gypsy

lauren showed me this song.  i've always been part gypsy.

the other day a friend asked me when i was going to start doing something that was more my pay grade.  i've come to think of my time in california as an extended vacation.  it's funny how a lack of responsibility  makes you unaware of the passage of time.  it has also made my skin clear up, drop some weight, tan up a bit and think about the things i do and do not want.

mostly i've realized that i will never be happy in an office job.  or anything that focuses the work day around a computer.  but i also need a job with concrete goals... i way to measure whether or not i am succeeding.  i need interaction with people (people who are uplifting and intelligent), whether it's coworkers or clients.  i also need to be in a place where there are people who are smarter than me (disneyland has definitely taught me that it is kind of terrible to always be the smartest person in the room.  i know, that makes me sound like a jerk but YOU DON'T KNOW ME and, more importantly, you don't know my coworkers).  i prefer a non-traditional schedule and to be working more than i'm not.  i've also learned that i can get by with little and really the only thing i miss is the money to travel (though it may have been wise to save, i am so glad i traveled when i lived on the east coast... the memories and experiences are worth way more than the money will ever be).

in conclusion, i believe a sales / marketing position for something i am passionate about is probably the route that will make me happiest.  now i just need to figure that out at some point and i'm golden.

in other news, i rode a bike yesterday for the first time in ages.  i didn't realize how much i had missed it.  at some point i need to save all my pennies and buy a bike.  i'm not in a terrible hurry since chino hills is just about the worst place for trying to ride a bike, with all the hills and terrible drivers.  but i probably won't always be living in chino hills, simply judging from my history of living places.  anyway, as we rode through the neighborhood in fullerton, i felt like i was living in a movie scene and that surely joseph gordon levitt would pop up shortly.  he didn't but it was still a nice moment.

i'm a mistake maker.  i believe in making mistakes and making them often.  but i also believe in acknowledging your mistakes.  there is hardly anything in this world that i hate more than a person who never  is willing to admit that they have made a mistake or pushes the blame off on other people.  here is a thing people should practice saying "yes, i made a mistake.  what could i do different in the future?"

just because it cracks me up

that's brittany on the right.

and now brittany's son on the right... must be genetic.

on top of the world

man!  i wish something would happen in my life that would make everyone say congratulations to me a lot.  hahaha. i was just looking at my friend's wall... he got engaged and a million people posted saying congrats and i want that many congrats.  i like congrats.  i also like conga rats.

yeah ya do.

sunshine has decided she wants to drag the kittens around the house now.  she is being a nutter.

do you know what i love?  the library.  the end.

today i was off from work in the evening and i got to cook dinner.  it was pretty much the most amazing thing that has happened to me lately. actually, that's not true at all.  but it was nice to be able to cook dinner.

one time i went camping and a giant raccoon came by and tried to eat me.  another time i went camping and my friend and i got scared when the guys left and so we stood back to back with one of us holding a light and the other holding an ax.  for no reason.  i'm really glad we didn't have to fight anyone using an ax.  that would have been terrible.

i learned about this song from michael this past week:



and now it's playing on the commercial for that show on lifetime about the conjoined twin girls.  i like to call that band magic dragons... because it's just a better name.  anyway, the song makes me want to dance.

diane and i have been doing the hills the last couple of weeks.  it's been very intense but also very exercise-y.  if anyone wants to do that, i'm sure diane would be willing to torture more people.

who wants to skype??  me, i do!  lets do this!

cloudy with a chance of money

this last week has been crazy go nuts.  i'm not going to recap because, seriously, way too much stuff happened.  and i didn't take any pictures.  and as brittany says, if the blog has no pictures, it's just a diary.

i stole this picture from michael:

lots of cloud cover

that's from when we were on lets make a deal.  the episode will be on tv on halloween.  and we will be on tv the ENTIRE episode.  and our costumes cost all of $10 for the four of us and took about an hour to make.  i'm pretty proud that i came up with them. stroke of genius, if i say so myself.   anyway, the episode is pretty awesome and you're going to want to watch it.  FACT.

i also saw anne and had a delicious shaved ice snow cone.  and my phone broke on splash mountain.  nate and erica were in california (they were on lets make a deal too).  i got to stay with brianna at her house for a few days and we watched strictly ballroom and ate chocolate chips cookies that she baked (it's so nice to have a friend who can make cookies, since i can not at all).  i saw a variety of the missionaries who served in richmond at brady's wedding.  i also got to see abby and her family.  her girls are adorable.  little ava loves freckles, so i am a fun person for her.

ok that's all for now.  welcome back, blog!