Monday, November 23, 2009
DUH.
Ah well. Here is a link to it in case you're interested. :-)
Friday, November 20, 2009
Bold Only the Truth:
I am a morning person.
I am a perfectionist.
I am a night person.
I am an only child.
I am Catholic.
I am currently in my pajamas.
I am currently suffering from a broken heart.
I am okay at styling other people’s hair.
I am left handed.
I am addicted to my myspace.
I am very shy around the opposite gender.
I bite my nails.
I can be paranoid at times.
I currently regret something that I have said.
When I get mad I curse frequently.
I like someone a lot.
I enjoy jazz music.
I enjoy smoothies.
I enjoy talking on the phone.
I have a pet.
I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.
I have a tendency to fall for the wrong person.
I have all my grandparents.
I have at least one sibling.
I have been told that I am smart.
I have broken a bone.
I have Caller I.D. on my phone.
I have bathed/showered with someone.
I have changed a diaper.
I have changed a lot over the past year.
I have done something illegal.
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair.
I have had surgery.
I have killed another person.
I have had my hair cut within the last week.
I have had the cops called on me.
I have kissed someone I knew I shouldn’t.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Whoever Invented Tug-of-War Must Have Been the Fat Kid in School Who Always Got out First in Dodgeball
It is to be expected, I suppose, that with an undertaking of this magnitude, there will be chaos within the two days prior to the “kick off,” so to speak. So this year and last, I’ve taken the Friday before the Conference off so that I could come into the office with my mom. She is our pastor’s/ church’s secretary and is responsible for MUCH of the organization for these events. Sure, she doesn’t stand behind the pulpit or speak for the groups, but she composes, prints, and assembles the booklets/bulletins/announcements/etc. for those that do. Often she’ll stay until midnight the two nights before the event just to get everything finished. I come in to help with what I can – running places, folding things – whatever I can do to make her life easier.
This morning, I was able to sleep two hours longer than usual, which was a blessing. I got up, grabbed my towel and fresh clothing, and went to take a shower. I closed the door and locked it, then went on with my routine. When I finished, I unlocked the door and tried to exit. This is where the significance of my title comes into play. The lock, which got bent slightly when one of my family members, in a fit of anger, slammed the door while the bolt was sticking out. So when I “unlocked” the door this morning, the bolt didn’t come out of the wall the entire way. Our bathroom door opens inward too, so I couldn’t even through my body against it. So I tugged a couple more times with just my hand, then had to plant my feet and (with two hands) hold the knob and pull as hard as I could. This is how it must feel to play tug-of-war. In my opinion, there can’t be much skill involved: it seems to me that the team with the most weight behind them wins. The Biggest Losers would be the guaranteed winners. It took me four hard pulls before I was able to free myself from the bathroom. Hopefully this is no indication of how the rest of my day will go…