I'm a Terrible Person.

So one of the many joys in my life is when I am on facebook and run across the profile of somebody that I couldn't stand in high school to see that they are now really fat and ugly. It's probably bad karma to be so excited but I don't really care. It makes my day every single time! 

Axe Cop Again.

I'm still in love with this comic. Eef made this fake movie trailer for his comic and some people in Hollywood have contacted him about making an actual movie. Please view this video to help him out, it's really short and completely awesome. 

Comfy Comforter.

I got this reversible comforter at Macy's the other day. I have a down comforter that I love and several duvet covers that are really cute from IKEA but I haven't been to IKEA in years and it was time for something new. The only thing is that the pillowcases are too small for my pillows but I stuffed them in there anyway. Damn pillows had better bend to my will!

There was another one that was really cute as well and I was having trouble deciding between the two so I picture messaged them to Jennie and she knew just which one I needed. I'm glad I went with her advice. The other comforter had a flowery vine design and was a beige/light blue color combination which was calming but not exactly my personality. It was very pretty but too boring for me. Thanks for your help Jennie Lynn!

Books Without Shelves.

I realized today while glancing around my room that perhaps it's time to lug my bookcase up the stairs. I have stacks of books everywhere. On the couch, next to the couch, under the couch. On the bed, next to the bed, under the bed. They've taken over my room and multiplied. 
Now that I think about it I should probably just buy a new bookcase. I'm pretty sure the one downstairs is already full to overflowing.
Anybody want to borrow a book? Brooke? I'll mail them to you but you must promise to return them eventually. 

Valentines Schmalentines.

Remember in elementary school when we used to exchange Disney movie valentines with suckers attached and you would spend hours deciding who would receive which design because some were obviously so much cooler than others? Well screw that, I got people big chunks of dead animal this year. I'm pretty sure this is the way to most men's hearts, exactly this. 

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Chinese New Year starts in a little less than 3 hours and it's the year of the TIGER! Woot! It's my year people. We had Chinese New Year dinner last night at the crappy Asian place that some guy died at last week while waiting in line for the buffet. I'm currently celebrating by drinking a beer and writing a paper. I do it up right. Anyway, I did some googling and here's a little picture of the tiger for you:

People born in 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998 and 2010 are “tigers.” Tigers are active, self-assured, optimistic, passionate and independent. They also are considered rebellious, dynamic, unpredictable and quick-tempered, but considerate. The Tiger is a natural born leader and symbolizes power, passion and daring. 

What's with the, "but considerate" I find that really irritating because it implies that being rebellious, dynamic, unpredictable and quick-tempered are all bad qualities, which in my opinion, they aren't. 

Oh, it's also Valentines day tomorrow which is in no way as cool as Chinese New Year. 

Sleep.

I suck at falling asleep. I'm always too stimulated and my mind is racing (damn you, Reddit) and I will be up until 4 or 5 in the morning and then have to be at work at 9:30. It's terrible because then I have to take naps on my lunch breaks. Lunch breaks should be for lunching. Anyway, a friend suggested I try Melatonin. I researched it extensively through wikipedia so what I read was probably roughly 80% correct and I decided to try it. I used it last night for the first time and I started feeling tired about half an hour after taking it. I went to bed at 12:30 rather than 4:30 but instead of sleeping until a decent hour I woke up at 6 and couldn't fall back asleep. What the hell is that? Tonight is night #2, we'll see how it goes. 

I'm sick.

I'm sick. Yes, kind of in the head. Really though it's more in the face. I'm sick in the face. :(

clarification: this is not jammed up my nose, it's taped on. It's the kleenex version of a clown nose, obviously. 

Morons.

This is the note I left tonight for the idiot lady that lives at my house. So my dad and I lived all by ourselves, enjoying life and the barrier these walls provide against society. One day, one of his crackhead employees got into an argument with her roommates so my dad let her rent a room here since we have plenty of them. I was not thrilled with this idea because I don't like people and I especially dislike crackheads. She doesn't pay rent, she's supposed to keep the house clean or something. She's not supposed to use my bathroom but she does, as evidenced by the empty toilet paper roll she left me tonight and the fact that she uses my shampoo and adds water to the bottle, like I wouldn't fucking notice. While not paying rent she also decided that she's too much of a bitch to contribute to the purchase of any household items. So not only does she leave empty toilet paper rolls on the toilet paper dispenser, she also uses the toilet paper that I paid for, the laundry detergent that I paid for, the garbage bags that I paid for and my fucking $25 shampoo that, hey guess what, I paid for. First thing in the morning I'm launching a "crackhead bitch needs to be evicted asap" campaign. My poor father. 

Crafty McCrafterson.

Woot! All that crap is finally unpacked and in its rightful place. It's very similar to the setup I had at my apartment but now everything is within reach, no getting up to go get paper or stamps. That could be good or bad; hello fat ass! I love my craft area because it contains many of my favorite things, my wooden tulip, my Salvation Army owls, my picture board that I made, a place to create things and apparently my kitteh. 

