I have a church calling.
I've actually had this calling since June, but I only started doing it today.
Well, it's not REALLY a calling since I wasn't called by the bishop or set apart for it. It's basically just the Relief Society people trying to get me involved or something.
Anyway, my job is to make cards and invitations for the "birthday brunches" every month. Basically, everyone in RS who has an October birthday is getting invited to a brunch thingy on the 30th to celebrate. Actually, they're combining October and November this time since people will be busy around Thanksgiving time. So I had to make extra invitations for that.
Either way, I'm finally done making those stupid cards!! It was very thoughtful of them to give me this calling, since not only does it help me get to know people in RS (my goal in life) but (more seriously) it is a calling where I get to use some of my creative skills. Hey, it's better than ward greeter. I'd be the worst ward greeter ever, seeing as how I'm always late!
...But it's kind of a pain. It took me ages to make these invites, probably because I'm a perfectionist and want to make each one look different and perfect, like it's Valentine's day and I'm making cards for all of the boys in my class that I have a crush on. Blech. Maybe next time I'll just be a slacker and print them off the computer. A Word document (well, Pages, since I don't have Microsoft Office) should take about ten seconds to whip up.
Other than that, I'm doing well. I've been tired lately, but it definitely isn't from working too hard on school since I have been slacking a whole lot in that department. I never got senioritis in high school, for the simple fact that I never had a senior year, and instead just got my GED and went to college. However, I think I may have it now. I got a B+ on a test that I'd barely studied for the other day and I wasn't even upset!
Or else maybe it's the fact that I'm more interested in putting time and effort into my job (crummy though it may be at times) than into school. Whatever.
On an entirely different note, I think I am going to start leaving my credit card at home to prevent me from spending money on stuff I don't need. I haven't gone into debt or done anything completely stupid or irrational or irresponsible, but I worry myself sometimes. Because I can picture myself falling into a pattern like that so easily. And even though the things I buy are usually really good deals, I don't NEED more stuff. I have way too much as it is. And I get so anxious about money stuff. Spending what money I have on junk I don't need doesn't help decrease that anxiety.
Everyone who has not seen the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World needs to go see it. Best movie I've seen in ages, already in my top ten, and made me laugh out loud on several occasions, even the FOURTH time I saw it in the theater! (I know what you're thinking, but NO, going to the movies isn't something I've wasted money on. The first time I saw it was during an outing with the girls at my work, so it was free. Second time, my brother treated. Third and fourth I paid for myself, but it was at the DOLLAR theater. So, hah.)
DANNY CHALLIS, YOU NEED TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!
Anyway, I am about to fall asleep at my computer screen if I keep sitting here. Which would be bad. Since I'm working. Well, "at work," at least. cnafbkwav.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Looking for a House
Mykle and I are looking at houses. We want to put money into an eventual asset rather than spending it on rent, which, while cheaper, won't do much for us in the long run.
By the way, when I say that we're "looking at houses," I mean that we've looked on the internet a little bit. We haven't actually taken any tours or talked to an agent, etc. The reason we began thinking about it at all was Keaton, who told us about how his roommate bought a house in the area for less than $100,000 and no down payment, with the monthly payments at only $800. Obviously Mykle and I would want to do a down payment, but it at least got us thinking. Maybe we could find a bank-owned property, foreclosure, auction, or small home for ourselves.
I'd want to learn about buying a house first, of course, since I know little on the subject. I'd talk to Kate and Danny, my parents, my in-laws, Keaton's roommate, etc, and I'd want to bring Connie or Steve or maybe Esther and Greg along to make sure Mykle and I have somebody experienced with us to help out.
Right now, the basic things I want in a home of my own are:
At least 2 bedrooms, hopefully 3+
At least 1.5 bathrooms
Maximum ~30 minute drive to either UVU or DA
NOT a fixer-upper (e.g. plumbing works, roof is solid, good foundation, no mold, etc.)
At least 1000 square feet
Within our limited price range
Things that aren't essential but would be huge pluses are:
3+ bedrooms
2 bathrooms
A finished basement with a separate entrance (so we could rent it out and save $ that way)
A garage or carport so we don't have to park on the street
Not on a busy street
Extra storage
Kitchen counters with a flat surface (NO tiling!!)
