oh doggies!

my mom sent me these, under the heading "why dogs attack their owners". they're so funny i had to share.







my favorite is the three headed Fluffy with the little Harry Potter. but I really like the spider pug too.

first official official day of summer

yesterday may have been the first day of summer, but today FELT like the first day of summer. short shorts and tank tops. I managed to recruit Khya and 68 monkeys to accompany Rosie and I to the dog park at Magnuson Park. the only place in the city where doggies can swim. it was our first experience with the collar and the dog park. it was incredibly successful! I'm so excited. I have an obedient dog! she still tried to herd the doggies, and barked and growled, but the most important thing is that she would come when I called her! away from the altercations. it's so unbelievably fantastic.





photos courtesy of 68 monkeys

Gonna get Dirrrty

We have pictures:

Pop RoXXX make their entrance with Big Daddy St. Paddy


work it girls!


those bitches killed our dog, Sparkle!!!


Xtina chokes Sveah


Inga does figure 4 leg lock on Brit Brit


Inga sidewalk slams Xtina


Xtina catapults Inga


Brit Brit and Sveah gonna go at it


Schoolboy pin! it's a 3 count! Pop RoXXX win!


Here comes the steel chair! very unforgiving!



photo credits:
Brian Gannon, Shawna Mascord Photography, Babe of Belltown Photography

I also found more pics on Flickr. They are really worth checking out!

wrasslin', modelin' and sleepin'

The match was a huge success. I am quite relieved its over, but it was tons of fun. I really did not anticipate the audience reaction. At first we were cheered during our entrance, but once we were in the ring and the announcers were discussing our bios and our ridiculously expensive and pampered dog, "Sparkle", the crowd HATED us. It was fantastic. It's never felt so good to be so hated. The Beer Barians came out and were cheered like crazy. It was quite funny. Of course the crowd is going to love the Beer guzzling metal team. It just never occurred to me it would go down like that. We totally became the heels. The match started off with the Beer Barians grabbing Sparkle from Xtina, (Sparkle was actually a small stuffed dog with a great big blood packet in its head) and smashing his head in with their giant hammer. They then smeared the blood on themselves and threw Sparkle in the audience while we screamed. The grappling then ensued, we forgot a lot of our match, but we winged it pretty well. No one could tell at least. The Pop RoXXX won, I got Sveah with a schoolboy pin. Then she hit me in the back with a chair and our announcer said "Steel Chair! Very Unforgiving!" just as i requested.
I was shooting pictures all evening with my digital camera, but the memory card totally crapped out on me. I'm really bummed. I had a lot of great green room pics. I'm going to see if they can be recovered, but I don't have a lot of hope. That photo restoration software never seems to work. But I think it is the memory card, and the camera seems to be ok so that's good I guess.
This morning I was an underwear model with Khya and a bunch of other girls. We modeled underwear in a park. It was hilarious. It was for a local girls handmade lingerie company that she's starting. I'll post a link when the website is up. The whole experience was pretty funny. We were in Kerry park in Queen Anne, the park seemed to be a popular spot and we got a few onlookers. Some were ok and just seemed curious, but some were definitely creeps. My favorite though was the entire tour bus of elderly people.
I already wasn't feeling good though, and I think hanging out in my underwear in the cold wasn't the best idea. Now I'm feeling really sick. I'm also a little freaked out, because one of the Beer Barians has strep. I really hope I don't have strep. I went back to bed and slept for 5 hours this afternoon. My throat hurts like hell. I'm going to see if I can enlist someone to come over and make me soup. It's taking too much effort even to be sitting at the computer.
but even being sick, my life rules. "What'd you do in Seattle?" oh, I became a wrestler and an underwear model.

Fer the Fanz

Tonight is the BIG MATCH!

Khay came over last night. We ate mac n' cheese with baked beans and drank wine. 'cuz we're clasy ass bitches.


and we made Pop RoXXX t-shirts! they're blingtastic!





Hooray for puffy paint!

