Stressful day fo sho.... PS I'm not an adult...

SO today started off with me embarking upon the adventure of fixing my car.

After a long bought of arguments between me and my dad about what to do, we settled on towing it to Pep Boys.
The damage is $515, including towing and everything. So I don't have that much money, I mean well I do but I guess I didn't plan on paying it all to my car. Not to mention the $250 or something fee I have to pay for college. My mom can't help this payday, and who knows if my g-parents will help how they say they will. They waste money and my grandma's addicted to those fake sweepstakes...

It could always be worse, however I have to say I'm terribly frustrated right now. My dad is going to help pay, but I mean he hasn't even been in the country for months.

I'm mostly frustrated because it's like there's all this crap I have to do and I'm supposed to be able to do it, but I can't, especially on my own. I have to force my parents to do all this stuff I have to get done, especially for college.

On a lighter, less angsty note, I finished Journey to the Center of the Earth, so you may not know this but it is really about the journey there... nothing much happens. Well I shouldn't say that, but it wasn't a Jurassic Park movie either.
So I figure that the book must be more about characters and attitudes than anything, because it was not the most epic of adventures, well it was but it wasn't written in a super epic fashion.

I ordered some books online and they should be here soon, I know I ordered them when I knew that my car needed to be fixed, however, in life you have to have your books.

Watched a new Lie to Me and it was good.

and my favorite character

I miss my friends and I feel a little hopeless without my car. However, I have to admit I'm getting real sick of home life. This family is way to dramatic and stupid! I would pick Steph's family over mine any day, and possibly Des's family (they have a fantastic pantry). Help me!

I will take donations to help the car cause and will respond to invitations to stay at people's houses for prolonged periods of time.

Yes I wrote yet another Blog like 30 mins after the other new one...

The ones you know....

This is the Poison Sumac             And This is where it can be found (notice the tiny spot around Chatt-town)

Poison Ivy, Found: EVERYWHERE! especially where you are traipsing through the woods.

Watch how this poison oak draws you in. You think it is just a tree, but AH-HA it's NOT! Also found where you are sitting.

The ones you didn't see coming...

The Cashew. Found not near you,except in the store where it is really harmless.

You thought mangoes were good, but they are secretly out to take over the world. Found in your grocery store, where they are not as harmless as they look.

So I got poison ivy while weeding. This traumatizing event lead to me researching the horrid plant. This plant belongs in the Anacardiaceae, aka cashew/sumac, family that produce flowering plants. Some contain Urushiol oil which is the irritant that initiates in the itchy reaction that we all read and dread. So what you may not know is that in addition to poison ivy/sumac/oak cashews and mangoes contain the oil. No worries though about the cashews, it's just the outer shell, which trust me, unless you have a cashew tree you will never come in contact with this thing. Mangoes on the other hand, don't go picking them off! Mangoes have the oil on their vines, like their more well known irritating cousins, and leaves. Also the peel itself contains the oil, so peel this fruit.

Now don't freak out, I don't believe that you will have the mango or cashew issues, well definitely not the cashew. Besides who eats a mango peel anyway. I think most of the issues with other plants (i.e. not the poison ivy ect.) is people who are highly sensitive to the oil. Anyway thats just a bit of what I learned. I'm now not eating cashews and mangoes(okay I will probably still eat the dried ones) in protest of this annoying oil.

So another thing that you may not know about urushiol contact dermatitis is that the actual site of dermatitis is okay to scratch. Scratching will not spread the oil. The reason for this misconception is that 1) some parts of the human body have thinner skin and therefore absorb the oil quicker and have a reaction faster 2) some parts of the body may not get as heavy of a dosing as others or 3) you are simply still reacting to the exposure. In either scenario there will be a rash and maybe a few days later more rashes will appear. This is not because you scratched but maybe the skin didn't have so much oil as other areas or it is a thinker section of skin.


When I found that out, I scratched that rash till it burned (mainly because I was 'scrubbing' it with hydrogen peroxide). But I'm happy now, however, I do seem to have large wounds on my arms now. :( 

One thing about scratching is that you don't want to do it because you can get a massive skin infection. Being the hypochondriac I am, that won't happen. Well with my bad luck it might.


