Youtube find: You can vote however you like

Lyrics

Obama on the left
McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah

Democratic left
Republican right
November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah

(McCain supporters)
McCain is the man
Fought for us in Vietnam
You know if anyone can
Help our country he can
Taxes droppin low
Dont you know oils gonna flow
Drill it low
I'll show our economy will grow

McCain's the best candidate
With Palin as his running mate
They'll fight for gun rights, pro life,
The conservative right
Our future is bright
Better economy in site
And all the world will feel our military might

(Obama supporters)
But McCain and Bush are real close right
They vote alike and keep it tight
Obama's new, he's younger too
The Middle Class he will help you
He'll bring a change, he's got the brains
McCain and Bush are just the same
You are to blame, Iraq's a shame
Four more years would be insane

Lower your Taxes - you know Obama Won't
PROTECT THE LOWER CLASS - You know McCain won't!
Have enough experience - you know that they don't
STOP GLOBAL WARMING - you know that you won't

I want Obama
FORGET OBAMA
Stick with McCain and you're going to have some drama
We need it
HE'LL BRING IT
He'll be it
YOU'LL SEE IT
We'll do it
GET TO IT
Let's move it
DO IT!

Obama on the left
McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah

Democratic left
Republican right
November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah

I'm talking big pipe lines, and low gas prices
Below $2.00 that would be nice

But to do it right we gotta start today
Finding renewable ways that are here to stay

I want Obama
FORGET OBAMA,
Stick wit McCain you gone have some drama
MORE WAR IN IRAQ
Iran he will attack
CAN'T BRING OUR TROOPS BACK
We gotta vote Barack!

Obama on the left
McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night
And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah

Democratic left
Republican right
November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah

Fabulousness

I had a fabulous weekend. Full of hanging out with Mike, carving pumpkins, going to the cider mill, having dinner, watching movies. etc etc. Le sigh.









Saturday I met up with Jenn and we returned her DVD that I got her for her BDAY but she ended up having then we went to Starbucks and had a drink and talked then Mike and I met up and went to Macaroni Grill for dinner, it was lovely and we had $20 free to put towards the bill which was amazing. After that we picked up a movie from blockbuster - Made of Honor - and watched that. I wasn't impressed. Then we just hung out with rest of the night and talked. Sunday we met up around 130 then headed over to the Franklin Cider Mill

We hung out there had some donuts, cider etc picked up a couple pumpkins and headed back into town. I picked up a couple kits from Target but they ended up being pretty lousy did the trick about 75% of the time. After that we hung out and watched some TV. How was your weekend?

Oodles of crap to do....

I think it may come as a shock to you all, how much crap I need to do... and what I think what may come as more of a shock to you is that I have no motivation - suprise.

School:
1. Need to study for my midterm in my english lit class- there is no structure to it basically she wishes us luck.
2. 8-10 proposal paper due in my critical media paper due soon as well as another 4-5 page paper on the second half our ridiculous textbook.
3. Midterm next Wednesday for my history of american journalism class and need to find two books to read and write reports on
4. Tons of feature writing papers due in this class, as well as reading In Cold Blood and keeping up with current events so I dont look like an idiot during discussion.
5. Need to schedule a time with my counselor to make sure I am all set with my final two classes next semester.
6. Need to write a Senior Thesis by the end of winter semester.

Personal:

1. Need to clean out my room and discard and clean out - I have far to much shit and it's invading me.
2. My car is disgusting and definetly needs some TLC like a vacuum, windows wiped, dashboard and clean out my trunk.
3. I also need to get an oil change like it's my job.
4. I need to cancel my old insurance and get new insurance since current insurance is ripping me off - I wont name names *cough*allstate*cough*
5. Mom and Dad's Anniversary gift
6. Pumpkin Picking this saturday need to get supplies.

This list may seem silly but the majority of these requires lengthy amounts of time and energy - all which I don't have. Sadly.

Tomorrow on the other hand I am working all day then meeting up with my aunts and cousins to go see HSM3!!!!!! YAY! hah ;) don't judge you know you have a secret crush on Zac Efron too.

Youtube find: Wanda Sykes new government bailout proposition.

