So I know that this is going to make me an official geek but I can’t help it. I debated and debated but I couldn’t help it……..I ordered Super Mario Galaxy 2 this weekend. The only reason I didn’t have it for release day was because I really had a hard time justifying spending $50 on a video game. I mean really it is a video game and I am an adult now. Can you really justify the expense and all the time that I will take saving Princess Peach? Hmmm apparently I can! Just the thought of being able to collect all of those star bits made my heart go all pitter patter. I mean how can I not since star bits really are the thing that any 30 something person needs to be focused right?
So now that I have ordered it and before it is in my excited hands lets look at how I justified this non-reader. Really the only way to justify something like this is to over intellectualize the game. So here we go…….the game really is just a way to show the fables of the past. Nintendo has nothing on those pesky Grimms brothers. Now since I had some very forward thinking people in my life (thanks Aunt Ellen) I not only had the Disney versions of all of these wonderful stories but I had the traditional/original versions of them. Now if you haven’t read those you should revisit them. They have NOTHING on the horror movies of today. Where Disney had those greedy kids eating the candy house with other then a little tummy ache those brothers wanted to teach you the real lesson. Small child if you are off without permission, steal and over eat that will get you the trifecta which is rewarded with death, in an oven no less. So admittedly Nintendo didn’t go that far thank God but they are somewhere between Disney and Grimms. You do “kill” things but they come back in another world and really it is all for a good cause, saving Princess Peach. Also where other generations even mine learned from reading books and seeing our parents in action this is the digital generations that are being raised. This generation does still read our favorites and sees the movies thanks to the Disney marketing machine but we know that Wii and X Box are having a significant impact. I for one would much rather see them saving Princess Peach then killing and fighting and doing all those things that I hear they do in Mortal Combat number whatever they are at now!
So why does all of this matter since I don’t have kids that I am affecting and no kids will play it at my house you ask? Well you silly non-reader it matters because if my 30 something self doesn’t buy it and help its sales numbers there will be no Super Mario Galaxy number whatever they are on for future generations. Don’t we want there to be a balance? Don’t future generations deserve star bits and Princess Peach? I think they do.
See I can really make anything in the world have an ultraistic bend can’t I? All of that to be said if you don’t hear from me for the next few weeks after the Memorial Day weekend and think that I have died I haven’t. What has really happened is that I am on the quest to save Princess Peach and get as many star bits as possible. I am doing it for future generations and it has nothing to do with the fact that I loved the first game and was OBSESSED with star bits!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
It Won't Put You to Sleep
Hello to all you non-readers out there. I know that there are a few of you out there that read my little thoughts but still I like the non-reader idea so I am keeping it.
So I was driving home from work on Friday listening to NPR and it made me think. Now of course there were some wonderful stories that they were sharing and they were engaging as always but I wasn’t thinking of them I was thinking about how there are NPR people and there are non-NPR people. We were talking at work about what we listened to while going into work and I said NPR. One of my co-workers asked me, “What is that?” Well being that I think that I knew what NPR was before I even understood what radio was made it a little bit of a shock to me. Well I filled them in that it was National Public Radio and we went on but it really had me thinking.
Is there a certain way that people who listen to NPR think and talk? I remember sitting at lunch with some of my former co-workers talking about what we heard on NPR. I loved those discussions. Now that isn’t to say I don’t love the Twilight and Sex in the City discussions but there is a lot to be said about taking about the economic impact of the issues in Greece. Then of course it also makes me think that sometimes some of those lunch discussion made us sound a little bit like snobs. I mean the normal lunch conversation is what you watch on TV such as Gossip Girl not the trends in the Supreme Court decisions are affecting business but isn’t there a happy medium.
Also does listening to a little Fresh Air make us think about things that we wouldn’t normally. Does a little Morning Edition make us a better informed and globally thinking person? I think it does. So my non-reader take 10-15 minutes out of your day and take a listen. I promise that although popular belief is that Carl Castles’ voice might put you to sleep it won’t. You can go back to your Ipod after that but open yourself up to some interesting news.
Happy Listening! Let me know what you think? Did you hear anything interesting?
