www.oasisoftheseas.com
Wow!
An no, I'm not a bunny boiler. I didn't buy a two-person kayak because I expect a man to be there.
2 hours ago
Sunday, 1 November 2009
A Public Service
I found a good website today for vitamins and a whole lot more.
www.vitacost.com
Personally I don't go to town with vitamins because (I don't understand what I need) I try to get them naturally through food and exotic beverages, so actually I didn't buy anything but the grass powders, like what this is
but bigger.
I also bought all that I'll need for quite a few detox fasts.
The Benonite Clay
and Psyllium Powder 
(not this one)
Remember when you do this detox that every 1.5 hours you alternate between the clay and a glass of barley grass or wheat grass. I wasn't tired nor hungry on this fast when I did it for 7 daze; unlike how fcked up I got on the cayenne/maple syrup one that caused me to put on weight when I tried it in 2006 bwahahahahahaahahaahaha- (yummy pancakes)
On the fast this year I remember visiting a friend who offered me a sip of honey liquor and all I could have was a teeny tiny weeny drop. It. was. hellish.
I'm tigressing.
All the above was way cheaper at vitacost than in the shops and shipping is only $4.99, no matter how much you order. (Wish they sold generators)
For you cruisers out there, the Bentonite clay is a handy thing to have in your medical cabinet as it can treat food poisoning and other ailments because it drags out all the crap that is screwing your body up. So yah, very good for food poisoning.
I also bought ginger. Ginger tea and Ginger tablets (550mgs)
(not these ones)
Why? Well, I get seasick - sljfdkajfldasjfdasjfsadkjf- and ginger is supposed to help stop you getting seasick, so I thought that tablets and teas would be the way to go. Ginger is good for all kinds of motion sickness. Not that I'm going sailing. I have no eye deer what the future holds. I am merely covering all possibilities and right now I am in the USA where buying stuff like this is far too easy. Y'all have no eye deer how difficult it is to get things sent to Mexico. It. is. impossible. You have to send to an address in the States and then have somebody bring it down. A complete fiddlefck.
Hence all this shopping.
Vot else did I buy?
Sunblock. Good sunblock. At a good price. $5. Lots of it. Cos it doesn't matter where you travel - unless to Walgreens - sunblock is always wayyyyyyyyyyyyy overpriced cos they know they've got you by the 'nads.
Not me. Fack that. I plan ahead and therefore save money that will instead be spent on joyous pleasures.
Talking of pleasures, I also bought a butterfly kiss. Bwahhhahahahahahahahahaaaaa.
Yep, if you want some vits or grasses or sex toys or safe sunblocks, then get thee to vitacost.com.
Because you deserve it.
p.s
Don't get your sprouts from vitacost though. Get them from Mumm's at www.sprouting.com. Half the price of vitacost.
www.vitacost.com
Personally I don't go to town with vitamins because (I don't understand what I need) I try to get them naturally through food and exotic beverages, so actually I didn't buy anything but the grass powders, like what this is
but bigger.I also bought all that I'll need for quite a few detox fasts.
The Benonite Clay
(not this one)Remember when you do this detox that every 1.5 hours you alternate between the clay and a glass of barley grass or wheat grass. I wasn't tired nor hungry on this fast when I did it for 7 daze; unlike how fcked up I got on the cayenne/maple syrup one that caused me to put on weight when I tried it in 2006 bwahahahahahaahahaahaha- (yummy pancakes)
On the fast this year I remember visiting a friend who offered me a sip of honey liquor and all I could have was a teeny tiny weeny drop. It. was. hellish.
I'm tigressing.
All the above was way cheaper at vitacost than in the shops and shipping is only $4.99, no matter how much you order. (Wish they sold generators)
For you cruisers out there, the Bentonite clay is a handy thing to have in your medical cabinet as it can treat food poisoning and other ailments because it drags out all the crap that is screwing your body up. So yah, very good for food poisoning.
I also bought ginger. Ginger tea and Ginger tablets (550mgs)
(not these ones)Why? Well, I get seasick - sljfdkajfldasjfdasjfsadkjf- and ginger is supposed to help stop you getting seasick, so I thought that tablets and teas would be the way to go. Ginger is good for all kinds of motion sickness. Not that I'm going sailing. I have no eye deer what the future holds. I am merely covering all possibilities and right now I am in the USA where buying stuff like this is far too easy. Y'all have no eye deer how difficult it is to get things sent to Mexico. It. is. impossible. You have to send to an address in the States and then have somebody bring it down. A complete fiddlefck.
Hence all this shopping.