First Card I've Made in Months...

I finally finished unpacking and organizing all of my crafting things today. In honor of that I made a card (plus it's my friend's birthday next week). Anyway, it's just a "paper and ribbon" card as my sister would call it; nothing crazy, fast and easy. But hey, it works. There are some imperfections, one of which really annoys the crap out of me but there wasn't any way to fix it so it had to stay. Oh well, that's what makes it handmade awesomeness. Oh, and I love the cassette paper. 

Attn: Brooke

Vogue patterns were on sale at the fabric store the other day and even though I don't sew, I bought some because I have a sister who sews. Now, the one I want first is the green one, it doesn't have to be green though, details can be worked out. Thanks, love you! 

Etsy, yet again.

I bought this on etsy today. I couldn't not have it any longer. I'm so excited for it to get here, the artist lives in France so it'll be a little longer wait than I want but I suppose I'll live. 

Axe Cop

Back in high school there was a local band who rocked called Lunar Active. They were nice guys and had basically the only live shows around, they comprised the entire local music scene. One of them, Eef (Ethan) is a very talented artist. He wrote an Eisner Award nominated graphic novel called Chumble Spuzz. 

Lately Eef has been, in his free time, drawing the ideas of his little brother Malachai, who is 5 years old. Malachai's story turned into Axe Cop which Eef has been posting periodically on his facebook page but today it went viral. It was featured on Reddit yesterday and Entertainment Weekly today. His website crashed from so many people visiting it but all the issues have been worked out. 

Everyone should check out Axe Cop as it is really fun and completely hilarious and awesome. I mean, with characters like Uni-Baby (a baby with a magical unicorn horn) and Bobber and Gobber Smartist (they eat only candy canes) how could you go wrong?! 

Alright, it's that time of year...

      

It's hair time people, decisions need to be made. In January I decide if I'm going to have curly or straight hair the rest of the year. I've had curly for two years now. I love it curly, hair flowers stay in it really well and I just like the look of curls. That being said, I think really long straight hair looks very healthy (unless you dye it crackhead blonde). So, thoughts? 

*I know this is shallow and vain, I don't care. I want your opinions now. 

Geology

I fucking hate Geology. So, I completed all of SOU's science requirements, all of them. I thought I was forever done with science but here I am, taking freakin' Geology because OSU has an additional requirement. It was either Geology or some soil class, pretty much the same thing, imo. Anyway, Geology class wouldn't be so bad if the labs didn't take 4 hours each. Seriously lady, this is a basic 100 level class, the kids enrolled at the actual school don't even show up to your class so what is up with all of the homework?! Oh, and I have to get a proctor so I can't even use the books on the tests which means I have to actually memorize this crap that I'm never going to use. My uncle is a Geologist, it blows my mind but to each his own. :)

my sister

This is my dear, sweet, beautiful sister. It's not her birthday or anything but for some reason I'm thinking about her right now. She is six or so years older than I am and we didn't really grow up together. I remember thinking when I was younger that we didn't have anything in common and it never really hit me that I had a sister. I mean, I knew I had a sister but not in the way that I had a little brother. Then in my teens when she would come home for holidays it was a little eerie that we would have some of the same clothes but we still didn't have anything to bond over. Once she even accused me of wearing her belt when in fact I was wearing my own, we just had the same one but had no idea since we lived so far away from each other. It's funny how you can have so much in common with someone you barely know, and yet still be so different even though you share a biological background. Anyway, the last few years have really brought us to a place where we can get to know each other, we can talk, listen, learn and appreciate each other for who we are, as sisters and as people. I have a wonderful, brilliant, vibrant sister who has an amazing heart and yet isn't too goody-goody, she still has the family bitchiness to her, which is a quality I deem necessary and greatly appreciate. I'm just really appreciative of time, that it gave us a chance to both be in a place in life where we were able to finally forge a meaningful bond. Love you Brooke! 

I heart robots.

Many moons ago I had posted about my new studio apartment and its ugly brown cabinets. I no longer live in the apartment, and haven't for about 8 months now but I still think I should share with you what I did to the cabinets, just because I loved them so much. These little robots are so cute I'm thinking I may have to get them for where I live now but the walls here are heavily textured so I'm not really sure how that'd work out. I bought them on etsy and they're vinyl decals. All you do is rub them on, very easy to apply but not as easy as they say to get off. They took a little of the varnish off the cabinets when they were peeled off so my friend Pat sanded the cabinets and re-varnished them. Yay for friends! 

Oh how I love thee, dear hair accessory.

I'm a big hair accessory aficionado. I wear flower clips in my hair almost everyday or some type of headband. My favorite headband of all time had a gigantic champagne colored flower attached to it but Scott's dog ate it. I wanted to cry. Anyway, I find beautiful hair accessories on etsy and anthro all the time but hesitate to buy them, and when I go back they've been sold. So, I should learn how to make them myself, I think. I'm not even sure where to begin. I guess sewing would be a good start. I've been wanting to learn to sew for about a year but just can't seem to find the will to begin. 

