apple's new laptop

this video is in honor of adam--the biggest mac geek i know. =D

to infinity and beyond!

one of my life time goals was realized last night.

I GOT TO SEE A SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH!

me and eight other friends piled into vehicles and made our way to the east coast, 2 hrs away, to see the shuttle discovery launch off from the kennedy space center. when we got there, cars were lined up for miles. it was so much fun! we stood on the bank of the banana river and watched the whole world light up. it was sick!

[okay, so this video didn't quite capture just how bright it all was but hey! we got to see it in person! and not from a recliner in a living room. IN PERSON! ...and uh, i got a little geeked about the whole experience. =) i was on the phone with my mom while she was watching it from the tv and... well... you can hear. hahahaha.]

those 4-5 minutes of sweetness were SO worth the 4 hours of driving. hahaha.

the shuttle discovery

five things: 6-10

6. i have no middle name.

7. i am NOT a morning person.

8. i love condiments. food? its merely a transporter for condiments from my plate to my mouth.

9. i pee'd the bed till i was 8.

10. i've never eaten japanese food.

patience

"these things i plan won’t happen right away. slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. if it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. just be patient. they will not be overdue a single day!" habakkuk 2:3

3, 2, 1... laugh

The Colbert Report

Robert Wright

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aaahhhhhh...

very quiet. very peaceful. very relaxing. =)

its official!

yep. its official! i am now a permanent resident in the state of florida! =D

magnets

look what i made!

my sisters and i sat for HOURS chatting and cutting out little tiny circles from magazines. it was fantastic! =D

we took magazines, punched out holes, glued our circles to the backs of clear stones, slapped on magnet squares and voilà! we had niffty little magnets for our fridge! =)

stephen colbert

nation, i love stephen colbert.

he is one
hilarious
man.

...and he's the only man i know who doesn't seem to be able to pronounce the letter "t".

so just who is this "stephen colbert" you ask? stephen colbert is the host of the colbert report that airs 4 nights a week on comedy central.

"[he] catches the world in the headlights of [his] justice. [he] shines [his] light no matter where that light takes [him], and [he's] not afraid of anything." except for bears. and his mother-in-law.

here are a few of my favorite quotes from his show:

1. move over oprah you fat betch, tonight every member of my audience receives a priceless gift... the Truth.

2. as God said to job, checkmate

3. forgive me Father, for i have Truthed.
4. side effects of tonight's show may include euphoria, patriotism, and painful urination.
5. librarians are hiding something.
6. i report, i decide.
7. it's the sixty-third anniversary of d-day. still waiting for that thank-you note, france.
8. there's nothing wrong with being gay. i have plenty of friends that are going to hell.
9. do they GIVE a nobel prize for throwing your own feces?
10. if you non-catholic christians are upset, well just have your pope issue a reponse. oh that's right, you don't have a pope. because your faith is defective. sorry, catholicism is clearly superior. don't believe me? name one protestant denomination that could afford a $660 million sexual abuse settlement. i think that Lord has spoken on this one.
11. sometimes it takes a crazy person to see the truth. if so, i'm a freaking lunatic.
12. i don't want someone shoving his views down my throat, unless they're covered in a crunchy candy shell.
13. going to church. it’s my favorite part of being a believer. on a typical sunday morning while some people are enjoying brunch or enjoying a good tee time, i sit in church imagining them chained to a burning lake of unquenchable fire. you know it makes even the dullest sermon fly by.
14. there's nothing wrong with stretching the Truth. we stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.
15. some say, 'those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.' i say, 'those who ignore history are in for a big surprise.
16. it's important to pay your taxes, but it's just as important to pay as little tax as possible. think of it as putting big government on a diet. the treasury is your fat friend who wants to eat your ice cream cone--but it's your cone, you worked hard for it, and you'll be damned if tubby two-by-four is going to slobber all over it.

check out more of colbert here.
enjoy. =)

are you ready?

peek-a-boo

look who tried to get inside last night. =)

too bad that whole
"kiss a frog and you'll have your prince"
thing isn't true.

mi casa

welcome to my humble abode. please join me as we walk thru parts of my house--my living areas. do keep in mind, some parts are in fact missing since i've not been given the photo rights to put my sister's side of the house on here. =)

please enjoy. =)

mi casa

cat crack

mom--this is for you. =D
this is george when he's NOT high on cat nip. hahaha.

hip hip horray!

happy 25th birthday to my bestest best friend in the WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD! i wouldn't be who i am today if it wasn't for you. =) (looking down at feet and shifting) hahaha.

I LOVE YOU SASS PANTS!


we are SO OLD now! woo hoo!

horge in motion

here is a glimpse at what traveling with a cat is like... =)

(here, poor george is all looped out from the drugs that we gave him so that he wouldn't have to be awake the whole time. he did eventually fall asleep but this was shot right as they were taking effect. i hated giving them to him.) =(

(it truly amazes me--cats can have to go potty SO bad, but as soon as you put them in a different environment (aka the HIGHWAY... hahaha) they FREAK OUT and refuse to go. who'da thunk i would find a cat who is just as stubborn as i am. hahahaha.)

(here's george. roaming free inside my car. i couldn't wait to arrive so i could vacuum all the cat hair out of my car!)

hair color nightmare

bleeding hearts of the world united last week during my attempt to shed my rebellious brunette hair and return to the world of special treatment, laughter, and just plain old fashioned blonde fun.

bethany and i headed out to sally's to buy hair bleach, but since it was closed, and i was too impatient, i was forced to buy some "extreme bleach" hair color (first mistake.) from publix. (second mistake.)

we brought home the product and began the ill-fated dying process. she foiled the bleach through my hair and after a quick rinse and wash, i realized that foiling just wasn't gonna cut it. it didn't really change my look too much so i had her put the rest of the goop all over my hair. (third mistake.) my hair turned a REDISH ORANGE! i. freaked. out.

see for yourself!:

shock and fear!then sadness. =(finally acceptance--if only for a short while.

the very next day, i headed back to sally's to try and get the bleach that i originally wanted to use on my hair. THIS time they were open. i bought the necessary supplies and bethany and i went at it again. we plastered the bleach over my entire head. fourth mistake. my hair turned a freakishly iridescent yellow!


it was horrible. i looked like some white-trash girl who tried to color her hair by herself and it all went horribly wrong! oh wait.... that DID happen. (minus the white-trash part.) hahaha. =) i panicked. again. you'd think that i would have learned from the first THREE mistakes and gone to a professional salon but noooo. i had to be stubborn and try and fix the mistakes myself. (shaking fist at stubborn pride.) i did however call up my sister galilee, and i asked her what i should have done from the very beginning. i was instructed to add some color to what i had left of my hair and pray for the best since i had acted so foolishly already. so i did what i was told. and i sat. and waited.

now? i have a somewhat decent looking color of hair. i will say that i'm MUCH happier now with how i look but its not exactly what i would call "natural" looking.

i can't quite expect the moon
when i've already shot it to bits and pieces. =/

five things: 1-5

1. i’m immune to caffeine.

2. i always hold my pee longer than i should.

3. i played the clarinet in the junior high band.

4. i only eat raw vegetables--except for corn on the cob. (oh! and asparagus, thanks to ruth.) =)

5. i was kicked in the boobie by a horse at my best friend's house when i was 16.