Vol. 08 No. 4 Iss. 17

so last night got home and passed out at like 1130... though you should try Turf Room... off randall... kind of pricey (get someone to take you! thnx jeremiah!).. but they have crazy drinks there... and $3 FatTire on Tap! But no COORS! just Miller shit products... Jeremiah ordered a pizza... it was fantastic! but the cocktails were like 10.95 each... but it looks nice and pretty cool inside.. I got something called the Program... it was all Rum... Jeremiah got... sh*t... i dont remember... his was just a long island with a different name... they come in funky glasses that are bent and look like they are going to spill... you dont get to keep them either... but for that price I would think that you should have been able to... anyways... the reason for the story... i woke up at like 5... fully rested... fought to sleep for 2 hours... woke up... now you get mumble jumble b/c i can't sleep anymore..

Some more places you should check out... went to Wild Orchard right by the Turf Room with Jackie!!! they are decently priced.. not as well as the Riverview Diner, but still not to shabby... and their fries are WAFFLE FRIES!!! The place is diner style... I tried their pesto chicken panini and it was pretty good... more bread the chicken... but still werth it..

And one more suggestion... I will have to visit my tobacco store today or tomorrow to find out when... but they are opening a cigar lounge!!! THAT MEANS SMOKING INSIDE PEOPLE!!! SMOKING INSIDE!! And not just cigars... it will be a hookah lounge/coffee joint... down fall but completely understandable... just like the Oasis... it will have a $10 minimum... however they cannot serve food due to the new laws... so you will be dropping $10 a night to sit there... I suppose... but hell... the owner kicks ass... and I will let you know for sure when it opens and we shall have a night out/in! They said possibly this weekend or next...

Moving on to ME, to help my money situation, i got me a part time jobby job with Big Dave and the rest of the downer house it seems like too at the place formerly known as Initial.. should learn the name of place i will be werking at... but anyways here is the kicker folks: 9:30pm-1:30am mon thru fri... so this job is not also going to give me spending money again... but it is also going to make me save all my spending money b/c i cant go out, really, all week... greatest part: it still allows me to play some vball!!!

Also to help my money situation I have been picking up dog sitting and baby sitting jobs like crazy it seems... Starting tomorrow... I will be spending 10 days in south elgin... with a samoyed... google it... then note i wear all black to werk... and its shedding season... woo woo... come visit...

For months maggie and i were planning this glorified trip to Denver to see the Cubs at COORS field... it was a great trip to Tennessee... I mean Colorado.. We visited the Jack Daniels Distillery... I mean Coors Brewery... Got some nice bottles... that i havent had much of... mmm.... need to change that... if they aren't gone already... BUt basically... we drove and we drove and we drove.. visited Nashville and Chattanooga... Hotels suck and cost too much money... p.s. the Marriott we stayed at for half the price of the Sheridan was soooooo much nicer... but we did find some nice bars to chill at... and then we saw Ruby Falls... which I am still pissed that we didnt get to go to the second cave.. and stupid lookout mountain.. you can see seven states from look out mountain... cost 30 dollar to see a fucking view... bullshit! so we didnt do that... did meet some of the stupidest star bucks employees... then maggie spilled hers in my car... my car was fine.. her purse not so much... it was absolutely beautiful... esp KY... yeah KY jelly.. Kentucky was gorgeous... Route 41 the best road ever... "Edward T. Breathitt Parkway" (he was elected governor in 1963) was a great stretch of road... straight.. level.. and 75mph... No matter where we went we found Route 41... it took us everywhere... it was good times.. Next time we shall maybe have an agenda... but whatever... it was hella good times...

JamesBrown is home werking... and it bothers me a bit that I dont feel free to walk out and smoke... but i am going to be strong... brb...
there is a kite stuck in a tree in my backyard... sad day for some kid...
LETS GO FLY A KITE!!! totally doing it... who's game?
Also... birds are annoying.. esp the woody the wood pecker who its pecking away at a tree or something... but i cannot find him at all...

