salt rocks..good for your soul.

i am kind of loving my new phone.. its very new and cool. i love to look at it and press buttons, but i still have an aversion to talking on it. :)

i need to get over to the one and only sprint store in the area to have my phone book transferred over to my new one so that i don't have to retype 100+ numbers... once i do that i decided that i will cancel my plan. it'll cost $150 to break my contract, but it will cost me $756 over the year to keep it.. its the better decision, plus i think they will just add the charge to my bill, and i can pay it little by little if i need to. :)

tomorrow i go to the fair for work. bill and hillary rodham are supposed to be going to the fair tomorrow too. maybe they will come on the show. :) i am looking forward to the following things at the fair...

possibly seeing "braeden", he has been spotted at other newscasts during the week. if he is there, he'll have to fight mike and cath for the front row on camera position.

having free dinosaur barbeque for dinner.

getting to wear a beautiful piss yellow golf shirt.

trying all the NYS wine in the wine tent.

getting fresh chocolate milk off the milk truck for 25 cents.

trying (or talking someone i'm with into trying) the deep fried spaghetti and meatballs.

riding the tram.

that's about all there is to look forward to..

last night i delivered my artwork to the place its going to be shown. it'll be there all month... it was a very dirty hippy type of place. it smelled like incense. the woman talked in a very low voice. she told me all about these salt rocks that have lights in them and how they help balance the out the positive ions that come from your TV's and electronic equipment.. say a prayer something is sold. how kewl would that be? maybe then i could retire.. hahahaha...

i've been hearing back from all kinds of people i haven't heard from in ages from the email i sent out with my new contact info... its kinda nice to catch up with everyone..

tonight i must do some freelance work. i have been slacking...

new phone... and some catch up

i have a new phone!! i'll probably send out an email with my new number, but if you want it and don't receive an email from me, email me.. i will be phasing out my old phone with the MA number. i will still be using it for an indetermined amt of time..

i also failed to mention that i found a penny machine at a little crap store in NC. so i got a set, they also had a little book inside at the counter with little slots in it for said pennies. but i figured dan the man must have a bigger and better way to store his pennies.. plus it was $5. :) HEK remind me about them if i forget to give them to you on the beer tour.



i got my new bathing suit in the mail. it probably came the saturday after we left for the NC... too bad i probably won't get to use it now the rest of the season...

my coworker told me about this show called prison break... does anyone else watch it? i ordered the 1st season from netflix, i'll see if i like it. the 2 main characters are pretty hot... hopefully i can catch up in a timely manner and start watching it in real time...

i get to work the "great new york state fair" on friday. i am pretty excited! i will be helping out with the 5 o'clock broadcast, keeping the crowd enthused... b*ll said it was easy... he had a great time doing it last week. i will get a coupon for dinosaur barbeque food for my troubles, plus i get to wear a station t-shirt.

hmmm. maybe sprint is not so bad...

completely unsatisfied with my phone, i went to the mall today with cath in tow to check out new phones. because i am not a new user i would have to pay $200 for the phone i want. :( not good. so the very helpful girl at the counter talks to my mom and i for about an hour to hatch a plan.

i found out the following things.
1. i pay about $70 a month for 700 anytime minutes of which last month i used 116. and that is a pretty typical usage.
2. i am eligible for a 16% discount on my monthly bill from sprint just for being employed with my company.
3. cath is eligible for a 15% discount with them for being a gov't employee (working for a school district)
4. she gave me a new battery (free of charge) because i told her how unhappy i was with my current LG phone not holding a charge anymore.
5. if my parents add me to their plan for $10 a month and i share their 800 minutes (of which they use a combined 67 a month typically) i would be considered a new subscription, be eligible for a $150 credit towards a new phone and i could get a new local number.

i can get the phone i want, change my number, keep my old phone for one more year because the contract... and i could split the bill with cath and we'd both save. what a win-win situation... plus i have a new battery for my old crappy phone. i am soooo excited!

we got back from the NC yesterday at about 9pm.. we left NC at 7am. that is a 14 hour drive for the mathematically challenged. grrr. not something i want to do again anytime soon. 14 hours is too long a time in the car.

that phat house that HEK sent me one time with the hot tub in the backyard went down to 159,900 from 164,900...

i was delighted to find that there are 6 new episodes of ali g on HBO demand. that is the damned funniest show ever. cath and i were crying and couldn't breath we were laughing so hard watching it.

i need to frame all my stuff tonight.

our last day

this is our last day.. its probably the hottest day we've been here yet. i'm undecided on whether or not i should go to the beach. i think i am ready to go home. it'll be nice to sleep in my own bed.

janna came by yesterday with calan. we had a nice visit..





there are more pic of our time her in the NC right here.

i can't wait to pack up the car to go back!!!!

an old college friend is coming to visit!

an old college friend and roommate is coming to visit me here in the NC. apparently she only lives 1.5 hours away. janna is bringing her newborn baby calan (pronounced cal-in)! i am so excited to see this baby.. i've seen many drawings of him on her husbands myspace page, but i want to see him in person and take my own pics!

i think its been since janna and kens wedding since i've seen her, so i am pretty excited.

on the news front, there has been an arson possibly and now a murder in my hometown of manlius since we've been gone. what the hell?

i have decided my cell phone is f'd! i am so mad i don't think i've had it that long, i would guess under a year. i'll never buy crappy LG again. too bad i can't get a razr like the rest of the world. :( that will be a priority for when i get back. i am having trouble finding artists statements online.. i have found lots of "how to's" but i would rather just take an existing one and edit it to be pertinent to me.

ooooh. i wanted to mention i had nightmares last night about laguna beach, i've probably seen 75% of the 2nd season cause that is all that is ever on the TV upstairs.. i hate those kids, what spoiled brats. that jason is pretty hot though...

alright, i'll post some pics later when i take some of janna and the baby.

i think its going to be sunny today...

it looks like it might be sunny today, unlike yesterday and the day before. its been raining on and off for a couple of days now, and when its not raining its pretty overcast. i was actually cold yesterday.

i spent most of yesterday recovering, my muscles are sore from vomiting. if you didn't read em's account of the other day i got a little carried away and had a few too many tumblers of chocolate martinis and threw up in the pool and actually passed out.. hopefully those pictures never surface.

i've been busily working on some mail art. so the next couple of people on the list watch your mailboxes...

i watched 'the machinist' this morning, very odd movie. i kept getting interrupted and people were talking so i couldn't dedicate 100% of my attention to it. christian bale lost something like 60 lbs for that role and he looked so gross.

i just realized that i need to write up and artists statement and some labels and a price sheet for my artwork that is going to be hung in 7 days. shiiiiiit.

i've been meaning to mention that i saw secret vanilla sparkle deodorant at the store and i bought the clear gel deodorant by mistake. but i think i love it... i think i am going to buy it again when i run out.

looks like HEK and LK are coming to visit again for the brewery tour in september, jenny patterson is going to come too, and maybe even her husband. wooo who, good times!

coming at you from the NC

i took some pictures today of the house, they are here..

i didn't think i was going to the beach today but after our little trip to scope it out and after a quick dip, i was convinced that i needed to come back to enjoy that cool wavy goodness.

i think we are going to get lightning tonight. i'm looking forward to it.

here are the pics of the property from the realtor.