Her Unfull Arms

Her arms are loaded down  -  overflowing  -  bare

But will they every be full?

Knowing her child won't ever be in her loving embrace?

A mother's arms provide love  - comfort  - strength

Her child is now somewhere else  - gone  - taken

Dead

Love a mother when she hugs you

With her unfull arms.

My Pinto Plan

Lamborghini Driver Can't Afford Ticket - Car Impounded

Have I ever told you about my Pinto Plan?

About ten years ago, I was riding in a car (a 1984 Toyota Celica that had a very temperamental clutch) with a friend of mine when someone drove past us, weaving in and out of traffic at dangerous speeds, with an “L” on the back of his car (for those not in BC, an “L” sign displayed in the back of your car indicates that you essentially have a learner’s permit).  He was driving a Spider.  To say I was irked is to say a sonic boom is a little bit loud.  On the spot I came up with my Pinto Plan. 

I want to get a beat up junker of a car.  I want it to look like the last time it received any love was right before it came off the line in 1976.  The more varied in colour the panels are, the better.  The duller the majority of the paint is the better.  Trim, if any at all, should only be present on no more than two thirds of the car. Where the trim is missing, tiny rust holes should be in its place.  I want the car to look like the VW below, only in worse looking shape.  When Adam Sandler wrote Piece of Sh Car, he was thinking of this car. 

I then plan to gut out the existing engine, and drop the biggest engine into the car that I can get away with.  Perhaps a 1,984 cc 2 liter 4 in-line front transverse engine (apparently the engine the Jetta was rocking in The Fast and The Furious).  It will be a 10 second car (NOS would be nice, but unless I plan on taking this car to Ashcroft or Mission drag strips and racing for pinks, somewhat unnecessary) .  It will have a false exhaust pipe coming out the back that will look so rusty that the next strong gust of wind could cause it to completely crumble into dust.  The false exhaust pipe will actually be connected to a fog machine that will be sitting in the trunk.  The fog machine will have some black and blue powder in it so that to anyone walking by the car it would look like it is burning oil.  Duct tape would be all over the interior of the car… and probably parts of the car outside. 

Once it’s perfectly ugly and running like a dream machine, I’m going to drive up to these 16 year old kids driving their brand new Mercedes S-Class, BMW 760, or Audi A8 that they defiled with racing stickers, sound systems too bottom heavy so that all you hear is rumbling and not the actual song itself, and several ridiculous bobble head air freshener things along the dashboard and back (seriously, what the hell?) at a red light, make it clear that I intend to beat them off the line (they will laugh and laugh.  Who is this ridiculous woman, thinking she can beat us off the line?  Has she seen her car?), and then I will do exactly that – by a wide margin.  Their jaws will hit the floor; their friends in the car with them will fail miserably at containing their howls of laughter; they will get a healthy dose of humility; in a perfect world, they will learn the importance of respecting the powerful machine they have been fortunate enough to receive and follow the rules of the road, not be a danger to the other cars on the road, not park like assholes, and turn down the bass, turn up the treble, and listen to the actual song and not the rumble. 

That’s my Pinto Plan.

And the winner is...

MALFUNCT!

Congratulations, Malfunct!  Please DM me your shoe size and any specific things you'd like to see on your shoes and I will get started as soon as I pick up some shoes.  Thanks for supporting my blog and more importantly the Mario Marathon and Child's Play Charity!

New deadline

Okay, y'all!  I really want to get as many donations through my blog as possible so that more money goes to the Mario Marathon for Child's Play Charity.

I have extended the deadline from 4:30 PM PST June 24, 2012 to 6:00 PM PST June 25, 2012. 

Every $5 donation through my blog gets you an entry into winning a pair of custom made Mario shoes.  So if you -or someone you know- really want a pair of custom made Mario themed shoes (what's your shoe size? Are there specific characters you want on there?  Levels you like the best?  Let me know and I will accommodate you as best I can!) but don't want to shell out upwards of $230USD for them, then donate through my blog and you may be able to get your very own pair.

Good luck to all those who enter!

Hurry!

If you want to win some custom made Mario shoes, please click on the donate button that you see on the side of this post.  Five dollars gets you one entry, and the contest closes at 4:30PM PST June 24th, 2012.  

Hurry!  Mario and Luigi need to be on your feet and the children need books and games and toys while they're in the hospital.  

Contest Time!

The other day, I made a pair of pretty kick butt Mario shoes for my fiance, because he's pretty kick butt himself.  Also, the Mario Marathon was starting pretty soon, and he's a bit of a super fan.

Making those shoes has inspired me to see if I can further encourage my readers to donate to the Mario Marathon.   Beside this post, you'll see a donation widget.  For every $5 you donate to the Mario Marathon through my blog, between now and 4:30PM PST on June 24th, 2012, will be entered into a draw to win a pair of custom made Mario shoes made by me (with a little help from a friend).
The winner will be announced on Sunday and will be contacted - so it's important to leave an email address or twitter handle so that I can contact you - that day so that I can get your shoe size and mailing address.  Because they are handmade, they will take a bit of time to make, but I will try to get them out to you as soon a possible.

Below are some pictures of the shoes I made my fiance, just to give you an idea as to what you will be getting.  And remember, for every $5 donation you get an entry.  So the more you donate, the more entries you get.  All the money goes to Child's Play Charity.

So go donate!

Do it for the kids!

Do it for the shoes!

Do the Mario!

Well, it's that time of year again, folks.  In just under 12 hours Mario Marathon 5 starts.  My fiancé is such a big fan that he's taking his first ever stay-cation so that he can watch as much of the marathon as he can.  I have to work, so I won't get to watch as much as I would like, but I still plan on contributing as much as I can.  For that I need your help.

On the side of this post, you'll see a widget to donate to the Mario Marathon.  The money goes straight to Child's Play Charity which in turn goes towards sick kids in hospitals.  Regular readers of my blog (when I regularly post, that is) have already heard my spiel about the awesomeness that is the Mario Marathon.  But for those who haven't, please feel free to check this post out that really highlights why my fiance and I, and many others tune in every year to watch a buncha grown men sit around and play Super Mario Bros. 

Stay tuned through out this weekend for some possible announcements from my blog and don't forget to check out the Mario Marathon!

Consider it a birthday present to me.