Things that aren't deal breakers but that I would looooove to have are:
A deck
A nice backyard in good condition
Hardwood floors (sigh)
Shaded by nice trees (hopefully not fruit trees)
Built after 1940
Ceramic-topped stove
Walking distance from either UVU or my work
Granite counters in the kitchen
Little to no tiled floors, except for (maybe) the bathrooms (I hate cleaning grout)
Of course if it were up to Mykle, he'd want us to build our own house, specifically a monolithic dome. He is so weird. Though I have to say, a dome home makes sense as far as fuel efficiency goes since the air circulates much more smoothly. Also, construction costs are pretty much the same. There are actually quite a few dome homes in Springville that I'm sure Mykle is dying to have a look at if the residents are willing.
I need ideas and advice and commentary on this topic! Email me if you have something to say, or make a comment here, or message it to me on facebook (my facebook page is still listed under 'Sarah Vasicek'). But here are a few cute local homes:
Gotta love that swing set- not to mention the split-entry and finished basement.
The master bedroom is absolutely gorgeous--- at least in the picture!
I am in love with the deck on this one.
This one is in PG.
By the way, when I say that we're "looking at houses," I mean that we've looked on the internet a little bit. We haven't actually taken any tours or talked to an agent, etc. The reason we began thinking about it at all was Keaton, who told us about how his roommate bought a house in the area for less than $100,000 and no down payment, with the monthly payments at only $800. Obviously Mykle and I would want to do a down payment, but it at least got us thinking. Maybe we could find a bank-owned property, foreclosure, auction, or small home for ourselves.
I'd want to learn about buying a house first, of course, since I know little on the subject. I'd talk to Kate and Danny, my parents, my in-laws, Keaton's roommate, etc, and I'd want to bring Connie or Steve or maybe Esther and Greg along to make sure Mykle and I have somebody experienced with us to help out.
Right now, the basic things I want in a home of my own are:
At least 2 bedrooms, hopefully 3+
At least 1.5 bathrooms
Maximum ~30 minute drive to either UVU or DA
NOT a fixer-upper (e.g. plumbing works, roof is solid, good foundation, no mold, etc.)
At least 1000 square feet
Within our limited price range
Things that aren't essential but would be huge pluses are:
3+ bedrooms
2 bathrooms
A finished basement with a separate entrance (so we could rent it out and save $ that way)
A garage or carport so we don't have to park on the street
Not on a busy street
Extra storage
Kitchen counters with a flat surface (NO tiling!!)
Things that aren't deal breakers but that I would looooove to have are:
A deck
A nice backyard in good condition
Hardwood floors (sigh)
Shaded by nice trees (hopefully not fruit trees)
Built after 1940
Ceramic-topped stove
Walking distance from either UVU or my work
Granite counters in the kitchen
Little to no tiled floors, except for (maybe) the bathrooms (I hate cleaning grout)
Of course if it were up to Mykle, he'd want us to build our own house, specifically a monolithic dome. He is so weird. Though I have to say, a dome home makes sense as far as fuel efficiency goes since the air circulates much more smoothly. Also, construction costs are pretty much the same. There are actually quite a few dome homes in Springville that I'm sure Mykle is dying to have a look at if the residents are willing.
I need ideas and advice and commentary on this topic! Email me if you have something to say, or make a comment here, or message it to me on facebook (my facebook page is still listed under 'Sarah Vasicek'). But here are a few cute local homes:
Gotta love that swing set- not to mention the split-entry and finished basement.
The master bedroom is absolutely gorgeous--- at least in the picture!
I am in love with the deck on this one.
This one is in PG.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Bucket List
Mykle ran a marathon today! (Well, yesterday, but I'm working a grave so let's not be picky) I can't believe it! He is so amazing! Now that I see that it's actually possible, I kind of want to try it. Of course, then I remember that I hate running and I come to my senses again. Still, how awesome is it that Mykle crossed something off his bucket list?
Here's my bucket list so far (keep in mind, not all of them are realistic, or even feasible):
Run a marathon
Write and publish a book
Have my own comic strip
Request a song on the radio
Go to prom with Sam Kurtis (yeah... not gonna happen)
Hold one million dollars in cash in my hands
Witness a live birth (not my own)
Be in a television commercial
Kiss a girl (this probably won't happen, but I've always kind of wanted to try it to see what it's LIKE, you know?)
