Drink Of The Day

Ruby Relaxer
1 oz peach schnapps
1 oz vodka
1oz coconut rum
pineapple juice
cranberry juice

Combine peach schnapps, vodka and coconut rum in a mix glass with a few cubes of ice. Shake gently and strain into a cocktail glass. Almost fill with pineapple juice, add a splash of cranberry juice on top and serve.

Garnish: Pineapple, cherry or mint.


Italian Margarita: On The Rocks
1 1/2 oz amaretto almond liqueur
2 oz sweet and sour mix
1 1/2 oz Jose Cuervo® Especial gold tequila
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz orange juice

Take a margarita glass and rub the rim with lime juice. Roll the rim of the glass in course sugar. Add a few ice cubes to the glass. Mix all ingredients and pour over the ice.

Garnish: Either a lime wedge or an orange wedge and a cherry.



Italian Margarita: Frozen for 4 people (For more or less, add/subtract ingredients accordingly or email me & I'll give the recipe for more/less ;p)
4 oz amaretto almond liqueur
2 oz sweet and sour mix
6 oz Jose Cuervo Gold tequila
5 oz frozen orange juice concentrate
4 cups of ice (or 6 for thinner consistency)

Dip the rims of 4 margarita glasses in amaretto, then into sugar; set aside. Add ice to the blender then add in the orange juice concentrate, tequila, amaretto and sour mix. Puree until smooth, then pour into prepared glasses.

Garnish: Lime wedge or orange wedge and a cherry.


And as always... Don't drink and drive please. I'm not going to rant/lecture on about it but please remember to be responsible when you're out having drinks.

Have a great weekend y'all!

Wonder....

"I am strong and smart and willing to do whatever it takes to make the world right, even when I am undervalued and underestimated at every turn. I am beautiful, I am resolute, and I am capable of more love than you could ever imagine. I am your sister, your daughter, your wife and your best friend. I am ancient and I am naïve. I am your grandmother and your Baba Yaga; I am the bones of your civilization and the memory of all that’s come before. I am stories by the fireside and promises of the future. I am your brightest hope for a better tomorrow."

That is a paragraph lifted out of a poem written by a beautiful, intelligent, wonderful woman known as sroxy. To read the full poem, which you should do because it's lovely, go visit her blog.

Showers, sleep, medicine, hockey & sex toys.

You know what one of the things about cold, snowy weather that I actually like is? It's the only time I take steamy, hot showers. Most of the time, I'm good with a nice warm shower. I don't generally like the water that hot. Which is kind of a bummer for my sinuses because all that steam from a hot shower is quite helpful, especially if you drop a Shower Soother in there and breathe it in. So last night, I was winding down for the night and folding some laundry. I was a little chilly though. Even with the heat on, I still wasn't warm enough. I didn't worry about it because it wasn't that bad and I was planning on a nice hot shower after I got done folding laundry. You know, since that stuff still hasn't learned to fold itself. I tried explaining a few times to my socks how easy it is if they would just get with the program and roll up on each other. Didn't work out and laundry still doesn't fold itself. Good thing it's not at all difficult to do, eh? I digress though. So, I got in the shower with the water abnormally hot and let the steam swirl around me while I worked my way under the water. It felt fucking glorious to my chilled skin to be surrounded by so much warmth. I did what I do, enjoyed the feel of the water and the sinus benefits of the steam for a few minutes longer, then I hopped out. The bathroom was so warm from all the heat and steam. It was nice. The only thing that sucks about taking hot showers when it's snowing and below freezing semi late at night? When I walked back into the bedroom to put clothes on, it felt a hundred times colder because I was so much warmer than I previously had been. I was in there maybe a second before I had chill bumps everywhere. So, I did what anyone else would have done. Went back into the bathroom to warm back up, lol. I can't get dressed when my skin is at all damp though so chilling (haha) in there wasn't going to work for me since the moisture from the steam hanging around was preventing me from getting dry. So, I went back into the bedroom, let the cool air in there dry my skin in a minute, then got dressed before using my hair dryer to blow dry my hair. And maybe parts of my body.

