Welcome to Chaos !!

Back in January I was lucky enough to see Britney at Planet Hollywood, not only did I get the ticket for free, I got to be in the pit.....super close to Britney depending on where she was on the stage. I love Britney so that was a wonderful experience. Anyhow, she wore a jacket that had "I love Charlie" written on the back. Since this was just after the Charlie Hebdo massacre I thought Britney was making a political statement and I was a bit surprised too. Well, later on like the next day I realized that the writing on the jacket was a message to/about her boyfriend Charlie. She loves him.
I haven't heard or read any celebrity make strong statements about radical Islam. I'm sure some have but I have not had a TV since the end of December, so no TV for me. I know that Ben Affleck worked himself up last year when he was a guest on Bill Maher, basically defending Islam, being politically correct you know. I never really cared for Ben Affleck, he has always struck me as a dumb, goofy frat boy.



It's been windy here in Vegas the last couple of days. I'm outside enjoying the cool breeze, listening to the birds chirping and writing this. Later I'm going to lay out and tan. I have to vacuum today and I will force myself to go to work. Hopefully I will work through Saturday.
I have a few things on my to do list that I will try to cross off within the next week or so.
Make an appointment for an eye exam so I can get new contact lenses. Contact a host regarding possibly migrate my blog from the current host to a new one. This computer/blog stuff is very confusing to me. I don't speak computer language and I am always worried that I will make some mistake that might wipe out my whole blog. Lucky for me I found my "manager" KISA that lives in Germany and he has been helping me with all of this.
Without KISA I would be lost in the world wide web of blogging. I should to go to my storage unit and attempt to dig into a mountain of stuff to locate my old house fee receipts that I saved from when I was working at Sapphire. See Sapphire (a Vegas strip club) is getting sued, a class action law suit and I contacted the attorney that is handling the case on behalf of the dancers involved. He told me to come by his office, preferably with the house fee receipts.
I want to catch up with a few friends next week. I need to get a haircut (trim). I think about two-three inches and then I will be good through the summer.



I can be such a lazy creature of comfort sometimes. Even making a phone call to get an appointment for an eye exam can seem like the biggest task. I just want to drink lattes, eat pastries, read, write and get massages and pedicures and facials. Oh and be a good Mom to Chhaya.

It's been over three months since the murders in Paris at the Charlie Hebdo offices. I still think about that senseless act and other just as senseless and cold blooded murder acts have followed since then. The list just goes on and on, what some crazy Muslims do in the name of Allah. We have the killings in Denmark. That a group of about 500 Muslims gathered to pay respect to the gunman that finally was apprehended and killed by Danish police was just sickening to watch. ALL OF THEM should be sent packing back to wherever the fuck they came from, revoke their Danish citizenship (if they have one) immediately. I feel that any Muslim living in the West, as in Europe or the US and believes in jihad or feels entitled to practice inhumane behavior like FGM, honor killings and other similar violations of basic human rights, should have their citizenship/green card/VISA revoked and sent back to where they came from or wherever their parents/grand parents came from. There should be no room for people like that to freely roam around in society. At least not in Western society.
A deadly shooting of tourists visiting a museum in Tunisia (most likely carried out by Islamist extremists). Then we have the massacre at a school in Kenya, 147 innocent people, mainly students were shot dead, Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility. Children's aid workers on behalf of Save The Children taken hostage and murdered in Afghanistan, executed by the Taliban. Who does this? Pure evil.
I had a friend in Paris send me the first issue of Charlie Hebdo that came out after the shootings in Paris. I wanted that issue and I will never throw it away. Some people (as in non Muslims) have the nerve to almost defend what happened, saying that you should not joke about religion because it might offend some people. That is completely LUDICROUS. Any NON MUSLIM that even thinks that it is OK or excusable to go and murder people for some cartoons or a difference in opinions are just as brain washed as the Muslims that go out on their jihad missions in the name of Allah. And now some Muslim leaders in France are calling for more mosques to be built? Like there aren't enough already? How about building stuff that is useful for everybody - like parks, playgrounds, schools, libraries etc? You want to pray? Pray at home. You don't need a church or a mosque to pray to God. And what about the morons that run away from home to join ISIS? Young girls leaving their parents, friends and school to go and be a sex slave without any rights. Because trust me, women have NO rights in a Taliban/ISIS/Al-Shabaab patriarchy. Your role is to be submissive, serve your husband and to squeeze out as many future suicide bombers and terrorists as possible.