Pin Down Girls Poster

my ass is broke

I don't mean that in the financial sense, though that also applies. I mean it in the "I hurt my coccyx" sense. I hurt it real bad before the Re-bar show. It's still flaring up. I just had practice and landed on it more than a few times. Every ddt, clothesline and monkey flip (all my favorite moves!) I land on my damn ass and it hurts like a son of a bitch! so now I'm sitting on an ice pack, eating ibuprofen, and editing the write up of our match. I have to print it out to take to the next practice in an hour. where I will probably have to land on my broken coccyx. There's practice tonight, dress rehearsal tomorrow night, the show on friday night, and then its over! unless we end up wrestling in vegas, but that won't be 'til late July anyway. my coccyx needs time to heal.

here I am in my hawt between-practices outfit.


It's a look. complete with ice pack accessory!

"Advanced" Global Personality Test

check out where I scored the highest.....

Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 73%
Stability |||||||||||||| 60%
Orderliness |||||||||||||| 53%
Accommodation |||||||||| 36%
Interdependence |||||||||||||| 56%
Intellectual |||||||||||| 50%
Mystical |||||||||| 36%
Artistic |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||||||||||||||| 70%
Materialism |||||||||||||||| 63%
Narcissism |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Adventurousness |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Work ethic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Self absorbed |||||||||||||||| 70%
Conflict seeking |||||||||||| 50%
Need to dominate |||||||||||| 50%
Romantic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Avoidant || 10%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Wealth || 10%
Dependency |||||||||||||||| 63%
Change averse |||||||||||| 43%
Cautiousness |||||||||||||| 56%
Individuality |||||| 30%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Peter pan complex |||||||||||||||| 70%
Physical security |||||||||||||||| 63%
Physical fitness |||||||||||||||| 70%
Histrionic |||||||||||||| 56%
Paranoia |||||| 23%
Vanity |||||||||||||||| 70%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||| 50%
Female cliche |||||||||||||| 56%

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Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.

Orderliness results were medium which suggests you are moderately organized, hard working, and reliable while still remaining flexible, efficient, and fun.

Extraversion results were high which suggests you are overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense too often of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.

trait snapshot:
social, outgoing, worry free, optimistic, upbeat, tough, likes large parties, makes friends easily, rarely irritated, open, enjoys leadership, trusting, dominant, thrill seeker, strong, does not like to be alone, assertive, mind over heart, confident, controlling, feels desirable, likes the spotlight, loves food, social chameleon, hard working, concerned about others


So, does that sum me up?

Scotch Whisky

I went to the liquor store this evening to buy myself a whisky treat. i decided to try something new, instead of going with my old standby's Drambuie or Makers Mark. I picked Bowmore. I chose it because it was made on Islay. Which is close to Jura.
Heres what Wikipedia has to say about Islay
Islay (pronounced [ˈaɪlə]; in Gaelic Ìle [ˈiːʎə] or ee-lya) is a Scottish island, known as 'The Queen of the Hebrides,' is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides. It lies in Argyll just to the west of Jura and around 25 miles north of the Irish coast. On a clear day the Northern Irish coast can be seen clearly. The island's capital is Bowmore, famous for its distillery and distinctive round Kilarrow Parish Church. Port Ellen is the second largest settlement.
Islay has just over three thousand inhabitants. It has a total area of just over 600 square kilometres. Its main industries are malt whisky distilling, and tourism largely based on whisky and birdwatching.