I was on my way into work this morning and they were playing back a segment from Jay Leno's show with Wanda Sykes about the recent government bailout, her views on it, and how she would like to see it handled... it's priceless. Enjoy.

My weekend flash

Excuse me for being a lousy blogger these past couple days. I had a pretty interesting weekend - nothing I will bore you with. Once I decide to not be lazy I will upload some pictures for your viewing pleasure. Friday my dad and I went and saw Max Payne - with Mark Walberg... it was pretty great I'm not going to lie... after that I went out with some friends to celebrate my birthday at Albert's. I met up with Heather, Becky, Jenn, Karen, her friend April, and Leighann stopped by too. It was a lot of fun, ended up having a couple drinks, danced and ended the night on a fairly early note.

Saturday I met up with Mike and Tom for some lunch (salad and grilled cheese hah) after that I ran some errands. I really love doing this on Saturday afternoons, especially if the weather is amazing - which it was. So I went to Maurices and picked out a new outfit for Saturday nights festivities, went to target and got myself an ice chai latte - nummy. I came home and relaxed, played some guitar hero, took a nap. Watched about 85% of Last King of Scotland with my mom - so far... OK not great. I got ready and headed over to Jenn's there we hung out, had some pizza and beer then headed over to Malarkey's. We were only there for an hour though because Tom was well... sick. It's like a right of passage though - getting "silly" on your 21st. Needless to say a very long night but still good times had by all.

I left Jenn's around 1130 Sunday morning and came home to shower. I took an hour nap or so and Mike came and picked me. We met up with his family at Beaver Creek for Tom's bday dinner. Twas good. After dinner Mike and I went and saw Nights at Rondanthie (sp) I couldn't stop crying...damn you Nicholas Sparks.....

Honestly I would write some more - but I'm too tired. Goodnight Internet.

23 years to date

So I was born today! Yay goooo me! Thanks mom and dad for being silly one night - thinking you wouldn't get preggers.... then Yahooo! you conceived me only 7 months after having Marty. Yah. My brother and I are only 16 months apart - ouch. But needless to say I was their mistake surprise. It's pretty crazy thinking about how far I have come.

• When I was born the only person who could really make me laugh was my brother. I was his baby.


• I was a very serious baby and spit up almost everything I ate, from then on my dad dubbed me the "cheesey kid"


• When I was 2 I fell over my Nana and Nano's dog and sliced right above my right eye - my mom said she could see my bone... when we were at the hospital I had to be strapped down and kept calling the doctor "a bad bad man" I received 16 stitches.


• I went to Canton Crickets preschool


• I met my best friend Kristin when I was like 3 she lived across the street from me at the time and when she was mad at me would call me "Maria Dorito" apparently she thought it was a diss.


• I had a habit when I was in elementary school of walking into the classroom and immediately walked out.


• When I was in 1st grade I convinced my entire class their was a leprechaun in the bathroom when I opened the door there was a kid sitting on the toilet taking a poop.


• Also, in the first grade, I convinced my teacher I had lost a tooth, in reality it was a little debbie brownie nut, so I could get a treasure chest necklace to put it in.


• I went to Hoben Elementary and know the school spirit song till this day.


• When my mom and dad were planning on moving out of our first house, our Realtors name was Art Anderson, so I arranged for the neighborhood kids to go on a parade around the block which was only a diversion so I could ink "Fart Fanderson" on the sign -I thought no one will want to buy this house now...muahahah


• I use to see shit when I was younger - just ask my mom - freaked her out.


• I hugged trees


• We moved after the 3rd grade and started the 4th grade at my new school and met my other best friend Heather. She taught me to swear.


• I got a major head concussion in the 5th grade by swinging on the swings too high without holding on.


• When I was 8 I got 4 stitches on my forehead from running around my Nana and Nanos house with a blue tu-tu on my head, I slipped and ran into the kitchen counter.


• When I was 10 I got 2 stiches on my left thumb. My brother and I were fighting over the aluminum foil while wrapping our sandwiches - he let go and sliced my thumb.


• When I was in the 6th grade I was terribly awkward but met my other best friend Mandy.


• I took chours for 3 years and went to Chicago for a couple shows.


• I took Spanish for a day.


• I fainted in my chours class because a girl was talking about an aneurysm in her neck and I got sick to my stomach and passed out - it was a drama fest.


