Apparently there were quite a few disgruntled folks after my SOTU synopsis. It wasn't much of a surprise to me that many of them were...and I say were cause it probably is past tense at this point...friends and acquaintances in California.
They are saddened and disappointed that I have been obviously brainwashed and misled by...well I don't know who exactly they think has done this to me, but its sad!
The least nice of those actually said that since I've moved to this "backward hick state" all the years of wonderful California public school and excellent secular university education seems to have fallen right outta my ears! (to be replaced by hay no doubt!) Cause I obviously don't understand the cerebral aspects of political decision made by our government.
And I guess I don't...and probably never have...cause at my house when I only have say 50 bucks...I don't go out to the store and buy $700 worth of stuff and then demand the person behind me in line pay for it. When our budget is maxed...we don't take out a loan to buy us a fancy new high speed anything...heck we're just happy to have enough money to buy gas! AND once I've spent all my money buying non-essential stuff I can't afford I don't run down the street to the "rich people" houses and demand that they give me some of their money cause its not fair that I ran out and they have more than enough. Call me crazy...but although I totally get that a hybrid would be totally cheaper in the long run in terms of fuel cost than my 'regular' Suburban...that doesn't really matter if I don't have the money to buy one anyway!
NEVER MIND!
I give up...think what you want, as I've said before it's America...its allowed here. I'm sure your state can provide you with free counseling to deal with the damage my crazy opinions may have cause...at least until your state has to file for bankruptcy due to wasteful spending anyway.
Have a great day!! :)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
SOTU for Dummies
~ Innovation: We're taking more of your money to come up with new ways to take your money.
~Education: We're taking more of your money to help you understand why we need to take more of your money.
~Infrastructure: We're taking more of your money to fund pork barrel shovel ready projects and buildings with our names on it...its important.
~Government/Regulation reform: We're making new rules to make it easier to take your money.
~Defecit reduction: we'll spend less money in a couple of areas while taking more of your money to spend on all of the other areas above.
Hey America is totally great! If American's were just a little more willing to share their money with us, its great elected officials, America could be awesome! If you all complained just a little less and were more quiet about it, we could totally print more dollars and borrow more money from China and show China that we're totally more awesome than they are!! Deficit schmefecit...we'll be awesome!
If we could all just bipartisanly (I'm not sure that's an actual word by the way) agree that I am right and that we should do everything I say we can make American great again!
Thank You and please leave your check at the door.
Man!! I should totally be a speech writter for these yahoos...I could have totally saved us like 80 wasted minutes of our lives!!
Am I sounding bitter? :)
~Education: We're taking more of your money to help you understand why we need to take more of your money.
~Infrastructure: We're taking more of your money to fund pork barrel shovel ready projects and buildings with our names on it...its important.
~Government/Regulation reform: We're making new rules to make it easier to take your money.
~Defecit reduction: we'll spend less money in a couple of areas while taking more of your money to spend on all of the other areas above.
Hey America is totally great! If American's were just a little more willing to share their money with us, its great elected officials, America could be awesome! If you all complained just a little less and were more quiet about it, we could totally print more dollars and borrow more money from China and show China that we're totally more awesome than they are!! Deficit schmefecit...we'll be awesome!
If we could all just bipartisanly (I'm not sure that's an actual word by the way) agree that I am right and that we should do everything I say we can make American great again!
Thank You and please leave your check at the door.
Man!! I should totally be a speech writter for these yahoos...I could have totally saved us like 80 wasted minutes of our lives!!
Am I sounding bitter? :)
Monday, January 24, 2011
burnin it all down and starting from scratch!...wait don't call the cops I meant it metaphorically!!!
thinkin I needed a new theme song for my revolution! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVXWS4yhSIY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVXWS4yhSIY&feature=related
you started it....
Now I was sure I was grown up! I mean the wrinkles and random saggy parts pretty much point out the fact that my childhood is long over. And from my perspective you're there too. I'm pretty sure that we can now safely claim to be adults...
side note: if you cannot safely claim to be an adult quit reading this and go do your homework!
...and, give or take a moment of insanity here and there, we should be able to behave like adults. We should have by now kicked those habits that so annoy us in our adolescent (or pre-adolescent if they're on the fast track to annoy mom schedule), kids. If you don't have kids, or kids that magical age...well still take a moment next time you're in line at a crowded store or walking through the mall on a Saturday and I'm sure you'll grasp what I'm saying.
