As some of you have heard, I’m getting ready to embark on my first EVER Business Trip!

I’m so excited, I can’t see straight! :) I will be flying out to Atlanta, GA on the 11th of July and will be there for two days, returning on the 13th. Yeah, its short…but its a mini adventure, and I badly need one.

I will spend my “downtime” hold up in my hotel, basking in the glory of air conditioing and….cable t.v. A girl has to get a litle R&R with her remote control from time to time ;) Maybe I will order in, maybe go out…we will just have to see.

Anyway. I’m planning my wardrobe, and taking the opportunity/chance to pickup a new thing or two.

If I were not FRUSTRATED as HELL.

WHY is it that the clothes for us NON Twiggy types are so…odd? What overweight/plump/thick woman out there that is reading this wants LOW CUT pants or jeans? Am I the only one that LOVES my favorite jeans because they help keep my shape…in a decent…shape? You all know what I mean. Blergh.

DO NOT EVEN GET ME STARTED on the SWIMSUIT shopping I had to do yesterday. I figured that since I have had the same f’n suit since Haley was TWO…it was high time I got a new one. *flails* Talk about kicking my already clinically depressed ass into further oblivion. I literally left the Mall in tears.

*sigh*

A somber reminder to all parents. Summer is full of friends, sun and play….but please…be safe, know where your kids are at all times.

Three Boys Found….

Well….to Arcata, CA anyway…

I know, I know. I’ve been saying for a MONTH that I was going to post this and the corresponding pictures. Bad Kari, no biscuits. Well…no biscuits maybe, but perhaps some pudding? I dunno.

Anyway.

Here it is, to the best of my recollection. (more…)

Just got this in an email. I’m glad that I work in an environment where diversity is embraced and respected. Not only for those of a homosexual lifestyle, but people of all types, colors, sizes…

Its a good thing.

“In celebration of PRIDE month IPG will be hosting Judy Shepard at seven IPG sites during the months of June and July.

Judy has spoken to audiences nationwide about what they can do to make the world a better place for all people. Her motivation for this work is her son Matthew. In October 1998, Matthew Shepard was murdered at the age of 21, a victim of anti-gay hate. Instead of keeping silent Judy is determined to use her grief over her son to make a difference. We hope Judy’s message will educate HP employees on the homophobia, racism, bigotry and hate that threaten our very being.”

Sometimes Lyrics are all I can muster….

The Case of the Missing Compact.

Ya know, I am very aware I work in a large building. A set of buildings really, so large that we have our own zip code. I know that “People Bug”. I know that.

However, this does not stop me from being annoyed that some weirdo stole something off of my desk. Granted, my cube is along the main atery hallway, but still?

The item they stole had absolutely NO value. It was an OLD, Maroon CoverGirl compact. One that at one time, contained foundation makeup. It was so old that there wasn’t any makeup left in it, or anything resembling the foundation it once held. I had that compact for probably 6 years. I kept it because it had a nice big mirror, and every girl needs a mirror handy. Its lived on the — farthest from the entrance to my cube — part of my desk for probably two months now. Its allergy season here, and my eyes bother me alot, so its handy to have if my contacts are going whacky or what-not.

I was actually at my desk for two hours this morning before I even noticed it was gone. I came in, and noted that my chair had been shoved out of place, and found that a bit bizarre. But, it wasn’t until I was doing my monthly dust and crap removal that I noted the disappearance of the compact.

Why they didnt take the $20 Sony Headphones that were right next to it, or the Bath and Body Cucumber Melon lotion…I will never know. Atleast the lotion tube had something left IN it.

*sigh*

Now I have to go find a new compact…I LIKED that one.

Merd.

I have no words to express the sadness I feel.

How anyone could find that JOKE of a “Man” innocent…I will never understand.

May he forever wander this earth, burdened with such weighted guilt and shame, that he begs and pleads his time to come. May his afterlife be the justly served punishment that the pathetic people of Santa Barbara could not see fit to bestow him.

I do not have, and will never have, nor can I be be convinced or forced to have, any sympathy for ANYONE who abuses, takes advantage of or has wrongful thoughts of a Child.

Period.

Who the HELL names their kid after a Gooey French CHEESE??

I guess SOMEONE did.

First a city in France, occaisonally a River maybe a kind of bubbley (Champagne)…but a CHEESE?

OYE.