I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream you got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem

My horoscope from Cosmo for today says...

Libra - Single? Going through the men's department in a pricey store (pretend you're shopping for your dad) might turn up a cuddle-worthy guy. Attached? Whether it's you or him on top, full-body contact sparks a passionate hookup under the sensual Moon.

Well...technically, I do have to shop for my daddy, since his birthday is tomorrow. But...I highly doubt anything would come of this horoscope.

And yay for sleep!! I didn't get up until 12:50p today...well, actually I woke up a little startled and confused at about 8:15a thinking that I had school today, but then I realized that it was Saturday and quickly turned my alarm off when it went off about a minute after I got up and went back to sleep. I haven't been sleeping well lately.

was it really worth it was she everything that you were looking for feel like a man I hope you know that you can't come back cuz all we had is broken

My horoscope from Cosmo for today says...

Libra - If you happen to get thrown an emotional curveball, caring Venus says that a guy pal's advice might help you to understand what happened so that you can fight back.

Umm, seriously...when I first saw that this morning, I didn't really think anything of it. I just kinda figured, meh...it's just a horoscope. But, oh my god...I didn't expect what happened when I went to go get my book from my a**hole of an exboyfriend. Sorry, but I've given up trying to be neutral when referring to him. Obviously, he doesn't care if he makes me look bad, making himself look bad in the process, so why should I continue to try and be a good person? (Please don't answer that, I know the answer to my question) Okay...so I just didn't go to a guy friend for help...

It's just that...I half expected him to bring someone with him when he gave me my book back this evening...but...I didn't expect to see the girl he cheated on me with. And, no, I don't have any actual proof that he cheated on me...but the way he acted, the things he said to me, how quickly he jumped into a relationship with her, how quick he was to accuse me of cheating, it all says that he was cheating on me. ::sigh:: But...thankfully, this chapter of my life is over. I never have to speak to him again. I can delete him from my phone, from my email contacts...from everything. The hard part is going to be removing him from my consciousness...

After seeing him (and his girlfriend, and the two other friends he brought with him; it looked as though he was on a double date with his a**hole best friend and his girlfriend, but I'm not 100% sure because when I saw that he had two girls with him to bring me my book, I felt like I was going to cry and just wanted out of there) this evening, I was [understandably] upset...but I really didn't feel like I could talk to my mom. And this really wasn't something that I wanted to talk to my daddy about (even my daddy before his accident). So, I called my good friend...thankfully, she put up with me...hopefully, I didn't keep her up too late. But I appreciate her helping me feel better...even if I didn't really say anything much about what happened.

I don't know...it just sucks that the ex and all of his friends live on the East Side, yet he felt the need to flaunt his new girlfriend in front of me? Why? Just to get a reaction out of me? Obviously, he got what he wanted since I pretty much left without a word (I at least said 'thanks' or 'thank you' when he handed my book to me) and walked as quickly as I could to my car.

come on, get higher, loosen my lips faith and desire and the swing of your hips just pull me down hard and drown me in love

My horoscope from Cosmo for today says...

Libra - Under the touchy Moon you might be too sensitive for your own good today. Consider hitting the movie theater and let Daniel Craig take you away.

Umm...yeah, if I actually had time to go to the movies, that would have been an awesome horoscope to make come true...but sadly, I had class from 9:35a to 7:20p. And I was at WSU for nearly that whole time today. It sucked. I left my house at noon for my second and third classes of the day and was gone for seven hours. Now I realize that there are people who have longer, and more stressful, days, but I was also at school earlier in the day for half an hour. But the trip home sucked due to the semi that overturned and spilled corrosive material causing the closing of I-75 between McNichols and the Davison...and does anyone think that I knew how to get myself home when I was forced to get onto the westbound Davison? If you answered "no," then you are correct! Luckily, I was able to figure it out and got myself home all right.

Woohoo!! I got a check in the mail today! Okay, so it was only for $16.60, but still...I got compensated for my civic duty (otherwise known as jury duty). Which I never mentioned anything about how that went (even though I mentioned getting a letter for it). Obviously since I got paid, I was selected for a jury...but very quickly dismissed. I got lost on my way there (thanks to a big lack of street signs in Pontiac, grr!!)...and again on my way home I got lost. I seriously hope that I never get called for jury duty to the Oakland County Circuit Court again. Not because the experience was that bad, but because the stupid building was so hard to get to and then getting home was ridiculous. But anyway, I got out of it due to the following: my finals were starting on Monday (and there was no guarantee that jury deliberations would be done by the end of the day); I knew someone firsthand with drug troubles; a few of our family friends are cops. As soon as the questioning of the potential jurors was finished, the prosecutor said they'd like to excuse juror #158 (that was me!!). Yeah, as soon as my number was said and I was told that I was excused, I was outta there. And then at noon my name was one of the ones listed as able to go home because they were no longer needed.

Oh, yeah...I seriously think that the Oakland County sheriff's deputy in charge of the metal detector at the entrance hates his life and/or his job because I was calling him "Mr. Crabbypants" (but obviously, not to his face). When I first got there he sent me back out to my car to return my cell phone (when I was around the other people in the jury pool for the day, I saw other people with camera phones, so I was a little annoyed that I had to take my phone back out to my car) and then when I went through the metal detector my belt set it off. Normally, I just get waved through or if it's a big deal, I will get the wand waved over me. Nope, Mr. Crabbypants told me to take my belt off and when I told him that if I took my belt off, my pants would fall down, he told me 'oh, well, do it anyway.' As though I was saying my pants would fall down for the hell of it. Do you realize how hard it is to take a belt off with one hand while trying to hold your pants up with the other hand, but your other hand is also trying to hold your coat out of the way because it's below freezing outside? Yeah...I'm pretty sure I managed to show someone my panties while either taking my belt off or putting it back on. He was a big poopyhead.

Anyway...my orgo lecture professor approved my withdraw request. So no more chem 1240 for me!! Unfortunately, I'm stuck with chem 1250 (the lab portion), because I forgot that we couldn't withdraw after the second test and that was last Tuesday. Oh, well... But, I did my quiz essay revisions this evening for my bioethics class, so that's a big help. Now I just have to do well on my final, which is due by 7:20p on Friday. But as soon as I finish my bioethics final and my bio final on Friday, I'm done for the semester because I'm only going to orgo tomorrow morning to get my test and do the eval for my [crappy] professor. Now, to be honest, I don't think that my prof is a bad guy or even necessarily a bad teacher; I just think that he should stick to teaching the grad courses.

I think there was something else that I wanted to add...but now I can't remember what it was. ::shrugs:: Oh, well... It's bedtime anyway...night, y'all!!

don't like the scene anyhow I dropped acid on a Saturday night just to see what the fuss was about well there goes the neighborhood

Wednesday night, I went out with some friends. For the first time since I turned 21, I was able to do what I wanted on the biggest bar night of the year. Not that the previous two were absolutely horrible, it's just that...nevermind, I don't know how to word that without sounding b****y.

The only thing was, some hillbilly (meh, I know using stereotypes isn't nice, but whatever the guy said he was from TN and his accent was kinda thick) could not take a hint! I wasn't completely rude or anything...but seriously, if I'd wanted to continue the conversation with him, I would have tried a little harder. Anyway, apparently, my friend's boyfriend sent him over to me. I sarcastically thanked him. But seeing friends was a good thing...but unfortunately, because it's been way too long since I was able to hang out with my friends, I didn't know most of the group (that normally goes out together every Wednesday night). And some of the group that I did know, yeah...if I never saw them again, I wouldn't mind. Oh, well...

I just hate that bars make you smell like an ashtray. Any time that MI wants to pass a smoking ban would be awesome!!

I don't know yet...I might go out again on Saturday night. But it's to celebrate someone's birthday, and I don't particularly care for the person (falls under the 'if I never saw again' category). But just getting out and doing something fun, or partially fun, could be a good thing. Meh...I don't know what to tell my friend (about whether or not I'm going).

My Cosmo horoscope from Wednesday said...

Libra - Scour Facebook for the people from your past (exes included) if curious Mercury makes you wonder what they're doing now.

And then this was the one from VSPink...

Libra - Hit the Books You're so creative, Libra! But your less-than-favorite classes need some love too. Join a study group. Make flash cards. Ask your prof about extra credit. Just don't procrastinate or you'll be sorry.

Umm...well, I really don't think the looking at what my ex is doing is the best idea, but the looking for other people from my past wasn't necessarily a bad suggestion. But, yeah...the "don't procrastinate or you'll be sorry" is sadly true. But, duh...that's got nothing to do with astrology. Just poor time management...and not understanding the material [orgo I] in the least little bit (even when I think that I do and manage to do well on the practice problems, but apparently I'm still failing the tests).

I've been waiting a long time now now here's the answer you're all mine now yeah I've been waiting for my Sunday girl

Today's horoscope from Cosmo says...

Libra - Deceptive Neptune may skew your normally sharp perspective today. Ask direct questions to learn someone's true feelings.

So...what is that supposed to mean? I realize that I'm probably doing something really stupid by planning a tentative get-together with the ex for tomorrow evening. But it's just astrology...it is what you make of it. If you read too much into it, then you'll probably go crazy, right?

Anyway...it's snowing outside today!! And it stuck!! Boooo!!! I know, it's the middle of November and I live in Michigan...so snow is a perfectly logical form of precipitation at this time of year. But, y'know what, that doesn't mean that I have to like it. I hate snow and winter with a passion. And until I find a cute, sexy (and I can't leave out good) man to cuddle up with, I'm thinking that I'm going to continue to hate this time of year.

my heart still has a beat but love is now a feat as common as a cold day in LA sometimes when I'm alone I wonder is there a spell that I am under

So...my Cosmo horoscope for today says...

Libra - If you're considering redoing your pad, the versatile Moon suggests that you use your imagination — like creating your own artwork or buying a bright slipcover for your couch.

I kinda sorta caused my horoscope to come true today. I didn't do any redecorating per se...but I did restructure some things in my life. If only because I felt forced to. An explanation will come next week. Sorry.

My bio teacher annoys me because she so cannot use a computer. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm sure the woman is a perfectly nice person...but I can totally understand a previous student felt that she "makes Hitler look sweet." Yes, that's a direct quote from one of her former students. She told us that a former student wrote that on the course evaluation. Okay, now I can understand feeling that way about her, but I don't understand the urge to write it on the course eval. Umm...I guess, I should say why she annoys me, shouldn't I? She always has trouble posting stuff on Blackboard...but none of my other teachers seem to have any trouble. Not even my seemingly computer illiterate orgo I lecture teacher!!

