Its been snowing for 3 days. Its finally stopped. I am happy it did. I took another video this morning at 8:00 am. Check it out.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
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Winter Storm Warning - day 2 |
Its been snowing for 3 days. Its finally stopped. I am happy it did. I took another video this morning at 8:00 am. Check it out.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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Winter Storm Warning |
I woke up this afternoon to snow on the ground and its continued to snow. Its been snowing for a couple of days now. I read on a weather blog that there has been 9 inches so far.
The picture shows the large front. Its a google map.
I also took this video of it snowing. I plan on taking a new one later today. Just to show how much has fallen.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
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World of Warcraft - Jewel Crafting Daily Quests |
This is all the Daily Quest in Dalaran, see Timothy Jones.
- Shipment: Shifting Sun Curio - Dragon Blight (cords: )
- Shipment: Bright Armor Relic - Dragon Blight (cords: 66,53)
- Shipment: Glowing Ivory Figurine - Grizzly Hills - (cords: )
- Shipment: Blood Jade Amulet - Howling Fjord - (cords: 33,18)
- Shipment: Intricate Bone Figurine - Howling Fjord - (cords: 38,48)
- Shipment: Wicked Sun Brooch - Storm Peaks - (cords: 27,66)
Friday, January 23, 2009
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Walt Disney World - First day at Cosmic Ray's Cafe |
I woke up early that day, I was so excited. The drive there was quick, I found my parking lot, found the bus to my destination. When the bus dropped me off I was ready for my first day.
I had to stop by Costume area, I stood in line, when I got up to the window the lady said sizes? I just stood there. She said you are new huh? I smiled and said yes. She sized me up and left, got my costume and returned in a flash. She gave me a combination to my locker, she pointed to the dressing room. I waked in and it was row after row, after row, of lockers. It was huge. I finally found my locker. My locker was right in between two girls lockers. I thought I must be in the wrong place. I wasn't, it was my locker, and my combination worked. I found out later that it was co-ed. But there was notices every where to change in the restrooms.
I had to stop by Costume area, I stood in line, when I got up to the window the lady said sizes? I just stood there. She said you are new huh? I smiled and said yes. She sized me up and left, got my costume and returned in a flash. She gave me a combination to my locker, she pointed to the dressing room. I waked in and it was row after row, after row, of lockers. It was huge. I finally found my locker. My locker was right in between two girls lockers. I thought I must be in the wrong place. I wasn't, it was my locker, and my combination worked. I found out later that it was co-ed. But there was notices every where to change in the restrooms.
Now the tricky part was to find the location. Yes I had been in the halls all week, but I was with my group so it was simple. I only had to stop and ask for directions once. I only missed it by one door. When I walked threw the doors, I noticed the restrooms, and to the right of that was a break room. The break room was a room with tables, vending machines, and a T.V.
I went into the stair way, I climbed the flight of stairs to the restaurant. I was walking around in the kitchen looking lost. Someone came up to me and said hi I am Jim you are new, what position? I said busser. He smiled really big and said yes. He said lets go see the manager. I followed him to the managers office. Inside the office there was 6 desk, and another door that was open, the plate on the door said G.M.. Jim excitedly said hey Julie this is, he turned to me and said where is you name tag? I looked down and thought oh great. It was in my pocket. As I put on my name tag, I said I am Allen your new busser. Julie smiled and said sweet. I looked at Julie's name tag, it said Lafette, IN. I looked at her and said I am from Indianapolis, IN. She gave me a high five.
I thought out of all the Cast Members, I would never see someone from my state. And there she was. Standing in front of me. It was cool. She said follow me. I said ok, we headed out the kitchen, the kitchen was large, no it was more like huge. We went out to the dinning room, she said follow me, we walked out in the center and I looked around, there was already people sitting around eating. Julie was still walking, I was right behind her, she said there he is, Andre this is Allen take good care of him. Julie said, Allen this is Andre you trainer. Julie said we will talk later, and she quickly disappeared behind the crowed of people.
I had a hard time at first trying to listen to Andre, Andre was hot. He was about 5'10" tall, black wavy hair, dark brown eyes, and a tan to die for. (I was still in the closet, so I said nothing to him)
Andre showed me around the restaurant, and he led me to the closet, the closet had enough room for two people to fit inside, with two trash cans. The closet stunk, it smelt like trash. But I soon got used to the smell. The closet had a AVAC system in it. AVAC is short for Automated VACuum system. He demonstrated how to use it, open the lid, pick up the trash barrel full of trash dump it in, close the lid, when the red light comes on. That sounded simple, the red light started flashing, he quickly pulled the lid down. What happened next was this loud sound, it was a cross between a tornado and flushing an R.V. toilet sound to it. It just had a sound of its own. Once the red light went off, he opened the lid and said look, ever bit of the trash that we put down there was gone.
