Sumo Merriment

Headache

Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Ouch! I have a sinus headache...and I'm...uh...not liking it very much...no sir I don't. I've had it all afternoon, but I still had dinner out with a friend from work. It was an invitation, and I like her...so I went. My husband was going to be working late anyway BECAUSE his schedule was LATE...he started in the early afternoon. So...I thought why not socialize a bit...since I spend practically ALL my time watering orchids, tillandsias and bromeliads! So there!

Well...she wanted to go to the El Torito restaurant, and that was fine by me since it had been years since I had gone there...sooo it made for a very nice change. She (E) is the kind of person that is the life of the party, and all one has to do is to sit back and enjoy the ride. Or in my case...sit there and listen...and laugh. E has a giant cat named Caruso (go figure) and apparently he is quite the character. But...that's not all...she had plenty of other tidbits to share with me that kept it interesting. No mention was made of orchids, tillandsias or bromeliads...trust me.

We parted company in the parking lot...and I believe she walked just fine to her car...after 2 margaritas...I barely drank 1...I'm not much of a drinker. The girl came to our table earlier and before I could blink my one good cyclop eye...E had thrown out for the world to hear..."Two margaritas!" Sooo...there I was thinking to myself...okay...I guess I'm having a drink tonight, sooo look out world...the sumo is on the loose!

Uh...well...I made it home, but the problem wouldn't have been the drink...the problem is sometimes my eye in the center of my forehead just doesn't work right...you know? It sure made the dog crazy though, because she barked her ass off when I stumbled through the door. Then...my kid...remember the one that just turned 21 with attitude? He starts in on me about drinking too much. The last drink I had was in March...with my husband...in Santa Barbara for the big la di dah orchid show... the one I live for all year long...and somehow I don't think that 2 drinks so far this year...qualifies me for alcoholism!

I need to go back to college so I can get a degree in SLAPPING THE CRAP OUT OF KIDS...AND WHAT A RUSH IT CAUSES!

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US Open...

Monday, August 30, 2004

Yeah! The U.S. Open started and I got to watch MY favorite tennis dude...Andre Agassi play...and he won too, so yay! Naturally I want him to win the tournament with a passion...well...he hasn't gotten too many years left poor soul...but I want him to go out with a bang like he deserves. He has given tennis addicts many years of wonderful and exciting play to watch...not to mention the class and manners with which he does it. I guess one can tell that I REALLY LIKE HIM! Oh...I probably sound like a teenager...goodness I am far from that!

Well...other than taking a break to watch the match (he he he) I spent the day caring for my orchids...which included spraying insecticide for a few mealy bugs, one has to get them under check before it can get out of control. I find it rather frightening to do this since one must take extreme care not to get it on oneself. And of course the whole time I feel like my skin is crawling and constantly being splashed with mist from the spray thingy...and I'm all gloved up with a bandana over my face (vapor) like a bandit!

I was so exhausted from it all (seriously) that I had to take the tennis break...yay! And...I didn't exactly finish all the plants either...I'll probably get into trouble from my husband for not being more industrious...naw... just kidding...he'll be happy that I started doing it in the first place. I truly am swamped with plants to take care of, not only do I have hundreds of orchids...the greenhouse is full of HIS tillandsias and bromeliads till the cows come home!

Oh!...and let's not forget that ( I, me & myself ) take care of the cleaning and maintenance of the big goldfish pond...every other day! And that's why I won't dress up beyond my bag-lady look...thank you very much!
Casual is the order of the day, especially when one looks every inch the bandit.

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Cheech & Chong

Cheech and Chong are on TV in the background as I sit typing tonights blog. These two guys are sooo funny! I hope they do another movie sometime. Heard there was a possibility that they just might. Right now they are up in Donna's apartment...this is the one that has Cheech riding in the elevator naked. Funny stuff!

Sooo...my husband and I took our son to his favorite Mexican restaurant for his 21st B-day, along with my husbands Parents and his younger brother...(who was 2 days away from his B-day too). B-day boy would not order a drink...I didn't really think that he would. But...I can tell you I did not expect him to be surly either. He just sat there stone faced, arms crossed, hunkered down (he's really tall) and wouldn't talk.

