Thanks to a friend and her infectious boredom of a typeface nature, I am joining in with this list-atastic, um, list. So now you can learn some trivial aspects of my life. Enjoy the info y'all!
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Things you've already done: bold
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Things you haven't done and don't want to - leave in plain font
1. Started your own blog. (On #5 currently)
2. Slept under the stars. (Passed out in the yard, oh, and camping also)
3. Played in a band. (Played the trumpet in school, um, do boys count too?)
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland/world.
8. Climbed a mountain. (I get dizzy standing on a chair)
9. Held a praying mantis. (I'm a farm girl)
10. Sang a solo. (Shower super rock star)
11. Bungee jumped. (Hell no, see #8)
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. (Makeup counts, right?)
15. Adopted a child..
16. Had food poisoning. (The way I cook I have lost count)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
18. Grown your own vegetables. (Farm girl, remember)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked. (Run a car into a ditch during winter & you'll ride with anyone)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.
24. Built a snow fort. (Midwest lake effect snow fort, so ha!)
25. Held a lamb. (Yeah, farm girl is getting repetitive)
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a marathon.
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run. (I didn't know we had teams until my little sister started playing)
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. (The Virginia back hills count?)
35. Seen an Amish community. (They make lovely quilts)
36. Taught yourself a new language. (Planning on Latin)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied. (Yeah, I'm a greedy little bitch, lol)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing. (Dizzy just thinking about it)
40. Seen Michelangelo's David in person.
41. Sung Karaoke. (Someday when I have the confidence, or am just really drunk, lol)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant. (I am surprisingly nice on occasion)
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.(And I even hate sand)
46. Been transported in an ambulance. (Gotta love failed suicide attempts)
47. Had your portrait painted. (Good ole high school art class)
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
49. Seen the Sistine chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling.
52. Kissed in the rain. (ooh la la)
53. Played in the mud. (Farm girl, & sounding like a broken record, lol)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater. (Have never gotten around to it, maybe with my next b/f?)
55. Been in a movie. (The fun with home video cameras)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class. (Ah, when I was young & learned to beat people up)
59. Visited Russia.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Been given flowers for no reason. (That would be soooo sweet)
64. Donated blood.
65. Gone sky diving.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.
67. Bounced a check. (Yeah, when I was a young and irresponsible girl)
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar. (I can easily pass on that)
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Times Square.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job. (Just a month ago was the most recent occurrence)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London.
77. Broken a bone. (Keeping my fingers crossed)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle. (Scary & exhilarating, but mostly scary)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life. (A few people but the most important one died again later that day, my Dad)
90. Sat on a jury. (I am excused from ever doing that due to my schizophrenia)
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one. (Quite a few family members)
94. Had a baby. (Awww, I wish)
95. Seen the Alamo in person.
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake.
97. Been involved in a law suit. (Settled out of court years ago)
98. Owned a mobile phone.
99. Been stung by a bee. (& wasps, yellowjackets, ants, etc.)
(Afterthoughts)
Interesting, but too much like work, however, since it was still fun I enjoyed it.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Damn my tiny, ugly skull
Bratz Dolls May Give Young Girls Unrealistic Expectations Of Head Size
(Afterthoughts)
Less talking and more crying over my freakish small head :(
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The Bathtub Test
*humor sequence activated*
During a visit to the mental asylum, I asked the Director how do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.
'Well,' said the Director, 'we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub.'
'Oh, I understand,' I said. 'A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup.'
'No.' said the Director, 'A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?'
*lame joketime shutdown mode*
(Afterthoughts)
As I was halfway through reading this joke I thought "screw that, I'd just use the drain." But I would also have worn the bucket on my head, filled up the teacup with water and used the spoon to take sips to quench my thirst from the hard work of draining the tub.
During a visit to the mental asylum, I asked the Director how do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.
'Well,' said the Director, 'we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub.'
'Oh, I understand,' I said. 'A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup.'
'No.' said the Director, 'A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?'
