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Here's a journal entry that I wrote earlier while Gabby and I were at the park:

Today at the park Gabby made a friend on the tire swing, They had so much fun that they ended up going on the slide together, the swings, the see-saw....then 20 minutes later Gabby walks away, plops her butt down next to me and says, "Mommy- he's not my best friend anymore..."

Life is easy at 3.

You see, you conquer, then you're fucking done. Time for a damn Happy Meal.

"You don't wanna go down the slide with me...fine..."

Then they meet again in the sand box. He wanted to build a house, she threw sand at him.We can see Gabby is not the domesticated type at age 3. He kept tryying to talk to her but she got her own 2 sticks and made her own shit. He wanted one of her sticks. She offered him the small one and he said," I want the big one."

Don't we all want the big one?

Nowinehouse

Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand

ARGANDA DEL REY, Spain (AP) -- Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.

Then, as tens of thousands cheered, she threw off a pair of high stiletto heels in favor of white moccasins, donned a white electric guitar and settled into an intense rendition of some of her best known songs, including "Rehab."

Winehouse delivered a strong vocal performance accompanied by her octet plus two male backing vocalists.

There was no hint of the controversy that saw the Grammy-winning singer scuffle with a fan at the Glastonbury festival in Britain and show up an hour late looking the worse for wear last May in Portugal.

The singer won five Grammy Awards, including best record, best song and best new artist, in early February, but her musical success has been overshadowed by her tumultuous private life and public struggles with drugs and alcohol.

Last month, her father said she developed emphysema from smoking cigarettes and crack cocaine, although her spokeswoman has said Winehouse only has pre-emphysema symptoms.

Once finished at Rock in Rio, she did not stay for an encore and left the outdoor concert venue by helicopter.

Winehouse's manager, Michael Jobson, told national broadcaster RTVE that the singer had looked forward to singing in Madrid after appearances in Portugal and Hyde Park, London.

Ok so here's my problem with Amy Winehouse and everyone glamourizing this woman deadset on killing herself.  Besides the fact that she was filmed smoking crack and making racist rants (here in America an incredible number of multi cultural people love this woman's music....their dollars helped make her rich) she decides to be racial.  Personally to me she looks, acts and sounds like "trailer trash" and I am really baffled as to why she is even famous.  I tried listening to her once, because I wanted to see what the hype was about her, and couldn't understand a damn thing this woman was saying.

So being a crackhead isn't enough...racist rants about the very people that lined your pocketbooks isn't enough, now we have to continue to perpetuate the alcohol and drug problem by jumping onstage with a drink in hand!

Here is what has been driving me crazy about musicians (especially those that continually live in the limelight).  One little slip-up and the entire world knows, yet also knowing that the younger audiences are already fascinated with "living on the edge" i.e., drugs, drinking, partying, stealing, criminal activities, our wonderful musicians continue to be persuasive to their younger fans (you know they automatically become role models whether they want to or not) and fails to realize that their every action is being emulated by the youth.

It is bad enough to have people like Lindsay Lohan continue to be a public alcoholic menace.  Bad enough that Winehouse continues to stay in the news for her alcoholism and drugs.  Bad enough that Spears is STILL in the news.  Why are we enabling this type of behavior in the first place?  Why do we as consumers continue to line these idiot's pockets with our purchases and support?  Shouldn't we show our children that there is more to life than being a public menace?

Continuous ads run daily about the outcomes of drinking and driving, yet Lohan is literally caught daily smashed out of her mind.  "Just Say No" to drugs is plastered along billboards, yet we still idolized Winehouse as though she is some goddess.  I will tell you what she is, she is hellbent on HER self destruction, another Spears wanting public attention.  Well guess what?  She will never get my dollar!  She doesn't even get airplay in my house, I do not own one Amy Winehouse production and I NEVER will.  Here is one BLACK person's dollar she will NOT bank on.

I am concerned about the morality of our people, everything in America seems to be one contradiction after another. 

So it's been a few days. I wrote a super long post a few days ago about a cat that I picked up off the road who had been hit. I decided not to post it, I was so emotional at that point that I don't think the post made much sense.

It is now my 9^th 8-hour shift in a row. I still have quite a few to go. I gave my two-week notice at Sheetz yesterday, so I only have a few more shifts to go. I have a love-hate relationship with Sheetz, I never fully felt/feel welcome at Sheetz. I don't feel like I fit in and I am always uncomfortable there. I dread going in to work even though the job isn't really that bad. Even after 9 months I don't really associate myself with Sheetz, like instead of asking “do we do...whatever” I ask “do you guys do...” Like, for some reason I dissociate myself, or distance myself, from Sheetz. The Slippery Rock Sheetz is ridiculously clique-ish. Favorites are played and you receive absolutely no real feedback about your performance. I don't see how anyone could make this their career. I know several people who are lifers at Sheetz.

