Saturday, September 5, 2009

Before i Forget

now that i'm getting older and my memory is fading (i sound 80) and mainly cuz i don't have my old passports, i need to write down a list of countries i've been to- i'm curious.... i guess i'll do states, too, just to see. 

[North America]
Mexico (border town, i dunno if that counts)
USA states:
Texas
Oklahoma
Florida
Louisiana
Arkansas
New York
California
Tennessee
Georgia
Illinois
Missouri
New Mexico
Colorado
Mississippi
Alabama
Hawaii

[Europe]
Norway
England
Ireland
Scotland (is that just part of the UK now?)
Denmark
The Netherlands
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Vatican City- (i think it technically counts as its own country, like singapore)
France

[Australia]
[Asia]
Malaysia
Thailand
Singapore
Indonesia

16 states, 18 countries.

NOW- my to do list, for once i get rich- (whether it be by gold-digging, or preferably, my own means.)

Canada

[Central & South America]
Jamaica
Guatemala (i have friends i can visit, yay disney)
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Peru
Colombia

[Europe]
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Czech Republic- i hear they're big drinkers.
Russia- otherwise, i have no desire to go to East Europe. Or the middle east, for that matter.

[Africa]
Morocco
Egypt
South Africa
Kenya
Tanzania

New zealand

[Asia]
Japan
Vietnam
India
Maldives- honeymooooon, whenever i god forbid get married.
North Korea! it'll never happen, but i can try.

ANTARCTICA

...this isn't all too much to ask, is it? my dad's been to more than 50 countries, last time we counted. 
i wanna see penguins.
and lions.




One of my favorite poems of all time

I Am Not Yours by Sara Teasdale
I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.

You love me, and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright,
Yet I am I, who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light.

Oh plunge me deep in love -- put out
My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
Swept by the tempest of your love,
A taper in a rushing wind.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

the madness continues.

So, the water main? that busted 3 houses down, in my last blog? well, yesterday it busted again. next door. they had to dig up my neighbor's driveway. 
(unfortunately it wasn't the neighbor on the other side of us, who i'd love to see something ridiculous like that happen to her- she's a gigantic bitch. lives alone, 4 ferrets, very possessive of her yard. when we were moving in, she left a nastygram on our uhaul after it being there for ONE day saying "my front lawn is NOT your personal parking space, PLEASE MOVE"- so today i go over there to ask if matt can have like, a third of his truck on her side, just to be courteous, while he's in colorado... and she goes "well i've got a question- what's wrong with YOUR yard?" ...it IS our yard. the other side is tiny and has the mailbox on it, you lonely old hag! ugh. i dont wish bad things on people, but y'know, if they had to dig up her entire driveway because the water main busted again... i would probably giggle. and put her reaction on youtube...)
but i digress. =D

so i was watering the front lawn and got bitten by 500 mosquitoes... and then i went to use the new sprinkler, the twirly kind, in the backyard- so i turned on the water, but it wasnt working, so i went n  got all the kinks out... and of course, when i got to the kink closest to the sprinkler... it goes WHOOOOOSHSHHSHSHSHSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and i go "AHHH!!" and i got SOAKED! i was trying to like, place it where i wanted it and run away from teh water at the same time but it covers 360 degrees, so i ended up running away from it. i got in a fight with the sprinkler, and the sprinkler won.
epic. fail. even my mom called me a fail.
this evening = fail. 

i hate not talking to people i talk to on a daily basis, it's weird. talking to em becomes a habit, y'know?  guess it's the same when you're actually in a relationship- when you break up, it's like quitting a habit, cold turkey, cuz you're expected to not speak to them for a while. and it's good for you, to not speak to them, so that it can be a clean break without more emotional splatter than necessary... but it's still weird. and sad. and quite lonely. SIGH. 

i wish. lots of things. i wish someone my own age were into me. lol. right now, it's the 26 year old, who's reeally cute... but... he's 26. and i can see through his bullshit, why? because i have a brother who is JUST LIKE HIM. having matt as a brother has severely limited my dating pool- one of those quit before you even start things. he, on the other hand, got our waitress to fall in love with him by the end of the meal tonight, and even made sure she got his number and name so she could facebook stalk him. what the hell. he's just... he's just matt. always has been. i keep thinking that he'll grow up one day, but maybe this is it? dear god i hope not, for his future wie & family's sake. lol.

what's happening now:
we came home from taking matt to the airport... and our house was 80 degrees. our air con is not working, and i'm currently writing this in a sports bra and shorts, with a fan blowing. the temp has risen to 83. excellent.

maybe the repairman'll be cute ;)