Archive for March 2005
Engagement
Posted on March 27, 2005 by Ching under Life.
Congrats to Travis and Ashley on their engagement. Ashley told me that Travis proposed on Thursday, I think. I meant to share the news with everyone sooner but I am easily distracted and just kept forgetting.
It seems they’re following the same pattern that me and our other friends have followed. As you recall (okay, maybe you don’t) Brian and I moved into our house on April 14, 2001 and then three weeks later (I believe it was May 6) Brian proposed. I think Misty might remember it because she was an accomplice. She let him into the building so that he could propose to me at work.
Erin and Jason did the same thing last year. They bought a house and then got married a few months later.
Ashley and Travis seem to have followed the same formula. On February 28 Ashley closed on her house. They moved in and then about three weeks later, Travis proposed.
Anyway, a lot of people don’t believe in living together before you are married but to me it’s the way to go. Ritchie asked me the other day if things changed after Brian and I got married. I told him no. Things were exactly as they were. That’s because we were already living together before.
So anyway, best wishes to Travis and Ashley. They haven’t set a date yet, but the wedding will most likely be sometime next year. You can wish her well here.
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Plumbing Issues
Posted on March 26, 2005 by Ching under Life.
Apparently we had some tree roots in our sewer lines. The blockage was causing our tub and toilet to overflow. What a pain. We called Roto-Rooter. Thank God they were able to come today! I was told it would be twice as much if they have to come out tomorrow since it’s Easter Sunday.
The work costs $95 for the first 50 feet. I was really worried it would come out to a lot because Brian said he had to go all the way out to the main line. Mr. Clarence with was really nice, though. The bill came out to $110. I would’ve like no sewer problems and not having to pay $110 much better but it was less than I expected so I can’t complain.
Brian was really amused by the guy’s baseball cap that had “#1 in the #2 business” written on it. I must admit it’s pretty funny. I told Brian if it comes to a lot, ask him to throw in a free baseball cap. No such luck on the baseball cap request but he directed us to their company website where we can buy some goodies.
I searched and searched, but they only had company baseball caps. I was really disappointed that I couldn’t find the cap with the funny writing on it. I did find that you can get Roto-Rooter gift certificates which I totally didn’t expect. I mean, who would want to give a Roto-Rooter gift certificate as a gift? And who would want to receive one?
Anyway, I think they should’ve given me a discount for advertising their service on here. =P Of course, now one ever listens to me. Speaking of poop, here’s a good post on cat poop. Enjoy!
HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE!
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Dinner Last Night
Posted on March 24, 2005 by Ching under Life.
Jason bought us dinner at Cinnamon’s Deli last night. Perfect timing because we were just going to cook up some stuff (broke, remember?). As soon as I got home from working out Brian was like, “Let’s go! We’re eating dinner with Amber and Jason. He’s buying.”
I would’ve liked to have showered and cleaned up but no such luck as Brian was starving and we can’t really make the person buying us dinner wait. It’s okay, though, because Cinnamon’s is like 150 feet from our house. It’s practically across the street and no one is ever there as late as seven or eight in the evening.
The busiest times at Cinnamon’s are Sundays after church. So we were like the only four people there, anyway. Jason has seen and smelled me after a workout so he’s pretty much used to my stench. Amber is cool so she was nice enough not to say anything even though she sat with me in the back seat on the way there. She didn’t make any comments about my stench. Either she’s just really nice or she’s used to stinky people, too. Then again, she did date Brent (read about Brent here) so maybe she has more stench tolerance than most people.
Food was good. Conversation was good. Dinner was good overall. Thanks, Jason!
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Poker Gimmicks
Posted on March 20, 2005 by Ching under Poker.
If you can’t win at poker by sheer talent and skill, you have to come up with something. That’s what I say. But you know, the baseball cap and sunglasses and hoodies are all overdone. So you have to come up with something original.
Last time, I played poker looking like a school girl. Man, did I feel silly! It didn’t work either. Since that didn’t work, I figured I would resort to just being an all around distraction.
I was planning on wearing my red plaid skirt and a flimsy yellow shirt that you see in this picture. I wasn’t going to wear a bra so that when anyone looked at me to figure out if I was bluffing or not they’d get distracted by the nipples showing through my shirt. Ha! Ha! Ha!
The short plaid skirt has distraction written all over it as well. It’s so short that if I bend over slightly you see my ass. I’m not really averse to showing my ass for the sake of winning poker against two thousand other people. And, as you know, I just had my Brazillian bikini wax yesterday so I’m bare down there. It’s very nice!
I asked for Brian’s opinion as to what the weather would be like and whether it would be conducive to this type of outfit. He said it might be cold so I decided against it. Instead I’m wearing regular old jeans and a white top. Pretty boring but the jeans are my favorite Abercrombie & Fitch pair that I’ve been wearing so long they have a hole on the inside corner of my right back pocket. As you know, sometimes I forgo wearing underwear. The last time I wore these, Jason was picking on me. He said that if I’m going to wear holey jeans I should really consider wearing underwear. I didn’t realize that the hole was big enough to see my ass through then, but I’ve embraced the hole since then. It doesn’t bother me none. I’ll take a picture of it next time and then you guys can decide if it’s time to retire these jeans.
Speaking of suggestions.. Lance, at work, suggested a couple of weeks ago that I wear an eyepatch next time I play. He said to wear it over one eye, go to the restroom, and come back with it over the other eye. He figured that would drive people crazy. Like wearing an eyepatch wouldn’t be distracting enough! Maybe then I’ll start playing crazy pirate poker instead of crazy monkey poker! And that might just work because the crazy monkey poker strategy isn’t working.
The other day Lance brought up the eyepatch idea again. He said to just wear it over the middle of my forehead this time, which will give me the whole cyclops look. Ha! Ha! Ha! I love it!
Unfortanely, I don’t have an eyepatch to wear today. And I’m not wearing the outfit I planned to wear. So I guess I just have to rely on skill. And, with my recent poker rut, I’m beginning to doubt I have any. If anything, I need to outlast Brian at least. Wish me luck.
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Lunch at Wendy’s
Posted on March 20, 2005 by Ching under Poker.
I had to adjust the date and time. This picture was really taken yesterday at lunch but for some reason it didn’t get posted when i originally sent it. Not sure what is up. Five of us went to play poker at the Coliseum: Corey, Jason Dill, his mom, Brian and I.
Jason couldn’t come because he had his kids this past weekend. Brian and Mama Dill got knocked out really early. Jason Dill and I went out back to back right before lunch break so we didn’t have to go back so quickly. Corey was actually still in first session.
We made the mistake of taking him with us to lunch and he ended up in a bit of a bind because food was taking forever (because all the people that were playing poker decided to go to Wendy’s that day too). Luckily, we ran into Doug (another guy that we play poker with). Doug and his friend were about done eating and were heading back so Corey just picked up his food to go and rode back with them.
Us losers, on the hand, took our time eating our lunch because the loser’s bracket (aka second chance session) didn’t start until 3p. That’s the beauty of having a large poker network. You’re always guaranteed to run into someone you know who will be nice enough to give you a ride.
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