Today’s Music: Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
Hi there! Hope y’all are well! Something a bit different this Friday.
I have no italics for last weeks poll. I have no poll for this weeks poll.
In fact, I got nothin’.
Because occasionally, real life sucks. I thought when I started that blogging was a time-suck. Sadly, it turns out working for the corporate overlords is. Yes, it’s good to work, but the satisfaction is in time well spent.
And for that, blogging is great.
Unfortunately, I need to finish a project at work (hopefully in the next week or two), which means that when I get home, I can barely sit at my computer to join you in the sphere, despite how much I enjoy your company.
But this isn’t the end quite yet. There’s still new stories to gather, and old ones to tell.
I haven’t yet told you about the naked bar slide. You haven’t come out to learn to hangglide yet.
And I never even told you why I started blogging in the first place.
(Not to mention all the music we haven’t listened to either!)
So, all of that is still to come. Hey, it’ll come even sooner if the Lottery Agency approves my retirement plan.
Either way, you’re not quite rid of me yet, and I expect I’ll back in just a couple of weeks.
Until then, live well, be brilliant, and rock on.
Guapola 
Be well, my friend, and take a large flask to work- that should ease the pain a little bit!
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What she said!
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I also support alcohol intervention.
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Me tooo!!
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In this case, it might be better to get the overlords hammered and watch the hijinks that ensue.
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An excellent use of secondary problem solving.
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Thanks Ginger. I just worry that if I bring the flask to work, there will be a whole lof of “Did you bring enough for everyone?” at the office.
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Take several. You’re drinking for two now. I appreciate it.
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Hope you can keep that positive attitude and smile on your face. We miss you!!
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Thanks Susan! Hopefully it will be a short hiatus. (Plus, I’ll have more time to read blogs!)
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Hope all is well – it’s important to take time for yourself.
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Stay well. We’ll miss you!
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Sheesh, I’m not dying.
Wait, I’m not dying am I?
Oh crap. HOW COME NO ONE TOLD ME THE NOSE HAIR WOULD BE FATAL?!?
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Fuck the flask – take the gallon bottle from Liquour Barn Emporium… we want MOAR POLL!
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I told him to take a LARGE flask, Brain…same difference!
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Where do you find gallon flasks? Ebay?
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I live really close to Kentucky, they are standard there!
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I used to live there (Knox), and nobody bothered telling me about this. I could have saved all that glass from the bourbon jugs…
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Yup. They make their own moonshine here.
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Don’t I know it! *evil grin* *blank memory spots*
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Ha!
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Bottle I got from a liquor store/gas station in Maryland many years ago:
“Georgia Shine On Corn Whiskey. Guaranteed under 30 days old.”
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Ha! Sounds about right.
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Somewhere, I have an (empty) gallon bottle of Johnny Walker, complete with tipping cradle so you don’t have to lift it to pour.
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Try using a Camelbak – what we use in the Army to keep hydrated. A one-liter insulated bag with a drinking tube… makes cutting grass FUN.
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We used to use a wineskin skiing.
Until someone fell on it and it exploded.
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Total party foul.
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Breathe, Guapo, breathe. And if that doesn’t help, get shit-faced. 😉
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Breathing? Covered. Shit faced? Yep.
Now I need to work some sleep in to the mix.
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I’d love to hear the story about why you started blogging! (Happy Friday, Guapo!)
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Thanks Whitelady. It’s about as inane a story as could be expected from me.
Have a great weekend!
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I bet it’s a great story, Guapington.
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We’ve all been there I think. Life is life. Between work, drinking and doing things naked, time can be a crunch and something has to give.
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I think the big problem is that there just isn’t enough time to do the things naked we want to do. Naked.
Of course, those things are also more fun to blog about!
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Life is reducing my blogging this week once again. Quick trip to Winnipeg to see Lori and her mom. I miss getting stuff out if my brain but precedence is required.
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Oh, man! That pesky “earning a living” thing… I’m sorry it’s taking away from your true joy and passion (and ours!), or at least one of them. I will eagerly await your return with dreams of hang gliding to a soundtrack of unheard of music. 🙂
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Thanks Laura! Hmm…hangliding with an mp3 player. I’m intrigued…
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Sometimes work demands are just too demanding and you can’t demand what you’d really rather be doing, unless, of course, the Lottery Agency retirement thing works out then you can do the demanding though I can’t picture you being that demanding. I’ll miss you while you’re gone and await your return but not with bated breath because that is just wee bit too melodramatic. Be well, my friend!