Grow my hair to my waist
Do the World’s Largest Crossword Puzzle (available for purchase at Skymall) in pen
Go to my high school reunion
Make a quilt
Write in my journal everyday for a year
Learn to play piano well enough to play in church
See a solar eclipse
See the World’s Largest Ball of Twine
See Aurora Borealis
Go to the Color Festival
Teach a yoga class
Visit Jerusalem
Take part in a Passover Dinner
Learn how to solve a Rubix cube
Relearn how to watercolor landscapes
Do my taxes on my own one year
Learn how to write my own will and testament
Memorize all of the scripture mastery scriptures with the references
Don’t binge/purge for an entire year
Keep a budget for a whole month
Meet someone famous
Go to a rock n’ roll concert
Shave my head
Learn to make a paper crane
Learn the dance to “Thriller”
See Phantom of the Opera live on Broadway
So far the only one I've done is shave my head. Unless you're counting LDS celebrities as "famous," like John Bytheway or Kenneth Cope, which I don't. (Sorry, Marvin Payne! I'm still your biggest fan!) Mykle's tried to teach me the Rubix cube thing, but I can only remember one move, which, while better than nothing, is still less than useful.
The one I am most excited (and serious) about doing is writing a book. Only I'm not going to write just one. I'm going to write several. Here are a few of the ones I already have planned (the italicized words are the working titles only; they may change at some point):
Desert-
When I graduated from Wilderness Quest and came home, I was astonished that I couldn't find a single novel or biography about a young person my age going through a similar experience (The ones I did find were either off topic or so poorly written that reading became almost painful). I resolved then and there to rectify the situation in the only way I could think of: I decided to write my own book about it. I've already gotten quite far in it (it's about 100 pages single-spaced right now), and it is the book I am most determined to get published.
High Desert-
This will be the sequel to Desert, and will be about the second time I went to WQ as a student, where I walked out. The title comes from the location I was in: the winter range is full of sand, slick rock and cacti, just what you'd expect to see in the desert. But the summer range is desert as well despite its lush, green appearance. It is high desert. This follow-up to my first book will be more loosely organized, scattered and confused, because that is how I was when I went back.
Short Stories: Vol I-
I want to do more than one collection of short stories. They're fun for me to write, and I think I'm more suited to them than novel-length books. I already have a few written/half-written.
The Adventures of Davy and Sarah: Love at First Fright-
A collection of my comic strips about David Heath and myself, most of them 100% true to life.
Welcome to the Nuthouse-
This will be a collection of comic strips written about my family. All of them will come from real life experiences. The name of the book comes from a sign my mom put on our front door. (Tangent: That sign reminds me of a little plaque my mom always had in our bathroom growing up that read "My aim is to keep this bathroom clean. Your aim would help." I didn't understand the double meaning of that sign until LAST YEAR, when I was TWENTY ONE YEARS OLD!!!!) (Another tangent: That reminds me of a shirt I bought for myself at Plato's Closet when I was sixteen. The shirt read "Is that a candy cane in your pocket?" I thought it was hilarious and random and perfect for me since I love candy canes. I wore it for a good THREE YEARS before I figured out what it really meant!!!)
Uncircumcised Humor-
Another comic book. Might have to change the title of this one if I ever want to get published.
Partners-
This is a novel whose inspiration came to me in a dream last year à la Stephenie Meyer style. However, my dream was not about a bunch of sparkly gay vampires running around talking about sex. (And I hope my homosexual readers will forgive me for the derogatory use of the word "gay" in the previous sentence, and understand that it was entirely necessary to achieve maximum articulacy.) My dream was semi-autobiographical, but revolves around a drama/romance that were more imaginary than actual in my own life. Ballroom dance is a big part of it, hence the working title, which I now feel oddly compelled to change considering my earlier reference to homosexuals.
Eating Disorder Self-Help Book-
I want to write a book for friends and family members of people struggling with eating disorders, both to help them understand what their loved one is going through, as well as to guide them along the way about what kinds of things they need to be doing/saying or avoiding doing/saying.
Why Utah is Completely Retarded-
This lively self-help book will include chapters such as "The Grid System: Brigham Young's Biggest Failure," "'Why is our state bird the California Gull?' and Other Mysteries Yet to be Explained," "If You Don't Like the Weather, Wait Five Minutes," "Campy Valley," and "Destination Nowhere: Why Utah Has So Many Wilderness Programs."
Biography of Mark Vasicek-
If he'll let me write it. My dad has the most interesting life of anyone I know. Including me. Especially me, actually...
