I've been meaning to post an Avatar AMV, and I figured today's a good a day as any. ^.^
I know I've mentioned it before, but for those of you who don't know, I finally found an AMV (animated music video) that I think sums up the show rather well. ^.^ Or... at least the action parts. There's story and humor that this doesn't touch on, but ah well...
And for those of you who don't care about my obsessions, I think you'll like the music anyway. So feel free to play this in the background while going to another page.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Traditiooooon! .... tradition!
I meant to post this like last week... ^.^; But I was busy with work and such...
Anywhoodle, I thought it would be interesting to talk about traditions, holiday and other.
As far as Christmas goes for our family, we usually put up a tree and decorate it with far too many ornaments. Christmas day we don't really go anywhere, we just have it at home. Have breakfast and open presents. I'm usually the one who gives them out. I sit near the tree and hand presents out as each person opens theirs. I don't give the next one out till we've all had a chance to ooh and aah at whatever the last person got. (Oh, and we don't open anything early. We have to wait till Christmas day... Although if I get something from a friend or family that isn't there I don't have to wait for the whole family to get there. ^.^)
The only really unique thing we do is we have clues with our gifts. I forget how it got started... I think it's a tradition in some other culture or something... But we have clues on our gifts. The tag will say who the gift is to, who it's from and a clue of some sort. The opener doesnt' have to guess right, but they do have to guess something before they can open it. ^.^ I think it makes it more interesting that way. ^.^
For example my dad got my mom something this year and the clue was:
Once=white
Twice=black
...
...
...
It was a toaster. ^.^
Anywhoodle, I thought it would be interesting to talk about traditions, holiday and other.
As far as Christmas goes for our family, we usually put up a tree and decorate it with far too many ornaments. Christmas day we don't really go anywhere, we just have it at home. Have breakfast and open presents. I'm usually the one who gives them out. I sit near the tree and hand presents out as each person opens theirs. I don't give the next one out till we've all had a chance to ooh and aah at whatever the last person got. (Oh, and we don't open anything early. We have to wait till Christmas day... Although if I get something from a friend or family that isn't there I don't have to wait for the whole family to get there. ^.^)
The only really unique thing we do is we have clues with our gifts. I forget how it got started... I think it's a tradition in some other culture or something... But we have clues on our gifts. The tag will say who the gift is to, who it's from and a clue of some sort. The opener doesnt' have to guess right, but they do have to guess something before they can open it. ^.^ I think it makes it more interesting that way. ^.^
For example my dad got my mom something this year and the clue was:
Once=white
Twice=black
...
...
...
It was a toaster. ^.^
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Square Candies That Look Round
Title taken from my favorite chapter in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the scene that didn't make it into either movie... gr... (look it up, it's really cute. ^.^)
And inspired by how work has been "up-ways and down-ways and side-ways and slant-ways and every other ways you can think of" lately... >.<
Up-ways 'cause Hey! I has a job! I like it. I like the people. And I has monies for Christmas!! ^.^
Down-ways 'cause... heh... The bare walls... We are going out of business after all... And the customers. >.O; We have bargain shoppers who say that 60% is still not enough of a discount (which ok... we are going out of business and yes, everything must go... but still! That's over half off!!1 *screams into pillow*). And I feel very comfortable here. I really like the people. I attach myself to my friends and they become my family. So I feel like in losing my job I'm losing family... (Am I the only one who's sad about stuff like that? It's like that at the end of the semester too... Maybe it's 'cause I have such a small family...)
Side-ways 'cause of Christmas... Dag-nabbit I feel like it's just another day off... Just another poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every 25th of December... >.<>.< I like Christmas dag-nabbit!! I wanna be able to enjoy it!! I've had no time to. I spend more waking hours at work then home. I've been too busy with work.
Slant-ways 'cause after Saturday I won't have a job. So great! I have time now! I can relax! I can enjoy Christmas!!... except the minor point that Saturday comes after Thursday... So I have all this time to slow down and enjoy... ... *nervous cricket chirp* ...?
And dag-nabbit I get stir crazy with nothing to do! >.< I only enjoy down time when I'm "downing" from something. When it's just down with no sign of an up, or no up that I'm avoiding... It's not a good thing!!
*sigh*... So yeah... Up ways and down ways, etc... -_-;
Merry Christmas ya'll. ^.^; I really am happy about my life!... Really!