Vot else did I buy?
Sunblock. Good sunblock. At a good price. $5. Lots of it. Cos it doesn't matter where you travel - unless to Walgreens - sunblock is always wayyyyyyyyyyyyy overpriced cos they know they've got you by the 'nads.
Not me. Fack that. I plan ahead and therefore save money that will instead be spent on joyous pleasures.
Talking of pleasures, I also bought a butterfly kiss. Bwahhhahahahahahahahahaaaaa.
Yep, if you want some vits or grasses or sex toys or safe sunblocks, then get thee to vitacost.com.
Because you deserve it.
p.s
Don't get your sprouts from vitacost though. Get them from Mumm's at www.sprouting.com. Half the price of vitacost.
Chopsticks From The Thai Burma Border
From that to this. Topped with red cabbage, a sprinkling of cayenne, and a knob of butter, because I don't mind if I don't reach 100 years old.
Palm Oil Truck In Thailand
Vot is interesting about travelling around the globe and getting to see other countries is that you are able to strike comparisons.
Bwhahahahah.
Boring post.
Thailand has a busy energy. Almost everything you see is something natural and useful.
Every square inch of the country - slight exaggeration - is like one ginat, yes, ginat, lush plantation: vegetables, rice, fruit, shrimp farms, coconuts, palm oil, rubber - production is everywhere.
Thailand has the highest number of pick-up trucks of any other country in the world.
Nan Ji Desu Ka
Eh? Have the clocks changed? Does AZ change too? Fck. What time is it? So when I got up at 6am this morning to have a Stealth Coffee, it was actually 5am? You gotta be kidding!
NEW HARKEN 2 SPEED POWER RATIO 32 SELF TAILING WINCH
It's going for $400. I need two more winches on my boat and fack, they cost a bomb!!!
I never really wrote about the inaugural voyage because so much crap started happening in my life, but we discovered - and I cannot believe this didn't become obvious in 2005 when crossing the Sea of Cortez- that the boat is dangerously under winched.
Anyway, blah, this is something I have to buy. The price seems right, don't you think, when equipment like this usually sells in the high 100's.
Fack. I wish I was married and sharing this beast of burden.
It's going for $400. I need two more winches on my boat and fack, they cost a bomb!!!I never really wrote about the inaugural voyage because so much crap started happening in my life, but we discovered - and I cannot believe this didn't become obvious in 2005 when crossing the Sea of Cortez- that the boat is dangerously under winched.
Anyway, blah, this is something I have to buy. The price seems right, don't you think, when equipment like this usually sells in the high 100's.
Fack. I wish I was married and sharing this beast of burden.
,
One of the reasons why I managed to quit work now, and not when I'm 60, is because I've only ever shopped for
1] food
2] drink
3] clothes from recycle shops
4] furniture from recycle shops
5] everything from recycle shops
6] and I never had a baybeeeee.
I never ever 'went shopping' for fun.
Ever. Never. Ever. Nobody ever called me up and said, 'Hey bitch! Wanna go hang at the mall today. Check out Victoria Secrets new fall line'.
I lie. Thor used to come banging on my door at uni in the USA begging me to go see the new VS lines.
Nope, d'at never happened cos all my friends (1) know that I don't give a toss about 'going shopping' and (2) I have no friends
One of my mates once said,
'You are so tight with your money, Maria. You never treat yourself to a necklace or an extra pair of shoes or something that I'd probably buy on sight, because well, why not, I mean, that's why we work, isn't it? So we can treat ourselves.'
I replied, 'I do spend my money, I just spend it differently than what you does. Hey, just yesterday I splurged on a $25 bottle of wine from Meiji-ya and a $100 bag of speed'.
Do ya get the gist? I just don't shop. Ergo, I didn't eat into my savings like what most folks might do if they had a job with free rent.
Some people when they get money just blow it. A friend of a friend just got a job and then bought a brand new vehicle. That must be just about the dumbest way to spend money. Half of a year's salary on a new car that will only lose value. I just don't get it.
I wonder what my sibling would have done had she been left money by our grandfather like what I was. Would she have spent it all by now after getting yet another photographic portfolio of herself lying on a tiger print throw, or a new car, or whatever.
I have only spent (if we don't include that damn Turkey flat which I wish I hadn't bought now(fcking Italian) 10k sterling of the gift since 2005, which I think illustrates great restraint, especially when you consider that half of that went on the boat's initial purchase. 5k from grampy's gift and the rest from my easily earned savings.
What is my point here?
Well, I'm trying to justify the most massive shopping spree I have ever been on. EVER.