Glasses-
A children's book describing the true story of how I got my glasses.
Shoes-
A children's book about footwear.
Quest for the Best-
A children's book about a boy looking for the perfect pet. At first, he thinks a fish would be the most boring pet in the world, but after he exhausts all his other options he realizes that a fish would make the perfect pet.
Clowns Have Feelings, Too-
A children's book designed to help young people work through their coulrophobia.
That's all I have now. I am so incredibly tired. I want to lay down and sleep forever right now. Which means I need to put away my computer and walk around the building to wake myself up.
Here's my bucket list so far (keep in mind, not all of them are realistic, or even feasible):
Run a marathon
Write and publish a book
Have my own comic strip
Request a song on the radio
Go to prom with Sam Kurtis (yeah... not gonna happen)
Hold one million dollars in cash in my hands
Witness a live birth (not my own)
Be in a television commercial
Kiss a girl (this probably won't happen, but I've always kind of wanted to try it to see what it's LIKE, you know?)
Grow my hair to my waist
Do the World’s Largest Crossword Puzzle (available for purchase at Skymall) in pen
Go to my high school reunion
Make a quilt
Write in my journal everyday for a year
Learn to play piano well enough to play in church
See a solar eclipse
See the World’s Largest Ball of Twine
See Aurora Borealis
Go to the Color Festival
Teach a yoga class
Visit Jerusalem
Take part in a Passover Dinner
Learn how to solve a Rubix cube
Relearn how to watercolor landscapes
Do my taxes on my own one year
Learn how to write my own will and testament
Memorize all of the scripture mastery scriptures with the references
Don’t binge/purge for an entire year
Keep a budget for a whole month
Meet someone famous
Go to a rock n’ roll concert
Shave my head
Learn to make a paper crane
Learn the dance to “Thriller”
See Phantom of the Opera live on Broadway
So far the only one I've done is shave my head. Unless you're counting LDS celebrities as "famous," like John Bytheway or Kenneth Cope, which I don't. (Sorry, Marvin Payne! I'm still your biggest fan!) Mykle's tried to teach me the Rubix cube thing, but I can only remember one move, which, while better than nothing, is still less than useful.
The one I am most excited (and serious) about doing is writing a book. Only I'm not going to write just one. I'm going to write several. Here are a few of the ones I already have planned (the italicized words are the working titles only; they may change at some point):
Desert-
When I graduated from Wilderness Quest and came home, I was astonished that I couldn't find a single novel or biography about a young person my age going through a similar experience (The ones I did find were either off topic or so poorly written that reading became almost painful). I resolved then and there to rectify the situation in the only way I could think of: I decided to write my own book about it. I've already gotten quite far in it (it's about 100 pages single-spaced right now), and it is the book I am most determined to get published.
High Desert-
This will be the sequel to Desert, and will be about the second time I went to WQ as a student, where I walked out. The title comes from the location I was in: the winter range is full of sand, slick rock and cacti, just what you'd expect to see in the desert. But the summer range is desert as well despite its lush, green appearance. It is high desert. This follow-up to my first book will be more loosely organized, scattered and confused, because that is how I was when I went back.
Short Stories: Vol I-
I want to do more than one collection of short stories. They're fun for me to write, and I think I'm more suited to them than novel-length books. I already have a few written/half-written.
The Adventures of Davy and Sarah: Love at First Fright-
A collection of my comic strips about David Heath and myself, most of them 100% true to life.
Welcome to the Nuthouse-
This will be a collection of comic strips written about my family. All of them will come from real life experiences. The name of the book comes from a sign my mom put on our front door. (Tangent: That sign reminds me of a little plaque my mom always had in our bathroom growing up that read "My aim is to keep this bathroom clean. Your aim would help." I didn't understand the double meaning of that sign until LAST YEAR, when I was TWENTY ONE YEARS OLD!!!!) (Another tangent: That reminds me of a shirt I bought for myself at Plato's Closet when I was sixteen. The shirt read "Is that a candy cane in your pocket?" I thought it was hilarious and random and perfect for me since I love candy canes. I wore it for a good THREE YEARS before I figured out what it really meant!!!)
Uncircumcised Humor-
Another comic book. Might have to change the title of this one if I ever want to get published.