You want to know something that bugs me? I went to bed last night some time after 1 AM. I had gotten cold so I put some too-big yoga pants on because they're the only pants I can actually sleep in without them twisting around, riding up, etc. Thus them being the only pants that don't make me feel tangled amd trapped. Which is why I usually never sleep in pants. Anyway, I put them on, curled up under the nice blankets and fell back asleep. When I woke up at 8 AM this morning, I noticed my yoga pants weren't on anymore. Just my tshirt and my Batman boxers. I looked around, yoga pants were no where to be seen. I let it go for a few minutes while I laid there stretching. Then, I got out of bed and went searching for them. They were in the cabinets my clothes are kept in, neatly folded and put away. I have an awesome memory. Really, it's ridiculous the things I can remember at times. I don't for the life of me remember getting up to take off my yoga pants. Much less actually folding them and putting them back away. I sat there thinking and thinking and thinking. Nothing. Then I got to thinking, what the fuck else do I get up and do while I'm sleeping that I don't know about? I'll never know either because apparently I don't remember what I get up and do. And for anyone that might suggest I might have kicked them off to the floor and maybe my boyfriend picked them up, folded them and put them away for me? Please, don't waste your time typing such a though. I'm not insulting him but he just doesn't do things like that. He'd step over the yoga pants if they were laying in the middle of the floor and proceed on to the bed as if they were just a part of the floor. Or he might kick them out of the general path but he wouldn't neatly fold them and put them away. Everything he owns minus socks and boxer briefs goes on a hanger because he absolutely hates folding anything. So, now I want to find a way to set up my webcam to record the room while I sleep. It's motion activated when it's on so even if the computer is in sleep mode, if something trips the censor, the webcam will start rolling. I just want to see if I'm folding laundry in my sleep or if I get up and do anything weird. It would make sense that my legs wake up sore and feeling freshly worked out once in a while if I'm secretly getting up and ballroom dancing with myself around the room all night.

Why must drugs be so expensive? Lol. Seriously. Doesn't help that I don't have health insurance but hell, a lot of stuff is still ridiculously expensive for those who do have insurance. Anyway, I won't get into that whole rant. Today anyway. =p

USA vs SWITZERLAND is today! Men's hockey! Woohoo! At 3 PM Eastern time. So 2 PM for me. Actually, it's hockey all day, I just won't see most of it because of the whole no cable thing. I might actually get to see USA vs Switzerland though since I think NBC is actually going to be showing the game. Albeit, it's at fucking 2 PM so most people will be missing it since you know, they'll still be at work and such. Which sucks. I'll probably be home in time to see it, or at least catch the second and third period. HELL YES! GO USA! =) I wonder if any of y'all can guess what other country I'm secretly pulling for... You know, unless it comes down to the USA for a medal then I'm not hoping anyone places higher than USA does. ;) If some how, we get knocked out and we're not in it anymore, there is a country I want to see come out on top. I'll even gve y'all the options if you want to make a guess, heh. Switzerland, Canada, Russia, Czech Republic, Finland, Slovakia or Sweden.

I got a gift recently. It's a sex toy. It's one I already have and rather enjoy using. It was a surprise gift. I did offer to give the toy back to the person who got it for me. She declined and told me to sell it because she didn't have the receipt for it anymore so couldn't take it back. I asked her if she wanted it, she said she already had one and knew I would like it so it was a way late Christmas gift. So, I think I'm going to put it up on here for sale, at a discounted rate. It's a $90 toy but I'll be asking for a little less than that, if anyone is at all interested in it. Then if someone buys it, I can give my friend the money. She gets some of her money back that way it isn't a total loss for her and someone out there gets a nice, new toy for cheaper than they would anywhere else. Sound good? Okay. =)

Happy Wednesday!

Like memories of dying days...

