini nightmares. It's horrible. I'm sitting here at my desk falling asleep but for whatever reason, when I actually want to sleep I can't. I have bouts with insomnia but usually these only last a day or two...but we are on the fifth day..going into the fifth night of no sleep.
I'm miserable. And when nyquil fails you, it's bad.
I guess the good thing with not getting sleep is you have a lot more time to do things. I actually finally finished a book and I have gotten the kitchen so clean you could eat off the floor (although I wouldn't cuz the floor is old and nasty!) I have caught up on my news and celebrity gossip. Too bad we have to sleep...there is so much you could do if you didn't have to sleep! But then again, I lvoe my nice comfy bed, and sure would love to sleep again soon. Maybe tonight! maybe......
Monday, March 9, 2009
Metro Monday
I've decided that every Monday I shall post a new metro story from the week before. I have so many. So here it is..Metro monday 3/9/09.
When I actually do walk fast enough to make the 6:40 train, there is a woman who gets on at the Crystal City stop. She looks liek a mix of Gerrity and Britner. Crazy hair and a canvas bag with a huge ass book. Granted she never sits down when seats are available. She is the door jammer breed.
What is the door jammer? The door jammers are the people who will cluster at the door long before the train reaches their stop. There is always enough time to get off the train and if you don't go to the next stop and come back. But apparently there is this fear. Theya re also the idiots who will just stand in front of the doors and make it difficult for people to board the train. God forbid they move ot teh center of the car...
Anyways, so door jammer, we'll call her Sally, is one of these people. When we reach the station, I get off at the same sopt, she does not just exit the train....she runs as fast as she can all the way up the escalator stairs and through the gate. This is everyday. She runs like she's late. A few weeks ago she ran and gutted herself on the turnstile because her metro card did not work...it was hilarious!
I decided I was going to find out what made Door Jam Sally so panicked. This morning I ran after her. I managed to catch up at the sidewalk and I watched...she ran into STARBUCKS! Every morning, she is in a rush to get to Starbucks....even more alarming is she is rushing to the worst one in DC. (no, make that that second worst, the Penn ave NW is the worst). So she impales herself on the turnstile, about stampedes down the people in front of her, and runs up the escalator.....all for a cup of joe at a shittastic Starbucks. Wow.
When I actually do walk fast enough to make the 6:40 train, there is a woman who gets on at the Crystal City stop. She looks liek a mix of Gerrity and Britner. Crazy hair and a canvas bag with a huge ass book. Granted she never sits down when seats are available. She is the door jammer breed.
What is the door jammer? The door jammers are the people who will cluster at the door long before the train reaches their stop. There is always enough time to get off the train and if you don't go to the next stop and come back. But apparently there is this fear. Theya re also the idiots who will just stand in front of the doors and make it difficult for people to board the train. God forbid they move ot teh center of the car...
Anyways, so door jammer, we'll call her Sally, is one of these people. When we reach the station, I get off at the same sopt, she does not just exit the train....she runs as fast as she can all the way up the escalator stairs and through the gate. This is everyday. She runs like she's late. A few weeks ago she ran and gutted herself on the turnstile because her metro card did not work...it was hilarious!
I decided I was going to find out what made Door Jam Sally so panicked. This morning I ran after her. I managed to catch up at the sidewalk and I watched...she ran into STARBUCKS! Every morning, she is in a rush to get to Starbucks....even more alarming is she is rushing to the worst one in DC. (no, make that that second worst, the Penn ave NW is the worst). So she impales herself on the turnstile, about stampedes down the people in front of her, and runs up the escalator.....all for a cup of joe at a shittastic Starbucks. Wow.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
How cold is too cold?
Well, I'm thinking it's too cold when the simple act of walking leaves you unable to catch your breath because the cold air has taken it away. And you thighs are stinging from walking one minute up the street. Screw winter.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Yeah I'll take the Extra happy meal
Police: McDonald's Worker A Drive-Thru Drug Dealer
EDGEWATER, Md. (AP) ―
Anne Arundel County Police say a Lothian man working at a McDonald's was dealing drugs out of the drive-thru.
Police arrested Donald Brice, 27, on Friday in the parking lot of a McDonald's in the 100-block of Mitchells Chance Road in Edgewater.
Police say Brice sold marijuana to undercover detectives who were investigating him.
In the last month, police received tips that Brice was dealing drugs out of the drive-thru window.
After ordering food, police say the undercover detectives also bought marijuana from Brice at the cashier's window. Brice is charged with drug dealing and possession charges.
EDGEWATER, Md. (AP) ―
Anne Arundel County Police say a Lothian man working at a McDonald's was dealing drugs out of the drive-thru.
Police arrested Donald Brice, 27, on Friday in the parking lot of a McDonald's in the 100-block of Mitchells Chance Road in Edgewater.
Police say Brice sold marijuana to undercover detectives who were investigating him.
In the last month, police received tips that Brice was dealing drugs out of the drive-thru window.
After ordering food, police say the undercover detectives also bought marijuana from Brice at the cashier's window. Brice is charged with drug dealing and possession charges.
Talk about a Happy Meal! :-)
Monday, February 23, 2009
Screw metro (but i's free...)
So, after the incident Thursday involving the impaling of Manda on the pole so psycho chick could get the seat. I approached the train, thinking it would not be so bad today. Imagine my surprise to see psycho chick sitting there, hair still not combed this morning as i boarded the train.
Of course I ended up having to sit in a seat facing her. The whole trip while staring at her (a little game we started Thursday :) )I just wanted to rush over and take a brush to the rats nest on her head. Seriously, it takes 10 seconds to run a comb through your hair! Why is it so difficult????
It's a gamble getting on the train. You never know what nasty crust ass will sit next to you. Or who will decide that they want to talk to you. Can't you see the headphones in my ears attached to the ipod in my hand? I don't want to talk to you obviously. It's more irritating trying to read and you have to ask me about the book...you see i'm reading. Obviously I have no freakin idea how it ends. LEAVE ME ALONE. I DO NOT want to talk to you. Metro time is me time. The time I sit and think ugh I don't want to go to work, or damn that work day sure sucked. I need to reflect. Why will they not let me have that time?
The one good thing is that takign metro has extended the life of my poor van beyond all expectations. It's still runs pretty well, all things considered. I really need to break down and budget for a new car. But then if I drive, how can i enjoy the putrid smell of nasty folk riding on metro. Or the ones that need to kill me to get to a seat before me. My metro adventures....
Of course I ended up having to sit in a seat facing her. The whole trip while staring at her (a little game we started Thursday :) )I just wanted to rush over and take a brush to the rats nest on her head. Seriously, it takes 10 seconds to run a comb through your hair! Why is it so difficult????
It's a gamble getting on the train. You never know what nasty crust ass will sit next to you. Or who will decide that they want to talk to you. Can't you see the headphones in my ears attached to the ipod in my hand? I don't want to talk to you obviously. It's more irritating trying to read and you have to ask me about the book...you see i'm reading. Obviously I have no freakin idea how it ends. LEAVE ME ALONE. I DO NOT want to talk to you. Metro time is me time. The time I sit and think ugh I don't want to go to work, or damn that work day sure sucked. I need to reflect. Why will they not let me have that time?
The one good thing is that takign metro has extended the life of my poor van beyond all expectations. It's still runs pretty well, all things considered. I really need to break down and budget for a new car. But then if I drive, how can i enjoy the putrid smell of nasty folk riding on metro. Or the ones that need to kill me to get to a seat before me. My metro adventures....
Friday, February 6, 2009
Hmm....
Why am I not able to trust that some people's motives are completely innocent?
Why do I fear death so much? Is it the unknown?
Why do I assume people's main objective is to piss me off?
Why can't I find a job that doesn't have a boss that is not a total ass?
Why am I here? What is my purpose?
Why? Why anything?
Why do I fear death so much? Is it the unknown?
Why do I assume people's main objective is to piss me off?
Why can't I find a job that doesn't have a boss that is not a total ass?
Why am I here? What is my purpose?
Why? Why anything?
