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05/19/2008
For us ladies with nothing else going on in our lives...
It has been a week today that I started back to school. So far so good. Maymesters go by so incredibly fast. Next Tuesday is my final..already had a mid-term and the homework hasn't killed me yet...yet....I repeat..cause knowing me tomorrow we will be bombarded...but so far everything seems really doable. Only problem is now i need to figure out how to make extra money without going to work full time. Ebay is going okay but I need to come up with some more products to satisfy the outgoing yarn. I also need to find someone to build my website for me. I have learned that no matter how many html books Petty buys me I can't seem to want to wrap my brain around it. Trying to recruit a son to figure it out but that's pulling teeth. haha... So yesterday I was at the nail salon getting a pedicure with my mom and I was working on a scarf for her. Yes I do know that it is 100 degrees here in Texas, but I promised her a scarf in this luscious Jaeger. So I figured it would be easy enough to finish it as a weekend project and she will have it just in time for next winter. What winters we have here anyway. That's a whole other world of hurt right there. Anyhooo we were in the salon and I was waiting for my turn. This loud mouth old hag was talking and talking and gossiping and annoying the peeeee out of me. I was trying to drown her out when I heard the lady that was doing her nails say..." I have always wanted to knit or crochet since I came to America". This sparked my interest.....I have taught a lot of people lately the basics of both so I figured I would offer to teach her when loud mouth old hag says....." Oh dear you don't want to knit or crochet...there is toooooooo much involved. You have to use different needles for crochet and different needles for knitting..(ummmm they are called hooks for crochet) there are loops and rows you have to memorize. It's just too much dear." Okay so i'm thinking to myself this lady just doesn't have the knack for the craft or doesn't think that the nail lady can handle it. I start to open my mouth when the 2x4 hit my head....."besides dear, women that crochet or knit have nothing else going on in their lives. There just isn't enough time in a day for that nonsense." WHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! seriously!!!!! I work, go to school, raise two boys, have a social life and still manage (LORD ONLY KNOWS HOW) to get some yarny goodness mixed in it all....I sooooo wanted to slap the hag. Instead I smiled and kept on knitting....(cause I'm a wuss). I do plan on going back sometime soon and offer to teach the salon lady. Why should anyone be deprived of knowing something as enjoyable as playing
with yarn? Maybe I will take the sock I am working on...4 dpn's flying at once would've shut up the old hag :)
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05/12/2008
My first day of school
So I returned to yet another attempt at finishing school. Yeppers...today was my first day of class. I only have about 3 more semesters left then I will finally be done. It has only taken me 16 years. In class today the professor decided she wanted everyone to go around the room and introduce themselves. Okay fine...i'll introduce myself....then she puts up a power point of a list of questions everyone is required to answer after introducing themselves. Why are you taking a maymester, what do you want to do when you graduate, family life...yada yada yada..... All this is all good excpet for the fact that I HATE talking in front of people I do not know. This stems a problem. Maybe she will start on the other side of the room, in the front row and will not manage to get to me because these 18 year olds out of high school recently will be so consumed with talking about themselves taht we will run out of time. UMMMM plan did not work...I was first. Sitting in the back of the room is not advisable when you have such a bubbly 20 year old profe
ssor who thinks it will be cute to pick on you. My face turned 80 shades of red and I as calmly as I could began the quest. When I got to the family part and mentioned taht I have children the room turned to me. Then when I preceded to tell them the ages of my children (14 and 11) jaws fell. I'm not quite sure how to take the jaws falling. I am going to chalk it up to I am so extremely young for my 33 years...haha...yep that's what i'm telling myself. Anyhoo...the rest of the kids (seriously kids) went on to talk about their club scenes and they are head starting their careers at the ripe old age of 12...I FELT SO ANCIENT!!!! I keep asking myself what I am doing here. My oldest will be in college in 4 years. This is so backwards. This is my last go. It will be victory over education once and for all. Unless my precious little Akai doesnt let me study. It used to be babies that held my attention...now I have puppies.