He showed me the different sections there was 4 of them. He said there are 34 trash cans, 1,171 chairs, which we get to stack at them end of the night (these chairs were not light), and 292 tables.
10 am first break - Andre showed me to the time clock and said be here in 14 minutes. I was in the break room, and Luke came in, and sat down at my table. He was also a busser. Luke was a unique individual - I can honestly say I have never ever met a guy/girl like him/her. Luke wore a guys costume, he had short blond hair, big blue eyes, with makeup on, and he carried a purse. He had to have somewhere to carry his makeup. Luke had this happy go lucky attitude.
When I got back from my break he explained that we was going to be working in section A. Section A was a smaller area. We had 50 Tables and 200 chairs, 10 trash cans. He said we can do it. He and I worked as a team, we pulled the trash and washed down the tables, straightened everything up every time. He showed me the art of using a pan and broom. Disney has their own way of doing things. Its just plain fun.
It was getting close to 11 am. The lines was getting longer by the minute. It amazed me how quickly it packed. There was hardly any room for us to pull the trash can. We worked non stop unless, we are in the AVAC closet. Remember when I said there was enough room for 2 people and 2 trash cans? Well I learned very quickly you can fit 8 people in there with 5 trash cans. It was cramped, but fun never the less.
Noon rolled around and it was still packed. We were working very fast and very hard. I never knew how stressful bussing tables was.
1 pm is here, and I am starved. I asked Andre when lunch was? He said that is after the lunch rush was over. I asked him when that was going to be? He said 2:30 ish.
I had not been that hungry in a long time. I had worked off breakfast hours ago. It felt like my stomach was trying to eat itself. Andre came up to me about 2pm and said lets go eat. We went down and clocked out. Off to the cafeteria. Lunch went slow, eating by oneself makes it slow to begin with, but the t.v. helped.
When lunch was over and I was back out on the floor, Andre came to me and asked do you think you would be ok for an hour while I go to a meeting? I said I think so. I was in the same area, and I knew what to do. Andre quickly took off.
While I was in my area, I saw this man sitting by himself at a table in a wheel chair. I walked up to him and started a conversation. Hi I am Allen, why are you sitting by yourself? He said "my kids are getting me some food." I thought well this would be a way to take 5. Take 5 with Disney is to take 5 minutes and talk to our guest, find out where they are from, intresting things about them.
I don't like to talk to someone that is stuck in a wheel chair, standing over them, so I squatted down next to him and proceeded to talk to him. We talked for longer than 5 minuets. But I didn't think anyone would care since my work was caught up. When I stood up and turned around, I saw a table that was a mess, I went to it and started to clean it. This woman comes up to me and said Allen, I turned around and said yes, with a smile on my face. She said what is your last name? I gave it to her, she was writing it down. She smiles really big and said thank you. And handed me a 5 star.
A 5 star is a good thing. Its an achievement of sorts, it paper work that goes into your file, and its a something that is put into a drawing for prizes.
I told her thank you, and put it into my pocket. She went back to her meeting and I went back to work.
When Andre came back from his meeting, he asked me how I did? I said well, I got this 5 star. I showed it to him. He read it, and looked at the signature. He said no way. He said its Mim Flynn. He asked me for the details, and I told him what happened. He said again no way. He was dumb struck. He said that he had been there for a year and has never gotton one from Mim. He said come on, we need to go see Julie. We quickly made it to the managers office. Once in there, Andre proceeds to tell Julie about my 5 star from Mim. She jumped out of her seat and gave me a big high five. She said now that is what I like to see. I had to ask, who is Mim Flynn? Julie said with a smile on her face. Mim is the General Manager for all of Food and Beverage in Magic Kingdom. She said that it is rare for Mim to give these to anyone, so I must have really impressed her.
Once I was back out on the floor, the news spred quickly. All my co-workers wanted to see my 5 star from Mim Flinn. No one could blieve it.
Just goes to show you, if you do what you are supposed to do, you will get noticed.
My first day, was a great day. I enjoyed it, I really did not want to leave. I was hooked.
I went into the stair way, I climbed the flight of stairs to the restaurant. I was walking around in the kitchen looking lost. Someone came up to me and said hi I am Jim you are new, what position? I said busser. He smiled really big and said yes. He said lets go see the manager. I followed him to the managers office. Inside the office there was 6 desk, and another door that was open, the plate on the door said G.M.. Jim excitedly said hey Julie this is, he turned to me and said where is you name tag? I looked down and thought oh great. It was in my pocket. As I put on my name tag, I said I am Allen your new busser. Julie smiled and said sweet. I looked at Julie's name tag, it said Lafette, IN. I looked at her and said I am from Indianapolis, IN. She gave me a high five.
