January 2011
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Challenge: The Finale
30. Look back on this last month and talk about it.
First and foremost, it probably wasn’t the best idea to title every post “Challenge.” Not only was it confusing, I think the consensus was that it was annoying. At least, it annoyed me after a while.
A lot has happened this month and I’ve learned a lot about myself and others. It’s only been 30 days, but as I look...
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29. If you could be doing the same things you do now, only in your own way, how would a normal day in your life go?
Oh yeah, and I’ve been away this weekend, so I wasn’t even thinking about this challenge. But, I’m here now! Let’s keep this going.
I’d wake up in my apartment with just enough time to get showered and dressed for work. I’d grab some...
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28. Would you rather someone tell you the truth up front but gently, or be lied to to spare your feelings?
Well I guess it depends on what the news is, really. You know, just recently a girlfriend of mine has been very blunt with her feelings towards some issues going on in my life. I appreciated her honesty, but hearing the truth killed me on the inside.
On another instance, a girl I know had...
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27. Is there a friend you are worried about? Why do they have you concerned? Do you think they’ll be okay?
Not at all. In fact, the friends who I’d actually exhaust any energy worrying about are all at happy points in their lives. They’re either working hard, studying hard and/or playing (?) hard. My peeps are OK, and that makes me feel good.
I just want you guys (the aforementioned)...
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26. Talk about a moment where you were truly happy. What was happening? Who were you with?
This past summer, I spent the last weekend of August in one of the most relaxing places I have ever gone. My best friend invited me to join her family for some R&R at Maratha’s Vineyard. From Friday afternoon to Sunday evening, I was in awe. They showed me as much of the Vineyard that I could...
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25. What do you think it means to be a good parent?
I believe that what it means to be a good parent changes in the stages of a child’s life. When a child is born, a good parent is the parent who, despite the shocking reality of actually being stuck with that thing that always cries, poops and has a sleep pattern that resembles that of your unemployed, loser cousin Jared, is still...
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24. Are you more social or independent? Why do you think that is?
Would you believe that I completely lost track of the date? Wait, I’ve used that excuse before you say? Shit.
I’m most certainly, without a doubt a very social person. There is rarely a thing I do alone (I’m the girl who takes her phone into the shower and wishes the speaker could be a little louder than the...
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23. Explain your life plan for the next month, then the next year, then three years, then five years.
I’m pretty sure topics like life plans aren’t supposed to be discussed with others. I know that in the next month, the goal is to SAVE much more money than I have already been. The next year, maintaining living on my own. Hopefully, you know, if the world doesn’t really end in...
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22. How do you think people see you? Be a little negative and a little positive.
I’ve been called a common criminal. An irate alcoholic party girl who possibly abuses hard drugs, exotic dances for money (or for free, because I’m also broke and useless), and lives a double life with the help of my Mac Book…
As for everyone else who isn’t my mother, I’m known to be an...
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21. Look back. Why did you choose this challenge? Do you think it says anything about you?
I chose this challenge because before it, I was updating Oxy Moron about thrice a month and it was getting to be pretty sad. So, when I saw Gina post this on her blog, I jumped at the opportunity. I think it says that I’m a lazy, unmotivated and uninspired. I always worry about what I’m posting,...
Abort Mission! →
Can somebody tell conservatives that it probably isn’t the best idea to make abortions more difficult to receive? It may be all about moral and ethics now, but nobody will give a shit about morals and ethics when they’re mobbing on the steps of City Hall demanding taxes be lowered. Well, your government won’t be able to lower taxes, my loyal, law-abiding citizens, because THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE...
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20. Again, pick a song that projects the mood of your week or day.
This response if for January 20, 2011.
I’ll just leave you the lyrics. If you don’t already know the song, you should definitely listen to it because no matter how you feel, it’s a catchy tune.
“Why Don’t You Love Me?” by Beyonce from her 2008 album “I Am… Sasha Fierce (Deluxe...
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19. If you could be anywhere in the world, but you had to be there for a certain cause, where would you be and why?
I’m such a lazy person, you know. So lazy that I didn’t even feel like thinking to answer this question last night. Smh.
