I absolutely love this song. I have since the first time I heard it and can't stay away from it for long periods of time. It's Tanglewood Tree by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer.
You can read the lyrics here. I just love the imagery created by this song and can't get over how much it speaks to me and how I feel about love.
Friday, December 05, 2008
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Trail head
Dear M,
After explaining to you some of the reasons I love spending time with you, specifically that you don't expect anything from me, you said that meant you were safe. I believe you're wrong. I believe that is exactly what makes you dangerous.
The idea that you're not expecting anything from me scares me a little bit. It makes you unique in my experience. It's one of the things that will allow me to eventually fall in love with you. Based on our differences in faith I believe that we have a very small chance of anything romantic lasting very long, and I'm afraid of getting hurt again.
It's like I'm standing at a trail head and can only see a few feet into the woods before the trail becomes shrouded in fog. From this vantage point it seems relatively safe. The ground is level. The trail is clearly marked and wide enough that two can walk abreast. There don't seem to be any beasties waiting to eat me.
It's what's in that fog that scares me. What happens when I get there? Will I get lost in a tangle of branches and undergrowth? Will I allow myself to go too far down the path and not be able to find my way back? Will I allow you to lead me down the path? Will I be eaten alive by a monster waiting for me just inside the fog? I don't know. I can't answer these questions. I'd have to take that first step down the path and see what waits.
That fear is what made me run last night. After the kiss. I could see that trail head beckoning with the fog just beyond and I got scared. I took the cowards way out and ran. Was that the right thing to do? Should I even bother questioning my feelings? Should I just go for it and hope that it all turns out right in the end? I've been hurt before and you have the potential to hurt me. I know that.
If I turn around from the trail head I can see the safety of the empty parking lot, but that's the problem. It's empty. There's nobody there to talk to. Nobody to listen to. Nobody to share good times with, or bad. Just me in a lonely empty parking lot that has been my life to this point.
You scare me M. I don't know what to do. That fear has put me in a position I have never been in before. I don't like being afraid.
However, you intrigue me. I've never known a man quite like you. You're intelligent. You're funny. You're very strong in your faith. You know exactly what you want from life. You do what you love and you love what you do. Do you know how very few people in this world can say those things about themselves? You should be proud.
So I guess I'm going to head down that trail and see what awaits me in the fog. Are you coming with me? Or will this be a solitary hike?
--K
After explaining to you some of the reasons I love spending time with you, specifically that you don't expect anything from me, you said that meant you were safe. I believe you're wrong. I believe that is exactly what makes you dangerous.
The idea that you're not expecting anything from me scares me a little bit. It makes you unique in my experience. It's one of the things that will allow me to eventually fall in love with you. Based on our differences in faith I believe that we have a very small chance of anything romantic lasting very long, and I'm afraid of getting hurt again.
It's like I'm standing at a trail head and can only see a few feet into the woods before the trail becomes shrouded in fog. From this vantage point it seems relatively safe. The ground is level. The trail is clearly marked and wide enough that two can walk abreast. There don't seem to be any beasties waiting to eat me.
It's what's in that fog that scares me. What happens when I get there? Will I get lost in a tangle of branches and undergrowth? Will I allow myself to go too far down the path and not be able to find my way back? Will I allow you to lead me down the path? Will I be eaten alive by a monster waiting for me just inside the fog? I don't know. I can't answer these questions. I'd have to take that first step down the path and see what waits.
That fear is what made me run last night. After the kiss. I could see that trail head beckoning with the fog just beyond and I got scared. I took the cowards way out and ran. Was that the right thing to do? Should I even bother questioning my feelings? Should I just go for it and hope that it all turns out right in the end? I've been hurt before and you have the potential to hurt me. I know that.
If I turn around from the trail head I can see the safety of the empty parking lot, but that's the problem. It's empty. There's nobody there to talk to. Nobody to listen to. Nobody to share good times with, or bad. Just me in a lonely empty parking lot that has been my life to this point.
You scare me M. I don't know what to do. That fear has put me in a position I have never been in before. I don't like being afraid.
However, you intrigue me. I've never known a man quite like you. You're intelligent. You're funny. You're very strong in your faith. You know exactly what you want from life. You do what you love and you love what you do. Do you know how very few people in this world can say those things about themselves? You should be proud.
So I guess I'm going to head down that trail and see what awaits me in the fog. Are you coming with me? Or will this be a solitary hike?
--K
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Definition of Hockey
I was bored at home the other day and playing around on the intrawebs. I somehow stumbled across Cake Wrecks. As I was browsing through the older entries I found one that had a picture of what was supposed to be a cake for a hockey fan.
The author wasn't familiar with the sport and asked her husband to explain it to her. This is what she heard:
"See, apparently they play this sport on ice - but they have to make sure the ice is really thick, or else their cleats will scuff it all up. The players wear lots of padding and helmets, and carry little butterfly nets on sticks with which to hit the ball around. The object of the game is to score a triple Hail Mary - which is just another name for a running slam dunk - and consists of knocking three other players down while simultaneously dunking the ball through one of the red rings. Players known as running backs try to kick the ball, but the other team's catchers use their heads and butterfly nets to deflect the ball away from their side's field goal. Any running backs who are able to push the other team's running backs out of the big circle in the middle get what's called a free throw, in which they're allowed to chuck the ball at the head of their least favorite player. If they miss, their team only scores a half-down, but if the ball hits the other player, they score a hole-in-one."
I just about pissed myself laughing after reading that. I don't think I've ever heard a more accurate definition of what most non sports enthusiasts hear when trying to understand a sport they don't care for or watch on a regular basis.
To see the cake in question and read her entire post go here
The author wasn't familiar with the sport and asked her husband to explain it to her. This is what she heard:
"See, apparently they play this sport on ice - but they have to make sure the ice is really thick, or else their cleats will scuff it all up. The players wear lots of padding and helmets, and carry little butterfly nets on sticks with which to hit the ball around. The object of the game is to score a triple Hail Mary - which is just another name for a running slam dunk - and consists of knocking three other players down while simultaneously dunking the ball through one of the red rings. Players known as running backs try to kick the ball, but the other team's catchers use their heads and butterfly nets to deflect the ball away from their side's field goal. Any running backs who are able to push the other team's running backs out of the big circle in the middle get what's called a free throw, in which they're allowed to chuck the ball at the head of their least favorite player. If they miss, their team only scores a half-down, but if the ball hits the other player, they score a hole-in-one."
I just about pissed myself laughing after reading that. I don't think I've ever heard a more accurate definition of what most non sports enthusiasts hear when trying to understand a sport they don't care for or watch on a regular basis.
To see the cake in question and read her entire post go here
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Fast Times at Liquid Joe's Part II
For those of you that are new to my blog I've only been in SLC for a little over 2 years. For most of that time I was a home body. I was addicted to EverCrack, so no partying. If I did go out it was to a friends house and not a club. So I've only been out a couple of times and only to Area 51.
