Query

Here's my question:
Why must I justify my reasons and rationalizations for things I want to do? I want to do them because I WANT to. If I want to live in Timbuktu, then I want to live there because I WANT to. I don't have a husband. I have no kids. What I choose to do doesn't directly affect anyone but me. Now, there may be all kinds of indirect effects, and I fully acknowledge that. But does your random indirect effect really give you the right to question my reasons? Or, even demand to know them? I didn't think so. Now get off my back!

Alright, so I'm still generally bitter. That's my perogative too isn't it? It's not actual actions but my mood that seems to trouble others. Well, please note the aforementioned proclamation about departing from my island. Sincerely, the Management.

More specifically...

You Know You're From Milwaukee When...

You've been to the Rep and could smell beer, brats, and kraut. You drive around with little Green Bay Packers flags on your car. You and your friends spend all day Sunday drinking at the bar, bashing the Cubs. You don't know that Schlitz, Blatz, and Pabst aren't brewed in Milwaukee anymore You know people who have tied dead animals to the hoods of their cars. You know what a "Supper Club" is. You've eaten beer, brats, and kraut for breakfast. You think "The Safe House" is better than Disneyworld. You won't let a car from out of state go faster than you. You call Air Force Ones Dookies No matter where you go you see the Jesus Car - and can't understand what's coming out the speakers You cruised Hwy 100 or Sherman Ave To you, Martin Luther King Drive is still 3rd St. and Cesar Chavez Drive is still 16th St You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Milwaukee.

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You know you're from WI if...

You Know You're From Wisconsin When...

You can taste a difference in cheese made somewhere else You own at least one tie with a or peice of jewelry with a Green Bay Packer theme You can find and pronounce : Eau Claire, Oconomowoc, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, and La Crosse, Fond du Lac. You can correctly spell Milwaukee. You know what "bubbler" means. At least one of your family members works / worked in a cheese factory. A holstein cow outside of Wisconsin makes you miss home. You can taste the difference between apples grown up north and the ones that you can buy in the south. When talking about the Green Bay Packers you refer to them as "we". When the weather hits 0 degrees you decide that maybe it's time to get out a jacket instead of a sweatshirt. The family gets together every week for fish fry at the local pub. You know what a brat is, and they're at every outdoor event that your family has ever had. You know how to make a very good sled out of normal household items. Your love you outdoor pool because of how it doubles as an ice skating area during the winter. You can tell the difference between the smell of cow manure and pig manure. You have watched Fargo and not noticed an accent. You drive around with the air conditioning on until it hits 30 degrees, because it just was so darn hot outside. The local paper needs 6 pages to cover the Packers... in July! Your best shirt has a big letter G on it. You've said "Of course they'll win. They're God's team." You think it's nice enough to swim when the temperature hits 50. You family owns a "winter car" while the "good one" sits in the garage from Nov-Apr. Your put ketchup on a charcoal grilled NY strip steak. You live in a house that has no front steps, yet the door is one yard above the ground. You think everyone from south of Madison has an accent. You can identify a Michigan accent. Down South to you means Chicago. Traveling coast to coast means going from Superior to Milwaukee. You can make sense out of the words "upnort" and "Trivers". You have to go to Florida to get a tan in August. You consider Madison exotic. You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon. You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving. You buy cat litter every winter, but you don't own a cat. At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant or cannery. You know what to do with a Blatz. You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Bucky the Badger hangs on your Christmas tree even if you didn't go to University of Wisconsinm Madison. You're a member of the Polar Bear Club and proud of it. You can use the word "ya der hey" easily in a sentence You hear someone use the words "uff-dah" and you don't immediately break into uncontrollable laughter. Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow next to your blue spruce. You know how to polka You own a cheesehead You have cow pharaphenilia around your house, including your pajama pants You know what a FIB is and can spot them a mile away. You think of the major four food groups as cheese, beer, brats and Jell-O salad with marshmallows. FFA was the most popular club in high school You have eaten a cow pie at the State Fair. There was at least one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning Country Kitchen is the place to meet after the party You have ever seen or played in a "broom ball" game. You have ever partied at Summerfest, Festa Italiana, German Fest, Irish Fest, Oktoberfest, or all of the above. You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at a county fair. You can't be friends with a Vikings fan Your idea of diversity is having black, white, and brown cows. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Wisconsin.

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Shopping High

Retail therapy works. Seriously. I've been on the greatest shopping high ever since last night. I went out around 715 last nite, headed to Target. By the time I got home, I'd been to 6 stores, and found 3 great buys. Plus I fufilled 2 much-needed necessities.

