Lootin' Losers

I can't believe all the people taking advantage of the Hurricane Katrina effects in New Orleans by breaking into stores/businesses and stealing - like it all belongs to them simply because of the emergency situation.

In an AP article, one said, "To be honest with you, people who are oppressed all their lives, man, it's an opportunity to get back at society."

Ummm....get back at people who worked hard to build a business and could possibly provide you with a job?? You need to get back at these store owners??

Whatever.

I could see taking some food to get by if your home had been ruined, but these people are taking beer, jewelry and jeans.

Get a life. Losers.

Seb'm

As requested by PJS, of "NOW A Warning" fame, my main man in NYC, I present to you:

Seven things

Seven things you plan to do before you die:
one) Visit NYC (Manhattan)
two) See more of Europe, like Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Greece, et al.
three) Have a career/job that I actually like
four) Read more classics
five) Get in shape
six) Quit smoking
seven) Become fabulously wealthy and eccentric

Seven things you can do:
one) Wiggle my ridiculously small, child-sized....ears
two) Remember and recite lines from movies to express my current sentiments (much like Mary Katherine Gallagher)
three) Pretty closely replicate a black&white photo/print by drawing it
four) Write a 40-page paper on "Showman P.T. Barnum's Contribution to Modern Publicity and Promotions" in one night - and get an 'A' on it - for Mass Media History class
five) Procrastinate for an incredibly long time about working and cleaning
six) Convince people I'm a Kennedy - or the heir to a great Southern tobacco dynasty (in that case, I always say my name is Gavin Grey)
seven) Win an argument

Seven things you can't do:
one) Play a musical instrument
two) Tolerate stupidity
three) Drive slowly
four) Have much patience for extremists (liberal or conservative)
five) Add without the use of my fingers - seriously
six) Leave the house without showering
seven) Find a guy where there's mutual interest and mutual levels of "like"

Seven things that attract you to the opposite sex:
(As did PJS, I'm claiming poetic license, and changing this to "same" sex)
one) Overall face
two) Masculinity
three) Personality/Sense of humor
four) Well-groomed
five) Intelligence (can carry on a conversation)
six) Athletic (it's my dream to find a hot football/baseball player)
seven) Issues (apparently)

Seven things you say most:
one) "Can I start a tab?"
two) "oh, goooood...." (in Southern accent when unpleasing news is announced)
three) "shut it"
four) "ummm....no"
five) "I'm gonna be a little late"
six) "Hi, this is Reid. I'm a recruiter for Xxxx and I came across your resume on HotJobs..."
seven) "I just saw my next ex-boyfriend"

Seven celebrity crushes:
one) Nick Lachey
two) Wally Zieboraokjdoidsdfdkl (Minnesota Timberwolves player)
three) Christopher Meloni (Law & Order)
four) David Beckham
five) Toss-up between Steve Young & Brett Favre
six) Dr. Christian (Julian McMahon) on Nip/Tuck (Sean (Dylan Walsh) is cute too)
seven) Ty Pennington

Seven people you want to take this quiz:
one) Brechi
two) ZeppGoddess
three) Twinkie
four) BigLug
five) Agniezka
six) Katie
seven) WaitingToDerail

**plus whomever else would like too steal this is welcome to spread it around (ahem to others I've already "tagged" before).

Getting my money's worth

I've been watching HBO & Showtime series like a hawk lately. And thank god, because I pay an arm & a leg for cable/Internet every month. I don't dare even tell my mother how much for fear of hearing, "and you always say how broke you are?! Well, no wonder!!"

ANYWAAAY...Here's my favorite shows (some I've already mentioned):

HBO


Entourage

Follows the life and adventures of a Hollywood movie star, Vincent Chase, and his friends. Well, Kevin Dillon plays his brother, but he's part of the gang too (and where the hell did Kevin Dillon appear from? I haven't seen him since the Reagan administration). I love Debi Mazar, who plays Shauna the publicist, so that's part of the thrill. Plus, I think Jeremy Piven is funny as hell - and cute. He plays Ari, Vince's asshole agent/Hollywood executive trash.


Debi Mazar is cool - she looks like Lauren Bacall in this picture...


