Post 2 for the night

Ok so before I forget---happy almost September. So my friend posted these two links tonight to articles that made me REALLY upset. Not like the upset crying but the angry kind of upset. And I'll post them so you can view them at your discretion.

The first link:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/31/phoenix-pastor-draws-protests-telling-church-prays-obamas-death/

A pastor in Pheonix asked people to join him in praying for President Obama's death. A FUCKING PASTOR. So much for turning the other cheek. I mean seriously, who does this kind of crap? There are presidents that I have despised but I would never wish for them to die. How crazy is this guy? He views it as praying for 'spiritual warfare', not killing. Are you kidding me dude? No wonder you're getting death threats.

And the fact that he said "I hope that God strikes Barack Obama with brain cancer so he can die like Ted Kennedy and I hope it happens today," is so far out of line. Ted Kennedy was one of the greatest politicians in the Senate. What have you done with your life? I really feel like he should go to jail, but that isn't how things work in the land of the free. It just really bothers me that a religious figure, such as this pastor, is publicly giving interviews about this. I mean if you don't like him, you don't like him. But don't preach for his death. Ughh; I can't deal with this guy anymore...onto the next bozo


The second link:


http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/in_thesis_mcdonnell_slammed_gays_unwed_mothers_and.php?ref=fpblg


Bob McDonnell, the Republican candidate for VA governor, slams gays and un-wed marriages. He thesis is pretty much an anti-gay, anti-gender equality movement. He attacks women for working outside the home, claiming they shouldn't be so materialistic with their American Dream. He also attacks gays, and is not willing to give them the same equal rights(or anyone for that matter)that is not a traditional family. Jesus. Talk about a right wing extremist. We CANNOT have this guy as the governor of Virginia. He obviously is still living in the past--which is now just a fantasy that women cannot work and gay people should be ostracized. Welcome to 21st century America dude. Get rid of your 19th century mindset and turn your time machine to the present. things are changing. Gay marriage is legal in some states. We have a black president, and a WOMAN Secretary of State....the third one, actually.

Rip off your security blanket and embrace the change, because it's going to happen. You can either join the movement or get trampled by it.



"they showed up at my door, a gift and a script in each hand. they said hey mr, would you play the part weve planned?"
"I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying." - Barack Obama

Collegeeee

Finally, welcome week is over! Huzzah! :D Classes start tomorrow except not for me, because I don't have classes Tuesdays or Thursdays. So one more day of finding ways to fill my time. So we had this sexual assault info meeting today where one lady informed us on how easy it was to get raped, etc. and she told her story. It was sad. But she and her friend were really awesome and funny, and they definitely broke people's comfort barriers :)

Becca goes "If you're going to have sex it shouldn't be something you're embarrassed about! You should have MIND-BLOWING sex that makes you want to stand up after you're done and shout BAMMMMM!"

Yeah, she actually said that. Then nothing super eventful happened for a bit...I bought 2 more books for school, putting the total cost just over $600.

Then Fiesta Bingo at 9! :D I knew I wasn't going to win anything but it was still good :]]]]]]]]]]]]]

I still have to finish this paper, lol. It's getting better though, I'm getting closer and closer to being done lol


"well the stars never seem to shine as bright when youre not next to me"


"It's not the walk of shame; it's the stride of pride!" - Becca

Tylenol, Twinkies &the Beer Puzzle

This was the name of possibly THE greatest sessions of my life. It was an info session on the college life and how people don't realize just how deadly tylenol and beer are and like all that stuff. The lady doing it was really good, and REALLY funny. She gave the greatest sex talk of my entire life, no joke. She put a condom on the microphone she was using and told us that condoms remind her of little elf hats. I'm not making this up.

She refers to sex as 'that wet n wild thing' and told us "if it's wet and it's not yours, don't touch it."

