I hate to talk against "my people" but...MEN!

I'm noticing something about a male "neighbor" of mine that I picked up on right from the week he moved in...
He was a typical East-Side dude: cocky, self-assured, no job (at the time. In his case, living off of worker's comp, not looking for a job and falsifying some of the info that he was looking moe than he really was), had a nice car which was unusual (but it's a sport racy-type car), but it was broken down, and had a broken windshield because an ex-girlfriend had smashed it. (probably, because he was unfaithful, I'm guessing): TYPICAL!

He was just the sort of guy that I am sucked in by, and attracted to most of the time...and I noticed it right from the git-go.

He wasn't really awesome looking, but not bad; it was mostly that cockiness that made me feel the same ol' feeling but, going what i had gone through with my last ex, i know now (finally0 to fight this attraction off and move on. My "Old" Doug had it, Paul Bertok had it, Larry had it...and they all broke my heart, and in some cases had fooled around on me. Actually Doug is STILL a jerk and Larry is a big bragger, and both of them are fast-talking, don't-want-a-regular-job-because-they-owe-child-support, eat-the-women's-food and get them to buy their beerm SLEAZES! But they were cute. i thought so anyway. Most of my friends would beg to differ.

This neighbor guy, I am noticing, since he has gotten a job (from what he told me, it sounded good - desk job - so easy he could nap at it!) worked for about 10 days...then (he told me) called off this past Saturday (I almost went over and woke him up - something in me just wants him to succeed! But it wasn't my place! It was 4 am, which was when he usually leaves, and I am usually up because of my insomnia), Now, today, here is his car sitting there again on a weekday. WELL SURE! One usually has a 90 day trial period. If you call off within that period of time, forget it, you're done; fired;kaput.
I would be VERY surprised if he still has this job.
BUT LIKE I SAID - IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS. NOT DO I CARE. I am just making an observation, like I said.

Now you are probably seething - who am I to even be noticing, a nosy-neighbor? Well, like I said, I am simply making an observation: that I will never meet a man that I am actually attracted to that is worth a damn here in East Toledo.

"I gotta get outta this place, if it's the las thing I ever do," "We gotta get outta this place, GIRL(S) THERE'S A BETTER LIFE FOR ME AND YOU" (THE BYRD'S IS IT?)

PLEASE - FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF YOU THINK I'M WRONG!
Have a good one,
TTR

My "One Saturday Mornings" (for the last 10 years)

"ONE SATURDAY MORNING" Disney cartoons have been a tradition with me and my daughter ever since she graduated from Barney and Sesame Street children's programming to regular cartoons, and for both, we have always watched them together.
Either with Oreos and milk, or potatoes, eggs, and toast, or curled up in a quilt on the floor or the couch.
Now that My baby girl's 16, we've, just this year, stopped watching them together, but I still love them so much, I set my alarm so I can be sure to get up to watch "my cartoons". Even the re-runs...

The best period of time was when they still were broadcasting "Doug" and "Pepper Ann" in my opinion. If I had cable, I could still watch some of the old ones.If you enjoy any of these cartoons too, please write and let us know what your favorite episodes or cartoons were!

You can find links for all the shows below at: http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/
or by clicking on each of the program names.


The Emperor's New School(33 Cartoons)Based on the Disney movie "the Emperor's New Groove".



The Replacements
(3 Cartoons)
..(NO WAY! bcdb.com says 3 episodes; I know there are at least 6 because they play them alternately, every Saturday, over and over!)

That's So Raven




EPISODE CAST AND CREW
Actors
Raven Symone............Raven Baxter
Orlando Brown...........Eddie Thomas
Kyle Massey.............Cory Baxter
Rondell Sheridan........Victor Baxter
Anneliese van der Pol...Chelsea Daniels


Hannah Montana





EPISODE CAST AND CREW
Actors
Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana...Miley Stewart
Billy Ray Cyrus..............Robbie Stewart
Emily Osment.................Lilly Truscott
Mitchel Tate Musso...........Oliver
Jason Earles.................Jackson



The Suite Life of Zack & Cody



EPISODE CAST AND CREW
Actors
Kim Rhodes......Carey
Dylan Sprouse...Zack
Cole Sprouse....Cody
Phill Lewis.....Marion Moseby
Ashley Tisdale..Maddie


*ACTOR'S NAMES POSTED IN HONOR OF MY SPECIAL LITTLE BUDDY, WHO KNOWS ALL THE NAMES: Cody Benore

WHEN THESE ARE OVER, I CHANGE THE CHANNEL OVER TO WGTE "Qubo" cartoons for an hour...till the morning concludes for me at 12:30 pm. The Power Rangers weren't too bad, (I watched them for about 6 months) I just happened to like those last two "Qubo" toons better.


These include:

Jane and the Dragon


and


Jacob Two-Two








THEN..sometimes I'm lazy and fall back to sleep for an hour or so, or sometimes an afternoon movie begins at 1pm on FOX and I continue to lay on my fat lazy butt and watch that. But if I decide to be good, my daughter and I start on our Saturday chores as soon as the main set of One Saturday Morning Cartoons are over.


HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OTHERS THAT WERE SHOWN ON "ONE SATURDAY MORNING" on ABC OVER THE YEARS:

(information and links supplied from http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/)


The Adventures of Lilo & Stitch
(59 Cartoons)


Disney's Lloyd In Space(21 Cartoons)


The Proud Family (53 Cartns.)


Disney's Kim Possible (88 Cartoons)




Pepper Ann
(60 Cartoons)




Cast
Kathleen Wilhoite - Pepper Ann Pearson
Pamela Adlon - Margaret Rose "Moose" Pearson
Danny Cooksey - Milo Kamalani
Clea Lewis - Nicky Little
April Winchell - Lydia Pearson
Kimmy Robertson - Gwen Mezzrow


Luke Perry - Stuart Walldinger *FROM ANOTHER OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS FOR 11 YEARS:
BEVERLY HILLS 90210!*


Jenna von Oy - Trinket St. Blaire *AND FROM ANOTHER OLD FAVORITE: BLOSSOM!*





Don Adams - Principal Herbert Hickey




The finale of Pepper Ann aired November 18, 2000.



Disney's Fillmore!(26 Cartoons)




Disney's Hercules (65 Cartoons)



The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa(140 Cartoons)



Disney's The Weekenders
(78 Cartoons)



Disney's Teacher's Pet(47 Cartoons)






Disney's Recess (131 Cartoons)





If you've watched it as much as I have, you may enjoy this RECESS QUIZ:
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/ForChildren/The-Disney-Cartoon-Recess-64832.html



Out of all of them, my VERY FAVORITES were:
"Pepper Ann", "Recess", and, "Doug":


Disney's Doug





YOU CAN PURCHASE THE ENTIRE DVD SET BY GOING HERE!:
http://www.nickclassics.com/store/product.php?productid=21803&gclid=CMXikLa0144CFSadIwodTiIM8A


The complete original 4 Season Enhanced DVD collection of the hit show on 8 disks- which ran from 1991 to 1994. All 104 commercial-free episodes, plus bonuses in one great collection. Each of the 52 - 30min episodes consisted of 2 seperate episodes making it 104 total. We have chosen to only include the original series (seasons 1-4) and not the later Doug airings as they do not compare to the original show. Professionally packaged in a sealed box set, ready to make a special gift for you or someone else. Get this classic DVD Set before it's gone, only limited quantities are available at this price. Only Available from nickclassics.com.
(My daughter was born in 1991 and I was dating someone named Doug by 1994!)

YOU CAN JOIN THE DOUG FUNNIE FAN CLUB BY GOING HERE:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dougfunniesfanclub/


Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
(I never watched this one - didn't like it even though I LOVE TOY STORY..)


W.I.T.C.H. was shown for a short while. I thought this was AN AWFUL cartoon to show children. That's all our kids need is to want to become witches!! Thankfully it didn't last long at all.


Jane and the Dragon Song Lyrics


There once was a lady in waiting
Let's call her Jane.
That girl wasn't ordinary-

No way for me a lady stuck in waiting
I'd rather battle fire-breathing dragons
I knew I could prove that a girl could be a Knight
Though my friends all laughed at me
but...

I wouldn't be discouraged and trained in secret
Then a dragon pinched the Royal Prince
and everyone was freaking
So I went alone to the dragon's home
to slay the dragon

Hey now, hey now now

Jane and the Dragon are best friends now
Dragon's sweet, he let me save the young Prince
Then the King made me a Knight apprentice

Hey now hey now now...

With Dragon's help I'll be a Knight someday

Composed by Martin Kucaj
Lyrics by Arlene Bishop
Published by Cinesymphonies, Nelvana Limited 2005


Link to all Disney Cartoon Guide: http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/

VAN HALEN, thanks to my brother, I'M GOING!

This was so important (to me) that I posted it on BOTH of my blogs:

....Cleveland: Quicken Loans Arena
OCTOBER 10, 2007

I'm so excited I could cry.

I still have to find a hotel under $50.00,(my little brother's treat as well!), I have a plan of just about what I'd like to wear (ruffled-front shirt, short motocross-type black jacket, straight-leg Levis. etc.)...the planning and anticipation is ALMOSt as fun as the event itself, I think.
I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT WAIT.

Any of you other readers going to see them play this tour?
I can share some awesome tracks with you to help get you psyched up!
LET ME KNOW!

OH AND WHAT A RELIEF
...after I read this story, I don't feel so bad about going to a concert, making signs to hold up, & rocking out at 48 years old:



Eddie Van Halen, Acting His Age

As we grow older, so do our icons. Suddenly the latest "hot young things" seem barely legal (Keira Knightley, Lindsey Lohan) and Keith Richards' decomposition is finally somewhat age appropriate.

And, although apt to grumble about our own advancing years, we also make excuses for ourselves. We don't tend to be as forgiving of our objects of idolization. If they show their age, we mercilessly take note of every sag, every wrinkle. If they try to hide it with makeup, dye or surgery we tend to disparage their refusal grow old gracefully. In short, we want it both ways. We seem to expect our icons to always just shine on as is, forgetting that the camera can be unkind to someone who has lived in front of the flash for a few decades.


(AP)Still, it was jaw-droppingly upsetting to see this photo of Eddie Van Halen come across the wires from Sunday's Oscar after parties.

This is almost too much to bear. 1984 - both the album and the year - may have been two decades ago, but in 1984 Eddie Van Halen was generally agreed to be the hot Van Halen brother (sorry, Alex)... at least around my junior high. And he is over a decade younger than the afore-mentioned Mr. Richards (who has been considered the extreme example of an aging rocker for about a century now).

At 51, Van Halen has had a rough past decade or so. He lost his mom, split with wife of 24 years Valerie Bertinelli, battled alcoholism and cancer and weathered so many reconfigurations of Van Halen that even I'm drained. Also, he's never traded on his looks; he staked his claim on his guitar wizardry.

This time, let's give him a pass -- let's remember Eddie in 1984 and remember that after what he's been through, he's a survivor in 2006. But maybe we can have it both ways. We can agree to look at Eddie with a forgiving eye, but maybe Eddie could agree to tame the hair, see a good dentist and stand up straight. And maybe we can hope, just a little, that the rumors about Van Halen being the next "Rock Star" reality band are true.

FROM: blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2006/03... by Liz | March 7, 2006; 11:00 AM ET | Category: Celebrities
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