Trevil Thoughts

Andy Samberg/Great Day SNL Short

2010-07-29T21:19:00.000-07:00

beebear

2010-06-19T21:25:00.000-07:00

Coughcoughcoughcough. i wish i could eat your cancer when you turn black.
Just wiped off heavily smudgeyed glasses. we made a new conclusion about them (the glasses) that they do not photograph well. like in this photo above with the beebear.
Recent news, my brother won a humungous custody battle recently & i am so very proud of him. a very dark rain cloud had reappeared into our lives & threatened to take my adorable niece back to sin city for absolutely no good reasons. the wicked witch has now moved back to Vegas & has left her daughter here in Washington to live with her daddy.. hoorah! i made him an hour long appt at Massage Envy for tomorry while Medea & i work on making him father's day cards.
Also planning a trip to see my folks in a couple of months <3
The cat & dog are getting along a lot better now. not bffs but can kick it in the same room all together now, it's major ariel progress! GO KITTY GO. i love her dearly, my baby girl.
It's june & 56 degrees. cold & grey sort of weekend. Rewind back to a year ago when we lived in nevada, it was already over the hundies. frikken insano.

Best Birthday Ever.

2010-03-22T20:52:00.000-07:00

Minus this bastard of a headache..
Saturday was Nova Day, she got some new doggy accessories after a date with the groomers.
This Celebrity Apprentice show is cracking me up.
March has been rough on the both of us. My mom was in the hosp & so was Derek's dad. Both health conditions are ok at the moment so we are breathing a little easier lately.
Insta fam = my bro & niece moved in/escaped from Sin City & arrived on V-day.
Thursday we played beauty salon in the kitchen to fix Medea's hair. She decided to cut some of her own, super short like Aunt Trina!
He has recently received an awesome chef job offer in Seattle & they've now moved out into an apt in Kent.
Derek planned a quick romantic birthday getaway trip for us this weekend. Stayed at the Inn at the Market.. a gorgeous hotel room that had a view of Pike Place market.
Mediterranean fud for dinner at Andaluca's before we saw Metric at Showbox Sodo last night.
He's baking me a b-day yellow bundt cake right now w/ chocolate fudge funfetti frosting. Thank you babe, for a wonderful weekend. I love you so much! xoxo.

no one knows

2010-01-06T21:48:00.000-08:00

i taught myself how to knit during my lengthy time of unemployment. i made derek a black scarf for xmas, he says he loves it :) i'm right now on scarf #2. this one is a "for her" red. i forgot to blog for the final month of the 09 year. balls. it feels good to be among the working (living) again. first payday is at the end of the week and i am already dancing. hachoo...! i feel blessed. damn that hurt my ear. feels like a minor infection. double blessed. jason came over with his meat & he's in my kitchen with derek choppin onions :) men who can cook = supa kawaii~ (super cute in japanese).

Forward Fast l>l>

2009-11-11T08:15:00.000-08:00

The roadtrip was not too shabby. Managed to get a speeding ticket before we got out of Nevada state tho. Ariel tolerated Nova dog well enough tho she is still being a cat about it & keeping her distance from the demonic beast that stares at her with her big bobbly eyeballs. Camped out at an Extended Stay in Southcenter for about a week until we were able to snag a cute apt in Newcastle area. Got a new sectional, the dog approves. I'm still on job hunt mode, collecting wonderful unemployment to get by but it's all about the benjamins these days. It's killing me cause there's so many good shows this & next month that we're gonna hafta miss out on :( I'm listening to the radio again. Nirvana's on right now, made me remember the first time I'd ever heard them.. just a teen living in Munford, Tennessee. So many memories to remember.

On the Road Again

2009-10-10T16:31:00.000-07:00

Monday morning Derek & I are hopping into his truck with 1 cat + 1 boston terrier also towing the matrix & moving to Washington. We've been considering this for a while so he decided to apply for a job online- location Seattle & magically received a speedy response, had several interviews & pow.. just like that he got a decent job offer & starts next Monday! Holy crap! I got laid off from work last week reason being that they had too many people in my dept & they couldn't afford to have me. I've never been laid off before. Feels strangely odd but I'm excited to find out where I'll be living & working at next. What is more exciting is that my brother is also considering moving there when the lease is up a the end of the year :) Anywho, just packing up this weekend & should be there by Wed. We're thinking about staying at an Extended Stay or something until we find a place to rent. I'm also on the job hunt so let me know if you hear of any openings. See you soon.

All Growed Up

2009-09-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

Rocky the Squirrel Update

2009-09-06T21:24:00.000-07:00

Mom & dad have been visiting him every weekend at the shelter where they dropped him off, he's coming along just fine they say..

anxietyanxiety

2009-08-18T22:32:00.000-07:00

i miss my dentist. i got a notice email from my old doc in WA that i'm due for a visit. my god, has it been almost a year since i moved here already? damnnnnnn. waiting to see if the dog is gonna throw up after hoofing down a bunch of water. nope, she's ok. it's nice to have a doggie back in my life, did i say that already? going to see marilyn manson at the end of this week!

8/8

2009-08-08T23:07:00.000-07:00

Been in a RHCP mood lately, had forgotten how awesome they sound. I'm uploading some old crank yankers cd that I found onto my ipod. Should be good for those shuffle days. Novadog moved in a few weeks ago, Ariel's not too happy about it right now but we all know that she'll get over it eventually, like she always does in our move history. I can't believe I've already been blogging for years (plural) now. Derek & the doggy are sawin logs. We get to have Medea tomorrow so we'll be able to get some more pool time in. yay! Got a line up finally of shows this month & next.. Marilyn Manson, Placebo, the Dead Weather in San Diego, possibly Kings of Leon oh and Norm MacDonald in November.. only 3 months from now, what a trip. My mom found a baby squirrel yesterday in their backyard, check it out! I just heard Martin pulling his car into the garage, blaring old skool Pantera. Teehee. Anywho, just thought I'd say helloooo howdy & hi.

Leave Your Bourbon On The Shelf

2009-07-03T00:45:00.000-07:00

DMV. 2 hrs in line to sit down with someone that tells me to come back later because the "system went down". fuck me. luckily i was provided with a fastpass of sorts to get in front of the line for my next adventure trip there. yes i'm going to become an official nevada state freak & her little matrix too.
Monster is crazy.
Dereks buddy Jason moved to Seattle today. We had this crazy weekend long going away party for him last week, good times.
Burnt out on pizza & hot wings.
Shotgun practice with Jer, Der, Rach & her Dad, I actually nailed a clay pigeon. Fun!
Hot temps. 108 the other day but rain this morning. Lots of pooltime & new tan lines.
Work is stressy, sometimes feels anxiety. Knot is back in my kneck. Sux..
Living at 2 addresses for the past 3 months. Has been an awesome long date.
He presented me with a little black box when he picked me up from work... new silver hoop earrings cause I've seemed to have lost my old pair. Sooooo sweet! Love him Love him <3
Emotional wreck with my normal family battles
Hung out at a suite @ the Hilton
Peppermill for dinner & some supposive strip club that played bad live techno music
Watching the 1st episode of Beavis & Butthead w/ the 3 doggies & D has already fallen ashleep
Sam, we're coming for you in August to see Mr Jack White dammit!
Saved money by switching my car insurance to Geico... seriously. By $30. Who knew?
Banking w/ B of A & got rid of the devil bank Wamu/Chase.
Michael Jackson croaked. Billy Mays got oxycleaned.

Midnight Snack?

2009-06-13T00:08:00.000-07:00

Just awoke from a 3 hr nap on a Friday nite. The last thing that I remember was we were watching the Big Lebowski, the part where the Dude bangs Julianne Moore & then the Sandman came & raped me. Was supposed to go see Steel Panther at midnight at GVR Casino but Jason has an ear infection so we had to postpone for another Friday. I hate being up this late & feeling hungry. Derek is eating frosted flakes but that doesn't sound good to me. Lower back pain most likely stemming from being curled up in a little ball underneath a big blankie with my man on the couch. Fasterpussycat is going to be playing down at some dive bar down the street from where we live. Crazy that they're still around. Hafta get up early to open a new bank account. I'm so done w/ the Wamu/Chase bullshit that I've been suffering with for the past month. Haven't had a Saturday morning sleep in in a long time. I've been getting Medea from her mom's & spoiling her rotten w/ Auntie Trina fun & lovins. I think we're taking her hiking this time to the Hot Springs in Boulder City. Sounds like a hoot & it hasn't been too terribly hot lately or maybe I finally got used to it. I'm all assbackwards here. I'm freezing indoors & never w/out a hoodie because the AC is cranked all the time but I'm barely wearing anything when I go outside. My tabs expire on the matrix this month. It's gonna cost a shitload to get everything all switched over at the DMV. I guesstimated about $260. Oh.. shit.

deeper shade of soul

2009-05-31T19:09:00.000-07:00

nova has bad gas right now.
derek just made me a nice hot cup of black tea.
this is us at the narrows trail at zion in utah.
took medea to m&m world on Sat
met Holly's Wesley @ the Crack
encountered some chaos at home (roommate's gf's exbf going balistic on my patio)
hank hill looks weird with no hair
hooray for cuddle time :)

this weekend..

2009-05-17T21:48:00.000-07:00

made cupcakes. kicked it by the pool. went to bj's & had a beer. bag of chester cheetah's cheese kornpuffs as a pregnancy prop. a dim sum sunday lunch. made lasagna. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/neelys/mamas-lasagna-recipe/index.html

A Sweaty Start to May

2009-05-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

On the drive home from work today it was 102 degrees folks! holy shito! there's a one eyed monster breathing in my face. So jer & rach are in friggen hawaii for a week so der & i are house & dogsitting. Getting stoked for memo day weekend, we're discussin going to Zion state park in Utah to hike/camp. Woohoo for mini vacations! Yawn. Double yawn. I think we're going to watch Identity tonite. I miss my cat. She is in good hands with Martin & couch tenant Cory who claims that Ariel is in love with him. I think she really just likes warm bodies but I won't say anything. I wanna go see the new Star Trek oh and I hear the new X-Men is HOTHOTHOT. Si?

Terribles

2009-04-19T20:00:00.000-07:00

Drinking a coke with a strawberry twizzler. Went to the Red Rock Canyon again today and hiked with Jer, Rach, Derek & Monster at First Creek. Starting to get some color on my back. Yesterday I went to RRC w/ Becky, Gage & Medea but to Bonnie Springs to take the kids to the petting zoo. There's lots of diff places at the RRC, Derek supposively has a list of trails and we want to conquer them all. Rach just gave me an old school smurfette figurine & a Star Wars Sebulba's pod racer from the episode one series. She's purging stuff out from her garage, a spring cleaning of sorts it seems to be. Damn. Its Sunday already. Saw the Killers on Friday at the new Joint in the Hard Rock Casino. Wasn't too impressed w/ the sound quality or the band's performance, kind of a downer but oh well it wasn't terrible terrible or anything. Fam Guy is on, to be continued.

