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Just to prove that I am totally bored with my life, I did another quiz type of deal..

7 Things I Want To Do Before I Die:

~Not only own my own home, but hopefully see it paid off.
~Travel the world.
~Publish a children's novel, or a novel in general that people all over the world will enjoy.
~Meet a man I'm willing to spend the rest of my life with and vice versa, get hitched in a simple ceremony and have a big blowout reception with all our friends and family.
~Experience what it's like to be a real mother and grandmother.
~Live in an Italian Villa for a year.
~For once have no health issues.


7 Things That Attract Me To The Opposite Sex:

~An accent
~A great smile, dimples just push me over the edge
~An infectious laugh/Sense of humor
~A scent that draws my attention
~Well manicured hands (and no it's not what you think)
~His personal style
~Dark deep eyes, dark hair get me every time


7 Things I Say Most Often:

~"Perfect"/"Hello, X-ray"/"9-12, 1-4"/"Take as big a breath as you can" (okay, so they are all from work)
~"Damnit"
~"Whatever"
~"Yeah, yeah, yeah"
~"For the love of peanut butter" (which is really weird seeing how I'm deathly allergic to peanuts)
~ "Kali!!!" (surprise, surprise)
~*growl*


7 Books I Like A Lot:
~ Early V.C. Andrews series ie Flowers in the Attic, Heaven, Ruby and Dawn series (Suuuure it's all incest but I liked them, so shush!)
~Shopaholic Series
~Bridget Jones' books (soo much better than the movies)
~Harry Potter Series
~"Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell (the Sequel 'Scarlet' was enjoyable too)
~Anne of Green Gables Series (although I'm not entirely sure I finished the last books)
~'The Notebook'


7 Qualities I Dislike in People:

~People who constantly suck up or brown nose
~People who act fake to fit the people they are with instead of just being themselves
~People who think their opinion matters more than anyone else and are not open to new ideas, suggestions or critisism
~People who have no initiative whatsoever to better themselves
~People who are serious 24/7 and can't lighten up and have fun
~People who are rude/grumpy
~People who are two-faced/liars


7 Favorite Movies (Drama):

~Terms of Endearment
~My Girl
~Forrest Gump
~Chocolat
~Gone with the Wind
~The Notebook
~A league of their Own


7 Favorite Movies (Comedy):

~Napoleon Dynamite
~Austin Powers Series
~Shrek
~Some Like it Hot
~Ferris Bueller's Day Off
~Wedding Singer
~National Lampoon's Vacation (any of them)


7 Favorite Movies (Chick flicks):

~Bridget Jones' Diary
~Ever After
~Under the Tuscan Sun
~Now and Then
~Runaway Bride
~Kate and Leopold
~Sweet Home Alabama


7 Bad Traits/ Habits I Have:

~My need for organziation, although this does not extend to my own bedroom.
~Channel surfing. I just cannot stand to watch or listen to commercials be it the radio or television.
~I talk too fast and too much some times.
~Not as patient as I'd like, so I tend to snap or be abarupt with people.
~I fidget. Be it clicking pens, tapping my fingers on desks or playing with hair.
~Spoilers. Be it reading the last page of a book or reading spoilers on the internet about my favorite show.
~Waking up at the last possible minute and going to bed as late as I can, regardless of how tired I know I will be in the morning.



7 Things I Can't Do:

~Sing (although I love to annoy people when I attempt to)
~Dance (lets just say it's scary)
~Draw
~Repeat a joke if my life depended on it
~Survive a day without feeling doom and gloom for just a second
~Find vegetables I like besides carrots, asparagus, brocoli, beans
~Work out every single day for more an hour


7 People I Admire (or Admired):

Sadly enough I can't think or anyone...


7 Things I Would Do if I Won the Lottery (assuming it's a big one):

~Pay off my car
~Pay off my parent's house
~Take my parents/brother and friends on a kick ass vacation (seperate of course)
~Have my dream house built!
~Have some surgery to hide my "battle marks" from previous surgeries
~Hire a personal trainer and an awesome personal chef
~Buy something completely crazy and expensive and frivilous


7 Things I Contemplated Being When I Grew Up:

~Author
~Teacher
~Interior Designer
~Massage Therapist
~Nutritionist
~Mother
~Artist (although I don't have an artist bone in my body)


