Monday, February 26, 2007

"Are you calling me Fat" Tuesday!

Not long after mardi gras of 2005, I ordered a bunch of stuff from that oriental trading company with hopes of throwing a little shindig last year for it. Well, february came and went and i never busted into the large cardboard box taking up space in the closet. This year, i did not plan on letting it sit there to collect dust for another year. My dad texted me that morning asking what i was doing, and i replied "buying groceries and booze for our mardi gras party!" He was like, "geez, you guys have a party for everything! When is your anna nicole smith party?" Every night dad, every night.

Here are some captures from saturday night... there were authentic hurricane drinks, naked men doing a Full Monty reenactment with the party hats (i just might email those to you if you ask REALLY nicely), wheelchair antics and of course, drunk hot-tubbing.



Thursday, February 22, 2007

Best birthday card ever


Best birthday card ever, originally uploaded by cena76.

I don't think I ever showed this to you mom, but I wanted you to see what my friend Orin gave me for my birthday (in addition to a tasty piece of cake)

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Imperial Toy Company


My Valentines Day gift to Zieak this year involved gumballs. Many many gumballs. 365 to be exact. I knew I was not going to be able to purchase that amount here in Petersburg, but at the drugstore we had these little starter packages. There was only one left, but I figured it would help get me started. Especially because on the back it said "serving size: 1 piece. servings per container: about 125." I would already have a third of what I needed! I should also add the "gumballs made in canada. packaging made in china. assembled in mexico." I wasn't too sure about the accuracy though, it just did not seem like over 100 gumballs could fit in that little plastic dome. Sure enough, after opening the package and counting them out, I discovered that there were only 68 gumballs. Liars! Some translation somewhere between the 3 countries it took to make this got messed up. I looked them up on the internet, and emailed my disappointment over the false advertising. Sure, it was only $2.39, but it could have been $2.39 spent by an excited child expecting 125 gumballs to fill their machine they got for christmas. I was impressed by the quick response from an employee of Imperial Toy Co, who apologized for the mistake on their part and asked for my address so that she could send me some replacements. When the package finally arrived, it looked exactly the same except for the corrected information, this time stating "serving size: 2 pieces. servings per container: about 28." They also said "gumballs made in USA and packaging made in china." Poor canada and mexico - I hope I didn't lose them too much in labor costs.