Right now I'm sitting here at the computer feeling very jittery and freaked out. It's almost 11:30 at night, and my cell phone just rang. I thought it might be a friend of mine, who sometimes gets off work late and needs to vent about work. The last time my phone rang this late, it was that person, so, thinking it might be them, I picked up the phone.
Much to my bewilderment, the caller, a man, says "Hi."
Now, I only have one male friend, and from the tone of voice, I knew it wasn't them. So I responded very cautiously, "Hello."
He then asks me how I'm doing. Again, still puzzled and wondering who this caller might be, I reply that I'm fine. All the while I'm thinking, who the $%^^ are you? And then I just went ahead and ask this man who he was. Well, actually, to be more precise, I asked, "May I ask who this is?"
To which the man replies, "You can...but I just wanted to tell you that you're hot."
"..............."
I hung up.
And turned off the phone.
I don't know if that will do anything. Do cell phones have redial? Because I do NOT want that man having my cell number!
I swear, that's it. I'm going to have someone put those ringtones on all my numbers so I don't get anymore stupid calls like this. I can't even begin to tell you how freaked out I feel right now. Like I want to run around and lock all the doors and stuff.
Man, sometimes not having a talking cell phone sucks ass. It's that once-in-a-million wierdo phone call that just makes me want to break down and get a talking cell phone...
Geez!!!! Do wierdos do this? Just call random numbers and hope to get females on the line to tell them creepy stuff like that?
Man, I sure hope I don't get anymore calls like that. Late at night, that is way too freaky.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
My Neighbors Are Going Too Far!!!!!!!
Right now, I'm so frustrated with my neighbors, I could spit nails.
The incident happened a couple of days ago, but it still bothers me and while I don't want to use my blog for bitching and venting, I can't help myself anymore.
There is just way too much backstory for this, so I'll skip it. I highly doubt my neighbors will read my blog, but just in case, I don't want to give them any more ammo to use against us...
My brother, who loves working on his idiotic cars, bought a bunch of junkers off friends and begged our mother to let him keep them in our front yard. This is very annoying to her, but she said yes, in spite of herself. So our yard looks like a freaking junkyard. Something that was, which I might add, pointed out bluntly by one of my neighbors. personally, it's none of his business. It's our yard and my brother has all the titles to these junkers.
Okay, so the other afternoon, my brother came over to the house. (He is hardly at our house anymore, because he practically lives at his girlfriends.) My brother was planning to start chopping up one of the junkers so he could finally get it out of the yard. He was probably working on it for about an hour and a half. He stops, and what should happen? A cop shows up.
My brother saw the cop approach. The cop asked what address this was, and my brother told him that, plus that hey, he'd stopped already.
Next thing that happens? Another cop shows up! And the second cop, to the first cop, asks if it's a chop shop. My brother heard him and was like, hey, I've got ALL the titles. If you want to see them, you're welcome to do so.
The cops left.
Naturally, I would think. We're not doing anything wrong!
What happened angers me! It infuriates me! It makes me so furious that I want to run into the street and yell at them to leave us the $*&^%%** alone!!!!!
As for what happened, I personally think that one of the neighbors didn't believe my mother when she told people that my brother had all the titles to the cars. I think they were hoping the cops would bust my brother or something.
Whatever...
First of all, what would that solve? Would it give them something to talk about? Would it give them pleasure to see other people's misery? If that's the case, I sure hope a lightning bolt hits their house.
Okay, maybe I don't, but I sure do feel sorry for them that they do this kind of crap.
So, the ending to this story is that the cops went away, and all is well...
For now, anyway.
Until the next time my brother comes and they call the cops again.
Sigh. My heart can't take this.
What is wrong with my neighbors? Don't they realize that calling the cops for everything is wasting city money? They need a new hobby. Like eating ice cream. I hear it works wonders.
The incident happened a couple of days ago, but it still bothers me and while I don't want to use my blog for bitching and venting, I can't help myself anymore.
There is just way too much backstory for this, so I'll skip it. I highly doubt my neighbors will read my blog, but just in case, I don't want to give them any more ammo to use against us...
My brother, who loves working on his idiotic cars, bought a bunch of junkers off friends and begged our mother to let him keep them in our front yard. This is very annoying to her, but she said yes, in spite of herself. So our yard looks like a freaking junkyard. Something that was, which I might add, pointed out bluntly by one of my neighbors. personally, it's none of his business. It's our yard and my brother has all the titles to these junkers.
