September 28, 2009
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Monday Mash-Up Madness
Usually this finds it's way to Xanga in the morning but today was somewhat busy. I had this interview today and didn't quite know what to make of it. It seems like I am the only applicant which makes things sound decent. The general manager of this co-op is telling me all the duties that the job entails and then he kept saying "you will get this" or "you will get that" or "we'll give you a clothing allowance" or "you're going to get some great health insurance" or "we give you a 1/2 ton pick-up". Then he hands me an application to fill out and return. I am clueless about the whole thing so I will fill it out and take it back tomorrow. Hopefully I won't have to wait an hour to talk with him like I did today.
Yesterday was also crazy because at about 8AM as I am getting ready to go to church for my Bible class and services, I get a phone call from one of my aunts saying that my cousins and another aunt are driving through and want to go out for lunch. I decided to go because it was at the casino. I love me some buffet. I figured my recent weightloss could take a pause. I mean I got something like 900lbs to go. I really should start posting my intake and vomiting tips. So I feasted on the prime rib, twice baked potatoes, eggs Benedict, lemon baked chicken, cheesy potato soup, nachos, cabbage rolls, veal, tapioca pudding and turtle cheesecake. Oddly, I weighed more before I ate. This was all washed down with a $1 tap beer of Old Milwaukee and a Packers victory.
The cousins that came were the ones I have written about before. Their son is just hypnotized by me. He was screaming how he had to sit by me and then when it came time to get food, he refused his parents' help and wanted me to get him food. Maybe he knows that the fat guy has great taste in food. It was such a great meal mostly because my cousin had one of her dramatic headaches. It was such a production. I just wanted to scream, "Hey, you dizzy dame(is it any wonder I am single?), I'm over here pissing and crapping blood and the doctors can't figure it out. In fact this morning I wake up and I had blood coming out of three of my body's holes. Want to guess which ones? Your headache and your act is insignificant to me. Woman up." I kept my mouth shut because I was too busy reading a copy of The Onion. My casino has The Onion at the entrance.
Then I came home and was preparing for today. I had dreams of grandeur of how I single-handedly bring the Amish up to the 19th century and they thank me with "hole in the sheet" shenanigans. Yeah it was one of those dreams.
I have to admit here that many people enjoyed my poem I wrote the other night. I wonder if they would like it more or less if they knew it was an acrostic.
Oh and for the one of you who understands: Old Blue Fingers is back.
Music
This mash-up combines "Sweet Dreams" by The Eurythmics with "Without Me" by Eminem. As I have said before, "Without Me" is probably the most used vocals in the mash-up universe. I guess I don't mind this mash-up even though I am not an Eminem fan.
This mash-up combines "Milkshake" by Kelis with "Slave 4 U" by Britney Spears. Not bad, not bad. There was something so sexual about Britney in that song that I can't deny that I loved it. I also love her song Toxic but not as much as I love Local H's cover.
Here's a little "In da Club" by 50 Cent mixed with "Staying Alive" by The Beegees. It took me a couple of listens to get how this was a mash-up. Maybe that is a sign of a good mash-up.
Here I am bringing my milkshakes to the yard.Here's the poem I was talking about and here is the Celebrity Round Up. I am curious if anyone understood the joke I had for the final photo.
Comments (52)
:O omg.
I love the casino. I rarely get to go.
that's hawt.
classy casino. i didn't even know the onion was in print.
@crazy2love -
Mystic Lake?
@fading_roses19 -
Glad you think that
@godfatherofgreenbay -
Yeah, I like that one. Or Treasure Island =]
@Chinese_Sait0u -
It is a pretty awesome place. The Onion started off as an underground college newspaper in Madison, WI at the UW. For years it was print only. Then once the internet came about they have the incredible website. They still do a print edition and I find it all around Madison. The best part is that it is free.
@godfatherofgreenbay -
I knew you would
@crazy2love -
I always forget about Treasure Island. I went there a few times for poker tournaments. I loved Mystic mostly because they had great food and great shows. Oh and I forgot the horse track. They also had a place for poker.
@godfatherofgreenbay -
I love poker. I haven't played for weeks!
@godfatherofgreenbay -
ah it's cuz i've never seen it in print around here.
Good luck.
"Woman Up!" I like that...I need to do that tonight.
I got that you used a ton of The Boss song titles to write about him. I thought it was cool. I did that once in a post...wrote a letter to Rod Stewart using a bunch of his song titles. It was fun to do.
Seriously...bleeding out your orifices!?!
@PeaceSearcher -
Thank you!
@carolinaatnight -
I had a student write an essay for religion class using Beatles' songs. It was quite excellent.
