*not the most polite of thoughts*
If May is National Masturbation month in America, and married guys actually celebrate it, wouldn't that make him a fucking wanker?
I know I talk about my city a lot but that is because I love it so much! It's a fantastic city with a real community sense about it and it has one of the best school systems around. Everyone else that lives here loves it too! They loved it so much that about 25 years ago they dubbed the first Saturday in May 'We Love Homewood Day'. I don't know the details of it's origin because I've only lived here for 7 years but today it is a huge fund raiser for the Middle and High School band programs. It starts out at 8am with a carnival and arts and crafts thingy at Patriot Park. At 6pm the We Love Homewood Day parade steps off from the library and marches down Oxmoor Road ending in Edgewood. Edgewood is a little neighborhood in Homewood that is as quaint as quaint can be. All of the streets have sidewalks and the homes are quaint cottages (the property values are through the roof in Homewood, especially in Edgewood so house flippers have descended upon the neighborhood and demolished the original homes, replacing them with gargantuous, multi-story homes that are too big for the modest size lots, this is unfortunate but many of the original homes remain). When the parade ends there is a 'dance in the street' in Edgewood for everyone to celebrate the city they love!
Hailey has been involved with We Love Homewood Day since she was in the 7th grade. She was in the H.E.A.T. group in 7th and 8th grade and working the carnival rides was part of the community service that the middle-schoolers in this group do. H.E.A.T. stands for Homewood Exploration Adventurer Team. The group was founded by a member of the Homewood Park and Recreation board specifically for Homewood students in middle school. In return for the community service they provide the group gets to go on various adventures. During Hailey's 2 years in this group she went white water rafting, snorkeling with manatees in Florida and skiing in Gatlinburg, among other things.
Of course, since she's been in High School she has marched in the parade with the High School band (that's one of my pictures by the way). The whole town comes out to watch the parade and always gives the band tremendous support and cheers! When I'm walking along side them, trying to video/photograph as much as I can I see the parents with their little kids, holding them up and pointing and saying "Look! There's the Band!". I can't even describe in words how PROUD it makes me feel that my daughter is a part of this!
So this year, Mother Nature played a dirty trick on us and decided to rain and I mean pour down rain on Saturday morning. The carnival and arts and crafts thingy was cancelled. But, by parade time everything had dried up, the sun was shining and it was absolutely perfect weather for a parade!
So here's my pics and one video that I made:
Notice Hailey telling me (nicely) to go away LOL!
For the many failed efforts of trying to teach me fiscal responsibility.
For the many discussions about my foul language in my blog entries.
For the many nags on how I should keep my feet off the coffee table.
For the many times you prepared breakfast which was only eaten at lunchtime (along with lunch).
For the many times you cleaned out my room, only to find it messy again after two hours.
For the many arguments over Khairy Jamaluddin, of all people.
For the many times you condoned me referring to Papa as JAIS (the religious council)
For the many times you looked away as I lit up a cigarette last week.
Happy Mother's Day for the past quarter of a century (at least for me).
It's a never-ending list, mind you...
The gym seems to be a place to ask for opinions of relevance these days.
Recently at the gym in Menara Axis someone asked me what I thought about the road issue. Now, I may not be the most knowledgeable person when it comes to this issue, but reading through some of the press, here's what I've understood so far.
Basically, a private owned company developed a road under contract with the federal government to build up a tolled road.
Somehow, in the midst of all the negotiations, the deal turned sour and the road has been blocked off to avoid anyone from using it.
Then the public took notice of this road and started using it, thinking that their taxpayer ringgits are actually paying for it's maintenance. The company, which developed the road got pissed and blocked it off for two times in a row.
The federal government, which contracted the road, remains quiet about everything.
Then the company puts up barricades, the people take down the barricades, the company puts up the barricades again, the people get the politicians in the Opposition side involved to take it down again....
And now the police get involved, basically charged with protecting private owned property being infringed by the people who are using it.
That's the story I've gotten so far.
Did I miss out anything?
