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15 May 2012 @ 11:46 pm
Also, sidenote, the same lady who lost her agenda told me she used to live in my neighborhood 20 years ago, but when one day she came back from vacation and found her house broken into, her electronics stolen and a big butcher knife on her bed... she moved lickety split. I've been paranoid about bad guys coming to get me ever since. What with little six-year-old Isa being stolen from her own bed a block away from where I work (they still haven't found her yet) and the stories about murders and stick-ups at local gas stations and banks... I'm just happy to be going to sweet home Connecticut for a little while where people leave their doors unlocked and their bicycles in their front lawn without any fear of them being stolen.
 
 
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15 May 2012 @ 11:32 pm
I found a woman's important date book the other day on the side of the road with all her important dates and entire life schedule in there. She said I'm her guardian angel and there's definitely a God up there... she tried to give me $40 and I wouldn't accept it but when she said, "Please, I insist," I didn't say "no" a second time!!! :-)

That's the good thing that happened today. The two bad things are that just two days ago my boss said I was his "number one employee" but then today said that when I get back from vacation in Connecticut I may not have a job because he just employed two new people to replace me while I'm away. If they are still working when I get back, I will have to find somewhere else to work. It is fine by me I guess because I think I'd like to pursue acting again. I want to audition for a musical because lately I find myself singing songs as I clean the house like "Little Girls" from Annie and "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" from My Fair Lady and "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" from Sound of Music and "Consider Yourself" from Oliver!



Yes, I'd really like to go back to acting, I miss it. The other bad thing that happened is that my co-worker told me that her friend shot and killed himself in front of her the other day. I was completely shocked and didn't know what to say to her. I just gave her a hug. I guess that's the reason I had to work double time last week... the reason she was unable to work. :(
 
 
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04 May 2012 @ 11:02 pm


This is the saddest thing I can think of... children that were neglected and abused who developed severe attachment disorders and exhibited signs of homicidal behavior. The above case is a sad one but has a semi-happy ending. The below case is grim, depressing, and has no happy ending at all. I am glad that there is therapy that can help reverse the violent tendencies and help restore a moral conscience... but I wish they had such resources for Mary such as they had for Beth back in the 1960's.



It is hard to imagine that children can be capable of such monstrosities.
 
 
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03 May 2012 @ 02:50 pm
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It took me a couple hours but I actually created this almost entirely in paint shop. Impressive, eh? I know, I impress myself sometimes. LOL JK!
 
 
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29 April 2012 @ 03:33 pm
My whole life I've been told by random people "feminists are BAD!" Why, just the other day at work someone told me, "I was walking in the mall and I saw a beautiful teenager wearing extremely revealing clothes. Her boyfriend yelled at her, 'Get over here slut...' and she actually came like a little puppy dog! That's a feminist. Don't ever be one."

As a youngster I would ask these people exactly what a feminist was, and the answer would be something like, "A feminist is a woman who marches in demonstrations, shucks her bra and tosses it into a bonfire to signify stripping off the yoke of male oppression." I did not want to be associated with those crazy radicals and so whenever someone asked if I was a feminist, I would say "no."



But that's not what feminism is really all about! We have been grossly misinformed.


Hey, Tyra Banks, you're doin' it WRONG!

What is feminism really? It is a movement for social, political, and economic equality of men and women.

Is it discrimination when men make more money than women and the men get promoted to higher positions over women who may have been more qualified. It is discrimination to disallow women the right to vote, hold office, or own property. I am extremely thankful to the women's suffrage movement for paving the way for women of the future to have the rights that men enjoy. If this is what a feminist is, then yes, I am a feminist.

I am very proud of my grandmother Janet McGaughran who was one of the original "Rosie the Riveters."



After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the full involvement of the U.S. in World War II, the male work force was depleted to fill the ranks of the U.S. military. So while the men were off fighting to save the world from Nazis, my grandmother was one of many teenage girls who fulfilled their patriotic duty by building planes for the war effort in Long Island, New York. She helped make it socially acceptable and even desirable for women to work outside the home. I am extremely grateful to her and the many other women who had her courage to step outside the constructs of what was proper for a lady at that time.

