life doesn't come with an instruction manual

problem: having and using multiple library cards.  almost returned a book to the completely wrong place.

I always feel conflicted when libraries and book stores put books within a series in alphabetical order.  It's hard to resist rearranging them in their series orders like I do with my person collections.

I am a broken record.

sometimes I think I want to be on the show What Not To Wear, but then I quickly realize I don't want to toss my current wardrobe completely and would feel guilty going to the high-end boutiques they often feature.  I feel guilty spending more than $30 on any one thing.

One fashion trend I really hate is the thinness and transparency of clothing.  I rather not show the world my under garments but apparently the fashion industry thinks I should on a subtle level.  Thanks, but no thanks.  That's a view I reserve for a few select people.

one of these days, I promise myself I will start messing around with make-up.

french braiding is a whole lot harder to do on yourself than it is another person.  I can't see the back of my own head.

I think the most important lesson I have learned in recent years is to trust my gut.

I have reactivated my VCCS account and am now enrolled in a summer course at NoVA.

Fair Lakes Shopping Center is funny.  Not only does it have a Target and Walmart literally 500 feet apart, it also has a Modells Sports and Sports Authority right next to other.  competition or convenience?

My three favorite flowers are daisies, cherry blossoms and dandelions.  I don't care if the last one technically is a weed.

Can't stop this now, not backing down

true story: when I play with street view on google, I can see trash in my brother's car

facebook suggested I play Candy Crush, as 27 of my friends play it and my first thought was "only 27?"

found out recently Johnny Depp is 50.  he's reallly good looking for 50

I saw a sign that said STOP THE TOLLS.  I misread it at first and read STOP THE TROLLS and was kinda confused

Perfect Score is my new guilty pleasure tv show.

I really miss having cable somedays, able to veg out to home decorating shows and cartoons 

I am moving to Northern VA within the week but still have a lot of packing to do.  procrastination is a skill I have not lost since college.

I got a new job that I am excited for and nervous about at the same time.  Same thing I've been doing for the past three but now going to be a site director, working with Prince William County instead of Newport News.

One of my internal debates is do I get a library card for Fairfax County even though I hope to be living in Prince William County by the time 2014 rolls around or not?  I love libraries: it saves me so much money on my reading addiction.

Whenever I hear the line from Defying Gravity "Something has changed within me Something is not the same" it makes me think of the song from Seasme Street "one of things is different, one of these things not the same"

I still have my Borders Perks key tag on my key tag ring.  I can't seem to get myself to take it off despite the store closing two years ago.

A few things happened this year that I have wanted for a long time and happened by being in the right place at the right time.  My APO family was revived and I got two new awesome littles and a full time job doing what I love.  now if only the romance factor would happen

computer gripes

huh, haven't had one of my random thoughts posts in six month

couple of weeks ago, my laptop of 7.5 years, Jim Henson, started smoking.

 I now have a new laptop after two weeks of having to rely on library computers.  still deciding on a name.

I don't like windows 7 (or 8).  I miss XP.

It's annoying having to remember all my favorites in my internet browser.  that's why they were on my bookmarks, so I wouldn't have to remember them.

I am also having to re-customize my laptop in other ways.  it's annoying as well.

new laptop is nice, works without having to jimmy the cord every five minutes, has a webcam and has a longer battery life.  I'll get over these complaints in the week.

Dark side of the garden

Saw a commercial for the ODU hockey team playing against the NoVA team.... NoVA has a sports team?

A black cat crossed my path this morning.  I'm not superstitious, but can't help but wonder - does it mean good luck or bad luck?

My apartment complex put in smoke detectors in the bedrooms last month.  I'm still getting used to there being something in the middle of my ceiling.

At work last Wednesday, the three of us started randomly quoting Kenan and Kel and GoodBurger.  we're a bunch of proud 90s kids.  meanwhile, the kids we work with kept giving us really weird looks.

At work today, I mentioned Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  my supervisor has never seen it and the other girl had never even heard of it.  I'm not sure how I feel about this.

I am at the point whenever a political commercial comes on tv or the radio, I mute it or change the station.  State and local elections are just as bad as the presidential.

had the recurring nightmare the other night after not having it a few years - the one where CNU changes their mind about me passing the capstone class and makes me retake the class.

Went to hallow-screem at Busch Gardens Sunday - I hate clowns.  really really hate clowns.

May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground

As of about two weeks ago, I am 27.  some gut feeling is telling me 27 is going to be better than 26.

had four dreams in a span of two weeks about someone I am no longer on the best of terms with.  perhaps these dreams actually mean something...

last week I did my mom's dirty work of buying campaign buttons.  she collects them but usually sends me to actually buy them.  going into those offices made me cringe.

as I was getting the one button, the lady asked if I was old enough to vote.  this is my third presidential election I've voted in...

 last week, a coworker said Twilight was better than Harry Potter.  my supervisor and I almost jumped her.

I've never understood why replacement razor blades are so damn expensive.

I lost track of time tonight and forgot to watch Once Upon a Time.  tad annoyed with myself.

my favorite thing about fall is the leaves.  their colors, crunching them, jumping in them, etc.

Old Navy has a commercial with the Backstreet Boys.  it's a guilty pleasure to looking it up on youtube.