• 3 of my good friends in middle school ditched me after the 9th grade.


• I had my first boyfriend in the 9th grade - he was my first kiss.


• I attended and co-hosted many a fun nights - one night we had the cops called and they said it was the biggest party they broke up in 5 years... we were the talk of the school for a couple months.


• I was on Varsity Swimming for 2 years.


• I was on the Spirit Team and was a Bongo Girl.


• My Nano got sick toward the end of my Senior year of High School and passed away March 26 2003 - I was in the room with him at the time.


• That summer my family decided to move in with my Nana - I was in such denial that the night we all moved in as a family - our house was completely empty but my room was untouched - needless to say I was in denial.


• I hated living here, but have grown to love my childhood second home as my own.


• I went to schoolcraft for 3 years.


• I was on Deans List for multiple semesters.


• I was in a near fatal car accident Jan 3 2003. I am certain I met my guardian angel that night.


• I met my first love end of 2003 and we dated for over 2 years - I thought I was going to marry him.


• I decided to break up with him due to his dishonesty and lack of personality - best decision I made - hardest one but best.


• I got a job with my Aunt at Ford as an on-site admin which led me to my first job job at a staffing service. I worked there for 3 years. It was an interesting experience.


• I dated on and off after Brian but was bored and annoyed with boys.


• I applied to U of M and got in. I literally jumped 3 feet in the air.
• My grandma passed away Feb 16 2006 while in Florida - I never got to say goodbye. I miss her terribly.


• I went to Italy with my Mom and Dad summer 2006


• I started fall semester of 2006.


• I changed my major from Business to Communications.


• I ended some toxic friendships and relationships around 2007 I am about 97% drama free and couldn't be happier.


• To celebrate this fact I went to Vegas with Heather and let off some steam.


• I was offered a job April 2008 with an amazing company, doing amazing work that i've only dreamt of doing, and the day I accepted it was the day my previous current employer told me they could only give me 8 hours a week. Needless to say when one door closes another opens.


• I met my second love fall semester of 2007, we sat down right next to each other that first day but didn't start talking till a month later. He asked me out a week after my last birthday.

So here I am. 23 years later - those are just some fun facts about me that some people may or may not now. Again, Thank you mom and dad for being my hero's for believing in me and supporting me as I find my way. Thank you for putting up with my shit, and trusting me to make the right decisions in the end. Thank you for forgiving me for my flaws and mistakes - even though I don't regret them and you may not agree, thank you for understanding. I love you both - more than you will ever know.

Hump day list

1. I have class tonight from 610-830ish. I plan on reading other things I need to catch up on while he lectures and take notes - im a fairly good multi-tasker.
2. After class I am coming home and working on my mid-term for my Feature writing class, re-writing some other papers and catching up on some more reading... im regretting some poor life decisions made this week.
3. Tomorrow is my Birthday!! I will be 23...le sigh.
4. I have a couple papers coming up next week that I want to get a head start on.
5. I have a very big day at work on Friday. I am giving a new hire orientation and giving my first training session...eek.
6. I need to clean out my car, it is simply disgusting and I hate driving in it when it get's this bad.
7. I need to find a new outfit for this weekends festivities. I am going out for celebrations of my bday and Tom's bday... can't wait.
8. I need to finish paying off my phone bill...a mesely $27.00
9. I realized that I am going to now save over $600 a year by getting rid of the internet on my phone and not renewing my membership at the gym - ROCK ON!
10. I loved watching my mom and dad play Guitar Hero III yesterday - too funny.

Go Blue?

I am proud and honored to say that I go to U of M. It is a top tier University, in the top 20 best colleges out there and to be apart of something like that, is pretty exciting. But I have to be honest with you. This semester - I am just not feeling it. I think it's because I am so close to being done, tied in with the fact that I am getting so much more responsibility at work that makes me not want to go... my thinking has not resorted to what's the point. Now don't get me wrong I will finish, I haven't come this far to throw my hands up and walk away, but needless to say I need to find some motivation.