The media has portrayed feminists to me as women who don't shave their legs, wear their hair cropped short, and never wear dresses or anything else feminine. I know that's not true, but that's the image most people get when they think of a feminist.

Like all political movements, they usually start off with a good principle and someone takes it too far, perverts it, and it gets out of hand. Feminism has turned into a belief system. "If you believe THAT, then you can't possibly be a feminist," is something I would hear an awful lot in high school and is something I still hear today.

People have wrongfully attributed certain beliefs to the feminist worldview that don't belong with the label. There are different types of feminists. I can still be a feminist while believing that abortion is morally wrong except in the case where the pregnancy threatens the mother's life.

Whenever someone asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, I would get criticized for answering, "I'd like to be a stay-at-home mom while my husband brings home the bacon." Because of this, kids in high school made fun of me and called me an anti-feminist. But a feminist can still be an advocate for other women to go out and work equally alongside men even if she herself wishes to stay home and care for children!!! You don't have to stereotype people just because they choose a certain lifestyle. Just the other day at work I got yelled at by a co-worker who felt personally insulted when I told her I wanted to stay home with my kids and home-school them. "Some women don't have that luxury!" She spat. I could have said a lot of things to her but I didn't. I thought of her poor little daughter at home who was shoved into daycare for the majority of her day. I don't ever want to do that to my children. I worked at a daycare myself and I know what they are like. The kids don't get enough individual attention like they should and they are often starved for love. They cling to your legs at the end of the day and don't want to go home because the teacher has essentially become their mama. (Granted this isn't the case for all kids but I find it to be true for many.)

"No woman should be authorized to stay at home to raise her children... precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make it."
-Simone de Beauvoir

The arrogance of this statement is SHOCKING. She has no basis at all to say this. The very person who should be FIGHTING for rights of women is advocating the robbery of a woman's right to take care of her own children rather than pay a stranger to do it. Simone de Beauvoir is a slave to a political agenda and I honestly pity her. She is trying to pass laws that say "Any man who says something mean to a woman should be trialed for a hate crime and labeled a bigot." These kinds of feminists are sexists who trample liberty, restrict women's choices, and foster animosity between the sexes.

That is not where feminism started in its roots and is the exact reason why so many people tell me not to be a feminist. It's the crazy ones that give the rest all a bad name.

The libertarian view of feminism is closer to the actual definition than the socialist and collectivist definition which is equality = sameness. We all know women =/= men. Women have vaginas and men have penises (obviously) but deeper than that, men are more physically able than women, women have stronger intuition, emotional perception, and are more in tune with their feelings. Women are usually more compassionate and men are usually more logical and rational. These may sound like stereotypes, and while there are exceptions, these male/female traits are generally the rule.



Women tend to excel in language while men tend to excel in mathematics. Men also more likely to be dyslexic or have other language disabilities since they’re more often left-brain dominant. Males are also more prone to autism, ADHD and Tourette’s Syndrome, while women are more susceptible to mood disorders like anxiety and depression.


It is a universally accepted fact that most little boys like to play with bulldozers and trucks while most little girls like to nurture their dollies and play house. In one out of 100,000 pregnancies, a genetic defect causes human female babies to be exposed to a bath of the male hormone androgen... a condition called congenital adrenal hyperplasia (or CAH for short.) These girls act like "tomboys" and typically play with "boy" toys more than their female counterparts. Child psychologist Michael Lewis conducted an experiment with one-year-old boys and girls to see how they would react to being separated from their mother by a barrier. The boys tried to knock the barrier down while the girls stood passively, crying for help.

JeongMee Yoon is a Korean artist who has done a series of photographs entitled “The Pink and Blue Project.” She asks children to gather together all of their pink and blue things, and photographs them with their collections.



