Are You Kidding Me?

I hope everyone had a nice New Years. I ended up staying at home doing paperwork until the clock hit midnight.

What a way to celebrate. :)  Actually, it was very nice and calm, just like I hope this year is.

Tomorrow is the day my sister meets that guy from eHarmony…where I will be secretly hiding with my friend.

Thinking about it, I don’t think I’ll have anyone come with me when I meet someone. I’m not really afraid of being assaulted or anything like that, so there’s no need to have anyone else there.

I’m off to bed. I spent most of the day reading book 3 in the Twilight series. At least I finished it - now I can move on to the last and final one…for now. I swear, I can’t concentrate on anything else when I’m reading those books.

As everyone knows, I love to Google things. That is mostly what I do when I’m bored. Recently I wrote an article on the topic of sneezing, which got me thinking.

What is a sneeze, really? Well, according to Wikipedia, a sneeze is defined as “a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs, most commonly caused by foreign particles irritating the nasal mucosa.” That sure sounds like a lot, doesn’t it?

When I was younger, my friend and I used to stick Q-Tips up our nose, which would then tickle us, causing us to sneeze. We would have sleepovers at her house and do this while laughing, and I always remember her ‘Shh’-ing me to stop sneezing because we didn’t want her mom to wake up.

Sneezes can also make us feel good, as described by Narm over at White-Collar Redneck in his hilarious post simply titled Sneeze.

I came across some pictures that I thought I’d share with you. The article I had written was about how people that don’t cover their sneezes can infect up to 150 people with their cold. Well after looking at these pictures, I can see why.

That is probably the most disgusting picture I’ve ever seen. Check out all that spittle he’s spraying everywhere. It’s my luck that I’d get stuck next to this guy on the bus.

I’m sure these pictures were taken as part of a study or experiment, but I wonder what these guys thought after seeing their pictures. Wouldn’t you be embarrassed if this was posted all over the Internet? Or, does he include this in his portfolio when applying for a job?

Wow, I don’t think I usually sneeze with my mouth looking like that. And he’s got a straight shot there, no stray spittle from this guy. That sneeze looks like it hurt!

Really? This guy looks like someone just told him a funny joke and he spit his drink out everywhere. He could be one of those fire-breathing dragons, because his sneeze gets bigger the further out it expands. I think the further you move away from this guy, the faster his sneeze follows you.

Do you see why I Google things? Sometimes it can be really interesting. Did you learn something? I know I did…I never want anyone to see me sneeze.

Well, looks like my weekend is shot. I’ve been sitting here for 2 days now with a sore throat that looks HORRIBLE on the inside. I feel fine physically, it’s just my freaking throat.

I had my mom look in my mouth and she was like ‘oh my god’. Then I went to get a strep test and the nurse looked in my mouth and went ‘oh boy’. That made me feel a lot better.

Well, I don’t have strep throat, but I feel like there’s a sock in my mouth when I try to talk. So I haven’t been answering my phone much, which leaves me with talking through the computer. And that gets old after awhile.

So my mommy took me to the library today and I picked up some books I ordered. I think I’ll spend the whole weekend reading, since there’s nothing else I can really do.

I mean, I COULD spend time with my evil cat, but then he’ll want affection and all that girly stuff. Hmm, they say the way to get rid of a cold is to pass it on…I wonder if I could pass it on to my cat. He kinda deserves it for destroying my closet a few months ago.

Being sick SUCKS. I’m afraid to go to bed tonight because I know I’ll just toss and turn.

Okay, I think I’ve got a story that tops it all this time. I hung out with the Smooth Talker yesterday…he had called and wanted to know if I wanted to go Christmas shopping. I wasn’t doing anything, so I said fine.

Since it was a very long day, I’ll make the story semi-short. We started getting into a conversation about how he uses women. He was telling me all of his tactics, how he goes about things, and how he really wants to change and get away from that and find someone to settle down with. (Yeah, whatever).

So, I wasn’t planning on spending the whole day with him, but we headed back to his place cause he needed to do some cleaning. So I asked him if he was cleaning up because a girl was coming over. At first he said no, then later on admitted that yes, he had a girl coming over, but that she was coming over to look at a room in his house. The story he gave me was that one of his friends knows a girl that needs to rent a room near the college she goes to and asked if Smooth Talker would help her out. So he said yes, because “that’s what he does”, even though he has no intention of letting any girl live with him.

