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Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:51 PM
What an amazing way to end my first year. I had so much fun reminiscing and laughing with my MFC friends on Saturday, it reminds me why I am still doing what I do. Sure, MFC makes a good living for me, but without all the people I interact with there day to day, it just wouldn't be the same.
I want to give a very special thank you to my Heroes and SuperHeroes from last week. You saved me! Your favorite little MFC princess appreciates all your efforts to keep me in the top 20.
SuperHeroes!
Ted: Oh, Ted. You're the ultimate superhero of my room. Not only do you rock my world with crazy big tips all the time, but the fact that you're such a mystery to all the other members in my room gives you MegaSuperHero status. Endless thanks to you.
Cypher_17: Cypheeeee!! You put me on such a rollercoaster of emotion. I love you and hate you. "ZOMFG yay Cyphee's here so many lulz and so much fun" then "/sadamberpanda Cypher is done with MFC he's never going to visit me again guess I'll just cyberstalk him on gchat sometimes" then back to "ROFLWAFFLES he's back oh I missed you wiggy wiggy yay." And now you're done again? /facepalm. You're awesome in so many ways and I am glad we've clicked so well over the last 12 months. I know I'll be able to track you down regardless of your MFC boycott status. And thank you so much for your epic tipping on Saturday. It was fun and I needed some good laughs.
Mikey: Thank you for being you. And for taking all the shit-talk that you get for being you! hah. You're a fun target and I am glad you've come to enjoy your role in my chat room. That aside, thank you for your generosity. We have some fun memories together already, and it means a lot that you still enjoy my shows. I'll always appreciate your company. xoxo
Ninja: My math guru and opinionated endless arguer. Where would I be without you? Thank you so much for being there. It means a lot to me that you go to such lengths to participate and help me out. You know you don't have to, but you know your efforts are appreciated. I am glad we have made such a connection since you've "come out of the shadows" in my chat room. Thank you for everything.
Jason314: MyJason! My oldest memory of you was your counting the days that you had chatted with me. I forget what exactly you typed in my chat room, but it made me smile. I've totally enjoyed having you around ever since. You certainly made a HUGE impact on MegaMay and completely flattered me with your generous ways. I am glad to have you on my SuperHero board this month. Thank you so very very much for all you've done. And a special thank you for my gift from my wishlist. Once I can consume copious amounts of caffeine again, I'll be all over my fancy lattes and cappuccinos!! You'll warm my heart in more ways than one, then.
burnside986: OhBurnsie! You silly boy. First the shoe on head tip last week, then the SuperHeroes board. Plus my fancypants motorola dildo and skirt. You've really spoiled me lately!! Thank you for making me feel uberspecial and also being sweet and entertaining to talk to. It's nice to feel cared about and your efforts to "check on me" are very endearing. xoxo
heatwave: It really says something that you're either very new, or have just been really shy in my room thus far, and you still came out and SuperHero'd! Sincerely flattering. Thank you so much and I do hope you continue to enjoy my room and my company on MFC.
Heroes!
FutureFrank: I was so excited to see you pop up during my party. I know most of our chatting together has been via an EXTREMELY long thread of emails, but it's always a sweet surprise to see you on MFC. Thank you so very much for your surprise visit and mega tip!!
Big_Snake: I smile. Thank you for being a part of my celebration! You always make me feel wonderful when you come to visit. Glad I can make you smile too!
galactic: I know you only appreciate my fan and my pillow, but I figured I'd go ahead thank you myself for your generosity. (I keed.) You rock so hard. I appreciate everything you've done and only hope that you'll continue to be part of my time on MFC. xoxo
ricketycricket: I promise I will try to stop seeing a little green cricket in a tuxedo whenever I see your name pop into my room. You're always incredibly sweet and generous and I can't thank you enough. xoxo
So now, it's onward with another year! The next 2 days I will be trying to work my ass off to get back into the top 15, but even finishing in the top 20 will make me super happy. The competition for Miss MFC is certainly getting tougher and tougher as the months go on. Please know that any and all efforts to help me stay afloat in the coming months is super duper appreciated. You all know that tipping is not required to hang out in my room. I will always enjoy the company and companionship you bring me, and that tips of any size are just a super bonus when you do it. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me in the past and what you'll most likely do in the future. I wouldn't be where I am without you all.
Now, I wonder what September will hold. Hmm...
Oh yeah, and I hope you enjoyed my festive room on Saturday. Say goodbye to the stars, they must come down!
I want to give a very special thank you to my Heroes and SuperHeroes from last week. You saved me! Your favorite little MFC princess appreciates all your efforts to keep me in the top 20.
SuperHeroes!Ted: Oh, Ted. You're the ultimate superhero of my room. Not only do you rock my world with crazy big tips all the time, but the fact that you're such a mystery to all the other members in my room gives you MegaSuperHero status. Endless thanks to you.
Cypher_17: Cypheeeee!! You put me on such a rollercoaster of emotion. I love you and hate you. "ZOMFG yay Cyphee's here so many lulz and so much fun" then "/sadamberpanda Cypher is done with MFC he's never going to visit me again guess I'll just cyberstalk him on gchat sometimes" then back to "ROFLWAFFLES he's back oh I missed you wiggy wiggy yay." And now you're done again? /facepalm. You're awesome in so many ways and I am glad we've clicked so well over the last 12 months. I know I'll be able to track you down regardless of your MFC boycott status. And thank you so much for your epic tipping on Saturday. It was fun and I needed some good laughs.
Mikey: Thank you for being you. And for taking all the shit-talk that you get for being you! hah. You're a fun target and I am glad you've come to enjoy your role in my chat room. That aside, thank you for your generosity. We have some fun memories together already, and it means a lot that you still enjoy my shows. I'll always appreciate your company. xoxo
Ninja: My math guru and opinionated endless arguer. Where would I be without you? Thank you so much for being there. It means a lot to me that you go to such lengths to participate and help me out. You know you don't have to, but you know your efforts are appreciated. I am glad we have made such a connection since you've "come out of the shadows" in my chat room. Thank you for everything.
Jason314: MyJason! My oldest memory of you was your counting the days that you had chatted with me. I forget what exactly you typed in my chat room, but it made me smile. I've totally enjoyed having you around ever since. You certainly made a HUGE impact on MegaMay and completely flattered me with your generous ways. I am glad to have you on my SuperHero board this month. Thank you so very very much for all you've done. And a special thank you for my gift from my wishlist. Once I can consume copious amounts of caffeine again, I'll be all over my fancy lattes and cappuccinos!! You'll warm my heart in more ways than one, then.
burnside986: OhBurnsie! You silly boy. First the shoe on head tip last week, then the SuperHeroes board. Plus my fancypants motorola dildo and skirt. You've really spoiled me lately!! Thank you for making me feel uberspecial and also being sweet and entertaining to talk to. It's nice to feel cared about and your efforts to "check on me" are very endearing. xoxo
heatwave: It really says something that you're either very new, or have just been really shy in my room thus far, and you still came out and SuperHero'd! Sincerely flattering. Thank you so much and I do hope you continue to enjoy my room and my company on MFC.