Lets see what else... apparently.. according to temp agency.. i am over qualified for most jobs out there and should be making lots more money than I am... woo woo... isnt that great... too bad they can't get me a job either... career builder also is sending me crap for jobs too... and the people contacting me are over an hour away... i think it may be time to look into going back to skool... only if I knew what the hell i want to do with my life...

Also... recently have found out that the five years of training to get my temper down... has been reversed... short fuse all over again... and I love jameson... and have taken back up Jack... and they do not help... at all... PMS and Jameson... ooh... look out! i guess... stay away or keep me away from them or just be on my good side... beer does the body good anyways...

Just got over being sick... nice throat thingy that my doctor couldnt even figure out... so I was put on antibiotics... that I think were counteracted with my drinking... but whatever... throat all better... well the pain is gone... but it was a nice looking... something on my tonsil... then mon tue and wed i think the antibiotics also decided to attack me... they hurted me... but done with them and hopefully wont have to see doc for another year...

And to conclude... the weather is finally changing... barefoot season is just beginning... here comes Cubs games... volleyball... sitting out in someone's back yard with drinks and a fire... ninja spiders stalking me in my bathroom... summer is in the air...

thank you for taking the time to read my random happenings in life...
won't you be my neighbor?
i want to send a shout out to my peeps! you know who you are...
you made me shout out to you... angie?
please join me next time!!
rb


p.s. I also hate the fact the myspace is becoming more like facebook b/c i hate facebook... but i have blocked everyone from getting updates on me... i don't want to know when you changed your interests or your status or you default pic or became friends with someone... i dont care... i do take the time to actually check your profiles when I want to... that is mean... i know... but whatever... so as I believe... do unto others as you would have dun unto you... I have saved you from finding out when I do shit... cause i have no update subscriptions... a kind FYI... thank you. the management..

Vol. 08 No. 3 Iss. 18: Tagged

i have been tagged... and since i love natalie... i will comply with the tagging thing...

"Here’s how to play. Once you’re tagged you have to write a blog with ten random things, facts, habits or goals about yourself. At the end list ten people to be tagged and why you tagged them. Don’t forget to leave them a comment (you’re it!) and tell them to read your blog. You can’t tag the person who tagged you so let them know when you posted so they can see your answers."

1. This is just like the rest of my blogs... just random things that i need to get out of my system usually... i will try to come up with this week’s randomness though...
2. i will be going to Denver this weekend with my of my bestest gf’s Mags... we are both broke... but hell we are doing it!!! and all for the love of the cubs and COORS!!!
3. i am currently house sitting for my buddy’s aunt... along with the house came three teenagers... they have been sooo much fun! the middle child reminds me too much of me when I was about his age... scary...
4. after today... i will be broker than usual... damn car is going to cost me 400$... that is just shy of a whole paycheck these days... (find me a job!)
5. i made a limited mix tape of songs that i have obsessed over for one reason or another at some point of my life... and in doing this... i have recently found out that i have a very depressing taste in music.. almost morbid... i think that is the werd i am looking for...
6. by the time i turn 25 i want to have been to ireland.. or at least booked to go... who’s with me?!
7. also for my quarter of a century birthday.. i want a HUGE shindig... concert style... i may need a lot of help for that...
8. last night (st. patty’s day) was absolutely so much fun... it was great sitting with familiar faces at ernies... ones that used to regular that place... and some that dont...
9. i really should be cleaning out my car at this moment... and i am running low on things to say...
10. my next blog, i am hoping will be more in depth about me and the way i am the way i am... been having so many discussions and many people don’t really get me... and generally are surprised when i tell them some stories... i guess that is a goal... meh.

i will be tagging said people below... b/c i think that they need something to do... and also to see if some would actually do it... mmmwhahahahahaha.. luvyas!
jessica, angie, dawn, gail, jenna, danny, zach, littlegrasshopper, natemount, and bauler...

Vol. 08 No. 2 iss. 5

ok.. its been a minute since I have told anyone really about what is goin on in my life...

I wish something good as changed since Vol. 11 No. 26... but nothing really has...

But I will try to fill you in...