Anyway...since I don't think I ever mentioned it yet, last week I got a stupid jury duty notice. Thankfully, the dumb thing isn't on a test day. There's a really good chance that I should get out of it though...and not just because I listed all the ways it totally interferes with my finals. Seriously, if only I could just not show up for it...but then I would be in contempt of court. Ugh...

anytime you want to pick up the telephone you know it ain't nothin' to drop a couple stacks on you want it you could get it my dear

My Cosmo horoscope for the day of November 12^th says...

Libra - Single? Don't shy away from a slightly younger guy. He might light your sexual fire under bold Venus. Attached? Score points with a sexy striptease tonight.

Umm...yeah...I don't really want a younger guy. I'd rather go for a guy the same age or just a few years older (no more than five)... And then...the Cosmo horoscope for today says...

Libra - One of your coolest traits is watching out for your friends. Today, appreciative Venus says to be kind to yourself and indulge your favorite guilty pleasure.

I'm liking the one for today a lot more than yesterday's because helping out my friends is always a good thing...but apparently, I didn't really read it because it says to be a spoiled brat. Nevermind, I don't like it so much anymore...

And y'know what is awesome? When you have a song playing in your head (and no, I am not crazy)...and then you get into your car and that very same song is on the radio.

Seriously, what's wrong with the kids at Lamphere? Two bomb threats in two days?

Okay...well, I have to go print out my orgo stuff for lab...and still have to eat some lunch...oh, yeah, and I have to make my hair not look like a rat's nest cuz that's pretty much what it's looking like right now. Ciao!!

why does it always seem that every time I turn around somebody falls in love with me this has never been my sole intention

My Cosmo horoscope for today says...

Libra - Single? Your affectionate nature could capture an extroverted cutie's attention. Attached? Showing interest in his favorite recreation inspires affection under loving Venus.

And who would that said cutie be? Cuz I don't really think that there are any guys taking more than a platonic interest in me lately... I mean, unless you count the random men on the streets of Midtown Detroit...and I'm not!

First, there is a special political weekly round-up (for those of you living under a rock, since that's gotta be the only way you've made it to Friday and don't know that Barack Obama was elected the 44^th president of the U.S.A.):

.:. Ann Nixon Cooper, the woman mentioned in Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech of the presidency...even Sen. John McCain's concession speech was pretty good.
.:. "Yes we can" "Yes we did" It would have been pretty awesome to have been in Grant Park on Tuesday night...don't you agree?
.:. Yay for being young and voting (in record numbers, too)!!
.:. Aww, the little Obama girls are so adorable!! Sleepovers, puppies and family dinners with the new First Family...
.:. SNL's Best Presidential Moments (from E! online)
.:. A backwards step for gay rights in California (and gigantic discrimination in Arizona, Arkansas and Florida)...

Here is the weekly round-up of what I found interesting this week:

.:. Yay! There's a possible benefit to all the stupid migraines that I suffer from!!
.:. Eeep! That's a lot of money...$50,000 for an original sketch of Winnie the Pooh.
.:. Umm...yeah, being drunk and thinking you're driving your car, not gonna get you off for stealing a car...
.:. Aww...poor kid, poor family...what an awful Halloween...

And here's some Twilight related stuff:

.:. Rate-a-Trailer
.:. another movie clip and the video for Paramore's "Decode"
.:. Vanity Fair has a bunch of pics and an essay

all Twilight links are from E! online

Some amusement from Overheard in New York...

Hey, I Saw the Crude Sketches in the Boys' Restroom Way Before That
(class is watching a science video)
Scientist in the video: The problem with the big bang is that we know nothing about it. We don't when it banged, why it banged, how it banged, what exactly was being banged...
(entire class laughs)
Smart-a** student: See, when a man loves a woman...
Smarter-a** student: Please, as if you didn't just learn that last year in bio!
-- Stuyvesant High School

As Is Required by US Law
Mother: I'm so glad you want to learn about voting!
Five-year-old girl, to employee: Where are your books about Joe Biden?
(ten minutes later)
Five-year-old girl, screaming at the magazine rack: I want the magazine with the lady from TV on it!
Mother: Use your indoor voice. You know what her name is.
Five-year-old girl: But...I love Oprah.
-- Barnes & Noble, 86th & Lexington

cuz you're hot then you're cold you're yes then you're no you're in and you're out you're up and you're down you're wrong when it's right

My Cosmo horoscope for today says...

Libra - You like to analyze everything, but sensitive Mars suggests that you might be better off if you let your heart rule your head regarding a personal decision today.

I don't think I like this prediction...overanalyzing sounds good to me. Besides, letting my heart rule sounds like a bad idea right now. It's currently broken, remember?

Today, my new sweater and shoes came...so that was a happy thing. But my other new sweaters won't be here for a while...that's saddening.