Later at home my husband asked me what I'd done or said to him...naturally I wanted to sort of yell at him, but folks I'm here to tell you that I was calm...and said I had not seen him all day until we left for the restaurant. And that's a fact Jack! So that said... I shall return to my story. All Moms are BAD and I am no exception I guess! It must be hormones or something...not mine...I don't have any. And I certainly don't have any feelings either! What a LOSER I must be eh?

I digress though. So my mother-in-law (who honestly is a wonderful lady...not perfect...but wonderul) takes care of the table conversation like she has always done...and we hear the same stories from all the years past about my husband and his brother, and on and on and on. My father-in-law (I'm sorry to say isn't long for this world...perhaps that is what upset my son)...just sat there quietly looking quite pale. We were all worried about him being able to walk steadily, but he managed it. Personally I think he is trying to make my son's college graduation...his only grandchild that seems to mean he earth and sky to him...he'll graduate next June. I only hope he makes it. He has wanted to pay for his education...but I see it as our debt as long as we can pay for it...so if that days dawns, at least I don't have to worry that his education won't continue.

My Parents live in another state...so my only immediate family is my husbands. I am an only child (no regrets)...but I have my Aunts & Uncles (both sides) in Los Angeles (where I was born ...not living in now) and a desert area outside of Los Angeles. I occassionally see them...but it's a bit of a drive. So...I tend to check on my in-laws probably more often than they would like, but I need to. I have a hard time convincing them to let me take them to the doctor if need be, or pick up their prescriptions...I'm not trying to take their independence away...I just want to help out and be useful. And it just so happens that their driving has become atrociously bad and I am very scared of an accident. And I am near to having nightmares especially about my father-in-law driving because he gets lost and forgetful. But nobody listens to me.

There...I got that off my chest. We still had a nice dinner out...even if the B-day boy was surly, and my Mama-in-law set the tone for the evenings fare. We aren't gregarious people by any means...so the fact that someone else took the mike so to speak made it easier. It's just that she tends to be sort of loud...which means our conversation is overheard, but that is how it goes...
eh? At least there is family to appreciate...I could be alone...I am grateful I am not...believe me. Although I am sort of...sort of still smarting at my husbands assumption that I may have offended the B-day boy! Whatever!

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Turning The Wine-Cup

Friday, August 27, 2004

Turning The Wine-Cup

By John P. Trowbridge

Hail! all ye children of this land!

A cheerful, mirthful, numerous band,

With you eager faces

And your graces,

Come,

Every one,

And let us

Take

Hold

Upon

This

Wine cup,

Yes,

This

Great

Wine cup,

This red wine cup,

This cruel wine cup,

This accursed wine cup

This all-intoxicating cup,

That from the ancient times

Has been filling up with crimes

And with anguish and with tears,

And with sin, and hate, and fears,

And with bitter pains and dread,

And with cursings strongly said;

While it slowly swelleth higher,

Higher, with an all-consuming fire

That from out the lustrous wine

Darts its forked flame, to twine

Round its victims, like a breath

Mixed with want, or woe, or death.

Ah! dear children, come and stand,

One great Home Guard in the land;

Take this treacherous, gilded cup,

Take and place it right side up;

Right side up, in glebe and town,

Which always should be upside down.

And let

The fears,

And wine,

And tears

Escape

Forevermore.

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Old Memory, but not forgot...Auld Lang Syne

Thursday, August 26, 2004

I was watching CNN today (of course) when the news of an Italian man that had been a captive of some
Iraqi Brigade (whatever they call themselves) had been executed. Naturally I was outraged and sad at
the same time...because human beings are losing their humanity. I'm sorry, but I find religion to be a
hard sell anymore...with what man does to man. And...don't even get me started on animals! So, I'm
sitting there, bummed and thinking about the poor man, when the Charles Manson (and extended family
members) parole hearing comes onto the TV.

