President's DAY, Yaayyyyy!
Read interesting facts about past US presidents. One of my favorites is Andrew Johnson, who only wore suits that he tailored HIMSELF.
They don't make men like that any more, I tell you.....
Courtesy of msn.com:
20 Things You Didn't Know About U.S. Presidents
Not only were these men leaders of the United States, they were multitalented, unique, and sometimes even downright quirky. We've heard a lot about their contribution to United States history. But would you have guessed the following?
1. In warm weather, 6th president of the United States
John Quincy Adams customarily went skinny-dipping in the Potomac River before dawn.
2. 9th U.S. president
William Henry Harrison was inaugurated on a bitterly cold day and gave the longest inauguration speech ever. The new president promptly caught a cold that soon developed into pneumonia. Harrison died exactly one month into his presidential term, the shortest in U.S. history.
3.
John Tyler, 10th U.S. president, fathered 15 children (more than any other president)--8 by his first wife, and 7 by his second wife. Tyler was past his seventieth birthday when his 15th child was born.
4. Sedated only by brandy, 11th president of the United States
James Polk survived gall bladder surgery at the age of 17.
5. 15th U.S. president
James Buchanan is the only unmarried man ever to be elected president. Buchanan was engaged to be married once; however, his fiancée died suddenly after breaking off the engagement, and he remained a bachelor all his life.
6. Often depicted wearing a tall black stovepipe hat, 16th president of the United States
Abraham Lincoln carried letters, bills, and notes in his hat.
7. 17th U.S. president
Andrew Johnson never attended school. His future wife, Eliza McCardle, taught him to write at the age of 17. (Bonus fact about Andrew Johnson: He only wore suits that he custom-tailored himself.)
8.
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States, died of throat cancer. During his life, Grant had smoked about 20 cigars per day.
9. Both ambidextrous and multilingual, 20th president of the United States
James Garfield could write Greek with one hand while writing Latin with the other.
10.
Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president of the United States, underwent a secret operation aboard a yacht to remove his cancerous upper jaw in 1893.
11. The teddy bear derived from 26th U.S. president
Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt's refusal to shoot a bear with her cub while on a hunting trip in Mississippi.
12.
William Taft, 27th president of the United States, weighed more than 300 pounds and had a special oversized bathtub installed in the White House.
13.
Warren Harding, 29th U.S. president, played poker at least twice a week, and once gambled away an entire set of White House china. His advisors were nicknamed the "Poker Cabinet" because they joined the president in his poker games.
14.
Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States, had chronic stomach pain and required 10 to 11 hours of sleep and an afternoon nap every day.
15.
Herbert Hoover, 31st U.S. president, published more than 16 books, including one called Fishing for Fun-And to Wash Your Soul.
16. 32nd president of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt was related, either by blood or by marriage, to 11 former presidents.
17. The letter "S" comprises the full middle name of the 33rd president,
Harry S. Truman. It represents two of his grandfathers, whose names both had "S" in them.
18. Military leader and 34th president of the U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower loved to cook; he developed a recipe for vegetable soup that is 894 words long and includes the stems of nasturtium flowers as one of the ingredients.
19. 40th president of the United States
Ronald Reagan broke the so-called "20-year curse," in which every president elected in a year ending in 0 died in office.
20.
George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, and his wife Laura got married just three months after meeting each other.
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-aud
Diamond Bar, San Diego, CA.
I went to the opening of a new club in Downtown SD, named "Diamond Bar". I think the name has something to do with the location, in that it is right behind our newly built, MAD-expensive baseball stadium, "PetCo Park". The name of our ball park sucks, I know.
There was so much drama getting in (I thought I was in the LBC, jk)! The lines were seriously beat!! There really weren't lines after all, just huge masses of people pushing against one another in a uniformed fashion. The only reason I got in was because Russ and my friends, Scott & Allysa had bought pre-sale tickets. I was a "VIP", which meant that if I didn't want to pay $20, I had to fend for myself in a long ass line, costing me an additional hour of my short life. So Russ and I just begged the doorman to let me in and cut everbody else in line... it worked!!! My Girls weren't so lucky...I think they waited in line for an hour and finally gave up.