Thursday, February 5, 2009
And every single one of the companies wants a bailout...
Courtesy of CNN
Big bank execs: What they take home
When times were good, the top executives from the largest U.S. banks made a mint. Below is the total compensation in 2007 for the 9 banks that received the first batch of government aid through TARP.
Bank of America
Kenneth D. Lewis
Chairman and CEO
$24.8 million
Bank of America
Joe L. Price
Chief Financial Officer
$6.5 million
Bank of America
Amy Woods Brinkley
Global Risk Executive
$9.3 million
Bank of America
Barbara J. Desoer
Global Technology and Operations Executive
$10.5 million
Bank of America
Liam E. McGee
President Global Consumer and Small Business Banking
$12.2 million
Bank of America
Brian T. Moynihan
President of Global Corporate and Investment Banking
$10.1 million
Bank of America
R. Eugene Taylor
Former Vice Chairman and Former President, Global Corporate and Investment Banking
$3.3 million
Citigroup
Sir Winfried Bischoff
Chairman
$6.1 million
Citigroup
Vikram Pandit
CEO
573,813
Citigroup
Gary Crittenden
Chief Financial Officer
$19.4 million
Citigroup
Sallie Krawcheck
Chair and CEO—GWM
$7.1 million
Citigroup
Lewis Kaden
Vice Chairman
$6.8 million
Citigroup
Michael Klein
CEO- Global Banking
$7.9 million
Citigroup
Stephen Volk
Vice Chairman
$7.6 million
Citigroup
Charles Prince
Former Chairman and CEO
$15.1 million
Goldman Sachs
Lloyd C. Blankfein
Chairman and CEO
$70.3 million
Goldman Sachs
Gary D. Cohn
President and Chief Operating Officer
$72.5 million
Goldman Sachs
Jon Winkelried
President and Chief Operating Officer
$71.5 million
Goldman Sachs
David A. Viniar
Chief Financial Officer
$58.5 million
Goldman Sachs
Edward C. Forst
Chief Administrative Officer
$49.1 million
JP Morgan Chase
James Dimon
Chairman and CEO
$27.8 million
JP Morgan Chase
Michael J. Cavanagh
Chief financial officer
$8.3 million
JP Morgan Chase
Steven D. Black
Co-CEO Investment Bank
$20.9 million
JP Morgan Chase
James E. Staley
CEO Asset Management
$16.7 million
JP Morgan Chase
William T. Winters
Co-CEO Investment Bank
$21.2 million
Merrill Lynch
John A. Thain
Chief Executive Officer
$17.3 million
Merrill Lynch
Nelson Chai
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
$1.7 million
Merrill Lynch
Gregory J. Fleming
President & Chief Operating Officer
$27.4 million
Merrill Lynch
Robert J. McCann
Executive Vice President
$5 million
Merrill Lynch
Jeffrey N. Edwards
Former Chief Financial Officer
$2.6 million
Merrill Lynch
E. Stanley O’Neal
Former Chief Executive Officer
$24.3 million
Merrill Lynch
Ahmass L. Fakahany
Former Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer
$4.6 million
Merrill Lynch
Dow Kim
Former Executive Vice President
$14.5 million
Morgan Stanley
John J. Mack
Chairman and CEO
$1.6 million
Morgan Stanley
Colm Kelleher
Chief Financial Officer
$21 million
Morgan Stanley
David H. Sidwell
Former Chief Financial Officer
$14.6 million
Morgan Stanley
Robert W. Scully
Co-President
$15.2 million
Morgan Stanley
Gary G. Lynch
Chief Legal Officer
$11.9 million
Morgan Stanley
Thomas R. Nides
Chief Administrative Officer
$6.3 million
Wells Fargo
Richard M. Kovacevich
Chairman
$22.9 million
Wells Fargo
John G. Stumpf
President & Chief Executive Officer
$12.6 million
Wells Fargo
Howard I. Atkins
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
$5.1 million
Wells Fargo
David A. Hoyt
Senior Executive Vice President, Wholesale Banking
$6.4 million
Wells Fargo
Mark C. Oman
Senior Executive Vice President, Home & Consumer Finance
$6.4 million
Wells Fargo
Carrie L. Tolstedt
Senior Executive Vice President, Community Banking
$495,192
Big bank execs: What they take home
When times were good, the top executives from the largest U.S. banks made a mint. Below is the total compensation in 2007 for the 9 banks that received the first batch of government aid through TARP.
