I’ve botched it…

So, as I have said before, we are going back to Lexington for a couple of weeks at Christmas. It’s my one chance to catch up with the 10 or so friends that I follow on fb – people with whom I’ve lost touch. That is going to be loads of fun and I’m super excited.

Unfortunately, I kind of didn’t convey my message about the purpose of this soiree very well. In my efforts to get groups together that gelled, it’s come across looking like reunions from different schools. That wasn’t what I wanted at all. It became – well if you invite this person, you must invite this person because they are best friends. Then, these people hung out with two of the people you invited, so you cannot exclude them… and so on.

I’ve tried to make contact with each person on my fb friends list, by either wall post or message. I actually read what these people are up to, check out their pictures, and look at their “info”. There are a handful of people that, despite multiple efforts, have not replied in any way. I’ll never get why you friend somebody then ignore them. Oh well.

I’m going to be selfish. This visit is about me. It’s about seeing people that I want to see. It’s about enjoying everybody’s company. So, I guess it doesn’t matter who is friends with whom. All that matters are those who are friends with me. I’m lucky to have some great friends! Thanks guys.

About my polls…

First things first, I really enjoy making these polls. It’s a fun way to see what’s going on with the peeps reading this blog.

I just wanted to make sure that everybody understands that I CANNOT see who selected which option. So, feel free to be honest. These options wouldn’t be offered if they were going to crush me.

You’ve seen a tiny glimpse into my world. Now, offer a little bit of yourself back… Take a second to push a button. Give me your answer!! Also, you can take older polls that I’ve posted by entering “POLL” in the search field in the right column.

You might even get an “I voted” sticker on your way out of the polling booth.

What do you think?

Word (or phrase) for 11/07/09

JFGI/jfgi – verb ~
***Just Fucking Google it. You say it when somebody asks a stupid question.

Example:
Dude #1: hey dude, what does JFGI mean?
Dude #2: Just Fucking Google it yo.
Dude #1: I tried but i couldn’t find anything.
Dude #2: JUST FUCKING GOOGLE IT!
Dude #1: bro. i already tried that. don’t be mean.
Dude #2: bro, your an idiot.

Joke for 11/07/09

Mujibar was trying to get a job in India .

The Personnel Manager said, ‘Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it, you cannot qualify for this job.’

Mujibar said, ‘I am ready.’

The manager said, ’Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and Green.’

Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, ‘Mister manager, I am ready’

The manager said, ‘Go ahead.’

Mujibar said, ‘The telephone goes green, green, and I pink it up, and say,  ‘Yellow ‘, this is Mujibar..’

Mujibar now works at a call center.
No doubt you have spoken to him… I know I have.



Joke for 11/06/09

A man was driving when a traffic camera flashed..
He thought his picture was taken for exceeding the speed limit, even though he knew he was not speeding.

Just to be sure, he went around the block and passed the same spot, driving even more slowly, but again the camera flashed.

He thought this was quite funny, so he slowed down even further as he drove past the area, but the traffic camera flashed yet again.

He tried a fourth time with the same result.

The fifth time he was laughing when the camera flashed as he rolled past at a snail’s pace.

Two weeks later, he got five traffic fine letters in the mail for driving without a seat belt.

Time for a visit!!

I’m getting excited to go back to Lexington for Christmas. It’s always good to see my mom. I love her and worry about her. We have a great time chatting about the “old days” and nothing in particular. Sometimes we even head up to the casinos up north to play some slots.

We won’t be decorating the house this year. It’s so much work and I won’t be home long enough to enjoy it. Three trees, stairways, catwalk banisters, outdoor fixtures… So much stuff to haul out of the basement. Then, we never stick around long enough to pack it back up and lug it back downstairs. It’s way too much for mom to do on her own.

My entire schedule during the trip is mad! With everything I have to do, timing is going to be tight. I’ll have to be in my best form to get it all done. Having been so sick for the past few weeks has taken its toll.

I’ve got some brilliant get-togethers planned with old classmates as well! It’s going to be crazy but I have four or five different sets of plans. Erin isn’t one for chaos, so she is opting out on my outings with friends. Ha! There is one that I have begged her to join me on… Ben & Carol, I do hope you get to finally meet her! As for the rest, I can’t say that I blame her.

One visit is with a friend from childhood. Funny how the people we choose to be friends with at 10, 11, or 12 can be the same people that we meet again and choose to be friends with at 38. We get along smashingly via messages. It’s nice to have that familiarity that never seems to have gone away.

