This photo was taken by a worker at one of my favorite Milwaukee hangouts, AJ Bombers.
Don’t open the door unless you want to recreate scenes from Titanic!
Poor Milwaukee. I need my stuffie dog & a hug. :(
July 22, 2010
Ahhhhhhhhh!!!! Take cover!!!
Ohmigawrsh!!!
I found the real dog equivalent to my stuffie dog!
I’m seriously going to apply & try to adopt Sherman. He is too cutest…& Lucy would love a little brother. :)
That’s not the Gulf of Mexico above. Those are ariel shots of the shores of Lake Michigan in my city of Milwaukee, WI. The discoloring? A recent dump of 506 million gallons of partially treated sewage after a summer rain storm.
Yeah. That’s not a typo. That’s HALF A BILLION GALLONS.
To put it in perspective, the oil spill in the Gulf has leaked approximately 300 million gallons of oil since the tragedy occurred 3 months ago.
That’s 300 million over three months.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District polluted our fresh water lake with over one & 1/2 times that in ONE DAY.
In addition, on June 15th, it rained (crazy, I know)….MMSD dumped 23.6 million gallons. On July 7th, another 1.56 million gallons was flushed into our giant toilet….aka Lake Michigan.
Did I mention that the Lake is the source of Milwaukee’s drinking water? Uh huh. Eww.
The stinkiest part of this story is the lack of action by our city’s leaders.
Our beaches are not safe & we treat one of the most unique treasures in the entire country as our glorified port-a-pottie. Where is the outrage? We boycott & protest BP stations. When will we boycott & protest Milwaukee’s leadership & the complete failure that is Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District? We blindly watch images after images like the ones above on the evening news. We joke at the stench & the closed beaches.
It’s disgusting. It’s embarrassing. It’s shitty.
Maybe Kevin Costner has a poop skimmer we can use?
Ready to giggle your gus off?
My parents came over for dinner & we got to witness 4 complete morons try to parallel park their car outside my place, It’s pure comedy.
Also…..pure FAIL! Enjoy! :)
As of right now, I’m heading straight to Homelessland in 13 days (no word yet on fairytale flat)….I think these adorable hot air balloon pillows will brighten up the couch I’ll fashion out of cardboard & tin cans, don’t you? ;)
July 15, 2010
Clicka, clicka....savings in yo' pocket!
It was 2-4-1! Also, yay for America! :)
RTown Shopper gave us yums like this!
More yums, less bucks!
A while back I received an email full of magic. This email asked lil’ ol’ me, in all my bloggin’ wonderfulness, to check out www.RTownShopper.com & (holy hecks!!) they’d toss a few buck-a-roos my way so I could get the full-on-awesomeness-effect.
Why, sure. Don’t mind if I do!
RTown Shopper is like Groupon…where you save a whole lotta moola by purchasing discounted gift certificates to local establishments. In this craptastic economy, that’s definitely something I can wrap my budgeting brain around. RTown Shopper is mainly for you folks north of Milwaukee…but that doesn’t mean we Brewtown dwellers can’t get in on the fiduciary fun! Plan a trip northwards (like I did) & pick out eats or sleeps (yup…there’s even killer savings on a ton of hotels, resorts & campgrounds!) or purchase some gift certificates for friends & family who reside in the frozen tundra. And not to damper the summertime mood…but school’s starting up again soon. What a better way to say so glad you’re out of our hair not a dumb dumb smart as heck & all we ever dreamed of in a child…then by purchasing lots of lovely gift cards (did I mention PIZZA?!?) for your studious lil’ wonders?
Above you can see a little pictorial of the fun my parents & I had on our trip to Wausau last week after I used the points (which is how it’s done in RTown…points equals dollahs….it’s pretty simple really) I was gifted to buy a certificate good for……wait for it……FIFTY FREAKIN’ DOLLARS OF FOOD….which cost only $25!!! Yep! We had a blast of a time! (ummm….two for one brewskis!! Heeeeyyyyy!)
It was really easy to navigate the site & after registering, it was a cake walk. You buy your certificates & then print them out when you need them. I noticed mine had an expiration date of the day I printed it…so maybe wait til you’re ready to use ‘em up. As soon as I presented the print-out to our waitress she knew exactly what it was & was sweet as pie, ready to watch the three of us order our faces off to reach the $50 limit.
I highly recommend anyone living in (or planning to visit) the north-eastern part of WIsconsin to check out www.RTownShopper.com. I hope they expand even more to my neck of the woods…as I wouldn’t mine treating my ‘rents to a fun night out on the (R)town again!
Thanks, RTown Shopper for a great time…and for a great site!
{have a product or site or whatzitwhozit you’d like me to test drive & blog/tweet/facebook about? shoot me an email by clicking the EMAIL link on the left side of the page…thanks!! :) }
A lot of folks (okay….like 3) have asked “what’s your tattoo of?” regarding the little ink on the inside of my right bicep (don’t laugh…the muscles are in there…ummm….somewhere).
Well….the owl’s outta the bag ‘cause I’mma gonna tell ya…..it is the above lil’ cutie pie (the bird…not the weird J.Lo lookin’ chick circa In Living Color) which I stole borrowed from one of my favorite artist’s sketchbook. I put him on a little banner which I’ll fill someday with the name of my beloved or child (okay…you can laugh now) or furbaby. I like it…a whoooooooo-le lot.
;)
GPOYW….Red Letter Day & Fingers Crossed I Get the Fairytale Flat…edition. :)
July 12, 2010
As of this morning…I’m still seeking shelter. As in, apartment/flat/suitable cave hunting. I’ve never had so much trouble before. Usually it’s….”oh, that’s a cute place”…..then comes unpacking boxes. Cue the heavy sigh. I wish I could pull a Julia Allison & simply pick up & move to my favorite city when my lease is up. Which….duhbutts….that’d be NYC. Cue even heavier sigh & a longing gaze off in the distance (perferably East…towards the holy land of NY).
There has to be SOME reason…some underlying magical Oprah ah-ha moment on it’s way…to explain this crazy “I’m about to be homeless….oh no.” drama that’s consuming Saraland. Until Eckhart Tolle calls…I’m still scouring Craigslist like a pothead scours Little Debbie. :(
My Heart Belongs To NYC 8 x 10 Illustration and by NanLawson
This rocks my old school Nintendo lovin’ socks. :)
{reblogged from sawaboof:samantherr:followandreblog}
I think @sarandipity would appreciate this.
(via audreyhepburncomplex)
You know this. :)
My view is full of win. (& magic) :)
{in Wausau, WI}
July 08, 2010
Tomorrow is going to be one of the best days….EVAH.
What? How do I know this? Well….I gots three little words for ya….the three little words I’ve been waiting so long to hear…..HOT AIR BALLOONS. Yes siree Dipity! Tomorrow is the day my parents & I are doing on a lil’ day trip to Wausau, WI (about 3 hours from Milwaukee) to bask in the ginormous shadows of a gazillion hot air balloons. It’s a rally, yo! The original hope was to ride in one…but did you know you could take a round trip airplane ride to Florida for about the same amount as it costs for one stinkin’ balloon ride? Yes. Tis saddest but truest….gawwww….so until I save up a couple more pennies, I’ll be firmly planted on the ground. No worries…I’ll still be surrounded by a whole lotta my favorite things.
Hot Air Balloons.
I love you, too. :)
