Road Tripping in the Key of Me

i think the time has come to pay tribute to my long suffering mate and colleague who has the dubious honor of driving my (usually slightly tipsy) self home from work at night.

here's why:

it's 11:30pm. two technicians emerge from the Heritage Theatre.

dean: *yawn* long day, various tired remarks
megan: grumble grumble could have stayed for one more beer grumble

both enter the car. megan assumes dj-ing responsibilities...

dean: please, no alanis. not again
megan: (expletive) you, i only want to listen to one song

megan finds alanis and begins to sing along...

WHAT PART OF OUR HISTORY'S REEEEIIIIINVENTED AND UNDER RUG SWEPT....

no. wait wait. that wasn't the song... *skips through cd a bit*

YOU'VE ALREADY RUN MEEE OVER-ER INSPITE OF MEEEEEEEE... (yes. i realise the lyrics are wrong, but after that night way back when, i have been unable to sing the right words)

no. that's not it either. *skips through cd a bit*

IT'S LIKE RAAAAA-EEEEE-AAAAAAAAAAAAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAAAAAAAAAY

no. no. maybe not alanis.

dean bangs head on steering wheel

dean: can i choose a cd? (bear in mind we're in dean's car)

megan: NO (expletive) off!!

*finds new cd*

SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW

no. that's not it

FEEEEEEELINGS WOAH WOAH WOAH FEEEEEELINGS WISH I'D NEVER MET YOOOOOOOO

no. still not.

WORKING CLASS HEEEERROOOO IS SOMETHING TO BEEEEEE

no no.

aah. i know...

MARY MO-O-O-O-O-O SHE'S A VEGETARIAAAAAAAN

yes!!!

and with that.. the cd starts skipping. i scream and curse and dean puts his music on while i chain smoke. and he puts up with this

every.fucking.night.

here's your medal bud.

horoscopes

very seldom get it right for me. except for the one i read about 5 minutes ago. half of it was freakishly accurate. now lets hope the other half comes true!

Today

has been weird to say the least. which is a fitting end to a strange weekend. i think it's all the religion flying around creating funny vibes. pfft. whatever. i have wine (not holy) and muzak, and that's all this girl needs right now

song for today:

senzafine - lacuna coil (cos it's pretty and italian)

My Mates... Keeping me sane and other rawking things

One of those survey things... but with a twist...

This one is different: This is funny!! YOU fill in the blanks about ME and send it back to ME. But FIRST send a blank one out to all your friends, so they can return the favor to you. Be honest-they're really SCARY to get back. (Do not do this if you can't take a joke because you might not like the answers!) It only takes a few minutes, so just do it!!!! 1st: Send (forward) this Survey to everyone you know to see how well he or she knows you. 2nd: (reply) fill this survey out about the person who sent it to you and send it back to them.

Garett:

1. Name: Megan Stow
2. Where did we meet: In a back room on a dodge site.
3. Take a stab at my middle name: Stabbity stab. Will you sit still for two seconds please. Stabbing is serious work.
4. How long have you known me: Taking a stab, I'd say about 5 years. Ish.
5. Do I smoke: I'll forego the obvious answer and say yes.
6. What was your first impression of me upon meeting : thought to self "Keep the pose you idiot. Keep the pose and you'll be fine."
7. Color of my eyes : I'm not going back to Facebook to check. You already know I love you so if you're offended by me not knowing the colour of your eyes you'll just have to come up and show me what colour they are.
8. Do I have any siblings & how many : Yes. 1.
9. What's one of my favorite things to do : Drink.
10. Do you remember one of the first thing I said to you : A variation of hello I think. Ok. That was p1ss poor really. I actaully can't remember either.
11. What's my favorite type of music : MCR, FOB (i'll get you for that)
12. What is the best feature about me : Jesus - where to start. For now, I'll say open-ness.
13. Am I shy or outgoing : Outgoing.
14. Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules : You're a nun actually. Well in the dreams you're wearing a nun's outfit.
15. What's your favorite memory of me : Walking around the Botanical Gardens in Dbn.
16. Any special talents : Drinking most mortal men under the table. Several other mythical talents but I've yet to see them in action.
17. Would you consider me a friend : Of course.
18. How many children do I have : 1 with two legs. Don't know how many with four.
19. If there was one good nickname for me, what would it be : Keith. Because only you and Keith Richards could do what you have done to your bodies and still come out alive. (aaaw. blushing now)

20. If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what one thing would I bring ? If you don't bring rum we are no longer friends.

Skintoit Bee:

1. Name: Megan
2. Where did we meet: old burn forum, first non virtual encounter the winston
3. Take a stab at my middle name: dunno
4. How long have you known me: about 3 yrs
5. Do I smoke: yes
6. What was your first impression of me upon meeting : she is not as scary as her online persona teenage girl squad
7. Color of my eyes : brown
8. Do I have any siblings & how many : sister
9. What's one of my favorite things to do : lie on the couch at home watching telly
10. Do you remember one of the first thing I said to you : nope
11. What's my favorite type of music : I don't know
12. What is the best feature about me : wit, independance,
13. Am I shy or outgoing :can be both
14. Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules : rebel
15. What's your favorite memory of me : you hate photo of yourself, one day when pressed you sent out a pic of yourself under an umbrella I wet myself (Note to self: seek and destroy that photo)
16. Any special talents : navigator and driver
17. Would you consider me a friend : yes
18. How many children do I have : 1
19. If there was one good nickname for me, what would it be : tank girl
20. If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what one thing would I bring ? a satellite communication device, with solor panel powering mechanism so we can make contact and get rescued.