For My Padma Truffles

2009-04-07T23:06:00.000-07:00

Vickie. Sorry but I have not been in the blogging mood lately but I am doing this one for you. Hehmhaaahh...
Let's see. I went hiking a couple Saturdays ago at the Red Rock Canyon. Got some sun and yes, I bought sunblock, I think I actually got the burn from when we'd went to breakfast and decided to walk from the Lounge to ROSS. I was on another mad purse hunt. I get bored with them. At least it's ROSS & not Coach, right? I'm always the bargain shopper which reminds me to give kudos to myself for scoring at Old Navy on a 97 cent t-shirt (which as a fatter of mact I am jammin out in right nizzow). I smoked a little off of Jer Bear's cigar but didn't like it. Speaking of Jerbear... I met some killer new peeps to kick it with. I ended up going on a date with a cute coworky a few weeks ago & he's introduced me to his roomies & such. & Such is tonite his parentals flew in from Florida so we went and met them after work for dinner. They were uber cute & it made me miss my folks. He introduced me to them as the girlfriend btw. & Such are the 3 adorable dogs that he lives with too. Makes me miss my Tigger dog. Haven't seen my niece in a month, baby mama drama is in full effect & it is what it is.
3 cat deaths this year. First Jason Kitty (Becky's white cat), then Penelope (Holly's) & Stimpy (Mart's). Damn kidney failure is a biotch. But we read about Rainbow Bridge (this is where the dead animals go) so we know that they are all there waiting for us. If I could take a picture of the brochure that my bro received with Stimp's remains I would but I'm not at the homestead tonite. Where the fuck is Derek anyways?
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Work is hellishly busy but makes the days/weeks go by uber quick it seems. Can't believe we're already sittin in almost the midmonth of April. I'm going to see the Killers on the 17th at the new Joint at the Hard Rock.
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Decided to keep my hair short... was half pondering growing it out again but Beck reminded me how much I never did shit to my hair when it was long so that pretty much killed the ponder in me. Short is easy but now I want to color it. Maybe it's time for red? Maybe it's time for bed? Derek's back & he's currently giving me a foot rub. Sweet sweet bliss.

Ain't Goin Nowhere

2009-03-12T00:03:00.000-07:00

Did y'all listen to 311 on 3/11? Well you should have. This dude Steve (has awesome tatted sleeves might I add) informed me this evening that the lead singer of 311 is gay. No way but okay.
I'm watching Man Vs Food & decided it was time to touch base. Let's see, same ol shit, different guy. I let myself fall all puppy doggy over again only to get bitch slapped in the face. She's ok, folks. She is ok go! There is not a butcher shop shortage & meat IS good.
I called in sick for the 1st time ever since I started work here & my god I am sinusy sick. I took my brother out with it too. (Sorry bro!) I'm still not 100% but it's koo. I kinda want to come home for my bday but damn you guys, what's up with the shitty ass weather in WA? Dayum. People are already sporting sunburns here, it is such a trip. I can't say that Vegas is my most favorite place I've ever lived but it's definitely a place like no other. A great place for peep watchins. So I think instead I will drive to San Diego to see Sam & Let Let and check out the yellow bellied sneeches on the beaches.

Gone Daddy Gone, Love Has Gone Away..

2009-02-21T10:28:00.000-08:00

Just sitting here watchin my cat thoroughly cleaning her messy face.... sooo cute.

Ding!

2009-02-10T22:50:00.000-08:00

listening to the Smiths and just popped half a sleep aid so this blog may actually be interesting, we'll see. girlfriend in a coma i know i know it's serious~ ugh! dammit i miss people a lot right now. one at mind is chrisssss~! goddammit chris, where the fuck did u run off to? i never see u online anymore & i really hope that u are safe!!!!! don't feel all left out you dashers and dancers and prancer types, u know i miss yer happy asses too. i just have this horrible missy feeling in my gut right now. or it could possibly be gas? i guess i have been a stranger to the blogga lately, sorry about that (in my best beavis). i got to go out n play with scott some more for another week when he was in town for SIA so i've been like that status that you change on your IM... "away from the desk" or something like dat.
trina got hookity hooked uuuupppp. thanks to my doka lovin dude, i got the opportunity to touch fuckin Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction!!! all the sudden i had to capitalize my letterings. my bad. i won't let it happen again (not!). it was at the Palms Casino, we got there right in enough time to grab a beer, i turn around and bam... there HE IS on stage! i ended up getting the primo spot right underneath him and i was in total AW the whole entire time. apparantly there was some guy trying to grope at me during but i was too oblivious to notice and scott had to shoo him away. tee hee. it was a total mindjobber. ok, get it together. he went techno-ey with mountain song in the beginning and he sang a short set of classics, when he got to Jane Says, this girl next to me and i were going apeshit and screaming along with him and yes, that is when i got to grab ahold of Perry's hand! ok. scott says i'm a total dork for acting like this every time i talk about this but i will forever report directly to cloud 9 everytime i think about it. anyways. thank you scott from the bottom of my heart. and we went back the next day to see mr snoop dogg and that was nothing like the nite before. hell no! we had to wait in line inside of the casino for 3 hours because the rumor was they gave out too many special golden ticket passes which meant once they got to max capacity, everbody else was SOL. he's a good friend of HAL. ok, if anybody got that u get **** (four stars). oh yeah, so we end up making friends with everyone around us cause well ... we're all drunk from drinking while waiting in line inside of a casino, hello! anywho these magic tickets gave us free cover charge into the playboy club, this was actually a pretty happenin place and i hadn't danced all nutters like that in a long time! stay at THE hotel you guys, it's dope! we also went to the KA show a Cirque De Soleil on another nite, pretty kewl but the pina coladas there were acky yucky to me. had an in n out burger experience, oh man, i don't think i'd had one since san diego but dayummmm i didn't remember that burger tasting soooo good. i think i'm fading. sorry to announce that you're losing me now. i'm pronouncing myself comatose.... beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!

Are these guys for real???

2009-01-21T19:50:00.001-08:00

I got this email from this winner on inkednation today. Highly amusing read, wouldn't you all agree? Oh, and Nifer... please brace yourself, there's "a llot" of grammatical errors.

To: cutievil1
From: bestman
Subject: Hi there...
Date: Tue Jan 20, 2009 23:43 GMT
Hello,
you dont really have much on your profile and i think you really lookso sexy and brings joy and smile into my face and i wouldn't mind if i can tell you all about me and here i go....My name is Raymond , I was thinking, maybe we can chat a little.. But first let me say Hi! Since I am a member of this site, I am messaging you from instead. I'm a cool man , 7'2", 215 pounds and with a nice body, at least that's what people say.

I am looking to fulfill and explore my Love and wild sexual fantasies with a very special someone. So, if you'd like to chat or hook up sometime soon, let me know by sending me a message through the mails I would love to get to know more about you so i decide to tell more again about me so here I start. I was born in United Kingdom and grew up in Providence Rhode island and I'm the only child of my parents and they died 7yrs ago in an auto crash, I work for a fashion designers company. And I do model fashion and it's real nice. I live all alone in provindence rhode island and I am never married and i got no kids. I love to travel and I do travel a lot. I have been to lot of countries, I do travel some times i have been to europe,asia,africa even right now I left USA about couples of weeks ago for a 3 country tour of modeling was in Canada,London and now in Nigeria for the contract which i finish really soon and as soon as am through with my contract, i want to fine a partner so i will get a house where you are then we can get to know more about each other. i will love to know you better than this also to meet you in person. I will like to know what you like doing for fun, what type of relationship you are looking for, the type of man you are looking for and more, if you don't mind telling me? My best color is blue, i like low fat foods, i also go to the gym to keep in shape. I like going to new places that i have not been to before. I love going out to club with someone i care about (my Woman). I like all types of music. i love spending time with my woman, like going to the club , traveling together to have nice time and more. i love to play billiard i also like snooker. i like watching football and basketball. I don't have any bad character if i should examine myself, im easy going, and fun to be with. i can be romantic, i am sure im down to earth. i love talking with my woman i don't hide anything from my woman. im really honest and also i don't like been lied to because I don't lie. The quality im looking for in a woman hmmmmmmm........... I want a woman that i can trust because with trust relationship will be strong. The type of relationship im looking for, im looking for a serious relationship properly, a life time relationship and what ever good that comes with it. i will love to know more about you. These are my personal email address or you can add me on your friend list on yahoo messenger and if you don't have an IM on yahoo messenger or MSN i will like you to go and set up one,in case if you are interested in mailing me back I hope to hear from you soonest and am going to be
online later today and and I will like to chat with u
tomorrow.

Take care,
Thanks.

Snow hole

2008-12-20T22:21:00.000-08:00

Happy days this month. Sam came to visit me last weekend (he drove up from SD) I of course managed to let myself catch a cold the very first day he arrived. Doh. I'm still all snotty but feeling much better. God bless Mucinex nasal spray. We saw NIN at the PH. Nine Inch Nails at the Planet Hollywood for all you out of the loopers. We had nosebleeds so it wasn't my fav show. Sounded pretty awesome tho. I made sure to take Sam to Sam's Town where his gamblin booty won some moneys. Fremont Street Experience was the next spot where Holly and I did laps around the shops in the freezing cold (don't think this helped with my newborn sickness). Hash House a Go Go for breakfast where Martin (that would be my bro) & I shared chicken and waffles. YUM. My bro has 3 weeks off from work right now so the little one has been around more frequently which has been an absolute blast!!! She has filled my heart with so much love and I'm so happy to be here in her & my brothers life. Gage turned 7. Time sure likes to fly. And get this trippy ass shit... Holly's bf that lives in SD has been visiting a friend who got into a really horrible car wreck, right? Well I'm sure some of you remember my ex, the blue haired bf Jon from last year, mmm kay, so he happens to IM me the other day and tells me that his little sister in SD was the one in the car wreck! Small world. Whoa~ (in my best Joey Lawrence). Christmas is more enjoyable having a kid around I must say. My brother is wrapping presents and Stimpy is eating ribbon. Mom & Dad sent us a $50 gift card for Wal-mart for us to go splurge on a bunch of stuff for Medea and to wrap and give to her to open from Gramma & Grampa. Aw man. And I thought I was all done shoppin. Apparantly not. So we came up with the bright idea to go at midnight tonite and hopefully the psycho shopper chaos will be a little more tolerable. We tried to go snowboarding today @ Mt Charleston but ended up getting there too late (the place closes at 4pm and we got off to a late start). We have rescheduled for Christmas morning. Lookin forward to it. Winters are not too shabby here in Vegas. Sunny t-shirt weather during the day but nippy at night. 9 more days til I visit Scott in T-town... I hear you guys in WA are gettin dumped on with the snow & freezing your asses off! Stay warm my peeps! Can't wait to be back for really reals. I want to apologize in advance tho if I don't get an opportunity to see you during my short stay so don't take it personal pan please. The last thing that I would like to blog about this evening is Papa Roach at Hard Rock last night. Loved it! The venue was uber cool, the casino's style is one of my favs, there's so much music stuff and people to gander at. I got to the Joint right as Hoobastank was performing their last song which was really the only song that I liked by them. Crawlng in the dark. I had enough time for a $6 heineken and a brief conversation with a dude sporting a very high pink mohawk. PRoach kicked ass, they sounded amazing and it was a nice surprise to see moshings happenin too. Alrightee then, I'm out.

