Last name search

I did a search for my last name both spelled with an "i" at the end, and a "y" at the end. It's italian and legal either way. I was told that the name was misspelled when they got of the boat at Ellis Island. Wow, did I ever find a crapload of stuff, and some of it was even interesting. I found out about:

• My mother being in a quilt club. *yawn*
• A lady named Diann who is apparently very prominent in the hospitality industry. (I mention her because she came up a shitload of times)
• My stepfather's suing Beechcraft
• Aparently, an uncle of mine was incriminated in some HUGE cocaine bust in 1995
• I found some white trash looking guy in Florida (complete with mugshot) and arrest info
• Apparently my grandfather was injured in this.
• A website with a fraction of my brother's artwork on it (damn he's good
• And my graduation (It was a hoot. If you have the time, check out the article and audio stream. We seriously had people rushing the stage to kick the speaker's ass.)

My relatives apparently own a vineyard and have a hotel in italy. So I decided to try a search by my last name + lucca. Too bad I don't speak any decent italian. About the only thing I can gather is that a lot of people have either graduated or work at some educational facility; and something about smoking - if the italian word is close enough to french to make that assumption. BTW, it seems that both my father's civil rights violation suit and my uncle's cocaine case, both set legal precedent because they were referenced several times in other litigations.

Thanks Contagion!

Doesn't this look scrumptious?
Contagion's idea of the "perfect cake" to celebrate our Nerd Day 2nd Anniversary. (We lovingly refer to it as The Excremental.) Debate is still up on if this is a monkey; and if those are palm trees, not inverted 3-testicled penises. Whatever it's supposed to be, it was darned tasty.

The Sims II

I love The Sims. Trying to figure out ways of torturing/killing/driving people to kill other people without having to worry about that pesky jail sentence, provides a nice outlet for stress. (Or did they bring the death penalty back to Illinois?)Anywho, was checking out some of the info regarding The Sims II which is slated to come out on 9/14/04. Well, me likey-likey. Below are a few links to a couple of screenshots for your viewing pleasure:

• Screenshot 1
• Screenshot 2
• Screenshot 3

Can you tell it's my Lesbian Week?

Changes

I will be making changes slowly but surely. I have recently come to the decision that I should not delay in basic things like adding a favorites list with links to my sidebar just because I am a lazy bitch. Don't expect a completely overhauled site in the near future though. I will be doing this bit by bit as I decide on how much I want a change versus how much effort I am willing to put into it with a dash of "am I bored enough to bother" tossed into the mix. HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! I'm off to bed because I have to be at the top of my game in order to successfully manage avoiding family and friends later today.

I've sold my soul to Ebay

I have no job, my savings are near depleted (THANKS CAR PAYMENT), and STILL I've purchased approximately $25 on rocks and glass because I thought they were "purty" (THANKS EBAY). I figure if I ever get the money together to purchase the necessary tools I can make my own jewelry out of it. My friends will know how ridiculous this statement is because I have only really ever worn one piece of jewelry in the past 10 years. Well, that doesn't include the various piercings I had acquired through my younger days. But my friends would have gouged heir eyeballs out if they had seen 2 of those. The only one viewable by the public was my eyebrow ring... Ahhhh, distant, quasi-painful memories *whistful sigh*. This particular bit of jewelry I picked up in Madison, Wi. It is a ring based on the fairy tale "The Frog Prince": externally there is a frog; inside of the ring is a naked man. Most people I show the inside to seem to think it is a frog with a penis. This is a thought I have always found to be deeply disturbing, but what is worse is that most of the people that notice it is indeed a naked human being think that it's Jesus. I know I'm not the most religious person on the face of the planet, but I'm not sacrilegious enough to wear a naked Jesus Christ on my person. Anywho, here is a pic of one of my recent purchases from Ebay. Purty rocks. I'm not even sure if I got ripped off, but this particular damned item set me up to acquiring $22 worth of other rocks and glass bits because the seller offered free shipping on purchases up to $20. I need to stop staying up late and buying things, this is getting to be an addiction. BTW, I may be up for 2 jobs next week. I find out about both on Tuesday. Wish me luck so that I can afford not to lose my car over some goddamned baubles I purchased in the wee hours of the morn! *singing fades off into the distance* "Woo woo woowoo woo woo woowoowoo! Do you know the way to use Ebaaaaaay..."