Books

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reading

Just bought the following books:

-Fahrenheit 451 (this will be a re-read)
-Crime and Punishment
-The Sociopath Next Door
-Snakes In Suits
-Fifty Shades of Grey
-The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing.

Hope this will last me the week.

Hair Inspiration

This Thursday I have an appointment to get my hair dyed. It’s been awhile and I’ve been wanting to go lighter. I’m a huge fan of the ombré trend so I’m bringing this picture with me. I’m excited, I think it will look pretty.

GoT Nerd

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Game of thrones, obsessed, starks, t shirts

I just bought the following t-shirts:

I’m very, very excited.

Cheese

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Cheese, mold, no standards

Trying to determine if eating around the moldy parts of a block of cheese (in the middle of the night) is a new low or if I’ve been here before. This low feels familiar.

Crazy

I’m currently reading “The Psychopath Test” which is a very interesting book that says, loosely, that sociopaths and psychopaths are running the world. At one point it mentioned separately that 1% of non-jailed society was a psychopath. I couldn’t help but think of the Occupy Wallstreet movement and their cries against the 1%. I don’t know where either of these people/groups got their numbers so I don’t know if the correlate whatsoever but I thought I’d point it out.

Also, several months ago at work, I had an alarming realization. I realized that non-crazy people tend to start out ideas/thoughts by saying, “You know, this might be crazy but [insert not really crazy thought here] while the actual off their rocker crazy people in a similar situation start out the sentence like, “I have the best idea in the world. Everyone will agree.” And usually this idea involves wigs and robbing banks or some other insane proposal. [Note: No one at my work ever suggested robbing a bank. Just giving an example of crazy talk. My real life examples can be shared over cocktails at happy hour.]

Also, as I was reading this book, I have had to ask myself many times if I was crazy. I have a blog, clearly I’m a narcissist. I also think I am awesome. So again, narcissist. I tend not to be shocked or offended very easily, if ever- perfect. I’m a psychopath. But as I was becoming more and more crazy about my psychosis, one of the experts in the book directed a comment to the reader saying (loosely) “If you are reading this book and are becoming concerned you are a psychopath, you aren’t.” Whew.

So I just wanted to share my thoughts on Crazy for you all. I attached a non-related picture of me at the pool. So you can have a reference of what a semi-narcissistic but not quite psychotic person looks like at the pool. Because I think narcissists would take pictures of themselves at the pool.

Hunger Games

“A pitcher of blue moon, please.”

“Ok, so one pitcher of limes?”

Has anyone EVER ordered a pitcher of limes? That makes no sense. But clearly, I got my beer.

Things

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List yourself

List all the things you’ve made or built by hand.

I don’t really know everything I’ve made, but I just started getting more crafty last year with knitting so I’ve made a bunch of stuff out of yarn. When I was in high school, I made plastic bracelets. One time I made a painting I really liked. I also made a treasure map for work once. It was very stupid.

I’m obsessed with Mob Wives. Weirdly enough, the soundtrack is really great. It’s sort of like old school, big band-ish with women singers. Sounds sort of lounge-y, old school. I love that stuff!

Hungover today so I’m staying in tonight to watch Mob Wives and Captain America.

I heart TV

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Good wife

The Good Wife is one of the best, yet underrated shows on tv. Pretty close to perfection. Similar to the quality of SOA, Justified, and all my other favorites. Really interesting, developed characters.

In other news, I’ve figured out the plot of my novel. It’s gonna be a doozy. I’m very excited. I’ve alluded to it here before. But it’s not a love story.

Happy Hunger Games.

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amazing, Hunger games, meat

Hamburger+Sausage (made of lamb and rattlesnake) + beef brisket = America. I could only eat half of America. Challenge accepted, Tim Love. I’ll be back for you. This meal was the antithesis of Hunger Games.

I love Hunger Games. Katniss is a badass. I cried about Rue. Shocks no one.

This made me laugh a lot.

Peace and Quiet

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List, quiet

List the paces you go in your mind when you want some peace and quiet.

To be honest, I don’t really ever want quiet. Peace, I can get. Sometimes if I’m in a situation where I feel overwhelmed, I like to get in my car and sing ridiculous pop punk songs I still know all the lyrics to. Alkaline Trio. Get Up Kids. Saves the Day. Midtown. Ataris. New Found Glory. I don’t know why I still know all that shit. I wish I knew French or something. But I suppose something about the familiarity brings me peace.

Even at night, I can’t really sleep without some sort of classical music or sound machine. And an ambien.

I tried to learn a Ke$ha song on the piano today. I failed. For every possible reason. I wasn’t any good at at it. And Ke$ha is awful. But I really do like the song, lyrically. But I think the melody is too simplistic. I wish I could sit down at the piano and be as good as I once was. It is very frustrating and makes me want to give up. I can still read music but I’ve forgotten some of the specifics. It is embarrassing. I think I need to pick up a couple basic piano books so I can get back in the groove. Then I need to get my guitar fixed up. Regardless of how fucking terrible I was today, I started playing music again today. This is just the beginning.