As Thanksgiving is nearly over, I thought I’d post me some happy thankful thoughts.

I am thankful for food…in all its glorious, fattening splendor — chocolate, gravy, mashed taters and all. It may add inches to my ass, but damn me, it’s soooo good on the way down.

I am thankful for my family/friends (often indistinguishable at my house). They’re nuts. There is no disguising that. But really, what fun would holidays be without the noxious fumes and shouting and throwing of cards? Or without the hot tub sitting, car fixing and generalized bullshitting at the kitchen table that is never quit big enough?

I am thankful for my master’s degree. And damn proud of it. Now, I just have 2 more weeks until I can pick it up (I’ll be posting a picture, possibly of me petting it) and to write that pesky paper … oh, and to apply to grad school.

But mostly, I am thankful for me. (Conceit is great, no?) I feel like I’m finally growing up and coming into my own as a happy, healthy, functional human being. And dammit, I like it. Life can suck, but how bad it sucks depends on how you deal with the suckiness. So, even though my job blows goats and I live with my parents in a very highschoolish saga…I’m still pretty frickin’ happy with my life right now. I know where I’m going next (at least to the point of knowing it’s grad school [Purdue and Penn State top my lists now]), I have a … someone … to spend social time with that doesn’t involve the family (this is a very important aspect of living at home — the time you spend AWAY from there), my cats are fat and happy (though we are now a step family) and I’m in pretty damn fucking good health (discounting the generally poor eyesight and the rib I fear I might have cracked rough-housing with my sister).

Could things get better?

Yup.

Could things be worse?

Oh. Fuck. Yes.

So I’m generally happy here in rural Midwestern Indiana….

*climbs off of soapbox of happy and wanders off to sleep on the slumpy futon that she has been sentenced to since her uncle is sleeping in her nice,warm, queen-sized bed with the extra fluffy blankets, warm flannel sheets and the electric blanket*

I am now addicted to this.

um

yeah, so this situation

it did indeed involve the new boy.

and it was the first time for us (together at least) to play with handcuffs…

the right hand one came off no problem when we were ready to remove

however, the left hand one jammed

after the first few tries, he stops, looks at me and says “well…I’ve got a hacksaw…”

I laugh, thinking, hoping that he’s joking…

after about 10 or 20 minutes of trying with the key he trooped off to fetch the hacksaw to get it off

let me just say…hacksaw coming towards your wrist = nerve-wracking!

however, a bigger problem was trying to not laugh my ass off at the incongruity of two people (one nude <me>, one fully clothed <him>) sitting on the floor in the bathroom propping my wrist up on the bathtub – we didn’t want to get metal shavings/dust in the bed…his poor cat was VERY confused by these proceedings…

luckily, this did not put a crimp in the rest of the evening, but it has quickly become one of my very favorite stories

It takes approximately 5-10 minutes to cut through handcuffs with a hacksaw.

Ask me how I know.

I want one of these.

And one of these (the second one down in the second column…only smaller).

as per my sister, a site I need to join

Man, oh, man

gimme college kids any day!

I’d rather teach 300+ 18 year old kids than 35 14 year olds….

criminey….

This day is only getting longer…
and I worked all night last night at my other job…

Typing from a middle school computer lab.

I’m the sub.

Feeling very illegal. It’s cool.

Very, very odd to be interacting on an adult level with teachers I had when I was 12….

Waiting for bank to open.

Then to Ft Wayne.

Then to bed.

Then to a different one.

However…I have 30 minutes to kill…so I’ll pinch this from Kristy.

1. Kissed your cousin: no
2. Ran away: no
3. Pictured your crush naked: of course!
4. Skipped school: in college, not in high school
5. Broken someone’s heart: yup…at least once, possibly more
6. Been in love: yup….twice at least
7. Cried when someone died: yup
8. Wanted someone you knew you couldn’t have: Yup, but that was Dean Cain, TV’s superman, so it’s entirely understandable
9. Broken a bone: nope
10. Done something embarrassing: yup
11. Done a drug: Nope
12. Cried in school: nope

WHICH IS BETTER
13. Coke or Pepsi: Regular coke and diet pepsi
14. Sprite or 7UP: nope
15. Girls or Guys: depends on what you’re using them for….
16. Flowers or Candy: if it’s chocolate…Candy
17. Scruff or Clean shaved: kinda in between
18. Blondes or Brunettes: kinda in between
19. Bitchy or Slutty: depends on who you ask…especially lately
20. Tall or Short: tall
21. Pants or Shorts: Pants.
22. Night or Day: Night

WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX
23. What do you notice first: arms/shoulders
24. Last person you slow danced with: ummmmmm…Tim? High school prom? maybe?
25. Worst Question to Ask: Will you accept me into your graduate program?

