Congratulations.

Just want to give a congratulations shout out to one of my best friends, Charly and her boyfriend Ben on their baby fetus (In ten more weeks I will stop calling it fetus and start calling it whatever it is).

Ya'll will be great parents!

Love you! xoxox

Birthdays and Fights.

Ok so yes I am that ghetto that I steal my Internet from my neighbors, thus that explains the lack of entries lately. I finally got some signal and decided to give a howdy doody to my Internet friends. I have been so busy lately, you just don't even know. I feel like I never have a day off. Thankfully though I had off this past weekend to help my friend Ashley celebrate her 21st birthday. Wow, what an experience.

Saturday night we went out to Port o' Call and Chillis at midnight and on Sunday, her actual birthday, she had a nice little cook out shin dig at her parents house and then we proceeded to hit the bars up later. Well as we were drinking at her parents it dawned us that it was sunday and thus it was Rock and Bowl night so we got real stoked and headed there after Lucky 12. Let me just say that I have never been to Rock and Bowl and I had a BLAST. It was a giant Manteo High School reunion but it was OK because it was only people that I wanted to see.
But if I'm writing about it, then we call all conclude that it probably was bir all peaches-n-cream that night. At Lucky 12 my friend John and his fiance Maddy were there with some friends, we casually chatted and I said my goodbyes as I went out to get my car and bring it around front so everyone could get in but as I rounded the side of the building to reach the front all I see is a mobb of people being shoved out the door. Apparently some of the people I was with had beef with John and Maddy. Thinking it was all over and done with, we headed to the Bowling Alley. After being there for 20-30 min. in walks John and Maddy with their friends. Ok, whatever. They were at the other end of the place but every time they came anywhere near the people I was with my people proceeded to keep egging it on and talking shit. (Now when I say "my people" it is only for the purpose of the story, they really are not my people). You see, John's fiance is the manager of a local surf shop and a girl that was with us for Ashley's birthday apparently stole about $700 worth of stuff and for her jobs sake Maddy had to prosecute. To make an exteremly long story short a huge fight broke out and of course the wonderful cop force of the OBX show up and arrest people. My loud ass mouth almost got in trouble to for my infamous "Fuck the Police" remark. (Big shout out to Nags Head P.D.....I mean the wanna be NYPD). Opps, my bad. Haha ;). Well anyways everyone I was with got kicked out except for those of us that mingled and hid into the crowds so we didn't have to leave. It was a fun night but I must say that I was terribly embarrassed to be seen with the people involved or to claim that I knew them the rest of the night.

I tell you that story to tell you this. If you so choose to steal, do it a little less obviously. Do not take things from your work and then wear it to work where they will realize that you didn't buy it and how are you wearing it. Overall it was quite an experience I so choose not to go through again.

NY and No Smoking.

So we have DirectTv and our "local" (ABC,CBS,NBC...) channels in HD are based out of New York and so we always have all the ads for New York's stuff so some of it is pretty entertaing. The local commericals that are so low budget and trying to be cool are so funny and It seems that every single day somebody is shot in New York. This morning apparently a child was playing outside his house and got shot by the NYPD. Too much crime and drama in that place for me. But thats not the reason I am writing this, This morning as I was just watching Regis and Kelly in HD I saw an ad for "NY Quits" which is this quit smoking campaign for the state of New York. They provide a 1-800 number for people to call to see if they qualify for free nicotine patches and a whole kit to quit smoking. I think that is a pretty cool campaign. I mean, now if you live in New York you really have no reason to quit smoking. More states should do that because some people seriously get addicted to smoking.

I just don't get it though. I don't think cigarettes are addicting, but then again I rarely smoke, it's just more of a drunk thing ;)

P.S. They have got some HILARIOUS commercials for local companies up there. They are sooo cheeeessseeeeyyyyyyyy;)

Look Who's 21

So wow its been a hot minute since I have last written but I have my reasons of course. Last Sunday, July 27, was my birthday. Oh yeah, the big two-one. Not that it really made a difference, turing 21. I have been going to the bars down here since I was in high school and I can buy beer at every gas station without being carded so the whole turning 21 thing was not THAT exciting.