WTF

2008-12-01T23:06:00.000-08:00

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28003550/?GT1=43001

Your horoscope for November 22, 2008

2008-11-21T22:58:00.000-08:00

You probably have the desire to take charge, and you certainly have the capability to, so what are you waiting for, Trina? Stop sitting around waiting for someone else to make a decision. By the time the others are done arguing and vacillating about which direction to go, you will already have traveled miles and miles down the road. Your heart wants you to take a strong independent stance.

I'm Permanent

2008-11-20T21:38:00.000-08:00

Cat Drives Roomba

Mild Blog Sauce

2008-11-10T18:16:00.000-08:00

photo taken by Medea Conquest
What I forgot to mention regarding the bedframe find on CL was this. The first day I took a gander at it, I fell in love w/ it right away (I hear I tend to do this a lot personally but that's another blog all to itself) BUT I had a patio set that I also scored on via CL and I had the niece that day. So the ad said it was an Ashley brand queen sized frame and a matching dresser for $350. My only interest was in this frame so I inquired as to how much it would be minus the d to the r to the e.. well you get the picture. She (Hallie) decided it would be $275 so I said sounds good. I later looked it up online and after my searchings discovered that it was a pretty kick ass deal and was currently going for about $600. They (her and Miles, her ex) said it came apart into 8 pieces and said no prob fitting it into the mighty matrix. Great. A second attempt was made the following week to pick up and pay. I arrive to find these two taking shots. They apparantly had a friend that just closed down their bar and hooked them up w/ a shit ton of alcohol. They ask if I'd like to taste. Sure... why not? Only in Vegas, right? The fucker couldn't fit into the matrix. Shit. I didn't know enough peeps with trucks so I told them I would find assistance and come back a third time. Martin's good friend Cory let us borry his big black beauty and I was able to talk Hallie down to $245. So here we are. Ariel & I are chillin on the bed and enjoying the aroma of a new pumpkin caramel candle that I bought on clearance at Bath & Body Works. Good stuff! Anywho, Medea & the bro are home now from Madagascar 2 so I gotta git!

Silly nilly!

2008-11-08T09:22:00.001-08:00

cat n box

Do you nutella?

2008-11-06T19:00:00.000-08:00

Saving Daylight

2008-11-03T21:41:00.000-08:00

My brother just told me a funny story. Apparantly Ariel stayed the nite trapped underneath the couch after he'd shut the reclining part down. Stupid cat.
Christmas commercials on tv already? Seriously?
My niece brushed my hair tonite and no longer uses a sippy cup. Memorable firsts.
Got a noice wooden bedframe off of Craiglist last nite. It's about frikken time.

the Journals of my Wonderful Week

2008-10-31T18:26:00.000-07:00

Picked Scott up from the airport last Wed nite. Thought we were going to have a first evening together of dinner and cuddle time. Instead he wanted to go see his friend Doug at the Riviera to say hello straight from the airport. So we got there and waited for an hour while his friend’s drunk ass took for forever to find us. He is an island boy from Maui and obnoxiously hammered. Tacos for dinner across from my work where the homeless men approached us lookin for money. I was in a mood and it was starting to show (Sidenote that Scott named this the "trina turns into a pumpkin" hour). It's getting late and I needed to be put down. Am I showing my age or what? I live in Sin City and I cry about staying up past my bedtime! I had to get my ass up at 6 in the morn for the jobber, ok? Don’t think we got home til 11ish where we hung out with my brother and finally off to bed.

He woke up with me when it was time to go to work. I believe this is where he declared that he would be my chaeffuer for the next week and utilize the matrix during his stay here. Driving Miss Trina. Dropped me off at the office (right under the Stratosphere) and picked me up for lunch at a Cuban restaurant. Step 3. Picked me up from work and headed to Marssa in Lake Las Vegas (my brother is a sushi chef there, check it out... http://www.lakelasvegas.com/amenities_dining_hotel.asp).
Hoover Dam almost twice.
We were hella late for our reservation but we still got the primo spot with a view by the lake (tho it was too dark out by this point). The food was TDF and we rolled our stuffed selves outta there off to spend a couple nights at Hooters where his buddy Doug had reserved us all a room. Meh. The beds were uncomfy but I had a good time anyways. We even took a photo of the Hooters restaurant waitresses w/ us, how cool is that? Sang Happy Birthday to Cheney on Scott's cell phone.

Next day same work deal but Thai food for lunch. Afterwards, I bought a must have Hooters hoodie before we went to mexican food and then rides on the Stratosphere til 2am closing time (we had an unlimited ride pass if you can believe such a thing). The guys went apeshit and rode them repeatedly. I did the rides once each but couldn't stomach anymore after experiencing the XScream for the first time. Scary!!!!!
http://www.stratospherehotel.com/thrills/x_scream.cfm.

Sat, I slept in while they did their scuba stuff (their was a scuba convention going on in town, this was some of the reason why Doug & Scott were here together for the weekend). Hash House a Go Go for brunch after I saw it televised on FoodTV. Very tasty place, everything is way oversized tho. We went gambling at the Rio, ate dinner at Gaylords (Indian) where I got sick shortly after. Spent some quality time in the Rio's mighty fine restroom. Scott got a comp room for Sunday after he lost $800 gambling just by griping to the floor manager about it. I don't know how he does it.

Doug left early Sunday morning. Scott and I ran to Henderson to pick some things up from my house and come back to the free hotel room which ended up being an uber fancy shmancy 1100 sq ft top floor suite with jet tub. I loved every moment in there.. especially waking up the next morning with the view of the sun coming up over the Las Vegas strip. Pool time for a little bit, a topless one at that. BBQ Rub dinner w/ Martin and his friends Ashley, Leslie & Cory. Did the Frightdome at Circus Circus where we were thoroughly disappointed. Monday was coming quick and aw fuck I had to go to work again (its hard to ask for vacation time a couple weeks into starting a new job, ya know?)
If you're thinking to yourself "what the fuck?" regarding the two of us and our relationship situation, I couldn't really tell you. I'm just very happy to have him in my life still and I guess I'll just leave it at that. Back to story time.... Capprioti's samiches for lunch. YUM. He amazes me. This time he got a comp suite at the Paris! Just by calling and griping again. Seriously.

The hotel suite was very nice but not as beautiful as the Rio (pictures are up on my flickr if you're bi-curious). We had a great view of the Eiffel tower and watched the water show from the Bellagio every 30 min from the window. I LOVED the bathroom the most of all rooms. It was beautiful and the tub had taken a likin to me too. We had a romantic french dinner at the Paris called Mon Abi Gabi. Awesome. We lucked out on the great tasting restaurants that is for sure! And I totally gained weight, my pantalones told me so. More gambling. I turned $10 into $75 on a slot machine and was quite proud of myself. He broke even and it covered the cost of our dinner. Score.
Soul food restaurant called Cook's for lunch that my coworkers recommended. Very creepy area but good eats. There were black dudes with guns working behind the counter but they were very pleasant and happy to be.
He picked me up from work and we headed back to the Paris. Watched more water shows from our living room. Went to dinner at a French restaurant & split a kobe beef burger and a berry chocolate crepe for dessert. We were going to gamble but instead fell sleep at 10:30ish (pre-pumpkin time). We needed the sleep after a long busy week. Becky was a sweetheart and let me leave at 1 so Scott and I had final play time. Went home to kick it by the pool before I took him to the airport where I gave him a hug and a kiss goodbye. Sigh.....
The end.

Livin in Sin City

2008-10-08T15:39:00.000-07:00

I just got back from taking the niece to the playground, it's frikken 94 degrees and my tan is slowly coming back to life. Excitement. It's been kinda nice being unemployed but I must give props to all you stay at home parentals out there as I've only had Medea since Sunday and must confess that I'm already exhausted. Happy, but tired as fuck! My biggest daily battles lately are combing Little Miss Tangles hair, Aunt Trina's lack of sleep (she woke up at 530am today)& the ability to poop in privacy. It's rough, I know :) She's also a Cinnamon Toast Crunch whore. Scott just called, he'll be visiting me in 2 weeks for about 8 days or so. This makes Auntie Trina very happy :) I start my job on Monday at the phone company that my former bosses husband purchased here. I'll be an account manager of sorts. I'm so grateful to have the job hunt dilemma out of my hair and feel very lucky! Went to a bday party the other nite, it was at a bar in the Mandalay Bay casino... pole dancers galore! I guess there's a first time for everything. Vegas is so different and cool. I miss Seattle lots tho, especially all my homies out there! There's a place 40 min here to snowboard so that's a bonus. Tickle war break! Ok, I'm back. We got invited to dinner at my brothers' sushi restaurant tonite, on the house even. We are both very anxious to get our grub on!

For my chicken lovin friends out there....

2008-09-22T23:21:00.000-07:00

Good gourd

2008-09-15T20:06:00.001-07:00

I'm a fibber. I had an awakening shortly after the last blog attack and decided to switch my shit up. My brother is flying out here on Sept 28th and we head back to Vegas together the very next day! This means I can help the brotha out with that cuter than a bugs ear niece of mine.
I put in my notice already at work, my last day is this Thurs the 18th. No job lined up in Nevada, and yes, I'm one crazy muthafucka. Put yourself in my zapatos for a minuto: not married, no kids, no family, the lease is up and work has unfortunately turned itself into something similar to a tv episode of "V" except no one gave birth to a half-alien baby (at least not that I know of). So I'm moving again. Gourd help me. Speaking of... Scott & I hit up a local market on Sat and I saw those handsome guys pictured above. He returned from Maui on Thurs and we've just kinda picked up where we left off before the big break me off a piece of that kit kat bar. I got ink done last weekend, this will be numero seven on this bird's bod and #8 is coming right around the corner as my adorable friend Audrey has started to tat! I'm hoping she can get a few good jabs at me before my departure. Anywho, an emotional roller coaster happenin right now but I know in my heart that this is where I need to go/what I need to do. I told Chris today that I will be back to Seattle, that I'll most likely die here when I'm old and moldy.

the Chronicles of Treville

2008-08-28T19:52:00.000-07:00

It's not what you think. I just thought that it sounded cool. I'm currently in the process of fixin Annie's bunny shaped mac n' cheese and listening to (hold your vomit in) Creed. My back hurts and I messaged my massoose via Myspace mail to see if he could help rub a few out. Heh. Seriously... work is stressin me out, the naughty knots are constantly nagging at me and I must say that it's quite annoying to say the least. Just makes me want to run away. I have some options out there but too chicken shit to do anything about it just yet. Out of state options but don't fret, it won't be near anytime soon if it even does occur. Miss Ariel wants some love so let me pause for a moment while I give her a big hug and smooch. Standy by====== no hold music ===== checking on noodlies boiling ===== and I'm back. Mac needs another 3 min so the timer told me. Scott's in Maui for 2 weeks, lucky bastard. I wonder if he'll bring me back some of those chocolate macadamia nut thingies... those are grub. Um. Speaking of... Rich & I are supposively going to see Beck at Bumbershoot this weekend. Prior to that he's allowing me to paint his bedroom wall freehandedly, if that is a word... I'm uber excited to see what I end up doing, I suppose I will have to "add image" and blog it in, blog it in. OMG, this is the best tasting bunny mac ever! K, I think I'm gonna relax an finish watching a spooky movie called the Eye. Talk to you kids laters.

I got digits

2008-08-10T13:49:00.000-07:00

Weekend update thus far. Had Friday off. Mulletheaded Matt & I went to Cruefest to see Trapt, Sixx AM, Papa Roach, Buckcherry & the Motley Crue. Had a fabulous time. I got a little too hammered and grew an enormous headache which carried over to my good friend pulling off of an exit so I could spew in the bushes. Thanks. Bahama Breeze for a late nite appetizer of coconut prawns & jamaican jerk chicken wings. Headache no more. Slept rather well. Met a new face for breakfast in Georgetown pork chops, eggs & grits - a first for me. Next stop, Guitar Center in Seattle w/ Richie. He fell in love with a guitar so my hope is that he will purchase it soon and he'll loan me his existing so I can practice more. Pineapple Express at Pac Place got a few LOL's out of me. After much debating on where/what to eat for din, we decided on greek food. Great choice! Sarah had extra tix to Goodness at the Showbox so we headed that way to enjoy some noise. We ventured over to the Cha Cha to meet w/ Brian (Rickey's big brother) and his buds. I dig that place! Awesome music and met some great new peeps. I actually ran into the group that Matt & I met in Georgetown last year so it was kind of a reunion of sorts. Rich lost his keys and that put a damper on his spirits but he was still a trooper and forced himself to drink some more and have a splendid good time anyways. I met a gorgeous eyed stud named Steve and we swapped digits. I'm diggin the single life, no lie! *sidenote in case you were wondering- Scott & I are just friends now. No biggie, the shoes just weren't fitting.
Sundays events are not so thrilling. Laundry, dishes, Back to the Future and bills. Woot. Just about to eat me some Trader Joe's orange mandarin chicken w/ some freshly steamed jasmine rice. To be continued....

Forever and Ever

2008-07-22T19:58:00.000-07:00

All these things that I have done:
Harsh Times (great Netflix w/ Christian Bale in it), rent it.
Billy Idol with Matti
Mayhemfest with Rachael (ended up working with Heathen Productions at their booth)
Floated down Yakima River w/ the Nelsens
Was partly the cause of two recent relationship breakups of two of my guy friends
Applied for a Trainer/Manager job internally at work and did not get the offer :o(
I've been so busy that I have 7 pairs of shoes in my car (1 of which are Rich's)
Reunited with my friend Rickey in Spokane/Deer Lake at Matt's cabin
Just purchased my first ringback tone for my cell 2 hrs ago
Have been camping like mad on weekends and loving every single moment of it
Can't decide where to live or what avenue to take next at work
Want to see the new Batman Movie ...and Zohan
Said goodbye to my old friend/coworker Becky who moved to Vegas with her family
Started to draw in my sketchbook again
Enjoying the Summer and taking advantage of being out in the sun as much as possible and feeling alive
Learned what a Marmot is

Have not done:
Watched the final episode of Hell's Kitchen... don't blow it for me either, it's recorded on Scott's DVR and we're supposed to watch it someday
Bought new Mizuno shoes for the Hood to Coast race that's sneaking up next month but have yet to train in them... doh
Laundry
Dishes
Gone to bed at a decent hour but I think that I'll change the rules tonite

Floating Season

2008-06-30T10:48:00.000-07:00

Went to the Yak River on Sat with Rich, the Nelsens & Co. Yesterday Scott, his friend Gavin & I went to the Urban Arts Festival to dink around and then to the Taste of Tacoma (it's the ghetto version of the Bite o' Seattle, same food). Shortly after that, a bbq pool party at Nielsies (one of those huge inflatable pools that you can actually sort of swim in) and Dick's for din after we dropped Gavin off late last nite. Think I was well fed enough or wha? Sheesh! I'm diggin the Summer sun tho, that's fo damn sho!

Apply CAMP here

2008-06-16T09:48:00.000-07:00

Bumping River
A relaxing Sunday
Awesome view...
Last minute camp trip and this sista got invited. Hell yes. It was my first camp this year and it was certainly a great weekend chosen. Scott was not aware that it was all boys but y’all know that I had no issues being in the midst of a sausagefest (package of 8). And no, I’m not the town bicycle or anything… nobody was having rides or anything of that sort! To tell you the truth it kinda felt like I got spoiled rotten! For example. #1. Food. I was told not to bring a thing except for clothes and toiletries whatnot. These boys were not messing around and I was mass impressed with their awesome cookin capabilities. We consumed roasted corn cobs, bbq shredded pork, ribs, carne asada fajitas w/ orange/yellow peppers & onions, hot dogs, tater salad, smores. For breakfast, the german made swedish crepes w/ raspberry jam, we also made burritos w/ bacon, sausage, peppers, onion, egg scramble. All of the above and then some… oh so good. I am surprised that I had the ability to button the jeans this morning! Oink! And today I continue my eatfest… I have lunch plans with my new found work friend that moved here from New Zealand (the cool accent included). I REALLY want him to sing a few lines of Radiohead’s Creep and I think he just may w/ a little more coaxing. Kidd Valley burgers and I can’t even remember the last time I’ve eaten at one of those, hopefully it will not disappoint. Shortly after work I will also be grubbin at Chutney’s w/ Nifer & Kat. The indians have been chanting our names! Chai tea, you complete me. Oh, here’s my #2 Scott… the weather was pretty bueno so I found some sun to lay out in (down by the river) so I decided to park the folding chair to have a nap action. A short time later…Mr Davis showed some concern and brought me the following items: a punk rock magazine (courtesy of Ddyer…thank you!), dark tanning oil, an ice cold Rainier beer and my ipod with headphones. Insert Brian Adams song here > those were the best days of my life…. Ohhh yeayeahhhh.

I think I swallowed a JuNe BuG.

2008-06-02T21:11:00.000-07:00

this is Scott.
We've been dating for about 4 months already so I figured that it was time to post a pic (proof that he does exist). This one's from when we went to the glass art museum back in Feb.

New Bad Habit = Social Smoker

2008-05-25T14:37:00.000-07:00

who woulda thought?
I ended up spending my Saturday in bed. It was wonderful. And no, there was no man or dildo included in the mix. Just 100% pure sleep action. I got up around 730pm and went out to grab a bite to eat. My landlord happened to be pullin weeds so we chatted for a bit, I soon discover that she broke up w/ her bf and she seriously needed to go out for a drink so I volunteered to take her out. We ended up in West Seattle at the Matador where we hung out w/ some nice dudes who lived nearby. I think she got the digits from one of them so it was a good call to go out. Didn't get home til 4ish... ah... luckily I slept all day so I coulda stayed out all mornin.

Don't Fall Asleep

2008-05-20T21:47:00.000-07:00

while driving

I'm in Love

2008-05-07T10:29:00.000-07:00

... With Vanilla Soy Lattes! Ha ha... got you guys!

Always in motion is the future

2008-04-24T00:16:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've felt the blog urge. Having issues sleeping. Scott went to Thailand 2 weeks ago and should be back on Sunday. I miss him something terrible and there's nothin that I can do about it. He called me from there, said it puts Hawaii to shame! Lucky bastard. He's getting ink done the old school method there too ... I'm looking forward to seeing that! I recently had the nasty sinusy cold thing that was going around, it lingered for almost 3 weeks! Jimeny crickets, I hate having to blow the honker so much... it's annoying as fuck. I went to the doc and I'm lacking in the B12(you sunk my battleship)department, supposively if untreated for a while, the mind goes bubye. Wasn't interested in speeding up the memory loss so I'm halfway thru the process of getting shot in the arm with a b12 boost once a week for 4 wks in a row. Week 5 is another blood test to make sure I'm kosher and then probably pop vitamins of some sort from there on out. It's funny what is found as we grow older.

You can call me flower if you want to....

2008-03-26T19:04:00.000-07:00

Good to be home but not so awesome to come from hot summer weather to this crepe. I'm dead zombie tired... it's funny how vacations can wear one out!

Just forget the world

2008-03-24T16:47:00.000-07:00

I'm sitting here watching a classic Tom & Jerry with my beautiful 4 year niece Medea who is messily eating on some leftover spaghetti and meatballs that my brother cooked the other night. This is the life. Holy cow. The weather is currently 78 degrees and I'm wearing my skullhead bikini under a black halter dress. Nice visual of a hottie Auntie babysitter, eh? And OMG there is nothing cooler than being called "Aunt" Trina.... it's the best feeling in the WORLD and I am cherishing each and every moment that she says it! My parents (a.k.a gramma & grampa) were here briefly and left me 3 days ago, it was good to see them :o) I'm having a blast having the best bonding time that I've never had with my bro, I'm going to miss him the most when I leave! I spent my birthday with Holly (my old roomie from San Diego/pal since we were 12 yrs old) down on the strip. I did the Priceline thing and scored $139 on a 4 star hotel... turned out to be the Monte Carlo who as we all know caught on fire not too long ago. Doh! But it was still decent and most importantly the bed was uber comfy and we slept like bebes. I almost got a tat at Vince Neil's Ink but they overcharge because they can get away with it.... just wasn't worth it plus I know who does a great job right in Kent, WA! Anywho, Holly J and I went and did our girly stuff, shopped, shopped, mani/pedis, shopped, got our hair done did, eat, shop more. Good stuff. She had to go back to work on Sunday so I dropped her off at work, she took me around her workplace (Zappos.com)... the place was off the hook! It was a cubicle type world but mass insane decoratings and toys and shoes everywhere from floor to ceiling. Been playing Rock Band some more, it's awesome!!! Singing is becoming one of my favs now. My brothers roommate George is vietnamese and he is making me authentic Pho! He's even going to make spring rolls. I've been so spoiled with the feedings, they are both great chefs and work at the same resort. The ferrets are coming out now so I think I'm gonna close my blog. Over n' out.

Canadian Bacon and Pineapple

2008-03-09T21:51:00.000-07:00

Big Hornys
It felt like it was gonna leave a mark
the Village People

Left work at 3pm on Thurs, arrived in Canada a little after midnight to the Sun Peaks Lodge! Straight up it's a totally different world up yonder. The nicest friendliest folk that I've ever met were there and most of them were french so I got my fav listening to people with cool accents. We planned to get up early Friday to start boarding but the roadtrip kicked our asses a little more than we thought so we slept in a little. Luckily it was Friday and we were pretty much the only ones there... it was great. There was this french style cafe that we ordered breakfast at... a tdf vanilla latte and a banana nutella filled crepe! Yum. He ordered a black forest panini samich... yum x2. I've never been to a Resort like this before but he states that it's like a mini~Whistler like place, that there's tons of other places just like this, who knew? Not I. I was pretty much in aw during the whole time there.... it was a gorgeous scenery of snow and the village was absolutely adorable. The mountain kicked my ass and I've got the bruises to prove it but after this weekend I am happy to report that I am a pretty good carving girl! Scott has been awesome in teaching me what he knows, he's been doing this for many many years and is a pro at it. Very fun and very sore!! So glad that I got to go! We had some relaxing time and did the sauna/hot tub action last night, think I had a wee bit much to drink tho cause I passed out hella early. Woops! Went shopping a little bit, oh I ate my first caramel apple since the braces came off.... WOW... it was the coolest feeling in the world and the most delicious too! We sure did eat good (or bad):o) Luckily snowboarding burns up those calories pretty quick. Just happy as a clam to have gotten invited and having lots of fun with my new found friend. Keeping my feet planted on the ground, no worries people! Here's some photos. Next stop: Vegas for my bday & a Conquest family reunion!