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I’d like to imagine you waiting while sitting out in the yard enjoying a good book and a nice glass of wine.
Or at least, enjoying yourself in whatever way you happen to be doing that at the moment.
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We’ll be here…waiting.
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That almost sounds sinister.
In the best possible way! 😉
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Hey Guap your brand of wickedness will be missed even for just two weeks, now I know I don’t visit as often as everyone else does around here but I certainly enjoy your wicked banter, your incredible wit, your super-human abilities, your candid approach to pleasing thousands of naked…
Hold on a minute, let’s not tell you everything in one comment or you will be taking a longer break than we want you to, so just work on your project, keep smiling, perfecting your naked bar slides, cartwheeling and in-the-niff skateboarding, and above all don’t get tied up too much of an evening unless you really want to 😉 🙂 lmao
Come back soon Guap you are being missed already and you haven’t even gone yet. Have a ghoulishly enjoyable Friday and a crazy to wicked weekend also 🙂 Be good…
Andro, Gray, Geoff and the other bloke 🙂 lmao
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Just don’t tell them about the secret cheez-whiz recipe I use to get the wom-
I’ve said too much…
Thanks, to all of those blokes, and I’ll be back soon enough.
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Come back soon, I miss you already ~
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Yeah, but your aim is getting better.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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Ha ha ha —-
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I hope that in what little spare time you have, you are applying for the job of “host of the worlds greatest late night talk show”…..I have been waiting in line to get tickets to the show and you owe me at least a frappe-something for waiting this long. Hang in there friend…we miss you already.
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Thank you!
*Hands zaanyro a halffrappecafachino with extra cream*
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Just in time…boy was I parched!
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Poor Guapo, pinned down by El Jefe, The Man, the daily grind, the corporate work-a-day system. What is this world coming to when ingenious bloggers aren’t even afforded enough time to create a Friday Foolishness poll? This will prevent further wasting of time by the dozens of us who follow you! Next thing you know, we’ll all be working productively. I refuse! I’m just going to re-read old Guapola entries. FIGHT THE POWER, people!
Seriously, take all the time you need to get caught up. We’ll be here waiting when you return. YOU HAD ME AT NAKED BAR SLIDE.
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I wouldn’t mind the Man keeping his foot down on my neck if his shoes were more comfortable.
No,that’s not true. I’d mind either way.
The bar slide is painful but true. But I feel I’ve come to terms with it and am willing to admit to the cause of that small scar above my nipple.
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Ooohhh, you had me with the song! Say no more if you are gonna post one of the greatest (read: one of my favorite) Sam Cooke’s ever. Anyway, I hear you about the overlords; however, I manage to slip in as much time in these spaces as I can to remain relatively sane. Looking forward to Guapola madness when it reappears 🙂
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Thanks so much AR!
I don’t think there’s another song I could have used for this post. (Glad I hadn’t used it before!)
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I’ll fill the space until you come back. 😉 Happy Friday and I hope either Corporate Overload ends soon, and/or the Lottery Agency comes through.
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If I knew it would mean more posts from you, I’d have ducked out long ago, flame!
(Seriously, I love reading your stuff.)
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Oh that wonderful beautiful song! (And I’ve never heard it before.) I miss you already, Guap. But I know you’ll be back fit as a fiddle and full of spit and vinegar (I think woke up on the 19th century side of the bed this morning). Good luck on your project. I hope it doesn’t stress you out too much, but if it does just remember there’s a sea of people on here who adore you and await more El Guapo stories! Take care. xo!
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I think filling their fiddles with spit and vinegar was the secret to Stradivarius success.
I’ll be back soon, and before that, I’ll be able to catch up on your stuff!
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So that’s what the Stradivarius “thing” was all about! I didn’t even suspect. Your the best Mr. Guapola!! See you soon! 😀
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You will be missed but we will be here when you get back. Hope it will be sooner than later.
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Thanks SPP. Should just be a couple of weeks.
Sooner if I can figure out what else I have to do to get fired!
(Need to find out if there’s free wifi at the unemployment office…)
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I believe there is.
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Be well, my friend! Don’t let ’em keep you down for long. You could always give up work and become a drummer!
