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Shenanigans and Goings On
Mar. 21st, 2008
04:42 pm - Yay a project!
So this is a little something I'm working on and you should ALL go here and do this cause I said so damn it!!!!
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cheerfulJan. 12th, 2005
02:12 am - Ewwww
Tonight I ran over a dead raccoon with my carriage. Then I went downtown to work in the rain/thunder/lightning and take only one ride. Then I came home and ate McDonald's. Then I made nutmeg bread. I think the highlight of my day was the raccoon. Oh...I also had a talk with Dom and he gave me a list of the scariest things for the average downtown carriage horse. It goes as follows.
10) Blowing bags and paper - "It could blow up into my face, covering my nose and suffocating me. Don't tell me you'll do CPR."
9) Barking Dogs - "Ever hear of Stephen King's 'Cujo'?"
8) Puddles of water - "Urban quicksand."
7) Trash cans - "They have been known to swallow horses and transport them to another dimension."
6) Small children - "Lost tribe of horse eating pygmies."
5) Plaid horse blankets - "Let's see YOU wear plaid. It adds a hundred pounds you know."
4) Rope and hoses on the ground - "Dreaded North American trail snakes."
3)Ponies - "Cute, clever, hardy...they want to take over the world."
2) Windy days - "Two words: impending tornado."
1) Carriages/carts - "You make us take baths, you ride us, you tell us when we can eat. But attaching a horse to a wheeled object just ain't right."
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blahJan. 10th, 2005
02:03 am - Dumbasses Abound
After I got back to the barn post-shift tonight, I realized that some dumbass had locked the bottom lock on the inner office door. Unfortunately there is only ONE key to this lock and it was on the keychain that I assumed was in the office. I tried the credit card trick that used to work on the old lock. It didn't work on this new one. Ok...how was I going to get in? I ended up calling Adam (thank God he's only a few minutes away from the barn) to bring me a screwdriver so I could remove the makeshift "bars" on one of the windows. Adam and I decided this would be rather time consuming. So I went outside and pushed the air conditioner out of the window and onto the office floor. Then I climbed on the hood of Adam's Jeep and crawled in the window. Ok at least I was in. But now I couldn't find the keys. Great. Adam and I searched the whole barn and finally found them in the oddest place. They were inside the envelope that we keep on the office door. This is smart. "Hey let's put the keys right next to the door. That way if someone comes in to rob us, it'll make it much easier for them!" Dumbasses...total dumbasses...
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crankyJan. 8th, 2005
09:56 pm - Adventures in Castleton
Today we helped Adam and Christy move into their apartment. I borrowed Russ's truck so that we could have two pickups. Granted a U-Haul would've been better, but funds were tight. So anyway, we make the long trek up to Castleton to get stuff out of Adam's storage unit. We spent most of the time pelting each other with snowballs and making fun of eachother. After I climbed into the bed of the Ram to load up a book shelf, I turned around and saw something that was rather disturbing. Adam was wearing a gas mask and holding up a disco ball on a string, while dancing and screaming. After the loading at the storage building was done, we proceeded back to the apartment. We saw a lovelyaccident while we were in transit. We weren't sure if this car had been rear ended or if someone had backed it into a tree at 45 mph. Either way it was screwed. Once we arrived back at the apartment, we had the simple task of getting the couch in. What's this? A slight problem? Oh boy! It seems as though the couch won't fit into the elevator. That's okay though. I always wanted to drag a couch up SIXTEEN flights of stairs! And guess what! Today I got to do it! YAY! *(Please note sarcasm here)* After leaving, I received a phone call from Adam saying that he had been fired. Goody. I told him he needed to come over to my place. It always makes you feel better to be in the company of friends. In the long run, he didn't come over because he went to work and drove (Yeah I know...I thought he was fired too). Apparently he wasn't fired for long. I'm glad. It wouldn't be the same without Adam around. Now I am at home typing on my computer and drinking a clear malt beverage. And now...I shall go to bed...
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drunkJan. 7th, 2005
01:47 am - When Oscar Mayer Attacks....
