Mullet spotting

I had a wander down to the creek this evening, as I was in the area.
This time my time wasn't wasted. I spotted some cracking mullet, about 6 to 8 feet from the waters edge, in only 12 to 18 inches of water.
I was about 40feet above them on the road, but my camera phone did me proud, and with a lot of tweaking in Photoshop, you can just about make out two of them right in the middle of this image :-)
There was about ten in the shoal, and averaging about 3 to 4lb as far I could tell.
They seemed to love hanging about right on the edge of the weed, or in the little clear pockets in between.


Ill be going back at the end of the week with luck to try for them on the Fly :-)

Menial

The state of South Dakota is basically a large principal’s office. Every room is painted some color of brown, Benjamin Moore would say the palette ranges from “Pot Roast” to “Meatloaf” completely ignoring the shades of brown that aren’t served Monday through Friday at office cafeterias. I enjoy the lower Dakota, but like lonely bricks of meatloaf under heat lamps, it makes me sad. My friend Julie got married this past weekend beneath a popcorn ceiling, in a carpeted church with 200 people wearing various unfortunate patterns of geometric shapes floating on top of each other and fighting for polyester space. Everybody dressed like Blossom. Less than one year ago, Julie lived in the south, most of the time on my rented couch in my rented apartment. She was cutthroat, she had a Blackberry full of important names, and a schedule filled with efficient lunches. She also happens to be one of the very sharpest knives in the drawer, and looks like a better dressed version of Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman. His combination of IQ, T and A made certain coveted lunches very much, within her reach. She has mutated from the deadly corporate cleaver in the proverbial business drawer to June Cleaver, which is much better for her. I was really happy to be there, I danced to a Billy Joel song, the shower in my room at the Marriot Courtyard was large enough for about six handicapped people to have a Greek orgy in, and I thought my chest was going to explode when I hugged my long lost buddy. For some reason however, I also felt like throwing up a little bit the entire time. Julie, who less than a year ago, was falling asleep atop a pile of half crushed Miller Lite cans in my living room, had managed to find the love of her life while balancing her fancy job, a cross country move, and looking like a man’s illustration of a perfect leotard wearing woman, I on the other hand, have a blog, I have so much time that I spend hours writing about how much time, but I am still alone. I am sleeping with only my computer and my guitar ( Note- I tell people I’m sleeping with a guy called “Mac Gibson”….they think that’s a stupid joke too, so don’t feel bad) There is a reason for my failure aside and its no a gypsy curse, I have concluded that my “vibes” suck. I am in possession of terrible vibes that escape from their viberglass insulated enclosure and ransack the world around me. Stupid vibes. Imagine if you were a lamb and all you wanted to do was hang out with some other likeminded lambs, maybe even get fluffed by a suitable ram. Imagine pulling this off if you bore a “striking” (this is a pun. no accident.) resemblance to a King cobra. So instead of attracting lambs and rams (and hams, strawberry jams, and trans ams..) I attract cobras and weirdos who stick me in hand woven baskets and expect me to dance to their terrible flute music. Men tend to think I’m an entirely different person than I am, they tend to think I’m a flaming imbecile with the IQ of toilet brush. This became painfully evident to me at the carpeted celebration of my friend’s blessed union. 

I got to South Dakota just in time for the rehearsal, I literally changed into my yellow dress, marveled over the fact that I had two queen sized beds and only one body, and was shuttled over to the church. Inside, I met “The Guy Who Plays Touchscreen Poker”, a not very distant relative of Jules. He was very nice, his shirt had lots of buttons and his blue jeans were from Italy. It was he, who was in charge of delivering me to the post practice roast beef and green bean extravaganza. He was quiet, almost to the point where I thought he was angry at me or an anti-Canadianist, until we got inside his incredibly clean BMW. Once he was comforted by the safety of his incredibly confident automobile, he wouldn’t shut up…about his self assured Beemer. If BMW was hiring any sales fraulein, I would be recruited tomorrow. I know things about run flat tires, GPS navigation systems, and suspension that I never, ever wanted to know. I know BMWs have an inline 6 cylinder engine, rear wheel drive, and 6 speed Steptronic with paddle shifters, how sad is that? I ride a bicycle with no shoes on most of the time, things like Bluetooth Wireless Communication don’t exactly turn my fucking crank. I should emphasize again, that he was very nice. If he sends me an email, I will send him an email back because I genuinely hope he will be doing lovely, even thought the things that make him feel lovely make me feel nothing. We hung out for the rest of night, linked only by our love of Jules and beer, and I got to hear all about how selling mini mansions makes you very rich and how girls who visit tanning bed like to steal money and pierce their belly buttons. I was sad by the recitation of facts and figures that he thought made up his person, I was even sad that he ran two miles a day, but I was most upset by the reality that I looked like the kind of person who gave rats ass about all that careless, kennel club-ish, information. Specs mean nothing to me, but my unfortunate runaway vibe suggested I was a real she-dick. He’d recently had a broken engagement so he was sad too, and after two hours of Touchscreen poker and Video Keno, he drunkenly confessed that he was smitten. He was not really, obviously. I suppose he thought I was a good investment of energy like buying plots of land, running two miles a day, or driving a German sedan the colour of a gun. I would be a shitty addition to his collection of stuff and that’s what I told him in a much nicer language. There was a good heart in there, even if he did have a tribal armband tattoo and knew where the oblique muscles were. I don’t think he understood why I wasn’t interested and I hope he doesn’t start running an extra mile because of it.

