I just want to say that in less than 2 weeks, I am going to probably one of my favorite cities, Las Vegas and I am sooooo excited. We are actually going for a friends wedding, but I am most looking forward to seeing my friend J and hanging out w/ all my other good friends. I wish Crazy was coming w/ us. Hopefully next trip.

This past weekend was rather interesting. Went out with a friend of mine, Friday nite who got really drunk and made me get on the stage and dance and sing with her. I don't think her husband was too happy with me, but they managed to talk me into going with them to my first Jimmy Buffet concert in April. I am very excited. I think I will have a great time.

Saturday nite found my roommate and I staying home until the last minute when her mom invited us to go hang out with her and some of her skydiving friends at this little dive bar out in Allen TX. After a VERY long drive, we got there and the food was pretty good, actually, but the entertainment not so good. We are talking, the band appeared to be like a Mama's and Papa's band from the 60's...hysterical for about 2 minutes. I think Laverne's (from Laverne and Shirley) daughter was there. Not good. She really thought she was something though. We ended up ditching them and going to one of our favorite dancing spots to hang out. Good thing we did because their group ended up getting kicked out of the bar. Pretty funny when mom's group is wilder than our's!!!

Why, oh why are my weekends so short? I don't know who's idea it was to have 2 day weekends and 5 day work weeks but if I were president that would all change. LOL

Hope you are all having a great month.

Well, I had a GREAT Birthday this weekend. Everyone in my family called and woke me up to tell me to have a great day and then I went to the gym and worked out. Went home and took a nap because I wasn't feeling that great. Then the fun began.......I have some crazy friends who made me a list of about 40 tasks that I had to complete through out the night. Some of the things that were on the list were things like blowing a raspberry on a guy's stomach, get a guy's boxers or briefs, sing karaoke alone, give a guy a lap dance, etc. You get the picture. Anyway those things I just listed I didn't do BUT I did do the following and I wish I had the pictures developed to prove it. Now keep in mind this was after several shots and drinks. I licked several guys bald heads (as you all know I think the bald head is a sexy thing), received several VERY hard spankings from complete strangers, got a guy to moon me, danced in the Cage alone, kissed a guy with a mustache (kinda tickled), stood on the stool in the middle of the bar and yelled "It's my B-day and I love penises", asked 3 guys the size of their penises, gave a guy a hickey (it was no small one either), rubbed noses w/ a stranger and sang I'm a little teapot in the middle of the street. I am telling you it was the best damn b-day ever!!!! Everyone should have one of these.

But now reality has reared it's ugly head. I must return to work, ho hum and the boring regular life that I normally lead. But for one night I was the Wild Girl w/ the Penis Tiarra!!!!

Thanks everybody for all the b-day wishes and fun!

Well, my b-day is in a few short days and I can't decide how I feel about it. Am I sad because I am another year older and still alone? Am I happy because I am another year older and still alone? Who the hell knows? All I know is that I am another year older and still alone.

Most of the time I am okay with being single and right now is truly no exception to that rule, except for one thing.....MY SISTER. She is determined that I find a man soon so she can have another baby in the family. The way she carries on you would think that my having a baby is the single most important thing in her life, the one thing that keeps her going, that gets her up in the morning. I don't get it.

It's not like she got a charmer of a man. He has definitely changed for the better but he most certainly is not God's gift to women. And as much as I love my niece and nephew, she has her hands full. So, why would I want to trade in my single life for a whole new set of problems. I kinda like the ones I got now. I know how to handle them, ya know what I mean?

On the other hand I think, maybe it is time for me to settle down and begin a family. After all I am definitely not getting any younger. But I am just not willing to settle. I don't need a man to take care of me. I am perfectly able to take care of myself, I have done a pretty decent job for the past 16 years if I do say so myself. I wanna man to share my life with....... so until I find that one I am going to keep on riding this wave that I am on. Take that little Sis!!!! Another year older AND STILL ALONE.

