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My ode to the penny

I am not a huge proponent of gambling. To me it is the equivalent of crumpling up dollar bills and throwing them in the wastebasket. On my first night in Las Vegas, a while back, I think I gambled a whopping total of $1.15, a feat that can only be accomplished with the aid of penny and nickel slots. (I later realized that such tightassishness would mean an incredibly boring trip and stepped up the gambling, though only slightly.)

Last night I ventured for the first time to a casino boat in Indiana – the beautiful Belterra. What I don’t understand about the place is how it doesn’t blow up in a mushroom cloud of smoke and flames. I have never seen so much smoke and hairspray in one facility. These women had hair like we used to strive for back in 1987. I would venture to say that the women at Belterra are solely responsible for global warming and the hole in the o-zone layer due to their excessive use of White Rain, Rave and Aquanet hairspray.

While playing Hexbreaker penny slots I inserted my dollar and won, within like three minutes, EIGHTY DOLLARS. No kidding.

Lesson learned? You can still be a tightass with a hairspray-free do and be a successful gambler.

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If you were related to me, this Christmas you would have…

  • Started the evening off with a poem, a tradition actually only remembered by two people this year and one person couldn’t read her poem because it as apparently so mean
  • Applauded (yes, applauded) after each gift was opened, making all of the gift opening last 2 hours and 46 minutes
  • Saved up all the stuff you have borrowed from family members over the year and wrapped it up and stuck it under the tree
  • Taken every book you had already read but wouldn’t fit on your bookshelf and gievn it to a family member
  • Worn something weird on your head, at least once
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I am thankful that this Christmas is over because…

…if I have to eat out of one more casserole I might throw up. I mean, all of the casseroles were good, don’t get me wrong, but I sincerely miss my little cheapskate meals of beans and rice or soup (lots of soup).

This “casserole” was made by me. No cockroaches were hurt in the making of this.

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Top 15 Hard to Find Toys for Christmas 2005














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Would Mother Nature call it littering?

I throw an apple core out the car window and it lands near some bushes, though technically on the sidewalk.

BF: What did you just do?!?!?
Me: I was done with my apple. What?
BF: You just littered.
Me: Nuh-uh. My dad always said if it was a natural item, like an apple core or banana peel, it’s not littering.
BF: So if you just took a big dump on the sidewalk, would that be littering? That’s natural.
Me: Um, I don’t think the issue there is littering.

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