Included in the list of great buys, is my dress for Barrister's Ball. It matches the aforementioned bronze shoes to a "T" (There's a ha-ha there, because the shoes are T-straps). The dress is actually floor length, even though I thought I was looking for a cocktail length. It's brown and gold and all-around fabulous. Basically, it's so cute I might need to take a date...Of course, I haven't the slightest idea who that date might be or where in the world I might find him, but what're you gonna do? This high is so great, I don't even care to deal with those details. Well I do, but just not right now. :)

Travel bug itis

My friend from Tosa is currently flying to Japan. Isn't that nuts and/or crazy! First, I knew only Canadians that had been to Japan. Then, just like that, me and a bunch of my friends are all over Asia. Incidentally, she went to Japan with another h.s. friend that was going to visit a guy that she was sort of seeing (vaguely familiar story, but more than slightly more drastic). How romantic and adventurous!

And I have a bunch of friends living or visiting London. More craziness ensues. I feel so vicariously cosmopolitan. :)

A Proclamation

Here ye, hear yea...Effective immediately:

Everyone is hereby put on probation on MY island until a time as yet to be determined. All visitors and permanent residents are instructed to move promptly to the outskirts of the island. Visitors passes will be granted whenever I see fit. General greetings will still be accepted from non-visitors, however, I suggest you keep witty banter to a minimum. While it may be found entertaining, it may also be found irritating (are you feeling lucky?).

While this particular course of action may be...ahem...extreme. I am particularly cranky, and everyone is bothering me. Furthermore, I am tired of people who keep reminding me that I am awfully cranky. Since I am the only constant in this equation, I have decided to stop dealing with everyone. Thank you for your cooperation.

I am soooooooo addicted!

You Are Emerald Green

Deep and mysterious, it often seems like no one truly gets you. Inside, you are very emotional and moody - though you don't let it show. People usually have a strong reaction to you... profound love or deep hate. But you can even get those who hate you to come around. There's something naturally harmonious about you.

What Color Green Are You?

Sex and the City (Again)

I am currently watching Sex and the City on TBS. And while it's quite censored, I still enjoy it far more than paying for the 6 season set. As per usual, I am amazed at how accurate this show is. And, as I watched Harry Goldenblatt speak really bad French (Charlotte's 2nd husband for those of you who are unaware), I contemplated the topic of the day. Basically, the topic of the show was the lack of romance in modern relationships.

So Carrie is finding herself disconcerted by all the grand romantic gestures that Barishnykov (yes, the ballet dancer -- again for those of you unaware). At the end of the show, she says "I'm an American, you gotta take it down a notch." This is hysterical for several reasons. First, they end up at McDonalds in full opera gear. Second, I completely agree that gigantic gestures of romance are a little much. What would you do if your significant otehr randomly began reading you poetry as you sit together on the couch? Barring literature majors and natural poetry lovers, I think it'd be cause for raising an eyebrow.

Of course, this means that men really have it easy these days. So frankly, my friends of the male persuasion, suck it up! All a girl wants is something sweet (chocolate), unexpected (flowers), or just thoughtful (card or kind word). For heavens sake, we aren't asking for the "A" game! Strap on the lyre, whip out your song card, and stop at the frickin' grocery store and pick up some flowers. Or, if you're too lazy for that, hop on virtualflorist.com or bluemountaincards.com and send her a cutsie email. Geez!

p.s. if I were a guy, I'd be such a pimp. I wouldn't need this advice at all!

Uncanny....not cool a random quiz has got me pegged!

Your Love Life Secrets Are

Looking back on your life, you will have many true loves. You're a little scarred from your past relationships, but who isn't? It's important to you that your lover is very attractive. You like to have someone to show off. In fights, you love to debate and defend yourself. You logic prevails - or at least you'd like to think so. Break-ups can be painful for you, but you never show it. You hold your head high.

Your Love Life Secrets, Revealed

Excuse me while I copy my Flamingo Friend...

You Are Sunshine

Soothing and calm You are often held up by others as the ideal But too much of you, and they'll get burned You are best known for: your warmth Your dominant state: connecting

What Type of Weather Are You?

Emotional Eating

I have never been big on emotional eating (especially eating ice cream!). But lately, I've been eating like it's going out of style. I cannot stop munching, eating full meals for no reason, and generally feeding my face. I've even overcome my usual obstacle of being fare too lazy to go and get whatever I'm craving. I fear that I will become a 490 lb woman in short order. Especially since in addition to eating a million times a day, I've become adamantly opposed to going to the gym. I've only been once since the day after Valentine's Day. Quick! Someone find the cure to reverse this awful habit!

Barrister's Ball

The goal for this, my last Barrister's Ball, is to find a fierce dress to match bronze shoes with amber stone detailing. And a date would be nice, but not necessary. If I do get a date, I want it to be a real date, not a pretend date. I'm not all about the pretend-dating. So, get on that. Ready go!