Pookie... my parents new puppy

2008-03-05T09:58:00.000-08:00

Half Corgie & Half Shitzu = CUTENESS

Forward March

2008-03-02T22:44:00.000-08:00

Scott's bloomin' flowers
Listening to the soothing sounds of Jeff Buckley and waiting for my sleep aid to kick in. Ariel is using the laptop to itch her neck and now she's trying to get all up in my business. Short work week this week, hoorah. I was priviledged enough to be invited and go to the Sun Peaks Resort in BC with Scott. We leave Thurs (yes, we're driving) and should be back on Sunday. I've never been so of course I'm super psyched... the package includes lodging & 3 day all day lift tix. The place looks gynormous, like a winter Disneyland and I can't wait to experience this place in the flesh! http://www.sunpeaksresort.com/thevillage/villagemap.aspx

Turn Left @ Flashing Lights

2008-02-26T20:58:00.005-08:00

Glass Art Museum
Girls still get flowers?? Hell yes!
Content with how things turned out the past few weeks. I got a place, I got moved in & most importantly I got me a little somethin somethin - if you know what I mean! Dating is fun-fun-fun til your Daddy takes the t-bird away. Here's my dilemma tho in regards to being single... how the fuck do you date more than 1 person at a time? It's just not possible to keep the sanity. I guess it's cause chics think w/ heart & dudes think w/ penis. Anywho, I'm quite pleased w/ this dashing fellow that I spontaneously slammed into a few weeks ago at (you know it) Bed Bath & Beyond! Again, no need to be alarmed, I have been told that there is no "falling" allowed per Netty (she even stomped her foot at me so - very serious). Great advice. He assisted in my shopping experience for a shower caddy for the new pad. It's a nice caddy at that and no, he doesn't work there. A gorgeous romantic italian dinner with a view of the waterfront, great convo & eyecandy ... sigh. His name is Scott and I think that's all I'm going to disclose at this point. I have a problem I think. An addiction. To Starbux. It has to be a fucking convenient 3 min walk from where I work. I hope they appreciate a nice chunk o the paycheck!

All I got for V-Day was food poisoning

2008-02-14T22:34:00.000-08:00

I'm going to point my finger at Quiznos and now I can't go there anymore. It started about 10ish last night and ended about 4 hrs ago. My back is sore from all the hurling of the guts... yay. The worst part was that Net & Keith had to suffer through it with me listening to barfing sounds as they tried to sleep. Sorry about that you guys! Thanks for the gatorade, the electrolites did the trick me thinks as I'm finally able to keep fluids down and even felt daring enough to eat 3 nilla wafers. I'm happy to report that I'm recovering quickly, the last time I got FP was in San Diego (when I ate at Subway... are you noticing a trend?) and that one lasted 3 whole days! I'm tired now. The weekend will be eventful as I am moving out again. It's a mother in law deal where I'm renting the bottom half of this gals house. I found it on Craigslist of course. Where is it? Somewhere I've never heard of ... Top Hat. It's between Burien & White Center and don't worry for my safety, it'll all be ok, there there. Only a 6 month lease even. Seriously tired so I'm out.

Life goes on

2008-02-10T10:39:00.000-08:00

I went to "the house" to pick up my remaining mail yesterday, talk about a weird feeling being there. Seeing baby Ashley was the hardest part. Luckily the ex was out boarding so there wasn't the additional ackwardness that I'd been dreading all week. I then made a trip to Discount Tire Co. For the first time in my life I bought a set of tires. Joy. It was time and I'm glad I finally got that over and done w/. I still want to get the windows tinted so I just might get that done as well in the very near future. ~Sneeze break intermission~ While I waited for the new tire installation, my pal Mill-dog picked me up and went to Costco so he could borrow my membership for a new 37 incher tv. I was happy to be able to help a brotha out and can't wait to play GH3 at his crib! I took his old tv to Audrey's (hell yes, she's back in town!). Next stops were to Rich's and then Audrey's and then a mini pub crawl. English teacher Brian showed up for a bittle to join in on the drunken fun. It was long past my bedtime when the evenings events finally came to an end. I slept like a rock. Today is laundry extravaganza and then a trip to Tacoma to get some wax action from Erin Rose. Just keep swimming - just keep swimming.

Dashboard Confessional Rapid Hope Loss lyrics

2008-02-07T15:12:00.000-08:00

You've called to say you wanted out
Well I cant say I blame you now
Sometimes you've got to fold before you're found out
Well thanks for waiting this long
To show yourself, yourself
'Cause now that I can see you
I dont think you're worth a second glance.
So much for all the promises you made
They served you well
And now you're gone and their wasted on me
So much for you're endearing sense of charm
It served you well
And now its gone and you're wasted on me.
You've called to say you wanted out
Well I cant say I blame you now
Sometimes you've got to fold before you're found out
Well thanks for waiting this long
To show yourself, show yourself
'Cause now that I can see you
I dont think you're worth a second glance.
So much for all the promises you made
They served you well
And now you're gone and their wasted on me
So much for you're endearing sense of charm
It served you well
And now its gone and you're wasted on me.
I guess that all you've got is all you're gonna get
So much for...So much more
I guess that all you've got is all you're gonna get
So much for...So much more
Do what you must if thats what you wish
I cannot be a party to this
You have a sense that you were born with
You'll find a way to make things right
I guess that all youve got is all you're gonna get
So much for...So much more

Obituary: The Relationship dies at the age of 22 weeks

2008-02-03T09:58:00.000-08:00

Last week he was adorably feeding chocolate ice cream to me and this week, I'm moved out and suddenly single again. I care not to share the bloody details that led up to our unheard of death but I do want to let you know that I'm ok and fortunate enough to be surrounded by people who truthfully love me.

Hey-la, hey-la, my boyfriend's back

2008-01-23T09:10:00.001-08:00

I thought it was a break-in when I was awakened by noises coming from upstairs at 6am this morning but I soon discovered it was Jon & his father Mr Stewart himself! Glad to have my other half again.

Paint your taint

2008-01-20T19:02:00.000-08:00

Sick, I know, but it was hilarious last night at the time of the convo. Friday was pill night, I only took a half pill but slept for 14 hrs. I woke up in noonish vicinity and shortly after wandered off to downtown Seattle to kick it with Switch and Mark. We went to Guitar Center where their talented asses played guitars, keyboards & drums. Frikken people with musical gifts! I'm so jealous. I want to learn how to play the guitar before I die. Note to self. Old Navy was next for some 75% off clearance extravaganza. I scored on a $4 fleece pullover & hoodie. Happy camper I am. We ate at the Deluxe.... oh man did we ever eat... it was half price appetizer time so we gorged on hot wings, sliders, mac n cheese, bacon n cheddar steak fries & beer. Grub grub grub til we couldn't grub no more. Back to the homestead with the awesome view of Lake Union where we played Rock Band until it was time for Laser Radiohead at the Pacific Science Center. Talk about flashbacks! Rich slept through most of it. I dropped him off at some dead end street in order for him to get some drunken under-aged sex at a lesbian housewarming party. Random typical oddness that occured when Jon sent me a pix message of the NY NY Casino. Don't think he was aware that I got hitched there almost a decade ago. This morning Ashley was being more than norm cute at me, I must say that she is the coolest cat ever (sorry Ariel... it's the truth). Had to hit Target for more kitty viddles... them buggars shore like to eat! Went to Burien to pick up Netty and go to Queen Anne for some inner child participation in painting our own pottery. I couldn't resist choosing a giraffe, tho it was a bitch to paint. It was good times. Take home from Racha Thai Cuisine, phud thai is da bomb there! Now we're in a food coma after eating twinkies during another painful episode of Rock of Love. Anyways... Jon is expected to be home at the end of the week. Thank GOD. My roommate Beau has been a pain in my arse, he flushed some of my makeup down the toilet and now we're having plumbing problems. That is just the tip of the iceberg lettuce. I have to say that he equals birth control. This has got to be what my parents went through when my brother and I were kids. He's Jon & I's bastard son, sad but true. Jason's coming over tomorrow to check out my plumbing (he he), it's always a pleasure when he's around, he makes me lol. Anywho, I think I'm done hogging Keithie's puter. Try to have yourselves a fabulous week. Happy chocolate MLK day!

Wasting Away

2008-01-17T16:38:00.000-08:00

My favorite Incubus song dedicated to my bf:

To see you when I wake up
Is a gift I didn't think could be real.
To know that you feel the same as I do
Is a three-fold, Utopian dream.

You do something to me that I can't explain.
So would I be out of line if I said "I miss you"?

I see your picture.
I smell your skin on
The empty pillow next to mine.
You have only been gone ten days,
But already I'm wasting away.
I know I'll see you again
Whether far or soon.
But I need you to know that I care,
And I miss you.

Disconnected

2008-01-09T19:31:00.000-08:00

Sunday was day with Rich. A quick drive to the Lakeview Blvdish area to check out the new house... dood, the view of the city was awesome! Definitely a kodak moment but I was not clever enough to snappy snap a photo. We had brunch at the coastal kitchen, the food was just ok but the noisy atmosphere made up for it. My cool brother Martin hooked his lil sis up w/ a $60 gift card to REI so we headed there to poke around. After spending it seems like forever, I left purchasing 2 pairs of Northface pants that were on clearance (big shocker there).
Saturday the landlord showed up with carpet... talk about a tedious task! It's cool tho cause I've thrown away a lot of shit that I should've tossed a long time ago, organization-a-go-go.
My boyfriend is leaving for San Diego tonite to do some garage work and play with friends and family fam. He will be missed. It's gonna be weird cause we've pretty much been together all the time since we met 19 weeks ago and now it's as if we're a siamese twin being dissected. Odd.... I know I am. But what is that saying? Absence makes the heart grow Jane Fonder? Whatever.
I'm paragraphing Scuba Steve.... DAMN YOU!
I would also like to say that earlier tonite I stated that I loved Two and a Half Men so much that I would watch it all day. I'm serious! It is hella funny you guys, must see if you haven't had the viewing pleasure yet.
So far we've gone snowboarding twice. First time for Xmas at Steven's Pass and then a couple Sundays ago at Alpental/Snoq Pass. The powda is mighty nice and I look forward to the next opportunity to go. Anywho, that is all for now. Goodnight~

Splurge!

2007-12-21T14:01:00.000-08:00

Along came a spider that sat down beside her, well she was sitting on her new memory foam mattress but her old queen sized sheets didn't have large enough "pockets" to hug the corners of da bed, so the mornings consist of Trina & Jon awakening with the fitted sheet halfway down the bed underneath us followed by grumblings. So the hunt for new linens began. I started looking that day me and Gnat went out... who knew there were so many thread counts and that dressing your bed could be THAT spendy. Holy crepe (or sheet)! A suggestion of Overstock.com was given so I ended up with the above photo in purple>800 Thread Count Combed Cotton! The box was waiting for me when I got home last night. I immediately threw them in the wash and I must confess that they are the most comfiest sheets ever! And that's my random blog for today.

