friggin' idiot

"What the heck are you guys doing? Trying to ruin my life, make me look like a friggin' idiot?" - Napoleon Dynamite

unlike napoleon, i don't need anyone to make me look like a friggin' idiot....i do that just fine all by myself.

so, i poked my eye with my finger on monday. i'm a retard. and yes, it was an accident. ya, i poked it so bad that my cornea has a big 'ol finger nail scratch on it! man - eye injuries suck! monday night i couldn't sleep because every time my eyes started to roll back further in my head when i would start to get into a little deeper sleep, i would wake up in pain because my eye lid was scraping on the scratch on my cornea....it was bad. the doc gave me vicodin to take. ya, that made me throw up. fortunately this morning i woke up feeling fine and don't even need a tylenol. the opthamologist said that the cornea is the best place to injure your eye because it's the fastest healing; it's also the place that hurts the worst because of all the nerve endings.....so, hurt a lot for a little while, or hurt a little for a long while....hmmmm. in the end, i'm glad to have had the extreme pain-short term.

lesson learned: don't poke yourself in the eye....not a good idea.
check out my gimpy eye.

mmmMMMmmmmmm....With my naked eye I saw - all the falling rain - coming down on me......

harry potter vs. narnia

Nate and I ran into a couple in the hot tub at Skamania Lodge about a month ago. we didn't know them but the guy signaled to the book nate was reading and commented approvingly on his choice. nate was reading mere christianity by c.s. lewis. love c.s. lewis! so, we started talking about what a great author, thinker, philosopher c.s. lewis was and what great books he put out. that lead us to the chronicles of narnia (sp?) series and our excitement at the new movie coming out on the series....as the conversation progressed we were able to deduct that they were "religious" of some sort and they realized the same of us, or at least it was assumed when we mentioned that both of us work at our church full time).......we were doing fine and connecting well until the guy said "oh we just love c.s. lewis and the chronicles of narnia. it's such a great way for kids to learn about good and evil [...] but you know those harry potter books they've got out these days....they're just plain evil! it's just a shame how parents let their kids read that garbage [...] you know i've seen kids before and after reading those books and their whole outlook changes....they become depressed and angry [...] blah, blah, blah....

our conversation was over after that, just as soon as it began. what was i supposed to say to that? we just kinda responded like, "oh really?" and there wasn't much to say after that......they just assumed that because we worked at a church we would hold the same opinions as them.......it really baffles me how christians get soooo legalistic and judgmental. i'm still baffled to this day at how i so quickly became that way when i was 15....thankfully i got over that quick....

what is the difference between the magic in the chronicles of narnia that c.s. lewis writes about and the magic in harry potter? if the guy's case on the matter is that the narnia books are great for showing kids good and evil......harry potter does just that! they both include magic. seriously, am i really missing something that's very terribly wrong with harry potter? i'm willing to hear someone's debate on this if they think i'm wrong....maybe i'll hear some feedback that'll make me change my mind. but until then.....i think all the negative hubbub surrounding harry potter is stupid and just another way for religious christians to create an "in" or "out" of the club mentality towards other people and makes it easier for them to reject people while feeling justified in doing so.

making fun

so I recently suedo-admonished a friend of mine for not being able to take a joke. for taking things too seriously and getting annoyed by the very fun, yet very nerdy prank me and some other nerds (who will remain nameless) pulled at his expense. after having said that some of you now know what I'm talking about. for those of you who don't, unfortunately you will have to remain in the dark unless the poor soul whom we pranked decides to share it with you....

so back to the reason for this post. i got to thinking about my suedo-admonishment towards my friend and wondered "really how i would feel if i had been pranked in the same way?" of course, i immediately respond to myself by saying "i would totally just get over it, laugh about it, and in general be a good sport." myself spoke yet again and countered by saying "well then how would you prove that? how do you know how you would respond in the same situation?" i didn't have such a quick response after that and i do believe that there is really no way to predict, how i would respond in the same situation however, i did come up with a good way to test whether i'm a good sport or not when it comes to poking fun at myself........and THAT my friends is what follows below!



that's right! i was 15 and wanted to be a model, so what does every 15 year old girl do when they want to start putting a portfolio together? get Glamour Shots done! of course!