Me and the ladies laid out at Stephanie's house all day and then parted ways to get pretty with intention of meeting at my house at 7 but right as I was waiting on everyone to get here a limo pulls up to take us all out courtesy of my sister. It was nice :). Any who, went to Ocean Blvd. first, of course. I had a nice tini and some yummy cake. It was so much fun, the whole restaurant was singing to me when they lit the candles and brought my cake out. From there we took my parents home who came out with me for one drink and then headed to Lucky 12 which was a fun time. Now you have to understand that for some odd reason the whole Outer Banks was completely dead on my birthday so every bar really was just a "fun time" cause no one was out. By the time we got to chilli's I was feeling mighty nice and thought it would be bad ass to order a Tangerine Dream (the bartender's, Carter, signature drink for me) and right as I was enjoying that the boys from my work came out. This kid ordered me some blue shot that I have no decided was "the straw that broke the camels back." I could not even finish that shot it was so gross and that right there is pretty much the last thing I remember and then Quinn said he found me outside, beside Chilli peppers on the ground!!!! Which we would be fine minus the fact that I was wearing white jeans (which by the way were later washed with no luck of getting grass stains out, so if anyone knows some strange method of getting grass stains out of white pants, let me know). So he put me in the limo and we headed home but Stephanie's husband, Matt, was already in the limo passed out drunk and I have now been told that the two of us passed out foot-to-head and I have seen these pictures and let me let you know that two drunk people passed out on top of each other is really funny (will post later when I get them off Stephanie's camera).

Apparently, I told everyone at Chilli Pepper's to come to my house and text pretty much my whole phone because by the time we got from Chilli Peppers to our house which is pretty much across the street, people just started flocking to our house. Meanwhile, I am passed out in my bedroom trying to throw up and i NEVER did and all of a sudden after 30 minutes being out of commission, I sat up and was ready to go for round 2. When I came out of my bedroom into the living room there were like 20 people in my tini ass house, and I could not tell you who was even there. For the last week I have randomly run into people all over the beach who said that they were at some point in time on my birthday at my house.....so if you were there sorry I don't remember. HAHA!

Overall it was a very long but very fun 21st birthday. I still have not gone to the liquor store yet so I guess I may want to get on that. To check out pictures from the big day, click here :)

Why So Serious??

So Monday Quinker and I played hookie and went to Virginia. We went up to MacArthur Mall because he had never been there and had lunch at Johnny Rockets but I was kind of disappointed because they normally sing and dance in there while you are eating and they didn't do it, boo for them ;). We went up there to go drop off my bling at the jewelers so it can get sized, I am so stoked I get to pick it up on Friday.....hopefully. Originally I wanted to head over to the Virginia Beach Marine Science Museum so we could catch The Dark Knight at the IMAX theatre but you can't pre-order your tickets for IMAX so if we had driven all the way there and it had been sold out it would have been a waste of time so we just decided to go see it in regular theatres.

After dropping ridiculous amounts of money on tickets, sodas, hot dog, pop-corn and of course candy for my fatass we finally settled in to the theatre! I am telling you that this movie is one of the best movies....EVER! I am not just saying it's the best comic book movie, but it is a good movie across all genres of film. Christian Bale is super hott and Heath Ledger gives an amazing portrayal of the Joker and quite frankly if the rumors of him being so disturbed by his roll is what drove him to his unfortunate death, I can see why. Not to mention the introduction of Two-Face, which Aaron Eckhart was absolutely perfect for the role and I hope in the next installment they keep him as Two-Face. Also, in the last installment Katie Holmes played Rachel and for this movie they have one of my favorites Maggie Gyllenhaal playing Rachel and she is perfect, they need to bring her back too! The special effects are off the hook and I kind of wish I would have gone to see it in IMAX just for the special effects. One of the coolest parts is when they completely flip over an eighteen wheeler, its sick. The movie is ridiculously long (2.5 hours) but totally worth it, so if you are one of the losers that have not seen this movie I highly suggest you get your little (or big) booty to your nearest theatre and catch The Dark Knight.

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Chicken Biscuit DRAMA

Ok this morning I am already running a little late. It's my fault due to the excessive amount of times I hit snooze (from 7am to 9am). HAHA! I was not trying to wake up this morning. So my sister calls me as I am pulling up to get a soda from the machine at the Market Place telling me that at McDonalds if you order a large drink you get a free southern style chicken biscuit. My highass gets all excited and I dart over to McDonalds. I mean, I am all stoked for this biscuit, if you know what I am saying.

I go through the line and get to the final window and they hand me my large sweet tea and that's it. They just look at me as I continue to sit there and finally I say "Where is my biscuit?" the ghetto fabulous McDonalds lady tells me that when I order I have to ASK for the free biscuit, that they don't just GIVE it to you. I said, "Well, I am asking for my biscuit now!" and sure enough they would NOT give it to me. Needless to say I thought that was rude and uncalled for, don't advertise a free biscuit with the purchase of a large drink and then tell me I have to ask for the free food.

Whatever, I'm going to Henry's and getting a real biscuit and sweet tea, screw McDonalds. ;)

Don't Be Trashy, RECYCLE!

Growing up in Southern Shores (and all the northern beaches) we had two cans that went to the end of the drive way for trash pickup. One was for trash and the other for recycling and it seemed that pretty much the whole neighborhood recycled. Recycling had free pick up, too.

Now that I live in Kill Devil Hills, which has got to be the most densely populated by locals town on the Outer Banks, I have noticed that no one recycles. I just don’t understand why Kill Devil Hills cant recycle, let alone the whole County too. I mean in my house alone, the amount of cans and bottles we go through weekly is pretty large. Not only is Kill Devil Hills heavily populated with locals but it also has a great number of rental properties and as we all know the tourist come down here and party, thus resulting in even more cans and bottles that could be recycled.

Now apparently in Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head you can purchase recycling services for a fee of $7.45 for weekly pickup. Outer Banks Hauling has been picked to pick up the recycling based on the guaranteed of the low cost for three years and their willingness to tailor the program to local need. This is a wonderful way to get into the recycling program, but I just don't understand why we have to pay and Southern Shores does not. (There is also another company out there willing to pick up recyclables in Dare County, but you have to contact them for an exact quote on pick-up pricing)

So now the issue is getting every household including locals and tourists, not only in Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head but across Dare County, to sign up for the recycling program and we could really make a difference. This system could work out very well and should cause little, if any, hardships for the citizens. Not to mention that Dare County as a whole does a lot of construction and demolition all of which use recyclable materials. The majority of beach goers are drinking plastic bottled water or juices, canned soda or beer, and glass bottled sodas and beer, thus if every beach access had a recycling bin that right there is a huge difference in how much we waste as a community.

The Outer Banks is supposed to be this nice beach retreat and as a community we work hard year round to keep the beach clean and make sure that our Island stays beautiful for generations to come. But seeing that we are such a large vacation destination for a vast variety of individuals shouldn’t we want to make a large impression and start “Going Green.” The Brewing Station, for instance, is setting quite the example by being Americas First Wind Powered Brewpub with their 10KW Wind Turbine. And to be honest with you, that Wind Turbine has really gotten the Tourist a buzzing and we know they will go back to their hometowns and brag that they ate at the only wind powered pub in America. It may sound corny but if they get as excited as they do over a Brew-Thru then imagine their reaction to a “Green” restaurant on the OBX. ;)

I just wish the Outer Banks would want to be more of a trend setter and start "Going Green". recylcing is just one small step towards achieving that and we need everyone to pitch in. The sad thing is that most of Dare Counties residents are too lazy or too drunk to recycle (haha). So get up off your lazy asses people and cough up that $7.45/month and start recycling :)

Trip to Hell and Back.

Ok let me start by saying this is not a diss to the whole state of New Jersey....

...On Tuesday Me, Quinn, Caitlin and her boyfriend Brandon all headed to the airport in Portland to head home from Maine. They were flying US Airways and we were flying Continental. I will not fly that airline again. From Portland we were to fly to Newark then to Richmond and since we would be getting in so late, we were going to stay the night in Richmond and head home Wednesday morning. Sounds like a great plan....

Well of course our flight to Newark gets delayed because of the air traffic and that delay now makes us miss our flight to Richmond so we have the choice to stay in Portland or to fly on to Newark and stay there. Option 2 worked out better for me because I had to work at 4 in Duck. So we fly to Newark and we make an attempt to catch our original flight to Richmond and by the time we got from Terminal A to Terminal C we made it just in time to see the plane pulling away.

I was so pissed, you just don't understand.

The airline did not comp anything. No food, no hotel, no nothing and they were all rude. So on our way to the other side of the airport to where all the hotel shuttles are we encountered an older Asian couple also flying Continental saying that they were rude to them and didn't help them out at all either but that there was an African American passenger from their flight that received food vouchers. The Asian lady proceeded to ask the lady at the desk what was up with that and she said it was at the agents discretion to give out vouchers which then shows me that Newark airport was also a little racist cause there were only black airline agents that night and no one got any help.

So we finally ask if we can just get our luggage and go on to a hotel. Oh no, our luggage is in a "secured area" they said and that it was fine and that it would definitely make it to Richmond with us the following morning. Ok, whatever. Almost every hotel was completed booked except four, which was a price range of about $104 to $299 and then I found one for $82. Hell yeah I thought!! We are only staying for one night, it can't be that bad.

Oh it was THAT bad. We kept going to the straight up GHETTO. I mean, liquor stores on the corners with homies standing outside and strip clubs with what looks like drug dealers at the door and to top it all off I spotted my first real life HOOKER and she was NOT cute. We asked the shuttle driver to take us back to the airport. Now by this time it is midnight, me and Quinn are cranky and irritable and we finally find a hotel for $100 something but my AAA saved the day with a major discount. I had to take a shower and Quinn went to go get food--a turkey sandwich and a chicken salad one--they gave him turkey with chips and then a tiny little ketchup cup size thing of chicken salad and a six pack of bud for almost $50 (apparently they don't sell beer in gas stations....yankees are so wack, dude).

We wake up and go straight to the airport and everything is going smoothly. We get to Richmond and go to baggage claim. Yay, here comes Quinn's bag.....and that's it. They lost 3 of our 4 bags, one of which contains mine and Quinn's brand new North Face jackets (which if you know about North Face, were not cheap), my new stuffed animal made of Alpaca fur (which also was not cheap) and my anniversary ring. They said they would have our bags to us last night, then today by 2:30 and now we are at between 6PM and 12AM today. I swear, nothing better be missing cause they don't want to piss me off.