Jeremy Piven

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The Comeback

Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) is a former TV Guide cover girl and one-time People's Choice winner (for a show called I'm It!), Valerie has spent a decade out of the spotlight. Now 40ish, she is desperate to re-launch her career-so desperate that she's agreed to let a reality show chronicle her every move as she attempts to land a part on a "sexy" new network sitcom.



Valerie with her hot co-star (on the show), Chris

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SHOWTIME



I've already talked about this show with Mary-Louis Parker. You need to get Showtime. I love it.

Also of note, Queer as Folk recently ended, which I already talked about too!


For those of you who don't get HBO or Showtime, watch "The D-List," Kathy Griffin's reality show on BRAVO. She a funny lady.

"I'm a Crispy Critter....How do ya do??"

Spent Saturday afternoon and early evening laying by the pool at Jeff's apartment building...and didn't wear sunscreen. Jeff had some "after tan" lotion to use once you're finished laying in the sun, but otherwise only baby oil. So, my face is a big potato chip right now. Seriously, my cheeks and chin are so dry I can barely move my face/mouth. And the area that wants to start peeling looks like potato chip. Gross, huh?? Thank god I was wearing a bandana most of the time, so my forehead and scalp didn't get fried like a cookie (I shaved my head this weekend too, hence the sensitive scalp).

I'm in pain. And whomever said that aloe soothes a sunburn was f'ing crazy b/c it makes my burn sting like a mo'fo.

Sunburns suck.

I love it in A River Runs Through It when Jessie's brother, Neal, and Ol' Rawhide (Susan Traylor) fall asleep in the sun. Then Paul (Brad Pitt) says to Ol' Rawhide: "Looks like you got quite a burn there."
She turns to him & says, "Sun don't bother me..." and as she does you see the bright red of her shoulder. Youch!!!


Sun don't bother me...

PS// my post's title are the lyrics to an old commercial for kids' cereal. The cartoon character was a circus ringmaster, I believe...

I don't have a good feeling about this

Jeff and I haven't been talking too much lately. In fact, he's apparently dating someone - a 41 yr old social worker - but, he has yet to tell me about it. I heard it hearsay from Danny. Anyway, I'm not really his biggest fan lately. I just can't stand friends who suddenly disappear once they start seeing someone. It's a slap in the face, I think. Like, you're good enough to hang out with one day and cast aside the next. Stupid guys. When will I ever learn? Is it bad that Danny told me Jeff's new flame is ugly and I'm happy about that??

Anyway, Jeff and Shawna are having a little soiree tonight. It's a "Bring A Friend" party. I insisted that I was going to be a drama queen and not show up, but Danny said it would be really bad if I didn't go. So, after Jeff called on Monday to see if I was going, I decided I should make an appearance. However, with the way I'm feeling about Jeff right now, I wouldn't be surprised if I re-enacted a scene from "All About Eve," where a drunken Margot Channing (Bette Davis) confronts Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) whilst holding & spilling a martini.



Fasten your seatbelts...It's going to be a bumpy night!

Holy Birthdays

Wow, there are a lot of famous birthdays today. The New York Times "This Day in History" lets me know who's celebrating each day. I guess Nov. 18 is a good day to get pregnant in case you're trying.


Virginia Dare - the first English person born in present day U.S., 1587
She's 418



Shelley Winters is 85
LOVE her!



Rosalynn Carter is 78
She was First Lady when I was born



Robert Redford is 68



Patrick Swayze is 53



Denis Leary is 48



Madeline Stowe is 47



Edward Norton is 36 (nice)



Christian Slater is also 36


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Malcolm Jamal Warner is 35

Also, of note: Everlast, Martin Mull and Roman Polanski.

Happy Birthday!!