This past few days feels like I've spent about $500,000,000.
But I deserve it, don't I?
I worked from 24 till 40 and hardly ever went shopping because it was fun-to-be-frugal.
This means I can spend my money now, just like my grampy, upon my urging, finally started to spend his money towards the end of his life. (Not that I'm planning on kicking the bucket anytime soon)
I said to him,
'Gramps. Why don't you treat yourself more. You're 83 years old, you deserve it.'
I tell ya, I really cried when I went into his house a few months later and found that he'd bought a new kettle,
a new toaster, and some other small items. It was just a shame that he hadn't started spending sooner because he was now dead and his substantial savings would never get used by him. I think the money he saved during his lifetime ended up going on his wife's son's children's 'home extensions', the portion to the Evil Uncle was used to mop up a mortgage(what a waste), the Nice Uncle probably bought a good bottle of wine and then stashed the rest away for his kids, and me, well, so far 5k sterling has been spent as part-payment for my boat, and uh, fack, 28k for the flat.
Uh, facking Italian.
My point is it felt good to finally buy a sprouter and 6 lbs of sprouting seeds.
Whilst the initial outlay was $70, I will be sure to save money in the long run, as vegetables in supermarkets are not cheap, not at all, and one can get a hell of a lot of nutrition from broccoli sprouts and the likes of.
Oh yah, I also bought 2lbs of wheatgrass powder and 2lbs of barley grass and 1lb of kelp.
One of the reasons why I managed to quit work now, and not when I'm 60, is because I've only ever shopped for
1] food
2] drink
3] clothes from recycle shops
4] furniture from recycle shops
5] everything from recycle shops
6] and I never had a baybeeeee.
I never ever 'went shopping' for fun.
Ever. Never. Ever. Nobody ever called me up and said, 'Hey bitch! Wanna go hang at the mall today. Check out Victoria Secrets new fall line'.
I lie. Thor used to come banging on my door at uni in the USA begging me to go see the new VS lines.
Nope, d'at never happened cos all my friends (1) know that I don't give a toss about 'going shopping' and (2) I have no friends
One of my mates once said,
'You are so tight with your money, Maria. You never treat yourself to a necklace or an extra pair of shoes or something that I'd probably buy on sight, because well, why not, I mean, that's why we work, isn't it? So we can treat ourselves.'
I replied, 'I do spend my money, I just spend it differently than what you does. Hey, just yesterday I splurged on a $25 bottle of wine from Meiji-ya and a $100 bag of speed'.
Do ya get the gist? I just don't shop. Ergo, I didn't eat into my savings like what most folks might do if they had a job with free rent.
Some people when they get money just blow it. A friend of a friend just got a job and then bought a brand new vehicle. That must be just about the dumbest way to spend money. Half of a year's salary on a new car that will only lose value. I just don't get it.
I wonder what my sibling would have done had she been left money by our grandfather like what I was. Would she have spent it all by now after getting yet another photographic portfolio of herself lying on a tiger print throw, or a new car, or whatever.
I have only spent (if we don't include that damn Turkey flat which I wish I hadn't bought now
What is my point here?
Well, I'm trying to justify the most massive shopping spree I have ever been on. EVER.
This past few days feels like I've spent about $500,000,000.
But I deserve it, don't I?
I worked from 24 till 40 and hardly ever went shopping because it was fun-to-be-frugal.
This means I can spend my money now, just like my grampy, upon my urging, finally started to spend his money towards the end of his life. (Not that I'm planning on kicking the bucket anytime soon)
I said to him,
'Gramps. Why don't you treat yourself more. You're 83 years old, you deserve it.'
I tell ya, I really cried when I went into his house a few months later and found that he'd bought a new kettle,
a new toaster, and some other small items. It was just a shame that he hadn't started spending sooner because he was now dead and his substantial savings would never get used by him. I think the money he saved during his lifetime ended up going on his wife's son's children's 'home extensions', the portion to the Evil Uncle was used to mop up a mortgage(what a waste), the Nice Uncle probably bought a good bottle of wine and then stashed the rest away for his kids, and me, well, so far 5k sterling has been spent as part-payment for my boat, and uh, fack, 28k for the flat.Uh, facking Italian.
My point is it felt good to finally buy a sprouter and 6 lbs of sprouting seeds.
Whilst the initial outlay was $70, I will be sure to save money in the long run, as vegetables in supermarkets are not cheap, not at all, and one can get a hell of a lot of nutrition from broccoli sprouts and the likes of.
Oh yah, I also bought 2lbs of wheatgrass powder and 2lbs of barley grass and 1lb of kelp.