*lame joketime shutdown mode*
(Afterthoughts)
As I was halfway through reading this joke I thought "screw that, I'd just use the drain." But I would also have worn the bucket on my head, filled up the teacup with water and used the spoon to take sips to quench my thirst from the hard work of draining the tub.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Free tour of hell, please don't yell, keep your legs and arms inside the well, and the ride'll be over in a spell
(Click on this link to watch the video only after you have read this post to know whether you can stand to do so, that was your fair warning, now do whatever the hell you choose, lol.)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have schizophrenia? You may be thinking that sure, LizzyBeth here has it and seems to have so much fun, it has got to be kinda like some sort of constant psychedelic trip. Looking at her it probably isn't really all that bad, she gets along fine and it is just got to be more interesting than bothersome. They have a video that shows what it is like and I was honestly disturbed. They warn that people with mental problems should not view it but in my own arrogance thought I would be fine and was curious as to how it was presented. Well, I am only going to say that I fully understand why I was not supposed to see it (and kind of wish I had not) but for those who are brave enough to get a taste of what my life is like, I hope you will watch this. And I hope you will understand how badly I get tortured every single day and the willpower I possess to drift through life with all of those disturbing things buzzing in the background of my reality.
(This is a description of how the video is)
In the first scenario, you’ve wakened on a beautiful morning: The sun is shining, a breeze wafts through an open window, the house is bright and welcoming, hot coffee is ready in the kitchen and, best of all, there’s good news in the morning paper.
The circumstances are different in the second scenario. While it’s the same house, and the same day, the house is dark and slightly foreboding. From the moment you wake up you hear a running commentary of voices—a male and a female. They tell you that you are “stupid, so stupid,” and that they hate you. They alert you not to eat or drink the coffee because it’s poisoned. They warn you not to take your medication. They never stop—on and on they go—calling you worthless, a waste of space, berating you for being lazy and ungrateful. And, the headline in the newspaper says “DON’T LEAVE THE HOUSE.”
The voices are not just internal; they’re coming from the television, too. The weatherman is asking you if all you’re going to do is sit around with “your stupid mouth open?” And, before telling you to stop staring at him, he reminds you, once again, that you are lazy, sleep too much, and pretty well everything is “all your fault.”
(Afterthoughts)
I will only say that it was a very hauntingly familiar thing to watch, and kicked up the level of my own mostly ignored symptoms requiring me to expend extra mental energy beating them back into a sort of submission.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have schizophrenia? You may be thinking that sure, LizzyBeth here has it and seems to have so much fun, it has got to be kinda like some sort of constant psychedelic trip. Looking at her it probably isn't really all that bad, she gets along fine and it is just got to be more interesting than bothersome. They have a video that shows what it is like and I was honestly disturbed. They warn that people with mental problems should not view it but in my own arrogance thought I would be fine and was curious as to how it was presented. Well, I am only going to say that I fully understand why I was not supposed to see it (and kind of wish I had not) but for those who are brave enough to get a taste of what my life is like, I hope you will watch this. And I hope you will understand how badly I get tortured every single day and the willpower I possess to drift through life with all of those disturbing things buzzing in the background of my reality.
(This is a description of how the video is)
In the first scenario, you’ve wakened on a beautiful morning: The sun is shining, a breeze wafts through an open window, the house is bright and welcoming, hot coffee is ready in the kitchen and, best of all, there’s good news in the morning paper.
The circumstances are different in the second scenario. While it’s the same house, and the same day, the house is dark and slightly foreboding. From the moment you wake up you hear a running commentary of voices—a male and a female. They tell you that you are “stupid, so stupid,” and that they hate you. They alert you not to eat or drink the coffee because it’s poisoned. They warn you not to take your medication. They never stop—on and on they go—calling you worthless, a waste of space, berating you for being lazy and ungrateful. And, the headline in the newspaper says “DON’T LEAVE THE HOUSE.”
The voices are not just internal; they’re coming from the television, too. The weatherman is asking you if all you’re going to do is sit around with “your stupid mouth open?” And, before telling you to stop staring at him, he reminds you, once again, that you are lazy, sleep too much, and pretty well everything is “all your fault.”
(Afterthoughts)
I will only say that it was a very hauntingly familiar thing to watch, and kicked up the level of my own mostly ignored symptoms requiring me to expend extra mental energy beating them back into a sort of submission.
Who needs to be pretty when you are smart?
Excelsior!!! For all you true believers out there on the other side of the "magic box" which provides you with keyboard induced interactiveness of entertainment and news worthiness information goodness, all wrapped up in a delicious candy shell that melts in your brain, not on your fingertips.
