WTF? Where Did February Go?

Maybe it is true, the older you get the faster time seems to fly by. Or maybe it's just that February is a short month and I'm lazy when it comes to blogging.

I used to have angst and drama and a laundry list of items to bitch about but life is smooth sailing lately. Hell, life has been smooth sailing for months now. Every day is the same but different all at the same time. I realize that may not make much sense but it's the only way I can describe it.

As the weather warms up and spring eventually arrives and then turns into summer I can see myself hardly blogging at all. It's not that I don't want to it's just that sometimes you can't put moments into words and up on a screen in front of you. Or maybe I'm just not that great of a writer. I've mentioned before how I fear talking about the future too much. There are certain items that are definite to me and there are others that I have no idea if they will come to fruition. I do not care for uncertainty but I know that many things are out of my control and I just have to go with the flow. What I do know is that at this moment I am happy and that is what matters most.

Happiness and contentment tend to make for a boring blog, this I know. People (including myself) love to read about pain and anger and ranting. I just don't have it in me right now. The only frustration in my life at the moment is learning how to drive stick. Thomas, God bless his very very patient soul, agreed to put his car's transmission in serious danger and teach me. In 12 years of driving I've never had to really and truly think about what I'm doing when it comes to driving. You just get in and go right? Yea, not so much with the stick. There's the pushing of the clutch, and changing gears, and down-shifting, and trying my absolute best not to kill the damn car. It's gonna take a lot of practice and possibly one of those neck brace thingies. And maybe a new transmission too.

Camera Phone Photo Time

I've seen a lot of really nice cars in my neighborhood but this Rolls Royce was NICE. Hell, I was nervous just driving behind him.




Oh the irony. Houses for sale? Yea, only if you wanna buy ashes and some concrete posts.




And this is where we all say, "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww".




*snicker*

The Internet IS Serious Business

If ever you think that when you upload, comment, blog, or even surf the internet you are annonymous or hidden you are wrong. Very very wrong.

Over the weekend a teenaged boy recorded himself picking up the family cat Dusty and then slamming him against a shower wall, repeatedly punching and slapping the cat, and then spraying the cat with water in the shower. He uploaded the video to YouTube and within HOURS the video had been seen by thousands. A message board caught wind and not long after personal information about this boy had been found, confirmed, and posted everywhere. People, the interwebz was seriously SRSLY pissed off.

You can find anything and everything on the web. From the funniest of funny to the sickest and most foul you could ever imagine, it's all in one place - the internet. However, post a video of yourself beating up a defenseless cat and posting it for the world to see is beyond almost anyone's belief. We, as human beings, cannot tolerate such senseless acts and most of us just can't stomach to watch. I am one of those people. I have seen screen shots from the vid and that alone is almost too much for me to take.

Thanks to the efforts of many this kid and his brother, who allegedly filmed the henious act, have been reported to every major news source, local police department, PETA, ASPCA, Humane Society, etc. The cat has been removed from the home and the teenage boys are now facing criminal charges.

All of which took place in a matter of HOURS.

Record yourself playing Guitar Hero, ranting about politics, playing pranks on your friends, or whatever else you can think of. Upload it to YouTube and try to score some e-fame. However, do not fuck with animals and put it out for the world to see. Society as a whole may be royally screwed up in many ways but shit like this will not be tolerated. Kenny Glenn is the new example of how the internet truly is serious business.

Links:

All information on the cat abuser: "KENNY GLENN - CAT ABUSER"

Lawton, OK Channel 7 News: "Lawton teen films himself abusing cat, posts on YouTube"

UK Coverage - The Sun: "Sicko beats cat in YouTube clip"

So THAT's What They Do During Commercials

I got a good chuckle out of this...

Announcement

My very good friend D from Canada went and started herself a blog to document her upcoming RnY Gastric Bypass surgery. This is such an amazing and life changing event and I am so very glad she's decided to write about it. If you'd like to follow along feel free...

My Journey - RnY Style

Oh and D? I think you're divine and gorgeous just as you are now but you are gonna be SMOKIN' HOT when it's all said and done. I'm so proud of you! Love ya, woman. *SMOOCHES*

Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Being Dramatic. Maybe It's The PMS.

During the entire year of 2008 it felt like I was constantly on the go. Fly here, party there, weekends spent by the pool drinking more beers than I care to think about, every night there was a plan to do something. Did I have fun? You bet your ass I did. Even when I was feeling at my lowest I was constantly in motion. When my life began to calm down and I looked back I couldn't believe that an entire year had flown by.

My boss had been worried about me last year. Looking back I can't blame him really. It was like this whole new employee showed up in his office one day. The day before I had just been me. The hard working, grounded (read: boring), jovial me. I was predictable and I was cheerful. Then one day that employee changed. I was emotional, I was sad, and I was distracted. He figured that if everything else in my life was different then why not my job. He figured wrong. In the end I realized that the only constant in my life, the one thing that I knew would never change, would be my job. I could walk in, do what I needed to do, and knew that it would be there for me the next day. That stability meant something to me. When my entire world was chaos, my job was steady.

Stability in my personal life has taken some getting used to. After being hurt it's difficult to go back to a place that leaves you vulnerable. You open your heart, you take a risk. I took my risk and waited for the rug to be pulled out from underneath me. The optimist in me knew that I would have my happily ever after. The pessimist in me waited for the worst case scenario - heartbreak.

The worst case scenario didn't happen. Only the good has come my way and along with the good is the stability. Stability in knowing that I will come home to someone who wants me there. Stability in knowing that there won't be a fight waiting for me around the corner. Stability in feeling safe, secure, and happy. And with it comes contentment, and sometimes that contentment brings stagnation. I don't feel that though. I revel in the idea of scooting home after work, having dinner, and watching TV. Maybe it's the cold that makes me feel like being a hermit, or maybe it's just the fact that I am happy with my home life.

For so long it was GO GO GO and now it's time to kick back and enjoy the life that I have. For once, my life is stable. For once, I am not afraid.

Let The Freaking Out Commence!

Brace yourself...North Texas is under a WEATHER ALERT.

Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Seriously, people. It's wet outside, and yes it is cold, but must we all act like idiots? I wish I were kidding, I really do. There are people online right now who are UP IN ARMS because they had to go to work today. People who have nothing better to do than sit in a chat room and talk to other people about when the roads might start to ice.

Feel free to join in on the chat if you're in the DFW area and actually give a shit. But a word of warning, don't write "OMG Y'ALL. IT'S WET AND COLD OUTSIDE! I THINK WE MIGHT DIE." They frown upon that.