Well my mood this week has greatly improved. Got that loan closed, and it was a bitch right up until the last minute. So I am trying to relax as much as I can this week, and I am looking forward to the 3 day weekend ahead. The weekend at comfest was good. Friday I had a good time, and was drunk, but not too drunk, so I enjoyed myself. Saturday was hot, hotter than friday and very humid. We hit the Pride parade which was fun. That started at 1pm, and by 2 when it finished I had about polished off a bottle of wine. At this point we hit the Gay Eagle and got more alcohol. The rest of the afternoon passed by in a blur. Plus I had an hour and a half nap on the blanket. I feel like I missed hanging out with everyone. We went home so I could shower and in the mean time the monsoon hit and comfest was cut short. I didn't drink as much as last year, but the heat, food, and wine did me in for sure. It was a good time all in all. There were some people I was hoping to see but didn't get too. Sunday we had to go to the baptism, so I missed sunday comfest, too bad.
I don't think I need to drink for a while that is for sure.

Well it is about 10am I need to do something with my day. I am only working three hours this evening who hoo!
So I am going to spend the day working out I think, and burn off some of the over eating and drinking calories I gained over the weekend. My gym has step/ kickboxing aerobics at 9:30am everyday, but I am really just not a morning person. I tell myself that I will get up and go, that way I get it over with early, but It hasn't happened.

I found out that the apple tree in the yard is really a pear tree. Pears suck. But I have 3 peach trees and a grapevine.
My landlord said that some lady usually askes to have all the fruit and he lets her pick it, and she picks it dry I guess. Not this year people. He said I can have it. So I have concord grapes (only grape that will grow in Ohio). And hopefully it will rain more, b/c that way there will be more peaches. I think I'll get my cuz to make some peach pie.

HUMP DAY

Is this God forsaken week over yet?

Another Week

Well the weekend was fairly good. By the time friday ended I was tired as hell and stressed. I got home at about 8:30 and bailed out on the plans to hit the latino fest. Mark and I had dinner at Spagio which was nice and then went to bed. Saturday I went shopping with his sister, and out to lunch, while the guys golfed. For dinner we ate at this Asian restaurant (called Bancock something I forget), it was a mix between Japanese dishes, and Thai food. We ate some Sushi that was really good, and I had phad thai noodles that were really fucking good. I definitely will be returning there next time we are in Cincinnati.
We were suppose to go to a cook out at Mark's best friend's house, but those plans were cancelled due to some drama between his friend and his girlfriend. It all worked out though. We went to a Reds game after we ate, bought tickets from a scalper, and they we great seats behind home plate. We had comfortable seating in a section that had people to take our order and not just yell BEER HERE! I may have to watch all ball games this way now. Mark's sister and brother in law were there too, but in a different section at some party someone was hosting. I guess the game was sold out, which was suprising since the Reds suck. But they played the Braves who are pretty good. I enjoy watching baseball no matter which teams are playing so I had fun.

I am already ready for Friday, one because I took the day off to drink and go to Com Fest with the gang. Hopefully I will actually have the entire day off, but I fear I may have to work a bit in the morning. Still having problems on this appraisal for the loan we are trying to close thursday. At this rate if I am lucky if it will close on Friday. That is what I hate about this shit. Always some fucking problem. Aside from that I plan on drinking most of the day friday and all day saturday starting off at the Pride parade. I don't like to get shit faced too often, but Com Fest is one of those times. Hopefully I will be a little less drunk than last year though. Or someone will need to have Anne check a little better this time. We do have to get up early Sunday and go down to Cinci again for Mark's niece's baptism. Hopefully I won't feel like shit.
Actually Thursday night I will be heading down to the Downtown Connection where the are giving away a Vespa. For those of you in Columbus you should go.

Rachel, Amy and Matt Browning will be in town, I am excited. Amy did you work that shit out with your Mom?
Can wait to see you guys!
Com fest really is the best festival of the year.

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TGIF is all I can say

Though I have a 12 hour work day ahead of me :( at least tomorrow is Saturday. We're hitting the Latino fest, probably, this evening with my parents. The keep bugging for us to go out with them. But then we have to get up early to head to Cincinnati, where I plan on doing alot of relaxing this weekend.
OK off to the day of fun.

I might as well blog as I wait for these morons to send the shit I need to get this loan into underwriting. I have better things to do with my time that sit around waiting for shit. These fucking people at the appraisers office are really pissing me off right now. This loan needs to close by next thurday to keep everyone happy, buyer, sellers, realtors. I really wanted to get the loan into underwriting yesterday, at this rate I won't get it in until tomorrow, which could potentially fuck things up. Ok time to harass everyone again.

I guess I should update this thing. My relaxing June really hasn't been. I guess I am working a little less, maybe.
We went shopping today, got a few things. Overall I didn't really like much that I saw at the mall. Mall stores kinda suck anyway. I prefer Easton, but you know shit costs more out there, but they do have better stores than Tuttle. I really need a new pair of jeans and a skirt. Didn't find either. I hate all these little house on the prairie hippy skirts that are in right now. And I about about sick of the low low rise shit. I really don't feel like having my ass crack sticking out. I think that I am going to have to save up and by a pair of jeans at DR. MOJO. Overpriced yes, but the jeans there fit better and last longer.