Dear Lord Jesus it's 2010

I've severely neglected my blog for over a month. I know you were all starving to death for information on my life like those poor Ethiopian kids. Life has been busy, I have things to do. Here's what I've been up to:

*School. Online classes are interesting, in both a good and bad way. I sometimes miss sitting in lecture, I also miss intelligent conversation. The people on discussion boards are morons. Rapers, really? Last I checked the correct term is rapist. Also, if I have to explain to you what Socialism is then your skills are lacking, use wikipedia dipshit, you're already online, that'll give you a clear enough idea. Overall, I'm glad that I'm doing this, it's ridiculously easy and affords me lots of time for video games and reading. 

*Anne of Green Gables. Speaking of reading, I re-read the entire Anne series by L.M. Montgomery and I still love it. Anne is such a lively little thing, I highly recommend this for any young adults, or not so young adults. 

*Work. Let's just say I love my job and I rock at it. Getting up in the morning is still difficult and I'm thoroughly convinced that it always will be but I don't dread going to work. I've had jobs that I've hated in the past for various reasons and it's so nice to be happy at work and work with people you actually enjoy spending time with. 

*Holidays. Umm, Christmas would've been nice if I hadn't slept all day from pure exhaustion. Mom made her awesome oatmeal choc. chip cookies, I only got to eat two though, they seemed to disappear before I could get my hands on them. 

I went to a New Year's Eve party at the casino here in town with some guildies. Yes, I hang out with my nerdy internet game friends. It was a really fun disco party with a live band that was actually quite good. 

Okay, I have played catch up, now my brother can stop bitching that I haven't posted since November. Love you!

p.s. Jets are in the playoffs! woot!

The Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody

This video is pretty much awesome. Yes, I watched the entire thing.

Lobos

My sister and I were shopping at H&M today and as we were exiting the store we walked past this super sweet wolf shirt in the men's section. I just had to try it on. I'm thinking about going back and getting it in a men's medium or large so I can make a wolf sweater dress. Wolves are pretty sweet and this is the reason why, be sure to read the comments!

Halloween!

I dressed up as Glinda the Good Witch of the North, obviously. Originally my boss said we didn't have to dress up for work so I wasn't going to but then he changed his mind and I had 4 days to figure out what to be. My friend Buzzy came up with the idea and I ran with it. I found one of my old prom dresses and dyed the bottom of it pink (you can't see it in this picture). Next I purchased a trash can, silver spray paint and some rhinestones and set to work making a crown. This was a huge pain in the ass. It is very difficult to cut a plastic garbage can. Next I had to figure out something to cover up my tattoos so I made a cape thing. It has a sheer top layer with sparkly sequin things on it and then a liner that is pink. I don't know how to use a sewing machine so I hand-stitched the entire thing. I also made a wand out of cardboard, wood, sequins and glitter glue. This I used to beat children, I mean, help people find their way home. 

Etsy!

I love when I stumble upon something on Etsy that I can't live without and this art is that. I LOVE these. I want to jump in and live in the picture, at least for a little while. I love the mystical feeling and the little white dots. They also have really cool looking hair, I'm a bit jealous. These can be found at The Nebulous Kingdom and they're by Anne-Julie Aubry. 

She & Him

She & Him are officially my new favorite band. I cannot get enough of Zooey Deschanel's voice and the vibe of their music is amazing. I've been listening to Volume One on repeat for weeks now. Check them out! I'm posting a video of them singing Black Hole below. 

Rachel Maddow

So, I'm a pretty big Rachel Maddow fan but I think I love her now even more than I did before. This is one of the best interviews I've seen. She doesn't back down and all Tim Phillips was able to do was try and spin it. My favorite part, "I personally think that... you and the folks who do what you do are a parasite who gets fat on American's fears." Be sure to watch Part Two as well. 

Milestone!

Last week my little Chevy Aveo hit the 50,000 mile mark. I've been looking forward to this for about a month with much excitement but when the moment came I felt a little sad. I still love my car though. It's a great storage facility and extra closet. 

This is my old and first car, the Honda Civic hatchback. I referred to her as grams because she was definitely a granny car but she was good and true. 

Blog Anniversary.

So, I've had my blog for a year now. Not much has changed in blog land, my sister is still just about the only person who ever leaves me a comment. The above picture is of the best cake ever concocted. Someone please make me one for this important holiday in my life. (that'd be you, mom) 

Level 80!

I recently hit a huge milestone in my life. I have a max level character in the World of Warcraft! This took months of hard work and dedication. haha. I'm pretty much the biggest nerd EVER. I love it! 

Kanye Showing the World he's a Douche, yet again.

MTV Shows

Brooke, this is what everyone is talking about. MTV makes you sit through an ad before the video starts.