I thought out of all the Cast Members, I would never see someone from my state. And there she was. Standing in front of me. It was cool. She said follow me. I said ok, we headed out the kitchen, the kitchen was large, no it was more like huge. We went out to the dinning room, she said follow me, we walked out in the center and I looked around, there was already people sitting around eating. Julie was still walking, I was right behind her, she said there he is, Andre this is Allen take good care of him. Julie said, Allen this is Andre you trainer. Julie said we will talk later, and she quickly disappeared behind the crowed of people.
I had a hard time at first trying to listen to Andre, Andre was hot. He was about 5'10" tall, black wavy hair, dark brown eyes, and a tan to die for. (I was still in the closet, so I said nothing to him)
Andre showed me around the restaurant, and he led me to the closet, the closet had enough room for two people to fit inside, with two trash cans. The closet stunk, it smelt like trash. But I soon got used to the smell. The closet had a AVAC system in it. AVAC is short for Automated VACuum system. He demonstrated how to use it, open the lid, pick up the trash barrel full of trash dump it in, close the lid, when the red light comes on. That sounded simple, the red light started flashing, he quickly pulled the lid down. What happened next was this loud sound, it was a cross between a tornado and flushing an R.V. toilet sound to it. It just had a sound of its own. Once the red light went off, he opened the lid and said look, ever bit of the trash that we put down there was gone.
He showed me the different sections there was 4 of them. He said there are 34 trash cans, 1,171 chairs, which we get to stack at them end of the night (these chairs were not light), and 292 tables.
10 am first break - Andre showed me to the time clock and said be here in 14 minutes. I was in the break room, and Luke came in, and sat down at my table. He was also a busser. Luke was a unique individual - I can honestly say I have never ever met a guy/girl like him/her. Luke wore a guys costume, he had short blond hair, big blue eyes, with makeup on, and he carried a purse. He had to have somewhere to carry his makeup. Luke had this happy go lucky attitude.
When I got back from my break he explained that we was going to be working in section A. Section A was a smaller area. We had 50 Tables and 200 chairs, 10 trash cans. He said we can do it. He and I worked as a team, we pulled the trash and washed down the tables, straightened everything up every time. He showed me the art of using a pan and broom. Disney has their own way of doing things. Its just plain fun.
It was getting close to 11 am. The lines was getting longer by the minute. It amazed me how quickly it packed. There was hardly any room for us to pull the trash can. We worked non stop unless, we are in the AVAC closet. Remember when I said there was enough room for 2 people and 2 trash cans? Well I learned very quickly you can fit 8 people in there with 5 trash cans. It was cramped, but fun never the less.
Noon rolled around and it was still packed. We were working very fast and very hard. I never knew how stressful bussing tables was.
1 pm is here, and I am starved. I asked Andre when lunch was? He said that is after the lunch rush was over. I asked him when that was going to be? He said 2:30 ish.
I had not been that hungry in a long time. I had worked off breakfast hours ago. It felt like my stomach was trying to eat itself. Andre came up to me about 2pm and said lets go eat. We went down and clocked out. Off to the cafeteria. Lunch went slow, eating by oneself makes it slow to begin with, but the t.v. helped.
When lunch was over and I was back out on the floor, Andre came to me and asked do you think you would be ok for an hour while I go to a meeting? I said I think so. I was in the same area, and I knew what to do. Andre quickly took off.
While I was in my area, I saw this man sitting by himself at a table in a wheel chair. I walked up to him and started a conversation. Hi I am Allen, why are you sitting by yourself? He said "my kids are getting me some food." I thought well this would be a way to take 5. Take 5 with Disney is to take 5 minutes and talk to our guest, find out where they are from, intresting things about them.
I don't like to talk to someone that is stuck in a wheel chair, standing over them, so I squatted down next to him and proceeded to talk to him. We talked for longer than 5 minuets. But I didn't think anyone would care since my work was caught up. When I stood up and turned around, I saw a table that was a mess, I went to it and started to clean it. This woman comes up to me and said Allen, I turned around and said yes, with a smile on my face. She said what is your last name? I gave it to her, she was writing it down. She smiles really big and said thank you. And handed me a 5 star.
A 5 star is a good thing. Its an achievement of sorts, it paper work that goes into your file, and its a something that is put into a drawing for prizes.
I told her thank you, and put it into my pocket. She went back to her meeting and I went back to work.
