I Just Have To.

Rant. Ok, this blog is going to be nothing but some good 'ol ranting- so if you don't want to read rants, stop reading!
I'm stressed. And annoyed. Here's a few reasons why:

1. PARKING. The fact that my apartment now requires you to have a 24-hour "guest pass" in order to park in visitor/future resident parking has left me with NO PARKING. Because I can't afford to pay $80 a month for my own parking spot, I have been parking in visitor/future resident parking for the past year. And despite the fact that this area of parking is almost never full, they now require passes. Today, after it taking AN HOUR AND A HALF for me to get home from work, I had to drive around for 35 minutes JUST so I could park some where and get to my own apartment.

2. MY COMPUTER. Starting yesterday my internet connection suddenly went to crap. I use "airport," which means my computer mooches off other people's internet signals. Ever since I bought this computer in May, it has worked beautifuly. But as of last night, it doesn't work half the time. Looks like I might have to head back to the library to use the internet.

3. MY KEYBOARD/GARAGEBAND. Let's just say that I have been trying for A LONG TIME to hook my keyboard up to my computer so that I can play and transfer songs. I bought my keyboard specifically so that I could write and record my own music. However- it's not working. I went to the Apple store where I bought my computer and asked them for advice (AND spent $27 on a device they recommended for it,) and nothing worked. I asked people at Best Buy, (AND bought ANOTHER device,) and it STILL doesn't work. I have had help and advice from Chris- still doesn't work. I have spent hours reading help pages and trying to figure things out and ... guess what? Yep. Still doesn't work. AHHHHH!

4. MY MAIL. Some one has been tampering with my mail. When I came home from Missouri, I found a package my dad had sent me half open (and he almost always sends $,) and that was missing. When I came home from Chris' the other day, I had two birthday cards sitting on the kitchen table. One of the cards had obviously been OPENED. It was a card from my aunt, you know the kind of cards that are shaped especially for $ and even have the pocket inside to KEEP the money in? Yeah, you can bet there was nooooo money in there. AND I didn't even get the birthday card from my dad it would seem.

5. MOVING. I'm moving in 3 weeks, and ... moving is stressful.

6. WORK. I'm not %100 sure where I'll be working, and being jobless sucks.

7. FORGETTING. Now- not that I really care or anything but ... my two roommates took our newest roommie Annie out to dinner the other week for her birthday. Annie has only been living here a couple months and they remembered her birthday and took her out to dinner. I have been living here for a YEAR and they completely and totally forgot mine. :(

I'm sure there are other things, but my head is hurting too much to type at the moment. GRRRRRRRRR.

Oh Goody.

Chris and I just saw the movie '1408.' It was pretty good. Aside from the SUPER annoying teenagers that were sitting in the back of the theater being OBNOXIOUS.

On August 20th I'm moving out of my apartment. The rent just keeps going up and my two roomies who have lived there for almost 4 years can't even handle how outrageous it's getting so they're not renewing the lease. I won't be living with them because they are completely set on somehow buying a house in Santa Monica aaaand I'm not exactly ready to invest in some multi-million dollar home near the beach. Um yeah- not going to happen. Even though I'm not %100 sure where I'm going, (and therefore WORKING,) I'm glad to be getting out of that building. There has been endless construction going on NONSTOP for the entire year that I have lived there and ... quite frankly ... it's driving me INSANE. And the fact that as of Wednesday I have NO WHERE TO PARK because I'm no longer aloud to park in visitor parking. (I've been parking in visitor parking for the past year because I refuse to pay $80 A MONTH on a parking spot.) Soooo yeah ... not really sure where my car is going to be parked for the next 3 weeks.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I will be 24. Ohhhhh goody. AND I have to spend the day working at the Elephant Bar. Yay. Can't wait. (Can you hear the sarcasm just dripping from my voice? I hope so.)

Well- Chris just made some pizza so I'm going to go eat now. Mmmmm.

24?!

Today at Stabucks I realized what a great barista I used to be when it took me like 15 minutes to get my drink- and it wasn't even that busy! I mean, geeeez. The poor dude making the drinks was making ONE drink at a time, and SLOWLY. I could make 5 drinks at a time! Arrrrrg.

