Good to know....

My boyfriend recently told me he knows more things I don't like than things I do, which is probably true.

I hate Dave Matthews Band and any kind of country music it makes me angry to hear it.

I can't stand Ben Stiller, I don't think he's funny at all. The only movie I can stand to watch him in is Dodgeball, only because there's way more Vince Vaughn than Ben Stiller.

Hearing about Tiger Woods and his indiscretions makes me ill. I don't need a press conference to know you cheated, you should be apologizing to your wife and kids, not the American people. You're a golfer, not a world leader (even if you were a world leader I still wouldn't care that much about who was or wasn't in your bed)...go away.

People who get divorced because the marriage 'bores them' or 'it's just not there anymore' ... did you REALLY believe that love sick feeling you have when you first get together would be there forever? Morons...ebb and flow are good things to think of when marriage is involved.

Salesmen. I literally can not stand anyone who's trying to sell me anything. You very obviously have zero respect for me, so therefore I have none for you. If I need to buy something I always try and have someone with me so I don't end up cussing out a sales person. I have no patience at ALL for people trying to get me to buy something especially something I keep telling them I can't afford. This is probably why I don't have a lot of nice things....I don't like to deal with people in sales.


Organized religion, I will not even start the debate on this one...I respect your choice, respect mine and push on.

Ok, so those are just a few of my least favorite things.

Now some of my favorite things just for verification.

Sweet smells like vanilla or fruit. I'm a big ol' smell freak. I'm really sensitive to icky smells like garbage or dirty dish water...but I love the smell of spring, or a fresh cut orange, coffee brewing, or vanilla air freshener. I'm easily made happy just by aroma alone.

Black Cherry or Raspberry vodka. Yes you knew there was going to be alcohol in here somewhere. I would drink this shiz everyday if it didn't make me 1. a raging alcoholic or 2. wasn't expensive as hell. I've also noticed bringing bottles of alcohol around my boyfriend turns into me having fewer drinks. He likes to put half a bottle in each drink. Gotta love him for the 'let's see how fast I can get drunk' factor.

Funky jewelry. I don't own a lot of jewelry but when I do buy something I do enjoy it to be different (like me) and a little funky. Beaded bracelets, band rings (my personal favorite), long gaudy necklaces. I freaking love it. I was more excited about a $9 cheap bracelet I got from Target than I think I ever have been jewelry speaking that is.

Potato Soup. HUH? Yeah whatever I worked at Bennigans for 5 years + this stuff is my heaven.

Dive bars with close friends. Nothing says love like a couple of friends who didn't get out of their sweats either sitting around drinking $3 pitchers. This is particularly the best when beer gardens are involved in the summer.

Organizational tools. Give me a label maker and I'll find stuff to label. I love to be organized, but what I love more than that, buying the stuff to get me organized. Desk organizers, file folders, even new pens make me happy. I'm becoming my mother.

Coffee on a lazy day. Now I love coffee on a work day A LOT, but something is so much better about sitting around drinking coffee on a lazy day. Couch blanket on lap, TV on, relaxing ... mmm...coffee tastes so much better then.

Honestly it's the little things in life that make me happy. My brother's kids, taking the EL downtown on a summers day with no real intention, baseball games, laughter.

I've gone without a lot of things in my life. I've never actually owned a computer, just used my parents or work...now my roomies. I've never bought a TV. One was a gift the other a friend got for me a rummage sale. I've never been on an actual vacation (still can't figure out how people do it). But all in all I'm a happy gal. no complaints really. Sure life could be easier, but then again...it could be a LOT harder too.

Holy GEEZ!

I haven't posted anything since June...that's a long time.

To be honest, I haven't been up to the creative plate much. My head seems more blank than full of creative ideas. It's like someone turned off that light switch in my brain. Lately I've been more disappointed with the world than wanting to participate in it.

Such as, half the women I know are cheating on or cheated on their husbands, for that I will bring back a 1989 popular saying of Grody. Yes, I'm 'judging' cause unless your husband is beating you or molesting your kids, you have no reason to not fight for your marriage.

Really?! In my eyes this is literally one of the most disgusting things ever. Now I think the media is for shame with some of the exploiting they're doing of this tragedy in Haiti, but this! This is the reason I can not stand organized religion, hypocrisy. Don't go on the new and say "We're saving orphans" when half these kids aren't even orphans. Human trafficking, not cool

I used to be able to sit down and talk with people about current events and what was happening in this world, now it seems people can only talk about "Lost" or "American Idol", the only politics you hear about is a bigoted opinion against Obama, the only religious discussion someone can have is 'mine is right yours is wrong'. Sad people, really sad. At the very least, read a freaking newspaper and have a discussion about it. DISCUSSION not a fight, remember 2 people can not agree on something and it doesn't make one right and one wrong. They're opinions not facts, in case you didn't know the definition of opinion is: a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty. Or simply: a personal view, attitude, or appraisal.

Ok, ok...I digress, or done bitching, just a few observations from my personal opinion.

Good things HAVE come my way though since my last post I must say.

My parents bought me some wonderful new bedroom furniture which is gorgeous! Incredibly generous of them and more than I could have ever asked for, lucky girl to have such lucky parents.

I met someone, yes, ME! The queen of all bad dates met a man that actually might keep her and all her crazy (that includes my family & friends not just my mind). Funny though, I did meet him after a horrible date, so still the queen of bad dates, but really good at picking up guys on the rebound of bad dates apparently. Maybe I should have just attempted this before now, I mean he did tell me he was going to marry me in the first 24 hours, but not in the crazy stalker way, then again how do I know it wasn't....

All jokes aside, he's a wonderful man. We're more like best friends than anything. Things are going very well and I couldn't be happier in the boyfriend department. Who knew it could be this easy once you found someone that A. wasn't a douche and B. actually thought like you do most of the time and C. actually enjoys doing nothing as much as something.

I'm looking into options of going back to school. One class at a time, because I'm broke, but Rome wasn't built in a day either.

I'm finally catching up a little in the finance department. Money (although very little) is being saved up every paycheck for the first time in nearly 3 years. It's a good feeling.

So yes, although I'm ashamed of the generation of pointing fingers and blaming others, I am doing pretty good at trudging along with it and prevailing...with a little support and moral boost now and then. So maybe I'll spend more evenings in avoiding the 'Jersey Shore' and Netflix more documentaries. Maybe I refuse to become a numb statistic. Maybe I'll learn from falling on my face instead of repeating myself. Maybe I'll end up exactly where I am supposed to be. And maybe that's not such a bad thing.