I have always been amazed that some women think that it is liberating to be covered up from head to toe, while men can basically dress however they want. Just another example of being brainwashed and a prisoner in the name of God. Try stepping out without that burqa on when the Taliban patrols the streets and see what happens.



I guess it is also not politically correct to call things for what they are nowadays.
Many politicians and people with a public voice tip toe around the real, very present and constant threat of terror that ISIS and similar militant Muslim groups pose. There is no room for tip toeing around this very serious problem anymore. You don't see ISIS trying to be open for any discussion and handling issues in a politically correct way. They barge in and just execute whomever that they feel is disrespecting their God. For them it is a crime to be a non Muslim too. Convert or die. Therefore I admire Marine Le Pen. I do not feel that she is a racist, she is a realist (just like me) and brings up real issues that some people are afraid to talk about publicly because they are worried that they are not being politically correct and might be offending people. Well, I am offended that others get offended so easily nowadays.
You have a brain, use it.



So this is my latest book. Heretic by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. I SO admire this brave and intelligent human being. She was once chosen as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world and I don't doubt that for a second. She should be on that list every year. I very much admire this woman, she should be anybody's role model and I think this is a very important book that brings up a great argument. READ IT PLEASE! And yes, I have written about Ayaan before. Let me quote something from Heretic , "I have told my story at length in my memoir Infidel , so here I can be brief. I ended up working at a refugee screening camp, was granted asylum, worked hard to get off welfare and learn Dutch, received a university degree, and ended up writing, debating, and then being elected to the Dutch Parliament." Now that is a role model if anything!



While I am talking about religion and what brainwashed people do in the name of Allah or God I should mention the lunatics that belong to Westboro Baptist Church. These morons stand outside and picket events and even funerals with their hateful and narrow minded messages. They even have a site online that is called godhatesfags, (REALLY???) where they have a schedule posted for the next picket event. They drag along their innocent children to picket and poison their young minds with their uneducated hate. I think that everybody that brings their children to events that spread hate should have their parental rights examined and possibly revoked. I actually think that children DO NOT belong in church whatsoever. If a person chooses to go to church when they are mature enough to think for themselves and make their own decisions about religion and whether or not to believe in God, fine. I have no problem with that.
But children only go to church because an adult drags them there. I can think of better things for children to do than sit in church for hours at an end, listening to stuff that doesn't make any sense to them anyways. Plus it is SO funny and ironic to me that people feel so pompous and righteous about going to church once in a while, when in reality they are pretty shitty people and crappy role models for their children that grow up witnessing constant arguing, violence, boozing and drugging at home. Being a GOOD person and a positive role model for your children takes more effort than the occasional visit to church. HYPOCRITES!



I see the most fitting way to end this post with..... Je suis Charlie .

I love feeling thrifty. It makes me feel good, like I accomplished something of personal value to myself. I do clip coupons IF it's for something that I will use. So today I found some coupons inside the Whole Foods coupon book. I go to Whole Foods on an almost daily basis, they should give me a loyal customer rewards card and offer me free weekly lattes. Seriously.



I drink the Honest tea on a regular basis so I was happy to find coupons for that. And I have been wanting to try the sparkling VOSS water. I like sparkly water.



Another thing I do to be thrifty is to cut open lotion bottles when they get empty.
Because when you cut it open you will discover that there will always be some lotion hiding inside. Same goes for toothpaste tubes and conditioner bottles etc. I don't like to be wasteful.



Now I just need to find a coupon for a Prada bag......

