Friday confessions – the day is almost done. Sort of.
17 Feb 2012 2 Comments
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Last week I confessed to some things. mostly stupid things. This week, I’m doing the same thing…
1. I got an iphone. And I kind of love it. I can see why people like them. My BB keep on freezing and not charging and I had it for 2 years and it was time to go.
2. I screwed up my back. I’m limping around teh office. I AM ATTRACTIVE.
3. Everyone is going to Vermont this weekend. But not me. I will be at home. With the furbabies.
4. My valentine’s day was not exciting. I had dinner with my parents. I changed my headlight in my car.
5. Everyone that posted pictures of flowers that they received on FB with something to the effect of “LOVE YOU BABY YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING” made me want to stab myself in the eyes.
6. I don’t hate love. I just hate those sorts of people.
7. I have off on Monday. That’s the greatest thing I’ve ever heard.
8. Almost done with today. That’s another thing I will confess to. We get out at 3 – yay!
9. Last night I was saying hateful things about ex-boyfriends. I’m okay with that.
10. I woke up with a hangover this morning. All class all the time over here.
Friday Confessions – to make up for a lack of posting otherwise
10 Feb 2012 1 Comment
I used to post things. Do you remember that? Because I did. Since I really don’t have a lot to say…let’s come out with some confessions….
1. Last year it snowed..a lot. Like, all the time. This year it hasn’t really snowed at all. This makes me very very sad
2. I’ve been working out hardcore with one of the girls at work after work almost every day. It’s sort of like seeing a trainer, but so much cheaper. I haven’t noticed a difference in myself yet, but maybe soon?
3. I’m the new lead volunteer at the shelter on Saturdays. I’m still not sure how I feel about that. But now I’m in charge. So everyone better watch out.
4. One of the girls I work with makes me murderously angry. She’s just…dumb. And she plays it up to flirt with ALL THE MEN in the office. It makes us all insane. Stop flirting. Do your goddamn work.
5. We’re still waiting on the short sale. And by me, I mean my friend. I really think moving out is going to make a difference in my life. I just feel so…off being at home. It’s not my idea of a good time.
6. I got this idea from Pinterest (DEADLY) to make conversation heart cheesecakes – meaning heart shaped cheesecakes that you dye different colors and write little conversation hearts phrases on top. Now I’m on the hunt for the molds. And then EVERYONE WILL HAVE THEM. Or only 11 other people will have them.
7. I cannot stay up late anymore. I keep on trying to watch Justified…and instead I fall asleep on the couch
8. I love broccoli rabe. It can do no wrong in my life
9. Not sure how I feel about Valentine’s Day this year. I mean, last year was great and this year just…isn’t
10. I joined meetup and went to a meetup last Saturday night. It was…something. There was a woman that puked all over her plate and then handed it to the waitress. She then cried to her husband (while still being at the table) and freaked out. Then the bill came and she got mad that there was an 18% tip added. Lady, you barfed on a plate. You owe more than that.
Ten On Tuesday – Back Again edition
31 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
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1. What’s your variety of apple?
Granny Smith all the way. Or empires. We have apple trees at our house, so sometimes I just go and pick one off of the tree and eat it.
2. Do you prefer Long-English or Field cucumbers?
I guess field cucumbers? What’s the difference? My mom grows cucumbers in the garden
3. Tomatoes – Delicious or disgusting?
I’m weird about tomatoes. I only like garden grown ones and I like them on my sandwiches. I’m not a fan of tomatoes in salads. Unless it’s like a capri salad. Then it’s okay.
4. What’s one fruit or vegetable that you can’t stand and why is that?
BANANAS. I do not understand their existence. I hate them.
5. What’s your favourite way to prepare veggies? (Grilled, boiled, roasted, sautéed, etc.)
I like most of mine sauteed with garlic.
6. Sweet potato pie: Love it or hate it?
I don’t think I’ve ever had sweet potato pie. I’ve had sweet potato casserole - is that the same thing?
7. What’s your favourite “style” of French fry? Wedges, shoelace, curly, crinkle-cut or other?
Shoelace fries. The crispier the better.
8. What’s your favourite fruit-pie filling?
It’s a tie between apple pie or peach blueberry. I love pie. It makes my day better.
9. When you were a kid did your parents make you sit at the table until all your veggies were eaten off your plate?
I don’t think they did. My brothers were really fussy about what sort of things they ate, so we only had veggies they would eat.
10. Do you drink veggie & fruit juice blends (such as V8, etc.) or make them yourself?
Sometimes I’ll have V8 fruit blend whatever juice. I don’t seek it out, but I’ll drink it if it’s there.
Then there was that one time someone called me names
12 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
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Okay, so remember how I wrote that post about how Gilmore and I were no longer friends on facebook? And I said Facebook wasn’t real life?