So he told me that she was going to come over at 7pm and I was like ‘Well, I’ll leave, no big deal’. And he said that No, he wanted me to stay because he wants to “change his ways” and be a better person, and that if I was there he wouldn’t be tempted to do what he normally does. So, I was slightly amused and decided to stay.

So around 7 this girl shows up and Smooth Talker introduces me as his girlfriend. He goes to show her the house, I’m sitting on the couch texting people, and soon they come out and he says he’s going to show her the rest of the property outside. So, this whole thing only lasted like 5 minutes before Smooth Talker comes back in from outside claiming that he was so proud of himself because he resisted the temptation.

He also proceeds to tell me about how the girl was trying to flirt with him outside, asking if I was really his girlfriend, if we were serious, etc. etc. So then she apparently tells him ‘Well, I don’t know how long your girlfriend is staying, but if she leaves, give me a call and we can go get a drink or something’

I really don’t think a girl would do that. Well, I really don’t think a girl that LOOKS normal would do that. The poor girl is a struggling college student, and could easily have gotten conned by this guy. So I guess me being there helped someone out, but who knows, he could call her up telling her that they could meet for a drink anyways.

So today, I’m talking to Smooth Talker’s construction buddy and explaining to him how it was weird last night that a girl was looking at his place for a room for rent. His friend then tells me that that’s what Smooth Talker does, he goes on Craigslist and posts that he’s looking for a roommate. And when a guy answers the ad, he tells them that the room is taken, but when a girl calls for it, he invites them over to look at the property and then puts the moves on them.

Unbelievable. I mean, I knew he was like this, but not going to extremes like this. So, I was relating the story to my mom today, so she decides to do a quick search on Craigslist using his phone number, and comes up with this:

“iam a very responsable male seeking to share my home for the sake of expenses.iam a professional with a long work schedual and when not at work iam spending time at my girlfriends so my time at home is very limited.my house is large, very clean and modern decorde.each bedroom has a large screen plasma tv, fireplace in living room, very spacious kitchen.2 acres of land, pool, out door fireplace.very homey and friendly atmosphere.washer dryer and all appliances and utilities are included.iam not concerned with gender but you have to be clean, friendly and drama free.i do not seek a deposit but the first mnths 250 for rent must be paid on the day of move in.if you have any questions feel free to ask (xxx)xxx-xxxx.  thank you and good luck in your searches.”

My God lol. I couldn’t believe it when I read it. In one way I feel bad for these unsuspecting people that answer this ad, and in another way I’m wanting to tell him I know about this ad. All day yesterday I kept being sarcastic with him calling him a player, and how using girls like this while being so obvious about it makes him look like a loser, etc. And he stood there and took it. But on the other hand, I don’t even want to bother with him anymore because this is just…bad.

So, I know I’ve said it before, but this time I’m done. No one believes me, and that’s fine, but I know I’m done. He’s WAY too weird for me, and I’ve had some real weirdos in my life.

I just don’t understand why last night he had me stay there while this girl was over. He could have totally told me to go and could have put the moves on her like he usually does.

I think that he doesn’t like it that I’m not falling all over him. Ugh, what a loser. I think this time I’ve learned. Let’s just hope he doesn’t become a problem.

Why did it have to be 50 degrees today and rain the whole day?

I mean, I’ll take any warm weather I can get when it’s wintertime, but today just sucked.

Why? Because I hate wearing a hood when I’m outside. You see, my hair is naturally curly, and I straighten it so I can look semi-cool (in my eyes at least). When the first drop of rain hits my hair, I get immediate frizz. And not the cool kind, even though I don’t think frizz can ever be considered cool. I mean, my hair goes into afro-mode and then just starts irritating my neck.

I think the last time I wore it curly was about five years ago, until I found the hairdresser that was my angel and introduced me to a straightener.

So yes, I’m like the Wicked Witch of the West (or was it East?) and I tend to melt when hit by rain.

Why is it when the roads get bad outside, people forget how to drive? Either that or they use this time to act like total idiots and drive as fast as they can.

It’s very snowy and icy outside right now, and I just got home. I went out for a little bit and witnessed tons of people pulling out in front of other cars, stuck in ditches and spinning their cars around in the snow.

Come on people…really?

This is why I hate driving outside when it’s bad out. It would be my luck that one of these idiots plows right into me. And somehow it would manage to be my fault.

I definitely need to move OUT of Ohio….this weather along with its bad drivers is not for me.

So, last night my sister and I rented The Strangers. I had heard it was really scary, so I wanted to see it being that scary movies are my favorite thing in the whole world. Besides peanut butter, of course.