Nikki

1. Name: Megan Stow
2. Where did we meet: High School Grade 8
3. Take a stab at my middle name: Theressa (Excuse the spelling :) )
4. How long have you known me: 10 years..... oh my GOD we are getting OLD!!!
5. Do I smoke: Yes.... naugthy girl!
6. What was your first impression of me upon meeting : Can't remember.... getting so old the aldzheimers is kicking in. I must have liked the look of you, else we wouldn't stil be friends
7. Color of my eyes : Brown
8. Do I have any siblings & how many : Yes, 1 sister
9. What's one of my favorite things to do : Eat Chocolate / Racing
10. Do you remember one of the first thing I said to you : No.... again the aldzeimhers!!!! :) Must have been something about Rallying
11. What's my favorite type of music : Stuff I have nightmares about!!!!
12. What is the best feature about me : You are my friend
13. Am I shy or outgoing : Outgoing
14. Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules : REBEL
15. What's your favorite memory of me : Our many days of marshalling rally stages together
16. Any special talents : Lots
17. Would you consider me a friend : Yes
18. How many children do I have : 1 girl
19. If there was one good nickname for me, what would it be : ???????
20. If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what one thing would I bring ? A bottle of sweet red wine..... or a case or two! :) and a wine bottle opener of course!You are quite resourceful :) (haha, someone clearly knows me too well!!)

Cath

1. Name: Megan Stow
2. Where did we meet: Sideburn. I LOVE YOU THEEEEEEEES MUCH
3. Take a stab at my middle name: Crap i know this.
4. How long have you known me: Approx 4 years. No five. does it matter?
5. Do I smoke: Only if set alight
6. What was your first impression of me upon meeting : see question 2
7. Color of my eyes : brown
8. Do I have any siblings & how many : 1 sister, amy
9. What's one of my favorite things to do : hang out with me! heheeh

10. Do you remember one of the first thing I said to you : see question 2
11. What's my favorite type of music : just about the same as me. i call it eclectic
12. What is the best feature about me : unwillingness to pass judgement without sound opinion formed
13. Am I shy or outgoing :outgoing
14. Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules : rebel
15. What's your favorite memory of me : toilet paper song.
16. Any special talents : i dont know.... ;-)

17. Would you consider me a friend : duh
18. How many children do I have : one
19. If there was one good nickname for me, what would it be : megsy HAH
20. If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what one thing would I bring ? booze!

Anen

1. Name: Megan
2. Where did we meet: on the old burn forum (RIP), teen girl squad :)
3. Take a stab at my middle name: theresa
4. How long have you known me: 4 years

5. Do I smoke: si
6. What was your first impression of me upon meeting : what a sweet girl, not scary at all
7. Color of my eyes : brown
8. Do I have any siblings & how many : sister
9. What's one of my favorite things to do : shoe shopping; watching futurama and lying in bed
10. Do you remember one of the first thing I said to you : hello kittylitter

11. What's my favorite type of music : hair metal :)

12. What is the best feature about me : strongly opinionated

13. Am I shy or outgoing : a lil of both

14. Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules : total rebel
15. What's your favorite memory of me : i liked the yellow umbrella photo too
16. Any special talents : can read maps
17. Would you consider me a friend : yes
18. How many children do I have : 1
19. If there was one good nickname for me, what would it be : megsie
20. If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what one thing would I bring ? hair straightener

and thus endeth the fun and madness. thanks guys, you brightened up my day like you will never know!

bit of a mixed bag...

So lets start with something happy...

Chris Roper, one of my fave interweb columnists is writing for News24 again!!

check it out here

and now, for my girls.

it seems a bunch of my nearest and dearest are having shit, all at this moment in time.

though all your situations are completely different, this same piece of advice applies:

chin up, fuck the rest. resolution will reveal itself in the most unexpected ways.

mwah you lot

what i learnt today

that my mates have my back and will never drop me in the shit. cath. you rock.

All the Small Things

I sometimes think that i get too caught up with worrying about the big stuff to take time out and appreciate the small things that make the uphill slog worth it. Sitting outside today, watching Shae and the dogs playing, I realised that the tree in our front yard has been flowering for 6 straight months and instead of just enjoying teh pretty yellowness of it all, i spend a lot of time bitching about the flowers falling all over my car.

well, enough of that, time to sit back and enjoy some of the little perks:

• rediscovering mudpies and sandpits (thanks Shae!!)
• the mutts playing a three-way tug-o-war
  
• Pippin trying to pounce her own shadow
• Disney movies
• cheese (sorry Anne!)
• actually being awake to see a sunrise
• Quinn wearing his frisbee as a hat
• coffee
• friends' killer sayings (tina's gem: if all the world's a stage, i want better lighting!)
• Shae's complete refusal to call me mom (it's ME-GINNNN, thankyouverymuch)
• finding my Empire Records DVD and LOVING that movie all over again.

Song for Today: Sugarhigh - Coyote Shivers

More things Theatrical

was reading through some of my old posts (hell, i'm probably the only one that reads them anyway!) and found this:

One more month of work for me at the Heritage which means one more month i can spend dodging the real world and hiding from corporate life in the surreal place that is theater.

well, that was july last year. i'm STILL hiding out at the heritage, avoiding the real world like one would a nasty flesh eating virus!

and here's why:

because i like it. no board meetings, no lame ass team building that every one fucking hates anyway and working with the most amazing people that are like a second family to me (and often i like them way more than my real one!)

sure the hours are crap and you have to put up with the odd diva, but really, wouldn't trade it for anything.

song for today:
(for no reason other than how it makes you laugh til you cry)
Tenacious D - Classico

Back Again

and this time i'll hopefully be inspired to stick around longer. who knows, maybe i'll even have a profound thought or two. stranger things have been known to happen!

song for today:
Drift Away - Dobie Gray