I left it up to him to suggest where we were going and he said Liquid Joe's they had 80's music. Sweet, I grew up in the 80's listening to top 40 pop in LA with Rick Dees in the morning. The Spazmatics were playing and they were awesome. So many great songs that I remember listening to growing up. I danced and drank yummy Uinta Hefeweizen. I had a blast. Best time I've had in years.
I hadn't eaten in like 8 hours by the time we got to the bar. So the beer went straight to my head. Normally I can handle more than 2 before I start feeling nauseous but not last night. Had to switch to water. I also didn't want to be drunk later.
It was inevitable that we would end up in bed together. He even asked me point blank if I wanted to have sex with him. Which I thought was really cute. If you knew who he was and what he looked like the answer for everyone that finds males attractive would most definitely be yes.
So I was a little looser than usual. I had a first. I came in public. We were waiting in line at the bar for another drink for him and water for me and he managed to get his hand to my special place. Now normally I would have stopped anyone that tried to do that. I'm not a public kind of girl. However I had grown the previous three days and didn't really care what anyone else thought of me. Plus I wasn't about to stop him from making me feel good. That hardest part though was not screaming in the bar. I had to bite him to keep that from happening.
Not long after that we left. We couldn't wait anymore. The previous four days of tension with the flirty messages was just too much build up for us to wait. We get back to his place and the clothes just fly off. No nervous build up on the couch with another drink or anything like that. Just clothes making a mess.
I'm not going to give you all of the details. Needless to say he obviously made quite an impression. No body has ever received a two part post before. Not even my ex, and he had pictures attached to his post.
The only bad part is that we had to cut it short. His son became ill and he had to take him to the ER which I'm totally okay with. Back to that loving father thing I mentioned Sunday. Good thing is he's only got strep and should be feeling better soon with his medication.
I left it up to him to suggest where we were going and he said Liquid Joe's they had 80's music. Sweet, I grew up in the 80's listening to top 40 pop in LA with Rick Dees in the morning. The Spazmatics were playing and they were awesome. So many great songs that I remember listening to growing up. I danced and drank yummy Uinta Hefeweizen. I had a blast. Best time I've had in years.
I hadn't eaten in like 8 hours by the time we got to the bar. So the beer went straight to my head. Normally I can handle more than 2 before I start feeling nauseous but not last night. Had to switch to water. I also didn't want to be drunk later.
It was inevitable that we would end up in bed together. He even asked me point blank if I wanted to have sex with him. Which I thought was really cute. If you knew who he was and what he looked like the answer for everyone that finds males attractive would most definitely be yes.
So I was a little looser than usual. I had a first. I came in public. We were waiting in line at the bar for another drink for him and water for me and he managed to get his hand to my special place. Now normally I would have stopped anyone that tried to do that. I'm not a public kind of girl. However I had grown the previous three days and didn't really care what anyone else thought of me. Plus I wasn't about to stop him from making me feel good. That hardest part though was not screaming in the bar. I had to bite him to keep that from happening.
Not long after that we left. We couldn't wait anymore. The previous four days of tension with the flirty messages was just too much build up for us to wait. We get back to his place and the clothes just fly off. No nervous build up on the couch with another drink or anything like that. Just clothes making a mess.
I'm not going to give you all of the details. Needless to say he obviously made quite an impression. No body has ever received a two part post before. Not even my ex, and he had pictures attached to his post.
The only bad part is that we had to cut it short. His son became ill and he had to take him to the ER which I'm totally okay with. Back to that loving father thing I mentioned Sunday. Good thing is he's only got strep and should be feeling better soon with his medication.
Monday, November 17, 2008
166 ... I do have a life. I just like movies.
SUPPOSEDLY, if you've seen over 85 [of these] films, you have no life. I do have a life. I just love movies. There are 238 movies on this list.
If you would like to copy this to your blog and show the world how much of a life you don't have the rules are as follows.
If you would like to copy this to your blog and show the world how much of a life you don't have the rules are as follows.
- Copy the entire list.
- Bold the ones you have seen
- Post to your blog
- Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Grease
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
- Boondock Saints
- Fight Club
- Starsky and Hutch
- Neverending Story
- Blazing Saddles
- Airplane!
- The Princess Bride
- AnchorMan
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Labyrinth
- Saw
- Saw II
- White Noise
- Napoleon Dynamite
- White Oleander
- Anger Management
- 50 First Dates
- The Princess Diaries
- The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
- Scream
- Scream 2
- Scream 3
- Scary Movie
- Scary Movie 2
- Scary Movie 3
- Scary Movie 4
- American Pie
- American Pie 2
- American Wedding
- American Pie Band Camp
- Harry Potter 1
- Harry Potter 2
- Harry Potter 3
- Harry Potter 4
- Resident Evil 1
- Resident Evil 2
- The Wedding Singer
- 50 First Dates
- Little Black Book
- The Village
- Lilo & Stitch
- Finding Nemo
- Finding Neverland
- Signs
- The Village
- The Grinch
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
- White Chicks
- Butterfly Effect
- 13 Going on 30
- I, Robot
- Robots
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
- Universal Soldier
- Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
- I, Robot
- Along Came Polly
- Deep Impact
- KingPin
- Never Been Kissed
- Meet The Parents
- Meet the Fockers
- Eight Crazy Nights
- Joe Dirt
- KING KONG
- A Cinderella Story
- The Terminal
- The Lizzie McGuire Movie
- Passport to Paris
- Dumb & Dumber
- Dumber & Dumberer
- Final Destination
- Final Destination 2
- Final Destination 3
- Halloween
- The Ring
- Final Destination
- The Ring 2
- Surviving X-MAS
- Flubber
- Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
- Practical Magic
- Chicago
- Ghost Ship
- From Hell
- Hellboy
- Secret Window
- I Am Sam
- Flubber
- The Whole Nine Yards
- The Whole Ten Yards
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Child's Play
- Seed of Chucky
- Bride of Chucky
- Ten Things I Hate About You
- Just Married
- Gothika
- Nightmare on Elm Street
- Sixteen Candles
- Remember the Titans
- Coach Carter
- The Grudge
- The Grudge 2
- The Mask
- Son Of The Mask
- Bad Boys
- Bad Boys 2
- The Mask
- Joy Ride
- Lucky Number Slevin
- Ocean's Eleven
- Ocean's Twelve
- Bourne Identity
- Bourne Supremecy
- Bourne Identity
- Lone Star
- Bedazzled
- Predator I
- Predator II
- The Fog
- Ice Age
- Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
- Curious George
- Independence Day
- Cujo
- Bedazzled
- A Bronx Tale
- Darkness Falls
- Christine
- ET
- Children of the Corn
- Darkness Falls
- My Bosses Daughter
- Maid in Manhattan
- War of the Worlds
- Rush Hour
- Rush Hour 2
- War of the Worlds
- Best Bet
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
- She's All That
- Calendar Girls
- She's All That
- Sideways
- Mars Attacks (Ack! Ack! Ack!)
