New Friends

Wow! I am really getting bad at this blogging thing. Micro-blogging is taking over my life! But anyway, if you haven't stopped checking my blog for updates, I'd like to share something fabulous with you. My friend, Brad, introduced me to this family and I think they are simply hilarious. Meet The Fuplers!

Social Media: My Take

Oh. My. Gosh. It's been over a month! I'm so sorry little blog and to all those who have checked only to find nothing new and interesting! With that, on to the writing!

When you hear the words "social media" what do you think of? Maybe things like twitter or facebook or myspace or bkite or.... There are so many social media outlets! There are so many feelings that go along with sites, too-- people have a lot of varied opinions. Some people are absolutely addicted and participate in as many as they can find whereas others scoff and pick and choose. There was a very funny article that I read in the Sacramento News and Review about how twitter is an example of everything that is wrong with the younger generation and where people are headed. Is it a good thing that we're sharing the miniscule details of our daily lives with friends and, often, complete strangers? Another side to the coin is that we can keep in touch with friends and know what is going on in people's lives in detail with very minimal time and effort (and I mean that to be a positive point). So, what do I think?

Well, I am on facebook, I have this blog (obviously!) and I recently joined twitter. It's hard to keep up with! I used to obsessively check facebook and now instead I'm obsessively checking twitter. What kind of information am I sharing with my "followers"? Mostly pointless (but hopefully clever) thoughts. It takes up a lot of time! Also, facebook and twitter can be very creepy! And I'll be honest, I'm just as creepy as the next person when it comes to this. 'Oh, he was cute, I'll see if he's on facebook!' Or, take it one step further, 'According to Facebook, his relationship status is single! Giggle, giggle!' Then there's all the looking through people's photos and learning where they work or what their favorite book is. While this person has technically given me permission by accepting my friend request, would they feel creeped out if they knew that I was looking at every single one of their pictures at least twice? Then there are the random guys who start following me on twitter. Who are you? We have nothing in common... Weird.

Still, here I am. I'll admit that it's a little bit of an addiction, and that's one of the reasons why I'm still participating. But, I do think there are benefits to these sorts of things. I can keep in touch with friends and family who don't live near me much better. And even if we're not writing to or calling each other, we have the option of checking in and seeing what's been going on. Also, it is a bit of an outlet for creativity-- I'm able to demonstrate just how witty I am to the greater masses! Plus, I can follow some of my new favorite sing-songwriters on twitter. Anyway, I think I'll just stick to the 3 social media sites I'm currently involved in and that's plenty (or perhaps too much) for me.

Annual "I Love Springtime" Post

I've been watching it coming for a little while. All of a sudden I was driving down Riverside and there were billions of magnolia trees in bloom! Then it was the daffodils, then the stinky white blossoms outside of my apartment, and camelias! Now it's lilac, tulip, and calla lily time! And as of last Friday, it's my favorite season of the year-- Spring. First of all, Springtime represents new beginnings, which I think is neat. Also, my birthday is in the Spring (more about that later!). But really, my favorite thing about Spring is all of the color. The bright, fresh green and the flowers of all different types. It just looks pretty! There's no getting around it! Fresh and new and pretty. So, Happy Spring everybody! Go outside and enjoy it!

Weekend Update

I had a great weekend! Here are some highlights:

Friday: Costco run with Rach and Heather right up until they closed. We got eco-friendly laundrey detergant, toilet paper made from 100% recycled materials, and St. Supery Sauvignon Blanc which I didn't know they sold outside of the winery.

Saturday: Slept in (woohoo!), went to captial nursery to get necessary items for a potted herb garden (hopefully I won't kill everything this time!), then dinner and dancing for Alicia's birthday!

Sunday: 6th grade girls at church are a great way to get the morning started, ultimate frisbee with some great people (good exercise + new and old friends = sooo fun!), movie/dinner/hang out with Andy.

All in all, it was a really great weekend.

When Life's Getting You Down

Do this!

Hello!

