thoughts: January 2007 Archives

ok.  sorry no photo, i am on the mac and i have no photos on it since it sadmac-ed and had to be lobotomized.

so.  thomas and i had a conversation recently.  and i would like to know your opinion.  he prefers the term dumb@ss and i prefer sh!thead.  yes.  it is true, this is how mature our conversation was.

t argues that dumb@ss is a much better choice because people can't be sh!t but they can be dumb.  therefore, dumb@ss is a better descriptor than sh!thead.  he went on to argue that he didn't understand what sh!thead meant.  a head full of sh!t?  a head made of sh!t???  the images went on and on.

i personally just like the way it sounds.  so.  how about you?  dumb@ss or sh!thead?

recently i have been thinking about a post about you.  the blogs i read.  there are quite a few of you.  but there is a reason why i wanted to talk about you.  i want to share what you have taught me.  and i am going alphabetically.

leah* has taught me the beauty of spell checking.  all of her posts about editing has made me spell check a little more frequently than before.

ali has taught me to "continue reading."  this is important because i never make a point like she does and this gives everyone the choice to stop.  not that you had to read it anyway, but now there is the added advantage.

at the moment, my thoughts are a bit random.  i'm not so much distracted as i am thinking about something that doesn't seem to be functioning; i won't be able to look in the computer to figure it out until tomorrow.

so, here are some of the thoughts i am having:

all natural cheetos are essentially crack in a bag.

top chef tonight is stupid.  i am disappointed that cliff got thrown off for something trivial.

i am excited to get to sew tomorrow.  although, i think i am going to start my day at the office first.

i want to go to hawaii.

to have a baby is a big decision.  huge.  and i don't take it lightly, unless there is a baby within reach and then i just want one.

but here is why i ponder if i am ready or if i ever will be: who will i become?  and how will this affect my marriage?

these two itty-bitty questions scare the hell out of me.  you know why?  because i know people with kids.  and it changes you.  and it changes their marriage.  and there is no judgment in that statement.  but people change.

so you have a kid.  you have sex less frequently.  you get less sleep.  you have less money.  you have this little being that relies on you for quite a while, like 36 years.  you're tired.  your work life changes.  your social life changes.  your potential and prospects change.  and yet, now there are more than just the two of you and the  cats and one dog.  there is a baby.

i'm resolved to read and to watch movies.  in my mind, that has to be some of the best resolutions known to man.  how can it not be.

i'm resolved to get my grading done within the week.  theoretically, i think i can do it.  practically, i'm gonna drag my feet.

i'm resolved to drink less, smoke less and work out more.  this one is real easy since, i don't really drink, i don't smoke, and i walk to work frequently.  but i can still be resolved.

i'm resolved to finish watching gilmore girls.  grey's anatomy.  to smile more, to post more, to be all that i can be, without joining the army.

so.  cancun = fabulous.  flight back = he!!.

let me explain.  the day we were to leave, we got up, went to the pool.  it was marvelous.  we didn't need to leave for the airport until 11.  our friends packed some lunch at the resort for the airport.  thomas and i decided to buy lunch there.  oops.  our mistake.

did you know that one sandwich, half a wrap and a can of dr. pepper costs $18 in the cancun airport?  did you?  neither did i until i got to the cash register to pay.  prices aren't listed.  not in pesos.  not in dollars.  yep.  $18.

well.  we obviously made it to the airport.  our flight wasn't scheduled to leave until 2.  of course, it was delayed by 30 minutes.  in the mean time, we amused ourselves by watching the "security" check for liquids on all boarding passengers.  this involved "security" pocketing all beverages that they wanted.  literally, pocketing a red bull.  and getting out the plastic bag for the unopened beverages.  i guess i shouldn't complain that they are recycling and not throwing out perfectly good drinks, but to do it in front of us.  that was truly priceless.