When Andre came back from his meeting, he asked me how I did? I said well, I got this 5 star. I showed it to him. He read it, and looked at the signature. He said no way. He said its Mim Flynn. He asked me for the details, and I told him what happened. He said again no way. He was dumb struck. He said that he had been there for a year and has never gotton one from Mim. He said come on, we need to go see Julie. We quickly made it to the managers office. Once in there, Andre proceeds to tell Julie about my 5 star from Mim. She jumped out of her seat and gave me a big high five. She said now that is what I like to see. I had to ask, who is Mim Flynn? Julie said with a smile on her face. Mim is the General Manager for all of Food and Beverage in Magic Kingdom. She said that it is rare for Mim to give these to anyone, so I must have really impressed her.
Once I was back out on the floor, the news spred quickly. All my co-workers wanted to see my 5 star from Mim Flinn. No one could blieve it.
Just goes to show you, if you do what you are supposed to do, you will get noticed.
My first day, was a great day. I enjoyed it, I really did not want to leave. I was hooked.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
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My Indoor Garden - Update |
On October 27th, I had an idea that I would start my indoor garden.
A simple project, take a 2 liter bottle, make a self watering planter out of it, add soil, and plant some seeds. I did that.
Next I had to figure out how to give them light since we were in the start of winter. I knew the sun would only shine a couple days a week. What I ended up doing was going to Home Depot and buying 4 clamp lights. I also bought 4 pack of daylight florescent bulbs. Then I stopped by Staples and bought 4 foam boards.
When I got back home I made my self a box out of the foam board. I then took aluminum foil and lined the inside of the box with it. I put my 2 liter planters inside it, and clamped all the lights around the top facing down.
The 2 liter self watering planter worked extremely well. By November 9, 2008 my plants had grown. Every seed that I planted grew. I had way to many plants, I didn't want just to throw them out. So when Christmas rolled around, I had enough plants to give each of my friends a present for Christmas.
I transplanted my tomato plants from the 2 liter planters to coffee cans self watering planters. Oh yes, I figured if it worked in a 2 liter, then a coffee can and a juice bottle would work too. And it does. I then had to figure out where I was going to put them and figure out how to work the lighting for it.
I ended up putting them on the floor, with the stands that I had built. I put the between two dressers, lined all of it with aluminum foil, like I did with the box. The plants are now a little over 2 feet tall. I now have 3 tomato plants, 2 cantaloupe plants, and one flower.
I will update you again next month.
Have a good day,
Allen
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I am still here |
Just to let you all know, that I am still alive. I have been working on an article, but what was going to be a simple one, its turned into a book.
I have been working long hours at work too.
I will keep you posted.
allen
I have been working long hours at work too.
I will keep you posted.
allen
Sunday, January 18, 2009
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Working at Walt Disney World - Part 1 |
The phone rang. I answered it, it was Walt Disney World calling me with an over the phone interview. I was so nervous. A friend coached me piror to the phone interview. He said smile a lot, and answer everything correctly.
I felt stupid for smiling over the phone, but I guess it paid off. They called me a second time to step up and face to face interview.
The drive up to Disney World, was so intense, I was excited and scared all at the same time. I remember walking into the building. It was so cool, Disney stuff every where, videos playing, and ever person that worked there had a smile on their face. They were nice.
Once I achieved the interview, she said we have you hired in as busser at Cosmic Ray's Cafe in the Magic Kingdom. She handed me my packet and out the door I went. I took my packet home and read every thing. One of the papers inside said where to be and what dress clothes to wear, and a very long list of what not to wear. We had to meet at Disney University. I had no clue that they had a University.
The day came, I headed out the door 3 hours ahead of time. I knew that I-4 could get bad some times. Plus, I did not really know where I was going. We had to be there early. I mean it was like 8 am. The drive on I-4 was smooth, I pulled onto World Drive, and drove for the Magic Kingdom, the guys at the booth smiled and said welcome home. I thought that was cool. He said follow that yellow line, it will take you where you need to go.
Once at the University we had 3 days of classes, they start you off in class training. On the last day of training, they said you have a couple of hours before the park closes go play. I went to my location. I wanted to see what I agreed to. Once I found the restaurant my mouth fell open. I have never in my life seen a place so large. I was told later that it was the second largest fast food restaurant in the world. I believe it.
I walked around and saw all the sites that the restaurant had, the park had closed, while I was just looking around. This lady was behind the counter and said can I help you, she did not have a costume on. She had a nice dress suite. I said, I am going to be working here, as soon as the classes are over. She stuck out her hand, she shook it like I was a long lost friend, she smiled really big. She said I am the General Manager, welcome aboard. Then she said you need to get going the park is closed.
I felt stupid for smiling over the phone, but I guess it paid off. They called me a second time to step up and face to face interview.