Notice the trucks and trains in the boy picture and the pink tutus in the girl picture? People may maintain that girls are conditioned to be "girly" but if you're a mom, you've probably lost count how many times your little girl begged for a Barbie dream house or a princess gown to play dress up in. Boy and girls are intrinsically different.

On another note, when have we deemed it acceptable to objectify women because we’ve decided that objectification is actually empowering?



Watch this video and observe Britney's confidence. What some might call self-assurance could also be pride and vanity. Notice how she objectifies herself like all her worth is in how sexy she is and how every man must want her body. Wearing revealing clothing and engaging in lewd behavior are forms of female self-objectification. Many might call that a form of empowerment but critics contend that it has led to a greater emphasis on sexualization and lowered women's sense of self-worth.

This phenomenon is documented in "Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture." The author, Ariel Levy, follows a the camera crew from the Girls Gone Wild video series and argues that today's culture not only objectifies women but it encourages women to objectify themselves. Levy writes, "The idea of a woman participating in a wet T-shirt contest or being comfortable watching explicit pornography has become a symbol of feminist strength, that women are now strong enough to express their sexuality publicly." I was shocked when my friend told me that she frequently flashes her breasts at construction workers because she feels bad for them working hard all day in the Arizona heat and they need a little pick-me-up. I replied "No offense to what I'm sure are beautiful breasts, but what if you've just offended that man and he doesn't actually want to see your breasts? You've just demeaned yourself and degraded your sexuality by letting any old person see what is precious and and now that man thinks less of your dignity. What if that man is happily married and faithful to his wife and you've just tempted him to lust after you? You've actually done him a disservice rather than a favor." She kind of looked at me dumbfounded and shrugged her shoulders.

Women have done this to themselves. They not only don't care that women are being turned into sex objects, they actually like being sex objects. When young Italian women were asked what they'd like to do after high school, the number one answer was "showgirl." Today, Italy has the lowest percentage of working women in Europe. Only 2 percent of top management positions are held by women — that's even behind Kuwait — and only 17 percent of the members of parliament are women — less than in Rwanda and Burundi.

People seem to encourage the perspective that objectification is okay just as long as we also show curvy women prancing around half-naked alongside the skinny white blonde ones with big breasts. "Oh, good for that commercial, it is so progressive! Kudos to showing a fat black woman without clothes on because that's a step in the right direction." *CRINGE*

Ex-burlesque dancer Laurie Penny once said, "Since the dawn of time, women have been told that their most important social bargaining chip is the power to suggest sex and then withhold it, denying our own desires and manipulating the desires of men." It is disgusting that women are told that their most valuable asset is their sexuality. Women's sexuality is an incredibly beautiful thing and there isn't much on this planet that is more beautiful than a nude female figure... but society has taught us that female bodies exist to be placed on display, gawked at, and to be enjoyed (and accessed) by men. There is absolutely nothing inherently degrading about a nude woman but it becomes degrading in the wrong context.

I hate the fact that words that used to mean female dog and prostitute are being thrown around so that they've lost their true meanings. It's very similar with what has happened to the N-word with black people. See the parallels in this video and stand up and cheer.




I don't get this video at all... the rally is called a Slutwalk and the women are saying "My body does not exist to pleasure you," and yet they are dancing in their underwear and wearing TRAMP tattoos as they chant "Rape is a felony."


Ummm, ???????

Women! We are taking one step forward and twelve steps back!!! We need to reclaim our beauty by keeping it sacred, reclaim our intelligence and our equality to men by taking a stand against sexism. Don't accept anyone calling you a nasty word. Don't laugh when someone attacks your character. Stand up for yourself. I am taking a stand against the ladies at work who keep telling me I should dye my hair and dress less "simple." I love my hair the way it is and I shouldn't have to change my style for anyone. I am a WOMAN dang it and I am happy and proud to have the XX chromosome! I am created differently than a man but I am in no way inferior to him. YOU GO GIRLS!
 