Last night was the first meet up between Team USA and Team Canada for the Olympics AND USA WON 5-3! Kessler's empty net goal to close the deal and put USA up by 2 with less than a minute left in the game was amazing. We don't have cable or satellite but luckily, we found a sports bar that was showing the game. And even had the audio for the game on! I'd say a little less than half the bar was watching hockey. There was a poker tournament going on that was getting more attention. I don't care though, I love hockey. And yes, NBC's lame coverage annoys me too. I hate that people say, "No one cares about hockey." Fine, you don't care about it, I don't care. A vast majority of the United States doesn't care about it? fine, I don't care. No one likes hockey? Tell that to the millions of hockey fans all over the US alone that look forward to watching their favorite teams in not just the NHL, but the AHL and other leagues as well. Tell that to the millions of people who buy tickets, get season tickets and look forward to going to see a game played live. Hell, I look forward to just getting to watch a game. I get it though. Hockey isn't wildly popular in America. I live in Texas, seriously, I get that it's not as popular as the NFL, NBA or MLB. I also have a ton of friends and plenty of family members who couldn't care less about hockey, never watch a game, don't understand it, don't care to understand it, etc. Blah blah blah. Just because it's not wildly popular doesn't mean that "no one here likes hockey" because yeah, that's bullshit. Drive down to Victory Avenue in Dallas on a night when the Stars are playing and tell the people who are decked out in jerseys and team t-shirts that they're only fooling themselves because really, deep down, none of them really like hockey. Don't say that "absolutely no one likes XYZ" because no matter what it is, somewhere, there are people who will like and enjoy whatever you're claiming no one likes. (Warning. Something I find gross is about to be said. You may even find it crude, graphic and down right vomit inducing. Don't say I didn't warn you if you end up throwing up in your mouth a little bit. If you wanna skip it, just move down to the next paragraph.) Even if it's fucking someone in the ass, ejaculating inside of them and then using a baby spoon to remove the sperm from said ass only to feed it to the person you came in or eat it yourself. Yes, that's disgusting. I used that as an example because I have a friend who used to do that with an ex-girlfriend. My point is, don't say "no one is into this so...." because no matter what it is, there are people out there who dig it.

No one need take that as a personal attack by the way. I'm directing that more at articles and a few obnoxious people. The obnoxious people in question know I'm talking about them because we've had our "discussions" on it already. So, if I didn't discuss this with you already, don't feel like it's aimed at you or anything. Unless you want to, then whatever. =p

The always helpful, wonderful, Osbasso fixed my layout for me. Thanks, Os! The side columns were not wide enough and stuff was cut off because of that. That problem doesn't exist anymore. How does it look? I'm still on the hunt for a template that screams out at me. So you know, if you know any websites for templates for blogger that are free, let me know. =) Please & thank you. The address to my blog along with the name I blog under is probably going to change next week. So, get ready, bwahaha. You'll just have to change your links in your blogrolls, bookmarks, etc though. You'll get automatically redirected if you try to come to this address.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JESSICA! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! - While I don't have permission to post the link to Jessica's livejournal, I did have permission to wish her a happy birthday as long as I didn't post the address of her sacred space. ;) Happy 21st Birthday, girlie! Hope you have a good one!

Y'all know I do the Twitter thing. I also do the formspring thing, once in a while. I thought it was goofy. I was super bored one night so I gave it a shot. It was fun. I do it irregularly now. Saturday night, I got some good/interesting questions. So, I'm going to post them here. You can anonymously ask questions & the few I'm posting today were all asked anonymously. Enjoy!

Everyone asks about positives, what about negatives? Thing you won't eat? Place you never want to visit? Person you never care to meet? Sex act you say "no" to? Music you won't listen to? Team you never want to win Stanley Cup?

Oh! I love this one! No clue who asked this but thank you. =)

Mountain Oysters. If you don't know what that is some how, look it up. =)

Russia. I have nothing against it, just not somewhere that I'd want to visit.

That's a long list, lol. Most famous people honestly. Celebrities don't interest me much.

Anything involving shit, piss, vomit or animals.

There isn't much I won't listen to. I can't stand most of the pop crap that comes on the radio though. Lady GaGa, Beyonce, etc. I also really can't stand most rap.

Haha. I wouldn't say I never want a team to win it because those guys all play their asses off and work really damn hard for it. I'd never deny someone an achievement they worked hard to get. I'll admit I wouldn't be happy about the Sharks, Capitals, Flames, Ducks, Devils or Flyers winning it though since those are the 6 teams I dislike most. Though, each of those teams has at least one player on there that I like but that's not enough to make me smile if they won the Stanley Cup. ;)


Is it healthy to be in a relationship when you can't get along with in-laws?