- Event Horizon
- Ever After
- Wizard of Oz
- Forrest Gump
- Big Trouble in Little China
- The Terminator
- The Terminator 2
- The Terminator 3
- X-Men
- X-2
- X-3
- Spider-Man
- Spider-Man 2
- Sky High
- Jeepers Creepers
- Mars Attacks (Ack! Ack! Ack!)
- Jeepers Creepers 2
- Catch Me If You Can
- The Little Mermaid
- Freaky Friday
- Reign of Fire
- The Little Mermaid
- The Skulls
- Cruel Intentions
- Cruel Intentions 2
- The Hot Chick
- Shrek
- Shrek 2
- Shrek
- Swimfan
- Miracle on 34th street
- Old School
- Miracle on 34th street
- The Notebook
- K-Pax
- Krippendorf's Tribe
- A Walk to Remember
- K-Pax
- Ice Castles
- Boogeyman
- The 40-year-old Virgin
- Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
- Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
- Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- The 40-year-old Virgin
- Baseketball
- Hostel
- Waiting for Guffman
- House of 1000 Corpses
- Devils Rejects
- Elf
- Highlander
- Mothman Prophecies
- Elf
- American History X
- Three
- The Jacket
- Kung Fu Hustle
- Shaolin Soccer
- Night Watch
- Monsters Inc.
- Titanic
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Shaun Of the Dead
- Willard
- Kung Fu Hustle
- High Tension
- Club Dread
- Hulk
- Dawn Of the Dead
- Hook
- Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
- 28 days later
- Dawn Of the Dead
- Orgazmo
- Phantasm
- Waterworld
- Kill Bill vol 1
- Kill Bill vol 2
- Mortal Kombat
- Phantasm
- Wolf Creek
- Kingdom of Heaven
- The Hills Have Eyes
- I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
- The Last House on the Left
- Re-Animator
- Army of Darkness
- Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
- Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
- Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
- Ewoks The Battle For Endor
- The Matrix
- The Matrix Reloaded
- The Matrix Revolutions
- Animatrix
- The Matrix
- Evil Dead
- Evil Dead 2
- Team America: World Police
- Red Dragon
- Silence of the Lambs
- Hannibal
- Team America: World Police
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Fast Times at Liquid Joes Part I
Remember that post a few days back about me joining MySpace. Well I did. While I was there I figured I might as well use it as it's intended. To promote this blog and make new friends.
So I met this guy, but wait that's not the right way to start. We need to back up a little bit. Earlier this week I received a message from a wonderful man. He apparently found me while playing on Myspace. Here's an excerpt from his first message to me.
First of all, I think you're profile picture is amazing! Very mysterious, beautiful, and sexy all in one shot.
How am I going to ignore a message like that? So I respond like a typical bad receiver, more on the receiver part later, with thank you but... He responded back with this.
Something about that picture...makes me want to kiss you.
Well shit. Now how is a girl supposed to resist that? You tell me. So I send him a link to a larger version of the picture with the promise of another one that's a little more risque and he comes back with.
Yep, same effect. I still want to kiss her. Great mouth...
So know that I know that he likes kissing, one point in the go for it column, I have to meet him. We had been talking about other things in these messages as well. Like what kind of music we like, what topics we like to discuss, what we like to consume while having these discussions. Just general get to know you stuff. He knows quite a bit more about me than I do him at this point, because I am so candid here and most of his blog entries are about his children. Which I think is awesome. He loves his kids and really cares about them and their future one more point in the go for it column.
We decide that we have to meet. Bad thing is I have a three day seminar Thursday, Friday and Saturday. So I'm not available until Saturday night at seven. Of course the night I want to get out on time, or even early like the other two nights, we run long. S'ok though because he got called into work and wasn't available until later anyway.
We spent the next three days texting each other. On my breaks at the seminar, or just when I got bored, because just like any training company that has multiple courses they push the other courses while you're there. Like the last 45 minutes of each session was telling us how awesome these other courses are and we should go sign up now because it's only going to be this cheap this weekend. blah blah blah. Sense of urgency and all that.
Come back Tuesday for the rest.
So I met this guy, but wait that's not the right way to start. We need to back up a little bit. Earlier this week I received a message from a wonderful man. He apparently found me while playing on Myspace. Here's an excerpt from his first message to me.
First of all, I think you're profile picture is amazing! Very mysterious, beautiful, and sexy all in one shot.
How am I going to ignore a message like that? So I respond like a typical bad receiver, more on the receiver part later, with thank you but... He responded back with this.
Something about that picture...makes me want to kiss you.
Well shit. Now how is a girl supposed to resist that? You tell me. So I send him a link to a larger version of the picture with the promise of another one that's a little more risque and he comes back with.
Yep, same effect. I still want to kiss her. Great mouth...
So know that I know that he likes kissing, one point in the go for it column, I have to meet him. We had been talking about other things in these messages as well. Like what kind of music we like, what topics we like to discuss, what we like to consume while having these discussions. Just general get to know you stuff. He knows quite a bit more about me than I do him at this point, because I am so candid here and most of his blog entries are about his children. Which I think is awesome. He loves his kids and really cares about them and their future one more point in the go for it column.
We decide that we have to meet. Bad thing is I have a three day seminar Thursday, Friday and Saturday. So I'm not available until Saturday night at seven. Of course the night I want to get out on time, or even early like the other two nights, we run long. S'ok though because he got called into work and wasn't available until later anyway.
We spent the next three days texting each other. On my breaks at the seminar, or just when I got bored, because just like any training company that has multiple courses they push the other courses while you're there. Like the last 45 minutes of each session was telling us how awesome these other courses are and we should go sign up now because it's only going to be this cheap this weekend. blah blah blah. Sense of urgency and all that.
Come back Tuesday for the rest.
Sunday, November 09, 2008
32 Wierd names found while trolling MySpace
Okay so I joined the dark side and have a myspace page. Mostly as a way to keep in touch with friends who wont do it any other way.
While I was "browsing" for friends the other night I ran across some rather interesting and funny profile names. Here they are in no particular order
There would have been more but I got bored looking for more. It wasn't fun anymore. So there you go.
While I was "browsing" for friends the other night I ran across some rather interesting and funny profile names. Here they are in no particular order
- WHAT THE FRENCH TOAST!!!!!!! - Yes there really were 7 exclamation points I counted.
- king ding a ling!!!!