 
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28 April 2012 @ 01:29 pm
EmpressPurl wrote: "We are about to move into a gorgeous home and the hubby shot down my color scheme idea for our kitchen (red/turq)"
Sundancer wrote: "My kitchen is red/turquoise and I LOVE it! Good plates that would go with that scheme is Chirp which is what we have.


Would your husband settle for turquoise walls with red kitchen items such as a red tea kettle and a red kitchenaid?





I think red and turquoise is a lovely combination and if you do it right, it can be VERY beautiful! Ever since I saw my in-laws kitchen with bright red walls, I wanted to do the very same thing. But also check out this one:



How pretty is that? Add a couple red items to it such as a red coffee maker, kitchenaid, tea pot, and a set of red kitchen knives and it would be so gorgeous... or even just gorgeous the way it is without the red.

I absolutely CAN NOT wait to have my own home and decorate it as I wish. Right now I live in an apartment so I can't do much to the walls and wouldn't really want to anyway as it's money out the window since I'd just have to paint it all back to white in the end when we move out.
 
 
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22 April 2012 @ 03:40 am
Up until now, I would have said that these were perhaps the more beautiful book book covers I've seen:

A famous book cover from 1895.

These were made by Jessica Hische for Sterling Publishing and part of the Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics collection.

Commissioned by Sterling Publishing and designed by Hugh D’Andrade.

However, I was poking around in Target the other day and I saw, BY FAR, the most beautiful book I have ever laid eyes upon.



See more beautiful details... )

In other news, I just finished Pride and Prejudice which was really good. I am going to read 1984 and Gone With the Wind next.


Which Jane Austen Man is For You?
George Knightley Congratulations! You have the result of George Knightley!

Mr. Knightley is a thirty-seven year old gentleman farmer and magistrate. His place is Donwell Abbey, and he is quite secure in his income. His favorite things include his farm, strawberries, spruce beer, reading, and spending time with friends. For games and exercise, he likes walking and horseback riding. He is turned on by fairness, impeccable manners, civic-mindedness, and intelligence. He is turned off by pettiness, social cruelty, insincerity, and snobbery. His friends would call him honest, gracious, charitable, sensible, and straightforward.

Mr. Knightley can be found in Emma.
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Which Jane Austen Character Are YOU?
Anne Elliot (From Persuasion) Qualities: easily persuaded, kind, sensible, noble, observant, romantic, anxious, quiet.

About you: You have three sides. You are a kind, quiet and noble being with sense. You are a romantic and anxious observer. You are easily persuaded and meek.

The last can be your downfall but the first two sides save you from your problems. You will always find true friends and true love, as people are attracted to your quiet beauty. But you have to stand up for what you want out of life to get what you can. However, where there's a will there's a way, and true love will find itself being drawn to you forever like a magnet. You know the saying: You either always love or never did.

Fortune: You will have your fairytale ending with all wrongs becoming rights in the end. And you totally deserve it.
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18 April 2012 @ 01:01 pm
Funny how my job wants my social security card and all the social security office requires to get one is my driver's license which my job already has along with my birth certificate and marriage license. How many fricken documents do I gotta show to prove who I am?
 
 
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12 April 2012 @ 05:19 pm

I found this extremely offensive to the families of those who were lost on April 14, 1912. Now, how would you feel if you saw a meme that had a picture of an airplane saying "Challenge Accepted" with the next picture being that of the twin towers in flames and then the final picture being the same airplane grinning stupidly? There is absolutely no difference. Both were horrible moments in history where thousands of lives were lost.

Then again, the person who made that meme was probably one of these people...


In any case, good movie...

I kind of want to see it in 3D even though I've already seen it like seven times and own it on home video.
 