Well...here's where I start going down memory lane. One yucky feeling after another. I knew someone
that was killed at the Sharon Tate-Roman Polanski estate that awful night in August. I went to school
with him...and my Parents went to school with his Parens. Lived a block away...and what a media
circus that was. Couldn't avoid driving by their house because of living in the neighbohood. It was
so terrible a thing at that time. He was the lucky one...he got shot...instead of multiple stabbings and
or gun shots too. He didn't get carved up like the others...he just happened to be in the wrong place
at the wrong time...innocently.

Then the next night Charlie decided they (the family) needed to go out again and do a random killing
and or killings...and this was to be blamed on Black people (somehow) and hopefully start a race war.
Go figure. But, what I am leading up to is poor Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. My best friend in school
called to tell me how a close friend of her Dad's (Leno & Rosemary) had been the victim of the killers
from the night before. See...the murders shared a Modus Operendi...slaughtering people and carving
PIG on their bodies and painting their walls and or doors with the victims blood...with the words PIG
and HELTER SKELTER. Hence the book of said title. Each time these people are available for their
parole, we have to relive it because it's news...and it isn't a pleasant memory at all.

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Hated It!

Don't you just hate it when you get used to a blog that you want to read all
the time and it just up and quits? Or they just simply quit blogging regularly
and write maybe once a month? Doesn't that drive you insane?

I should be ashamed...and probably publically flogged...because I am pathetic
in my need to read some of my favorite blogs! People just don't realize
how really good their blogs are...there are some terrific writers out there...
and darn it if they don't entertain us something fierce.

People come back please...you are appreciated and...well...sort of needed.
There's one blog I have been reading for 3 years...and guess what he's doing
folks? That's right...he's quitting...and he has one of the most popular and
famous blogs going...he has won several Bloggies...thank you very much.

Oh...woe is me! Wringing hands on a constant basis! I've a rash...Crikie...
or...however the Australians spell it! You KNOW what I mean...................

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Hmmm...

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Got this e-mail from a friend...

Life's journey is not to arrive at our grave safely in a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting......................
"Holy Crap! What a ride!"

Yeah...right!

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Getting My Fix On...

Monday, August 23, 2004

Well...it's Monday...and that means I can get MY FIX ON today and the rest of the week for Court TV...yeah!
When I got home from work I plopped myself down for a catch-up on the Peterson trial. Apparently I haven't
paid enough attention, because I have been mispelling the P name...my bad. I stand corrected.

Am I ever bored sick with the telephone conversations of HWSNBN (he who shall not be named) and Ms. Frey.
I just cannot figure out why he kept those calls going. One would think that he'd want to shy away from
her more. But, I guess that is applying normal rules of behavior and conduct to someone who is not exactly
normal. I know...who is the judge of what may or may not be normal?

I'd like to give him a big smack (with my hand) for the roses. He was supposed to go to an Xmas party with
Laci, but instead that same night he takes Ms. Frey to her office party...(he'd made an excuse of having to
work to his wife)...LOUSE...anyway...i digress...HWSNBN took Ms. Frey roses and something called carmel
apple...which I don't know if that is literally a carmel apple...or a drink or something. No matter.

This guy takes a rose up to her and rubs it across her cleavage and gives her a look...which gets her into the
sack on the first date. What a powerhouse...he doesn't know his own strength. Well...the rest is history if
you have been following this thing. That guy would not have been able to charm me with that...although I'm
a sucker for a good carmel apple...literally...a good carmel apple.

Who really knows what is in someone's mind...but I admit it really has me intrigued. Whenever we consider
these various cases...such as Lori Hacking for example...we cannot understand how or why these things
happen...but that is because we think and act in a normal way and would never consider doing these heinous
deeds ourselves...therefore we just cannot believe anyone else would. For the life of me it just doesn't appear
that there's anyone else to blame...but the system will have its chance, one way or another.