The drive up to Disney World, was so intense, I was excited and scared all at the same time. I remember walking into the building. It was so cool, Disney stuff every where, videos playing, and ever person that worked there had a smile on their face. They were nice.
Once I achieved the interview, she said we have you hired in as busser at Cosmic Ray's Cafe in the Magic Kingdom. She handed me my packet and out the door I went. I took my packet home and read every thing. One of the papers inside said where to be and what dress clothes to wear, and a very long list of what not to wear. We had to meet at Disney University. I had no clue that they had a University.
The day came, I headed out the door 3 hours ahead of time. I knew that I-4 could get bad some times. Plus, I did not really know where I was going. We had to be there early. I mean it was like 8 am. The drive on I-4 was smooth, I pulled onto World Drive, and drove for the Magic Kingdom, the guys at the booth smiled and said welcome home. I thought that was cool. He said follow that yellow line, it will take you where you need to go.
Once at the University we had 3 days of classes, they start you off in class training. On the last day of training, they said you have a couple of hours before the park closes go play. I went to my location. I wanted to see what I agreed to. Once I found the restaurant my mouth fell open. I have never in my life seen a place so large. I was told later that it was the second largest fast food restaurant in the world. I believe it.
I walked around and saw all the sites that the restaurant had, the park had closed, while I was just looking around. This lady was behind the counter and said can I help you, she did not have a costume on. She had a nice dress suite. I said, I am going to be working here, as soon as the classes are over. She stuck out her hand, she shook it like I was a long lost friend, she smiled really big. She said I am the General Manager, welcome aboard. Then she said you need to get going the park is closed.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
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Do you like to sleep? |
There were 6 of us at the table that night, and the question was asked. Do you like to sleep?
4 out of 6 said no.
I do not like to sleep. To be honest, it has to do with all the dreams that I have. While some of them are cool, most are not. Most are scary, upsetting, and down right evil. I also find it hard to begin the sleep process. Here is mine:
What do I do while laying in bed. My thoughts are going nuts, I can never ever turn them off.
What I have found to be the most effective way to fall asleep is to be totally exhausted. Stay up for several hours. 19 hours awake normally shuts me down for 6 hours of sleep.
Crazy Hours -
Thursday 11am spoke with my father via IM.
Friday at 2 pm - 26 hours later, I was exhausted, I thought I will watch an episode of a show.
Friday at 3 pm - Woke up in the worst position, neck and hand was killing me, fell asleep in the chair.
Friday at 11pm - Went back to bed - really really exhausted. Pulled the covers up and I was gone.
Saturday at 4 pm - Woke up and started my day. The only thing was I felt weird all day. I was shaky and cold, not the normal cold, but down right cold.
4 out of 6 said no.
I do not like to sleep. To be honest, it has to do with all the dreams that I have. While some of them are cool, most are not. Most are scary, upsetting, and down right evil. I also find it hard to begin the sleep process. Here is mine:
1. Lay in bed.
2. Watch the walls (car lights dance on my walls)
3. Did I turn off the coffee maker? (get out of bed and check)
4. Lay back in bed.
5. Watch the walls again.
6. Count the car lights
7. Roll over to the right side.
8. Roll over on tummy.
9. Roll over on back.
10. Watch the walls.
11. Wake up.
What do I do while laying in bed. My thoughts are going nuts, I can never ever turn them off.
What I have found to be the most effective way to fall asleep is to be totally exhausted. Stay up for several hours. 19 hours awake normally shuts me down for 6 hours of sleep.
Crazy Hours -
Thursday 11am spoke with my father via IM.
Friday at 2 pm - 26 hours later, I was exhausted, I thought I will watch an episode of a show.
Friday at 3 pm - Woke up in the worst position, neck and hand was killing me, fell asleep in the chair.
Friday at 11pm - Went back to bed - really really exhausted. Pulled the covers up and I was gone.
Saturday at 4 pm - Woke up and started my day. The only thing was I felt weird all day. I was shaky and cold, not the normal cold, but down right cold.
Friday, January 16, 2009
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Alliance - World of Warcraft |
Me and a couple of friends on World Of Warcraft made new characters on the Alliance side.
Scrille was made, his is a gnome, mage, and he is an engineer.
I took him from level 1 to level 32 in about three weeks. Last night I took him from level 32 to level 36. It took me and two of my friends 24 hours to do this.
About 10 this morning another freind signed on, and he has a level 70 Death Knight, he said you want a run through Scarlet Monistery? I said sure, why not. I invited my friends along too. He ran us through quickly and then did it again. I went from level 36 to level 37 in about 3 hours. It was a long night, and I still havent been to bed.
