Hey People!!! Yes I am updating Live journal!!! I am not sure how long this will be cause KJC is being an attention whore. I have not been at the library for a week so I have not talked to anyone.

I have had a busy week. dustin had an art show Saturday night. i have been to two now and I always feel so giddy cause my boyfriend is in the shows. This one was boring as hell though cause I had no one to talk to and people tend to pay attention to JC and ignore me.

Okay the screaming has begun so i am outta here.

T-minus four days and counting till i leave for Missouri. I am getting extremely nervous. I am not a fan of the flying. And I am not even gonna be able to sleep like I normally would cause I have to hold J.C. I am excited about being in Missouri and seeing people. I really just need to concentrate solely on being there. This is my vacation. I have vowed to change no diapers while I am there. The idea of not having to change any diapers is a nice one. I know I have changed at least a thousand since JC was born. Dustin's parents gave us a 200 hundred pack when they were here and they are almost gone. That si something actually that drives me batty. All these people have come to visit. None of them have ever offered to change him. Actually that isn't true. Dustin's sister asked but she is all baby crazy and using JC as a substitute. I will just be happy when he can walk and I can start potty training him. See these are the kinda worries I should be concentrating on.

You Are Not Destined to Rule the World

You are destined for something else... Like inventing a new type of cupcake. You just don't have the stomach for brutality. But watch out - because many people do!

I probably could invent a new kind of cupcake and I might....

This is a quickie post for those of you who nudged me. we don't have internet... I rarely get online, so it's not that I don't love you all and want to spew about everything but more that I can't...

I miss you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will write a real post when i can.

t-minus two and a half days till wedding. It isn't even my wedding and I am completely frazzled. I am working on the customary wedding present pillows and given that we leave at 5 tomorrow morning I have been a blithering idiot anytime something has went wrong. I was listning to soothing satelitte radio even and it was to no avail. I still have a million things to do, laundry packing making sure I have enough entertainment packed to keep me amused on the trip from Archie to Wyoming. I am kinda stuck on what books to take, i am sure I will get it figured out. This is my hope anyway.

Okay so I really shouold get all this crap done but i am ired and my body aches and I wanna scream.

I must survive, my bridesmaids dress now fits and It was very expensive so if I die now I would have to be buried in it.

Okay, I know it has been forever since I have updated this blasted journal cause I don't have a computer when i stay at Dustin's and that makes things very difficult. So, basically what Jo has accomplished in the last 7 days is a big plate of nothing, with intersprinklings of hilarious family interactions. The first dog Dustin had as his own pet got put to sleep Saturday so I went. That was awful. Then we got back to his place and his dog, Echo, decided to jumped the six foot drop off of the deck. Needless to say, Dustin was a basketcase for the rest of the day. Sunday, we spent the evening at Tammy and Jimmy's and that was delightful and fun. Monday we went to his parents for Memorial day and there was a sibling dispute and we left early. The rest of the week till now has been pretty boring. I finally saw 'Batman Begins' and it is really quite great. It really pays to have a comicbook geek as a boyfriend. And in an act of complete boredom, I have now watched all but one disc of the extended versions of the whole Lord of the Rings Series. Mostly, I just watched it so I would be able to discuss the awfulness with Dustin and since he had them and it was a good waste of 12 hours. I wasn't impressed, but I haven't seen the last 3 hours of whatever of the last movie. i must say, I prefered Batman Begins, though it had Christian Bale and Batman. Peter Jackson should have just added Batman, he already ruined the story. So, that leads up to right now and it is less than a week before we leave for Wyoming. We leave next thursday and will get home sundy night. It is gonna be a hectic weekend. I am a little excited but it is gonna be and odd experience. Hopefully I will survive.

EEK...

Swiped from dopplegl:

Okay, The Starlight Mints are the cutest band in the whole entire world. They had a show Saturday night in Kansas and the boy and I went. They reminded me of a whole four person band of Gurgi and Erika. The boy is sick. He came home early from work today which is fine because I was going home today so the extra time with him so happily accepted. I'm spending my weeks at home now cause I never get to see my family anymore. Tomorrow I have an appointment to get measured so my bridesmaids dress can be altered. All that matters is that it has to be finished well before the eighth since we are leaving at five on the morning of the eighth.

Saturday, in addition to the concert, we took Dustin's parents to dinner. It went well, and we have been invited up for Memorial day so i am finally starting to get to know people ihn his family that aren't his sister. This is a good thing. Gosh I would love to talk to some of you people cause the last few months have been amazing. Next week it will be six months since our first date and I am absolutely floored. It seems utterly surreal and given that none of my friends have met him, I am completely annoyed.

