it's a wonderful life?

i just watched it's a wonderful life with my parents
three hours of my life i will NEVER GET BACK!!!
i hate that movie

i used to think it was that old bastard potter that made me hate the movie so much, but as i was sitting there i realized it's not that at all (well, maybe it used to be, but now...)
it's bailey's family!
he put his life on hold to stay in a town that he was desperate to escape, doing a job he didn't even remotely want to do just to appease (and clean up after) his family, putting the needs of everyone else before his own
i mean, sure, he had a great family at the end, and his friends helped him out of a tough spot (one which wasn't his fault in the first place), but it was just the consolation prize
he wanted to travel, see the world and experience life

familial obligation stole his dream!

i think my (possibly irrational) detestation of this movie is cuz i over empathize, and that movie just reminds me the consequences of not being able to stand up to my family
had i managed to grow a backbone a decade ago, i wouldn't be in the suckfest i'm currently residing in

am i over simplifying a stupidly complicated situation and pointing fingers in a childish manner?
perhaps
so what
it's my blog, and i can be as unreasonable as i want


oh, btw, merry christmas, random strangers
i wish you as minimal an amount of selfish brats throwing tantrums cuz they didn't get what they wanted as is seasonally possible

(i deserve a beer)

lemons hurt my eyes

have you ever noticed how much easier home grown lemons are to peel than store bought ones?
or am i the only one who peels lemons and eats them like oranges?
(and then forget you just peeled citrus and rub your eyes)
(it's amazing how ineffective tears are on lemon oil)

jeggings are the downfall of society

jeggings are an excellent example of what is wrong with the world today

if you don't know what those are, god bless you dear soul, you have been blissfully sheltered

now let me make your world a little less beautiful:
jeggings are the drunken lovechild of jeans and leggings
"the comfort of leggings with the style of jeans"
basically, leggings with seams and pockets printed on so "no one can tell you're wearing leggings"
bullshit!
you end up looking like a grade school drama prop gone horribly wrong

they're even worse than skinny jeans, and my feelings toward skinny jeans make my feelings toward my junior year high school english teacher seem downright amiable
(i guess that only makes sense if you know me - in short, i hated that deluded bitch)

if you wanna subject the world to you wearing leggings around, just do it
don't add the insult of pretending that no one's intelligent enough to tell that your pockets are actually ink
it's just rude!

seriously people, what the fuck?!


(yes, i just saw a commercial for jeaneez, and it made me angry)

yay goats!

goats are awesome
they discovered coffee, which i can't live without
they provide the main ingredient to feta, which i'm glad i don't have to live without
and their babies are just so adorable i wanna scream

and to those of you who say "but all babies are adorable," i say to you "no, random reader, you are wrong!"
all babies are not adorable - it takes even the most attractive genetic cocktail of human a month or two before it's passably cute, let alone adorable
"precious" is another story (it's the tactful way of commenting on a baby that is still newborn ugly but it has the baby default of still being adorable to some)

so, well done, goats


(and, yes, i did post this now just so i wouldn't have five posts in november)

pity party of one

i hate the feeling that your partner doesn't actually care whether you're around or not
it's not like i'm asking for unbridled enthusiasm, just maybe the slightest hint of "yeah, it would be nice to see you today"
instead of "are you still gonna bake bread?"
or letting you know the same day that you should show up some time in the afternoon

i think i attract apathy

i need a drink
(... "a" dozen)

blood isn't seasoning

today's words of advice:
don't use your hand as a cutting board, cuz if the knife slips you could end up getting blood in your food, and that's just gross
i prefer iron of the leafy green variety
but not kale
kale is very green
very very green

don't sniff cayenne

those are my wisdomful words of wisdom for the day: don't sniff powdered cayenne pepper
you know, unless you want to
who am i to judge?
or if you have sinus issues, but then i suggest the liquefied version designed specifically for that

(why isn't it spelled liquified?  that makes much more sense to me - english, eh?)

kale tastes green

i just discovered that i'm not a fan of kale
it tastes very...green (and not the good kind of green, either, the healthy kind of green)
on the up side, though, it makes everything else taste better, including my spit
next time i try it (it's growing quite well in the garden, and it's supposed to be disgustingly good for you, so i may as well get used to it) maybe i'll try sips of coffee between bites
i don't take sugar in my coffee, but i'm betting it'll still taste sweeter

i also would like to get used to the taste of seaweed
i really don't like it, but it's supposed to be one of the most nutritious shit out there

room temperature beer

i love that time of year when room temperature beers are already cool enough to enjoy
(cuz my fridge is tiny and i usually forget to restock until i'm ready to drink again, and then i get mad at past-drunk-forgetful-inconsiderate-of-future-me me)
(i don't feel that was proper use of hyphens, but it looked a bit naked with nothing, so proper hyphenation be damned, i needed to clothe my labeling!)

cooler weather cuts down slightly on my self loathing
plus, i love sweaters and blankets
...and beer
(and fire)

doctor who theme

the new version of the Doctor Who theme song hurts my brain
granted, it's not as painful as the original original (the theremin just hurts me)
i have pitch sensitive ears (i also hate whistling, most sopranos, and any violin or recorder wielded by a child)
i have to skip the theme song section when i'm watching the classic

i liked the version from 2005

yes, i'm being picky
what of it?

ps
i love strax
he's absolutely ridiculous!