So now you have been informed. Also don't burn poison ivy/other-things-I-mentioned because the oil can then spread into your lungs. 


PS the oil is active even if the plant is dead. it can stay active for up to 5 years. 

F***ed up

So my car is rapidly losing oil. There is none left in the oil tank. This is probably the result of our f***ed up driveway. It washes out every time it rains and our landlord will do nothing about it. So now my oil tank is f***ed up, not to mention there are many other components of my far that are probably suffering from this horrid driveway.

So guess who's 18 and can file a law suit? We have told her and asked repeatedly for her to fix the road and she has not complied, neither has she fixed anything else around this crappy thing you call a house. If i can have substantial proof of why my car is f***ed up and it is the road, well I think someone might need a lawyer because I'm not paying to fix my car when it was an unavoidable issue caused by the neglect of our landlord.

Anyway, I would not be so worried except that my car is vital to my job now. I have to drive to get there. Luckily my g-parents don't use their car in the mornings so I can probably use their van. However, this majorly cuts down my social activities that I have been planning to do because of my extreme boredom at home. How am I supposed to visit my dad also when he returns from Germany?

I just wish for once in my life when I earn a ton of money I didn't have to spend it on my poor car.

I did write my thank you cards today (yeah I know it's a little late), but at least that is accomplished. I'm setting up a meeting with the financial counselor on Wednesday and going in to fill out the rest of my college forms.

So on my boring days, after I go to work at the butt crack of dawn, I entertain my self with youtube....... which is hilarious. I watch funny clips, but most importantly Craig Ferguson!
Funniest man ever!

I have also lost the remote to the TV in my room. It's somewhere around here hiding in a deep secluded corner...

Not like this one....

This one...

I miss hanging out with all my friends constantly, like we did in school. Yeah that's essentially what school was for, seeing my friends and having fun goofing off constantly..... yeah, you may think that I didn't have the best of grades. On the contrary, while I goofed off constantly and I didn't look like I payed attention or studied, I graduated with a 4.0.... And that is after I took 2 college classes as dual enrollment. Not that I'm smarter than you, I just happen to be good at school work, it's like a game, or a talent.Some are good at art, I'm good at having fun and getting good grades. However, who knows what 'good grades' translates to in the real world, maybe I might suck at real life! Nah....

Speaking of talents, my friends Steph is a fantastic artist with a style all her own. I wish I could draw as good as her, or is it more proper to say as well as her. HMMM... I may have gotten an A in Comp 101 and 102, but I suck at english. Steph is probably one of the coolest people in the world, up there with Mama Stone and Bobby.

So my blogs are really long, can't help but ramble, it's like who I am.

Hope to God I can get my car fixed easily, and that it is a small problem.

Thanks God

Have you ever thought that God was teasing you? I do. So summer starts and I don't have a job, but, whatever. I went on a vacation with friends for a week and then VBS the week after. So I was busy. Admittedly I whined and couldn't get a job. Told God about it, but I was fine not having a job, I mean who isn't. Anyway, I got a random job weeding last week. I did some gardening for one of my grandma's friends earlier in the spring. Well, evidently her neighbor needed some gardening also done. So I was recommended. Then that neighbor has proceeded to tell others about me, at least 2 other people. So in addition to that, these people seem to be fairly well to do, and are terribly generous in paying me. 


Okay, so I was like okay, thats cool. God's being funny and blessing me for no reason. The part where He's teasing me is that I did maybe mention that I wasn't terribly excited about weeding and mulching so much. Also I wondered what kind of job I would have in the school year and how I wouldn't have so much time when school and Smart Start started. I mean most of the gardening is just fixing it up, and then maintaining it. The first lady (the neighbor of my grandma's friend) now needs me to only maintain, which will be fairly easy and only like an hour, and in the mornings that's FANTASTIC. And the second lady whom I shall continue working for has little else of weeding to do, in addition to mulching. I don't know if they need me to maintain their garden, but whatever.