And I wish my mom would hurry up and figure out the insurance sitch for my stepdad's insurance because it's been almost a month of no coverage for me (my mom's insurance quit covering me at midnight on my 23^rd birthday, meaning that it stopped at 12:00:00 am on October 05, 2008). And I'd really like to have insurance...I can't guarantee my safety forever. I am a big klutz, remember? I managed to trip off the front porch and sprain my ankle three years ago...I've been to the ER for my lumbar and cervical (that's the neck for anyone perverted) regions in the last couple of years, too. So...y'know...a lack of coverage for me really isn't the best of ideas...

All right...it's really late, I have to get up early...plus, I still have to do some more of my homework before I can go to bed...so... Ciao!!

all my life I've been over the top I don't know what I'm doing all I know is I don't wanna stop all fired up I'm gonna go till I drop

Ewewew!! I'm not sure, because I can't remember for sure...but I think almost every day this week there has been a dead rat (yes, rat, it's not a squirrel) at the corner of Warren & Chrysler. And then starting, I think, Tuesday because I'm pretty sure it was there for three days, there was a dead cat about two-thirds of the way up the exit ramp of the South I-75 for Warren Ave. It was so disgusting having to maneuver around the roadkill...oh, and this morning, I still had to maneuver around the dead rat. But it's quite possible that was cleaned up and now replaced by a gray squirrel because the roadkill that was there this morning was a bit too fluffy and clean looking to still be the same flattened creature from Monday morning...

And now that I'm done grossing you out...

My Cosmo horoscope for today says...

Libra - Single? A pumped guy you meet at the gym is fun to flirt with, but he isn't attentive enough for you. Attached? Working your sexual magic in the tub leads to a sensual round two later in bed.

Umm...now usually I would italicize the section of the horoscope pertaining to my status, but since it's been nearly three weeks since the boy and I have actually been near one another, I hardly know if I'm actually in a relationship or not (and this Monday, 10/13, when he came over to my dad's house for a couple of hours barely counts, and again, this past Saturday, 10/11, when he came over only to connect me to my dad's wi-fi because my dad and I couldn't figure Vista out, barely counts because it was all of less than 30 minutes). And I miss him. ::sigh:: Oh!, but anyway...not expecting my horoscope to come true today...

Anyway, here's the weekly round-up for the week of October 13^th:

.:. This is particular to Proposal 2 (the stem cell research one) in the state of MI only...
.:. What the kind of candy you like says about you...
.:. Aww, how cute...little boy puppies let the girl puppies win.
.:. A snake bite couldn't stop the mail frombeing delivered!!
.:. This is just sick and wrong.
.:. Lost dog found a travel agency to get home.
.:. Lawsuit against God thrown out. Are you kidding me? There was even a lawsuit to begin with?

And now for some amusement from Overheard in New York...

She Was Hoping for a Salad of Steel
Waitress: Will you have a soup or salad?
Girl: Sure, I'll have the super salad.
Waitress: No, will you have the soup or salad?
Girl: I said I'll have the super salad.
Waitress: No, (really slowly) will you have the soup or salad.
Girl: Ohhhhh, the salad.
-- Elmo, Chelsea

This Is Your Brain on Stupid Customers
Customer: I'll have an egg omelet.
Cook: An egg omelet?
Customer: Yeah, one made with eggs.
Cook: Thank god you mentioned eggs. I was about to give you an omelet solely made from butter!
-- Grant's Restaurant

Does It Burn When You Wednesday One-Liner?
Hipster to friend: Thank god AIDS wasn't in Africa yet when I was there, I wouldn't have f***ed anybody.
-- Classroom, NYU
...there are five more one liners...

Wednesday One-Liners Melt in Your Mouth
Would-be CIA student on cell: Yeah, so I think my interview at the CIA went well. I think I'll really like it there. (notices people around him) ...the Culinary institute of America! (everyone smiles)
-- 80th & Broadway
...there are five more one liners...

something's missing and I don't know how to fix it something's missing and I don't know what it is no I don't know what it is at all

Today's Cosmo horoscope says...

Libra - You're smokin' hot with both Mars and Venus rolling through your sign. Single? This sexy boost might attract a manslide of cuties to choose among. Attached? This is a good day to wrangle any favor your heart desires.

Hahahahaha!!!!!!! When I first saw this, this morning, I had very little faith in anything coming of it, mostly due to the lack of time to see the boy today. And...nothing came of it...

Ugh...things went horribly with the boy this afternoon. It pisses me off that he'll get mad at me (or more realistically, the situation) for saying what's bothering me, but doesn't let me fully explain myself and then things just get worse than they really are. Like, right now, he thinks that I'm jealous and insecure that he's out tonight at a bachelor party and he's going to see a bunch of pretty girls. Some of the places that the guys are going to tonight, have a dress code, so he needed to get some new dress pants and needed a new dress shirt for the wedding in a few weeks (which apparently, he R.S.V.P.'d that the two of us would go to)...and when he asked me if I was going to go shopping with him for the new clothes to help him pick the stuff out, I told him that I didn't want to go because I didn't want to help him "look pretty for a bunch of skanky girls." (my words, not his) But it was pretty obvious from my tone of voice and my body language when I said it, that I didn't really think that I had to worry about him (doing anything to cause me to worry, or responding to the behavior of other girls) or about the behavior of the so-called skanky girls.

But now, like I already said, he's mad at me for saying that a few days ago and then for even telling him to have fun tonight, after he told me that he finds me to be increasingly jealous and insecure. I really do want him to have fun with his friends tonight...even if it does make me a little uncomfortable that he's going to be at a few different strip clubs, looking at (possibly more, too) pretty girls wearing next to nothing.