Yeah that bleeding is part of why I am going to a specialist. It comes and goes and they can't find where I am bleeding from or why I would be bleeding.
@godfatherofgreenbay - I'm so sorry to hear about your health problem.
I pray they will find out soon and help you. I always get weird, can't-figure-it-out health things...a friend told me, "they're gonna' name something after you someday". 
Oh, yay! I'll die from it, and on my gravestone will be the words, "I told you all I didn't feel good!" 
@carolinaatnight -
Actually the first time all my tests came back inconclusive I told the doctor that I was happy because this was one step closer to immortality in that my name would live on in the name of the disease.
Good luck with the job application. I need to start sending out resumes soon myself.
That Amish dream made me laugh! The whole hole in the sheet thing is quite an intriguing concept but I'm sure just an urban legend.
Hope the health issues clear up for you.
Ahh yes. The acrostical taste of women. (Better)
I liked the mash-ups. Nothing beats the grey, crappy, 40 degree weather of Ohio in September like BritBrit Spears
Casinos are a hotly debated topic here in the OH. Seeing as casinos (and gambling in general) are illegal in Ohio, our surrounding states (Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and WV and Kentucky) are banking over 1Million of Ohio citizens' dollars on gambling. Now they want to build a casino in the center of the state, (in the Columbus area) to get the money to stop flowing out of here and back into the greedy politicians hands where it obviously belongs. This new casino will be bringing 35,000 jobs to the state and will help pay off our debts. Problem is that many of the jobs that are being "created" are going to be given to out-of-state casino workers and supposedly the money made at the casino won't even go to Ohio because its own by an out-of-state gambling chain.
My parents LOVE gambling and they've been to quite a few different ones in WV, PA and Michigan. Their favourite is Mountaineer just south of Wheeling, WV and it's only an hours drive away from our house. Columbus is a 3 hour drive. They might check this new place out, but I doubt they will go there as frequently as Mountaineer. So a new casino really won't matter unless they put several throughout the state and pool their money from those. But Ohio lawmakers don't get that at all. It's the price of being stuck in the Middle Ages.
Jeez man. Bleeding out of your orifices? Wow.
I'm sorry.
Also I've never been to a casino. Maybe I'll go to vegas and go nuts!
A cafe I used to go to had copies of the onion. my favorite section is the one where they have public opinions from the same 5 ppl and the horoscopes.
also that is some sexy milkshaking...is it possibly a dodgeball reference?
@UR_MUSE -
I hated job hunting in Minneapolis. It seemed like it took forever to get businesses to call back. I remember sending out resumes and applications in the end of October early part of November and didn't hear back until the end of February and then I was getting offers left and right but I had already had my move planned.
If I told more about the hole in the sheet stuff, people may lose respect for me.
I was going to ask you if you were doing better health wise but it don't sound like it.
@curiousdwk -
You are lucky
@twistedmistletoe -
It's strange that fall just snuck up on the Midwest like this. Last week it was in the 70s and 80s and sunny now it is barely 50s and grey. I have to get my furnace geared up so in the meantime I am wearing stocking caps and gloves.
I have all sorts of casinos around here(at least 6 in a 2 hour radius) and the good thing about them is that they are run by Native Americans and they share the revenues with their tribal members as well as with the state. Part of the treaty they have with the state guarantees money be given to the state. It's pretty nice and all people win except those who go to the casino to gamble. I just know which games are the ones that pay the best....NOT SLOTS! Also you don't have to worry about out of staters getting the jobs because all the casinos are owned by the tribe. Now the only thing people may have to worry about is that they give tribal members preferential treatment in hiring.
Hmmm a casino near Columbus? If it was there when I was near there, I may have stayed.
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -
Yes, the problems come and go. It was really bad last summer but then everything about my health was bad last year. It has come back but not too bad.
Ho-Chunk?
I love those horoscopes too. I think mine for last week was something like "Smile because people love you, wait, in your case you better not smile." It's so true.
No not a dodgeball reference just a reference to that extremely annoying yet catchy song because we all know the milkshakes aren't really milkshakes.
@ElevenStones -
It comes and goes, not as bad as it was but it still is scary.
my goodness. well I'm glad that it's not as bad as it was. but still.
Ho-chunk? what about it?
and lol. oh the onion...now I want to check mine. I'll have to go to the website.
and ok I was thinking of how at the end of the credits they have ben stiller in a fat suit singing that song while jiggling around his man boobs. ;D lol.
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -
Yeah the doctors don't have a clue what is wrong with me which is scary.
