Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Because I Am A Shaman That's Why!


Once upon a time I played Everquest....Because I was in THEIR world now... If you were part of that addiction, you know that it was more like EverCRACK. Now it's not my fault. No, Really! Diva had started playing this game on line with friends, and decided that I just HAD to play it. I kept telling her I would get it, but kept putting it off. She got fed up with me and sent me the game for Christmas 1999. I played for 4 years off an on, and more often than not...ON. So you see, it's her fault! 


I have fond memories of 15 hour "Hate Raids", The Plat, and stars that seem to always beckon Diva to fall to her knees. Three failed "role play engagements" later I finally quit. I think the turning point was when my kids and I were wrestling and I told my daughter not to mess with me. I believe it went something like this.

Debi: "L. You better not mess with me!"

L: Why Not?

Debi: Because I am A Shaman that's why!"

Then I grabbed a giant Pixie Stick and started acting like I was, in fact, a shaman...but not before I slowed the mob.
Good Times!

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Did You Have Your Ball Park?




My weekend in review, because I know you care.
Even if you don't...I am gonna tell ya, cause it's MY blog...so neener neener, want a wiener?

Friday night I was so tired from going out on Thursday that when I got home, I ate some dinner, checked my e-mail, and went to bed. I know I lead an exciting life, and it's no wonder they don't make a reality TV show about my life, isn't it?

Saturday night Jen and I got invited to go out to dinner with B.S and her boyfriend for Sushi. Jen and I are always down for some seaweed and raw fish, so we said we would meet them at 7:00pm. I decided *I* needed to do something fun and different, so I had Jen dye my hair "Rita Hayworth red". I had already spent most of the morning looking for the perfect shade of red lipstick to go with my new "Rockabilly look". When we got to the restaurant, B.S. and "homeless" were already there, and one their second bottle of Sake. We were seated at a tempanyaki table where they cook all your food in front of you. That was pretty fun, and the food was good. B.S and homeless finished off another bottle of sake, plus whatever was in homeless' flask. Classy huh? Jen pounded three sake bombs and I ended up being the only sober one that night. HOW did THAT happen? We all piled into my car to head up to The Inn, to do a little singing, and a lot more drinking. We had a lot of fun, and we made some new friends. I fell in lust with a lovely little southern boy named Charles. I told him that I would have been offended when he called me Ma'am had he not been southern. He asked me how I knew he was southern. I said "Gee, I wonder" In my best southern accent. I Nicknamed him "Georgia" because that's where he was from The problem was...He happens to be married, I found that out AFTER we exchanged numbers. Since I don't do taken...Yeah um NO!

Sunday all I wanted to do was sleep all day. Jen came over and dragged me out of bed, so we could go to our friend's Mohawk & veigny's karaoke show. Now usually I am always ready to sing. However, the thought of me spending my afternoon at The Moose lodge sounded boring as heck. I mean it's 20 old drunk veterans sitting around watching NASCAR, while I sing "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" YAY! I whined and whined to no avail. When we got there it was worse than I thought. Not only were there 20 old drunk veterans sitting around, but where we sang was in the back room. We walked in and knew EVERYONE there. It was all of our friends from our normal venues. *sigh* I could have been home sleeping. I DID get to try a new song, and I did it ok, so there was some good out of it. OH! That and the free pizza.

Yesterday I grilled some Ball Park wieners(wiener is a funny word), and had a little family get together at my house. It was mostly relaxing except for my kids bickering at each other. Really I wanted to lock them both in a closet, but you know the state frowns on that kind of thing here.

Today I am back at work, dealing with "The Goof Troop" in my warehouse all day. Just kill me now! I really don't think my "vacation" was long enough!

What did YOU do?
 

Saturday, May 27, 2006

How You Found Me This Week!



Ok Ice Palace Lovers... Here is how some noobs found me this week!

