It's a Crazy World We Live In....

....especially when you live in Downtown Dallas.

So last Sunday when I was taking Sylvester outside to do his 'bidness' I was across the street at a big patch of grass. While I was outside waiting for him to finish, I heard some whistling. So ignored it, like I usually do...but it wouldn't stop. So I start looking around for who was whistling and couldn't find anyone. Well, Thank God I had my sunglasses on because there is a parking garage across the street from the grass. I happen to look up towards the garage without moving my head and I saw.......a NAKED MAN.

That's right, NAKED. Well, I guess not completely naked. He had a blue and white tank top on that he had pulled up to his chin. With his other hand, he was holding on to his junk. Since he didn't see that I saw, he kept his stuff covered. Then a big group of people came by and he disappeared.

Fast forward to tonight....

So I get home after having a drink with two of my coworkers and I take Sylvester out again to the patch of grass. I am on the phone with Julie chatting when all of a sudden I look towards the garage and I see my favorite NAKED MAN. Except this time, he left the shirt at home and was completely naked. Well, I guess he was wearing shoes and a ball cap but there was a lot skin to be seen.

So I ask Julie to send me the non emergency number to the Police. When I am about to call, two women walk up to me and start petting my dog. So I dial, the number doesn't work and the women are going gaga over the dog with the crazy naked man behind them in the parking garage. I, of course, want to protect their diginity and tell them in a calm voice that their is a naked man behind them trying to show his junk, so don't turn around. At that time, I call 911. While I am on the phone, my buddy figures out what I am doing and disappears into the garage again.

At this point the ladies are 'safe' and they leave. I call Julie to give her an update when I see a cop across the street in front of my apartment complex. So I grab the dog and run over to the cop. I start talking to the cop and telling him about my NM situation. He tells me, "Well, I would go look for him but someone in this apartment complex tried to commit suicide, so I guess I need to stay here. I mean she is alright but I need to stay here." So my new cop friend calls 4 of his bike cop friends over. They get my story and investigate the parking garage. All while my original cop friends and I watch as the girl who ate too many pills is being taken away in an ambulance.

So yeah, that was my night when I got home today. Naked Guy and crazy girl all in 20 minutes. Needless to say, I guess I will be investing in some Mace to either spray at NM or in my own eyes so I don't have to see his junk.

INVEST!!!!

Have you ever wanted to invest in a bar/restaurant and didn’t really have enough money to be considered? Well, now is your chance…if you want. Ben and Zymology are in some dire need of investors and since I don’t have a big wad of cash to give him, I figured I could form my own investment group…as in we all chip in any amount of money to the group and we will invest from there. Then once it comes time to actually earn some money back we can divvy up our earnings amongst the group by how much you invested.

I really don’t know if this will work but I figured it was worth a shot. If you are interested or know anyone else who is interested, let me know.

Also, if you are big money bags and want to be your own investor, I can contact Ben and have him send the actual business plan rather than my email. 

I also hear investments are a good Tax write off for next year….

On a more serious note, I appreciate everyone’s support of Zymology over these past couple of weeks. I am hoping that he will come up with the funds that he needs to keep open…at least until the summer months where he has a fighting chance. Please do not feel obligated to give any money if you can’t, I just figured I would try my hardest to help him out.

Thanks again!

Happenings...

Ok so I figure I should let you in on some updates....

First, remember when I posted that Mary Beth and I were going to work our butts off before Darrah's wedding? Ha! Didn't happen. We did really well for a couple of weeks and then the holidays came, and then the awesome food and vacation punched our Work Out dreams in the face. We did talk about working out, we just never did it.

Then of course there was the article I read about how you can change your life in 30 days. I was gung ho to do sit ups, push ups, paint my nails and wash my face. What I learned...I hate painting my nails. It was a waste of time. I would pick at the paint all day long and curse my nails. Nail painting...lasted one week. I figured I would be awesome with the sit ups, push ups and face washing...but after trying to do drunk push ups at 2 AM quite a few times. I gave up. I lasted two weeks. So, I never changed my life because I didn't give it time.

Now we come to the Lent contract. Mary Beth and I gave up candy, fast food and fried food (all with loop holes mind you) and shockingly enough....We did it! We went the entire 40 days without any of the things we gave up. So you can rest assured the first thing I ate Easter morning was some chocolate my mom brought. Then it was off to brunch where I had some fried food. Then to celebrate, Mary Beth and I went to lunch today and celebrated with more fried food. So yay for us, we finally stuck to something. :)

Best Moment of Today: You would think my best moment of today would have been Mary Beth and I's awesome lunch or pint night at Ben's...but it wasn't. It happened at work. On one of the rare moments that I didn't have my headphones in, I picked up on a conversation next to me. My coworkers were talking about something and somehow it came up that a psuedo invoice was needed. Except I didn't hear psuedo.....I heard PAH SWADE O. Oh yes! It was great....if that wasn't funny enough, when my other coworker corrected the girl for her incorrect pronunciation, she said "Well, it is Spanish so...." Really? Is it because it ends in O? Now I know I haven't been in a Spanish class in a while, but I am pretty sure Pah Swade O wasn't a word I learned. I guess I will have to ask V.

