Something that made me smile: When I was getting my coffee this morning two men walked into the Starbucks talking and standing there looking important and professional. For some reason it just tickled me because even though they were both older gentlemen, sharply dressed, with folders under one arm and coffee in the other they suddenly seemed to me like two cute little boys trying to act serious but failing miserably.

Something that made me say WTF: Passing by the basketball court at the public park I saw a boy riding round and round on his bicycle singing at the top of his lungs "Hey, sexy Mamaa, hey sexy Mamaa" over and over again while his father chatted on his phone nearby. Ahhh, kids.

This week I started a new job. Its perfect for me really, nobody bothers me, I have my own desk, my co-workers are young and casual, and all I do is sit there and transcribe sound recordings. The downside is the office is located deep inside a dark, maze-like building on campus which is currently undergoing construction. This place is a serial killer's wet dream; its vast, dimly lit, leaky, the entire front is masked by huge curtains to hide ongoing construction from curious onlookers, and the hallway is outfitted with giant, floor to ceiling, iron poles for god knows what purpose. You couldn't run away from danger if you tried. I shudder to think.

Bus Stop Hobos

The library near my house is shut down for a month (waaah!) because they're moving across the street so the old building can be demolished and rebuilt. Although this is badly needed (the building is so small and cramped for all the books and people using it) I ended up having to catch the bus today to another library which is a little further off.

This other library was much bigger and MUCH better stocked than the one that I'm used to. For a book lover like me it was heaven! I felt like a kid let run in a candy store, after about half an hour I tottered over to get my stack of books checked out. I even had to buy a library bag from them so I could easily take my load home. XD

While I was waiting for the bus to go home, a grungy bearded surfer type guy sitting on the bench beside me struck up a conversation. Here we go I thought...

Dude: Hey, don't you want to sit down?
Me: Um, no thanks.
Dude: Well what if I got up would you sit down then?
Me: No...I prefer standing.
Dude: So are you from India?
Me: No I'm not.
*he makes a gesture to indicate my scarf*
Me: Thats because of my religion, not where I come from.
Dude: What religion is that?
Me: Islam.
Dude: What?
Me: IS-LAM
Dude: Yeah...well...I'm Christian Science...
Me: Good to know.
Dude: But I'm sort of a hypocrite because I haven't been practicing you know...I'm just sort of messed up from my childhood you know

At this point his bus comes (thank the lord) and he staggers up to wait in line but before getting on he reveals this tidbit:

Dude: Yeah you know those Jehovah Witnesses try to talk to me and all but you know when I was a kid I was molested by the television for a couple of years [Uhhh...WTF!?!] yeah...Gods a female anyways.

Oh dear me. Welcome to public transportation! I'm just relieved he was a harmless hobo, albeit crazy and disturbing...harmless all the less. I've been through worse but I haven't heard something that messed up in a while.

What the heck did he mean? On second thought..I don't wanna know! Let me just go back to enjoying my stash of books. :D

Disposable Camera

Yesterday I did a very random thing; I bought a disposable camera. You know, one of those 27 exposures yellow Kodak cameras that people usually buy when they go on trips and have forgotten their camera or well...I don't know what else people use them for honestly since everyone has gone digital.

Its been in my mind to buy one ever since the beginning of summer. I had cleaned out my room completely and as I was going through some old photos of mine I realized all of a sudden that I didn't have a photo of myself or my family (an actual physical photo) since 7 years ago!

We have plenty of digital photos, in fact hundreds, but because we can always easily see them on the computer and because we would have to pay money to get them printed, we've never bothered to do anything about them.

So on a whim I bought this camera yesterday. I immediately started taking photos of my brothers in the most casual and random poses. Looking back now on the pictures that I have, these are the types I like the best, when everyone is just being normal. And that's what I want to remember.

Ahhhh...

It's amazing how good I can feel after an hour on the treadmill. Even though before going on I had such a mental battle to convince myself to do it.

But I'm so tired right now, I promise I'll do it tomorrow.

Its too late to exercise its already 7 at night!

I'm not that unhealthy, surely I only have to do this once a week.

There is nothing on t.v. to entertain me while I walk, I'll be so bored!