Oh, yeah...I was going to mention a little more about the wedding that he R.S.V.P.'d to saying that the both of us would go to. It's one of his really good friend's wedding...and last weekend, when the boy had said that he'd R.S.V.P.'d, I'd just assumed that he'd said that he was going alone (the off-the-cuff way that he mentioned it, the way that things have been going between the two of us and the fact that he didn't even ask me if I was able to go were my reasons for assuming that). But then Thursday, he told me that he had already said that the both of us were going and then, almost a week later, asked me if I was able to go. It's a good thing that the girls' parents can be flexible, and if I need to get out of there earlier for some reason, they understand and go with it because the wedding is on a Friday evening.

I don't like knowing that he thinks I'm a b****...or that he thinks I should just go find some other guy because he's given up trying to make me happy since he doesn't think that he can do it anymore...or that he lies to me more often than I can prove. But as long as he keeps doing something that makes me happy or giving me hope that he still loves me...then I'm going to continue being stupid and stay with him.

she's waitin' on my blessings 'fore she hits that open road baby get ready get set please don't go

Really late Wednesday night, my daddy was in an accident and now he's in the ICU...but he's doing really, really well now. I'm happy. Yesterday, I was not doing so well. I skipped lab...so now I have to go to the 9:00a lab tomorrow morning. Oh, joy...school on a Saturday morning...shoot me now...

Oh...and my mom turned our central air off on Wednesday...so it's stifling in our house...it's ridiculously warm in our house now... I have no idea how I'm going to fall asleep (comfortably) tonight...

My Cosmo horoscope for today says...

Libra - Single? Your quiet sex appeal might motivate a shy cutie into making a move. Attached? Uranus wants you to shake up the weekend and do something different, like not leaving home for 24 hours. Have a movie marathon of recent releases, cook together, share funny childhood memories, and, of course, have spontaneous, hot sex.

Interesting...but there's very little chance of happening tonight. The boy has lab on Friday nights that gets out at about 10:00p...so I don't see him on Friday nights, let alone hear from him.

And now for the weekly round-up of the things that intrigued me this week:

.:. These Impossible Experiments from Psychology Today amused me...some of them a little more than others...
.:. This obsession is a bit extreme...so glad that I don't have OCD...
.:. What a weirdo...burglar, spices, sausage...I don't know....
.:. This is kinda cool...a son gets the same dorm room his dad had 35 years ago...

And the next thing that I have for the week is some amusement from Overheard in New York...

And That Time It Led to an Accident!
Lady in car at full parking lot to man in car: D***it, where we gonna park?
Man, getting his keys: Don't worry, I'm going to pull out.
Lady in car: Yeah, I've heard that before.
-- W Broadway & Canal

Being Judgmental Does That to a Woman
JAP to friend: Why is it that I only get hit on by the creepy, ugly guys?
Hobo: Um, have you looked in the mirror lately? Maybe it's 'cuz you ugly!
-- Outside The Met

I Think We've Stumbled Upon the Idea for a Sci-Fi Flick
Girl #1: What do you call a person who delivers newspapers?
Girl #2: A "delivery person."
Girl #1: Fine, be the non-conformist.
Girl #2: What would the conformist say?
Girl #1: "Paperboy," and then get confused because what if it's an old woman?
Girl #2: Oh right, so, "paper person." But then it sounds like those paper people chains I used to make as a kid, except mine were always awful and deformed...because you make one little mistake and then they're all f***ed up. Suddenly I've got a chain of twenty-one legged freaks and can't sleep at night.
Girl #1: "Twenty one-legged freaks." Not "twenty-one legged freaks."
Girl #2: Though both terrifying.
Girl #1: The heck you talking about?
-- Union Square

Unfortunately, I Hollowed It Out to Fit My Flask
Guy #1: The new Harry Potter is coming out this summer; you should read the book with me before the movie is released.
Guy #2: If I wanted to read a book filled with stories of sorcery, I'd read the bible.
Guy #1: (mouth drops open)
-- Artapasta, Soho

If You Only Know This Term Because of Full House, Raise Your Hand.
Mother: So remember, when we get off the train, you have to hold my hand.
Five-year-old girl: Capeesh.
Mother: Do you understand? You have to hold my hand.
Five-year-old girl: Capeesh, mom! Capeesh!
-- A Train

Then Go With My Blessing, Caped Crusader
Mother of four-year-old boy (looking at display case): Wait up for me, Jack*. Don't go on the escalator without me.
Jack: It's okay, I can do it.
Mother: No, Jack. Wait for me.
Jack: It's okay, mom. I can go up by myself.
Mother: Jack. Don't go up without me.
Jack: Mom. It's okay. I can do it. I'm wearing my lucky Batman underwear.
-- Macy's

And the last thing this week...

***Spoiler Alert***

Bear in Birmingham, Ala.: Got anything good on my girl Samantha Who?
Paging Sebastian Bach! Sam Who wants you—or another real, live (with or without dead liver) '80s rocker for an upcoming episode. In it, Sam meets said rocker, and he's so charmed that she doesn't know who he is (because of the amnesia, see) that they start dating, but when she regains some of her memories, it gets a little complicated.