Google: "The Ice Palace"
Google: ice palace dresses
MSN Search: BI ASS TRUCKS<---Trucks can be BI?
MSN Search: ice palace in florida
Yahoo: cold sore coverup
Google: totally jewish dating promotional code<---Just Say NO!
Google: guy shirtless
Technorati: 3D
MSN Search: ice palace
Google: shirtless guy
Google: should I keep in touch with my ex?<--Have you READ MY BLOG? NO!
Yahoo: "friends don't let friends drunk dial"
Google: http://debicollinsworth.blogspot.com
Yahoo: superhotasses

Thank you to the pervert who searched "Superhotasses" You made my day!

Have a great three day weekend people! Get crazy, have some Ball Park Franks...because it's not summer 'till you have your "Ball Park".

Friday, May 26, 2006

Don't Put Stuffed Animals In Your Car!



Or Why Stupid People Should Be Banished From MY world...
(...and this is my world)


O.K. for those of you who have just joined me, or people who have forgotten, or just because I like repeating myself, (I like the beach) I go out on Thursday nights. CLICK HERE to remind yourself. It doesn't matter if I drink mass quantities of Vodka or water. I am old! I can't function on 3 hours of sleep anymore.

Last night on the way home I did not drunk dial. NO! Jen did not take my phone away. I do believe I rambled on about C.G. and how I saw a train not once, but twice yesterday, and it didn't make me weepy, because I have happy childhood memories of trains. (I was a *foamer at a young age) I wasn't even planning on getting on line last night. It never fails. I will come home, feeling all tired, and emo. I will get on line, and drunk E-mail. That's so much worse than drunk dialing, because there it is glaring at you from your sent box the next morning. I had left my computer on when we left the house, so when I sat down my purse it hit the mouse, and I noticed there was a message on my Yahoo IM. That never happens because first of all, when did I log into there? Secondly, why did I leave it open? So I sat down and looked and it was from Texas Guy, saying he had lost my number. I didn't really expect him to ever call me again, because I had e-mailed him (45 times) and he didn't answer. I thought what the heck and sent him a message back before I went to bed.

Debi: LOL Yes, and you also deleted your account. OK well it was fun talking to you so call me sometime, here is my number again 555-555-5555.

Not 15 seconds later he returned the message, because he was on line at 3:00 AM Texas time! How was I to know?

T.G.: OK give me a sec.

Debi: OMG LOL You were not spose to be online...I was just leaving you a message.

So he called and we chatted for a while. It was nice again...but again he is still in T E X A S. He asked me when I was going to come to Texas, and I told him that if Diva had her way it would be Mississippi and soon! (Unfortunately my southern family will have to wait since this is peak season for me, and since I enjoy having my job so I can't go anywhere, yet.) I had to get some sleep so I cut the conversation short, but I slept like a baby. O.K. a giant snoring, drooling baby...but still!

So I get up late. Mainly because I was dreaming about Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants, and I didn't want to get up. I rush out the door, and there is ooodles of traffic. When I go to work there isn't a lot of traffic, but I guess everyone is getting a jump on their three day weekend travels. My drive to work usually takes 10 minutes, but today it took 20! So, that gets me to Starbucks late. Now people who go to Starbucks, me included, are lazy. I mean why on earth would you pay $4.00 for coffee you can make it at home for less, unless you were lazy, or really liked something with a crap-load of caffeine and chocolate? I take lazy to a whole other level. I use the drive-thru. So I am dazed and driving along, and mind you *I* have the freakin right of way, when this crazy chick in a crappy blue(I hate blue!!!!) car pulls right in front of me so she can be in front of me in Starbucks. YAY! You Ms. Blue crappy car lady, YOU ARE a winner because you will get your frappacino sooner than *I* will...Oh the horror! I should just throw myself off a cliff now....You win...yes that's right crappy car lady YOU win. I concede. So yeah...I am now pissy. So I am sitting behind her, and she has SO many stuffed animals in the back window of her car that she can't even see me give her the SU-FI. That makes me pissier. Then she takes...and I am NOT kidding here...10 minutes to order. Now I know Starbucks can be confusing if you are a noob or something... but 10 freaking minutes?! I could have driven to the Starbucks on the next corner and ordered faster. Oh the fun does not end there though. We finally pull up, and she turns the corner to the window and because her vision is hampered by the enormous amounts of stuff animals that seem to be multiplying all over her car, she doesn't turn sharp enough. (Or maybe it's because she is a complete moron---and stupid people make me sad) So she BACKS UP. Um, hello?! I am RIGHT behind you...What ARE you doing stupid blue car stuffed animal lady!? I realize my car has a giant dent in the side, but that doesn't mean I want icky blue paint on the front too. So I honk, just a tiny bit so she knows she is being stupid. I don't do anything else...Even though I wanted to tell her to return her license to the cracker jack box she found it in. Then it happens, she GLARES AT ME! 