Partners-
This is a novel whose inspiration came to me in a dream last year à la Stephenie Meyer style. However, my dream was not about a bunch of sparkly gay vampires running around talking about sex. (And I hope my homosexual readers will forgive me for the derogatory use of the word "gay" in the previous sentence, and understand that it was entirely necessary to achieve maximum articulacy.) My dream was semi-autobiographical, but revolves around a drama/romance that were more imaginary than actual in my own life. Ballroom dance is a big part of it, hence the working title, which I now feel oddly compelled to change considering my earlier reference to homosexuals.
Eating Disorder Self-Help Book-
I want to write a book for friends and family members of people struggling with eating disorders, both to help them understand what their loved one is going through, as well as to guide them along the way about what kinds of things they need to be doing/saying or avoiding doing/saying.
Why Utah is Completely Retarded-
This lively self-help book will include chapters such as "The Grid System: Brigham Young's Biggest Failure," "'Why is our state bird the California Gull?' and Other Mysteries Yet to be Explained," "If You Don't Like the Weather, Wait Five Minutes," "Campy Valley," and "Destination Nowhere: Why Utah Has So Many Wilderness Programs."
Biography of Mark Vasicek-
If he'll let me write it. My dad has the most interesting life of anyone I know. Including me. Especially me, actually...
Glasses-
A children's book describing the true story of how I got my glasses.
Shoes-
A children's book about footwear.
Quest for the Best-
A children's book about a boy looking for the perfect pet. At first, he thinks a fish would be the most boring pet in the world, but after he exhausts all his other options he realizes that a fish would make the perfect pet.
Clowns Have Feelings, Too-
A children's book designed to help young people work through their coulrophobia.
That's all I have now. I am so incredibly tired. I want to lay down and sleep forever right now. Which means I need to put away my computer and walk around the building to wake myself up.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
New Nephew!
Kate had her baby! This is probably redundant to all my readers, since I assume only my family members follow this blog. Therefore, I shan't ruminate on the subject (I actually don't know all that much about how it went, seeing as how I wasn't there), and will instead proceed to post a picture of baby Daniel (it's worth ~1,000 words anyway):
...Isn't he adorable??? The only kids cuter than Kate and Danny's are mine! Sure, I don't exactly have PROOF yet, but you know what they say: The proof is in the pudding. And despite the fact that I have no pudding, wait, this doesn't work. Never mind. Oh wait!!! I DO have pudding!! Here is an online simulator of what Mykle's and my kids are going to look like:
This one is Lucas Mykle Law. He'll be born first. We like the name Lucas because then Mykle can tell him, "Luke, I am your father!!" Star Wars = ftw.
Then we'll have a girl, probably named Lucy or Esmé. Lucy would be after Lucy Pevensie from the Chronicles of Narnia, and Esmé would be after a character from one of J. D. Salinger's nine stories. I'm also open to Zoë or Zooey, from Franny and Zooey, although the Zooey in that book is actually a guy whose full name is Zachary.
Then we'll have another girl, named Allison, only we'll call her Alice. Allison is the name of the woman who introduced my father to the church, and unintentionally introduced my parents to each other. Alice is from Arlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant," as well as Carroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I want all of our children to be at least partially named after literary characters.
Then finally, another boy, who we'll name Sammath. I'd prefer Samson or Samuel, but Mykle was insisting on Samwise for awhile, and Sammath was the best compromise I could get. (He's a character in Garth Nix's Sabriel trilogy.) I'm naming this one after my best friend in high school, Sam Kurtis.
This one is a maybe, since I'm not sure if I want five children. If she's a girl, I think we'd name her Avery or Ava, or Yvaine (from Stardust). If he's a boy, I'd like to name him Jonah. We'll see.
Aren't my children so cute?? I'm excited to meet them! However, I am in no rush!!
...Isn't he adorable??? The only kids cuter than Kate and Danny's are mine! Sure, I don't exactly have PROOF yet, but you know what they say: The proof is in the pudding. And despite the fact that I have no pudding, wait, this doesn't work. Never mind. Oh wait!!! I DO have pudding!! Here is an online simulator of what Mykle's and my kids are going to look like:
This one is Lucas Mykle Law. He'll be born first. We like the name Lucas because then Mykle can tell him, "Luke, I am your father!!" Star Wars = ftw.
Then we'll have a girl, probably named Lucy or Esmé. Lucy would be after Lucy Pevensie from the Chronicles of Narnia, and Esmé would be after a character from one of J. D. Salinger's nine stories. I'm also open to Zoë or Zooey, from Franny and Zooey, although the Zooey in that book is actually a guy whose full name is Zachary.
