December 2008
20 posts
My new house!
I’ve been lusting after this house since we moved here. It’s for sale now. If I cry about it, surely someone I love will die because that seems to be what happens when I’m the most materialistic I can be. It’s like nature’s way of making sure I feel as guilty as possible for ever venturing to the dark side. Well FUCK YOU, nature. Sometimes I need to indulge! Sometimes...
Will Work for Friend
Why is it so hard to find people like me who I can develop life-long friendships with? BE THESE THINGS:
1.) Friendly, sweet, kind, compassionate, balanced, positive, generous
2.) Intelligent or at least able to carry a conversation and get certain things
3.) No children (strongly preferred, not necessary)
4.) Makes a decent living so that I don’t feel guilty about my spending habits and...
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I have pig in my bowls
I accidentally ate pieces of a pig yesterday. We ordered take out from a restaurant and I ate some gourmet mac & cheese that had four or five types of cheese in it, one of which was Gorgonzola - an unusually strong cheese that all but eliminates all other flavors. It’s such a drama queen of cheeses. There were crumbs on top of it. I thought the bacon was just crumbs also until I ate over...
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Perfection
I love Jim Carey. People who know me might not think he’s my type, but he is it. He is IT. I saw him on Ellen yesterday and it became even clearer that he’s perfect for me.
1.) he’s hilarious and does stuff that is funny without knowing him and side-splittingly funny if you do.
2.) he’s charming and kind.
3.) he’s intelligent and contemplative without letting it...
Dyson Delusion
My nemesis: Dyson DC17
I got one of these when they first came out and I’ve had it, loathing it, ever since. People swear by this vacuum. People qualify their selves as being older and more experienced, having had dozens of vacuums, and swearing up and down that this is the ultimate vacuum - the best money can buy! The majority of them say that they “tested” it by vacuuming with...
[head exploding]
It seems progressively more evident that we are all connected and that everything happens for a reason - not due to magical powers of a God or nature, but simply because we are on the path for it to happen. When you take the time to notice the way things happen, it becomes quite clear.
When I was little, I would pick up the phone and answer it before it rang. I would think of a song and it would...
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single, and life of the candle will...”
– Buddha
Charity
Every year around Christmas, Clint gets a bonus, and every year I give that bonus to a charity. I was going to keep it this year, for I recently decided that I want a Nikon D90, which is about $1200 not including the special lenses I want. I was going to use it to buy the camera and the put the rest toward getting a new TV because I want a 52” Bravia to take with me when I move, and I...
Idiots
I’m a nice person. Honestly. I am genuinely caring, compassionate, and the first person one can turn to when in need. I don’t understand how lately I’ve been so utterly disgusted by the stupidity displayed by people with horrendously low levels of intelligence, wisdom, enlightenment, and what I thought was common sense.
It’s getting ridiculous. It’s like I’m...
Single Ladies
I hated this new song by Beyonce for obvious reasons, until I saw the video.
Not only is she talented, but she provides a REAL role model to all the little girls who think they’re supposed to look like the waif Paris Hilton. I don’t like to get into the problems with society of this nature because there is really no end to it, but I think if there were more Beyonce’s dancing...
“An insincere friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a beast may wound...”
– Buddha
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Confession
I’m not the jealous type. I rarely get jealous—envious at times, but never jealous. There is someone I’m madly jealous of, however. Stephenie F. Meyer. The F stands for “Fucking”. Stephenie Fucking Meyer.
She’s not even an outstanding author and look at the success she’s had. People have been telling me for years that I should write a book. My response?...
Reboot
Moving has put me in a strange state of not having a familiar routine. I love routine. I love structure and order. I love spontaneity, too, but this sense of unfamiliarity has nothing to do with the excitement from the spontaneous; it’s just… awkward.
It’s like being on vacation but having nothing planned and nothing extraordinary to do. Actually, my entire life is like that, I...
There wasn't time for my usual Frappy Hour today since Clint had to finish moving things over. Instead, I went to Barnes & Noble, bought a new book and sat in Starbucks while I slurped down my frap. Little did I know I'd make a new friend.
Well-dressed guy with a hip but professional yuppie vibe, saying ironically: I'm glad I brought my library card because I'm checking you out.
Mandy, not in the mood: This isn't a library it's a bookstore.
Guy: ...
Mandy, sarcastically: So I hope you intend to pay for those books.
Guy: [laughs]
I would have told him to fuck off if he wasn't so cute and obviously joking. Joking as in I'm going to say a lame pick-up line but not really mean it but still use it in the same way, way.
It's just cool that I made a new friend. We talked for a while and exchanged email addresses. Apparently that's one way to meet people in a new city. : )
Yay for religion
God was created for people who lacked morals, much less moral consequence. Good job! You can stop now.
Somehow even in 2008, otherwise kind-hearted people are hateful and judgmental (e.g. Sherry Shepard on The View) and it is used against people who prefer same-sex relationships, because God forbid (literally!) people love one another when their sex is icky!
If no one believed in God or some...
Excuse Me
I don’t know where else to vent/release internal tension in my creative outlet of choice. I tried venting to friends but everyone seems to have their own, much more important, problems right now. I just feel self-indulgent for bickering about mine when they’re so comparatively inconsequential.
This move isn’t going as planned, to say the least. We were supposed to be in there by...