You're not in a relationship with your in-laws. You and the person you're with is the more important relationship. You won't like everyone, you won't get along with everyone and that applies to in-laws and your SO's family in my opinion. Granted, not getting along with your SO's family makes it a bit more difficult if your SO has a decent relationship with their family.


Is there a odor that makes you instantly sick?

Cabbage cooking. The smell makes my stomach churn instantly & blech.


What would the founding fathers think of the USA today, if brought back to life in 2010?

I have no idea. As far as I know, I'm not any of the founding fathers reincarnated so I wouldn't begin to speculate about the disappointment or joy they get from the current progression of things.


WHICH IS BETTER: chicken or beef? apples or oranges? sex or chocolate? hockey or football? massage or lots of kissing? the icing or the cake? starbucks or dutch bros? google or bing? one tree hill or gossip girl? american idol or so u think u can dance?

Chicken. Hands now.

Apples. Don't like oranges.

Sex. I'm not a fan of chocolate.

HOCKEY. Duh.

Massage. Then lots of kissing after.

The cake. Not a big fan of icing.

Starbucks. Dutch Bros. sucks IMO. Not at all sad we don't have them in Texas.

Google.

House.

House.

Happy Monday!

Saturday Survey on a Sunday

Team USA versus Team Canada is today!
Olympic hockey, woohoo.

Saturday Sunday Survey #298
Brought to you by: Amorous Rocker

2. Have you ever made out in a basement?
Not in a really long time.

3. Is your driveway steep?
Not at all.

4. Are you happy with your living arrangement?
Not so much but it works for the time being.

5. What was the last advice you gave someone?
I said and I quote myself, "People aren't like Build-A-Bear. You don't start with a standard model, change it to what you want it to be and then live happily ever after with it."

6. Do you have a friend of the opposite sex that you talk to 24/7?
No because I don't have anyone I talk to 24/7. I like to sleep and I don't need that much social interaction. Being surrounded my someone every minute of every day would drive me nuts.

7. Who was the last person you cried in front of?
I don't know. I don't cry in front of people if I can help it.

8. Have you ever shaved in the kitchen sink?
Don't think so.

9. If you could have one thing right now what would it be?
A check for a million dollars that is tax free.


10. Who was the last person to send you a text message?
My younger sister.


11. Where does your family live?
My parents and siblings live in California. Most everyone else lives in various cities in Texas.

12. What is one thing and only one thing that turns you on?
Biting.

13. Do any sounds turn you on?
Accents. They totally count as sounds too, lol. ;)

14. Have you ever been gambling?
Yeah. I could take it or leave it.

15. Last thing you cooked?
I made chicken pizza for dinner last night.

16. Quote something:
“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.” – Voltaire

17. Anyone in the room with you?
Some sort of floaty creature that won't let itself be easily seen. And my boyfriend.

18. Do you miss anyone?
Like at target practice? Depends. I'm not a bad shot with guns but I'm way better with knives and throwing stars.

19. How close did you ever come to getting a nose ring?
Not close at all. I never wanted one.

20. Do you think it's sexy to sleep with socks on?
Who gives a shit? If you're trying to seduce someone or fucking, leave them off. If it's just sleep, it's more important to be comfortable. If you're feet are cold and making you uncomfortable? Put the socks on. I sleep with socks on my feet sometimes because my feet get damn cold. I'm asleep. My dude's asleep. Looking sexy isn't a concern. I care more about being comfortable.

21. Would you kiss someone of the same sex for 100 bucks?
I'd do it for free if I were attracted to the person but hey, if someone wants to pay me $100 for something I would do for free... I'm not opposed to that at all, lol. =p

22. Are you allergic to any kind of medication?
Penicillin.

23. Do you have a ceiling fan in your room, and if so, is there dust on that fan?
No fan but we have the dust. Or maybe there is a fan under all that dust. Or the fan is made of dust.

24. Are you ever sarcastic?
No. Except for answer 23.

25. Do you know anyone who's addicted to any drugs?
Sadly, yeah.

Happy Sunday!!