7 Biggest Regrets:

~Losing certain friendships over the years.
~Putting on some weight after I lost a bunch of it after my second intestional surgery
~Not taking better care of myself
~Not taking any chances in regards to schooling or traveling
~Not being able to know my paternal grandparents
~Not going to St. Boniface College
~Going into MRI straight out of x-ray


7 'Simple Things' I Appreciate Most:

~An unexpected hug, just when I need it most
~The first snow fall of winter
~A really great first kiss
~Receiving a greeting card or postcard in the mail, just because
~A compliment that makes my day
~ a simple "Thank-You"
~Puppy kisses


7 Places I'd Rather Be Right Now (in the United States):

~California
~Hawaii
~Vermont
~Nevada - good thing I'm going there next week
~Florida
~Montana
~North Carolina



7 Jobs I've Had in My Life:

~babysitting
~form organization for a Member of Parliament
~Surveyor at a grocery store (was only a weekend job)
~Lottery sales associate
~X-ray Tech (present)


7 TV Shows I Love to Watch:

~Grey's Anatomy
~Alias
~Veronica Mars
~Gilmore Girls
~Arrested Development
~Roswell
~Buffy


7 Websites I Visit Daily:

~Where I do my online baking
~Watch with Kristin or Kristin’s Message Board
~Celebrity babies
~My friend’s blogs/livejournals
~Where I have my various e-mail accounts
~ Spoilerfix.com
~Get Fuzzy



7 Favorite Foods:

~Fresh homemade Foccacia bread with olive oil and basalmic vinegar
~Roasted Turkey with stuffing
~Chocolate
~Homemade chicken fingers
~Waffles with strawberries with whipped cream
~Mars Bar Slice
~Perogies


7 Things I'm Afraid Of:

~Failure
~Pulling out in front of oncoming traffic (I hate to report that I'm one of those people you curse and say, "That bitch could have made it three times by now!")
~Reaching my forties and living alone with my dog
~Losing the people that are the closest to me
~Never losing my weight and becoming an actual ‘Jabba the Hutt’
~Never finding that special guy that I’m meant to spend the rest of my life with or finding a guy who I think is “the one” and dumps/divorces me
~Dying young



Phew, that took a while

Happy Birfday!

Happy

Birthday

Lynnsey!!

Finally, someone else has joined me at 24. I was getting pretty tired of complaining about my hip and all, now that I'm soo incredibly old. Now we can commiserate together about our failing hips and back, eh ;)

What songs say about me

What do you think of me?
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous – Good Charlotte
Well who is “you” ? Any one in general? Or someone specific? At any rate, apparently I’m rich and famous in someone’s eyes. Maybe right to some degree…moving on….

Will I have a happy life?
Ready To Run – Dixie Chicks
Well maybe not with love, because all I want to do is run and have fun. Run from commitment and all that stuff. Always ready to run when things get tough, so yeah, I’ll have a happy life.

What do my friends think of me?
At Last – Eva Cassidy
My friends think of me as an old love song? Ummm *backs away* I like you all, but not in *that* way. Or maybe it means that I make their lonely days go away, make their skies blue, give them a thrill ? Either way, it just sounds bad…Let’s never speak of this again.

Do people secretly lust after me?
My Favorite Game – Cardigans
I guess they do. I am their “favorite game,” yay for me. I have never made anything easy in life.

How can I make myself happy?
Crocodile Rock – Elton John
Oh, Elton, how did you know me? I go dancing, being carefree and happy. Or at least Elton says so.

What should I do with my life?
Hoy Que Ya No Estas Aqui – Il Divo aka “As Far As Any Man Can See”
I really don’t know how to answer this one. I am supposed to continue with mind games and keep my distance from men to make them want me more? Or is it that as far as any man can see, I am the greatest person in the whole world and I shall take over the world?

Why must life be so full of pain?
She Don’t Want Nobody Near – Counting Crows
That’s right – because she don’t want nobody near. ???

Will I have children?
Dirty Walls – Our Lady Peace
Once again, how do I answer this. The song is about I have no clue really. I don’t even think I’ve really heard it. I tried looking at the lyrics but all it comes across is negativity, about not destroying, not ignoring the dirty walls…. Really? What does this tell me?

Will I die happy?
More Than Us – Travis
Umm, maybe in love, maybe not? It’s not clear. Or maybe it’s supposed to be that by the time I die, I just won’t be sure that it was love. I guess I just won’t be sure.

Can you give me some advice?
Seasons of Love – Rent
How do I measure a year in my life? Go and measure it by love – oh boy, then it is going to be a sad, sad, sad year for me.