For a few years now I have been trying to get away from food service. I worked at McDonalds first at age 16 (which was decent, my McD's wasn't a white-trash McD's), then when I came to school I worked for AVI food service, then I worked for Gap for a while (which SUCKED, I was trying to get away from food service but Gap played favorites too and was clique-ish as well), then I worked at AVI some more, then for the National Park Service at Assateague Island (which was poorly organized but a pretty damn good job, yet seasonal), then Sheetz, then it was supposed to be Petrified Forest. Why is it that these retail and food service jobs suck so hard? I am such a freaking hard worker and I will put my all into a job as long as I am treated fairly and feel welcome. At Sheetz I was told I would be getting approx. 30 hours a week but that it wasn't guaranteed because some people end up being bad employees. Well I got 30 hours for the first few weeks then they started going down, and if I WAS doing anything wrong I was never told about it, I never received any feedback. There were many occasions when I would come in to work and my coworkers would literally be hanging out in the managers office, or smoking, and I would clock in and have to stock everything (which takes hours) while everyone just keeps “hanging out.” Yet those people hanging out in the managers office would be the ones getting almost 40 hours a week while I was struggling to get 20. Sorry I am not as chummy with the managers I guess. I guess I just don't fit in because I don't feel the need to be flirty and ultra-talkative all the time.

So I only have a few more shifts left there and I can't wait to be done. I love working at Lifesteps, there's definitely drama but I work overnights so I really don't have to deal with much. It does seem like there is a lot of drama in this house because of certain people, so my feeling might change but for right now I am very happy here. I hope to never ever EVER have to go through another food service job.

So I am watching Predator Raw, it is the How to Catch a Predator behind the scenes stuff. These shows always amaze me. Like the one guy who got caught two days in a row using the same screen name. Or the guy who went into the house even though the previous pervert was still getting arrested in the driveway.

End of post for tonight, sorry they are so choppy, that how my mind works.

Dinner with the family.
Taking the car for a wash and vacuum.
Reading a little in the car while it's being washed on the outside.
Indulging in the final episode of my favourite drama. Although it was filled with emotions, I really like how the storyline went. Like most fans, I would love for another sequel and for the fable to come to reality. Although that may never happen but I'm glad that the love story was shared :)
A simple start to the weekend but that's good enough for me. I hope all of you would have a lovely weekend as well.

Let's see. I think it is official that all of my good friends own something. Either a house,a condo..a brand new car...shit, something. It's not that I'm trying to hop on the "buy a house wagon" but it got me thinking about where am I going to live next year and where will I call home.

What can I afford?

Shit, I have no idea. I mean, I like spending time at home. I like renting movies, cooking, entertaining friends. I also like to enjoy an occasional night on the town. Can I afford that if I purchase a condo?
I like to shop. I shop in moderation ever since I had Gabby. I have no shame in saying I discovered thrift stores and go to Value Village. Will I be able to afford shoes for daughter if I purchase something?

Will I be able to afford a vacation if I'm a homeowner?

My boss said," I first purchased my condo when I was making 16.80 an hour"....

I told her, "I'm not making 16.80 an hour yet....."

Man, purchasing a home falls under that "signing of something". *Have I mentioned I have a fear signing things??

How and when do you reward yourself?
Submitted by Rainbird.

Sometimes I don't reward myself. That's the problem.

I need to start rewarding myself with more shoes. I think shoes are important and I just don't have enough of them. I would reward myself with more Seven jeans but that could get expensive....

On the not so-superficial side to things- I find it rewarding after I teach the weight loss program at work and I receive emails of thanks and people are happy with themselves.

That truly makes me smile at the end of the day.

*Do not try these at home. Well, if you do, don't use them on me or you will gets laughed at....

Good news, the test results are negative!
If this truly a pick up line? Why does this seem like this needs discussion over a late night meal at a Shari's restaurant??LMFAO......................

Did the sun come out or did you just smile at me?
Did this fucker say my teeth were yellow?

If you were a booger I'd pick you first.
Really, if you were a booger, I'd eat you..

Oh my god, I thought I was gay... then I met you.
Have I ever mentioned about 3 people I've dated have turned gay....

What's the name of your perfume? "Catch of the Day?
I wreak of the sea?

Your eyes are as blue as my toilet water at home.
And sometimes I shit logs the size of penis's, it must be love

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is soooo cute! (this is from Clerks 2) Tom left the TV on a movie channel and luckily he doesn't leave it on crap.

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