Interesting statistic: Only 4 percent of people complain to management about bad service. 87 percent tell 10 friends about it and where it occurred. I've decided to become a part of the 4 percent. What do you think?

Story of the week: my car was stolen on Wednesday.

I will repeat: MY CAR WAS STOLEN ON WEDNESDAY. Laugh, please. I have many times. OR, you can say what most others have said: WHAT?!?!?! Why the hell would anyone want to steal a 1987 Buick LeSabre?

Parked my car in front of my apartment on Tuesday at 5:30pm. Locked as usual, in full view from my apartment deck. Left for work at 8AM the following morning. Walked outside and thought, "hmm, that's funny. I thought I parked here."

Walked up and down the lot going, what the hell? Looked in the front lot, and started to panic a small bit. Went into the house and called my husband and said, "Tell me you know where my car is." His response? "I don't know what you are talking about." I lost it. Started to freak out and cry, he says he's coming home. I freaked for 2 minutes, and then calmed. The madder I got, the calmer I was. Called the stupid ass rental office and asked if they had heard anything? Did they tow it? Nothing. Called the police. Filed a report. Sent a cop over. Called the insurance company. I was on the phone a lot. Cop took a look outside and found no broken glass, etc. Probably popped the lock with a coat hanger, and according to my step-dad, most likely used a heavy duty screwdriver to start it. And off they went!

NO valuables inside. My gym bag with shorts and a tshirt, along with my Reeboks were in there. Total: about $50. Had bags of old clothes in the trunk that I was taking to donate. No biggy there. If they do not find the car in 30 days, the insurance company will buy the title from me for the selling price of what a '87 is going for these days. My brother checked out the Kelly Blue Book and I should get anywhere from $350-$700. After putting $300 into last week on the f*ing CV shaft, I'm not happy. I guess the bonus is that this forces us to buy a car. The house fund is now seriously depleted, but I'm glad we had the money there to use. Pushes back buying a house by about 4 months I'm guessing, but we've got time. Final word: I want to move.

Happy Friday!

To follow my brother's lead for today, I remember quite well the day of his wedding. What a blast! It was only the 2nd time I had ever gotten drunk in my life :) (Realize that I went into my 2nd year of college after this and downed more than my fair share.) Happy Anniversary!

Happy Birthday to my cousin Whittney today too. Hard to believe she is 17. I remember the day she arrived!

Forgot to mention that I saw Spider Man on Friday night. My rating: 3 out 5 stars. Wasn't bad, but I was expecting more. Surprisingly, I really liked Tobey Maguire as Spidey. He had the perfect balance of nerdy Peter Parker and ultra cool Spider Man. I was super excited about Willem Dafoe playing the Green Goblin, but he acted like it was a huge step down for him and the Goblin character just got to be dumb. It wasn't the coolness like Jack Nicholson playing the Joker. First hour was good, second hour started to slow down. It probably didn't help that we had a group of asshole teenagers behind us. Let me just recount what they did:

1st: Had to save a million seats for their friends who didn't show up. Considering this was opening night, seats were hard to come by.
2nd: Started talking, burping and farting the MINUTE the show began. After 15 minutes I turned around and said, "Guys,come on." They quieted briefly.
3rd: After an hour of this I turned around and said: "SHUT THE F*CK UP!" Response: the classic look of "oh shit".
4th: Not five minutes after this happened, I hear 'clink' and feel a gush of liquid all over my sandals and feet. My response: "JESUS CHRIST"
5th: A guy sitting near us went and got an employee who walked back there and said, "you guys are this close to getting kicked out." They finally stopped.

Mike says they were drinking booze wrapped in brown paper bags, from what he could see. These kids couldn't have been more then 16. I sincerely hope I never acted this shitty in a movie when I was 16. Or am I just getting old? This may have had something to do with me not liking the movie better.

The final episode of the Osbournes tonight. I'm sad. Did you hear they are coming back next season? Sharon managed to get $20 million baby! She's my new idol.

I've posted to my blog a page devoted to quotes. I will add to it as I think of even BETTER ones.

Might I add that Mike L. had to correct me again. I did not know it was Jeremy PIVEN not Priven. Oops. I guess I better pay attention to play in this league.

New site that plays off those cool motivational posters and cards you can get. Here's an example: Cluelessness. There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots." I'm posting this one on my desk at work. Check out: www.despair.com

Highly recommend reading this editorial from The Sporting News, last week. If you have beef with Commissioner Selig, this hits the nail on the head.

This weekend we moved my grandparents out of their home of almost 50 years to a retirement community. Tough one-can't even imagine how hard this must be for them. I hated moving from my house I had lived at for almost 20 years! Anyway, cool story. I'm unpacking the kitchen stuff at the new place and Grandpa comes over and asks me to find his 'sippin' wiskey.' Not knowing for sure what this was, I pulled out the only bottle I had seen which was of Southern Comfort. (I have never known my Grandpa to drink). He asks me to find him a glass, at which time he pours himself a little shot and downs it. I laughed my ass off. He says it relaxes him and I have to say, he was in a perky mood after downing his tottie. :) Plus, he got a new 27' TV that he was looking forward to watching.

Is Tough Enuff getting good this week or what? A new cut is coming on Thursday. I DO NOT want it to be Hawk. I love this guy! However, I think it might be him or Anni. Is it just me, or is Anni a bit mannish?

Last week's episode of the Osbournes was my favorite. Fave line: when Ozzy was playing the slot machine and talking to the camera and all the sudden just goes, "I just won!" I think Sharon was getting a little tipsy! BTW, she is one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. And, apparently Ozzy went to Washington too!