Heroes!FutureFrank: I was so excited to see you pop up during my party. I know most of our chatting together has been via an EXTREMELY long thread of emails, but it's always a sweet surprise to see you on MFC. Thank you so very much for your surprise visit and mega tip!!
Big_Snake: I smile.
Thank you for being a part of my celebration! You always make me feel wonderful when you come to visit. Glad I can make you smile too!galactic: I know you only appreciate my fan and my pillow, but I figured I'd go ahead thank you myself for your generosity. (I keed.) You rock so hard. I appreciate everything you've done and only hope that you'll continue to be part of my time on MFC. xoxo
ricketycricket: I promise I will try to stop seeing a little green cricket in a tuxedo whenever I see your name pop into my room.
You're always incredibly sweet and generous and I can't thank you enough. xoxoSo now, it's onward with another year! The next 2 days I will be trying to work my ass off to get back into the top 15, but even finishing in the top 20 will make me super happy. The competition for Miss MFC is certainly getting tougher and tougher as the months go on. Please know that any and all efforts to help me stay afloat in the coming months is super duper appreciated. You all know that tipping is not required to hang out in my room. I will always enjoy the company and companionship you bring me, and that tips of any size are just a super bonus when you do it. I can't thank you enough for what you have done for me in the past and what you'll most likely do in the future. I wouldn't be where I am without you all.
Now, I wonder what September will hold. Hmm...
Oh yeah, and I hope you enjoyed my festive room on Saturday. Say goodbye to the stars, they must come down!
Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:30 PM
Many of you already know that my 1 year MFC cam girl anniversary is next Saturday, August 28th! I am very excited with what the past 12 months have provided for me, and I can't wait to celebrate with you guys. I will be on MFC for just a few hours on 8-28-10. I anticipate it will be around roughly 3:00pm PDT, but I will update a more specific time closer to that day.
There will be cake! No it isn't a lie. There will be a trivia game and possibly other fun games, and I'm sure we'll take a walk down memory lane as we think back to all the blunders and blasts we've had together in the last year. I won't be doing any group shows that day, just hanging with all of you in public chat. I hope that everyone of you (schedules permitting) will come spend some time and celebrate with me!
As a way to kick off my 2nd year on MFC, I may be changing my main avatar picture. I am putting up a poll HERE so that all my friends can vote on their favorite. There is also an option to keep the current avatar if you're just too attached with it to part ways. Please take a moment to vote and help me decide which one to use! If the vote is to change it, I will update it on the big anniversary day, so the poll closes one week from today! Dooo eeeeet.
There will be cake! No it isn't a lie. There will be a trivia game and possibly other fun games, and I'm sure we'll take a walk down memory lane as we think back to all the blunders and blasts we've had together in the last year. I won't be doing any group shows that day, just hanging with all of you in public chat. I hope that everyone of you (schedules permitting) will come spend some time and celebrate with me!
As a way to kick off my 2nd year on MFC, I may be changing my main avatar picture. I am putting up a poll HERE so that all my friends can vote on their favorite. There is also an option to keep the current avatar if you're just too attached with it to part ways. Please take a moment to vote and help me decide which one to use! If the vote is to change it, I will update it on the big anniversary day, so the poll closes one week from today! Dooo eeeeet.
Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:40 PM
Each season of Big Brother that I watch, I get very addicted to. By about the 3rd week, I'm hooked. Takes a little while to get to know the hamsters and pick favorites, but after that, I'm a goner! Between all the BB12 and my new love for StarCraft 2, I certainly have enough entertainment to fill my days and nights.
I think if we only watched the CBS episodes, it would be easy to just pass it off as another ol' tv show. But since I read twitter updates on it, as well as frequent http://bbdish.blogspot.com/ and http://www.jokersupdates.com/ during the day time, I get up to the minute info on who is pissed at who, and spoilers on who wins POV, who uses POV, HoH winners (for the long comps) before it gets shown on CBS. And since Showtime shows Big Brother After Dark each night from 9pm til 12am, I normally fall asleep watching it every single night. I'm in deep.
(Here's where the spoilers start***) So this week might be the first real dramatic live eviction. Matt received the Diamond POV when he opened Pandora's Box a little while back, and this is his last week to use it before it becomes void. Needless to say, he WILL use it, because since Ragan won the POV, taking himself off the block, Matt is now up for eviction. The DPOV can only be used during the live eviction, and no other HG knows about it, so the show will be fun to watch! I can't figure out if he'll nom Britney to take his place, or if he'll go for Kathy. I'm leaning towards Kathy, and hoping so. I am a Britney fan, for sure. Her incredibly scathing and humorous attacks about Rachel and Brendon keep me thoroughly entertained, and I'd miss her and Ragan having their rage-sessions if she was to be evicted.
The other thing I am going crazy over is the side alliance that Enzo and Hayden have with Brendon. I know it was set up to help the Brigade in the long run, but the fact that Matt is acting shady (due to the DPOV) is making them really consider keeping Brendon around and going farther with him. I really can't stand Brendon. He showed what a pathetic pussy he was while Rachel was walking all over him, and I just can't respect him at all. Thus, I'm on the edge of my seat wondering who will win HoH this week. If it is Enzo or Hayden, I fear that they will put up Ragan and Britney to try and keep Brendon with them. I'll scream at the TV if I have to see Brendon around for another week!
Here is my ideal scenario: Matt replaces himself with Kathy for eviction on Thursday. Kathy goes home, Lane stays to keep the Brigade fully intact, and keep Britney company. (Oh and PS - I LOVE Lane, he's hilarious.) Britney or Lane win HoH. Brendon and Ragan go on the block. POV keeps noms the same, and Brendon goes home. After Brendon and Kathy are both gone, it's a free for all as to who goes next. I like all the rest of the HGs, and though I would love to see this Brigade alliance go to final 4, I'd be happy with any of the remaining people get to the end.
Ok! Now that rant is done. Feels good to get that all out.
If you would like to share your current thoughts about BB12 feel free to visit the thread I started here viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1168 instead of replying to this blog.
I'm currently learning better strategies and mastering build order for StarCraft2. As I posted on this thread viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1167 I am looking for pointers. Feel free to post yours there. I am finding that some of the campaign missions are annoying due to the fact I hate multitasking. And it frustrates me to no end when I can't get the optional objectives done before the main objective is complete. The Lava and Zombie levels were the worst yet. So I am going back to doing some 1v1 against AI for a while to practice. Maybe I'll be able to use "medium" soon instead of easy! Teehee.