Okay, so the other afternoon, my brother came over to the house. (He is hardly at our house anymore, because he practically lives at his girlfriends.) My brother was planning to start chopping up one of the junkers so he could finally get it out of the yard. He was probably working on it for about an hour and a half. He stops, and what should happen? A cop shows up.
My brother saw the cop approach. The cop asked what address this was, and my brother told him that, plus that hey, he'd stopped already.
Next thing that happens? Another cop shows up! And the second cop, to the first cop, asks if it's a chop shop. My brother heard him and was like, hey, I've got ALL the titles. If you want to see them, you're welcome to do so.
The cops left.
Naturally, I would think. We're not doing anything wrong!
What happened angers me! It infuriates me! It makes me so furious that I want to run into the street and yell at them to leave us the $*&^%%** alone!!!!!
As for what happened, I personally think that one of the neighbors didn't believe my mother when she told people that my brother had all the titles to the cars. I think they were hoping the cops would bust my brother or something.
Whatever...
First of all, what would that solve? Would it give them something to talk about? Would it give them pleasure to see other people's misery? If that's the case, I sure hope a lightning bolt hits their house.
Okay, maybe I don't, but I sure do feel sorry for them that they do this kind of crap.
So, the ending to this story is that the cops went away, and all is well...
For now, anyway.
Until the next time my brother comes and they call the cops again.
Sigh. My heart can't take this.
What is wrong with my neighbors? Don't they realize that calling the cops for everything is wasting city money? They need a new hobby. Like eating ice cream. I hear it works wonders.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows... Loved it...
Like a lot of other people in this world, I just completed reading Harry Potter and the deathly Hallows. I don't intend to go on and on about it, but I did want to write down some of my thoughts and feelings.
Personally, I thought it was the best book out of all the Harry Potter books. Whether others share my opinion is to be seen, but I try not to let what others think influence my enjoyment in anything. For example, a friend of mine, while we were discussing the book, told me she 'hated' the epilogue. (?)
Well, I was more than a bit taken aback. How can anyone have hated that ending? But if that's the way she feels, I feel a bit sorry for her, in a way. This was the one book millions and millions of people across the world anticipated. To not at least like the ending and/or the epilogue is denying yourself the personal closure to a wonderful saga. When, I wondered to myself the other day, will something like this ever come again? Or will it?
For myself, the ending was as much as I could've hoped. Naturally, I'm a romantic at heart, so the way J.K. chose to end it suited me. Delighted me, in fact. Though I do admit, I wish I knew more about the later lives of other miscellaneous characters. But, hopefully, in the near future, J.K. Rowling will write that encyclopedia that details this information.
Speaking of that, my friend gave me this link:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19935372/
It has a good bunch of video clips with J.K. Rowling, and she even has a small session of Q&A with some people. J.K. even talks about the possibility of writing more books in the future involving the wizarding world. Now that would be cool. I do hope she does. As long as J.K.'s writing it, and it involves that magical world she's created, I'm sold.
Before the book even started though, I noticed two pieces from famous writers. The second one, by William Penn, really struck me, and I've decided to post it here. Poetry has never been my strong suit, or really held my interest, but this piece by William Penn that J.K. Rowling chose to include in her book really etched itself on my mind...
"Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.
For they must needs be present, that love and live in that which is omnipresent.
In this divine glass they see face to face; and their converse is free, as well as pure.
This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.”
—William Penn
More Fruits of Solitude
Personally, I thought it was the best book out of all the Harry Potter books. Whether others share my opinion is to be seen, but I try not to let what others think influence my enjoyment in anything. For example, a friend of mine, while we were discussing the book, told me she 'hated' the epilogue. (?)
Well, I was more than a bit taken aback. How can anyone have hated that ending? But if that's the way she feels, I feel a bit sorry for her, in a way. This was the one book millions and millions of people across the world anticipated. To not at least like the ending and/or the epilogue is denying yourself the personal closure to a wonderful saga. When, I wondered to myself the other day, will something like this ever come again? Or will it?
For myself, the ending was as much as I could've hoped. Naturally, I'm a romantic at heart, so the way J.K. chose to end it suited me. Delighted me, in fact. Though I do admit, I wish I knew more about the later lives of other miscellaneous characters. But, hopefully, in the near future, J.K. Rowling will write that encyclopedia that details this information.
Speaking of that, my friend gave me this link:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19935372/
It has a good bunch of video clips with J.K. Rowling, and she even has a small session of Q&A with some people. J.K. even talks about the possibility of writing more books in the future involving the wizarding world. Now that would be cool. I do hope she does. As long as J.K.'s writing it, and it involves that magical world she's created, I'm sold.