Bank of America
Kenneth D. Lewis
Chairman and CEO
$24.8 million
Bank of America
Joe L. Price
Chief Financial Officer
$6.5 million
Bank of America
Amy Woods Brinkley
Global Risk Executive
$9.3 million
Bank of America
Barbara J. Desoer
Global Technology and Operations Executive
$10.5 million
Bank of America
Liam E. McGee
President Global Consumer and Small Business Banking
$12.2 million
Bank of America
Brian T. Moynihan
President of Global Corporate and Investment Banking
$10.1 million
Bank of America
R. Eugene Taylor
Former Vice Chairman and Former President, Global Corporate and Investment Banking
$3.3 million
Citigroup
Sir Winfried Bischoff
Chairman
$6.1 million
Citigroup
Vikram Pandit
CEO
573,813
Citigroup
Gary Crittenden
Chief Financial Officer
$19.4 million
Citigroup
Sallie Krawcheck
Chair and CEO—GWM
$7.1 million
Citigroup
Lewis Kaden
Vice Chairman
$6.8 million
Citigroup
Michael Klein
CEO- Global Banking
$7.9 million
Citigroup
Stephen Volk
Vice Chairman
$7.6 million
Citigroup
Charles Prince
Former Chairman and CEO
$15.1 million
Goldman Sachs
Lloyd C. Blankfein
Chairman and CEO
$70.3 million
Goldman Sachs
Gary D. Cohn
President and Chief Operating Officer
$72.5 million
Goldman Sachs
Jon Winkelried
President and Chief Operating Officer
$71.5 million
Goldman Sachs
David A. Viniar
Chief Financial Officer
$58.5 million
Goldman Sachs
Edward C. Forst
Chief Administrative Officer
$49.1 million
JP Morgan Chase
James Dimon
Chairman and CEO
$27.8 million
JP Morgan Chase
Michael J. Cavanagh
Chief financial officer
$8.3 million
JP Morgan Chase
Steven D. Black
Co-CEO Investment Bank
$20.9 million
JP Morgan Chase
James E. Staley
CEO Asset Management
$16.7 million
JP Morgan Chase
William T. Winters
Co-CEO Investment Bank
$21.2 million
Merrill Lynch
John A. Thain
Chief Executive Officer
$17.3 million
Merrill Lynch
Nelson Chai
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
$1.7 million
Merrill Lynch
Gregory J. Fleming
President & Chief Operating Officer
$27.4 million
Merrill Lynch
Robert J. McCann
Executive Vice President
$5 million
Merrill Lynch
Jeffrey N. Edwards
Former Chief Financial Officer
$2.6 million
Merrill Lynch
E. Stanley O’Neal
Former Chief Executive Officer
$24.3 million
Merrill Lynch
Ahmass L. Fakahany
Former Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer
$4.6 million
Merrill Lynch
Dow Kim
Former Executive Vice President
$14.5 million
Morgan Stanley
John J. Mack
Chairman and CEO
$1.6 million
Morgan Stanley
Colm Kelleher
Chief Financial Officer
$21 million
Morgan Stanley
David H. Sidwell
Former Chief Financial Officer
$14.6 million
Morgan Stanley
Robert W. Scully
Co-President
$15.2 million
Morgan Stanley
Gary G. Lynch
Chief Legal Officer
$11.9 million
Morgan Stanley
Thomas R. Nides
Chief Administrative Officer
$6.3 million
Wells Fargo
Richard M. Kovacevich
Chairman
$22.9 million
Wells Fargo
John G. Stumpf
President & Chief Executive Officer
$12.6 million
Wells Fargo
Howard I. Atkins
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
$5.1 million
Wells Fargo
David A. Hoyt
Senior Executive Vice President, Wholesale Banking
$6.4 million
Wells Fargo
Mark C. Oman
Senior Executive Vice President, Home & Consumer Finance
$6.4 million
Wells Fargo
Carrie L. Tolstedt
Senior Executive Vice President, Community Banking
$495,192
Monday, January 26, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Nifty little Info graphic from Digg
Awesome. I freakin hate commuting. Yay Metro, even though it sucks ass! ***CLICK ON PICTURE TO MAKE IT GO BIGGER***
Monday, January 19, 2009
Barack Obama and a Plunger
Barack Obama and a plunger: He might not want to remember this photo
It shows him in 2003 at a St. Patrick's Day parade, brandishing a plunger—and it will be on display during his inaugural parade
—Bob Secter
January 19, 2009
It shows him in 2003 at a St. Patrick's Day parade, brandishing a plunger—and it will be on display during his inaugural parade