It’s still not real life. But things have changed. And I’m going to admit some things about myself. So be prepared. The first thing that I am going to admit? Sometimes, I facebook stalk people. LISTEN, we all do it. We all want to find out what that person we liked in high school is up to. We all want to know more about an ex’s girlfriend. It’s human nature. Then you fall down the rabbit hole and next thing you know you’re looking at all 4,895 of someone’s pictures, trying to figure out what their deal is. That being said – I facebook stalked Gilmore. We’re not friends, but I wanted to see what he was up to. I AM A CURIOUS PERSON.
And through my stalking, I found out that Gilmore calls me Big Evil. Like, that is my proper name. He calls me Big Evil on Facebook. Which is sort of funny, in and of itself. I’m not really that evil. I just told him that I didn’t want to be with him anymore. It’s not like I was seeing someone else or found someone else, it’s just that those feelings weren’t there anymore. So in Gilmore’s world, being honest equals being evil. Are we all squared away on that? Good.
In addition, Gilmore is still friends with some of my friends on facebook. So when they post pictures of me on facebook, he can see them.
And again, in his demented mind, I’m Big Evil. Which means that he can say mean and nasty things about me on facebook. Like saying in a roundabout way that I’m ugly and fat. Which is just like…really? Are you 13 years old? That’s the best thing you can come up with? ALSO ON FACEBOOK? Mind you, he’s not telling me I’m ugly and fat. He’s posting on his friend’s wall that should he ever say that his life is sucking right now, he should look at pictures of me and be reminded that it doesn’t. Because he’s not with me anymore.
This just…what the fuck dude? I’m not going to say anything to him because then I look like the freaky stalker (which maybe I am) and also because then it’s just feeding into his statements. He wants me to notice. But here’s the thing. We broke up at the end of August. We’re in the middle of January. He’s still calling me the Big Evil. He’s still saying that I’m a bad person. it was MONTHS ago. He’s still hung up on it. He’s still saying insulting things about me to other people. Which makes him look like a twat. And honestly? I’m sorry that I hurt his feelings. I know it stings. BUT it had to be done. I was a mature adult about it. I sat him down and explained it. That was that.
And me? I don’t regret my decision at all. Him acting like a baby just makes me realize that I should have either left sooner or been meaner about it, since I’m the Big Evil anyway. If someone’s going to call me that, I should have least done something to deserve it.
Since I’m being honest about the facebook stalking, I’ll be honest about my feelings. I know it shouldn’t bother me. Because he’s going for the low blow here. But it hurt. It hurt to have someone that supposedly “loved” me call me horrible things in a very public forum. It hurt that he felt that is appropriate. Right now, I’m not feeling too good about myself. I’m feeling a little unpretty, a little overweight and you know, a lot low self esteem. So for his comments to be said hit a little too close to home for me.
Which leaves me here. Blogging about a stupid comment a stupid person left about me that wasn’t even to me. Now I’m inspired though. You want to call me fat? That’s what you think is appropriate? Screw you. I’m back to the gym. I’m working out. And you know what? I can fix fat. Hell, you can even fix ugly.
There are things about him you can’t fix. Things I won’t share on the internet, but know that they aren’t fixable. There’s one big thing about him that can’t be fixed, no matter what you do. All the plastic surgery, make-up and cover-ups can’t fix being ugly on this inside. He has to live with that.
Reverb ’11 Day 17 – Not Favorites
19 Dec 2011 2 Comments
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The prompt: Instead of a list of your favorite things, write a list of your least favorite things, e.g. Worst book you ever finished, the color you hate, bad songs, bad romances, bad recipes.
I’m thinking this shouldn’t be that hard…right?
- The Twilight series. Yes, I read them. I’ll admit that. I can see why the story is interesting. But they are just so badly written. Like..honestly.
- Justin Bieber. Again, I don’t get it.
- The color orange. WHY?
- Bananas. Anything having to do with bananas. Their entire existence bothers me
- Frosted mini wheats. I’ve tried to get into them. But they are my least favorite cereal at home
- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. I had to force myself to read it and then I just gave up. Because it was just boring me to death. I know a lot of people liked it though
- French vanilla coffee. I used to like it. Now the idea of it makes my stomach turn
Reverb ’11 Day 16 – This is a question made for me
16 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
Today’s prompt - What are your biggest pet peeves?
Oh man. This prompt. I could go on for hours and hours. But let’s get to the bullet points. In no particular order…
- People that walk slow in the middle of the sidewalk. MOVE TO ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER I HAVE SOME PLACE TO BE.
- Mouth breathers.
- The noise that people make when chewing.
- People that leave voicemails that say “Hi, it’s me. Call me”. WHY? What do you need? Let me know so I can figure out if I should call you now or later.
- Whenever my mom calls my cell phone, she says “Sarah?” as if maybe I’m not the one answering my own phone.
- People that drive under the speed limit for no good reason. Like the guy in the Kia today that I almost murdered because he was going 25 in a 40 mph zone. He wasn’t old, it wasn’t dark and the roads weren’t bad. He was just driving that way to piss me off.
- Children that run around like little nutcases and their parents don’t control them. Please, for the love of god, tell them to stop. Or I might trip them accidentally on purpose.