Then she was telling us about how this girl had a condom stuck in her vagina and had to go to the emergency room to get it taken out. The NP said she called over to tell the ER people that the girl was on her way, and the lady at the front desk was like "oh well we've had 3 of those this morning" wtf?!?!? I would be SO embarrassed to go to the emergency room for that. Eek!

There were lots more funny things from that session, but they are not PG-13, so I won't post them =P

Oh! And did you know that one box of twinkies has a shelf life of 27 years? That's amazing and slightly disgusting at the same time.

That's all for now :)


"tell me that you're alright, everything is alright"

"Winner winner chicken dinner" - 21

Welcome Week

So move in yesterday was pretty good, and everything yesterday was alright. I couldn't get my internet to work until just now. 7:52 the day after. Thank god it's up now lol. Welcome week needs to be over. This whole 'let's jam-pack your day with meetings and info sessions' is getting old. Classes need to start. I want to be busy and make friends. Classes start Tuesday but I don't even have them until Wednesday =/ *sigh*

Books cost almost $600, and I didn't even get them all.

I can't think of anything interesting to say right now; I miss my niece. Time to go do homework, and then see the acrobats from Kenya

"i think i'll start a new life, i think i'll start it over, where no one knows my name"


"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama

The Sloaner, Wisdom Teeth, and Sophia

What a day. So this morning Sloane came over. I fucking love that girl. We had so much fun :) Then i went to the dentist. Man, talk about some bad news. So basically I have to get my wisdom teeth out ASAP, because theyre growing in horizintally, not vertically. AKA the top of the tooth in a molar that breaks through your gum that you can see...like the top part of the tooth...yeah, well, those are the SIDES of my wisdom teeth. No wonder they hurt :(

On the flip side I got new glasses today :D Meet Sophia. She helps me see when i do not have contacts in :]


Oh and by the way, Northern Virginia drivers make me fucking crazy. They need to learn how to drive.

Tomorrow is my last day in Woodbridge but I still have so much left to do! TTFN


"there's some things we don't talk about, rather do without and just hold the smile"
"I'm so unbloody hinged just being near you" - Matthew Goode, Chasing Liberty

2 More Days

Two more days until I leave for college! :D I still have soooo much stuff to do though, it's slightly ridiculous. The agenda for today: Sloane comes over in the morning while I continue to pack, dentist appointment, call HP, hang out with Angry, pack some more. i know that doesn't seem like alot but I'm not adding in all the distractions that happen during the day, lol.

Ever since I was little I've had this giant fear of going to the dentist, and I do not know why. And the fact that they're never nice to me doesn't help.

But tomorrow.................Sam and Becky come over!!! :D And hopefully Ben too, lol


That's it for now, it's only 8:19 in the morning, so I'm still not really comprehending anything.


"It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep , cuz everything is never as it seems"


"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge

Hello Oswald

Meet Oswald. He's my new desk lamp. Oswald is going to help me do my homework this year at Bridgewater. So last night I got the perfect pair of jeans at Nautica, and then Oswald. That was after a day in DC with Erica. It was fun. In the morning we went to The Holocaust Museum but we left early because once we hit the room with the shoes I started throwing up, and Erica saw her family's name on the wall.

So this past weekend was another Pittsburgh wedding! Tom and Jenn's wedding! It was cool. Friday night I went out with a bunch of family and was the only one that didn't have a drink. A cousin of mine had a few too many though, and was HILARIOUS. I always have fun with my family :)

Saturday = weddinggggggg! The church was really pretty, as was Jenn's dress. *gorgeous!*

There are parts of the reception that I can't remember, haha ;) That was pretty much the weekend. Fun times.

I'll post some picture from the wedding.

4 more dayssssssssssss :D

"broken skies, heartaches that flowers won't mend. say goodbye knowing that this is the end. tender dreams, shadows fall; love too sweet, to recall; dry your eyes, face the dawn life will go on, life will go on"

"Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Random! Ruh-Ruh-Random!