Turkey Sunday

2007-12-16T12:11:00.000-08:00

Today's blog has been brought to you by the letter "M". Assistant writer is Miss Simpson who is monitoring my typing techniques from the rockstar parking spot of mama's lap. Laundry is screaming to be done but I'm taking a break. Got Jon's presents all wrapped yesterday while he was at work, Annette had a get out of jail pass so I rescued her to finish up some xmas shopping. Sushiland for a late lunch. Grub! Then it was a relaxing evening of wii bowling with Keithie pie, Gnat & the 2 Jaimi's (may possibly be spelled incorrectly). I caved and had a few shots of tequila so I was feeling pretty warm. A delish pork dinner was served and an amazing buttermilk pie!! I missed Jon. He woke me up this AM @ 10, good sleeping in action was made on my part! Oh, so we ended up purchasing a Sealy Posturepedic 11 inch memory foam, queen if you're so curious. It's to die for! Took us a week to decide where, how much and what. It was actually kinda stressful! The bed that we chose was $1000 more at Sleep Country, we got ours at Kings Mattress thru an ad of course on our trusty craigslist. I think we're going to a gun store now. Over and out~

Recap of the best vacation ever...

2007-12-03T22:21:00.000-08:00

No flash photography this time, Gadget, this tiiiiiiime! K so let's rewind a couple weeks ago to gobble waddle vaca week shall we? First week consisted of shooting big guns, couples massage and a grubbin on some bomb ass bird at Jon's co-owner's girlfriend's parents gorgeous home in Bellevue. Friday arrived early for Jon and the porcelain gods and I with the killer monster green flegm from HELL. Hold the gravy. Please. The weekend, like Jon's guns, was shot. Consisted of the following ingredients: 4 cups of snot, 1/2 cup green & reds, 3 tbsp vomit. Simmered until translucent. My god, I think we have seen eachother at our very worst, that is for damn sure. Remind you we had originally planned this awesome road trip to San Diego, Vegas & SLC (got lazy) to go snowboarding, which then took a switcheroo to minus the locations and just be selfish and board and do "us" stuff. Well then there was the dilemma of no snow anywhere and now we were like Disturbed and getting down w/ the sickness so all fun and games came to an end when both eyes had been poked out. I must say in all of this mucous craziness, that it WAS a GREAT vacation. The kitties were pleased to have us as their company and I just love my boyfriend more & more (I know.... stop w/ the sap already!). I think it's safe to say that after a week on antibiotics, that we are pretty much slime free, hoorah! Sun night we were feeling peppy and wrestle mania began, the bastard put me in a death grip hold and I fucked up my shoulder. Payback is a bitch! I couldn't turn my head left! I used a heat pad as I tried to painfully sleep and listened to the rain pounding outside.... Today was official go back to work day and I have to confess that I missed all the chaos and it felt sinfully good to be back (like those cherry cordial filled hershey's kisses.... try them, they're TDF). K.... plot thickens now! Jon calls me during my hours of operation and notifies me of his discovery of a power outage at home and along with this, a busted water pump that has rised to a level of 4 inches! Guess what y'all? We LIVE in the basement and all of our stuff as well! R.I.P. that laptop from David. Hehe, Jon said it was cool, that it was floating in the water! Our mattress is soaked, soppy carboard boxes and stuff in 'em, you get the idea. When it rains, it pours. After work, we tag teamed the basement and started the gutting process. Carpet is now out! I'm supposed to mention that he rented a 40,000 BTU kerosene heater that has big firey flames n shite. Woot woot! We had nowhere to sleep so I hotwired a $89 deal to the Holiday Inn and we're kickin it with the free HBO. Life is a scream!

Beau Island

2007-11-30T22:07:00.000-08:00

My hottie guitar dood...
Jason and his hair is playing GH3 Pat Benatar's Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Jon is heelying around the living room to the kitchen, the cats are playing around... life is pretty sweet at the moment.

Mincemeat cutie pie

2007-11-23T16:43:00.000-08:00

I love you babe~

Gun happy

2007-11-22T12:27:00.000-08:00

Sexy Men Parade

My first Thanksgiving holding a baby

Most Recent

2007-11-02T19:13:00.000-07:00

Eggplant Hell

2007-10-25T19:20:00.000-07:00

Jon's latest... check out Jason @ ACME Tattoo!

Botophucket

2007-10-23T12:33:00.000-07:00

http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i252/conquest529/
The password is: Skull

Charter ghosts! I had the opportunity to go to Georgetown for the very first time on Sat w/ Matti and had an absolute blast! The proof is in the pudding.

Happy Columbus Gay

2007-10-08T14:20:00.000-07:00

If someone woulda told me a whole year ago (and no I did not mean to say "a-hole")that I'd be where I am now, I woulda had to have said "WHATEVA!" to that person. October is a crazy ridickerous month for me. Jon & I picked up the remaining big furnitures this weekend from the "Federal Way house" which currently has a closing sale date of Oct 12th. Oct 16th is the official "D" day for David & I. Coincidentally his 32nd birthday is on Oct 15th and our 2 year Anniversary would have been this Oct 29th. It's kinda like that movie with Jim Carrey... "23". I'm in the quote unquote mood so quit bitchin. We ended up not making any money but most importantly not left having to pay any either which is a bonus to me. Summer was fabu but I'm so diggin the cold weather coming soon to a theatre near you. "Why?" do you ask... well I'll tell you (42 Wallaby Way)... snowboarding silly! Doy! Do people still say that? Oh yes I just did. I have a new Burton board to break in baby! (thanks to my gorgeous hottie boyfriend and our good friend Craigslist). He too got a smokin deal on a Gnu. We now have 5 boards hangin in the house and we're itching to go. I don't think that there's a cream that exists for our needs. He is so going to smoke my ass tho cause he's been going at it for a decade and me... "1" season under my belt. Can I get a hoo ha! I'm still gay for it and this time no falling and crackin the head (in my best scottish Mike Myers voice).

Lightning Striking

2007-09-04T09:22:00.000-07:00

Here's me in action at the Hood to Coast last weekend (actually it was Portland to Coast). Speedwalker!

Ok kids, grab a chair, here's the latest:
The house has been on the market for a couple weeks but no nibbles as of yet.
I met someone. This isn't supposed to happen so quickly but by some strange force of nature we've found eachother and it is beautiful. You guys are gonna laugh but here goes... I was looking at places to rent on Craigslist when I found myself becoming extremely bored with my search and decided to take a gander in the Men seeking Women section. Those ads are ridickerous and good amusement! Anywho, there was an ad that caught my eye, simply said "WTF: cutie to compare tattoo's with - 31". When you click on the link you get a picture of a tattooed leg and a pic of his 2 kittens and a short remark about watching a movie. I decided to write to him and asked 2 things: do people actually respond to ads like this and did he have more tat photos. He later responded with more pic attachments and that he'd received more than he'd expected (I later find out that I'm the only one that responded). We swap Myspace links and we discover that we went to the same school in CA for 3 yrs, same class even. We don't remember eachother. We chat some more via email which not too long after migrated to IM'ing til 1 am-ish. Great convo, lots more things eerily in common. We decide we'll meet up sometime during the week. Tuesday rolls around and I'm at Net & Keiths, he calls me, I'm hungry so we meet at Mizu's in Southcenter. It was a weeknight so it was a slow night, we got a table to ourselves, there was a late-comer that they sat at the end of the table, we both asked him if he was dining alone, he said yes so we invited him over to sit with us. His name was Martin, an older fella with an Irish accent. We had a great dinner the 3 of us. After saying our goodbyes to Kiss Me I'm Irish, we ended up going to his house in Renton where we talked about the school that we both went to, pulled out the annuals to point ourselves out. We ended the evening with a firm handshake and I felt like such a dork for SHAKING HIS HAND but I panicked and didn't know what to do. I'm a little rusty at dating, what can I say! Wed he texts me good morning and we made plans to meet again that evening, I was having dinner w/ Net & Keith so I invited him over, he showed up at their place and we played with the Wii for some bowling. Good times! Thurs I had plans to view a duplex in the Capitol Hill area so of course I asked him to tag along, the people I was supposed to view it with stood me up so we ended up hanging downtown and then dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory. I swear to god it feels like we've known eachother for years and I just can't explain what is happening. Intermission~ what do you want to know about him? He moved to WA 5 yrs ago from CA, he owns his own company repairing/installing garage doors, he has 2 kitties, he changes his hair color often (currently dark blue), he's been married/divorced, no kids, no smoking/no drinking, he has the same sick sense of humor as me, a snowboarder. If you have any other questions please don't hesistate to ask. Onto the weekend we continue. He had plans to camp with his guy friends so I assumed I would not be in touch with him until he got back on Mon/Tues but alas he texted me Sat AM to let me know that they ran out of bullets and were on there way home already (he's got a plethera of guns). I had just had 14 hrs of sleep the night before so I was recharged and ready to go. Good thing cause when I showed up at his place he announced that we were going on a boat ride with a friend of his. It was a racing boat and you can ask him all the boy stuff details about it, all I know is that it could go pretty damn fast and it was hella fun. I watched him get tossed around tubing a whole bunch, it was awesome. Perfect opportunity to add that the man has an awesome body, nice and lean baby! Oh, and the tats are hot among other things.... Earth to Trina, you're supposed to be blogging! After successfully pulling off the wind blown look, we headed to the Drive-in to see Halloween (directed by Mr Zombie). I had high hopes and shouldn't have, it sucked arse big time. Oh well, we still enjoyed eachother's company. So of course I stayed the rest of labor day weekend with him at his house and we're both absolutely crazy for eachother. It's nuts. Everything just feels 100% RIGHT so we're just going with it. Can't fight fate. Yesterday he made me belgian waffles for breakfast and crab cakes and risotto for dinner. We hiked on a mountain in Blanchard (don't ask) and watched his buddy jump off attached to a hang glider. Awesome view. I shoulda took some pics. Anywho, I'm on cloud 9 and can't wait to see him again (tonite). And done.

Rescue Dawn

2007-08-14T14:33:00.000-07:00

Saw a good flick on Sunday starring my favorite actor to look at Christian Bale. My friend Rich did not likey but he didn't like the Simpsons movie either so whatever on him. Amy says that I haven't blogged in a while so here is an August blog. The roadtrip to Kelseyville, CA with Matt to see PRoach was a blast. Old pals are great company, we left with a plethera of beer in my cooler so you can't go wrong there. We camped 2 nights, the first place was fabu, I will post a photo later, the second place was a zoo but it was closer to the resort where the rock show was. The show itself was no good, we had GA tix but it was all bleacher seating. Lame. I have no regrets about going, I definitely needed it. I have more to add about the other on-goings in my life but I it's gonna have to wait until later. Tootles.

Erasure anyone?

2007-07-22T11:38:00.000-07:00

I just happened to call in and win a pair of tix to see Erasure at the Moore this Tues on 107.7 the End. Does anybody remember them? Like them? Want to go with me? Old school shit!