First, I have completed 20 Classik Rock Volumes for the DawnLadwig... aka. Punk. and I will give you the next set once I get there...
I really wanted to turn this into me bitching about politics... but I am too tired to try to make sense of that... besides America is going to shit... slowly... oops... my bad..

Moving on... I am officially on the job search for those who know anyone hiring... I need to make next month's bills... and currently its not looking so good for me...

Which then brings me to the biggest thing coming along in my life... is a Mr. Tom Petty... on the floor... at the united center... I am so stoked for this concert... I have seen him like 6 times... and this will be the closest I have been to someone I almost consider a god... holy shit... so excited... sorry to those who aren't coming with me... I wish I could help you out... buy tickets! there are plenty of you!!! and he is more than werth it!!! he is also the reason I am broke. that and going from full time to part time at werk... *censored*

the smoking ban.. fucking sucks ass... fuck IL...


and I am going for a smoke with Angie on the phone... to plan on our kick ass road trip this weekend... woo woo...

brb...

ok.. so I am going to Quincy this saturday for nothing but shits and giggles...
also.. WI is the best place ever for shits and giggles.. this past saturday ruled!!!

yeah WI...



I starting knitting and in turn got Dawn, Jackie, and Jenna knitting... I am an old maid... that shares her past times...
also I am a dork... proven over and over again to many people...



I love my dog... she rules... the bestest friend in the whole wide werld...


I hate white out with the sponge applicator... buying a 24 case of beer is far more satisfying than going out every night...


and I had my first panic attack since RE/MAX today... no good.. no good at all...

I love potatoes... either scalloped with cheese or twice baked oohh... love potatoes...
i love gail! for listening to my babble...

on three way with gail and dawn.. woo woo.. big pimpin'...

anyhoo... Martini ROOM... is not the same as my second home the Martini Bar... but it werks... its about the same... but hell... it no longer has Charolette's everywhere...


I need a new hobby p.s.




and I think this is about all I am good for, for now...


summation:
I hate the winter...
I miss many...
and...
"maybe somewhere down the road a ways...
you will think of me and wonder where I am these days...
maybe somewhere down the road when some one plays...
purple haze..."

best wishes..
rbg


p.s. the last set of classik rock volumes which are not finished:
vol. XII : Carole King Tapestry and Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow
vol. XIII : Janis Joplin
vol. XIV : Grateful Dead American Beauty and Working Man's Dead
vol. XV.i : CSNY
vol. XV.ii : CSN and some times Y... and their solo careers
vol. XVI : Creedence Clearwater Revival
vol. XVII : The Band
vol. XVIII : Loggins & Messina and Arlo Guthrie
vol. XIX : ______ Brothers (allman, everly, righteous, chambers, and doobie)
vol. XX : When We Were on the Eve of Destruction (comp by yours truly)

more to come!





and in final conclusion... I love a Dawn "Punk" Ladwig... a Betty Lynn... an Angie?... and a Schmags!!! ohh can chris bauler for making a special trip to give me a hug... thanks a bunch for everything today!!!
and Dawn wants everyone to remember Maggie's roast this past year... cause that was fucking hilarious!!!! fuck yeah...

vol. 07 no. 11 iss. 26

Ok... so its been long time...

Updates in my life... not many but we shall see where this goes...

first, lets just start with the fact that Danny and Jenna got married yesterday... and I do not know how to spell congratulations... bc i always spell it Congradulations... so ...

CONGRADULATIONS!!! Mr. & Mrs. Waskow!!!

moving along... I hurt... I am, one, very hungover... and two, severely bruised... and I dont know why... well I know why I am hungover... damn open bars... and then post quiet in the hotel parties...

I think, I think I am, therefore I am, I think.

Establishment:
of course you are my bright little star,
Ive miles
And miles
Of files
Pretty files of your forefathers fruit
And now to suit our
Great computer,
Youre magnetic ink.

Im more than that, I know I am, at least, I think I must be.