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05/04/2008
The Movie Test
So I found this list on another blog about which movies you have seen....I was bored and decided to take the test myself to see how many of these I have actually seen....I have no life...not only did I actually take the test, but I have seen almost all of these....and pretty much own all of these...I need a hobby :) However in my defense I am usually watching a movie while crocheting or knitting. So I can justify the amount of filmage I asorb. I am intrigued however to check out the flicks that I have yet to view. Why have I not ever seen Rocky Horror or Princess Bride? I think I always associated the two with "cult" followings. There have been a few movies like that though that I evenutally watched and fell in love with...so they are surely on my list to watch soon.
( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Grease
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
(x) Boondock Saints
(X) Fight Club
(X) Starsky and Hutch
(X) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(X) Airplane
( ) The Princess Bride
(x) AnchorMan
(X) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
(X) Saw
(X) Saw II
(X) White Noise
(X) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(X) 50 First Dates
(X) The Princess Diaries
(X) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(X) Scream
(X) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(X) Scary Movie
(X) Scary Movie 2
(X) Scary Movie 3
(X) Scary Movie 4
(X) American Pie
(X) American Pie 2
(X) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
(X) Harry Potter 1
(X) Harry Potter 2
(X) Harry Potter 3
(X) Harry Potter 4
(X) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(X) The Wedding Singer
(X) Little Black Book
(X) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
(X) Finding Nemo
(X) Finding Neverland
(X) Signs
(X) The Grinch
(X) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(x) White Chicks
(X) Butterfly Effect
(X)13 Going on 30
(X) I, Robot
(x) Robots
(X) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(X) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(X) Along Came Polly
(X) Deep Impact
(X) KingPin
(X) Never Been Kissed
(X) Meet The Parents
(X) Meet the Fockers
(X) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
(X ) King Kong
( ) A Cinderella Story
(X) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(X) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
(X) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
(X) Halloween
(X)The Ring
(X )The Ring 2
(x)Surviving Christmas
(x) Flubber
(X) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(X) Practical Magic
(X) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
(X) Hellboy
(X ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
(X) The Whole Nine Yards
(x) The Whole Ten Yards
(X) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child’s Play
(x) Seed of Chucky
(X) Bride of Chucky
(X) Ten Things I Hate About You
(X) Just Married
(X) Gothika
(X) Nightmare on Elm Street
(X) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(X) The Grudge
(X) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask
(x) Son Of The Mask
(X) Bad Boys
(X) Bad Boys 2
(x) Joy Ride
(X) Lucky Number SlevIn
(X) Ocean’s Eleven
(x) Ocean’s Twelve
(X) Bourne Identity
(X) Bourne Supremecy
(x) Lone Star
(X) Bedazzled
(X) Predator I
(X) Predator II
(x) The Fog
(X) Ice Age
(X ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
(X) Independence Day
(X) Cujo
(x) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(X ) Christine
(X) E.T
(X) Children of the Corn
(X) My Bosses Daughter
(X) Maid in Manhattan
(X) War of the Worlds
(X) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(X) She’s All That
(x) Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
(X) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(X) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(X)The Terminator
(X) The Terminator 2
(X) The Terminator 3
(X) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X3
(X) Spider-Man
(X) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
(X) Jeepers Creepers
(X) Jeepers Creepers 2
(X) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
(X) Freaky Friday
(X) Reign of Fire
(x) The Skulls
(X) Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
(X ) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
(x) Swimfan
(X) Miracle on 34th street
(X) Old School
(x) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
(X) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
(x) Boogeyman
(X) The 40-year-old Virgin
(X) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
(X) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(X) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(X) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(x) Base-ketball
(x) Hostel
(x) Waiting for Guffman
(x) House of 1000 Corpses
(x) Devils Rejects
(X) Elf
(x) Highlander
(X) Mothman Prophecies
(X ) American History X
( ) Three
(x) The Jacket
(x) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
(x) Night Watch
(X) Monsters Inc.
(X) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(X ) Shaun Of the Dead
(x) Willard
( ) High Tension
(x ) Club Dread
(X ) Hulk
(X) Dawn Of the Dead
(X) Hook
(X ) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(X) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(X) Waterworld
(X) Kill Bill Vol. 1
(X) Kill Bill Vol. 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
(x) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
(x) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
(X ) Army of Darkness
(X) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(X) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(X) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(X) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(X) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(X) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
(X) The Matrix
(X) The Matrix: Reloaded
(X) The Matrix: Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
(X) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(X) Team America: World Police
(x) Red Dragon
(X) Silence of the Lambs
(X) Hannibal
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