Before the book even started though, I noticed two pieces from famous writers. The second one, by William Penn, really struck me, and I've decided to post it here. Poetry has never been my strong suit, or really held my interest, but this piece by William Penn that J.K. Rowling chose to include in her book really etched itself on my mind...
"Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.
For they must needs be present, that love and live in that which is omnipresent.
In this divine glass they see face to face; and their converse is free, as well as pure.
This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.”
—William Penn
More Fruits of Solitude
Thursday, July 12, 2007
My Favorite Song in the Whole World
I haven't posted in a few days, so I thought I would do this favorite of mine...
The other day I was browsing my CDs and came across the soundtrack for the movie A Walk To Remember. You know, the one with Shane West and Mandy Moore. People might've thought this movie was lame or whatever, but I loved it. Especially that one part where Landon, (Shane West) helps Jamie (Mandy Moore) fulfill one of the things on her To-Do list. It was the one where she wanted to be in two places at once. I'm sorry, I smile every time I see that particular clip, because it's simply the sweetest thing in the world.
Anyway, for the first time in my life, I went on http://www.youtube.com just to find if anyone had a clip of this song. A lot of people did, but some of them were poor quality. Finally though, I found this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cTE5PyGuy8
It's the scene in the movie where Jamie sings the song to Landon. Whew, almost makes me want to cry...almost. Lol.
Well, I've pretty much dubbed this song my all-time favorite song. Of course, I was really surprised to hear that it was a religious song originally sung by Switchfoot. I'm not really into religious music. (No offense to anyone, naturally.) Goes to show what you'll experience when you set your mind to it.
The other day I was browsing my CDs and came across the soundtrack for the movie A Walk To Remember. You know, the one with Shane West and Mandy Moore. People might've thought this movie was lame or whatever, but I loved it. Especially that one part where Landon, (Shane West) helps Jamie (Mandy Moore) fulfill one of the things on her To-Do list. It was the one where she wanted to be in two places at once. I'm sorry, I smile every time I see that particular clip, because it's simply the sweetest thing in the world.
Anyway, for the first time in my life, I went on http://www.youtube.com just to find if anyone had a clip of this song. A lot of people did, but some of them were poor quality. Finally though, I found this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cTE5PyGuy8
It's the scene in the movie where Jamie sings the song to Landon. Whew, almost makes me want to cry...almost. Lol.
Well, I've pretty much dubbed this song my all-time favorite song. Of course, I was really surprised to hear that it was a religious song originally sung by Switchfoot. I'm not really into religious music. (No offense to anyone, naturally.) Goes to show what you'll experience when you set your mind to it.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Harry Potter jokes in Celebration of the New HP5 Movie and Book Rlease!!
I got these jokes off the website called The House of Slytherin—
http://www.clairesdotcom.com/harrypotter/hpjoke.htm
If anyone knows any more Harry Potter jokes, tell me about them!!
Q. Where's the best place to drink polyjuice potion?
A. In the Changing room.
Q. What's large and hairy with a single fang?
A. Hargid
Q.What does Harry like on his chips?
A. HP Sauce
Q. Which ghost works on the Hogwarts Express?
A. The ticket in-spectre
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Harry
Harry who?
Harry up and let us in
A Potions Professor called Snape
Was reluctant to use Sellotape
He once got entraped
In a present he wrapped
And taken ten hours to escape
Q. What's packed with flowers and full of danger?
A. The Forbidden Florists
Ron: I've just eaten 20 chocolate frogs
Harry: How do you feel?
Ron: Extremely hoppy
Q. What do wizards use to improve the weather?
A. Sunny Spells
Q. What's huge, leafy and rather pathetic?
A. The whimpering willow
Q. What do you call Professor McGonagall trapped between two layers of bread?
A. A sand-witch
Q. Why wasn't Voldermort at the Yule ball?
A. He had no body to go with.
There once was a Slytherin beater
Who was truly the most dreadful cheater
If another teams chaserCould clearly outpace her
She'd change into a dragon, and eat her.
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Ron
Ron who?
Ron for your life, it's you know who
Q. What do you call a wizard that is a hit with the ladies?
A. A smooth apparator
Q. What has fourteen legs and can't fly for toffee?
A. The Hufflepuff Quidditch Team
Q. Where do you find Dumbledore's Army?
A. Up his sleevey
Q. Why does Dobby keep criticizing himself?
A. He has low Elf-estem
Q. Which broomstick is the absolute pits?
A. The direbolt
Q. What lies on the floor of Voldemort's barber's?
A. The Hair of Slytherin
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Youno
Youno who?
