Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I am sitting at my desk being totally unproductive. If I am not going to work, why can’t I take a walk, fold laundry, putter around… anything but sit in front of the computer? I guess it stops me from feeling too guilty. As if proximity to work somehow equals productivity. My business consultant said I need to keep an eye on myself as if I were a paid employee. “Judge your actions as if you were a person you hired.. if you wouldn’t want them doing what you are doing, STOP DOING IT!” I guess that means I gotta get back to work.

The last week and a half has been a challenge for me. I keep thinking of my dad and choking up. In fact, I said to my mom, “I just realized I have spent almost two months either crying or on the verge of crying.”

Tomorrow is the start of Reunion Weekend. Yeah, it’s my 15 year college reunion. I am kinda excited. My problem is the girls I hung out with and loved were not in my class. My class was populated with girls that didn’t take too well to my kind. (My kind? Y’know, the non-drinking, non-partying, studious, wounded kind) Truthfully, I didn’t take to them. At any rate, my love for Rosemont (WOMEN’S) College (pre-2010) is well known and I look forward to going back even if I will be spending it with girls I wasn’t close to back then.

I have so much I could be doing and all I want to do is think of my dad and Buddy Holly. I am also imagining my new office furniture. I can hardly wait!

Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly

Wow! If it weren’t for my dad dying, I’d say I am living a most awesome life. Last night I went to see my favorite local Rockabilly band play. During intermission, the lead guitarist came down off the stage and came over to greet me. Once we finished talking, the guy who performs with them as Buddy Holly, replete with horn-rim glasses, came over to say hi. Lisa casually mentioned we were headed to the Parx Casino after the concert. When we got to the place, I said to the bartender, “If Buddy Holly shows up, bring him over to me.”

“Yeah, right… I’ll be sure to point him your way.”

I had the last laugh when Buddy Holly did show up!

So, I am sitting at the Parx Casino with a touchy feely Buddy Holly impersonator and we’re talking about Elvis, Marshal Crenshaw, Gary Busey, Ed Sullivan, The Rip Chords, etc… and I am just a couple of degrees away from melting into a giant puddle! Unfortunately the fun ended abruptly when he held my hand and I felt a wedding ring. All my hopes and dreams for that moment crash-landed. Regardless, my heart turned flip flops for the first time in ages and that’s a good thing… even if Buddy has a Peggy Sue.

Sitting there with “Buddy,” made me think of a totally insane conversation I had a few months ago when I went to Rockin’ Ron Cade’s 30th Anniversary Elvis and Friends Tribute Show (Of which Rockin’ Ron sent me TWO COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS! I tell you I am suddenly leading a charmed life). As the Elvis Stylist performed a knee drop followed by a lunge, the woman next to me said, “I wonder how he looks when he’s not dressed like Elvis?”

“In my experience, they NEVER look as good when the jumpsuit comes off. Totally ruins the moment.”

“Oh?”

“I have 50 scarves.”

You should have seen the woman’s face! She totally believed me! Hysterical!

Bridesmaids

Saw it last night with the girls and got such a huge kick out of it! Loved it! LOVED IT! Loved the raunchy bits, the toilet humor, the crude language, LOVED IT! This movie is what Sex and the City was supposed to be.

XM Discount | The Magic Coupon Code

My SiriusXM subscription came up for renewal at the price of 142.45 + 15.38 (royalty fee). I called their cancellation department and told them that the price was too high and I needed to cancel my subscription. The agent asked if I was happy with the service and I said, “Absolutely, I love XM!”

Guess what? He told me he had special pricing he could provide me… HALF OFF! 77.00 + 8.31 = 85.31!!!

I jumped at the offer! There is no way I can ever go back to terrestrial radio!

85.31 for 1 year of no silly contests, few commercials, Little Steven’s Underground Garage and Elvis 24/7!

HOORAY!!!!

Buried alive

Last night I had a dream I was in the middle of a desert. Yellow powdery sand stretched as far as the eye could see. Running straight through was a road made of clay. I was on a motorcycle racing across this barren landscape. A man clung behind me instructing me to speed up and slow down. I could see the end of the road ahead of me and I started downshifting. I wasn’t fast enough and before I knew it I was tumbling across the hot sand. The sand somehow collapsed on top of me, burying me. I tried to kick my legs and move my arms but it was useless, the sand just kept pouring over me.

Furniture Queen

Yesterday Lisa and I drove all over creation looking for a simple desk for me. As I am sure I have said, I am running my company from a desk purchased from IKEA back in 1985. Attached to the desk are Garbage Pail Kid and kitty cats stickers. It’s time for a desk that doesn’t shame me.

My Desk

Eventually, we ended up at The Dump where I found a desk I quite liked:
Wynwood Furniture Palisade L-Shaped Desk and HutchWynwood - Palisade File Cabinet in Dark Sable
I said I wanted it and the salesman said, “We’re sold out… but you can have the floor model.”

“But I want a new one!”

Two hours of decision-making aided by beer later and the promise of 20% off the floor model, I gave him my credit card. Oh, and I also bought a chair and a…. BED!  Yeah, I know… insanity. But the bed perfectly matches my bedroom furniture and it was REALLY REALLY cheap. Plus the chair completes the office.

Everything will be delivered next week. I can hardly wait!

Bye, Bye Garbage Pail Kids!

Speaking of Vibrators, Baby Baby

Here’s one of my favorites:

I agree it’s not the best video… I can’t find anything better.

But I did find Die Toten Hosen doing a cover:

This will always be my favorite Roten Rosen/Toten Hosen song:

I can’t find an English translation (I’d Do Anything For Gaby). Maybe if I get bored I’ll do it… one day.

Chirowacko

I’ve been feeling sore for the last week or so. My neck and upper back and shoulders have been acting up. I have no clue what I did so I can only surmise the soreness is due to a sleep injury. Yesterday the constant soreness brought on a stress headache and I was so uncomfortable that I decided to throw caution to the wind and call up a chiropractor.

The chiropractor put me through a series of tests in which she asked my body parts about the pain. My body apparently answered her by how it reacted to her pushing on my limbs.

“Is it here? [Press] No… [press] no… [press] YES!”

She then told me she would use percussion on me to relax the spasms. Percussion? I had visions of her playing xylophone on my back. Turns out she meant VIBRATOR. Yes, she used a vibrator on me. No worries, she stayed away from my private bits and concentrated mainly on my neck and shoulders. I’m not going to lie… that part was rather pleasurable.

After the “percussion” she proceeded to the “adjustment.” I always thought a chiropractic adjustment entailed cracking the neck, back and hips… not here! She got out this odd looking instrument called an Activator. I can only describe it as a cross between a hypodermic needle, ball point pen and stapler. She then proceeded to click this tool all over my neck and back. The last click was into my butt which took me by great surprise. I half expected her to say, “WHOOP, THERE IT IS!”

The last bit of the session had her taping my neck with what I can only surmise is magical tape. She told me to keep in on for 3 days.

As I walked to the counter to pay, I kept wondering how much the visit would it cost me? I settled on the figure of $75. Imagine my surprise when she told me the visit cost $150 and the adjustment was $50! The look on my face at that moment is probably what caused her to say, “But since you are a new patient, I won’t charge you for the adjustment.” ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS! HOO BOY! I gave her my credit card and figured I could maybe write it off as an office expense.

24 hours later and I do have more movement but the stiffness and soreness lingers. I do feel $150 lighter.