Then we'll have another girl, named Allison, only we'll call her Alice. Allison is the name of the woman who introduced my father to the church, and unintentionally introduced my parents to each other. Alice is from Arlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant," as well as Carroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I want all of our children to be at least partially named after literary characters.
Then finally, another boy, who we'll name Sammath. I'd prefer Samson or Samuel, but Mykle was insisting on Samwise for awhile, and Sammath was the best compromise I could get. (He's a character in Garth Nix's Sabriel trilogy.) I'm naming this one after my best friend in high school, Sam Kurtis.
This one is a maybe, since I'm not sure if I want five children. If she's a girl, I think we'd name her Avery or Ava, or Yvaine (from Stardust). If he's a boy, I'd like to name him Jonah. We'll see.
Aren't my children so cute?? I'm excited to meet them! However, I am in no rush!!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Accomplishments
Things I Accomplished on Labor Day:
Called it "Memorial Day" by accident three times
Went shopping with Jennessa at the Provo mall and found far too many deals
Did my homework for PSY 1100
Considered doing my french homework
Ate healthily, minus the part where I accidentally left my sandwich that I was going to eat for dinner during this grave shift at HOME even though I had carefully laid it out for myself, forcing me to subsist on an ample supply of Hot Tamales for those 8 hours instead
500 crunches
500 calf exercises
500 inner thigh exercises
500 back exercises
150 push ups (on my knees, I admit it)
^^Doing calisthenics for 1 hour^^
Gassed up the car
Lamented the lack of mail delivery services on MemorLabor Day
Tried to take a nap before work
Failed to take a nap before work
Went to work
Got paid time and a half for working on a holiday
Lamented the fact that I only got paid time and a half for 1 hour of work, since my shift started at 11pm
Hummed the same stanza of "Those Canaan Days" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat in my head for long, silent hours while staring at my computer screen ("Zoze Canaan dayzzz, vee uzed to knowww, vare have zay goneee, vare diiiiiiiiiiiiiii(*gasp!*)iiiiiid zay go...")
That's pretty much it. Although at one point I think I got the Potiphar song in my head for a minute or two. Ehn. I must now either watch an engaging movie or commence slapping myself on the face to stay awake for the next hour and a half. Adieu.
Called it "Memorial Day" by accident three times
Went shopping with Jennessa at the Provo mall and found far too many deals
Did my homework for PSY 1100
Considered doing my french homework
Ate healthily, minus the part where I accidentally left my sandwich that I was going to eat for dinner during this grave shift at HOME even though I had carefully laid it out for myself, forcing me to subsist on an ample supply of Hot Tamales for those 8 hours instead
500 crunches
500 calf exercises
500 inner thigh exercises
500 back exercises
150 push ups (on my knees, I admit it)
^^Doing calisthenics for 1 hour^^
Gassed up the car
Lamented the lack of mail delivery services on MemorLabor Day
Tried to take a nap before work
Failed to take a nap before work
Went to work
Got paid time and a half for working on a holiday
Lamented the fact that I only got paid time and a half for 1 hour of work, since my shift started at 11pm
Hummed the same stanza of "Those Canaan Days" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat in my head for long, silent hours while staring at my computer screen ("Zoze Canaan dayzzz, vee uzed to knowww, vare have zay goneee, vare diiiiiiiiiiiiiii(*gasp!*)iiiiiid zay go...")
That's pretty much it. Although at one point I think I got the Potiphar song in my head for a minute or two. Ehn. I must now either watch an engaging movie or commence slapping myself on the face to stay awake for the next hour and a half. Adieu.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
This Blog
Those of you who know me and have followed my previous blog at livejournal.com (Okay okay, let's not be pretentious. There are about five of you: mom, Joe, Kate, Connie and Mykle) know that I am very inconsistent when it comes to posting new entries on a regular basis. However, I now have reason to believe that I'm going to improve in that area. And no, the reason isn't that I just made a new blog at a different server and that "I'm, like, so totally psyched about it!!" (ew) It's because I have recently begun working a graveyard shift one night a week at my job, during which I sit around and chill for eight hours. (That's basically it.) So now I have time set aside and nothing better to do than... well, this.
Of course, none of that necessarily guarantees any regularity in new entries. Nor does the following list of goals that I'm making guarantee any sort of success in their achievement, but it does help to get my ideas written down and organized.