Love is a Cornfield

AP - CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. - It sounds a little corny. A farmer looking for love has planted a personals ad, using corn stalks in a cow pasture. It reads: "S.W.F Got-2 (love symbol) Farm'n." Underneath is a 1,000-foot-long arrow pointing single white females to his house.
"It only took me about an hour — I did it with a corn planter in May," Pieter DeHond said Wednesday as he removed weeds from the 18-acre field. "I was just horsing around."
In place of a newspaper ad, DeHond said he decided on an impulse to use up the extra corn seed left after spring planting at his 200-acre Pleasure Acres farm in western New York.
"I wouldn't place a personal ad in the paper. To me it seems desperate," he added, laughing. "This is more of a fun thing. I put this out in a field where nobody could see it unless you flew over it."
The 41-year-old divorced father said running a business and looking after his two teenagers doesn't leave a lot of room for socializing.
His corn stalk appeal, featured this week in his hometown Daily Messenger newspaper, has already drawn quite a few phone calls and e-mails.
"I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't a little proud," DeHond said.
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Yes, and I'm sure his two teenagers are thrilled.
How mortifying.

Madonna: Aug. 16, 1958

It's Madonna's birthday.

She turns 47 today, if you can believe that. Although she's mysteriously developed an English accent and changed her name to Esther, I still think she's pretty cool...an American icon.

Also of note, she married Sean Penn twenty years ago today. God, I'm getting old b/c I remember that. Yikes.

Anyway, Happy Birthday, Madonna!!

The dream is over

The love of my life is getting married today - and to make it even better, my brother is in the wedding.

Scott was my best friend in 7th grade and we were good friends throughout high school and in to college. I had the biggest crush *ever* on him. So did everyone else in my school. He was the football hero, homecoming king kinda guy.

*SIGH* Today I'm wearing black.


A drunken night in college. Not the best picture of him, but anyway...he looks kinda like Josh Hartnett. My friend Tara has her arm around him...."Bitch, you better step off...!"

Kissing Nurse from VJ Day - She's still alive

Remember this picture?



This picture was taken in Times Square as Japan's surrender in World War II was announced, Aug. 14, 1945 - VJ Day - 60 years ago this weekend.

The nurse is Edith Shain, who was 27 at the time, and she's still alive! A statue was placed in Times Square and she was there from California for its unveiling.


Edith Shain poses by her statue - isn't she cute??

The sailor has never been identified, but she claims it's a man in Texas, one of many who've called her claiming to be the sailor. She says his was the most convincing story - and he's still alive too.

So many people don't recognize the importance of this war and what (mostly young) people sacrificed for this country and the world. But then you see these two people were there and are still alive -- they're my grandparents' age -- to be reminded that it wasn't really that long ago. We should still know what happened and be grateful to them. You can tell by the picture how happy people were that the war was over -- and we won.

Much different than the life of a 27 year old now. I'd like to say thanks to Edith, that sailor and all the other people from that war...I'm glad I'm not speaking German or Japanese now.

Betty Broderick - Don't piss her off...

I spent the evening being lazy and rather hung-over/tired watching Lifetime: Television for Women (and Gay Men). Guess what was on?? Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, The Last Chapter. It's the sequel to A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story.

I can't get enough of the Betty Broderick movies. I bet I've seen the first one three times and this was the second time I've seen the sequel. Talk about a pissed off bitch and a real life portrayal of the term "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." She inspires me.

For those of you who don't watch Lifetime, this is a true crime story that took place in San Diego in 1989. Betty's husband, Dan, a very powerful San Diego attorney, left her for a younger woman *after* she put him through law and medical school, then raised four children. Then he took the house, money, kids, etc. So she shot him. And his new wife. In their bed. Awesome. Go git 'em, tigress!!

Meredith Baxter (of TV's Family Ties fame) played Betty and was nominated for an Emmy. Doesn't Betty look like Meredith (see below)??


The real Betty - She's cool.


The Happy Brodericks - really, that isn't Meredith


Betty and Dan Broderick - before she done gone crayzeeee


Another favorite Lifetime movie of Meredith's (she may even be in more than Jane Seymour) is After Jimmy, in which she must come to terms with the suicide of her eldest (and cute) son. I even cried a little when I watched that movie. Really, I did. (Yes, I have tear ducts) I just love Meredith Baxter. And Betty Broderick.


Jimmy shot himself. Poor Meredith Baxter.

And when did she get rid of the Birney part of her last name??


The Keatons in Family Ties, an '80s classic
Steve, Elise, Mallory, Alex, Jennifer
Andy came later

A bit of trivia: Meredith and Michael Gross were born on the very same day, June 21, 1947. Weird.

