Youtubin'.

So, I was on Youtube and an advertisement popped up that gives people the chance to have a legitimate  Youtube channel with the right production gear and everything.. I thought to myself, "How much fun would that be?" Instead of writing about all the stuff I think about, I could just tell the whole world while everyone puts a face to my name. (I can't decide whether that would be a good thing or a bad thing.. either way...) I decided to check it out.
*Click*
What? I need to put in my phone number? Crud. (For those who don't know...) I don't have a cellphone. Maybe I could put my mom's phone number in... No, for some reason, that seems immoral. Dang. Oh well. No Youtube awesomeness for me.
What do you guys think? Should I limit myself to my blog for now, so that I can learn to spend more time updating it? Or, have I worn my blog out and should start recording the conversations I have with myself for everyone to see?
YOU DECIDE. Because, I can't.

Oh, look! A fancy picture.

Ramblings of a Grammar Nazi.

Isn't it interesting how illiterate people can be? You don't have to be a "Grammar Nazi" to appreciate a well written sentence. I'm always seeing comments on thoughtless posts on facebook about how irritating it is when the OP doesn't use proper grammar. It makes me feel better knowing that I'm not the only one who gets a metaphorical brain aneurysm each time I see someone using the word 'sense' in place of the word 'since' or 'your' instead of 'you're'. And, boy, does it get under my skin a little when I see a paragraph with no capitalization, punctuation or correct spelling. Don't even get me started on people who say words incorrectly.

I'm always correcting people. I know I shouldn't, since there are points in my life when I, myself, need to be corrected. Though, I can't seem to help it. There are times when I have to breath through the urge to correct someone and just let it go.

It feels like watching a wounded bird walk away. You want to go to it, patch it up the best you can and send it on it's way to heal. But, that's never the case is it? Once you send it away, it's not grateful for the help at all. The dumb bird scratches off the bandages you, so carefully, placed upon the wound and goes on living it's life broken, bleeding, and stupid.You can only hope that there's someone else willing to help the poor bird better than you did.

I guess that would be a bit of an extreme metaphor, but you understand what I'm saying -at least I hope you do. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.

Hangin' with Friends

Nothing beats hanging out with your closest friends. Even if you get a few scratches and bruises from it.

We explored a cave. Not today. It was more like a few months ago. Anyway, normally we would just sit around inside and play games or sit around a fire and indulge ourselves in the mysterious cuisines of the refrigerator or something our parents make for us(basically anything we can find, create, or order) and s'mores. But, that day we actually decided to do something...painful. It was fun though. Afterwards, we went back to my house, watched Smallville, and ate Long John Silvers. We talked, laughed, made fun of each other, and had a good time.

To be totally and completely honest, I love my friends. The more time I spend with them the more I want to hang out with them. One of the things that some people don't understand about my friends and myself is our humor. We are always making fun of each other and giving each other a hard time. We're all very close, so we know it's a joke. Of course if something is said that is taken wrong, deep apologies are made. We try not to cross any lines in our facetious conversations. But, we can also have earnest conversations. Honesty is pretty prominent in our group and we all take things genuinely well.

When new people come into the group, they like to ease their way in. Unfortunately for them, we act like we've known them our entire lives and joke around with them like they've been there for a thousand years and we just decided to pick up on a conversation we never started. That's what I love about us.

Insecurity

So, I'm lying in bed, late at night waiting to go to sleep when I look over at my laptop and think,"I'm gonna write something in my blog." Then it hits me. I KNOW I'm gonna write something in my blog. (Here goes.)

When was the last time you looked at yourself in the mirror and said,"Wow, I look good today."? I've noticed that a lot of people are always finding fault with their looks. Why not find something about yourself that makes you feel good. I know sometimes, when I look in the mirror and I don't like what I see, I keep looking and find more and more negative things. But, that's what we do.

We get right up in front of the mirror to where we can see the pores that no one else does.

Don't look so closely. No one looks at every single detail on your body.

(Oh my gosh! Is that a split-end?! You're gross!)<--Nobody does that.

You're always seeing beautiful girls looking in the mirror disliking the way they look. Why?(Well, I blame the media.) They're looking at what people want them to be and not at what they have.

I'm not saying you shouldn't care about how you look, because you should. But, you need to look good for yourself...not others. If you think you look acceptional, you do. Don't change yourself though. You are exactly the way you should be. Your personality is your own and you shouldn't feel insecure about who you are and what you think. Find the one thing about yourself that your proud of! It could be your smile, your eyes, your hair, laugh, skin, voice, personality, etc. when you find that one thing, hold onto it. It's not the only thing that makes you you, but it's what makes you happy.

You can't change your physical appearance, (well, you can but you shouldn't) so, don't look in the mirror and say,"Jeez! Is my nose really that big?! And look at my EARS! Are they actually that crooked?! I need to change that to make myself happy!"

Make the most of the cards you were dealt. Say,"I'm proud to have this nose. My grandma had the same nose, and she was beautiful!" and, "My great-uncle had these ears and nobody thought twice about them."

Like I said, don't look to closely. Nobody else does.

Stark-Raving-Mad!!

I don't know about a lot of you people out there, but I'm tired of being snowed in. Human contact is sort of a need of mine and I don't consider my mom human. Ok...that's an exageration. I love my mom, but I need more than just her to hang out with. I'm going a little stir crazy or as my mom would say, "stark-raving-mad!" Can you tell I've been hanging out with my mom too much?