Scrille was made, his is a gnome, mage, and he is an engineer.
I took him from level 1 to level 32 in about three weeks. Last night I took him from level 32 to level 36. It took me and two of my friends 24 hours to do this.
About 10 this morning another freind signed on, and he has a level 70 Death Knight, he said you want a run through Scarlet Monistery? I said sure, why not. I invited my friends along too. He ran us through quickly and then did it again. I went from level 36 to level 37 in about 3 hours. It was a long night, and I still havent been to bed.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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My Birthday Party - Talbott Street |
On Jan.09, friends asked me where I would like to go. It had been such a long time since I had been out, that I automatically said Talbott Street Bar.
Talbott Street Bar has 3 bars in one. Show bar, Dance Floor Bar, and The Sky Bar. I thought that would have been the best place to go on a Friday night, we can see the shows and dance or just go to the lounge.
Jan 09, at 10pm, we enter the bar doors, you can hear the bass kicking it. ::::Thump::::, :::Thump:::, I was excited. When we entered the bar, something was wrong, part of the stage was on the dance floor, and tables full of people were everywhere. We all looked at each other, I was like WTF?!? To say the least I was not a happy camper. The sky bar was closed, the show room was closed and the dance floor was full of tables. I looked at everyone, and said well, we are here, to the BAR. Once we had drinks in hand, we walked over to the crowed standing room only section of the stage. I looked at all the people that was watching the show. I leaned over to a L.G. and said "it looks like a straight convention in here" he agreed with me. The math nuts that was with us said, it was a 3 to 1 ratio. 3 women to every man in there. >< href="http://allenmcalister.com/2009/01/alana-steele-legends-talbott-street.html">Alana Steele
Asia LaBouche
Vicki St. James
With a guest Star of Lawanda Jackson
The show was excellent. My birthday party was great. My coat was the only downfall of the entire night.
Talbott Street Bar has 3 bars in one. Show bar, Dance Floor Bar, and The Sky Bar. I thought that would have been the best place to go on a Friday night, we can see the shows and dance or just go to the lounge.
Jan 09, at 10pm, we enter the bar doors, you can hear the bass kicking it. ::::Thump::::, :::Thump:::, I was excited. When we entered the bar, something was wrong, part of the stage was on the dance floor, and tables full of people were everywhere. We all looked at each other, I was like WTF?!? To say the least I was not a happy camper. The sky bar was closed, the show room was closed and the dance floor was full of tables. I looked at everyone, and said well, we are here, to the BAR. Once we had drinks in hand, we walked over to the crowed standing room only section of the stage. I looked at all the people that was watching the show. I leaned over to a L.G. and said "it looks like a straight convention in here" he agreed with me. The math nuts that was with us said, it was a 3 to 1 ratio. 3 women to every man in there. >< href="http://allenmcalister.com/2009/01/alana-steele-legends-talbott-street.html">Alana Steele
Asia LaBouche
Vicki St. James
With a guest Star of Lawanda Jackson
The show was excellent. My birthday party was great. My coat was the only downfall of the entire night.
Monday, January 12, 2009
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Alana Steele - Legends - Talbott Street |
Alana Steele - Legends - Talbott Street
Alana Steele is my absolute favorite performer of all time.
She makes me smile every time I see her. Her style, her grace and her beauty is just wonderful to see. Her dresses are marvelous and pretty. Her costumes are grand.
I have been to several shows in my life time. Alana Steele is the best.
Here are a couple of video's that I found on Youtube.
Alana Steele is my absolute favorite performer of all time.
She makes me smile every time I see her. Her style, her grace and her beauty is just wonderful to see. Her dresses are marvelous and pretty. Her costumes are grand.
I have been to several shows in my life time. Alana Steele is the best.
Here are a couple of video's that I found on Youtube.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
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Lawanda Jackson at Talbott Street |
Lawanda Jackson was the star performer at Talbott Street on Jan. 9th, 2009.
Lawanda was singing her songs, she had an amazing voice. She sounded like Tina. She was impressive she got the audience so involved. She was telling everyone that she had been doing this line of work for over 30 years.
On the way home one of my friends said you can tell who is singing the songs and who is just moving their mouths. With Lawanda you could see the muscles in her neck stick out on all of her songs. He said you dont see that with ones that just move their mouths.
She was so amazing, that I had to Google her name. The very first on the list was her website. The web site is awesome. I enjoy the music, the sound effects and visual are just wonderful.
Here are a few videos that I found on Youtube.
Lawanda was singing her songs, she had an amazing voice. She sounded like Tina. She was impressive she got the audience so involved. She was telling everyone that she had been doing this line of work for over 30 years.