My birthday is Saturday! I can't believe I'm almost 24, I'm getting to be such an old fart! :P And I'm ... of course ... working on Saturday. Grrr. I have a feeling that customers will be getting on my nerves more than usual that day. Everytime that some one tries to be a pain in the arse, I'll be tempted to be like, " No, I don't have to- it's my birthday!" Hahaha, but no.

:::yawn::: I'm tired.

It's the Not-So-Lovely Time of Year

For some stupid reason, for the past 4 years IN A ROW, my skin always breaks out around the middle of July into August. Aaaalways. My skin can be beautiful and clear almost all year long, but come middle July/August it always turns to crap. Grrrr.

Leroy Memories

A Tribute to Leroy (made by Christy):
Some of my favorite memories involving Leroy:

- The year that Leroy drove to Culver-Stockton to pick me up from college to take me home for the summer and we had our tornado encounter(s), with one particular encounter ending with Leroy and I running through a field towards the car while Leroy shreaked, "F**k!!!!

- All the nights/mornings where Leroy and I would just sit and "fester" on the couch in front of the tv, (aka "Fester til Five, Dead or Alive.")

- All the times where Leroy would barge into my room and start trying on my bras, (the black bra with roses on it being his favorite, haha.)

- The brawl involving Andrew, Leroy, and a suspicious green drink infamously called, "Rotten Groceries."

- Sitting at the piano and making up funny songs, like our "Mummy Song" that we wrote and recorded.

- All instances where I was "Magnolia" and Leroy was my "Uncle Aurthor."

- The time where we, (Leroy, Christy, Erika, Michelle, and I ... and maybe some others,) played "Harry Potter" outside and my character was a growth on Leroy's side ... I spent hours underneath the black cloak that he was wearing!

- The time where I was feeling sad so Leroy took me out to eat at Sonic- forgetting that he had a gigantic black uni-brow magic markered on his face!

- The time when Erika, Leroy and I got completely lost on a hiking trail near the Missouri River, (due to the fact that Leroy swore he know of a "short cut."

- Leroy always accidently calling the candy Jolly Ranchers "Magic Farmers."

- Leroy's infamous "Shut-ever!"

- All of my birthday and theme parties that he participated in

-The campout where Leroy first created the "I Am a Yeti" song and I was laughing so hard I thought I was going to die!

Home Sweet Home

After almost two weeks off from work and visiting family/friends in Missouri, today it was back to reality and work. Blegh. The first day of work after a semi-long vacation is always the worst. You get out of that "work mode" and into "vacation mode," and while switching to "vacation mode" is wonderful, switching BACK to work mode is not quite as fun.

It would take a decade to write all about the trip Chris and I took to Missouri, but here are some of my favorite "highlights":
- Spending time with Chris, Erika, Andrew, Esther, and Barf on Erika's porch while drinking one too many Schmirnoffs.
- Watching "Rave to the Grave" at Andrew and Esthers (HA!)
- Having Chris try on funny outfits at Erika and Barf's clothing store, "Retro Revolution."
- Having coffee with Esther, Jesse, and Michelle (and of course Chris.)
- Chris and I hanging out with Esther and Jesse playing Mario Party. (Our team, "Pure Evil," won!)
- Going out to The Flatbranch and The Wine Cellar to celebrate my birthday early.
- Playing hours of Scattegories with Chris on the screened-in-porch.
- Playing my first ever game of Scrabble with Chris (I won! Hehehehe!) :P
- Cooking "Fettucini con Lemon and Red Peppers" with Chris. (It was pretty tastey, while also quite lemon-y!)
- Going on a hike at Rock Bridge State Park with Esther (aka Resther) and getting lost- ending up at an elementry school and having to walk back on a narrow, winding road.
- Hanging out with Brana, Michelle, and Jesther at Comfort Inn while watching a GREAT thunderstorm! (And having an angry, red-faced man pound on the door!)
- Everyone going to eat at Sophia's and playing Bacci.
- Going to Devil's Ice Box

Unfortunetly, this trip home also made me a little sad because a.) There's a very good chance that this was the "last" time I'll see my grandparents, b.) It was the last time I'll ever be able to go into my family's house of 20 years, and c.) Leroy's death. Yes ... those are sad things. I don't like sad things. :( But overall, the trip was great.

We'll Miss You

We'll all miss you, Leroy! (Leroy Guindon August 5th, 1980 - July 8th, 2007)

Trip to Missouri So Far ...

DAY 1:
- Wake up at 3:30am- take shuttle to airport
- 7:25am- plane takes flight to Missouri
- 12:25pm- Arrive in KC, MO
- My luggage is missing
- My luggage won't be delivered until who knows when
- I begin to panick as I realize I'm going to "look ugly tomorrow" without my make-up

DAY 2:
- 9:25am- I wake up with a giant blue swastika drawn on my forehead during my sleep (by Andrew)
- 11:30am- Chris and I get up
- 1:20pm - Chris takes a big dump in Andrew and Esther's toilet, not realizing the water was off for repairs.
- 1:22pm- Chris smiles sheepishly and turns bright red as he walks out of the bathroom with a defeated look on his face, knowing this his pooped artistry is stagnating around in the porceline pot.
- 1:52pm- We're haning out with Mzzy and Esther

TO BE CONTINUED ...

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S'mores Slop

Last night as I was eating one of those little snack-sized chocolate pudding cups, I suddenly got inspired to make a s'mores type pie. I was like, "Hmmmm ... this pudding would taste super yummy on top of a nice graham cracker crust. Oooooh and I could put puffed marshmallow cream on top of the graham cracker crust, and THEN put the pudding on it! Heck ... I could put Hershey chocolate bars on top of the marshallmallow cream and THEN put the pudding on top!" So today that's exactly what I did- well sort of. I didn't by a graham cracker pie crust, instead I bought regular graham crackers. So instead of a "pie" I was thinking more of a parfait style. But I didn't have any parfait glasses, so I had to use a bowl. Well ... the bowl was too wide (as oppsed to the cup,) so instead of a s'mores parfait it was more like a bowl of s'mores slop. TASTEY slop mind you! Mmmmm!!! So good! It would have looked much more presentable in a nice clear parfait glasses but ohhhhh-de-well.

You Should Seek ...

So yeah, I took the greek mythology personality test too. I can't remember who it said I was, but it DID say at the end that I "should seek the Oracle," heehee. And if Chris is the Oracle, then it looks like I did. :P

Today I bought all the travel-sized shampoos, conditioners, etc. for Chris and I- I'm sooooo excited about Thursday! :D I can't wait!!!

Last night I watched Donald Duck cartoons for almost 2 hours. It was beautiful.

The Oracle

No, this isn't a blog about The Matrix or The 300; it's about the Greek Personality Test, which Michelle posted recently. Quite fun, especially if you're into personality tests or classical lit. Oh yes, and it's a great way to pass the time when you're waiting for some laundromats to open up.

Heuristic, detached, and analytical to a fault, you are most like The Oracle. You are able to tackle any subject with a fine toothed comb, and you possess an ability to pinpoint nuances and shades of meaning that other people do not have and cannot understand. Accomplishment and realization of ideas are, for you, secondary to the rigorous exploration of ideas and questions -- you are, first and foremost, a theorist. You hate authority, convention, tradition, and under no circumstances do you accept a leadership role (although, you will gladly advise leadership when they're going astray, whether they want you to or not). You excel at language, mathematics and philosophy.

You are typically easy-going and non-confrontational until someone violates one of the very few principles that you deem sacred, at which point you can fly into a rage. Although you possess a much greater understanding of process and systems than the people around you, you are always conscious of the possibility that you've missed something or made a mistake. You don't tend to become attached to particular theories, and will immediately discard mistaken notions once they're revealed to be incorrect (but you don't tolerate iconoclasts who try to discredit validated theories through the use of fallacies and bad data). Despite being outwardly humble, you probably think of yourself as being smarter than most other people. That's because you are. In fact, in your dealings with people your understanding of their motives is so expansive that you know what they're going to say before they say it, and in world affairs, you usually know what is going to take place before it actually does. This ability would make you unbeatable in debates if only you were a little more outgoing.

Famous people like you: Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, John McWhorter, Ramanujan, Marie Curie, Kurt Godel

Stay clear of: Apollo, Icarus, Hermes, Aphrodite

Seek out: Atlas, Prometheus, Daedalus

Link: The Greek Mythology Personality Test

It's Friday.

Well, it's Friday. And that means I'm getting ready to head to work soon (blahhhhhhh.) Except this time I'm comforted by the fact that this is the LAST Friday I will be working before flying home on Thursday! Yaaaaaaay! I'm soooo so so excited about NOT working for 10 WHOLE DAYS and seeing all my friends and family and having Chris get to meet them all too! :D

Speaking of Chris, if you read the blog he wrote entitled "Busted Things," we are doing much better now- and NO I do NOT want to break up with him! :P After all, he's my ultra cuuuuuute Chris-dah-ris!!!