Got it in one
A herbology teacher called Sprout
Had to ask all her students to shout
As over the years
She'd got soil in her ears
And now couldn't get it back out
There once was a Chaser called Randall
Whose temper caused many a scandal
He would loop, swoop and zoom
On his super cool broom
Then lose it and fly off the handle
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Sirius
Sirius who?
Sirius-ly open the door
Q. Which side of Fluffy the three headed dog is it best to stay on?
A. The outside
Harry: Hedwig's lost her voice
Hermione: Oh dear, is she terribly upset?
Harry: No, she doesn't give a hoot.
http://www.clairesdotcom.com/harrypotter/hpjoke.htm
If anyone knows any more Harry Potter jokes, tell me about them!!
Q. Where's the best place to drink polyjuice potion?
A. In the Changing room.
Q. What's large and hairy with a single fang?
A. Hargid
Q.What does Harry like on his chips?
A. HP Sauce
Q. Which ghost works on the Hogwarts Express?
A. The ticket in-spectre
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Harry
Harry who?
Harry up and let us in
A Potions Professor called Snape
Was reluctant to use Sellotape
He once got entraped
In a present he wrapped
And taken ten hours to escape
Q. What's packed with flowers and full of danger?
A. The Forbidden Florists
Ron: I've just eaten 20 chocolate frogs
Harry: How do you feel?
Ron: Extremely hoppy
Q. What do wizards use to improve the weather?
A. Sunny Spells
Q. What's huge, leafy and rather pathetic?
A. The whimpering willow
Q. What do you call Professor McGonagall trapped between two layers of bread?
A. A sand-witch
Q. Why wasn't Voldermort at the Yule ball?
A. He had no body to go with.
There once was a Slytherin beater
Who was truly the most dreadful cheater
If another teams chaserCould clearly outpace her
She'd change into a dragon, and eat her.
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Ron
Ron who?
Ron for your life, it's you know who
Q. What do you call a wizard that is a hit with the ladies?
A. A smooth apparator
Q. What has fourteen legs and can't fly for toffee?
A. The Hufflepuff Quidditch Team
Q. Where do you find Dumbledore's Army?
A. Up his sleevey
Q. Why does Dobby keep criticizing himself?
A. He has low Elf-estem
Q. Which broomstick is the absolute pits?
A. The direbolt
Q. What lies on the floor of Voldemort's barber's?
A. The Hair of Slytherin
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Youno
Youno who?
Got it in one
A herbology teacher called Sprout
Had to ask all her students to shout
As over the years
She'd got soil in her ears
And now couldn't get it back out
There once was a Chaser called Randall
Whose temper caused many a scandal
He would loop, swoop and zoom
On his super cool broom
Then lose it and fly off the handle
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Sirius
Sirius who?
Sirius-ly open the door
Q. Which side of Fluffy the three headed dog is it best to stay on?
A. The outside
Harry: Hedwig's lost her voice
Hermione: Oh dear, is she terribly upset?
Harry: No, she doesn't give a hoot.
Got Too Many Books In Your House? Don't Throw Them Away! Here's Why...
Thought I would post a little about my fav site. It's called Paperbackswap. I have to say I loved this place to the point where I'm on it hours on end, even if I'm doing nothing but flipping from page to page.
As you can tell from the name, it's a place to swap used books. I was tuned in on this site by another person who reads a lot of books like I do. What I did was sign up (it's free) and posted 9 books. For doing that, the system gave me 3 free credits. And with those credits I was able to browse the other thousands of books posted and order some to be sent straight to my mailbox. For free!
What's great about this site (other than no sign-up fee) is the fact that we all share books that we no longer want, and in the process can order more books that we do want. All a person does is put the postage on the package, stick it in your mailbox and wait for it to travel across the country to a new home. When that person gets the book, they inform the site of the fact and voila! You get another credit to get another book.
This site has been absolutely fantastic for me. I have over 500 books in my room, and before PBS, I had nowhere to put them once I read them. So perfectly good books would just sit in boxes getting dusty. Of course, I do have the problem of getting more books when I order them, so I've decided to try something new...
Media mail, which is mainly used to send...well, media mail, is a straight $2.13. I forget to what weight in ounces it will go up to before it changes to $2.31. Anyway, now I offer people a free book with every request. Pretty cool. I'm not using more money to get rid of the books, because I just mail it all together.
All I can say is thank goodness for this site!! 500 books? Do you know how many books that is? Try imagining five huge-a$$ rubbermaid boxes filled to the brim!