Today's update involves a situation I have never been involved with or within before during my long lost 34 years of lifespan. Apparently I got inducted into something of a club type thingy my school runs (and other schools I am told). I was informed that it is called the "Dean's List" or something along those lines, was not given any sort of option to "opt out" from it, and it seems like a rather snobby club requiring it's forced members to achieve a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average. The things these crazy college kids do nowadays, and I had to go and somehow get my own ass dragged into this mess without even realizing I was in danger of doing so. *sigh*
(Afterthoughts)
Sure, I could have written a more negative and sarcastic blog about such a great achievement, but I figured I would half-ass it just like I do with my schoolwork.
Today's update involves a situation I have never been involved with or within before during my long lost 34 years of lifespan. Apparently I got inducted into something of a club type thingy my school runs (and other schools I am told). I was informed that it is called the "Dean's List" or something along those lines, was not given any sort of option to "opt out" from it, and it seems like a rather snobby club requiring it's forced members to achieve a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average. The things these crazy college kids do nowadays, and I had to go and somehow get my own ass dragged into this mess without even realizing I was in danger of doing so. *sigh*
(Afterthoughts)
Sure, I could have written a more negative and sarcastic blog about such a great achievement, but I figured I would half-ass it just like I do with my schoolwork.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
More great cooking tips by Aunt Lizzy
Yesterday I discovered a small piece of terrific tip goodness while fixing myself a snack that is happily going straight from my kitchen into your eager little ears. For those of you out there who own a Fry Daddy, if you have left it stored for about a year, even with the cover on, don't use the oil that had been left in it when you shoved it out of the way all those months ago. Not only does it pump out noxious fumes when plugged in, but it makes the food you cook in it taste rather poorly and quite possibly poisonous. I learned this lesson the hard way which honestly was a lot less enjoyable than the way y'all are discovering this tip. After I managed to hold my breath and keep my eyes closed to slits so that I was able to fish the food out of the device, the first bite tasted horrible, just simply horrible. However, the second bite drove home the realization of just how big of a mistake the first bite had been.
(Afterthoughts)
Yes, no joke, I seriously did that and it is 100% true story (and how did I ever wish it wasn't.) So there y'all go. Um, knowledge is power!?!
(Afterthoughts)
Yes, no joke, I seriously did that and it is 100% true story (and how did I ever wish it wasn't.) So there y'all go. Um, knowledge is power!?!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Wisdom phrase o' thee day
Today's ball of wisdom conveniently packaged on a stylish hoodie. I soooo want one of these.
(Afterthoughts)
That is just sooooo damn cool. What more can I possibly say.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sappy advice
To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did. When God takes something from your grasp, he's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on this sentence .... The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you. Something good will happen to you today, something that you have been waiting to hear.
There comes a point in your life when you realize
Who matters,
Who never did,
Who won't anymore ...
And who always will.
So don't worry about people from your past,
There is a reason why they didn't make it to your future.
(Afterthoughts)
This hangs on my refrigerator and was given to me by a guy at work not long before I had gotten fired. Women are always the first cutback when there are less qualified men to do their job at a higher wage.
There comes a point in your life when you realize
Who matters,
Who never did,
Who won't anymore ...
And who always will.
So don't worry about people from your past,
There is a reason why they didn't make it to your future.
(Afterthoughts)
This hangs on my refrigerator and was given to me by a guy at work not long before I had gotten fired. Women are always the first cutback when there are less qualified men to do their job at a higher wage.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Sigh, soooo lame
You hear about the house built by lesbians ?
Not a stud in it, all tongue-in-groove !
(Afterthoughts)
That is your tasteless joke of the day.
Not a stud in it, all tongue-in-groove !
(Afterthoughts)
That is your tasteless joke of the day.
Monday, January 12, 2009
1 down, 49 to go
Weeks is what the title refers to. That is correct, I said weeks, damn it! Today marks the end of my first week of school for this year (school week is Tuesday - Monday, don't ask me why, it's just how things work there.) And I spend 50 out of 52 weeks officially in class with the only break at the end of the year holiday's, hooray.