- ♠Something like a pimp♠ - This on a females profile
- JaggedlyMajestic - I didn't see anything majestic about this person on her profile
- Cudworth - I don't know if I'd advertise being worthy of being cow vomit
- NAME TAKEN - Pretty damn original, ranks right up there with making your password iforgot
- The Borough Creep - Looked pretty creepy in his profile pic
- Green Eyed Dork ^.^ - At least she's honest about what she is
- Boof Queen - What the hell is a boof and why would you want to be the queen of them
- The Love Burrito ♥ - The Love Burrito? Oh come on you couldn't come up with anything better than this?
- That One Girl - You know! That one that we saw at the thing!
- Res Ipsa Loquitor - How many people out there really know what this means (See here if you're one of those that doesn't know.)
- I changed my name to "His" chick - Who is he and why does he own you?
- Dream Seller - Ooh! I'll take a nice wet dream please.
- Hottie Mc.Awesome - She looks like she's about 12 in her pic
- Curlytoes - Why do we need to know this? Really I would have been happier with Hangstotheleft
- dont wear skinny jeans cause my knot$ dont fit - Rly? They dont? r u sur? Have you tryd l8ly?
- Punctuation, is? fun! - Only when used correctly sweetheart.
- Cheezy McCheeselson from Cheesleton - How cheesy.
- Take My Magic Marker and Blacked Your Left Lung - How do you propose I do this? Should I smoke it? Should I just try inhaling without lighting it? Or should I cut myself open and color on my lung?
- SEALED BENEATH THE SURFACE - Of what? Two week old pudding? Or are you trying to be all deep and emotional and you mean the real you is sealed beneath the surface you show the world?
- I'll Take The Rapist's For 200 - Really that's all you're worth?
- i make airplane noises when i swing - I'm sure all the men appreciate it.
- Ms. I Stay Fresh Like I'm Wrapped In Plastic - Wow that's a lot of last names. Must have been hard finding the husbands in the right order
- friend genetic vibes meet become urn friend - Ummmm, yeah.
- Mr Im doin me - Well thank you for sharing but you really should keep that to yourself unless you plan on charging people to watch.
- Are you Serious??? - Why yes I am. Thank you for asking
- eloquent delinquent - Okay just wierd
- Don Tomato - Are your goons named potato and butternut?
- KILLER POTATO ™ lovez FRANCE - Glad to know that potatoes love France. Especially killer potatoes
- Mumble Bee - Great so you buzz and don't enunciate. Must make talking to you really difficult
- C to the Lo - Okay but who's going to C to the Hi?
There would have been more but I got bored looking for more. It wasn't fun anymore. So there you go.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Bitching vs. Complaining
This is primarily a rant. If you don't want to read me bitching then skip this post. If you want to know what made me angry enough to post then read on.
A former instructor of mine always used to say, "Don't bitch, complain." What he meant by that was if you had a problem with someone or something don't whine about it to the people that can't do anything about it. Talk to the people that can. Most people don't want to hear you moan and groan about something if they can't fix it. If you're just ranting that's one thing, but if you're asking for advice then you're usually talking to the wrong person.
I was recently told by a friend that someone we both know had been talking about me. She felt awkward being put in this situation because she is friends with both of us and didn't want to hurt either friendship. She felt that she needed to defend me but was afraid to because she didn't know what this other person would think. She also only had one side of the story.
Why is it that when people have a problem with someone they don't talk to that person? I mean if I had a problem with my brother I wouldn't go talk to my mom. I'd talk to my brother. Seems like the right thing to do. Or am I wrong?
If you have a roommate that's not paying rent, or eating all your food, or leaving trash everywhere you tell them. You don't go whine to someone that's not involved in the situation and say you're angry, and then act like everything is okay when you see your roommate. That's not fair to either of you and the situation will never get better.
You can't fix something if you don't know it's broken.
A former instructor of mine always used to say, "Don't bitch, complain." What he meant by that was if you had a problem with someone or something don't whine about it to the people that can't do anything about it. Talk to the people that can. Most people don't want to hear you moan and groan about something if they can't fix it. If you're just ranting that's one thing, but if you're asking for advice then you're usually talking to the wrong person.
I was recently told by a friend that someone we both know had been talking about me. She felt awkward being put in this situation because she is friends with both of us and didn't want to hurt either friendship. She felt that she needed to defend me but was afraid to because she didn't know what this other person would think. She also only had one side of the story.
Why is it that when people have a problem with someone they don't talk to that person? I mean if I had a problem with my brother I wouldn't go talk to my mom. I'd talk to my brother. Seems like the right thing to do. Or am I wrong?
If you have a roommate that's not paying rent, or eating all your food, or leaving trash everywhere you tell them. You don't go whine to someone that's not involved in the situation and say you're angry, and then act like everything is okay when you see your roommate. That's not fair to either of you and the situation will never get better.
You can't fix something if you don't know it's broken.
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Monday, November 03, 2008
13 Books I've Read
I'm at a loss for what to list today. I guess my life is pretty boring. Not much goes on that I find cool enough to blog about. So I'm going to start with item number one on my list of lists. Things I have made.
Or at least I was going to until I scrolled down a little bit and saw that I have already done that list. So on to number two. Books I have read. This is by no means an exhaustive list. There isn't enough time in the world or enough space on the hard drive I call a brain for that list. This is just a list of 13 of the one's I remember reading and remember liking.
Or at least I was going to until I scrolled down a little bit and saw that I have already done that list. So on to number two. Books I have read. This is by no means an exhaustive list. There isn't enough time in the world or enough space on the hard drive I call a brain for that list. This is just a list of 13 of the one's I remember reading and remember liking.
- Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- L'Etranger by Albert Camus
- Beneath a Mountain Moon by Silver Ravenwolf
- The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind
- The Lord of the Ring's Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein
- The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
- Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams
- Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Friday, October 31, 2008
Sooooo Shiny...
Must have. Can't Knit until I have. Please, oh please, oh please somebody love me enough to buy these for me.
Monday, October 27, 2008
11 Things found while doing yard work
So it's list day again. Yeah go list day! We were specifically asked to make lists that weren't useful. So here you go.
Our city is paying to put large dumpsters on the streets for about a week at a time for neighborhood beautification. In preparation we cleaned up all the trash and stuff lying around the back yard today. Shit that has been accumulating for years before I moved into my current residence.
Our city is paying to put large dumpsters on the streets for about a week at a time for neighborhood beautification. In preparation we cleaned up all the trash and stuff lying around the back yard today. Shit that has been accumulating for years before I moved into my current residence.
- a rusted out bed frame
- shit loads of Styrofoam
- lots and lots of cans (beer and soda)
- like 4 hoses (who needs more than one?)
- dead soccer balls
- buckets
- old interior doors
- rail road ties
- lighters
- empty cigarette packs
- candy wrappers
Sunday, October 26, 2008
What my taste in Art says about me...supposedly
I found the What your taste in art says about you test on my friends blog. This is what it said.
Except for the being emotionally stable part I think it's pretty accurate. Go take your own test and see what some random images say about you.
Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...