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Ha! That and Shift Into Glide (Nothing Matters But The Weekend) just about sum it up.
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Damn work! You will be missed, and we won’t say anything bad about you because you abandoned us.
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Aw, and here I was thinking I’ve given everyone much better reasons to say bad things about me.
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You go and kick real life right in the nuts. Don’t worry about us. I will try to keep the troops occupied while you are busy… Follow me, troopers!!!
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Sadly, real life wears a cup after that tragic “giving us lemons” incident.
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Is the cup half empty or half full? HA!
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I think you just won the internets.
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Winning!
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I say BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to work interfering with your valuable blogging time! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Yeah! So So bow down to it if you want, bow to her. Bow to the work of Slime, the work of Filth, the work of Putrescence-
Sorry – I Princess Bride-d there for a sec.
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I think work is entirely overrated. Probably why I decided to blog. I am looking forward to the why you started blogging story as well.
Meanwhile, we will hold the fort down. No promises we will not accidentally burn the carpet in a few spots. Oh, and we did order the vat of soda water to get the red wines stains at least less noticeable.
Be well. Kick ass. No spreadsheets.
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Oh, I know work is overrated. Sadly, the tax man disagrees.
Jackass.
Have fun – I had the whole place simonized last week!
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I’m calling your bosses, right now. This is unacceptable.
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Cool! Just, if you could, leave my name out of it?
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No problem. I’ll just call you Senor Oguap.
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If anyone deserves a blog break, you do. Of course, you’ll be missed, but you should take the break guilt-free. We’ll all be here when you come back.
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Mostly, I’m just laying low while the ire of those who felt they should have won some of the polls fades. The threats were a bit alarming.
Though I don’t think it’s physically possible to do things like that to someone using just cheez whiz and pickles…
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Damn that overlord! Too bad you can’t get rid of him. Guapo, I knew something was up with you. I missed you, see. Just right this out. We’ll all be here when you get back. Best of luck!
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Thanks Bumble. I can’t wait to get to the other side of this.
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I hate when work gets in the way of my personal life. See you soon!
and um, naked bar slide. We’ll be waiting.
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I’ll be back!
And that story fits right in with the other naked bar stories.
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I know a Naked-Bar-Slide-Coffee-House that sells beer shooters….I’ll save us a table….
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Please make it a long table.
With a slick surface.
And a landing pad.
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Done.
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It’s hard to go wrong with Sam Cooke. That guy sends me, even if, by his own admission, he knows very little about history.
And being the big comic book dork that I am, can I tell you how excited I am to finally read The Secret Origin of El Guapo. I’m surprised it came so late in the series, but there you go.
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Well, someone already kissed Maddie Hayes, so I needed to find another way to jump the shark.
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Is the Naked Bar Slide the name of a drink or a dance?
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Well, if the drink leads to the dance, my version of the drink would have Jamesons.
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I was just about to check on you. The blogging world is never the same without you, Guapo. Your absence was felt in a big way.
I’m leaving for a little get-away myself, not that yours was a “get-away,” you were just away. I get that. Sorry that work sucks. ;(
At least I know you’re alive and well.
Try and have a good weekend, my friend.
Grippy xox
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Thank you so much, Grippy! I’m hoping to get back as soon as I can, and until then, I’ll still be reading as time allows.
Hope that your break is relaxing and fun!
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PS – You know I love Todd, but did you know that I’m his cousin? Yup.
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Cool!
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We’ll be here, ready and waiting. Hang in there, Guap – you have much more work to do in the ‘sphere. ❤
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Oh, more work? Well why didn’t you say so!
*plans longer break*
For strength, I think I’ll just make another batch of Maw Maw’s biscuits.
😉
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Good deal!
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Guapola is the only blogger I know who can write a blog post about not writing a blog post and still get over 40 comments…NICE!
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That’s because I get to hang out with the coolest people ever!
(Present company included.)
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We’ll miss you terribly while you are fulfilling your job duties, but we’ll wait for your till you know what freezes over if we have to. Now that’s been said, it’s just not good enough, you know, to abandon us out here all alone without our fix of Guapola! You just tell your boss you’re needed elsewhere, you have hundreds of people depending on you for support & entertainment! Take ‘er easy, Guaps, we love you!
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My next contract will have a “blogging clause” written into it.