So I was driving home from work on Friday listening to NPR and it made me think. Now of course there were some wonderful stories that they were sharing and they were engaging as always but I wasn’t thinking of them I was thinking about how there are NPR people and there are non-NPR people. We were talking at work about what we listened to while going into work and I said NPR. One of my co-workers asked me, “What is that?” Well being that I think that I knew what NPR was before I even understood what radio was made it a little bit of a shock to me. Well I filled them in that it was National Public Radio and we went on but it really had me thinking.
Is there a certain way that people who listen to NPR think and talk? I remember sitting at lunch with some of my former co-workers talking about what we heard on NPR. I loved those discussions. Now that isn’t to say I don’t love the Twilight and Sex in the City discussions but there is a lot to be said about taking about the economic impact of the issues in Greece. Then of course it also makes me think that sometimes some of those lunch discussion made us sound a little bit like snobs. I mean the normal lunch conversation is what you watch on TV such as Gossip Girl not the trends in the Supreme Court decisions are affecting business but isn’t there a happy medium.
Also does listening to a little Fresh Air make us think about things that we wouldn’t normally. Does a little Morning Edition make us a better informed and globally thinking person? I think it does. So my non-reader take 10-15 minutes out of your day and take a listen. I promise that although popular belief is that Carl Castles’ voice might put you to sleep it won’t. You can go back to your Ipod after that but open yourself up to some interesting news.
Happy Listening! Let me know what you think? Did you hear anything interesting?
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Shoes
Non-Reader please listen to this blog entry listening to the Dance by Five for Fighting
(Mentions buying new shoes and needing to take them out for a Dance)
So last night I went to an impromptu dinner with some girlfriends and then shoe shopping with one of them. Sounds very Sex in the City doesn’t it. Trust me no Manolos were even touched! More like the clearance area of the Max & Ross.
Now it is a known fact that I have WAY more shoes then could be classified as covering a “need”. Even with that understanding though I am no Imelda Marcos. There aren’t several pairs of one style in the same or varied colors. Other then the basic blacks and browns I don’t really have even lots in one color. I mean everyone who lives in a warm climate needs various flip flop options. Now my friend suggested her boy should perhaps look in my closet and then he might leave her alone. Well that isn’t going to happen I have to be dating you and be thinking about living with you before you would get a firm idea of my shoe collection. As I told her he would have to find them in between the two closets and then the “hidden” dressy ones. Lets be real even my girlfriends who I am sure think they have a firm idea of how many I have would probably under estimate the number and that is how I like it! I don’t necessarily think this is a good thing. I do put myself in time out every once in awhile and don’t buy more. Currently I am on a time out from flip flops as an example.
Well as we were shopping one of the topics that came up was how boys/men sometimes think that we have too many shoes. They have at most 4 or 5 pairs and think that is all that they and as their significant other all we should need. They just don’t understand why we “need” more. Well while I was driving home from the shopping where neither of us bought any shoes I was thinking about it. They say we only need four or five but they comment how “great” we look when we wear things like this one.
But never seem to notice how great our legs look when we wear something like this one:
(Mentions buying new shoes and needing to take them out for a Dance)
So last night I went to an impromptu dinner with some girlfriends and then shoe shopping with one of them. Sounds very Sex in the City doesn’t it. Trust me no Manolos were even touched! More like the clearance area of the Max & Ross.
Now it is a known fact that I have WAY more shoes then could be classified as covering a “need”. Even with that understanding though I am no Imelda Marcos. There aren’t several pairs of one style in the same or varied colors. Other then the basic blacks and browns I don’t really have even lots in one color. I mean everyone who lives in a warm climate needs various flip flop options. Now my friend suggested her boy should perhaps look in my closet and then he might leave her alone. Well that isn’t going to happen I have to be dating you and be thinking about living with you before you would get a firm idea of my shoe collection. As I told her he would have to find them in between the two closets and then the “hidden” dressy ones. Lets be real even my girlfriends who I am sure think they have a firm idea of how many I have would probably under estimate the number and that is how I like it! I don’t necessarily think this is a good thing. I do put myself in time out every once in awhile and don’t buy more. Currently I am on a time out from flip flops as an example.
Well as we were shopping one of the topics that came up was how boys/men sometimes think that we have too many shoes. They have at most 4 or 5 pairs and think that is all that they and as their significant other all we should need. They just don’t understand why we “need” more. Well while I was driving home from the shopping where neither of us bought any shoes I was thinking about it. They say we only need four or five but they comment how “great” we look when we wear things like this one.
