Weird pedi experience

i had a weird experience today. i went to Windward Mall to get some last minute items for my Italy trip and decided at the last minute to get my toes ready too. i find a place at the mall and got a pedi scheduled right away. woohoo!!

so, let me start with the chairs....awesome! top notch massage chairs. then the bathtub your feet go into is lit up with florescent colors. it was like midnight bowling without the bowling. it would've been super-cool if they turned off the lights at one point to really enhance the effect. but then the pedi-curist wouldn't be able to see what they are working on with their sharp implements....so maybe we keep the lights on.

they had a big flat screen TV turned to CNN. awesome!! catch up on the news while getting my soon-to-be-aching feet ready for the cobblestone streets of Rome. another woohoo please!

here's the disturbing part: my pedi-curist. it was a dude....and he wasn't gay....AND he sort of looked like my manly friend Tai. disturbing!!! the pedi-dude was Vietnamese (Tai is Chinese), and he had hair (Tai shaves his head), but some of his features were Tai-ish. i was gonna try to take a photo of him while he was working on me but it would've been too obvious and a tad bit creepy on my part. it was already weird to think of a guy working on my toes. not sure why that is. i think i equate manly-dudes working on women's toes as being intimate. although that chinese peanut-breath dude in LA doesn't count as he beat me up...there was pain involved and not good pain. have i told that story? i guess i should for the sake of other people's safety as they don't wanna go to this "massage" parlor. story to come soon.....

anyway, my dude did an incredible job and had great hands. he did seem to work on my legs a little longer than necessary but it wasn't the painful massage that seems to be the norm nowadays. it felt really good........almost too good. ;-D

i'd totally recommend him and may return in a few months. i just gotta not look at him or i'll keep giggling at the thought of bald, manly, kick@ss Tai doing toenails creating pretty little flowers designs. if he and his wife end up having a girl next March...he may have a to resort to doing her nails as these places aren't cheap. start practicing on your wife, Tai!

this place also had little massage chairs in animal shapes for kids. there was a place for the feet and they got their own little Vizio DVD player. i'm gonna request the giraffe chair next time.

the lady next to me also had a dude working on her but he was an old dude -- grandpa-san...or whatever the Vietnamese equivalent is to that phrase. the lady had this huge wound on her foot from a horse stepping on her. talk about ewwww!!! why would you get a foot spa with a huge wound on your friggin' foot. no band-aid or anything. i was ready to urp when i saw it after it was soaking in the bath for a bit. do i need to describe the white filmy top layer of the wound? i won't mention how mushy it looked. was real glad her dude was wearing gloves. her dude was saying he could put a band-aid on it and i was "yeah...do that."

and her feet were strange looking. i made a comment about how her foot still looks all swollen from the horse stepping on it and she informed me that was the wrong foot.

ooops. foot in mouth. i started to feel bad by my faux pas but she then asked her guy if he could do a design on her toes that would slim-up her feet. the guy just looked at her. it was pretty funny as his face was totally deadpan. even my guy stopped what he was doing to look at this kook. slim...down...her...feet. wtf? is this what's next for celebrity doctors?

Recycle Bag Lady

you might’ve read about my obsession with Sharpie markers. i am proud to say not one of them got sold at the garage/moving sale. they are all with me in various Starbucks mugs (another item i collect but not obsessively) throughout the cottage. just in case you get the urge to mark something, there’s a marker right there for you. they are my bouquet of flowers that never die.

so...i know i have an issue with the markers as i can’t help going down that aisle in any store to check for any new color combos. but i’ve come to a realization that i have another obsession that has crept up on me. it is slowly taking over my life or at least my new cottage. my new problem/illness/situation is that i have over 20 recycle bags. they make these “grocery” recycle bags so unique nowadays. especially the hawaiian ones. they are so cool looking and have different sizes and uses. you can have an extra large for your beach stuff, pizzas you buy at the store or your keg of beer (i keep hoping the man-Twins will show up); you can have the xtra small size to carry your wallet, cell, ebook and netbook; you can get the medium for all uses; you can get an insulated version to carry hot or cold items; or you can get one that just matches your Crocs. i love them ALL!!