Oh I was referring to all these commercials I get from Madison stations and realize you don't have those. They advertise Ho-Chunk Casino and Dejope in Madison as "A Taste of Vegas Closer to Home" All the time...all the time. It wouldn't be bad if the commercials weren't the strangest things ever. Like one is all these Elvis impersonators sitting in a beauty salon and then an Indian Elvis asks if a really big Elvis "Can you hold my chicken" and then another is of these two guys simulating what is probably a Sigfried and Roy act and they keep talking about "zee tiger" and it is a white cat.
I have thought about doing horoscopes like that for Xanga.
Oh ok, it's been so long since I saw Dodgeball that I forgot about that. I was thinking of the cheerleaders and MAry Beth from the Nickelodeon game shows.
Is he single?
That is scary.
and yeah we don't have those commercials. we do have them for some other casinos and I can't remember which ones...harris...I think.
"Look, the stars foresee whatever the hell you want them to foresee, okay? Good. Now, let's all just move on with our respective days." lol dang it's rough being a taurus.
and I freaking love dodgeball. so I could compulsively quote crap from that movie. also nacho libre. I love that movie sooo much.
@Manstration -
Why yes I am...
@godfatherofgreenbay -
Has anybody told you that you have the most beautiful breasts?
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -
Oh I suppose those casinos over in Michigan are closer.
It's funny how The Onion works their horoscope. It always seems like mine is the best but maybe that is because it is the last and they have to go out on a bang.
Oh...Nacho Libre. I love that movie. I even bought the dvd because it had stretchy pants covering it.
@Manstration -
The words "luscious", "squeezable", "pleasable", "saliva inducing", and "adequate" have been tossed in my direction...OK I lie, those aren't mine.
@godfatherofgreenbay -
I don't want you then. You can never be that beautiful.
I guess. doesn't mean I go to them. LOL. I can't do it, I don't gamble. I get addicted to things too easily so I stay away from anything that I know would be bad if I was addicted to it...except xanga. ;D
LOL. Yeah, yeah yeah. ;p what are you a capricorn?
oh my gosh it did not! my copy didn't have estretchy pants. how depressing.
"chancho! when you become a man...sometimes you wear stretchy pants...in your room...it's for fun." oh my gosh.
@Manstration -
I am devestated. I am just going to go run to my room and cry into my pillow.
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -
Hmmm maybe that is why you talk to me through these comments. People have said I have an addicting personality, whatever that means.
No, I am one of those Pisces. I really don't know what that entails other than it is usually first or last in the horoscope columns.
Yeah the stretchy pants were big enough just to cover the dvd case. Maybe I got them because I bought it the day it came out and I think it is a special edition...not being full of myself but just thinking of possible explanations.
They say you have an addicting personality? hmmm...people say that about me too...maybe it is why you keep responding?
and yeah I have no clue what that means.
Ah a pisces. do you think you have fishy qualities?
and damn that sounds awesome. and yeah I didn't buy it when it first came out. I rarely buy dvds. I have netflix. but since I love that movie so much my friend gave it to me for my bday last year. but I'll buy a dvd if it's on sale at walmart or target and I love that movie sooo soooo soo much I cannot live without watching it 10000 times.
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -
I like talking maybe that is what it means. I don't get a lot of that being alone so Xanga can be therapeutic.
I really don't know what the fishy qualities are. I just know that is my sign. It was explained to me and something were very true about me especially something about being able to understand people.
I usually buy a lot of DVDs because I think in the long run they are cheaper and easier than going to the theater. I love to rewind and examine things and also I love watching movies with the captions on because reading it and hearing it makes it stick for me. I also rented quite a but from Blockbuster and I also have a DVD burner on my computer so shhhhh
you don't talk to people?
lol. fishy qualities are nothing. lol. I find that all signs apply to almost everyone. I'm a "total taurus" but so are a lot of people who aren't tauruses.
and I just bought a couple of dvds today. I like going to the movie theater simply for the experience. it's fun. and yeah I totally watch movies with captions too! lol. it's so funny. and I will not tell the world that you burn dvds on your computer.
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -
No I talk to people but living alone doesn't yield itself for much stimulating conversation. I don't totally live alone but my cats...well they don't talk to me, maybe they hate me.
OK I don't know how much stock I put into astrology because so much of it is so general.
Oh what DVDs did you buy? My last purchase was the third season of Dexter. I love that show but I wish they would incorporate more from the books. Yes, the theater is nice. I usually go once a month if the movies are decent. I have found myself driving to Madison to check out the Sundance 608. It has so many independent movies.
I was teasing you. And cats can be jerks. That's why you should have a dog instead.
And I bought ferris bueller's day off because I love love love that movie and have always wanted a day off in chicago like that. And I bought funny face because I've never seen it and I love audrey hepburn.
