Hmmm...it appears that I have not posted in a while. Sorry bout the tumbleweeds, though I'm pretty sure no one reads this blog anyway. But it's for me, so I guess that isn't important. Maybe I'm apologizing to MYSELF about the tumbleweeds?
I've been taking belly dance classes and they rock my face off. Also, I apparently do not suck quite as badly as I thought and don't look spastic in class (usually). And I've not elbowed anyone, or busted my ass, or kicked a person/mirror/column. So I'm considering it a RESOUNDING success. Plus it's so much more fun than exercise for the sake of exercise.
I've decided to only take one belly dance class at a time though--it was starting to feel that I was laser focusing on THIS HOBBY and trying to be the valedictorian of belly dance, which is not really how I'd like to approach this whole hobby thing. The whole point of getting done with grad school was to NOT have laser focus for a while, to be able to try a whole bunch of new stuff.
So to that end, I'm signing up for knife skills 101 at the local Cook's Warehouse on June 17th. I will also be de-cluttering/organizing/painting our office/library (at my house) this weekend with my awesome sister's help. If we have time left we will organize the kitchen. Either this week or next, I'm going to build raised beds which will eventually house our vegetable garden.
Yay for time for projects!
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Showing posts with label bits. Show all posts
Monday, April 26, 2010
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Wherein I Admit to Being a Little Bit Awful
Friend's Facebook post: "1 man 2 trees 3 nails 4 you"
My (internal) response: "Hmm. I really think that three nails wouldn't be enough to hold a human's body weight."
Then the brain took off with: either there were way more nails than three, or they were really big diameter...wait...how were they even LONG enough to go through limbs? were they SPIKES? why am I even thinking about this? it's gross. and inhumane. I wonder if they nailed the cords binding his feet? I still don't think three nails would hold all that weight. but still it'd have to go through a wrist because there was no cord there, and I've just never seen a nail that long...so it must have been more of a spike. oh my lord (oh man. no pun intended) how could anyone DO that to another person? why am i even thinking about this? are we even sure this happened? who came up with that, and why would you start thinking that way? cleverness with the 1, 2, 3, 4 and NAILS IN PEOPLE'S LIMBS just do not go together, mmmkay?
POST-EDIT: I JUST notice the 2 trees. How do we know it wasn't only one? or that it didn't take three? do they even HAVE trees there? i thought it was desert?
Like I said. Awful.
My (internal) response: "Hmm. I really think that three nails wouldn't be enough to hold a human's body weight."
Then the brain took off with: either there were way more nails than three, or they were really big diameter...wait...how were they even LONG enough to go through limbs? were they SPIKES? why am I even thinking about this? it's gross. and inhumane. I wonder if they nailed the cords binding his feet? I still don't think three nails would hold all that weight. but still it'd have to go through a wrist because there was no cord there, and I've just never seen a nail that long...so it must have been more of a spike. oh my lord (oh man. no pun intended) how could anyone DO that to another person? why am i even thinking about this? are we even sure this happened? who came up with that, and why would you start thinking that way? cleverness with the 1, 2, 3, 4 and NAILS IN PEOPLE'S LIMBS just do not go together, mmmkay?
POST-EDIT: I JUST notice the 2 trees. How do we know it wasn't only one? or that it didn't take three? do they even HAVE trees there? i thought it was desert?
Like I said. Awful.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Actual Email From My Mother
My brother's name is (not his real name) John, and he is 35. Also my mom doesn't do cutesy stuff. That is really all you need to know to find the following email hilarious. (Emphasis mine).
apparently we have too many erasures on our crct and are under suspicion. who knows what they're going to do, but let's get real. we have an abundance of eraser addicts. some of the kids i serve will erase 4-5 times and keep putting the same answer each time or they'll erase the right answer and put the wrong one. i just want to scream. it's not like our scores are burning up the woods great. [a co-worker] thinks it's a witch hunt by the state. whatever it is it's ruining all our lives. tune in tomorrow for the latest installment. we are supposed to get 1-3 in. of snow starting tomorrow about 9:00. i hope we don't get stranded at school. that is my worst nightmare. they've cancelled the daddy-daughter dance for tomorrow nite here. john i got us tickets for the mother -son dance at the [town they live in] center field complex. i forgot to tell you. i'll pick you up at 6 fri nite. i'm going to get my hair done in the a.m. wear a tux.
apparently we have too many erasures on our crct and are under suspicion. who knows what they're going to do, but let's get real. we have an abundance of eraser addicts. some of the kids i serve will erase 4-5 times and keep putting the same answer each time or they'll erase the right answer and put the wrong one. i just want to scream. it's not like our scores are burning up the woods great. [a co-worker] thinks it's a witch hunt by the state. whatever it is it's ruining all our lives. tune in tomorrow for the latest installment. we are supposed to get 1-3 in. of snow starting tomorrow about 9:00. i hope we don't get stranded at school. that is my worst nightmare. they've cancelled the daddy-daughter dance for tomorrow nite here. john i got us tickets for the mother -son dance at the [town they live in] center field complex. i forgot to tell you. i'll pick you up at 6 fri nite. i'm going to get my hair done in the a.m. wear a tux.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wow
Maggie's post about her plane ride was interesting. And scary. And enlightening. From now on I will have a scarf with me on a plane. And when I have kids, a Sharpie. For this:
"On a side note, when we were kids, my father would travel with a Sharpie so he could write on us if something ever happened. Like being separated, he would write our names on our left palms before we got on a plane."