It's a beautiful morning, ahhhhhhhh! Actually, it's 9:30 at night, but today was my last day of work before school, and that's the way I'm feeling right now. :]

Man, I wish every shipper was as cool and low maintenance as the one that I packed for today. It was a good way to end. So it was Meh-soo(idk how to spell his name, that's how it's pronounced) and I on the job, the house was literally right around the corner from Executive, and it was only 6,000 pounds. Oh and Meh-soo had to be off work by 2, so that meant I got to bounce early as well, which was nice after all the long days I did this week.

But this morning, I was unrolling the rug runner as we went into the shipper's house and one of her young daughters was sitting on the couch watching me, so I looked over and smiled at her and she went "You're really pretty", and in my head I was like 'you're my new favorite person'. But I just smiled and thanked her. That is how the day started off :]

But seriously, this lady was so low maintenance. It was great. We worked like lightning! Although they did have a few really low ceilings, so I busted open 3 knuckles and a few spots on my hands when I was carrying the boxes in. And surprisingly when that happened blood started gushing out of the wounds, so now(you need a visual)on my left hand I have 4 band-aids: one on each knuckle for the index and ring finger, and two on the middle finger. On the right hand: there is one covering my fingernail on my ring finger, and one on the space between my first finger and thumb. And they're all Scooby-Doo band-aids. I feel slightly pathetic.

That's it for now, seeing as I still have to pack for this weekend. TTFN


"when you're at the end of the road and you lost all sense of control, and your thoughts have taken their toll when your mind breaks the spirit of your soul. your faith walks on broken glass, and the hangover doesn't pass, nothing's ever built to last; you're in ruins"

"I am MRS. Nesbit!" - Buzz Lightyear

So Long, Farewell

So tomorrow is my last day at Executive, which I am thoroughly excited about. Don't get me wrong, it made me some good money and there are lots of cool people there, but I'm ready for college. And I'm also ready to not have to wake up at 5:30 every morning :]

Yesterday I got to work at 6:45 and didn't get home until 9:00. Today wasn't as dramatic, we got back a couple of hours earlier, but we had THE MOST high maitenence shipper ever. I'm not even joking either. I went on a pack and load job with two guys and it was only 2900 pounds. With a ridiculously slow crew that should take 5 hours at most, and that's if they move like turtles. We were there for eight and a half hours today. EIGHT AND A HALF HOURS!!! And it wasn't because we were slow.

Ok so first we get there and the wife is all confused because she "doesn't know where to start" and is like having a panic attack, because she can't decide where to show us what has to go first. Then Ft. Belvoir and Executive had a mis-communication, and the shippers were under the impression that we were going to pack their entire apt, when only we were packing the things that were going with the husband to Hawaii. So then they were pissed about that. Then, the guy was sexist. I don't feel like explaining the rest of the story because it's long and I'm tired, but basically he told us to pack everything and then as we were getting ready to leave he asked where like 5 things were. They're packed. Then he bitched at us and was like "you weren't supposed to pack that!" Umm, I'm sorry douche, but you told us to pack everything. And he didn't tell us he had handguns. They were in a box that wasn't labeled, so we just packed them. Then when he told us at the end, we had to go and open all the freaking boxes we packed to find them. Asshole.

In 3 days I've worked almost 35 hours. I'm exhausted and my feet are killing me, so needless to say I better be in the freaking warehouse tomorrow.

Oh&I went shopping with my dad tonight so he could have something to wear to my cousin's wedding this weekend. I have great suit taste.


"I've been swallowed up alive, shut down, building from the inside out"

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." - Judy Garland

Sad :[

One of my best friends moved to Colorado today :[


"there's never a wish better than this, when you only got a hundred years to live"


"Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose" - Tom Krause

Random Fun Facts

So I've decided to make a list of all of the random fun facts about me, and all of my little quirks just for amusement. It'll be updated from time to time. Enjoy :)

Disclosure: Several of these are weird and random, but they are legit.