I bought the Bowmore because the Oban whisky was too expensive, and they didn't have any Jura whisky. I was feeling kind of lonely, and a little homesick for Scotland. Jura is where my grandma grew up, and her sister (my second aunt?) lives in Oban. I want to go back to Scotland. I miss my family there. and I want to spend more time on Jura.

heres what Wikipedia says about Jura
Jura (Scottish Gaelic Diùra) is a Scottish island, in the Inner Hebrides. It lies just to the north of Islay. 'Diùrach' is the Gaelic name for a native of the island. In English this would be spelt 'Jurach'. However, there is no letter 'J' in Scottish Gaelic; "d" takes the sound of "j" when followed by a front vowel (e or i). Jura is designated as a National Scenic Area.
It is of a similar size to Islay, but is much less densely populated with around 160 inhabitants. The main settlement is at Craighouse [Taigh na Creige] on the east coast. The village of Craighouse is home to the island's one distillery, which makes Isle of Jura whisky. The village is also home to the island's only hotel, pub, shop and church.
A small car ferry operates across the Sound of Islay between Port Askaig on Islay and Feolin Ferry on Jura. From Feolin Ferry a single road follows the southern and eastern coastline of the island. To the north of Craighouse the road leads to Lagg, Tarbert, Ardlussa and beyond. A private track runs from the road end to the far north of the island.
The island is dominated by three steep-sided conical mountains on its western side – the Paps of Jura which rise to over 2500 feet (762 m). The west coast of Jura is currently uninhabited but is home to a number of raised beaches.
Past the road end is Barnhill [Cnoc an t-Sabhail], a remote house which was home to the novelist George Orwell, and where he wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Between the northern tip of Jura and the Island of Scarba [Sgarba] lies the Gulf of Corryvreckan [Coire Bhreacain] which boasts a whirlpool that makes passage impossible at certain states of the tide.
The island has a large population of red deer and it is commonly believed that the name Jura was derived from “hjörtr", the Norse word for deer.

what do you do when.....

Your land lord tells you that he forgot to tell you what you were supposed to be paying for utilities over the past 5 months, and you now owe him about $400 in past due utilities.......you don't have any money and are desperately trying to save some to move out and take some time off.......oh yeah and you JUST quit one of your jobs earlier that afternoon. What do you do? you eat an ice cream sandwich, take a bath, and go to bed at 8:30. even though its still light out.


G'nite.

we ROCKED that hizzzouse

The match at Re-bar went off SPLENDIDLY! We hit it. It was awesome. every move we did was better than we had EVER done it at practice. and it was easy! well, it was physically strenuous, but once we were out there verything went so smooth, and went so fast! but it was so awesome. I mean, DAMN we were GOOD! We blew the roof off that joint. Anatomist taped it......I can't wait to watch it!

Wrassling tonight......

Oh boy.....our first match is tonight! Pop Roxxx vs. Westward Ho's at the SSP Pajama jammy jam at the Re-Bar. Yes, i said pajama jammy jam! I have to admit....I'm a wee bit nervous. trying not to get that barfy feeling. but it'll be fine, it'll be fine!

so the photo's turned out all right. But it looks like i sprained my wrist doing the shoot. I guess its bound to happen when you hold a camera for nearly 5 hours, after having not taken pictures for a long long time. So I'm all taped up and have been alternating between the blue gel ice pack and the bag of frozen peas. Oh the irony of injuring myself more severely shooting pictures for wrestling than actually wrestling....... and now I have been rendered fairly useless as a barista. Trying to steam milk and pull shots with one right hand was interesting. so i was forced to take today off, which is a blessing in its way but I hate it when i can't work. and its not like i can catch up on my knitting......no knitting allowed with a bunk wrist.

anyway, here are a few of the headshots that are going to be in the program for the Showbox show

Beer Barians

Throttle Rockets

Westward Ho's

Tsunami Sisters

Pop Roxxx

New Male Order Vixens


I <3 Ilford XP2

pindown girls photo shoot

I did the photo shoot for Pindowngirls today. It was fun, somewhat stressful, I'm glad its over, and I"m crossing my fingers that someting on the 9 and 1/2 rolls of film I shot will come out. I shot digital back up though, just in case. Here are some highlights:

Pop Roxxx

Pop Roxxx vs. Beer Barians

The Beer Barians

Las Diablitas

Westward Ho's

The Tsunami Sisters


check out the Pop Roxxx myspace profile for more new pics......and if you haven't already, add us!

babies EVERYWHERE!