Yay! Back to work today! Dom started out with an attitude problem, which was fun. After a slight "attitude adjustment", all was going well. Then we got stuck next to a concrete truck at a stoplight. Goody. Then it was nothing but yanking and pulling all the way into town. Fun. We calmed down once we got into town. Again, all was going well...until we were passed by an evil horse eating hot dog on wheels. Yes, my friends, the Oscar Mayer "weinermobile" was cruising through town. After we got back into our OWN lane, we went through the yanking and pulling phase again. Then, on the way home, both Dom and Blaze bolted over a car. A normal car. Not loud, not weird looking, just normal. Once we got back to the homefront, my fellow employee and I decided to be rebels. We rode our ponies. This was also lots of fun! Now I am home and must go make dinner. Eat more chicken....
chipperNov. 30th, 2004
12:53 am - Bailey's Cafe
I am now on leave from work. I have about 2 weeks to go before I give birth and can no longer climb on and off a carriage. However, I still do AM feed on Saturday mornings. For some reason, I was double booked with someone else to do feed this past week. So I figured I might as well do something and at least be on the clock for a few hours. I decided to groom horses. I ended up being there even after everyone showed up to go out on shift. It was cold and raining. Just downright nasty. So the powers that be decided shift would be on hold for a while. Hmmm...sitting at the barn with nothing to do for the next couple hours. What did we do? We divided into groups. We called up the cafe and pre-ordered nine hot chocolates. Half of us then went to pick them up while the other half ran down the street to the liquor store to get two bottles of Bailey's. Needless to say, the cold barn warmed up rather quickly after that. I love my job :)
May. 18th, 2004
01:56 am - Various Oddities
So lately my computer is doing odd things. 90% of the time pictures that I have hosted on my Angelfire account are not visible on other pages. For example, there are pictures of Dom and my wrecked Tempo on this page. To me they show up as the default Angelfire "you screwed up and put a bad link here" picture. Oddly enough if I go view the actual picture on Angelfire through my account, the pictures then show up here. Years upon years of doing web design and I still have no clue why it's doing this. Apparently it's not the web, but my machine. Damn technology all to hell. I haven't rambled in here lately. I've been very busy. I'm now 8 weeks pregnant and trying my damnedest to quit smoking. It's harsh. I've also been out baby shopping with my mother. I'm also making preparations for the invasion that should be arriving any day now. Millions upon millions of cicadas are going to hatch, reproduce, then die. This could be tomorrow, it could be in a couple weeks. All I know is that for 2 or 3 weeks we're going to have them absolutely everywhere. Stupid bugs. I think dinner's ready. I should go now...
lethargicMar. 23rd, 2004
Mar. 14th, 2004
11:14 pm - HA HA!!
So I went to work tonight. We spent most of the night on the cirlce being lame as we do every Sunday night. The fun part came when we were on our way home. I was leading the pack as I always do when I drive slow ass Domino. Corey was playing the middle man and Kandi was in the rear. I have to say I believe Kandi planned being in the rear as she did have Harry, a trainee, with her. Just as we passed the Kentucky Ave. warehouse, I heard Corey scream at the top of her lungs...and Corey can yell. I looked back and saw Kandi walking next to her carriage. I was unable to figure out what had happened at first. Apparently Kandi had bailed off of her carriage, let Harry continue to drive, and made her way up to Corey's carriage. She then stuck her face right up by Corey's floorboard. I imagine it would be a scary thing to look down and see someone's face right next to you. Especially in a dark deserted industrial area such as the one we were in. Of course, I laughed the rest of the way back to the barn and then a little more once we got done. I thought I would share this, as I found it hysterical. None of you will, but had to been there you would have pissed yourself laughing.