1. Automatic doors make me feel like a jedi
2. I have OCD when there are stray hairs on people. My mind is not at ease until I know for a fact that it is off of them. The first time I took my SAT the kid in front of me had a stray hair latched onto the back of his sweater. I couldn't focus. It would not come off, I tried.
3. I have a ridiculous fear of bridges, and not just the crazy rickety death bridges like the one in Shrek, I mean any bridge. Like when you drive over a bridge in the car, those count too. I close my eyes when that happens, or if I happen to be driving I just have a death grip on the steering wheel
4. When I eat an ice cream sandwich I have to lick the actual ice cream part in a few times around, otherwise I can't eat it.
5. Whenever I go to LaserQuest I pretend like I'm in Star Wars fighting the Death Star robots.
6. Usually when I go hiking I like to pretend like I'm in The Lord of the Rings and and re-enact it as well, adding a few of my own scenes here or there.
7. Listening to boy bands from the 90s is a guilty pleasure.
8. Give me raw meat and I will cease being your friend.
9. I need to be symmetrical. If there is a cut on my left knee but not on my right knee then I feel awkward and walk around like I don't know my place in life until I get used to it.
10. I have a tendency to get attached to and name inanimate objects. For example, my piggy bank is named Pedro, the family car is Olga, and my cell phone is Stellanor.
11. When people chew like cows it makes me want to violently shove whatever they are chewing all the way down their throat.
12. I have to have number lock on when I'm working at a computer, even if I don't use it. It eats away at my soul if it is not on.
13. I think playing in a padded room with a straight-jacket on would be really fun.

That's all I've got for now


"Everybody knows that you don't get out what you put in. Say goodbye to everything you knew, the world's about to turn on you again. There's no hope, except for me and you. But they'll be onto both of us by then, cuz that's just how it goes"


"It's 80 degrees in my mouth, and I don't mean the one up here!" *points to mouth on face* - unlisted source

An adventure with Catalina....in crocs :)

So I know I haven't blogged in a few days, but that's because nothing dramatic has happened in my life since then. Nothing has been worth reading, it's just been the boring everyday stuff. That all changed tonight when I hung out with Cat. I love that girl, to the MAX. She makes me laugh like every freakin second that I'm with her. In fact so many crazy, random, and fun things happened tonight that we started a list, so we would not forget any of them :)

The list goes as follows:

-the almost accident

-weave

-geese, part 1(that's right, there's more)

-the hand

-down syndrome

-lady at chipotle

-lady gaga joke

-geese, part 2

-the electronic cigarette

-the puddle

-Sadie's creeper

-Clay Aiken rant

-the stoplight

-black snowman

-in the ginger bin

.....all while I was wearing lime green crocs :D

Yeah, i know you're hooked. This is going to be a long blog. Long, but quite enjoyable.

So after I picked up Cat, I had to make a u-turn to get to the mall. So my light was green, and as I was turning around, someone was making a right hand turn onto the same road I was u-turning on. And his light was red. He didn't even stop. And then he looked at me like what the hell is my problem. Umm, false. Northern Virginia drivers make me crazy, because 95% of them don't know how to drive. Then, we were sitting a few lights down and there was this black dog ear sticking up over the top of the open window in the car next to us, and Cat goes "Oh that's a dog! I thought that was someone's weave! I was about to be like man they sure did fuck up her head". I'm not even sure i can describe just how hard that made me laugh. I guess if there had been drinks involved it would've rocketed itself via nostrils.

So then, we were turning from the parkway to the road to get to Chipotle and BAM! there were 5 geese, in a single file line, just standing off in the right lane. They were pretty much screaming "killll meeeeeee!" and it was just so random that it was hilarious. So once at Chipotle, of course, the line was super duper long, but it was chill. We weren't in a hurry. So I'm standing with my back towards the people facing the windows and all of the sudden Cat is like-Jen. hand. omg look at it. And there was this really icky guy putting his arm around(his wife or gf, idk which)and I'm not sure if he was like reaching around to like grab the far side of her boob or what, but he got nothing but rolls. This lady had rolls on her rolls, and he was fondling them. My gag reflex actually kicked in. It was a memory that will unfortunately be burned into my brain forever, taking up space that could be used for something knowledgable.