It's been a little while since I've said hello to the blogging world! I've been very busy-- a booming social life you know. The other night I was hanging out with some friends from church and impromptu-like we started trying to say "Hello" is as many languages as possible. I believe collectively we got up to 12! Now, I can't recall Cambodian, but I think I can remember quite a few others (although forgive the spelling!):

English: Hello (no doi!)
Spanish: Hola
French: Bonjour
Italian: Ciao or Bonjourno
German: Halo
Hawaiian: Aloha
Cantonese: Na-ho
Hebrew: Shalom
Swahili: Hujambo/Sijambo
Farsi?: Salam

Alright, that's 10ish, given that a couple are misspelt and another for which I'm not sure of the corresponding language. Can anyone add/enlighten/correct?

I Gotta Have...

More George Michael! You should watch the Faith music video! Not so sure? Here are the top 5 reasons I think you should:

1. The one-leather-glove clap
2. The 5 o'clock shadow with razor sharp edges
3. The ridiculous booty shot in the very beginning
4. His mad dancing skills
5. You can't help but sing along!

"Work"

So I'm at work today, but I'm in an empty office. Unsupervised. I've got some things to do but nothing really really imperative. So what have I been doing? Well, for the last hour (after my hour lunch) I've been looking at e-mail and facebook and listening to the radio-- currently George Michael's Faith. Basically, I feel great! What would be better? If I could sit outside with a book and sunbathe. Although for me it would be more like sunburn... still...

Wow, that's... uh....

I've said it before, but I'll say it again. National Geographic is amazing. Meet Baby Sloth!

I'm very fortunate!

The other day I got a great fortune from a fortune cookie. This cookie told me, "You will be fortunate in everything." Wow! Really? Awesome! Best. Fortune. Ever.

Huh?

5:45am. Upstairs neighbor vacuuming. Is it wrong to assume that drugs are involved?

Just Take a Guess...

It's a dog... It's a horse... No, it's... ugly.

The Darkness is not dark at all!

There are certain songs that you have to stop for whenever they start to play and just dance or sing along or sit in awe. One such song for me is "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness, which my friend Annie played for me for the first time when we were down in Santa Barbara together. Other than that song, I don't know that I have really heard much from The Darkness and so I decided it was high time to look up music videos on youtube. Here is what I found. You can't go wrong when the song features a key-tar.

Something Lighter

I know I just posted like 10 minutes ago but I had to show everybody something I have just rediscovered. It's an historical blog that I think many of you will enjoy, even if you generally don't like history. So please allow me to introduce Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century!

Nasty Story for the Day

Alright, so, I work in a railroad musuem. The building is not particularly well sealed since there are tracks running in and out of it, etc. Occasionally we get rats or mice in the museum. Today, a visitor pointed out to me a smallish rat (about 4 inches long, not including the tail) stuck inside one of the exhibits-- a surveyor's tent to be precise. The rat was stuck on a sticky trap and trying to pull itself off. Ok, already, that's pretty gross. But wait! There's more! Upon further inspection it seems there are two rats stuck there-- one is dead and the other is stuck and struggling to free itself. When I was telling my coworker Becky about this she said, "Yeah, that is gross-- it's trying to rip it's leg off so it can get away." Sick.

O My G!

Wow, so like where did December go?! I wasn't even ready for Christmas until the 23rd and now it's done and gone. Dang it! I mean, I still had a good eventful time and I am so thankful for being able to spend time with family. Let's see, some of my best presents where a couple of gigantic National Geographic photography books (they weigh about 20lbs each!), a mini Swiss Army knife, and a hot pink fuzzy bathrobe from the cutest sister in the world.

I am hoping to post some pictures soon but the computer with the pictures doesn't have internet and vice versa. Keep your eyes out though.

Another totally random thing: I've been listening to Relient K a lot lately and they are fabulous. If you go to their website you can listen to some of their newest music for free! "Forgiven" is like the best ever.

Lastly, Happy Boxing Day!