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Holly is making me post since I haven’t written anything in November.

*punt*

if there’s one good thing that came out of the recent crap going on in my life, it’s that i’ve become a lot more understanding of people in tough situations. as such, i’ve started donating to some charitable organizations. i joined red (and may be purchasing a red ipod soon), i’ve donated a lot to invisible children, and i’ve gotten my work to sponsor a huge golf fundraiser for americorps and the peace corps in arizona. things seem to have worked themselves out for most of the crap i had to deal with. some of it has been put off until next month. others are still working themselves out. it just makes me feel bad for the people that can’t just put off their problems or work things out because they don’t really have a choice. i know money isn’t everything, but at least it’s something. if i had more time, i’d probably contribute more. we’ll see.

on a side note… i’m still pissed about people lying. that’s so…childish. >:(

There are certain things that make me angry. I try not to get outta hand when it comes to anger, but sometimes there are things that just make me angry. The problem lies in the fact that I’ll get angry at things that don’t have a solution and won’t ever have a solution so I stay angry for really long periods of time. One of those things is people that can’t act like adults themselves or who can’t treat others like adults. Part of growing up and being an adult is learning to talk things out and deal with things rationally rather than emotionally or physically. When people ignore things, that bothers me. It makes me angry. It doesn’t make things any easier on anyone involved when things are just ignored. Lying is another thing that angers me. When people lie, it’s an admission that they aren’t able to deal with things like an adult and that they would rather try and ignore the truth. Lying is ignorance of the truth. It’s cowardly. I don’t like people that aren’t mature enough to deal with their own problems, decisions and consequences.

I am awesome. I am quick-witted and damn near hilarious. The reason I say this is because I have been in love with playing “That’s What She Said” at any chance I get. Here’s a little snippet of a winner at work. I’m on a new shift that I got moved to called the power shift. It’s for high-rollers who are willing to work 10-12 hour days that can sell sell sell. I was talking with someone about the new shift and telling them about how much I kick ass in sales. Aaaaand, action…

Me: “It probably won’t last forever because I’m sure my school schedule will change.”
Person #2 (Sean): “Yeah.”
Me: “It’s really cool so far, though.”
#2: “That’s ’cause you’re awesome… Is it hard going for 10 hours?”
Me: “That’s what she said…”

Scene. Upon reading this, I heard laughter on the other side of the call center. He laughed so hard that he couldn’t hold it in. He then proceeded to show about 6 more people.

Lesson to be learned from this: I rule. This game rules.

I’m not very original. Some people like to tell me I am, but is anyone really that original or refreshing? Here’s proof: I’m going to rip off quotes from other people and put them here because they wrote them best.

Here we go…

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At this moment, there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just now facing the truth. Some are evil men, that war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. 6 billion people in the world. 6 billion souls. And all I want is 1.

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I don’t, fundamentally, understand how people can become addicted to something. The reason I don’t understand it is that, even when I’ve been exposed to something that could possibly be addictive, I realize that it’s harmful to me and stop. When I start to feel out of whack or abnormal, I stop doing it. Maybe I just question the motives too much… I don’t know.

There is one thing that I do understand the addiction to…

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“Issues of self worth may have you worrying about love, but chances are your fears aren’t well-grounded. You are not a stranger to feeling misunderstood, and may be stuck in the past as you remember an old emotional wound. Look carefully at what’s happening in your present life and focus on the potential rather than the problems.

Sunday, October 15, 2006″