Oh, but that's not all.... because you know that this is really great black-mail material and even if i were to stop here, it would certainly be enough but nooooo! to prove that i'm a good sport about it, I'm gonna give you more!


now you've seen the green & gold outfit....how about the white and black outfits?



are you still alive? can you handle more? ok, this is about it.....this is the last of all I have....


ok! now it's your turn! let me have it!

actually what would be really fun is if you guys all downloaded the pics, drew on my face too, then posted them in your comments! i'd love to see all your beautiful artwork on my face............go!

imix

Click on the pic above to see my new running imix in itunes. This is one of my top favorite playlists to run to. (see below for explanation on why this one as opposed to the last one I posted is now my favorite.) However, there are 5 more songs on my playlist that itunes does not yet have available. So here is the order and titles in case you find them elsewhere....

1. Me, Myself and I - Beyonce - Dangerously in Love
2. All or Nothing - Athena Cage - Save The Last Dance Soundtrack
3. Breathe - Telepopmusik - Genetic World
4. Gotta Get Thru This (D'n'D Radio Edit) - Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This
5. Ready Or Not (Dance Mix) - Fugees
6. Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue - Fever
7. Wherever You Are (I Feel Love) - Laava - Wherever You Are (I Feel Love) EP
8. The Edge - Eiffel 65 - Europop
9. Burn for You - Kreo' - Perfect Playlist: Dance, Vol. 1
10. Scatman - Scatman John
11. Sanstorm - Darude - Radikal Techno, Vol. 5
12. Crazy Train - Madonna & Ozzy
13. Stole - Kelly Rowland - Simply Deep
14. My Life - Mary J. Blige - My Life
15. Emotional Rollercoaster - Vivian Green - A Love Story

Enjoy!

P.S. As you will see, some of the songs are repeats from the last playlist that I posted but, go figure, after using that playlist a couple of times...I ended up hating it!! Some of the songs just got old way too fast...for example: one of outcasts' songs repeated the "female dog" word (you know which one I'm talking about) over and over in varying ways until the song was over....that got real old, real fast and just made me mad...not energized after the workout...SO! This is a good one!
P.S.S. To see more of my imixes, just click on "see all imixes by this user" and it will take you to any others I've put together.

too good

You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like Heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

Pardon the way that I stare.
There's nothing else to compare.
The sight of you leaves me weak.
There are no words left to speak,
But if you feel like I feel,
Please let me know that it's real.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you, baby,
And if it's quite alright,
I need you, baby,
To warm a lonely night.
I love you, baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby.
Let me love you.

You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like Heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you, baby,
And if it's quite alright,
I need you, baby,
To warm a lonely night.
I love you, baby.
Trust in me when I say
Oh, pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay and let me love you..
~Frankie Valli - The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Click here to listen to a clip from itunes.

Nate and I first heard this song when we watched the movie Conspiracy Theory with Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts. For some reason we love the movie and we have adopted this song as "our song." I like Lauryn Hill's version of it better which is a track that is on her "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" album. I have the album and know it's there but for some reason itunes doesn't have it listed. If you have a chance, listen to it; it's a great song and it's made even better with the cool remake by Lauryn Hill.

...so Nate, babe this post's for you!

re-offender

Keeping up appearances
Keeping up with the Jones'
Fooling my selfish heart
Going through the motions

But I'm fooling myself
I'm fooling myself
Cause you say you love me
And then you do it again, you do it again
You say your sorry's
But then you do it again, you do it again

Everybody thinks you're well
Everybody thinks I'm ill
Watching me fall apart
Falling under your spell

But you're fooling yourself
You're fooling yourself
Cause you say you love me
And then you do it again, you do it again
You say your sorry's
And then you do it again, you do it again
And again and again and again and again
~Travis - Singles
Click here to listen to a clip from itunes.

isms

so I walked into a public restroom about a month ago and saw a bunch of graffiti on the wall; it said:

"Death to isms!!" then under it was a bunch of examples..."racism, sexism," etc. I had to laugh as I read it though because although I agree with the written message.....I'm thinking to myself what about the bigger message, the unspoken message you're (whoever it was) communicating......what about vandalism?

....I have yet to get the bumper sticker that says "BE the change you wish to see in the world" to put on my car....fighting isms like racism, sexism, etc. is always easier said than done....I believe change happens one person at a time and starts with the individual themselves.

really, what kind of social change is going to be brought about against "isms" by vandalizing on a wall in a public restroom....come on!