unfathomable antics in the south.

my oh my, oh my... how i have quite the pictorial update for yall!! for starters, i thoroughly enjoyed my time in darlington with my wonderful friends. we relaxed, talked, were mischievous (of course!!), and just had plain ol' fun in general. my hair got dyed back to its closest to natural color that yall will ever see on me; a brunette-ish/auburnish color. the oldest ML daughter said she wanted to straighten my hair, to which i said it'd be too much for her to try to tame. she challenged me and proved me wrong point blank. cite the given photo as evidence.

the grass areas surrounding our abode have surprisingly grown faster than we'd expected it to. it looks MUCH better than it did when the wife and the father in law first put down the sod. our yard is no longer a total mud hole now. :-)


i have an UH-MAY-ZING short story for yall. this only happens in the south, and i swear to yall, that this is a 100% non-fiction story. Dan and Shan are married with two toddlers. They recently moved out of one said trailer park to move into another. The new trailer park is much, much nicer. Let it be known that one reason for moving from the previous park was the residents. One in particular. We'll call her Virginia. Virginia is a CRAZY old coot; Middle aged, old woman who never had any children. (Thank heavens!!) Virginia went to visit Shan and Dan for an overnight visit at their new place. Upon awaking the next morning, Shan spots a towel lying on the floor directly in front of her front door. Her usual culprits had been in bed all night, so she was curious as to what was going on here.

Virginia informs her that she couldn't make it to the turrlet so she cops a squat right there. yes, you read that correctly. Let me repeat it so you can wrap your mind around this. A middle aged old coot, who is a fully functioning individual (as in, no Alzheimer's) took a piss in the floor at Shan and Dan's. oh.my.gawd. oh and this jewel of a story doesn't end there, no. Shan flips her lid and begins furiously shampooing the carpet as Virginia sits on and watches. Dan walks in the door sweating profusely and grabs the nearest towel to wipe his face. yes. yes, yes, yes, the inevitable occurs. Dan wipes his face with the pee soaked towel Virginia used to cover up her pee spot.

what can you say to that? seriously, yall. what can you say?

just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly.

the problem of the pink hair has now been resolved. we dyed it back to what would be my natural color. it was fun while anna and i did it, but then after it dried by the next day, i resembled the hooker from my name is earl, except i had pink/red/blonde/brown hair. it was a rainbow of colors. not cool. ...not cool, at all.

my shoulders felt a bit better today, though i'm not quite in the clear yet. i hate when these things happen. its so aggravating. joy oh fucking joy.

when i left school today, i headed for my Dr.'s office, and honked the horn at a BUNCH of people. i was irritated, cramping, hot, hungry, and thirsty. thats when i realized my own mother nature was a-brewin a tropical storm out in the ocean somewhere.



everyday on the news, i see more and more of sarah palin. i don't like her. i am not so naieve to believe that there are no smoke screens in this political race. the fact of the matter is this: mccain was falling further and further in the polls, so when obama didn't choose hillary, mccain utilized this for all its worth, he chose a female. thats it, pure and simple.
if mccain gets elected this country is fucked. no other way of saying it. the agenda of the bush administrations will continue forward in their illegal wars and illegal and immoral means of attaining money.
there are shady things about all four people in this election. research would show just that. and most likely, you could play tit for tat and line up and compare every pro and con about each candidate. it will boil down to ultimately your own personal choice, as to who your vote goes to.

i am basing my vote on change, and who i believe to be more liberal. yes, in my opinion, that would be obama. i read somewhere that the majority of the rest of the WORLD believes it should be obama elected, not mccain. (the rest of the world was also mystified as to how bush got a second term. i am right there with them, on that one.)
we need change. this country is in a change drought. the bush administrations bled us dry. i just hope and pray to buddha that the electoral votes vote in obama, and aren't fixed to bring in mccain. it seems almost silly and moot to have the popular vote, when its really the electoral vote that matters.

okay, i'm done ranting. i'm tired. i think i may actually go to bed early tonight. *shock*

mirror, mirror, on the wall...