For the duration of our line standing at this said place Chipotle, I can't remember what I asked, but I asked Cat if she wanted to do something and she replied-"yeah I'm down, like the syndrome!" And I know you really should not laugh at something like that, but seriously--were you expecting that response? Alright then. :] Then, the lady behind us was one of those rude customers that orders like 'give me this, give me that, i need this' instead of politely asking. Maybe working in retail for 2 years has done this to me, but I mean seriously--how hard is it to be polite? It's a big pet peeve when people do that, and i was telling all of this to Cat. Apparently I was louder than I meant to be and she looked behind me and was like dude shut up, just shut up right now. I guess the lady heard me and looked like she was going to jump us. Needless to say we got the food to go.

Possibly one of the lamest and funniest corny puns of all time. How do you make Lady Gaga cry? you pokerface! Lmao, get it? Like pokerface, but you poke her face? Oh...*snorts*

So anyway, lol, on the way out the geese were on the other side of the road(the side we were on)and literally were just chillin in the middle of the road, not moving. They were geese on a suicide mission! So we went to the mall to pay Ashley a visit and on the way on at one of those little booths there was an ad for an electronic cigarette. That's right, an ELECTRONIC cigarette. So we were like wtf? and were looking at the ad...

"looks like a cigarette!

acts like a cigarette!

tastes like a cigarette!...

BUT IT'S NOT A CIGARETTE!!!!!"

That was the ad playing on the tv. Some of the worst advertising I've ever seen. Then Cat was like why the fuck would anyone buy this? and I was like well duh! because it's the cooler way to die! and then she said something obscene about it that I shall edit, with the entrapenuer standing RIGHT there, glaring at us as we walked away laughing. One day Catalina and I are going to get beat up by random people for just being us. One day.

So then walking up to Shopper's(it was raining)I crossed through this puddle. It didn't look very deep, and it wasn't very wide. The phrase 'don't judge a book by it's cover' totally applies here. When i walked through it, it went UP PAST MY ANKLES! It was like I had stepped in a tide pool on the beach, not a puddle in the street. Good thing I was wearing crocs and had an instant draining system, otherwise the floor in the store would have been very wet.

Long story short, my friend Sadie has a creeper that was her waiter at Outback over a year ago, got her number, texted her about how he wanted to make out with her, waited on her tonight at Outback, and apparently lives 4 houses down from her, and reminded her of that tonight. *does awkward turtle*

Cat and I were talking about music and about how we were into the hardcore death metal music and then I was like yeah, but I mean I also listen to like...Clay Aiken too. She then proceeded to go into a rant. I was like dude don't hate on Clay Aiken! and she goes "No! I'm not hating on Clay Aiken! The ones who I hate are those dumbass girls who were surprised when he told everyone that he was gay! 'Hey I'm Clay Aiken and I'm gay' 'Really?' If that thought crossed your mind because you associate Clay Aiken with being straight, then those are the people that really deserve to get hit by a bus!" It just went on and on...it was so beautiful

Then a red light didn't look red, but like the color of when you mix mustard and ketchup together.

Cat-"dude it's like fusia! look at it!" *stares* "wait maybe that isn't such a good idea"

Tonight was just one of those 'you had to be there' nights.

And apprently my friend Dominique puts up a black snowman in his yard at Christmas time for decoratrion. We switched from a cd to the radio and the first thing we hear is "in the ginger bin!"