And then even on the treadmill my mind endures another battle; when to get off!

Hey, its been 15 minutes thats enough right?

Ok lets only do half an hour, please please half an hour.

Its 45 minutes already, thats soooo long, lets get off now!

And then the strangest thing happens, once I hit a full hour I get so elated and happy and energetic that I feel like I can easily do another 30 minutes. Sometimes I lose myself in a t.v. show or commercial and look down to find that I'm already 3 or 5 minutes past an hour and I feel so surprised.

One part of me is dying to be thinner, and the other part is doing everything it can to sabotage my weight loss!

Isn't it strange how complex our minds really are?

Friend Stealers!

Guys are such friend stealers! The thing is, they don't even mean to do it, but it happens anyways! Life is going along as usual, you work, study, read, clean, watch tv, hang out with your friends...until one day a friend stops hanging out with you as much. She doesn't call you anymore, doesn't chat with you online, and is missing from all your group hangouts.

Is she sick? Missing? On vacation? Working a lot lately?

Uhhhh...no. Shes got a "guy" (boyfriend, fiancee, etc)

THEN when she does start hanging out with you again all she can talk about is him. It no longer matters what she thinks, or says, or believes, its allll about him!

How fucking annoying!

The worst thing is that usually these guys have nothing really going for them. They don't have jobs, aren't successful, not that good looking, and treat their significant others like crap half the time.

But of course, my friends would rather have ANY guy than be without one.

I wish women could be happy living the single life until they meet the right guy, but alas...that rarely happens.

Cheap Friends

I'm in a little bit of a dilemma.

I have a friend of mine who called me up today and wanted to hang out. She had just finished cleaning out her closet and (me being the book freak I am) wanted to give me some books she no longer wanted. Of course I said yes, but I wasn't sure what to suggest for where to hang out.

You see, the thing is this friend is cheap. Very, very cheap. Just to give you an example, one time she went out with me and a couple of friends to a park. After hanging out we walked the short distance to a nearby Wahoos fish taco place to get dinner. First of all, the prices at Wahoo's are pretty reasonable in my opinion. If memory serves me right I think a burrito (a big, tasty, burrito) was a little over $5.00. Now this burrito was HUGE it was so big that several of us girls ended up sharing plates.

Anyways, despite this she absolutely INSISTED on going to a nearby McDonalds and buying her dinner from there. I wasn't embarresed or anything but just annoyed; she had enough money to buy from Wahoo's! But just because it was a little "fancier" than McDonalds (and er..what isn't?) she insisted on not getting her food from there.

So today she emails me and suggests getting Subway (I'm alright on this, its healthy) and catching a movie...but at the dollar theater (doh!).

The dollar theater....what can I say. If I was on the marketing team for the dollar theater this would be my slogan: "Hey! Do you want AIDS?! Well come one down to the dollar theater!! You might even catch some hepatitis on the side!!"

This place is sooo nasty and dirty and small and cramped that I went there ONCE years ago and vowed to never ever go there again.

So thats my dilemma. How do I suggest that we go somewhere else since I basically gave her the chose to decide where we go? I don't want to have her say to me "Oh I can't afford that place" and basically put here in an embarresing situation. (Just to clarify, its because her family is really big and doesn't have a lot of money....BUT the Wahoo's situation is still ridonkulus)

On the other hand I've considered buying the tickets and telling her I got them for free or at a deal...or I don't know. Gah!

this blog has a purpose

This blog is for following a bunch of people here on blogspot who I find interesting.

A little about me so you don't think I'm spam or a stalker or just strange in general :P

1. I love the arts but you can't tell that from my major (I'm a Business major)

2. I love to laugh and goof around. I'm very straightforward with people and expect the same honesty back.

3. I lived all of my life in warm climates (several states in the U.S.A.)

4. My faith is important in my life but its not something I broadcast to start religious debates or convert people.

5. The title of this blog was inspired by a young relative of mine who told me in a mix of English and French "You are tres mechante!!" thus inducing me to laugh at his seriousness (I had been only joking around with him after all!) and to later on recount the story in French class during an oral presenation in which I described myself as "mechante et tres belle"

Thats it for now!