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There was a time when liquor and I, well, were broken up. There were a few short-term breaks here and there, but we managed to stay friendly throughout the college years. Then, one day I decided to just cut out liquor drinks completely. On occasion – a friend’s birthday, a hen’s party, Saturday night – I would force down half a shot. But otherwise, no more Captain and Cokes. Adios Red Bull & vodka. Sayonara chocloate martini.
And, like lightening strikes, I suddenly craved a margarita! On the rocks. With salt. If you’re buying 
Was it the salt? The lime? Or…the tequila!? I never really cared for tequila before – and I still don’t think I do. In any event, I don’t know where the craving came from, but the combination certainly is heavenly today.
So, I’m about 55 minutes early typing this, but here’s to National Tequila Day - July 24. Cheers to the Margarita; the Tequila Sunrise; the Long Island Ice Tea; the Tequila Mockingbird….
Tequila!
Buh-bye. That’s exactly what one town is saying to bottled water. Residents of Bundanoon, New South Wales, voted to ban the sale of bottled water in their town.
It was the second blow to Australia’s beverage industry in one day: Hours earlier, the New South Wales state premier banned all state departments and agencies from buying bottled water, calling it a waste of money and natural resources.
“We’re hoping it will act as a catalyst to people’s memories to remember the days when we did not have bottled water,” he said. “What is ‘Evian‘ spelled backwards? ‘Naive.’”
I hate buying water. I am a sucker for a bottled beverage, true that. Why do they have to put the little cooler of tasty beverages right by the check out lane!? But, water? Even if I want water, I won’t buy it - instead I’ll opt to purchase a tea or soda.
In any event, a neat victory Down Under. And I hope it sends a message to the bottled water industry – and hopefully to other parts of the world! Read the entire article here.
And they say stoners are lazy. Well, not those in Australia – that is, if you’re a wallaby. Straight from the headlines: Stoned wallabies make Australian crop circles. I would much rather read about high macropods than murders anyday.
“We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles,” the state’s top lawmaker Lara Giddings told local media on Thursday.
What’s more, I like that the short article ended on a factoid:
Australia produces about 50 percent of the world’s raw material for morphine and related opiates.
Take that Intervention. Better start planning a franchise series Down Under. (I only have basic cable, and fortunately, A&E is one of my choices. Whenever I hear the theme music to Intervention, I tune out everything. The drama of going from star ____ (insert talent) to dead beat ____ (insert drug/alcohol) addict is intense. I’m so addicted…I think I need an intervention…)
I’ve been amiss lately. I do hate when life gets busy. Or, at least, seems busy. And it’s not like I can pinpoint one thing or another that’s really kept me on the move. I tend to feel busy even if the hustle & bustle is only in my wee brain. Anywho, I got to get out of town last weekend – a wedding shower & hen’s party in Tampa. It’s always a good time when I see my girls, and any event that consists of more than a dozen girls is, well, surely eventful. The hen’s party took us to Channelside in Tampa where we kicked things off at Howl at the Moon (a dueling piano bar) where we drank liquids out of a huge bucket and made the bride-to-be dance on stage to a ridiculous rendition of Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Baby Got Back. If you know the bride-to-be, you know that dancing on stage and dancing to Baby Got Back are not activities out of line for a…er, any night
JP and I have also been busy trying to be adult. In other words, looking to move to that next step in our relationship – home ownership. Eeee! We’ve come a long way, baby. I remember being slightly nervous when we combined our CD collection (do we keep both Ten albums?). Got a pet fish. Went to the bathroom with the door open. It’s the little steps that make you know you’re making one big one together 
We’re still walking, so I guess that’s a good sign…
Back to fun things, I went to see No Doubt at the local Cruzan Amphitheatre on Wednesday. They rock. I saw them back in 98, and they were just as awesome then as they were today! Gwen is hot. I love the fact that they just toured to tour. No new album to promote. Just out to play. I’ll upload pics from the show soon!
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