 So here's the funny part. There's a 3rd lady. I kid you not, I had bordered on complaining(okay yeah I did, like a dirty Israelite), I was like, I'm thankful, but maybe I could be jobless again sometime. No I get this lady who, in addition to needing some gardening, needs help with housecleaning, and babysitting. If ya don't know, these things consist of what I have done of the past 5 years as work. Just random gigs here and there and a couple steady jobs doing, well cleaning and other odds and ends jobs. 


Like what do I do? Jobs in my life have basically consisted of such things, that and some secretarial stuff (if that's what you call being Litch's right hand person for a few years).


So needless to say, I'm suspicious. It's one thing to get blessed, but I didn't DO ANYTHING! If anything I'm worse!


How have I even gotten jobs in my lifetime. I don't know, they just pop up. I never really try to get them, they fall into my lap. Word of mouth is how I roll. Someone tell me that is just too easy. I mean admittedly I do have to work harder than the average joe, well unless you work grounds and then I don't. When i say work harder I mean in few hours I work in time, I work physically harder than other jobs typically do. These are jobs people are like, oh, well I don't need a job! However, I'm plenty of others work hard also, even harder, but on average it is a bit more difficult work. Especially compared to Robby. Boy works like 50 hours a week. Sitting.....


So I finished the Ouran High School Host Club Anime.

Thanks to Steph again for giving me something to do in my spare time, other than enhance my knowledge.


Oh funniest blog ever is Hyperbole and a Half, google it, it's freaking fantastic.
I'm serious, this chick writes funny as  hell blogs and them accompanies them with freakishly awesome doodles. They are so funny they will brighten up any day of yours that is going bad.
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/    click the motha uckin link

Best late night talk show host has to be Craig Ferguson.

Guess what Saturday is? That day I don't work! and will hang out with friends just cuz I can!


SO.. I couldn't think of anything else to write. And in those few moments in which i was speechless I thought, let me make a list again.


Non-specific list of things that aren't probably related other than I thought of them.

1. Atlanta, Ga. Only city that took longer to get out of than New York.
2. Hard Rock Cafe is probably one of the COOLEST things ever invented, you need to go there. Maybe get a salad tho, and a burger only once.
3. Adventists: can make loafs, out of what you may ask? veges and SOY!
4. Dogs chew on things, it's not a cliche! 
5. For the record, the dog ate part of my Doctor doll, and the doll is now disfigured. I posted this on facebook as "Okay, that dog chewed on The Doctor! he is now disfigured...." you can now see how there might be some misunderstanding. I don't beat dogs... Ever.
6. I still haven't sent out thank you notes. 
7. I have issues with dreading things
8. I have issues with anxiety in general.
9. The Sims 3 game steals your life away, and it is just that much fun wasting your life on it.
10. I still think if we can split an atom, we should be able to plug up that stupid oil spill! I will donate money to fix that!
11. I like to take baths and read, yeah everyone should do it.
12. I had some weird hand eczema, which SUCKED.
13. I haven't been to the hospital in so long I just want to get a kidney stone so I can go back and start asking them questions about their career. I'm going into the medical career.
14. Okay, btw Kidney stones do suck and are serious. They can back up the kidneys leading to the painful failure of the kidneys in general. The pain has been described by others as the worst pain possible. I think it might not be, but then again I don't have one (well that's bad enough for the hospital, which is what most people refer to and what I am referring to right now) and I always say that when I don't have one.
15. I'm a hard worker.
16. I learn and catch on fast.
17. For what I lack in smarts I make up with perseverance.
18. God is a funny guy.
19. I am a little OCD about things but I don't have that.
20. I don't have AD/HD. Yeah I DON'T!

Weeding, weeding, don't we all just love weeding?

Evidently not, because I'm the one doing it all, but whatever it does pay. And in some weird way, I'm starting to enjoy it, course it does help that I have implemented the use of an iPod. I'm going to do some weeding here around 7, which is said to be around in the 90s still, but the humidity is less that it was this morning (allegedly) and I (hopefully, fingers crossed) will be in the shade, which makes all the difference in the world.

