just a thought provoking email

Enjoy! THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can thinkabout is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my ownstory that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realizeyou're wrong.
Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're goingin the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going?But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction fromwhich you came, you have to first do something like check your watch orphone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that noone in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switchingdirections on the sidewalk.
I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I wasyounger. The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. Thisrecently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never beending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.
Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work?You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix theproblem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fixthe problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We justfigured it out. Today's kids are soft.
There is a great need for sarcasm font.
Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger andsuddenly realize I had no idea what was going on when I first saw it.
I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take2 trips to bring my groceries in.
The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish atext.
Was learning cursive really necessary?
Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hearis "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod andsmile because you still didn't hear what they said?
Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in'examples, Iwill undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I hadto spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G asin...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"
What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow eachother?
While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctivelyswerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I knowhow to get out of my neighborhood.
Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the persondied.
I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the showerfirst and THEN turn on the water.
Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, andyou can wear them forever.
I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
Bad decisions make good stories
If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring wouldprobably just be completely invisible.
Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go aroundand say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous?Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....
You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work whenyou've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive forthe rest of the day.
Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want tohave to restart my collection.
There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going todie after leaning your chair back a little too far.
I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if Iwant to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I didnot make any changes to.
"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV.There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if Ikeep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only amatter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still befriends after this?'
I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?Damnit!),but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail.What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeinganyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then Ilike about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed forpedophiles...
As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but nomatter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not knowwhat time it is.
It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answerwhen they call.
I think that if, years down the road when I'm trying to have a kid, I findout that I'm sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact thatI was not aware of my condition in college.
Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to withit.
Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys ina pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'dbet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, inabout 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happenif you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the linktakes me to a video instead of text.
I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drivebehind obeys the speed limit.
I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturdaynight more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

You're a Jerk...I know

So it is time for one of those updates

I am still currently working at the Tech Shop on campus, which is an invigorating job. But it is income, and giving me time to get an apartment and another job here in the next month or so.

I am also looking for an apartment, I have one picked, but I am waiting on my friend and future roommate to get a job and a loan so we can move in. I am getting antsy because i have very little to pack, as I have not unpacked half my crap from school, and I have everything in line until September when I HAVE to get a new job. So at this point its kind of a waiting game, but I have a short patience, but I just have to get over it.

I have finished 4 of my books so far...Memory Keeper's Daughter is amazing, you all should read it, Jodi Picoult is my new fave-Picture Perfect is a really interesting book and My Sister's Keeper is just sheer massochism as far as it is REALLLY sad, but very good. And as always, New Moon is just spectacular. I am currently rereading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prine, which I hoped to finish by the movie, but as I cannot concentrate for more than 2 hours that didn't happen. So along with the reading thing, I joined a book club. The reasoning for it was to get brownie points on Sorority Life on Facebook, but the deal was sweet, I got 5 books for a dollar plus S&H, so basically $12, but still and all I have to do is by 4 books in 2 years. So yes, I paid money to get brownie points, but (let me use some UD school of business terms) my ROI is very valuable...yep that was the best I could do.

So other than that, I have seen a few movies, Harry Potter, Bruno, and 17 again, all amazing...well Bruno was amazing in it offended me in every way so it was hillarious... I also got to see my Specky and the Beard with Geoff last weekend, so that was exciting, going to visit Mel and Sprouse this weekend as well as go to the Celtic festival, more on that next time.


Just a funny little ending...

Did you hear Michael Jackson died of food poisoning?

He ate 9 year old nuts!!!! HAHAHAHA

Get Rhythm When you Get the Blues...

So I thought it was time for an update...

Summer is going slowly, I also keep omitting the month of July for some reason...whatever.

I have officially scheduled classes and have financial aid all ready to go, so yippee!!! I am super excited to start school even though it doesn't start until September. I will also hopefully get an apartment in the next month or so and a new job.

This weekend is going to be exciting. Jim and Linda are in Ohio with the boys for the Pow Wow at Sun Watch. SO Excited, and then cooking out at Tommy's is gonna be AWESOME!!!

I also finalized my reading list

1. Picture Perfect-done
2. Memory Keeper's daughter-done
3. My Sister's Keeper-working on
4. 19 minutes
5. New Moon
6. Eat Pray Love
7. Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. Friday Night Knitting Club
9. Something Borrowed
10. Wednesday's Letters
and Extra Credit: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Dopey also turned 1 on the 19th, he is getting fat without Jack chasing him around. He also does not get ow to play with toys still, but flies provide hours of entertainment.

I miss people so much and I might need to make a Chicago trip in July...

143!!!

Excercising the Brain

So in my pursuit of excercising my brain this summer (as a result of getting dumber after graduation) so I have set a goal of reading 10 books...here is my list so far

1. Picture Perfect
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
3. 19 Minutes
4. My Sister's Keeper
5.Curous Case of Benjamin Button
6.New Moon
7.Eat Pray Love
8. Friday Night Knitting Club

I need 2 more suggestions...comments welcome

In addition to reading I have also been attempting to do the puzzles in the newspaper at least once or twice a week...here are my conclusions

1. I rock at Jumbles, enough said
2. The crossword puzzle is always just a little smarter than me, but LA Times uses the same puzzle on the same day and the answers are posted online, soooo, I outsmarted the crossword...ha
3. Sudoku, no matter what level, requires a special kind of geniusness to solve, of which I do not possess. So Sudoku, you win.

I need another part time job, suggestions also welcome on that note...

Summer Thus far

So here is my summer thus far

I spent a fantastically adventurous week in Daytona, where I dropped my phone in a full beer on the first day, awesome right??? I ate my first Schnurrgoo and regretted it the whole night. I sunburned the first day. I had my ass grabbed by London Warren, then proceeded to want to fight him, before and after I found out who he was. I chased a 3/4 naked Jess around the hotel with Julie attempting to put at least a shirt on her. Then I got a flyer for a free piercing, so me and Nebraska decided to get one, dragging Kristin and Kate with us, but the free ride sounded too sketchy so we thought we should walk. The walk took over 30minutes, where I am pretty sure Kate and Kristin were plotting our deaths. After getting our piercings, we decided the sketchy ride was worth the risk. Katie and I then ate "Hawg" burgers. And if you are thinking that sounds like a heart attack waiting to happen, then you are correct. The thing was massive...1/2 lb burger with bacon, bbq sauce at least two cheeses and copious amounts of onion...mmmm...I then got sunburned again on Sunday, and came back home. So that was Daytona in a nutshell.

Since then I have been living at my dad's. This means, my 25 year old mooch of a brother gets the only other bedroom while I get to sleep on the couch and share the living room with everyone else...it sucks majorly. If someone wakes up before me, which usually happens as my brother works 4 am shifts at McDonalds, I basically have to wake up too with the kitchen being right there. If I want to change and everyone is home, I have to go to the bathroom just to change a shirt...which brings me to the bathroom itself. I have to share a bathroom with my brother, which when I moved in, looked like someone had barfed all over it, for lack of a better way to put it. I have started cleaning it many times, but I get to a point where I am just so grossed out by the stickyness, I give up. So all in all, my accomodations are not the best, but I will be hopefull getting an apartment in about 2 months.

Yesterday I had oral surgery, a gum graft...awesome, my mouth feels like i was in a boxing match without a mouthguard...but awesome story, they gave me an oral sedation, which worked very well for the filling they did first, so when I wake up I think its all done, then back comes the oral surgeon to start...thanks dentist, I really needed to sleep through the filling, but not surgery...and when I was crying from pain, the surgeon asked what was wrong, well gee I wonder what I'm crying about with drills and knives in my mouth...hmmmm...

Other than that, I have been adventuring, going to Lexington last week, Cinci and Newport this weekend, and getting a new,old phone (it was free). So, there shall be more summertime adventures...here is also a picture of Dopey's newest trick:

eBay

Ok, so I may have a new addiction...Ebay...however, it is too much pressure for one to handle.

So to start this story off, I need a new phone. The first day of Daytona was spent flying, not eating anything but a pop tart after 5:30 am, and drinking mucho beer at free beer. When I could finally get to my hotel room, I was getting all of my stuff together and instead of putting my phone into an empty cup, I put it into a full cup of beer...so needless to say, my phone is a little drunk, and I need a new one

My solution, shop on eBay for a new phone instead of buying a $200 piece of crap at full price... So I found an enV 2 on eBay, the bid was at $75, good price, after finally getting high bid at $102.50, I was outbid later that day, so I upped my bid to $125, which was fine until 2 minutes before the bid was over and THAT person (you know the person that gets on at the last minute for a bidding war). So my dad, the one who said $125 was as high as we were going, jumps the bid up to $160, where in the last 15 seconds the jerk outbid us...

so here is what I have to say about eBay...its wayyyyyy too addictive, and people are jerks on it...the end

A start of a new addiction? ANNND Kentucky

So I have decided to blog for the sole purpose of curing my boredom...and here it is

Todays topic...Kentucky...Thank you Barb for the experience

Most of my Kentucky experience today dealt with driving and gas stations...

So Barb's grad party was today...so what does one do when she should be unpacking and getting "settled in" (not that one can settle into a livingroom/bedroom all-in-one)? One decides its an awesome idea to drive 2 1/2 hours to Lexington Kentucky to go to said graduation party. I learned a few lessons...

1. Kentucky driver are friggin insane. The speed limit might say 70, but to go between 70-75, may mean you fly past some and be flew past by others...and then five minutes later vice versa.

2. There is a "fancier" Speedway on the way, by fancier, I mean I use the handicapped stall, when it is obviously available (one needs room to move), anyways, this stall in Speedway is very clean as well as adorned with a fake tree... Thank you for the comforts of the outdoors Speedway, thank you.

3. On a return to Dayton from Lexington, if you need a restroom anywhere near the Dayton Mall area, go before you pass 725, there are not any stops between there and Dryden road...just a warning...

4. Final lesson...Kentuck families are fun thank you Barb and Princess Pat for having fun families...


I hope your life is now complete.