Friday, November 30, 2007

Europe - a country?

I sincerely hope she's acting.


Diet Pepsi

I hate anything with the word diet or sugar-free attached to it. It's always so gross. All of the sodas have always given my headaches because of the aspartame in it.....BUT....Shawn came home with a case of DIET Pepsi Max the other day and it's so good! I can't even taste all the Splenda crap they usually put in it. I'm hesitant to start ordering or buying regular diet stuff when I go out, but maybe since I'm 20 now I may like it.
(KIDDING ABOUT THE WHOLE 20 YRO THING :: ROLLS EYES AT THOSE WHO BELIEVED ME::)

Go buy some!

Thursday, November 29, 2007

"N"

This post has completely no point and is solely for my amusement (as a lot of my post are) Begin:

I want to make a list of things that start with the letter "N". Shawn had homework this afternoon and one sheet was to draw lines to pictures of things beginning with the letter "N" and then to draw something else. He brings it to me to check and he has drawn two little sticks with circles on top that are supposed to be nails. I wasn't sure if we could really hand that in so him and I start trying to come up with things that are drawable(is that a word)by a 6 year old and start with "N". We were both drawing complete blanks as was his father (who I commissioned to help through Gmail Chat) so we decided to stick with nails but wrote the word in the space so his teacher would know we weren't being lazy.

So now I'm going to make a list of all the non-drawable things that start with "N" that I can think of.


Native American
Nitrogen
Newspaper
Needle
Nail clipper
Nail gun
Nail glue
Nail polish
Nice (as in the city)

......

Ok well :-) That's all I can think of....Phew that was hard!!!! I'm off to make French Onion Soup mmmmmmm

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Two Graves To Dig

When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.- Chinese Proverb


Isn't that how revenge happens? I love quotes. It's one of my favorite things, see my list below. In fact when mobile texting and mobile groups became hip I joined a group that sent out daily quotes. I love them. When I find one (or when I even become inspired to write one) I love to post it here or write in a notebook or mark it down other various places.

The latest one came from the book I'm reading 19 Minutes, By Jodi Picoult. It's about a kid who's bullied in all throughout his schooling "career" and goes on a shooting rampage at the high school. It's very good and also very unnerving. I find myself wanting to stop whatever I'm doing after horrific bullying incidents are recounted and find my brothers and give them a stern talking to about bullying. However, I'm finding myself having sympathy for the shooter. I feel awful, but I can't help it. I hear myself saying "Well now I know why he killed them."

Anyway I saw this quote at the start of chapter 2 and it made me smile(not a full out smile, kind of a lopsided grin thing) because that's exactly how revenge is. I've plotted numerous revenge scenarios in my head against people but I certainly don't have the guts to do it. When I read the Proverb I remembered the story I heard a few years back about the father who found out his 2 year old child was being molested by the neighbor and he went and killed him, only to find out later, the mother made it up. I was so sad when I heard that story. I couldn't possibly imagine being in that mans shoes and the agony he must have faced.

So the moral of the story? Those out there who are thinking of caring out a revenge plot...Don't do it! You'll regret it for certain!

In case you forgot:

When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging 2 graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.- Chinese Proverb

If you walk in 5" heels


If you walk in 5" heels
Originally uploaded by ClockworkGrue

Monday, November 26, 2007

Wounded by a friend? That's crazy talk!

I was on MySpace today looking at a friend's profile. On this particular friend's Friend List I noticed one of their friends (I've totally said the word friend 4 times in 2 sentences, actually make that 5) names and it said "Better are the wounds of a friend..." That struck my slightly odd so I Googled it to see who had said it. I was shocked-and a bit embarrassed seeing as I was a bible school student way back when and should have known this-to see that it was a scripture in Proverbs (27:6) Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemyand then I looked up a different translation and came up with this, Wounds made by a friend are intended to help, but an enemy's kisses are too much to bear.

I'm sorry but I do know the Bible is a very truthful thing. All though at times I don't abide by everything in it doesn't mean I don't believe. But this particular verse I just can't cosign for. I mean I have been wounded by a "friend" (in quotations for obvious reasons) and I have also been kissed by the enemy and I'll tell you I certainly prefer the enemies kisses any day. Now I'll stop you right there before you leave me a comment (whomever "you" maybe) to tell me the "enemy" is the Devil. For 1. I looked it up in my Thompson Chain Reference Bible and saw no cross referencing to Satan himself. and 2. If it does mean the devil then certainly I don't want kisses from him...But let's just say for a minute that's it's a human enemy. You know the kind. The guy at work who makes his snides remarks when you walk by. The cashier at your supermarket who bangs your groceries up or how about just that nasty kid that always makes fun of your new shoes in the hallway. Those are enemies and you know they are. Their behavior shouldn't shock you, it's a daily thing with enemies, so let them kiss you because you know it's just a lie. But what about them friends. You know the kind. The coworker that talks to you every Friday about that Grey's Anatomy shocker or forwards you Perez Hilton stories but reports back to your boss that your always late or online surfing the net. Then there's that "friend" that neighborly friend that comes over to gossip with you (Desperate Housewives style of course) only to broadcast your marital problems or financial problems as soon as she goes over to Mrs. Hubers house for tea and crumpets. The list could go on and on of various types of frenemies.

Why would anyone every prefer to be wounded by a friend? It's borderline craziness. Are you a masochist? Do you like the pain and anguish a friends wounds put you through???

But yeah I just think it's a pretty weird scripture. Maybe one not to be taking literally, kinda like the one that tells you to remove your own body parts if it offends you.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy (completely and utterly late) Thanksgiving. I hope this blog finds all my readers happy, well fed and thankful. This Thanksgiving for me was a big surprise. This year Shawn and I had decided to spend Thanksgiving at our apartment for various reason. I went shopping and purchased a 12 lb turkey and all the Thanksgiving "accessories". Then Thanksgiving morning I get a call from my mom inviting us over to my parents house for Thanksgiving dinner. I was really excited to go because I hadn't seen my little sister or brothers for a little while, but I was annoyed that I had just spent all this money on Thanksgiving stuff. Plus I had printed out handy little turkey tips and had already opened the turkey so we could have "crispy skin". So anyway we went to my parents and had a very lovely time seeing my uncles and grandparents and so forth. The day after Thanksgiving has always been our tradition to go see a movie so we went and saw "Fred Claus" and spent the rest of the evening at my Pop-pop and Gannie's to celebrate my uncle's birthday and my sister Arianna's birthday. Saturday I cooked the 12 lb turkey and it was very, very good. I'm pleased to say that I am pretty good cook. But we'll be eating off that thing for the rest of the week I'm sure!

Thanksgiving this year meant much more for me in previous years. Previously I'd run down my list of your standard things "I'm thankful for my health, my family, etc" But this year all of these things were true times 10. I had a lot to be thankful for this year! Now I'm looking forward to Christmas!