I've pretty much decided what to be for Halloween, and now I must find the pieces for the costume.

good luck mr. gorsky

today while in the candy aisle of the grocery store, a lady asked me if I was a connoisseur of candy.  I replied "sort of" - she then asked me the best kind of chocolate for s'mores.  "Hershey of course!" - I am definitely a girl scout.

in the process of filling out paperwork to officially/ more regularly get back involved as a volunteer with the girl scouts.  woot!

last week, I wore my hair down to work since it was still damp from a shower.  a coworker told me she was trying to figure out for ten minutes from afar who I was.  apparently she's never seen me with my hair down

I decided for my 30th birthday, if I still like the tattoo idea I have (three stars on shoulder blade) I am going to get it.  that's in three years.  the thought of this also makes me shutter about being old.

officially got booted over to facebook timeline.  hate.

would it be strange to want a manikin head to practice hairstyles on?

it probably means something, but what exactly is debatable, but I was noticing that there are more attack ads on Obama from third party sources than there are actually from Romney.

Camp Firefly has renamed the New Lodge "Firefly Lodge" - my idea of "New Lodge" wasn't amongst the choices, even though I made the argument that's what we will all continue to call it anyway.

 

can't start a fire without a spark

another year of camp .  I have done camp for over half my life now, and have been on adult staff for eight.  that's kinda scary.

Alongside another adult, we accidentally set off the camp-wide emergency siren Tuesday night.  they should really label big ass switches.

Saw a news story spoiler that it wasn't really the queen who parachuted down in the Olympic opening ceremony.   I think deep down, we all knew that but the confirmation still took the marvel out of it anyway

Some music videos should never be watched unless you want disturbing images to go along with what you thought was an enjoyable, good song.

I seemed to have developed a small southern twang after spending all this time in Newport News.  this scares me somewhat.

Apocaloptimistic: someone who knows it's all going to shit, but still think it will turn out ok.

As of August 5th, I have still not been forced over to the facebook timeline.  every day when I log on, I celebrate that fact.

This one's for you and me, living out our dreams

Sept 24 - birthday.  Sept 25th - season 10 premiere of NCIS.  cant decide which I'm more anxious for.  it's looking like an awesome week, regardless.

The other day, I deposited a rebate check from my health insurance company for 71 cents.  I laughed at myself as I did it.

I may or may not be seriously obsessed with glow and the dark stuff.  it excites me way too much whenever I see it in stores.

I also seem to have a strange obsession with back to school stuff.  seriously, office supplies also excite me in ways they really shouldn't.

Train seems to be one of those bands that even when they change their style a bit over time, it's still good listening music.  their recent songs are so damn catchy!

finding a bug in my apartment doesn't scare me as much as the thought there probably are bugs I haven't found.

http://iwastesomuchtime.com - a very accurately named website that provides me with constant smiles

one thing I love about girl scout camps is camps name.  the downside is if you have a name long enough, there's no point in trying to change it because no one will remember to call you the new one.

every time Move Like Jagger plays at work, I feel the need to correct my kids and tell them that not only is Jagger a person, who IS still alive, but he can also move very well, though personally I prefer to ignore his entire ugly head.

in tough times, I remind myself that I can do the impossible. seriously, I failed Math 125 with Tong once - a professor at CNU who has the reputation of being impossible to fail.

Wait, it's Wednesday?

Never have I ever played Angry Birds.

my current ringtone is Mahna Mahna from the muppets.  every time it rings, it makes me smile.

everybody I know seems to be getting engaged, married and/or having kids.  I'm still waiting on my first real romance.

in five years, I want to have my own place, a full time job I enjoy, a dog and been in at least one real relationship.   the trick will be turning this dream into a reality.

June 9 - an opportunity to do two of my favorite things at once: girl scouts and APO.  totally taking advantage of this.  and I get a free t-shirt out of it, which makes things even awesomer!

 one of our parents brought in five newborn puppies when picking up her son at work.  they were so small, my guinea pig is bigger than there are.  they were adorable.

I thought I got stand-n-stuff taco shells at the store the other day, but realize I got normal hard shells.  this kinda upsets me, because my taco kept falling over as I was putting it together.

got a snail mail letter from a friend last week.  it balanced out the badness of getting a bill.  bills are never fun.

every night, before I go to sleep, I think that I really need to replace the nut on the back of my headboard so it stays on tight and stops squeaking.

for a pessimist I'm pretty optimistic

apparently, unknowingly to myself, I've discovered the fountain of youth or am Benjamin Button.  for the longest time, I would be pegged as 17 but now I'm starting to be pegged as 16.

I have more determination than ever to make things work for me so I'm not forced to move back to my parents at the end of this lease.

what currently really annoys me about facebook is the timeline layout is messy.  I also hate putting information in my profile because it wants to create a link out of everything.

I'm tired of my life feeling like it's in a stalemate.

Dear heart, please don't embarrass me or do things we'll regret later, Sincerely, brain.

Failures seem to outshine accomplishments.

Muppets 2 movie has been announced.  I'm already excited.

Dick Clark passed away last month.  some people believe this is a true sign that the world will end this year, because Dick Clark won't be there to bring in the new year.

One of the classes at the school I work at had baby ducks.  omg, so adorable - all yellow and fuzzy, though they sounded more like my guinea pig than ducks.

I have the sudden urge to watch Sister Act.