Babbling: No Use Reading

Kind of cold sitting here.
The synthetic breeze,
Blowing in evenly timed intervals,
Is giving me goosebumps.
Familiar sounds
Undulating in the air:
Gargle
Hum
Click Click Click
The running water
Scorching hot on my tongue
When I'm just trying to rinse
My spearmint mouth out.
What an unnecessarily intense experience.
Long day
With nothing to say
All my books are finished
And none in the reserve.
I should be more prepared
For times just as this.

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My eyes are tired of this large blinking screen.
Nothing but electronic pictures to be seen.
Electronic words
And Electronic Sounds.
Electronic people
and Electronic battle grounds.
Electronic lovers
and Electronic friends
Electronic minds
at an electronic end.

The absolute craziest

What i have heard/read this week:

5) The janitor at the mall calling his friend on his cell phone asking about car insurance: "What's that insurance guy?? Direct General? Or THE General?? Ya know, the 5 star general and all that shit?!!"

4) Jack Bayles(newhat) I follow him on twitter: "swine flu scaremongering on the news says one sneeze could infect 150 people. thats 1200 victims per orgasm. some say 'bring back aids'."

3) Me while inebriated beyond coherence: "Lee fell in love with me because I talk more sober drunk than when I'm sober."

2) Guy on Radio asked about how one contracts swine flu: "You get it by oral sex. It came from birds originally... People having sex with birds and eating contaminated meat.... (Why would they call it Swine flu if its from birds?) OOHH I thought it was SWAN flu."

1) This less funny than absolutely HORRENDOUS. It highlights to me my biggest fear about mixed families. I'm always worried: say lee and I don't work out (God forbid) I KNOW no one else would love our daughter like WE do. Here's the story: My next door neighbor's daughter is pregnant. She is also married to a man who has a little boy [let's call the boy Richie] from a previous relationship. Here's the quote: "See Richie's gunna grow up to be a completely worthless human being. I hate to say that about my step son, but its true. He's too timid."

How DARE she!!! I'm telling you if I were that boy's mother and I heard something like that about MY baby, it would be ON LIKE DONKEY KONG! How terrifying that that woman is this poor boy's stepmother! Oh my! I overheard her saying it while she was outside in the garden (our backyards are adjacent to each other's). SO yeah... there ya go. Some people out there are just DAMN CRAZY.

Had to search for it.....

Tell a Joke Tuesday: Wayne's Window to the World:
A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her. 

Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back. 

'Oh my, I am so sorry,' the woman says as she pops her eye back in place. 

'Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you,' she says. 

They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go to the theatre followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, she shares her deepest dreams and he shares his. She listens. 

After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place for breakfast in the morning. They had a wonderful, wonderful time. 

The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed. Everything had been SO incredible! 'You know,' he said, 'you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?' 

'No,' she replies. . .  'You just happened to catch my eye.' 

My daughter LOVES

this strange yellow person!!  Gustafer Yellowgold! Especially, of course, his music videos: Getting in a Treetop and Butter Pond Lake.    SHE discovered him on Yahoo! Music, and I'm telling you she'll click on the videos like a dozen times!   Interested to know who I'm talking about???  ----------->CLICK HERE!<----------

I've been tagged!!

Alex the Girl has tagged me!  I must reveal myself to you in 13 short and interesting bullets.

1.  I really relate to Edna Pontellier's character in The Awakening.  I especially understand her quote: "I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself. I can't make it more clear;"  

-not sure if that's a good thing considering the end of the book, but even before I had a family, I understood the type of woman she was.... (I can't find the right words; I just feel it)

2. I feel guilty after eating at almost every meal (but that's probably because I eat the nastiest foods)

3.  You can discover all of me through my writing, especially my poetry. I know it seems like jibberish, but to me it is like i'm opening and revealing it all.

4.  I believe my biggest flaw is that I'm contradictory. If I don't agree with you, I seem to have no self control over my ability to keep my mouth shut. It could even be as petty as:

Person #1: I love this song!
Jillien: Really?!?!? I freaking hate it!

5. I read a book a day. sometimes I'll take a couple of days off, but I start right back up again. My husband hates it. 

6. I never watch TV! all because of #5. 

7. Because I don't watch TV (#6) and all i read are novels, I have no idea what's going on in the world or in the news. I had no idea that hurricane Gustav was coming until 2 days before when my in-laws were begging Lee and I to go to Tenn with them. WHAT?! a Hurricane's a'coming?!!

8. I'm ridiculously competitive. I hate to lose, and I strive to BE the best always. (never to try my best... My best should be the best. It makes for a lot of disappointments lol)

9.  I get overly infatuated with celebrities that I find good looking.  ie. Russell Brand, Georges St. Pierre, Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, Paul Walker.  It is soooOOOooOOOOooO Sad!  I need to talk to a specialist or something.

10. The thing that first attracted me to Lee was his smile! 

11.  Growing up I always thought that I would do a play or have a performance of some kind and get discovered by some big time agent... I would spend the rest of my life performing on Broadway!   But I'm a crummy actress.

