The Bus To Sorry

It's The Thought That Counts

nobody@vox.com(LeendaDLL) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:20:32 -0800

And you guys did some nice thinkin!!

The virtual Christmas tree was a BLAST. I loved the gifts - a billion times more than anything I ever could have received IRL (cause there was no "it's too much" guilt!!). The fun of the virtual presents was that people could give what they thought I'd appreciate - not what IRL realities, like cash flow and time, allowed.

So here's my final Christmas haul:

IRL gifts rec'd:

A brick of chocolate
A candycane
A company t-shirt

Virtual gifts rec'd:

Super Nintendo (CareaBearaSara)
Earplugs (Lizzie)
Pole Dance (Lizzie)
Virginity, X3 (Lizzie, ReVirginize Yerself [Jayd?], & Natalie)
Stiletto shoes X3 (BrownAmazon, Mika/Xeyli, & AmyH)
Cash, X2 (Pyzam.com & Cat) - GRANTED IRL (found uncashed $1,095 state tax refund check)
Bathroom renovation & hot construction team (Crankypants)
Whip (AngryTiki)
Hunk (Chance of IncrediSex aka: Jayd) - InrediSex GRANTED IRL
Laptop computer (Jim)
Colonoscopy (Arbed)
Mistletoe (Drude)
Vacation (Mariser)
Lingerie (CountryCinderella)
Monkey (Crankypants)
Gael Garcia Bernal (Crankypants)
Car, X2 (GrumbleBunny & Aubrey)
Pet Rock (Mike/Xeyli)
Shot of Tequila (DaveRaleigh)

Considering that 3 of the gifts were granted IRL, I'm looking forward to having the remainder granted throughout the next year. I'd really love to get my virginity restored just in time to take a vacation with Gael Garcia Bernal (while my bathroom is being renovated). I'm sure that, while away, we'd find plenty of use for the extra virginities, stiletto shoes, lingerie, mistletoe, whip, and pole dance. The monkey can stay at the house, drinking tequila (if I didn't already use all of it to remind Gael that he's in love with me) and watching my pet rock. The cars will, of course, be used to get us to/from the airport. Gael can play SuperNintendo while I'm working on my laptop computer.

What a great year 2008 will be!!!

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Merry Christmas - Burlesque style

nobody@vox.com(LeendaDLL) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:42:44 -0800

I buttlagged on converting these so I'm sliding in just under the wire.

Hollywood Pinup Girls Super Sexy Burlesque at ElCid

Hollywood Pinup Girls - Sleigh Ride, Let It Snow, Mr. WhiteChristmas

Hollywood Pinup Girls - Santa Baby

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Merry Christmas Everyone!!

nobody@vox.com(LeendaDLL) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:49:09 -0800

Merry Christmas!!

Your gift

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I want presents too!!

nobody@vox.com(LeendaDLL) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:45:00 -0800

12/24, 11:45pm: Only 15 min to go!! Many thanks to the cash donors, Cat & Pyzam.com - while cleaning piles of paperwork, I found a state tax refund check for $1,095!! It's probably a duplicate but won't it be great if it's not?!?
12/23, 2:34pm: IncrediThank you to ~~my anonymous donor, Hunk~~ Jayd. You've got some seriously strong juju.

Wow - I'm getting some KICK ASS GOOD gifts!! Thanks, guys - this is turning into the best Christmas evah!!

ps: Because I'm being a virtual whore for virtual presents, update posts will appear BELOW this one. Merry Xmas!

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On the 10th day of Christmas

nobody@vox.com(LeendaDLL) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:03:03 -0800

The discovery that the cute slippers I bought last night, at Universal City (over 30 miles from my home; the store is not a chain) are a mismatched pair. But the kinda weird "ballet slipper" socks that I bought are totally cute (I'm glad I got Megan a pair too). Because of the distance and low price ($6), the slippers are probably just gonna be a write off.
GREAT concert last night.
Feeling bad for not getting Sean's messages yesterday cause I still wasn't dealing with IRL peeps.
Ice cream (BaskinRobbins PB/chocolate) for breakfast (if 2pm can be breakfast)
Lots of online shopping - lots of items into my shopping bags but no actual purchasing
A mountain of laundry to be done
A Christmas surprise
FREE TIME!!!!!!

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Vox Hunt: Singing A Holiday Tune

nobody@vox.com(LeendaDLL) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:02:50 -0800

Share your favorite holiday song.

They played this at MissKitty's, last Friday, and I had a nice blast to the past.

6 - Christmas Wrapping

The Waitresses

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Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Extravaganza

nobody@vox.com(LeendaDLL) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:44:03 -0800

My seat was suhweeeet (2nd row behind pit... which was only 1/2 full.. and the seat next to me was unsold - so I had lots of room). Audience was boring - not much dancing; LOTS of young kids who seemed bored. The band was FANTASTIC!!

Brian Setzer

Thus ends my holiday celebrating. Though, 3 full days & nights of NO plans, NO commitments, and NOwhere that I have to be sounds like pure bliss!!

