Today I bought a jigsaw. I never thought I’d see the day, but there I was talking to my uncle back home about the packaging for my jacob’s ladder. I was all set to overnight him my stuff to cut up some wood for me, and he suggested I invest in a saw. Terrified at the very thought, like a brave little soul, I went out and bought one. I was telling the woman at the register that I had never used a saw before, and she pulled out a how-to book about hardwood flooring. She said she was learning so she could lay it in her living room. Rock on girl!

I had to post this so everyone who knows me and isn’t from upstate NY can get a feel for it. First of all Wegmans is the motherload of all (non organic) grocery stores, and a garbage plate is a plate of food containing mac salad, beans, fries and two burgers, dogs, or one of each and 2 pieces of bread. Everything you are about to read is 100% true. At the very least, Joe can laugh and call me a Canadian again after reading #30!

1. “Waking up with the Wease” doesn’t mean that you have a respiratory infection.

2. The thought of eating a “garbage plate” makes your mouth water.

3. The only thing at the annual May Lilac Festival is snow.

4. The worst four-letter word you could say is “Fuji”.

5. You can’t swim at the beach.

6. You thought that you had figured out that alternate-parking thing, but wind up with a ticket anyway.

7. Toronto is about 70 miles away, but it takes four hours to get there.

8. The name “Greater Rochester International Airport” is bigger than the airport itself.

9. There’s an 800 number to report a pothole in the road.

10. You know that a “Can of Worms” is not something that you take fishing.

11. Your baby’s first word is “Wegmans”.

12. You ask lifetime residents where the George Eastman House is, but they don’t know either.

13. In a city where it snows at least 90 inches a year, they build a new sports stadium with no roof on it.

14. It can be 70 degrees one day, below freezing the next, and you think nothing of it.

15. Your mother is buying outfits to wear to Wegmans.

16. Your low-fat diet is never low enough to exclude an Abbott’s custard.

17. You order a white hot and a pop, and the counterman knows what you’re talking about.

18. You can travel from Egypt to Greece in about a half-hour by car.

19. D&C is a newspaper, not a medical procedure.

20. You know who Vinnie and Angelo are.

21. You can go to any mall on a Saturday and see at least 5 people you either work with, went to school with or dated.

22. Your year has two seasons: Winter and Construction.

23. You awaken from a deep sleep, look at the clock and see that it’s 6:00, but you have no idea whether it’s AM or PM.

24. When 12+ inches of snow falls overnight, but you never thought of NOT going to work.

25. You are perplexed when friends from other cities come to visit and want to “see the sights”

26. A flagpole strung with white lights seems like an acceptable alternative to a municipal Christmas tree.

27. In winter if the temperature hits 45 degrees and the sun comes out, people walk around downtown wearing shades and no jackets.

28. There are places at the poles that seem to get more sunlight during the winter months than we do.

29. Wegmans is somewhere to go on a Friday night, for entertainment.

30. Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh.

31. You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

32. You think that people from Pennsylvania have an accent.

33. Halloween is snowed out with great regularity.

34. You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

35. Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack of Genny and a bucket of Buffalo wings.

36. You believe that “down south” means Virginia.

37. You can compare Nick Tahoe’s garbage plate to at least 3 other knock-offs in competing restaurants.

In conclusion…yea for Atlanta weather!

I found this great vintage bookstore about a week ago. I had a million errands to run and I went to this place and found this little gem. I bought it for a mere $4 at this place after spending about an hour going through some of the oldest, most beautiful books I’ve ever seen. I had intended to just use it for the pages, but instead, it gave me an idea for the packaging for my jacob’s ladder. So off I will be, trying to rebuild it!

Jayme is always yelling at me about wanting to see what I’m doing at school. I keep telling her it’s not done yet, but I din’t think she cares! So here you go Jaymers…Here are some of my comps for what I’ve been up to. Keep in mind…I’m holding out on the good shit for when you come visit me! LOL! I miss you girlie!

I finally had a minute to check this site out. Its Pandora Radio and it’s great! You go to their site and type in your fav artist or song and it plays music based on what you type in. For example, I typed Slightly Stoopid and it started playing some reagge, and now it’s playing DMB. Then you can tell it if you like the songs they play or not. Something to check out if you haven’t already. Yes, I know, I’m slow on the draw with that one!

For all you indie lovers, I’m throwing this out there too.. 90.5 WBER is the BEST RADIO STATION EVER! They have been streaming online for a while, so you can put them right into your iTunes. I have been an avid listener since the early 90’s. Check out The Mayor of Nikville on Thursday nights from 10-12. We used to work at the same ad agency together. Friday and Saturday mornings are pretty kool too.

Also, check out Blitzen Trapper’s new CD. Click here to check out my new favorite song by them!!

I was talking with one of my friends from home tonight, and her daughter is crawling! She was just born in February and I cannot believe how fast she is growing up! I’m horrible when it comes to the timeline of a kid, but it seems like it’s going by so fast. My friend thinks she’ll be walking by December!!

On another note, I got home from class today and I had no electricity! At first I freaked, thinking I forgot to pay the bill, but not the case. Half of our apartment complex was out. It came back on about an hour later, then twenty minutes after that, there was some sort of explosion and it went back out. There’s a ton of construction going on, so I assume it was some sort of related mishap. Oooooh well!

So I’ve been working on my computer all day, and I feel like I have carpel tunnel. My wrist is killing me all of a sudden, and it’s creeping me out. Also, I have now dipped into the Vivarin in order to stay awake. I’m surprised I’ve lasted this long this quarter without it, and I’ve held out as long as I can. Coffee and Diet Coke just aren’t cutting it anymore. I CANNOT WAIT FOR TOMORROW TO BE OVER! Wednesdays are kicking my @ss!

OK, to go off of yesterday’s quote, I had a picture, that I was trying to get off of my phone. It was taking too long and I couldn’t stay awake. Lame, I know, but that’s how tired one can get at 3:30 am. So, as Lynnette and I were being one with our inner child, playing with paint and discovering nature…

we came across ths little gem. I can’t imagine who would do such a thing! Looks like “somebody else” was in tune with their inner child as well!!

“You have to know how to preserve that freshness and innocence a child has when it approaches things. You have to remain a child your whole life long and yet be a man who draws his energy from the things of the world.”
~ Henri Matisse

Here are some great tv spots that are pretty funny: