peaches & cream

Last night was my pseudo five year high school reunion (which I'll post more about as soon as I get pictures from my peeps...hear that peeps?) and I guess I've been in kind of a nostalgic sorta mood during the past week or so since I found out about this reunion. Jessawill and I were just talking on the phone about how much fun last night was, and that got us to talking about old friends, which got us talking about Mesquite (not the bush or the barbecue sauce), which NATURALLY got us talking about sno-cones. Bob's Sno-Cones to be precise. <--If he had a website address, I'd have made that a link to it, but he doesn't, but that's just about as Bob as Bob can get. No frills, just super terrific sno-cones for young and old alike.

My favorite flava, hence the title of this post, was of course the delectable peaches and her illustrious cream. Just thinking about it now is making me salivate, which I find to be a very graphic word. Jess's favorite flava was grape, and "Josh" apparently "doesn't remember" Bob's Sno-"Cones." *rolling eyes* Whatever, Josh.

What's YOUR favorite flava?

NY's E......resolve this!

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betwixt and between...

So Christmas is over, and New Year's is just around the [proverbial] bend, and all I can say is that three 4 day work weeks in a row is a-okay with me! 1-2 no day work weeks would be even better, but I'm not complaining. I try to live my life as if the grass is always greener anywhere else. Helps me stay positive. Wait a second..... *squinting*

So this week - Wednesday to be precise - there is to be a ramshackle 5 year reunion for Dr. Ralph H. Poteet High School's graduating class of 2005 at the Iron Cactus in downtown D-town. It should be interesting, for a couple of reasons.

Incidentally, I like orange juice. *will anyone notice that she did not, as one might have supposed, list out the "couple of reasons" the "reunion" should be interesting?*

No, actually I'm looking forward to it. There should be a few people there that I'm really looking forward to seeing and catching up with, combined with the peeps I'm still -tight- with, er.....yo. I'm guessing that there will be about, oh....30 people or so in attendance, made up of those who are either:

-residents of the DFW area
-in town and willing to small talk
-friends of the host/hostess
-wanting to see how poorly *fingers crossed* the lives of their nemeses turned out
-looking to have a good time with some past friends/acquaintances (and by acquaintances I mean Tom Collins)

I personally fall into the a, b, c, and e categories, but to each his own. I always wished I could attend the Class of 1998 and 1999 reunions as well, because I had quite a few friends in those age groups, and I vaguely remember that the thought of my not being able to attend these prospective reunions causing me some mild discontent back in h.s. That's me, always looking to the future, prepared to be dissatisfied. Ha ha. That actually made me laugh out loud.

I'll keep you posted (literally!) on how the reuniting goes.

Tis the Treason...

I'm leaving this evening to go to Wichita, KS to see ye olde mom, sister, grandma, grandpa, and uncle. Now I know that "ye olde" implies that they are YOUR mom, sister, grandma, etcetera - when, in fact, I am talking about mine. I just like the way "ye olde" sounds better than "my" or "me olde." Maybe we all just need to calm down.

I'm excited about going up there because I always feel really at home and relaxed, and I'll get to see my family and hang out and eat glorious food (Mom and Grandma are both excellent cooks, a skill I've yet to hone) and sleep in. *sigh* I can't wait. I also can't wait until I make more money and can shower my friends with lots of gifts. I exchanged gifts yesterday with Stephanie, Elissa, Candiss, Levi and halfway with Erin (she gave me hers, and I've yet to give her mine). I've still got a few more exchanges to do, including the ever multiplying family. I LOVE MY FRIENDS!!!

We were going to have "The Girls" Christmas exchange tonight and all pick Julie up from the airport together, unwrap presents, eat, drink, and be merry and stay up all night talking about earrings and pumps, but she's not getting in until EXACTLY 4 hours after I leave. (see: 7:24 pm v. 11:24 pm) *weeping* Alex usually plays the role of Julie whenever we get together, but tonight......tonight he'll be Becki. Tonight I'll know the bittersweet sting of knowing they're all hanging out and wishing I could be there. Billy Corgan couldn't have said it better when he said.......Tonight.......TONIGHT! SWEET MOTHER OF MOSES, TONIGHT!! (maybe not that last part) I empathize with you Julie! But I also know that whenever we get together we always wish you were there, and there's a little "recently moved to NY girl" shaped hole in our gathering!

All is well, though, and we're going to do our exchange when I get back. TWICE! Merry Christmas! I love this time of year. Family, friends, and a general appreciation for the great things in our lives. And it was good.

Ahoy!

If you live in the Dallas-ish area, and you haven't been to P.D. Johnsons, I suggest you do. You do been there. *pause* Right. Anyway, the only reason I titled my post "Ahoy" is because a guy that works at P.D. Johnsons frequently comes into my work to give us to go menus and delicious deserts, and he brought us some chocolate chip ('s ahoy) cookies today. I haven't eaten any of them, because they're probably made with poison, but they sure do LOOK like they aren't.

You're not foolin' anyone Chucky!

Anyway, here's a fun game that I learned from the internet "connect with a friend!" website whose name I shan't mention. *coughmycoughspacecough*

Go to google.com and type in "YourName is" in quotes and see what comes up. Now obviously you won't type the words "your" "name." I'd type "Becki is" or "Rebecca is," get it? *nudge nudge*

Por ejemple:

Rebecca is very articulate with a nice UI.

Rebecca is dead but she hasn't gone away.

Rebecca is an example of New Testament Apocrypha.

Rebecca is always fending off Sam's advances.

Becki is short, at tops maybe 5'3''with blonde hair sprinkled with sides of gray.

Becki is our youngest heart buddy.

Becki, is litigation.

Becki is not responsible for various illnesses going around.


Excellent. Yes.

Checking it thrice...

I like lists. So I decided to compile a couple of my own. Here they are, in glorious splendor and no particular order:

Top 5 television programs I make an effort to watch when they actually come on:

1. America's Next Top Model (and yes, I wish I was a little bit talla)
2. Project Runway (but I don't have cable, so this becomes problematic)
3. Grey's Anatomy
4. Sex and the City (tbs editing, what what!)
5. Desperate Housewives (lame, but I still watch it)

Top 10 television series on DVD I rent as soon as they come out because I don't have cable and/or don't know when they come on:

1. The Sopranos (I am always hungry when I watch this show)
2. Six Feet Under
3. Scrubs
4. Arrested Development
5. Sex and the City
6. Weeds
7. 24
8. Family Guy
9. Lost (or at least I'm about to start)
10. And of course, The Office (BBC)

Top 2 Favorite Toobing Trips

1. "The Girls" Austin 2003
2. "The Girls" Austin 2001 (summer of the umbrella)

Top 1 Favorite Shoe Size

1. Size 6 1/2 (this is NOT my shoe size)


Okay, that's all for now. Stay Tuned. I'm going to my friend Benom's wedding in Marshall, TX (159 miles eastbound on Interstate 20, it seems). I hear they've got some Christmas lights that will put the Gonzalez neighborhood display to shame! Who remembers?!

Woooooosssssshhhhhhh......

Oh my gosh!!! I listen to the Kidd Kraddick in the morning show religiously, and I hear them play 1 Minute From the Beach, 60 Seconds From the Strip, etc, but I've never been able to get through, and/or was too nervous to call!

Let me briefly explain how you play these games, even though I KNOW all of you are devout morning show listeners and you all already know. *peering knowingly over bifocals* You get 60 seconds to identify 3 celebrity voices and you have 5 clues total, with a maximum of 3 clues per person, the first of which is, as Kidd likes to call it, "the dreaded occupational clue."

Okay, so anyway, I'm listening this morning, and I hear them start playing with some woman, and she gets the first one wrong. She thinks that it's Mario, latino pop star extraordinaire, when I know that it's clearly Frankie J, the other latino pop star extraordinaire. I'm not even totally sure how I knew that, but I did. So he says they're going to take caller 13 (ALWAYS a prime numba, what what!) and play again so I decide whimsically to call in, knowing that, per usual, I won't get through. Also, I usually won't call in unless I've heard two of the correct answers, so it took some cojones, but I dialed nonetheless.

*GASP*

I get through to who I can only assume is Dianthe. Yesss.....

"Am I caller 13?" I ask nervously.

She avoids my question.

"What's your name and where are you calling from?" she went on.

So I told her, and she said to turn off my radio and not to mention KISS FM because they're syndicated and have different names in different cities. Then I held for about 10 minutes, while I frantically - or as frantically as I could given the traffic - tried to get to work so I could be parked if he picked me to play. As it turns out, I didn't make it to work, so I just had to pull over at a Shell (product placement) Station.

So they play the first clip and the timer starts.

"FRANKIE J!" I shout.

"That's right!" Kidd says. "That was a hard one. Here's the next clip."

"Clue!" I shout.

"Actor." Kidd says.

"Clue!" I shout.

"Rehab."

"ROBERT DOWNEY JR!" I shout again.

"No, ha ha, that's not it."

"CLUE!" I shout again.

"Irish."

"Ooh! Colin Farrell!" I, yet again, shout.

"That's right! Here's the last clip."

"Clue!" me.

"Actress/singer."

"CLUE!" shout.

"Lizzie."

"Oh, oh........oh, HILARY DUFF!!"

"That's right!! You're going to Lake Tahoe!" Kidd said.

"Yesss." I said. Now, I really wanted to scream and get crazy excited, but I was too nervous to even say anything. When they asked me who I was going to take, I said, "My friend Amber because were one two singles friends group."

What? Exactly....Geez, my one opportunity to impress the morning show cast and convince them to take me on as Rich's replacement, and I blurt out and unintelligible "sentence." *sigh* Another day......another free trip.

Here's a picture of a Tahoe outdoor spa I found on Google images:






And here's a picture I took with my mind of what I think Tahoe will look like:









I LOVE YOU KIDD KRADDICK IN THE MORNING!!

p.s. thanks to Jessawill, J-Ro, Jad, Julie's sister Kim, Julie in spirit and Julie's mom for hearing me on the radio and contacting either me or Julie to let us know you heard!!