- Basically every annoying stay at home trophy wife Mom that lives in this area. That’s not to say that I don’t know some reasonable stay at home moms, it’s just that all the women in this area have a complex. That they are better than you and therefore can cut in line, yell at you and generally be bitches to society.
- People talking on the phone when they are checking out somewhere. Tell the person on the other end you have to go. I’ve been a cashier before, and there’s nothing ruder than someone not paying a little bit of attention to you and then throwing their credit cards at you.
- And even more so? People that stand too close to you in the checkout line when there’s no reason to be so close. And sigh dramatically when they have to wait in line. Even worse when they are at the register and complaining about waiting in line. YOU’RE ALMOST DONE. Please just go.
There’s more. Of course there are more. But I just look like a hateful bitch. I promise that I’m not. There’s a lot of joy in my world. Just not when these people are about.
Reverb ’11 Day 15 – Spicing up my life
16 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
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In case you forgot – I’ve been participating in Reverb Broads ’11. The prompt for the 15th (I’m behind. So sue me) is…
Did you taste any new flavors this year? Did you love or hate them or something in between? Will you incorporate these new flavors into your life?
This year, I got way into Indian food. And thai food. I’m not sure why, exactly – but any chance I get to have those sorts of food? I’m on it. I don’t know why I find these foods so delicious, I just know they are.
Maybe because I feel like when you make Indian food or Thai food, you’re not using all the crap that you would normally use when you make “american food”? I don’t know – I’m not in my brain.
I’m not going to try to cook Indian food. That’s just..a bad idea. I’ll screw it all up. And you know when you make really ethnic foods, you need all sorts of different, random spices that you’ll only use once. My friend’s parents have a recipe for Pork Lo Mein that’s apparently amazing. But you need 15 different spices and only use about a teaspoon of each. That stuff gets expensive quick.
Oddly enough, the best Thai food I’ve ever had was in Atlanta. Who knew?
Reverb ’11 Day 14 – Making a difference
16 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
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Is volunteering something you do regularly? If yes where do you volunteer? If not, why not?
This is a question I have no problem answering. As I’ve mentioned about 3,897,792 times, I volunteer at an animal shelter. And it’s one of the most rewarding and stressful things that I do.
I like knowing that I’ve made a difference in an animal’s life. And yes, it might not be as noble as working with sick kids or something like that, but I like it. KNowing that we can change a dog from an unsocialized terror to a wonderful pet is a great feeling.
But at the same time, the politics of the shelter have started to bother me. Not all the adopters are as awesome as I’d like them to be. I’ve had people yell at me. Straight up yell at me when something doesn’t go their way – like someone else is putting in an application for a dog that that they wanted to see. I’ve had people just leave their pets at our doorstep. Or next to the dumpster. I’ve seen the worst in people.
But I’ve also met a group of people that are so dedicated to one cause. And that? It’s a wonderful thing.
Reverb ’11 Day 13 – Anything you can do…no, I just do it better
15 Dec 2011 1 Comment
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What are three things you are better at than most people?
It’s really hard to say if there’s anything that I do better than someone else…but I’ll give it a shot…
1. Falling down. I fall down better than almost anyone else does. You can’t even try to fall down as well as I do. SRSLY.
2. Telling stories. I’m good at it. Sometimes I exaggerate, but it’s worth it.
3. Being me. I’m the best at being me.
Reverb ’11 Day 12 – Guilty Pleasures
15 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
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Name and explain the one guilty pleasure you can’t live without. ie: that cupcake shop you visit weekly, a book you repeatedly read to find solace in, etc). Then explore the idea of how you would feel if you gave that thing up for a year.
One of my guilty pleasures is stopping for coffee on the way to work. Whether it’s Starbucks, Dunkin or just the local bagel place, there’s no greater joy than doing that. Starting out a morning with a pumpkin spice latte? What could be better? Coming in to work with some nice, hot coffee and knowing I can go right to my desk and get to work? FABULOUS.
I know that coffee gets expensive. And I can have coffee at work – especially now that we have a K-cup machine here – wahoo! But let’s face facts – this gets expensive easily. And like I said, I can just have coffee at work. But sometimes, I need that little treat. I need to have the little pick-me-up of knowing that someone else has prepared my coffee better than I have myself. It’s a nice thing to have.
My other guilty pleasure? I always get a cupcake when I go into NYC. I’m lucky to have a good friend that lives in Manhattan and always knows where the best cupcakes are. Granted, there’s a Magnolia in GCT, but sometimes, it’s good to go somewhere else. Like Billy’s. Or something like that.
And the third one? I live near Dooney and Burke. You know, the maker of fancy bags. Every December they have this big ass tent sale where they have just about everything…ON SALE. I’ve been going for the past few years. It’s really hard NOT to buy a bag for $50 that was once like, $345. I know I don’t need those bags. But man, when you’re in a tent that’s just filled with beautiful leather bags? It’s hard to say no
