Truly Awesome
June 16, 2009 § Leave a comment
Since last year’s election was the first one in which I was able to participate, Barack Obama is the first president that I really know anything about.
Now let’s talk about the intense hatred I have for insects. Last Friday when I was drying my hair in the bathroom, I noticed a fat fly buzzing around. I quickly closed the bathroom door, trapping the unfortunate bug with me. It flew around frantically as if it had foreseen its impending doom. I opened the blinds, since flies love crawling around on windows, and waited for it to land there. When it did, I smacked it with a little notepad that was in the door and picked it up off the floor with some toilet paper, disposing of its remains in the garbage can. I felt the thrill of victory.
I was delighted to see today that ninja-like reflexes [when it comes to exterminating annoying insects] are something that President Obama and I have in common:
Give and Take
June 14, 2009 § Leave a comment
I’ve realized rather recently that gift-giving is one of my love languages, though in a more minor way than my two main ones. I really enjoy buying things for people that I love, which is why it took me an hour to pick out a hat for my brother’s birthday present — it had to be perfect. I groused about how much it cost [$29 after tax], but I decided it was worth it.
After he had gone to bed on the eve before his birthday last week, I put the present, wrapped up, before his door so that he could receive it first thing in the morning. I’m always the last one awake in my family on the weekdays, so by the time I came out of my room he had already opened it.
Larry was watching TV downstairs with the hat next to him on the table, and when I approached him I didn’t receive any word of thanks [not that I was looking for gratitude, but I figured he’d be excited to get what he had been wanting]. Instead, he told me that it looked weird on him. He put it on to show me and indeed, although the hat size was S/M, it was too big for him. I thought it looked better on me, to be honest:
So the hat spent the rest of the week on my parents’ dresser, unwanted.
Today after church, my mother took Larry to the mall to exchange the hat for another one. When I returned home from eating out, he had his new hat on already — this one cost freaking $39!
This one does fit his little head much better, but I still feel sad that my gift wasn’t good enough. But seriously? A forty dollar hat?? Jeez.
Worth Celebrating
June 10, 2009 § Leave a comment
In honor of my brother turning 13 today, I would like to start out this post with a little insight into his life:
I saw that on my Facebook feed two days ago. After recovering from my initial shock at seeing my brother curse in such a public domain, I proceeded to comment on his status, reprimanding him for his language. I checked back a few hours later to see if any of his other friends had commented after me, and discovered that the twerp had deleted my comment!
Nothing like a little shame, eh? Fine. I got the message. Clearly, my reproach is unwanted. Well happy birthday anyway, little punk! I hope he enjoys the $30 skater hat I bought for him [he had better wear that thing like it’s glued to his head].
Continuing on with the Facebook statuses, here are some more that I found coincidental in recent months:
What was baffling everyone, I wonder?
Ha ha if only practical, immediate advice were available every time I had a problem.
Obviously, those St. Louis ribs were delicious & worth discussing.
Coincidences occur on Twitter as well:
I have no idea what was going on, although as a Macbook user I suppose I should be more in the loop.
The gym is a popular place; I should really go more often.
Lastly, this ONTD comment just made me LOL in real life:
The Early Days
June 8, 2009 § Leave a comment
From what I can tell, this looks like a woman with a tiny head and huge breasts:
It is, according to Economist.com, “probably the oldest human statue yet discovered,” carved from a mammoth tusk.
An interesting discovery, yes. The short blurb ends with this: “[…] this discovery adds to the evidence that human thinking—or male thinking, at least—has hardly changed since the species evolved.” I just glanced over these words and exited the page, but something caught my eye and I backtracked. “Male thinking,” really? Who’s to say that this wasn’t carved by a woman? It may be easy to wrap this statuette in a stereotype, and I know that comment was meant to be light-hearted, but I refuse to be taken in with such an easy joke.
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