Goals:
Write in this blog every week, or at least every week that I work a grave
Exercise for 45 minutes to an hour every grave shift (hah, not that you'll be able to tell)
Read and review a book at least once a month
Get 3+ regular readers who are NOT related to me (sorry mom, Joe, Kate, Connie and Mykle!) by this time next year
Post pictures at least once a month (book covers for book reviews don't count)
Get (on average) 1+ comments per post
Post something regarding my feelings on spirituality 10+ times per year
Write a Rave post for every Rant post (that one will be a challenge)
Post 4+ of my comic strips per month (no repeats, no using ones on my old blog)
Make 1+ lists for each entry
Lose 10 lbs
Make 6 figures per year
If you couldn't tell that those last two goals were facetious, you should probably stop reading now and move on to some other blog, since I am a big aficionado of sarcasm and tend to use it much more excessively than my mother prefers (sorry, mom).
So anyhoo, here's another list for you:
Words/Phrases that I CANNOT STAND:
Anyhoo
Okey dokey
Okalee dokalee
This is true
It's all good (mostly just annoying when my brother says it)
Ba dum, chhh! (aka, the sound of someone making fun of the fact that their joke totally failed)
Epic fail (waaaay too trendy for me, though "epic" and "fail" by themselves are not quite as cringe-inducing)
Ex-squeeze me
Hubby ("wifey" = not too bad; "hubby" = nauseating)
She has a bun in the oven
Baby-hungry (probably the worst one on this entire list)
Yuppers
Fudgesickles (as a replacement for the expletive) (I prefer "Fraggle")
Swashbuckler
How form babby?
How wude! (and ANYTHING else uttered by that IDIOT Jar Jar Binks in the new Star Wars movies)
LOL (I detest this abbreviation. I just think it's so retarded. When IMing, I just write out my laughter in "haha" form.)
Same diff
Guesstimate
Smize (for those of you who have never seen America's Next Top Model, congratulations)
ATM machine (the machine is not necessary)
PIN number (seeing as how PIN stands for Personal Identification Number, the second "number" is also unnecessary)
Mockumentary
My bad
Fo shizzle (almost any word that ends in "izzle" is probably annoying to me)
Hot diggity
Finagling
Oh my heck!
What the hey
Whatev
Whatevs
Schwatev
Schwatevs
Ridonculous
Chillax
Hella
For reals
Oh, for cute! (yes, people in Utah say that)
Absotively posilutely
Yeahhhhhhhno
I know, right?
Burlesque
Anytime people combine celebrity names to refer to a couple ("Brangelina," "Huddy," "Bennifer," "Zanessa," etc.)
Edutainment
Cankles
Schedule (pronounced "shejool")
Conch (pronounced "conk")
Swag
Well then
...and I'm sure there are more.
Now, to keep my goal, I have to make a Rave list as well. Therefore, here is...
Sarah's List of Baby Names That She Likes (names with an * means Mykle likes them too) (this list is in a boy-girl order)
Lucas*
Jane
Sam* (Mykle would only accept this name if it was short for Samwise. I managed to talk him into "Sammath," but that's where he's drawing the line. Our poor kids...)
Audrey
Stephen*
Allison/Alice*
Mark/Marcus*
Zoe* (though I personally prefer Zooey)
James
Olivia*
Jonah
Sascha* (I like this as a boy's name, but Mykle does not. And nobody ever takes my side!!)
Margot
Noah
Kaitlin
John
Esme
Scott*
Yvaine* (Eve or Eva for short)
Andrew
Valentine* (from Ender's Game)
Roark* (Mykle wants to spell it "Rhuarc." I think it's already weird enough as is without spelling it like rhubarb)
Julia
Everett
Jennifer
Mykle (I secretly prefer the normal spelling, but my husband likes it this way for some reason)
Adrienne
Rene (once again, Mykle only likes this for a girl)
Wendy (Mykle hates it b/c it reminds him of the fast food place)
Frederick
Lucy
Micah
Summer
Zachary
Dagny
Zane
Vaida
Elliot
Mavis
Eugene
June
Ferris (can't ever use it b/c of that movie)
Charlotte
Madden
Okay, now I'm getting bored. With this shift, bored easily leads to drowsy, which leads to sleeping, which makes a nice segue into getting fired. Adieu.