I just remembered that I haven't gotten my step-bro Jay a wedding gift yet, although thankfully Esther sent me the link to his wedding registry today. They're registered at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Why do ALL couples who get married register at "that" store every single time? All my friends who have gotten married in the last couple of years have ALL registered there. I mean ... it's a good store and all but ... there's a MILLION other stores too! For example, you can set up your wedding registry at this great wedding site that allows you to create your own list of ANY item from ANY store, and people can purchase them online just like Bed, Bath and BLah blah blah. lol. AND to make Bed, Bath, and Beyond worse, I wanted to purchase them the fondue set on their list this morning and the silly site won't even work! Grrrrrr. By the time is DOES finally work, some one else will have probably purchased it for them. Grrrrrrrrr.

Anyhow I don't really have time to say much right now because I have to eat and get ready for work, etc. But soooooooon I will be basking in the beauty of my time off work and spending it with the people I truly care about and love! (Awwwww!) Heehee.

Black Widows

As apartment complexes go, mine has quite of bit of grass and trees. And, since I live on the first floor of this very spread out complex, I expect to see spiders, ants, and other insect-based critters in my apartment, especially when it's too cold or hot outside.

What I wasn't prepared for was Black Widows. It seems the spiders I've seen and killed three times, within my apartment, are indeed Black Widows. One jumped out at me when I was moving a stack of papers that had begun to smell. (My cat had dumped water onto the papers and mold had begun growing on them. Ewwww). I spotted another Black Widow approaching my mattress shortly after I woke up one morning. It made it as far as the edge of the mattress before Toasty tore it to pieces. And, I smashed one that was scurrying across my bedroom floor. Outside, I spotted another Widow one night and tried killing it with Maximum Strength RAID. However, I had to empty about a fourth of the can onto the spider before it would stop moving! I sprayed so much toxin that much more would have suffocated either Toasty or me.

The scary thing is that I never had any idea that the ugly spiders I had come across were Black Widows. So, a few weeks ago, when I saw one of these spiders dead, on it's backside, trapped in, what looks to be the web of an even more powerful spider, I looked at its abdomen and saw the telltale red hourglass design. I quickly did an image search on Google for the Black Widow, and confirmed my worst suspicions. Not Cool!

Here's what I discovered about the Black Widow while searching Google, and arriving at a site hosted by UC Davis.

- When do bites occur?
Widow spiders are not aggressive and bites can be infrequent even when large numbers occur. The adult female spiders usually remain in their webs unless forced by adverse temperatures or destruction of their web. They do not forage for food and the insects they eat are caught in the webs and eaten at the site. Human bites mostly occur as the spider defends her web if it is brushed against or accidentally pinched. Occasionally, bites occur from hungry widow spiders when a hand or foot is dangled in front of the nest.

- What are the symptoms of poisoning by widow spiders?
Widow spiders inject a toxin that affects the nervous system (neurotoxin). Muscle and chest pain or tightness are some of the most common reactions to the widow toxin. The pain also may spread to the abdomen, producing cramping and nausea. Other general symptoms include: restlessness, anxiety, breathing and speech difficulty, and sweating. Swelling may be noticed in extremities and eyelids. Death usually results from respiratory paralysis.

- What do the eggs of widow spiders look like?
Eggs of widow spiders are laid in an egg sack, attached to the web of the mother. The sack is pear shaped, and creamy yellow, light gray, or light brown in color. About 200 eggs may be laid in an egg sack and females may produce several egg sacks if conditions are favorable.

So, despite the fact that only about five to six percent of Black Widow bites prove to be fatal, I think it's time to go nuclear and wage an all out war on the Black Widow. I'm not a fan of respiratory paralysis.

Busted Things

Last Saturday, as a show of solidarity, I too injured a toe, except, in my case, it was the pinky toe on my right foot. Of course I'm kidding about doing it to show sympathy for Allison, but I did injure it barely two to three hours after finding out about her toe. I was simply walking to my room when I fell back, kicked my feet forward, fell forward, and landed my right foot straight into the corner of a wall. I'm pretty sure it's fractured since it makes crunchy noises each time I move it. For your viewing pleasure, I've included a picture taken late Sunday night.

