Gratuitous Kitteh Pictures July 16, 2009

Have I ever told you about D’s little tiny cat? She is old, and very, very tiny.  She weighs maybe 4 lbs, and she has no tail (well, she does have a “stub”). We don’t know if she was born that way or if she lost part of her tail before she came to live with D.  She also has always had a bum paw,  but it doesn’t seem to bother her, she just holds it off the ground when she walks; we think she must have gotten in a fight with a bigger animal before finding her way home.

Anyway, she is a really sweet cat, she is a little skittish with people she doesn’t know, but she loves to be petted and snuggled.  Last night D and I were sitting on the couch with Smitty, and she happily sat on my lap and purred for the longest time.  She had to sit on a towel though, because she loved “kneading” my legs with her razor-sharp claws and my purple lounge pants weren’t enough protection.

Enjoy some gratuitous pictures of the cute kitty:

Just lounging around

Please, enough with the pictures!

For the record July 9, 2009

For the record, I am a nice person.

For the record, I am a good friend.

For the record, I am very forgiving.

For the record, I am NOT a doormat.

For the record, if I stop talking to you, there is always a reason why. (Stop pretending you don’t know why, and do us BOTH a favor, OK?)

For the record, I tried. (Even after D and numerous other people told me to just let it go.)

For the record, you did not listen. (At all.)

Girl’s Night Out July 2, 2009

Last night I went out with some of my very favorite friends for some much needed girl time. I hadn’t gotten to see these friends since school let out in May, and I had missed them terribly.

First I went out for a fabulous dinner with my friend Ivy. We’ve been friends since freshman year. Actually, she was probably the first real friend I made at college.  Oh sure, I had made lots of acquaintances, but no real paint-my-fingernails and hold-my-hair-while-I-barf friends.

This is us then:

This is our Junior year re-do of the same picture:

She’s the best. One of those people you can ALWAYS count on to be there, no matter what.
Like I was saying, we went out for a GREAT dinner, then to a movie with some more friends. We saw “My Sister’s Keeper.” Oh dear. You need kleenex. A lot. I expected to cry at the end of the movie, but man, I cried the whole time! A great chick-flick. Guys don’t get sad movies, which is why I’m glad I went with my girls.
After the movie, we needed some ice cream for comfort. So we went and ate ice cream with hot fudge, then back to Ivy’s apartment for a photo shoot with Abby, her roommate and another great friend that went to the movie with us.
Here are our results:

This was my favorite. I’m in the middle. I have no clue what I was looking at. I might also add that I had already cried most of my make-up off.

I love my friends.

Today… June 29, 2009

We have had beautiful weather.

sitting on the porch

sitting on the porch

From The Fishbowl June 26, 2009

“And we’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year”-”Wish You Were Here”, Pink Floyd

Happy 3rd Anniversary D. I love you.

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Maybe It’s Wrong… June 24, 2009

But I am hopelessly and totally addicted to this site.  Perhaps it’s schadenfreude. Perhaps it’s just delight that these things haven’t happened to me. Or perhaps it’s just that it is DAMN FUNNY. Go visit. You will not be disappointed.

Telenovela June 21, 2009

So, I’m sitting here, working on some biology homework, watching some TLC on the TV, when an advertisement for J&K+8 “special announcement show” came on.

I am rabidly curious.

I mean, I guess the writing is pretty much on the wall. D-I-V-O-R-C-E. I feel mildly bad, because I have really been wondering for a long time when this was going to happen, but then again, they are the ones with a TV show putting it out there for everyone to see, so I guess I am SUPPOSED  to be curious.

I am terrible for thinking that I deserve some sort of award for prognosticating this long ago. Sometime around their “vow renewal” show. It just seemed like they were trying too hard then.

I normally don’t watch much tv, usually because it either a) does not interest me, or b)during the school year, I just don’t have the time, but during the summer, I’ve been watching a little more, mostly when doing my online class. (Don’t laugh, if I don’t have something on to distract me a little bit, I can’t stay away from teh internets). I’ve noticed several interesting (and not so interesting things).

1. “Little People Big Pregnancy”-Love it! These people are so likeable, I think they could move in next door and we could be friends. Refreshing change from all the million-kids family shows.

2. “Cake Boss”-I like this one too. I like cake. I like people who yell. I like this show.

3. “Secret Life of the American Teenager”-Meh, I’ve never seen it. It looks kind of cheesy. I lived the life of an American teenager,  and not that long ago. I know what teenagers do. I don’t need to watch it again.

4. “16 and pregnant”-I like this one too. Mainly because I am glad I am not 16 and pregnant. And because I was 16 once, but not pregnant.  I like watching real people better than scripted shows, so maybe this is why I like this one better than the “Secret Life” one.   And sometimes I think I will be 16 in my mind forever. (Seriously, if I am with my parents, I can’t help but fall into the habit of asking them if I can do things.  Sometimes it boggles my mind that I AM A GROWN-UP! I CAN EAT ALL THE FRUITY PEBBLES AND NO ONE CAN SAY ANYTHING! I CAN WEAR WHATEVER I WANT! Of course, being able to do these things makes them much, much less fun. :/ )

Seniorita May 7, 2009

Ahem.

Important news people.

Are you ready for this?

Ok. Good.

I just finished my junior year of college on Tuesday. So…this makes me………

A COLLEGE SENIOR!!!!!

I’m so thrilled!!!!!

And I can’t believe it…it seems like just yesterday that I was graduating from high school…now I’m not that far from college graduation. Weird.  I love college, but I’m ready to be done.  It seems like it’s flown by and like I’ve been there forever all at the same time.

Now I can sit back, relax, and enjoy a few months off…oh dear…I just realized something. This is (hopefully) my last college-length summer. I don’t know anywhere else that lets you be off from May-End of August.  Sigh. Oh well, I’ll trade it all for a degree and a steady paycheck.  For awhile. I have decided that eventually, I want to pursue my Master’s and Doctorate, but not for awhile. I’m ready to teach. I’m tired of being the student.

Perhaps I should just buy a reel mower March 30, 2009

I am completely and totally crap at anything DIY. I can barely remember when I am supposed to put gas in the car, for example, last night, I was driving on the interstate, happily singing along to the radio, when I suddenly noticed a little light on on the dash. “Why is there a little yellow light blinking at me?” I thought, and then, immediately, “OH SHIT. It’s the gas light!” Now, I’m not totally stupid, and I do know that the car can go for a little while with the gas light on, and that there is no need for a panic attack. However, I was a) out in the middle of nowhere, with miles til the next exit, and b) I had no idea how long the damn thing had been on. It could have been on for days, possibly weeks, as I cannot really recall the last time I put gas in my car (three weeks? four weeks? my car is most definitely NOT a gas guzzler). Luckily, an exit came up in the next few miles and I was able to fill my car (yes, I DO know how to pump gas, score one for me.)

Another example: I’ve had my laptop for three years. The first time the screen was ever cleaned was last week. Why? I don’t know, I guess I thought it was like a Gremlin (the furry animal thing, not the car) and would go all evil and kill people or something if it got wet. D picked up my laptop, moaned about the screen being covered in caked on sneeze juices, and then wiped it off….WITH WATER.

Obviously, it’s still working. (I should have known nothing can kill it after I spilled ginger ale on the keyboard…which did not harm it in any way, shape, form, or fashion. (Not that I’m recommending it) )

Hmm..what else have I not been able to fix…oh yes, we got a new computer monitor (for the desktop) and it’s HUGE. Unfortunately, it’s hugeness made something about the words go all wonky and makes me feel cross eyed whenever I try to watch YouTube videos on it. *Le Sigh*

I told my parents I would help them mow their lawn this weekend, but maybe I’ll just do the backyard, as I have a tendency to create crop circles with the mower.

Or maybe I should just buy one of those little reel mowers. I’m pretty sure I couldn’t mess that up. (Not so sure what effect it would have on the jungle of lawn fertilized by Miss Mayzie Jane though.)

I am boring… March 24, 2009

I noticed that I notice the strangest things today (making note of that fact is strange in and of itself. )
I don’t notice major, ground-breaking deep things. Nope, not me. (I might, if I were not so busy making note of the other crap.)
For example, this morning, while brushing my teeth, I noticed (in the sink that is missing the drain cover) that there are not one, but TWO toothpaste end caps lodged in there. I made a note to myself to be more careful with toothpaste caps. I made no effort to dislodge them because a) I was in a hurry, b)That just seemed gross, and c) Two were all that I could see. It’s quite possible that there are hundreds lodged in there, unbeknown to me, and pulling toothpaste end caps out of the drain was not how I wanted to spend my Tuesday. (And really, who knows what other shit is lodged down there…)
I also realized today that, while I hear all about the “Jon-as Brothers” all over the radio, and even from the kids at school….I have no idea who these people are. Please explain. Why should I be excited that they are coming to a city near me? Why should I be the seventh or ninth or ninetieth caller or whatever it was so that I can see their show? Unless they set something on fire or swear a lot, I am probably not interested.
Let’s see…what else did I observe today? AH yes, I was going to google something semi-naughty (googlling something sounds naughty in and of itself), when I paused, wondering if the ITS people could see it…then my desire to know whatever it was won out and I googled it anyway. Now someone in some office somewhere probably thinks I am either clueless or freaky, but I don’t really care.