And I suppose this is why I am just about ready to permanently stop watching any TV that doesn't include Spongebob in its commentary. I am just astounded at how stupid and juvenile people have become. I honestly don't care what particular circus animal you claim to politically follow...truly I don't. I might think you're misguided, misinformed or honestly perhaps just plain naive...but if I loved you before, I'll still love you now. Short of finding some kind of crazy animal bone shrine in your backyard, I might disagree with you, but I'm not gonna suddenly think you're nuts.
What I fail to understand is how people can just assume that because you agree with this guy or that guy there's something wrong with you...unless you follow Hitler or Mao or Castro...then there's something wrong with you! ;) What happened to being entitled to your opinion? Sure I tend to veer in a much further conservative direction than many of my friends...and despite my attendance at some rallies here and there I can guarantee that NO ONE who knows me thinks I'm gonna flip my lid....
...well OK let me rephrase that...no one who knows me thinks I'm gonna flip my lid any further and in a violent direction....I'm more likely to suddenly have purple hair, or a tattoo or a piercing or two when I finally do loose the couple of marbles rattling around in there!
So why is it that suddenly we've all decided, despite the many people we all know who belong to these various schools of thought, that anyone who believes in strict adherence to the Constitution is out of touch with today's reality! Or if you agree with the "Tea Party" principles you're an old, white racist guy! Or if you're a liberal Democrat you hate America! We personally know these people! They are our friends, family members, coworkers...they ARE NOT that!
I mean hell...all of those are true, at some point, someone out there is THAT crazy. But that' doesn't mean the entire group is! Jeez people...what are we in 7th grade again? You hang out with the nerds so you're a dork! You hang out with the jocks so you must be cool but dumb! You hang out with the cheerleaders, definitely dumb and easy to boot! (sorry...I'm still holding on to some high school trauma apparently!)
I can hereby attest that I am NOT a white, old, racist oil barron...and yet I firmly believe and support many of the principles put forth by some pretty conservative groups.
On another side note...Sheriff Dipdunk, or whatever his name, who is viciously attacking a whole section of society IS an old white guy and a liberal which is kind of ironic...but I digress.
I can further attest that although I am Christian I DON'T think everyone who doesn't believe exactly as I do is going to hell. Deciding that, and I say this with heartfelt thankfulness, ain't my job!!
I have a whole list of sound reasons for why I don't support amnesty and for why I think its imperative that the border be secured...none of which include a racist thought as I do happen to be Mexican. I have a whole list of sound reasons for why I don't support permanent entitlement programs without cutoffs...none of which include the fact that I hate poor people, having gone through tough financial times and been tremendously grateful for WIC when my first 2 kids were born I completely understand being broke. I have whole lists of reasons for why I don't think abortion is a constitutional right, and owning a weapon is. For why I don't think our government can or should make us buy a healthcare program they design. My lists are long...and like them or hate them, I am entitled to them and to vote my conscience.
I'm sure at least one of you has the flip side of my lists...and that's ok, I still love ya! I'm not suddenly gonna start calling you a Marxist or a communist or a socialist...unless you'd like me to call you that. This is why our country has made it past most of the bull other countries haven't. This is why despite everything else being said we're all still here...although I've given serious thought to a little compound of my own in Costa Rica!
But if I hear one more idiot say that my conservative opinions or your liberal ones are gonna drive some crazy idiot to shoot up a market...well its just pissing me off!
Here's my public denouncement of any and all nuts, idiots, crazies, zealots, terrorists and jerks...I BELIEVE THEY ALL SUCK! THEY ARE ALL ASSES AND I DENOUNCE THEM AND ALL THEIR STUPID ACTIONS!!!
There...can we all be friends now?
side note: if you cannot safely claim to be an adult quit reading this and go do your homework!
...and, give or take a moment of insanity here and there, we should be able to behave like adults. We should have by now kicked those habits that so annoy us in our adolescent (or pre-adolescent if they're on the fast track to annoy mom schedule), kids. If you don't have kids, or kids that magical age...well still take a moment next time you're in line at a crowded store or walking through the mall on a Saturday and I'm sure you'll grasp what I'm saying.
