After all that?

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Today we ripped off a blogger named Firecat from the blog Party in My Head. He doesn't state where he got it. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Take the time to comment on other player's posts. It's a great way to make new friends! Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Sunday Stealing: The Bud is Back Meme

Cheers to all of us thieves!


1. Why did you sign up for writing your blog? To clear space in my brain so I could write fiction.....not working out so well.

2. Why did you choose your blog's name? What does it mean? It describes me

3. Do you ever had another blog? Nope

4. What do you do online when you're not on your blog? Facebook, research awesome dinner recipes, read TV recaps, brain games, check up the best feminist essays

5. How about when you're not on the computer? Reading, listening to music, cooking, having adventures

6. What do you wish people who read your blog knew about you? Nothing, I'm an open book

7. What is your favorite community in the blogosphere? I don't know what that means

8. What is your philosophy on your blog layout? Simple yet intriguing

9. Tell me about your picture you use to represent you on your blog. What picture? My profile picture, it's cute and funny.

10. Pick 3 random blogs from your blogroll and tell us about them. She Walks Softly beautiful grotesque art, Monkey Muck thought provoking hilarity, and Kiss & Makeup smart, sexy and close personal friend.

11. What features do you think your blog should have that it doesn't currently? It's fucking amazingly awesome the way that it is, thank you.

12. What do you consider the 10 most "telling" interests that we would infer from what you blog persona? Huh?

13. Do you have any unique interests that you have never shared before? What are they? Nope, my readers know everything

14. The best thing about blogging is all of the friends that you make, Beside from those folks, do you think your blog has fans? Totally, lots of funny interesting dark people

15. What's your current obsession? What about it captures your imagination? It's that time of the year: Rankin/Bass stop motion holiday specials ( AND their cartoons too!)

16. What are you glad you did but haven't really had a chance to post about? My plague

17. How many people that first became a blog friend, have you met face to face? 3 or 4

18. What don't you talk about here, either because it's too personal or because you don't have the energy? Cartoons and childhood tv shows

19. What's a question that you'd love to answer? I don't know, you haven't asked me yet

20. Have you ever lost a blogging friendship and regretted it? No

21. Have you ever lost a blogging friendship and thought, “Was that overdue!” No

Mr. Kamikaze

So, I was tooling around Schenectady & I saw a happy group of middle school kids at the playground. Then I felt a great sadness! Those kids don't know a thing about Devo. How could someone skip rope and not being singing "Beautiful World" at the top of their lungs?

Sigh :-( So glad I'm not a kid!

Shower w/ me Love

Finally a post that isn't a meme or a recap!

18 days from now I will be married. Now I am not a traditional type of gal but yr god damn right that I had a shower.

It was overwhelming, exhausting and surreal. Too many people, I hate large groups. I didn't get a chance to drink any mimosas and barely had lunch.

That being said I got an ass ton of stuff we desperately needed for our lovely home. Like the Kitchen Aid Ice Cream Maker & Sausage Maker attachments. Now we just need a Kitchen Aid! Similarly, we also got the Wii Fit but no Wii. Such is my luck.

My brain is scattered and fragmented. Thoughts need to marinate to write some magical funny words again.

Pokey Meme

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1) When was the last time you thought you had things under control … and then the carpet was pulled out from under you? Umm...never. To quote Debbie Harry "The tide is high but I'm holding on."

2) Someone you’ve never liked or trusted comes to you and says she "wants to get to know you better." You are instantly suspicious. You are convinced that that isn’t at all what she wants, and you decide to play detective and find out what is going on. The first things you notice are that she has an odd cut on her arm and that she is carrying a rubber chicken that is missing a foot. Write this scene. "Go fuck yrself!"

3) You just moved to Sesame Street. Which Muppet is your new roommate? How do you think you and your furry friend would get along? Ernie! We'd hang out all day, getting into mischief and take baths together...awesomeness all the time.

Huh?

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The TT questions are brought to you by Berleen, the color of easter eggs not found yet and the number zero

1. Did you have a sugar overdose this past weekend? No, I kept that shit in check....more like a cheese overdose!

2. What was the last thing you bought off of Ebay? A vintage T-shirt

3. Springtime means bare feet. At least around here. Think about the last long walk you took, on purpose or not, how far did you walk? 2 1/2 miles

4. You pull into some one's driveway. Four large German Shepards come to your car. They are barking, but not in a "I'm going to tear your jugular out" kind of way. What do you do? Walk as far away from them as possible....I don't like large barking dogs

5. What do you own the most of? Books, books, books

6. Did you hear there is a Royal Wedding this week? What is the most obnoxious wedding you have attended? And we wanna know why it was so obnoxious. The word "obnoxious" is defined any way you want it to be... expensive, ugly dresses, stupid guests... whatever. I have no idea, I've only been to awesome fun weddings.