Stories From Supermarkets
Yesterday I was in the supermarket and a man down an aisle said,
'You're brown! (I'm not actually; especially when you consider that I spent 5 months of this year in a tropical climate)
Where've you been?', to which I answered 'Asia', to which he responded, 'Asia!!!!', to which I said, 'Yes,' to which he said something, and then I said something with a play on words, which he didn't get, and then that was it.
So I went and bought a Red Baron pizza for $2.88 (special offer) and a 6-pack of Berry Weiss, and then at the till I didn't have enough money, but the lady on the till said she'd cover it for me and 'you've chosen a great beer there'.
The other day at another supermarket there was a ravaged looking American Indian with a bag of candy that he couldn't pay for even though he'd stood in line and was now right in front of the till lady. The man behind him and in front of me, a young 'hip' Mexican with a G3 6 o'clock shadow, who was buying a bunch of paper plates and cups (party), paid for the Indian's candy.
How nice.
'You're brown! (I'm not actually; especially when you consider that I spent 5 months of this year in a tropical climate)
Where've you been?', to which I answered 'Asia', to which he responded, 'Asia!!!!', to which I said, 'Yes,' to which he said something, and then I said something with a play on words, which he didn't get, and then that was it.
So I went and bought a Red Baron pizza for $2.88 (special offer) and a 6-pack of Berry Weiss, and then at the till I didn't have enough money, but the lady on the till said she'd cover it for me and 'you've chosen a great beer there'.
The other day at another supermarket there was a ravaged looking American Indian with a bag of candy that he couldn't pay for even though he'd stood in line and was now right in front of the till lady. The man behind him and in front of me, a young 'hip' Mexican with a G3 6 o'clock shadow, who was buying a bunch of paper plates and cups (party), paid for the Indian's candy.
How nice.
Saturday, 31 October 2009
I bought this.
Forgot how much it cost, I mean, after the first hundred bucks you wave bye bye to from the couch, it doesn't really matter thereafter. It wasn't that much though. No more than $8 or something, but useful when you are living in a 12 volt world.
Forgot how much it cost, I mean, after the first hundred bucks you wave bye bye to from the couch, it doesn't really matter thereafter. It wasn't that much though. No more than $8 or something, but useful when you are living in a 12 volt world.
I bought this, too.
I wish I'd been born a boy right now because (some) boys follow their fathers around and learn things when they are young. Then again, I didn't have a father.
I wish I'd been born a boy right now because (some) boys follow their fathers around and learn things when they are young. Then again, I didn't have a father.
I also bought this off ebay for $50. I was in a bidding war. I won. Evil roar. This device usually goes for $100+.
I don't know how to use it. Like I said, I know nothing.
I don't know how to use it. Like I said, I know nothing.
What I Did Today
This morning I entered the Guinness Book Of Recklessness when I ordered way too many things for a bitch on a budget.
Here's one of my buys
It sounds like a really interesting book for somebody like me who knows fack all about boats. I do not lie. In 2007/8 I was helped by others. I figured nothing out by myself. Nothing. And this is why I need books like what this one is because I have to start facing my demons alone. I bought the boat. It's my beast of burden. Have I screwed up my golden years? I won't know for a while.
Anyway, this book was only $11. The usual retail price nudges $300 million+.
Here's one of my buys
It sounds like a really interesting book for somebody like me who knows fack all about boats. I do not lie. In 2007/8 I was helped by others. I figured nothing out by myself. Nothing. And this is why I need books like what this one is because I have to start facing my demons alone. I bought the boat. It's my beast of burden. Have I screwed up my golden years? I won't know for a while.
Anyway, this book was only $11. The usual retail price nudges $300 million+.
Morning Campers
I woke up early again.
It was the helicopters flying around the 'hood.
NAU's Lumberjack 2009, finally lost his mind and went on a rampage.
I saw him the other day, met him even, at the crap burrito shop (too much rice), and then watched him howl like a coyote at a bar across the street until a stranger, sitting on a bench with his chick, shouted, 'Shut the fuck up!'
Anyway, that's why I woke up early, cos of the 'copters, not because I had to go jogging with a baybee.
So yah, at this rate I'll have to go back to work next week.
Debit card+Amabay=extreme shopping sprees or dc+ab=ess.