I think if we only watched the CBS episodes, it would be easy to just pass it off as another ol' tv show. But since I read twitter updates on it, as well as frequent http://bbdish.blogspot.com/ and http://www.jokersupdates.com/ during the day time, I get up to the minute info on who is pissed at who, and spoilers on who wins POV, who uses POV, HoH winners (for the long comps) before it gets shown on CBS. And since Showtime shows Big Brother After Dark each night from 9pm til 12am, I normally fall asleep watching it every single night. I'm in deep.
(Here's where the spoilers start***) So this week might be the first real dramatic live eviction. Matt received the Diamond POV when he opened Pandora's Box a little while back, and this is his last week to use it before it becomes void. Needless to say, he WILL use it, because since Ragan won the POV, taking himself off the block, Matt is now up for eviction. The DPOV can only be used during the live eviction, and no other HG knows about it, so the show will be fun to watch! I can't figure out if he'll nom Britney to take his place, or if he'll go for Kathy. I'm leaning towards Kathy, and hoping so. I am a Britney fan, for sure. Her incredibly scathing and humorous attacks about Rachel and Brendon keep me thoroughly entertained, and I'd miss her and Ragan having their rage-sessions if she was to be evicted.
The other thing I am going crazy over is the side alliance that Enzo and Hayden have with Brendon. I know it was set up to help the Brigade in the long run, but the fact that Matt is acting shady (due to the DPOV) is making them really consider keeping Brendon around and going farther with him. I really can't stand Brendon. He showed what a pathetic pussy he was while Rachel was walking all over him, and I just can't respect him at all. Thus, I'm on the edge of my seat wondering who will win HoH this week. If it is Enzo or Hayden, I fear that they will put up Ragan and Britney to try and keep Brendon with them. I'll scream at the TV if I have to see Brendon around for another week!
Here is my ideal scenario: Matt replaces himself with Kathy for eviction on Thursday. Kathy goes home, Lane stays to keep the Brigade fully intact, and keep Britney company. (Oh and PS - I LOVE Lane, he's hilarious.) Britney or Lane win HoH. Brendon and Ragan go on the block. POV keeps noms the same, and Brendon goes home. After Brendon and Kathy are both gone, it's a free for all as to who goes next. I like all the rest of the HGs, and though I would love to see this Brigade alliance go to final 4, I'd be happy with any of the remaining people get to the end.
Ok! Now that rant is done. Feels good to get that all out.
If you would like to share your current thoughts about BB12 feel free to visit the thread I started here viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1168 instead of replying to this blog.I'm currently learning better strategies and mastering build order for StarCraft2. As I posted on this thread viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1167 I am looking for pointers. Feel free to post yours there. I am finding that some of the campaign missions are annoying due to the fact I hate multitasking. And it frustrates me to no end when I can't get the optional objectives done before the main objective is complete. The Lava and Zombie levels were the worst yet. So I am going back to doing some 1v1 against AI for a while to practice. Maybe I'll be able to use "medium" soon instead of easy! Teehee.
Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:38 AM
Since Friday of last week, I've been working on a few different picture sets that are now all completed! You can find two of them as public sets at http://www.ambercutie.com/pics. One is the "Wet in White" set that is actually more revealing than I normally post in the public photo section ( 
) and the other set shows my collection of toys that I use in group shows on MFC. I also uploaded the toy pics to my MFC profile, but that's beside the point.
The third set can be found at http://www.ambercutie.com/pics/private. It's a collection of 15 pics called "Poolside and naughty". It ranges from full body nude shots, to partial nude wet t-shirt shots, to "oh hello there!" shots of my naughty bits. So far this is the biggest bargain of a set at 90 tokens as it has the most images in the set! I am hoping that all my MFC friends are as excited as I am about this, and I hope lots of you are planning to purchase them tonight or very soon! I will also have a bundle of all 4 of my current pic sets for 300 tokens.
I will be busting ass this week to get back into the top 20 and hold the best spot I can get! I can't do it alone, so I am looking forward to having pic sets to thank my big tippers with. I'm excited for a great week!! See you online later.
) and the other set shows my collection of toys that I use in group shows on MFC. I also uploaded the toy pics to my MFC profile, but that's beside the point. The third set can be found at http://www.ambercutie.com/pics/private. It's a collection of 15 pics called "Poolside and naughty". It ranges from full body nude shots, to partial nude wet t-shirt shots, to "oh hello there!" shots of my naughty bits. So far this is the biggest bargain of a set at 90 tokens as it has the most images in the set! I am hoping that all my MFC friends are as excited as I am about this, and I hope lots of you are planning to purchase them tonight or very soon! I will also have a bundle of all 4 of my current pic sets for 300 tokens.
I will be busting ass this week to get back into the top 20 and hold the best spot I can get! I can't do it alone, so I am looking forward to having pic sets to thank my big tippers with. I'm excited for a great week!! See you online later.
Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:39 PM
It's here! The last month of my first year of MFC!! August 28, 2009 was my debut, and I've been rockin' the cam-girl title ever since. I'm still lovin' it!! 
So... I am hoping that August will be awesome for me (and for all of you!) and I will be shooting for the top 20 once again. I think my schedule will be very similar to what I did in July, throwing in some early and longer days once or twice a week. There's also a very good chance I will work on Aug. 28 even though it's a Saturday, so we can celebrate together.
But I will have to update you on that plan much closer to the end of the month. Weekends aren't easy to plan this far ahead, heh.
I am looking forward to lots of fun, laughs, dancing and tips (of course, lol) in public chat, and hot group shows together. I have decided, for now at least, that I am not accepting private shows. I enjoy the freedom and relaxed environment in group shows much better, and I've always felt more pressure in a private show to "perform" instead of just enjoying myself. I don't like being fake or pressured to do something I don't like, or to be something I am not. I just want to be myself and enjoy my body the way that feels good to me, and share that pleasure with you guys in a group show. Some day I may change my mind, but I am happy with my decision right now. I realize that my camscore and overall tokens may drop a bit from this, but I feel confident that we can make this up in other areas. Right?
I have 2 pic sets that I plan to take this week, and possibly more later this month. I will probably have them up and ready for sale early next week, so the current sale of "all 3 sets for 200 tokens" will end or change when the new ones go up! I am always excited to share my pics with you, and your purchases of the sets help me reach my monthly goals. It's a win-win, I think!!
Now that I've updated you on all that hooplah, let's get it on! I'd love to start August on a strong note, so anyone who can come hang out and enjoy the booty shakin', boobie bouncin' and group shows (there's cake!) then come on down! I'll be on this evening to rock your world. Hugs and smooches to all of you. Thanks for reading.
So... I am hoping that August will be awesome for me (and for all of you!) and I will be shooting for the top 20 once again. I think my schedule will be very similar to what I did in July, throwing in some early and longer days once or twice a week. There's also a very good chance I will work on Aug. 28 even though it's a Saturday, so we can celebrate together.