beer and skittles

i was watching haven (s04e01) and there was a close up of lucas bryant, and i thought "damn, he could totally be related to colin ferguson"
as i was reveling in the adorableness of the two brothers (because in my head i've awarding them siblinghood), who should walk into the next scene but colin ferguson
how freakin weird is that?

my boyfriend would tell me it was synchronicity
to which i say "oh, what, now you're talking to me?"
(and yes, for those keeping score, i just got mad at my boyfriend for something i pretended he said)

sorry about that
what was i saying?
oh yeah, the adorableness of certain tv cops

and also, beer and skittles are an excellent remedy for when you're mad at someone
not together, mind you, cuz ew gross, but each in their turn
(and yes, i'm pulling out the green skittles to throw at someone later - green apple skittles definitely do not help improve my mood)

today's query

is it bad that i find coffee more comforting and supportive than my boyfriend?

(and by "bad" it's entirely possible that i mean "normal")

random weirdness

i randomly (and with disturbing frequency) get the charles in charge theme song stuck in my head, though my brain sings it slow, almost like a ballad
i haven't seen that show in over a decade

what's up with that?

(that's not nearly as disturbing as the fact that old timey advent hymns randomly pop into my head, albeit less and less frequently)

today's common sense tidbit

skinny jeans don't look good on anyone
ANYONE
i don't care if you are a personal trainer who makes a living from being in shape (and looking like it), i don't care if you're a freakishly svelte supermodel who hasn't eaten a solid meal in years, skinny jeans still don't look good on you
why must people subject other people to seeing that?
it's just cruel

more irksomeness

if you're going to go to the trouble of adding sound effects to a tv show, wouldn't you want it accurate?
when texting the word NO on a phone without a qwerty keyboard, there wouldn't be two key tones, there would be at least five, depending on the (im)patience of the texter
two for the letter N, (possibly one for the arrow to indicate a new letter, since N and O are both on the 6 key) then three for the letter O

yes, i realize i'm over thinking something that doesn't actually effect me, but still, if you're gonna do it, do it right

irked!

blood moon

did everyone catch the blood moon last night slash this morning?
it was pretty fuckin awesome

still on skittles

it finally occurred to me that i should save my mouth the anger and just not eat the green skittles.  so now i have a bowl full of the little green bastards that are just sitting there mocking me with their unlimey greenness
do i throw them away?  that seems ridiculously wasteful
i should just bag them up and try to get one of my friends to take them (or save them and throw them at people who piss me off, that could be fun, using something that pisses me off to piss off someone who pisses me off)

the only sensible thing to do now is break out the bad mood beer

i just threatened my boyfriend with mashed potatoes

i believe my exact words were "...i will rub mashed potatoes in your hair!"

(it makes me happy that i'm dating someone who will consider the source, and put up with me anyway)

(just for the record, had he actually done what follow through of that threat was contingent upon, he totally would have deserved the aforementioned potatoes, but he didn't, so that saved me from having to make, then waste mashed potatoes)

(everybody confused now? yeah, me too)

ps

i realize darkside skittles have lime, but it's the wrong lime
it tastes unfriendly

the new green skittles anger me

why the fuck did they change the flavor of green skittles?

(yes, i realize the change happened a while ago, but i didn't have a working computer to document my first outburst of extreme rage - now i do, and am eating skittles, which reminded me how angry i am)

and why do they still put the word "original" on their packaging when they've clearly changed them from the original flavors.
Skittles are liars!!!!!
i hate green apple candy.

i love lime candy.  

i love skittles, but now when i eat them, every time i get to a green one my mouth gets angry.

i should just pick them out and throw them away, but for some unknown reason, i still eat them, and then get angry.

i am currently angry, and eating the yellow ones to cheer me up, because yellow has the decency to stay lemon.  if yellow ever turns bananas, i will shit a fucking brick (not literally, i don't eat clay, but the emotional trauma will be roughly equivalent to expelling a building's worth).

EXPLETIVE!!!

EXPLETIVE!!!

EXPLETIVE!!!

i couldn't think of an oath strong enough to express my current feelings, so feel free to insert your expletive of choice and be angry with me

BE ANGRY DAMMIT!!!

people are stupid

when you spend years (yes, literally years) trying to make someone understand something, then one day they're all "you know what i just realized..." followed, almost verbatim, by that little nugget you've been trying so hard to get them to see, don't you just wanna punch them in the throat (after you stop screaming)?
(or possibly simultaneously)

being an adult sucks

i'm pretty sure my car insurance costs more than my car is worth
awesome
just fucking awesome


(do you ever look at your life and realize that almost every aspect of it complete shit, and there's nothing you can do about it?)
(um....right....neither do it...yeah, no)

words of wisdom

if you forget to eat one day (it happens), don't think you can start the next day with a double cheeseburger without getting nauseous (yes, i know nauseated is the correct word there, but i don't like the way it sounds, so i'll play the willfully ignorant american card, and choose like-how-it-soundsishness over grammatical correctitude)

so yeah, don't start your day with double cheeseburger deliciousness if you forgot to eat the day before
(or, on a  healthier note, don't neglect to eat for a whole day just because it doesn't occur to you that you're hungry)

i'm irked

does it irk anyone else that on tv when someone gets cut off or hung up on when they're on a cell phone you hear a dial tone?
that irks me, i am irked