—Bob Secter
January 19, 2009
Before he was even a senator, let alone president-elect, then-unknown Barack Obama was, at a 2003 St. Patrick's Day parade, a plunger wrangler. (Photo courtesy Mats Selen)
Take that, Joe the Plumber: Here's evidence that the soon-to-be leader of the free world knows his way around a plunger.This very unpresidential photo of Barack Obama, blown up to poster size, will be rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday along with the most unorthodox participants of the inaugural parade: the World Famous Lawn Rangers, a 28-year-old Central Illinois-based precision lawn mower drill team."We are the whoopee cushion of the parade," declared Ranger veteran Tom Bruno, a member of the Champaign City Council.Obama met the Rangers in 2003 at Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Parade when he was just launching his bid for the U.S. Senate. As they joked around, the little-known candidate grabbed one of the plungers that Ranger leaders use in lieu of batons. Ranger Mats Selen, a University of Illinois physics professor, snapped a picture, which everybody promptly forgot about until Obama was elected plunger-carrier-in-chief.
Then, on a lark, Ranger founder Pat Monahan of Arcola applied to march in the inaugural parade, and somebody on the parade committee apparently had a sense of whimsy.The 48-mower contingent will include one topped with a 5-foot replica of the Washington Monument, another with a well-endowed mannequin wearing a T-shirt declaring "D.C. or bust," and another called "Obama the self-starter." It features two hands emerging from the mower and grabbing the starter rope.The group, which calls the new president "Mow-Bama," is selling the photo on T-shirts, aprons and the like at http://www.zazzle.com//tombruno. Also available is kitsch with the Ranger inaugural credo: "Bringing dignity back to Washington."
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
DC hates VA and other random DC annoyances
That's right. I said it. Why else would they close off every single road that crosses the Potomac from Virginia to DC? I could understand it if it was JUST for inaguration day, cuz frankly, I'm looking forward to the four day weekend it gives me with pay, but apparently all the roads will be closed off starting on Saturday Morning.
Ok, why? Seriously? Saturday? How frakkin retarded is that? Why should I as a Virginian have to drive all the way around the beltway nto Maryland and come in from the back to get to work. And even if I DID drive into DC, I STILL could not get into work. Because unfortunately, our office is two blocks from the White House and on the parade route.
DC is a bunch of morons. Course the head moron lives there (at least he is being replaced, Tuesday) 5000 port a johns for 3 MILLION people????? that's it??? Yeah they can go into teh smithsonian, but even the lines there are gonna be horrible because the smithsonian bathroom are tiny as hell!
And the metro thing just irritates me still. Make me pay extra the WHOLE weekend before because you want to get a bunch of money. Seriously just convience the locals.
I will laugh hysterically if the number of people they are expecting doesn't show up. Monica has decided that the homies aren't gonna leave the ghetto for the inaguration cuz they just do't care. I would hope that our country is smart enough to get beyond the fact he is Black. Not to diminish the accomplishment as I never thought i'd see it in my lifetime, but yeah history is made...let's see how well he does. Will he keep his promises?
He frakkin better because frankly, DC is pissing me off n account of him.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Screw the Inagural
Period. I hate DC when there is any type of special event like this. I will LAUGH hysterically if the number of people they are expecting does not show up!
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