We have sick baby kitties in the bathroom and bad sick at that. I am having a real hard time even going into the bathroom cause two are in dire shape. I leave for a weekend and the kitties begin to die. I am less than happy about this.

I am beyond impressed by the fact that myspace plays music. This shows how much I paid attention when I got my account. Pretty pretty music. Which is a reminder that I have to remember to listen to my new Belle and Sebastian cd since I have been waiting for it for almost two months. I don't think I will have any problems with it but still must listen. The boy was a complete dear for buying it for me. in the midst of sick kitties Belle and Sebastian is a great thing. I am sorry all of you for the babble but I had to babble..

Okay, I am back, I know it has been over two weeks but I hope I haven't missed Too much. I read something about a dead cat on Jecka's journal and the regular Mother's Day stuff. I didn't do Mother's day. I got Mom a gift but otherwise that was it. Dustin was gonna go up to his parents yesterday but he decided to ditch. I hate saying that I am relieved but we have been dating for five and a half months, and I have only been around his parent's for ten minutes total. I wasn't sure Mother's day was the family audition I wanted. But, He is taking them out to dinner this weekend and I am supposed to go.

Mom and Dad were out of town this weekend. My future sister-in-law's bridal shower was Saturday. they went so that they could meet Jodie's family before the wedding. I have been regailed with stories of the weekend since I got home. Mom brought my bride's maid dress back and we are having to have it altered cause it has a 40 inch bust and I do not.

Dustin made it home from Florida okay. He loved it there and has done nothing but yammer about haw amazing it is and how much he misses being there. It's like when some of you have come home from Engalnd and do nothing but carry on about being homesick.

Please please tell me if I have missed anything vital in the last two weeks. I think I need to get myself to bed.

Okay, so first off, Happy Birthday, delbutterfly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you have a great day!

I just got home very late last night from a very extended visit with my adorable boyfriend and NO computer access. I am honestly lost as to how I survive weeks without email but I have managed it. It has been a very silly eleven days. Especially since i had this dream about Ana that I am still atempting to figure out. All I can figure was it was disco party, cause it clearly Ana in the Marshall's basement. Numerous things forced me to completely miss members of my friend group. Like Monday afternoon I spent all day reading Toyfare magazine and other than the fact that i am slowly becoming a comic book geek, all the star wars stuff made me miss Christy. Especially the hilarious advertisment in the fake want-ads for a sale on powerconverters at Toshi station that had been put on hold but never picked up. I meant to swipe the magazined so I could scan and an icon could be made.

My adorable arteest boyfriend left this morning for Florida which was part of the reason for the super extended visit. He'll be gone till Monday. But, hopefully he will have luck with the people he is supposed to meet with and things will happen with his art. He made it safely to Florida at least so I am hoping the rest pans out.

So after over a week of getting to be a complete lazy bum, I got home at nearly 2 and was forced awake at 8 by a kittie jumping on my chest... Oh well, getting up early is good sometimes.

I have managed to get nothing done even though I have been up since 8. In fact, i am still partially dressed, cause I cannot bring myself to take off the Sandman shirt I sneaked out of Dustin's clothes and brought home. I wore it to bed but it's too comforting and comfortable to take off.

The only exciting thing that happened this whole week was Dustin and I went to the Zoo Saturday. This was both grand and awful. Cute animals, fresh air, and the exercise were all wonderful things. But, it just so happened that we got inot our first official awful fight right in the middle of the Zoo. Those who know me know that I am no stranger to public acts of annoyance. So, I was notminding lashing out at him in front of everyone at the zoo. he had a problem with that and things almost got very nasty but we worked it out. Okay they did get very nasty but still they got better. Dustin seemed kinda relieved that we got the first major blowup over with and survived. I see his point but still didn't like having to go through the whole fight thing. anyway, since next week will mark 5 months that we have been dating it was getting a bit odd that we hadn't had a fight. Okay, I have run out of things to say so I will add more later...

Okay, so I am sitting cds of Tori Amos for my boyfriend. We watched 'Welcome to Sunny Florida' the other night and that made the need to make him tori cds quite necessary. Well, obviously not the normal tori cds, b-sides and such. There is chinese food in the fridge for me to eat but I am not feeling too hungry. I have been a sick Jo for the last couple of days. Saturday, Dustin sold a bunch of stuff so I got to shop at a used cd store and a used booked store so i got a few things. I found a copy of 'When I was Born For the Seventh Time." by cornershop, which I have been looking for for months. An AngloIndian music group that has a song involving Allen Ginsberg, has to be a good thing. But, I have to say the greatest most wonderful thing was I found a copy of 'The Bodacious Book of Succulence' by Sark. I was thrilled but even most excited that it was a dollar. Hopefully I will read it and get the insight out of it. And then I can loan it to ann.