Drink Of The Day: Zombie, Tokyo seen twice & Adios Motherfucker

I picked the first drink up for today in honor or Wednesday's post. Plus, it's tasty as fuck. If a real zombie tasted this good, they might have to worry about people trying to eat them. Just sayin'.

Zombie

1/2 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz orange juice
1/2 oz apricot brandy
1 tsp sugar
2 oz light rum
1 oz dark rum
1 oz lime juice

Mix all ingredients with ice except Bacardi 151 proof rum. Pour ice and liquors into a collins/tall glass. Float Bacardi 151 proof rum on top.
Garnish: A fruit slice (orange or pineapple work), sprig of mint and a cherry.


Tokyo Tea

1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz 1800® Tequila
1/2 oz triple sec
1 oz Midori® melon liqueur

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake, strain into a small glass filled with ice, and serve.
Garnish: Cherry or chunk of melon.


Tokyo Ice Tea

1 oz vodka
1 oz gin
1 oz rum
1 oz 1800® Tequila
2 oz kiwi liqueur
1 oz sugar syrup (granulated sugar will work)
6 oz 7-Up® soda

Mix the alcohol. Add ice, sugar syrup/sugar and 7-up. Stir well and serve.
Garnish: Lemon.


Adios Motherfucker

1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz 1800® Tequila
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
2 oz sweet and sour mix
2 oz 7-Up® soda

Pour all ingredients except the 7-Up into a chilled glass filled with ice cubes. Top with 7-Up and stir gently.
Garnish: Lemon, lime or cherry.


And as always... Don't drink and drive please. I'm not going to rant/lecture on about it but please remember to be responsible when you're out having drinks.

Have a great weekend y'all!

Flesh eating zombie vs the elite ninja pirates...

I was texting with a friend yesterday and he mentioned that I was becoming one of his favorite people. I asked why. His response was that I'm funny and I'm not a horrible flesh eating zombie. My response to that?

"Honestly, I'd rather be a ninja pirate hybrid over a zombie."

Of course, he wanted to know why I would pick that over a horrible, flesh eating terror of a zombie. No doubt, I would be smarter than your average zombie and would be a force to be reckoned with. I love zombies as much as the next zombie loving dude or chick. So don't think I'm hating on them or anything because I'm not. When it comes down to it though, if you stand a zombie in front of a ninja pirate hybrid to see who is killing who first? My money is not on the zombie.

Zombie's don't move that quickly. Ninjas are known for the quickly, fluid, stealthy skills. They have that over ninjas. They have speed and agility. Or at least, me as a ninja, has these things in my mind. So, I have the speed and the agility of a ninja. I also have all the badass martial arts ninja moves. Massive skills right there and that's before I even add in the badass weapons that ninjas have. I have have swords, throwing stars, all kinds of cool shit. Ninjas are also known for their honor however. Which is where the pirate needs to come into the mix with this. Now, pirates, aren't known for their high morals or strict code of ethic. Not happening. They also have a ship and all the rum. Given, too much rum might hinder some of that stealth and agility but I'm still part ninja and I'd have the self control not to over do things with the rum.

How can I not be a force to be reckoned with when I have the speed, agility, stealth, martial arts skills and badass weaponry combined with the lacking morals of a pirate who will do what is necessary in the name of self preservation? The ship is merely just a helpful perk because zombies can't swim. If they're a super zombie who does swim, well that's what the cannons and guns on said pirate ship are for. Blow a hole right in the fucking super swimming zombies and then what? That's right... nothing, no more, finished. Bitch.

As if you need any more reason to join me in my ninja pirate brigade let us not forget, pirates also get all the wenches and booty (and I'm not talking treasure there, guys and gals) where as a zombie just wants to nom on those wenches flesh for a meal. So, I think it's clear to see why I could pick being a ninja pirate hybrid over being a flesh munching zombie.

Yeah, this is the kind of stuff I think of on a regular basis and these are the kinds of conversations I have on a fairly regular basis. It's fun to contemplate these things. Also, it's always good to know what you would do if you ever find yourself in a strange situation. Who wants to spend a couple hours roaming around inside my head? *grin*

Happy Wednesday!