Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Butt Pimples

I just went to the “view your blog” screen after my last post so I could make sure it posted before logging out (Blogger has a habit of eating my posts often enough to make me wary of composing online) and what do I spot at the top of my blog?  An Ad by Google with the following message:

Cure Eczema Itch in 15min  Dr. Created 15 min eczema itch cure Testimonials/Pics. Money Back Offer
Stop butt pimples.  Clear up your problem. Feel better Fast and painless solutions. 

BUTT pimples?  I wasn't aware this was such a big problem that they've developed a treatment especially for this disorder of the butt.  Do you think anyone actually orders it?  Hey!  I wonder if it works for stubborn pimples on the face?  If you use it on your head instead of your butt, do you think that makes you a butthead?  Heeeeee-heeeee-heeeee!

Oh, it is most definitely time for me to go to bed!

BTW, I am not endorsing the ads I seem to have copied here ... I didn't mean to bring the links over, I was just trying for the story, but now that they're here I'm leaving them, with this disclaimer of course. 

13 Days

It has been 13 days since I reported the trail of enormous zits that sprung up like so many bread crumbs tossed by Hansel and Gretel ... and do you know I've STILL got them?  This must be a new record.  I'm so glad I can set the record for longest duration of acne AND mosquito bites (yes, they are still here, as well.)  My lovely prison-escapee white skin shows off the fire-engine red bumps to advantage.  I look like one of those idiots in the Target commercials. 

Thinking about all of these blemishes makes me feel the need to drown my sorrows with a Coke and some chocolate.  And yes, I still say "I don't know WHY these haven't gone away!"  Heeee-heeee!

I'm getting a headache from all of these deep thoughts; must be time for me to go to bed.  I am truly old now:  "Oh, my!  It's almost 10:30 ... bedtime!"   ;)

Thursday, July 15, 2004

Mosquito Noses Knows

Mosquitos must have powerful noses along with those nasty biters of theirs.
 
I poke my head outside for a mere second and the mosquitos come out of nowhere to find me and zap me.  They seem to be able to detect my inner sweetness, the marshmallow insides that I keep hidden, so those must be tremendous noses indeed!
 
Along with the trio of pimples (which have, thankfully, gotten smaller) I am now sporting legs covered in itchy red bumps.  It is not fun, not at all. 
 
Is summer almost over? 

Monday, July 12, 2004

Mother of all Zits

I know I have mother issues, but I think I'm reaching crisis-level.

Saturday I spent a fairly stress-free day, avoiding both of the parental units (they are both ill and God knows difficult enough to be around when not sick, impossible to tolerate when they are) and finally deciding that I would go to bed early (9:30pm ... I am officially OLD) because I’d had a long week and entirely too much fun the night before (that’s another story for another time.) ;D

So, I crawl my happy ass into bed and zonk out before I’m entirely under the covers. Maybe that’s the reason for my terrible dreams that night?

"Why, Sharondarella, what ever could you have dreamed about?"

Well, I dreamed that when I arrived home the morning after my evening of way too much fun it appeared that my mother had decided that she wanted to have a mass-cleanup of the basement, garage and my bedroom.

She sold everything of mine that was in the parental house.

E V E R Y T H I N G.

I came home to find myself the owner of just the clothes on my back and nothing more. And to make matters worse, she kept the money that she made from selling all of my things. I think that was the final straw. In my dream I hauled back and finally let loose a stream of vituperative, rage-injected phrases that one NEVER uses towards one’s mother ... but I did.

I was so horrified by the things I was saying that it woke me, shuddering and loathing myself. In fact, my emotions were so strong that I ended up with a stiff neck, an aching jaw, and sore muscles that set up a protest march across my body. However, none of those pains was anywhere near as bad as the discovery that an enormous trio of pimples was parading across the right side of my face: one right where the ear joins the face, one on the jaw line and the third and most disturbing, right in the corner of my mouth where it looked for all the world like an extremely ugly “beauty” mark.

BTW, whoever coined that phrase must have been blind, because I've never seen a beautiful one yet.

I can only think that my dreams were so stressful and I became so angry in my sleep that my body was left with nowhere to discharge all of those negative ions, so the anger erupted out of my skin in the form of these festering, bilious pus-mongerers, more commonly referred to as 'zits' but I hate that word, so I try to use another whenever possible, hence pus-mongerers.

Does that mean that I can say my mother gave birth to this trio of monstrosities? (and I mean the ones on my face, not the familial brother, sister and myself; we are not a trio of monstrosities, regardless of what you may have heard.)

That's very interesting ... because I'd much rather blame her than Coke, Hershey's and jelly donuts. ;)

To cover my facial hideousness, I have developed a new hairdo ... I call it the “sweep all of your hair forward and to the right to cover everything, including the unsightly ugly next to your mouth” hairdo. I hope I never have to wear this again. Ever.