OH NO SHE DIDN'T!
 <---Said with a southern accent. Had I not been really tired, and strapped into my car by my seatbelt, I would have probably unleashed some "Super Burrito Fury" on her. Lucky for her...I am lazy. 


*Foamer: Train Industry term for one who loves trains a LOT!

American Idol Finale...YAY!



Who do you think will be crowned "wiener" tonight?
I have been watching this season every week without fail. Stop laughing. NO Really, stop laughing...OhMyGosh STOP! Well...there was this ONE night when I went to bed early and missed Kelly ruining a perfectly good song, not to worry I watched it on line to make sure the rumors were correct and they were. So now it's down to the final two. Let's talk about these two shall we? Follow along in your blogbook.

Katherine, she started out cute, and kind of in the background. She got hair extensions and now she is on fire. Remind me to get hair extensions K? Thanks. She does well if she just sits on the floor, and sings her song. Oh and WHY is she sitting on the floor? Is she tired? Did she fall down? Does she feel like she is connecting with the "little" people? (NO! I don't mean midgets...but I LOVE that show too) Then she sings songs about horses in cherry trees. OK, first of all...how did the horse get INTO the cherry tree? Why is it in the tree? I have so many questions...Therefore Katherine makes blinding pain behind my eye. Kat, please just sit on the floor and sing pretty songs, and leave the diva stuff to the professionals. She should just stick to making pretty little Christmas albums with her flowing hair extensions blowing in the frosty wind.

Taylor, started out with grey hair...and well still has it. I admire him for not compromising his hair for the show. I think I'll let my grey grow out, and I'll be all trendy like. OK...NO FREAKING way! In fact Jen, come dye my hair my roots are showing! *jumps back on soapbox* When Taylor sings he takes me back to my youth when Michael McDonald was cool...He was wasn't he? NO!? Crap...ok then forget you read that. Last night he was dressed like a pimp in his purple jacket. All he needed was a big fedora with a feather in it. I can't really see Taylor saying "Where's my money bitch?" though, so maybe he should just stick to singing. When he sings, he makes me smile. He has a lot of charisma. (obscure E.Q. reference here: Would that make him a bard?) You just want to dance, really crazy, kind of like you are having a seizure, and you have turrets. I think he will most likely win, because well...He doesn't sit on the floor and sing about treed horses. Will I join The Soul Patrol and tattoo "Soul Patrol" on my neck? (SHUT up, someone did that!) probably not, will I buy his album? No, but I might download it!
I'll Watch the finale tonight, because really, who could miss Mary J. Blige and Elliot singing together?

Thursday, May 25, 2006

HNT



What do YOU see?

Happy HNT. I know I used this one a while back, but it's all I had on this computer today so...enjoy! (Again)

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Boring Guys Are NOT fun



Since C.G.'s departure, I need a distraction. I need to get right back on the horse, so to speak.

Oh yeah, and I need to NOT date men who are insane.

So, I thought I would get back into the on-line dating thing and see what's out there since last year. Sadly I am not finding that much has changed. Now, I don't prefer to meet men this way, It just seems easiest for me right now. I live in a small town, where everyone knows everyone. The cost of living is insane here. Most of the men in my age group are either married, bums, or as you have seen...insane. I work in an industry that allows me to meet a lot of people, but, the are mostly old people, and they are moving away. My only free nights during the week/weekend, there is nothing going on in po-dunkville. When I do go out at night, and I go to a bar I am certainly NOT going THERE to meet the man of my dreams...I am going only to sing. I tried dating men from my church, but they all thought I was too overweight.