The problem is that even though I'm in a 'relationship' it's not a normal relationship, so one is always kept guessing just how sirius it will end up being - even nearly 2 and 3/4 years down the rum and lime, so I think you'll understand when I say that I have to prepare for all possibilities, as it would be awful to end up having missed out on being able to buy goods easily (being in the States and all right now) and instead be stuck by myself in Mexico with no way to buy necessary items like this
and this (pack of 4 reusable)
I know, all of the above are about pleasure. Come on! If you've got the guts to quit work as a common ESL teacher, whilst realising that you could end up penniless and in the gutter unless Amabay goes out of business, then you've gotta have a good time while you're at it.
Hmm, what else did I buy?
because I'm not getting any younger and didn't have Trophy Looks to begin with.
Quotes from people past and present about my looks:
30 years ago - "None of your features are special but somehow you look okay"
17 years ago - "You look like an owl from the side"
15 years ago - "You have eyes like my dog"
5 years ago - "Ha ha! She's not got trophy wife looks but she's got a boat"
Recently - " You look like Mrs Claus"
So hell yeah! With all that working against me, I'm gonna need the neckline slimmer.
Fck. I don't even have long hair.
Then I bought this rope
which I will have on hand for pirates to tie me up with. It's soft yet strong and 50' cost $2.75. Can't knock that price now, can you!
(Takes a deep sigh, deeper than 5 fathoms, as I think about ending up in the gutter)
On a brighter note, I finally found a decently priced life raft like what they used in Titanic.
It was only $20.
You see, Amazon has this free shipping deal going on right now but you've got to remember to stop the standing order on the free shipping deal in a month's time; this is why I'm blogging about it here: so I don't forget.
It was the helicopters flying around the 'hood.
NAU's Lumberjack 2009, finally lost his mind and went on a rampage.
I saw him the other day, met him even, at the crap burrito shop (too much rice), and then watched him howl like a coyote at a bar across the street until a stranger, sitting on a bench with his chick, shouted, 'Shut the fuck up!'
Anyway, that's why I woke up early, cos of the 'copters, not because I had to go jogging with a baybee.
So yah, at this rate I'll have to go back to work next week.
Debit card+Amabay=extreme shopping sprees or dc+ab=ess.
The problem is that even though I'm in a 'relationship' it's not a normal relationship, so one is always kept guessing just how sirius it will end up being - even nearly 2 and 3/4 years down the rum and lime, so I think you'll understand when I say that I have to prepare for all possibilities, as it would be awful to end up having missed out on being able to buy goods easily (being in the States and all right now) and instead be stuck by myself in Mexico with no way to buy necessary items like this
and this (pack of 4 reusable)
I know, all of the above are about pleasure. Come on! If you've got the guts to quit work as a common ESL teacher, whilst realising that you could end up penniless and in the gutter unless Amabay goes out of business, then you've gotta have a good time while you're at it.
Hmm, what else did I buy?
because I'm not getting any younger and didn't have Trophy Looks to begin with.
Quotes from people past and present about my looks:
30 years ago - "None of your features are special but somehow you look okay"
17 years ago - "You look like an owl from the side"
15 years ago - "You have eyes like my dog"
5 years ago - "Ha ha! She's not got trophy wife looks but she's got a boat"
Recently - " You look like Mrs Claus"
So hell yeah! With all that working against me, I'm gonna need the neckline slimmer.
Fck. I don't even have long hair.
Then I bought this rope
(Takes a deep sigh, deeper than 5 fathoms, as I think about ending up in the gutter)
On a brighter note, I finally found a decently priced life raft like what they used in Titanic.
It was only $20.
You see, Amazon has this free shipping deal going on right now but you've got to remember to stop the standing order on the free shipping deal in a month's time; this is why I'm blogging about it here: so I don't forget.
Friday, 30 October 2009
Same Theme
Peter Swersey: I'd live up there if I could, if there was no gravity
Sylvie: Yeah, but if you lived up there, all the stuff in my room would fall on you and crush you and you'd die
This is another very favourite quote. I tell you, I have never ever seen a movie where' I've thought, 'wow, this is so real', until I saw this movie. I lie; when I watched The Day After Tomorrow, I thought it was pretty real; as was Jurassic Park; and Ben Hur.
,
Christine Jesperson: I mean, they kind of rub my ankles, but all shoes do that. I have low ankles.
Richard Swersey: You think you deserve that pain, but you don't.
Christine Jesperson: I don't think I deserve it.
Richard Swersey: Well, not consciously maybe.
Christine Jesperson: My ankles are just low...
Richard Swersey: People think that foot pain is a fact of life, but life is actually better than that.
Michael: I'll say. You should get some. Your whole life could be better. Just starting right now.
,Christine Jesperson: I mean, they kind of rub my ankles, but all shoes do that. I have low ankles.