I’m supposed to have a haircut on Wednesday, but I may have to postpone it, if these don’t go away.

How is this for the week after my birthday week?

Sucks, doesn't it?

Actually, I'm okay with it. I had a great week last week, not to mention Friday night, so I'm due for a bit of bad; otherwise the universe will not be in balance and I could be responsible for a Tsunami in Japan, or a flock of rabid West Nile mosquitos ravaging elderly Floridians. God knows I wouldn't want to be responsible for THAT.

Happy week after my birthday, everybody!

Tuesday, July 06, 2004

Happy Birthday, Sharondarella!

Happy Birthday to ME
Happy Birthday to MEEEE
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to MEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Today is my birthday; it's a day like most others, except TODAY is my birthday.

For all of us Crabs here is today's horoscope:

When enthusiasm finally kicks in you have the energy to do whatever is necessary. You see the positive side of things today and this optimistic attitude could attract new contacts who will help you in the future.

If July 6th is your birthday: You accept situations over which you have no control with amazing grace. You are rightfully elated by achieving your dreams --- but don't forget to keep expanding your goals. You are riding a wave of delight at the moment and able to handle anything. An opportunity to improve your life in material ways will appear next week.

So what did I do for my birthday today?

The festivities began with my boss wishing me Happy Birthday when I called to tell her I would be slightly late, due to picking my Dad up at the car dealership. Gotta love a boss who doesn't care about your tardiness, and who only wants to send happy wishes your way, instead. :) When I got to work, I found balloons, cards and a present! AND, I got sushi for lunch from the same boss. Isn't she wonderful? So far, this is definitely a dream of a job. I hope it continues (that's my birthday wish, which hopefully will still come true, even though I just told you.)

The day continued with phone calls, emails and birthday greeting from my wonderful family; in addition to all of these; well-wishes they took me to dinner at the restaurant of my choice: Sakura, a Japanese Steak House. It just so happens that this was also the choice of at least four other birthday-celebrating crabs! Japanese food was the cuisine of choice for 4 out of 5 6th of July crabs. I love being in the majority ... it happens so infrequently! :)

After the fabulous steak house, I got to have chocolate cake with chocolate frosting (a Peekay favorite, as well) fudge tracks ice cream (a misnomer, since this ice cream features little tiny Reeses' Peanut butter cups ... that makes it more PB & Fudge tracks, an important omission, don't you think?) and of course, PRESENTS!

I got the cutest sushi set from Peekay and Esteban! There are two sets of chopsticks, two soy sauce saucers, 2 little fish chopstick rests, two sushi presentation trays and two small serving plates, not to mention a sushi cookbook that makes making sushi look EASY! Oh, and did I mention that the trays have swimming fishes on them? Too cute! I can't wait to make my own!

Too many people don't understand that eating sushi is a very social thing; sushi is meant to be enjoyed with someone else, not alone. Sushi is convivial, happy food. :)

My parents gave me money and a gift card to Barnes and Noble. I may have to go out tomorrow to spend that one! :D

Happy Birthday to ME!

Monday, July 05, 2004

You say it's my birthday?

You say it's my birthday?
Da-na-na-nuh-nah-nah-nah-nah!

Then you'd be right ... but not until tomorrow!

Sharondarella is about to turn 36 with not a grey hair nor (deep)wrinkle in sight. Okay, I have to admit, I have a few starter wrinkles, but I'm taking aggressive treatment action.

For instance, I spent the other night with a piece of scotch tape across my forehead because I heard that in this way you can remove that nasty wrinkle that seems to form above the nose and between the eyebrows. Unfortunately, the only results I obtained were achieved when I ripped the tape off, giving me a rather inexpensive Biore' pore cleansing, and ruddy skin where I ripped off several layers of epidermis.

I think that in order for the tape to work as a wrinkle removing face-lift you have to walk around all day long with that piece of tape on. I don't mind looking foolish when I'm alone, but it's a whole 'nother story when going out in public. ;D

However, if you are looking for an instant face lift, may I recommend Scotch brand? Get the pine scented ... it will tickle your nose pleasantly. And since your nose will be cocked back in the form most evocative of a rutting pig, there will be plenty of nostril available to indulge your pine sniffing pleasure.

Saturday, July 03, 2004

Happy Birthday, USA!

I've always been a closet pyromaniac, and as such have always wanted to be in charge of lighting those cannons off that you hear going "whump-whump-whump" just seconds before the launched canister explodes into a fiery cachophany of sight sound and gunpowder!

You too can be a pyro; go here and play with the skies above Lady Liberty. The more you click the more you get, and there's sound, too. :)

Whooooo-Hoooo! Happy Fourth of July!