Aaaaaahhhhhh.......I'm sitting at Sambalatte around "normal" people after a weekend at work around the usual Vegas strip club craziness. It's so nice to sit here, slowly drink my latte amongst other quiet people that either work on their laptops, read or engage in quiet and sober conversations. No loud music and yelling......wonderful!
I had a a great week. I went to Red Rock, Gold Strike, finally got a super nice bathing suit that I have been wanting for a while and yesterday I met up with Shelley for lunch.
Shelley is my oldest (as in friendship years) friend in the US. I have many firsts with her. I went to Utopia with her back in the day, first time for both of us. People that used to go to Utopia here in Vegas (a legendary club that closed down a long time ago) still talk about the Utopia days. It was THAT good. Kind of like how people still talk about Studio 54 - the lucky ones that got to experience that era or Danceteria, Paradise Garage or Twilo in New York City.
I soooooo wish I could transport myself back in time because I would go clubbing!
Other first I had with Shelley.....I took my first E with her (at Utopia), we went to our first rave together (Narnia in California) many raves followed after that one. Those were the days when we wore big pants, tennis shoes and a small top of some sort, it was all about being comfortable so you could dance all night long. We tried many different clubs for work together, the first time I went to New York City to work was with Shelley. We lived together in California and then we moved to Vegas together to work here full time. She is now pregnant and very happy. I don't think she will dance (as in strip) anymore so that path is done for her and for us. I guess she can come and visit me when I'm still stripping in my 60's (hey, I work with a lady that is 65 and she makes $$$, so it's possible!) and make it rain on me while I show her my jerky geriatric moves on sore feet and bad achy hips.
Yesterday we went to a new place I found, The Crêpe Bistro at Tivoli Village. We both liked it so I think we are going back next week.









Shelley put together these two pics of us yesterday. It's us on the beach in the late 90's and then at EDC in 2012. She said " Friends Til The End" and yes, that is how I feel too. ❤

Yesterday I had an AMAZING day! Can I say it again.....? AMAZING ! I finally hiked down to Gold Strike hot springs and with really good company too, Sarah Jane aka Wonderhussy came along with me. I have been wanting to go on this hike since arriving in Vegas a few months ago.....The first time I went on this gorgeous hike, over a decade ago, there was a huge warm pool down there. So big that you could not feel the bottom of it with your feet and you could actually swim across it. That pool was incredible, I called it "the blue lagoon". Well, some years ago major construction happened in the area. An overpass was built and most of the water feeding the hot springs dried up but it's back now, although the large magical pool that I called the blue lagoon is not there anymore. Kind of sad because it really was spectacular.
But there are plenty of other places to soak. Here are a bunch of pictures from yesterday......











And this is Sarah Jane....you can find her extremely entertaining blog HERE
Also check out Sarah's hat.....is says Wonderhussy! I want a hat that says Supernova on it now......!





We shared some yummy chocolate.



Made friends with the cutest little duck. He wanted some of my sesame seed bar and I gladly shared.

















I'm hoping to go on this hike again within the near future. Not only are the hot springs great for a relaxing and rejuvenating soak, the hike itself is extremely scenic. High canyons, lots of boulder scrambling - it's a great workout and I can't wait to do it again. Life is great!

Today me, Julia and Chhaya went to the park where we walk several times a week. That park is the home to a group of feral cats, although they are rather well taken care of by animal lovers that feed them and give them water on a regular basis I thought it would be nice if we would feed them too. So that is how we started our day today, by feeding the cats. I just got six small cans at Whole Foods for the cats to eat. And Julia had a bottle of Fiji.



You can see two of the cats behind Chhaya, they are scared of dogs and waited until we were further away before approaching the food and start eating.



Here is Julia preparing the food for the cats.



Then we went to these places in following order.....Paper Source, Sambalatte, Victoria's Secret and then home to change clothes for an evening hike at Red Rock.







We caught the last rays of the sun disappearing behind the mountain inside this heart we made from our hands......