Whew!
As you can tell from the name, it's a place to swap used books. I was tuned in on this site by another person who reads a lot of books like I do. What I did was sign up (it's free) and posted 9 books. For doing that, the system gave me 3 free credits. And with those credits I was able to browse the other thousands of books posted and order some to be sent straight to my mailbox. For free!
What's great about this site (other than no sign-up fee) is the fact that we all share books that we no longer want, and in the process can order more books that we do want. All a person does is put the postage on the package, stick it in your mailbox and wait for it to travel across the country to a new home. When that person gets the book, they inform the site of the fact and voila! You get another credit to get another book.
This site has been absolutely fantastic for me. I have over 500 books in my room, and before PBS, I had nowhere to put them once I read them. So perfectly good books would just sit in boxes getting dusty. Of course, I do have the problem of getting more books when I order them, so I've decided to try something new...
Media mail, which is mainly used to send...well, media mail, is a straight $2.13. I forget to what weight in ounces it will go up to before it changes to $2.31. Anyway, now I offer people a free book with every request. Pretty cool. I'm not using more money to get rid of the books, because I just mail it all together.
All I can say is thank goodness for this site!! 500 books? Do you know how many books that is? Try imagining five huge-a$$ rubbermaid boxes filled to the brim!
Whew!
Sunday, July 8, 2007
A Fun Poll! Overheard and Overused Names
Please go here for a fun poll:
http://snappoll.com/poll/205563.php
Okay, maybe it's not THAT fun, but I thought it sounded cool. It's just a poll with a bunch of names I selected that I hear constantly all around me. Not just with the newborns, but with everyone! Do you agree? Well, go and vote!
http://snappoll.com/poll/205563.php
Okay, maybe it's not THAT fun, but I thought it sounded cool. It's just a poll with a bunch of names I selected that I hear constantly all around me. Not just with the newborns, but with everyone! Do you agree? Well, go and vote!
My First Post
This is my first post in my new blog. I know, very exciting, but what can I say. Although this isn't my first blog, I'm still new to this blogging stuff. I keep thinking to myself that my life is incredibly boring, so why would anyone want to read it?
I suppose though, I mostly wanted to start writing in a blog to get more motivated about my writing. Writing isn't as easy as it looks. Or seems in your head. You may have scenes and bits of dialogue down, but there's so much more that goes into it. Take for example this scene I'm writing right now. My hero is ticked off about getting drenched with yucky mop water. I know what's the outcome of the confrontation with the bucket-wielders, however, I'm having trouble getting to that point. What they say between them, how to approach my outcome, etc. I don't know why this is so difficult. Perhaps I don't know my hero well enough and should explore his character more?
That scene is from a historical work I'm trying to do. A bit of fantasy combined with 1800s era. I'm not sure how it's working so far.
Today it didn't feel like I did much on my historical fantasy. I suppose it's because I was trying to write something for that eHarlequin July writing challenge. Writing a scene in 500 words might seem easy. Oh, well, actually...it is. I mean, I wrote my 500 words...and then some. The hard part is cutting down the main points. I hate that. It always seems that when I need to write something short, I end up writing more than I need and then have trouble slimming it to the right length. Yet, when I try to write something longer, like my fantasy historical, I feel impatient, like it's taking me too long to get where I want to go.
I'm stupid, what can I say. :P
I suppose though, I mostly wanted to start writing in a blog to get more motivated about my writing. Writing isn't as easy as it looks. Or seems in your head. You may have scenes and bits of dialogue down, but there's so much more that goes into it. Take for example this scene I'm writing right now. My hero is ticked off about getting drenched with yucky mop water. I know what's the outcome of the confrontation with the bucket-wielders, however, I'm having trouble getting to that point. What they say between them, how to approach my outcome, etc. I don't know why this is so difficult. Perhaps I don't know my hero well enough and should explore his character more?
That scene is from a historical work I'm trying to do. A bit of fantasy combined with 1800s era. I'm not sure how it's working so far.
Today it didn't feel like I did much on my historical fantasy. I suppose it's because I was trying to write something for that eHarlequin July writing challenge. Writing a scene in 500 words might seem easy. Oh, well, actually...it is. I mean, I wrote my 500 words...and then some. The hard part is cutting down the main points. I hate that. It always seems that when I need to write something short, I end up writing more than I need and then have trouble slimming it to the right length. Yet, when I try to write something longer, like my fantasy historical, I feel impatient, like it's taking me too long to get where I want to go.
I'm stupid, what can I say. :P
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