 
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11 April 2012 @ 11:16 pm
In my youth I remember being called "a precocious child," and I guess I confused it with the word procacious because I always felt insulted. Or maybe I was both? ;-)
 
 
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10 April 2012 @ 11:09 pm
So back in 2007, a movie based on the best-selling computer game The Sims was slated to come out in 2012. I was so totally excited! However, I was also a little disappointed when I read the basic plot because my idea of the movie was closer to something like the sims relationship to the gamer being a metaphor about the human relationship with God and free will vs. destiny/fate. Although wish fulfillment gone wrong is a clever idea for a plot as well even though it's been done before in movies such as Aladdin, Neverending Story III, and Kazaam with Shaquille O'Neal. I also think a horror/thriller movie would be totally awesome as well...



The problem with this movie is that I've been waiting for YEARS for it to hit theaters and it is NOW 2012, the year the movie was supposed to come out. Every website I've been to says that the movie is still in pre-production and as far as I can tell, the script hasn't even been completed. COME ON people!!! Get with the program! There are sim-lover movie-goers who are dying to waste two hours of their life watching this movie. So what's the deal? Did 20th Century Fox call the whole thing off or are John Davis and Brian Lynch just slacking off? FIRE THEM! Hire someone who can get the job done right like Hunger Games director Gary Ross. Or how about me? I will write the script and it will be freaking amazing. Heck, I should just write the script right now and send it to Fox. They will love it so much they will start casting and filming immediately and I will make a million dollars at least. Hurry up and make this movie or else I will!!!
 
 
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30 March 2012 @ 11:18 pm
Last night after work I was waiting outside the mall to see a movie with Katie Glenn (a good childhood friend of mine.) A young man walking in called out to me, "You're absolutely beautiful!" 35 minutes later he walked out and came up to me. He shook my hand and said, "I wanted to tell you once again that you're absolutely beautiful. My name is Daniel and I'm spreading positive energy today." I said, "Thank you, I felt the positive energy very strongly!" It totally made my whole day. He smiled and ran off to catch up with his two other friends.

Katie and I saw October Baby (a beautiful, uplifting tear-jerker.) We both got to see for free because Katie used to work there and knew the ticket-ripper guy who saw us in line for ticks and waves us through to the movie, telling us "screen #17." As we walked in, the movie was just starting. If we had waited in that long line, we would have missed about 10 or 20 minutes of the beginning for sure. Karma/positive energy was on my side again! YES.

I was coming home from the movie at Swan and Broadway when a young woman about 21 years old stepped off the bus, tripped and split open the left side of her face on a sharp rock. Her boyfriend immediately started running around like a chicken with his head cut off screaming, "She's on blood thinner, she could bleed to death!" I took out my cell phone with shaking hands and dialed 911. I had never seen so much blood before. I told the boyfriend to whip off his shirt, place it on her gash, and put pressure on it immediately. He did so. I explained to the dispatcher where were we were (at the westbound bus stop in front of The Hungry Fox.) They kept bothering me with questions about the girl and I kept saying screw that, I don't even know her, just get a fricken ambulance here and be quick about it before she dies! I was getting angry until the dispatcher finally told me they had sent someone. I calmed down, said thank you, hung up, and went over to girl. She had been laying motionless with her eyes closed the whole time, not responding to anything I asked her. I put a comforting hand on her and rubbed her back as I said, "I'm praying for you." She hadn't cried at all or even said a single word since she fell and suddenly now she was sobbing uncontrollably. She looked up into my eyes and said, "Don't waste your prayers on me." I said, "Oh sweetheart, you are so precious and special. Of course you are worthy of prayer." This only made her cry harder. I rubbed her hand and held it for a moment. There was nothing really more I could do because at that moment the ambulance pulled up. THAT WAS FAST! I backed off and let them do their job. Then I slipped away, not knowing how else I could have helped.

Dear Lord, I pray that young woman knows she is a beautiful soul and so worthy of more than she realizes.
 