But I will have to update you on that plan much closer to the end of the month. Weekends aren't easy to plan this far ahead, heh.I am looking forward to lots of fun, laughs, dancing and tips (of course, lol) in public chat, and hot group shows together. I have decided, for now at least, that I am not accepting private shows. I enjoy the freedom and relaxed environment in group shows much better, and I've always felt more pressure in a private show to "perform" instead of just enjoying myself. I don't like being fake or pressured to do something I don't like, or to be something I am not. I just want to be myself and enjoy my body the way that feels good to me, and share that pleasure with you guys in a group show. Some day I may change my mind, but I am happy with my decision right now. I realize that my camscore and overall tokens may drop a bit from this, but I feel confident that we can make this up in other areas. Right?
I have 2 pic sets that I plan to take this week, and possibly more later this month. I will probably have them up and ready for sale early next week, so the current sale of "all 3 sets for 200 tokens" will end or change when the new ones go up! I am always excited to share my pics with you, and your purchases of the sets help me reach my monthly goals. It's a win-win, I think!!
Now that I've updated you on all that hooplah, let's get it on! I'd love to start August on a strong note, so anyone who can come hang out and enjoy the booty shakin', boobie bouncin' and group shows (there's cake!) then come on down! I'll be on this evening to rock your world. Hugs and smooches to all of you. Thanks for reading.
Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:02 PM
I am very happily surprised at how this month turned out for me!! Thanks to everyone who has participated in getting me into the top 10. I will probably be on for at least a few hours tomorrow (which is rare, it's a Saturday!) but I will also be doing one of my special group shows tonight.
It's Dual-cam POV night! Suction cup dildo will be making an appearance for one group show tonight, roughly between 8pm-9pm PDT. I may do a countdown in public chat beforehand, or not, if there is enough "rain" in the hours leading up to the show. I hope to see lots of you coming to enjoy the festivities, as this only happens once in a great while these days.
I will be logging on by about 5:30pm PDT. See you tonight!
It's Dual-cam POV night! Suction cup dildo will be making an appearance for one group show tonight, roughly between 8pm-9pm PDT. I may do a countdown in public chat beforehand, or not, if there is enough "rain" in the hours leading up to the show. I hope to see lots of you coming to enjoy the festivities, as this only happens once in a great while these days.
I will be logging on by about 5:30pm PDT. See you tonight!
Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:16 AM
Fabulous day and night yesterday!! (Well, aside from the site FUBAR'ing at 10pm) And I have to give some super thank yous to the big tippers of the day!!
Ted!!!
Burnsie!!!
Walle!!!
Jason!!!
Plankton!!!
SmokingCamel!!!
Mikey!!!
Also a big thank you to anyone who bought my pic sets. I'm excited to share my pictures with you, and your tips are very helpful in my quest to get to #10! Finishing in the top 10 would be super duper exciting for me this month, and I appreciate everyone who is helping me along the way. What a come back, huh!?
Ted!!!Burnsie!!!Walle!!!Jason!!!Plankton!!!SmokingCamel!!!Mikey!!!Also a big thank you to anyone who bought my pic sets. I'm excited to share my pictures with you, and your tips are very helpful in my quest to get to #10! Finishing in the top 10 would be super duper exciting for me this month, and I appreciate everyone who is helping me along the way. What a come back, huh!?
Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:56 AM
As some of you know, last Friday I logged off MFC early to go take a little getaway trip with Jawbs. We'd had a weird couple of weeks and just needed a breath of fresh air. Our usual Saturday adventures involve driving to the lake and going fishing, but this weekend we spent 24 hours in Long Beach. I have been wanting to visit The Aquarium of the Pacific for years now, and decided to go down the night before and spend the night to get an early start on Saturday.
Our hotel was fan-fucking-tastic. It was right in the middle of The Pike, which is a whole collaboration of restaurants, a ferris wheel, a comedy club and some bars. I don't know if I've ever stayed in such a fancy feeling hotel. Top notch. It's called Avia, in case anyone is in the area and wants to check it out. A very short trip across the street lends quite the view, also. This is from outside the restaurant we ate at, Tokyo Wako.
After a rockin' sushi dinner and some wine, we walked around a little, and wound up getting tickets for The Laugh Factory's 10pm showcase. Neither of us had ever been to a comedy club before and have been dying to, so it was a nice surprise to find this right downstairs from the hotel. I felt a bit under-dressed, since I had gone in stretchy pants and a tank top just to walk around and have dinner, not knowing I'd end up at a comedy club. The other women were in nice outfits and heels. Oh well! It was an absolute blast and my cheeks hurt after the 2 hours were up from laughing so much. I'm sure the 2 drink minimum (Tanqueray and tonics) helped keep my giggles going. Tired and slightly tipsy, we walked back to the hotel and passed out for the night. It was probably about 1am when we got to sleep, intending to get up at 7am for breakfast and an early day. Finally, a comfortable hotel bed!
Like clockwork, Jawbs woke up at 7am. No alarm, just... magic. Hah. I made in-room coffee and tried to pry my eyes open. I was excited for the day, otherwise I could've slept at least 2 more hours. The shower was awesome. Dual head, rain shower. Once clean and smellin' good, we went down to a spectacular hotel buffet breakfast. It was fancy! Not just the usual oatmeal and bagels... among the usual there were fancy cheeses, smoked salmon, frittata and apple chicken sausage. If you hadn't noticed before, food excites me.
We checked out of the hotel with full bellies and took a very short walk over to the aquarium. Now, for years, I've heard great things about this place. "It's the biggest/best aquarium" and "that place is so awesome you have GOT to go see it". So Jawbs and I both had very high expectations for this Aquarium of the Pacific. Even though I had fun, I couldn't help but be very underwhelmed by it overall. For example, this was one of the biggest sharks they had.
Seriously? No awesome underwater shark exhibit? This was the biggest disappointment, as the night before I told Jawbs "OMG I can't wait to see the sharks!" I guess since I've been to Sea World numerous times, I was expecting a lot from this aquarium. I was also excited to see the otters. I love otters. But it was a very small exhibit with only 3 of them. The most fun part of that was watching one of the otters pee on himself. Heh.
At least there was some hands-on stuff outside. Petting the little sharks and bat rays is always fun. It figures, though, right when I got to the bat ray pool, they started the feeding time and no one could put their hands in the water. I got about 3 seconds of slimy bat fingering before the lady yelled.
At least I learned something. I've always had trouble remembering the difference between Seals and Sea Lions. In case you have the same issue, I'll put this here:
Inside the aquarium was the usual display. 3 sections divided by region. Of all the creatures on display, I fell in love with the Weedy Sea Dragons. They're so fascinating the way they move and how "out-of-this-world" they look. Like alien sea horses. Here's a clip of them since we didn't get a clear photo. You'll see me being totally awestruck at about 00:25.
