Raven goes Down Under

Can you believe Elz paid to have this picture taken?!!!

It must be - ohhhhhhhh about 4 or 5 years old?



What a good laugh! My hair was so short! and I was about oh, maybe 10 pounds heavier. Oy... what was I thinking!

Edit:
Okay here's the background on this pic. These are the boys from the Las Vegas Male review show "Thunder from Down Under". I don't recall which casino they preform at but anyhoo, this is one of the few male review shows that allow men in so OF COURSE I drug Elz with me cuz there was absolutely no way I was going by myself! No fucken Way! Elz is my uber hip husband and he had more fun, okay TOO MUCH fun making fun of me during the show and at the end of the show the "Boys" had their photo shoot where you give'em 10 bucks and get to sit on thier lap and have a poloriod taken.

Ya so Elz paid for it, he wouldn't come with me to sit on their laps but one day I'll get him to do it!

Now here's the funny twist to this Thunder from Down Under boys. Rees and I used to make an annual trip to Vegas, just the two of us and we'd dress up. I mean We'd Dress Up! I doubt you'd reconize us if you saw us on the street but we would certainly catch your attention because we go the whole nine yards!

We used to play S.C.A. in fact we were of the few who help get it started up here in New Mexico ooooohhhh about 25ish or more years ago, maybe 30 years, in fact it was how Rees and I met!

Anyways we loved dressing up so we thought what the hell! Its Las Vegas for crying out loud! So we dressed up, we are practically covered head to toe in fabric and we go all out with jewerly, veils, flowy tunics, the whole works! and the Thunder from Down Under was a realtively new show at the time, it was just us girls - so we went. Dressed up.

We got more attention from the boys than most of the other half nekkied youngling girls in the audiance who were dong their best to get the boy's attention. It was great! We danced with them, got on stage, Rees and I had the time of our lives and afterwards whilest cooling off in the ladies room we had women coming up to us saying, "You guys are so cool! What was it like dancing with them! Did you get to touch anything!??? *insert learing mascare smudged eyes and wild drunken grins*" Cuz the boys from down under encourage gropage and touching and anything else your heart desires, they just ask don't yank on anything. ^_~

But looking at this picture with the boys and their fake smiles just makes me giggle at how different they were when I was dressed up, covered in layers of fabric and they were so friendly and yet I bet in this pic they wouldn't give me the time of day.

I should ask Rees if she still has that picture she took with the boys. :D

Mute Monday!

Mute Monday: Greatness

If you have never been then you should go, it's considered the Largest Pow Wow of North America. Held every year in April, this year it's April 24th to the 26th. IMO it IS the greatest Pow Wow.

** The Gathering of Nations **

I try and go every year, its a weekend full of color, sounds and tribes from around the globe. Opening and closing ceremonys over 3000 dancers make their way onto the dance floor. These three days are filled with more beads, ribbons, bells, shells, feathers, leather and ever on-going motion than you can shake a stick at! You should go if you ever have the oppertunity!

Huge ass pic spam ahead! You've been warned! :D

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And these are pics I took from last year:















Closing ceremony: I believe there were just over 3500 dancers participating.



I can't wait to see it all over again a few weeks! Happy Mute Monday all!

Well Crud

Now what?



Remeber The Final Results of my TMJ? and I was all a twitter because my neurologist was at long, long, LONG last give me Botox injections for pain management? It's been almost 2 years we started this pain management thingie, 2 years of seeing one specialist after another; so close to relief!

*pfffttttt*

So much for that idea. I knew it was too good to be true, I just received a letter from my health insurance, they denied the request for the script of Botox.

Which means I either pay for it out-of-pocket because why on earth would I have MEDICAL INSURANCE if I could do this to begin with?

- or -

Send them proof that "I have tried using a formulary/preferred alternative medication which failed," and then they will review my request once more.

*le-sigh*

I knew this was too good to be true not to mention my face hurts like holy hell today. So ya, my appointment had been set for the 7th to have the injections done but now, I don't know what's going to happen. And of course it's too late in the day to call my doctor's office today so I will have to wait until Monday to call her up and see what's the next step to get this approval done!

Meh. 20 more minutes and I can go home. Where I can take stronger pain meds.

/self pity post.

"IN" Basket

So what is the point of having an "IN" basket, which by the way the evil minions insisted I have, if NO ONE uses it but insteads finds a blank spot on my desk, no matter how small to leave their paper, requests and whatnot?

Ya know what else I don't get? The evil minion who instead of simply refilling an empty stapler, leaves it open for the next person to fill and then comes to find ME to say, "The stapler in the xerox room is empty."

-_______-;

OR said same evil minion, takes the last of the water from the water cooler and watches as Raven (who has the bad back) wrestle with the replacement FIVE GALLON water bottle in heels! but if Elz shows up and is moving boxes asks ELZ if he needs help moving because "they look heavy".

Ya, am in sort of a ranty mood. It's a good thing its Friday.

Humpf....

Since the evil minions are so damn cheep, I've been working on rebuilding the firm's website because our current one is sooooooooo archaic, dark and depressing I started on a working mock up site and after spending an obscene amount of time on it thus far, I decided to show a co-worker what I've created.

She laughed so much I want to delete the stupid thing. I mean if the first responce is to laugh your ass off I guess it really does suck. So Raven's frail ego is still recovering and I'm torn between why am I working so hard on it to just finish the damn thing, present it to the evil minions who can't make up their minds on anything, anyways and will probably hate it as well and after all the time I've spent on it will hire a professional web builder who will probably tear their hair out because 5 partners can't make a common decision. Hence the reason I just started it and thought once it was done THEN they can change till their hearts are content.

But seriously, they don't give me feedback, they don't offer suggestions as to new and/or amended content, once they saw the prices "professionals" charge they didn't want to spend the cash; yet they want a website for the firm, which is understandable and I cringe anytime someone wants to know the URL to visit it because it really is outdated.

So ya, I'm agonizing over whether or not to scrap the mock up site because I can still hear her laughing. =(

Or finish it and brace myself for extreme critizism only attorneys can dish out.

I need a nap.

PS Spam!

Made myself a new banner for my graphics journal!



I'm very pleased with it. ^_^

Like my nails?

Been practicing my finger nail painting...










Toe nails too! Whadathik?









Who's next? *pats saloon chair*

*pfffttttt* as if! Rees sent the pics to me! *LMAO!*

HNT!

Okay here's the deal folks, I'm growing my hair out. I'm very please that I haven't chopped it off by now and it's just over two years since I started this little personal project considering my hair used to be oh-so-very short. VERY short, and now it's almost mid-back, well maybe not quite mid-back but if I reach behind me I can grab the end of it, so yes, I'm pleased I haven't hacked it off yet! Key word here being "Yet".

All nice and neat and under control.



In my Last HNT Posting it was pinned up because it gets heavy and too hot all the time on my neck (besides with it up, you can see my tattoo!) so most of the time I have it in ponytail, in my bead hair pin or up with a clip. And with the weather being so dry chances are it's more up than down because of the killer static eletricty which causes it to stand out and I get it caught in my car door or window and more likely than not, wrapped up in the seat belt.

So here's the untamed beast, un-clipped, freshly washed and still drying.



Thank you dear Marcello for reminding me about HNT!



Ta!

Now you all have a great Easter!

Unless Easter has yet to occur for you, then just enjoy the pic spam, okay?

Cuz OMG. I think I've found my new shower buddy.



Now I usually don't go for the muscle'y type guy but I will make an exception!



Oh lordy, Arm Sex!






Yes he can be Raven's shower buddy. *nods*