It also doesn't help that all my professors, besides one this semester is well - not my type. That's right, I have a type of professor that I look for, we need to be compatible for the semester to be enjoyable - for the both us. My History of Journalism professor is a nice man, don't get me wrong... but lectures full of talking, no visuals and not a whole lot of interaction for 2.5 hours straight is enough for me to loose me shit. And usually I do. It also doens't help when he has us watch movies, some people may delight in this fact, but I don't. I am not paying over $1,000 a class to watch movies, sir. My issue with him - he is boring. There is no sustance, no interaction, no fire in your pants heated discussions. It's a matter-of-factly kind of class... not for me. My English Literature professor is well... Oooh so very smart, who reads off of lecture notes on her pedestil to us... her explanations of poems, stories, etc are vague and lacks something. She is a little condesending and ultimetly very boring as well. My Critical Media Studies professor - had him before. He is a very funny teacher but tends to go off on tangents frequently making note taking a little challenging. His assignments are very grandious but lacks direction and structure. We are simply asked to know what he is talking about and run with it. However, my Feature Writing professor is good. He is very knowledgable in his field, he gives us very interesting things to read, topics to discuss and engages ALL the students. The writing assignments are fun and interesting and even allows you to rewrite them, he knows that's how you will learn is with trial and error, it's rare anyone is dead on all the time everytime and the man gets that.

I don't relish the fact that I am complaining here, but I can't help but feel so BLlllaaahhh when it comes to this semester. I am hoping that I find my second wind by the end of the semester because I am almost done here. So with that I am going to force myself to do some homework here.

Go Blue!

Best. Weekend. Ever!!!!!!!!!

Wow. I wrote this long amazing post about my weekend. It had pictures and everything. I went to publish the post.... but something happened. What happened I am not for certain, but what I do know is I am heartbroken. SO I am going to give you the run down version.

On Friday Mike and I met up after I got off of work for some dinner, we were in the mood for some Mexican so we went to Mexican Fiesta. Their Margaritas are to die for by the way! I love going out to dinner with Mike, he is such a good conversationalist that we end up talking for hours about anything and everything. It was a really nice. After dinner, he went on his marry way since he already had plans. So my Dad and I went and saw Body of Lies with Leonardo Dicaprio and Russell Crowe - amazing!! Go see it if you haven't already. After that I just laid low.

Saturday I went into work for a little then headed over to Mike's house, his mom, dad and brother wanted to give me their bday gifts to me - and well, I just looove gifts - and love them early so that didn't take any convincing!

I got this: from his mom and dad. It is by Kathy Van Zeeland and I just love it. It's the perfect size - not too small and not too big where anything I put in gets eaten by the abyss. Annnd it's pink - got to love that! I also got some slipper socks, stationary, blinged out nail file, and a pretty book mark. Mike's brother Tom also was sweet enough to think of me!

He made me this Delicious treat. It was three large cookies stacked on top of each other with some frosting in between each layer with pink lettering on top. He made it all by himself, even with some trial and error from what I hear. It was so freaking sweet. After I hung out there for a little I went home where I met up with Heather, she and I headed over to Mongolian BBQ to kick off a girls night. We had an amazing dinner with Jenn, Kristy, Becky and Nikki. After dinner we headed over to Jenns house and pigged out some more on chips and dip, brownies, and chocolate. I had to be rolled out of the house at the end of the night... hah!

On Sunday I spend the entire day with my family and Mike. We met up at Antonio's for lunch ( which was my second choice since Macaroni Grill decided to implement an awful policy of having a limited menu for parties 12 or more...so I said no - their loss not mine.) and it was so good! After we went back to the house for some cake and ice cream.

We and I mean Mike played with the kids for a little lots of alien games, jumping on shoulders, and being silly. He is really good with them and they adore him, it's really cute... Here see for yourself... I told you. It was surprisingly HOT for an October 12th day. It was the same last year - looking back at old pictures.... weird. Anyway so I got money, money, and more money as well as a framed Buddha picture (thanks mom and dad) for gifts and of course since the money and gift certificates were burning a whole in my pocket, Mike drove me to two Targets so I could pick up a PS2 and Guitar Hero III....ahhh Love. We played a little and called it a night. Truly an amazing birthday weekend. The best birthday weekend. Again, I apologize for the run down version of the weekend. I am truly saddened by my lost post - wherever you may be... *tear* I will also leave you with an "awwww" picture of Mike and I - my new favorite. <3>

