We have our DSL back and it's even faster than our old service! Glee! I'm working on revamping the CC and MJ pages. I'm also thinking of changing to Moveable Type and moving my journal to the main page.
Zack and I are going to buy a Jeep. And not one of those fugly new models. Our friends Meghan and Ryan just bought a Scrambler. Zack is jealous. This purchase may cut into our summer vacation funds, but to hell with South Dakota... we're getting a frigging Jeep!
I was kidding about the to hell with South Dakota thing. I love that state. Some day we're going to buy a cabin in the Black Hills. If fate is kind to me maybe we can even buy back my childhood home. That would be a dream come true.
I have a confession to make. Zack and I don't live in Dallas anymore. When we moved in January we relocated to the 'burbs. We now reside in Plano (AKA - the Heroin Capital of Texas). It's just north of Dallas. It's kind of Twilight Zone-ish up here. We have all the shopping convenience of living in Dallas, but with better parking. Our local mall has a regulation hockey sized ice skating rink. I live about three miles away from World Market, Whole Foods, Bed Bath and Beyond, Ulta, and Ross... along with every other store you could possibly imagine. Zack's commute to work is less than 2 miles. The traffic is marginally better than Dallas. Everyone drives expensive SUVs. They seem to favour H2s. Women wear fur coats to go grocery shopping. Crime is relatively low (aside from the heroin addicted teenagers. but they're all from rich families, so their only crimes involve shooting up and occasionally discarding their used needles in parking lots.) so people are very friendly and chatty. We have actual wildlife up here. Bunny rabbits frolic in our courtyard. We've seen three coyotes. In the less-than-two miles to Zack's work you drive right past a pasture that is home to three or four full grown Texas Steers. Those things have scary-ass antlers. Horns. Whatever.
Unkle John, I hope you don't think less of me for being a 'burbanite.
Other observations... I've noticed that I get a bit more respect since I got my tattoo. Since it's on my forearm it's almost always visible, unless it's cold enough for a jacket. Children gawk. Teenagers think it's cool. Adults either gawk or think it's cool. Hoity-toity clerks in Macy's and Nordstrom seem nervous, like I could get violent if they act condescending, so they either ignore me or are very eager to please. Old people gawk. When people ask me if it's a real tattoo I tell them it's a lick-n-stick. No matter the reaction, I find it infinitely amusing. I wish I had gotten a tattoo years ago.
Once again I'm meeting strangers who think they've met me before... or else I look exactly like someone they know or used to know. When I was helping out Z's Mom & Sis with their yard sale a young girl asked me if I went to her high school. Did that make my week? You bet your sweet bippy it did!
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OK.. you are making me homesick now. I know the exact area you are talking about. This is where I lived for many years.... Heck, I think you can still get away with calling Plano... Dallas. I always did. Most people outside of DFW have no conception of the Plano/Frisco area. I never thought of it as a twilight zone, but I guess it could be if your not from there. It is a bit of a strange place. Hope all is well with you.
Posted by tyd @ 03/26/2003 05:07 PM CST
You a 'burbonite? Heh I grew up in Midlothian... it's going through it's own burbonismsmsmm.....
Hey bring the shinner or ziegenbock to the next ghost hunt.
Want to see something freeky... go down old downtown Plano.... just about every store is a Harrington. So in a way, i'm in Plano too. The only problem I have with Plano people is that they are just as bad as the tornado witnesses when they get on TV. Always bitching and complaining. BUT it it the media's fault in only showing one side of the coin on that. I have family in Garland, an aunt and a couple of cousins. There are a few pretty cool thrift stores there in Garland. go check them out, if ou find any tiki snag them!
Posted by Unkle John @ 03/26/2003 06:50 PM CST
Wow...a 'burbanite, huh? Why the Jeep and not a Volvo? hehehehehehe The next thing I"ll read is that you're into scrapbooking and making your own Laura Ashley jumpers! hehehehehehe
Posted by Kristin @ 03/26/2003 08:02 PM CST
That's it! I'm getting my tattoo. If snotty salespeople start aiming to please, it'll be worth it :)
Posted by kristin @ 03/29/2003 09:14 PM CST
Well, I'm positive I don't know you, but I would swear up and down that I have met your brother. Where? When? How? No clue, I just recognize him from somewhere.
And Hottie Rosenbaum?! Oh yes!!
Posted by "imachick" @ 04/03/2003 03:58 PM CST
I personally dont like Michael Ian Black. I thought he was cute at first, but he gets really annoying and obnoxious after a while. I thought
about it and I think he is full of himself. I really dont like arrogant people and he isnt all that good looking. You seem to be a nice person though.
keep up the good work.
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