All in all, New Jersey, it's airport and mostly it's people did not impress me and I could live the rest of my life without returning.

Maine

So, today was our full first day in Maine. YAY! Yesterday was so long. Drove to Richmond at 4am to catch our flight and then first stop once we hit Maine was Freeport to get our shop on. Quinn surprised me and got me a GORGEOUS ruby solitaire ring, white gold with a diamond band. Yes, I know and yes, you should be jealous (I will post pictures as soon as I can).

The original forecast for today was going to be 62 and rainy but amazingly it was in the 80's and sunny. We had the memorial for Alex today and it was beautiful. I like to believe that she most certainly had something to do with the amazing weather. We were a sea of baby blue with our matching Alex shirts as we each went down to the dock and spread a little bit of her ashes and then her family took her for one last boat ride. It was beautiful and hopefully this can give the Hartner's a little bit of closure to such a horrific accident.....Rest In Peace, Pretty :)

Don't ever take life for granted because you never know.....

On to a lighter note, today is also my very best friends birthday and I am pretty sad I am missing it but I wanted to go on and put it out there and tell her happy birthday.....Happy birthday Steph, love you!

That should definitely be an interesting party, though. The cast of characters in the limo will most certainly end with some sort of massive blow up at one individual girl. I can not say that I really feel that bad for her....and if you are an OBXican then you probably know to whom I am referring to. Let this be a lesson to not mess with other peoples boyfriends/baby daddys/fiances/life partner's, whatever....its just not nice and well, it's freaking annoying. :)

Speaking of not nice and annoying, I currently attempted to be nice to people that I used to dislike. You know, "tryin' to squash the beef." That totally backfired on me!!!! That person I was trying to be nice went and told people whose business it was none of and caused a whole drama fest. It is over and done with now but I just don't understand why people do things when they know for a fact it is going to start drama (i.e. steph's birthday). When you know that what you are doing is wrong and that it is going to start shit then in the end that person has no right complaining about how much they hate drama and blah blah blah because well, obviously they must thrive for the drama cause they are the ones creating it, knowingly.

So happy I am off the OB for awhile :) and soon I should have some pictures of some Maine adventures. Going to get my fishing license tomorrow so hopefully I can catch me a big one ;).

UPDATE (July 5):
So far Maine has been a blast. I still have yet to catch a fish while Caitlin is killing it so I am a little sad. Been getting my shop on like crazy!!! Yesterday we went out to Pemaquid Point to see the lightouse that is in the Red Lobster commercials and walk out on the rocks. It was such a great day to go out there. Last night it was cold enough to make a fire in the fireplace so that was nice. We sat around and played games and got drunk and watched fireworks. This morning after breakfast at the famous Moody's Diner we went to an Apalca farm and that was pretty cool. They are pretty interesting animals, not to mention that our tour guide had been shocked by the electric fence one too many times cause he was a but case. Haha. Over all it's been great fun thus far, below are some pics so check em out :)

Us at Pemaquid Point aka the Red Lobster commercial
lighthouse

Alpaca's - They were so dern cute :)

Quinn and his first catch of the vacation...too bad I am whooppin everyone's
ass in catching lilly pads ;)

Anniversary.Memories.Birthdays.

This morning I began to pack up a few things for my vacation next week and came across Keller's paperwork in my filing cabinet. I have now had my lil blind dog for a year!! AWW, YAY! Which then also reminded me that tomorrow is Quinn's birthday and I have given him choices, do you want clothes?, do you want to wait and get something in Maine? do you want another Ipod(cause his got stolen when our cars got broken into)? And I still haven't gotten an answer so I don't know what to do. I am thinking I will take him out to dinner somewhere nice and then probably get some of his friends together and go to Chilli's or something since we have to pack and be out there door and ready to go on Sunday! I can not wait to go to Maine and this year we will be up there for July 4th which is one of my favorite holidays and it will also be me and Quinker's 2 year anniversary. Oh wow! Look at us go, a whole 2 years. Haha. I don't know how he has put up with me for this long ;).

But, also as I began to pack I looked up at the end table in the living room and saw the picture of Alex that we have in a pretty silver frame and my mood quickly changed. Last year packing for Maine was a blast and I couldn't wait to get there, more importantly I couldn't wait to get there and go to Freeport with Caitlin and Alex and get my shop on. For the first two days we were in Maine last year, we (the three of us) shopped till we dropped till Alex had to leave. It was so much and was such a good bonding moment spent with endless girl talk and Starbucks coffee. Of course there were other fun times like actually playing in the lake and going to the local fire department for their "chicken bbq" that was NOT bbq (damn yanks mess up everything!!! hahahah).