 
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27 March 2012 @ 12:07 am
Books I've Read So Far in 2012:

1. Crossed (#2 in the Matched Trilogy) by Ally Condie
2. Paint the Wind by Pam Muñoz Ryan
3. Prized (#2 in The Birthmarked Trilogy) by Caragh M. O'Brien
4. Truth (#2 in the XVI Trilogy) by Julia Karr
5. Fever (#2 in The Chemical Garden Trilogy) by Lauren DeStefano
6. Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir by Donna M. Johnson
-Edit, added later
7. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
8. Matilda by Ronald Dahl
9. Trapped by Michael Northrop
10. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
11. The Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn
12. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
13. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
14. The Bar Code Rebellion by Suzanne Weyn

This is like two books a month. It's almost April! If I want to read 50 books by the end of the year, I better get crackin!

TO READ:
Pandemonium (#2 in the Delirium Trilogy) by Lauren Oliver
1984 by George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess??? I keep avoiding this one but maybe it's time?
Candor by Pam Bachorz (I got halfway through it earlier this year and accidentally left it on the bus. But then someone returned it to the library for me!)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Matilda by Ronald Dahl (One of my favorite childhood memories is leaning over the top bunk to see the pictures as my mother read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory aloud to us. Matilda was a good movie so it's probably a good book. I wanna read it!)

Do RE-READS count? After seeing the movie, I REALLY want to read the books again!


PLEASE leave a comment with books you think I will like!!! (And for heaven's sake if I see Twilight on your list, I will not take you seriously!)
 
 
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24 March 2012 @ 02:26 pm
I just saw The Hunger Games yesterday afternoon and it was incredible! I was so worried it would fail in comparison to the book but I was not disappointed. I have to say it is probably in my top favorite movies now and I absolutely cannot wait for the second one.

One of the things I love most about the movie is Katniss' character: her independence, her bravery, her confidence, but mostly her self-sacrifice for her sister Prim whom she dearly loves. She also will not sacrifice her morals or give in to the oppression by killing people in the arena. She doesn't play the capital's game, she stays human and fights back only when her life or the life of her friends is threatened but never attacks. She rebels against the capital and their rules and does what she knows in her heart to be right. She is a hero.

Unfortunately, there has been a lot of talk about The Hunger Games and how it is too violent. Some people believe it is hypocritical in that Suzanne Collin's intentions were to send the message that exploiting people for entertainment is disgusting. However, when we watch the events she wrote play out for us in the theater it is a contradiction to the whole purpose of the story.
Consider this commentary by someone who hasn't even read the book or seen the movie: [The youth] are just loving the violence and suspense for its own sick sake, not much unlike the people of the Capitol. So, Collins' epic fail.

I have some thoughts I'd like to share with you on the subject. This is a warning... there may be some spoilers so I'll put it behind the LJ cut.

First I will begin with what I liked and didn't like about the movie and then I will go into the commentary on the violence.

Hungry for the Hunger Games )
 
 
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20 March 2012 @ 08:33 pm
Look at this list of words @ http://susana-s.hubpages.com/hub/how-to-describe-yourself
Now describe yourself with 10-15 words that describe you the BEST!

I think I'm the majority of these positive qualities most of time. (Hey, we all have our moments when we kick ourselves in the butt!) But the trick is to narrow down all these words I think describe me down to just 15. I couldn't do it!!! Here is 26 instead:

Here's how I describe myself:

Thoughtful
Upbeat
Compassionate
Forgiving
Devoted
Understanding
Passionate
Dependable
Eclectic
Quixotic
Candid
Competitive
Entrepreneurial
Wise
Open-Minded
Optimistic
Vibrant
Confident
Creative
Resourceful
Sensitive
Insightful
Helpful
Easy-going
Assertive
Respectful
 
 
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18 March 2012 @ 01:27 am
My Ingredients for Living and Blessed Life