Inner man:
there you go man, keep as cool as you can.
Face piles
And piles
Of trials
With smiles.
It riles them to believe
That you perceive
The web they weave
And keep on thinking free.
~Moody Blues~

I have a blister on my thumb from straightening my hair yesterday... and it doesn't hurt but its annoying..

i love putting "..." at the end and mostly in the middle of everything I type and then returning a few times to start my next point...

lets see... anything else new...

fill this out... it entertains me...

Dear RachelBrown:
I ___ you. You have a nice ______. You make me _______. You should _______. Someday I will ______. You + me = ________. If I saw you now I'd __________. I want to ________ you. I would build a _______ just for you. If I could sing you any song it would be _________. We could __________ under the stars. If i could take you anywhere in the world with me i would take you ______________. Life without you would be like ________________________. If you died tomorrow my reaction would be ____________________. I filled this out most of all because _______________________. So now for my final words ____________________________.


Love,
_______________

(P.S. ______________.)

cb's response of all fart was hilarious.. thanks... and big dave's with frying me and then eating me... did bring a smile...

moving along... or more like backwards...

I think I need a good long holiday... a long holiday...


I hate painting my own toes... scrabble is fun... and I am not too shabby at it...
www.jigzone. com is very entertaining to me...
89mojo aint to shabby... and a good time...

So something exciting in my life... just came to mind... so Dawn asked me to make her a mix tape of Classik Rock... I laughed... I was like I cannot do that on one 80 minute CD... unless I burned a DVD of MP3's... then I think I would be able to do it... so I started a ClassikRock Collection for her... Here are the current volumes she has receieved:
I Pink Floyd
II.i Led Zeppelin
II.ii Led Zeppelin
III Rolling Stones/Doors
IV The Who/Hendrix
V Jim Croce
VI.i MoodyBlues
VI.ii Moody Blues/Lovin' Spoonful
VII Simon & Garfunkel
VIII Paul Simon/George Harrison
IX Traveling Wilburys
X.i Bob Dylan
X.ii Some more Bob Dylan
XI.i Tom Petty
XI.ii Tom Petty/Fleetwood~with the transition song being Stop Draggin My Heart Around... the duet of Petty with Stevie...

and before you're like OMG! she left out yadda yadda yadda... there are in the making... just have to finalized and then do the album art... but all the volumes are burned onto cd's that look like records... and I also make my own sleeves for the cd's too... its very slow at werk... but if you have talked to me at all in teh last couple months... this was what I was talking about... dreaming about... i was slightly obsessed... so... yesh... if you would like to know more please contact me...*shrug*

I still hurt... and this has taken me about 2.5 hours to type... i think i am done... few more things before I go though... i really like everything in lower case letters... i don't like my I's in caps.. nor my name... but its a hard habit to break... the whole not capping I...

I want a R. Brown Bears jersey...

i want to go to a Bears game...

i want a bag of cheetos and there are none in the thingy-ma-bob...

and KT is in charge of that...

so I get cheeto's hopefully this afternoon... however... I will be gone by then...

ok... I miss Chris Bauler...
Oh, Kevin, mags and i are back together...

I think I am going to spend the afternoon finishing ten more volumes to my ClassikRock collection... people should keep me company...

I added a new photo album to this here site....
stolen from Dawn...
*sung in my horrible tone deaf voice...*
a few of MY favorite things...
checkit...

im enjoying the small font and my switching of the alignment...

my ramblings have gone on for far too long..
and I get to leave werk soon...

so this is rachelbrown signing off...
wishing you a good night!!!

p.s. i really like...

cheeto's...
small paperclips...
"..."
and
my dog...
she is soo damn cute..

p.p.s. the hokey pokey
IS
what its all about...

vol. 07 no. 8 iss. 8

fucking a--... just wrote out a long blog and its gone... son of a bitch...

well... not doing it again... maybe later...

BAH!



Let's try this again...