7. Which one of the dwarfs that Snow White hung around with is your favorite? Which one do you think you are most like? Uh......Bashful because he was the least annoying.

8. If I were to hand you an orange, how would you get the peel off? I only eat blood oranges & rip into those suckers and blood squirts everywhere...good times

9. Sometimes a person just doesn't think of these things - do you think Adam & Eve had a belly button? Maybe

10. Those little kittens lost their mittens. Why do kittens have mittens anyway? Instead of being de-clawed

Have a great day. Or not. See you next Thursday

Rule Breaker

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The TT questions are brought to you by Berleen, the color of green grass and the number 576

This week is an easy one.... or possibly not so easy.

1. Describe yourself, in sentences, using the main word of the sentence with the letters in the word: VANITY

Nope not going to do it!

OK, no more sentences from now on.

2. List things you own using the letters in the word:POSSESSION Pots, oranges, squeaky, shorts, eggs, sweaters, socks, ice cube trays, onions, noodles

3. List food items that you absolutely will not eat using the letters in the word: DISGUSTING I'm not following the rules: I don't eat eggplant, shell fish or mushrooms

4. List things you do online using the letters in the word: USB CABLE Shop, read, blog

Have a great day. Or not. See you next Thursday.

Maybe You Understand Me

Does this make any sense?

It's in the basement. It's waiting for me. I'm petrified, however, I am morbidly curious about what will happen when we meet. I sense my love drifting away from me.

The scene changes: We're in a pool the size of the state. We don't have to swim, we're walking over the heads of people stacked like pennies. Our friend is w/ us. I touch his bearded face. Everyone is swimming to a concert. There are less and less people as we walk on. Then we ride on the backs of them like dolphins. I wake before we reach our destination.

Burble

Some days I like the social work scene, I get excited when a plan comes together and the big pay off for my client leaving behind her abusive partner.

However, I have an itching to begin writing a new story. I still have a big steaming pile of shit to clean up from NaNoWriMo, so there's something there, just trying to get up enough motivation to make it into something worth reading.

Other days, I think it would be neat to be a travel writer but who would take care of my beloved cat/child substitute, Squeaky. I like music, I could be a critic, just as long as I had a thesaurus because I tend to use the same adjective over and over. I still have big dreams of writing my diner book but I'm trying to lose weight.

So, it appears that I am "stuck" working in human services for the time being.

Nonsense

I have officially restarted psycho-therapy. I go to a really wonderful woman in Albany that specializes in mind-body thing ding. Anyways, I'm a-clearin' out the cobwebs.


I've been eating a lot of hot air corn lately. Hot air poppers are vastly underrated. I like mine w/ pretend butter.

My boyfriend knows what mah jong is, huh?


Dead Like Me is an awesome TV show. Jasmine Guy, I love you!

I'm saving my pennies for OPI Alice in Wonderland collection. Alice in Wonderland is a long time fave. I used to check out the record of Alice Through the Looking Glass repeatedly from my local library. Can't wait for the flick to come out!

Stuffy Stuff

I finally got my Chipotle cherry popped. For some reason I thought it would be more of a sit down type place, like the abysmal Chili's. Chipolte is, for all intents and purposes, a cafeteria. Anyways, I had the carnitas salad sans dressing. Now normally, I am not a fan of shredded meats. However, the chicken was moist and flavourful. Thumbs up! Sexybeast got 3 steak tacos, I couldn't get a discernible comment out of him as he was slobbering and munching everywhere. I'm assuming he liked it.

As some of you may or may not know, I started a new job at the beginning of the year. I've been increasingly busy w/ client work and I will be spending more and more time out of the office. As such, it behooved me to get a grown up phone to check my work e-mails and calender whilst being free from the confines of my desk. After talking to IT, I was prepared to get a Blackberry Smart Phone. However, it turns out the iPhone is a better deal. (MOTHERFUCKER!!!! BOLD AND ITALICS!!! I HATE YOU BLOGGER!!!!) So, yes my loyal readers, I am now a happy owner of the best cell phone in the whole wide world. Check out the above photo I took w/ my new baby.

Knocking at your Door

Maybe I'm not such a horrible person. Parts of me are ugly, some are giving. Chaos in the brain.

I worry about not living life to the fullest. I look back on the previous 6 months: I bought a house, I got published, I started a new and very demanding job and I got engaged. Perhaps I should stop beating myself up so much.