Right after the earthquake in Haiti last year, I did some research about the forestation in the country. I read that in the 1950s the country was...
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Dear AT&T,
You can eat a dick. The SECOND my contract with you is null and void, I’ll be giving Verizon my love, attention and adoration. You don’t deserve to have customers! YOU JUST DON’T!
That is all.
Yours,
J. OfLove.
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18. Talk about your extended family. Why do you think they are the way they are?
This question is also very dumb. I’d just like to put that out there.
I’m not close to my extended family at all. In fact, my mother curses me out on a monthly basis as to why I don’t try harder to keep in touch with everyone. Well, it’s simply because I don’t really care what any of...
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17. Who was the last person you kissed? (If you are still with them now, pick the person before them.) What would they say if they saw you now?
I’m not going to spend a lot of time on this question because I didn’t spend a lot of time on the last person I kissed before him. All I’ve got to say about that guy is he’s a bachelor who needs to realize that just because...
Editor's Note
So remember that day when I asked you guys if people who paced on Subway platforms looked crazy? Well of course you don’t because only two people made any kind of attempt to answer my question (thanks, ladies).
Well according to those two, I’M officially crazy. I can’t help it, I just like to pace. And it is kind of amusing to watch the look of fear in the faces of some other...
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16. What are you passionate about?
Well as I mentioned the other day, there isn’t really anything in the world that I’m passionate about. But in order to answer this question, I asked myself what are some things I’m certain of, things I know for sure? Well one thing I came up with, which I have also mentioned in the past, is that I never want to be a parent.
A few months ago I...
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15. What do you believe in? And not just God or atheism.
I don’t believe in a lot of things (re: one really big thing… OK, OK, organized religion and the idea of a being who created the world in a week), but I do believe in some. I believe in:
The kindness of strangers. Larona’s car got stuck in the snow near my house one day. I went out with some shovels and we attempted to...
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Teen Mom 2
It was only a matter of time one of the girls would mention the fact that she got pregnant at 16 and it’s social stigma.
I just never thought it’d be in the third season.
Potty mouth Janelle (who I have decided has the cutest kid this season), running out of insults to throw at her mother used the gem, “Well you must be a bad mother too because I got pregnant at 16!” Mom...
Serious Question
Guys, I really need to know. Does someone who paces in a crowded subway station look crazy?
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14. When you are stressed, what can you use as an outlet? Why do you think it helps you?
I can never tell when I’m stressed until I’m a migraine away from a breakdown. By that point, the only thing that will alleviate the stress is overcoming the obstacle that’s causing it.
My blood pressure is always normal, and while my first reaction is often overreaction, I consider myself...
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13. Where do you see your best friend in 10 years?
This is probably the easiest question so far of this 30 Day Challenge. In 10 years, providing 2012 isn’t true (haha), my best friend will be happily married with at least one child. Said child will look like a scary Ralph Lauren child model. She’ll be working hard and giving 110% in every area of life—maybe even 125% for her...
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12. If you could trade places with anyone for one week, who would it be and why?
This response…oh whatever, you know the deal.
This has to be the toughest question that’s been asked so far in this 30 day challenge. You know when you’re asked these “Would you rather?” or “What if?” questions, and you start asking about stipulations? Well that’s the...
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11. Do you feel protective over someone?
This response is for January 11, 2011. I know, I know…
At the beginning of our courtship, I felt protective of him. His behavior seemed to be quite reckless, and I found that I worried about him more than anything else. I’d grow scared and apprehensive if I didn’t hear from him in a certain number of hours. I don’t know why, but...
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10. Did you have a good day or a bad day? Where do you think that defining line was?
This post is for January 10, 2011.
I woke up feeling like the day wasn’t going to be great and that kept me in bed until 9 (I set my alarm for 8:30). I got up, got ready and got going. Once I got to work, things got better. The office was quiet (and that is always a beautiful thing), and there was busy...
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9. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I really didn’t feel like doing much yesterday, big whoop.