I've only seen a few episodes of dexter and I liked them in spite of all the inner monologuing. That drives me nuts. But I just wish I could've seen it from the beginning.
I can't sleep again. I should finish watching funny face. Or I could just shut off my light, close my eyes and try really really hard.
Wish me luck. I hope you are sleeping right now.
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -
I had a dog and she was stolen. She was a great dog but some people feared that because she was all black that she was demonic. She was a Rottweiler and huge. In high school I was 6'4" and she could put her front paws on my shoulders and we were almost at eye level. Oh and one of my cats this morning instead of letting me try to sleep she started sleeping next to me and kept pawing my face or trying to lay on my head but sliding down the pillow and into my face.
Great movies...I haven't seen either in a long time. I love the great Illinois movie, Groundhog Day. I know it wasn't supposed to be Illinois but it was filmed in Woodstock. I have family that live there so when I visit I always havet o go to the places where they filmed.
I completely missed Dexter when it first aired but then the writer's strike hit and CBS finally understood that they can not only show reality game shows so they aired a heavily edited version. I loved it and had to get the DVDs.
I hope you got to sleep. I got a couple of hours in between my last post and my cat trying to smother me.
Oh my gosh I looove rottweilers. My best friend had one all through high school that was a total sweetheart. she was huge and she looked scary but she was so loving and cute. I loved that dog and I cried when my friend told me she had to put her down because she was really sick and there was nothing they could do for her.
She has another one he's like 4 now. He's huge. like 120 lbs of dog.
He's also super sweet and cute. I hate when people when discriminate against dogs because they have a bad rep or look scary. I took my dog to paws for his rabis shot and the guy was all "I hate chows, they're so mean." I was like why don't you shut up and give him his shot and I'll try not to let him bite your face off.
And you're 6'4. snaps.
Also my other dog tries to do what your cat does...except he's like 50 lbs. it's really annoying.
and yeah groundhog day is awesome. I love that movie. but I mean i love bill murray movies in general.
Yeah I saw dexter on cbs.
but it was at a weird time. I wasn't always home so I missed most of the episodes.
I managed to get some sleep. and was she trying to smother you or was she really just trying to suck out your soul?
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -
Rottweilers get a bad rap but I think they are the most loving dogs on the planet. Mine was so protective of me that it was borderline creepy. She didn't like other girls around me. I got her from a guy in the Dells. He raised Rottweilers and Pit Bull not for fighting but for pets. The problem was people would buy them and turn them into fighting dogs. He really couldn't do anything about it.
Well I think I am about 6'3" now. I was in a car accident and after that I was two inches shorter but since I have taken a shine to sleeping on the floor I have regained an inch.
I think my favorite Bill Murray movies have been some of his recent ones like The Royal Tennenbaums or Broken Flowers.
The same cat that was trying to lay on my face this morning is sitting on my computer and she won't stop staring at me. It is getting unnerving. Maybe she is after my soul.
yeah, my dog is overprotective as well. I was walking to the mailbox once with him and I dropped the stack of letters I was mailing out. This guy tried to help me with them but my dog freaked out and tried to kill him. I had to straddle my dog to keepe him from attacking him. I thought he was going to rip the leash.
oh wow. how'd the accident happen?
I love stripes. lol.
and lost in translation. bill murray has this ability to make me fall in love with him without fail. 
yep...kitty kats are creepy creatures.
totally trying to steal your soul. 
what kind of cat do you have? I could never have a cat...I'm really allergic. their little hair causes my throat to swell up and me to pretty much you know...die. lol.
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -
That is pretty funny. My dog was a beast she dragged me down a flight of stairs. I had her in the house and the front door opened and there were deer ruining through the pasture and she saw them. I grab her collar but it wasn't enough. She pulled me down the stairs and I'm a very big guy.
My accident was driving home from student teaching and I had a deer jump in front of me and I hit an ice patch and lost control and flipped off a 30ft cliff. The first time the car rolled I was knocked out. Thankfully I woke up and was able to walk to the house where I stayed.
Lost in Translation...I have mixed emotions about that movie since it is basically Sophia Coppala's fu to her ex-husband Spike Jonze, who directed the Where the Wild Things Are movie. I was creepedo ut by how much they got Giovanni Ribisi to look like Jonze.
I think the two cats I have are just regular old cats but one I think may be part persian because of her hair and lack of a meow. She makes chirping noises.
damn. that is a strong doggy.
oh my gosh that's so freaking terrifying!!!!
Hmm...well I loved that movie...in spite of scarlett johanssen being in it.
she chirps?
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas -
Yes she chirps and sometimes when she sleeps by me while I am on the computer and I reach over to pet her and wake her up it sounds like she chirps "HUH?"
lol. cute.