With all these memories flooding back to me I couldn't help but be saddened by remembering that this year Maine will still be fun and Alex will definitely be there in spirit, but it is not going to be the same. Everywhere we look we will be reminded of her and the memories that were made at the Lake with her every summer. I am especially saddened for Caitlin and her family (Jane, George and Zeke) because I know that this trip will be especially hard on them because we are going to be doing a sort of "memorial service" for Alex where we will be spreading her ashes at her favorite place, the Lake. So please keep the Andrus/Hartner family in your thoughts and prayers this week as we all say our final goodbyes to Alex :(.

But don't get too sad, ya'll. Alex is going to be there with us and she would want us to have fun and fun we will have. Every laugh, every smile and every "remember when..." story will be with her in our memory. Keep looking for updated posts with pictures and stories of our adventures in Maine (yay, the house we are staying at this year has cable and internet, SCORE!).

SO over it

Ok, I know I am not the only one who is over this hot, sticky and extremely smokey days. They suck and if the smoke is this bad on the Banks, I can only imagine how bad and annoying it must be out in Tyrrell, Hyde and Washington. I mean poor Quinn has been working in Manteo since the fires began and his asthma is acting up like crazy. I feel bad for all of my family over in Manteo, Wanchese and Englehard because the smoke inhalation is giving me a serious headache and scratchy eyes so I can only imagine how they must be feeling. I was really hoping that the torentual downfall that came on Monday afternoon would at least help these fires, but it doesn't appear to have done a dern thing. Oh and if you didn't know our air quality here in Eastern North Carolina is so bad that they had to make a new color of the code chart.

And you know what else is annoying, We, in North Carolina, have two - count that, TWO- raging wildfires (the Evans Road and the Great Dismal Swamp) and neither one of them have made it to national headlines but God forbid precious California catch on fire and every major news station is not only reporting on the fire but they are on location for an up-to-the-date report. What? Are these news anchors scared to come down to "Hickville" North Carolina? Cause that is really the only excuse I can think of for not informing the American people of what's going on in their country. I guess this is just another example of how the news and journalist don't always give the full story ;)

Me and My Crazy Dreams....again

So, I am always having some weird dream but last night I had a dream that was so real to me. I woke up covered in sweat and tears. I dreamt that one of my very good guy friends died in a horrible car crash and then at the funeral, he popped up out of the casket. I know, it sounds so weird. Then, today as I was leaving LaFogata I passed him coming in and the biggest sigh of relief came over me, but I still have this nervous knot in my stomach like something bad is going to happen. I know dreams always mean things and are full of symbolism so I am really wondering what this is suppose to mean. All I do know is it is really creeping me out.


Oh and while I was at LaFogata, this nice little thunderstorm rolled through (which is making me feel like the worst parent ever because Keller is outside and I feel so bad for him, he's all wet and its thundering..:( )and across the way on the Sound in Kitty Hawk you could see this massive waterspout and the whole restaurant flocks to the windows to check it out. I couldn't help but laugh at the tourist that were getting creeped out thinking it was a tornado. It was getting bigger and bigger and then as soon as hit the land you could watch it just diminish, it was really pretty and entertaining to see them all freak out. HAHA. I can not wait to go home and get my little buddy out of the rain but at least now I don't have to give him a bath ;).


Other than the above-mentioned, today has been a great day. I found out that one of my best friends, Allison (aka my TWIN) and her husband, Ryan are expecting their first child. YAY!!!!! Congrats to them.


PS: If you are a summer reader like me, I have already finished two books this summer that I highly recommend. If you are looking for a good laugh "Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea" by the hilarious Chelsea Handler is a great beach book. And, if you are more of a suspense reader, "The Quickie" by James Patterson is a "can't put it down" read. I am getting ready to start reading "Sail" by James Patterson, so check back for a review of that in a few weeks :)

Me and My Crazy Dreams....again

So, I am always having some weird dream but last night I had a dream that was so real to me. I woke up covered in sweat and tears. I dreamt that one of my very good guy friends died in a horrible car crash and then at the funeral, he popped up out of the casket. I know, it sounds so weird. Then, today as I was leaving LaFogata I passed him coming in and the biggest sigh of relief came over me, but I still have this nervous knot in my stomach like something bad is going to happen. I know dreams always mean things and are full of symbolism so I am really wondering what this is suppose to mean. All I do know is it is really creeping me out.

Oh and while I was at LaFogata, this nice little thunderstorm rolled through (which is making me feel like the worst parent ever because Keller is outside and I feel so bad for him, he's all wet and its thundering..:( )and across the way on the Sound in Kitty Hawk you could see this massive waterspout and the whole restaurant flocks to the windows to check it out. I couldn't help but laugh at the tourist that were getting creeped out thinking it was a tornado. It was getting bigger and bigger and then as soon as hit the land you could watch it just diminish, it was really pretty and entertaining to see them all freak out. HAHA. I can not wait to go home and get my little buddy out of the rain but at least now I don't have to give him a bath ;).