Church Guy #1: "Your body is a temple you know."
Me: "Well, just think of mine as a CURVY temple, would ya?"


So...I am on one site. I won't name it, but it ryhmes with dog pooh. I get a little nibble. I check him out and he hasn't written much, but he didn't say anything offensive or mention how much he likes skydiving so I send him a little ice breaker back. When he does write it's scattered, and rambling. I should just reply; "I don't think it would be a good idea to go any furthur with this as you are a complete moron." However, I decide, maybe he's just not good on line. I converse with him on line, back and forth with him a couple of times, and it's always the same. Rambling about his dog, his job, and the beach. He has told me all of these same things BEFORE! Twice! I feel like it would be futile at this point to meet him. I mean I am sure he would end up telling about his dog, and I am not real fond of "small feeder dogs". Then he would go on to tell me how he likes the beach, which have I meantioned he likes the beach? He likes the beach, in case you forgot. Then he would most likely forget he told me that, and tell me again. At that point, I would have to excuse myself from the "meeting" so I could call Jen and have her call me screaming about something that would make me leave in a hurry. Good times. I just think this would all be a waste of make-up....so I think I'll be polite and tell him I'm not over C.G. and need LOTS AND LOTS of time.

Monday, May 22, 2006

Mission Impossible...



This weekend I made it my personal mission to make-over my friend B.S.



Well ok, whatREALLYhappened, was after she saw Jen and I on Thursday night she said she felt frumpy. So my big mouth and I got me roped into helping her De-frump. To be fair, when I met B.S she was not frumpy at all. I mean she didn't know what deodorant was, but at least she dressed nicer. The only way I can describe her look before this weekend was...Well... an old dirty NASCAR bitch. First things first. Friday night we made her color her hair, and that made her go from old dirty NASCAR bitch to just dirty NASCAR bitch. YAY!

Saturday Jen, my daughter L. and I all piled in my car and off to meet up with B.S for a "Santa Maria Saturday".* When we saw her she was wearing black jeans, rolled up at the bottom. She had on those black orthopedic shoes that old ladies wear, and a muscle shirt with a little naked man on it, that she had gotten in Mexico. (Can you say Fashion train wreck?) She had her hair pulled back in a pony tail, with a SCRUNCHY (not in public ladies) and NO make-up on. This was going to be harder than I thought. So we headed off to Olive Garden for lunch complete with Bellinis. She had never been to Olive Garden, so we had to educate her on traditional "Diva Club" ordering techniques. This ALWAYS includes mass quantities of cheese, and alcohol. After that we headed off to the mall. I figured we could have taught her how to do skin care and make-up, but she needed a trained professionals help at this point. I told the very nice lady at the Clinique counter to treat B.S as if she was a caveman, and fix her. I mean, she wasn't even using any kind of skin care products at 45 years old!? They lady at Clinique asked her what moisturizer she was using...and B.S said "Moisterizer?"*boggle* They made her look like a girl, well sorta. We were so excited we almost wept. Jen took over from there, as we designated her the fashion advisor for the day. The first thing we needed to get rid of was that shirt...YIKES. Jen picked out some great things for B.S., and she ended up buying ALL of them. Before we went into the next store, B.S changed into her new top and jewelry. She actually looked pretty good at that point! After MAKING her buy a purse, and some great shoes we were exhausted.

As we drove back home satisfied with our work, B.S. called to thank us. She said that she felt better than she had in a long time. So, I guess we did a good job because that's what it's really all about. When you look good, you feel good! Now if we could get rid of her "homeless looking" boyfriend!

*Santa Maria Saturday: Any Saturday when you drive 40 minutes to Santa Maria to eat at Olive Garden, and go to the mall to shop.

Monday, May 15, 2006

Happy Monday


Happy Monday!

Don't forget to VOTE for me!
OK I am trying to make it happy Monday, but I am failing miserably. Usually Monday's at work fly by because I am so busy, but not today. The phones seem to be quieter than usual. This is not such a good thing. I need to stay busy. I need to keep my mind off the past. I need to keep moving forward. I need a new distraction. 