Happy week to everyone!!!!

My mom gave me an early birthday present today. LOVE SMART By Dr. Phil. I think she was trying to tell me something. Maybe she wants an early Christmas present from me this year, me married. GAW!!!! I can't win for losing. My mom dropping subtle hints, my sister telling me I can't internet date, but I need to find a man quick because she is ready for another baby in the family and my nieces and nephews all looking for me potential mates in their school teachers. What's a girl gonna do? HELP ME!!!!!!

The BAR BANDIT struck again last night. Through trickery and deception she managed to get a pretty full salt shaker (you know the CORONA SALT SHAKERS), some straws, coffee stirrers, toothpicks, and mints in A's purse at the bar last nite. At one point, the bandit had 2 small shot glasses in her purse, but sadly A was not drunk enough yet and found them before she left. What a shame. No silverware this time though. Next time, man, next time!!!!

Have a happy week everyone!

I am wondering if anyone else out there feels the same as I do about the light sentences some people get for horrific crimes and the statute of limitations being so short to prosecute for some crimes.

I recently had a co-worker, we'll call him Pete, who got arrested for sexual assault on children. Mind you this is someone I had worked with for about 5 years and even socialized with occassionally outside of work. I had no idea. You know what they say, it's always the quiet ones, right? In this case it was true.

Anyway, apparently this man (I use the term loosely to describe him) had been at this for at least the past 25 years. He would befriend single mothers with young children, worm his way into their lives, build trust and then begin his abuse with these kids. He wasn't choosy, he would molest boys and girls. SICK BASTARD!!!!

Whatever hold he had on these children was strong, because the first time he was ever accused was in 2000, by someone he had molested more than 10 years earlier. Unfortunately, because the statute of limitations had already run out on this particular crime, he was never arrested. By this time he was already living here in Texas.

I don't understand, why they have such a short amount of time in which they can pursue charges against these animals. You would think that for a crime as heinous as this, there would be no statute of limitations. No wonder why there are so many repeat offenders out there. These bastards deliberately prey on the most vulnerable of our society, the ones who are too scared to speak up or out. They know they will keep their mouths shut, until it's too late.

This animal was finally stopped last year when he was arrested. He has been in jail for several months, while the police have continued their investigation into him. They were able to only charge him with counts for acts he commited against six children. Even though there were at least 6 other children (now young adults) who also came forward from here in the area. This didn't include the children from the previous case back in 2000 or the ones they found scattered all over the US and overseas (he was in the military).

Do you know this bastard decided to plead guilty (I suppose that is good, at least these victims didn't have to relive the horror of his crimes with him looking on in enjoyment.) and he got sentenced to a high amount of years, I don't remember the exact amount, but he only has to serve 40 years before he is eligible for parole. Forty years, that's it, while these children serve a lifetime!

My heart hurts for these children and all the pain they have had to go through and will most likely continue to go through. I pray that his being in prison will bring some kind of peace to their lives and allow them to bring some sort of closure in their lives.

To Pete, I hope you rot in prison. I hope that the same horrifc things you inflicted on each of these children are inflicted on you every day for the rest of your rotten misreable existence. Thank you for opening my eyes to see that what we see is not what we get, in all cases.

Here's a little something from the Washington Post that I found quite amusing. Hopefully, you will too.

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners.

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido: All talk and no action.
14. Dope-ler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the literature:

18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

Smile!!!

A friend of mine shared these with me and I found them quite humorous, so I am passing them on to you.

NEW WORDS FOR 2006 - Essential additions for the workplace vocabulary:

BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.

ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.

SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.

CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.

PRAIRIE DOGGING: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.

MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.

SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.

STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiney

SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.

XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.

IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The O.J. trials were a prime example.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

ADMINISPHERE: The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be located.

GENERICA: Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints,strip malls, etc.

OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake.

WOOFYS: Well Off Older Folks.

CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously farting while passing thru a cube farm, then enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust.

Have a great week!