I wore an outfit to Julie’s wedding that had been rumpled by airplane travel, probably because I thought it practical to stuff all of my clothing into my laptop bag with my computer. It was a dumb idea. I would have been laughed at if I was not in a town where people were allowed to go in the shopping mall with neither shirts nor shoes because to be quite frank, I look like I’d been late night assaulted in a parking lot. Due to the fact that I looked like a victim on CSI I was surprised when ANOTHER renegade vibe escaped and returned with another unsuitable suitor. The wedding reception would have been a great place to meet somebody funny or a taxidermist because it was at the zoo and we were literally in a room surrounded by stuffed endangered species. There was a large stuffed walrus with scary plastic eyes staring at me while I ate my wild rice and very frosted cake. I did not get to meet a witty taxidermist who would lighten the mood, instead, I met a man I have met at least sixty times in my life, a Jewish New Yorker. I love Jewish New Yorkers, they have ridiculous accents, every sentence spoken sounds like a retort in a heated argument, and they always know a bunch about Frank Sinatra and baseball teams. “The Guy Who Thinks I Have a Green Kitchen” walked up to me and did not say hello, he said;
GreenKitchen- I like what you’re wearing
GK-Its vintage isn’t it?
Me-Actually, I bough--
GK-Boom! I knew it was vintage. From the forties?
Me- Well--
GK- I knew it was from the forties. I bet you live in a period home, a period home with modern lines.
Me- I don’t really know, its--
GK- You like antiquing (←statement , not a question) I love antiquing.
GK-What colour is your kitchen? Its green. Boom! Its avcado green
Me- I wouldn’t call it gree--
GK- See? You got kitchen a green. I’m good.

Apparently, I have a green kitchen somewhere.
I don’t, but I let him believe I did because I was getting a bit anxious. “The Guy Who Thinks I Have a Green Kitchen” didn’t get to know people, he just KNEW people. He thought I was “real cute” and that I should move to Williamsburg, “maybe the east side” because "I look like like an eastside girl". I was trying to learn the differences between dead gazelles, gnus, and impalas as he was talking at my face, I needed something to do while he was thinking for the both of us. Eventually “The Guy who Plays Touchscreen Poker” rescued me, as even he could see that I had that “Gnu in headlights” look about me. . “The Guy Who Thinks I Have a Green Kitchen” was probably a great dude, he probably yelled at the Yankees, and knew where to get a killer Rueben at 3am in Brooklyn, but he didn’t know shit about me OR the colour of my kitchen (Its somewhere between buttercup and creamed corn in case you were wondering) and the end of the day, he didn't care. 

After the wedding reception was ended in favour of Jules wedding conception, the whole lot of us ended up a Harley Festival listening to a band that sounded like REO Speedwagon, me, The Guy who Plays Touchscreen Poker”, “The Guy Who Thinks I Have a Green Kitchen”, a cousin from the quad city area, a cousin who was a recovering meth addict, and the former meth addicts’ 18 year old son ( a King Cobra in training) I didn’t sleep well when I got back to my two sizes too big room probably because all the newly constructed identities that had been made for me over the weekend were hogging the bedspace. I felt like I needed two Advil and a lobotomy to fix my shitty vibes. I at least needed a really distinctive haircut that had the words “I DON’T HAVE A GREEN KITCHEN OR DRIVE A CAR WITH LEAHER SEATS” shaved into the back. Unfortunately my head is not big enough to accommodate such a statement. I don’t think it was the state of South Dakota that made me sad, I think it was just my state of being in the state of South Dakota and THAT state was a state of distress (I just wanted to see how many states I could throw in there. Impressive) I makes sense that a great dude has not found me yet, its because my outside is making my inside look bad. I hope I will stop releasing idiot pheromones into the wilderness soon so I will not ever have to make polite conversation about Horsepower and paint chips ever again.