Yesterday anatomist and I drove down to Portland for Raven's baby shower. So many babies and pregnant ladies! it was lots of fun. I got to fondle some pregnant bellies. My friends are so beautiful and it was so nice of them to let me continually molest their bellies. i just can't keep my hands off those baby bellies!

here's me lovin' on Amy's belly (she's got even better pics of me molesting her belly)


and lovin' on Raven



(pictures from anatomist's flikr)

The Charlatans

I LOVE this band, and have for a long long time. I heard they were playing here, and kind of didn't believe it. because for one, they must suck by now, and i didn't want to ruin the illusion and be disappointed. Also I just couldn't go because we had wrestling practice and I have to work at 7 am. But then therese called and said she was cancelling practice and going to the Showbox. I said I was desperately jealous, because I <3 <3 <3 the Charlatans. So then I texted Ajit, and asked him if he was going. he didn't even know they were playing! so together we decided we must go. In the end, I saw the Charlatans. and it was good. oh, so very very good!

more miming

this is funny miming, it reminds me of signing to songs for ASL class.....Thanks Andie!
and funny things about plate spinning, according to a source that will remain unnamed, there are training plates. they're light and have ridges to keep them on the stick. that's pretty lame.

mimes vs. plate spinners

Anatomist and I had a heated discussion this evening about which sucks more: mimes or plate spinners. She's voting for plate spinners as "the bottome of the totem pole." Personally, i think mimes are worse. they're just creepier and more annoying....and miming looks easy. it may not be as easy as it looks, but it looks stupid anyway, so who cares? But plate spinning.....that looks hard. So therefore, i stand behind my belief that plate spinning takes more skill and mimes just suck. but I want to know what everyone else thinks! vote for who sucks more......mimes, or plate spinners?

good times

This weekend was spent having grand ol' times at Evilcat's place. We hung out, drank beers, talked 'bout wrasslin', watched a bit of wrasslin', did a bit of wrasslin'.
going over there is like a field trip for Rosie. Theres a big grassy yard to roll in, and people to play with!







Wheel chair beer runs have rules: no getting out of the chair!

the prize goes to:

I'll spare y'all the visuals. But I printed the most disturbing roll of film I have ever printed. I think that is saying a lot, considering the time I have spent in the mini lab industry. I printed a roll of film that was almost entirely of one dudes nutsack. There were a few normal pics interspersed among the nutsacks. You know, "standing in the garden." or "Sitting in the easy chair." I thought that maybe it was a before and after of nutsack implants or something. It was very disturbing and confusing. Then I thought maybe this guy had just never taken a mirror to check out that region. After I packaged up the order, (double prints + CD), I took it to my boss and coworker, slapped it on the counter and said "I deserve a bonus for printing this". Turns out it was a "legal issue", it was an "injury". They asked if he was missing anything, I said it was more like an extra something at one point. I am permanently traumatized.

I'm trashtastic

hickeys are so trashy.



Check out this Evolution of Dance video that Pulpshopgirl sent me! This guy is my hero. You have to watch the entire 6 minutes, it's SO worth it.

it's working

well the remote training collar seems to be doing its job. We went on a very long walk yesterday down to Greenlake and back. Rosie was a very good loose leash walker. once we got to the lake there were lots of kids and dogs and people on rolelrbladdes and skateboards. But she was so SO good! She stayed with me, paid attention, and walked right by other dogs, kids and people without any lunging. On our way back from the lake we even walked right past a very small dog that headed towards her first, and i did have to turn the collar up a bit for that one, but she made it right past the wee dog without any chomping or anything! It was AMAZING.
i had a really great wrestling practice this evening! my first one in the ring. we worked out some good stuff. Tom showed us some good moves, one that is totally awesome involves some hip flippin'. It's awesome that our manager wrestled in high school! Churpa gets to toss me around a lot. It's pretty fun. I sure go flying! and I get to DDT her, so I'm happy.