We are going out for Roberto's b-day tonight. Going to Due Amici. A new italian place downtown. They have Cannoli on the menu, so I think I will be skipping dinner and going straight for the desert this evening, and then on to a martini.
We may hit Gasworks after that, shitty music, but cheap drinks, a patio, and non-coin pool tables. Or we may go next door to Spicy and try to feel posh and important. Too bad Amy and Rachel aren't in town this weekend too! but looking forward to seeing you for Com Fest weekend!

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You entered: 8/30/1979
You were born on a Thursday
under the astrological sign Virgo.
Your Life path number is 1.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444115.5.
The golden number for 1979 is 4.
The epact number for 1979 is 2.
The year 1979 was not a leap year.

As of 6/7/2005 10:20:16 AM CDT
You are 25 years old.
You are 310 months old.
You are 1,345 weeks old.
You are 9,413 days old.
You are 225,922 hours old.
You are 13,555,340 minutes old.
You are 813,320,416 seconds old.

There are 84 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 26 candles on it.

Those 26 candles produce 26 BTU's,
or 6,552 calories of heat (that's only 6.5520 food Calories!) .
You can boil 2.97 US ounces of water with that many candles.

Your birth tree is

Pine Tree, the Particularity
Loves agreeable company, very robust, knows how to make life comfortable, very active, natural, good companion, but seldom friendly, falls easily in love but its passion burns out quickly, gives up easily, many disappointments till it finds its ideal, trustworthy, practical.


There are 201 days till Christmas 2005!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was in its first quarter.

A quiz because I have no time to blog

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Getting up early to play Tennis before the long ass day of work crap. Thought I'd throw a quiz in here before bed.

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By a vote of 56-43 the Senate confirmed Priscilla Owen, an anti-choice judicial activist from Texas, to a lifetime position on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

House Republican leaders refused to allow debate or votes on two amendments that would have provided compassionate health care to military women who’ve been raped. The first would have ensured that the morning-after pill, ordinary birth control pills that can prevent pregnancy after sex or assault, is made available to servicewomen at every military base. The second amendment would have allowed women to use their military health insurance for abortion care in cases of rape or incest. Given that sexual assaults against servicewomen rose 25 percent in 2004, it's appalling that anti-choice lawmakers refused to allow these amendments to even come to a vote.

Military women were also yet again denied the right to access abortion care at military facilities overseas when the House defeated an amendment to repeal a ban that forbids servicewomen and female military dependents from using their own money to pay for an abortion at overseas military hospitals.

The right wing, anti-choice majority of the state legislature is continuing to chip away at the health care options available to Ohio women!

State Rep. Michelle Schneider (R-Cincinnati) has introduced legislation to prevent public hospitals in the state from performing abortions. The only exception would be when the woman's life is in danger.

Otherwise, abortions at public hospitals would be illegal for victims of rape and incest, for women carrying severely disabled fetuses, for women who become pregnant when contraception fails and cannot provide for another child in the family, and for all other circumstances.

Also, if many state and local government workers want coverage for abortion care, they will be forced to pay the additional premium and all other costs associated with this coverage. That's because House Bill 239 would make it illegal to use public funds to pay for any insurance plan that provides coverage for abortions that are performed other than to preserve the life of the mother.

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HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS
NAME
DISTRICT PHONE
STATEHOUSE
PHONE
D/R
HOME

COUNTY
Barrett, Catherine L.
513/681-0050
614/466-1645
D
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Beatty, Joyce
614/253-6443
614/466-5343
D
Columbus
Franklin
Brown, Edna
419/243-1415
614/466-1401
D
Toledo
Lucas
Combs, Courtney
513/984-5258
614/644-6721
R
Fairfield
Butler
DeBose, Michael
216/751-8073
614/466-1408
D
Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Fessler, Diana M.
937/845-8428
614/466-8114
R
New Carlisle
Clark
Harwood, Sandra
330/652-5808
614/466-3488
D
Niles
Trumbull
Hoops, James M.
419/592-2683
614/466-3760
R
Napoleon
Henry
Kearns, Merle Grace
937/323-1581
614/466-2038
R
Springfield
Clark
Martin, Earl
440/933-3213
614/644-5076
R
Avon Lake
Lorain
Mason, Lance
216/491-8622
614/466-5441
D
Shaker Heights
Cuyahoga
Otterman, Robert J.
330/733-8254
614/644-6037
D
Akron
Summit
Peterson, Jon M.
740/369-6168
614/644-6711
R
Delaware
Delaware
Raussen, Jim[1]
513/674-7281
614/466-8120
R
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Reidelbach, Linda
614/885-1611
614/644-6030
R
Columbus
Franklin
Schneider, Michelle G.[2]
513/271-0908
614/644-6023
R
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Seaver, Derrick
419/628-2445
614/466-1507
R
Minster
Auglaize
Smith, Geoffrey C.
614/487-6050
614/644-6005
R
Columbus
Franklin
Smith, Shirley A.[3]
216/761-6682
614/466-7954
D
Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Webster, Shawn N.
513/868-6221
614/644-5094
R
Hamilton
Butler
White, John J.[4]
937/434-4473
614/466-6504
R
Kettering
Montgomery
Widowfield, John
330/928-3353
614/466-1177
R
Cuyahoga Falls
Summit