Other than the above-mentioned, today has been a great day. I found out that one of my best friends, Allison (aka my TWIN) and her husband, Ryan are expecting their first child. YAY!!!!! Congrats to them.

PS: If you are a summer reader like me, I have already finished two books this summer that I highly recommend. If you are looking for a good laugh "Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea" by the hilarious Chelsea Handler is a great beach book. And, if you are more of a suspense reader, "The Quickie" by James Patterson is a "can't put it down" read. I am getting ready to start reading "Sail" by James Patterson, so check back for a review of that in a few weeks :)

Wildfire Part II

This fire is getting so out of control. If you are not a resident of the area, consider yourself lucky. The smoke paired with the disgustingly humid heatwave that just moved through the area has made life outside completely dreadful. Poor Quinn has been working in Manteo in this nasty heat with such heavy dense smoke that a "gas mask" type device was necessary to proficiently work. Not to mention, that the other day it was "snowing" ash across the Outer Banks which is quite aways away from the actual fire. Even residents as far as Wakefield, Virginia, which is more than 80 miles away can smell the smoke. The National Weather Service issued a dense smoke advisory for the coastal plain and as far west as Vance and Granville counties in the northeast Piedmont. As of today the fire has grown to 40,195 acres, or about 63 square miles and is still growing with every second near the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Last nights slight rain shower barely helped douse the raging flames.

These links are updated regularly with constants stats of the fire if you would like to check them out. This fire is damaging peoples farms and homes and recovering from this. Please keep the people of Eastern North Carolina in your prayers.

Wildfire

For all you hermit crabs, people who just woke up, haven't been outside and/or don't read the news, it smells like a giant ass bonfire out there, ya'll. There is a giant marsh/wild fire in Washington and Hyde counties that has burned over 10,000acres. They have already evacuated a neighborhood consisting of 40 homes in Washington County. And now, because of the wind, the smoke has become very heavy on the northern beaches so needless to say work in Duck should be interesting tonight with all these dumbass tourists. ;)

This morning the weather was telling me a clear pretty day but it looked so overcast from bed, but once i stepped outside I smelt and saw it. Once I got to work (next to the Currituck bridge) it was so "foggy". I didn't know what was going on until I listened to the radio and heard a statement that smoke was blowing into coastal areas, and urged residents and people visiting the Outer Banks to stay inside if they have trouble breathing. We need rain, BAD and unfortunately it doesn't look like we have any in the forecast. It looks hot and dry. Scary this is just right down the road. Please keep the families of Hyde and Washington in mind throughout this time.

Gay Pride.

June is Gay and Lesbian Pride time and as Americans, gay or straight, we all tend to take that freedom to for granted. This past weekend a handful of gay and lesbian Russians planned to have their first ever gay pride parade through Moscow to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in Russian in 1993, but days before they planned to march, the city had denied their request. An opinion poll showed 43% of Russians believe gay men should be incarcerated. Chief Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin, a Russian Muslim leader stated that "If they come out on to the streets anyway they should be flogged," he said. "Any normal person would do that -- Muslims and Orthodox Christians alike [The protests] might be even more intense than protests abroad against those controversial cartoons." Shortly after they began parading through the city, protesters began throwing eggs and running into the streets to attack. There were even old ladies on the side of the road saying prayers for the Gay's. "We believe these perverts should not be allowed to march on the streets of Moscow, the third Rome, a holy city for all Russians," said Igor Miroshnichenko, who said he was an Orthodox believer who had come to support the riot police. "It (homosexuality) is satanic," he said. One man holding a crucifix threatened to beat up any gay person he saw. Riot Police were sent to break it up, arresting over 120 people both supporters and opponents, But if the cops don't tow the "politically-correct" line, they suffer retribution. A career-cop, Guy Adams, was suspended by his police department for his stance on homosexuality. He was threatened with termination if he continued to voice his concerns over gay-adoption and same-sex marriage. Adams' superiors went as far as investigating his political affiliations and activities which included working for conservative politician Dr. Alan Keyes.

Come on you dumbass commies, just let the people be who they are and let it all go. I don't see where someones sexual preference is another persons business. Let people be who they are. Attacking people for what they believe in or who they are attracted to is wrong. So out of all the things America has wrong at least one thing we have right is our rights and our freedoms. So maybe everyone should sit back and stop talking shit about their home Country during this crucial time in our history and start appreciating what little good is left in America. Although I do believe that even though we have the right to pretty much do and believe whatever, this Country has a long way to go before it will live up to its reputation as one of the best nation. So support the gays and lesbians this June and STOP THE HATE!