Although, this has been quite an experience. I learned how to drive in ice and snow, I cleaned my room twice, started using Skype, spent two days in my pajamas, experimented with my hair, did all my laundry, stayed up late every night, and lost two cats. None of those are exagerated.(Ok...I cleaned my room once.)

ANYway, I just want to know how everyone is handling this weather. Have you been experiencing as much car trouble as me? Do you have any funny stories about the happenings of this superb blizzard that you would like to share? If so leave a comment or email me at: jacinda_dawn@hotmail.com <--click it.

Pet Peeves (once again)

We had a person who was late in sending me their Pet Peeves, but since he gave so many I decided to go ahead and post them. Just like the others, I'm going to give a little comment at the end of each Pet Peeve.

Here they are:


1. I cannot stand sick, and or, dirty, people handling my food. (Yes, if you're sick you should probably just handle your own food)

2. I can not stand being around people that do not shower, use deodorant, wash their clothes or hands after touching something hazardous or dirty. (That IS a health hazard...So, we politely ask, if you have touch something gross, wash up please?)

3. This is a weird one, I can not stand, and get grossed out, when people talk about going to the bathroom... If anyone talks about it, I prefer they say they need to go to the Bathroom or the Restroom. If people say, I got to Potty, or use literally any other word, or go into detail of any kind about going to the bathroom I will get sick. What is weirder is if I for instance have a crush on a chick and she says, she has to go Potty, all my feelings for her, for lack of a better phrase, go down the drain, it grosses me out that much. But that is just when its just a crush, nothing serious. (That's pretty weird...I would say something else, but, even I would get grossed out.)

4. Christians that look down on other denominations. (Yeah, this is a really touchy subject, so I'm going to be careful with what I say. If you don't agree with someone's religion, try to keep it to yourself. That's what they believe. It's not your place to judge them.)

5. People that will not watch a movie just because it has something cliche in it.(Every movie has something cliche in it. This sounds like an excuse.)
6. People that can justify acts of evil, except possible Vigilantism...(Ah..Our secret "heroes". Please leave the crime fighting up to the police. OR work with them, it would make things for you so much easier.)

7. People that can justify attacks of any kind against someone that has done something right, like helping the Homeless, Protecting the American Flag, so on and so forth. (Were you in a situation like this? I've never heard of anyone getting away with that.)

8. People who don't take relationships seriously and end up leaving you for the guy she's engaged to. (This sounds like an interesting situation...)

9. Evil People getting away with crimes legally. (Like cops bursting into your house with a search warrant! They have the right to take anything or anyone they want!)

10. People that doubt other people's, skills, knowledge, history (life). I know some people can say some crazy things that they said they did or have or know, like me I have been through a lot a lot of Crazy, and real bad and Good things, but It can be True!!! (I don't doubt it.)


Thank you, Jack, for your Peeves. I'm sure people will enjoy reading this. (:

Pet Peeves

From tapping fingers to not using coasters, people have all sorts of pet peeves. Thank you to the 19 of you who responded to my challenge of care, and to those who didn't...I know who some of you are. (Are you in trouble?) Nope. I just know who you are.

Anyway, I'll get right to the point. I'll list off what pet peeves were given to me in order from which they were received. After each one I'll give my input.

Here's the list:

1. People that interrupt you when your telling a story and then they continue to tell you their story then they ask you in an uninterested tone to continue on with your story when they are finished talking. (Yes...that is quite annoying. Except I was probably on the other end of the conversation.)

2. People who own a dog and have no children and call themselves mommy/daddy. (Guilty.)

3. Not washing hands after using the bathroom. (I completely agree! I have to wash my hands after using the bathroom...why can't you?)

4. The noise people make when they rub their fingers on balloons. (That is a strange pet peeve...but I can understand it.)

5. Facebook Christians who post press 'like' if you love God and they don't portray that they love God anywhere else but on facebook. (I 'like' it and I totally agree.)

6. People who say,"I don't get it." to something really obvious. (I completely understand. It's not hard, actually it's pretty simple. It was my understanding that you were smarter than this, but now I know that you're pretty simple too.)

7. Dirty keyboards. (You must be using one right now...otherwise you'd be thinking of something else.)

8. When I see pee on a toilet seat. (Yes, please have the decency to clean up your repulsive mess.)

9. When people don't send thank you notes. (Are you thankful?? Are you really?? I didn't get a card!)

10. The way people walk in flip flops. (You might as well say you don't like flip flops, because there's only one way to walk in flip flops.)

11. When you're eating candy and someone asks if they can have a red one. (Well, if you're eating reese's pieces, it's easier to say no.)

12. When you can't tell if someone is male or female. (I find that it's best not to guess either..)

13. Movie sequels that are unnecessary. (Agreed! How many 'Bring It On' and 'Air Bud' movies are we going to have??)

14. People who don't use deodorant. (Yes, that is disgusting. But, what you do is buy some deodorant, act like it's an extra and give it to them...it might work.)

15. People who are always late. (By the way, I know who sent these to me...I'm not ALWAYS late...)

16. Mispronunciation of words. (I can relate. I know a couple of people...including myself.)

17. People who try to talk to you when you are going to the bathroom. (Does this include family? Because, if it doesn't...who do you hang out with??)



18. When it's raining and you turn your car off before you turn the wipers off, and they stop in the middle of the windshield, so you turn the car back on, the wipers off, and then the car off. (So...you get on your own nerves? HA! Heh..hm.)

And last but not least:

19. People that argue over things they know nothing about. (Just call them on it, and you win. And honestly, everyone argues about stuff they know nothing about.)

Thank you again to everyone who responded, and also to all my faithful readers. Don't forget to comment and react!