But never seem to notice how great our legs look when we wear something like this one:
And come on we know what they would think if we wore something like shoe number three.
If it doesn’t bring up the thought of a dominatrix then I think they may have been living under a rock somewhere! I mean even CSI has recurrent one on the show every once in awhile there last year!
You will notice that none of the examples above are ones that you could wear to that important business meeting unless for two of the options you were going to a meeting at Vivid Entertainment and the other to a meeting at REI! But they would count in your 4 or 5 you “need”. Add to that a pair of trainers to work out in and then something to wear to work and you would be done.
Now even my most non-shoe loving girlfriend non-reader might be stretched to have that few. So why do men in general always comment about their girlfriends shoes. Is it the closet space they take up? I think not since they only have 4 or 5. Is it the cost of them? Again I think not because for the most part when the comments start they don’t know how much they cost and don’t have access to her budget. So why non-reader?
Admittedly I am not in a relationship and I have made some over generalizations. I mean if you are a male gay non-reader you need that closet space and wouldn’t even think to come on your “girl” friends’ shoes. In fact you might even enable buying more. If you have been married for years then the boy has a firm understanding of how much those shoes that he loved when you were dating cost and the thought might make him sick! But this does seem to be something that comes up in lots of relationships. I remember my parents talking about it as I grew up. I remember my most significant relationship we talked about it. One of our earliest fights was over a pair of heels that I felt I had to have and he didn't understand why. "Where are you going to wear those?" might have been thrown about. I hear my girlfriends talk about it. So I do think it might something that is common.
But really are we as women raising generations of men to think that this is one of the areas that it is acceptable to comment and have a double standard? I think that perhaps we are. Nothing that we need to work on but really just the thoughts that I had driving home before I got to the world’s most cute and loveable dog.
If it doesn’t bring up the thought of a dominatrix then I think they may have been living under a rock somewhere! I mean even CSI has recurrent one on the show every once in awhile there last year!
You will notice that none of the examples above are ones that you could wear to that important business meeting unless for two of the options you were going to a meeting at Vivid Entertainment and the other to a meeting at REI! But they would count in your 4 or 5 you “need”. Add to that a pair of trainers to work out in and then something to wear to work and you would be done.
Now even my most non-shoe loving girlfriend non-reader might be stretched to have that few. So why do men in general always comment about their girlfriends shoes. Is it the closet space they take up? I think not since they only have 4 or 5. Is it the cost of them? Again I think not because for the most part when the comments start they don’t know how much they cost and don’t have access to her budget. So why non-reader?
Admittedly I am not in a relationship and I have made some over generalizations. I mean if you are a male gay non-reader you need that closet space and wouldn’t even think to come on your “girl” friends’ shoes. In fact you might even enable buying more. If you have been married for years then the boy has a firm understanding of how much those shoes that he loved when you were dating cost and the thought might make him sick! But this does seem to be something that comes up in lots of relationships. I remember my parents talking about it as I grew up. I remember my most significant relationship we talked about it. One of our earliest fights was over a pair of heels that I felt I had to have and he didn't understand why. "Where are you going to wear those?" might have been thrown about. I hear my girlfriends talk about it. So I do think it might something that is common.
But really are we as women raising generations of men to think that this is one of the areas that it is acceptable to comment and have a double standard? I think that perhaps we are. Nothing that we need to work on but really just the thoughts that I had driving home before I got to the world’s most cute and loveable dog.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Pressure reigning down on me.........
This blog entry should be read will listening to David Bowie & Queen performing Under Pressure.
So I think the great universe out there was trying to remind me about choices last night. It seemed like both the TV world & the real world intersected on that one topic last night. Here are some examples:
o On Gossip Girl last night the choices were between family, significant others, hedonism, money and even life. I know a normal Gossip Girl but since this time I didn’t approve of all there choices it hit home.
o Dancing with the stars……..the soundtrack from this post was provided by one of the couples as they danced to it. That show is all about choices. Who will not only dance the best by choosing the best routine while being interesting enough for people to call in but also balancing their outside DWTS life so they have enough time to practice.
o Speaking of practice in real life it is about the budget….not mine but the states/county/country. Some of the budget choices that Wake County is making are affecting services and some of those reduced services are hitting in the completely wrong areas in my mind. So someone who practiced and made the effort is going to be hurt.
o Another real life example was a choice that someone made not to go to the doctor. It can seem like a little thing but once this person was down that path they couldn’t seem to get off of it in time which lead to a horrible outcome.
