I brushed my dog's teeth today.

It took about a half an hour.

She doesn't like toothbrushes.

She doesn't like toothbrushes at all.

Sigh.

In other news, I'm going on vacation tomorrow to Monday- woot!

I start school & work on Tuesday. Yay for fall.

A New Be[nto]ginning

So, I'm not sure if any of y'all have heard of bento- it's from Japan, and it's a way of packing a lunch. [Pretty much] I discovered http://www.anotherlunch.com/ and read her entire blog. Realized that bento is pretty flippin cool, as is Melissa. :) She inspired me to purchase some fake bento boxes while at Walmart today & give bento a try. If I seriously like it, I might look into purchasing some actual bento boxes via the internet. Anyhow, the horse day camp for the little kiddies starts tomorrow, and since I'm helping out, I need to bring a lunch. So just now, I buckled down and made my first bento box. :D Remember I have next to no clue what I'm doing, so check out anotherlunch for the real scoop on bento & let me know what you think.


Without further ado, my first bento lunch:

Alright, so starting on the top left and working our way down...

-Turkey & swiss on a fresh baguette roll

-Baby carrots

-Fiber chocolate bar

-Strawberries

-Lemon cake w/strawberries

-Swiss cheese dino

Who's amazing? Me.

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PS: My riding instructor, Laura, had her daughter a few days ago. Baby McKenna has serious heart problems & was rushed into emergency surgery today. Please pray for her & keep her in your thoughts.

well, sorry i guess

alright, you want real. here's the real life thing-

i'm not more important than you.

you're also not more mature than me. i know you feel like it, but honestly? guess what i'm tired of.

people posting stuff on the internet instead of talking to me.

i'm not mad. i'm just frustrated.

i wasn't dissing you, or your extracurricular activities;
i was being a teenager and joking around. if you can't handle that...
i'm sorry. i guess i'll stop.

whatever. i guess i'm done. i'm sorry, people.

i'm not perfect. not even close.

Rent

Rent.

You should watch it.

something to think about.

http://chaospet.xanga.com/730475550/the-official-guide-to-arguing-with-atheists/

Something to think about.

I'm not an antheist though- I'm agnostic in a way. I can't no for sure what's out there, so I choose to just chill until there's some proof on either side. It might be an enternity of wait. I'm okay with that, I think. Atheism is just another assumption, and you should know what happens when you assume things.

you make an ASS out of U and ME.

Anyway. I'm not one to argue about this, especially because I have friends who are deeply relgious, but I think we can all learn from reading the above link, simply because a lot of it rang true to me.

As of 2007, 18.4 % of single-bias hate crimes [out of 7621] were motivated by religious bias.
As of 2007, 1477 hate crimes were reported to be motivated by religious bias.

Something to think about.

IT WON'T HAPPEN TO ME

It won't happen to me.
It can't happen to me.

That's what so many teenagers think about so many things. [don't worry, nothing bad has happened to me.] About sex, about drinking & drugs, about the decisions they make.

Don't be another statistic. Don't have sex unless you're ready, and if you're ready, be safe. Don't drink underage. If you do, be smart about it. Don't drink & drive. Don't do pot, don't do heroin, or cocaine. Don't get addicted to shit that will kill you. Cigarettes count.

And for the love of god, if you are responsible for a pet [be it a snake, a dog, or a horse], keep it safe. Keep it happy. Specifically for horses, don't overestimate what your horse can do, don't push your horse too far. Be happy that you can own one of these beautiful animals. Don't overestimate what you can do either. Keep yourself safe as well.

Be smart. Be safe. Love yourself. <3

Queen Latifah is a boss

Stranger Than Fiction
Last Holiday
Beauty Shop

My favorite movies with Queen Latifah. She is a mofo BOSS. Quotes? Hell yes.
"What are we doing here? I don't even think we're supposed to be in here." QL
"You told me I need visual stimulation."
"Yeah, I meant a museum or something." QL
"I don't need a museum. I need the infirm."
"You ARE the infirm." QL

"I read this, in this fantastically depressing book, that when you jump from a building, it's rarely the impact that actually kills you."
"Well, I'm sure it doesn't help." QL

"I will gladly and quietly help you kill Harold Crick." QL
"And this coming from from someone who's never thought of leaping off a building."

"And I suppose you smoked all these cigarettes?" QL
"No, they came pre-smoked."

"You wait and you wait for somethin' big to happen...and then you find out you're gonna die." QL

"What world was I living in?" QL

"I spent my life living in a box. I don't want to be buried in one." QL

"You are going to fall flat on your ass."
"Well I got some cushion. Wanna kiss it? I didn't think so." QL

"You know what, you could be black, white, ghetto past, no ghetto past, ain't nobody using the N word up in here, and no bitches and hoes either, except for the ones that don't tip." QL

"Vanessa, do these pants make my ass look big?" QL
"Yeah, they do."
"Good." QL

"Alright, anybody else leavin'? Because this white bitch is stayin." QL

ily <3