Conscientious, Fulfilled, and Spiritual
28 Renaissance, 5 Islamic, 27 Ukiyo-e, -32 Cubist, -38 Abstract and 0 Impressionist!
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life. Beginning in Italy, and spreading to the rest of Europe by the 16th century, its influence affected literature, philosopy, religion, art, politics, science, and all other aspects of intellectual enquiry. Renaissance artists looked at the human aspect of life in their art. They did not reject religion but tended to look at it in it's purest form to create visions they thought depicted the ideals of religion. Painters of this time had their own style and created works based on morality, religion, and human nature. Many of the paintings depicted what they believed to be the corrupt nature of man.
People that like Renaissance paintings like things that are more challenging. They tend to have a high emotional stability. They also tend to be more concientious then average. They have a basic understanding of human nature and therefore are not easily surprised by anything that people may do. They enjoy life and enjoy living. They are very aware of their own mortality but do not dwell on the end but what they are doing in the present. They enjoy learning, but may tend to be a bit more closed minded to new ideas as they feel that the viewpoint they have has been well researched and considered. These people are more old fashioned and not quite as progressive. They enjoy the finer things in life like comfort, a good meal, and homelife. They tend to be more spiritual or religious by nature. They are open to new aesthetic experiences.
Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy
Except for the being emotionally stable part I think it's pretty accurate. Go take your own test and see what some random images say about you.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
15 Names List
Found this the other night while listening to Flogging Molly and reading random knitting blogs. It's my list of names. Enjoy and create your own.
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car): Charlie Saturn
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie):Vanilla Snicker Doodle
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name): K-Cha
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal): Purple Cat
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born): Joy La Mirada
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first): Chaka
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink): The Green Diet Pepsi
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers): Chuck Donald
9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Red Special Dark
10. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ): Jean Dean
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Perry Pittsburgh
12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Winter Iris
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”): Strawberry Sockie
14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Nothing Willow
15. YOUR ROCK STAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”): The Knitting Snow Tour
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car): Charlie Saturn
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie):Vanilla Snicker Doodle
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name): K-Cha
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal): Purple Cat
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born): Joy La Mirada
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first): Chaka
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink): The Green Diet Pepsi
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers): Chuck Donald
9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Red Special Dark
10. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ): Jean Dean
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Perry Pittsburgh
12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Winter Iris
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”): Strawberry Sockie
14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Nothing Willow
15. YOUR ROCK STAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”): The Knitting Snow Tour
Friday, October 17, 2008
Close Mindedness
I don't live in California anymore. I grew up there and even helped on the gubernatorial recall campaign that put Arnold in office. California is supposed to be the land of the crazy left wing liberals. At least that's what everyone says about it. Let me 'splain why this matters.
I recently got a new part time job to help pay the bills. It's for a company that does outbound survey's for everything from coffee to politics. With the elections only weeks away of course most of the surveys are about those.
I was tasked with calling people in California last night and asking them a series of questions about the upcoming elections. The first question was, "Tell me, in your own words, what is the MOST IMPORTANT Issue facing your community today."
Most of the responses were boring. Mundane crime and economy answers. One lady really pissed me off though and it was difficult for me to finish the rest of the survey. Her response was "Prop 8." Of course we are asked to probe for clarification, and I had no idea what Prop 8 was. When I asked her what it was about Prop 8 that concerned her she responded with, "That marriage is between a man and a woman. That my nieces and nephews will go to school and they'll teach them that it's okay to marry their same sex."
We're asked to continue questioning them until they say something along the lines of "That's all." Needless to say if my supervisors were listening to that call I would have been marked down on tone of voice and not probing enough. After that response I wanted to get her off the phone as quickly as possible.
How can people be so close minded to think that two people that love each other shouldn't be allowed to share that love in marriage? Whether it's two men, two women, or a man and a woman. Just because I don't find other women sexually attractive doesn't mean that I have the right to make sure that other women out there can't either. I don't care what you do in your bedroom just don't bring me into it, and I wont bring you into mine.
How hard is it to keep our noses out of each others business? I don't quite understand all these people that go about saying that they're trying to help us by taking our liberties away. Anti-Abortionists and Anti-Gay Marriage are the two biggest ones. Who the fuck are you to tell me what I can and can't do with my body? And who the fuck am I to tell you what you can and can't do with your body? It's ridiculous.
I recently got a new part time job to help pay the bills. It's for a company that does outbound survey's for everything from coffee to politics. With the elections only weeks away of course most of the surveys are about those.
I was tasked with calling people in California last night and asking them a series of questions about the upcoming elections. The first question was, "Tell me, in your own words, what is the MOST IMPORTANT Issue facing your community today."
Most of the responses were boring. Mundane crime and economy answers. One lady really pissed me off though and it was difficult for me to finish the rest of the survey. Her response was "Prop 8." Of course we are asked to probe for clarification, and I had no idea what Prop 8 was. When I asked her what it was about Prop 8 that concerned her she responded with, "That marriage is between a man and a woman. That my nieces and nephews will go to school and they'll teach them that it's okay to marry their same sex."
We're asked to continue questioning them until they say something along the lines of "That's all." Needless to say if my supervisors were listening to that call I would have been marked down on tone of voice and not probing enough. After that response I wanted to get her off the phone as quickly as possible.
How can people be so close minded to think that two people that love each other shouldn't be allowed to share that love in marriage? Whether it's two men, two women, or a man and a woman. Just because I don't find other women sexually attractive doesn't mean that I have the right to make sure that other women out there can't either. I don't care what you do in your bedroom just don't bring me into it, and I wont bring you into mine.
How hard is it to keep our noses out of each others business? I don't quite understand all these people that go about saying that they're trying to help us by taking our liberties away. Anti-Abortionists and Anti-Gay Marriage are the two biggest ones. Who the fuck are you to tell me what I can and can't do with my body? And who the fuck am I to tell you what you can and can't do with your body? It's ridiculous.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
100 Chart Toppers the Year I Tested Out of HS
Apparently Monday is LIST DAY. I was going to make Friday list day here, but noooooo. Miss abdpbt says that Monday's have to be list day. So fine! Here's my Monday list.
I was reading another blog recently. I can't remember which one it was and I can't remember where I found the list but here it is. The idea is that you go to this website, no I can't remember the address didn't I just tell you that, and find the list of 100 chart toppers the year you graduated from high school. Then you go through and bold the one's you liked. I have added comments on those bolded.
- Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio
- One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
- Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion
: Yeah I know sappy schlock, but I liked it. - Nobody Knows, Tony Rich Project
- Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey
- Give Me One Reason, Tracy Chapman
: How can I not like a song by someone with the same last name as me. Seriously I really do like this song. Probably one of like 3 songs by Tracy that I actually like. - Tha Crossroads, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- I Love You Always Forever, Donna Lewis
- You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow, Toni Braxton
- Twisted, Keith Sweat
- C'mon N' Ride It (The Train), Quad City Dj's
: You're probably thinking by now that this girl has no taste. She liked this song? What's wrong with her? I didn't like it so much for the lyrics but the catchy beat that made it easy to dance to. No I didn't do the train.- Missing, Everything But The Girl
: I don't remember why I liked this song just that I did.- Ironic, Alanis Morissette
: There were a lot of Alanis song's that I didn't like but this one I did. I also loved the video for this song. I saw her in concert once and OMFG does this girl have some energy. It's like she did an 8-ball before she came out on stage. She couldn't sit still. - Exhale (Shoop Shoop), Whitney Houston
- Follow You Down/Til I Hear It From You, Gin Blossoms
: Another one of those top 40 songs with a catchy beat. - Sittin' Up In My Room, Brandy
- How Do U Want It/California Love, 2Pac
- It's All Coming Back To Me Now, Celine Dion
- Change The World, Eric Clapton
: Who wouldn't love a song that starts "If I could reach the stars I'd pull one down for you". EC has got to be one of my favorite musicians of all time. I've loved him since he was in Cream. - Hey Lover, LL Cool J
- Loungin, LL Cool J
- Insensitive, Jann Arden
- Be My Lover, La Bouche
- Name, Goo Goo Dolls
: Sometimes I wish I had someone that I could hide from the world with. Where it didn't matter who I was or what my name was. I think that's why I still like this song.- Who Will Save Your Soul, Jewel
: I think that this song is a great commentary on where the world was at the time it was written and where we're still headed. Kind of sad but everyone is just looking for a quick buck. - Where Do You Go, No Mercy
- I Can't Sleep Baby (If I), R. Kelly
- Counting Blue Cars, Dishwalla
: I think the main reason I liked this song is because I was a new pagan at the time and really into the goddess figure and it refers to god as a woman.- You Learn/You Oughta Know, Alanis Morissette
: I liked this one because it tells you how you should live you life. Go out there! Make mistakes! That's how you learn how to be a better person and make better decisions.- One Of Us, Joan Osborne
: Again I think I liked this one because of my religious research. What if god was one of us? What would (s)he think of what we've done with the planet. I don't think (s)he'd be very happy. - Wonder, Natalie Merchant
- Not Gon' Cry, Mary J. Blige
- Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio
: As much as I dislike rap I did like this song. I liked the movie too. - Only You, 112 Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
- Down Low (Nobody Has To Know), R. Kelly
- You're The One, SWV
- Sweet Dreams, La Bouche
- Before You Walk Out Of My Life/Like This And Like That, Monica
- Breakfast At Tiffany's, Deep Blue Something
: "And I said what about, breakfast at Tiffany's. She said, "I think I, remember the film and as I recall, I think we, both kinda liked it" And I said , "well, that's the one thing we've got"". I liked it too. You gotta always look for what does work, not what doesn't work or you'll never make it. - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New), Coolio
- The World I Know, Collective Soul
: I've been on the edge before. I was pulled back by love. I don't think I ever want to go there again. - No Diggity, BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre)
- Anything, 3t
- 1979, The Smashing Pumpkins
: Dude it's a song about the year I was born. And Billy Corgan is HOT! with his little baby face and those chubby cheeks you just want to pinch til he bruises. - Diggin' On You, TLC
- Why I Love You So Much/Ain't Nobody, Monica
- Kissin' You, Total
- Count On Me, Whitney Houston and Cece Winans
- Fantasy, Mariah Carey
- Time, Hootie and The Blowfish
- You'll See, Madonna
- Last Night, Az Yet
- Mouth, Merril Bainbridge
- The Earth, The Sun, The Rain, Color Me Badd
- All The Things (Your Man Won't Do), Joe
- Wonderwall, Oasis
: I think everyone needs a wonderwall in their lives. Someone that they can talk to and be saved by sometimes. - Woo-hah!! Got You All In Check/Everything Remains Raw, Busta Rhymes
- Tell Me, Groove Theory
- Elevators (Me and You), Outkast
- Hook, Blues Traveler
: I think this has got to be one of the most honest songs I've ever heard. It tells the truth about the music industry. It doesn't matter what they say or if they mean it as long as it's catchy. - Doin It, LL Cool J
- Fastlove, George Michael
- Touch Me Tease Me, Case Featuring Foxxy Brown
- Tonite's Tha Night, Kris Kross
- Children, Robert Miles
- Theme From Mission: Impossible, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
- Closer To Free, Bodeans
- Just A Girl, No Doubt
: I've felt like this many times in my life. Where someone else was controlling what they thought I should do. What they thought was right for me. I still feel like this sometimes. I'm just sick of everyone else telling me what they think will be right for me. I'm an adult. I'm almost freaking 30 for Christ's sake. Let me make my own decisions. - If Your Girl Only Knew, Aaliyah
- Lady, D'angelo
- Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First), John Mellencamp
- Pony, Ginuwine
- Nobody, Keith Sweat
- Old Man and Me (When I Get To Heaven), Hootie and The Blowfish
- If It Makes You Happy, Sheryl Crow
:I can't say exactly why I like this song. I just did. Maybe it was the hook. - As I Lay Me Down, Sophie B. Hawkins
- Keep On, Keepin' On, Mc Lyte
- Jealousy, Natalie Merchant
- I Want To Come Over, Melissa Etheridge
: Who doesn't feel teenage angst at unrequited love for the popular guy at school. The thing that made it really bad is that we were friends. He even told me once if I was older then there would've been something. Goddamn statutory rape laws. - Who Do U Love, Deborah Cox
- Un-Break My Heart, Toni Braxton
: I think this one came out not long after my BF left me for my Best Friend. Joke was on him though. He turned her gay. - This Is Your Night, Amber
- You Remind Me Of Something, R. Kelly
- Runaway, Janet Jackson
- Set U Free, Planet Soul
- Hit Me Off, New Edition
- No One Else, Total
- My Boo, Ghost Town Dj's
- Get Money, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
- That Girl, Maxi Priest Featuring Shaggy
: I wanted to be that girl. - Po Pimp, Do Or Die
- Until It Sleeps, Metallica
: This is post haircut and most of their stuff post haircut I didn't like. But this one I do. - Hay, Crucial Conflict
- Beautiful Life, Ace Of Base
I think I wanted to be happy no matter what. This song gave me that hope. - Back For Good, Take That
- I Got Id/Long Road, Pearl Jam
- Soon As I Get Home, Faith Evans
- Macarena, Los Del Rio
- Only Wanna Be With You, Hootie and The Blowfish
- Don't Cry, Seal
: This goes along with wanting to be loved. Wanting someone there to hold me and tell me it would be okay and I didn't have to cry.
Can you guess what year I graduated? Or actually tested out. I didn't "graduate" in the strictest sense of the term. I tested out before graduation because I was going to college at the same time as high school and what I was learning in college was more advanced than what I was learning AT THE SAME TIME at high school. Isn't that the way it's supposed to work though? College = more difficult than high school. Am I right?