Of course, none of that necessarily guarantees any regularity in new entries. Nor does the following list of goals that I'm making guarantee any sort of success in their achievement, but it does help to get my ideas written down and organized.
Goals:
Write in this blog every week, or at least every week that I work a grave
Exercise for 45 minutes to an hour every grave shift (hah, not that you'll be able to tell)
Read and review a book at least once a month
Get 3+ regular readers who are NOT related to me (sorry mom, Joe, Kate, Connie and Mykle!) by this time next year
Post pictures at least once a month (book covers for book reviews don't count)
Get (on average) 1+ comments per post
Post something regarding my feelings on spirituality 10+ times per year
Write a Rave post for every Rant post (that one will be a challenge)
Post 4+ of my comic strips per month (no repeats, no using ones on my old blog)
Make 1+ lists for each entry
Lose 10 lbs
Make 6 figures per year
If you couldn't tell that those last two goals were facetious, you should probably stop reading now and move on to some other blog, since I am a big aficionado of sarcasm and tend to use it much more excessively than my mother prefers (sorry, mom).
So anyhoo, here's another list for you:
Words/Phrases that I CANNOT STAND:
Anyhoo
Okey dokey
Okalee dokalee
This is true
It's all good (mostly just annoying when my brother says it)
Ba dum, chhh! (aka, the sound of someone making fun of the fact that their joke totally failed)
Epic fail (waaaay too trendy for me, though "epic" and "fail" by themselves are not quite as cringe-inducing)
Ex-squeeze me
Hubby ("wifey" = not too bad; "hubby" = nauseating)
She has a bun in the oven
Baby-hungry (probably the worst one on this entire list)
Yuppers
Fudgesickles (as a replacement for the expletive) (I prefer "Fraggle")
Swashbuckler
How form babby?
How wude! (and ANYTHING else uttered by that IDIOT Jar Jar Binks in the new Star Wars movies)
LOL (I detest this abbreviation. I just think it's so retarded. When IMing, I just write out my laughter in "haha" form.)
Same diff
Guesstimate
Smize (for those of you who have never seen America's Next Top Model, congratulations)
ATM machine (the machine is not necessary)
PIN number (seeing as how PIN stands for Personal Identification Number, the second "number" is also unnecessary)
Mockumentary
My bad
Fo shizzle (almost any word that ends in "izzle" is probably annoying to me)
Hot diggity
Finagling
Oh my heck!
What the hey
Whatev
Whatevs
Schwatev
Schwatevs
Ridonculous
Chillax
Hella
For reals
Oh, for cute! (yes, people in Utah say that)
Absotively posilutely
Yeahhhhhhhno
I know, right?
Burlesque
Anytime people combine celebrity names to refer to a couple ("Brangelina," "Huddy," "Bennifer," "Zanessa," etc.)
Edutainment
Cankles
Schedule (pronounced "shejool")
Conch (pronounced "conk")
Swag
Well then
...and I'm sure there are more.
Now, to keep my goal, I have to make a Rave list as well. Therefore, here is...
Sarah's List of Baby Names That She Likes (names with an * means Mykle likes them too) (this list is in a boy-girl order)
Lucas*
Jane
Sam* (Mykle would only accept this name if it was short for Samwise. I managed to talk him into "Sammath," but that's where he's drawing the line. Our poor kids...)
Audrey
Stephen*
Allison/Alice*
Mark/Marcus*
Zoe* (though I personally prefer Zooey)
James
Olivia*
Jonah
Sascha* (I like this as a boy's name, but Mykle does not. And nobody ever takes my side!!)
Margot
Noah
Kaitlin
John
Esme
Scott*
Yvaine* (Eve or Eva for short)
Andrew
Valentine* (from Ender's Game)
Roark* (Mykle wants to spell it "Rhuarc." I think it's already weird enough as is without spelling it like rhubarb)
Julia
Everett
Jennifer
Mykle (I secretly prefer the normal spelling, but my husband likes it this way for some reason)
Adrienne
Rene (once again, Mykle only likes this for a girl)
Wendy (Mykle hates it b/c it reminds him of the fast food place)
Frederick
Lucy
Micah
Summer
Zachary
Dagny
Zane
Vaida
Elliot
Mavis
Eugene
June
Ferris (can't ever use it b/c of that movie)
Charlotte
Madden
Okay, now I'm getting bored. With this shift, bored easily leads to drowsy, which leads to sleeping, which makes a nice segue into getting fired. Adieu.
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