i admit that i have 3 Trader Joe surf bags. they are durable and large and are super cool. i seriously use them. just ask my family. plus they were WAY cheap. $.99....HELLO! had to get ‘em. then i got some hand-made ones from Hilo. they have dolphins on it...need i say more. i also have a few that i got as gifts from others. i blame them for this new obsession. blame! blame! blame! of course it's my fault that i can't stop buying them. just say NO, jen.

my latest buy was the Hawaiian Target recycle bags. i used the excuse that i was getting them as xmas gifts for mainland friends and family. what a friggin’ crock of sh*t! i mean, yeah, i bought one for a possible gift but i didn’t have to buy the second one. they are pricey to begin with ($1.99) but so cool looking. we’ll see how useful the bag is in the next couple of days...

but my most favorite recycle bags that i use exclusively for groceries is my Olive Smart bags (http://olivesmart.com/). they rock!! someone gave these to me as a bday/xmas gift, but i can’t remember who (email me!). it’s 6 bags in one pouch. the material is like surf shorts so you can get them wet and they dry up lickety-split. easy to wash, cool colors and super strong material. the check-out people love to use them to bag my groceries. i SO should be a paid spokes-person for this company as i’ve explained this product so many times to grocery people. AND it holds a ton of food. it can fit 4 DiGiorno pizzas in one bag with room for my blocks of cheese (another obsession we won't get into right now). the bags expand to the point a baby could be held in it...but i would not advise it...Jason and Mac, i’m talking to you!

oh crap...i just went to the Olive site and noticed that they have new colors. so pretty! damn them.

bad boys, bad boys.....

whatacha gonna do...whatcha gonna do when they come for you.

8:15pm 9/3/09

got some cops right outside my door. freakin' right there! 2 cars. lights flashing. they pulled over someone. YELLING at him to turn the car off. do NOT get out of the car! put yr hands on the steering wheel!

i had to blink a couple of times to figure out this was not a show i had DVR'd (i've been watching alot of cop shows for some reason). the cops have the driver (a kid no older than 17 but he was Filipino, so he could've actually been 55) get out and sit on the ground. funny...the kid seemed more upset that they are making him sit on the ground instead of being caught for something or other. kid: "on the ground?" cop: "on the ground." kid: "on the ground?" cop: "did i stutter? i said on the ground." kid: "but it's the ground." cop: "get on the ground NOW!"

2 young girls in the car with him. one of the cops told them that they better call someone to pick them up. one of the girls said she'll walk home. great...she lives nearby and picks winners like this guy to hang with...lovin' my neighborhood.

oooohhhh...now there's yelling. one of the girls is talking back to the other cop. is she stupid?! you never yell back. NEVER! the cop is right in her face yelling "say that again! i didn't hear you. say it one more time!" while the kid on the ground is yelling at the girl to shut up. i can't even tell what she's ranting about. the cop is telling her to say it again and she'll be arrested for harassment.

and even better....kid was pulled over for excessive speeding, no insurance and something else. a tow-truck just arrived and is hooking up the car. all this drama for speeding. friggin' awesome!!!

ok...now the kids are stranded in front of my place with the kid carrying his boogie board. they all start apologizing to the lady across the street from me. "sorry, aunty," they say. the minute the cops stopped the car with all the bells and lights and dweeping (dweep dweep), she grabbed her beer and lawnchair, and was sitting front and center. how tacky! i'm lucky. as i got the height on my patio deck to look down on everything and not have to go out on the street to witness everything. i was pruning my deck plants while keeping an eye on everything. yeah it was pitch dart but you can never prune too much. i think. i hope the plant has leaves tomorrow.

well, "aunty" is now giving them the "what for." at least she cares and just doesn't blow off the incident. oh and she's lecturing the girl on her being "sassy" with the cops. sassy, my arse. totally disrespectful and idiotic. 25 to life for being an idiot!!

man...so much action here compared to watching the geckos fight in my old place or discussing the state of the weather in minute detail with the g-parents....HELLO! it's friggin' Hawaii. we either have the a cloud or it's sunny! :-D