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Soused Synonyms

Sunday, August 22, 2004

Alrighty then! As far as can be determined the first person ever to publish a list of slang terms for drunkeness in the English language was Benjamin Franklin, who came out with his DRINKERS DICTIONARY in 1733. It contained 228 terms for intoxicated including these remarkably quaint expressions:

Has stole a Manchet out of the brewer's basket
Has drank more than he has bled
He's kissed black Betty (don't kill the messenger...I'm just repeating these things folks!)
He's had a thump over the head with Samson's jawbone
He's heated his copper
He cuts his capers
Sir Richard has taken off his considering cup
It is a dark day with him
He's a dead man
He's Prince Eugene
He's eaten a load and a half for breakfast
He owes no man a farthing
His flag is out
He's a king
The king is his cousin
He makes indentures with his legs
He's well to live
He's eaten the cocoa nut
He's eaten the opium
He smelt an onion
He drank till he gaven up his halfpenny
He's as good conditioned as a puppy
He's contending with Pharaoh
He's wasted his paunch
He's eaten a pudding bag
His shoe pinches him
It is starlight with him
He carried too much sail
He's right before the wind with all his studding sails out

Now...if this man...Mr. Franklin had not invented electricity...I would personally think that not only did he have lots of time on his hands...but, that his mind wandered into the weirdest directions!

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Pidgin

Saturday, August 21, 2004

By all accounts, it came into being some 300 years ago along the China coast as an intensely loose, linguistic shorthand with a severly limited vocabulary. The words were English and the syntax Chinese, which provided enough common ground for Western sailors and Chinese merchants to talk with one another. It was called a business language, but it was hard for the Chinese to pronounce business, which came out as something that sounded like bijin. It eventually became known as pidgin.

Over time other pidgin languages evolved: African pidgins, a Hawaiian vesion, an Anglo-Indian pidgin (known as Hobson-Jobson), pidgins based in French and Portuguese, and the rich pidgins of the South Seas. The latter are largely compatible languages spoken in Melanesia and Australia. In his "Many Hues of English", Mario Pei was tempted to describe as pidgin the Pennsylvannia 'Dutch' of York and Lancaster counties, which is not at all Dutch, but a blend of English and High German.

Although there are some who hold pidgin in disregard (it was dismissed in one edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica as a jargon conmposed of "nursery imbecilities, vulgarisms and corruptions"), it is immensely practical... something that its severest critics will admit. It is especially useful when people from two cultures are trying to communicate. Pidgin is also used in one form or another and is spoken by an estimated 30 to 50 million people worldwide.

Besides being useful, pidgin can also be chaming, expressive, and amusing... a magnet for word collectors. Here are some examples from the Pacific silands and Australia.

Foreigner...Man belong far-way place.
Put out the fire...Make-em die fire.
Secret...Talk he-hide.
Train...Big fella firesnake.
Whisper...Talk-talk easy.

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Group Picture

Thursday, August 19, 2004

I have a really bad sinus headache right now...yet I feel the need to blog.
I wasn't able to watch CNN or Court TV today, so I know that I have missed
out on some major STUFF. Just ever so quickly I did catch that the Judge in
the Laci/Connor trial of HE THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED abruptly called a halt
to today's proceedings...and it is off for the rest of the week. BUMMER!

I wonder if these people deliberately do this for the high drama because their
own lives are so mundanely ordinary...or do they get up in the morning knowing
that The Sumo will be annoyed with all their shenanigans. Oh who am I kidding,
the powers that be don't care a fig about us...their audience. Fie on them!

So I shall end with this...

A Teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the
matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you
know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face." "Yes," the class said.
"Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood
doesn't run into my feet?" A little Boy shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."

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Ten Commandments

Wednesday, August 18, 2004

A Sunday school teacher was discussiing the Ten Commandments
with her five and six year old children. After explaining the
commandments to "honor" thy Father and Mother, she asked,
"Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our
Brothers and Sisters?"
The six year old boy answered before his younger sister could
reply and said, "Thou shalt not kill."

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Jonah & the Whale

A girl was talking to her teacher about Whales.
The Teacher said it was physically impossibe for
a Whale to swallow a human because even though
it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a
Whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a Whale
could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.

The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah."
The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to Hell?"
The little girl replied, "Then you ask him."