Sylvester: He is pretty much the devil. A cute devil, but the devil nonetheless. His favorite game is to bite your toes as you walk or make the most pitiful whimper while you sleep. Good times. He is lucky he is cute. I just wish his needle teeth weren't so sharp.

Up and coming: Since Mary Beth and I can't be motivated on our own to work out, we have decided to join a boot camp. So starting in May we will be waking up super early and working out at 5:30 AM. So if you live near Victory Park, I apologize beforehand for the high pitched bawling, uncontrolable cussing and neverending complaining you will hear so early in morning. Wish us good luck. We will be torturing ourselves for an entire month, 3 times a week.....at 5:30 AM. Ugh, what have I done....

Meet Sylvester!!!

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Up All Night at Zymology!!!

Wanna help me and Ben out? Do us a little favor? Then read on...

Apparently CW33 is coming to Zymology to film their segment Up All Night. Here is a link to the segment:

http://www.the33tv.com/pages/up_all_night

Here is where my favor comes in, we need to make Ben's place look like the new happening spot in Dallas, so if you could invite all of your friends for some fun at Zymology between 8-10 tomorrow I would really appreciate it. Apparently they will film for those two hours and then have it air on TV sometime. Let me know if you can help out...

In summary:

Event: Party for 'Up All Night'
Where: Zymology
2010A Greenville Ave.
When: Tomorrow, Thursday March 19, 2009
Time: 8 PM - 10 PM

www.zymologydallas.com

Bring whomever you know and get ready for a good time! Let me know if you think you can make it! I will definitley be there....don't forget the cameras will be rolling so look hot stylin' and profilin!

Plus it will be great weather to hang out on his awesome ROOF DECK!!!!

Thanks everyone!

St. Patty's Celebration

Well my favorite Dallas celebration has come and gone and I once again have survived. On Saturday, it was the St. Patty's Celebration Parade on Greenville Ave. If you have never been to the parade, you are missing out. They block off the street and everyone comes out with their coolers and crazy attitudes and parties till they drop.

This year started with my 9 AM champage and cranberry. Yum! Ben and I relaxed a little before some of the boys from Ft. Worth came in. Once they got to our apartment, I 'made' breakfast, served beers and waited for more people. Once everyone arrived and I had drank through the entire bottle of champagne, we walked downstairs to CVS to get our official parade gear. I bought shamrock glasses and a shamrock headband, Whitey got his own shamrock glasses and shot glass for his neck while others got snacks and other green gear.

After CVS we walked over to the train and took the ride to Lover's Lane where all the fun begins. This is when we cracked open the coolers and started the drinking. I started the day off with Dave Stach's famous Disco Lemonade and other went for the beers. On the way to the parade, we ran into a little tent that proclaimed that it was a makeshift port o potty. While looking at it in disgust and of course taking many pictures, I ran into Julie from work and her friend and guess what they were looking for? That's right...a bathroom. Had I not been there I would not have believed it, but her friend went into the 3 ft high tent and peed into a bucket. Yep, we even got in on tape.

After the bathroom incident, the group really just decided to focus on drinks. We had beer, we had jello shots, we had maragaritas and more disco lemonade...all while watching the floats come by and try and catch the stupid plastic beads. So after consuming almost all of our drinks in 2 hours, we decided to take an extremely long walk.

We walked probably about 5 miles all the way down to Zymology. Unfortunately for me and not the many cameras around, this is when the 'night' gets fuzzy for me. Here I decided to consume some Ace Pear, Miller Light and split a bottle of Chardonnay with Whitey. Oh dear goodness, Ben should have stopped me. I think Mary Beth also bought me a pizza. Thanks! I am sure it was really amazing as they always are too. Zymology was the best part of the day. I got to hang out with Daryl, MB, Clap, Nick, Mike and Kristen and all the Ft Worth boys...drink more alcohol and even hang out with Ben for a bit.

Then everyone started to leave and somehow Ben got me a ride back to the apartment (which I am not really sure why...I must have been on my best behavior). I had every intention of making it back out for the fun, but I guess my couch wanted to tell me a secret. So I put my ear down on it and the next thing I know....I was waking up at 2:30 AM. I missed the rest of the fun that was being had. :( So although I survived the celebration, I am pretty sure it won.