this weekend was nothing short of amazing. i went to florence initially to be with my family during Hanna, but at the last moment, my friend asked me to babysit her four month old. from the get-go, i knew this challenge was sent my way for a clear purpose. i needed to prove to myself and to others that i was very capable of taking care of an infant ALONE. not only did i do it, but i think i did a damn good job.
i took my harley with me, to keep me company. and after about an hour, him and Jake (a chihuahua) hit it off fine... for the most part. its some kind of strange phenomenon with my harley. i mean, seriously,... just about any male dog he meets HUMPS him!! my poor baby has been molested by numerous doggy-pedifile-ass pilferers. we tried to prevent him from receiving any unwanted affection from his new admirer. however, our dear precious and precocious harley, ever the wonder dog himself, saw it fit to try his best to attack the two big dogs. yesth, yesth. is it any wonder my harley has issues getting his spark plugs to ignite?


i absolutely adored my time with baby noah. i wished that day could've lasted longer. even being sick, he was nothing short of an absolute delight. when i fed him,... holding him, it was just awesome. i was completely awe struck. (also, apparently Jake is mistyeyed himself, seeing as to how he has sat by the window pouting for harley since we left.) i must admit, i am a horrid doggy mama, as i attempted to bribe anna by offering up both my dogs for noah. for some odd reason, she declined my offer. i can't imagine why. arrrg. lol.
when anna came home from work, we headed up to wal-mart and bought a few things. parts of my hair are now pinkish/firetruck red. yea. lady clairol shal be seeing me tomorrow. it was fun, though...even though C says my hair's gonna all fall out.
driving home, i had harley beside me, jackson curled up into a rolley poley ball on my comforter, and kelly clarkson blaring. i tell you, i pray to buddha she's on my team. *ahem* yesth, yesth, that would be quite nice.
i noticed that the trees are beginning to change colors, signaling this year's summer retirement. driving along the back roads, the sun glistened into the fields full of food, and the pavement sparkled in front of me. C and pops are working on our house steadily. and C mowed the grass there for the first time last week. that was kinda cool. i got to follow her from our new house to our current house with her driving the lawn mower, and i driving our truck. teehee.
life is good. everything is as it should be, finally. and that, is one hell of a fulfilling feeling. with the approaching arrival of fall, the changing of the winds bring a calming, mellow season that i look forward to every year.
vic mackey is back, sordid lives is on this week, i got pinkish/reddish hair, a new Tink jacket, a great wife, two semi-retarded dogs, a semi psychotic family, and great friends. so it seems to truly be a strange new sensation in the core of my heart; it is nothing more than,...a state of grace.

quandries.

i am distraught that sordid lives: the series won't be on air for two weeks. gah. how rude!! i need my Rue fix. i guess Blanche will have to suffice. "lord, what a quandry."
i heard from my BFF today, and i couldn't have been any happier. its so odd that i am having difficulties adjusting to her move. i mean, i've lived everywhere between columbia to charleston and in between, so i've been apart from her. even now, with us living in orangeburg. i am totally at a loss as to why i'm having such issues. it doesn't matter anyways, as i get to see her this weekend, and i am stoked about that!
my honey has been doing some hard, back breaking, manual labor at our house. her wittle feetsies are hangin in there, the cute lil things!! i still like the idea of naming the house maison a la blanche. ha. and speaking of mah BFF, she totally got the DOUBLE symbolism in that. (if you're not a days of our lives fan or a golden girls fan, then you won't get it.) honey bunny isn't too keen on that idea, ofcourse.
yesterday was eight months. i guess my "sister" is swimming in money now. i wonder if her skin has a red hue now? still blinded, her magic mirror on her wall, shows no blood red at all. i am thankful i am moving on; its about god damned time. took up enough of my life as is. the world has opened up; more air to breathe. a colder winter predicted; the cause of global warming now six feet under. i am sure a cure for cancer and aids is just around the bin now. HA. i can be so twisted. however muchso, its still the truth i speak.
i went for my eye exam on monday, and i must divulge; that lil machine that shoots the puff of air into your eyeball is made by lucipher himself. tortue. bush should sign another torture memo including that with waterboarding. seriously. anyways, my new glasses are adorable. i should get them like about monday. they are kinda dorky in a cute way.
i'm getting that urge to do something with my hair again. aunt G just highlighted my hair, so i don't know what i'll do. DON'T FREAK- i'm NOT cutting it. maybe a streak of pink or purple? something kinda punkish? i don't know. i may just bring out what blonde i have out a bit more. who knows. "lord, what a quandry."