Monday, February 26, 2007
Things I find interesting...
1. The guy that cut me off and gave me a nasty look while I was driving to the gym had a "In God We Trust" license plate. (And God bless you for being rude to me sir).
2. I saw an empty cigarette box littered in the parking lot.... of the GYM!
3. (This is my personal favorite) H2 Hummers with evironmental license plates.
4. (On the same note...) Thinking of all of the SUV's, limo, etc. that shuttled celebrities to the Oscars while Leonardo DiCaprio thanked Al Gore for making us more aware of global warming.
There are more but I can't think of them right now...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
The Great Snow of 2007
Life around here has been... well... snowy. On Monday Rica, K-dog and I headed to Cincy for press check on the new catalog. It was a pretty fun trip, good conversation, lunch at an awesome Thai restaurant, and a pretty quick turn around time on the actual work part of things. We did end up leaving a little early because of a looming snow storm. Luckily, the storm came later than the weather people anticipated so we were able to make it back home without event.
The next morning however, I woke up to this.....
This is a shot between my house and the neighbor.
While this isn't Oscar's first snow by any means, it is the first real snow of the year, and he always reacts the same way. Plunge nose as far into the snow as possible! We didn't get a shot of it, but when he come back up it looks like he has a cocaine problem.
This is one of the dumb people who parked on the street. The best part is, this was taken before the plows came.I am lucky enough to have awesome bosses who think that keeping their employees alive is more important than the office being open. So, Tuesday and Wednesday were declared snow days. WOOHOO!!! I did have to do some work, but most of it involved talking to Rica, so I don't know how much it counts as work. Will managed to get out of going to class too. I'm still a little bitter about that. I remember snow worse than that when I was there and the NEVER closed. Hell, they didn't cancel classes on Sept. 11th. Anyhoo... We were both home and by day 2 we kinda had cabin fever. We shoveled the driveway and made the 4 mile trek to Blockbuster. Season 2 of Grey's Anatomy! yay!!!!! When we pulled back in we noticed just how giant the snow piles at the end of the driveway were..... Time to play!!!
Will victoriously charged up the snow pile.
Oscar decided he should help.
I started to make my trek up the snow pile.
And, Oscar decided he should help.
Finally, I try to make my way out of the snow pile. Trust me, it's not as easy as I made it look here.
After such a long day of snow play, Oscar passes out on the couch. My favorite part of this picture is that his nose is smooshed against the coffee, and he obviously just doesn't care.So there you have it. Yay for snow days and fun with puppies.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Blog-o-versery
Guess what kids?!?! It's my blog-o-versery! Can you believe it? I made it a year. A whole year of entertaining the Blogosphere (or at least the 5 of you that read this). It seems I should blog about something exciting or tell some hilarious story or something, but i totally have writer's block. I have for a while now. About a week ago I wrote an emotionally charged post about some stuff going on in my life. After talking to my "advisers," I've (at least for the time being) decided not to post it.
So here's the question pose to you, my dedicated readers, where's the line? Different people blog for different reasons. Some use it as a teaching outlet. Some use it for business purposes. There are a lot of other reasons, but most people I know blog for a combination of two reasons, to share there life with others and as a personal journal. I fall into this combined category. I've tried to keep journals before but have never been successful. I think part of the reason that i have managed to keep this blog going for a year is because of my dedicated readers, (because when I don't post for a while I get yelled at). But where do you draw the line between personal journal, and entertainment for the blogosphere.
I strive to keep a certain level of anonymity to my blog. The people who know me know who the other people I blog about are, but if a stranger randomly stumbles upon my blog they are unlikely to find my name, where I live, who my friends are, where I work, etc. This gives me a fair amount of freedom when I write. But what happens when I want to write something more personal? If I have a fight with the boyfriend (which never actually happens) is it fair to blog about it knowing that our mutual friends read it? If something is going on at work and I want to vent, should i do it, knowing that both of the owners, and some co-workers read it? If I think one my friends does something stupid, do i get to share that with the world (and their other friends who read this?)
This is an outlet for me, yet somehow I'm beginning to feel stifled. I would hope that people reading my blog could understand that sometimes I write when I'm emotionally charged. If someone read something that upset them, I would hope they would come to me and discuss it. Unfortunately, I don't think that is reality. Ideally my life would be an open book (or ebook as the case may be). I am a very open person and don't like to hide things. I feel like I should be able to write about anything I want to, but is writing about my personal life somehow crossing the line?
These aren't hypothetical questions people, I'm seeking insight from you. Please share!
On a happier note... Happy blog-o-versery to me! Happy blog-o-versery to me! Happy Blog-o-versery dear mmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Happy blog-o-versery to me!! HUZZAH!!!! I rock! You Rock! We all rock! Also, big props to Rica for updating my banner for me! sweet action! she rocks too!
As a side note, the Quitter has introduced me to the music of T.I. He's a rapper. I finding it amusing that i like him, but I do. I'm terrified! Ok. I'm done now! I await your responses.