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And a big raise! And twice the vacation time! And travel expenses so you can visit your blog buddies!
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We’ll be looking forward to your return! Meanwhile: survive in the best possible way. Good luck with work and stuff!
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Thanks NBI. As much of a nightmare as it is, this project will end soon enough.
Or else…
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It’s tough when work gets in the way of the positive life’s interactions. Hang in there … and thanks for filling us in. So, until next time, cheers to one of the great ones!
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Thanks so much, Frank. I hate it when the blogs I enjoy go dark unexpectedly, and didn’t want to do that.
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Well said … thus I too am appreciative!
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Sorry to hear that the Man is putting a crimp in your social endeavors….but that’s his MO, he’s all about making your time, his time. Get back when you can and be well in the interim….
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I’m not sure why we let the Man do that.
I think it might be time for a revolt.
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Charge!
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May the corporate overlords smile on your work, Guap, and reward you soon with time for the important things, like making us laugh…
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At this point, I think the overlords will be happy if I don’t snap in the middle of my coffee break.
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Damn those overlords! Take care, Guap, and we’ll look forward to your return!
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Hiya Guap. I am fine. Well, mostly I am fine. Sometimes things totally suck. But when they don’t totally suck, they are fine. thanks for asking.
The Witch
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Good to hear! And I hope the ratio is moving more to the not sucking side.
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also, can’t seem to figure out how to log into my old blog site. disconnected all sorts of things and there you have it. but I think you can find a way to contact me – since it would seem your comment eventually made it to my main email in box. not computer literate.
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Just re-read Wuthering Heights so in words of Heathcliff – ‘Urry back t’blog lad!
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Wait – they rewrote a classic with that cat in it???
I got tricked into reading a rewrite of Pride and Prejudice because they added zombies. (Yes, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies.)
I felt like I was conned.
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Good Lord the mind boggles
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We will miss you, Guapamole!
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Thanks Undercover! But now I have time time to read you!
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Now *that* is the biggest waste of time ever. I don’t have the time or inspiration to write right now. Let’s see if we can’t change that.
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Awww miss ya. ((hugs)) boo work. Yay for a job.
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As necessary as it is, I’m moving further and further from the “yay for job” point of view…
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I know. We have been there.
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We’ll be here when you get back — take care of yourself, that’s the important thing! So nice of you to drop a note. Can’t wait to hear about hanggliding sometime. 🙂
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Thanks Asplenia.
You should try hanggliding!
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yes we will miss you. And the naked bar slide. Same here, though – sometimes real life gets in the way of virtual!
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And it sucks when that happens.
Maybe I’ll at least get a few posts out of it.
But probably not…
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Hey, I did get some Same Cooke out of the deal. Best of luck on the project. May the volume of suck decrease in the coming week. Going to miss you. Can you pick up a loaf of bread on the way back?
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Bread is all they let me have, the bastards.
Fortunately, they do not yet have a muzak version of Sam.
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Hang in there El. Looking forward to your next post. Take care.
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Thanks Happy. I already started writing it, just need time for all this to clear.
Soon I hope…
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Hey, ya gotta keep your priorities straight. You rest up with some work, then come back and entertain us when you’re good and rested! 😀
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I always thought I was at my most entertaining when I was exhausted.
Or was that drunk?
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it’s hard to stoned when you’re as remember as I am…. 😉
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I resemble that remark!
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Great song! Good luck with your projects, and I’ll see you when you get back.
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Thanks Maddie! May need to reread the Susan Hunter book I have to help the workday go faster.
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Which one do you have? I’ll send you a different one!
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Sunshine Hunter.
After reading the references to it on your blog,a good book was even better!
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I’ll send the book I wrote last November for National Novel Writing Month. Windy City Hunter. It’s more mystery than the others, but still my brand of pink fluffy. I even slipped references to blogger friends in it. Do you have a Kindle?
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Yes, and I still have Sunshine on the Kindle.
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This way you will have the first book I wrote and the last book I wrote. I think my writing has been getting better as I go along. Especially since I didn’t have a clue when I started writing. 😉 Email coming from Amazon shortly.
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Thanks so much! Looking forward to reading.
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Life is trouble sometimes. My life has recently put me a lot of things to do, to worry about and to think of… I just want everything run smoothly again and to have more time to carry my camera and go outside doing some new photo shooting…but life…ahhhh. 😀 This is life.