I'm a little anxious about this one as it's new people and they are leaving tomorrow around 9AM and so I thought I might not be able to finish it all tomorrow from 6:30-9 so I thought I should go in today at 7. So hopefully they will like me and I won't fail at weeding/mulching their gardens.

I have to admit I'm also a little bit anxious about calling this person who put up an add for work on SAU's job board. It's a lady who needs light house word and some yard work, while I would prefer to not work more (because I'm a lazy butt) but obviously I need to work so I have 1)Something to do, 2) Feel like I've accomplished something, and of course 3) Money (DUHH).

So I think I should out up some pics of what I have been dealing with lately...

Yep, if you're thinking that it is essentially dirt, well you are correct. I come home everyday and potentially have dirt in my eyes and ears.

Peace out. If ya need some help cleaning or doing yard work, here I am

Well, now

So i have decided that I cannot take staying at home constantly. So I have set up a plan to where i socialize as much as I possibly can, or at least getting out of this house at every opportunity.

Watched about the funniest thing tonight on Sonny With a Chance. Sterling Knight vomiting, and of course since it's a silly Disney show it was so funny. Of course Sterling Knight doesn't make it bad either.

I've been so bored at home, I can hardly stand it. There is nothing to do and it's like the house is suffocating me. I've started watching anime and getting bored of that too... Well I have to admit Ouran Host Club is HE-LARious... Thanks Steph

Loving the summer shows right now. Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Leverage, and soon White Collar and Psych. Some of the best shows ever! Most are on USA network, however watching these shows does not take up as much time as you think it would. NCIS is off air right now and us obsessed viewers must wait til august to finally see what happens. Though I have to admit I'm getting tired of all the Gibbs drama, he needs to stop attracting all that trouble and being selfish.

Leverage: you'll love it if you love any of the Ocean's movies. It's like Ocean's 11 but better and in episode form.

Royal Pains: Fun take on a medical show with a ton of comic relief.

Burn Notice: Hot new show...well except it's on season 4 now, but it's still an awesome, hot, action show.

White Collar: Do I even need to explain? Also it has a great plot and story line, in addition to ... other things.

Psych: FUNNIEST show ever! I can never get tired of watching the episodes.

Now Doctor Who is another show entirely and it about to wrap up here next week. Just saw the latest episode and it was FANTASTIC! I was so excited they brought Rory back, or did they? It's a great show and I can't wait for the Finale to come on. I have to admit I was a little worried about the NEW Doctor, I loved David Tennant. Oh well, Matt Smith is doing an excellent job, even though I was worried about his lack of eyebrows.

 David Tennant as the Doctor

 Matt Smith as the Doctor. You see what I mean about the eyebrows?

Oh and here's Rory, Amy Pond's fiancée. Amy Pond travels with the Doctor, oh nevermind, you have to see teh TV show

So in real life news I got another job weeding. YAY! Well it is good pay and few hours, but I swear I HATE weeding now. Anyway, Wednesday I have no work and from then on I shouldn't technically have anymore for a week. I also hate weeding because it requires me to get up and be at work at 6:30 AM.... yeah manual labor before 8 hurts in a different way.

Okay, sorry for the super long blog but I haven't written one in a bit. Anyway hopefully get to hang with Steph some more this week, and maybe go spinning with her. Also we might be signing up for a dance class or some other ballin exercise.

I don't like dogs, and I HATE this one cat of ours now. It keeps bothering me constantly and being generally clingy.

Ramblings

Well, i have a job, sort of, now. Its weeding for a lady, and some other landscaping things... but it is hard and it's just so MUGGY! I worked 2 hours today and came home and slept a bit. I have to get up at like 6 to go and tomorrow I'm going to be there at six so go figure. It's hard work and I don't particularly care for it, but it's good money for a little bit of time.

The dog is funny, especially when it gets upset and starts barking. Whether or not I try to make it upset, it is still funny.

So before I left i read some Sherlock Holmes. Funniest scene ever...

Holmes and Watson follow the trail of a missing school boy who is the son of a Duke. They come upon an inn, but not before Sherlock sprains his ankle (well so he says, it gets better....)

