Carny-Vegan ....Week Two.

Jan-ology

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MOUTHOLOGY

• Q. What is your salad dressing of choice? I don't use very much so really anything; as long as it doesn't have cheese or dead fish in it and always on the side. That Colonial stuff at Bob Evan's is okay.
• Q. What is your favorite fast food restaurant? None-I don't do fast food. Blech!
• Q. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Charlie Kang's in East Lansing for Korean or Ashoka or Priya in Troy for Indian-both an hour's drive at least-but whatever I am closest to. I prefer ethnic anything to American slop.
• Q. On average, what size tip do you leave at a restaurant? Typically 18%... and round it to be even.
• Q. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? Peanut butter right out of the jar.
• Q. What are your pizza toppings of choice? black olives and green peppers-unless it's from Buddy's in Detroit-then the spicy Greek one.
• Q. What do you like to put on your toast? margarine and PB if I am at home-never jelly.

TECHNOLOGY

• Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer? two dogs-one huge, one itty bitty and the small one saying "F*** you! I can only die once!"
• Q. How many televisions are in your house? One in family room-60", one in basement 12" only for videos (not using ), One in bedroom for exercise DVDs. We have satellite tv and it's only connected in the family room.

BIOLOGY

• Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed? righty but confused. I went to Catholic schools. Left was the devil-my kids are all lefties.
• Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body? I expelled alien earthlings, a few teeth, parts I no longer needed for reproduction (not by choice)
• Q. When was the last time you had a cavity? I can get all my teeth filled or even pulled and will still have cavities.
• Q: What was the last time you lifted something heavy? Today-lifted weights at the gym--this week, moved some boxes of books.
• Q. Have you ever been knocked unconscious? deliberately, many times by doctors for surgery etc. Once had a money box fall on my head from a closet shelf -full of coins. Yeowch.

BULL[CRAP]OLOGY

• Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? Nope-not interested. Quick and alone would suit me fine.
• Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to? I always wanted to be Jacqueline-very exotic to me. Just Jan don't bake anymore.
• Q. What color do you think looks best on you? black-because it doesn't show dirt-pass a bib to me if you can. I am a slob.
• Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake? A yellow crayon-holding it in my teeth and swallowed-gag!
• Q. Have you ever saved some one's life? I saved a kitten's life once-her owner's son stuck its head in a hole of a plastic jug and I used a butcher knife to cut it free. Decided then never to be an EMT.
• Q. Has someone ever saved yours? Maybe-my daughter saw I was having a seizure in the hospital and called for help. Not like they check up on you anymore.

DAREOLOGY

• Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for$200,000? no. I don't like pain.
• Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000? Yes. And a lot of other things I would quit for the same or less or even pay you.
• Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? nope-ulcers. I don't like pain.
• Q. Would you give up TV for a year for $1000? I rarely watch now, so bring it on. Take away my sports section of the paper and then we have issues.

DUMBOLOGY

• Q. What is in your left pocket? Nothing-well, my fingers as I just double checked to see that I have nothing.
• Q. Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie? I have never seen it and would not bother. Let me check Metacritic. 64 of 100-supposedly better than Nacho Libra with a 52.
• Q. Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house? some of both. Some in boxes.
• Q. Do you sit or stand in the shower? Stand. If I sit there is no room and I am on the drain.
• Q. Could you live with roommates? I am having a hard time living with a husband.
• Q. How many pairs of flip flops do you own? none-never wear them.
• Q. Last time you had a run-in with the cops? January 2007-accident deemed my fault even tho other person had no lights on in the dark. Should have been equally at fault.
• Q. What do you want to be when you grow up? a giraffe.

• Q. Who is number 1 on your top 8? My top 8 what? People who annoy me? Can we have an 8 way tie??

LASTOLOGY

• Q. Friend you talked to? My dog-and he didn't listen. Just like a man.
• Q. Last person who called you? Courtney at 12:04 AM Friday after the storm.

FAVORITOLOGY

• Q. Number? 23-Grampa, Willie Horton , summer of 1968
• Q. Season? Summer-like hot hot hot.

CURRENTOLOGY

• Q. Missing someone? missing myself.
• Q. Mood? puzzled
• Q. Listening to? Red Wings (5-2) on XM radio, baseball on TV and the hum of the computer.
• Q. Watching? computer screen-that little cursor sure is a busy guy.
• Q. Worrying about? what don't I worry about? Someone has to give a crap.

RANDOMOLOGY

• Q. First place you went this morning? toidy
• Q. What can you not wait to do? leave this place for warm forever.
• Q. What's the last movie you saw? Some bore I gave into and it didn't make an impression on me for sure-can't remember one bit of it.
• Q. Do you smile often? depends-kids make me smile. Adults usually make me cry.
• Q. Are you a friendly person? with kids and animals, yes, but I don't trust most adults, so not until I know them well.

Mouthwash-The Song

I found this song playing on a blog from the UK and thought it was catchy. But stupid me, I thought the lyrics said that "Sometimes I fart" when it actually says "Sometimes I floss" . Enjoy.




