Starving

I know I said the other day that being sheltered from the news is a good thing. I also said I'm not looking forward to going back to school. I am however starving for knowledge. I had a wonderful summer. I've had soooo much fun going out with the girls, laughing, having a good time. I've also greatly enjoyed my new house and the silence. I've been reading a lot too as you can see....... But. The problem is I don't feel like I've been learning anything. I'm starving for some type of new knowledge of something; anything! I've decided to get that through books. I usually read some type of non-fiction but it tells of someone's life not some type of event. That's why I picked up the book I just finished reading called Night. It teaches tales of the Holocaust but isn't a boring text book type of read. Next on my list is "Snow flower and the secret fan" which tells about women of China and the rigid codes of conduct they are forced to follow. I can't believe how bored my mind gets if it's not learning, lol. It amazes me that people go through each day knowing only what they knew yesterday. It drives me insane. Bores me. Of course I like to relax. I'm not constantly looking through books like a mad woman. I used to be possibly one of the laziest people on the planet. I can't do it anymore. I'm starving to know more about anything.

Hilarious

This was forwarded to me in an e-mail and I thought it was absolutely hilarious. I took the liberty to bold first word of the ones that I have either thought of before or strongly agree with.
Random Thoughts of the Day:

• I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
• More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me.
• Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
• I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?
• Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
• I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
• The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.
• Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
• There is a great need for sarcasm font.
• Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the f*** was going on when I first saw it.
• I think everyone has a movie that they love so much; it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
• How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
• I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
• I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
• The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.
• A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
• Was learning cursive really necessary?
• Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
• I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
• Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
• My brother's Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads. Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquired about the name. He explained, "Cuz we beat you, and you hate us." Classy, bro.
• Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
• How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
• I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
• While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
• MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
• Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
• I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
• Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
• I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
• Bad decisions make good stories
• Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
• Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?
• If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
• Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem....
• You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
• Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
• There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
• I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
• "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
• I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
• While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA. No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don’t win, they are executed.
• I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
• I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
• When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
• I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
• Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
• As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
• Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
• It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
• I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
• I think that if, years down the road when I’m trying to have a kid, I find out that I’m sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.
• Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
• Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my a$$ everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
• My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
• It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.
• I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
• I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
• I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
• The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There’s nothing like being made to feel like a fat b@st@rd before dinner.

These made me laugh like an idiot in the middle of a quiet office. I hope they did the same for you!

The end of a decade

School starts back on Monday. I couldn't be more unhappy about it. OK I could. I know it's not that bad. I've been pretty much done with school for the last 3 years. I took myself in a direction professionally that I am not particularly fond of. Me? A Institutional Trust & Custody banker? Really? Stocks, Bonds, Notes, Money Market Funds, etc. Amy the artist/photographer who has a boring desk job. Wonderful!

The good news is when I graduate my family is buying me a brand new professional camera. I am mostly excited about that, not so much the piece of paper that says I now have to start paying back 30k in student loan debt.

More and more everyday I want to sell my possessions and move to a far away land with my new camera and my fluffy pillow.

Sheltered

So the silence may be going a bit overboard. I realized today that I really have no idea what's going on in the world around me. I used to be very interested in politics and current events, issues, and concerns. I have become so annoyed with certain types of people and they're ridiculousness that I don't want to hear it anymore. For instance these town hall meetings that are being held for the health care reform. Who are these people!? Yelling out "OBAMA'S A SOCIALIST!" (oh my goodness he wants to help everyone) "YOU SHOULD BE TERRIFIED OF HIM!" (he's so scary!!!) "I'M SCARED OF HIM!" (like a monster!) Now as much as I didn't like Bush and I know many didn't like him and said things about him but I am so sick to death of the extreme right. They're like little babies and at the same time they're big bullies. They might as well just fall down in the middle of the room and start kicking and screaming. I want to forget that people like this exist. Heaven forbid one of these raging lunatics get caught in a bad situation where they need help and their government turns their back, they become homeless, without health care, without ANYONE that gives a shit about them. Why are people so scared of change? This world is always changing? Old women call the bank and hate Internet bill pay because it's change. I couldn't live without it. People hated Elvis. Sometimes I just think people need a reason to complain. They need something to hate to feel purpose. I have a different purpose. I'm not really interested in all the madness in the world anymore. It's a major downer.

Content

I love reading. Absolutely love it. I've promised myself however that I am savings my pennies for Ireland. So I got myself a library card for the main library downtown so I could walk there during a break at work. A friend of mine suggested I read a book called She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb, so I made my way down to the library and checked it out a couple weeks ago. It was a great read and I actually just finished it (I highly recommend it.) While I was laying in bed one night reading before I went to sleep I came across a fortune that was obviously once someone's from inside a fortune cookie. It reads "It is not the outside riches but the inside ones that produce happiness." I've always believed this. It was just weird that it randomly popped up in a library book, my first time checking one out.

It reassured me that I had made the right choice.

Love this!!!

So since I don't have any form of regular TV I sometimes hear from friends or family things they have seen on TV, so I'll youtube if it sounds funny or interesting. This one I absolutely LOVED. This kind of thing really makes me smile and makes me hope these two make it. They wanted their night to be different, taylored to them and they're life together. I can only hope I find someone as fun and silly as this woman did. How adorable!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0