I have a hard week ahead of me. Am bummed and a little lonely.

So I decided to shower and just go to bed, but I did some wallowing. Finally when it was time to put some clothes on, I realized I never took my clothes out of the dryer. It was mid-scrounging for clean undies in my dryer that I realized I have a thing for stripes.

So instead of going to bed, I gathered a sample and laid it out on the couch and took a picture.

You can’t even see the shiny cream pinstriped skirt on the bottom there. Well, you can SEE it but you can’t hardly tell it’s striped.

Good night.

Thanks Thomas for the links.

Houston homeless man, exploited? I think it’s pretty creative. Unsettling? Maybe a little bit.

Here’s the website: Pimpthisbum.com>Pimpthisbum.com

Here’s the CNN article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/26/pimp.this.bum/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

This month I am reminded that I have very loving friends and family. Someone really dear to me once told me if I could find a guy who loves me as much as my friends love me, I’ll be set. Seriously, I have a handful of friends who color my world and honestly just want me happy and safe. I noticed in the last 7 to 10 years, whenever life got shitty, I found myself the most grateful because out of the woodwork, these gems would creep out and just do their best to hold my hand through the pain, medicate me with whatever means they deemed necessary, be it nights out drinking, movie watching, or flowers and then try to guide me to a path away from whatever was causing me unhappiness. I say try to guide because many times I don’t listen. I ignore their bird’s eye view (sometimes downright defiantly) and I choose a path they highly discouraged. Even then, they never leave me. They just clench my hand and brace themselves with me.

I guess, I’m reminded that I’m seriously very blessed and lucky. I hope they know that I’m there for them too.

Yet another burger place proclaiming no antibiotics, no hormones, and fresh ingredients with their produce out for display. The last time I tried one of these “healthy ingredients” burger place was Mooyah. I liked Mooyah okay but it wasn’t special. From what I recall, the meat wasn’t flavorful. I haven’t been back nor have I craved it when it comes in conversation. Food comes up in my everyday conversation often. Mighty Fine has a reputation representative of it’s name. Jessica likes it; Selina gave it thumbs up. So Alan, Sae and I tried it out today. None of us have been. We likes.

Looks like Rudy’s when you walk in. The checkered table cloth, the family style seating. They even have the same hand sanitizer machine as Rudy’s complete with “I have clean hands” stickers.

Like Mooyah, they have their potatoes stacked out. Unlike Mooyah, you can see them make the burger patties in a room through a window.

Ordered the Mighty Fine Junior Cheeseburger with jalapenos. They also have a ’secret’ menu that you can ask about. Alan somehow knew to ask? That boy! So secret menu: grilled cheeses, BLTs, and this thing called ‘The Beast.’

Alan and I shared the chilli cheese fries. They have little sausages in them! Pretty good. I really need to get back to working out. I haven’t worked out in weeks and my diet has been sinful.

Whereas, I wouldn’t go back to Mooyah, I’d totally come to Mighty Fine Burgers again. Yum yum yum.

The day after Brandi’s birthday celebration, the three of us nursed our hangovers at a new Mexican restaurant, Maudi’s. I’ve heard many things about Maudi’s and how it’s an Austin staple. There’s a handful of locations. The closest one to us is on N. Lamar near Braker. Jessica’s been, neither Brandi nor I have. From the outside it looks dingy and little. Soft pink letters on a turquoise awning. Once you walk in you see that it’s much bigger than it looks and much more crowded than it looks!

I had the spinach and mushrooms enchiladas. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. Can’t wait to go back.

So a patient of Lily’s gave us tickets to Akon for the rodeo Thursday. It’s funny because my Houston friends reacted the same way I did. “Austin has a rodeo?” Austin has a rodeo! I’ve never been to the rodeo, not even the King of Rodeos in my hometown of Houston. Akon tickets ended up being a bust but it was completely worth it to spend some time with some of my favorite girls AND eat FRIED FOODS. (I haven’t been to the State Fair in Dallas since 2002; I’m SO going this year to eat more fried foods.) Here’s some photos from that night. Drool away.

That machine shaves a single potato into one curly potato ribbon. Then they deep fry it! Delicious!

Fried Catfish

Funnel Cake

Fried Chicken on a Stick

I’ve always wanted to kiss a boy on top of a ferris wheel.

We celebrated Brandi’s 25th by going to have dinner at Meltiing Pot (I’ve never been but I’m so going back for the dessert) and to Pete’s Dueling Pianos. Some peektures.

The Chocolate plate

The Bubbly.

I love them.

They sang Dick in a Box for this bachelorette.

P.S. Happy Birthday to Thomas Womas.

You know when you’re having a craptastic day? You started off your morning with crap. Maybe you stub your toe twice and the second time you did it the nail fell off (like Jessica). So your bad day is really just a domino effect of bad things. The domino effect bad days always have a climax. That THING that defines your day as B-A-D. The stubbing of the toe doesn’t make your day bad, but the getting your car broken into or getting laid off, those would be THING worthy.

Other bad days you just had a sick feeling in your stomach, a premonition that something awful will happen. My point is, usually, bad days have precursors. A tone that was already there before you actually hit that moment that will ultimately defined your day as B-A-D. Bad.

Sometimes though, you’ll have a good day. It’ll start off like any other day or sweeter than any other day. A surprise text message saying “Good morning, Baby” or the usual kiss from your sweetheart. Things go smoothly, no rush hour traffic going towards work or school. While at work or school, you’ll fly through with a sense of accomplishment, with momentum that you can only achieve through accomplishments. You’ll enjoy your day because you were productive and shared a few jokes and anecdotes with some of your favorite coworkers or classmates.

It’s not only a good day, but an exceptionally good day. For instance, after your daily commitment at either work or class you have a dinner date. Enjoy a lovely meal at a brand new place you haven’t been before. Had a sweetheart to be sweet on during the meal whom you went home with and got fresh with.

Sometimes you have all the components of a great day when that THING- that thing that ultimately defines your day as B-A-D happens. Those are the worst kinds of bad days.