Valentine's.......HA

Today is Valentine’s day. And to give a brief history, Valentine’s Day has been celebrated for centuries. The day has been named for an early Christian martyr, Saint Valentine, which was established in 496A.D. Now, for the sarcastic and bitter ranting of the lonely hearts club...a.k.a. Sarahann and Brenda.
Well for all of those who don’t have a significant other on this day of love and joy, fret not! Singles Awareness Day (SAD) can be just as wonderful for you as it is for all the lucky couples celebrating V-Day. Take yourself out to the nearest grocery store, buy a quart of ice cream, go home, plug in a good movie (one you've seen far too many times), and cry into the couch cushions as not to wake the neighbors upstairs. Though this does not change the fact that you are still single or desperate, it will relinquish the anxiety that has built up due to the pressure put upon you by your parents for grandchildren, friends who are tired of hearing you whine, and society who convinces you that you have to be with someone to be happy. (Special thanks to Stephanie Meyers.)
All joking aside, SAD is a day not to weep your loneliness but rather to celebrate your love for yourself. So go out and buy yourself a box of chocolates and enjoy your awesomeness!

My Picture

alright so this is one of the pieces i just finished for this art show in february. i hope it gets accepted!

Thoughts

What to blog...what to blog.....hmmmmmm....? What a boring thing this is not to have anything interesting to blog about. Is my life really that boring? Or do I just think that no one will want to know about my uninteresting life. I am not witty, and though I find myself vastly entertaining I really doubt that anyone else does. Now this isn't to put myself down. I'm just not feeling that anything has really been going on that would be of interest to write about. I do the same thing everyday. I get up, get dressed (sometimes), go to work, sit for 4 hours and talk to people, go home and either read or watch a movie. Every once in awhile I'll jazz it up and go to Jill's house and watch a movie there or play video games. I live an exciting life, can't you tell?
There is one thing I am looking forward to. My dear sister Melinda is going to "80's" rock out my hair for me. Its gonna be amazing. Its not for anything special, I just want to do it. It was like that time I had Jill dye my hair. I didn't do it for any special reason, just wanted to do something new.
In the not so exciting world of Brendaland, I am going to a Led Zeppelin Tribute concert at the end of this month. I am rather stoked about that. Me and my friend Sara are going. It'll be legendary.

yup.........

pretty sure i am addicted to 80's rock music.......well good 80's rock. I kinda wish I had 80's rocker hair....it would be epic.

As Usual

Well as usual my life is......complicated. Oh so very complicated. Some thing's i will admit are very simple but alas...it never seems to stay that way. Especially dealing with humans and their emotions. How I despise telling people, who are my friends, something I'd rather not tell them. Because mainly I don't want to hurt their feelings and cause a rift. Now you can say "well you don't know how they will respond"...sorry to say but I do have a good idea. If they are my friend, I know fairly well how they will react to certain things, depending on the severity of whatever I am wont to tell them. It's nothing to worry about, oh sisters who read my blog, just a dilemma I have been putting off. Mainly because I care a lot about the person I have to talk to and I know it'll hurt their feelings. *shrugs* I know I'm not doing them any favors by putting it off but......yeah, put it off I will.

super....not

Have you ever wanted to be a superhero? Or at least have super powers? Personally, I have. I've had people ask me "if you could have any super power what would it be and why?" Now to be honest, this is a very difficult question to answer. Seriously...it is. Well does everyone in this alternate universe have an ability? Or is it only a select few in the population like the x-men or the show "heroes"? Because if it is only a select few that have a "sixth sense" or ability then i would want an ability that would allow me to absorb theirs but not take it away from them (if that makes sense) if i come into contact with them then I would have that ability as well, on top of the the ones I've already absorbed. Because like wolverines ability were you don't age and cant really die, I think that would be tiring. I mean how sad and lonely life would be if I had to continually watch all those I loved age and die. It would be like I'm a vampire (minus the blood sucking). I think I would become severely bored if I had to live forever by myself.

Wise advice.

There is more to life, then increasing its speed.

oh black friday....

So I stayed up till midnight to shop at walmart for black Friday. WOW. I have never seen so many stinking people at walmart all at once. And I got there at 11pm so that I could grab the movies I wanted early and thank goodness I did because holy crap there was a large amount of people there. I told megan (my accomplice) that it would be a perfect opportunity to take photos for peopleofwalmart.com....because there was a lot of weirdly dressed folks there! Anyway, I still didn't get the one thing I wanted but I did get a lot of things I didn't realize I did want. If that made sense. Well I'm exhausted now. Surprisingly enough I arrived at walmart at 11pm and left at exactly 1pm. So all in all, I'm impressed at my own agility of maneuvering through the crowded walmart.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is supposed to be about family coming together and thinking about how blessed we are and what we're thankful for. But does it ever happen that way? Sometimes. (I'm not a complete cynic). But a majority of people, I think, lose focus on what it's really about. Its not just about the great food we have only once a year. Or about gorging ourselves to the point of having a food coma. But about showing gratitude for everything we have today. So just to show I'm not a hypocrite, I will tell you what I'm thankful for. I'm thankful for God in my life, family, friends, that I have a roof over my head and food on my table. I'm grateful for the support of my family and my friends. I'm grateful for music, art, trees, rain, not snow (sorry but I'm not grateful for snow), flowers (roses specifically), technology (since without it you wouldn't be reading this), socks, literature, theater, dark chocolate, energy drinks (I know, I shouldn't be grateful for those but I am), watches, teachers/professors, modern transportation (though I do think it would be fun if we had to ride horses to get to places), cameras, freedom, democracy (since without that I wouldn't really be able to express myself), History books (they are fascinating to read), modern medical care, deodorant (that's right...its important). I'm grateful for the brilliant minds that brought us most of these things that we have. Such as: electricity, transportation, the declaration of independence, bill of rights...etc. This is actually just a small list of things I'm grateful for. But you get the idea. Showing gratitude is very important and not just on Thanksgiving. We should try to have an attitude of gratitude in all that we do. Think about it, do we really appreciate the era we have been born into? I don't know how many people think about that. I am glad I was born in this day in age since it would suck hard core to have been born during the renaissance for example. At the same time it would have been amazing, but really, if you think about all the stuff that really went on then, it wouldn't have been that great. (Don't get me wrong...I love the renaissance. Mid-devil times are actually my favorite time period to study). But seriously, to have been born in the United States, I think we take our freedom for granted. And every once in awhile we should stop and think about how grateful we are to our forefathers who fought for our rights and privileges in the first place.


What does Thanksgiving really mean? Is it just about the huge roasted bird, the mashed potatoes and gravy, the large amount of excess food that can be used for days after? Or does Thanksgiving have a deeper meaning. (Not that I’ve discovered.) Thanksgiving isn’t solely about the food but about families spending quality time together. Along with appreciating the sacrifices of ancestors/ forefathers who made this country what it is. Now the definition of Thanksgiving is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving was a holiday to express thankfulness, gratitude, and appreciation to God, family and friends for which all have been blessed of material possessions and relationships. (Yes Sam, I copy and pasted that last bit from Wikipedia).
To go from a religious holiday to a holiday that encourages gluttony and slothfulness is rather sad. The couch may be the only thing you are capable of cuddling with on this day, as you fall asleep for 4 hours, wake up and enjoy the wholesome pie that was left over and a turkey sandwich. You may be terrified to step on a scale for fear of it breaking but don’t worry, sweat pants don’t judge.
So make sure you stock up on your TUMS and Alka Seltzer. Because heart burn and a stomach ache are heading your way. God Bless America.