So you my non-reader won’t know about all of situations above because even though you are a non-reader I don’t want to put spoilers in my entry or share things that aren’t mine to share. Even with that though let me tell you what came to mind in all of these situations. The choices we make affect not only affect our lives but also those we love. We all know this and we think in our minds that we will know how everyone will react. We tell ourselves that we are making the choice because it will be easier for them or because it will make us feel better/good. Well let me say this……that is not true. We don’t know how others will react and everything we do affects other people. Now we can’t live our lives for other people but we do need to think about those that we love.
So my non-readers out there know that I am thinking about you and although I am not going to live my life for you I am going to think about how what I do affects you. I hope that you my non-reader will do the same because although I know you love me sometimes it is the little things that happen that affect me.
So I think the great universe out there was trying to remind me about choices last night. It seemed like both the TV world & the real world intersected on that one topic last night. Here are some examples:
o On Gossip Girl last night the choices were between family, significant others, hedonism, money and even life. I know a normal Gossip Girl but since this time I didn’t approve of all there choices it hit home.
o Dancing with the stars……..the soundtrack from this post was provided by one of the couples as they danced to it. That show is all about choices. Who will not only dance the best by choosing the best routine while being interesting enough for people to call in but also balancing their outside DWTS life so they have enough time to practice.
o Speaking of practice in real life it is about the budget….not mine but the states/county/country. Some of the budget choices that Wake County is making are affecting services and some of those reduced services are hitting in the completely wrong areas in my mind. So someone who practiced and made the effort is going to be hurt.
o Another real life example was a choice that someone made not to go to the doctor. It can seem like a little thing but once this person was down that path they couldn’t seem to get off of it in time which lead to a horrible outcome.
So you my non-reader won’t know about all of situations above because even though you are a non-reader I don’t want to put spoilers in my entry or share things that aren’t mine to share. Even with that though let me tell you what came to mind in all of these situations. The choices we make affect not only affect our lives but also those we love. We all know this and we think in our minds that we will know how everyone will react. We tell ourselves that we are making the choice because it will be easier for them or because it will make us feel better/good. Well let me say this……that is not true. We don’t know how others will react and everything we do affects other people. Now we can’t live our lives for other people but we do need to think about those that we love.
So my non-readers out there know that I am thinking about you and although I am not going to live my life for you I am going to think about how what I do affects you. I hope that you my non-reader will do the same because although I know you love me sometimes it is the little things that happen that affect me.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Back Again
So I am such a bad blogger. I get upset when the blogs I don’t read have regular content but my own I can let languish for months at a time with no remorse. I am not sure why this is the case and it really shouldn’t be so I am going to turn over a new leaf. They say that you should do something for yourself every day. I am not sure who “they” are or what qualifications “they” have but really what it could hurt so here it goes.
So since it took everything in me to drag myself out of bed this morning I decided to give myself something to look forward to doing and that will be going to the beach for Memorial Day! Now I have been saying that I am going to do this for several weeks now in fact we may be bordering on saying it for months. But really in my mind it was still an idea and not a really strongly firmed, I am going to do this. Well today it moved into a thing that I am going to make happen! There are several houses available including one that I have stayed in before so why not! Well there is the issue of money but really if I tighten my belt and don’t eat out as much I can scrape the money up. So I sent an e-mail to L & M to see if they are “probable” or “improbable” to join in the fun. There response will allow me to choose the number of rooms that I need and then reserve the house. I am kind of hoping that it works out that I can stay in one of the houses I have in the past but either way even if they can’t join in the fun I am going to go. Either way I am going to be sitting on the beach with some beverages and a good beach read. If they are able to come it will be more fun but either way I think it will be good.
So then the next thing to think about is if I bring Gracie. It will be her first time at the beach if I do bring her. I think it could be fun for her and I to see what she thinks of the beach but then there will be issues of caring for her on the beach. That will mean more stuff to bring. Oh well she is small and other then her water dish and some things for her to chew on how much can one small dog need? Oh yes some potty bags. Note to self if I do take her I MUST remember these.