Stephanie: 0
After Parade Celebration: 1

So next year if you want to hang out again, I promise I will make it past 5 o clock. Next year, 6 o clock!

Dominican Republic

We finally got back from our Vacation/Attendance of Darrah and Jared's Wedding in the Dominican Republic. We had a great time with tons of fun in the sun, ocean, casino and variety of bars our resort offered. Rather than bore you with details and a day by day account of our trip, I will give you the highlights:

* Dominican Republic, The Country: As we traveled the extremely torn up and bumpy roads on our way to the resort, we could tell this wasn't the safest and cleanest of countries. Although the countryside was beautiful and the people extremely friendly, we didn't feel comfortable leaving the resort and experiencing the country on our own.

* Magestic Elegance, Our Resort: At first glance, the resort was absolutely beautiful. The lobby was huge and open to the elements and you could smell the ocean air. The pools were nice on first glance. The room was great. We had a huge king bed, marble floor, shower with 4 different spouts shooting water at you and a jacuzzi in our room. Once you have stayed for more than an hour, you start noticing the smaller things. Tile was missing in the pools, tile was missing in the shower, you could see the ceiling and wire from our vent and all around shoddy construction. The craziest thing about it is the fact the place just opened 5 months ago. Oh well, the bed was comfortable and we could shower in crazy tornado of water. Overall, I like it. :)

*Buffets, Steakhouses and Snack Bar, The Food: Apparently the Dominicans have not been introduced to spice, flavor and all around taste at the resort. The food was not very good. Although when it was late into the night and I had visited a few bars around the resort, I could have sworn I found the best hot dog on earth. The next day though it didn't taste as good when I went back. I can say that the food we had at the Hibachi Restaurant and Wedding Reception was very good. Oh and the omelettes you could make yourself were fantastic. Let's just say, I didn't starve for the 6 days I was there.

*Pedro, Norman and Manuel, The Bartenders: These guys made the trip. They served great drinks, had even greater personalities and pretty much ensured that we had a wonderful time the entire time on the resort. My only advice to anyone who does go the D.R. is stay away from the Toucan drinks and definitely try a shot of Mama Juana. Yum!

*A Trip Around D.R. with a CRAZY Tour Guide, The Excursion: Ben and I decided to take a truck safari around our part of the island and check out what the Dominican Republic was all about. Little did we know that we would be stuck for 9 hours with one of the craziest, maybe partially retarded tour guides in the country. He made the weirdest noises (that means a lot coming from me) and the craziest gestures and was pretty much fascinated with bathroom jokes. He also lacked the idea of personal space has he tried to shove a sprig of Oregano up Ben and my nostrils.

Needless to say, I was scared of him....anyway, on the excursion we visited a sugar 'plantation.' This consisted of pulling off the road, the driver hopping out and cutting down some sugar cane from the side of the road. Crazy Tour Guide gave us a 30 second lesson on sugar cane and then we ate some. Nice plantation.

Then it was off to the cigar museum where we learned about cigars for 15 minutes and then shopped for 30.

Then they took us on the most uncomfortable ride up the mountain to a typical Dominican house where we tried all kinds of fresh fruit, freshly ground cocoa that tasted like ground and had oregano shoved up our noses. On the way out, we saw a crazy snake man, took pictures and then went on to the Ranch where we would have lunch. At the Ranch we found that 'typical' Dominicans discovered flavor and spice. We ate a lot and then hopped onto some horses for our horse backriding adventure through the countryside. My horse decided to play bumper horses and tried to crush my leg between it's body and any other horse it decided it didn't like. Ben's horse on the other hand was racing some imaginary race and wanted to be the leader of the pack, even if that meant trying to throw Ben over the fence. After the horseback riding we saw some crocodiles, iguanas and even a mini cockfight (I walked away in protest...Ben took pictures >:o.....)

Then it was off to the beach for a 30 minute dip, which was much needed after the dust, horses and bumpy rides. After all of that, we finally made it back. Final conclusion, would go again.

*The Reason We Went, The Wedding: Darrah and Jared got married on the beach. The location was beautiful, the weather was beautiful and of course the couple was gorgeous. Everything was wonderful except all of the half naked people walking the beach stopping to watch or just walking behind all the picture perfect moments. It was quite distracting. It didn't take too much away from the ceremony, though. Then the reception had great food, great drinks and great conversations. She threw the bouquet and apparently it landed right in front of my feet while I was distracted...so she threw it again and her new cousin caught it. Whew! They had their first dance at the outside jazz bar and all of the dances there as well. It was a great time. Congratulations, Darrah and Jared and thanks for letting us be a part of it!

So that is pretty much it...if you see me about I might bore you with over 400 pictures Ben and I took of the trip. So this is your warning to stay clear of me!