These songs are on my mind

There's really not a whole helluva lot going on in this neighborhood lately, so thankfully Potusol tagged me to list the 10 songs that I'm thinking of. I'm bad at listing favorite songs, movies, etc., but here she blows (in no particular order)!

"List ten songs that you are currently digging ... it doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they're no good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artists, and the ten songs in your blog. Then tag five other people to see what they're listening to."

1. Everytime - Britney Spears
2. Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
3. Since You Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
4. Float On - Modest Mouse
5. You're So Vain - Carly Simon
6. Somebody Told Me - The Killers
7. Downtown - Petula Clark
8. Dream a Little Dream - Mama Cass
9. When I Fall In Love - Nat King Cole
10. Ticket to Ride - The Carpenters

What an odd (and embarrassing/guilty pleasure) collection of songs!! I think I have multiple personalities judging by that list. Thankfully I listen to Drive 105 (kind of the alternative station in Minneapolis) in the mornings, or all my songs would be 1960s-70s women! A couple songs are inspired by my officemate, who's 25 and much more cool than I am. I've been reminded that I kinda like the songs coming from his cube (like Kelly & Britney).

Anyway - I think I'll tag Meg, WalkTrot, Matt S., Boy Wonder UK (what's he listening to in Scotland?) and ZeppGoddess.

ADDENDUM
Looking more closely at my list, I noticed that all the songs are stemmed from the artists' depression or feelings of longing. Is this a sign? Great...Seriously, I'm not even depressed about a guy or anything!! Oh well...I must be in a sentimental mood again. Yes, sometimes I *do* have emotions!

Religious humor?

I have to vent about something.

Much to my horror, a college friend sent me an e-mail forward today that had some Christian "humor" in it. It never ceases to amaze me how self-righteous and egocentric, culture-centric, religion-centric (and many other "centric" words) those Christian fundamentalists are.

Get a clue! Not everyone believes the same as you do! Why, when speaking of religion, do they assume that "religion" only means Christianity? And radical Christianity at that??

They piss me off. Bad.

From the email (I'm not editing it - apparently they should spend more time paying attention in English class and less time at camp revivals denouncing everyone):

TOO DEEP TO NOT PASS ON...
*Funny how simple it is for people to trash God . and then wonder why the world is in the condition it istoday....
*Funny how we believe what the newspapers say... but question what the Bible says...
*Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven... provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says…. or is it scary?
*Funny how someone can say "I believe in God"... but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes"in God).
*Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire... but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, you think twice about sharing.
*Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freelythrough cyberspace... but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the school and work place.
*Funny, isn't it? Funny how someone can be so fired up forChrist on Sunday... but be an invisible Christian the rest of the week. Are you laughing?
*Funny how when you go to forward this message... you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe... or what they will think of you for sending it to them.
*Funny how I can be more worried about what other people thinkof me... ... than what God thinks of me. Are you thinking?
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RESPONSE FROM KIDDO (Too deep not to pass on):
* The newspaper was written today. Your Christian bible is a creation myth. An ancient effort of a bunch of guys to justify their existence on this earth. "There has to be some reason why we're here!" Why should everyone believe what *your* bible says? Maybe you should read my bible, the menu at any local bar, and follow that to a T? Sound good?? What if I force you to??

* So now I have to do what *your* bible says in order to get to "heaven?" Lady -- didn't you listen to Warrant when they sang, "heaven isn't too far away --- Closer to it every day -- no matter what your friends say!!" Duhhh....who needs your sermons when you can just follow the preaching of Jani Lane?!

* We don't discuss Jesus at school or work because they're public places. Ever hear of the seperation between church and state? Put down the King James version and pick up a f*ing history book, bitch. Or better yet, the U.S. Constitution and/or Bill of Rights. Besides, not everyone worships Jesus. GAWD-ah!!

* You know people who are "fired up about Christ. Only on Sunday."?? Yeah, well I'm an excellent driver. Only on Sundays. 4 minutes till Whoppner.

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I feel better, thanks. Carry on.