1.) Honor the Lord.
2.) Love others. Love is always patient and kind.
3.) Eat well. Sleep well. Laugh often.
4.) Always remember that you're brilliant, precious, and important.
5.) "Success" is personal and unique to YOU. Don't let anyone else tell you how to measure your success. Only YOU can do that.
6.) You can't control how other people act and react so don't even try. And don't let their negativity rub off on you.
7.) Trust that all things happen for a reason and work together for good for those who love God.
8.) Faith is bold – not blind.
9.) Truth is meant to be lived not proven.
10.) Give yourself permission to ask God for what you want. It's okay. He cares about even the little things.
11.) Give up what’s not working. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
12.) Be fearless when moving towards the thing your heart desires.
13.) Every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure is leading towards success. You don’t fail by falling down. You fail by never getting back up.
14.) Relationships must be chosen wisely. It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company. There’s no need to rush. If something is meant to be, it will happen – in the right time, with the right person, and for the best reason.
15.) Making progress involves risk. You can’t make it to second base with your foot on first.
16.) Every morning you are faced with two choices: You can aimlessly stumble through the day not knowing what’s going to happen and simply react to events at a moment’s notice, or you can go through the day directing your own life and making your own decisions and destiny.
17.) Everyone makes mistakes. If you can’t forgive others, don’t expect others to forgive you. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.
18.) It’s okay to fall apart for a little while. You don’t always have to pretend to be strong, and there is no need to constantly prove that everything is going well. You shouldn’t be concerned with what other people are thinking either – cry if you need to – it’s healthy to shed your tears. The sooner you do, the sooner you will be able to smile again.
19.) We sometimes do things that are permanently foolish just because we are temporarily upset. A lot of heartache can be avoided if you learn to control your emotions.
20.) Don’t belittle yourself or anyone else. Everyone has their own unique battle to fight.
21.) His mercies are new every morning.
22.) Everything is a life lesson. You can learn something new every day if you keep an open mind.
23.) Following your dreams is the worthwhile, purpose-giving, meaningful path. It is a scary path... because uncertainty is inherent in just being alive. It’s not reckless but it's not safe, which is why many people settle for less with their illusion of certainty.
24.) Realize your potential, turn your dreams into goals, make a plan of how to achieve them, then commit to following them.
 
 
Current Mood: cheerfulcheerful
 
 
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15 March 2012 @ 04:46 pm

Probably cuz I don't write in it all that much anymore ;-)
 
 
Current Mood: artisticartistic
 
 
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09 March 2012 @ 02:26 pm
I signed up for store credit at Dillard's yesterday, and I got to choose a free perfume. I picked this one:

The tuberose in Esprit d’Oscar by Oscar de la Renta is a pick-me-up for my nose. I'm crazy about jasmine, too. And the citrus notes are uplifting as well. They're good for my spirit because I've been feeling down lately.
 
 
Current Mood: happyhappy
 
 
 
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13 February 2012 @ 12:04 am
Funniest Name Anagrams:

1. Nicely Lubed Ankle
2. Lanky Edible Uncle
3. Bully Necked Alien
4. Eyeball Licked Nun
5. Canned Lube Likely
6. Nuke Cleaned Billy
7. Unlikely Can Bleed
8. Blind Cyan Ukelele
9. Unclean Dike Belly
10. A Buck Yelled Linen
11. Unlike Belly Dance
12. Baleen Luckily End
13. Likely Banned Clue
14. Dinky Nebulae Cell
15. Unlikely Been Clad

More name anagrams:
Unlace Inked Belly
Likely Acne Bundle (Gotta lay off the sweets)
Lilac Bunny Keeled (Poor bunny)
Niece Bull Nakedly
Blue Lady Neckline
Lean Bulked Nicely
A Buckled Linen Lye
A Cubed Kennel Lily
A Nude Belly Nickel
Elk Yell Nude Cabin
Binnacle Duke Yell
Blacken Lined Yule
Cable End Unlikely
Blackly Endue Line
Deniable Clunk Lye
Labeled Uncle Inky
Unlabeled Lick Yen
Enabled Clunky Lei
Bald Neckline Yule
Eyeball Duck Linen
Likable Uncle Deny
Unable Cell Kidney
Lullaby Nice Kneed
Key Uncleaned Bill
Blue Cyanide Knell
Candle Be Unlikely
Unlaced Belly Kine
Cayenne Biked Lull
Canine Bulked Yell

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