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Herbal Elements Stocking Stuffer

nobody@vox.com(LeendaDLL) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:11:22 -0800

reblogged from NorthernGeek

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On the 5th day of Christmas...

nobody@vox.com(LeendaDLL) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:22:15 -0800

I think this is the 5th day... it is if you count Xmas itself. I dunno. Doesn't matter. All it gave me was a slightly warmer office and a little bit of rain (which I've thoroughly enjoyed). I keep asking guys for diamond rings but, so far, no takers.

S Factor workout last night was another mixed bag. I had major trouble with warmup - mainly due to my bad knees, sore back (I should have seen the chiro weeks ago), and a sore spot (of unknown origin) on my hip (HOW old am I again? Cause my body seems to think it's about 150). But we had an instructor taking our class and, being last class anyway, Megan (our instructor) had us pretty much freestyle for the whole warmup so I spent a lot of time stretching. Michelle, who is normally my fav student to watch, was having a bad night too... she seemed to be channeling me and spent almost the entire warmup just laying in one position. I'm proud of her for it - it takes a lot to do what your body needs when everyone else is doing something different.

Inverted on the Pole

Pole trick time was short & sweet. I actually WENT UPSIDE DOWN - ON MY OWN again... TWICE. That was major - even though I couldn't hold it long enough to get into the full, correct, position. But, after about 20 attempts that involved slamming my toes (HARD) into the steel, I finally had another breakthru (lower my grip by about 3"), got inverted with BOTH feet on the pole (I typically only get 1 up, then I fall back down), and held the position for a few seconds. HURRAH!!

My personal goal was to CLIMB the pole. Unfortunately, as always, my left leg refused to participate. It gets on the pole, holds one position, and refuses to move - no matter what I try or what I tell it. The right leg climbs - it's ready to go to the top of the pole. The left leg is apparently afraid of heights.

The free-dance portion of class, where Megan mimicked us, wasn't bad but I feel that I blew it. I went into some kind of "performance" mode, not at all moving like normal (didn't help that I had moves from the X-Pole DVD in my brain and was trying some of that [FAIL!]). But now that I've completed the assignment once, I think I'm going to ask Megan if we can do it again - I'll be less self conscious if we repeat it. I might even ask her to combine it with the blindfolded assignment (since she was only focused on our wall/floor work anyway).

It wasn't till much later that I realized her post-dance comment of, "You have a VERY powerful walk!", wasn't based on observation but on duplicating me. The SanFran instructor said the same thing, based on observation only, when I took a class up there (October). Since the walk I did last night was actually pretty "meh", I'd love to have Megan sample my REAL power walk sometime and see what she thinks of that!! She'll probably make me work on developing a softer walk - to allow me more variety - but that's fine, I could use some lesson in "soft & sweet".

At the end of class we got word that a former student (who everyone, but me, remembers) is returning - which means we've met our min enrollment for next session and our class will NOT be cancelled. HURRAH!!

At work, my big documentation project hit today. I was expecting about 50 documents. The list turned out to be 352 docs. Holy hell! Apparently our boss has decided that we'll be in charge of revising everyone's docs rather than just our dept's. Whatev. I need the busy work.

Super Burlesque Show at El Cid

Only 2 more social plans for me before the non-holiday: On Thurs night I'm heading up to El Cid, in Silverlake, to see the Hollywood Pinup Girls' Super Sexy Burlesque Christmas Show. I LOVED it last year and am looking forward to it again. Wish I could think of someone to go with me, it would be a really fun event to share, but 10p-mid on a Thurs is too much for everyone I know. (pussies!)

On Sat, the 22nd, I'm going to have a rockabilly holiday at the annual Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Extravaganza - which has always looked fantastic (and I have an awesome seat - not that I expect to spend a single minute sitting once they get onstage!). Are you envious? Oh, yes, you definitely are!!

The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jingle Bells - Live!

Brian Setzer - Sleigh Ride - Live!

The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Winter Wonderland

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The prize for most bizarre party convo goes to...

nobody@vox.com(LeendaDLL) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:18:59 -0800

"Are my shoes too big?"

As 5 of us simultaneously thought, then said, "What?!?!?" the guy lifted his feet and said, again, "Are my shoes too big? I don't know how to tell if shoes fit or don't fit or what. Are these too big?"

Dude, you're like... 30... and you don't know how to tell if your shoes fit?!?

I don't know if was a retarded gay flirtation ("look... see how big my shoes are? You know what that means.") or if he's just a complete idiot. But, either way, he wins for Most Bizarre Party Convo.

Other highlight of the night was getting a guy to drop his pants and show off his "PapiPapi" underwear in the middle of the party. Getting people to remove their clothing in public is one of my bizarre, not-so-hidden, talents!!

Otherwise, the party was so-so. Lots of good food (and since it was more than 50% "chubbies" and their "chasers", no issues about eating and eating and eating). Very crowded, much more than I expected. The groups didn't mingle well but I think that was due more to the layout of Scott's home (too much furniture & too many knickknacks to move freely), and of the mind numbing Xmas music, than of the people themselves - everyone seemed very friendly and social. And Scott's mom was quite a hit - once she got drunk and started trying to matchmake a gay couple - not realizing that 1 of the guys was already in a relationship and there with his partner.

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