TOP 10 FRIDAY: Traveling Nicknames

After being in the air and airports for 16 hours the past week I have come up with a few nicknames that I'd like to share for some travelers and passerbyers that I have encountered traveling the past few years.  I'm sure you've seen some of the same, but if not beware, and if you have more to add, please do.

10. The Eater - This is the person who seems to constantly be eating the entire time. Before pre-boarding, chewing on gum during boarding, takes out a snack as soon as they sit down and then continues to eat almost until the plane lands.  I wonder if they eat that much on a regular day.

9. The Lovers - This is the annoying couple that travels together and is constantly holding hands, constantly kissing and constantly feeling the need to express their love for one another in the confined area that everyone else is sharing.

8.  The Barbie - This chick just baffles me.  I like to be as comfortable as possible on a plane. Sweats, maybe jeans, sneakers, and a regular shirt.  The Barbie is dressed to go to out.  I get business class and all that, but they are clearly not flying that.  Full face of make-up, spent an hour on her hair...who has the time?

7.  The Patchouli's  - These are the jerks that wear so much perfume or cologne that you can't help but have watering eyes and a burning nostrils.  The reason I call them this is because if there is one vile smell in the world it is that of the hippie's, which is Patchouli.  I don't know who invented it or why they like it, but in the case of an airplane and traveling all strong scents make me feel just like that one does. Nauseous.

6.  Virgins - The douche who has never flown before, well not recently and is making an incredibly big scene and pissing everyone on the plane off because no one wants to listen to him or more importantly have a late take off due to his need for attention.  You bought the ticket, you came to the airport, now someone give them a Valium.

5.  The Mouth - This person desperately needs a friend, and you unfortunately just got stuck next to them for some hours of time.

4.  Octomom - The woman flying with her 2 or 3 out of control children.  Muzzles....I know, it's horrible...but stuck on a plane in the same row as them for 2 hours and you will have much worse thoughts than that.

3.  PIC - Partner in Crime, this is the person you want to sit next to you.  They bring their own DVD player with a movie, they eat like a normal person, maybe not even at all, have magazines to share and they get up to go to the bathroom at a decent rate so everyone is on the same page.  These are the people you pray to be around.

2.  Idlers/Cutters - These people piss me off. When the plane stops, we all know we need to get our carry ons and personal items, and be prepared to move when it's our rows turn. Not you idlers...you wait until everyone is giving you their full attention until you realize WTF is going on.("Oh, haha we're getting off, let me get my things" (Sure thanks asshole, the woman behind me just coughed on me 3 times while I was standing uncomfortably with my neck sideways waiting considerately so that everyone could hurry off the plane). Not to mention the Cutters behind me are sneaking their way up because THEY don't know what wait for your row means. Obviously someone has never been to church during communion.

1.  This one is worst of all.  I don't even have a name for these people and worst of all it doesn't happen on the plane, to give you the walk to Baggage Claim to cool off and realize you are fine because you have reached your destination and can breath.  It is the jerks AT BAGGAGE CLAIM.  Really? how close do you need to get to the belt to see your bag? Also, question...do you, your husband, your mother and father and your 2 children really need to look for the luggage?  If my bag swings and hits one of your 14 family members standing at the side leaning over as if you don't see it when it comes by you the magic wall it disappears into will eat it, I WILL NOT FEEL BAD, I will giggle, LOUDLY!

Ahhhh!  Traveling...I once told a friend...I need a travel machine...he told me: "You have one, your car!"  Beam me up Scotty! 

FOR THE LOVE OF VILLA

While in Tacoma visiting my wonderful, handsome, charming and hopefully reading this boyfriend I came to realize that if I had his set-up I'd truly be a coffee addicted, fat, alcoholic, which thankfully I have NOT reached that state in my life. 

This morning, and almost every morning since I've been home... what I've missed (second most) is the amazing java concoctions that the lovely Villa family made me daily during my visit.  The Villa family is comprised of a few cutie patooties, but mainly the momma and papa, Robyn and Jason.  This place has so much love it's contagious.  Everything from the white mocha, to the antipasto platter, the salads, the sandwiches, the atmosphere, trivia night and obviously the World's Most Amazing Margarita made by none other than Jason himself are made to perfection.  These owners are sweet as can be and they work really hard at making the place feel that way. 

This brings me to two points:
1)  I will never be able to live in an apartment complex that does not have such an establishment as this.
    and more importantly...
2) Why are there no places around here like the Villa Caffe' ? and if there are then SPEAK UP! 

I feel like lately a lot of the businesses we go into could care less that we're there, and i don't mean just restaurants.  People are absent minded, more concerned with god knows what and cranky as shit!  Get your act together assholes!  We could all take a page out of the Villa Love book, which is that both happiness and miser-ability (ya, I made it up) are spreadable, but no one goes around looking to be miserable, and if they do you want to be the one to help turn their day around, make it a great experience! 

So if you are ever in Tacoma you need to swing in, it's a must!