Richard Swersey: You think you deserve that pain, but you don't.
Christine Jesperson: I don't think I deserve it.
Richard Swersey: Well, not consciously maybe.
Christine Jesperson: My ankles are just low...
Richard Swersey: People think that foot pain is a fact of life, but life is actually better than that.
Michael: I'll say. You should get some. Your whole life could be better. Just starting right now.
Favourite Lines From My Favourite Movie
If you really love me, then let's make a vow. Right here... together... right now. Ok ? - Ok... - All right, repeat after me... I'm gonna be free. - I'm gonna be free. - And I'm gonna be brave... - I'm gonna be brave. - Good... I'm gonna live each day as if it were my last. - Oh that's good... - You like that ? - Yeah... - Say it. - I'm gonna live each day as it were my last... - Fantastically... - Fantastically. - Courageously... - Courageously. - With grace... - With grace. - And in the dark of the night ,and it does get dark, when I call a name... - When I call a name... - It' ll be your name... What's your name ?
Nevermind... let's go... say it. - Let's go... - Everywhere... - Everywhere... - Even though... - Even though... - We're scared... - We're scared... - Cause it's life... - It's life... - and it's happening, it's really really happening... RIGHT NOW...
Here It Is
Which marine navigation software do you use or recommend? Here's a good link for those interested in this topic.
http://www.madmariner.com/features/software/
This is the kind of research I should have been doing in 2008 but didn't because I was so screwed up. I did nothing, nothing, nothing in 2008. I had no motivation to think about my world. I. went. mad. Simple as that. I know I did because I often feel physically sick when I recall how lame I was last year; how much of my life I wasted by doing nothing but teaching in a classroom and then going to sleep as soon as possible each day. I was fcked up. S'cuse my French. It is only very recently that I am able to promise myself that I will never compromise myself again. I refuse to be unhappy. Only I can make myself happy and happiness comes from knowing that you are truly doing the right thing. Where doubts exist, so unhappiness constantly lurks. I'm tired of having to try to figure SO MUCH out all the time.
I am back. Strong in the head but still intellectually challenged.
UPDATE
This one's free!!! http://www.sping.com/seaclear/
http://www.madmariner.com/features/software/
This is the kind of research I should have been doing in 2008 but didn't because I was so screwed up. I did nothing, nothing, nothing in 2008. I had no motivation to think about my world. I. went. mad. Simple as that. I know I did because I often feel physically sick when I recall how lame I was last year; how much of my life I wasted by doing nothing but teaching in a classroom and then going to sleep as soon as possible each day. I was fcked up. S'cuse my French. It is only very recently that I am able to promise myself that I will never compromise myself again. I refuse to be unhappy. Only I can make myself happy and happiness comes from knowing that you are truly doing the right thing. Where doubts exist, so unhappiness constantly lurks. I'm tired of having to try to figure SO MUCH out all the time.
I am back. Strong in the head but still intellectually challenged.
UPDATE
This one's free!!! http://www.sping.com/seaclear/
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Nite Campers
Well, after a day spent outside sniffing the fresh mountain air it's time to finally settle down to watch the original Grapes Of Wrath.
Food Terrorism
The reason I cooked tonight is because recently I have been lazy and instead of cooking, which I usually love, I have just been opening tins, and holy cow, what a load of crap was in those tins. I'm talking about the 4 for $5 offer on Chunky Campbells Soups. I bought two clam chowder and two beef. The former was okay if the shit hits the fan and you're a prisoner in your own home and can't get out to the shops, the latter utterly awful. Words that come to mind: bland, uninteresting, facking yuck.
Yah, food terrorism must kill more people than all the wars going on in the world. There's nothing like real food. Keep it simple, keep it fresh.
Leftover Sausages 101
Well, not exactly leftover, more like a couple of sausages that I didn't fancy eating the usual way. These are Hillshire Farm sausages and are divine compared to the sausages you can get in Japan Land. Anyway, wot I did was chop up a yam, a carrot, an onion and some garlic, added some really old spinach from a salad bag, a dash of white zin from a bag which nobody likes, a splash of soy(not sure why: knee jerk reaction maybe from living in Japan for so many years), some water and a sprinkling of oregano.
Yeah, I know, soy? oregano? white zin?
This is a first for me, too. I'll let you know how it tastes.
UPDATE
During the cooking process I added some honey and a sprinkling of cayenne. It tastes better now. By the way, I can't get over how pricey yams are; nudging $1.49 a lb.
For Thor
Another of Trader Joes little jems is this body scrub. It's a lavender oil/salt scrub and makes your skin smell lovely.