On the way home one of my friends said you can tell who is singing the songs and who is just moving their mouths. With Lawanda you could see the muscles in her neck stick out on all of her songs. He said you dont see that with ones that just move their mouths.
She was so amazing, that I had to Google her name. The very first on the list was her website. The web site is awesome. I enjoy the music, the sound effects and visual are just wonderful.
Here are a few videos that I found on Youtube.
Friday, January 9, 2009
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Breaking Up |
Why is breaking up with someone so hard for me to do. Simply put, I don't want to hurt his feelings or to make him angry. I sent him an email, I know what you are thinking. That sending him and email was not right. Why didn't you do it in person. Well that is the main problem we are having.
In the past two months, we have not seen each other, due to him. I am not allowed to go to his house and visit him, nor has he even attempt to come here. Here is the email that I sent him;
I made this email as simple as I could. I didn't want to blame or accuse.
His reply was over the top. He accused me of cheating on him. I was taken back, dumb founded and then anger flew over me. Here is what he had to say;
WTF - Darrel and I do have a relationship, as a father and son. I have known Darrel since he was 18 years old. Darrel looks up to me as a father figure. He calls me dad, and my father grandpa.
I told him in the past two months, that we still could go out, but he never has asked. I also told him that I have a bus stop right in front of my house. But he has never showed up. I spent Christmas and New Years alone.
A friend told me "if you truly love someone, nothing will stop you from seeing that person."
So I had to ask myself, do I truly love him. No
I tried to make it work, but its not working for me.
In the past two months, we have not seen each other, due to him. I am not allowed to go to his house and visit him, nor has he even attempt to come here. Here is the email that I sent him;
Stan,
This is so hard for me, I have to say for the past two months, it has given me time to think. Do I really want a relationship? No would be the answer. I really didn't want one from the start, as I remember, I told you I didn't want one then. And look I am in one. Or sort of, or not.
I have been trying to figure out how to tell you without hurting you. But no matter what I say, it will hurt you. For that I am sorry.
Allen
I made this email as simple as I could. I didn't want to blame or accuse.
His reply was over the top. He accused me of cheating on him. I was taken back, dumb founded and then anger flew over me. Here is what he had to say;
I just read an very interesting article on your blog. A Day with Darrel. I noticed that the date was just last month. the 19th of December. Could you explain to me something Allen. are you and him back together? But wasnt it you that said to me that if you caught me cheating you wanted nothing to do with me? The article made it seem like you made out with him when you showed him your desk.
WTF - Darrel and I do have a relationship, as a father and son. I have known Darrel since he was 18 years old. Darrel looks up to me as a father figure. He calls me dad, and my father grandpa.
But you must remember two things. One I have no car and two my step-brother wont allow anyone here. So I think that is all I have to say on that.
I told him in the past two months, that we still could go out, but he never has asked. I also told him that I have a bus stop right in front of my house. But he has never showed up. I spent Christmas and New Years alone.
A friend told me "if you truly love someone, nothing will stop you from seeing that person."
So I had to ask myself, do I truly love him. No
I tried to make it work, but its not working for me.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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Working at A.C.'s House |
01. fix the gutters
02. put new screen in her back door
03. hang decor on her garage
04. fix her water leak in the bathroom
05. replace a toilet seat
06. move her stereo to a new location and hook it up
07. remove a hall way door
08. fix the garage door, put a new lock on it.
09. install a garden hose holder
10. remove storm windows
11. take 6 loads of stuff out to the garage for a yard sale
12. remove a cabinet from the bathroom
13. take down all pictures in the dinning room and pull the nails
14. remove every thing from the dining room
15. removed over half of the wall paper
Lots of hard work. We started yesterday at noon. We stopped working long enough to eat, and worked until 11:30pm. Woke up at 8am and started again this morning worked until 5pm. Removing the wall paper is a pain in the butt. There is only one layer of wall paper, but the wall paper has been painted over at least twice. So a steamer doesn't get through it. I had to make a tool that scratched the wall paper and used hot water on the wall until the paper would scrape off. I will be posting before and after pictures.
02. put new screen in her back door
03. hang decor on her garage
04. fix her water leak in the bathroom
05. replace a toilet seat
06. move her stereo to a new location and hook it up
07. remove a hall way door
08. fix the garage door, put a new lock on it.