Ok... so this past saturday... i werked... though i wasn't really suppose to... i went in to catch up my weekend grrl on the goings ons of the office...
so they day started ok... not too shabby... well then i signed out the moving truck (bane of my existence) to a client of one of my realtors... well.. she leaves and then calls me at the office shortly there after... she got a mile away from the office and the front passenger tire blew... so i go pick her up and bring her back to the office in order to find her another truck.. since it was my fault that the tire was flat... well i put regina on the task of getting a new truck while i werked on getting a tow truck that can handle a E350... and then getting a new tire put on... so... I get my shit squared away... but regina and the client cannot get another moving truck til about 3 inthe afternoon... the client then decides that she will take it... but then realizes that the crew she has will not be able to help her that late in the afternoon... so i offer to find her a moving crew... she declines the offer... i had done all that i could have... 'til she calls me later and says that her husband would like the help... so i call three knights in shining armor: little grasshopper, kico, and brybry... and i also call my brother... they all are on board for helping me help this lady... seriously.. they were the saviors of that day... well i get the truck fixed and what not... and call the client... she is willing to go another round with the truck... so... the five of us... and then the two clients move her out of a storage unit and into their new home under two hours....
then... i get to werk and a few had heard of my day on saturday... now i didnt ask for praise... i didnt think twice of the fact that i helped the lady... i was pissed that the truck had a flat... and i had to take care of that... so i was pissed... everyone was like you are employee of the month... of the year... you get a gold star... for what? lending a helping hand... i dont want praise for doing something that i would so greatly appreciate done to me... someone said that I represented the office so well that day... if it were anyone else... no one would have gone that extra mile... then that pissed me off... b/c what extra mile... i screwed up that lady's day... she was left with no one to help her... it was the least the very least i could have done... and it aggrevates me to think that no one else would have done that... they would have just been like sorry... that is bull shit... i am sorry... how fucking self centered... i dont want praise... the employee of the month.. of the year... a fucking gold sticker for just being nice... maybe i did represent the office that day... but i represented myself first... if i was in that situation i would love for someone to lend a hand... but i guess being kind to people really was a fad.. something that no one believes in anymore...
thank you boys for helping.. you really did come thru for me... and i give you all the credit... b/c it wasn't just me that lent the hand... i cannot thank you all enough...

moving on... my birthday week was a blast!!! the party was awesome!!! other than the hole in the wall but whatever... its over wtih... good times... one keg... 4 cases of beer and what ever y'all brought to it.... plenty was had.. thanks all for coming!!!! SeanKent next time you are invited somewhere go! not to denny's!!! you owe me lunch... til the next time you are in town...

almost lost this again... hitting select all and the copy.. i hit return and it all went buhbye again... good thing it copied... otherwise I would be soo pissed right now...

well... i think this was about it... sorry about the bitchiness.. but seriously...

oh... vending lady.. still my enemy... i went and out of routine hit A3... f*ing dorito's... so i cursed her... but DawnBrown being the awesome lady she is bought me 50 bags of cheeto's for my bday!!! she;s awesome... so is KT for the carton...

hey if you are interested in playing some fun ass volleyball let me know.. its a gay ol' time... and...

this is rachelbrown... signing off...

vol. 07 no. 7 iss. 3

It been long time since I have updated people with the going on's of my life...

Not much though has really happened though...

Groovy is doing much better... her hair is even growing back... though I curse Advantix b/c I have found 3 to 4 ticks on her and I couldn't put Frontline on her til this month... damn %$#*@# Advantix

I cut my hair and now have a stylist who will be making appointments to make cutting my hair a more than once a year thing...

Tomorrow is the 4th and I have no idear what I am doing for it... it is Javier's birthday... though..

Today is Frank's birthday... happy birthday little one...

This Friday Small Shiney Things is at Ernie's... you should come... and before hand if interested... a pig roast at Harner's in North Aurora...

Today Maggie is named Singer of the Month at Ernies...

My werk's moving truck is the bain of my existance and I swear will lead me to an early grave...

the vending lady at werk is werking on driving me insane.. she switched my cheeto's from A3 to A5... she keeps messing with me!!!!

my little sister at werk rocks!

I miss my buddy William...

I go back to Vegas in two weeks to see the love of my life again... refer to blog Vol. 07 No. 4 Iss. 9

Vol. 07 No. 5 Iss. 30

I forgot to mention... I have cheetos back at werk...


now back to bed...