In ten years, I’ll be 33 going on 34 years old. I see myself getting into the swing of things, diligently working to achieve my big dream of owing a business.
This isn’t an easy question for me to answer. You see, I see that image, but that doesn’t mean it will be so. I...
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8. Write about the first moment that comes to your head when you read the words “childhood memory”
Eating homemade peanut butter and jelly cracker sandwiches. I remember days after school going into the kitchen of the home I grew up in, grabbing a plate and the ingredients to make the snack of champions. I could have snacked right out of the jars, but I wanted to eat it the way kids did in the...
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7. Think of the last person you hugged. What would you do if they vanished completely?
Well, seeing as she’s vanished from my life twice before, the simple answer is I’d live.
The second time Larona vanished was a lot tougher to deal with because when she had come back after the first hiatus, we went into quality time overload. We spent at least 5 of the 7 weekdays together doing...
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6. Talk about a recent experience that has effected you greatly and how.
Smh… Would you believe that I completely lost track of what date it was? Or that I confused myself with posting three times the last time I did? Well, whichever one you do believe, that’s what happened.
It was late February of last year and I was in a stink.
I was doing better than I ever had been at my job,...
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If you’re like me and love learning interesting things about topics you otherwise wouldn’t have found interesting check out: Anthony Bergan and Dead Presidents...
“If you don’t say anything, you won’t be called on to repeat it.”
– Former President Calvin Coolidge, who from what I gathered from http://deadpresidents.tumblr.com/ is one lackadaisical mofo. I like the way he thinks!
jusme629 asked: two thumbs up on that Day4 Challenge- To be in Love- well written chica, im sure many can relate!!!!
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Challenge: The Sequel
5. Pick a song that projects the same mood as your day or week and explain.
I’m probably breaking the rules by posting the same question twice, but that first one kind of explained my love life, and I wanted to share that. This one expresses my mood today. That, and this is my blog so I can do whatever I want anyway, bitches! Yep, that just happened.
Another Brandy song (you can say...
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5. Pick a song that projects the same mood as your day or week and explain.
Check me out finally doing a post on time!
“How I Feel” by Brandy on her 2004 album Afrodisiac. I won’t go deep into details. Rather, I’ll leave you with the lyrics. I’m in a relationship and this is how I feel most of the time. I already know everything you could possibly tell me about...
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4. What do you think it means to be in love?
This response is for January 4, 2011. I just completely forgot to answer this. Shame on me… but I guess it isn’t a huge deal because, well, you’ll see.
I have no idea what the answer to this question is. You see, I know what it’s means to lust over someone. To be so convinced that a relationship between me and the guy I’m...
Just Some Things:
My boss and another coworker of mine more often than not end up wearing the same kind of shirt to work. Today, it’s stripped button down. I’m convinced there are night-before calls being made. “What are you wearing to work tomorrow!? What are you wearing now?” #creep
Another boss was on a diet. Last week I saw homegirl eating french toast and bacon. Today, she had baked...
I have NO idea what it is that I want and I think I’m drowning out the voices in my head because one twin gets her rocks off feeling like an asshole.
I have an idea what’s going to make me happiest, but is it right for me?
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3. Where have you been spending your time lately? Three/Five/Ten years ago would you have expected to be there?
This post is for January 3, 2011.
As of late, I’ve been spending a hefty amount of time at his house. If I’m not at his house, I’m somewhere, anywhere with Larona. The thing is, lately, I’ve hardly been immobile, just hanging around one spot for a few hours...
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2. Who are you? In comparison to who you used to be. What made you change?
This post is for January 2, 2011, which I started on such day and fell asleep on until after midnight… Shame on it all.
Who am I, eh? Well I can tell you if my 12 year old self met me today, she wouldn’t be surprised by whom she’s become. I don’t feel that I’ve changed so much as I’ve...
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1. What happened today? If it was the last day of your life, how satisfied would you be with your final hours?
So I’m a little disappointed in myself for fucking this up already… but if it’s any consolation, I did get home at 3:30 am… This post is for Saturday, January 1, 2011.
I woke up around 9 am after a restful sleep. Despite being under the influence of several...