The only uncheap thing I got was 'Push Bar Man to Open Old Wounds" I meant to subject Dustin to that, but there were so many things he and I were listening to that Belle and Sebastian EPs seemed more like a alone Jo thing. So, later today I shall be listening to that. I am very excited. Cause listening many times to the new Isobel Campbell cd made me long for Belle and Sebastian...

Anyway, i am all a-babble. and I have a kitty in my lap. Dustin and I found a cat that we were tempted to give a good home last night. He was this skinny friendly black cat and Dustin was completely smitten. I am not sure how his dog would feel if Dustin brought a cat home....

okay I am gonna stop writing now... Love you all...

Edit-- Dustin and I watched 'Benny and Joon' yesterday... He had never seen it. I was amazed by this but he did love it. Who could not love Benny and Joon... Unless it is due to some deep-seeded dislike for Julianne Moore.

( Recent music listening picture layout thingie )


Oh MY GOSH the New Isobel Campbell/Marl Lanagan cd is amazing. I encourage the world to get this cd. I bought it for my boyfriend after being goaded into it. He had it in his head that he deserved a present after his tests Wednesday. The tests went well. He has acid reflux and ulcers on his esophogus and it was a really weird day. I am not sure if he really deserved a present but since I wanted to hear Isobel's new stuff I didn't mind. Besdies, Dustin had never heard of Isolbel so I was eager to be privy to his introduction to her. Anyway, la de dah!

Okay, this is a quickie. The journal entries about my cruise are on hold. I am gonna be at Dustin's for the rest of this week. He is having awful unfun tests (that involve colons that are not punctuation marks)... Wednesday and I am gonna stay with him tomorrow night and stay till sunday... He needs prayers and good thoughts and anything else like that. And it would have been wirtten 30 minutes sooner but I started listening to NO! by TMBG... I wish i had known about this cd when Tori and jake were younger they would have loved it. Okay so pray and think good thoughts for my boyfriend and for me for I am a worried Jo...

That music meme, ganked from I don't know how many people. My player's on shuffle, identify the songs by the lyrics, set your own player to shuffle & quote either the first or your favorite lyric from the first 25 songs that come up.

1) All these things that you do
You know they drive me out of my mind
And as mean as you are
You know you are my kind

2)She's an ugly girl, she doesn't pose a threat.
She's an ugly girl, does she make you feel safe?
Ugly girl, ugly girl, do you hate her

3) Had a friend, she once told me,
you got a friend, you ain't lonely,?

4)Why don't you ask him what's going on?
Why don't you ask him who's the latest on his throne?

5)Then i tell myself i'll put you down
Don't wanna see your face around
Don't call me up anymore
When i hear your voice it's in my ear

( The rest is under the cut )

Okay so now we continue with part one cause I am only in the middle of St. Thomas...

we got back on the ship and I think we did the swimming thing but I could be wrong on that one. Then there was showering and dinner. Monday night was singles night, Mom felt I should go so I did. It was a total bust. The 25-35 year olds were to have a mingling session at The Apollo which is the piano bar. There was no mingling mostly the atmosphere was completely taken over by the piano sing-along. That was wonderful. I ordered a glass of wine and got roped into the sing along while I waited. The glass of wine never came so I reordered and continued to sing. I was quite amused by some of the songs that were being requested. A lot of call for Margaritaville and hilariously enough American Pie... While in the piano bar I got hit on by a drunk truck driver who was teasing me for being without a drink. So, the woman next to me told me I needed a drink so I got a bloody mary. That was the last drink i bought that night. The guy next to me bought the next one. I had the fortune of sitting between atwo people with kids my age. After i had been at the bar for a few hours the piano player took a break. For a while the woman next to me, her friend and I kept ourselves entertained by singing Janis at the top of our lungs... I was thrilled to find comeraderie in Mercedes Benz...
so, right after the piano player came back the ladies, Toni and Annette, decided to go to the disco. I was invited and was rewarded with more free booze. So, at two in the morning I was a tipsy Jo and was tired of 5 minute techno salsa music and Toni's attempts to get a guy. So, I went to bed. Toni and Annete were on the cruise celebrating their 40th year as best friends. I loved that. I was amazed that two women could meet at age 8 and still be tight 40 years later. I was inspired.
Oh, my towel animal for Monday was an elephant.

Part two- Dominica...

On tuesday, we went to Dominica. Because of our leaving later than intended on Sunday night we were late getting to Dominica. We had a tour that day. We went and explored a waterfall, Trafalger falls, and the emerald pools. They are both in rainforests, so it was quite gorgeous. I fell trying to get down to the pools. the whole path down to the pool is big mossy boulders that you have to climb. I slipped on one and scraped my knee so i didn't make it to the pool. I got interesting souveniers in Dominica, I got fresh nutmegs and bayrum lotion. The nutmegs were very cute and are...