09. install a garden hose holder
10. remove storm windows
11. take 6 loads of stuff out to the garage for a yard sale
12. remove a cabinet from the bathroom
13. take down all pictures in the dinning room and pull the nails
14. remove every thing from the dining room
15. removed over half of the wall paper
Lots of hard work. We started yesterday at noon. We stopped working long enough to eat, and worked until 11:30pm. Woke up at 8am and started again this morning worked until 5pm. Removing the wall paper is a pain in the butt. There is only one layer of wall paper, but the wall paper has been painted over at least twice. So a steamer doesn't get through it. I had to make a tool that scratched the wall paper and used hot water on the wall until the paper would scrape off. I will be posting before and after pictures.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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No House Phone |
The house phone service was taken out. To be honest, it is much cheaper to have just a cell phone. The phone company wanted $30.00 a month, plus the extras, like caller ID, long distant and voice mail.
It cost me $8.33 a month for a cell phone and I get voice mail, long distant, and caller id. I do have a low amount of minutes though, I get 33 minutes a month. The ones that know me, know that I don't like phones. So this plan was perfect for me.
It cost me $8.33 a month for a cell phone and I get voice mail, long distant, and caller id. I do have a low amount of minutes though, I get 33 minutes a month. The ones that know me, know that I don't like phones. So this plan was perfect for me.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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Butter Mints Recipe |
This was one of my Mom's Recipe.
2 lbs. powdered sugar
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese
2 tsp. peppermint extract (or to taste)
food coloring of your choice
Mix all ingredients well. Separate into equal portions for each color (before adding food color). Roll into 1 inch balls and flatten with a fork. Store in the refrigerator.
2 lbs. powdered sugar
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese
2 tsp. peppermint extract (or to taste)
food coloring of your choice
Mix all ingredients well. Separate into equal portions for each color (before adding food color). Roll into 1 inch balls and flatten with a fork. Store in the refrigerator.
Monday, January 5, 2009
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5 Cup Honey-Butter Balls Recipe |
This was one of my Mom's Recipe. I hope you enjoy this one.
1 c. honey
1 c. rice cereal
1 c. dry milk
1 c. peanut butter
1 c. coconut
Stir with a wooden spoon all but the coconut, until well mixed. Spread coconut on waxed paper. Shape the dough mixture into balls and roll them in the coconut until covered on all sides.
Place the balls on a cookie sheet. Put in the refrigerator for at least a half hour before serving.
1 c. honey
1 c. rice cereal
1 c. dry milk
1 c. peanut butter
1 c. coconut
Stir with a wooden spoon all but the coconut, until well mixed. Spread coconut on waxed paper. Shape the dough mixture into balls and roll them in the coconut until covered on all sides.
Place the balls on a cookie sheet. Put in the refrigerator for at least a half hour before serving.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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Carrot Salad Recipe |
This was one of my Mom's Recipe's. I hope you enjoy it.
2 carrots
1/2 c. raisins
1 c. mayonnaise
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. sugar
2 celery stalks
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. nuts
Lettuce leaves, washed and drained
2 carrots
1/2 c. raisins
1 c. mayonnaise
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. sugar
2 celery stalks
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. nuts
Lettuce leaves, washed and drained
Wash the carrots, apples,lettuce and celery. Grate the carrots into salad bowl. Add raisins. Chop apples, celery and nuts and add them to the carrots and raisins. Measure the mayonnaise, salt, sugar and lemon juice and add them to the mixture in the bowl. Mix all ingredients well. Serve on lettuce leaves. Sprinkle extra raisins and nuts on top of each serving, if desired.
Serves 6
Saturday, January 3, 2009
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PlayItOnTheWeb.com |
I have been to several game websites. Most of them report that they have thousands of games. But in fact, its that many due to the duplicates. Duplicates are bad, as well as broken links.
PlayItOnTheWeb has great free online arcade games. This site has about every thing you want or need, with a game site. Click on the banner below and see for yourself.
This site reports that:
346 players online
42,288,153 total games played
96,685 played today
The mouse over feature is one of the best that I have seen on a game site. Most game sites has all the games in link form. But with this feature its much easier to see the picture and the description.
This site was very professionally done. It was well thought out. I have spent many hours playing the games on this site. My most favorite game is FWG Random Defence Game
If I had gold stars to give out, I would give them 5 of them.
PlayItOnTheWeb has great free online arcade games. This site has about every thing you want or need, with a game site. Click on the banner below and see for yourself.
- has over 8,000 Free games
- mouse over view of games with descriptions
- chat room
- game rating
- free membership
- down loadable games
- multi player games
- tournaments
- gold shop
- gamer apparel
- featured games
- top rated games
This site reports that:
346 players online
42,288,153 total games played
96,685 played today
The mouse over feature is one of the best that I have seen on a game site. Most game sites has all the games in link form. But with this feature its much easier to see the picture and the description.
This site was very professionally done. It was well thought out. I have spent many hours playing the games on this site. My most favorite game is FWG Random Defence Game
If I had gold stars to give out, I would give them 5 of them.
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