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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Drink of the Day: The Marilyn Monroe Cosmo

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Anyone who knows me knows how much I ADORE Marilyn Monroe... So far, this is my FAVORITE martini creation:

In a martini shaker over ice, combine:
-1 1/4 oz. Stoli Citrus
- 1/2 oz. white grape juice
- splash of cran-raspberry juice
- splash of sour mix
- squeeze one lime wedge

Shake & Strain

Top with 2 oz. Champagne & garnish with a lime wedge

Monday, September 20, 2010

ODE TO THE TRASHY WHITE GIRL

Ode to you, oh trashy white girl in my Lit. class.

The one who sits three feet from me and makes me want to vomit.

Do you really have to be so loud when you pop open your sugar-free Red Bull and three bags of chips?

Do you really need to take four breaks during class? Every time you get up I can smell your FUNK.

You gulp your soda pop like an animal and half of it is runs down your face. Instead of reaching for a napkin (or even a sweatshirt), you simply smear your dirty hand across your face and let the soda drip to the floor.

Your grimy fingers and cheap acrylic nails are like a bad train wreck that I just can’t look away from. Over and over and OVER again you shove your nasty hand in the bag and pull out a handful of potato chip crumbs. You don’t even TRY anymore, you just shove the palm of your hand into your face and you seem perfectly content with the fact that only half of the chips end up in your mouth; the rest have fallen down your raggedy black wife beater that you have so stylishly paired with white denim coochie-cutter shorts.

Your ugly tan headband and your pink Blackberry and your three mismatched fake silver earrings… everything about you just screams “trashy”, including that nasty $3 lotion that smells like scented tampons.

The tramp-stamp, the thong hanging out of your pants… the ten giant rings on your ten unwashed fingers… it all just makes me want to scream out:
“WHAT FUCKIN’ TRUCK STOP WERE YOU RAISED IN?”

And now that you are done feasting on your loud, greasy chips, you spend the last hour of class picking the dirt out of your fingernails and toenails, then pulling your shorts out of your crotch and chewing on your nails.

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

I’m so glad I’m paying all this money to sit here next to you every week.

Thanks, trashy white girl, for being all that you can be.

Ode to you, trashy white girl, for making me look so good.

DRINK OF THE DAY: "Welcome to the V.I.P. Room Martini"

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In a martini shaker over ice, combine:
- 2 oz. Three Olives Cherry Vodka
- 1/4 oz. Cointreau (or triple sec)
- tiny splash of sour mix

Shake vigorously, then add:
- splash of ginger ale
- splash of Red Bull

Stir & strain into a chilled martini glass, then top with 2 oz. of Champagne.

Garnish with a cherry.

THE PASTOR'S ASS

The Pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won.

The Pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again and it won again.

The local paper read: PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT..

The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the Pastor not to enter the donkey in another race.

The next day the local paper headline read: BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS

This was too much for the Bishop so he ordered the Pastor to get rid of the donkey.

The Pastor decided to give it to a Nun in a nearby convent.

The local paper, hearing of the news, posted the following headline the next day: NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.

The Bishop fainted. He informed the Nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey so she sold it to a farmer for $10.

The next day the paper read: NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.

This was too much for the Bishop so he ordered the Nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.

The next day the headlines read: NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.

The Bishop was buried the next day.

The moral of the story is . . . being too concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery . . even shorten your life.

So be yourself and enjoy life. Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and you'll be a lot happier and live longer!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

DRINK OF THE DAY: Zen Melon Martini

In a martini shaker, muddle fresh watermelon & 1/2 oz. cranberry juice.

Add ice.

Add 2 ounces Stoli Citrus (or Absolut Citron) and 1/4 oz. sour mix

Shake and Strain. Garnish with watermelon slice. Yum!

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YES WE CAN (file bankruptcy and lose everything due to medical bills)!

I am a classic example of a "working class" American (a small business owner and independent contractor) who makes "too much money" to receive government assistance like Medicaid, but too little money to afford cash health care or purchase individual health insurance (those 'Humana for One' plans area OK but I've had one before and with all of the red tape, I ended up paying almost as much out of pocket as I would've if I just saved up the $200/month and paid cash, so I'm a little skeptical of the true value of these plans...).



Three months ago I had 3 jobs, $14,000 in the bank and $0 in debt with 11 classes left until completing my Bachelor's Degree. I've never even taken student loans; I've paid cash for my entire college education. Now because of an injury, I am making 30% of my income; it's difficult to get around town and do things for myself (not to mention the emotional toll that accompanies a total loss of social life and mobility). The bank account is slowly shrinking and if I need a surgery, it will break me financially. I also took my first student loan this semester in anticipation of what's to come. There is absolutely NO solution for Americans like me.

The funny thing is: I'm actually one of the LUCKY uninsured people, because I have a modest savings to draw off of, no debt, and a live-in boyfriend who can help with my expenses right now. But I can't get unemployment or worker's comp because my injury occurred at home. I can't get welfare because I don't "meet the qualifications" (one of the eligibility factors is having a child in the home for whom support is not received, AKA a child with a deadbeat dad, or a child whose paternity is unknown). I don't even qualify for food stamps because I am a college student. However, if I dropped out of college, stopped working and got pregnant, all of my medical expenses would be paid for by the government. I am not saying this to be dramatic; these are the actual words that came from the mouth of one of the representatives for the Department of Children and Family Services here in Saint Petersburg.

Does anyone else see a problem with this system? Am I being overly sensitive by feeling cheated, wronged, and punished for working hard and paying my own way? The whole healthcare situation in America makes me ill. Literally, sick to stomach and angry to the point of tearful rage. I feel cheated by my government, my country and its leaders. And I've even considered moving back to Canada (I was born and lived there until I was 3) just for the health care.

But when it's all said and done, I'm a fighter and I have resources. I'll be fine in the end, whereas so many Americans get too sick to push through or go too far in debt to recover. They have to "choose which finger to reattach" (metaphorically and literally, as did the man in Michael Moore's film "Sicko").

But to end on a high note, here is a little health care Utopia to think of: