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This past Saturday I went to another 80s Dance Party evening at the Crystal Ballroom (in Portland). Only four hours, starts at 8 and ends at midnight, of pretty good music and a really fun atmosphere. I love that they are playing the music videos too.
I really like 80s Depeche Mode and they play that. I wore this MTV sweatshirt I found a few years ago. 

I did Pet Pack on Sunday. I miss Pet Pack because I love helping out and I miss "my" people and their pets that come by, I wish I could participate more. Then I did errands as usual. Look at the color of these roses, so beautiful. A few days ago I got offered a bouquet of flowers at a store for the "good citizen of the day award" because of something I did. I politely declined the flowers for two reasons. First, I do not like cut flowers. Yes they are beautiful but flowers should be admired outside where they grow, not inside wilting away in a vase. I like inside plants in pots because they are alive. Second, I don't think you should be awarded for doing something that should be normal to do. Depends on the situation of course. You do something because it is the right thing to do. I am far from a perfect angel though......I do some not right things now and then but in my (selfish) opinion the wrongs that I do, do not harm individuals. 

I got these coffees at Trader Joe's and made myself one this morning.

Here we go, week 2. Slow week all of it. Tuesday I do not recall anything about. Friday was calm. The only thing standing out in my memory was the group of two women and two men. Sat together at the stage. Asked intrusive questions, made stupid comments and humoring themselves and talked about the girls while we were on stage. Yea when I go to strip clubs (which is rare) I too have opinions about the dancers but I would never sit at a dancer's stage and talk about her while she is dancing, good or bad. If I have something to say, I direct my comments to the dancer directly and it would only be something good. Anything negative I will save for the ride home. Many people have poor social skills. Like I do not go to a coffee shop and stare at the barista while she is making my coffee and whisper loudly about her to my friend. ? It is RUDE. Dancers are human too, it is weird how many people put dancers in a seperate category from everybody else. I only danced on stage once while they were there. First the women decided that my hair must be extensions. They first discussed it amongst themselves before asking me. I corrected them.....not extensions, a cheap wig that I get at Sally's for $19.99. One of the women then said that I had inspired her to get extensions. LOL. The other woman said that I inspired her to work out. I do not work out.....but thanks. Then one of the guys wanted me to like give extra attention (wink wink) to one of the women. I could tell they were so out of their element and she was not really feeling it and neither was I, so I said that I am not into sexually assaulting people.
I kept my distance from them. Woooohooo you went to a strip club, how unusual!
Saturday too was slow. A guy came in, sat at the stage then at the bar and then he asked if we have any video lotto machines. No but the bar next door does I informed him. He said that he would go and try his luck and come back if he won. And he came back a few hours later, he got some dances with me. He was very nice. He called me "preciuos".
Around midnight a group of like 10 people made a loud entrance. Probably half of them were already intoxicated to the point that they should not have had anything more to drink but they got served anyways. I knew right away that they were going to be a problem. The women in the group were staring rudely at us. Listen......I PROMISE none of us want your knuckle dragger man, you can keep him all to yourself so RELAX. One of the guys was so over the top loud, looked like a sweaty, bulked out cage fighter and needed to show off his strenght by trying to arm wrestle and wanted to shake hands with innocent bystanders and squeezed their hands really hard while making loud unintelligible sounds. I hate that kind of behavior. Us girls were so annoyed by the whole group and the other patrons in the club were too growing more and more irritated with them as well. While I was doing a dance in the dance room things started to escalate out on the floor and when I came out people almost started to fight each other. There was some loud yelling, squaring off and pushing and the group that came in were told to get out. They had no business in there in the first place.
We do get way too many people that have no business of being at the club. So lesson here is, do not go to a strip club thinking it is just a bar because it is not. Do also not go there to trash talk the dancers. Do not go there if you are insecure and think that the girls want your man because we do not. And do not go there to show off your loud mouth and muscles because nobody is interested and it will ge you kicked out. Be normal, be polite and be appropriate. Appreciate the dancers and your night will be good.

The last week of 2025 and the first week of 2026, week 52 and week 1. Unreal, that it is 2026. What is happening? 
Week 52 I only worked Tuesday, December 23. We were closed on the 24th and the 25th and I did not work the weekend.
We had a Santa gift exchange at work that was optional, I opted out. Instead I gave everybody that I work with gifts.
Lavender was the first to show up on Tuesday with me right after. A guy that comes in frequently gave the three first girls to show up a Christmas card and a $20 bill each, that was sweet. We had a pretty fun night......that is all that I can recall.

Week 1. I worked Tuesday December 30. I do not work on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, I think I have done that once. No thanks. I rather be at home by myself than at work.
I added two new songs to my playlist, Black Atlass, "Sacrifice" feat. Jessie Reyez and Cannons, "Mood Ring". I think I have seven songs by Cannons on my playlist. It started with "Fire for You" like in 2020 or 2021 and I have added on since then.
I like soft and flowy music. Nothing too vulgar. The music reflects my style on stage, keep it nice and pretty.