not so bad after all

Last night after a little bit of liquid courage I got around to trying out the shock collar on myself, and on some friends! Thanks y'all, that was a good time! I feel much much better now about putting it on Rosie. It's not so bad after all! it feels weird, not exactly pleasant, but it doesn't HURT. I see why she would jump and why she would respond. She's been much better behaved even without the collar on today. It's so so SO exciting. I am looking forward to working with her a whole lot more! When I got back home today our new "Remote Training" collar and transmitter were waiting for us. I plugged 'em in to charge, and I've been reading all the little booklets. I probably won't stop talking about this for a long long time. Like I don't already just post about my dog.......now hopefully it will be better news! I am just so excited about the possibilities! and so relieved that this may be the solution to her behavior problems!
This was a great weekend. not just because of the Rosie miracle. I had a great time in Eugene! It was crazy busy and hectic, but an all around fabulous time!

the hardest thing ever

I'm down in Eugene, and got to meet R!'s uncle, the DogTrainer. I'm borrowing a shock collar from Andie's dad, and we're working on some discipline. Rosie is "Learning to be a citizen." It's working. I have to admit the results were pretty instantaneous; coming when called, even with other dogs around and walking with me off leash right past other dogs. It's phenomenal. but shocking her is the hardest thing i've ever done. little jumps and little yelps are like sharp knives in my heart. this is so so hard. i had to cover my eyes only once, and i've only cried a little bit. i"m trying to reassure myself that having her maul another dog or get mauled by one, or even worse, get ahold of a child, would be a whole whole lot worse.

my dog ate my money

at least it was only $1 but she chewed up my bootiful wallet handmade by Deer Pee

so many things, and so many links to them

Big D and I had a pic-nic at the beach today. we took Rosie, so we didn't go on the actual beach. Rosie barked at everything, other dogs, scuba divers, old ladies, and especially birds. I liked watching the sailboats. though sometimes i got really scared 'cause they SO looked like they were going to tip over.



I posted my pinhole picture on the pinhole day website. it's of rosie and my yard flamingos. they're blurs of pretty color.



also, i set up a myspace page for our wrestling team. be our friends!

if you haven't already seen/heard/read Stephen Colbert's little roast at the white house press corps dinner, i strongly recommend it. check here or here. (thanks to anatomist for the links)

one other thing that REALLY pissed me off this evening, the most obnoxious commercial about HPV. check out tell-someone.hpv.com. HPV causes cervical cancer? who'da thunk it? so get pap tests. yeah......but don't mention ANYTHING about vaccines for HPV that are still unavailable due to opposition mostly from the religious right. 'cause if we ain't gonna get cancer from sex we might just go and have it more. check out this article, Virginity or Death. It's a good one......

here's some interesting websites about more upsetting stuff: Energy Bulletin - Peak Oil: Life after the Oil Crash - The Oil Drum : Discussions about Energy - DIE OFF good stuff there.

on a completely different note, DAMN! LOST was INTENSE! that was a twist I didn't see coming!

homesick

today was my day off....I made a deal with myself that I would schedule at least one day off a week. It wasn't easy, but I managed it this week. so I slept in, and got up around 10 to let Rosie out. i opened the door to a gorgeous sunny day. So i put on a bikini, and lay out on my porch for about 4 hours. i just lounged and read and soaked up some rays. I didn't get ANYTHING actually "done" today. I had planned on laundry and cleaning and working on "stuff". but doing nothing was so fabulous. It was like my own mini sunny vacation. After the sun moved on a ways and my porch was getting too shady I decided to take rosie on a walk through carkeek park to the beach. I had been thinking about the ocean and about the Oregon coast. I miss it. So i thought I should go to the beach here, since, hell, its within walking distance! The forest in carkeek park reminded me of the forest near my parents house in Eugene, and how much I loved growing up in those woods. when we got to the water I was reminded by many signs that dogs are not allowed on beaches in seattle, subject to $500 fines. I had forgotten that, and I was so disappointed. No walking on the sand for Rosie and I. I sat on a bench and watched the windsurfers for a bit before heading back. I realized I'm quite homesick, and I miss Oregon.