Another year, Another birthday!

really, really excited!

So yesterday was my birthday -- the big 2-2! After 21 it seems it all goes downhill from there (not to be pessimistic or anything!). But really, what other birthdays do you honestly look forward to after 21?
Anyway, I got a dvd player from my parents like i asked, so i was glad... i have one on my computer but since my stupid HARD DRIVE crashed in July it hasn't worked. :( I got money from other family members which was really nice -- i did some damage at the mall saturday afternoon!
It was a nice birthday... low key, but that's okay... it was weird being here for it though because for the past 4 years I've always celebrated at Wake with mah frenz. but, c'est la vie, as they say. :)
I'm still trying to figure out this whole picture-posting thing. it sounds like it should be really easy, but i am easily confused sometimes so i might be making it harder than it really is!

That's preposterous!

I found this MSN article today. It's rather stupifying if you ask me. Take a gander for yourself...
Basically, a young girl took her first communion in the Catholic church. Because of a digestive disorder, she had to take it with a ::::gasp:::: rice wafer instead of a wheat wafer. Therefore, the Church has declared the communion null and void.

What tha???

Such an outright display of how the Catholic church has become so steeped in legalism and tradition!! Where in the Holy Bible does it say that the communion meal must be eaten with unleavened wheat?? I thought it was a symbolic gesture of the presence of Christ in a believer's life, but obviously what's more important is the substance used. argh!

I'm not trying to be Catholic basher... I'm not absolving the Protestant Church of getting involved in minor details either... In fact, I think the whole entity of the Church today acts as if it has lost the whole vision of why Christ established it in the first place.

Anyway, I'm off my soapbox.

Workplace shenanigans

Funny story from work today--

My desk is right up front in the reception area so i get to greet all the visitors/solicitors that come in. fun job. this afternoon, a man giving away/selling promotions for a new golf course that's opening up somewhere around here comes in. Below is an excerpt from our conversation.

mr. golfman: so do any of the guys here play golf? (as if women can't play)
me: mmm, not that I know of...
MG: are there any guys here you could ask, see if they're interested?
me: there aren't any guys here, they've all gone out to lunch or something.
MG: well I should work here then! (and proceeds to make some comment about the guys going out to lunch and leaving the women at the office. yeah dude, that'll make me more receptive to you!)
MG: does your husband play golf?

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! me! married! do i look like i could be married?? i mean, i am a well-poised gal but seriously... i could have given him a dissertation on my relationship history, but i chose to simply chuckle and say "I'm not married."

Maybe i'm the only one who finds this outrageously funny but that's okay. i'm used to it!

okay, back to work.

reality hits

i found some entertaining sites in Newsweek today -- enjoy!
dubyaspeak
kerrycore
my favorite dubya, will ferrell

man, the realization that i'm no longer in college is setting in... all the wonderful people i know are either already back at wake - helping out with freshman move-in or doing band stuff... yeeeah i'm a nerd - or at least getting ready to go back. oh i miss it so! I miss my IV people (disclaimer: the site hasn't been updated in a while!)... but it's okay because i'm getting to hang out with cool people here now through Hope comm church and i'm lovin it.

well, maybe next time i'll have something more exciting to write about... or at least something stupid that i did! i'm always embarrassing myself somehow... like that time i was at target a couple of weeks ago and forgot where i parked my car (i'm turning into my mother already) -- i tried to unlock "my car" until i looked through the window, only to see stuff that wasn't mine...sooo i pulled my key out of the lock and continued down the row about 5 cars to my prized possession, all with a lady in the jeep in the next space watching me. excellent. it's ridiculous, i swear i see sage pearl camrys every where i go now!

I caved

so most of you who know me know i swore i would never do this.... but a bunch of people have been doing it lately so i thought why not give it a try... who am i to not follow the crowd... ;) for all you folks out there who have my screenname and don't talk to me anymore, and anyone else who has access to this site, i hope you enjoy lurking around my life!