Ahh simple pleasures

I really love reading other peoples blogs, getting inspiration and reading what others are doing or how facinating their lives are while I slowly cry inside as im getting ready to go into work on a Saturday morning (thinks calmly :::just paying my dues:::) I was reading a very talented writer Joanna Goddard's blog Cup of Jo which lead me to her professional blog on Glamour (the magazine's) Smitten. It's pretty amazing to say the least, not to mention I have a yearly subscription to this magazine. Anyway so I am looking around on her Glamour blog and I come across an entry made yesterday and thought it was a great idea, even though I am a little late, she asks:

The days are getting darker, the weather is getting colder and the economy is
getting crappier. But, last night, my little brother gave me an awesome tip. He said that you can "shift your awareness" to the happy things in life. Instead of thinking, for example, "Today is dreary and rainy," you could think, "Mmmm, this fresh air smells amazing." You have the exact same day, but you just choose to notice the good stuff.

So what are my 5 simple pleasures? 1. Laying in bed watching a movie, cool breezes, office supplies, music, ice chai lattes

What are your five simple pleasures?

Photo by this guy on flikr

Happy Friday!!

Happy Friday to you all! It's seems so crazy to me that it is in fact a Friday. Since school kind of breaks up the work week for me, the weeks fly by.

Summary of my boring week:
Monday: I went to work until 615pm then came home, ate, lounged around etc.
Tuesday: I went to class till 230 then went over to Mike's house and hung out where he gave me my early bday present, see post below, he came over fixed everything up on my desktop, sleeptime.
Wednesday: Went to work till 330 then represented my company at a careerfair from 4-7 came home, did a bunch of nothing.
Thursday: Was a lounge lizard, slept in, heather came over we ran a couple errands, tried to find her a new halloween costume, got some breadsticks, watched ugly betty and greys anatomy
Friday: Today I am working till 5 then Mike and I are going out to eat then I am going to have the rest of the night off, maybe go see a movie - who knows.

on Saturday: I am coming into work to catch up on some paperwork then meeting up with some girls for a girls night out. We are going to Mongolian BBQ then going back to Jenn's house for some girl talk and snackies.

on Sunday: I think we are celebrating my bday with the family, so we are going to be going to Macaronni Grill then back to our house for cake and ice cream. Then Mike and I are probably going to hang out.

I don't know what I am going to get with my bday money. I have a couple ideas.

1.) PS2 system with Guitar Hero
2.) Arts and crafts store to get crafty stuff
3.) Save for a photogrpahy camera

We shall see. What are your plans for the weekend??

<3 <3 <3

There is one thing about me that many of my family and close friends know and it's that I hate suprises... I know, it's terrible. But there is just something about not knowing certain things that I should be able to know that freaks me out a tad. Anyway so my birthday is coming up in about 8 days and my boyfriend, Mike, has been hanging over my head how exicted he is about his gift for me. I keep asking him what it is and he keeps saying don't worry about it. I thought this was not the nicest thing to do... it's like dangling it over my head then when I go to grab it, shakes a finger at me disapprovingly. Anyway, he couldn't take it much longer (and let's be real - either could I) so he gave me my present early. And guess what he got me?

He got me an Itouch! I tried to get a picture on what's on the back but it doesn't come out, but it says "Maria Sono Sempre Per Te" which goes along the lines of Maria I'm forever yours" how sweet is that. Needless to say I was floored. This is something I have been wanting for awhile, and not something I can just buy out of the blue, and the fact that he personalized it was so adorable. On top of that he came over and set up Itunes for me and downloaded all my music onto my desktop and itouch. I feel so spoiled! and very very loved <3

Busy busy busy

I want to make sure that although I am a fairly busy person, that I continue to post - keep the traffic moving etc etc blah blah blah. my schedule as follows:

Monday: Work from 8-6 - come home eat, homework, read, tv, sleep
Tuesday: Class 1130-220 - errands, friends/family time, read, tv, sleep
Wednesday: Work 8-5 - class 6-830, come home, eat, sleep
Thursday: Class 1130am-830pm, greys anatomy, sleep
Friday: Work 8-5, family/friend time
Saturday: Errands, Family/Friend time
Sunday: Homework, family/friend time
This doesn't include other side trips, things that come up... etc