So, that night was the first dance performance. They have an on ship dance troupe and they perform two Vegas style shows each week. The first one was supposed to be a tribute to night clubs. They made it not quite half way in and they had an equipment malfunction. There was a section where it was two dancers and the female was harnessed. The cables got twisted and rather than chance something bad happening they stopped the show until the problem could be fixed. It was a really neat show though it was a showcase of songs and dances from famous night clubs. They did a very lewd Village People representation and I was greatly amused. the best part of the Studio 54 set though was the 'Stayin Alive' section. It was JUST the girl dancers in the white suits and Travolta wigs. My mom was amused because they all had obvious stuffed crotches. I explained that this was a great Studio 54 trend and not just so the girls looks 'macho'. I cannot remember what I ate for dinner that night but I am sure it was good.
Towel creature for Tuesday was a dog, he was wearing my sunglasses.
I think this night was formal night. I looked Hot in my pretty white formal dress. It was the captain's cocktail party which meant free booze and wierd little appetizer typed things.

Part 3- Barbados...
Rule number one, people in Barbados drive like maniacs. In Barbados I felt the need to go exploring on my own. This was short lived. I got on the island and went back to ship an hour or so later. All I was doing was shopping and it was boring all by myself. I love Barbados but it was a little on teh annoying side Wednesday so I went back to the comfort of the ship and sunbathed on the top deck. I am finally used to my nearly non-existant bikini. Actually on the top half is bad. How I end ed up with a string bikini top is beyond me but I have it and so I am trying to get used to it. I sat on a deck chair and read my beat compendium book. Beat poetry is very good reading for sun bathing.

My family went to the beach, well tori stayed on ship with day car. Tori and I ended up being the only members of the group that didn't get horrid sunburn. I think this is the first time in my life I have not been the one with blisters and lobster red skin. I prefer being the one with really good sunscreen. There are some times that beinga red head is not fun. But, I got to lay out with no ill effects and that was nice.

Well, I am home. And still not unpacked... Probably won't be until tomorrow or thursday. I have a boyfriend who I have not seen in a week and a half coming over to visit tonight and that takes prescendence over unpacking. Hour long phone conversations are nice but I would much rather actually see him. My back and neck are still adjusting to my bed, not to mention my neck hasn't quite forgiven me for sleeping on the airplane. My ship bed was the greatest thing in the world and I miss it dearly. It was like the ultimate white fluffy cloud with a down comforter and oh my gosh that was a nice bed.

So, where to begin. We left on the 19th at 4:30 for the airport my flight was at 7 something... I was flying solo. I had a layover flight in Memphis tennessee. All I saw was the airport not really time to thumb it to Graceland or anything. the flight from Memphis to Puerto Rico was pretty good but that was when Sunday got yucky. We were supposed to board the ship between 2 and 8 so the ship could set sail at 10. When we got to the port dock at 4 we were told that we would not be able to board until after 8 cause there had been a mechanical problem on the last trip out and they were late. So, everyone was rewarded 25 dollars to get dinner and then we were to be back at 8 or so to board. There was a line at 8, and it just kept getting longer. It got nasty, cops were called, riot gear was brought. You see, the people that were trying to board were getting angry and they were giving the people who were trying to get off the ship free booze, so the combo was NOT GOOD. We were able to board fairly quickly because we had the kids with us. We boarded at about midnight and went up ate way too much food and went to bed. The ship set sail at like 2 I think. I had a room with portholes so i could watch the ocean and places from my room, that was nice. My room was amazing. I had a nice little bed and a couch and a man that came in and turned it down at night and put mints on my pillows. He also made little towel animals that were on my bed everynight. Israel was a great room steward. Pictures will be coming as soon as i can upload them.

Monday we were in St Thomas. We didn't take a tour or anything, we just wandered around town and shopped. I am kinda sad that i didn't buy a sixpack of ginger beer there. i love that stuff. The town we were in was the capital, Charlotte Amalai... I think that place has the prettiest name. I got a keychain for my collection. The ship entertainment was a comedian that night, I can't remember what his name was but he was hilarious.

Okay, I need to regroup before I continue this... Part two soon... (plus things about Monday I might have missed)

So, my boyfriend called a few hours ago and asked if I had to work tomorrow. I said yes and he was like ' well you can stay the night if you want to.' so i asked for the day off. It is nice working for a person who will let me off work on such short notice. So, I might not get this updated before I leave.

I LOVE YOU ALL