Lately, I've become obsessed with cataloging all of my DVD's. What I mean by cataloging is scanning is the cover art for my roughly 217 DVD's. The idea was inspired by Allison's difficulty in choosing a movie to watch, taking anywhere between a half hour to forty-five minutes. I figured it would be easier if she actually knew what the movies are about. So, since I don't have the space to stack 217 DVD boxes, I figured being able to read the descriptions on my computer would be the best solution. It also makes sense because it allows me to read what the special features on each disc are and tells me how long each movie is, something most DVD's, as opposed to VHS tapes, don't seem to list these days. So far, I've spent three days, doing absolutely nothing else until about 4 in the morning, working on this project. Just trying to get scans for DVD sets that can't be folded into a scanner took an entire day. Oh yes, and the warping of the paper on the cases makes things a job for Adobe Photoshop.

I've also tried going through all my stuff and do some much needed Spring - Summer Cleaning. Things tend to pile up when you're always busy with work and school. So, seeing as how I'm neither working nor in school right now, it seems like the best thing to do. I threw away three large garbage bags of paperwork Saturday, and I still have three more stacks to go through. That's not even counting the two cardboard boxes of paperwork associated with the classes I've taken the past two years. I need to go through all of that and organize it so I can study for a 16 hour examination I have to take in November before receiving my Masters.

Finally, I ended my fabulous Monday evening with over two hours of complaining straight from Allison. It would seem that's her thing this month, starting with the fabulous blog she wrote about me June 4th. This time she was furious because, yesterday, when she tried to force me to, in the future, sleep with a fan on, because she likes it that way, I refused. No one, not even Allison, has the right to force their desires or style of living on someone else, especially when it's in someone else's home or apartment. Then, I was railed against because I haven't compromised on the fan issue. Now, I would have compromised, if she had broached the fan issue in an attempt to compromise, but, when she attempted to force me into sleeping differently in my own apartment, compromise went straight out the window. As it is, I let her leave my window open while we're sleeping. For those who aren't from California, leaving the window open during the night is quite dangerous. And, last week I bought healthy foods just to please her. But, I will not be forced into anything, not in the one place that is mine - my apartment.

Now, I don't know where she picked up the idea that ragging on me all the time is somehow going to make me love her more, or that trying to force her preferences on me is going to make me give in, but it's not working. Maybe she's mad because I don't feed her lines and run to the store in seven minutes to buy her Ben and Jerry's ice cream like the men she runs into at work and on her spare time. Or, perhaps she's irked because I call her out on things. Part of my master's program involves utilizing rhetorical devices to create or dismantle an argument - nothing irks me so much as having someone rag on me using arguments that don't hold water. At that point, it's clear that the complaining is purely for the sake of complaining, and I point it out. I've decided she's trying to push me into breaking up with her. After all, she told me how she doesn't ever want to move in with me because her roommate told her it ruins a relationship. Completely avoiding the total lack of logic in that statement - if it were true, marriage would destroy all relationships - it's clear she most definitely does not want to be with me.

Good Morning to everyone - I'm headed to sleep.

I'm Terrible.

Yesterday at work the guy who always sits at the bar and bugs me, (the same one I've written stories about in previous E-Bar tales,) and who is always trying to talk to me, invite me to meet his "model friends," etc. was sitting outside on the patio talking with a couple of my "co-workers." I was finishing up my last couple of tables and was getting ready to head out for the day. I stepped outside on the patio to get some fresh air and "the guy" was talking to 3 other servers, (2 girls and 1 guy,) and so I just sort of stood there, half paying attention. Well some how ice cream came up in the conversation so I decided to insert my tw cents into the convo, "Ohhhh, I love ice ream. Ben and Jerry's chocolate mint cookie chunk is one of my faaaavorite kinds!" After I said that, I went back inside to clock out, etc. About 7 minutes later, one of the guy servers who was talking about ice cream with us came up to me and was like, "before you leave, that guy wants to ask you something." "Uhhhhh ... okay?" I responded, a bit puzzled. So I'm heading out the back and the guy comes up to me and asks, "Would your foot feel better if you had some ice cream?" "Uhhhh, probably not." Before I knew it, he was handing me a pint of Ben and Jerry's chocolate mint cookie chunk ice cream. I mean ... he literally RAN some where and found me my favorite kind of ice cream in like 7 minutes. Impressive. However, now I feel obligated to be nice to him despite the fact that he's always bugging me. Is a pint of ice cream really worth the obligation it carries with it?