Spoilers are from E! online's Watch with Kristin

so this is where the story ends a conversation on IM well I'm done with texting sorry for the miscommunication

I don't know if the boy was just busy yesterday or if I did something to annoy him, but he was barely talking to me yesterday. And he said that he'd call me after his class, but he didn't. I know that I could have called him, but the other day when I called him because he hadn't called like he said that he would, I woke him up. And I wasn't sure if I was going to do the same thing again...so I just went to bed. I don't know...let's see if he forgets to call tonight after class, too...

Today's Cosmo horoscope says...

Libra - Single? A steamy night might be in the stars under sultry Mars. Attached? Treat him to eye candy tonight by lounging around the house in your lingerie and one of his shirts.

Interesting...but I don't know if I'm going to even see the boy tonight...he's not too great at communicating with me.

And now for the weekly round-up of the things that intrigued me this week:

.:. This article from Psychology Today: Field Guide to the Nerd: It's All Geek to Me, amused me because it made me think of my 12 y/o brother and it made me think of the boy...neither are quite are nerdy as the extremes of the article, but, y'know...
.:. How horrible...who could/would do such a thing? Run a person over and then just leave him there...?
.:. Lol, seriously what is it with animals chasing off bears? Especially animals that really should be afraid of the bears...like this eight month old puppy...
.:. Aww, poor kitty cat...walled up in a tub for seven weeks...
.:. Weird...the cat has four ears!! Yes, that was not a typo, the cat has four ears.
.:. Aww, how cute...monkeys are empathetic, too. They like to give and receive, also.
.:. Poor baby elephant...his confused mommy was too aggressive to be around him...but everything is okay now.
.:. Umm, okay...what's wrong with having animals in the town? A one-horse town is soon to become a no-horse town...
.:. An abandoned newborn was found safe with a mother dog and her puppies...how sweet is that?
.:. Oh my gosh...what a lucky toddler!! His diaper pretty much saved his life...
.:. Oh, man...that's pretty crazy, she was able to diagnose the baby's cancer from a picture...
.:. Seriously now, how unfair is that? Just because a kid is better than the majority of the kids in the league, he's banned from playing?
.:. Last Friday, I mentioned something about the girl who was arrested for not paying her library fines...here's an update on her.
.:. Talk about your loyal customer...53 new Cadillacs in 53 years!
.:. What idiots...two self-called grammar police defaced a sign at the Grand Canyon National Park...
.:. Oh em gee...I want to be as lucky as this couple is, they won a $350,000 jackpot four times in one week. Four times in one week!
.:. Look! A new Rate-a-Trailer from E!...this time it's for a new Fast and the Furious...and it's with the original cast members, so y'know maybe it'll be good...

Okay...well, that's all for this week...

And lastly, some amusement from Overheard in New York...

Only Thirty-Nine More Quarters to Go!
Hobo: Can you spare a quarter?
Young female Brit on phone: Just a sec, Mitch* (turns to hobo) what is it?
Hobo: A quarter, can you spare a quarter?
Brit: A qua-what?
Hobo: Twenty five f***ing cents!
Brit: Here, have your quarter. No...in fact, take a dollar, go get pissed, or do crack. Or weed. Whatever you...
Hobo (interrupting): Actually, I was thinking sushi tonight.
-- 29th & 6th

there's an angel with a hand on my head she says I’ve got nothing to fear she says 'La ilaha il Allah' we all shine like stars

Ugh...I'm a little bit crabby today...I didn't sleep well last night. Make that I barely stayed asleep last night...I don't know why. But then I woke up around 7:15a and decided to turn my computer on...thinking maybe if I moved around a little bit, then falling back to sleep would be easier. Well, it was a little bit...until my stepdad decided it was a good idea to keep yelling. So...yeah...just as I was finally getting back to sleep around 8:30a, he made it impossible. If I did that to him while he was trying to sleep, he'd throw a major s***-fit...but I'm just supposed to ignore it and be fine. Whatever, jerk.

Anyway...here's the non-crabby stuff...

Today's Cosmo horoscope says...

Libra - Think twice about how you chat with a guy pal under retro Jupiter tonight or he might think that you're coming on to him.

Ha! I don't see that one coming to fruition. Seriously now...what guy pal am I going to hang out with?

This is the weekly round-up of the things that amused me over the week:

.:. Aww...who doesn't love a story about babies? Two babies born on 08/08/08 at 8:08, weighing 8lbs., 8oz. How cute is that?!?
.:. A shopkeeper in Spain found a Euro that has a cartoon character on it as opposed to the country's king...
.:. Hooray for medical treatments causing problems at the border! Seriously though, radiation treatments may require a doctor's note for border crossing...
.:. Umm...are you kidding me? $26 per grape?!? As much as $910 per bunch?!?
.:. Haha...children's toy picked up more than intended to one mom's dismay.
.:. Peanut/peanut butter bans in schools are just ridiculous...there are much better ways to protect children with allergies.
.:. Cosmo's list of 21 Things Women Can Do That Men Can't...a rebuttal to the list of Top 10: Things Only Men Can Do from Askmen.com.
.:. Earlier this week, I saw this on Forbes.com: Top Drugs' Strange Side Effects...

Allegra-D 24-Hour
Side Effect: Along with headaches and colds, this allergy medication has been known to give users backaches.

