People

Posted on March 26th, 2010 in Joy of Zen by joyofzen

Pretty much all I blog about is me… what’s going on in my life and such. I do think a lot about what’s going on around me, but you probably can’t tell that from my posts. I thought maybe I should talk a bit about what I”m thinking sometimes. I’m very introverted, but my mind never shuts up.

The other day a couple was smoking as they pushed their kid’s stroller down the middle of the street. Like, what the fuck? I can’t stand parents who smoke around their kids for one. Yes, I understand cigarettes are addicting, but your child’s life should be more important. And the street wasn’t busy, but if a person chose to take that turn quickly, they wouldn’t have time to move. Ugh.

I often get frustrated with people’s parenting, but keep it to myself. Makes me cringe though. One thing I often see is parents thinking their kid’s brain maturation is like an adult and that they’re doing a wide variety of things intentionally and such. I think parents should have to at least take one class about how the brain develops, so they can grasp what is going on with their kid at what age. It’d help a lot (assuming they’d pay attention to the information).

I do understand that being a parent is an extremely difficult thing to do, and I admire those who do it. I admire those who put the extra effort into their children’s lives, and work hard to understand what the children are feeling.

I know I made the title of this post “People” and that I’ve only talked about parents so far heh. I’m trying to think of something about other people…

Oh yeah, I did have a topic.. drama. People who enjoy drama baffle me. People who wanna stir shit up that doesn’t need to be stirred. They get off on arguing, getting a rise out of people, controlling the situation. What’s the point? It makes them smile, makes them happy, to fuck with others.  I hope that this isn’t the norm. Is it really that hard to be nice to others? People do things and make decisions that I don’t agree with, but I’m not about to start something that will get a bunch of people involved and upset. I dunno. I do know that I have a good heart and I wish more people did.

I’m gonna try to write on here a few times a week. Oh, and Katarina and I are gonna try to record a new Failage Sisters podcast in the morning :)

Enjoying Spring Break

Posted on March 24th, 2010 in Joy of Zen by joyofzen

I wanted to keep my updates more regular than this on here, but I’m sure that’ll happen once I start school again. You know, procrastination and such. This reminds me, I was pondering my use of “and such” at the end of sentences. I often use it, even though I am not really talking about anything else, I just like how it sounds. Quite ridiculous, eh?

So, yeah, I’m on spring break this week, but start back next week. I’m not too happy with my grades, but I’ll live. They were pretty much what I was expecting. So, sigh. I’ve been trying to have some adventures on my week off. On Monday I went to a taping of Let’s Make a Deal with a friend, but we didn’t dress up. I saw the old show a *long* time ago, and never saw the new one, so I didn’t know how important costumes were. There were some great ones there. It was fun, I’d never been to a taping of a game show before. Wayne Brady was awesome (of course), especially when he made a mistake so they’d have to edit that part out. He said “suck it” as thrust his pelvis forward, and said if it was Vegas (where the show normally shoots) it’d have to be fast and said “suck it” twice and fast w/ two pelvis thrusts heh.

Tuesday’s adventure was a Rock Band marathon and watching Lost. I am sad the show is in its last season, but I know it needs to end now, cuz it’d be ridiculous to drag the story out any longer. Today’s adventure was going to see a friend irl I’ve known for I think over two years we decided, online. It was a really nice day out, it was fun to finally meet and hang out.

Tomorrow’s adventure is *cleaning*. I need to clean my car and my room. I started cleaning my room the other day, but found many more fun and distracting things to do instead, such as updating my iPod and changed my text/voicemail alert on my phone. Also, being gone most of the time hasn’t helped with getting it clean. I haven’t figured out what I am doing Friday or Saturday, we’ll see how it plays out.

I think I’m doing pretty good with my adventure-seeking spring break so far. Hopefully there is one more adventure left in me somewhere. How are you all doing? :)

Pitch A Tent

Posted on March 15th, 2010 in Failage Sisters Podcast by joyofzen

Our fourth episode! We cover things like pregnant smoking assholes, spring break, and pitching tents. Thanks for listening!

 

Procrastination Blog Post #348

Posted on March 14th, 2010 in Joy of Zen by joyofzen

So, my blog post after the last one was supposed to be about the education rally I went to on the 4th, but that one will be somewhat time consuming, so it’s gonna have to wait until later…

I have two papers I’m supposed to be writing right now. How I planned it was that I’d do the first one on Friday, then start this other longer one Saturday. Things aren’t going quite as planned. I sat for hours yesterday trying to figure out what to focus on with the shorter paper (4-5) pages. The question is fairly broad, which I don’t do well with.

Last night, around 11, my friend texted me, sounding stressed and asked me to call her. She wanted help writing a clear thesis statement for her other class, and we took care of it. But thankfully she helped me with generating ideas for this paper I need to write (she’s in the class with me). So now I don’t feel so lost with it, just bored. Hence the blog post I guess.

I have my special ed final on Tuesday night, then my other paper is due Thursday. I’m working all day Wednesday though, so I need to have most of that paper done by then. That one is 6-7 pages. Thankfully changed from 7-8. Then I’m gonna kick it with my friend at the beach after that and am planning to get my ears pierced again if it doesn’t cost a fortune.

I know my week off is gonna fly by, but not much can be done about that. But then I’ll be in the last quarter of my undergrad cuz I get my bachelor’s in June, woot! Never mind the fact that it’s taken a billion years to get the fucking thing… but at least I’ll have it. But I’m starting the credential program spring and then will need to apply for the master’s program too. So, I’m nowhere near being done with school. I am glad I’ll be getting the degree though. A bit more important than my useless AA & AS degrees heh.