Since we were underwhelmed by the size of the Aquarium and had devoted a whole day to it, we decided to go find other adventures. We hopped on a free shuttle from the aquarium to the Queen Mary. I've heard stories about this ship all my life, most of them being ghost stories and things of supernatural nature. It was time to check it out for myself.
We got a passport ticket that included a very cheezy presentation called "Ghosts and Legends Tour". The tour guide was great, in that he was very dramatic and probably scared the shit out of the little kids that were in the group. But Jawbs and I both agreed we wished there were less added sound effects and scare points and wanted to just walk through the so-called "hot spots" in their natural state. Instead it felt like a haunted house you'd go through on Halloween. Still cool, I guess.
Once that was over, we just wandered around the boat and took tons of pics. Jawbs thinks its funny to aim the camera at me like he's taking a picture, but he's really recording. Example here:
Jeez my hair looks terrible. Blargh. Anywho... We spent a few hours following tour paths, reading signs with history, and of course had a drink at one point. Here's a few of the pics.
Although we escaped what was supposed to be the hottest weekend in LA, it was still pretty toasty in LB. I had enough of walking and sweating, so we took the shuttle back towards our car, got back on the freeway and headed home. A quick stop in to feed the puppies at home, and clean up a bit, then off to a wonderful dinner to finish off the day. It was a fantastic 24 hours.
Sunday we had a couple errands to run and stopped at the mall to walk around. We went to our favorite Japanese place for a pitcher of Sapporo and some calamari and ended up getting a pretty hardcore buzz going! I was craving some cheap champagne so we stopped and got some on the way home. Popped and finished that laying in the sun out back, and killed nearly a whole bottle of two-buck chuck Chardonnay as well. Holy drunkenness. This is why I had a hangover on Monday morning.
So there's my weekend in a not-so-nutshell. Hope you enjoyed my story telling.
Our hotel was fan-fucking-tastic. It was right in the middle of The Pike, which is a whole collaboration of restaurants, a ferris wheel, a comedy club and some bars. I don't know if I've ever stayed in such a fancy feeling hotel. Top notch. It's called Avia, in case anyone is in the area and wants to check it out. A very short trip across the street lends quite the view, also. This is from outside the restaurant we ate at, Tokyo Wako.
After a rockin' sushi dinner and some wine, we walked around a little, and wound up getting tickets for The Laugh Factory's 10pm showcase. Neither of us had ever been to a comedy club before and have been dying to, so it was a nice surprise to find this right downstairs from the hotel. I felt a bit under-dressed, since I had gone in stretchy pants and a tank top just to walk around and have dinner, not knowing I'd end up at a comedy club. The other women were in nice outfits and heels. Oh well!
It was an absolute blast and my cheeks hurt after the 2 hours were up from laughing so much. I'm sure the 2 drink minimum (Tanqueray and tonics) helped keep my giggles going. Tired and slightly tipsy, we walked back to the hotel and passed out for the night. It was probably about 1am when we got to sleep, intending to get up at 7am for breakfast and an early day. Finally, a comfortable hotel bed!Like clockwork, Jawbs woke up at 7am. No alarm, just... magic. Hah. I made in-room coffee and tried to pry my eyes open. I was excited for the day, otherwise I could've slept at least 2 more hours. The shower was awesome. Dual head, rain shower. Once clean and smellin' good, we went down to a spectacular hotel buffet breakfast. It was fancy! Not just the usual oatmeal and bagels... among the usual there were fancy cheeses, smoked salmon, frittata and apple chicken sausage. If you hadn't noticed before, food excites me.
We checked out of the hotel with full bellies and took a very short walk over to the aquarium. Now, for years, I've heard great things about this place. "It's the biggest/best aquarium" and "that place is so awesome you have GOT to go see it". So Jawbs and I both had very high expectations for this Aquarium of the Pacific. Even though I had fun, I couldn't help but be very underwhelmed by it overall. For example, this was one of the biggest sharks they had.
Seriously? No awesome underwater shark exhibit? This was the biggest disappointment, as the night before I told Jawbs "OMG I can't wait to see the sharks!" I guess since I've been to Sea World numerous times, I was expecting a lot from this aquarium. I was also excited to see the otters. I love otters. But it was a very small exhibit with only 3 of them. The most fun part of that was watching one of the otters pee on himself. Heh.
At least there was some hands-on stuff outside. Petting the little sharks and bat rays is always fun. It figures, though, right when I got to the bat ray pool, they started the feeding time and no one could put their hands in the water. I got about 3 seconds of slimy bat fingering before the lady yelled.
At least I learned something. I've always had trouble remembering the difference between Seals and Sea Lions. In case you have the same issue, I'll put this here:
Inside the aquarium was the usual display. 3 sections divided by region. Of all the creatures on display, I fell in love with the Weedy Sea Dragons. They're so fascinating the way they move and how "out-of-this-world" they look. Like alien sea horses. Here's a clip of them since we didn't get a clear photo. You'll see me being totally awestruck at about 00:25.
Since we were underwhelmed by the size of the Aquarium and had devoted a whole day to it, we decided to go find other adventures. We hopped on a free shuttle from the aquarium to the Queen Mary. I've heard stories about this ship all my life, most of them being ghost stories and things of supernatural nature. It was time to check it out for myself.
We got a passport ticket that included a very cheezy presentation called "Ghosts and Legends Tour". The tour guide was great, in that he was very dramatic and probably scared the shit out of the little kids that were in the group. But Jawbs and I both agreed we wished there were less added sound effects and scare points and wanted to just walk through the so-called "hot spots" in their natural state. Instead it felt like a haunted house you'd go through on Halloween. Still cool, I guess.
Once that was over, we just wandered around the boat and took tons of pics. Jawbs thinks its funny to aim the camera at me like he's taking a picture, but he's really recording. Example here:
Jeez my hair looks terrible. Blargh. Anywho... We spent a few hours following tour paths, reading signs with history, and of course had a drink at one point. Here's a few of the pics.
Although we escaped what was supposed to be the hottest weekend in LA, it was still pretty toasty in LB. I had enough of walking and sweating, so we took the shuttle back towards our car, got back on the freeway and headed home. A quick stop in to feed the puppies at home, and clean up a bit, then off to a wonderful dinner to finish off the day. It was a fantastic 24 hours.
Sunday we had a couple errands to run and stopped at the mall to walk around. We went to our favorite Japanese place for a pitcher of Sapporo and some calamari and ended up getting a pretty hardcore buzz going! I was craving some cheap champagne so we stopped and got some on the way home. Popped and finished that laying in the sun out back, and killed nearly a whole bottle of two-buck chuck Chardonnay as well. Holy drunkenness. This is why I had a hangover on Monday morning.
So there's my weekend in a not-so-nutshell. Hope you enjoyed my story telling.
Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:29 PM
Duuuuuude. What's with my MFC time feeling like The Twilight zone lately?! If anything, I'd blame the very long true private shows that I've been going into (3 of them unexpectedly, 1 of them with my regular True Private Guy (TPG)) and the fact that I'm used to spending a lot more time in public chat just chillin'. The fact that I've had some personal life drama over the last week and a half doesn't help me feel any more normal lately, either. Ultimately I'm kind of shifting into a more of a "no bullshit, no drama" type of mentality about MFC and my job in general. I want to have fun and make a good living without all the unnecessary BS.
On a lighter note, last night turned out to be a mega blast! There were tons of oldfags that showed up and had me in absolute giggle fits. Cypher and Serge take last night's award for making me lawl the hardest. See the 2 posts here viewtopic.php?p=12628#p12628. Oh, and Burnsy also called me out on calling out another member's bluff. Details here viewtopic.php?p=12612#p12612. I also have to thank everyone for playing the count up to 50 game so fast! And OMG Tubby returned to say hi!! We missed Adam and it was a pleasure to have him around again. The last couple hours of my MFC night last night, I finally felt back in my groove, and it's due to mah frenz.
I think I have about 30 episodes of The Hills to get through today, then the season finale after that. It's definitely the young, new-age version of a soap opera. Once you get over the fact that they originally tried to pass it off as a reality show, and realize that it may be based on their real-life drama but it's staged, then you can enjoy it for what it's worth. Plus, every girl needs a super-girly-guilty-obsession-show to sink their teeth into once in a while. I'm livin' it up, for sure.
It's lunch time for me! I think I have an idea for my MFC time tonight. I want it to be another light and up-beat time tonight. Who's with me?!
On a lighter note, last night turned out to be a mega blast! There were tons of oldfags that showed up and had me in absolute giggle fits. Cypher and Serge take last night's award for making me lawl the hardest. See the 2 posts here viewtopic.php?p=12628#p12628. Oh, and Burnsy also called me out on calling out another member's bluff. Details here viewtopic.php?p=12612#p12612. I also have to thank everyone for playing the count up to 50 game so fast! And OMG Tubby returned to say hi!! We missed Adam and it was a pleasure to have him around again. The last couple hours of my MFC night last night, I finally felt back in my groove, and it's due to mah frenz.
I think I have about 30 episodes of The Hills to get through today, then the season finale after that. It's definitely the young, new-age version of a soap opera. Once you get over the fact that they originally tried to pass it off as a reality show, and realize that it may be based on their real-life drama but it's staged, then you can enjoy it for what it's worth. Plus, every girl needs a super-girly-guilty-obsession-show to sink their teeth into once in a while. I'm livin' it up, for sure.
It's lunch time for me! I think I have an idea for my MFC time tonight. I want it to be another light and up-beat time tonight. Who's with me?!
Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:29 AM
I laid completely motionless in bed last night, exhausted from 10 hours on camera on MFC yesterday, but with my mind still reeling with excitement from the great day I had. I moved from #31 to #15 over the course of the day, with the help of quite a few of you generous folks. I even met a soon-to-be model who hung in my room for a bit. She's cool and I look forward to having her here and watching her on MFC.
I've already done a short yoga and cardio workout today. Uploaded a video of half the cardio routine on youtube. You can find it in the Peek a boo thread within the forums if you care to see it (here - viewtopic.php?p=12208#p12208). I'm still shaking and winded from the workout and finally getting some lunch now. I feel good though. It's a good tired.
So yesterday, Blizzard announced its plans to make posting on their forums a much bigger deal. In an attempt to slow trolling, spam and flame posts, they will make it so that your real name (First name and last initial, it seems) will be displayed (called your "Real_ID") when you post in a thread on any of their forums. Now, I certainly appreciate their attempts to clean up the forums, since people really can be douchebags on there and ruin good threads. But I also won't be able to post there in the future, since I've gone to such lengths to keep my real name under wraps, and my battle.net account has my RL details. It seems they will be rolling this out in the near future, but it doesn't seem to be optional. They do say they will make it very obvious to you before you post that your real name will be used. Keep in mind that their original announcements about "Real_ID" were about it being an OPTIONAL thing you could do in-game just to keep in contact with RL friends across all battle.net accounts.
I've been told by 2 others that I could manage to change my account name, but that I'd have to fax in some sort of verification to Blizzard. It's more of a hassle than I'm willing to go through, and like many others, will probably just forgo posting altogether. Plus, if I updated my account to a fictitious name, I'd be worried that if my account was ever compromised, that I'd have issues going through customer service to get my shit back.
Flame posts, trolling and spam have always just been expected when it comes to any sort of Internet forums. Anonymity has also always been a HUGE part of any sort of Internet posting. So even though I appreciate their efforts, I think they mostly go against all that is "the Internet" and I wish they'd just stick to how things have been run for years now. They are trying to be too ground-breaking. If Blizzard ever implements any sort of "real name" deal to play their games, I will cry my way to the "delete account" and "cancel subscription" links. I like being a different person on the web. Don't take that away from me. Grr.
I am going to get my nails done in about 30 mins. I'm going for some dark colored tips as a variation of my usual French manicure. Dark blue or black, maybe. We'll see what my lady has for me! Looking forward to another (hopefully) successful night on MFC. I'm still at rank #15 as of this morning, so I'm excited to see if we can make any more progress later!!
I've already done a short yoga and cardio workout today. Uploaded a video of half the cardio routine on youtube. You can find it in the Peek a boo thread within the forums if you care to see it (here - viewtopic.php?p=12208#p12208). I'm still shaking and winded from the workout and finally getting some lunch now. I feel good though. It's a good tired.
So yesterday, Blizzard announced its plans to make posting on their forums a much bigger deal. In an attempt to slow trolling, spam and flame posts, they will make it so that your real name (First name and last initial, it seems) will be displayed (called your "Real_ID") when you post in a thread on any of their forums. Now, I certainly appreciate their attempts to clean up the forums, since people really can be douchebags on there and ruin good threads. But I also won't be able to post there in the future, since I've gone to such lengths to keep my real name under wraps, and my battle.net account has my RL details. It seems they will be rolling this out in the near future, but it doesn't seem to be optional. They do say they will make it very obvious to you before you post that your real name will be used. Keep in mind that their original announcements about "Real_ID" were about it being an OPTIONAL thing you could do in-game just to keep in contact with RL friends across all battle.net accounts.
I've been told by 2 others that I could manage to change my account name, but that I'd have to fax in some sort of verification to Blizzard. It's more of a hassle than I'm willing to go through, and like many others, will probably just forgo posting altogether. Plus, if I updated my account to a fictitious name, I'd be worried that if my account was ever compromised, that I'd have issues going through customer service to get my shit back.