And inspired by how work has been "up-ways and down-ways and side-ways and slant-ways and every other ways you can think of" lately... >.<
Up-ways 'cause Hey! I has a job! I like it. I like the people. And I has monies for Christmas!! ^.^
Down-ways 'cause... heh... The bare walls... We are going out of business after all... And the customers. >.O; We have bargain shoppers who say that 60% is still not enough of a discount (which ok... we are going out of business and yes, everything must go... but still! That's over half off!!1 *screams into pillow*). And I feel very comfortable here. I really like the people. I attach myself to my friends and they become my family. So I feel like in losing my job I'm losing family... (Am I the only one who's sad about stuff like that? It's like that at the end of the semester too... Maybe it's 'cause I have such a small family...)
Side-ways 'cause of Christmas... Dag-nabbit I feel like it's just another day off... Just another poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every 25th of December... >.<>.< I like Christmas dag-nabbit!! I wanna be able to enjoy it!! I've had no time to. I spend more waking hours at work then home. I've been too busy with work.
Slant-ways 'cause after Saturday I won't have a job. So great! I have time now! I can relax! I can enjoy Christmas!!... except the minor point that Saturday comes after Thursday... So I have all this time to slow down and enjoy... ... *nervous cricket chirp* ...?
And dag-nabbit I get stir crazy with nothing to do! >.< I only enjoy down time when I'm "downing" from something. When it's just down with no sign of an up, or no up that I'm avoiding... It's not a good thing!!
*sigh*... So yeah... Up ways and down ways, etc... -_-;
Merry Christmas ya'll. ^.^; I really am happy about my life!... Really!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Passion
I had an interesting conversation with one of my neighbors last week when I crashed at their house for an hour when I locked myself out of the house...
We got talking about what I want to do with my life, and what my passions are, what I'm passionate about. I said something like "I don't know if I'm passionate about anything but breathing. But I enjoy art, so I think art." Now she went into this whole thing of "You know when you're passionate! You're not 'cause you don't draw as much as *insert name here*!" yadda-yadda... And not to disregard what she said, but I don't really remember, and it got on my nerves and I don't feel like ranting... so...
That got me thinking. What does it mean to be passionate about something??
After I put a band-aid on my wounded ego, and talked to my mom a bit, I decided that I don't know if I am truly passionate about drawing. I like it, but I don't start twitching if I miss a day. I do love art. I love looking at it, and I love stories. Everything I love has some sort of story behind it. Characters, story lines, I love it all. But I still don't know if I'm passionate about it...?
Thoughts appreciated... I'll give you a cookie or something...
We got talking about what I want to do with my life, and what my passions are, what I'm passionate about. I said something like "I don't know if I'm passionate about anything but breathing. But I enjoy art, so I think art." Now she went into this whole thing of "You know when you're passionate! You're not 'cause you don't draw as much as *insert name here*!" yadda-yadda... And not to disregard what she said, but I don't really remember, and it got on my nerves and I don't feel like ranting... so...
That got me thinking. What does it mean to be passionate about something??
After I put a band-aid on my wounded ego, and talked to my mom a bit, I decided that I don't know if I am truly passionate about drawing. I like it, but I don't start twitching if I miss a day. I do love art. I love looking at it, and I love stories. Everything I love has some sort of story behind it. Characters, story lines, I love it all. But I still don't know if I'm passionate about it...?
Thoughts appreciated... I'll give you a cookie or something...
...foiled again...
*sigh* ... I really hate looking for work... I really really do... I just called some place that I applied for and they said no... gr... And dag-nabbit I called and they said they would be reviewing stuff yesterday, and here I called and they said the people they hired already started!! ... Yeah, I'm sure I misunderstood, 'cause she said Monday, but she didn't say which Monday... But still!! I had hope!! I would be good for that job!... Not that I was particularly attached to that particular job, but it was a job...
gr
gr
Monday, December 1, 2008
Be yourself
My mom commented that she read my blog, and that reminded me that I haven't posted lately...
Well, I've had some thoughts running around in my mind.
Well, I've had some thoughts running around in my mind.
I've been listening to Jason Mraz lately and one song, and one line inparticular always catches my attention.
"When you play the fool, you're only fooling everyone else..." (about 1:15)
And then it goes on about loving yourself.
I think that's an interesting line... When you play the fool, you'll fool everyone but yourself. So then you're stuck in this false persona. Everyone thinks you're one thing because that's the part you've played. But you know diferent. That's bad... It's like killing yourself in a way... You smother yourself.
"When you play the fool, you're only fooling everyone else..." (about 1:15)
And then it goes on about loving yourself.
I think that's an interesting line... When you play the fool, you'll fool everyone but yourself. So then you're stuck in this false persona. Everyone thinks you're one thing because that's the part you've played. But you know diferent. That's bad... It's like killing yourself in a way... You smother yourself.
Also this line... I found this pic on DA. ^.^ I've always liked it. The origional doesn't have the words, but they said that they were inspired by them, so I put them in.
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