So long, Queer as Folk

Queer as Folk aired its series finale tonight. Now what am I going to watch on Sunday nights?!

The show had five seasons and was the first to realistically, I think, portray gay people. Other shows always kind of show gays as kind of quirky or silly and totally asexual. There's a lot of criticism that Queer as Folk all about sex and partying...really, they do focus on other issues most of the time. Besides, the gay culture *does* party a lot anyway - and a lot of guys are pretty sexually active - so big deal. One thing I noticed, though, is that they make gay Pittsburgh look as if there aren't any people of color there...

Anyway - it's been a cool show to watch. I was shocked the first time I saw it - when it premiered in December 2000, my boyfriend and I were like, "holy shit -- there's two guys going at it on Showtime!" I'm glad that it shows that guys over 23 are still good looking too.

A new show premiered right after Queer as Folk ended. It's called Weeds and it was really funny. I like Mary Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins. Lauged out loud a couple times, so if you have Showtime, I suggest becoming addicted to this show. Mary Louise Parker's character is a suburban Mom/pot dealer. Elizabeth Perkins is the neighborhood gossip. Good stuff...In one scene, a mean kid was chasing Mary Louise's son and she tripped him. She said, "Kevin, honey, you should really watch where you're going..." I laughed. The misfortune of bratty kids is always good for a laugh in my house.

My, you've gotten fat...

This weekend I'm going with friend Danny to his hometown, about an hour north of the Twin Cities, for his 15-year reunion. It's a small town called Braham (like graham) and it's their townie fest this weekend as well.

I can just guess how many of his classmates are going to ask if we're "together." Which, I don't blame them for assuming, but it will get old hearing that over & over.

I hope it's fun.

I'm like the official date to class reunions, I guess. I went to one last summer and one already this summer. Actually, the one last summer was the 10-year reunion of my own high school's class of 1994, so I knew all of them pretty well - I was a sophomore when they graduated. It was interesting.

Them: "So....you're gay now, huh??"

Me: "Yes. I was in 1994, too."

Them: "But you look good now!"

Me: "Ummm...thanks....You've gotten fat."

Just kidding. I wouldn't say that. Out loud. Well, to their face anyway...

So, I'll be swilling beer with Danny's high school classmates at a street dance tonight. Wish me luck. I wonder if any of his classmates also "turned out gay..."?

Princess Nut Job

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York woman who posed in high-society circles as a Saudi princess pleaded guilty on Tuesday to grand larceny and insurance fraud and was ordered to a mental hospital.

Antoinette Millard (left), 42, used a special credit card to spend nearly $1 million during a three-month shopping spree. She also bilked an insurance company of more than a quarter of a million dollars....

At high-society events with celebrities and socialites, Millard introduced herself as "Princess Antoinette" and said she was also a former Victoria's Secret model.

In reality, Millard was a former vice president of the investment banking firm of Brown Brothers Harriman. She scammed Chubb Insurance Co. in 2003, claiming $262,000 worth of jewelry she was carrying was stolen when she was mugged on Madison Avenue in New York City.

She also spent $950,000 using a no-limit "Centurion" card sent to her by American Express.

After her arrest, she blamed her predicament on traumatic events in her life including being sexually harassed at work, and witnessing "people jumping out of the Twin Towers" while on her way to work on Sept. 11, 2001.
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She's one looney bitch. Clever, but looney. Anyway - Have a good time in the clinker, Princess Antoinette.

NOTE TO SELF:
Does this mean I should stop introducing myself as a Kennedy?? Oh wait - I *am* a Kennedy...

My 27th Birthday weekend!

Yeah, I know I desperately need a digital camera. Maybe for Christmas. Anyway, I've had these pictures back for weeks now and haven't felt like scanning them until tonight. These are pictures from the weekend I turned 27, March 12!

I'm sure a lot of them will look squished, or otherwise disproportionate, but my scanner always makes them huge and I have to try to resize them on here...not always an easy task.

ANYWAY --- Enjoy!



Michelle, Melissa (bride) and me. She got married on my birthday - in Rochester. Michelle had recently given birth to twin boy & girl! We grew up in Dodge Center together, then worked together at a convenience store called Budget Mart. The three of us got into lots of trouble and were inseperable this time 10 years ago! PS// I had to zoom in b/c the dummy who took the picture was about 100 feet away from us. NOTE: Don't stand 100 feet away from people when you're taking their picture!