Flame posts, trolling and spam have always just been expected when it comes to any sort of Internet forums. Anonymity has also always been a HUGE part of any sort of Internet posting. So even though I appreciate their efforts, I think they mostly go against all that is "the Internet" and I wish they'd just stick to how things have been run for years now. They are trying to be too ground-breaking. If Blizzard ever implements any sort of "real name" deal to play their games, I will cry my way to the "delete account" and "cancel subscription" links. I like being a different person on the web. Don't take that away from me. Grr.
I am going to get my nails done in about 30 mins. I'm going for some dark colored tips as a variation of my usual French manicure. Dark blue or black, maybe. We'll see what my lady has for me! Looking forward to another (hopefully) successful night on MFC. I'm still at rank #15 as of this morning, so I'm excited to see if we can make any more progress later!!
Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:45 PM
I just had to take a second to give a warm thank you to those that made my first "real" day back on MFC so fun and successful. 
Ninja...just, wow. Thank you so much! Aside from keeping me wonderful company throughout the day, you certainly made me squee. galactic, Stud and Ted also made me blush. Thank you!!
What a way to kick off July. It's great to be back.
Ninja...just, wow. Thank you so much! Aside from keeping me wonderful company throughout the day, you certainly made me squee. galactic, Stud and Ted also made me blush. Thank you!!What a way to kick off July. It's great to be back.
Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:34 AM
Good morning and happy Friday to all! Seems June is just about over, as this is the last weekend of the month. Wow, that means Independence Day is soon. 
(Why do we have no fireworks smileys!!??)
I woke up super tight and sore (my neck/shoulder muscles, you pervert) from my mere 2 hours of MFC time yesterday. I have a physical therapy appointment this afternoon to help loosen it all up. I actually won't be getting on cam tonight since I would just undo all the effort they put into making me feel better. It would really be nice to not feel like this all weekend. Truth is, I probably shouldn't have tried to come back to work yet. I never seem to let things heal all the way, stubborn girl.
It was really nice to visit with all of you who joined me on Wednesday and Thursday on MFC. I really do miss my friends and look forward to getting back on schedule soon.
We have a nice relaxing and fun weekend ahead of us. We'll be going fishing again, hopefully catching at least one this time.
It will be so nice to sit back and chill at the edge of the lake. There's something so soothing about being next to the water with the birds chirping and breeze blowing. As much as I enjoy being a homebody and love my comforts in the house, I can still appreciate the outdoors. Everything in moderation!
(Why do we have no fireworks smileys!!??)I woke up super tight and sore (my neck/shoulder muscles, you pervert) from my mere 2 hours of MFC time yesterday. I have a physical therapy appointment this afternoon to help loosen it all up. I actually won't be getting on cam tonight since I would just undo all the effort they put into making me feel better. It would really be nice to not feel like this all weekend. Truth is, I probably shouldn't have tried to come back to work yet. I never seem to let things heal all the way, stubborn girl.
It was really nice to visit with all of you who joined me on Wednesday and Thursday on MFC. I really do miss my friends and look forward to getting back on schedule soon.We have a nice relaxing and fun weekend ahead of us. We'll be going fishing again, hopefully catching at least one this time.
It will be so nice to sit back and chill at the edge of the lake. There's something so soothing about being next to the water with the birds chirping and breeze blowing. As much as I enjoy being a homebody and love my comforts in the house, I can still appreciate the outdoors. Everything in moderation! Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:07 PM
The lighting in my cam room made the color look a bit odd here, but it's been ages since I put up a video blog so here it is anyway!
By the way, sorry the volume sucks, I don't know what the fark is the issue. Just turn it up
By the way, sorry the volume sucks, I don't know what the fark is the issue. Just turn it up
Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:56 PM
Ok so the physical therapy appointment went well today. I'm feeling a lot of relief, even though I'm sore and feel bruised from all the poking and rubbing and stretching. Here's the catch: I need to take it super easy for at least 3-4 days to make sure I kick this thing completely. Yeah, that means I won't be on cam until next week. 
I expect it will be next Wednesday, as it's "that time" and even if my cold and neck recovers by Monday, I won't be up for a regular show.
I miss everyone so bad! I am having a sort of MFC withdrawal, as I've been watching lots of my favorite models online today and just wishing I could get on and do my usual thing. But I am not going to come back til I am all the way better. There's no point in chancing getting worse or lengthening this healing process.
I know I could get on and just chat, but I don't want to make my come back until I can do my usual routine. I hate being limited. So I will take this for what it's worth. It's a nice long break from my "job" and time to myself. I am so thankful that I have my website and these forums to keep up to date with you all, though. All of my MFC and Internet friends are super and I appreciate having you around, even when I'm not boobie shaking and ass smackin'.
I expect it will be next Wednesday, as it's "that time" and even if my cold and neck recovers by Monday, I won't be up for a regular show.I miss everyone so bad! I am having a sort of MFC withdrawal, as I've been watching lots of my favorite models online today and just wishing I could get on and do my usual thing. But I am not going to come back til I am all the way better. There's no point in chancing getting worse or lengthening this healing process.
I know I could get on and just chat, but I don't want to make my come back until I can do my usual routine. I hate being limited. So I will take this for what it's worth. It's a nice long break from my "job" and time to myself. I am so thankful that I have my website and these forums to keep up to date with you all, though. All of my MFC and Internet friends are super and I appreciate having you around, even when I'm not boobie shaking and ass smackin'.
Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:09 PM
Since I'm not up to par for working on MFC for another day or two, I figured I'd (try to) entertain you all a little with pics and details about my recent trip out of state.
It started with a train trip to the airport in Burbank. I actually enjoy train rides. I think it's the only transportation that doesn't make me nauseated if I'm a passenger. So far, at least. Once at the airport, it was a short wait til we hopped on a mediocre sized Southwest plane headed for Las Vegas. Even the 45 minute flight made me feel woosy. We decided to stay with friends there for a day, both to visit and to cut the driving time to our final destination shorter, since driving sucks balls. Rented a car (2009 Ford Escape with all the new bells and whistles, not too shabby for a Ford) and headed over to their house. We layed low for the day/night and woke up early on Thursday to start the drive.
I hate mountain roads. Just so you know. They give me srsface. Like this:
And yes, I drove every mile of this trip since I didn't feel like being carsick for the majority of my time away from home. I drove in 3 states within about 4 hours. Nevada, Arizona then to Utah. That was our destination. Why the hell did my parents want to move to Utah? Alcohol drinking, weed smoking folks could easily find a more suitable home state. But, to each their own. We arrived in the late afternoon to a quiet, out in the middle of nowhere neighborhood. Their neighbors have both tractors and sheep. It smells like a petting zoo.
We got my parents hooked up with my old iMac computer and got them on the Internet. I never thought I'd see the day that my mom would send an email, but it happened. Hallelujah, or whatever they say. After the hookup, some snacks and vodka, and at least 30 minutes of poor Jawbs sneezing and sniffling at their house due to their overpopulation of cats (he's terribly allergic, and they have 4) we headed to their local bowling alley. I suck so bad now! 3 games in a row, both Jawbs and my Mom beat the pants off me (no, not literally, freaks) and I didn't even break 100. Fail. Went to some pretty janky local diner for salad bar dinner and headed back to our hotel to recover for the night.