My weekend wasn't much help...it was strange. I spent Friday night out singing karaoke at a new place. Our friends Veigny & Mohawk told us we just had to go. It was a 40 minute drive to get there, and we had been out the night before so Jen and I were both wicked tired. It was pretty packed when we got there, so we grabbed a seat in the corner. People were looking at us like we were new meat. The crowd was a lot different than we are used to, so we were a bit timid, until our friends showed up. I felt better after I sang, and realized that people were not going to throw tomatoes at us. That's pretty much where all the good ends. At some point our friend Rachel decided all of us needed to do shots...It was all down hill from there. I ended up drinking way too much. Someone is lucky they didn't get punched in the face, as they decided to sit in my seat EVERYtime I got up. I had enough, and luckily it was time to go home. I think I did a few "drunk dialing" calls before the night was over, then passed out from mental & physical exhaustion. I probably would not have gotten out of bed on Saturday if I didn't have to get my nails done so badly. Saturday night I stayed home, and did nothing exciting...I needed a break.
I feel like I need about 16 days to sleep...It HAS to get better.

Saturday, May 13, 2006

CG Is Insane...


CG Is insane...and CLEARLY he is a LIAR! Sometime before my trip to Reno we had made our relationship "official". The week after my trip CG and I got into a disagreement on the phone. He told me he didn't have a girlfriend. I wondered how *I* had a boyfriend (according to him) and he didn't have a girlfriend. What he should have told me was he had changed his mind because he got scared. However, men are chicken shit, and he didn't. Here I was confused as hell about our relationship, and asking him to tell me what he was talking about, and all he wanted to do was get off the phone. He said we could talk about it later in the afternoon, so I got off the phone. I didn't hear from him again for two days. I was of course beside myself with worry. He had never just NOT talked to me before, so I knew something had to be up. When he finally did call me, he told me he had been in jail. (LIE)


Now, let me preface this story by saying, I think everything that came out of his mouth was a big oh freakin lie! He "claimed" he had been in a restaurant with his two friends, and there was a person there who had hit his wife. CG and the two friends ended up mocking this person until he came over and took a swing at CG. CG proceeded to fight this person. The alleged result was his jaw broken in two places, broken ribs, leg, arm, and a skull fracture. (If this IS true, then CG is clearly insane ANYWAY.) It took him four days to finally tell me the whole story(or should I say Make it up), and when he did I was just so in shock. According to CG A few days later the man died. CG was charged with "Involuntary Manslaughter". He said they offered him a deal, because the wife of the man did NOT want to press charges as he had been abusing her for years. The deal was 5 months in county, and he only had to serve 14 days consecutive at a time, so he could continue to work. 10 years probation, 2 years of anger management classes, restitution for the medical bills for the family, and it wouldn't even be a felony. I thought something was fishy when he got such an "amazing deal", but when I questioned him he would flip out. Now...according to him a couple of weeks later he had to go to court on custody of his daughter. The mother was suing him for full custody, and when the DA found out about his little "murder incident" that was all it took in order for her to be awarded full custody with NO visitation until he jumps through a ton of hoops. He snapped, and just up and decided that he was going to move to Germany. He told me he had duel citizenship, as he was born in Germany, and he was just going to go work for his grandfather. Unexpectedly he calls me and tells me this, and says he is sorry things didn't work out different. Well, as you can probably imagine I didn't take that all to well. I was devastated. I mean I had invested 10 months with this person. I had loaned him money to fix a blown tire last summer when he needed it. I cleaned his apartment when he moved out. I stored his stuff in my warehouse free. I moved him with MY crew, and MY trucks FREE,and all he can say is Gee I'm sorry? Wow! Yeah I was angry, hurt, and ready to drive to Reno and choke him. However I didn't. Now he is supposably in Germany, because his grandfather paid $75,000 to keep him out of jail. He removed his USA tattoo, and renounced his American citizenship, and calls Germany home. Funny thing...I saw his Myspace and guess what? He is "dating" some flat chested skinny ass poodle haired bitch in Reno. I just don't understand why he didn't just "Break-up with me"...Good Times.