THE LAST TIME YOU…
26. Showered: yesterday at 3pm
27. Stepped outside: about 7am
28. Had Sex: last weekend
29. Romantic memory: had one? er? probably last weekend too

30. Your Good Luck Charm: don’t have any…perhaps I should get one?
31. Person You Hate Most: hrmmmm….varies from day to day and by how much sleep I have but probably going to give that one to my advisor right now
32. Best Thing That Has Happened: passing my thesis defense
33. On your desk: it’s not my desk….it’s my sisters
34. Picture on your desktop: generic windows clouds

FAVORITE…
35. Colors: Green
36. Movie: The Matrix
37. Artist: Johnny Cash maybe? perhaps some Toad….
38. Cars: Anything with greatre than 40mpg
39. Ice Cream: Moose tracks (SMO!)
40. Season: Fall
41. Breakfast Food: Bacon!

WHO
42. Makes you laugh the most: probably myself, honestly
43. Makes you smile: the babies, a lot
44. Can make you feel better no matter what: hrmmmm…no one really, except perhaps myself…
45. Has A Crush On You: hopefully the boy I’m dating?
46. Do You Have A Crush On Someone: the boy I’m dating? yeah, a little bit
47. Who has it easier, Girls or Guys: neither.
48. Gives you A Funny Feeling When You See Them: see 46

DO YOU EVER
49. Sit by the phone waiting for a phone call all night: No
50. Save AIM conversations: used to
51. Save E-mails: Yes
52. Forward secret E-mails: nope
53. Wish you were someone else: Sometimes, most especially lately! 
54. Wish you were a member of the opposite sex: yes
55. Wear perfume: sometimes
56. Kiss: yes
57. Cuddle: yup
58. Go online for longer than eight hours at a time: Not anymore!

HAVE YOU EVER
59. Fallen for your best friend: nope
60. Made out with JUST a friend: nope
61. Kissed two people in the same day: yup
62. Had sex with two different people in the same day: nope
63. Been rejected: yup
64. Been in love: yes
65. Been in lust: yes
66. Used someone: yes
67. Been used: yes
68. Cheated on someone: never
69. Been cheated on: not to my knowledge, and I’d like to keep it that way
70. Been kissed: yes
71. Done something you regret: yes

WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON…
72. You touched: er….the babies? or possibly Kimberly when I was beating her up
73. You talked to: Karen and the dog?
74. You hugged: er…Darcy? maybe? it’s been a long night
75. You instant messaged: Colleen
76. You kissed: babies!
77. You yelled at: someone at work whose name I don’t know (they hit me with a cart)
78. You thought about: I decline to answer that one
79. You slept with: the boy
79. Who text messaged you: ummmm…the boy, I think
80. Who broke your heart: I decline to answer that one too
81. Who told you they loved you: Darcy

DO YOU…
82. Color your hair: yup…and I need to again!
83. Have tattoos: not yet
84. Have piercings: Ears, two times per…thinking about the nipples but that’s from certain people’s influence…
85. Have a boyfriend/girlfriend: er….I think I’ll decline again
86. Own a webcam: No
87. Own a thong: yup, lots
88. Ever get off the damn computer: far too often
89. Sprechen Sie Deutsch: Nein
90. Habla Espanol: un poco
91. Quack: Duck?

HAVE YOU / DO YOU / ARE YOU…
92. Stolen anything: yeah, from work — office supplies baby!
93. Smoke: yuck
94. Schizophrenic: nope
95. Obsessive: about certain things (linens, for example)
96. Compulsive: not really
97. Obsessive compulsive: sometimes
98. Panic: No
99. Anxiety: No
100. Depressed: nope

Another date.

Same boy (man?).

Left Saturday at 6pm, got home Sunday at 6pm.

Great enjoyment for all was to be had.

A little disturbed by the indepth conversation about relationships though…