Remember I did say guess. Not go plug one of these songs into a search engine somewhere to see what year they were on the charts. So guess. What year did I test out of high school?
Friday, October 10, 2008
16 Things I Have Made
This list will not include food stuffs. That list would be huge. It will however include some of the craft items I can remember.
- Numerous cross stitch items
- 2 pairs of socks
- Numerous fulled bags
- Numerous Market Bags
- Clapotis
- a couple of hats
- 2 chemises
- 2 pairs of shorts (with help from mom)
- 1 under skirt
- 1 over skirt
- 1 bodice (again with help from mom)
- curtains
- popsicle stick structures
- clay ashtrays
- beautiful finger painted landscapes (at least that's what I told my mom they were. They must have been beautiful because she usually put them up on the fridge.)
- And one time in elementary school, I made a mission out of sugar cubes (I don't remember which one it was though)
Thursday, October 09, 2008
1 Answer to a Hypothetical Question
A few days ago Dooce posted a question.
If you could donate some money to a starving family so that they could feed their children but were only allowed to do so if you also gave an equal amount to a crack addict to buy more crack, would you?
She left the comments open on this one. Which I have noticed she's doing more and more lately. I didn't respond to that question. Several thousand responses did come in, quite a few of them were blasting her for asking such an obviously political question. Which it totally wasn't. I am going to answer that question now though.
Having been in the situation where my mother had to decide if she would eat or my brother and I would, I would so totally give the money to the family. My logic is this. If that person takes my $20 or $50 and goes and buys crack eventually they will get bad shit or OD and die. One less crack addict to worry about. However, it might mean one mom or dad that doesn't have to do without and become ill because of a lack of or improper nutrition.
I know some of you may think that's callous and cold and I'm a major bitch for even thinking something like that. However if you're giving them money to buy crack they're not going to use it to get into rehab or buy food. You gave them the money to BUY CRACK. That's what they're going to do with it. Those kinds of people are not helpable, is that even a word?
I'm all for trying to help people that genuinely want the help. That are ready to give up their addictions and clean up their lives. We should have places for them to go where they're in a controlled environment relearning how to be human and not drug addicted monsters. I'm not trying to say that all crack addicts are hopeless. But the ones that are happy with their addictions? Fuck em. Let them kill themselves. I'll even help them on their way if it means that someone else gets the help they need.
If you could donate some money to a starving family so that they could feed their children but were only allowed to do so if you also gave an equal amount to a crack addict to buy more crack, would you?
She left the comments open on this one. Which I have noticed she's doing more and more lately. I didn't respond to that question. Several thousand responses did come in, quite a few of them were blasting her for asking such an obviously political question. Which it totally wasn't. I am going to answer that question now though.
Having been in the situation where my mother had to decide if she would eat or my brother and I would, I would so totally give the money to the family. My logic is this. If that person takes my $20 or $50 and goes and buys crack eventually they will get bad shit or OD and die. One less crack addict to worry about. However, it might mean one mom or dad that doesn't have to do without and become ill because of a lack of or improper nutrition.
I know some of you may think that's callous and cold and I'm a major bitch for even thinking something like that. However if you're giving them money to buy crack they're not going to use it to get into rehab or buy food. You gave them the money to BUY CRACK. That's what they're going to do with it. Those kinds of people are not helpable, is that even a word?
I'm all for trying to help people that genuinely want the help. That are ready to give up their addictions and clean up their lives. We should have places for them to go where they're in a controlled environment relearning how to be human and not drug addicted monsters. I'm not trying to say that all crack addicts are hopeless. But the ones that are happy with their addictions? Fuck em. Let them kill themselves. I'll even help them on their way if it means that someone else gets the help they need.
Friday, October 03, 2008
A List of 26 Lists
So I have put up a few lists on things on my blog fairly recently. So much so that I was linked to be another blogger as being a list lover. She has challenged us to make lists. Not meaningful lists of anything of significance. Just a list of useless things. To that end I have decided to make a list of things you can make lists of.
This list could go on and on but I have to go get in the shower to get ready for work now. You can add more in the comments.
- Things you have made.
- Books you have read
- Movies you have seen
- Reasons to keep hitting snooze in the morning
- People you love
- People you hate
- Things you need to do
- Books you need to read
- Books you want to read
- Books you need to read but don't really want to
- Stuff you need to buy
- Stuff you want to buy but don't have the money for
- Ideas for blog updates
- Knitting patterns you want to make
- Knitting patterns you want to design
- Crafts you want to learn
- Games you want to play
- Celebrities you want to fuck
- Celebrities you want to kill
- "Normal" people you want to kill
- Food you love
- Food you hate
- Cars you want to own
- Cars you have owned
- Hair colors you have had
- Hair colors you would like to have
This list could go on and on but I have to go get in the shower to get ready for work now. You can add more in the comments.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Blog Theft 101
- Find a blog you love.
- Steal ideas from it
It’s that simple. Granted the blog I stole this from stole it from another blog. Woo Hoo. Lots of fun.
The instructions for passing this list around the internet like a viral disease are as follows:
- Look at the list and bold those you have read.
- Italicize those you intend to read.
- Underline the books you love.
Abdpbt has added to these instructions the following: - Put in ALL CAPS the one that are also on the hypothetical list of books that Sarah Palin did not ask to have banned, but merely inquired about the theory of banning in general, a subtle and unimportant distinction.
Strike throughbooks that should not be on the list. This might be due to the fact that you hate them, or think they are not “literary,” or just because you are being capricious today.- Color green those books that are propaganda or glorified trash. Feel justified in making these kinds of distinctions based on your status as both an ivory tower intellectual and a card carrying member of the media elite. Accuse naysayers of living in a “fly over” state. Drink organic coffee sweetened with agave nectar or stevia.
- Color red those books you haven’t read but “should” have, or which you have never heard of. Offer self-effacing, anti-intellectual explanations where necessary. Talk about how much you like popular culture as diversion tactic, and to make people think that you are “quirky.” Wear glasses with dark rims.
- Add books that should be on the list to the end. Take comfort in the fact that no list of this kind could ever be complete, and will always alienate someone. It is the problem with establishing canonicity. Pat self on back for using word “canonicity” outside of academic paper. Also, punch self in face for being tool.
She says, “Listen, it’s my website and I make the rules. So I don’t want to hear any bitching. So without any further ado, the list:”
I have edited the list to reflect my changes with the above rules except rule number 1. I’m just too lazy to go try to find a copy of that list and compare.
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: I personally feel anything by this woman is useless drivel. If I want to read trashy romance novels I’ll go buy them on clearance at Big Lots for 50¢.
- The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling: Loved every one of these books. I do reread them sometimes too. I did however get very angry with JK when Dumbledore died in book 6. Hope that didn’t ruin it for you.
