I see that I haven't posted in here in awhile. To be honest, I can't seem to fall into the whole journal thing unless it involves pen and paper. Despite that medium's availability, I haven't really had the desire to speak. I don't want to talk about me, I want to talk about you. I am sick of my own selfish thoughts and my own problems. I mean, in ( Read more... )

I have no doubt you've all read the absolutely thrilling news of my recent run-in with posion ivy. You see, Heather and I had to go outside in the pouring rain to save flowers and little neglected toys from certain watery death. The wind swept through the yard and ripped the white tent that Heather and I spent some time, sweat, and cursing trying ( Read more... )

Thousands of rubber ducks to land on British shores after 15 year journey

They were toys destined only to bob up and down in nothing bigger than a child's bath - but so far they have floated halfway around the world.

The armada of 29,000 plastic yellow ducks, blue turtles and green frogs broke free from a cargo ship 15 years ago.

Since then they ( Read more... )

I am such a lying punk!!! Okay, maybe not a liar, but I exaggerate nonetheless.

I made the rather humorous mistake of telling everyone at my new night job that I am an account manager when the position hasn't been promised to me. Call me confident, sweetheart, but I think I've got the position in the bag. So what if I altered the facts to suit my ( Read more... )

"Little angel, go away
Come again some other day
Devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say
He promised I would find a little solace and some peace of mind."

I love this particular lyric, how truly fitting for one such as myself. *Chuckle* How often I find that we ignore our better impulses for the delicious and often short-lived ( Read more... )

I've been staring at this screen for about ten minutes now, a virtual eternity in this instantaneous world, contemplating which simultaneous thought I should commit to written word.  And I have many of them, all at once, and it seems to me, I use that as a defense. What in the hell are you talking about, you wonder? Well, let me explain.

I fill my ( Read more... )