Text Twist

Tom: Neo?

Kelsey: No, it says 'neo' isn't a word.

Me: Yeah, it's just a prefix.

Robyn: Like, neosporin!

Phante

So, let's pretend as if I can start something and actually keep it up for more than a week. I don't like my word of a day plan. It's too constricting, plus, I don't think I could think I save myself enough time on a daily basis to blog.

In case you didn't know, I'm quirky. One thing I do whenever I am significantly nervous is bend metal. (Yes, I am that strong.) My fingers look for the closest paper clip, wire or bobby pin and start compulsively twisting it into really tight kinks. I found my collection of old ones today - it's weird I never threw them out. And, the funny thing is I know what each of them is from. The one that I was playing with in chemistry today is something I am especially proud of, however. It definitely looks like an abstract elephant. Jen named him Phante. I should try to sell him on eBay.

Stalker-ish?

Okay, fine. I cheated a little (lot). "Stalkerish" was not my random adjective of the day, but, due to SOMEONE getting home at one-something-maybe? last night I was a little disorganized blog-wise. Without further ado, here's the #1 quote of the week:

Kelsey (to Will & Aly - kids she was babysitting for): Stefanie is a stalker, do you know what stalking is?
Will: Yeah, like ding-dong ditching!
Kelsey: Close. More like, ding-dong and never leaving. Ever.

Quad·rat·ic

(This word of the day idea is not at all challenging. I think I am just getting lucky.)

Today at work this little boy (he told me he was in sixth grade) came and asked if there was a calculator he could borrow. Of course, me being me, I was way too nosy to just say yes and hand over the nifty-shaped blue calculator with drug advertisements on it. I asked him if he was doing his homework, and yes, he was. It was really slow today, so I thought it wouldn't hurt anything if I taught him how to multiply fractions.

Ah, back to the days where the moment I discovered dividing a fraction is the same as multiplying it by its reciprocal just blew my mind.

I hope I wasn't too pushy... I think I got pretty into it. He said thank you though, and his mom was really happy he had his homework done when she came out of her appointment. Ha, poor guy just probably wanted a calculator and I invaded his life (for half an hour at least.)

On a side note, I'm watching Wheel of Fortune, and I am slightly insulted that advertisers target the elderly during both this show, and Jeopardy. Hip kids like me watch them too. Every other commercial is drug-related. See - a Zantac commercial. Mint-flavored? Mmm...

In·vert·ed

Honestly, the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this word was "rollercoasters." I think I attribute that to one of two things - either I am a huge nerd that relates everything to science, or a small nerd that played Rollercoaster Tycoon for way too many hours in my life and used "inverted" loops and things like that.

But, rollercoasters are indeed are currently a hot topic indeed in my little land of daydreaming. It's OCTOBER... which means it's Fright Fest season. I remember last year's Fright Fest experience very thoroughly. Kath, Danika, Christi and I went at 10:00 A.M. and by the time it was getting dark outside, we were exhausted... so the amount of "scariness" we experienced was very limited - I think we were home by 6 or 7. Kind of lame, now that I look back at it. But, I remember one of the highlights was standing in line at Iron Wolf (I think?) and seeing Abby, very randomly. I love those situations. ANYWAYS - this Fright Fest I will definitely stay through the whole thing. I don't really mind if we don't go on all the rides, because that's not the point of Fright Fest, and I'm fairly sure that I will never get better luck on getting on rides than I did when we went this summer.

I used to like to pretend that I was a spontaneous individual, but sometimes I wonder if that's true when I like planning everything in advance. I am obsessed with the future - both short and long term. I think I've realized the lack of control we have over so much of the future and planning things out as if I really do have a say in what happens is comforting. Kelly is coming home this weekend, and I have so much planned between Friday and Sunday. I guess I am just inclined to maximize all the time I have with her and obsessively planning every second of the day accomplishes that?

I'm going to be honest - I'm listening to Eminem right now. I like how songs have the ability to bring up memories that have absolutely nothing to do with the the song itself. Most of the impure songs I listened to as a child have that effect.

I think I turned out alright.

Dis·turbed

It is not a revelation - as humans we bring so much undo worry and grief on ourselves. So much of the pain we experience are from the thoughts we concoct in our own minds. They were not fed to us, but created somewhere inside. And these, above all, seem to be the thoughts that scare us the most.

Most people would agree, they do not like to be overly scared, worried, or distressed in general. But, then why is it that we continue to cause ourselves pain by obsessing over the worst of the past, the present and the future?

As cliche as it seems, the statement that we prefer pain over no feeling at all is the only answer I have for this. Perhaps letting something go is often harder than mulling over it, because at least when the bad feelings exists SOMETHING exists. Oftentimes letting go of the parts of life that bring us the most negative feelings are the same parts that once brought us the most positive ones.

but you've got too much to wear

on you sleeves

it has to do too much with me

and secretly

i want to bury in the yard

the grave remains of a friendship scarred

A New Plan

Okay, here's the new plan for this blog.


Each day, I will use a this one random word generator and it will give me an adjective. There are seven options (very common, common, average, somewhat uncommon, uncommon, very uncommon and obscure) so one for each day of the week. Oh - and there is no cheating, no refreshing until I find a 'good' word. Whatever the word is, I have to use - as the title of my blog. And, it will all have to relate to that word somehow.



Good luck, me.

Back By Popular Demand

My biggest (blog) fan has been giving me grief for not contributing anything to this lately. Hopefully this isn't a letdown.

SPEAKING of letdowns - it's too bad that I am way too emotionally invested in football (and sports in general) for my own good. Alas, this weekend was still 99.9% awesome despite the fact my two teams choked. Can't have it all.

Sticking with the percentage theme, approximately 76.2% of all the awesomeness contributed to the fact I got to play at a petting zoo. Seriously - any day I get to touch lots of animals is a good day.

Also, I saw a movie that actually kept my attention. 3:10 To Yuma with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. It is definitely not the type of movie that I am typically interested in, (i.e. Disney movies, Muppet Treasure Island) but I really enjoyed it.

Today was Octoberfest... and my last day at TL for the season. I find it interesting that two months ago I said I was never going back, but barely 5 hours after I came home, I realized I am not ready to leave for good. I think I have eaten my last chicken salad croissant til the spring...

Sorry, Kels, and everyone else. This is the lamest blog ever. But I am really tired. Thanks to everyone who participated in making this weekend swell.