My First Blog

I went to Kohl’s today.  They remodeled the store in Delafield and sent out $10 gift cards as part of a grand reopening hoopla promotion.  I also had $35 in store credit to spend that was burning a hole in my wallet.

I left Kohl’s with a crockpot and a curling iron.  I have $10 in store credit leftover.  I don’t know how they can afford to let that happen, but I like it!  The crockpot will be very helpful in preparing super tasty meals with little to no effort, which is fabulous for a little girl like me who has a sore back.

Freshwater Collins, my favorite local band, is releasing a new album in June.  I urge you to visit their website to download and listen to tracks from their new release.  Share the tracks with your friends.  Catch one or more of their live shows.  They are a great band with a great sound. 

I can’t sleep.

My mind is racing and I am wide awake.

I just can’t sleep.

I self-medicated before I went to bed because my back was killing me.  And guess what … my back is still killing me.

I suppose that this is almost ok, because Family Guy is just starting right now.

I took another magic pill a few minutes ago.  Hopefully this one will do the trick.

Goodnight (maybe).

The next vacation that I take is going to be to someplace that doesn’t have a *$. 

Finding said destination is becoming increasingly difficult.

Corporate coffee sucks.

Six movies and twenty eight years later, it’s done.  I saw Episode III tonight.  And good it was. 

I definitely like that the movies were not made in chronological order.  There were so many things that were tied together in Episode III, not just the Darth Vader part of it.  If the movies had been done chronologically, there wouldn’t have been such a mysterious element to certain things that were in Episodes IV-VI.

Jay turned me on to Darth Tater on Monday. I looked for Darth Tater today and I couldn’t find him.  The girl that I talked to at Sprawl Mart told me that I should buy Darth Tater on Ebay.  Yeah, right … I don’t think so.  Toys ‘R’ Us chick told me that she gets at least four people per day looking for Darth Tater.  I get the feeling that Darth Tater has got to be the most sought after potato ever.  I can’t wait to get my hands on his tots. 

My mom came to visit today.  She wanted to go to Tuesday Morning in Brookfield.  I had never heard of this store.  They are a closeout store for brands like Murano glass, Wedgwood china, Samsonite, Royal Doulton, and others.  We browsed for nearly an hour and saw many nice things.  I have been looking for a desk set for a long time, and I ended up buying one that I really like.  The set is black with padded Chinese silk accents.

I rented a third-floor flat a few years ago from this guy.  When the cold weather came that fall, I realized that I had no working furnace and no storm windows.  He finally had a new furnace installed in December, but it didn’t have enough juice in it to push the heat all the way up to my flat.  When I moved out in June, he failed to return my security deposit to me.  So I sued him and got back double the amount of money that he owed to me.  I’m really glad that the city has finally taken action against him.  He took advantage of so many people for far too long.

By the way, the house that I lived in was for sale within the last few months, but I can’t seem to find the listing online now.  Some other sucker must have bought the dump.   

I am a member of The Warehouse, the Dave Matthews Band fan association.  I have started a petition urging a change in the method of distribution for Warehouse tickets.  Unfortunately, tickets end up in the secondary market being sold for $$mucho dinero.  My petition urges the Warehouse to utilize will-call as a means of distribution, requiring buyers to pick the tickets up in person at the venue on the day of the show.

I am also a member of the Ten Club, the Pearl Jam fan association.  I happily pick up my Pearl Jam tickets at will-call at each show, and the tickets have always been great. 

And today I found out that Coldplay is going to be at Alpine Valley on August 13.  I’m thinking that I’ll be there for that.  Oh yeah.

In a mere ten days, the wait for the final installment of Star Wars will be over.  I am happy to be able to see Episode III soon, and also sad that there will not be another Star Wars movie in the future. 

Rate the five movies that preceded Episode III here.  My ratings are (5 is best, 1 is worst):

5.  Episode V:  The Empire Strikes Back

4.  Episode IV:  A New Hope

3.  Episode VI:  Return of the Jedi

2.  Episode II:  Attack of the Clones

1.  Episode I:  The Phantom Menace