It's Not Ebola
How many of you have never bought VO5 because you think that something so cheap is most likely crap?
Well, I don't mind being your guinea pig and after nearly fainting from shock at the price of some shampoos - $8+ !!!- I just had to give VO5 a try.
The verdict?
Bloody good and smells nice, too.
By the way, each bottle cost a mere $1.05!!!! The same price as an avocado!!
Yes, that's a Stealth Cocktail because it's sundowner time.
For Trevor
I just listened to this on BBC Radio. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dp74r It will be good for Trev to listen to it too. Now I'm going out for a bike ride.
Trevor Keezor
I'm writing this because I know that one of my esteemed readers is convalescing in bed after having the operation that ALL women should have- ALL - and I just wanted to give her something to read when she wakes up.
Yup, ALL women should have this op. I say, let's just play with the kids left on the planet, watch them grow up, and then have no more. This would 1) be great for the environment and 2) make a load of wild animals real happy.
I say this because of this knob: Trevor Keezor.
Trevor has just been fired by my favourite store, Home Depot, for wearing a pin on his work apron that said something about loving God and country. Way to go Home Depot!
Okay, I know, this guy won't be able to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving now because he has no job, but does he really deserve a job? Does he deserve a turkey? Really? I mean, he even started bringing a bible into work to read during the lunch hour.
Now, if he was reading the bible as a form of research to further investigate a little inkling he had that virgin births sound a bit far fetched, then good on him. Get out that bible, show it around to your workmates, have a laugh at a lot of the really weird stuff going on in it.
But Trevor wasn't doing that: he was bringing in his bible because he believes in it. This is fine, each to their own, but what a waste of space on the planet, cos here's this guy who was born and given the chance of life, and yet he just ends up being like a lot of other 'romantics' in this world, who truly believe that a chick can get preggers minus the coaxings of a cock.
Watch the beginning of www.zeitgeistmovie.com for a bit of a wake-up call about organised religion, and then watch the rest of it so you can see that your brother going off to fight for his country in Iraq is risking his life for a bunch of facking kants.
In my humble onion, this means he doesn't deserve a job, or money, or food, or water, or air and his mum should have had one of those SNTBs operations, like wot my friend just done.
Trevor, now that you are unemployed, how about reading the gnostic gospels or some science journal on evolution. (I didn't know about the gnostics till very recently. I admit. I am stupid, too. I know very little considering I'm 41. I have been lazy. However, I never believed in the bible because it seemed a bit 'kook', although I did like the pictures in it and would often look at the chick who got turned into a pillar of salt, cos I thought it was way cool.)
Now, I'm not saying that a higher being doesn't exist: it does, and I know it does cos the orbs and refreshing beverages in my life prove that. All I'm saying is that a hell of a lot of people still believe in a book that has some pretty odd stories in it.
Four words, Trev, gnostic gospels and no turkey.
p.s I put Trevor's name all over this post in the hope this post gets to #1 in the search engine and lots of folks who believe in virgin births then come and read this post and then go and read more about their religion and where it came from and why the hell the Pope and Bishops can be seen as the people God now speaks through, like, uh duh, have you heard what some of them believe and say?
Yup, ALL women should have this op. I say, let's just play with the kids left on the planet, watch them grow up, and then have no more. This would 1) be great for the environment and 2) make a load of wild animals real happy.
I say this because of this knob: Trevor Keezor.
Trevor has just been fired by my favourite store, Home Depot, for wearing a pin on his work apron that said something about loving God and country. Way to go Home Depot!
Okay, I know, this guy won't be able to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving now because he has no job, but does he really deserve a job? Does he deserve a turkey? Really? I mean, he even started bringing a bible into work to read during the lunch hour.
Now, if he was reading the bible as a form of research to further investigate a little inkling he had that virgin births sound a bit far fetched, then good on him. Get out that bible, show it around to your workmates, have a laugh at a lot of the really weird stuff going on in it.
But Trevor wasn't doing that: he was bringing in his bible because he believes in it. This is fine, each to their own, but what a waste of space on the planet, cos here's this guy who was born and given the chance of life, and yet he just ends up being like a lot of other 'romantics' in this world, who truly believe that a chick can get preggers minus the coaxings of a cock.
Watch the beginning of www.zeitgeistmovie.com for a bit of a wake-up call about organised religion, and then watch the rest of it so you can see that your brother going off to fight for his country in Iraq is risking his life for a bunch of facking kants.
In my humble onion, this means he doesn't deserve a job, or money, or food, or water, or air and his mum should have had one of those SNTBs operations, like wot my friend just done.
