May 6, 2008 at 8:24 pm (A day in the life)
Tags: barack, hillary, vote
Oh yeah - side note - if you’re an NC resident and are living, breathing, and a non-felon, you need to get out and VOTE. Today - Barack or Hillary - work it out…. it’s time…. Do it….. for you, for me, for the world, okay and for the little people. Vote.
May 6, 2008 at 5:49 pm (Friends)
Tags: Friends, friendship, laughter
I find friendship to be a funny, fickle thing. At times it is completely necessary and you can’t do a thing without it, while other times, it really doesn’t matter who’s around you. There are certain people I’ve known for years and years, back to the time of the dinosaurs, when Snoop Doggy Dogg was still Snoop D-O-Double G, and not some R&B sensation… yeah, I’m talking “Sexual Seduction”. And there are other folks who I’ve known for mere months yet they are as ingrained in my daily life as my own, sweet, beautiful sister.
In a recent conversation, this wise soul reminded me that “sketchy, untrustworthy, selfish, ignorant friends” are really not worth her time, and brought about my own realization that YEAH - I don’t have time for that crap either. In reality, I do want to keep my acquaintances up to date on my current situations and whatever mishaps occur along the way, but I’m not overly concerned as to whether they can keep a secret or can keep their mouth closed at all or if they like what I’m doing. That’s not my realm of thinking. I guess I’m over it - I’d like to say that I’ve matured - but I know that’s not true. I’m just as silly as ever, and talk about raunchy stuff, including farts, just like always. I’ve simply relocated and started a new chapter in my life. They were a part of the earlier book, and I’m fine with that. Are they going to be a part of the next? Who knows? I don’t have the Table of Contents. I hear there is a master plan and I’m not privvy to that information. I just get to ride this roller coaster and learn the lessons intended for me.
I’m trying to be the best person I can be and not hurt anyone along the way. I’d like to hope they are doing the same thing, but if not, I guess there’s a lesson in it for them, too. As for me, I love to have friends and will be friends with just about anyone, but I won’t let the sun rise and set on a friendship any more. I will do whatever I can for an individual, give the shirt off my back, though it’s not a pretty sight - sorry about that, but ya know, what can a girl do? Go to the gym, you say? Fine - be nice. Back to the point, a friendship should be just that, friends who enjoy each other’s company. It would be nice if we had similar viewpoints on some subjects, but it’s not necessary, but most importantly, I need to be able to be myself and laugh. If I don’t get to laugh when I’m around you, we may need to part ways - that’s my thing. I giggle, I laugh, I chortle, I chuckle, I guffaw…..and any other adjectives for a good, clean laugh. Try me. We could be friends.
May 6, 2008 at 5:31 pm (A day in the life)
Tags: finals, paper, procrastinate, test
AAAARRRGGGG ( not even like a pirate)…………. WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ME???
I make all the time in the world to type all kinds of wonderful stories and advice as if I am the all-knowing, wonderful, creator of the English language, but yet I wait until the ultimate LAST MINUTE to finish my research paper. I think I have a seriously defective gene in my DNA that causes me to punch the adrenaline button unnecessarily and work my hiney off all freakin’ night for days in order to have the proper information ready for school deadlines. Did I mention that I’m in the Masters program for Sociology???? That means I can’t FLUFF through a research paper - I actually have to PREPARE it with some kind of intelligent thought and direction. I do believe I’m about to lose my freakin’ mind. Oh yeah - don’t mind the fact that my kid has been acting out and being a demented social outcast due to prepubescent hormones raging through her cute little head, or that I work 40 hours a day and need to be coherent and functioning in order to NOT completely screw up some poor sap’s situation for the coming school year. That’s in addition to the family that is getting ignored even though they live within a mile of me, or the softball team that I’d rather not play with because I feel like I’m neglecting all of my other responsibilities.
Deep breath….. This is so completely my style. I tend to freak out a bit when it comes to Finals and papers being due. I generally get myself totally worked up and convinced I’m going to fail. It’s not based on prior experience. Typically, I’m a passing kinda girl. Very, very rarely do I perform poorly on a test or a paper, but yet I fall into this cycle of thinking I’m failing right around D-Day of each quarter/semester. I know better, as my people would tell you, but I continue to do it, and push myself and WAIT UNTIL THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT to complete projects or study. Anyone out there know WHY the HECK that could be????? I could use some assistance with this - I don’t have the energy for self-analyzation right now….