Organizing tips when making a move

Reduce clutter at your new home by holding a yard sale or donating to charity.
Fill out a change of address form at the post office to forward your mail.
Try not to buy perishable foods. Cook and eat any canned foods leftover in the cupboards to reduce the move load.
Keep a folder for all moving documents for easy reference.
Remember to return books on loan from the library.
Remember to return any borrowed items to neighbors.

GoodBusiness.net Is Waking Up The Dead

ItsGoodBusiness.net Is Waking Up The Dead


ItsGoodBusiness.net members consists of a lot of the old time honest hard working entrepreneurs who are waking up from their dead end efforts, to the realization that buying leads and trying to duplicate just does not work.

ItsGoodBusiness.net creator and CEO of Inetekk Tom Prendergast is teaching IGB members through delegation and mentor ship. This concept of delegation in the MLM industry is going to eliminate the frustration of keeping your down lines motivated.

With all the new MLM business opportunities that are popping up every day, it is no wonder that the old time warriors are fed up and burnt out trying to compete. The Internet has been both a blessing and a curse. You have to really take your time and educate yourself or you will end up with empty pockets.

ItsGoodBusiness.net members do not take for granted what Tom Prendergast has made available for the little guy and gal marketers. Most of IGB members have woke up and understand that this is it, no more jumping onto the next big MLM launch.

ItsGoodBusiness.net members have the best of the best ( Butch Hamilton SEO Master ) teaching them SEO strategies they might never learn out side of the ItsGoodbusiness.net community. I know for sure that this is the best education on marketing I have been involved with over the past 15 years in the MLM industry by a long shot. Did I mention this training is FREE for ItsGoodBusiness.net members.

I did not say this is a FREE ride. ItsGoodBusiness.net members are trained in a specific marketing strategy and they are held accountable by other IGB members to do their share of their delegated responsibilities. We work as a TEAM and promote one site, that is unique in a dog eat dog world.

ItsGoodBusiness.net also teaches members how to buy customers Not leads to build their business.

GoodBusiness.net Is Waking Up The Dead

ItsGoodBusiness.net Is Waking Up The Dead


ItsGoodBusiness.net members consists of a lot of the old time honest hard working entrepreneurs who are waking up from their dead end efforts, to the realization that buying leads and trying to duplicate just does not work.

ItsGoodBusiness.net creator and CEO of Inetekk Tom Prendergast is teaching IGB members through delegation and mentor ship. This concept of delegation in the MLM industry is going to eliminate the frustration of keeping your down lines motivated.

With all the new MLM business opportunities that are popping up every day, it is no wonder that the old time warriors are fed up and burnt out trying to compete. The Internet has been both a blessing and a curse. You have to really take your time and educate yourself or you will end up with empty pockets.

ItsGoodBusiness.net members do not take for granted what Tom Prendergast has made available for the little guy and gal marketers. Most of IGB members have woke up and understand that this is it, no more jumping onto the next big MLM launch.

ItsGoodBusiness.net members have the best of the best ( Butch Hamilton SEO Master ) teaching them SEO strategies they might never learn out side of the ItsGoodbusiness.net community. I know for sure that this is the best education on marketing I have been involved with over the past 15 years in the MLM industry by a long shot. Did I mention this training is FREE for ItsGoodBusiness.net members.

I did not say this is a FREE ride. ItsGoodBusiness.net members are trained in a specific marketing strategy and they are held accountable by other IGB members to do their share of their delegated responsibilities. We work as a TEAM and promote one site, that is unique in a dog eat dog world.

ItsGoodBusiness.net also teaches members how to buy customers Not leads to build their business.

Fuzzzy

You know what this is? This is the last picture my camera took after I dropped it all over a gravel driveway. Of course it wasn't intentional. Why would I throw a perfectly decent camera and relatively new camera (only 6 months old) on the ground? I wouldn't. Instead, for some reason, I developed a serious case of butterfingers and my camera went flying out of my hands. It bounced a few times before coming to rest on top of some gravel. Diagnosis: cracked viewscreen, unretractable lens, and failure to focus. In fact, when I do try to take a picture now, a message appears saying, "Please turn off camera." Somehow I don't find the irony or humor in that.

