Road to Austin Concert

So I went to the Road to Austin concert this weekend. It was a free event that included Bonnie Raitt, Kris Kristopherson...and a whole slew of other people. It was awesome! I wanted to hear two songs. One was by Kris K and one was by Bob Schneider. The both sang the songs I wanted to hear, even though they only had two or three songs to sing. Not enough time for more than that. Too many acts on the bill. Stacy and I hung out with Gene all night. We met him at the concert. He might have been homeless, might not have been. Interesting guy...had seen a bunch of musicians in his lifetime. He is 61. He said something that gave me pause, that I thought was a great quote. He said "one thing about getting old, you really realize the value of a woman". That was great and sad at the same time. Anyway, I also met the man included in the picture. This is Leslie. He is famous in Austin and he is homeless. This is his magnet set that you can buy. He pretty much looked like this when I met him at the concert. Only, he had a red thong on, a leather vest, red top (with the boobs) and a tiara. He is a hoot.

My sister has an awesome sister (and so do I)!

This is a layout my sister did of ME!!! I love it. Not only is it cool, it's subject is my favorite topic! LOL! I haven't blogged in forever. I don't know where I have been. What has happened to me in the last few days? Hmmm....had to quit the part time job. The real job was interfering, so I had to let the other one go. Happy and sad at the same time. Glad I don't have to work that 4 to midnight shift tonight. If I did, I sure as hell wouldn't be blogging right now...I would be on my way to work. Other than that, I have just been digging myself out of all the stuff I have let slip. Apartment needed to be cleaned, laundry needed to be done, caught up on some much needed rest, drank some beers with Stacy, all the normal, everyday stuff that I had not been doing with two jobs. Don't know what I am going to do with all the free time on my hands this weekend...I will keep you posted!

I love Slutina and I love me some Pearl!

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I have watched this thing about 1200 times.....I love Pearl. I want to track her down and steal her! Will Ferrell is my hero. He just cracks me up!
The reason I love Slutina (aka Sylvia) is that she bought me some paper and stuff....and mailed it to me. (PS: I had to come back in and edit this post. I don't just love her because she bought me paper; I love Slutina for a lot more reasons than that. She is just an awesome person and a great friend.) She knows I am in a funk and it totally cheered me up! She mailed it yesterday and I got it today. I had a full day today. I took the ol' MV (mini van - MV just sounds cooler than Mini Van) for a wash today. I spent about $20 in quarters and still could not get off all the bug guts. I tricked it out with a sticker that my sister sent me. It is like a blacksploitation sticker...has a guy with a fro and it says "Craft: Can ya dig it?". Totally cool. After the wash, I cleaned my apartment, and then went to a wine tasting. I drank too much. I then went to Threadgills and met a few friends. I drank too much. I then went to Stacy's house to watch American Idol. I drank too much. Stacy and I have money on the outcome. It really doesn't matter who wins. We will use the spoils to buy beer and food. I then started to drunk dial people. It is pretty sad when you drunk dial your sister....and she knew it before I even said anything. Damn, I don't like her. Now I am watching the movie Matchmaker. Don't know why I love this movie, I just do. It doesn't have any great acting or any great story line, but I just love it. Probably the use of the work "feckin'", which is the Irish accent version of "f#$kin'". They say it a lot in this movie! Recurring theme with me, don't ya think? I seriously have a problem....(well, several problems!!!)

My sister reminded me of one of my favorite quotes

"People are just bastard coated bastards, with bastard filling". My sis said this to me the other day...I had been thinking it a lot lately, because this has so been my life. I feel like getting all my money out of the bank (all $3.58 of it), getting in my car, and not looking back. Leaving all my stuff behind and starting over somewhere else. Only problem is I know all the stuff would catch up with me eventually. Paypal has frozen $500 of my money because of a claim from eBay. I sold my Pazzles mini cutter to a lady and she is saying that I did not include all the software to use the cutter and that the item was damaged in shipment. No refunds and no insurance (I did pay for insurance, BTW, just as a precautionary measure). Post office has refused the claim because they say it was not packed properly. What??? It was put in the box I received it in. On top of that, still working 30+ hours at the part time job. Totally sucking the fun out of my life. Why do I not have any entertaining stories to share with you? Because I haven't had time to do anything! I have been too tired and too busy working to have anything fun and exciting happen to me. Maybe tomorrow something will happen. Going to a work related wine event. I am going to try and not get drunk, but I don't have to work at the scrapbooking store tomorrow night. Who can I call to bail me out of jail, if I get arrested???? (Hopefully that is a joke and not foreshadowing!)

It's official...

I hate people. I know, I know, I am a people person. That is one reason why engineering did not work for me....me and a computer in a 4x4 foot box. Just wasn't the makings of my dream job. What I wouldn't give for a job like that today. I have to work with the public tonight and I am afraid...afraid that I am going to go off on someone. "Seriously, are we doing this??" Those words could come out of my mouth at any moment, especially if I get a stupid question about adhesive! Could my stress come from working two full time jobs? Maybe....the "part time" fun job at the scrapbooking store is about 35 hours a week. The real job and dealing with wine assholes - for the most part I love my job, the wine jerks and the people at Spec's liquor store that think they invented wine are the ones that bring me down. Maybe the stress is coming from my separation. I seriously think I am breaking his heart. I have had my heart broken and I know how it feels. To think that I am doing that to someone else is killing me. I don't have much choice, for my own sanity and happiness, I have to. Life just sucks right now....I keep on trying to look at the bright side (and I do have many bright spots in my life: awesome friends, an awesome mom and sister, a job, a place to live, enough money to get by, etc.). "Pity Party, table for one....." that's me right now! I know it will get better...in another moment, another day, another year....things will be totally different. Just have to hold on and not smack the living shit out of someone right now!