Holmes asks the innkeeper if he has a carriage, because he can't walk because of his recent injury, the rest happens something like this.

"No, I have not."

"I can hardly put my foot to teh ground." (Holmes)

"Don't put it on the ground." (innkeeper)

"But I can't walk."

"Well, then, hop."

Holmes continues in good humor... "look here, my man. This is really rather an awkward fix for me. I don't mind how I get on."

"Neither do I."

It continues and Holmes will eventually solve the case... but I thought it was funny.

Watched Lie to Me, the 2 newer eps... something has to be said about Loker, that kid has a special skill for surviving explosions.

Finished The Sociopath Next Door. Great read, but you have to read the whole thing, or else everyone looks like a sociopath.

Though tired and dreading work, I still find myself bored out of my mind, which I suppose it better than working, well.... yes it is. Whatever, I only have to do some more work for her for like maybe 5 or a bit more hours anyway.

Was going to run errands this morning after working, but I thought going to the bank all gross was wrong and showing up for a job application all sweaty and dirty did not make a great first impression. At least I'm not taking care of kids everyday anymore.

There are some funny cartoons on youtube, I believe it is called "Tales of Mere Exsistance".... yeah and go look up salad fingers and watch that.

I miss Steph and watching Soccer with her. I miss hanging with Des, which i can't do tomorrow because of work and doctor's appointment. I want to hang out with Vickie, and she even has a pool. I wish to go watch Sherlock Holmes (6th time?) with Christianna with Icecream and chips. I miss Em and her.... Em-ness. I miss Evan and his "sharp wit". I miss lots of people. I miss having a runtine in which I got bored of and complained about. I miss seeing people everyday. I miss the ingenious MaNarNar.

I think I will go sing out of key on my guitar...

Oh yeah, Steph, we need to JAM!

Furthermore, I WANT A VIOLIN! I will own one and learn to play it if it is the last thing I do!

Right now I'm chilling with my bestest friend! She just went to go change for Spinning class, cuz she's that freaking hardcore! She's awesome and we just chill, in the purest form possible. Brought my new puppy over. It's a black Pomeranian. Steph, said bestest friend, thinks we should call it Bear, which, I have to admit, would be an incredibly fitting name. He does look like a bear, well a really tiny baby bear, and I think he's hibernating.

We're watching the FIFA World Cup, specifically Italy v. Paraguay. Paraguay scored first but Italy has caught up and will obviously win. DUH! Crystal came over and watched part of the game with us, or rather I watched the game with them. Anyway we're rooting for the good looking Italians, especially the cute one with the headband. BTW those darn horns re about the most ANNOYING thing every! They need to 1. be banned, and 2. be burned.

Need to start reading some books, well rather other than Sherlock Holmes, but I have to finish the case of the Priory School. I got some books to read, The Lost World and other short stories by Doyle, Journey to the Center of the Earth, 1812, Of Mice and Men, Around the Word in 80 Days, Great Expectations, (finish) The Picture of Dorian Gray, (finish) The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and of course any of the Sherlock Holmes stories....

Gonna peace out now, for a bit to chill with Steph till she leaves to go be a BEAST!

A few things about myself

1. I may or may not have an unhealthy, raging addiction to Diet Dr. Pepper (doesn't help that they put Bobby on it!)
2. Strawberry miniwheats, yes I will eat them all like they're the coolest thing since water.
3. Sherlock Holmes. Obsessed: maybe. With good reason: heck ya!
4. I love dinosaurs.
5. Yeah, I kinda like Star Trek (but not as bad as Robby)
6. I had that weird hand/feet excema! (specifically dyshidrotic)
7. I love water.
8. Candy, no need to elaborate.
9. I like to draw, but that's another thing entirely.
10. Sometimes my mommy still tucks me in... well sits on my bed for a minute (don't know if that constitutes "tucking in")
11. Yeah, I love NCIS.
12. Main reason for watching In Plain Sight would probably be Marshall Mann (Fred Weller)
13. I sleep with an eye mask.
14. I end up having the weirdest issues (medically).
15. I think my hair is awesome. You know why? Cuz it IS!