So great internet world out there that doesn’t read my blog because I never write on it do you have any big Memorial Day plans?
So since it took everything in me to drag myself out of bed this morning I decided to give myself something to look forward to doing and that will be going to the beach for Memorial Day! Now I have been saying that I am going to do this for several weeks now in fact we may be bordering on saying it for months. But really in my mind it was still an idea and not a really strongly firmed, I am going to do this. Well today it moved into a thing that I am going to make happen! There are several houses available including one that I have stayed in before so why not! Well there is the issue of money but really if I tighten my belt and don’t eat out as much I can scrape the money up. So I sent an e-mail to L & M to see if they are “probable” or “improbable” to join in the fun. There response will allow me to choose the number of rooms that I need and then reserve the house. I am kind of hoping that it works out that I can stay in one of the houses I have in the past but either way even if they can’t join in the fun I am going to go. Either way I am going to be sitting on the beach with some beverages and a good beach read. If they are able to come it will be more fun but either way I think it will be good.
So then the next thing to think about is if I bring Gracie. It will be her first time at the beach if I do bring her. I think it could be fun for her and I to see what she thinks of the beach but then there will be issues of caring for her on the beach. That will mean more stuff to bring. Oh well she is small and other then her water dish and some things for her to chew on how much can one small dog need? Oh yes some potty bags. Note to self if I do take her I MUST remember these.
So great internet world out there that doesn’t read my blog because I never write on it do you have any big Memorial Day plans?
Monday, October 05, 2009
We continue to go on
Well the good unemployment news is that my unemployment insurance has gone so much faster! I assumed that as with the past occurrence it would take a month and a half. So when I logged in to process my weekly certification I assumed as always that it would say that I had "active issues". Well it was a nice surprise when I looked in my claim status and there were no active issues. Apparently at least one thing went well.
Now onto the bad things. I still haven't heard from the two leads that I was feeling good about. I don't really understand how two people can call/email you about possible jobs and then just ignore you. Maybe I am just being pessimistic but it is hard not to be that way. Oh well I don't really have the luxury of being pessimistic. Onward!
My plan for this week is to work on my resume. I read that it should be shorter so I am going to make a shorter version. In addition I am thinking that I am going to keep moving forward applying to Meredith. I might not be able to afford it but I am still going to continue moving it forward. My guess is that I won't be able to get all the money I need but at least I can try. It would be nice to at least be accepted even if I end up not being able to afford it. Tell me again why my parents weren't the kind who would pay for college?
Now onto the bad things. I still haven't heard from the two leads that I was feeling good about. I don't really understand how two people can call/email you about possible jobs and then just ignore you. Maybe I am just being pessimistic but it is hard not to be that way. Oh well I don't really have the luxury of being pessimistic. Onward!
My plan for this week is to work on my resume. I read that it should be shorter so I am going to make a shorter version. In addition I am thinking that I am going to keep moving forward applying to Meredith. I might not be able to afford it but I am still going to continue moving it forward. My guess is that I won't be able to get all the money I need but at least I can try. It would be nice to at least be accepted even if I end up not being able to afford it. Tell me again why my parents weren't the kind who would pay for college?
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Day 2
Well onto day 2 for unemployment. The reality of this isn't looking any better but really the only thing that I have to do is keep trying to get out of the situation that I am in. As I think back over the last few months I can see how unhappy the situation was making me. That doesn't mean that I am happy that I am in this situation but at least I am unhappy about something new and not having to fake liking something is nice.
So onto the tasks that I am planning to get done while I have this time:
So onto the tasks that I am planning to get done while I have this time:
- Clean Kitchen
- Clean bathrooms
- Clean rest of house
- Clean carpets
- Catch up on Scrap booking
- Read Dan Brown's book at the book store
- Clean out Guest Room Closet
- Clean out my closet
- Take chair/books to good will
- Review contents of storage area
- Clean refrigerator
This of course is all on top of the job hunting activities that I am doing as well as the normal stuff. My theory is that if I make this list then I will be more likely to actually do some of this instead of sitting on the couch which is what I have done so far today.
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