chipperMar. 11th, 2004
09:03 pm - I quit driving
Ok so we were happy today. Angelo got paid like $800 this week and we were heading to the bank to cash his check and laughing about all the pointless shit we could spend it on. All of a sudden out of nowhere here comes this dumbass who turns left in front of us. The next thing I knew my neck and chest were killing me, all I could see was a buckled up hood, and I could smell the familiar odor of recently deployed airbags. At this point I was very shitty. Then I realized something: there was no other car in sight. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a cop go flying off to the right. Apparently the asshole who we hit decided to run and there happened to be a police officer in the lane next to us who caught them. The driver of the vehcle AND his passenger both had warrants out for their arrest. Surprise surprise! So then I had a collar slapped on me, I was pulled out onto a backboard and thrown on a stretcher with the noon sun glaring in my eyes. Finally they put me in an ambulance and took me to the hospital. It was then that I realized I REALLY had to pee. Of course I was still wearing a collar and wasn't allowed to move, so they brought me a bedpan (GROSS!!!). And of course not even five minutes later I was taken back to X-ray where they waited a whole 2 minutes before taking my collar off of me. So now I will never know the answer to the question: "Could I have held it for 7 more minutes?"
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soreMar. 10th, 2004
06:34 pm - Catfan
So we're hanging out at the barn after work and Angelo asks why Momma's face is all scratched up. I'm worried so I ask him where she is. He tells me she's laying in carriage six and was hissing at him when he went to pet her. I go ahead and go back to make sure she's okay. It isn't like Momma to hiss at anyone. I get back there and it turns out the cat in the carriage is the big black and white tomcat that looks like Momma. He's mean and he pisses in the carriages and we want to kill him...seriously...we really do. So Mikki runs up to the front to get Lady. She then comes back to the carriage room with Lady and a whip. Angelo starts smacking him with the whip and when he takes off, Lady chases him. Unfortunately she doesn't catch him. Instead, he climbs up the hay wall and sits on the ledge where the huge ventilation fan is. Being cold out still, the hole in the wall where the fan is happens to be boarded up. So I jump on the hay cart and start poking him with the whip so that at least I can get him outside and shut all the doors so he can't come back in. Not a good idea. He freaks out and somehow manages to get himself stuck in the fanblades between the fan and the board that's covering up the hole. I was thinking about turning the fan on and taking care of him once and for all but I felt bad. So Mikki and I got a ladder and went outside to remove the board so he could get out. As soon as we got out there we heard a lot of scratching and I went in to see what was up. Apparently Angelo had continued poking the poor cat with the whip until it got free, which I KNOW had to hurt cause he was stuck in there good. Aren't my work stories so odd?
amusedMar. 1st, 2004
11:35 pm - ..........
Today was a good day. I spent most of it at my sister's house and then went to my mom's place. I had fun just hangin' out and stuff. But for some reason all of a sudden I started missing Matt...really bad. More so than I have in a long time. I cried a bunch and now I feel a little better but not much. I don't know what's wrong with me. I was doing so much better. I just really miss him bad tonight. I'm going to go drive around for a while and then cry some more. Maybe that will help...
can't stop crying01:30 am - Send out the Spaniard
Domino got new tack yesterday and acted like a fool, but him acting like a fool is normal. There was a group of about 2 dozen people on the circle yesterday doing the hokey pokey for 3 hours while someone filmed them. And now I forget what I was going to say because my husband is a complete asshole. Anyways, oh yeah, so tonight. Yay. Kandi, Corey, Jannah, and I all sat up on the circle all night doing nothing, but acting like dorks. We came to the conclusion that we should invest in a card table, some folding chairs, and a few decks of cards. We could get a good game of euchre going that way. My thought was to get a bunch of white chcolate covered pretzels from the cafe and use them as an ante in five card stud. Our other cool idea was to steal the chalk that Katie uses for the schedule board and draw pictures on the steps of monument circle. We have good ideas occasionally. So then the creepiest homeless guy I have ever seen comes walking around the circle...barefoot with a chain around his neck. All he does is repeat over and over again, "send out the spaniard". What the fuck does that mean? What else happened? Oh yeah! This huge ass lifted primer gray Ford pickup that was loud as hell came cruising around the circle with 7 people in the back of it and a busted headlight. Every time they would pass us they would lay on the gas and freak the horses out. Corey was driving Dancer and he is quite a bit more skittish than the other three that were up there. So she politely asked them to please stop because they were scaring the horses. They then called her a fat bitch and a whore and laid on the gas some more. When they came around a second time she asked them again to stop it. She wasn't quite as polite, I'll admit, but she wasn't out of line either. They drove about 20 more yards and stopped next to my carriage and all proceeded to get out of the truck. At this point I was sure they were going to do something really stupid. I jumped up one side of my carriage and grabbed my whip while jumping down the other side. They rather quickly backed off. I'm tired...I'm going to bed...
