Reason #38 I don't live in the city....

For those of you that don't live in the city of Chicago, the above picture depicts how you properly save your spot in winter. Parking in Chi-town is a bitch to begin with, but throw in snow parking rules and you've got an all out war.

Here's how it goes down: a person shovels out their spot when they leave and they place a piece of furniture in said spot to save it (usually a lawn chair, orange construction cone or even small pieces of furniture). If you are stupid enough to move the object and park there, don't be surprised if your car is f**ked up the next morning. Ghetto.

Not having to deal with this is one of the very few benefits of living in the burbs. Just my 2 cents.

Ghettoness of the week...

Nuff said.

Naked Cowboy

A few weeks ago the Naked Cowboy made his way across the country and landed in Chicago outside of Union Station. The 35 degree weather didn't stop him from doing his thing. I became intrigued and did some more research on him. Turns out, the Naked Cowboy is racking in about $1k per day....not bad, not bad at all.

Keep shaking your ass Naked Cowboy.

WTF?!

"Pregnancy Pact" is the name of the made for t.v. movie based on true events in a Mass. highschool. An astounding 17 girls got pregnant INTENTIONALLY because they thought it would be cool to raise a baby together (one of the 'fathers' was a 24 year old homeless guy).

Shit like this blows me away. I was by no means a good teenager, in fact, I was quite the crazy kid. But back in my day, we tried our hardest not to get pregnant.

For the life of me, I can't wrap my brain around this whole scenario. It is so sad and disgusting all at the same time.

Huh?!

Today a coworker asked to use my Carmex. It's not a nice tube like the one above, but the actual stick.

She and I are pretty good friends as far as 'office peeps' go, but her request kind of caught me off guard.

I'm not sure what kind of look I had on my face, but she quicly followed up with 'it's not like i have herpes or anything'.

I didn't know what to do so like I fool I shoved my Carmex in my pocket and walked away.

She's still pissed.

Ghettoness of the week...

I have a confession to make. I have an area in my apt. that looks like this. *Sigh*. Yes I keep things very neat and tidy, but there is a certain place that no one goes...and it's my closet. It has so much junk and crap that I walk in...grab what I need and walk out real quick so I don't have to look at my mess, never mind that I trip and almost break my neck on the countless bags and shoes I have on the floor.

I'm not sure why, but maybe I like it that way. Everything else is in such order, that perhaps I need a little bit of chaos to stir things up? Or maybe I'm just lazy and refuse to clean it! Whatever the case may be, I just thought I would let you know that my closet it horrendously messy. There...now you can continue on with your day.

Pants on the ground...

I'm sure you are all familiar with General 'Pants on the ground' Larry Platt. What I didn't know is what an amazing role this gentleman took during the civil rights movement. After reading this article, I love Larry even more. http://www.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/01/general-larry-platt-a-closer-look/1

Seriously?!

Heidi Montag is 23 years old and was just featured on the cover of People magazine for undergoing 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day. For those of you who do not know her, she's famous, for well...being infamous. She is part of the reason why 12 year old girls are shoving their fingers down their throats to get rid of lunch. She is SCREAMING the wrong message to a group of young women in society that are already being surrounded by distorted views on what 'women' should look like. She makes me sick.

Being a Packer fan

In my opinion, Packers fans are the best fans out there! We have no problem sitting in sub zero weather to cheer our team on. No problem traveling across the country to catch a game. We are proud of the Lambeau Leap, our infamous Cheeseheads and Vince Lombardi. We help shovel out the stadium in bad weather, we will tailgate for hours in freezing weather and dammit we can cook a mean brat. I am proud to be a Packers fan (in Bear country) and I will continue to love my team win or lose.

Although we had a heartbreaking playoff loss, I'm excited to see what we look like next season and already counting down the days. :-) Go Pack Go!

Devastation

It makes me incredibly sad to think about what the people of Haiti are going through. There is no way, I can comprehend on ANY LEVEL what it must be like right now. Watching the coverage on the news is humbling to say the least. It really makes me take a step back and realize everything I have. It also makes me realize what an asshole I am for getting upset that my local convenience store was out of my 'favorite' water. All the little things I take for granted when others are going without basic necessities to live. Reality check time Dawn!

Sending much love to the people of Haiti.

People are people

Alot doesn't need to be said about the above picture. It's sickening. So glad it's over right?? Wrong. When will we realize that humans beings are just that, and allow everyone the right to get married? One day we'll look back at this whole 'gay marriage' debate and cringe...just like we're cringing at the picture posted here.

Just my two cents...

Blog world

Although it's 2010 and lots of people already have blogs, I haven't followed many and I didn't have one of my own. When I decided to start one, the whole thing seemed a bit odd. Who am I to think that my thoughts/rants/whatever actually want to be heard by everyone?! I mean, who really cares if I had road rage that day and what I had for breakfast.

Blogging almost seems a little like voyeurism to me. People peeking in to your private (but very public) thoughts. Interesting.

Scandal...

So much scandal surrounding Tiger right now. I don't agree at what has gone down, but the realist in me understands that this is not out of the ordinary for anyone in 'the business'. In fact, I think it's safe to wager that this type of thing happens more often than not.

I can't imagine what his wife and family are going through. Sux.

Irritating...

A friend started talking about cell phone usage today on Facebook and I thought that would be a good opportunity for me to go on one of my (many) rants.



It's 2010 and in my opinion cell phones have gotten completely out of control. When I graduated highschool (1996) there was not a single person in my entire school that owned a cellphone. Now EVERYONE seems to have one. Not a problem, I love my phone, but here a just a few rules to follow folks:

• You should not be using the bluetooth ear piece unless you're in a vehicle. Period. I really hate you annoying bastards who feel the need to talk in the grocery store, pharmacy, or anywhere in public for that matter.


• The "Wacky Frog" ringtone is cute...if you're 10.


• "Texting" in sick to work is not cool. Ever. Pick up the phone and call.


• When I'm in a restaurant trying to enjoy a meal and you are on the phone talking away, well that's just plain rude! How would you like it if I shoved the cellphone up your ass?? You wouldn't now would you? Ok, that's how I feel when I hear you gabbing at the table next to me. Take it to the lobby!


• When you're taking any form of public transportation (except cabs...they have their own rules) get off the phone. There's nothing worse than a long Metra ride home, having to listen to Bambi go off on her boyfriend. Blah.
  

My first blog.

Well kids, here goes nothing. I've decided today to start a blog. I've waited a while to do so, because I thought, who the hell would be interested in what I had to say (or think) for that matter? Then I realized my Facebook statuses were getting longer and longer and longer....well you get the picture.

So welcome to my blog. For those that know me, I can be funny, crass, loud and opinionated and I expect my blog to be the same. :-)