Another, is my very best friend from freshman year on. We completely lost touch in college, as she joined a sorority and that just wasn’t for me. She was a friend who was allowed to stay over on school nights and vice versa. Each of our mothers would complain because they would only see us once every few days, and only then because we were grabbing more clothes!

For a while, there was a small group of us – six to be exact – who caused mischief together and had laughs. I could go on forever about all of that. It will be amazing to get together in that small group for some food and laughs. Can’t wait to see them.

Then, we have the “doozie of a soire”… It started as 5-6 people having dinner, which then turned into 10 people having dinner… Now, I have actually created an “Event” on facebook for it. I haven’t been to a single class reunion, meaning I have a LOT of people to catch up with! Before I knew it, we had 30-ish on what turned into a “guest list”, not including the “+1’s”. Wow!

I need to contact the place we are headed to and see what their policy is… It’s one thing to call and say “Hi, we have 10 people coming for dinner, can you set up the tables?” This is going to be a mash up of dinner, drinks, munchies, people probably coming and going – definitely not a proper sit-down meal. Wow… just WOW! But, it’s soooo much fun!!

That’s all I have time for right now. I’m just a ball of energy!!

I am me

 

I had a lovely poster of this on the back of my bedroom door for a very long time. Don’t know where it is now, but the words still inspire me!

Virginia Satir was a noted psychotherapist, known for her approach to family therapy. She wrote this poem when she was working with an angry fifteen-year-old girl who had a lot of questions about herself and what life meant.

I am me.
In all the world, there is no one exactly like me.
There are persons who have some parts like me,
but no one adds up exactly like me.

Therefore, everything that comes out of me
is authentically mine because I alone choose it.

I own everything about me
my body including everything it does;
my mind including all its thoughts and ideas;
my eyes including the images all they behold;
my feelings whatever they may be …
anger, joy, frustration, love, disappointment, excitement

my mouth and all the words that come out it
polite, sweet or rough,
correct or incorrect;
my voice loud or soft.
And all my actions, whether they be to others or to myself.

I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears.
I own all my triumphs and successes,
all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me I can become intimately acquainted with me.
By doing so I can love me and be friendly with me in all parts.
I can then make it possible for all of me to work in my best interests.

I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me,
and other aspects that I do not know.
But as long as I am friendly and loving to myself,
I can courageously and hopefully, look for solutions to the puzzles
and for ways to find out more about me.

However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think
and feel at a given moment in time is me.
This is authentic and represents where I am in that moment in time.
When I review later how I looked and sounded, what I said and did, and how I
thought and felt, some parts may turn out to be unfitting.
I can discard that which is unfitting, and keep that which proved fitting,
And invent something new for that which I discarded.

I can see, hear, feel, think, say and do.
I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive,
and to make sense and order out of the world of people
and things outside of me.
I own me, and therefore I can engineer me.

I am me and I am ok.

Word of the Day 11/4/09

right-of-stay ~
** when two cars disregard the right-of-way guidelines they were supposed learn from a driver’s manual when they were 16, resulting in both cars to remain motionless at an intersection assuming the other car will make the first move. Usually after about 1o seconds both cars will go at the same time which leads to a firestorm of profanity and/or an accident.

EX: At a four-way stop sign intersection…
Northbound Car: Is this person gonna go or what
Westbound Car: Is this person gonna go or what

Northbound Car: Fuckin’ go dude
Westbound Car: Fuckin’ go dude

Northbound Car: Fuck this guy I’m going
Westbound Car: Fuck this guy I’m going

Northbound Car: What the fuck is wrong with you motherfucker
Westbound Car: Fuck you and your gay ass PT Cruiser asshole

Mel – this one’s for you!!

*sigh* No diving today…

Well, bummed about today… I woke up and it was thundering and raining cats and dogs. Yuck! The sun shone through for a split second, followed by more rain. To top it off, my ears and sinuses were stuffier than ever! So, no Sudafed and no diving… today. There’s always another day.

My love opted for a day out of the office to go diving. The rain wasn’t a deal breaker for that. So, luckily, she was able to go out and enjoy the water for both of us. Maybe she’ll have some good pictures, providing the visibility was worth anything at all. I’d love to see what I missed today.

There will be other days for diving. It’s just been so rainy lately that I would loved to have been in that water with her today.