12. I've just recently read my first fantasy genre novels and COMPLETELY fell in-love! It totally opened a new realm of books for me! (Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series)

13.  I CANNOT watch violence in any way.  Those shows about when people get in accidents on skateboards or some crazy ass stunt is like TORTURE.  Even movies that are violent will cause me to have an anxiety attack.  I'm too empathetic.   On the other hand, anything sensual,sexual, erotic (NOT vulgar) intrigues me (usually in literature).  I don't get embarrassed or get turned off by PDA's.  Its weird to explain.

Well there ya go. 13 random facts about Me.... The Infamous!  

Meeting Trace Cyrus

The first one is of Trace and I. The second is of Jessi and Trace. She was soooo pumped! I promised pictures!

What's making me laugh?

I LOVE The first 1:05 minutes !!!! It kills me!

Photo Friday

This is me when I was about 16 yrs old. I was vacationing at my aunt's house in Honduras... See I used to be this incredibly quirky kid. That crazy thing i have on my head was really a sash that my mom would use as a belt or something. She walks in the room to hand me the phone, and to her surprise, I wrapped it around my head.

Anyway, the point is is that somewhere between junior year of high school and typing this blog, I've lost a bit of that quirk. It comes out every now and then... late at night... in my sleepy hysteria. Somewhere deep inside of me there's the girl with the gold sash around her head.


AMENDMENT: Don't get me wrong... I'm still plenty 'out the box.' I think now I just fit in better with society. =D



Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

A story I just don't wanna tell

The week starts out nice... Monday I wake up sick as a dog in the pound.  I perform like poo on Tuesday, but that's not ALL that happens on Tuesday.  

See I've been planning my 10 year reunion since last november.  It was in Nov that I booked a very popular bar in NOLA to host our party.  I reserved the date and moved on from there.  Tracking down old friends, printing invitations, keeping the reunion on everyone's mind to encourage them to attend, receiving RSVP's, and all other party/reunion planning activities.

I started so early  because there were a lot of people who had to make travel arrangements.... I have people flying from the east coast, from texas, from ALL OVER.  The party is in less than ONE month away at this point.   

I call the bar to ask a couple of questions on some last minute details.....on Tuesday.  And it was on Tuesday that the bar-maid or whatever told me, rather rudely, that we were bumped off the docket to make way for a larger party.  WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no call no sorry no nothing.  She ends that conversation by simply hanging up the phone on me.

To not tire you out with a long story.... A few more phone calls were exchanged b/w me and the bar. For a while it seemed that both parties would happen at the same time.... Then they kicked us out again.   The last thing the barmaid said to me was, "You have been a problem since the beginning" and then she hung up on me again (the second time in 2 days!)  That's the last time  I communicated with anyone from that bar.  

So I spent all of yesterday calling bars, restaurants, hotels to see if anyone were available for THAT night at THAT time.  Nothing.

I've been praying.  I have faith that the Lord will send me the perfect location for our party. But I would be lying if I didn't admit that I'm pretty low and that my spirit is a little deflated.

Singing like Poo

I'm sick. I got sick the day before I had to sing at this small festival that my college puts on every year called the Literary, Art and Music Festival.... Anyways, I sang like the most horrible singer in the universe. Worse than Jessica Simpson... Worse than Ashley Simpson even.

So embarrassing!

Sneak a Peek

I went to the Fall Out Boy tour concert last night.... to see Metro Station! My cousins Jessi and Meli paid ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS EACH for VIP tickets to meet the band(s)... or so they thought! Turns out the VIP tickets they had were only for Fall Out Boy, when in fact they had only wanted to meet Metro Station. AND to top it off Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy behaved like a total douche bag.

We listened to the first 2 bands and then it was time for METRO STATION!! yada yada yada... blah blah blah.... on to the good stuff.

We skip out right after MS plays and stalk on over to where the buses were expertly hidden behind a series of 18 wheelers. There's all kinds of activity but we're really far away behind a gate.

THAT'S when I spotted him. Trace Cyrus!! I call out "TRACE" but he doesn't turn or anything... and that's when my baby cuz Jes starts crying.

I mean you can imagine her disappointment right?! spend 150 dollars to meet the man of your dreams only to meet some jerk-offs!

Below the 18 wheeler I see some skinny legs in black tights and I knew in my soul it was Trace. I RUN to the edge of the gate and incredibly Trace is standing there shirtless... less than 20 feet away from me.

The begging begins.... "Please Trace... Please... Trace please come over" AND HE DOES!!!!!

Me and my cousins are all alone in a field with Trace Cyrus... just the man we wanted to see. It was incredible and the moment I get the pictures I will totally post them!

The Answer:

On a side note:  Here's my mystery song....

Am I scaring you?? Good.

Anyone who has spent more than 3 seconds with me knows I'm a goofball/nutcase... but lee doesn't come off that way-- at first.  Lee and i took a series of these pictures several months ago out of utter boredom.  Each with a different subtitle. This one's subtitle is:  Am I scaring you?

Answered by the photo entitled: Good

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Movie List

Okay so I want to see SOOOOO many movies that are out or are coming out in the theatres!! Some are cheesy... Some are nerdy... and Some are just plain AWESOME!

5. Hannah Montana: the movie.  I have a 2 year old who loves H.M. and so we are constantly watching the show.  I'm hooked to family comedies. I love the cheesiness of it. So yes, this is my number five.

4. Stardust. Okay this one is not in the theaters, but I just finished reading the book by the same title-written by Neil Gaiman.... Amazing!

3. Star Trek: Oh yeah When May comes around.. its ON! I'm definitely gunna see this film! Can't wait. Plus the actor playing Capt. Kirk is gorgeous!!!!!!!

2. Seventeen Again:  I love that young man Zach Efron.  He is just the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life!  

1. Wolverine: the beginning-- Hugh Jackman is enormous in this film. Plus I grew up watching the X-men cartoon series and collecting X-men comic cards '97 sheer! I just KNOW this movie is going to be incredible. 

One of those damn Planets

Okay so my chorus is doing Holst's Neptune and UNFORTUNATELY its very shaky....!

We're performing with the large symphony (sometimes we have the small symphony) but its the entire BRSO; so the fact that it isn't up to par is really freaking me out! here's what its supposed to sound like.

Gustav Holst: Neptune

Name that song!

Because I'm in the mood today!!!! This artist always makes me groove lol!

"Women not girls rule my world
I said they rule my world
Act your age, mama (Not your shoe size)
Not your shoe size
Maybe we could do the twirl
You don't have to watch Dynasty
To have an attitude
You just leave it all up to me
My love will be your food
Yeah"

What's making me laugh?

So my cousin Melissa is always sending me these joke emails... Forwards really, but they make me laugh and I love her for sending them. I meant to post this for Tell a Joke Tuesday but I wasn't able to blog!!!! I've enable the title post to redirect to Wayne's Window to the world just for Funsies. Anyways here's the joke...

A man who just died is delivered to a local mortuary wearing an
expensive, expertly tailored black suit.




The female blonde mortician asks the deceased's wife how she would like
the body dressed. She points out that the man does look good in the
black suit he is already wearing.


The widow, however, says that she always thought her husband looked his
best in blue, and that she wants him in a blue suit. She gives the
Blonde mortician a blank check and she says, 'I don't care what it
costs, but please have my husband in a blue suit for the viewing.'


The woman returns the next day for the wake. To her delight, she finds
her husband dressed in a gorgeous blue suit with a subtle chalk stripe;
the suit fits him perfectly.


She says to the mortician, 'Whatever this cost, I'm very satisfied. You
did an excellent job and I'm very grateful. How much did you spend?' To
her astonishment, the blonde mortician presents her with the blank
check.


'There's no charge,' she says.



'No, really, I must compensate you for the cost of that exquisite blue
suit!' she says.



'Honestly, ma'am,' the blonde says, 'it cost nothing. You see, a
deceased gentleman of about your husband's size was brought in shortly
after you left yesterday, and he was wearing an attractive blue suit. I
asked his wife if she minded him going to his grave wearing a black suit
instead, and she said it made no difference as long as he looked nice.'



'So I just switched the heads.'

(BET YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT COMIN'!!!)

Anticipation

So many little events this week to look forward too! Its killing me! Each day brings me a step closer to easing this an..tici.......pation! (rocky horror drawn out anticipation).

Angst

It starts out all fizzy
I tells ya...
Kinda fizzy fuzzy
In a funny sort o'way!

Right down in the pit of
me belly--
And me gets all yelly
And I laugh like a fool
While I try to keep cool.

Then it goes very low.
Just as far as it can go
While it pushes me down
Right down to the ground.
And me 'ands start to move
Doing things they shouldn't do.

Finally when the song has been sung
And the deed has been done.
And I see the final show
I hope nobody will know...

I just run away
A rambling jambling
Kinda get-a-way
A stay as far as I can stay-a-way

Laughing as I flee,
Chanting, "It was not Me!"

Make Memories

This song has been stuck in my head lately, and I sang it so much that Lia learned it. For days she talked about kites, SO I bought her a kite! Neither Lee nor I had ever flown a kite before, so when we went out there we looked like a pair of fools running around with a Hannah Montana kite trying with all our might to get it to fly!

Enjoy!

Funny joke my cousin just emailed me!

You are on the bus when you suddenly realize ... you need to fart.



The music is really loud, so you time your farts with the beat. After a couple of songs, you start to feel better as you approach your stop.



As you are leaving the bus, people are really staring you down, and that's when you remember: you've been listening to your iPod.

My Baby

Its over...

and i'm feeling that awkward mix of exhaustion and anxiety--it leaves you tired yet unable to unwind.  

What the hell am I talking about???!!?!  Why, Lee's Ironman 70.3, of course!  It has all but consumed our household for months, and now its done.  Finito! or is it?

I know after Lee's small break from long distance triathlons, he's gunna want to jump right back in for another one. And to be honest... I'll be both supportive and exasperated about it.  But I'll leave that discussion for when the time comes!

Anyway, life as usual for the last year has been anything but usual. I wonder what it will be like to have more time on our hands: Lee more time at home and me with more time away from it!  I'm sure it will feel pretty topsy turvy for a while, but I'm welcoming the change.