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Last year, I blogged about the Cocaine energy drink being sold in stores. Well folks, they ain't got nothin on controversy when it comes to I Love Blow, an energy-drink powder packaged in coke-like vials, that comes with a freebie mirror and fake credit card to mimic the process of snorting cocaine.
Check it out at http://iloveblow.com/
How are your Saturday nights different now than they were five years ago?
Five years ago I was 26 with a one year old and a six year old. I had moved from living with a cousin/roommate and rented a place with my Mom. That was the first time I had to "go back home" after having had lived on my own for the prior eight years. Even though we were splitting the rent, it was still living in yo mama's house. Voldemort had just gotten out of jail and since we were still "together" (whatever the fuck that means) I got him a security job at the hospital I worked for at the time. (bad bad move) I was depressed a lot then. I didn't really want to be sober much. The boys were younger and went to bed earlier and my Mom didn't mind watching them so much then. On a Saturday night, I'd go to my bff's house and drink wine , play spades, puff up, listen to music, talk shit and get the munchies. Then I'd grab White Castles or B&B Pizza King on the way back home. I tried to get in no later than 1 a.m. otherwise my Mom would worry and start calling me and all of my friends (like I was 16 and not 26) seriously. But Lucky for me, "Showtime at the Apollo" came on around then and I'd watch it while I fed my face and then knocked out until J crawled into bed with me.
I felt so stuck then. I wish I would've mated up with someone else then...but it wasn't the prime time. And I still had more lessons to learn. Most importantly - that there are Always More lessons to learn.
Anyway, fast forward five years and I Always have the boys on a Saturday night. Usually we've had a full day. Like today, we had a little cousin over, we all went to a birthday party at McDonald's Playland....and an "afterset" at Giordano's. Then we hung out with my Dad who is in from Germany. Jeremiah ate a Lot and well...those are issues for another post. We came home, they're knocked out. I'm drinking wine, puffing up, and listening to "The Play's the Thing" on NPR while I blog.
I don't think "Showtime At the Apollo" comes on anymore but I won't be awake to find out. After satisfying my munchies with YoPlait Yogurt - Digestive Health and a couple of wheat thins, it's lights out for me.
Midnight rendezvous
Cookies Milk and Happy Feet
Off into slumber
Today, December 5th, commemorates the anniversary of the day the United States ratified the Twenty First Amendment which Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and gave Americans the constitutional ability to consume alcohol. Whoo HOO!!!!
To host a traditional Repeal Day Party remember the following:
- Celebrations begin at 9:PM (21st Amendment - 21:00 hours)
- Proper Garb includes stockings with garter belts for the Ladies and Hats (Derby, Fedora, period-style) for the Gents
- Guests are expected to bring and hosts are expected to decorate with Umbrellas (a symbol of the Post Prohibition era with Rain appearing inside the umbrella with the saying "Stay Wet" and a metaphorical representation of the many "wet" days to come)
- The guests first drink should be non-alcoholic in Remembrance of the Dry days of Prohibition
- Every drink gets a Toast (e.g. Here's to the Repeal! Happy Days are Here Again!)
- The Host gives a Midnight Toast to pause and reflect
If you're in Chicago, Room 21 at 2110 S. Wabash will celebrate the repeal of prohibition with live music by 10-piece brass band, "The Prohibition Orchestra of Chicago," while servers will be dressed in period attire (flappers/gangsters). 1920s and 1930s model cars will be parked on South Wabash. Guests will be able to enjoy a special $19.33 Repeal Day Menu created by Executive Chef Fred Ramos, as well as select from a list of Dewar's specialty cocktails. For more info: 312-328-1198
Otherwise, to celebrate, stop by your local bar, tavern, saloon, winery, distillery, or brewhouse and have a drink! Pick up a six-pack on your way home from work. Split a bottle of wine with a loved one. Buy a shot for a stranger. Just do it because you can. It's your Constitutional Right!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the most frequently re-released movie in film history, parodies traditional horror films, playing up all the campy conventions of tense terror and over-sexed screamers. Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick play a lost couple who seek shelter from a storm in a castle housing the Annual Transylvanian Convention. Be forewarned — the film's got quite a cult following, which can be a terror in its own right. They will likely sing along and come in costume — the most appropriate atmosphere for your first or sixteenth viewing.
DON'T FORGET TO BRING PROPS!!!
Playing Friday 10.26 & Saturday 10.27 (midnight) at the Music Box Theatre - 3733 N Southport Ave, 773.871.6607. Tickets are $10
Always a Sell Out so Order Advance tickets at ticketweb
Now....Let's do The Time Warp!!!
Image a crime so hanus that 829,625 people were arrested for it in 2006 alone; far more than rape, murder, assult, and robbery. This crime alone cost tax payers an estimated $10 Billion a year in arrest, prosecution, and jailing.
This criminal wakes up everyday and spends his mornings getting dressed, having breakfast, seeing his kids off to school, and preparing for his everyday job. He spends his days working, be it in an office, on a computer, a laborer, a doctor, and sometimes even a lawyer. This harden criminal then hurries home to see his wife and spend some time with his kids. After spending the evening with his family, this criminal sees his children off to bed.
Now the real law-breaking begins. This criminal now goes to his garage, den, basement or where ever his safe haven happens to be and smokes marijuana. Maybe as a cigarette or in a pipe, this criminal is commiting such a crime that he must be arrested, thrown in jail, and have more tax dollars spent punishing this criminal than any violent crime.
Just to think, some people think that there are several better ways to spend out tax dollars such as on education, roads, violent criminals, and bring jobs back to this country. Not to mention all the money that could be made and put into taxes if this crime was made illegal. Its silly to think that our economy could benefit from from all this black-market money made legal. The nerve of some people...
Then there are some people who use this criminal substance as medicine to help with their pain, sickness, and appetite when they are suffering from cancer, AIDS, or many other disabilities. What kind of person could ever want to use such an evil, naturally grown plant for such selfish purposes. Of course, our federal government must invade these peoples privacy and continue to arrest them for using their evil medicine even in states saying it's okay... I'm so happy knowing my hard-earned tax dollars are going to such good purposes because does everyone so much good knowing that suffering cancer, AIDS, and various other patients are being arrest and thrown in jail for using such a plant.