The Villa Caffe & Imbibery
1328 Market St Ste 18
Tacoma, WA 98402
http://www.thevillacaffe.com/

Mmmm....

 Momma Villa (Robyn)

 Jason...whipping up a creation

 The hands down best anti-pasto platter this Italian has ever had.

 and of course....the Petano...named after some guy I know.

I'M A SLACKER

Yes I will admit it, obviously I've been slacking on posting.  You're about to hear my excuses, which are inexcusable, the main one being my head has been up my ass!  I do have a lot to write about though so if you care to read and have been then you will be in luck because well...I've been a busy lady with lots to discuss.

I just got back from a 9 day vacation on the west coast and of course am madly in love, not just with a man, but with a few other things as well.  In the next few blog posts you can look forward to some places I have fallen head over heels for, some checks off the bucket list I have done, some more interesting "ex-boyfriend" spelling mistakes (not from my ex this time, but a friend's) and of course a bunch of bullshit about why this world is so f-ed up.

For now though I would like to take a moment to ask anyone if they've even noticed.  If not, great...I'm doing nothing right on here and if so, I apologize, sometimes...I have a life. Keep me on my toes bitches!

LOVE DOESN'T HURT???

According to a recent fact I read while perusing Real Simple Magazine. A hot probe was places into the hands of a bunch of college students while they gazed into their signif other's eyes. The subjects felt 45% less moderate pain then when they were concentrated on their lovers then not. So I guess love doesn't always have to hurt. Unfortunately when it comes to the pain we've all endured with our hearts and love, I'd settle for the hot probe every time.

HOW DID I GET HERE?

Have you ever looked at your present person and said "How did I get here?", and I mean in a literal sense.  How did you get where you live, work, who you associate with, the things that are around you?  There is a factual answer to all of it if you go back far enough, but it's the events leading to all of these that form you.


I've realized that I haven't had enough say in where I am in my life and obviously I'd like more of that.  If you're happy with your life, it would seem you do well with these situations you are put into, but do you put yourself into them, or do you somehow just end up there?


Think of the next big thing you would  like to do... Buy a car, a house, get a new job, move, start a business, or something even smaller like volunteer more, start a non-profit, build something, start a hobby.  Then make a first and second step plan to what you need to do to get started.  THIS is how you put yourself in a situation.  It all seems so simple...so then how did I get here some of this is not exactly what I wanted?

B. The Best by Bobby Scott

"As you become the best, you attract the best."


Many have this backwards. They believe that becoming more starts with getting more. But not you.

The people, the experiences, all the things you attract into your life are the result of the person you've become. The formula is simple: Want more? Become more.

If you're not attracting what you want in your life, take a look in the mirror, and start making positive changes. You have the amazing power to attract the best and get what you want, and you can start, or begin again, today. So stop bitching, get off ur arse... and move!

Best wishes for your Wednesday!

PACKING IS THE DEVIL

Probably my least favorite thing about traveling, is packing!  Short trips are easy, but it's anything over 4 days that becomes stressful.  What will the weather be?  What will we be doing?  Who will see me?  So here I am, Packing!  Normally i wait until the night before, but I figured I woul give this a try early and see if anything goes more smoothly. 

I'm leaving for Seattle on Friday and I'll be going for 9 days.  In a perfect world I could bring 9 pants, 11 shoes, 15 shirts, and well..whatever else fits after that, however with my suitcase only being allowed to weight 50 lbs...I'm screwed! 

So i'm starting by taking everything out of the closet that I would want to bring... see if it all fits, add the shoes, and go from there. Does anyone know if it actually takes up less room to roll your clothes?  I just don't believe that can be true.

Below is my progress and I'm already exhausted!

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TALL and RICH

It's February, the shortest month of the year, every year.  Do you think that February has it's disadvantages or do you think of it like every other month?  According to Inc. Magazine this month, length does matter when it comes to a few things (I'm not talking about that you perverts). The tidbit states that a typical 6-foot employee earns on average $5,525 more than a 5-foot-5-inch co-worker.  Now over a year that doesn't sound like much, but if you take 10 years that's over $55k. 

A study done back in 2001 by 3 dudes at University of Pennsylvania , according to CNN.com states that this all relates back to the height people are as teenagers.  "Those who were relatively short when young, were less likely to participate in social activities associated with the accumulation of productive skills and attributes, and report lower self-esteem."  The skills these teens develop leads to how they portray themselves as adults to their co-workers and managers.  If they are less secure with themselves as a person, they do not carry on traits of someone who is a leader, and in return, do not get compensated in such a way.

On a personal level I have a question in relation to this study.  If short people are paid less then why are they all living in Boston?  Has anyone gone out around Boston lately and noticed the serious shortage in men over 5'7"?  It just boggles my mind.  Boston is ranked one of the most expensive cities to live in, yet there are short people everywhere...if they are getting paid less...according to these studies, how are they affording it?  and Where have all the tall men gone?