I'm stuck with another English Composition class which I am less than ecstatic over, and the only salvation is that I at least got stuck with it while I am job searching and can give it extra unwanted attention. Blech. I think I would rather almost go hang out at a fancy schmancy coffee shop instead, that is how enthused I am about this class, lol.
I need to finish my resume and get it updated with the additional machines and work history and start hunting for a job this week. I may be able to snag something local, but that seems unlikely. Might be able to find something in a half hour radius, but that also seems iffy. Or there is the big city (Indianapolis) which is just a shade over an hour to reach the very edge, and who knows how much further driving to get to whatever point in the city proper. As much as I hate to move, it seems to be the most likely prospect, and will most likely be out of state (Houston, Texas where my friends live and the cnc machinist jobs flow like water out of a leaky rain barrel.)
And those 2 videos I posted yesterday are from a cartoon (duh) called Freakazoid! that was sort lived due to it being too clever for it's target audience and actually watched mostly by young adults. Had it been ran a few years later after the adult cartoon phenomenon hit, I believe it would have had better success, maybe. But anyways, I thought about that show while I was sitting around watching episodes of The Tick on dvd and had to look it up just to see if there was anything posted (hooray, obviously there was, lol.) So here is the opening to the show and to today still remains in my top 10 favorite cartoon openings.
I'm stuck with another English Composition class which I am less than ecstatic over, and the only salvation is that I at least got stuck with it while I am job searching and can give it extra unwanted attention. Blech. I think I would rather almost go hang out at a fancy schmancy coffee shop instead, that is how enthused I am about this class, lol.
I need to finish my resume and get it updated with the additional machines and work history and start hunting for a job this week. I may be able to snag something local, but that seems unlikely. Might be able to find something in a half hour radius, but that also seems iffy. Or there is the big city (Indianapolis) which is just a shade over an hour to reach the very edge, and who knows how much further driving to get to whatever point in the city proper. As much as I hate to move, it seems to be the most likely prospect, and will most likely be out of state (Houston, Texas where my friends live and the cnc machinist jobs flow like water out of a leaky rain barrel.)
And those 2 videos I posted yesterday are from a cartoon (duh) called Freakazoid! that was sort lived due to it being too clever for it's target audience and actually watched mostly by young adults. Had it been ran a few years later after the adult cartoon phenomenon hit, I believe it would have had better success, maybe. But anyways, I thought about that show while I was sitting around watching episodes of The Tick on dvd and had to look it up just to see if there was anything posted (hooray, obviously there was, lol.) So here is the opening to the show and to today still remains in my top 10 favorite cartoon openings.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Emergency Broadcast Annoyance Testing Protocol
(Afterthoughts)
Yeah, that is pretty much how it all works (in my mind at least.)
Why I never got married
This 10 second video of the "OFFICIAL EXPLANATION" as to why I avoided marriage.
(Now for the 'unofficial explanation.') I get asked from time to time if I had ever considered marriage, and honestly, I have had the thought race around inside my head like a little insane nascar driver. But I always kept myself out of any situation (for the most part) that had any potential of eventually leading in that direction. I knew how something like that would eventually end up and never wanted to put someone through all of that. Of course, that also cemented me into a life of loneliness and isolation, but before anyone starts to get teary-eyed over my self imposed misery, remember that I chose it to be that way not out of some self noble sacrifice, but because I am simply too lazy to want to deal with the emotional train wreck of an angry misunderstanding husband. Everyone who has had to deal and is currently dealing with marriage issues and problems, my heart goes out to y'all and it may make my pathetic lonely life seem a shade bit more attractive in that light. But there is some sort of saying about how "it's better to have loved and been stabbed in the heart than to never had needed emergency open heart surgery at all" or something like that.
(Afterthoughts)
Ha! Just when everyone thought I would go an entire week without posting anything, I trick you all by slipping this in right before the deadline falls, boo-yah!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Anti-resolutions
The sun sets on yet another year. Now is the time people make their resolutions to improve their lives, only to utterly fail and resort back to their bad habits (typical humans, muhahaha.) How will you view the changing of the guard, is it a sunrise full of brand new opportunities, or do you have enough darkness inside of you to realize that it is more of a sunset leading us away from the light and into the shadows? (Go team doom and gloom)
(Afterthoughts)
As always I will be making anti-resolutions to pick up bad habits (gotta love the easy path, muhahaha.)
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