It seems like I am always on the go, and in a matter of 4 1/2 days I had driven over 300 miles, going back and forth from school, work and home. So finding some time to really think about writing an interesting post can be challenging. I only have 5 1/2 months or so till I'm don't with school. It really seems unreal that in 5 1/2 months I'll have my degree from U of M. And just to think, it only took me 5 1/2 years! Yay! Whatever, it's not the point. It really wasn't that easy of a road - but really anything worth anything these days is going to be hard. I was never one of those students where school just came easy to them, where they could not come to class but do their papers and take tests and still get an A. I had to work really hard. Just thinking about it, it was a really tough transition from Schoolcraft to U of M, let's be real it was a swift kick in the ass. I didn't realize how hard it was going to be, and my grades that semester reflected that. But since then I have climbed out of the hole, even getting a 3.7 these past spring classes.

I am really excited to walk up on the stage come end of April, here my name and hear my parents and family shout in excitement. I am excited about what's next. When I graduated from High School, I made the decision to stay home, at the time it was the best decision for me, and still is. All my friends went away to school, a lot of them in different states as well. I went to a local community college and although I am a very social person and can talk to a wall, it was very hard there to make any friends, and if you did- it was nothing substantial they're at schoolcraft everyone was on a mission - go to school and go home or go to work. It wasn't a campus where people hung around all day. People came and left. So that's what I did. I applied to U of M since my cumulative GPA was 3.4 and was accepted. I did everything on my own, application fee, placement exams, picking my own classes, deciding to change majors, all of it. It's something that I am very proud of because it wasn't easy.

I stayed home but the benefits are well worth it. Because I stayed home; I got the jobs I have. I worked for my aunt who had connections with Ford which landed me a job at a local staffing services, I worked there for 3 years gaining experience and paying my dues. After feeling as though I wasn't going further anymore with that job, I applied at a different company... not thinking anything were to happen, I stayed with the previous company for as long as I did because they were very flexible with my school schedule, so again I didn't think anything was going to come about with this new company, sure enough - I got the job. It's so much more than I thought... I am so in love with my job it's stupid. So although I didn't go away to school, meet a ton of interesting people, go ape shit crazy and get drunk all the time, or "live on my own" I feel that I am ahead of the game, I am getting real world experience while going to school... and that in itself is well worth it.

Weekend update!

Happy Saturday to you all. I am sitting here at my desk, the light from the window is flickering in and I am enjoying a fun little afternoon snack.

The tea is Orange Spice and the cookie treats are Trader Joe's Oatmeal Cranberry Dunkers - they are so delicish. Today was a good day so far, I slept in till about 9:30, started a load of laundry, watched a couple episodes of Mad Men I am not going to lie, this show is pretty amazing. If you get around to it, check it out. Then Mike (my bf) called me up and wanted to know if I wanted to meet up for lunch before he went into work, so we went to noodles and co and got myself some Wisconsin mac and cheese, it's so filling that I never finish it, but Mike never hesitates on helping me out.

After lunch I headed over to Target to pick up Mike's sister Jenn's birthday gift, she is turning 27 on Sunday and we are having a murder mystery party. My character is Marilyn Merlot. I was crowned Wine Princess at the festival five years ago, then went on to become a Hollywood movie star. She returned to Napa Valley for the Wine Festival and to gloat over her success. So I am going to dress up in this cute dress on got on clearence from Maurices a couple years ago, wear my hair half up half down with a poof in front, wear big sunglasses and bright red lipstick. I'm pretty excited about it and to top it off - I'm a suspect... muahaha.

Yesterday was good too. My dad and I saw Blindness with Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo. Please please please... save your money and do not see this movie. It is about a bunch of people who go blind in New York and are quarantined in this building, Mark Ruffalo being one of the infected blind is with his wife - Julianne Moore who is never affected by the contagious blindness... (I know ???) well there are hundreds of people stuck in this building walking around all blind, bumping into things, peeing on walls, bush's galore... Then this one ward in the building claims they are the kings of the rest of the wards and controls the food, so people give up their pocessions to receive food. Well after all their stuff is gone, the kings demand sex in exchange for food. It is such a horrible scene, makes you feel all icky icky poo poo and frankly makes you want to leave. Well I'm not going to give you any spoilers especially for those who do end up seeing it but really, take it from me - Not worth it!