Today I went to The Grove to stop by Barnes'N'Noble so I could of course look at wedding magazines and recipe books. Unfortunetly, it was MAJOR sale time today at The Grove. We're talking EVERY store was having a major sale. I tried very hard to resist even setting foot inside a store ... but ... I was allured into Victoria's Secret by the sweet aromas coming from all of the fragrances that were on sale. (75% off!!!) I tried SUPER hard to not buy anything, but ... alas ... my willpower was no match for the super cute blue Body By Victoria tank top that I spotted. It was love at first site, hehehe. And then I made the bad move of trying it on and it looked great! Damn. I bought it. I'm terrible. BUT normally it would have cost $55 but I got it for $25. Still pricey for the cheap SKATE that I am ... but ... what can I say?

I then headed to the Farmer's Market where I bought a basket of fresh strawberries for only $1.98 to enjoy for dinner ... which ... I'm going to eat right about now. Mmmmmm!!!!

In fact, I was going to write more, but I'm now too hungry to write anything else! :P

Owwwieeee!

My poor, poor big toe. About an hour ago I was getting in the shower to rinse-off, (seeing that I was quite sweaty from having just worked-out,) and as I was closing the big heavy sliding doors to the shower, some how ... the door managed to come off it's hinge thingy and it fell full weight directly on the bottom of my big toe! AND not only did it CRUSH my poor toe, but the metal edge of the door completley sliced my toe open. Owwwwwwieeeeeee!!!! It hurts. Bad. Like ... I can't stand on it or move it. I'm afraid I may have broken it but I haven't fully checked yet. And ... the extra sucky part of all this is, is that I have to leave for work in about 2.5 hours, I don't think I can even get a shoe on, let alone walk around on it for like 8 hours! Meeeeeeeeehhh!!!!

Ho hum.

My Happy Week

I think everyone needs to go out and buy a carton of fresh strawberries right now! Why? Because I just made the most delicious white chocolate covered strawberries!!! Mmmmmm. Just buy a bag of white chocolate chips (or milk chocolate,) melt them in the microwave, dip the strawberries, let them chill for a bit, and then mmmmm!!! Yummmmmy!

I'm currently enjoying FOUR days off in a row from work- FOUR days!!! It's been wonderful. Last night Chris and I went to the Olive Garden and I ordered the most wonderful caramel hazelnut macchiato, and a super yummy shrimp and scallop with fetuccini alfredo dish. Woah. Yum. Chris ordered an Olive Garden pizza. ALSO yummy. Then we spilt a Tiramisu for dessert. It was the best dinner I've had in a loooong time!

Last night Chris showed me the movie 'My Fair Lady,' which I had actually never seen before!!! I knew quotes and some music from it and everything, but I had never actually SEEN it before. It was a very enjoyable fim.

Today Chris and I went grocery shopping for Chris' groceries. I'm slowly but surely making progress in my quest for Chris' healthy eating. Instead of getting beef for burgers, I got him to get chicken breasts for chicken sandwhiches instead. Instead of buying a big bag of Doritos, he got a big bag of dried mangos. AND he also got a bunch of apples and deli meat. Oh and bananas! : D Hehehehe.

Today I bought 'Fright Night' on dvd. Yay.

Wishlist #2

Today I bought some stuff on my wishlist #2: KITCHEN ESSENTIALS ... hehehe! I got:
- TWO 9" round cake pans (the nice nonstick, heavy stainless steal kind!)
- A muffin/cupcake pan
- THREE nice, different sized, cute mixing bowls
- A measuring set that included measuring spoons, cups, and a big measuring cup (liters and oz)
- An apple slicer
- A set of spatulas
- And a brightly colored strainer
Grand total? Only $46! I think I did a pretty damn good job in saving money! :P I can now make layered cakes, cupcakes and muffins, among other things. :D

Ouch.

Ouch. Cramps. They hurt. Lower back aches. Ouch. They hurt too. Major bloating action and feeling a little like the marshmallow man. Not cool.

Okay, going to go work-out now. Blahhh.

That's all I have to say. Period. (Hehehe, get it? Get it? ... Yes I'm dumb.)