January 29, 2007
TRL!
Heeeeeeeello! Yes I am still alive and kicking! I think it has been almost 3 months since my last ALC update... wow, where does the time go?
I have been keeping super busy, and I am super excited to announce... I'm an official Training Ride Leader! Haha... streets of Long Beach beware!
http://leaders.aidslifecycle.org/1708
Basically the TRLs lead organized rides throughout the week all over the state. The rides are of varying distances and terrains, and are led by experienced volunteers... aka ME!
I have spent the past few months shadowing veteran TRLs and learning more each time. I can give a safety speech with an added Tricia touch, explain to newbies why you shouldn't wear underwear under your bikie tighties, and help someone that hasn't been on a bike in 14 years feel comfortable. Speaking of... when was the last time YOU were on a bike? :o)
My first training ride is this Saturday! I am SUPER DUPER EXTRA excited. Everyone is welcome and you do not need to be registered for the ride in June... you know... the one that I'm fundraising for... hint, hint. Just bring your helmet, some water, 80 cents for the ferry, and a great attitude!
Even if you can't make it out to ride with me this weekend, please make a contribution to support my efforts. Your contribution is fully tax-deductible and will make a real difference in the lives of many affected by HIV and AIDS.
Keep rollin'! *HUGS* Tricia
January 26, 2007
Revisiting 7-eleven
Back in 2004 I wrote about 7-eleven... who would have thought I would bring it up again?! Well here I am over two years later still talking about how 7-eleven should be my new Starbucks. Granted, I only go to Starbucks for an occasional afternoon pick-me-up and not in the morning anymore. (My latest crave are breakfast burritos.) So let's gossip...
The purpose of this post... why go to Starbucks for an average cup of coffee? This morning at 7-eleven I got a 20 oz coffee and a pastry for $1.69. For some reason when you buy a pastry, you get a 16 oz cup of coffee free. (Honestly at first I thought the guy thought I was cute and gave me a special discount... until I looked at the receipt.) It's like an instant coupon for $.99. How can you beat that? Yesterday I treated myself with an iced fancy coffee and bread at Starbucks, and it cost me $5.50! Dang! Think folks, stop into a 7-eleven and grab both and save $3.81! I'm not saying don't ever go to Starbucks... but dudes in fancy suits that like a cup of coffee in the morning... can you please just donate one day a week for a year to my fundraising efforts for Aids/Lifecycle? Yah... that would amount to $198.12. Thank you!
January 12, 2007
Trigger Happy
Who would have known that there was a silent trigger for ADT at the reception desk outside of my office? Yup! There I was... talking to some co-workers and fiddling like always. My fingers wandered and set off the silent alarm that I had no idea was there. It is very similar to the bank alarms. The person at the front counter can hit it and whoever is out there with them would have no idea because the alarm makes no sound.
Apparently, the PD is supposed to roll without sirens and respond. Respond? Yah... it took them over 15 minutes to show up... next door. Yup, they didn't even respond to the appropriate location! I feel safe! Damn false alarm!
January 11, 2007
Spilt Coffee
Ever since I got my 1998 Ford Mustang, I have only had one thing to complain about... the damn cup holders! Now some of you out there might think I'm a little fickle, but they are the WORST designed piece EVER!
Please see the photo below... (not MY car, but the same model thanks to Auto Trader)!
Notice the cup holders. The one in front is small and fits most cups snugly. The one in the rear is wider and designed to hold a coffee mug, hence the nifty cut out for the handle facing the passenger seat. Sounds great huh? Well notice that the stick shift while in second gear, fourth gear, or reverse will RAM into the previously mentioned front cup in the holder. Basically you have to put cups in the rear holder and they do not stay put. Being a manual transmission car, usually you need one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on the stick shift leaving any cup in the rear cup holder to go splashing onto the passenger seat and leaving the driver cursing at spilt coffee!
It really annoys me because the coffee mug holder really could be placed in front because most wide coffee mugs are short and would not interfere with the stick shift! Yes... I have spilt many things over the years! Speaking of years... I guess the 1998 was the first to include cup holders or the 1997 had a weird cover over them? I couldn't find a photo without that cover looking thing. But you know what? It looks like there is a STAIN on the passenger seat! Take a look at this 1997...
Ford didn't wise up until 2001! Poor 1998, 1999, and 2000 Mustang owners have been spilling crap and it took HOW LONG for Ford to figure this out?
Well apparently the slight adjustment of a coin holder and little insert thingy didn't work to well because in 2005 to today the Mustang now looks like the below picture.
Damn Ford...
January 10, 2007
Mel Gibson
So I think I'm going to try to be more on the ball like Michael and update more. Hopefully this updating thing will last and I will gain back some of my readers... (see links on the left).
This morning I stopped at Starbucks for a little coffee fix. I can't remember the last time I was there in the morning. Yay, two points for me! But as I was sitting there waiting for my iced venti sugar free vanilla latte percent, I noticed this guy that really looked like Mel Gibson. I thought it was odd because I got this creepy feeling in my stomach. I'm sure a year ago, I might have been drawn to him and even think he was cute. This poor guy that probably used to get a lot of attention has to suffer now! Who would have thought that Mel Gibson had hurt the Gibson look a likes too?! Gosh!
(I know... the title of this entry is a day late and a dollar short)
January 05, 2007
Anna Lind
Wow... talk about an era being over. I wanted to add this into my blog so I would never forget. The first words the women ever said to me...
"There's another one?"
I was a clueless 11 year old and had not yet realized what an amazing woman she was. Now at 27 I look back on her life and smile for as she had touched mine. She had the faith in me and opened her heart to see past those who tried to hold me down and listened to those who truly knew me. I am thankful for everything she gave to me and she will be missed.
Anna Lind, Rainbow History
Mrs. Anna Lind was born on October 10,1934. She was a Rainbow Girl in Newport, Oregon. Since she didn’t actually live in the town where her assembly was and did not have other transportation except for the mail truck, she never had the opportunity to go through the line.
On Rainbow meeting days, Anna took her suitcase to school with her in the morning. Then after school she rode the mail truck from Eddyville to Newport which was about 35 miles. She then walked to her grandmother’s home. She and her grandmother, who was at one time Mother Advisor, went to the meetings together. The next morning she caught the mail truck back to school.
Anna married Bill Lind on January 18, 1952. When their daughter Millie became a Rainbow Girl, Anna got involved in Rainbow at the adult level.
She served as:
Mother Advisor of Campbell Assembly 1976, 1977, 1978
Grand Deputy 1978, 1979, 1980
Secretary of Grand Executive Committee 1980-1984
Treasurer of the Grand Executive Committee 1982 – August of 1984
Area Grand Deputy 1987 and 1988
Supreme Deputy August of 1988-1996
Supreme Inspector 1996-2000
Supreme Nature 1998-2000
Supreme Love 2000-2002
Supreme Drill Leader 2002-2004
Supreme Chaplain 2006-
Mrs. Lind passed away: December 28, 2006
All of California Rainbow is forever grateful for the care, wisdom, strength and guidance she gave each of us for over 30 years. She has touched the lives of thousands of Rainbow Girls in a positive and inspirational way. We express our love and sympathy to Bill, Millie, Steve and the rest of her wonderful family.