Stinky City...

After my math class I rode Trax down to the City Library so I could have a quiet place to study close to my off campus Spanish Class. My Spanish homework included critiquing my classmates Spanish papers and giving them feedback. I realized I left my spanish dictionary at home, but needed to translate some words. I just figured I would hop on the library's internet really quick.

While walking throughout the different computer areas on each floor, I came across several unpleasant odors to which can only be traced back to the stench a person can elude. Yikes! As I translated my peers work, the last smell came to me. Dirty people can smell very similar to that of an old vaccum bag... which actually makes sense when you think of all the dead skin and dander a vaccum picks up. (Gross!)

Yes, I realize this sounds incredibly snotty to complain about living in a city that offers such great ammenities. I am thankful for it, I just wish my hands weren't all over some nasty-ass keyboard is all. Anyway, I'm thoroughly disgusted that I am on this public computer and wanted to share before I try to detox my hands on the way outta here.

Hasta Luego!

Thanks for the feedback...

I have a job where I call and conduct phone surveys for assisted living residents. All I wanted was an easy job that I can leave behind at the end of my shift so I can focus on my schooling. I just got off the phone with a very delightful old man who laughed and had nothing bad to say about where he stayed. I thanked him for his time, and then he says how I have the wrong voice for surveys because it is too high and I don't sound friendly enough. I laughed and asked why he thinks I don't sound friendly and he says, "Well you are calling for criticism on the facility, and your voice is the only thing I can complain about."

Thanks old man for making my depression that much more severe today. Appreciate it!

Sex and they City Movie

So tonight I went and saw The Sex and the City Movie with my two wonderful sisters, Kierstin and Lindsey. It was great to see it with two of my favorite people in the world! Oh how I loved it, and how I love the show. I still got a little misty eyed during a scene or two because I can't help it. It's just so... fabulous!
I left the movie feeling a little refreshed as if I had just spent the night with my best girlfriends. Although, once thinking about it, I am really missing my girlfriends. I miss my REAL Carrie and giggling with her in person. I miss any best friend that I have lost to marriage and kids, but... I guess that's life right? Rememer the scene where Carrie reads Cinderella to Lily and has to clarify at the end, "You know, life doesn't always turn out this way. I just think you should know that." Well, maybe the same needs to be said for Sex and the City- that the forever girlfriend luncheons and pulling together for crisis doesn't always happen either...

Well, unless you're lucky enough to have Carrie in your life, and I'm beyond thankful that I have her!!

Some love stories aren't epic novels, some are short stories. But, that doesn't make them any less filled with love.

The Dutch!

Oh mann, this puts a smile on my face, just because it's The Dutch...

Growing Up

Does anyone else reach that point in life where they take a look at themselves and don't really like what they have become and/or how they treat others? Since when did my social decency, etiquette, kindness, and concern for other's feelings become nonexistent?
Seriously, how does one change so much from childhood? The loss of innocence and naivity definitely has something to do with it, but I believe there is more to it than that... I'm not quite sure what it is, but a change must occur that I am unable to pinpoint. Is this good or bad? Is it that big of a deal to transition from what your personality was earlier in life? Is what you become simply "the new you" or are you able to redeem some of those brilliant qualities that vanished slowly so many years ago?

I really just don't know.

3 Things

1) Why am I up online "window" shopping for things I want, but can't afford because I, indeed, do not have a job?

2) I miss Paris...


3) I just watched the last episode of Sex and the City, and I LOVE the ending quote of the series... "The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous." Honestly, is there anything better than that?

Nap Time

So... my brother took a 20 minute nap yesterday to find the kids (Parker and Savannah) had gotten ahold of some markers and colored not only all over the walls, but themselves. Click on the these pictures:


Also, I don't know how long ago, but the kids were over at the house and I was cleaning up once they had left. I stumbled upon this scene, and it was so sad and disturbing on many levels that I couldn't help but take a picture:

Seriously, it would be sad to see any childhood toy lifeless and appearing to have a broken back while being surrounded by knives, but the fact the it's the real as life Woody, is just so depressing! Poor Woody...