What do you think happiness is?
Once Again – Moka Only
Gr-eat, happiness is having your boyfriends/sex-puppet wanting to only be casual from winter to spring. Love is big mistake, hanging for a while, liking your smile. Um o-kay. Then wanting to love you again.

What is my favorite fetish?
Dream House – Dane Cook
O-kay, my dream house is fetish. Leave it to Dane Cook to be creative.

How will I be remembered
Smile for Me – Massari Feat. Loon
So I’m going to be remembered for smiling at a guy and being around for him to be his lover. To quote the song “to make it hotter.” Riiiiight.

I’m not sure, if I want to thank Lynnsey for this or curse her for making me do this. Mine sucked horridly. Not even funny in the least. Curses!!!

Movie Meme

In the age of creating memes, I have found a new level of boredom and created one. Bold the names of the movies you have seen and put in italics the ones you wish to see.

All lists were compiled by the American Instuitute of Film. The link can be found at http://www.filmsite.org/index.html .

AMERICA's 100 GREATEST COMEDIC MOVIES

1. Some Like It Hot (1959)
2. Tootsie (1982)
3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
4. Annie Hall (1977)
5. Duck Soup (1933)
6. Blazing Saddles (1974)
7. M*A*S*H (1970)
8. It Happened One Night (1934)
9. The Graduate (1967)
10. Airplane! (1980)
11. The Producers (1968)
12. A Night at the Opera (1935)
13. Young Frankenstein (1974)
14. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
15. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
16. Singin' In The Rain (1952)  
17. The Odd Couple (1968)  - May have seen it, not entirely sure
18. The General (1927)
19. His Girl Friday (1940)
20. The Apartment (1960)
21. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
22. Adam's Rib (1949)
23. When Harry Met Sally.... (1989)
24. Born Yesterday (1950)
25. The Gold Rush (1925)
26. Being There (1979)
27. There's Something About Mary (1998)
28. Ghostbusters (1984)
29. This is Spinal Tap (1984)
30. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
31. Raising Arizona (1987)
32. The Thin Man (1934)
33. Modern Times (1936)
34. Groundhog Day (1993)
35. Harvey (1950)
36. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
37. The Great Dictator (1940)
38. City Lights (1931)
39. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
40. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
41. Moonstruck (1987)
42. Big (1988)
43. American Graffiti (1973)
44. My Man Godfrey (1936)
45. Harold and Maude (1972)
46. Manhattan (1979)
47. Shampoo (1975)
48. A Shot in the Dark (1964)
49. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
50. Cat Ballou (1965)
51. The Seven Year Itch (1955)
52. Ninotchka (1939)
53. Arthur (1981)
54. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
55. The Lady Eve (1941)
56. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
57. Diner (1982)
58. It's a Gift (1934)
59. A Day at the Races (1937)
60. Topper (1937)
61. What's Up, Doc? (1972)
62. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
63. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
64. Broadcast News (1987)
65. Horse Feathers (1932)
66. Take the Money and Run (1969)
67. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
68. The Awful Truth (1937)
69. Bananas (1971)
70. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) – but I have seen the updated version with Adam Sandler
71. Caddyshack (1980)
72. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
73. Monkey Business (1931)
74. 9 To 5 (1980)
75. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
76. Victor/Victoria (1982)
77. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
78. Road to Morocco (1942)
79. The Freshman (1925)
80. Sleeper (1973)
81. The Navigator (1924)
82. Private Benjamin (1980)
83. Father of the Bride (1950) – I’ve seen the updated one though
84. Lost in America (1985)
85. Dinner at Eight (1933)
86. City Slickers (1991)
87. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
88. Beetlejuice (1988)
89. The Jerk (1979)
90. Woman of the Year (1942)
91. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
92. Ball of Fire (1941)
93. Fargo (1996)
94. Auntie Mame (1958)
95. Silver Streak (1976)
96. Sons of the Desert (1933)
97. Bull Durham (1988)
98. The Court Jester (1956)
99. The Nutty Professor (1963)
100. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

Well twenty-seven out of 100 isn’t horrible.