I'm sorry, but just because the people are pissed because they have to pay RM0.90 to and from home does not justify breaking the law and trespassing on private land, even if the toll has been raised twice.
And for politicians from the Opposition to support breaking the law in such a way, instead of forming a coalition to discuss the issue and negotiate a settlement with Narajaya and Grand Saga, is stupid and unreasonable.
Why hasn't the Selangor state government, which is so sympathetic to the people, simply negotiate the purchase of the road from Grand Saga or Narajaya and make them toll free?
Narajaya, you now have a defendant to sue for trespassing and aiding and abetting to commit trespassing.
That would include the state government as Selangor with Khalid Ibrahim issuing the statement, along with Ronnie Liu and all Selangor state politicians who are involved in the removal of the barricades, including the contractors.
We continually argue that we are a nation of laws and we need to be lawful. This act of trespassing on private property is unlawful. What say all of us now?
Do we sacrifice our laws because it's more convenient to do so?
Happy Mothers Day to all you Mothers. My Mom is coming down this week. So we will celebrate then. Funny thing is we talked on the phone this morning and neither one of us remembered it was Mother's day. lol
She gave me shit because through the years I was always late with Mother's Day and Birthday's.
We missed the worst of the storms. I worried all night about my petunia. It is looking okay.
My BFF took her daughter back to St. Louis to the airport and should be home today. She spent the night with her brother he lives up there somewhere.
Doing my morning blog rounds I was over at Peter’s site (Kalofagas) longingly looking at his Eggs Benedict recipe (by the way, go and check that out you guys…it is seriously killing me I want it so badly), and realized there was a post just below that one that I hadn’t seen! WHAT? He had posted a delicious Chinese Take-out menu, and mentioned that it was part of a round up to be found at Mochachocolatarita’s Website. I am SO glad he posted that, because her website is fantastic! It’s so cool how we bloggers network and find each other through others’ blog posts. I had never seen Mochachocolatarita’s site before. That is a sin right there…her site is awesome. No, more like AWESOME! And Right now she’s hosting an event celebrating her 88th post, called, “Chinese Take-Out Party,” where each entrant submits their take on Chinese take-out.
I think that this might be sheer luck on my part, because I had planned to post this anyway, but to come in just under the wire like this and be able to participate in a fun event? Even better! 
This recipe was something I came up with after having taken out a loin roast, and began wondering what to do with it. The weather has been pretty warm, so regular roast with mashed potatoes didn’t really seem to fit the bill. Avocados are currently at over 11 euros a kilo (that’s like $8-9 a pound), so Tex-Mex was out (you know it’s illegal to eat Tex-Mex without guacamole, don’t you? 
)…what to do? Hmmm. Why not go Asian with it? Yes! That was the answer I was looking for.
For the recipes, please visit: http://canarygirl.com/?p=179
I'm in dire need of a haircut. Or at least a pair of thinning scissors. But of course I hate going to the hairdresser. I hate the whole boring, time wasting experience. And I hate paying a small fortune to get what I didn't want.
Then a friend said to me
Why don't you call Robin?
It seems Robin is a hairdresser who comes to your home. And she's cheap as chips because I don't have to pay for her electricity, her water rates, her superannuation or her stupid magazines. So I can pay her half the amount to get something I don't want in the comfort of my own home.
So she's coming in the morning. And as well as a haircut we're going to discuss a way to blend in my grey roots. Which are coming at an alarming rate. She's even allowed time in case I want a colour.
But then I had a thought. When you go to the hairdresser they put on the colour then leave you and go see to another client. But what does Robin do while my colour is on? Do I have to entertain her, or can I leave her in front of the television while I do other things?
Maybe I should wear my anti-socialite tshirt to make it clear to her how I feel about things. I'm the one on the right.
I'm thinking a fringe. Even though I always regret a fringe. But I'm feeling a strong urge for a thick fringe. And what the hell, it's only hair - it grows back.
Don't worry - I'm under no illusion that what I end up with will at all resemble the picture I have picked out.