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tiredFeb. 24th, 2004
08:00 pm - Yay for Dumbasses
So last Tuesday I was going to Aldi to get trash bags cause they have the best trash bags ever. I was minding my own business crusing down highway 31 and some schmo pulled out of a gas station and t-boned my passenger side. My car then spun around 180 degrees and ended up in the exact same lane, except I was now facing northbound instead of southbound. Oddly enough I was perfectly positioned in the lane. As if I was driving the wrong way without knowing it. So anyway, I am now the proud owner of a 3000 pound turd (see below).
Today I got to go try to get a rental car only to find out that Universal (the other insurance company) wouldn't pay for the damage waiver for it. I have no money. And even if I did I wouldnt pay for it. None of this was my fault. Why should I have to pay it? So I got pissed off and called the supervisor of the guy I'd been talking to at Universal. He wasnt available so I left him a voicemail explaining how upset I was. Then I got to go downtown to see my attorney. Whilst I was in the meeting with him, I received a call from Enterprise saying that the insurance company had agreed to pay the damage waiver. Goody. Apparently the voicemail worked. I'm glad I'm such a bitch. So now I'm cruising in an 03 Corolla. It's nice but I miss my car....I'm going to take more Vicodin now...
soreFeb. 18th, 2004
02:24 am - .............
K so Valentine's Day is the lamest holiday ever. Who the fuck thought of it anyway? The whole point is to have a day where you celebrate your love for your significant other. Shouldn't you do that every day? The whole night was spent with ME running the shift and trotting almost everywhere I went because my reservations were all ass backwards. The night ended with Corey being fired for being a moron. Then this morning (Tuesday) was spent in court trying to get Angelo out of the trouble he got himself into. Thank God we succeeded. This afternoon was spent talking to the police seeing as how someone was nice enough to take the liberty to total my car for me. It was fun I assure you. I was minding my own business cruising down 31 when someone pulled out of a gas station and t-boned me. Lovely...just fucking lovely. My car is now gone. The entire passenger side is torn to shit and I must say I am NOT thrilled about it. The only thing decent about it is that I was hit by an employee of Saturn who was driving a dealer owned car. Can we say lawsuit??? I'm going to bed...I don't feel good....
soreFeb. 12th, 2004
12:36 am - Lollygagging
We got a new barn baby today. She's our guard dog and she's cute as hell. I went into work at noon today to muck stalls. It was exhausting. I then got to go downtown and drive a shift. Ok so the same thing happens at work tonight...nothing...until my 9:30 reservation all the way up in northeast bumblefuck at Agio...in the "artsy" section. I leave my wonderful parking spot at 8:50 so I have time to get up there. Right after I pick up the ride, Katie radios me. Apparently someone called to complain about the fact that I was driving down the street. This man was apparently a business owner somewhere on Mass Ave and was upset that I was going so slow. He told Katie that I was just taking my time "lollygagging around" and not even trying to go faster. He said I was only doing 4 mph and that he had already called the police and was going to call the city controller's office in the morning. Quite frankly, if Beau was doing 4 mph, then he's doing a good job. I talked to Joe about it and he laughed...hysterically. I highly doubt I will get any contact from the city controller's office either. Indianapolis...where stupidity abounds...
bitchyFeb. 10th, 2004
11:44 pm - More sucky
Work sucks. I did nothing at work tonight. Nothing. So much nothing that only ONE person even asked me if they could pet my horse. How disturbing is that? In the hours that I spent talking to Beth, who was also doing a whole lot of nothing, I found out a wonderful little tidbit of information. This spring, construction begins on a four star hotel at the corner of Illinois and Washington, right next to the Arts Garden. Yippee. I also was informed that this construction will last until 2006. TWO YEARS of construction. This has me wondering one thing: how am I going to change my route to get around it? When I figure it out I'll let you know. For now, however, I'm going to watch Inuyasha and then go to bed. I get to go to work at noon tomorrow to clean stalls and then go drive all night long! YAY!!!
irritated03:35 am - Sucky...