Umm...maybe...I need to look into a new allergy medicine...since I just assumed it was my little brother that screwed up my back...and my birth control giving me the headaches. Maybe it's a combination of my allergy medication and my birth control making my migraines worse than before I started either medication...
.:. Grr...now I have to wait until July 17 2009 to see the next Harry Potter movie...it was supposed to come out on November 21 2008...stupid WGA strike...
.:. Haha...too much noise gets the boyfriend banned from the girlfriend's apartment...

I want to go to the Weezer concert...Angels & Airwaves are playing, too (some other band is playing, too, but I don't think I know who they are) on September 29^th ticket info.

And here's some amusement from Overheard in New York...

Like That It's Possible to Get Thin by Eating Chocolate?
Guy giving out Kellogg's Special K chocolate bars: Free cereal bars! Free cereal bars!
Hobo (to Kellogg's guy): Hey, why isn't anyone giving me any money? They all be paying attention to you!
Kellogg's guy: Because I'm giving out free candy. You're giving out lies.
-- Outside Penn Station

***Spoiler Alert***

Lory in New York: What is gonna happen when our Gossip Girl favorites graduate school? Please, tell me anything. You know we love you.
Looks like the Gossip Girl series is sticking close to the books when it comes to college admissions: In an upcoming ep, several of the kids head to New Haven to check out the Yale campus. If they eventually graduate, they'll join a prestigious list of fictional Yale alumni that includes Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls), Joshua Lyman (The West Wing) and Montgomery Burns (The Simpsons).

spoiler from E! online's Watch with Kristin

you keep on aiming for the top and quit before you sweat a drop feed your empty brain with your hydroponic pot start out playing with yourself

Today, my Cosmo horoscope says...

Libra - Loving Neptune says that the most important thing today is for you to do whatever makes you happy.

Too bad I can't do whatever makes me happy today...meh...

This is the weekly round-up of the things that amused me over the week:

.:. Umm...seriously now, how much embarrassment must people put their pets through?
.:. Aww, how cute!! Puppies "catch" yawns, too.
.:. Uh, yay...? "Cosmic ghost" found by an amateur...it just looks like a green blob to me.

I want to go to these concerts:

.:. Seether at the Fillmore Detroit ticket info
.:. Sara Bareilles at the Fillmore Detroit ticket info
.:. Rock Band Live with Dashboard Confessional.... at Eastern Michigan University ticket info

Somebody should take me (or y'know, go with me), that would be awesome.

And here's some amusement from Overheard in New York...

...According to Martha Stewart Living
(movie set in SoHo)
Actor (showing where the fake blood stained his hands red): Man, if real blood did this it would be a lot easier to catch people.
Black guy: Man, ain't that the truth. A little hand sanitizer and that shit come right off.
-- Houston & Sullivan

This week there wasn't too much that I found to be all that interesting...sorry if that disappoints anyone. But, y'know...you can look for stuff to amuse yourself, too...

take me away to better days take me away a hiding place I got a pocket got a pocket full of sunshine I got a love and I know that it's all mine

Today, my Cosmo horoscope says...

Libra - Mars cautions you to look out for your well-being -- drink plenty of fluids, use sunscreen, and seek shade to avoid getting overheated today.

That might be a fitting horoscope...but I don't know yet...

And I think that today might be a good day... I just don't want to jinx it by saying anything...and I don't care if that's being superstitious.

I wanna kiss that smile that's on your face I need you wrapped up in these arms I want you just the way you are come on over

Today, my Cosmo horoscope says...

Libra - Brazen Jupiter says it's fine to be a party girl this weekend; just don't do anything too embarrassing.

Surprisingly, it's semi-fitting...but nobody has to worry about me doing anything embarrassing at the party today that my parents are hosting at our house.

I still have to do some stuff to get myself ready for the day...but...I'm being lazy and don't really feel like doing anything. Yeah...I'm cool like that...

Anyway, there really wasn't anything that I wanted to say...so...ciao!!

waiter! bring me water! I gotta make him keep his cool bring me water! he's acting like a fool bring me water!

And today the Cosmo horoscope says...

Libra - If you're on a man-pleasing mission tonight, Saturn says that your first priority should be to prolong his staying power so that you get satisfaction too.

Hahahahaha!!! I don't know what to say to that...

But anyway...it's been a few days since I posted anything. So it's time for the weekly round up of what amused me this week...

.:. An interesting article from Psychology Today about liars: Spotting the Liar. Ways to know when someone is lying...well, y'know, as long as the person lying to you isn't an expert liar (e.g. sociopath).
.:. An interesting article from Psychology Today about voice messages: Voice Messages. The tone of voice used to speak conveys meaning...and it's not gonna lie.
.:. An older man was coming out of a bank when he stumbled and the wind then blew his money into the surrounding area...but did the people in the area do the "right" thing and help him collect his scattered money or not?
.:. Oh em gee...6-year-old girl found $9000 diamond ring in parking lot...
.:. ................................................................ Just read it yourself? Because there aren't really any words to describe the horror.
.:. Haha, apparently...med students (and residents, too) are oversharing on Facebook. I agree with the girl towards the end of the article though; her use of the 'Dad Test' is a good idea.
.:. An interesting article about superhero movies, but specifically The Dark Knight: The Smart Knight.
.:. The CW's new ad campaign for Gossip Girl: Cinemax, Er, CW Bares New Gossip Girl Ads. Maybe it's just because I'm only 22 y/o...or maybe it's just because I've already read every book in the series (which are actually pretty worse than the show is)...but I don't find the posters to be that bad.