And that is that...thank you very much!

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Politically Incorrect...

Sunday, August 15, 2004

I watched the last half of Bill Maher tonight...simply because I missed he fist half... thank you very much!
It was an awesome segment if I say so myself...and I do.

One of their topics was about the said personage of my preceding blog...Mr. McGreevey. And Mr. Bill made
an interesting comment on PEOPLE OF FAITH that simply should not be missed. If allowed...I must say I
concur wholeheartedly!

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Liberality

Thursday, August 12, 2004

Feeling green today. I've been watching CNN and saw the Govenor of New Jersey telling the Media that he was a Gay American. He is going to resign his position and leave office. If the fellow has been doing his job okay...(information that I don't have since I am a Californian) why should he not be able to continue? What has this choice in life got to do with being a politian? Hey...but didn't he do it with class? Kudos to him I say.

I get really annoyed when people zero in on the things that really don't matter...they sweat the small stuff...and when the really important stuff comes along...(I R A Q)...for example...and A L L the ramifications that roll along with it...they bury their heads in the and and start looking for someone else to pass the buck to.

Maybe this Guy is dirty...don't know...apparently there is a past lover that crawled out of the woodwork wanting money...hush money...whatever! I admit it I am a Liberal. I don't think that a sexual preference is anyones business to bother about. I don't need to know where you lick it or stick it. As long as you are a decent human and are not cruel to anyone or animals...you're okay in my book.

And why I'm at it...what's the big deal about same sex humans getting married? They will either live happily everafter,
or suffer the pangs of the damned like male/female married people. Humans that are against same sex marriage...
should by all means not engage in that type of marriage. HELLO! Those humans that choose to feel differently than you do...should by all means do as they wish. I am SO for people doing their own thing no matter what it is...as long as it does not impinge on the rights of others. Can someone explain to me how same sex marriage hurts heterosexuals?

Because...folks...if you have an answer I'd sure like to know where I went wrong. I have a husband..therefore I am
a member of the male/female relationship...so what. That doesn't make me better than other humans. But then...I am not part of the hypocritical moral majority either...that takes it upon themselves to decide for others rather than focusing on their own lives and families. I AVOID these types like the plague that they are!

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No Soaps please

Wednesday, August 11, 2004

I've become addicted (sort of) to CNN these days.
I seem to be inordinately hooked on the Laci Peterson
trial. And...I say Laci because it is about her...not he
who is not to be mentioned. I know for the record that
this guy is innocent until proven guilty...but come on
people! Are you following this stuff? And then there is
following the same stuff on Court Tv. I can't seem to get
enough of it. My husband says...Diana is still dead, the Titanic
is still down there, Laci is still gone and Lori Hacking isn't walking
through the door anytime soon...so WTF! At least I keep in tune
with the politics of the day thanks to CNN. Maybe he'd rather
I taped soaps and then insist on watching them every night.
Fact is...none of these people are coming in the door anytime soon.

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Sick and Tired...

Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Well...literally sick and tired after the day I've had.
Had to go to the Doctor late...stomach in pain.
Getting an ultra sound for GALLBLADDER...
so that takes care of the sick part.
Tired?...I've been up most of the night after getting home
and working on Menu designs for the restaurant of a friend.
I'm a dead Sumo...that's for sure!
I'm feeling icky...really!

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Trying Again...

Sunday, August 08, 2004

Mistakes already!
Somebody please tell me that there is hope for me.
And not just because I am Blonde do I make mistakes.
I always try too hard and manage to ruin what I'm doing!
But I won't give up...no sir I won't...seriously I won't...in my
best Eric Cartman voice. Seriously Sumo

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Happy Sumo Day!

This is virgin territory for me.
I am not used to sharing personal information.
I have been enjoying other people and their blogs immensely for nearly 3 years.
It restored my faith in humanity...I discovered so many wonderful writers and wits,
that I wanted to join in the fray...and perhaps a little could rub off on me.
But alas...I must run across the mat at break neck speed and go grab the wrestler at
the other end...and begin what is known as the sumo dance of life! Sumo

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