Trevor, now that you are unemployed, how about reading the gnostic gospels or some science journal on evolution. (I didn't know about the gnostics till very recently. I admit. I am stupid, too. I know very little considering I'm 41. I have been lazy. However, I never believed in the bible because it seemed a bit 'kook', although I did like the pictures in it and would often look at the chick who got turned into a pillar of salt, cos I thought it was way cool.)
Now, I'm not saying that a higher being doesn't exist: it does, and I know it does cos the orbs and refreshing beverages in my life prove that. All I'm saying is that a hell of a lot of people still believe in a book that has some pretty odd stories in it.
Four words, Trev, gnostic gospels and no turkey.
p.s I put Trevor's name all over this post in the hope this post gets to #1 in the search engine and lots of folks who believe in virgin births then come and read this post and then go and read more about their religion and where it came from and why the hell the Pope and Bishops can be seen as the people God now speaks through, like, uh duh, have you heard what some of them believe and say?
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
For That Boat Lady Who Likes A Good Time
Here you go. Recipe in below post. Highly recommend it. A poor man's Quick Fck. You know something, I am going to stop swearing. There's too much swearing, even in cocktail names. I can't imagine such names for cocktails being around 100 years ago. How 'dirty' our language has become. There was a modern songstress who was recently asked why she was late for an event, to which she rudely retorted, 'What's it to you! Fuck off! I was doing my hair!!'
I sure haven't been using nice language this year. In fact, I am highly ashamed of myself. Ergo, (which reminds me, I had a bit of a banter with my Original First Mate Jack Tar today) I will change the way I express myself. I want to curse like Vancouver Running Nutter curses: intelligently.
I Think I'm Over Snow
Okes. I've had my snow fix for the year. Unless, that is, I'm all cosy in bed, or in front of the fire with a kick ass Original Stealth Drink. Today's OSD was made with 3 parts any kind of Baileys-esque liquor and two parts coffee liquor, shake it all up with some ice, (lose the ice) and then pour into a martini glass. I managed to get some coffee liquor for 5.99 today and the 'creamer' was $10.99, but it was worth it because we only live once and I've had a lot on my mind for the past few years.
Live. Now. Wow. It's Snowing.
Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow Home Snow
Shoot Me
I just bought this generator so that I could write blog posts in giant script. Why don't y'all buy the same gen and give your blog a treat, too.
p.s Yes, I know I should have got the Honda eeeeeeeeeeee 2000 for a billion bucks but I don't have much dosh to spend on gear.Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Not Home Pro
Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot Home Depot
Y'all might think I sound like I know what I'm doing now but I don't. I am merely preparing for all possibilities. It's tough right now. I hope it gets better cos I'm not the Lux Lady.
From EBay So You Can't Get Them Cos I Got Them
I got this box of 55, yes, 55 assorted stainless steel hoseclamps for $12!! Check out those massive ones. To tell you the truth, I was expecting little iddy biddy ones, so it was a bit of a surprise when I opened this box. Uh duh. I'll probably put the big ones around my neck and pretend I'm from the Karen tribe.
Get Thee To Home Pro III
Two large heavy duty plastic whateveryoucallthem containers, which are used for keeping all your nuts and bolts in order, for only $10!!
Yes! $10!!
Did I mention, oh wait, I'll blog a pic to make y'all drool.
Get Thee To Home Pro II
Yes! Not one, not two, not even three for $10.
No! This little bargain beauty was FOUR, yes, that's right, FOUR LED headlamps (with the red light option for those nights on boats or in bedrooms where mood lighting is needed) for $10. The beauty of these lights is that they run on one double A battery.
Get Thee To Home Pro
I bought these three awesome multi-tools for $10!!!
They are excellent quality for the price of rice. Sturdy, well-built, and they feel nice when you use the pliers cos all the gadgets are on the inside, not the outside.
Like What Frome Folks Does
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire......
My new computer arrived. Well, not exactly new; it's a refurbished one and cost $239 and is exactly the same as the old one, you know, the HP netbook, the one I destroyed with a little finger nail's size worth of port.
It's cold today. I reckon there will be snow on the peaks by morning.
I like fires like what this is.
If I could live a dream life, it would include being able to experience an open fire a few or a zillion million times a year.
In other news, I scored some good deals on multi-tools and plastic tool boxes today. I'm sure I'll blog about them in the near future.
Right now is a trying time but I'm working on it.
p.s It is still my humble onion that Vancouver Running Nutter is one of the best blog writers out there.
Saturday, 17 October 2009
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