The Vance's Journal

"I Reject Your Reality And Substitute My Own" -Adam Savage, Mythbusters

Monday, November 22, 2004

Finally gettin around to the update

sorry for the lack in update peoples but it's been uber hectic with Mohiba and work and such I haven't gotten a minute of peace and quiet to update. But now that Mohiba's over and I don't work again until friday I thought i'd update and tell y'all what's been going on. For those of you who don't know what Mohiba is it stands for Morse High Bazaar which is basically a talent show with no judges. I was in the second act with a few chorus buddies of mine and our act was called the M notes, we were an all male choir and we sang Unchained Melody, there was 6 of us and apparently the M notes has a history with Morse. It started about 5 or 6 years ago I believe. Anywho we rocked the house Friday and Saturday night which brings me to my lack of weekend last weekend (meaning the past few days last weekend). Ok here's how it breaks down, see if you can follow me here, Friday I had to work 4-7 at Shaws them immediatly drive to Morse for Mohiba from there, got out of there at about 9:30, Saturday I thought i'd have at least one day of resbit, WRONGO!, about noon time my moms friend Betty calls us up and asks if we can help her with her bathroom sink, it keeps dripping and she tried to fix it and forgot to shut off the main and she just took a cold shower from the bathroom sink and flash flooded the bathroom so mom and I said alright and I grabbed my slot wrench and my vise grips and headed over....long story short the parts Betty was assured would work didn't..... so about 4:30 rolls around and I call break because I have to get to Mohiba to change and do some S.T.A.T stuff so I go to Mohiba from 5-about 10ish, come home and crash. Sunday I had to work at shaws 10-4 was wiped from that,came home, crashed on the couch until about 8, ate dinner, go to bed cause i'm still wiped from work. Mohiba,betty's faucet and more work so I'm still waiting for my weekend to start!!! It's not very nice at all. I'm hoping for a very restfull,relaxing, lazy vacation and I'm gonna use all of my power to make sure that's how it playes out..... well I gotta jet, gotta wake mom up out of her dead sleep then maybe hit the hay a little early. I'll talk to everyone later

Friday, November 12, 2004

You Know your from Maine When(Portland Version).....

You Know You're From Portland, ME When...
You're at Dunkin Donuts, drunk, at midnight on friday and saturday nights
You attend EVERY porltand-deering sporting event...regardless of what it is.
You know that there is a football game on Thanksgiving morning between the two rival schools.
It takes at least 12 inches of snow for school to be cancelled.
You drink in parking lots all winter long
You know what Bill's Pizza is
You think that Univ. of Maine - Orono is another 4 years of high school.
You know what the Old Port is
You understand the theory behind Dimillo's floating restaurant.
You've skipped school or work to start drinking early
Vacation means a trip to Montreal
You know what an Italian Sandwich is
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Portland, ME.



You Know your from Maine When.....

You Know You're From Maine When...
You've had arguments over the comparative quality of Fried Dough.
You call four inches of snow "a dusting."
You don't understand why there aren't fried clam shacks elsewhere in the county.
You know what an Irving is and the location of 15 of them.
You knew all the flavors at Perry's Nut House.
Your car is covered in yellow-green dust in May.
You can drive the Augusta traffic circle without slowing down.
You've hung out at a gravel pit.
You think a mosquito could be a species of bird.
You once skipped school and went to Bar Harbor, Old Orchard Beach or Reid State Park.
Even your school cafeteria made good chowder.
You've almost fallen asleep driving between Houlton and Presque Isle.
You know how to pronounce Calais.
You've made a meal out of a Jordan's red dye hot-dog, a bag of Humpty Dumpty potato chips and a can of soda.
You've gone to a Grange bean supper.
In high school, you (or a friend) packed Deering Ice Cream cones.
At least once in your life, a seagull pooped on your head.
At least once in your life you've said, "It smells like the mill in here."
There's a fruit and vegetable stand within 10 minutes of your house.
You crave Italian sandwiches at least weekly.
Your house converts to a B&B every July and August for people from away that you happen to know.
All year long you're tracking sand in the house-from the beach in the summer and the roads and sidewalks in the winter.
You have to have the sand cleaned out of your brake system every spring.
You do the majority of your shopping out of Uncle Henry's.
You've ditched the car on the side of the road somewhere because you thought you saw some good fiddleheads!
You know a lobster pot is a trap, not a kettle.
You know not to plant tender crops until the last full moon in May.
You go to the dump and bring back more than you brought.
You've watched "Murder she Wrote" and snickered at the stupid fake accents.
You know how to find the rope swing at the quarry.
You take the New Hampshire toll personally.
You always wave when you see a Maine license plate in another state.
When you're supposed to dress up, you wear flannel with a tie.
There's too much "stuff" in your 2 "cah" garage to get either of your cars into it.
You know what a frappe is.
L.L. Bean's not just a store, it's a way of life.
"The City" means exclusively Portland.
"Salt damage" is a viable insurance claim.
All of the traffic lights blink yellow at 10 o'clock at night.
It's not a storm - it's a Nor'eastah.
"Open 24/7" might as well be Greek.
More stores have "Bienvenue" flags than "Welcome" flags.
You eat ice cream with flavors like 'Moose Tracks" and "Maine Black Bear".
You know that a chocolate doughnut is not a white doughnut with chocolate frosting.
You wouldn't eat beans in tomato sauce or Manhattan clam chowder if you were starving!
As a child, you played outside in a snow storm without hat, mittens, scarf and with your jacket open because it was just a little cool.
The area around your back door is referred to as "the dooryard".
You eat potato chips with flavors such as "clam dip", "ketchup" and "dill pickle".
You call the basement "downcellah."
There is only one shopping plaza in town.
You use "wicked" as a multipurpose part of speech
Your pickup has more mud on it then the ground around it for a 15 foot radius.
More than 1/2 the meat in your freezer is moose.
You enjoy a hot chocolate more than a margarita.
If your "luxury vehicle" is a twelve-year-old rustbucket on wheels.
If your dog eats better than you do, and more often too.
If you never say what you paid for an item but how much you "give" for it.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Maine.

Sunday, November 07, 2004

Man O' Steel isn't dead yet bitches


new Man of Steel Posted by Hello

I am the new man of Steel bitch!!!