College friend Paul later that night. We lived together my sophomore year. He is engaged to my good friend Jess. I introduced them in 1998.



This is the *hott* guy whose band was playing that night at the Rochester bar we went to. The band is from Minneapolis and has something Vegas in the name. Anyway, they are an awesome cover group - did I mention that guy is hot, plus he has great stage presence. I'm gonna git that boy...



Paul just liked the band. He's a musician as well. He seriously wants this band to play at their wedding. I'll be there for sure!



With college friends Jocelyn & Amanda. I lived with Jocelyn senior year and with Amanda the summer of 2002. All three of us work downtown now, so happy hours will be abundant!



This is me with Mandy the night after my birthday back in Minneapolis. I've known her since she moved to Dodge Center, summer before sixth grade. We still hang out quite a bit. Oh, and I lived with her for a few months in 2002 as well!



The infamous Bill. We're talking a little bit again...after I screamed bloody murder at him during Pride weekend. I'm too lazy to link to that post. Scroll down & find it yourself!


Again, people...when taking pictures of others - center them in the screen. And don't stand so far back from them (unless they want full body shots). I just typed body shots.

Well, I'm no Rocket Scientist, but...

Location: Somewhere deep in space

Time: Wednesday morning, August 3, 2005

Who: U.S. Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery

What: Getting rid of some material that's sticking out of the underbelly of the shuttle

How: (from Reuters news) using a hacksaw put together in orbit with a deliberately bent blade, plastic ties, Velcro and the handyman's favorite all-purpose fix-it: duct tape.

That's right, folks. You read it correctly. They are fixing a fucking *space shuttle* using a bent plastic fork, velcro from my old Kangaroo shoes and goddamn DUCT TAPE.

NASA is clearly either consulting with Jeff Foxworthy or MacGyver and I, for one, am proud.

Anyway, I wish the astronauts luck and a safe return to Earth, where they can take 7th grade shop again...

Why do men have nipples?

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Fans at an Appalachia State homecoming game -- Give *ME* an "A!!"

I found this in an article of "Odd News" from Yahoo!

And why do men have nipples?

While only females have mammary glands, we all start out in a similar way in the embryo, the authors explain. The embryo follows a female template until about six weeks, when the male sex chromosome kicks in.

Men, however, have already developed nipples.

Read the rest here

Trust No One

Friday wasn't eventful. Met Jeff, Shawna and two of her hot co-workers at Mojito in the Excelsior/Grand neighborhood - it's becoming a trendy little area full of condos and retail. Non-conformists would absolutely hate it, which is why I think it's a nice little area. Go Consumer Power!


Excelsior/Grand in St. Louis Park neighborhood

Saturday, we hung out at Jeff's apartment pool and I refreshed my tan. Then we went to Drink! in Uptown - they have a rooftop bar, which is cool. Saw several cute guys, but everytime I tried to secretly take their picture, one of their pesky girlfriends would be in the way...don't they ever leave them at home?! We also stopped in to William's Peanut Bar, around the corner, and played a lil' trivia. Then it was to The 19 Bar and on to the Gay '90s, where we just walked around rather aimlessly. I wound up at an after-bar in Edina. I'm not sure how we got seperated. I met a good looking guy named Michael and decided he was coming home with me. But then this other random guy also jumped in our cab and I tried to hint that he wasn't welcome, but he wasn't taking the hint. I thought maybe it was a friend of Michael's. Anyway, we had another couple beers at my place. Yesterday, Michael told me that he thought random guy was digging through stuff on my dresser while I slept...this morning I noticed that my bus pass was mysteriously missing. That bastard stole my monthly bus pass that didn't expire until 8/15 -- so still worth about $40 to me!!

In addition, Michael said random stranger was also looking through his jean pockets, asking, "Do you have a bank account -- I need some new shoes..."

I'm never letting a ghetto person in my apartment again. Ever. This is the third time I've had things stolen. I'm a magnet for thieves, I guess...I trust nobody.