Friday, May 12, 2006

For Me...



I'm not writing this post for you today!
Today I am writing for me. I need to. I need to get back to writing on this blog for me, and not worrying about what anyone thinks. I stopped writing, because I thought I had "lost my funny". The truth is, I lost me. I don't know where I lost me, but I did. Maybe it's when I gave a part of my heart away. The good news is, I am back. The bad news is...I am back bitches! *giggle*

C.G. was destined to go to Germany and he is. I am sad of course, because I fell for the big dope. I don't regret it. He made good blog...Ok no I mean yes, he did of course with his talk of Tr*y, and trains. With his incredible wisdom about women, and who could forget his drunk dialing? I mean some of those were classic! However, I will miss him for a lot of other reasons. He became my best friend. It's not like he is dead and we will never talk again...so I guess in a way I get to keep my friend, but we could talk about anything, and nothing at all for hours. We would talk 15 times a day, just because we could. He could make me laugh, and I think I could make him chuckle once in a while too. When we were together is was comfortable, and never awkward. He was a spaz sometimes, but I thought that was cute. He was generally an all around good person, and it seemed he would do anything for the people he loved. I don't know if he ever loved me, if he did, he never told me in words. Maybe he loved me as much as HE was capable. I would like to think that he did. I will always love him, and I think he knows that. I spent the last ten months of my life getting to know, & falling in love with someone that could have been perfect for me, had things worked out a different way. Who knows, maybe someday things will be different. If not that's ok too. I gained a really super friend. I made some great memories, and I know that if I ever need anything from Germany he is my "go to guy".

Now, I need to move on..to what? To who? I'm not sure. I am sure it will provide good blog again though. Last night I went out to sing...Not to dress up, or get hit on by random weirdos that prey on innocent "Karaoke Divas" as usual. I did it to prove to myself that before all of this, I was a really awesome person with or without a boyfriend. My love for music, and singing is what got me through bad days. Made me cry, made me laugh. The people that are in my Karaoke Posse, are the best. It's not about just going out and having fun and being silly..It's about being part of a weird little mix of people I call family. No matter who I am dating, or not dating, they will be there, they will love me, for me...and all for a song.
I have stopped crying for C.G. and started singing, for ME.

Sunday, May 7, 2006

I Often Wonder...



I often wonder HOW people come across The Ice Palace...well now I know!

This week's top "keyword" search...

Google: make your own dildo using stuff from home (THAT scares me!)

Google: "urine be gone" promotion code

Yahoo: is visine deadly 

Yahoo: dishwasher overflowing with soap 


Google: what does drunk dialed mean? (Gimme yer number and one night I will show ya!)
Yahoo: man whore (I'll give you his number...)

MSN Search: moving sex toys (For Movers & Shakers baby!)


Google: ball park figure humor (uh...yeah ok)


Google: ice palace vegas 


MSN Search: how much does my number plate worth
Google: "riddle me" "promo code"

Saturday, May 6, 2006

Only You...





I have been having this debate for a number of years now with my "sister" Jenne. We both think Smokey Bear is awesome, and I have secret fantasies about running hand in hand in the Forest with him. However Jenne thinks his name is Smokey "THE" Bear. I think it is Smokey Bear.

I ask you...Which is correct?
Now I realize that Smokey was in fact, called both names at points of his, longer than normal for a bear, life. However, I have met not one but TWO Smokey Bears, and they both agree with me. We even grilled a ranger at the fair one time, and he pointed out we were both correct.

I have even taken this little question to the next level, and when meeting potential mates. I have found that their answer to this question is almost a sure sign of the way that relationship is going to end up. Case in point...C.G. WAS one of the two Smokey Bears...and look how that is turning out?

Most girls dream of marrying fire fighters, or big strapping policeman...I dreamt of Smokey. Perhaps my days of sitting by the phone hoping that Smokey will call me and ask me to help him prevent forest fires are over