And now for the stuff this week that caused me to think of the boy in some way:

.:. some slideshow thingy about The 15 Hottest Games of Summer
.:. another slideshow thingy about the E3 2008 Picks and Pans
.:. and this made me confused: Nintendo Wii: Banned in the USA?
.:. and this is some video of some George Carlin rant that somehow I saw (I don't remember why):

And now for some amusement from Overheard in New York...

I Managed to Struggle to the Surface Often Enough to Get Air
Fat woman #1, at intermission: Man, these seats are tight!
Fat woman #2: Oh my god, tell me about it! My butt is killing me!
Fat woman #1, to skinny guy sitting in between them: Was I spilling over into your seat?
Skinny guy: You both were.
-- New Amsterdam Theatre

They're So Cute Before They Learn to Cuss
(random guy trips over three-year-old girl's stroller)
Guy: Oops, I'm sorry, honey.
Three-year-old girl in stroller: Don't call me honey!
-- Atlantic Ave Station

...For Taking Pictures Of My Bed and Posting Them on the Internet.
Dad: So what's that thing you want for your birthday again?
Little boy: A Wii.
Dad: Wii? As in wee-wee? Gross!
Little boy: You're immature.
Dad: You wet the bed.
Little boy: You're immature.
-- 1 Train

A Couple More Blocks and You'll Start Seeing the Hipsters
Girl to her friend: Where are we?
Old man passing by: It only gets worse...
-- 4 Ave & 14th St, Brooklyn

Mmm...Marriage...
Art teacher: This piece is from the enlightenment period in England and is called "Marriage a la Mode".
Kid to friend: Wait...marriage with ice cream?
-- Bronx Science Art History Class

Still Think Only Women Play That Game?
Five-year-old son: I'm mad at you.
Mom: Why honey?
Five-year-old son: Because you wouldn't buy me an umbrella!
Mom: You never asked for one!
-- Times Square Shuttle

Wednesday One-Liners Haven't Met Most Of Their Friends
Assistant on phone, about her 17-year-old daughter's MySpace page: I find it interesting that she and her friend Shannon have the same friend listed. Some 32-year-old guy in California named Tom!
-- Office on 42nd & Madison
...there are four more one-liners.

Drink Deep, or Taste Not the Wednesday One-Liners!
Drunk girl, accidentally taking swig of vodka instead of water: This wetness is spicy!
-- Bergen St, Brooklyn
...there are five more one-liners.

but you put on quite a show really had me goin' but now it's time to go curtain's finally closin' that was quite a show very entertainin'

And the Cosmo horoscope for today says...

Libra - Star warning! Sneaky Mercury says that a family member could catch you in a compromising position (having sex in your parents' shower) so make sure you really are home alone before trysting with your man or new fling.

Yeah...totally not something that I'd want to be caught doing...

Today I get to go see The Dark Knight. Yay!! I'm jealous of the people who already saw it. Here's a review of it (one is from Variety and the other from the AP). But I have to wait until 5:00p to see it...since that's when the boy got the tickets for. Since we wanted to see it in IMAX...otherwise we could've seen it last night.

Umm, when going fishing...aren't you supposed to catch fish? Fisherman caught drowning man.

here's to the nights we felt alive here's to the tears you knew you'd cry here's to "goodbye" tomorrow's gonna come too soon

So...the following totally makes me think of the boy:

2 Your inkling that something is wrong in the relationship is probably right.
Example: He's incommunicado. Before the days of e-mailing, texting, IMing, and Facebooking, if you didn't hear from your boyfriend for a day or two, it wasn't the end of the world (or your relationship). But now that communication is so easy and instant, it's usually a sign he's not fully invested.

-- excerpted from 8 New Love Truths You Must Know, pages 126-9 in the August 2008 issue of Cosmo

::sigh:: But anyway...last night, when I was reading through the new issue of Cosmo and read that article, I was like, 'huh, that's totally how he acts.' And that's so not a good thing (that I thought that...or that it appears that way that he is acting like that because there were three full paragraphs under "2" and I only put half of one). Because it's gotten to the point, where it feels like unless there's a greater than 80% chance of him seeing me that day, he doesn't talk to me. And the days where he isn't going to see me for sure, but does talk to me, it's because I called him and then he tries to get me off the phone as quickly as possible.

This constant game of "ignore multiple days, talk to a few days, start over again" is really starting to mess with me...because I'm beginning to feel like that crazy, insecure girlfriend who doesn't trust anything her boyfriend says. ::sigh:: Whatever...

I don't know what I'm supposed to do... Do I just keep pretending like nothing's wrong? Because when I try to calmly tell him what's wrong, he tends to get mad at me (or worse, ignore me and everything that I said to him)...but if I pretend like nothing's wrong, then it's not going help anything. ::sigh:: I feel like I'm just some background noise that he wants to...needs to tune out when I try and talk to him. No matter what it's about. That's why I don't talk to him...and that's why he gets mad at me for keeping things from him...