Random. Ok I'm done now :)

Ohh! The guy that I packed for today looked exactly like a Russian bad guy from season 5 of 24, the one that kills Lyn McGills sister and her boyfriend, and then steals Lyn's CTU keycard and breaks into CTU with it to release syntox nerve gas into the ventilation system, but is killed by Jack because he's an effing badass. Yeah, that guy :]

"everyone's sleeping all through the house, you wish you could dream but forgot to somehow. sing this lullaby to yourself"

"People are obsessed with FarmVille beacuse they have the IQ of dairy cows! :)" - unlisted source

Destination: Prague

Want to get away? Summer 2011 baby! I shall take an adventure to the Czech Republic with my mom and(hopefully)my sister and her husband. It's going to be epic. Rosetta Stone is already in the works, because I'm not going to be one of those lame American tourists that goes to a different country and expects everyone to speak English. It's called getting the cultural experience, and it will be gotten alright :)

I'm so stoked. Maybe there will be trails for day hikes so we won't just be sightseeing the entire time. If there are I'm sure that my mom will find them with no trouble :]


"i know you better than you'll ever know yourself, funny how it works that way. your friendly fire flies further than most everyone can tell, but i can still see your face"


"Hockeypuck, rattlesnake, monkey monkey underpants" - Lorelei Gilmore

[Insert Creative Title Here]

So today was a good and bad day, but right now I think I'm going to stick with the glass is half-full mentality.

1. All the pieces are falling together with college
2. Not only did I get offered a job for next summer at the moving company that I work for, but also one for this winter (that's kind of a big deal)
3. I got paid today
4. I was able to grab the last season of 24(season 5)on sale at Target for $20. That's right, the LAST copy. You're probably intimidated by my skills, and quite frankly I don't blame you :)
5. My mom was EXTREMELY amusing, even more than normal
6. The thought of not getting up at 5:30 tomorrow is extremely satisfying



Oh, and I have recently become re-obsessed with JAG, which was my unhealthy obsession show when i was younger. It's a seriously good show, I recommend it.


"she looked deep into you as you lay together, quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer"

"love is giving someone the power to destroy you, and trusting them not to"

Spectacular, spectacular!

August 29th needs to get here. Right now. I got my class schedule today....it is *crazy*

I'll get to that in a minute. So how funny is it that on a job today these two really cute little girls ran through the house with their arms in the air screaming "so many boxes! so many boxes!" Pretty darn funny, that's what. And then there was Rico singing Avril Lavigne in a ridiculously high-pitched voice, and Margarita trying to sing songs with the radio, even though she speaks very little english.

Needless to say it was a very amusing day....and then mom came home. It got even funnier. It began with her knocking the pizza off the oven and flipping it onto the floor, proceeded by numerous amounts of swear words, and then the very inappropriate jokes at dinner. I love my mom :)

I have 5 classes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. None on Tuesday and Thursday.


"Well there's a secret I've been perfecting I swore I wouldn't but you let me"


"You're Hanes. You are the fruit of his loin" - Barb Fraze

How Do You Like Them Apples?

So yesterday was National Sister's Day and, that's right, I hung out with my sister. We didn't get what we were looking for at Target but I did find season 6 of 24 on sale, they were just in the wrong place :] Although that should be the normal price for that because season 6 was a piece-o-crap! Afterwards we just watched movies. All day. I kid you not.

We watched Made of Honor[[yay:)]] which my sister mocked but I mean hey, it's a cliche chick flick...idk what she was expecting. It's super funny though :) Then there was 21, and finally, Good Will Hunting(which I had never seen before). It was *amazing* Followed by many amusing episodes of Friends.

Work was a pain in the butt today. Blahh. I'm bored here...with this town, this city, this metropolitan area....ughh. Let's go new experiences.


"Do you know what's worth fighting for? When it's not worth dying for? Does it take your breath away and you feel yourself suffocating? Does the pain weigh out the pride? And you look for a place to hide? Did someone break your heart inside? You're in ruins"


"You do you" - Jim Smith
RIP
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