Anyways, I don’t know why we do this to ourselves. We are the biggest wimps on the planet, and get scared like little babies once it turns dark outside.

So we’re watching the movie, and I’m trying to scare her by making noise at the quiet parts. I think she was getting scared which is why she got pissed off at me.

I liked the movie, it was really good and scary, but I didn’t like the ending. It was incomplete and I hate that. But anyways, there was still the issue of my sister getting to her car to drive home. So of course she makes me walk out with her. So we walk out my door, and I wasn’t going to lock it, but she scared me that someone might walk into my place while we are at her car.

So I go and lock it, and then remember I didn’t lock my porch door either, so I run in and lock that too. So on the way down the stairs, I’m coming up with a plan of attack in case someone is outside ready to kill us. The plan is ‘Run because you’re on your own’.

So we get outside, and I’m clutching onto her arm and looking behind us, while she’s looking in front of us. We run to her car, quickly get in and she locks the doors. She starts the car up and proceeds to drive about 20 feet to my front door.

I run out of the car, she re-locks her doors and I run inside, giving her the thumbs up that I got in okay. But she was long gone. I’m glad my sister cared so much to wait an extra second to see that I got inside safely.

Here are my top Entrecard droppers for November.

Symphony of Love

Basketball Daily

Philly Today

Wishing on a Falling Star

That Guy Over There

Celebrity Today!

Veramore

Glue 4 Families

Politics 2000

Denver Cereal

Check out these blogs. I read them daily and they are all pretty cool.

Well, today is Thanksgiving Eve, and tonight is known in most parts as the biggest drinking night of the year. Bars are filled around here with partiers and it’s generally a good time.

Up until last year, I had no idea about the day before Thanksgiving until a few friends invited me out. Of course, I almost got hit by a truck, which then started a confrontation between the driver and my friend. How was I supposed to know the guy would switch lanes when I was walking across the street?

We still had a fun night and were surrounded by fun drunk people.

So for all those going out tonight, have a safe time and have a shot of Jager on me.

I stole this meme from Angelika.

The Woman’s Work 45 Meme

1. Do you like blue cheese salad dressing? Not at all, it’s the worst dressing out there.

2. Favorite late night snack? Ice cream.

3. Do you own a gun? No, guns are scary.

4. What’s your favorite drink at Starbucks or other specialty coffee shop? I just get hot chocolate when I go into those places.

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? No, I get irritated because I wait too long!

6. What do you think of hot dogs? Love them.

7. Favorite Christmas song? Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy…is that a Christmas song?

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Hot tea

9. Can you do push-ups? Yes, but do I? No way

10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? This one necklace I have.

11. Favorite hobby? Reading

12. Do you have A.D.D.? No

13. What’s one trait that you hate about yourself? I care too much what people think.

14. The last disease you contracted? Never had a disease, thank god

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment. 1. Dr. Phil’s show is boring today   2. It’s snowing so I’m not going anywhere tonite. 3. I need to feed my cats.

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Diet Coke, Hot tea, Water

17. Current worry right now? How my friend Jeff is doing

18. Current hate right now? The person that pulled out in front of me this morning only to go 20 mph the whole way

19. Favorite place to be? Home

20. How did you ring in the New Year? I actually don’t remember what I did

21. Like to travel? Love it

22. Name three people who will complete Sunday Stealing this week: No idea

23. Do you own slippers? Yes, I love slippers but I never wear them

24. What color shirt are you wearing? Black

25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? I’m sure I would

26. Can you whistle? Sadly, my whistling skills are pathetic

27. Favorite singer/band? Probably Dave Matthews Band

28. Could you ever make it 39 days on the show Survivor? No, I’d argue my way off the island

29. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don’t sing in the shower, I think

30. Favorite girl’s names? Leah, Chloe

31. Favorite boy’s name? Noah, Sam

32. What’s in your pocket right now? No pockets

33. Last thing that made you laugh? My sister, being funny again

34. Like your job? Love it

36. Do you love where you live? Not really

37. How many TVs do you have in your house? 2

38. Who is your loudest friend? Gin

39. Do you drive the speed limit or speed? mostly speed, unless I’m in a conversation, then I tend to drive slower

40. Does someone have a crush on you? I wish I knew

41. What is your favorite book? The Long Walk by Stephen King

42. What is your favorite candy? Peanut M&Ms

43. Favorite Sports Team? Cleveland Indians

44. What were you doing 12 AM last night? I was sleeping

45. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up today? Ugh, I don’t want to get up