Top 5 of Everything

Posted on March 7th, 2010 in Joy of Zen by joyofzen

Did this for fun… I sorta cheated and didn’t number them 1-5… so they are not necessarily in order, but I was given a lot of lists to cover. I might do this from time-to-time with fewer lists and actual numbers.

Top 5 Historical People I Would want to Meet:

  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Nichiren Dishonin
  • Cesar Chavez
  • Lucille Ball
  • Andy Kaufman

Top 5 Reasons to get Married:

  • Never having to eat alone in a restaurant
  • There is no longer a need to search for a partner in crime
  • People will stop asking you when you’re going to get married
  • Dual income
  • Having someone to take you to the ER in the middle of the night

Top 5 Reasons not to get Married:

  • Most everything in the Top 5 reasons to get married can relate to a relationship with a boyfriend or girlfriend, without the piece of paper
  • If things don’t work out with someone, you can walk away without having to go through a divorce
  • You don’t have to worry about living your life around someone else’s schedule
  • One person’s debt becomes the other person’s debt too
  • In-laws

Top 5 Books I’ve Read:

  • Dancing Barefoot – Wil Wheaton
  • Just a Geek – Wil Wheaton
  • I used to read Patricia Cornwell, I’m sure one of those would be here
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein
  • Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt (just read that he died last year)

Top 5 Funniest Moments in my Life:

  • The 1 year anniversary of my back surgery, my heel got caught in a crack at school and I crashed down to the ground. I couldn’t stop laughing at how ridiculous it was.
  • I was at the beach with some friends when the clasp in my front-closing bikini top broke. Good thing I acted quickly.
  • My friend Stefanie and I were sitting in my car in the parking lot at a Tommy’s before a =w=eezer show. A lady drove up to the drive-thru and said, “Do you have anything vegetarian?” We laughed until we cried… we still randomly say that to each other and lol. Added note: there was a vegetarian place with a big sign about a block away.
  • I (at 15yrs old) was in Beaverton, Oregon, spending the night with a girl I babysat and her grandpa. We were headed up to Portland to go to our appointments at Shriner’s. I had a room to myself to sleep in. I saw a shadow outside my window and started freaking out, thinking it was a man walking back and forth. I finally went to the window and looked out. It was a freaking llama.
  • This last moment happened recently. I got down two bags of photo albums from my closet, bumping my laundry basket in the process. So I’m standing next to the closet, leaning over, digging in a bag of photo albums when the laundry basket jumps off the shelf and flies out, aiming straight for my head. I screamed, jumped, ran and was laughing hysterically, it was out of control. I went over to the living room, still laughing, still not breathing, and my roommate didn’t know what the heck was happening. After a few minutes of laughing/crying, when I could actually speak, the first words out of my mouth are, “I wish that was on video.” I know a good comedic moment when I see it. And the laundry basket had ended up wedged on a chair and open drawer too. I just wish I could’ve seen my reaction to all that lmao.

Top 5 Reasons to have Kids:

  • They are awesome
  • You get to shape a life, hopefully better than how yours was shaped
  • They make you feel young again
  • You will go on vacations because you want them to experience life
  • You can tweet the funny shit they say as a OH:

Top 5 Reasons not to have Kids:

  • It would be expensive in so many different ways
  • You are responsible for their life
  • You might worry about them too much
  • At some point, they will likely rebel (although I didn’t)
  • The world is a pretty fucked up place

Top 5 Favorite Foods:

  • Pasta
  • Sushi rolls
  • Pho
  • Enchiladas
  • Shrimp

Top 5 Cuss Words:

  • Fuck
  • Shit
  • Motherfucker
  • Whore
  • Ass

Top 5 Bands I’ve always Wanted to See:

  • Oingo Boingo
  • Dead Kennedys (only with Jello as singer)
  • Sublime
  • The Prodigy (hopefully this will happen someday)
  • The Doors

Top 5 Movies:

  • Snatch
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • The Breakfast Club
  • High Fidelity (the whole reason for this blog post)
  • Grease

Top 5 Excuses for not Having a School Assignment:

  • The flash drive the assignment is on died
  • Accidentally saved the edited paper in a temp folder and it’s gone now
  • Brought the wrong flash drive to school
  • Backpack was stolen and the assignment was in it
  • Oh, I thought it was due next week?

Top 5 Albums:

  • Pretty Hate Machine – NIN
  • Weezer (blue) – =w=eezer
  • Bleach – Nirvana
  • The Specials – The Specials
  • Give me Convenience or Give me Death – Dead Kennedys

I Need a Break

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 in Joy of Zen by joyofzen

Next week is the last week of the quarter and finals are the following week. I only have one actual tests, but the other two are papers. I think I’ve written 8 papers so far this quarter, maybe 9. That always happens, I either have to write a TON or hardly anything at all. The papers are gonna be hard and they’re gonna suck. I’m going to start preparing for them over the weekend. I have a ton of reading I need to do for both. Ugh. I will need to study for the final in the special ed class. I’m not to worried, but definitely need to set aside a day for that.

I only get one week off between these two quarters, so not much of a break at all. Ugh. I plan on trying to veg out as much as possible in the limited time. Oh, and here I am rambling and not posting my good news! I’ve been accepted into the credential program I applied for ^_^ So I will be getting my bachelor’s in June, but starting the credential program this spring. I need to apply for the master’s program because I want to do that concurrently with the credential stuff. The master’s is only one extra quarter of work. Yes, I will be in school forever. I think I’m slightly crazy for doing this, but I know it will be worth it in the end.

One thing I am looking forward to is summer! This is going to be the first summer in a few years that I won’t have to take classes. With the extra time, I really want to focus on getting in shape. Well, I want to have fun too of course. I would like to go to the beach a couple times a month. I’m sitting here, trying to imagine what it’ll be like to have three months off of school. Wow, just wow.