Well, what's done is done. At least I didn't drop something more valuable, you know...like Baby Girl.


P.S. I took this photo right after I dropped it to see if the camera would still work. The subject matter happens to be our Explorer, and the bright white spot is our license plate. We were out in the woods at a friend's house.

Anti cellulite creams

Research behind cellulite creams is quite tremendous these days. The concern over unsightly cellulite has been around for a very, very long time now. So do anti cellulite creams really work and are they all worth it in the end? Let's find out.

Availability of the product is not the problem. The problem is, how do we know which one is the best to use? To find out, we need to look into the core of anti cellulite products. For instance, we need to ask, what are the ingredients? How are they effective? What do they do? These questions will definitely help you figure out whether the information you are getting from a product makes sense or not.

It is a sad fact that consumers who have been suffering due to their cellulite for a very long time will tend to believe just about anything. First of all, you should never think there is one universal product that's best for everyone. If a product claims to do miracles, then it's probably too good to be true. So do cellulite creams work? In general yes, but the real question is which ones are the most effective ones. Some creams do work, but cause severe skin reactions. Other creams also do work, but only in the short-term.

Product Reputation - One thing you should watch out for is the reputation of a product. Many good anti cellulite creams are backed up by lots of sensible information in their website. For instance, companies that provide a FAQ, list of ingredients, and explanations on exactly how their products work are often those that are well-trusted. At least, you can do some research on your own if the complete list of ingredients are right in front of you.

Again, you need to look closer into a product. Not only that, you need to find a connection between the information about a product with scientific findings. For instance, research has just discovered that caffeine is the newest anti cellulite agent. There are now anti cellulite products that do contain caffeine. So in this case you might want to place those products in your priority list. Don't just stop there though. Find out exactly what caffeine does and how it could actually help get rid of cellulite!

Why They Work - The observation is that caffeine improves fat metabolism and minimizes swelling, and therefore makes skin look smoother than it really is. The conclusion is, cellulite creams can indeed minimize the appearance of cellulite, even though they may not be able to eliminate all cellulite (that would be sort of miraculous). Good creams can plump up the skin so that the surface appears smoother. Also, good creams have other added natural ingredients that improve skin in general, such as retinol A, AHA, and coffeeberry. We're talking about boosting your skin's health with antioxidants (that get rid of toxins) and soothing it at the same time.

Cellulite Visibility - Although scientists have found there's still no proven method that totally eliminates cellulite, these scientists do observe that there are products that can minimize the visibility and sensation of cellulite. This is pretty outstanding in itself, because people are generally more concerned over the appearance of cellulite, and not really on the fact that fat cells exist.

Why It's Worth It - So are anti cellulite creams worth it? Think about other methods such as surgery (liposuction, etc) and supplements that you have to take orally. Creams can be applied directly and do not have to go through your system like supplements do-creams can work locally on affected areas only. Surgery is extremely invasive to many, and not to mention quite risky, expensive and not 100% fail-proof. So at the end of the day, really think about these considerations and you make the call!

I wanna make use of this blog

I don't really know what I want this blog to be so I took down most of my posts while I figure it out. I already have a journal on a message board and at LiveJournal so ... I need to use this blog for something other than the day to day. I don't know what that will be. The post I left up ... I left because it is the most honest thing I have ever written. I love that post and I meant every word of it when I wrote it and I mean it today. Anyway, I hope to be blogging again soon as soon as I figure out what I want to blog about.

Blue funk???

I don't even know what blue funk means, but it sounds like i feel. Hubby came home Sunday evening around 10pm. Angel was not yet asleep, hoping that she would still be awake when he got home and we let her downstairs to sit with us. I had to send his brother to go and get him as Monster was out cold when Hubby was finally allowed to leave the hospital. He had his procedure sunday morning, everything went really well. While he was gone, i got all the things done that i mean to do and the stuff that he normally does. It felt great! He has been home for two days, and i don't want to do anything. I do not have motivation to do anything around the house with him here. I have no idea why that is. I feel like he monitors my phone calls, internet time, and i feel like he is criticizing me all the time. Most of this is not true, so why do i feel like this? He honestly doesn't care what i get up to during the day but i don't feel like i can be me and i find this exhausting and cannot wait for him to go back to work. only three more months to go. i thought it would be nice to have him home for 9 months, but i am counting down til he goes back. This is one of the weeks of the summer that i do not have anything planned, and i am feeling at a loss. like i just do not know what to do with myself. I even went for a walk this morning hoping it would help. it is too hot..... i am going to try and find something to do with myself....