Friday morning we woke somewhat early and had a yummy free hotel breakfast (I love free food! Yeah I'm a total fatass at heart, sue me.) We picked up my parents, packed up the fishing gear, and headed to Wal-Mart for our fishing licenses and some supplies for the day. I got a spiffy new pink and camo fishing hat, a 12 pack of Coors and some bait. Classy purchase, I know. Then it was time for another nearly hour-long drive out to the lake. At least this drive was scenic and pretty and green. And my Mom talks a lot so it gave her a chance to get it all out of her system.
Here's a pretty creek at a pit-stop we had to make along the way:
Once at our fishing spot, we went right to it. My Mom and stepdad hooked up all the fishing poles, Jawbs and I busted out the Coors, then we casted into a cute little stream that lead to a bigger part of the lake. Within minutes my Mom and stepdad were catching lots of small fish. But I had my eye on a bigger prize. I stood near a canal where I could see a big trout hangin' out. I teased him with my worm and hook, and stood completely silent. I got the sucka!
I was the only one to catch a trout, or anything over about 6 inches, really. I was so excited! Between my Mom, myself and my stepdad, we probably caught around 15-20 fish that day. How many did Jawbs catch? Hmm... oh yeah: NONE! I don't know what the deal was, he was doing everything we were, just had zero luck. I felt a little sad for him, but we were all still having a good time and enjoying the outdoors, so it didn't matter to him. It did rain a couple of times while we were fishing, but it sort of added to the experience.
Here's another smaller one I caught:
We ran out of bait after a couple of hours so we packed up and headed towards home. I'm glad we left when we did, because it seemed a bigger storm was brewing over the pretty lake. It was super cold when we got out to snap this pic:
As we drove farther from the lake, there were more and more cows around the road. It was pretty cool seeing them all out, wandering free. They did get in our way a bit, though:
Seeing something like this definitely reminded me that we weren't in L.A. anymore. It was so nice to get out of the city for a while and appreciate scenery like this. And the air felt and smelled so fresh.
We cleaned up from fishing and headed out for dinner again, this time driving through the small town. It's so cute! After a big meal and that long day, getting back to the hotel and relaxing felt so good. Early to bed for us again, since we had to wake up and drive on Saturday. We had another nom nom free hotel breakfast, said a quick goodbye to my parents and got back on the road to Nevada. Before we knew it, we were on and off the plane to Burbank and back on the train towards home. Ahh, comfy bed and normal sized pillow...
It started with a train trip to the airport in Burbank. I actually enjoy train rides. I think it's the only transportation that doesn't make me nauseated if I'm a passenger. So far, at least. Once at the airport, it was a short wait til we hopped on a mediocre sized Southwest plane headed for Las Vegas. Even the 45 minute flight made me feel woosy. We decided to stay with friends there for a day, both to visit and to cut the driving time to our final destination shorter, since driving sucks balls. Rented a car (2009 Ford Escape with all the new bells and whistles, not too shabby for a Ford) and headed over to their house. We layed low for the day/night and woke up early on Thursday to start the drive.
I hate mountain roads. Just so you know. They give me srsface. Like this:
And yes, I drove every mile of this trip since I didn't feel like being carsick for the majority of my time away from home. I drove in 3 states within about 4 hours. Nevada, Arizona then to Utah. That was our destination. Why the hell did my parents want to move to Utah? Alcohol drinking, weed smoking folks could easily find a more suitable home state. But, to each their own. We arrived in the late afternoon to a quiet, out in the middle of nowhere neighborhood. Their neighbors have both tractors and sheep. It smells like a petting zoo.
We got my parents hooked up with my old iMac computer and got them on the Internet. I never thought I'd see the day that my mom would send an email, but it happened. Hallelujah, or whatever they say. After the hookup, some snacks and vodka, and at least 30 minutes of poor Jawbs sneezing and sniffling at their house due to their overpopulation of cats (he's terribly allergic, and they have 4) we headed to their local bowling alley. I suck so bad now! 3 games in a row, both Jawbs and my Mom beat the pants off me (no, not literally, freaks) and I didn't even break 100. Fail. Went to some pretty janky local diner for salad bar dinner and headed back to our hotel to recover for the night.
Friday morning we woke somewhat early and had a yummy free hotel breakfast (I love free food! Yeah I'm a total fatass at heart, sue me.) We picked up my parents, packed up the fishing gear, and headed to Wal-Mart for our fishing licenses and some supplies for the day. I got a spiffy new pink and camo fishing hat, a 12 pack of Coors and some bait. Classy purchase, I know. Then it was time for another nearly hour-long drive out to the lake. At least this drive was scenic and pretty and green. And my Mom talks a lot so it gave her a chance to get it all out of her system.
Here's a pretty creek at a pit-stop we had to make along the way:
Once at our fishing spot, we went right to it. My Mom and stepdad hooked up all the fishing poles, Jawbs and I busted out the Coors, then we casted into a cute little stream that lead to a bigger part of the lake. Within minutes my Mom and stepdad were catching lots of small fish. But I had my eye on a bigger prize. I stood near a canal where I could see a big trout hangin' out. I teased him with my worm and hook, and stood completely silent. I got the sucka!
I was the only one to catch a trout, or anything over about 6 inches, really. I was so excited! Between my Mom, myself and my stepdad, we probably caught around 15-20 fish that day. How many did Jawbs catch? Hmm... oh yeah: NONE! I don't know what the deal was, he was doing everything we were, just had zero luck. I felt a little sad for him, but we were all still having a good time and enjoying the outdoors, so it didn't matter to him. It did rain a couple of times while we were fishing, but it sort of added to the experience.
Here's another smaller one I caught:
We ran out of bait after a couple of hours so we packed up and headed towards home. I'm glad we left when we did, because it seemed a bigger storm was brewing over the pretty lake. It was super cold when we got out to snap this pic:
As we drove farther from the lake, there were more and more cows around the road. It was pretty cool seeing them all out, wandering free. They did get in our way a bit, though:
Seeing something like this definitely reminded me that we weren't in L.A. anymore. It was so nice to get out of the city for a while and appreciate scenery like this. And the air felt and smelled so fresh.
We cleaned up from fishing and headed out for dinner again, this time driving through the small town. It's so cute! After a big meal and that long day, getting back to the hotel and relaxing felt so good. Early to bed for us again, since we had to wake up and drive on Saturday. We had another nom nom free hotel breakfast, said a quick goodbye to my parents and got back on the road to Nevada. Before we knew it, we were on and off the plane to Burbank and back on the train towards home. Ahh, comfy bed and normal sized pillow...