Once upon a time there was this girl. She had an attitude. And a spirit nobody could tame. She was tough and attacked each new day without fear. She went by my name and spoke with a voice only I could hear. She lived in my mind. But now...she's coming out.
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21.11.01 ( 10:18 AM ) Val Scent is an amazingly powerful sense...isn't there some study that says pheromones are part of what makes other people attractive to us? I love Curve For Men...my co-worker, Mark, wears it and my mind goes to pieces every time I smell it. That reminds me of my Regents English exam, one of the guys in my class was wearing it and sitting across the room by the open window, and every time a breeze wafted through the room I wouldn't be able to focus on the questions. Honestly, it's a miracle that I pulled off the high score that I did. So, there you have it...Curve For Men...great stuff...
I made my first lasagna ever with My Fave Gal the day I was over at our house...it was remarkably good. We also went bowling with the Young Adults Ministry (YAM) at my church that evening. The first game I bowled a 54 *sarcastic cheer*. The next game, my score improved dramatically-104!-the first time I can ever remember breaking a 100... :o)
And with my $100 Borders Gift Card (thank you Daddy!), I bought a great ballroom dance book, a tap dance book, a two-disc anthology of The Temptations, a Nat "King" Cole cd, an Aretha Franklin cd, and a two-disc set of Fred Astaire...*happy sigh*
On a random aside, Kindergarten pays off. Yesterday at work, I made a turkey out of a plastic hand blown up with helium. It's great...the helium all contracted though, so I will make another one today and just blow it up with my own air. I'll probably have a whole flock before the afternoon's over. ;o) I filled up the first one with helium to see if it would float (it didn't); if it did, I was planning on tying strings on and giving them to kids in the restaurant in lieu of balloons (which we ran out of).
Right...so I had made this whole list of "blog-able" thoughts: insightful, philosophical...deep Instead, you all get turkeys made out of plastic gloves and the fact that I can't concentrate if a guy in the vicinity is wearing curve for men. I can be serious, really I can...it's just that my serious thoughts are normally rather disturbing, my mom just kind of sighs and stares at the ceiling. ;o)
I can understand her attitude though...last night I refused to watch "The Guardian" because I disagreed with the premise of the show: The girl needed a heart but she was staying in a shelter or something and I guess you are only a candidate for organ donation if you are in a stable situation (foster home, regular home, etc...). My thoughts were "Is she a human being deserving of a chance at life or not?"...was it her fault that her parents couldn't take care of her and abandoned her? Honestly, shouldn't she at least be allowed to have the opportunity to find someone who loves her and is able to give her a "stable situation"? It sounds kind of harsh, but, if I was a bigwig, I'd rather have someone die who has experienced true love and happiness than someone who has never even had the opportunity to discover those things even exist...So, giving them priority isn't the best situation, at least don't discriminate against them...It's like they're saying "Well, no one would miss them if they died"...what kind of calloused, hard-hearted opinion is that?! Maybe that doesn't really happen in real life...but it sound like something that would.
It's like my friend-her mom has breast cancer and needs chemotherapy, their insurance provider has decided that her chemotherapy isn't on their list of necessary treatments, so they won't pay for it. However, if she doesn't have chemo, then the cancer will spread and she'll probably die...gotta love managed health care...there has to be a better way.
Unfortunately, I've run out of time so I'll have to work on solving the world's problems another day (despite what you might think, no sarcasm was intended in that last statement).
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20.11.01 ( 7:34 PM ) Val I should probably lose points for not blogging in over a week...but since I've arbitrarily decided that thinking about blogging counts for almost as many points as actually blogging, I've gained points instead! Funny how things work out, eh?
I'm listening to CD 1 of two-disc The Temptations Anthology I bought on Sunday (courtesy of the $100 Borders gift card my Dad gave me for my b-day).
Oops...gotta jet...Mom's expecting a call...I'll blog later (or at least think about it).
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10.11.01 ( 1:02 PM ) Val Happy 226th Birthday USMC! Semper Fi!
Just checking in...I'm at My Fave Gal's house. She picked me up from church because I was a little self-conscious about walking through downtown with my face all glittery (the sparkles are left over from being a dancing snowman at the puppet conference this morning)...everyone said it looked nice, but I'm not the kind of girl who wears glitter and stuff like that.
Also, at church this morning, I got to have a nice long chat with one of my favorite guys. We haven't seen eachother for any length of time...so I got all up to date on his life and the status of his relationship with his girlfriend. It was nice. We also checked out the new sanctuary (the first service is tomorrow)!
So far, the day is progressing quite nicely. :o)
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9.11.01 ( 10:34 PM ) Val Tomorrow is the 226th birthday of the United States Marines Corp...! I'm thinking next year I should plan for this and have a party (my mom, dad and stepfather were all Marines...and one of my friends is one too). Or I could just make friends with a Marine posted in DC, and try to go to the Marine Corp Ball... ;o)
I checked out a encore of the season premiere of Twenty Four, supposedly the whole season is in one day and it is set in real time. They're off to a rockin' good start and I think I'll enjoy it...my only concern is they'll try to pack way too much in and overload my sense of reality. But I'll at least give them a chance.
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7.11.01 ( 2:21 PM ) Val I haven't updated in over a week...oh well...moving right along then.
I went to Dinosaur Bar-b-que on Tuesday night with My Fave Gal. If you ever visit (or if you live) in Rochester or Syracuse, visit there! Excellent food! They also have a cookbook that I was checking out at the bookstore the other day. Good stuff!
I also went to see The One (Jet Li!) on Friday night with some friends. The plot is pretty minimal (they could have developed all the characters a lot more, there was plenty of stuff I was itching to know...), but the martial arts was cool...and that was really the reason I went to go see the movie. It was still very sci-fi with the special effects, Matrix meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon...fun.