What i did this sunday

Headed for church again. Making sure I am getting my money’s worth from the skirt I bought for church services. Last week we went to CICC service, this week I went to the Catholic service.

The afternoon found me on a safari. Saw parts of the island I wouldn’t have seen on my own. Best part of the trip was the delicious swordfish barbecue. Nikki headed south to see the one and only waterfall on the island plus some fun time at the Rarotongan Resort.

Evening meal provided by Debi is always a treat. However mine this time will be eaten a day later.

Links to improve your life

Instead of writing and writing strategies and tips or any inspirations that get into mind, I am going to introduce some useful links you might be considering of taking a look at with maybe a cup of aromatic coffee in front of your own desktop before starting off your network-marketing business. Even so if you had begin this network-marketing business with software specifically such as MLM software or custom marketing software and are looking for answers, I guess you are at the right stop after all.

Back to school

My son is moving to school tomorrow. He really missed all his friends and the fun activities they do everyday. I was hoping they will allow Izech to attend the morning sched since we'll be going to his pulmonologist at 11:30AM for his final check-up. Sadly, they didn't grant my request but instead gave him a special assignment to compensate for the days he's been absent. Though, he's been pushing me to bring him to school, I need to have his doctors (pulmo and opthal's) go signal since both illnesses are caused by viral infection. Nonetheless, a shout of Thanks to his Teacher's for keeping in touch with me.

What Business to choose??

I want to put up a small business very soon...but I am still not so sure of what business I would venture on. So I listed a number of things I am interested to and here are the following:

1) FOOD (of course!)

2) ACCESSORIES (hmmm...beadead earings...necklaces, bracelets)

3) BAGS ( I really love kikay bags especially handbags)

4) WALLETS (I love the bulky ones na sobrang daming malalagay)

5) COLORED PENS (since high school dapat complete set of colors ang mga sign pens ko)

6) INTERNET (can't live a day without visiting my emails and blogs)

7) SHOES

8) BLOUSES

9) GADGETS (cellphones, ipods, digicams etc)

and finally,

10) MAKE UPS!

...and on all of the things I love in life, I think the best business that I would be successful with is by opening up a BAZAARE or a TIANGGE so I could sell all those things. By doing so, I would be satisfied seeing all those wonderful things I love...and it would also give me an opportunity to earn. Hmmm....if that business would be successful, what a life it would be for me! sigh.

I would think of this for a very long time. I know putting up a business, even a small one, needs your 100% attention and in my current situation, since I am working full time in a call center, I don't think I can do that. I am fortunate to have a sideline (through paid blogging) that would enable me to earn money enough to start a new business.

Shawsank

escape

Picture taken in my mobile

I had been taking a wild emotional trip lately.

the ride, awesome. not in an emotional way of course. but awesome in a way i get the big picture of who seriously gives a damn when my mood practically went down the hill. (yes, i'm clearly aware of how difficult i'm during this period of time ..)

-piggy-, -bun- n -mummy- had been tolerating n taking in awfully lot of craps from me. while -baboon- 's charm worked perfectly by talking sense into that thick head of mine.

isn't Love just wonderful, surfacing especially when you needed it. it's definitely Magic !! yes, it is !!

One year and seven days to go

Being that today is July 1st, there is one year and seven days to go until the Fish 'n' Chips Union! Each day I grow more and more excited! I have one year and sevendays left of being Miss Brouhard!

Also, and I can't believe I forgot to write about this, I must have been sooo excited, my dress is ready and waiting to be picked up at David's Bridal!!! I just have to go and get it and try it on and have Mommie take pictures for the blog!!! I can't wait! My perfect dress, in my perfect size!

One more thing, I bought some little white boxes to fill with candy for favors. So I have pens, fans, and candy for favors. I am going to embellish the little boxes, and use the personalized ribbon on the fans. Pictures to come, as well as a step by step of the little box embellishment project!

That's all for now! I'm pretty tired today. I also got my hair trimmed and the lady took of 1/2 more than I asked her to, so I'm a little bummed. Luckily, I have long hair, which Fish adores, and you can't really tell that it is much shorter... but I can. Ah well. It will grow back.