The latest buzz

2007-07-22T09:18:00.001-07:00

It's a big buzz at that. David & I have decided to call it quits, I am going to leave out the dirty details regarding this but I just wanted to give the phil. We signed the divorce papers a couple weeks ago and will be officially "D'ed" in 90 days. I really want to thank my friends that have helped me get through this awkward & difficult time, without you I know I would be a total utter complete mess and I'm truly grateful for each and every single one of you, even if it was just an email or phone call, know that it has made a great difference in my life. Ok, enough with the Mrs Butterworth's. We're in the staging process for the house to get it ready to put on the market, we still need a few more boxes for packing stuff up and away so if you have or know anyone that has any, feel free to let me know and I'd be happy to take them off your/their hands. Not sure where I'm moving to yet, temporarily will be at the McCarthy Inn as I hear they offer substantially low daily room rates. I work in Kent so I imagine I will end up moving somewhere closer to that. Uplifting news is that I picked up Holly from the airport yesterday morning and we're having a pant load of a great time. Yesterday was mani/pedis/massages/facials day. Went to an awesome clothes exchange party at Erin Rose's and scored other peoples unwanted threads. We also had the pleasure to see the latest Harry Potter, this one was definitely not my favorite one, it was a tad bit long and drawn out but I had no issues with staring at Gary Oldman, what a gorgeous man! Anywho, today is the Bite of Seattle & outlet mall shopping, I'm hoping that the rain will take a breather so we can keep dry. Anywho, that's the happenins in Trevils life, I'm sorry for the delayed blog action. Cheerio.

Bad Animals

2007-06-24T10:48:00.001-07:00

Good shat

2007-06-23T00:39:00.000-07:00

Oh man, Scuba Steve, good call on dinner tonite. That was more grub than that other time that we went. Happy Birthday to you and you smell like one too.

Famous Dave's here we come....

2007-06-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

Good stuff!

2007-06-13T15:52:00.001-07:00

http://www.someecards.com/

Dance Dance Dance

2007-06-08T20:45:00.000-07:00

Day at the ZOO

2007-06-02T15:06:00.000-07:00

My pal Erin hooked me up with free tix to the Woodland Park Zoo (thanks chica!) so David & I decided to go this morning. They now do Giraffe feedings so I was tickled pink to have another opportunity to do it! Here I am in action and also 2 good shots of a 6 month old tiger cub that was SO CUTE!

Write much?

2007-05-25T20:55:00.000-07:00

How much do you actually write with a pen? Why do we have so many pens???

Happy to be home!

2007-05-17T21:26:00.000-07:00

Spiders & Rage

2007-05-13T00:16:00.000-07:00

Today's events included making french toast, jogging the dog, doing some laundry while the hubs gave the lawn a new haircut, then we went to the Commons market by the mall, was nothing special, off to Subway to pick up some samiches to eat at Snoq Falls, we did a little hikey hike, ate and then went to work to pick up the bumble bee (I'm going to Portland for training at work and driving the beautifully painted company car), came home and waited for the dearest to come back from his own hair cuttage. Time to eat again so we decided to try something new, Nifer mentioned how wonderful greek food was for lunch the other day so we went to a nearby hole in the wall, we got an assortment of things that I can't remember the names of, there was some lamb meat, phillo dough spinach and feta stuff, some sort of sausage wrapped in grape leaves, rice w/ marinara sauce and I think I'm forgetting something, oh a gynormous side potato. It sounds good but we weren't making our OH faces or anything. After our new dining experience, we mustered up enough energy to go see a flick, Spideypants 3 was good, had a sad ending, Kristen Dunst sure is getting hot! Loved that red hair too. Then we decided to see 28 Weeks Later (I know... two movies in a row, we're nuts), I think the first one was way better but there were definately some good jumpy parts and there was never a dull moment. Can't go wrong with blood and rage infested dead people. It's way past my bedtime but I don't feel tired at the moment so I'm watching a rerun of Ghosthunters and dinking around on the web. Over and out.

JG

2007-05-06T10:48:00.000-07:00

Bought our tix to see Jim Gaffigan on Nov 3rd at the Paramount. He's awesome, check him out!

I gotta go pee

2007-05-03T19:50:00.000-07:00

Last Friday went to Benihana's with my pal Erin to meet up w/ my old coworker April and a few of her friends. Good eats and then we rolled over to one of the girl's condos on Queen Anne, there was a gorgeous view of the Needle from her living room window. More people show up, some girl starts hitting on me that repeatedly says she's strictly "hetero" but procedes to hit on me like crazy. If I had mace I possibly would have defended myself with some. Creepy. In the meantime the girls are getting nice and buzzed on huge glasses of red wine and for all you folks that don't know me, I do not drink vino. We had a bad history and let's leave it at that. Some white & nerdys showed up and that was my cue to leave, thank you, thank you, you can also purchase my cds by the front door. Erin is drunk dialing people, I cringe for the people but am highly amused. We head over to the Premier to meet coworker Lisa at a local rock show. Erin has to piss so as soon as we park (only a few feet from the door entrance) she swings the passenger door aside and drops her pantalones and I soon hear the joyous sounds of urination. OMG. She explains that she's a "public pee'er". Alrightee then. We scrounge up our nickels and dimes to pay the $7 cover and enter the venue. The first band was ok and we were on our way home after the next two bands did not impress us. Tomorrow I'll be seeing Puddle of Mudd for KISW's Rock Girl Gala event, should be fun & interesting. Sat is Cinco De Mayo, I've got the March of Dimes walk w/ Nifer. Sunday Erin & I are supposed to go hiking, looking forward to that. That's about it for my past week. I did get promoted to a Supervisor at work which is rather cool since my wallet will start to be a smidge thicker. Welp (thank you groovysoup), I suppose I will surrender myself to my bed now. Yawn~

I Want My Money Bitch!

2007-04-28T09:33:00.001-07:00

Kobayashi!

2007-04-25T21:50:00.000-07:00

Roy Rules!

2007-04-23T20:38:00.000-07:00

Weird Al

2007-04-18T13:59:00.000-07:00

I purchased tickets for Sept 12th at the Puyallup Fair. I think I will be brave and try a deep fried twinkie this year.

RIP Spooky Conquest

2007-04-12T17:53:00.000-07:00

Received some heartbreaking news from my Dad this morning that they had to put Spooky to rest. He was 17 years old and his heart just couldn't tick normally anymore. He's been sick for some time so I was somewhat prepared for it. What sucked the most was when I called my Dad to make sure him & Mom were doing ok and hearing him all a mess. He says they're done with having anymore pets and that he never wants to go through this feeling of loss ever again. I have yet to go through a death of a pet so I'm not at all anticipating what it's going to be like for me when I lose one of my babies. Anywho, here's to you, Spook, I hope you're having a good ol' time in doggy heaven and I will miss seeing your cute little face on my future visits to see Mom & Dad. Love you pup!

Funniest Movie I've Ever Seen In My Entire Life

2007-04-12T10:06:00.000-07:00

Same old shit different day

2007-04-10T18:26:00.000-07:00

I'm a slacker on the bloggage, my bad. I'm lazy, what can I say? Vegas was a hoot and feels like it was only a dream. Had some good quality & much needed bonding time w/ my bro and fun times with Holly on a shoe hunt, spoiling ourselves rotten, shopping galore and we can't forget good eats. Let's see, some grubbin sushi at my brother's restaurant, Indian food, Rubio's, Emeril's at the MGM, Tapas and some other stuff in between) Vacations are always too short. Bah. So I'm back to the grind, working, sleeping, eating, you know, the norm. Nothing new and exciting to report tho I did want to rant a little about a fucked up commercial that I had to experience on Easter Sunday... David was of course working a shitty shift of 6am - 6pm so I was like one of those Culkin brothers and home alone. I've got a to do list somewhere but I wasn't having any of it, it was tv time... of course there was nothing frikken on. Flip flip flip and I catch an interview w/ the Oasis brothers on the BBC channel. Hooray, something interesting, finally. Just as I start to learn how much of an A-hole Liam Gallagher is, a sudden commercial interrupts me with a sad looking dog in a cage looking up at the camera, a voice over starts going on about abused and neglected animals... before I could find the remote I'm seeing an eyeless cat and next, an eyeless dog! The damage was already done before I changed the channel and I completely lost it. Who would show such a thing without warning? That's total bullshit! And no, it doesn't matter that I just got done watching American Beauty and saw Kevin Spacey get his brains blown out on his kitchen wall. That stuff doesn't phase me but seeing suffering/injury/dying animals KILLS me. The tears welled up and I started to cry like a baby. Bah... there's no happy ending to that story, just that I can no longer watch the BBC channel without parental supervision. There's a new fun & exciting cold that came to our house to visit (thanks to David) over the weekend, it's filled with dry coughs (cougar), some snots and a lingering headache. Frikken colds. So I'm on day 3 with it and it's quite annoying but it's not so horrible that it ruins my day. Just-go-away. Went to a great show last Tues at El Corazon, the Cancer Bats & Billy Talent, both bands had tons of energy and put on a Grade A kick ass performance. My ears rang for two days after. Oh, here's something different that you may find peculiar... I started JOGGING! Crazy yes, but I've been walking Tigger a lot and decided to give it a go. She of course loves it and don't think that I'm some hard core jogger, it's in small spurts between speed walking. I figure since snowboarding season is over I now have to take alternate routes to sweat my ass off to lose those last pesky 10 lbs that I just can't seem to get off of me. Well, this is all that I can purge out of my tired brain so Malcolm In the Middle here I come.

A great email sent from my mom~in~law

2007-04-10T11:11:00.000-07:00

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. And always remember, you are special to someone, someone cares about you more than you will ever know. So treat everyone in your life as you would like to be treated, special! Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

My Husband Really Loves Me

2007-03-21T18:10:00.000-07:00

Holy rusted metal Batman, I have a laptop! This is frikken cool! I know my birthday is not until tomorrow but we here at the Wark/Conquest household, like to cheat holidays and celebrate the day before. *Added excuse is I'm leaving tomorrow morning to go to Vegas. So I already had a gut feeling that I was going to be the proud mama of Sally, a beautiful, shiny, sexy, black laptop when I just so happened to peruse my hotmail junkmail (that just doesn't look right together but oh well) and I noticed a message about my new account setup info for Norton. I then realized that David was up to no good but in a good way. So I came home and god bless'm, he shoved a box into my hands and said Happy Birthday. Upon opening, I find a nice durable set of kitchen tongs. He pretends that this is all and tra la la alongs on his merry way to the kitchen to chop some naughty romaine lettuce (It was some good acting, by the way... he should seriously be working w/ Deniro). Ok, I guess Amy & Erin were a little right in telling me to not get my hopes up but I knew Sally was here, I could feel her magical presence. I went towards the bedroom to morph into the Jammie Queen when out of the corner of my eye, I see a remarkable blue light winking at me in the corner of the darkened computer room next door. YAY! Some girls cannot be fooled. Fool I Am Not (in my best Yoda voice). I've been dying & whining to own a laptop for years (yes, I'm a virgin) and obviously Mr Hubs had finally had quite enough. So Thank You, Honey, for being so good to me. YOU ROCK & I LOVE YOU! Ariel is at it again chasing her tail. I have a weird family. Anywho, I'm gonna pull a Seacrest and get "OUT" of here. Must finish getting ready for my trip to Nevada, going to kick it family style w/ my brother & Holly for some much needed R&R. See you cats when I get back. Behave!