After the ordeal with the lines and then waiting another 15 mins for a drink, it was suddenly ON like Donkey Kong!! BADBOYBILL headlined the event and he rocked!! I haven't heard much about him. If anything I've heard people say he sucked, but I really enjoyed & appreciated the rhythmic house he spun... it was not at all redundant and often BADBOY-B would mix it up with a Latin house mix or some fun funky song with a cool robot voice!! I love that shit. Whenever a robot voice comes on Russ gets a funny look in his face, like he is all of sudden real serious.. and I could tell he's concentrating extra hard on his kick-ass club moves. I really love watching him dance. haha!!
The club was designed (or lack there of) after a warehouse. The concrete floor and high wooden beams made you feel like you were 16 all over again.. That is, 16: at an underground rave. Matter of fact, it would have been a rave, save the $20 cover charge and long VIP lines.
Opening night was complete with strange looking people crowding the large dancehall, and stong mixed drinks served in clear plastic cups. After a while the balls of my feet started aching from all the pounding I was doing on the hard surface. The music was so good. I danced my feet off..The hip hop room was awesome too, they played mostly top forty and also threw in some old school funk to make sure the guys were all afforded ample chances to make hot-sweet grinding moves on beautiful bootilicious cleavage bearing babes.
Gordon Birsch Brewery-Good Apps
It was a good night. Good clean wholesome fun. Good friends, good beer, good apps. We ordered garlic french fries, asian chicken wings, blackened ahi, and a kind of "artichoke/chicken chowder".. It was all scrumdidilie-umcious!
But the tastiest morsels were not of food or drink and greasy fingers that needed licking and cleaning. The flavor was in the conversation of the night. We got to talking about what was on our mind. What was on most people's minds when they get together with friends in a 'safe zone'. The topics were career and relationships.
My friend S took up most of the conversation, with detailed accounts of the last few meetings with her ex-boy toy.. and of the last phone messages he had left her before jetting off to China for business. She obsesses over the man, about what he does, what she has heard since the break up, and that it is a bonafide the 'fact' that he does not want to give her a second chance because he has a false sense of reality. This was intriguing to the group because we asked ourselves "Does everyone deserve a second chance?" The answer, of course was yes. But then we pondered, what do you do if you are denied that chance? Are you to run up to the person face to face and demand it? Should you just swallow the pill and move on? Do you continue trying to communicate? and if so, for how long?
This is were I believe the obsession took hold of our beautiful blonde friend of 27 years. (con't)
girl fight!
My friend made me breakfast this a.m. as a sign of PEACE! :O) fyi.. we got into a screaming match after work and to sum things up, I told her that she needs to lay off and not be so critical of me, and she told me that I need to learn how to communicate better (and not use negative tones)!
haha!!! then i started crying and we both calmed down. :) rough day in Audrey Town.
BTW People!!! Pick a bad habit to give up for 40 days, its Lent Season!!
PEACE BE WITH YOU!!
Summer of Love, My Take on Theme Parties.
Summer of Love!! VEGAS Rubber May 2004........
This was an awesome time with the girls, myself, Russipooh and Scottie-Pooh-pooh "lover wuuver".
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Theme parties are the best time because you can be as cheesy and corny as you want to be without being singled out or laughed at. At theme parties, people praise you for your creativity and embrace you (literally) for the balls it takes to walk out of the house looking like you do. Have you ever planned on wearing something really cool and trendy to a party or random bar?... then, just as you embark to paint the town red and green with envy, in all your glitter and glory, whether it be a white kangol peasant cap or a pointed stiletto boot (iced up with cheesy rhinestones all down the side)...Suddenly doubt creeps in. You get this uneasy feeling in your stomach, you scrunch your forehead, and turn your big dumb butt right around to the bed room for a quick change into something 'normal'. Why is it that we feel like we have to look normal? Everyone has idiosyncrasies and/or some sort of turmoil brewing within. A banana republic cardigan will not be able to hide the fact that you are All colorful and All bling-blingy on the inside. "Damn it!! Rip that cardigan off I tell you!! "
This is why I like Theme Parties. We forgive eachother for the time being, if not just for a cocktail and a dance. End.
Audrey Town, not to be confused with Funky Town
Where I'm from:
I am not wilting!
I am a sensitive flower says Russ... Don't wilt on me, says Russ?? Well if one would take a girl out to a romantic weekend once in a while, one would not need to accuse the girl of being a sensitive flower!! I am in need of a hot bath followed by a back rub. I don't like to complain, but I think I am entitled. :O) heehee..
This is my big debut!
Okay, I am rather boring so check back when I get a life... ps: the beach is nice this time of year.