I don't know what this Judge in Texas is thinking! He is releasing over 400 children that were taken from their families a month or so ago when the Yearning for Zion "ranch" CULT was busted. Is SHE smoking crack? Yes, that's right it was a female judge that returned these children to their mothers. That is not a healthy or safe enviorment for these kids to be going back to. I am pretty bothered by this to be honest with you. I guess the plus side is that D.S.S. (Department of Social Services) will be conducting unannounced visits to the children where there will be medical, psychological and psychiatric examinations and, here is the big plus, the parents must attend and complete parenting classes. The families must remain in the state of Texas and notify the department within 48 hours of any trips more than 100 miles from their homes. Wow, its about time someone get these people intouchand up to date with 2008. That shit they are trying to pull is like living in 1808 or something. Their pathetic argument is that they are being persecuted for their religion, that even sounds like something some villager from the 19th century would have said. I feel like sitting them down and saying "Hey FREAKS the world thinks yall are wackfor forcing young girls to marry and have sex with men old enough to be their dads, that shit is wack!" Although I will never be able to share my dismay with these nut cases at least the whole country is having a good laugh at their expense and really that is the only upside to this scenario.

See what I am saying? This is not normal. No one dresses like that or treats their kids the way these people do. They really need to step into the 21st Century.

Here is a clip of a child being escorted off the ranch premises back in April.

Even sadder news: Universal Studios' Backlot went up into an inferno. This is the seven fire the studio has experienced since it was founded in 1915. Over 40,000 reels were destroyed in the vault but thank goodness nothing in the main vault, which contains the archival footage was destroyed. Not to mention historic sets, like the Courthouse from Back To The Future and New York street, which includes movie set-style buildings designed to look like the cityscape of New York City and the King Kong Exhibit on the lot were damaged. The set of "The Changeling," a film recently directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie, was "completely destroyed" and two of the eight locations used by the CBS series "Ghost Whisperer" were affected. There was a commercial being shot on the Backlot of the studio where the fire began, and an investigation is under way. Big thanks to the fire fighters and volunteers who stopped what they were doing to help douse the blaze with water and save Universal. Below are a few shots of the inferno.

Something Needs to be Said....

..about the recent things(PEOPLE) that have been annoying me. I know you must love my blogs about annoyances, so more or less this is what I have about it:

1. Paleness. It's summer now people, get out into the sun. You look NASTY pale. Everyone looks better with a tan. It makes you appear more slender and it helps clear up your busted face, which trust me needs all the help you can give it. If you don't have time to layout then please at least hit up the tanning bed, or better yet the spray tan. Think about it. Friends don't let friends be PALE :).

2. Bad fashion. Ok people are we looking in the mirror before we leave the house? I think NOT. For example, you don't wear a short tee shirt and jeans these days. Now sometimes this can look cute but I am talking about those who wear jeans that are not low cut and a shirt that looks like its shrunk and their tummy is showing, not pretty. Please shoot for the long torso shirts (unless you are short). It looks so much better and gives the illusion of a longer skinny torso, whereas the short gap like tee shirts you are currently sporting make your torso look short and stocky and not to mention the style that you are trying to pull off just down right looks haggard.Also in the fashion world, a few things that are OUT for example is "dress-up" jewelry. You know what I mean that gaudy plastic jewelry that comes in different colors. No bueno. Bad look. Shoot for some classier nicer jewelry than giant white, black, pink, or blue balls hanging from around your neck. There is line a white trash line that many people I see are straddling. It's not that hard to look cute and I definitely don't want to hear that you can't afford to look cute cause ever Target and Wal-Mart have cute shit. Oh and how could I have forgotten, things that are branded with your name or initials is way out of style. You know, like those ghetto fabulous ear rings and necklaces that were cool in the '90's that say your name in big gaudy gold?Yeah, those are so ugly and white trashy so you should probably put that in your jewelry box and forget that they are there. Also, shirts, pants, sweaters and especially purses that have a letter on them to signify your name is out. That was cool when I was in 10th grade, so you may want to chuck that too. So after you get that tan you need oh so desperately you can go home and clean out your closet of your 2004 Belk Spring/Summer line and update your fashion.

3. More bad fashion: What are people thinking when they step out of the house in a XXXL Tweety Bird shirt from 1989 with a god awful purse strapped across them? AHH I can not stand it I just want to go up to people dressed like that and ask what the fuck are they thinking? So not flattering and very much so embarrassing. And ofcourse, as always, socks with sandals are a big NO, NO!

4. Recycling. No not recycling plastics, paper and glass but recycling your friends sloppy seconds. This is just gross. Girls who date or fool around withtheir current or past friends exes' is just gross. I mean in a way it's like fucking your friend, I don't know about you but I am not really down with that. So instead of rummaging through your arch enemy or best friends left overs why don't you get up off your lazy booo-taayyyy and find your own man. Be a trend setter, not follower ;)

Thanks for taking the time to read my vent(rant) about nasty white trash. Check back in for the next installment of 'Annoyances'.