He~re's Trina

2007-03-01T18:28:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday, David was kind enough to do some good to this old house and decided it was time to fix that broken knob/lock to the door that takes us into the garage. That was my opening to the event that occured on Sunday morning. Trina was still half asleep around 9am when she decided to tidy up and take the recyclables out to their beloved bin in the garage. Trina failed to remember that the knob had a new lock on it and on her return back to the warm house realizes now that she is locked out of her own home. Fuck. David's working and won't be home until 7pm, I'm wearing my frikken jammies, it's pouring down rain outside, cell phone is in my purse on the dining table. I run out to the back yard to see if the sliding glass door to the kitchen is unlocked. Nope. This time I check the front door (in my jammies, you know, the cute red fuzzy ones w/ the penguins on it ) yep, that's locked too. Great. All windows are neatly closed and the cats + dog are laughing at me from inside their chamber. Jerks! I'm pissed. We unfortunately are no friends to our neighbors so the last thing that I want to do is pester them to borrow their phones. Who am I gonna call anyways? A locksmith will probably charge an arm and a leg so I decide to be MacGyver for a change and try to jimmy w/ my new arch'nemesis (I just found out how to spell this word and I cannot believe that there is an apostrophe in it) knob. I attempt the credit card action through the side of the door. No luck. I stick a little metal screwy drivery looking thing in the keylock and try to be cool and pick the lock. Ha... and no as it breaks and is now stuck in the key hole. By this time I'm very angry, upset, cold, feeling stupid and I lose it. Conveniently there is a HATCHET nearby in my time of need. I go apeshit on this newly installed knob that my husband so proudly patted himself on the back just a few shorts days ago for doing one heck of a job on. I felt like one of the chics in an old horror movie, screaming as I bashed away at this poor innocent thing that I considered evil. The outer part has now fallen and crawled somewhere underneath my car with a loud clanking sound. Door was still not opening for me. More rush of fury meant more frustrations put to use with my new friend Mr Hatchet (you guys are pervs). The door has a change of heart and finally opens. A victory! Hooray! I now feel like 9 yr old in trouble as I pick up the phone to call David, still out of breath from my new cardio workout routine in the garage. I have to break the news that his knob has passed away and gone to a better place. He takes it quite well and actually agrees that he probably would've done the same thing. Whew... I thought for sure that I'd be grounded for weeks! Anywho, the knob has been beautifully replaced (only costed us $28) and there is a new special hiding place for the "oh shit I locked myself out of my house" spare key. The end.

Welcome to the Octagon Mother Fuckers

2007-02-23T18:51:00.000-08:00

Here's my weekly knee cap in another nut shell. Sun I went snowboarding with Matti at Snoq Pass again. I was getting off of the lift w/ more ease but still not on my own, this time I grew a brain and decided to hold on to Matt's arm as he was getting off and he would steer me down w/ him. I know, I'm a cheater but hey, at least I knew he wasn't going to go down. Shut up, you know you would do the same thing. So we went down the big kids lift and it was kicking my ass. The longer you go down, the tighter your calves and thighs start to feel and your hearts a pitter pattin away. Sundays lesson was transitioning back and forth from heel to toe towards the mtn. I was doing pretty cool for a couple of the tries and alas, I ate it big time. I heard a slight crunch in my neck but by golly I had that wonderous helmet on so I didn't crack my skull. Trina got up for more. We went down another time and I frikken fell ON MY HEAD again. Ok, I was done. Went to the Prez of the USA show later that night after a glorious dining experience at the Bamboo Garden (kosher vegetarian chinese food). The Prez were awesome. I was worried that they were going to sing a shitload of their new stuff but instead played mainly the first and second album of which I already knew/remembered. Started to feel a little woozy and a minor headache but whatever, I went to bed. I woke up Mon feeling super barfy so I decided to take it easy and stay home. Nothing's better than not going to work! So I caught up on some shut eye and had some good bonding time in w/ the couch. Tues I felt woozy and pukey but went to work anyways. Rav & Amy convinced me that I should go to the doc and "check my head" in case of concussion. My normal doc was booked so they referred me to an Urgent Care nearby. I HATE URGENT CARE. Good lord, it took forever and a day in that frikken waiting room lobby until finally a nurse called out my name. I felt like shouting "I WIN!" at all the other poor suckers that were dying w/ impatience as well. So I go in and get weighed, squishy tight thing around my arm and tell the nurse why the hell I'm there. I then am left alone for another long period of time until finally some dude that looks like an older version of the guy from Take Home Chef walks in to announce he is DR FOX. He's very short w/ me and pretty much an Ahole. I tell him I'm there because of a possible concussion and I just wanted to get my head checked. He asks me where it hurts, I tell him it doesn't hurt, my neck felt sore but pretty much I felt pukey. He then gets snippy and asks me why I think it's a concussion if my neck hurts. And he's looking at me like I'm some sort of idiot. He decides that I need Xrays and hooray more waiting. The nurse grabs me and tells me to take all the metal off of my face. I don't think she appreciates people w/ sparkly stuff on their noses. Here's a question, why do I have to remove my earrings and whatnot yet I have braces that are hello, metal too? I don't get it. This story is getting way too long. Anyways, the xrays come back w/ no fractures of any sort. I wish I could get my xrays so I could look at me skull in more detail. That would be cool. Oh side tracked... he's concerned about the barfiness and now wants me to go to get a Catscan. Meow. I'm thinking to myself "this sounds expensive" and ask him if I can wait it out. Doc Fox does not think that this is a good idea and shoo's me off to some Radiology place by Valley Med. I get to the place and start filling out forms, all the questions relate to pain and now I'm having second thoughts about going through w/ it. I'm not in pain, I just feel like Stan from SouthPark. So I call David to share my feelings. Married people do this, in case you were wondering. The chic at the counter sees that I'm on the phone and rudely interrupts me and asks if I'm quite through w/ my paperwork. "Excuse me bitch but no, I'm actually having second thoughts about going thru w/ this so back the fuck off" but in nicer words. I walked and I'm glad that I did cause who knows how much my insurance would have covered and 2 days later I feel perfecto. Stupid doctors. Wed I had a mental breakdown at work and bawled my little eyes out to my boss who can't help me find a solution to my work problems. I really don't feel like elaborating at the moment since I'm now at home and cannot stand to talk about work when I'm at home. Bottom line is work sucks. Nothing too spectacular for the rest of my week. Here I am, my knot is starting to pulsate in my shoulder so I think I'm ready to zip things up. I've got some enchiladas cooling and it's just about time for them to jump into my mouth.

Oh yes it's Petey Nite and I'm feeling right

2007-02-10T17:54:00.000-08:00

What do you mean you're not going to Pete?

Nose Goblins

2007-02-03T23:08:00.000-08:00

Someone decided to share their kindness and give me their nasty illness. I did my darndest to win the battle but unfortunately this time the cold has conquered me. It's no fun to be bed-ridden but I'm hoping that the added rest will help. I still have an obnoxious knot in my shoulder from a few weeks ago that just doesn't want to go away. I believe it was born from too much stress at work. Bugger.

The Great Helmet Adventure

2007-01-20T20:28:00.000-08:00

I was supposed to go snowboarding with Rav tomorrow but alas, he cancelled on me again. Bummer. I'd go it alone but I don't feel comfortable enough yet since I'm still a beginner and all. So anywho, I love craigslist, I bought my board/bindings from someone for $100, boots from another for $40 and lastly my kick ass new helmet. I responded to an ad yesterday to a gal in Shoreline, she said she had plans that evening but that she would leave the helmet in the cedar box on her front porch and to leave a $20 in it's place if I likey'd and gave me her address. People are very trusting & dumb. What if I was some creepy psycho killer or something? So we showed up to check out what she left out for us racoons, I tried it on but discovered it was too small for my fat head. Doh. Luckily, I had also inquired about another dude's helmet that lived in Sammamish so I called him and once again was offered to leave the mula on the doorstep and the helmet would be patiently waiting for me. So we went to Joely's and played w/ his Wii for a bit and then took off towards Redmond around 11. When we got to the house it was uber NICE (rich folk area). David & I felt like we were about to rob the place as we snuck up to strangely try on someone's unwanted helmet at their doorstep. It was a Cinderella moment as I planted it onto my head, we slipped the 20 under the chair cushion and travelled home. I can't wait to try my new purchases out on the Pass, I'm fer sure going next Sunday w/ Matti so I will let you know how it goes (because I know this is very important shit to be statused on!). Ok, I'm done. Time to go watch me some Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning. Tootles!

I have a headache this big

2007-01-11T14:37:00.000-08:00

There's a monster in my backyard! Oh wait, it's just Tigger. It took me almost 3 hrs to get home last night due to the dumb asses that freak out at the first sign of snow fall. I took a new sleep aid medication that my doc prescribed for me last night and I woke up w/ the worst headache ever. I've never had a migraine before but I imagine what I'm feeling is pretty damn close. Note to self: cut pill in half and drink plenty of agua.

I heart snowboarding

2006-12-27T21:26:00.000-08:00

It was a cone. My shoulder fucking hurts right now but other than that I had a swell time. Matti took me to Snoq Pass to teach me the ways of the dark side. Might I add that he's a terrific Master Miagi and extremely patient w/ my lame ass the entire time. Now I'm on the hunt for a smokin deal on a board/boots/bindings. I discovered that one of my "clients" (heh) at work is Evogear and by golly decided to send my contact an email to see if he could hook it up. I'm sure he will just tell me to go to their website and go to hell but it doesn't hurt to try, right? Nifer & Jeff came over to help eat the rest of my leftover turkey from Saturday. I made a nice Martha Stewart style turkey noodle soup. We then watched a really bad flick by the name of "My Super Ex Girlfriend". Don't see it, it blows. But if you're really into Luke Wilson, there is a pretty beautiful ass scene. Let's rewind to when I can remember last. Saturday I had over my supposive "group" (using quote-unquote gesture) on Myspace. We have a plethera of peeps from over a decade ago that worked at the Gateway Center 8 in Federal Way. Well, I tried to have a reunion at my place and for fuck's sake only 2 peops showed. Talk about a disappointment. Luckily Audrey was able to come down and save the day. She is the cutest little bean pie you could meet. I wish I was as cool as her when I was 20. So the moral of the story is that it was a downer but I got over it. What the hell happened on Sunday? Walked the dog... um... lounged around and then went over to Turner's killer pad in P-town (that's Puyallup to you outsiders). Had a little white elephant action, some people were shocked, others were trapped in a bathroom down the hall. After that, we went to Denny's to donate a nice $20 per person tip only to decide towards the end of the dining experience that it just wasn't worthy enough. Xmas eve was my brother's birthday as well, thought I'd just throw that in. Ah... Xmas... David went to work, I milled about, talked on the phone w/ the parents for a bit. They sent us a food saver as the xmas gift... you know you're old when you start getting nerdy kitchen appliances like that. No more wanting a pony... it's all about sealing the meal baby. David got home around 2:30, we went to linner at a nearby Pho restaurant and grubbed on some noodles. Good stuff. More milling around, day over. Next day wake up early and go get Matti and now we've come full circle just like a Quentin Tarantino movie. Crikey, look at the time, it's the time of bed. Goodnight.

I hate minivans

2006-12-19T11:25:00.001-08:00

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Another oldie but goodie....

Powerless

2006-12-15T08:13:00.000-08:00

Stormin Norman, we lost power sometime last night during my slumber. Nothing better than showering by flashlight. It was a nice commute to work today, only took me 20 minutes! TGIF. Snowboarding is happenin tomorrow baby! WAHOO!