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee: Had to read it in school. Don’t really remember it though.
- The Bible: I really should read this just to see what all the crazies are talking about and why they’re so fanatical about this book.
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell: I find it kind of scary that under the current administration, and possibly the next, we’re moving closer and closer to this state. Orwell was right just not on the date.
- His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: I’ve heard this is a really good book. I didn’t see the movie but it seems like it might be fun. I’ll let you know once I’ve read it.
- Little Women by Louisa M Alcott
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy: abdpbt said this was the most depressing book she ever read until she got to one of the other books on the list. I however found it wonderful. Makes me want to keep going no matter how bad I think things have gotten just like Tess did.
- Catch 22 Joseph Heller
- Complete Works of Shakespeare
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien: Read this as a child. I’ve always loved fantasy novels. Even the trash romance novels I read now are about things that probably can’t happen. Time travel and vampires and stuff like that. Some will say that this shouldn't have it's own place on the list as it's part of the LoTR Trilogy. In fact it is not a part of the trilogy. It's a prequel. (And OH MY GOD THE HELL! How much of a geek am I that I abbreviated it LoTR?)
- Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
- The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger: Another book I was forced to read in high school. Don’t really remember much of it though. I do know I liked it.
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell: hated the movie, and I know everyone always says the books better but I don’t think I can make myself care about such a spoiled rotten brat as Scarlett.
- The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald: Don’t really know what this one is about but I do know that there’s always a lot of hype surrounding it.
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: This is one of those books you just have to read at least once in your life.
- The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: Loved the movie, hope the books better.
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Another one of those books you have to read.
- Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck: I like the other Steinbeck work I’ve read so I’m hoping this is good as well. I think I may have read this in high school but I don’t remember.
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: Loved the Disney movie as a child and didn’t realize quite how different they make things.
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame: Love Mr. Toad’s wild ride and like books with anthropomorphized animals.
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens: This is one of those books I SHOULD read but probably never will.
- Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis: Anthropomorphized animals. What more is there to say?
- Emma by Jane Austen: See number 1
- Persuasion by Jane Austen: See number 1
- The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis: See number 33
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: I’ve heard of this book and heard good things about this book. So eh? Why not?
- Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden: Another one where I loved the movie and hope the books better.
- Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne: Who hasn’t read Winnie the Pooh? If you haven’t there must be something wrong with you.
- Animal Farm by George OrwellMore anthropomorphized animals, and this one has a message.
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown: I read it because of all the hype surrounding the movie. It wasn’t as good as I had hoped but it was better than the movie.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
- Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery: I read this as a preteen and thought it was boring. I still think it’s boring.
- Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy: I like his other work and therefore will hopefully like this one too.
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding: Another one of them required books.
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Dune by Frank Herbert: I liked the movies and this is another that I hope will be better.
- Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: See number 1
- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens: I’ve heard Dickens is boring. I’ve been told a very verbose person. However if I can get through Hugo I could probably get through Dickens.
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley: It’s another one of those future doom and gloom books but still there’s hope.
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
- Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Yet another required read. However this one I enjoyed.
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov: I’ve heard the story outline but never actually read the book.
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold: This want to read is based on comments other’s have left regarding this book.
- Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas: I’m just not one for prison stories. I know it’s supposed to be a great story but thbbpt is kind of how I feel about it.
- On The Road by Jack Kerouac: I don’t really have anything to say about this one I just don’t think I’ll ever read it.
- Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: Another one of those that I think I might like because of my like of his other works.
Bridget Jones’s Diaryby Helen Fielding: Hated the movies would probably hate the books. I mean I have enough blogs to read already. I don’t want to add another.- Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens: I like the musical that was adapted from this perhaps I’d like the book.
- Dracula by Bram Stoker: I’ve read lots of vampire stories. I usually like them all. This one was a fun twist on the usual story.
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett: I know I’ve read this but can’t for the life of me remember anything about it. Which means I was either really young or it really sucked.
- Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath: This is one of those woman books. Right? Something every woman should read. Right? At least that’s what I remember hearing about it.
- Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
- Germinal by Emile Zola
- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray: The plot of this book seems incredibly boring. I’m not really interested in intrigues and plots to get the dying aunts money and other such drivel.
- Possession by AS Byatt
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: Who doesn’t remember humbugs come x-mas time?
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker: I know Oprah was in a movie of this once. Or was in Whoopie. Shit I can’t remember and I’m not going to take the time to look it up.
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro: If this is the one they made the movie out of never never never going to read it. The movie almost put me to sleep it was so boring. And since most of my reading is done in bed I’m pretty sure the book WOULD put me to sleep.
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
- Charlotte’s Web by EB White: Loved this book as a child. We need more PEOPLE like Charlotte in this world. Willing to go out of their way to help others.
- The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom: How does this person know who I’m going to meet in heaven? Or even if that’s where I’m going? I mean come on. Did he die? Did he go to heaven? I know if I went to heaven I don’t think I’d ask to come back to write a book about who I met there.
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: This is bolded and italicized because I’ve read some of them and need to read the rest.
- The Faraway Tree Collection by Enid Blyton
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: I just like the title. Sound all dark and dangerous. It probably isn’t though.
- The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery: Read in the original French. Over the course of several months with my French-English dictionary next to me. I never was a good French student.
- The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
- Watership Down by Richard Adams: All I remember is something to do with rabbits. Not sure if that was in the story or if it was just the picture on the cover. But I definitely remember rabbits.
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
- The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas: I’ve heard lots of things about the musketeers and what they did, what they stood for and all that I should probably read what all the fuss is about and really learn what Dumas thought they should be.
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare: Another one of those required reads in high school. And oddly enough one that I really did like. I know I said earlier that I didn’t care for intrigues and trying to get what you don’t really deserve but hey it’s Shakespeare.
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: The first time I read this, yes first time I have read it more than once, it was hard to get through. Damned Hugo and making the first 6 chapters about the history of what’s going on at the time.
Books added by abdpbt: - The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie.
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith.
- Tom Jones by Henry Fielding.
- Geek Love by Kathryn Dunn.
- Blindness by Jose Saramago.
- The Corrections by Jonathan Frantzen.
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers.
- Fury by Salman Rushdie.
- Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.
- The Monk by Mathew Lewis.
Books I would add: - The Hunchback of Notre Dame By Victor Hugo
- The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind
- The Complete Works of E.A. Poe
- L’Etranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus
- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Something Wicked This Way Comes By Ray Bradbury
- The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
- Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonegut
- Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Yes I have read all the books in my additions. Yes I liked them all. 113 is actually 8 or 9 books and 119 is at least 3, probably more.
As far as the books on the original list are concerned I have only read a quarter of them. Not great but still much better than abdpbt’s assertion that most people have only read 6 of the books.
So what would your list include?
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