And I suppose this is why I am just about ready to permanently stop watching any TV that doesn't include Spongebob in its commentary. I am just astounded at how stupid and juvenile people have become. I honestly don't care what particular circus animal you claim to politically follow...truly I don't. I might think you're misguided, misinformed or honestly perhaps just plain naive...but if I loved you before, I'll still love you now. Short of finding some kind of crazy animal bone shrine in your backyard, I might disagree with you, but I'm not gonna suddenly think you're nuts.
What I fail to understand is how people can just assume that because you agree with this guy or that guy there's something wrong with you...unless you follow Hitler or Mao or Castro...then there's something wrong with you! ;) What happened to being entitled to your opinion? Sure I tend to veer in a much further conservative direction than many of my friends...and despite my attendance at some rallies here and there I can guarantee that NO ONE who knows me thinks I'm gonna flip my lid....
...well OK let me rephrase that...no one who knows me thinks I'm gonna flip my lid any further and in a violent direction....I'm more likely to suddenly have purple hair, or a tattoo or a piercing or two when I finally do loose the couple of marbles rattling around in there!
So why is it that suddenly we've all decided, despite the many people we all know who belong to these various schools of thought, that anyone who believes in strict adherence to the Constitution is out of touch with today's reality! Or if you agree with the "Tea Party" principles you're an old, white racist guy! Or if you're a liberal Democrat you hate America! We personally know these people! They are our friends, family members, coworkers...they ARE NOT that!
I mean hell...all of those are true, at some point, someone out there is THAT crazy. But that' doesn't mean the entire group is! Jeez people...what are we in 7th grade again? You hang out with the nerds so you're a dork! You hang out with the jocks so you must be cool but dumb! You hang out with the cheerleaders, definitely dumb and easy to boot! (sorry...I'm still holding on to some high school trauma apparently!)
I can hereby attest that I am NOT a white, old, racist oil barron...and yet I firmly believe and support many of the principles put forth by some pretty conservative groups.
On another side note...Sheriff Dipdunk, or whatever his name, who is viciously attacking a whole section of society IS an old white guy and a liberal which is kind of ironic...but I digress.
I can further attest that although I am Christian I DON'T think everyone who doesn't believe exactly as I do is going to hell. Deciding that, and I say this with heartfelt thankfulness, ain't my job!!
I have a whole list of sound reasons for why I don't support amnesty and for why I think its imperative that the border be secured...none of which include a racist thought as I do happen to be Mexican. I have a whole list of sound reasons for why I don't support permanent entitlement programs without cutoffs...none of which include the fact that I hate poor people, having gone through tough financial times and been tremendously grateful for WIC when my first 2 kids were born I completely understand being broke. I have whole lists of reasons for why I don't think abortion is a constitutional right, and owning a weapon is. For why I don't think our government can or should make us buy a healthcare program they design. My lists are long...and like them or hate them, I am entitled to them and to vote my conscience.
I'm sure at least one of you has the flip side of my lists...and that's ok, I still love ya! I'm not suddenly gonna start calling you a Marxist or a communist or a socialist...unless you'd like me to call you that. This is why our country has made it past most of the bull other countries haven't. This is why despite everything else being said we're all still here...although I've given serious thought to a little compound of my own in Costa Rica!
But if I hear one more idiot say that my conservative opinions or your liberal ones are gonna drive some crazy idiot to shoot up a market...well its just pissing me off!
Here's my public denouncement of any and all nuts, idiots, crazies, zealots, terrorists and jerks...I BELIEVE THEY ALL SUCK! THEY ARE ALL ASSES AND I DENOUNCE THEM AND ALL THEIR STUPID ACTIONS!!!
There...can we all be friends now?
Sunday, January 23, 2011
time flies when you're getting old!
Where has this month gone? I mean it! really! Did you all see it...cause I'm sure I had a whole "I'm totally gonna start this year with a bang!" thing planned out. But here we are and I've apparently missed the entire month with nary a bang in sight!