AMERICA's 100 GREATEST ROMANCE MOVIES

1. Casablanca (1942)


2. Gone With The Wind (1939)


3. West Side Story (1961)  - but I have seen the play before


4. Roman Holiday (1953)


5. An Affair to Remember (1957)


6. The Way We Were (1973)


7. Doctor Zhivago (1965)


8. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)


9. Love Story (1970)


10. City Lights (1931)


11. Annie Hall (1977)


12. My Fair Lady (1964)


13. Out of Africa (1985)


14. The African Queen (1951)


15. Wuthering Heights (1939)


16. Singin' In The Rain (1952)


17. Moonstruck (1987)


18. Vertigo (1958)


19. Ghost (1990)


20. From Here to Eternity (1953)


21. Pretty Woman (1990)


22. On Golden Pond (1981)


23. Now, Voyager (1942)


24. King Kong (1933)


25. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)


26. The Lady Eve (1941)


27. The Sound of Music (1965)


28. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)


29. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)


30. Swing Time (1936)


31. The King and I (1956)


32. Dark Victory (1939)


33. Camille (1937)


34. Beauty and the Beast (1991)


35. Gigi (1958)


36. Random Harvest (1942)


37. Titanic (1997)


38. It Happened One Night (1934)


39. An American in Paris (1951)


40. Ninotchka (1939)


41. Funny Girl (1968)


42. Anna Karenina (1935)


43. A Star is Born (1954)


44. The Philadelphia Story (1940)


45. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)


46. To Catch a Thief (1955)


47. Splendor in the Grass (1961)


48. Last Tango in Paris (1972)


49. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)


50. Shakespeare in Love (1998)


51. Bringing Up Baby (1938)


52. The Graduate (1967)


53. A Place in the Sun (1951)


54. Sabrina (1954)


55. Reds (1981)


56. The English Patient (1996)


57. Two For the Road (1967)


58. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)


59. Picnic (1955)


60. To Have and Have Not (1944)


61. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)


62. The Apartment (1960)


63. Sunrise (1927)


64. Marty (1955)


65. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)


66. Manhattan (1979)


67. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)


68. What's Up, Doc? (1972)


69. Harold and Maude (1971)


70. Sense and Sensibility (1995)


71. Way Down East (1920)


72. Roxanne (1987)


73. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)


74. Woman of the Year (1942)


75. The American President (1995)


76. The Quiet Man (1952)


77. The Awful Truth (1937)


78. Coming Home (1978)


79. Jezebel (1938)


80. The Sheik (1921)


81. The Goodbye Girl (1977)


82. Witness (1985)


83. Morocco (1930)


84. Double Indemnity (1944)


85. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)


86. Notorious (1946)


87. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)


88. The Princess Bride (1987)


89. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)


90. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)


91. Working Girl (1988)


92. Porgy and Bess (1959)


93. Dirty Dancing (1987)


94. Body Heat (1981)


95. Lady and the Tramp (1955)


96. Barefoot in the Park (1967)


97. Grease (1978)


98. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)


99. Pillow Talk (1959)


100. Jerry Maguire (1996)

Only 29 out of 100? I thought I’d seen more than this, but I guess not. Guess I’ll just have to work on that, now won’t I?

AMERICA's 100 GREATEST MOVIES
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Casablanca (1942)
3. The Godfather (1972)
4. Gone With The Wind (1939)
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
7. The Graduate (1967)
8. On The Waterfront (1954)
9. Schindler's List (1993)
10. Singin' In The Rain (1952)
11. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
12. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
13. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
14. Some Like It Hot (1959)
15. Star Wars (1977)
16. All About Eve (1950)
17. The African Queen (1951)
18. Psycho (1960)
19. Chinatown (1974)
20. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
23. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
24. Raging Bull (1980)
25. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
26. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
27. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
28. Apocalypse Now (1979)
29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
31. Annie Hall (1977)
32. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
33. High Noon (1952)
34. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
35. It Happened One Night (1934)
36. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
38. Double Indemnity (1944)
39. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
40. North By Northwest (1959)
41. West Side Story (1961)
42. Rear Window (1954)
43. King Kong (1933)
44. The Birth Of A Nation (1915)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
46. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
47. Taxi Driver (1976)
48. Jaws (1975)
50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
51. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
52. From Here to Eternity (1953)
53. Amadeus (1984)
55. The Sound of Music (1965)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. The Third Man (1949)
58. Fantasia (1940)
59. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
60. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
61. Vertigo (1958)
62. Tootsie (1982)
63. Stagecoach (1939)
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
65. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
66. Network (1976)
67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
68. An American In Paris (1951)
69. Shane (1953)
70. The French Connection (1971)
71. Forrest Gump (1994)
72. Ben-Hur (1959)
73. Wuthering Heights (1939)
74. The Gold Rush (1925)
75. Dances With Wolves (1990)
76. City Lights (1931)
77. American Graffiti (1973)
78. Rocky (1976)
79. The Deer Hunter (1978)
80. The Wild Bunch (1969)
81. Modern Times (1936)
82. Giant (1956)
83. Platoon (1986)
84. Fargo (1996)
85. Duck Soup (1933)
86. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
87. Frankenstein (1931)
88. Easy Rider (1969)
89. Patton (1970)
90. The Jazz Singer (1927)
91. My Fair Lady (1964)
92. A Place in the Sun (1951)
93. The Apartment (1960)
94. GoodFellas (1990)
95. Pulp Fiction (1994)
96. The Searchers (1956)
97. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
98. Unforgiven (1992)
99. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
100. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)