I started my wedding database. Why the fuck is hair jewelry so fucking expensive?

I really love that TV show "The United States of Tara". Maybe I have multiple personality disorder. Nyah, more like schizophrenia.

I went to the gym today for the 1st time in 5 years. I've been working out at home for a long while now. I fucking deplore the gym. "The hamsters on the mill go round and round. Round and round. Round and round." The road to nowhere. Dieting is damn full time job.

Time for some raisin toast. I hate raisins but love raisin toast.

That's the charm of me.

Moon Girl

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I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Weak :: strong
   
2. Flashy :: subdued
   
3. Sack :: potatoes
   
4. Business :: plan
   
5. Purple :: rain
   
6. Fan :: breeze
   
7. Airline :: pilot
   
8. Guide :: Sherpa
   
9. Lunch :: dinner
   
10. Exercise :: necessary
    

Brain Vomit

Here's some stuff that has been kicking around in my noggin:

Wedding planning sucks. I'm in the process of trying to find a venue and most of the websites I've been checking out don't have a price listing. So guess what I get to do on my lunch breaks.

BLAH!!!!!!

I've been watching that "Teen Mom" show on the interwebs (we're cheap bastards at my house, y'all. no cable here!), It's a spin-off of the MTV reality show "16 & Pregnant". Basically life after the the rug rat is born. One chick gave her daughter up for adoption. OY! That was a fucking tear jerker. Especially since her mom and grey streaked mullet wearin' step dad (who incidentally is her boyfriend's bio-dad. uhh... weirdness!), did not approve of the whole adoption thang. So 4 months after the birth, they're still giving her grief about "taking the easy way out". Nice! And there's this bratty girl that goes out all night and leaves her baby w/ her parents. Say what? Yr living in a huge suburban house, yr paying no rent, someone is there to clean up after you and all the baby necessities are being provided for you free of charge and yr gonna yell at yr dad "fuck you!" I'm at a loss for words.

Brain is on overload. New job. Crash course in learning DV. Pile of crap on my living room table needs to be filled out and sent to HR. Think I'll go play pop it or word whomp.

Word Association

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1. Interest :: rates
   
2. Chase :: hunt
   
3. Itch :: scratch
   
4. Soothe :: balm
   
5. Lamp :: lighter
   
6. Tutor :: learn
   
7. Nicole :: Richie
   
8. Sloth :: slug
   
9. Burn :: fire
   
10. Bug :: annoy
    

GImme Gimme

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This weeks question is:

What special room do you want in your house? A library. A place for all my books, journals and magazines. And fancy iBook. A place where I can write in peace and quiet.

What else do you want this week? Share it all. For the bad weather to take a hike. To be more comfortable in my own skin. To be more motivated. For Friday night to get here!

Randomness

I was going to post about my new lifestyle venture but it wasn't coming out right at all.

So here's what's new w/ me:

1. I started a new diet plan. I purchased some books from the "Eat This, Not That" series. It's shocking to see how many "healthy" foods are filled w/ sugar and fat. And Egg McMuffins are actually good for you (provided you don't add sausage!) I'm more aware of what I'm shoving down my pie hole. I feel shitty 'cause I'm dragging Sexybeast through this lifestyle change w/ me. So far his patience is holding up...

2. The house is taking real shape and we're hoping to move in sometime at the beginning of October. I'm hoping sooner but the best laid plans of mice and men....

3. I got my 1st rejection letter from a literary magazine and I feel OK about it. After we get settled into the house, I can start sending my story out via snail mail. Would you believe that most literary publications will not accept electronic submissions? LAME!

4. Listen to Andrew Bird. He's creepy and textured and lovely. Buy all his CD's today!!

OK off to work now

OUCH!!! My Eyes!

'k I have a confession to make. As much as I like to think myself pretty fucking cultured and all together awesome, I really like stupid VH1 reality shows. I have been sucked into watching "Daisy of Love". For those of you not in the know and have better sense than I, Daisy (not her real name) missed out on winning has been balding rocker Bret Michael's heart. I say, bitch dodged a bullet if you ask me.

VH1 felt it necessary that Daisy get her own show, 'cause she's just a lonely gal looking for love. Ummmmmm....... no not so much. She's a drunken whore that makes poor relationship choices.
And it doesn't help that the contestants are a bunch of skanky fame whore losers. There was a hot teacher on the show for about a minute. But she decided, they didn't have enough in common. Yes because he uses words that have more than one syllable. And further proof in her sub-normal intelligence is she gave all the jackass boys nicknames. Guess she's too busy w/ her music and posing to learn their real names.

But you know what really grinds my gears, she's not even that attractive! And I'm not saying that because I think she's trash. She is seriously hideous. Bleached out hair extensions, orangey fake tan, 50 ass tons of make up on at all times (even when she's going to "sleep"!) and pumped full of enough collagen and silicon to stun an ox.

And sadly, I will continue to watch this dreck until a winner is determined. God help us all.

Sisters in Sweat

I went to a cheesy Catholic school from Pre-K to 8th grade. We had no playground, instead I "enjoyed" playing in a parking lot. In the 4th grade, I played a vigorous game of kickball and and got some serious road rash on my upper back thigh (the underneath part of my butt) and the recess monitor did nothing! My grandma picked little stones out of my flesh. Thank sucked quite a bit as you can imagine. Combined w/ the fact that St. Paul's only had one girls' sports team, basketball. Currently, I'm 5'1", back then I was miniscule. Basketball out. It didn't matter, I was more of a book worm anyway.

I went to a public high school and quickly realized the cliques between the different sportos. Plus, my 9th grade phys. ed. teacher was a burnt out crusty old bitch. Seriously, that old cow was 90! No point in parading about my inadequacies.

When I got to college, chicks talked about going to the gym and working out all the time. Did real people actually do that? It seemed like only characters in inane early 90's TV shows exercised.

As I've gotten older and my metabolism, has slowed down to the pace of a cadaver. I power walk to keep my cellulite under control. And I hate it! I physical exercise, it's not fun and I get no pleasure out of it. 

Lately, I've been thinking about starting up an intra-mural kickball team in the Capital District. Kickball is the highlight of my sports career in middle school. Let's bring it back!

Absolute Truth

Warning: This is a completely stream of consciousness piece of writing.

My depression has kicked in with the force of a jack boot against  gypsy's skull. Doubts and paranoia swirling in my mind, making me feel inadequate and worthless. Why should anyone care about me? My boyfriend can see right through me, he's going to leave me.

I'm tired of feeling sorry for myself. Shouldn't I have a thicker skin? Nobody wants to listen to me whine about my pathetic doubts and fears.

The absolute truth is I'm feeling overwhelmed. I'm taking the civil service exam in a few weeks and I'm going spare. I want to do well, I need a better job as Sexybeast and I are trying to buy a house. I'm in complete job finding mode right now.

The other issue is I don't know who I am anymore. I've wanted to be a writer since I'm 10. And yet I haven't done anything to further this goal. I have these ambitions live life to the hilt and being my best self. And yet, I'm hopeless. I'm not athletic like my work wife. I'm not able to paint or sculpt or make music or create anything on a grand scale. Am I not living up to my potential or do I have delusions of grandeur?

I'm swimming with sharks.

If Only.....

Hmmm, it seems to have happened without me realizing it but Tuesdays have become my unofficial rant day. I kinda feel like the wet blanket since so many of my blogger friends have been writing about positive change and not being dragged into the abyss of negativity. However, I will write this as a disclaimer for the following post, it's just a teeny rant.

As I have mentioned several times, SexyBeast and I just celebrated our one year dating anniversary. I love talking about him 'cause he is simply the best man I've ever known. But I digress. We snuggled on the couch to watch Blindness, a movie I didn't get a chance to see in the movie theatre last year. The premise sounded intriguing, an entire city succumbing to a blindness plague and it starred Julianne Moore. I love her!!! She's a stunning older woman and she make freckles sexy. Thanks, Julianne!

WRONG-OLA!!!! This movie was terrible. The characters were flat and one dimensional. The pacing was waaaaaayyyyy off, I swear I aged another 5 years watching this fucker. Plus they had Julianne paired up with Mark Ruffalo, whom I normally don't mind watching. They had zero chemistry and all of their scenes together seemed unnatural. None of the characters in the movie had any 1st names and upon viewing the credits Julianne's character was "Doctor's wife." Why? So pretentious. All the imagery seemed really heavy handed. The whole thing just fell flat. Afterwards, I remarked to SexyBeast that I wanted to read the novel the movie was based on, "Why do you like torturing yrself?"

So as not to be a complete Negative Nelly, here are the good points: the sets were pretty damn amazing, like a cross between an Ikea catalogue and a state asylum of the 1950's. Also, the nudity was interesting, I viewed naked bodies of various ages and shapes. It was quite refreshing. Plus, Julianne Moore has tiny saggy boobs and she's not afraid to show 'em off. Good for you!

Please, do not see this movie.