QUIRKTASTIC ADVENTURES

Friday, November 16, 2012

PEE WEE!! Crazy, Bizarre Raffle Night

My friend Marissa and I have been frequenting Pee Wee Tavern for some time now, a little over a year in fact. We stumbled upon this hole in the wall gem one day when we were out thrift store shopping. They do a free raffle every Thursday night, and a potluck the third Thursday of the month. This is a cash only, beer and wine only, one pool table, everybody knows your name type of bar. Last night was the most outrageous, amazing time at Pee Wee's yet, but it's ALWAYS a good time.

I brought my friend Melissa with me for her first experience. I tried to warn her about it ahead of time. She asked what to wear, I just laughed and told her you can show up in sweats, a garbage bag, whatever. She decided she wanted to dress cute so she could get a drink bought for her; again I laughed and told her that there is probably no one there she'd want a drink from and most likely no one that can afford one. That's perhaps a little harsh, but not that far off.

We thought it was a potluck night, but then Marissa got there and the owner, Mark, said it wasn't. None of us ate because we thought we were potluck-ing it up. So with no food in our bellies, the drinks went pretty quickly to our heads. Melissa was on fire winning at the raffle!! It's not only spinach, it's Popeye spinach!

Marissa did however make amazing treats; she had two kinds of these little mini pie thingy's. I had the chocolate peanut butter one and had a foodgasm. For some reason my mind has been in the gutter lately. Everything that came out of my mouth last night was vaguely inappropriate, which really added to the fun. The tables are really close together, so when a guy was trying to get in behind me to sit I said, "It's really tight, just get right in." (or something to that effect.) And then I was asked if that was an open invitation and I'm pretty sure after that I had a fan club. One guy asked me to marry him while showing me his tongue and what it could do. Even typing this, I'm blushing. It was quite hilarious. Amazing thing #13 about Pee Wee's is that you can drink wine out of a pounder for just a dollar more; that is a sure fire way to get toasty quickly. I usually drink beer at the Pee Wee, but switched it up for Melissa. And I must add, Marissa was drinking free last night, because two weeks prior she won the grand prize, $20 bar tab. Lucky, lucky girl.

As part of the raffle there are two breaks and right before the breaks, they raffle off a free beer, bought by Mark the owner. I didn't win, but I have many times in the past. On the first break this girl walked by and you could tell she was pretty drunk-tarded. She turned around and looked at me and I initially thought she was going to beat me up. But, no, she told me how beautiful I was and introduced herself. Later she offered to buy me a drink twice, kissed Melissa on the cheek and was all over multiple guys. She made a really amazing comment at one point, very loudly, "I'm just looking out for my P@$$y." Wow, wow, wow!!

And in enters the very LARGE man!!

Meet Jason, 6' 8", 38, heavy machine operator who is studying to get a Psychology degree. I accidentally called him old, and I never heard the end of it. Melissa is a very petite girl, so it was hilarious to see the two of them next to each other, or with him lifting her up as seen above. He was such a cool guy we invited him to go across the street to get pizza with us at Spuds Pizza Parlor. That pizza was damn good! Josh even joined us; he got back from his trip early. He probably thought he was crashing girls night, but oh no Jason already changed the tone.

The goal of the night was to show Melissa what Pee Wee's is like and have a good time raffle-ing it up. The night was so beyond what you would expect from a normal raffle night. I hope Melissa doesn't think it's like this all of the time. Although, I'm pretty sure out of all of us (Marissa, Melissa and Myself) we can make fun out of any situation.

It's like being back in Texas where Tank Top Thursdays ruled my world. Now it's Pee Wee Thursdays.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Zulily, You Crazy B!$@% You! Ha Ha

I'm Guilty:
That crazy Zulily sucked me in again. I keep looking at it to find Christmas presents for the family, but for some reason they only have things that I want I guess. I guess this totally violates my budget; somebody knock some sense into me. But, I need clothes; Lucy keeps ripping holes in my shirts.

Ruby Rox Dress - $22.99

Love Squared Tunic - $15.99

Junk Food Black Mickey Mouse Onesie - $21.98 for two (One for New Cutaia, and one for New Lomas, shh don't tell those unborn babies)

Knot Genie, Fairy Pink Detangling Brush - $15.98 for two (I really didn't mean to get two but one can be for Al-Bal's house and one for Grandma's. I'm hoping this is a miracle for Chloe's hair)

My Creepy Man Woodrow - I purchased him at a cute antique shop in downtown Kent. I love him, even though he creeps everyone out!

What Makes Me Grateful:

Thanks to Lauren over at Tutu's and Tea Parties for letting me guest post about my wine cork ornaments!

What I'm Listening To:

My friend introduced me to this band tonight, and me likey!

What are you listening to this fine evening?

Catfish - The Online Dating World is Cruel

I had the pleasure of streaming an episode of Catfish last night. This is so appropriate right now since I've been doing the online dating thing. It is really scary going to meet someone in person when there is a chance that they haven't been honest with you, their pictures may be fake or misleading, the things you've texted about could all be lies. Ugh, so stressful.

The above pic is from last night's episode. The beautiful blonde was in love with this guy, Jamison, who was a model, writer for Chelsea Lately and a dream boat. Sunny was "dating" this guy for 8 months virtually, something always came up when Sunny brought up meeting in person. The hosts showed up to provide moral support to Sunny for the eventual face to face meeting. When the host's did some digging, it became clear that most of the things that Jamison told Sunny were false. But, I don't think anyone expected Jamison to really be a teenage girl. And it wasn't that the girl, Chelsea, was doing it because she was attracted to Sunny (although I think there was a little of that) it was more because she's been bullied. She's had this online persona going on for 4 years, wowza! And then two more shockers, Sunny forgave Chelsea, and Jamison is a real person and Sunny got to meet him. MTV, you never let me down:) Okay, you do quite a bit, but then you redeem yourselves with cool shows like this one and Awkward.

I just have to ask, why would Sunny be in a virtual relationship with someone for 8 months? Seems kind a stupid to me; sorry to judge. I would have to meet the person on the other end. In my opinion you don't know if there is an actual connection until you meet someone face to face, as scary as it may be.

Out of the online dating experiences I've had, it hasn't been so bad. I had one guy want to marry me after the first date, that was a bit psycho. But, until he admitted that we had a pretty good time. Then there was another guy that I was going to go out with but then when I did some online sleuthing only to find out he has a girlfriend and a baby on the way. Whew, saved by The Google.

I don't have cable, but hopefully MTV will continue to offer full episodes online. This show is juicy, even though it is a bit uncomfortable to watch these crazy situations.

This is definitely the truth for so many of the fish in the online sea.

Too funny!

Would you be able to forgive the person that deceived you?

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

What's in My Last Purse

I was cleaning my room today, which was very overdue. I still had a suitcase that was not unpacked from my Texas/Chicago trip two weeks ago. I've been having to run downstairs, hoping no one sees my nude butt as I run by my window on the stairwell, every morning to get clothes to wear. My clothes were folded, they just never made it upstairs to my room. Freaking townhouse and it's three levels. I was freaking out today about the fact that I haven't seen my passport in a while, therefore I decided to look through my pile of purses, sure that I ditched a purse quickly to change into something quick that matched and was convenient for the occasion.

Let me just give you some insight to the things that I found, it was like going down memory lane:

Olympia Brewfest memories- There are coasters, a punch card, a map and cool Ram bottle cap magnets. Memories of the entire night are coming back including: hanging with mom and Ty Ty, someone getting a little tipsy, me getting a good deal on tastes, pretzel necklaces, the grilled cheese food truck and lots of tasty beer! I even almost broke a couple up because I gave away my extra pretzel necklace to a dude, that apparently had a very jealous girlfriend. Ut oh.
Aviators - I always forget my sunglasses at home, so pretty much whenever I go out when it's sunny, my first stop is to buy sunglasses.
MY PASSPORT - Yay, I was freaking out.
A piece of engineering paper - Nerdbomber!!
Box Cutter - Creeper, or Nerdbomber??
My poop air freshener - One of my FAB purchases. I need to whip this out and smell the roses.
Business cards - Yeah when I was at the packaging show in Chicago I ran out of cards and everyone was asking for them, woops. Well they would've just sent me a bunch of line cards and sales questions. Bleh, I hate salesmen.
Various jewelry - Well, I can't wear jewelry to work, so often times I'll have it on and then have to whip it off into my purse when I realize it's time to go out on the production floor. It's a bummer, I really like jewelry.
GO OBERTO! Anyone want a magnet? Ha ha.

Ha ha, so this was a poster I found crumpled up in my purse. It's an amazing poster and it would be such an amazing addition to Panty Droppers. But, there was no way to preserve it, I guess.

The elusive purse. I love my Miche bag! Although I picked the middle size, aka the middle child, that doesn't offer as many covers as the others. Bummer.

What's the most funny thing in your purse or wallet today?

Crystal Lies -- Book Review

My IPad was temporarily broken, so I halted my journey down the Game of Thrones path to read an actual, physical non electric book. Whoa! It was actually really nice when I was flying, because I didn't have to halt reading for take off and landing. My mom handed me a stack of books and highly recommended this one; it hits close to home for my family. Both on the co-dependency topic as well as addiction.

This book was an emotional read for me; page turning for sure. I felt like I could relate to the main character, Glennis, who was the mother of a meth addict. Because she cares so much and feels responsible for the downward spiral of her sons life, she totally ignores her own needs and spends her time worrying and trying to get her son to get help. It takes you through the journey of how she learns to take care of herself and understand that there is nothing she can do to fix her son. He has to get help when he is ready. She finally turns Jacob over to God and begins to take care of her self. It's realistic though, she never stops worrying, how could she. She just gains the patience and strength to let things play out. In the meantime she has an asshole, cheating husband that refuses to take any responsibility for how he has caused issues with the family.

This book is a good read, however very emotional and heart breaking. Now back to Game of Thrones, prostitutes, dragons, boobies and beheadings.

A Little Encouragement:

someecards.com - When work feels overwhelming, remember that you're going to die

What I'm Listening to and Loving:

Out on the Town by Fun

Monday, November 12, 2012

Christmas Chocolate Molding

Back in August my friend Chelsea and I took a chocolate molding class. We were both a little nervous about it but it turned out to be pretty easy, super fun and then delicious when it was time to eat our creations. I decided I was going to get the supplies to do this at home and throw a chocolate molding party for my friends around the holidays. I've been slowly picking up supplies, and today I placed my final order. I can't wait to get my friends together to create delicious treats that can be simply enjoyed or cutely packaged up and given away as gifts.

Supplies

Molds

Owl sucker mold; you know I had to get this one.

The various Christmas themed molds that I ordered.

Melting Chocolate -- Unless you are a true chocolate maker you need to make sure you get the temper-free chocolate melts; it's the same melts that are used for cake pops. All you must do then is melt down in order to get into the dispensers and then keep on a warm water bath so it doesn't harden.

Bada Bing Bada Boom - Most people who try this can't tell the difference between this melt and high end tempered chocolates. I purchased dark, milk and white chocolate. The white can be mixed with coloring to make any color under under the sun.

Tools and Accessories

Oil Based Chocolate Coloring - I'll probably have to pick up some more Christmas-y colors.

Sugar Based Metallic Dust - This makes your piece look amazing and festive.

Sucker Sticks

Chocolate Dispenser. You fill up several of these so a whole group of people can be working. You cut different shapes/widths on the cap to control the flow of the chocolate that you are adding to the mold.

Luckily I already have an electric skillet, this serves as the warm water bath.

From Last Time

What holiday baking, crafts or present making do you do each year? Are you planning anything new this season?

Love Language, Misunderstood and a Bunch of Cool Shit

28. What is your love language?
29. What do you think people misunderstand most about you?
30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.

Love - I have a couple of love languages. My number one that I need to feel loved is words of affirmation. I also enjoy receiving gifts and giving them for that matter. I'm a gift giver and when have a really great friend or a boyfriend, I buy gifts. Every time I'm out and about I'm always thinking of others first, "Oh Mike would love that", "This screams Chloe."
Misunderstood - I think people don't quite understand how sensitive and self conscious I can be. I have a pretty tough attitude and have a high level of confidence. However, when it comes to those that are close to me, my skin is not thick at all. Also, even thought I'm confident, I still really need confirmation from people, see above Love language.
Remembered for -