A few more things I have learned...

1. Eating an entire box of minwheats within 2 days and scarcely anything else means that you have essentially eaten a minimum of 45 g of fiber. Yeah, I did.
2. Start Trek is cool. Especially the Original Series. It's crazy smart (especially for the time it was made) and has a social commentary.
3. Sherlock Holmes may be the coolest thing since before vampires.
4. Facebook is addicting for no reason what-so-ever.
5. Robert Downey Jr. is actually a really good actor.
6. Youtube steals your life.
7. Sometimes you just need to sit down and watch a Disney Channel Show; however, you must do this with extreme caution because you may become addicted and too much will render your mind useless! So only waste your mind in small segments.
8. The coolest thing since sliced bread may end up being Doctor Who.
9. There are times in life that you are scared to death, but you got to keep on keeping on anyway.
10. It's those leaps of faith that make life worth living.
11. God makes in better, I just make it worse. Words to realize.
12. Sabbath, its own special day in its own special way.
13. Making excuses for others bad behavior is a flaw that one should not indulge in or allow to flourish.
14. I don't think they have actually figured out how to deal with the major solar storms in 2012. Which by the way has actually happened before; however, we now have WAY more technology and its ingrained in everyone's regular day now. I think we should have planned ahead, which brings me to ...
15. Yeah, there is a bunch of oil spilling into the ocean and it's our fault. Who thought it was a great idea to not have a back-up plan for this? If there is one thing humans can do is look into the future, see what could possibly go wrong and not plan for it. But really, who cares about wild life any way, right?

Things I Have Learned...

Well, let's dedicate this blog to Steph, the reason why I got this, whose birthday was yesterday, and possibly one of the bestest friends of all time.

So I thought to start off I'd write a little blog about some stuff I have learned...

1. You don't color ducks with chalk, it's difficult to get off. Possibly harming the duck in the process.
2. When babysitting, specifically siblings (more specifically girl siblings), do not, under any circumstances allow the eldest to play with the hose. There will be tears and arguments ensuing shortly thereafter.
3. Not calling parents after driving in treacherous weather/late times of night, will ensure a stern talking to, even if you have honestly forgotten. PS this is also extended to accidentally leaving phone in car for hours while at someones house on a Saturday night, causing the parental units to temporally lose communication with you.
4. Friends are not those who are perfect, whom you agree with completely, or get along with all the time. Friends are those who are there for you when it counts and genuinely care for you, so much so that you overlook the imperfections, agree to disagree, and forgive and forget (then laugh about later)... cuz you know they will do the same for you in return.
5. You may not necessarily love some things that you do in life, specifically for others. It may exhaust you to do it, but no one else will. Who are you to deprive someone of joy because you simply do not enjoy something? Not to say you should hate your job, or the community service you do quite frequently. But when one is asked to help others and it won't kill you to help; do it. Simply not doing something because you don't want to is no excuse. If we all went around doing only the things we wanted to, what would be accomplished?
6. Yes, telling someone that you are smarter than them is a bad idea. Even if you were joking, and it's true.
7. Girls + Boys = Stupidity soon to ensue.
8. Just because you're not the best at something doesn't mean you can't be great at it, hard work, efforts, perseverance are sometimes more important.
9. Each and every movie has a point, some are just to entertain you and let you admire attractive people during high suspense action.
10. Just because you have a great CGI movie, doesn't make the movie a good story. It may just cover up your cheesy plot line. (PS if Robert Downey Jr. is in it, it's totally okay and excused)
11. I probably wouldn't be able to live in a city for a prolonged period of time (darn smog)
12. I live being country. In fact, I love the country! Sweet tea, hash browns, grits, rocking chairs, and frolicking in the muggy, summer air as the sun sets after a long day at the lake are what life was made of.
13. Classic stories, literature as the genre it is properly named, is better than you think.
14. The word 'is' is both the worst word every invented and the most necessary.
15. Life isn't fair, but once you get over that and have God in your life, it can be pretty great. Not because of the circumstances, but rather independent of the situations you are in.