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Watch for Grandpa's cameo at 3:15. :)

Oh Mom...

(Monday night...)

*Ring ring*

Me: Hello?
Mom: Kristine...are you okay?
Me: Yeeeeeah...
Mom: Oh. Is Tony okay?
Me:....yeeeeeah.
Mom: So you're both okay?
Me: YES. Why?
Mom: Oh, I was just wondering because you usually call on my major holidays and you didn't call yesterday (Easter) so, I was worried.

*sigh*...mothers....:)

Mario Lopez

So at work today.....

*Ring ring*

Me: Hello?
Dulsey: Hey, did you ever meet Mario Lopez?
Me: .....no. Why?
Dulsey: (laughing) I know one of my friends met Mario Lopez and it seemed like the kind of random story you would have!

True, true. :)

Blast from the Past!

As many of you may or may not know, I am a huge fan of the celebrity gossip site, Pink is the New Blog. It's kind of like Perez Hilton in that Trent (the blog's author) writes about celebrity gossip, but he's actually funny and kind in his repartee, unlike Perez's often scathing, juvenile reviews.

Anyways, Trent always blogs about his daily whereabouts at the end of the day's posts, and yesterday had posted a bunch of pictures of him at The Hills MTV premiere. One of the pictures was of him and his friend "Mo"/Monique. She looked exactly like a girl I went to high school with, except her hair had been curly back then.

Sooo...because I am really curious, I decide to drop him an email asking him if she is from Naperville, Illinois and he was incredibly prompt! He sent the following email an hour later:

thank you for the kind compliment ... i'm glad you like :)

yes, my Mo is Monique Masghati and she is fabulous ... I will forward your email to her and maybe you two can catch up :)

xoxoxo

trent

So sweet! And crazy!! I had mentioned in the email I loved his blog and got Dulsey hooked on it as well. :) Haha, I don't know if she'll really remember me because we had mutual friends, but I think I only spoke with her 2-3 times and we might have had Spanish I together. But, that'll be cool if she does email back, even if it's just because she's curious. :)

I was so flattered he wrote back also because he's a minor celebrity; he hangs out with a bunch of them and is always at this or that premiere and interviewing various actors/actresses. So, if I use the six degrees (of Kevin Bacon, hehehe), I am connected to Monique, who is connected to Trent, who is connected to [insert celebrity name here I will put in Milo's]. :)

Stinkier, out!

Cars

Tony asked me what car I would want to purchase if I had all the money in the world.

My response?

A Yaris.

I have very low standards.

Ray Boltz

...Is alive!!

Apparently, Megan thought he was dead.

One of my friends once had a dream that Mary Lou Retton died and was convinced that this was real. When she woke up, she was really concerned and told her roommate, "Sarah, Mary Lou Retton died." Sarah did not believe her so they looked it up and saw that she was in fact, alive. Ever since then, whenever we see Mary Lou Retton on TV, or in the news, we say, "Jenny, Mary Lou Retton is still alive!"

Anyways, back to Ray Boltz.

Tony spent part of his post-college career playing piano for a church in Eureka, Illinois. Playing for the church meant also accompanying any singers, including one notable soloist whom decided to sing "Thank You" by Ray Boltz. Poor guy was hopelessly tone-deaf and sounded sort of sleepy, like he was yawning half the lyrics. I never knew the singer's name until today. Check out the before and after pictures:

I think he looks like a slightly chubby Yanni in the first picture and Howie Mandel's evil twin in the second. You can't tell in the second picture, but his eyes are a really bright, disturbing blue that follows you around the room when the picture's enlarged.

Oh well, I've killed enough time for today.

Stinker, out.

The Hobos

Behind Chestnut Health Systems, there is a large, muddy pond. If you squint from my window, you'll see this white, plastic looking thing that appears to be floating on the other end.

When Jason saw this, his comment was "Maybe it's a tent with some hobos living in it."

KOREAN

Someone was really proud of their heritage and printed that onto their license plate. I bet he/she is a FOB and decided to put that on their plate because they were excited about being able to customize it and knew few other English words. It's kind of like naming a child "Rainbow", putting the word "Haircut" above a salon, or only serving Thousand Island dressing. (Yes, these are all true).

So random because I would expect to see that in the Chicagoland area, not central Illinois. I mean, how many Koreans live in Bloomington? Dulsey had seen this plate and I asked if she got a good look at the driver because it would have been even funnier if he/she was white.

I'm going to get a license plate that says LATINA.

Stinker

Car Update!

The Tank is back in action! A&B Automotive did a fabulous job and my brakes aren't squishy anymore! Go Ed and team!

Stinkier.

P.S. - That's what The Tank looked like when it was first brought home. Sadly, Tank suffers from battle wounds. :( What a trooper.

Josh Barnett

Josh is a friend of mine who married my college friend, Jenny. Anyways, I know he had a blog so I decided to see if I could find it through Google. I love googling people because you know that there are other people out there with the same name as the people you know and the search results are interesting!

In any case, I found out that there is a UFC fighter named Josh Barnett who is nicknamed the 'Babyfaced Assasin'.

Babyface?

I can see the Assasin part; definitely not a guy I want to piss off.

Stinkier, over and out.

I Would Make....

A great midwife, according to my officemate and 3rd workwife, Megan.

She explained that it was because she could picture me being very encouraging when a woman was in labor. I would exclaim, "Push, push, you can do it! Almost there!" in a very positive manner.

Probably one of the stranger professions that someone said they could picture me doing. But, I don't mind it so much. It seems more exciting than a librarian, which is what my cousin told me he could see me doing for a career.

Stinkier, out.

Monster Car

My car's in the repair shop because there's a monster living in the brakes. I call him Harry. He makes growling noises whenever I stop and occasionally shakes my car to express his anger. To get rid of him, I took The Tank (my car) to A&B Automotive here in Bloomington. I initially was going to take him to the dealership here in town but, the earliest they could get me in was next Monday and I wanted to get rid of Harry beforehand. He's a nice enough monster but, my car ain't big enough for the both of us and I'm the bigger monster.

Anyways, I highly recommend this repair shop if you are in the Bloomington area and are in need of repairs. They were super friendly and quite reasonable. For front brake pads, rotors, and two sway bars, they charged me $366, which was right about what I was expecting to pay. When I took my car to the dealership two years ago, they charged me about $600 for front and back brake pads and rotors. Yeah, quite a rip-off.

My friend, Dulsey, recommended them to me and when I asked her for the phone number for the place, she wrote the following:

ok I am pretty sure it is A & B Automotive 452-9092. I know it sounds
silly but when you call I would ask if they are located behind Steak N Shake :-) Good luck! If they aren't located behind steak n shake let me know :-P

Hehehe, she's so funny!

I'll update later with how the car does.

Stinkier, out.

P.S. - When I was waiting in the little waiting area, I picked up Motor to perhaps flip through while I waited. After looking through the entire magazine in about ten seconds, I set it down. Noticing this, Ed, (the older gentleman behind the counter) leans over and hands me Harper's Bazaar, saying, "Here, this might be more interesting for you." It was even the most current issue and not three years old! Awww, thanks, Ed!

F*** You Do Me

I feel really bad for the new Cubs player. His name just looks bad:

Fukudome

I know it's pronounced Foo-koo-DOH-meh but, it just looks like it reads in a different way.

Or maybe it's just me. :)