After the movie I headed over to Heather's house and then took off to Silky's in Dearborn to listen to one of our favorite cover bands Ultraviolet if you live in the southeast Michigan area go to their websites and find out when their next gig is because they are just a phenomenal band. So we get there have a seat and order a couple drinks. Here are a few pics from the night.

the "kissy" face and

Singing Journey

"Don't Stop Believing"

Afterwards we went to Buffalo Wild Wings and got some food since we were famished. All in all a great night with my best friend.

Hope everyones weekend is going great... what are your plans?

The greatest and best thing in the world.

So here I am, little ol' me - the loner. I am sitting in the third floor computer lab at U of M by myself, randomly lurking other peoples blogs. I come across this cute little one Caffeinate Me and she was writing about things she has discovered or things she has re-discovered and after going down the list I come to a link that says booksfree.com intrigued I click on the link. To my utmost amazement, this is the Netflicks of Books. I call up my mom ASAP and tell her, she is excited but tells me to "save my money..." what a MOM thing to say, I appreciate the reality check mom but this is toooo good to pass up.

Now I know there is such a thing called a Library but I have boycotted libraries simply because I had to pay a copious amount of money in late fees at a certain point in my life - and well I don't like that. Plus libraries give me the heebie-jeebies. Don't ask, this is just something I justify in my head and well - I am sticking to it.

So there you have it - my great new find. Honestly, I think I am addicted to the Internet because that's all I want to do is hang around on it - peruse blogs, etsy for cute handbags and vases, facebook, myspace, newspapers. etc whatever it may be. I get a little irritated sometimes when I have to oh I don't know - Go to school or work....LAME.

I hope im not alone in this.

I am going to take this time to be completely honest... to really lay it out for anyone who may stumble upon this blog. My hopes... my dreams... my wish is for you take something away from this post, to maybe partake in my question but to really ponder what I am about to say in the future. Now I am not really one to publicly post on here on 'why I hate driving' usually I complain to friends, family etc but really they could care less, and really if I am going to lay it out for you, I might as well be honest so it doesn't blow up in my face, yes I was involved in a couple accidents and yes I have received a speeding ticket. I should also point out that the accidents *knock on wood* all happened about 5-6 years ago. I feel that as a driver I have come to learn and appreciate many things when it comes to the rules of the road. Therefore, let us begin.

Pet Peeves:

1. Please, please, PLEASE when you are planning on making a turn, specifically a left turn - do NOT come to an almost immediate stop during moving traffic. Let me give you an example, I was driving home tonight from an awful day... I am cruising down the road at 45 - the person in front of me puts on their signal and starts stopping doesn't break lightly while moving into the turn lane... NO.... simply comes to a screeching halt. This happens everyday to me... everyday.

2. We do have speeding limits implemented. So when people do not go to the speed limit I tend to jump off the deep end. I think it's so great when people have all the time in the world, however, I am not one of those people. I also know for a fact that I am not the only person out there on the road that has to be somewhere which is why its such a peeve of mine. Go at LEAST the speed limit... and when you don't....

3. Don't be surprised if someone tailgates you. When someone tailgates you; they are sending you a message....a message that you are also sending to them by going below the speed limit. The message is "I have all the time in the world to go slow." their message back is "That's nice, I don't" So when this message is being conveyed, it's rude to slam on your breaks. You are not only inflicting unjust harm to you car but you could cause an accident. Granted someone who is a slow driver may say "well tailgating could cause an accident..." and your right they do usually when the slow driver slams on their breaks

4. Blinkers: aren't they a great thing. They too send out messages to those on the road it says "Hello, I am about to shift lanes, or Hello I am going to make a turn." those around you are aware that you are going to be moving. It's a common courtesy to those around you. It also is practicing safe road practices, try it next time.

5. Everyone is guilty of this - talking on the phone while driving. But there are differences in the two. One a good driver while talking on the phone... they drive the limit they aren't oblivious to others around them, and they still use their signals. Then there are the bad ones who aren't paying attention, they slow traffic down and they don't use signals. If you are going to drive while talking on the phone - be conscious or don't pick up the call at all.

I could go on and on and on as to why I hate driving. The funny part too is I will ALWAYS have to drive, I am either driving from school to work to work to school to home - it's always something. Feel free to leave a comment about your biggest pet peeves while on the road.