Yo Peeps!!!

I know, long time no post. Been bizee, (and a bit sad lately) but also didn't feel like I had anything important to say.

Lets see...working backwards, just finished these ATCs, the theme was inspired by the movie Juno! Phew! I am so done with doing ATC (artist trading card) swaps for awhile. For the past couple of months all I've felt like I've been doing are these swaps!!! Yikes! No art for phin makes phin really cranky!!! Click on this link to see the full description at SiStv. Photo taken by my Soul Sista MadRetz! She's a rockin' photog!!!


Drove by Santa Clara University where there's a clothing store called "Nalej." Ironic that its next to the PRIVATE, JESUIT, EXPENSIVE, EXCLUSIVE, RENOWNED INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING. Maybe they think the name is clever. uh huh.

Recently, been craving fried chicken like mad, so I stopped by University Chicken (formally know as Cluck U, haha!) also near the University to get me some finger lickin' vittles! They serve chicken wings, with 7 levels of spicy-ness:

global thermo nuclear
thermo nuclear
traditional death
nuclear
atomic
traditional
mild

Being fairly chicken, ahahahaha (I crack myself up!) I stuck with traditional, OH YUM!!! I ate ALL 10 wings!!! And the bleu cheese dressing and uh of course, the celery! My tongue was all tingly!

(I was quite hungry...I worked out for 2 hours this morning!)

Yesterday, I hit Rubberama (rubberstamp vendor convention) with my friend Mary. I really need to be on a craft budget, especially since I had a ton of work done on my car last week...cleaned fuel injectors, power steering flush, inspection, (b/c SATURN told me that I needed $2300 worth of work on the car after the fuel injectors and ps flush!) new windshield, new front brakes, new brake lights...BUT the temptation, oh the temptation!

I got some cool iridescent paints, a few stamps, vintage ephemera, a mini rubber chicken, and the piece de resistance, leather barbed wire!!! Yahoo!!! Git 'em, Doggie!!! I think I'm gonna make a necklace and who knows what else, wrapped hearts, Texas layouts, hum???

Also on Saturday, I found an Aussie store in Santa Clara. This is important b/c I did a trade with Sharmaine and in the package, she included TIM TAMS!!! OhMyBuddha!!! I thot I had died and gone to heaven after eating these chocolaty, crunchy biscuit balls!!! They had them at the store, along with some cool aboriginal art, Aussie fuds, clothing, and cheezy Australian tchotchkes! The only scary/weird thing is that they were expired, like a lot of the fuds in that store. I suppose that is to my benefit, as the USA has not caught on to the tasty-ness of TIM TAMS! All the more for me!!! The cutest thing I saw was a tiny glass kangaroo who's pouch was distended to hold a mini jar of Vegemite!!! Nope, didn't buy it. Vegemite is really gross!!!

Speaking of thermonuclear, I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I gotta go see it again, b/c I am convinced in the beginning of the movie that Indy sez something to the effect of "I was just in a 'nucular' explosion!" Taking cues from our exhalted President, I hear...The movie was good tho'. I liked it better than that middle Indiana Jones...aliens, crystal skulls, good vs evil, thermonucular explosions!

Had dinner with an old friend last Wednesday. Turns out, we think a lot a like. We were going to see Chuck Palahniuk (author of many books, including Fight Club, Survivor, Rant, Choke, Invisible Monsters, to name a few) in the city, but Steve's schedule is wonky, so we missed out on tixs. Ended up going to dinner instead, but when I called him to confirm, we were both like "Dude, the hockey game is on! <"Dude" Shakes her head! LOL!> We gotta go some where we can watch the game." (Pittsburgh Penguins are fighting for the Stanley Cup against the Detroit Redwings!) Tasty fried prawns, pear ale, lots of laughs, good company!!! Ooooh, he let me drive his Saab!!! OHBOYOHBOYOHBOY!!! It has this "sports" package, you push this button and blast off as if you were a rocket. I would say its like having NITROUS!!! I would love a car like that, but I'd also get my license suspended for excessive speeding tickets, hee!

Other than that the usual: workouts, hair dying, bang cutting, dishes, laundry, work, blah, blah, blah, blah...

Next week will be filled with fun and adventure! Tomorrow, concert buddy Paul and I are going to see Mike Ness (lead singer of Social D!) who's embarking on his first solo tour. Music may be too country for my liking, but I'll just stand below the stage and drool, hee!!! cycle class, dinner with the X-Sis-in-Law to see her Scotland pixs (and get goodies!) and ...

DISNEYLAND!!! (with the SoulSista!)

WhooHoo!!!

Grilfiend is gettin' outa Dodge!!! I can't wait!!!

Habe a gud week!!! : .)