Hello January First! What is there to say at the end of yet another year and the beginning of a new? Does it even matter? Three weeks into January it will not matter any more anyways. Things will roll on and unfold, good and bad. Disasters have already taken place and people are sad this first day of the year.
Portlander of The Year 2025 was The Frog, or Toad as they prefer to be called. I am pretty sure that I met Toad a few months ago. In Portland. Go Toad!

To stay on the political page, today Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the new Mayor of New York City. Bernie (Sanders) did the honors and swore Zohran in. To me Bernie is THE human of every year, I love him in many ways. I am happy to see Zohran as the Mayor of one of my favorite cities. I hope it goes well for him he seems like a nice person and has accomplished a lot. It will not be an easy task to rule over NYC, so may people. The world is overpopulated and it is a problem.
The President of the US, Donald Trump's New Year's Resolution was "Peace on Earth". We should all strive towards at least a more peaceful earth, starting with ourselves locally. It is easy to forget when you feel tired and cranky and had a shitty day, sitting in traffic and everybody is super annoying. Sometimes all it takes to change somebody's day from bad to a bit better is a simple gesture of kindness. The state of the world is scary. Not a good situation at all. I feel really bad for people. And of course, animals. 
I do not have any New Year's resolutions. Last night I did nothing besides stay inside. I ate, watched TV and cuddled with Kaya. Today was a repeat of yesterday. Called friends. Reflected on life.
Here is a pic from about 10 days ago and one of Kaya on Christmas. I am glad Christmas is over. And with that......you be safe and healthy in 2026. I hope nothing terrible happens and that the year is mostly good. 

As far at the blog goes.....it will continue on as usual (I think) through 2026 with the help of my kind and patient KISA. 

I went to Portland on the 26th to hopefully have a fun birthday weekend. And I did (!!!). I got a room at the Crystal Hotel and checked in with Kaya and my friend Siren. The Crystal Hotel has a heated saltwater pool that is open until 1 am, so after we settled into the room we went down to the pool to relax.

And after a nice soak we headed to the Crystal Ballroom for an 80s dance party. It was my first time at the famous Crystal Ballroom and as soon as I walked in I knew it was going to be a great evening, the energy was just right. Good music, music videos (I love that) and lots of people dancing and having fun. 

And here is Siren.

One of the two chandeliers. I really liked the venue and I need to go back for some more dancing there soon.

Ready for a wild night on the streets of Portland, you know the burning hellhole.

Down the stairs behind me is Al's Den and we went there the following night.

We took Kaya for a walk to Pioneer Square. Yes you can walk in downtown Portland after midnight and be safe.  Surrounded by the lunatic creatures of the night I felt at ease. 

Me and Kaya shared a vanilla latte from Stumptown the next day.

In the evening we went to dinner at the Portland City Grill, I highly recommend it. The view is great.

There was a beautiful Christmas tree downstairs in the building.

And after dinner we went to a comedy show inside Al's Den at the Crystal Hotel. And then we went for another soak in the pool.
Sunday I went to IKEA for lunch. Plantballs for me and a few meatballs for Kaya. I wanted to get a princess cake but it got taken out of rotation, I hope it will be back at some point.

I also met two individuals with dogs during my couple of days in Portland and I told them about Pet Pack and at least one of them made it there on Sunday with his dog. That made me happy. I really just wish that nobody was homeless unless absolutely by choice and I wish that all pets had warm safe homes as they so deserve.

It looks like Santa has arrived to my little corner of the world......Do you ever ponder that you are one out of eight billion plus people existing on this planet right now, each individual has a voice, needs and wants. Kind of scary. And before you know it your life will be over, all your belongings whether it is a little or a lot will be scattered and thrown away and you will become a memory and eventually fade away. Hopefully we all go somewhere else after this earthly existence.  Even a forever sleep sometimes seems like bliss.
I am not feeling Christmassy whatsoever. Not a single decoration up this year. I am spending Christmas alone. Well with Kaya, so I am not completely alone.
Today we went for a walk in the forest as we do on a regular. Here are some pretty amanitas that I took pictures of recently.
Did you know that Santa's reindeer fly because they ate the Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushroom right? I love the mushrooms in the forest and the forest too, it is very peaceful.

And then we went for an evening walk as well through town,. There is a tree outside the Liberty Theatre. I am happy to say that it is a plastic tree, not a live tree had to get cut down.

And now I am sitting at home, eating food, candy and sumo mandarins (yeay they are in season now!) and watching Dateline and murder mysteries. Kaya is sleeping. And earlier I watched the new Guillermo del Toro movie Frankenstein. And I also finished Tidstjuven, the Swedish Christmas tv calendar (Julkalendern) and opened door 24 on the advent calendar that I got from IKEA and that was that.