Memorial Day Weekend!!!

Wednesday night was like Christmas Eve for me. I was so excited I could barely sleep. Thursday it was off to Wilmington for Martins Benefit. I miss living there so much so everytime I am getting ready to head down, I get so excited. Thursday (after a morning from hell) we headed off to Wilmington around noon.

Once we got into town we headed over to Easterns to check out the new skate park. Shits HOTT! Once we got there I discovered I wouldn't be the only girl that night, Brittney Ostlund was in the HOUSE! YAY! After the boys had a skate sesh we headed out to shower and shizz and score, me and Quinn lucked out on landing a bed. I was thinking with the massive OBX invasion we would get stuck passing out on the floor or something. Me and Brittney started our pre-gaming before the boys and then we all headed to the Beach to eat at Tower 7 but screw that that shit was PACKED so me and the boys ate at Neptunes.

Party Started at 8:00. Everyone and their brothers were in town and it was such a great turn out. I had the best time and to make it better Charly and Caroline came out for a bit! YAY! The best was learning that just at the door they raised $5,000.00 for Martin plus numerous donations made throughout the night. It was amazing :).

Me, Charly and Britt

Quinn, Kenny and Yonkers
Martin and Me

Me, Caroline and
Charly

Friday we drove home and went straight to bed. I was so tired from partying and driving/riding 2 days back to back.

Saturday we had a cookout at Stephs house. It was a good time. Glad to see my best friend Ashley happy with her long lost love Mr. Rose again. Around 10:00 that it was time to hit up the bar scene. Mama Kwans here we come. It was fun met Quinn and Martin and that crew up there, only to be welcomed by a Manteo High School reunion. I think about half that bar was under 21, haha. It was soo good to see all these people I hadn't seen in years. GOOD

TIMES!

Monday was a laaayyyiiinnnngggg out day! It was the prettiest weather EVER! Me, Steph, Ashley and Shelley got our bake on while the boys cleaned the pool and played. Later that night Caitlin came over for a cookout at the house.
Basically I had one hellafun weekend and just figured I would brag about it ;)

On a lighter note....

One of my best friends, Allie, is always sending me these funny emails and I think they are so cute and funny and I always want to share them with everyone. Seeing as I do not have everyone's email address, I decided I would just post them and let you have a little chuckle ;)

1. Men are like......Laxatives......They irritate the crap out of you.
2. Men are like......Bananas....... The older they get, the less firm they are.
3. Men are like......Weather....Nothing can be done to change them.
4. Men are like.......Blenders....You need One, but you're not quite sure why.
5. Men are like.......Chocolate Bars.... Sweet, smooth, & they usually head right for your hips.
6. Men are like.......Commercials....... You can't believe a word they say.
7. Men are like.......Department Stores..... Their clothes are always 1/2 off.
8. Men are like.......Government Bonds.... They take soooooooo long to mature.
9. Men are like.......Mascara...They usually run at the first sign of emotion.
10. Men are like...... Popcorn ..... They satisfy you, but only for a little while.
11. Men are like......Snowstorms .... You never know when they're coming, how many inches you'll get or how long it will last.
12. Men are like........Lava Lamps....Fun to look at, but not very bright.
13. Men are like......Parking Spots....All the good ones are taken, the rest are handicapped.
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THE MOST FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH WORD HOPE THIS MAKES YOU SMILE THE MOST FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH WORD Well, it's shit . that's right, Shit! Shit may just be the most functional word in the English language. You can smoke shit, buy shit, sell shit, lose shit, find shit, forget shit,And tell others to eat shit.Some people know their shit, while others can't tell the difference between shit and shineola.

There are lucky shits, dumb shits, and crazy shits. There is bull shit, horse shit, and chicken shit. You can throw shit, sling shit, catch shit, shoot the shit, or duck when the shit hits the fan. You can give a shit or serve shit on a shingle.

You can find yourself in deep shit or be happier than a pig in shit. Some days are colder than shit, some days are hotter than shit, and some days are just plain shitty.

Some music sounds like shit, things can look like shit, and there are times when you feel like shit.You can have too much shit, not enough shit, the right shit, the wrong shit or a lot of weird shit.

You can carry shit, have a mountain of shit, or find yourself up shit creek without a paddle.

Sometimes everything you touch turns to shit and other times you fall in a bucket of shit and come out smelling like a rose. When you stop to consider all the facts, it's the basic building block of the English language.

And remember, once you know your shit, you don't need to know anything else!!
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I LOVE LIL WAYNE

Lil' Wayne tells New York Magazine the following quote in a recent interview:

"I don't do too many [drugs]. I just smoke weed and drink. But I'll never fuck
with no more coke. It's not about the bad high; it's just about the acne:
Cocaine makes your face break out. I'm a pretty boy."

Yes Lil' Wayne, you are a pretty boy.

Keep that face as smooth as a baby's bottom ;)