Month of Stealing Posts: GraphJam

November is always my "month of" month. I will pick a topic and pretty much stick to posts that deal with that topic. I've done a month of bacon, enchiladas, relationships/cookies... and maybe that's it. I can't really remember, and I'm too lazy to look it up. Anyway, this month, I am just going to steal ideas for my posts from other blogs. How's that for being a lazy blogger? Awesome, I say. Just awesome.

First post.

Blog idea stolen from GraphJam.

The end.

If you would like to recommend another blog from which I should steal a post, please let me know. If not, then just sit back and enjoy my stolen posts!

Something to Brighten Your Monday

I like it when people get me, even if it's just one little part of me. A couple of weeks ago a friend purchased the following for me and brought it by my office:


It is cheese with pieces of bacon in it. It is bacon cheese! Kind of reminds me of the bacon cheese mat.

Fortunately, I was able to thank my friend and another by the adding of steamed asparagus to this cheese in the melted form. And we partook. And we were happy.

Have a good week!

If Pixar Shorts Were My Children, There Would Be Favortism

Good thing they aren't my kids. I love that Pixar has those delightful short movies before their full-length feature film. It is awesome. It's like the delicious hors d'oeuvres before the scrumptious meal, if you will. Apparently Pixar shorts are a metaphor to many things in life, like children and food.

Anyway, if I were to rank the shorts by my enjoyment of them, then hypothetically and in theory, it would look something like this: (That is, if I were to rank them.)

1.


Lifted

Oh my. I absolutely loved this one. The animation was fantastic. The personalities of the aliens were apparent even without verbal communication. But really, I think that the kicker for me was the guy in bed at his house. I share the ability to sleep really deeply, and the situation was fantastic. It was all very delightfully ... ironic.

2.


Luxo Jr.

Awwww... this one is so cute. I love the little lamp and how it's so carefree and fun and enjoying the ball. And then it's so sad when the ball loses all the air. And then it's so exciting that Luxo Jr. gets a bigger ball. Yay! I think that we can all relate to that to some degree. Sometimes that happens in life.

3.

Partly Cloudy

I actually thought that this one was really touching. I mean, it's super funny, but it almost made me want to weep. That stork ... if it were a person, bless that person. Bless that stork. Oh, Pixar, you are so brilliant.

4.


Boundin'

So honestly, I didn't really like this one at first. There is something about cowboy poetry that really irritates me at first. And the animation kind of offended my eyes at first. Remember, I have issues with claymationy stuff, and Pixar is terribly borderline as far as its likeness to claymation. Anyway, I really like it now. I enjoy the message, and I think that the little sheep is all cute when it's boundin' along.

5.


Geri's Game

This one is so mind-bogglingly brilliant. Maybe it was a little disturbing to me at first, but it's really just plain funny.

6.


For the Birds

This is another one I had to get used to. It's brilliant, but every single one of the birds is mean in this one at some point. I really enjoy the part when the feathers are falling down. There is something really beautiful to me about things floating or falling in a group towards the ground. Like leaves. Or snow. Or blue feathers.

7.


Knick Knack

I have a love/hate with the music in this one. It's totally perfect for it, but I almost hate it. But I kind of like it. I am torn. Alright, so the plot of this one is pretty funny, but for some reason, I can never really feel for the snowman. He just seems kind of cranky. Enjoyable still, though.

8.


Presto

The rabbit just wants a carrot, you magician meanie! And rabbit? You're really mean to the magician! Sometimes this one just makes me feel so uncomfortable. Especially any part with the magician in the scene because he is on the wrong side of animation. Too close to that claymationy disturbing, I guess. Still, though, I rejoiced when the rabbit got the carrot. I couldn't help it.

9.


One Man Band

This one is the bastard child of my litter. The One Man Band men were absolutely disturbing to me in their animation. Creepy. This is why we are looking at the kid with the two coins. It is bearable. And the kid? Not that great. I felt nothing for the kid. Actually, I thought the kid should have run away screaming from the two creepy and scary guys. I will say, though, that I think that the music in this one is excellent.

So, how about you? Do you disagree? Agree?

And Bring Your Dragons Three, Climb Up My Hemlock Tree

Sometimes I can't think of the right word. I love the Thesaurus. Unfortunately, I still couldn't find the right word, even with the Thesaurus. Basically, I'm looking for a synonym of vain, self-serving, etc. That's what this post is. A little bit. I'm going to essentially tell you how great I am. If you don't want to hear it, you should stop reading now.

One thing that is awesome about me is that I realize that I have power over my own feelings, especially for my feelings about other people. I can choose to feel or think different things about people. I think a large number of individuals think that they can't help it if they love or hate someone. I totally disagree.

I am also not the kind of person that checks people out all the time. I don't go around looking at people as eye candy all the time. Generally, when I meet someone, it takes some kind of outside influence for me to check them out. I basically view everyone as a friend upon first encounter. I don't constantly have my radar on looking for hot people.

And now, the story. The other week I was just going about my life as usual, minding my own business and being silly. All of a sudden a guy I didn't know made a derogatory remark about his own appearance. This remark caused me to notice him. And so I checked him out, basically. And not only was his remark not true, but I actually thought to myself, "Wow. He is really hot. I am totally physically attracted to him." And actually, because I don't constantly have my hotness radar on, experiences like that are sometimes good for me to have because it helps remind me that I should really care about dating.

Upon further experiences with this person, I found that I was not only physically attracted to him, but I also really liked him. So I developed a crush. Unfortunately, he does not meet some of the essential requirements of a person who I should date, so he is off the radar. But I still kind of had a crush.

Now back to the awesomeness of the ability to choose who we like. I'm so glad that I realize that even though I was totally crushing on this guy who wouldn't be good for me to really like and/or pursue, I don't have to continue to like him. I can choose to not continue these crush-like feelings for him. And that is awesome. It is so relieving to know that I can stop the feelings of crush. I know that I make it sound so easy, like it's some switch that you can turn on or off, which it isn't, but yet, it is possible to change those feelings. And that is cool. And sometimes I have to pray a while (even sometimes a long while) to get rid of some of the feelings for the crushes, but I guess that I am just so happy about that. ... that I CAN choose and that life isn't so dramatically hopeless when you find someone that is totally attractive to you who wouldn't be good for you.

Hooray for choice and that we can choose our loves, our friends, and our enemies!

Tell Me You Love My Kitchen

Tell me you love this cupcake.

Behold, it is evidence of a maple bacon flavored cupcake!

Cash, Tino, and I took a trip to Las Vegas last week, and I just had to stop by Retro Bakery and try their goods. I was alerted to their awesomeness via Jill, a high school classmate who I cyber stalk. If you haven't seen their cupcakes, then I should warn you before you go to the site. You will become hungry instantly and have desires to visit the bakery. I know from experience.

Anyway, the maple bacon cupcake was good. I do love bacon, and it was good (and a must-try), but I think that other flavors are more pleasing to me in cupcake form. Such as the pink lemonade cupcake. I thought it was so delightful! Cash got an Oreo cupcake, which I tried and was good, and Tino ended up getting the raspberry cheesecake-flavored cupcake. He really liked it. I guess it's their flavor of the month. Anyway. This isn't an advertisement. It is more like me blubbering over the fact that I finally got to try the cupcakes and loved them! It's a recommendation, I guess. ...if you're a cupcake kind of person (and I am).

Now tell me that you love my kitchen.

It doesn't have much in it as far as cooking supplies go, but I already L.O.V.E. it. It's an acronym. Figure it out yourself.