In fact...I'm pretty sure that my momentum has been non-existent! I'm practically moving backwards! I mean its not like I don't want to achieve all the wondrous things on my list, I totally do! And really my list isn't all that crazy spectacular. I've accepted the fact that I will not ever have that Hawaiian Tropic model physique...I'll settle for just a little less jiggle at this point! I don't want my house to be featured on some home decorating magazine...I'd just like to limit the clutter to manageable proportions and perhaps have my home be candle scented and not crap scented! I've made some progress on what I hope will be my first book...but I'm not feeling real sure about it.
So here I am on another Sunday night...
honestly, I'm doing more football watching than introspective analysis at this point...but what else did you expect!
...and telling myself "tomorrow you're really gonna get your butt in gear! You're gonna wake up early. Get your run in before you have an excuse to cut it short. And get some stuff DONE!" And I'm all excited and ready for tomorrow! And then tomorrow comes and goes...
So...yup, been here done that...
which brings us right back to WHERE THE HELL HAS THIS MONTH GONE AND WHY HAVEN'T I DONE ANYTHING!!!
UUGHHHHH!!! Why? Why?!!! WHY?!!!! Am I really that lame that I can't get it together for even one month! Heck I can't even seem to get it together from Sunday night to Monday morning!! And at the rate time seems to be going by once you get this age...things are only gonna get worse apparently at a much faster rate.
God and to boot I'm turning into such a complainer! I'm annoying even myself...someone just smack me!
So I'm turning to you my friends...please feel free to remind me how unhappy I am when I'm overweight! Tell me "Hey there jello butt!" or "Hey girl, your house looks like crap!" or "Hey! You're only getting older. Time's running out! Use it or loose it!"
Maybe that's what I need...some tough love to get that fire lit!
So my friends call me, text me, message me and feel free to use whatever means necessary to help motivate me...cause I'm seriously lacking in that department!!
In fact...I'm pretty sure that my momentum has been non-existent! I'm practically moving backwards! I mean its not like I don't want to achieve all the wondrous things on my list, I totally do! And really my list isn't all that crazy spectacular. I've accepted the fact that I will not ever have that Hawaiian Tropic model physique...I'll settle for just a little less jiggle at this point! I don't want my house to be featured on some home decorating magazine...I'd just like to limit the clutter to manageable proportions and perhaps have my home be candle scented and not crap scented! I've made some progress on what I hope will be my first book...but I'm not feeling real sure about it.
So here I am on another Sunday night...
honestly, I'm doing more football watching than introspective analysis at this point...but what else did you expect!
...and telling myself "tomorrow you're really gonna get your butt in gear! You're gonna wake up early. Get your run in before you have an excuse to cut it short. And get some stuff DONE!" And I'm all excited and ready for tomorrow! And then tomorrow comes and goes...
So...yup, been here done that...
which brings us right back to WHERE THE HELL HAS THIS MONTH GONE AND WHY HAVEN'T I DONE ANYTHING!!!
UUGHHHHH!!! Why? Why?!!! WHY?!!!! Am I really that lame that I can't get it together for even one month! Heck I can't even seem to get it together from Sunday night to Monday morning!! And at the rate time seems to be going by once you get this age...things are only gonna get worse apparently at a much faster rate.
God and to boot I'm turning into such a complainer! I'm annoying even myself...someone just smack me!
So I'm turning to you my friends...please feel free to remind me how unhappy I am when I'm overweight! Tell me "Hey there jello butt!" or "Hey girl, your house looks like crap!" or "Hey! You're only getting older. Time's running out! Use it or loose it!"
Maybe that's what I need...some tough love to get that fire lit!
So my friends call me, text me, message me and feel free to use whatever means necessary to help motivate me...cause I'm seriously lacking in that department!!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
say what?!
Now I don't claim to be perfect...I know, you thought I was but I'm not...breathe slowly till the shock passes! There are numerous things I don't know a darn thing about, (though even then, I will make an effort to sound like I know what I'm talking about). There are things that I DO know about that I'm completely wrong on...obviously those are VERY few.
There really is only one thing I can say with complete assurance and know I'm right and that is: if I've done it, I've screwed it up at least once!
You name it, I've messed it up. I've been a great student and a drop out. I've been a good friend and a horrible friend. I've been a good wife and a bad wife. I've been a great mom and a lousy mom. I've been a hard worker and lazy couch potato. I've been very responsible and completely irresponsible financially. I've been completely broke and financially well off. I've been on the straight and narrow and beat my way through the wilds off road....you get it, the list is endless. While I can't claim to have lived a life of crime...I'm pretty sure I've skirted that felonious line a time or two (I'm not saying any more on that!).
So, to be told that I can't possible understand the plight of the poor folks who have made bad choices and are living the consequences thereof because I live in my comfortable home in a nice area of town and have enough money to not have to worry about it daily, kinda makes me chuckle.
To be told that I don't have enough empathy for those less fortunate than me because I have everything I need and don't understand what its like to not have it, kinda makes me shake my head.
I've noticed this strange dynamic as I've gotten older and seen more of life. It seems like people now are more willing to be defined by their mistakes than their achievements. Like their mistakes are some sort of badge of courage. You hear them talk about the things they've done wrong and have had to overcome with a sense of pride. And the fact that they've lived a life full of bad choices and bad activities somehow makes them wiser or more experienced in life than you. I personally know people who give their "testimony" and every time I hear it it's a little worse. You know...they have done some pretty bad stuff, and yes they had drug problems and stuff, but by the time they've told their "story" a few times they are now the worst addict in existence and eat puppies for breakfast. They're the "one-upper" of bad stories. But God forbid you've managed to be successful or...horror of all horrors...become wealthy! Well then you're just an evil, greedy person who hates everyone! Dropped out of high school, sold all your possessions and lost your family cause you were doing drugs and are now in recovery and trying to fix it...everyone is proud of you. Worked your way to college and started your own business and are now the proud owner of a Fortune 500 company...you greedy, elitist corporate pig!
Call me crazy, mean and un-empathetic but I just don't get it!!
I refuse to join this new school of thought!! I still plan to teach my kids that if they stay in school, work hard and make good choices, they too can be the proud owners of a successful company and make enough money to fully provide for their families, no government assistance required! It might not make as good a story, but hey, the way things are going there will be more than enough people telling their stories to go around!
I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of "feedback" about this one. My ears are burning already!!
There really is only one thing I can say with complete assurance and know I'm right and that is: if I've done it, I've screwed it up at least once!
You name it, I've messed it up. I've been a great student and a drop out. I've been a good friend and a horrible friend. I've been a good wife and a bad wife. I've been a great mom and a lousy mom. I've been a hard worker and lazy couch potato. I've been very responsible and completely irresponsible financially. I've been completely broke and financially well off. I've been on the straight and narrow and beat my way through the wilds off road....you get it, the list is endless. While I can't claim to have lived a life of crime...I'm pretty sure I've skirted that felonious line a time or two (I'm not saying any more on that!).
So, to be told that I can't possible understand the plight of the poor folks who have made bad choices and are living the consequences thereof because I live in my comfortable home in a nice area of town and have enough money to not have to worry about it daily, kinda makes me chuckle.
To be told that I don't have enough empathy for those less fortunate than me because I have everything I need and don't understand what its like to not have it, kinda makes me shake my head.
I've noticed this strange dynamic as I've gotten older and seen more of life. It seems like people now are more willing to be defined by their mistakes than their achievements. Like their mistakes are some sort of badge of courage. You hear them talk about the things they've done wrong and have had to overcome with a sense of pride. And the fact that they've lived a life full of bad choices and bad activities somehow makes them wiser or more experienced in life than you. I personally know people who give their "testimony" and every time I hear it it's a little worse. You know...they have done some pretty bad stuff, and yes they had drug problems and stuff, but by the time they've told their "story" a few times they are now the worst addict in existence and eat puppies for breakfast. They're the "one-upper" of bad stories. But God forbid you've managed to be successful or...horror of all horrors...become wealthy! Well then you're just an evil, greedy person who hates everyone! Dropped out of high school, sold all your possessions and lost your family cause you were doing drugs and are now in recovery and trying to fix it...everyone is proud of you. Worked your way to college and started your own business and are now the proud owner of a Fortune 500 company...you greedy, elitist corporate pig!
Call me crazy, mean and un-empathetic but I just don't get it!!
I refuse to join this new school of thought!! I still plan to teach my kids that if they stay in school, work hard and make good choices, they too can be the proud owners of a successful company and make enough money to fully provide for their families, no government assistance required! It might not make as good a story, but hey, the way things are going there will be more than enough people telling their stories to go around!
I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of "feedback" about this one. My ears are burning already!!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Its YOUR lucky day...two Gina posts in one day!!!
As I promised....the story of today's wonderful Walmart adventures:
So I was walking through our favorite Giganta-Walmart when who do I see but my favorite neighbor and BFF, whom I haven't seen since before Christmas due to our vacation. So after some hugging and squealing with joy, (ok we didn't really squeal, but we were pretty dang happy to see each other!), we got to talking about this and that and how much we hate grocery shopping at which point she mentions that the worst part of going to Walmart for groceries is that the last few times some creepy old guy has hit on her...not the SAME creepy old guy, but completely DIFFERENT creepy old guys, which somehow just makes it worse. I jokingly told her she was doing better than me cause I only get hit on by creepy old guys with no teeth at the Walmart.
Not a minute later who strolls by but a CREEPY OLD GUY who promptly ditches his mother (HIS MOTHER!! how old was she if he's a creepy old guy!!!) to come over and chat us up! No kidding!! He ended our conversation by letting us know that "I'm old, but I love talking to pretty ladies!" On the plus side...he did have all his teeth, or at least all the front ones! :)
I know what you're thinking...how can this Walmart trip possibly get any better?
Well....
My friend and I part ways and I continue my walk through the zoo...
There I am walking down the juice isle when I hear a very youthful sounding boy behind me snicker and say..."Wow! Muffin top buffet!"
Normally I would hang my head in shame, suck in as much as I could possibly suck in and walk away quickly...but today I was feelin feisty!
So as soon as the words came out of his mouth I whipped around to face the miscreant and tear him an new one and three boys just froze in front of me like deer in the headlights. The one with the smart mouth says "No! No ma'm! I didn't mean you!" and points his finger to the isle behind me. I glance back and sure enough I see a lady whose bounty spectacularly overflowed the top of her pants.
I turn my head back around to the boys and he tells me, "I totally meant her! Not you! You look fine!" As soon as he said this he obviously realized he's just told a mom she looked fine in her pants cause his face positively COULD NOT have gotten any redder!!!
So now I'm killing myself trying not to crack-up, but I held it together and, since they were young 'uns, did my mom angry eyebrows and told them "Making fun of people doesn't make you funny, it makes you lame." and walked away from the boys and what I'm sure was an exhuberant round of smack talk about me and my mom bit!
Yeah...awesome day at Walmart!!!
So I was walking through our favorite Giganta-Walmart when who do I see but my favorite neighbor and BFF, whom I haven't seen since before Christmas due to our vacation. So after some hugging and squealing with joy, (ok we didn't really squeal, but we were pretty dang happy to see each other!), we got to talking about this and that and how much we hate grocery shopping at which point she mentions that the worst part of going to Walmart for groceries is that the last few times some creepy old guy has hit on her...not the SAME creepy old guy, but completely DIFFERENT creepy old guys, which somehow just makes it worse. I jokingly told her she was doing better than me cause I only get hit on by creepy old guys with no teeth at the Walmart.
Not a minute later who strolls by but a CREEPY OLD GUY who promptly ditches his mother (HIS MOTHER!! how old was she if he's a creepy old guy!!!) to come over and chat us up! No kidding!! He ended our conversation by letting us know that "I'm old, but I love talking to pretty ladies!" On the plus side...he did have all his teeth, or at least all the front ones! :)
I know what you're thinking...how can this Walmart trip possibly get any better?
Well....
My friend and I part ways and I continue my walk through the zoo...
There I am walking down the juice isle when I hear a very youthful sounding boy behind me snicker and say..."Wow! Muffin top buffet!"
Normally I would hang my head in shame, suck in as much as I could possibly suck in and walk away quickly...but today I was feelin feisty!
So as soon as the words came out of his mouth I whipped around to face the miscreant and tear him an new one and three boys just froze in front of me like deer in the headlights. The one with the smart mouth says "No! No ma'm! I didn't mean you!" and points his finger to the isle behind me. I glance back and sure enough I see a lady whose bounty spectacularly overflowed the top of her pants.
I turn my head back around to the boys and he tells me, "I totally meant her! Not you! You look fine!" As soon as he said this he obviously realized he's just told a mom she looked fine in her pants cause his face positively COULD NOT have gotten any redder!!!
So now I'm killing myself trying not to crack-up, but I held it together and, since they were young 'uns, did my mom angry eyebrows and told them "Making fun of people doesn't make you funny, it makes you lame." and walked away from the boys and what I'm sure was an exhuberant round of smack talk about me and my mom bit!
Yeah...awesome day at Walmart!!!
Its a new dawn, its a new day, its a new life....but first let me get my coffee!
Well howdy ya'll!
I've sure missed blabbing my mouth all over the place the last couple of weeks!
And I will tell all about my family Christmas vacation...but I'm still processing it and I don't want to short change ya...so give me another couple of day to gather my thoughts!
For today's subject I have chosen a delightful topic full of intrigue and suspense, with just a hint of whiny annoyance and the subtle bouquet of dysfunction.
As I meandered through the cornucopia of wonderful posts on Facebook yesterday...and NO I DON'T spend all day on FB contrary to popular opinion ;)...I noticed a subtle pattern to some of the offerings to be had. And being the investigative researcher for the Maury Povich show that I am, (not really, but it sure feels like it sometimes!) I quickly went to the pages of those I hold most near and dear...and some I barely know but befriended cause I like how they roll...and read through a short history of their statuses.
Yes, I know, a little creepy...but its not like you didn't intend for me to read them, you just weren't expecting me to read them all at once!
And you know what I found...the cranky are usually cranky, the woe-is-me are usually woe-is-me (if I ever call you a wim...know you've got to get off the woe-is-me train!), and the happy are usually happy. My very favorite posts are the ones from people who have a consistent God is awesome and Jesus rocks posts interspersed with the random F-you, S*#@ sucks and you're an a** posts. I mean I ain't no saint, and I do have the occasional potty mouth...but I try not to do it in a public format. I'm a closet cusser. And its kinda hard to sell the "I'm completely sold out to Jesus message" when the post after it is peppered with "sentence enhancers"! I don't think that's what Jesus would do if He were on FB...just sayin...
OF COURSE I immediately hopped over to my page and reviewed my posts to see where I fall...and surprise surprise, I'm all over the place! I noticed I fall under all 4 categories at chunks at a time...
I think I could track my cycle by my FB posts, but that's another topic
...this to me is a clear example of my inability to long term anything. I just don't seem to have the mental capacity to hold on to one particular theme for too long. Although I will say I noticed a pretty consistent "I strongly dislike 'THE MAN'" and "boy I sure am exercising lots!" themes...the latter of which is pretty annoying even to me so I shall make a concerted effort to quit posting that so much. Just make sure and tell me I look awesome when you see me (even if I don't) so I get some kind of feedback! :) Just by reviewing my posts for the last couple of months I get a pretty clear picture of where I am...and where I'm not.
Anyway, enough about me...now, I can sense some of you getting a little miffed, but be sure this totally isn't about you, your posts are always funny, touching, inspiring and mentally stable...its those other guys I'm talking about! ;)
I have to be honest and tell you all that I had a good laugh reading through some of your stuff...some of you are absolutely hilarious! Others of you...well I'd just suggest taking a moment to read through your posts. Notice a pattern? Are most of your posts complaints? Why? Is there NOTHING good happening around you? I mean, don't get me wrong...this entire blog is a history of my complaints (although versed in a comical light), but I warned you from the get go this was my version of free therapy! So...I'd like to suggest that you take a moment to smell the roses, even if you have to go around the dog poo you just stepped on to get there!
Thanks to those of you that always have a happy post...now I'm not saying you have to feed me an inspirational quote of the day...heck if you want to post about the really self-important guy in line in front of you at the Starbucks with his zipper blatantly down.. well that's just as wonderful! I'll take a good laugh any day!!
To my friends that share my dislike of The Man...I hear ya!! And I'm totally there...but my friend told me she could get us into a really nice White House tour when we make it up to DC and I'd hate to be on any "Hell No!" list. So from now on I will try to post some positive things about our government types...when you read these posts just make sure you use a sharply sarcastic tone! :)
I refuse to make any promises about what I post...cause I'll forget anyway! Just take what I offer and either inhale its wonderfulness, internalize its meaningfulness, get fired up by my rabble-rouserness (is that a word?) pee your pants at my comedic genius or shake your head and walk away.
Makes no difference to me...I can't see you anyway!
Have a great day ya'll...or don't....just make sure and post about it later! :)
I've sure missed blabbing my mouth all over the place the last couple of weeks!
And I will tell all about my family Christmas vacation...but I'm still processing it and I don't want to short change ya...so give me another couple of day to gather my thoughts!
For today's subject I have chosen a delightful topic full of intrigue and suspense, with just a hint of whiny annoyance and the subtle bouquet of dysfunction.
As I meandered through the cornucopia of wonderful posts on Facebook yesterday...and NO I DON'T spend all day on FB contrary to popular opinion ;)...I noticed a subtle pattern to some of the offerings to be had. And being the investigative researcher for the Maury Povich show that I am, (not really, but it sure feels like it sometimes!) I quickly went to the pages of those I hold most near and dear...and some I barely know but befriended cause I like how they roll...and read through a short history of their statuses.
Yes, I know, a little creepy...but its not like you didn't intend for me to read them, you just weren't expecting me to read them all at once!
And you know what I found...the cranky are usually cranky, the woe-is-me are usually woe-is-me (if I ever call you a wim...know you've got to get off the woe-is-me train!), and the happy are usually happy. My very favorite posts are the ones from people who have a consistent God is awesome and Jesus rocks posts interspersed with the random F-you, S*#@ sucks and you're an a** posts. I mean I ain't no saint, and I do have the occasional potty mouth...but I try not to do it in a public format. I'm a closet cusser. And its kinda hard to sell the "I'm completely sold out to Jesus message" when the post after it is peppered with "sentence enhancers"! I don't think that's what Jesus would do if He were on FB...just sayin...
OF COURSE I immediately hopped over to my page and reviewed my posts to see where I fall...and surprise surprise, I'm all over the place! I noticed I fall under all 4 categories at chunks at a time...
I think I could track my cycle by my FB posts, but that's another topic
...this to me is a clear example of my inability to long term anything. I just don't seem to have the mental capacity to hold on to one particular theme for too long. Although I will say I noticed a pretty consistent "I strongly dislike 'THE MAN'" and "boy I sure am exercising lots!" themes...the latter of which is pretty annoying even to me so I shall make a concerted effort to quit posting that so much. Just make sure and tell me I look awesome when you see me (even if I don't) so I get some kind of feedback! :) Just by reviewing my posts for the last couple of months I get a pretty clear picture of where I am...and where I'm not.
Anyway, enough about me...now, I can sense some of you getting a little miffed, but be sure this totally isn't about you, your posts are always funny, touching, inspiring and mentally stable...its those other guys I'm talking about! ;)
I have to be honest and tell you all that I had a good laugh reading through some of your stuff...some of you are absolutely hilarious! Others of you...well I'd just suggest taking a moment to read through your posts. Notice a pattern? Are most of your posts complaints? Why? Is there NOTHING good happening around you? I mean, don't get me wrong...this entire blog is a history of my complaints (although versed in a comical light), but I warned you from the get go this was my version of free therapy! So...I'd like to suggest that you take a moment to smell the roses, even if you have to go around the dog poo you just stepped on to get there!
Thanks to those of you that always have a happy post...now I'm not saying you have to feed me an inspirational quote of the day...heck if you want to post about the really self-important guy in line in front of you at the Starbucks with his zipper blatantly down.. well that's just as wonderful! I'll take a good laugh any day!!
To my friends that share my dislike of The Man...I hear ya!! And I'm totally there...but my friend told me she could get us into a really nice White House tour when we make it up to DC and I'd hate to be on any "Hell No!" list. So from now on I will try to post some positive things about our government types...when you read these posts just make sure you use a sharply sarcastic tone! :)
I refuse to make any promises about what I post...cause I'll forget anyway! Just take what I offer and either inhale its wonderfulness, internalize its meaningfulness, get fired up by my rabble-rouserness (is that a word?) pee your pants at my comedic genius or shake your head and walk away.
Makes no difference to me...I can't see you anyway!
Have a great day ya'll...or don't....just make sure and post about it later! :)
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