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And we keep plugging away and counting on our friends to get us through the rough bits, ristinw.
Keep on shooting!
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Yanno, here I was ready to log off my blog, and there you go….’liking’ my post. So now, you’ve inspired me to roam the grounds a bit. You’re so damned good at what you do. Better than that, even.
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If we both break at the same time, I think the universe will implode.
Tempting, isn’t it?
Though I for one would miss your posts, and not just for the most unusual analogies ever.
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Too many comments for me to read! This at least explains why my mail box was curiously devoid of Foolishness last Friday…
See you on your return!
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On the bright side, I’m trying to rack new exciting levels of foolishness!
(Actually, that’s not true. I’m just trapped in a work hell.)
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Friday has rolled around again… I hope that the work trap has given inspiration for new! bigger! brighter! faster! foolishness… if not, there’s always next week!
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I just thought that while I was busy cleaning out the Zombie traps that I would call round here and wish you an excellent Tuesday with lashings of the naughty kind for later on, well anytime is nookie time as they say 🙂 🙂
Be wicked Guap, I always am…
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I don’t clean the zombie traps anymore. I’ve found remnants of the previous vict- honorees works great as bait for the next round. 😀
Hope you’re spending your Friday well in preparation for the weekend…
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Friday was a busy one but hey
it’s the weekend now so let’s enjoy it 🙂
I have just completed the game
Dead Island Riptide and what a
Zombie blast that was 🙂 Now I
am starting it all over again, and
those Zombies don’t stand a chance
in hell of escaping 🙂 lmao
Andro
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Hope there were no tears (of unhappiness!) on your weekend, Andro.
Have a great week!
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Nooooooooo I am still here 🙂 Just 🙂 lol
Have a brilliant start to your week Guap
Andro
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We need to find a way to mash our weekends together so I get the extra day on the front, you get it on the back…
have a great week!
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I could’ve sworn there used to be someone who posted on this blog. I could be wrong, though.
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There was once, though his identity has been lost to legend and the mists of time.
But there are those who say that when the moon is full and the bottle is half empty, you can see, in the distance, a lone figure, tangled in his own ponytail.
He waits and watches, and when the moment is right, he will burn the spreadsheets and return…
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Holy guacamole there are a lot of comments here! Good luck on your project, I’m sure you’ll do a great job. Don’t worry about being absent in the blogosphere. Everyone understands that real life sneaks it’s head in every now and then!
I remember the first post that I ever read of yours was something about you getting on a bar dancing naked or something….haha
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Corporate overlord are cruel. Float until it lightens up. We’ll just chat among ourselves – anticipating your return. Hasta later
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What a great message!
I’m so glad I finally got back here!
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Well, too much work to blog just blows! I’ve been buried under it for months. Finally got to write again this week. That Lottery Retirement plan really needs to get moving for us soon. Then we can start on our cooking show, and you can entertain the masses with your Friday Foolishness once again.
Just know that we miss you and we’ll wait. *taps toes*
Do I need to put on my Teacher voice to the Big Bosses and say, “We’ll wait for you to cut back on his workload. He has important work to do for the good of humanity…I’ll wait…”? I can add in the look over the top of my glasses, if I need to. That always works.
Whatever I need to do, just let me know. I’ve got your back!
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I wish you a productive few weeks!
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I am just calling by to wish you a wicked
Wednesday afternoon and evening Guap 🙂
Andro
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Come back. We miss you. Plus we’re tired of holding down the fort. It’s exhausting in cyberspace with no end of the disappearance of Guap in sight. *sigh* 🙂
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Thank you! I’ll be back shortly.
Promise!
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Yay! You just made my day. 😀
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This is good news Guap 🙂
Andro
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I am just calling by to wish you a brilliant rest of weekend Guap and of course to thank you for your visits to my Space, of which are a lot more frequent than I am to yours 😦 Of course once you return for the Friday Wickedness of which I know everyone is missing, indeed those polls are incredibly funny so I am looking forwards to adding my ridiculousness to them when you are back my wickedly fine friend 🙂 🙂
I will raise a glass of the red stuff after midnight, flap my cape and bite a few necks in your honour, only the very sexy and deliciously tempting one’s though 🙂 🙂 lmao
Andro
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