Lyrics

This is my face, covered in freckles with an occasional spot and some veins.
This is my body, covered in skin, and not all of it you can see
And, this, is my mind, it goes over and over the same old lines
And, this, is my brain, it's torturous analytical thoughts make me go insane

And I use mouthwash
Sometimes I floss
I've got a family
And I drink cups of tea

I've got nostalgic pavements
I've got familar faces
I've got mixed-up memories
And I've got favourite places

And I'm singing uh oh on a Friday night
And I'm singing uh oh on a Friday night and I hope everything's going to be
alright

This is my face, I've got a thousand opinions and not the time to explain
And this is my body, and no matter how you try and disable it, yeah, I'll still be
here
And, this, is my mind, and although you try to infringe you cannot confine
And, this, is my brain, and even if you try and hold me back there's nothing
that you can gain

Because I use mouthwash
Sometimes I floss
I've got a family
And I drink cups of tea

I've got nostalgic pavements
I've got familar faces
I've got mixed-up memories
And I've got favourite places

And I'm singing uh oh on a Friday night
And I'm singing uh oh on a Friday night
And I'm singing uh oh on a Friday night and I hope everything's going to be
alright
And I'm singing uh oh on a Friday night and I hope everything's going to be
alright....

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To be continued..................???

13.1

I posted this at my other blog but I know some visiters here don't read that one at all.

I did a half marathon Sunday. Haven't done one of those in many years, 10 miles pretty much being my comfort zone. At 11 miles, I was ready to quit and that is not like me at all. I just wanted to sit DOWN!!! I would have settled for an ant hill if I saw one. It was an interesting way to see the city of Lansing and a nice fundraiser for the Children's Museum . And we had a corpulent cop say we were her heroes--we did try to convince her to join us but I think she was stuck behind the popo wheel (with a box of doughnuts).

This is what the front of the shirts look like-lousy photo but I like it as it's not white and tea stains won't show. As I neared the finish line along the river (wish there had been more color in the trees and not 80F at the end) a duck on the water started to laugh at me! Ha Ha Ha over and over. Good thing I don't eat animals otherwise he may have been lunch!

I don't care what my time was, only that I finished and got my nice fake bronze medal (the paint is already peeling off). I have sore hips, shin splints and a burned face. Also some odd bruises that look like a comet exploded on my thigh but that could just be because I am a klutz. I did go to the gym today to try and work the kinks out a bit, see the half neked guys play hoops-we sometimes get NBA guys like Mo Pete and Mateen to knock around (and I got to watch the Wings game, Allison). Crazy but I heard there was another on Mackinaw Island the end of the month... Now that would be pretty and a fudge delight! Where do I sign up?

E-I-E-I-O

The Voice of the Turtle

Tiger Stadium was to be my final resting place. Upon my death, my ashes were to be scattered in left field among the ghosts of Willie Horton, Al Kaline, Norm Cash, Alan Trammel, Daryl Evans and many others.I spent many wonderful afternoons in the ball park with my grampa, my dad, hubby and later my kids and grand kids. I stuck with teams both wonderful and going thru the halls of hell. Until the strike .

I never went back to the ball park when the strike was settled and my dad died the next year. I am still angry over the strike. I also hated how the team was decimated and then sold--altho the new owner finally got a clue and is pouring as much cash into it as his beloved Red Wings. But this beautiful stadium was thrown to the wind. Taxpayers are now forced to pay more inside the city to pay for a new stadium. Unlike the owner of the Pistons (who financed his own new stadium) the Tigers threw away a gem and the poorest of the state pay for it-unless you stay at a hotel, eat at a restaurant or otherwise play within the county. I can count on my one hand how many times I have been inside the city limits since then. I will never go inside the new stadium. All my memories are down the road a bit.

This week it was announced that the stadium is set for demolition even tho several solutions to preserve it have been laid out. The mayor wont listen even to Ernie Harwell -the long time voice of the Tigers. Even he has been thrown to the curb. There are several groups who are hoping to save some of it-Ernie wants to save at least the playing field and some seats for a residential park/historical site

The stadium was renovated several times. The original seats were not stationery like this one. The first time I ever went to a game, it was to a seat like this and the ushers would wipe the dust off for a nickle or dime.

These seats are a bit older-notice the designs under the arm. A set of these would set you back several thousand dollars in BAD condition.

So the auction of the innards of Tiger Stadium have begun. I was able to purchase a set of seats here . This again was another upgrade but it will be all I have-I wanted 3 but they only come in twos. One for me, one for dad and one for grampa. There is also a huge auction of many items listed at this link.I want the marquee sign but can only imagine what I would do with it. It belongs at Greenfield/Henry Ford or the Smithsonian or the Hall of Fame -well it really belongs at the Corner. Michigan and Trumbell. But deaf ears and stupidity are taking it elsewhere.

I have had this sweat shirt now for over 15 years and its getting thin but it keeps me close to the ghosts. I still will be scattered in left field. My field of dreams may have a factory on it, may have a McDonald's someday or may just be an empty lot. But dreams never go away. You can always walk thru them whenever you close your eyes and hear the Voice of the Turtle.


""For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.""