A total of Twenty-three films out of a hundred that I have seen. Thinking about it, I’m not sure if I want that number to be high or not. If it’s high, then I know I’ve been watching way too many movies. On the other hand if the number it low, than it means I’m just watching a lot of plain-jane films.

Now on to something productive…..like planning next weekend and creating my Vegas Book….

Requested List

Hey guys!

As per requested, I will post a few items that are available for purchase towards my birthday.

Some books include :
Author: Emily Griffin
1) "Something Borrowed"
2) "Something Blue"

Author: Meg Cabot
3) "Size 12 Is Not Fat"
4)"Boy Next Door"

5) The Givenchy Code - Julie Kenner

Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats: a Year of Deliciously Different Dinners by Rachael Ray


Cds
Collective Soul - Collective Soul

Board Games:
- Mad Gab
- Outburst

That's about all I can come up with.

Poodle + Gopher = ROTFLMAO

What do you get when you cross a poodle and the gopher from the movie ‘Caddyshack’?

A large amount of laughter on my behalf is what.

Apparently poodles are not fond of dancing and singing gophers, especially when the voice is that of Kenny Loggins singing “I’m Alright,” for some odd reason this scares them. Personally, I found the whole thing amusing. The poodle was running away from it, barking at it and my favorite eventually attacking it as if it were her mortal enemy. *sigh* Good times.

Now that I think of it, in ‘Caddyshack 2’ at the very end the gopher thought a poodle was the cat’s meow. How appropriate.

Plus….. VEGAS in less than 3 Weeks… WOO HOO!!! (Do I sound excited? HUH? HUH? HUH?)

Actually it’s been kind of funny. All weekend long, every time I turned on the television there was a program or movie that had something to do with Las Vegas. For example, there was CSI (set in Las Vegas), Miss Congeniality 2 (set in Las Vegas) and finally Vegas Vacation.

I was watching these shows just thinking about how great it is going to be to actually be there. To see the bright lights and get sucked in by the power of the almighty dollar. Money!!! (Just because I said that, I’m doomed to win little, boo! )

Nevertheless in three weeks time I will be sitting comfortably in my Stratosphere room living it up as I should be. Actually I hope I’m not in my room but out having a ball but hey at least I’m away from my craptacular job and boring, uneventful life.

On that note, I’m off to read later days!

Gosh darn those signs!

Yesterday I came home from work to find my Kraft Kitchen's magazine. I totally love that magazine, its best mail a person can get. As it turns out this was not the only thing in the mail. Apparently the 'Gods' are still trying to send me a sign.

From time to time I receive all sorts of solicitations in the hopes of luring me away to Alberta, England or just plain Europe in general. In most cases it is aimed at CT techs, but for whatever reason, I get these things. Honestly I have no clue how I get them, but whatever. Normally I just toss them in the trash because they are of no interest to me.

This time is a bit different. Apparently the 'Gods' are still sending signs for MRI because this time the little pamphlet is about taking MRI by correspondence. How insane is that? Of course most techs that graduated around the same time as me, I'm sure received this too, but I thought it was funny. Of course I would never do this correspondence version, but all of these 'so-called' signs are driving me nuts.

It is that time for year though. Most people have to apply by April or so, this means they have to bombard with pamphlets about various difference programs and moving to another area of the world. It’s completely nuts.

I just am so torn about this decision. Do I or do I not go into MRI. Some days I don’t even know if I want to even continue in the medical field.  I guess everyone has days like these but lately I’m able to think of more. My mother parading around telling everyone I’m going back to school next fall isn’t helping the cause either. I’m convinced more people “know” I’m returning to school than me. Why can’t life be simple again? Back in the days when the hardest choice you faced was ‘blue’ or ