Happy Festivus Everyone!

As an Agnostic person I do not celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. However this is the first year I decided to celebrate the ever-hated-by-christians-everywhere Commercialized x-mas - and only because I have two little boys who should have experiences that include a christmas tree and eggnog and Santa Clause (or Santa Closet if you ask Nathaniel) and stockings and presents and everything else.

When I was growing up my father, also Agnostic, and I never celebrated Christmas. Although we made a huge ordeal of New Years and Birthdays and Independence day. We always had fireworks for every huge holiday and just an average weekend too.

Anyway, I wasn't going to celebrate x-mas with my children in order to sort of carry on the tradition or lack thereof we had in my house. However, my new boyfriend (which I guess he's not really new anymore - 7 months now) grew up in a Christian household thought that this was completely absurd! So I agreed that we could put up stockings and exchange small gifts. Apparently this was not good enough for the twit because two weeks ago he came to the house donning a 5 foot tall x-mas tree on his back and ornaments in his hand.

Hence the new tradition of x-mas in the house.

I just can't wait to blow up some fireworks on New Years!! Heh Heh Heh.

It's Finally Cold enough to build a fire in the fireplace.

I really like this one. Fire is so mysterious to me and yet so inviting.


December's Fire (behind the screen, where it's nice and safe)


December's Embers. Hm... cute title. 

Hey, Let's bulldoze that 10,000 year old Appalachian Mountain so we can make our town bigger?

WHAT THE CRAP ARE YOU PEOPLE SAYING????


Here's the article: (Stupid assholes!)

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Appalachian Town Looks to Flatten Mountain
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The towering mountains that frame this Appalachian town have been a hindrance to growth, forcing homes and businesses to crowd together side by side on precious little flat land.

That could change under a plan by Pikeville leaders who recruited a coal company to flatten two mountaintops to make room for the town of about 6,300 to expand.

Appalachian towns like Pikeville that have exhausted all useable land have no choice but to look to the mountaintops, City Manager Donovan Blackburn said.

"If you look at the amount of land that is developable right now, there is virtually none," Blackburn said. "This will be a tremendous benefit."

In mountaintop-removal coal mining, hilltops are blasted away to uncover coal seams, and the leftover rock and dirt are dumped into adjacent valleys, burying streams. Environmentalists say the process destroys wildlife habitat and contaminates water. (yep, one small blurb about destroying wildlife and screwing up natural water supply - someone please try to convince me that this is not a Conservative decision - damnit)

Pikeville wouldn't be the first Kentucky town to look to mined land for expansion. Cities throughout the mountain region have used the reclaimed properties for everything from industrial parks to airports.

In nearby Hazard, housing developments, car lots and even a hospital have sprouted up on such property. The Federal Bureau of Prisons built a high-security penitentiary on a former mountaintop removal site outside Inez. And Prestonsburg has a golf course on mined land. (are you kidding me, they did this for a pissing golf course, WTF??)

Ordinarily, coal companies are required under federal law to restore mountains to the original contour, said Tom FitzGerald, head of Kentucky Resources Council. But an exception in the law allows mining companies to leave the land flat when that better serves post-mining purposes.

Mike de Bourbon, an attorney who heads the local airport's governing board, said the board reached a deal with Central Appalachia Mining of Pikeville to mine in the city's southern outskirts. The airport board owns the surface land, but not the coal beneath it.

The deal would create about 800 acres of flat land suitable for various types of development. Mining has already begun on that project, which will net the airport as much as $4 million in royalties, de Bourbon said.

Donovan said Pikeville officials also have tentatively agreed on a deal with the company to mine a portion of land on the city's west side to flatten land for baseball and soccer fields.

Jim Slater, president of Central Appalachia Mining, did not return a call seeking comment.

Donovan said the projects are not intended to be moneymakers for local government even though they involve the sale of coal.

"There will be some money generated on the royalties, but that money will go back into the projects," he said.

Undeveloped flat land is rare in many Appalachian towns. Donovan said creating flat land is imperative for Pikeville to continue growing.

"Only 16 to 17 percent of our property is flat and can be developed," he said. "When you have a project like this, it gives us an advantage."

Who are these Beautiful Women & what did you do with the Kings Of Hell??

It's Friday Night, Fish and Sarge's band, the Kings of Hell, are playin at the Atlantic Theatres. Of course we're going! Band doesn't start til 11, so we'll get some libations while we wait next door at Po' Boys.
Drinkin,
drinkin,
& more drinkin!

11 o'clock finally rolls around. We head next door to pay the door fee and go inside. At the ticket window the sign reads SOLD OUT.

Sold Out? What the $&*@? The Kings of Hell are a great band but Sold Out? C'mon Now. That's going a bit far.

I call Fish. Explain to him the predicament we've been put in, he comes out of the theatre and says in his sexy Johnny Cash voice "Follow Me". We do so, walking all the way around to the back of the theatre and go in the back door. Which puts us right next to the stage. HELL YEAH!

This is where we wait, all of the Theatre seats are taken by paying customers, so we wait next to the stage. It's cool, a better view anyway. And free beer.

Instead of the band setting up, it being 11:08 an' all, there are tiny but beautiful model girls walking around in underwear with big eighties hair and high heels with christmas-colored leggings.

There's a sleep wear fashion show for 8103 a new clothing store on the island. Now I know why it was sold out (enter lightbulb - ding!)

These girls were beautiful! I was so jealous, not really jealous. But GODDAMN I started dwelling on when I looked like that - 10 years and two children ago. I miss that body.

Enter the diet and exercise program.

For some people it takes simply a big christmas meal for them to encroach upon the resolution of weight loss.

For others it takes a quick glance in a strategically placed mirror under poor lighting.

Apparently for me it takes my boyfriend understandably drooling over 25 of the hottest under-20 year olds in the Jacksonville area.

Yep! That did it.

Work is...

CRAP!! I dont wanna work anymore!!

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@ WAAAHHN!!!

Anyway, I guess it's not so bad.

My boss is alright, his wifee works a couple days here an' there to keep the books and brings their lil' bloke in when she does. He's barely a year, reminds me of Nate - it does. Lil' Punk!

He's cute but he's into everything! Can't get no work done whilst he's here, but I guess they spect me to watch after him while she's doin the books.

I'll be gettin the marketing position done in January. That'll be a good swap, being I'll get more loot an' all.

Right, then. Cheers.

Hullo?

I know, it's been forever, I'm sorry. I've slowed down for a moment and decided to update the blog.....


WTF did I do??

All my pers info is down on the bottom when it should be right here -------------------->>>

Not sure what I did, but I'll figure it out when I've got time...

UPDATES on my life:
** The boyfriend and I have gotten serious -- I know: talk about DEATH!! It's good I like it.
** Christmas is coming up - 10 days and the boys are EXCITED!! This is the first christmas we've ever celebrated, ever. I'm excited too, I've never had a christmas tree and presents and stockings! YAY!! It's all because of the Boyfriend - he talked me into all of it!! I'm so happy to be starting traditions with him.
**Little brother will be graduating high school in the spring. My baby brother - AW - I want to cry!

More to come:

CHEERS!