Okay so I went into work today and was folding the ugly ass blankets in my carriage when I realized the whole carriage reeked of cat piss. This did not make me happy. Oh but this is just the beginning. I then went to fill up a bucket with water so that I may clean off the inch of dust that had settled on the carriage (I believe it has now been a full three weeks since that carriage was last used.). YAY! The pipe that makes hot water go to the sink is no longer there. It's not just busted...it's GONE!!! Goody...I get to use cold water to clean my carriage in a barn with no heat and all the doors open. Had I been using my brain I would have thought to go to one of the other two sinks in the barn where there IS hot water, but I wasn't using my brain of course. Okay, so I get the carriage clean and go to pull it out (yes I have to pull my carriage out of the barn myself...without the help of a horse). What happened next I have never before seen. The carriage got stuck on the hill leading down to the driveway. For any of you who know about my place of employment, you know this is nearly impossible. Carriages are heavy. You must literally RUN down the hill when pulling them out, otherwise they will run over your sorry ass. Kind of like getting in front of a car that's rolling down a hill and attempting to keep it from running you over. Not likely. So anyways, yes the damn thing somehow got stuck. Thank goodness Corey was there to give me a push. Okay so the day goes on (after I had liberally sprayed my carriage with Apple & Cinnamon scented Glade that I stole from the bathroom in the barn). I was forced to drive Blaze. Joy and rapture. We got downtown and parked at our usual spot...the circle. We were there a few minutes and all of a sudden I heard the sound of many birds. This is normal. Birds often nest in the trees on the circle. For some reason though, they all decided to fly away from this tree they were sitting on. I think there must be an unwritten law somewhere that when birds do that, they have to relieve themselves at the same time. I was on the phone with my sister when I noticed poor Blaze had bird doo on his neck. I felt bad for him, but thought nothing more of it. A few minutes later I decided to head down to Steak N Shake as the circle was dead. It was then that I realized Blaze had bird doo all over him. It took me til the time I got to Steak N Shake to realize that right beside me on my seat were two big globs of more bird doo...one bird apparently had eaten something spicy for dinner as it appeared he had the runs. I went into Steak N Shake to ask for some wet napkins so that I may wipe down my seat. Upon wiping, I caught a glimpse of the top of the carriage. What I saw could only be described as a small scale battlefield, marred by at least fifty birdie bombs. This is what I imagine it would look like if two species of birds were at war with each other. Nothing else really interesting happened the rest of the night. Oh yeah it did! While pulling up the the last stoplight we have to deal with before we reach the comfort, safety, and utter frigidness of the dilapidated barn, we were confronted by station 19's ladder truck! That was more fun than flying toasters! This was my first night back at work after three weeks off due to nasty weather conditions. It was not a good night. I'm sure it will get worse. One thought terrorizes me like an upcoming visit to the dentist...Domino hasn't worked in three weeks either. God help me....
sleepyFeb. 2nd, 2004
03:02 am - Super Bowl Sunday
Fun fun fun! Just got home from the Super Bowl party/company pitch in at Mikki's house. Got a little tipsy, then got high, then got drunk, then got more high, then got sloshed (I'm still high though). It was fun! Mik cut my hair. I have a bit of a David Cassidy thing going on now, but oh well. I was drunk and I let her do it. That's the great thing about hair. It grows back! I don't remember much about the party. There was a lot of food...bloody steak...mmmmmmm. There was a lot of alcohol and there was a lot of weed. I think Shala and I were the only ones who got really drunk. It was cool though. We'll have to do it more often :)
highJan. 25th, 2004
02:57 pm - Gin is my friend
Ok so last night I'm at work, doing the whole "pretend you're working" thing. It was absolutely bloody freezing! So this guy was talking to Krista and had a bottle of gin. I made a joke about how I needed some and he came over and poured some in my hot chocolate for me. So I proceded to drink a HUGE cup of gin spiked hot chocolate. It was yummy...and it warmed me up rather well. Oh and the company truck is a bitch and a half to drive and I'm SOOO scared I'm gonna scratch it. I don't wanna drive it anymore....
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