(From one of the comments on that post).
"On a side note, when we were kids, my father would travel with a Sharpie so he could write on us if something ever happened. Like being separated, he would write our names on our left palms before we got on a plane."
(From one of the comments on that post).
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hideously Charming
Everyone should have a squirrel lamp:
squirrel lamp
You could terrorize small children by turning it on suddenly in the middle of the night!
The author of this site does NOT condone terrorizing small children.
squirrel lamp
You could terrorize small children by turning it on suddenly in the middle of the night!
The author of this site does NOT condone terrorizing small children.
Rut
I'm in a food rut. I need to find new (moderately priced) restaurants and try them instead of going to the same places all the time.
Ideas? I'm in Atlanta and will eat pretty much anything except olives and Taco Bell.
Ideas? I'm in Atlanta and will eat pretty much anything except olives and Taco Bell.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
oh my lord
i knew michael jackson's nose was bad, but now it's HIDEOUS. much, much worse than i remembered.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
not the only one
who thinks that regular, expected parental handouts are cheesy...
When Should Parents Stop Paying the Rent?
note: this doesn't apply to people who LIVE with their parents and help out, and are doing so to get on their feet financially and whatnot. it's completely different to expect your parents to pay for your shopping sprees or rent for a(n) (much fancier than you could or would afford alone) apartment so that you can go out all the time and blow your own money on whatever you want.
When Should Parents Stop Paying the Rent?
note: this doesn't apply to people who LIVE with their parents and help out, and are doing so to get on their feet financially and whatnot. it's completely different to expect your parents to pay for your shopping sprees or rent for a(n) (much fancier than you could or would afford alone) apartment so that you can go out all the time and blow your own money on whatever you want.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
quickie
i have a whopping 12.8 hours in my vacation time fund! yay! (backstory: when i started, christmas was a month later and they forced us to use three days of vacation during the week of christmas--THAT I DIDN'T HAVE YET--so i basically started off in the hole. sigh).
I. WANT. TO. MOVE. OUT. OF. MY. APARTMENT.
y'all remember that class this summer? the one that the prof said would be less work than structures II? yeah, well, so far that has been a lie. the work may be easier, but it is more time consuming and I CAN'T DO IT AT HOME because the student version of GTSTRUDL won't allow for enough nodes/members. so i'm a little peeved. and stressed. i WILL NOT be taking another summer class at tech. ever.
in some ways, life is CRAWLING. in others, it's speeding by like a freight train in the middle of nowhere. i can't keep up, yet i feel like i'm incessantly waiting on or trying to achieve something. i cannot, cannot WAIT to ONLY be working again. only a year and a half. sigh.
good things:
i cooked the past two nights because the most awesome person on the planet (caleb) braved my dishes. grin. i love and miss cooking. i made steaks last night (in a pan!) and they were pretty darn amazing, if i do say so myself. it was the first time i've ever cooked steak, period. yay me! cooking for a few days always makes me feel so much better...but usually, eventually, the pain of my kitchen starts getting to me. but hey, i learned something about myself: however small the place i live, i NEED a decent-sized, functional kitchen. and a separate bedroom/living room.
i'm pretending that my apartment is a cute little place in a foreign city and i'm on vacation. it's helping a little. every little bit helps.
i still love love love my really short hair. even curly it's decent looking, and it's SOOOOOOOO much easier. :)
still liking my job. :)
and really, y'all. i just want to be at the beach. for about three weeks. :/
I. WANT. TO. MOVE. OUT. OF. MY. APARTMENT.
y'all remember that class this summer? the one that the prof said would be less work than structures II? yeah, well, so far that has been a lie. the work may be easier, but it is more time consuming and I CAN'T DO IT AT HOME because the student version of GTSTRUDL won't allow for enough nodes/members. so i'm a little peeved. and stressed. i WILL NOT be taking another summer class at tech. ever.
in some ways, life is CRAWLING. in others, it's speeding by like a freight train in the middle of nowhere. i can't keep up, yet i feel like i'm incessantly waiting on or trying to achieve something. i cannot, cannot WAIT to ONLY be working again. only a year and a half. sigh.
good things:
i cooked the past two nights because the most awesome person on the planet (caleb) braved my dishes. grin. i love and miss cooking. i made steaks last night (in a pan!) and they were pretty darn amazing, if i do say so myself. it was the first time i've ever cooked steak, period. yay me! cooking for a few days always makes me feel so much better...but usually, eventually, the pain of my kitchen starts getting to me. but hey, i learned something about myself: however small the place i live, i NEED a decent-sized, functional kitchen. and a separate bedroom/living room.
i'm pretending that my apartment is a cute little place in a foreign city and i'm on vacation. it's helping a little. every little bit helps.
i still love love love my really short hair. even curly it's decent looking, and it's SOOOOOOOO much easier. :)
still liking my job. :)
and really, y'all. i just want to be at the beach. for about three weeks. :/
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
more on willpower
i'm feeling somewhat refreshed from my weekend away. my cats aren't grating on my nerves quite so much, and i have some renewed motivation as far as finances and health. school is treading water in my pool of willpower. so right now, i am okay with where i am.
this week i plan on starting to clean and pack my apartment, finish my two schoolwork assignments, and resume eating better (this weekend was bad as far as healthy eating, but definitely restorative. and although i ate a lot, for the most part it was seafood, which is healthy, right? never mind the butter to dip the crab in lol....)
i also have to get the documentation together for refinancing my car loan at a lower interest rate for less remaining time (yay!) and getting the lower interest credit card.
busy week. i'm feeling purposeful for a change, instead of unmotivated and slothish. :)
this week i plan on starting to clean and pack my apartment, finish my two schoolwork assignments, and resume eating better (this weekend was bad as far as healthy eating, but definitely restorative. and although i ate a lot, for the most part it was seafood, which is healthy, right? never mind the butter to dip the crab in lol....)
i also have to get the documentation together for refinancing my car loan at a lower interest rate for less remaining time (yay!) and getting the lower interest credit card.
busy week. i'm feeling purposeful for a change, instead of unmotivated and slothish. :)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
oh yeeeaaaahhhh
the hyatt in savannah (which, coincidentally, was cheaper than our other options, according to my mom) has an indoor pool. rock OUT.
my goals for the weekend:
sleep. a lot.
swim. in the mornings and possibly evenings too.
eat good food, and a praline or two from river street sweets. yum yum!!!
go to the beach one day. and eat crab shack for dinner that night.
um...but i need to pack first, and that means i need clean clothes, and i'm just not sure about that. lol.
my goals for the weekend:
sleep. a lot.
swim. in the mornings and possibly evenings too.
eat good food, and a praline or two from river street sweets. yum yum!!!
go to the beach one day. and eat crab shack for dinner that night.
um...but i need to pack first, and that means i need clean clothes, and i'm just not sure about that. lol.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
hanging on by a thread
i cannot wait until next week. it is spring break, and i will only have to work. (and catch up on schoolwork, but at least i won't be SITTING IN CLASS wishing i could leave early to go catch up on the work for that class).
something's gotta give. but i don't WANT to give up any part of my life--social, school, or work.
i think i just need to stop procrastinating and get some school-related motivation. that would solve a lot of problems...
hanging in there, waiting till summer when i can just be a worker, not a student. i absolutely cannot wait.
also, i'm happy right now in regards to the rest of my life. just feel like i'm clawing away at the cliff that is my schoolwork and losing ground steadily. it's a little scary.
something's gotta give. but i don't WANT to give up any part of my life--social, school, or work.
i think i just need to stop procrastinating and get some school-related motivation. that would solve a lot of problems...
hanging in there, waiting till summer when i can just be a worker, not a student. i absolutely cannot wait.
also, i'm happy right now in regards to the rest of my life. just feel like i'm clawing away at the cliff that is my schoolwork and losing ground steadily. it's a little scary.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
hee hee
Enter the ICHC online Poker Cats Contest!
Enter the ICHC online Poker Cats Contest!
Enter the ICHC online Poker Cats Contest!
Friday, February 01, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
ewok
oh yeah, and ewok has to go to the vet today. she's limping ever so slightly and i can't find anything wrong.
hope she doesn't eat me or the vet while she's being examined. :/
hope she doesn't eat me or the vet while she's being examined. :/
Saturday, January 26, 2008
cleaning/personal finance/healthiness
they're all related. and whatever 'it' is--the gene that prevents procrastination and makes a saver and an exerciser is TOTALLY MISSING IN ME. ok. maybe not totally. but i am struggling.
my dream car(s)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
oh yeah
it makes me smile when i find out people are reading my blog, even though it will never have finesse and i will never take the time to actually make it relevant to anything other than my own life and brain, and it's really just to calm my thoughts a little.
but...hey! hey out there, people! :)
but...hey! hey out there, people! :)
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