‘Sup!

In response to Thom’s earlier post “When the music stopped” and because it caused me to keep hearing it in my head I went onto youtube (I’ve become a junkie I know but they just make it so easy) and went searching for one of the better versions of our National Anthem. There were a lot a good ones, and one where a man sang a 4th verse I had never heard before, but of them all this little girl takes the cake.

So I haven’t been in the blog verse lately and there are many reasons for that (one of which is extreme laziness) but also lack of anything to write. I mean I think I chatted myself right out of my blog and how lame is that. It is after all one of my few joys. And speaking of joys, the most important reason I haven’t been writing is my Phlebotomy class. That’s right people, be happy that yawl moved away, because I am in the process of becoming and official leech aka blood sucker, aka living vampire. Sorry Thom, I will be knocking at your door soon looking for a donation

I think I have found my calling. And who would have ever thought I would get so much joy out of sticking people? (no commentary from the peanut gallery!) But I am finding it to be very cathartic. Well, we will see how it goes. We are to start week 3 Saturday and I can’t wait for class to get here! Yay!!!  And because I couldn’t resist such happiness I thought I would share with you one of my favorite songs of all time. I know it’s a little cheesy and for some it will be down right creepy but heh, it wouldn’t be me if it wasn’t.

What 5 days of positive thought can do…

Here is the premise that started this all off. My friend sent me the following e-mail:

Here’s to the shit we talk, the guys we stalk, the way we shop, the laughs we can’t stop, the gossip we spill, the looks that can kill. To having each other’s back, to the next morning getting all the facts, downing the beers, spilling the tears. We’ll stay together through the years! You’re one of my 10 favorite ladies! If I don’t get this back I’m obviously not a good friend . . . I love you! Now, I have a game for you. Once you read this, you must send it to your 10 favorite girls, then your next 5 days will be like this:

Day 1: You will wake up to find the biggest shock of your life.

Day 2: You will cross paths with an old friend you have missed.

Day 3: You will come to find yourself with A LOT of money.

Day 4: Your day will be perfect.

Day5: The love of your life will fall head over heels for you

Instead of being my normal sarcastic self and shooting of a responding smart ass remark to the sender, I decided to give in to the power of positive thinking and actually follow thru with the directions in the e-mail. Here’s what happened…

Day 1:  Any day I wake up alive is a shock, but I don’t know if it is ever the biggest one.

Day2:  I haven’t come across any old friends of late however I have made quite a few new ones. Unfortunately that was last week.

Day3: Since no one died and left me a small fortune and I didn’t win the lottery this one has definitely not come true. If anything, I seem to have lost a large amount.

Day 4: Ok-no gripes on this one as I don’t have to work and I most definitely have had a great day and a great dinner with my family.

Day 5: If the love of my life is supposed to fall head over heels for me today, then he and I are in for a big disappointment seeing as how I am already married to a pretty good guy. Maybe next life.

30 Days of Night and a wondering mind

I just watched 30 Days of Night and have to say it will definitely go down as one of my favs. Not because it was spectacular or anything, nor was the acting great-Hell, it wasn’t even because it was a vampire movie (which in my book would have automatically put it on the list). Nope, none of those things is the reason it is one of my favorites. Quite simply, it was the idea that a group of people could survive for 30 whole days of night. Monsters be damned because when compared to not having any sun for that length of time one must worry about what monsters from within will manifest. The duality of the movie was the most interesting aspect of it.

I especially love the main characters stoic practicality about killing friends and neighbors in order to ensure the survival of the group. I would definitely say that it takes that type of personality to survive in the Alaskan wilderness let alone to go without sunlight for 30 days. It would make for a psychologist’s dream study on the  SADD disorder.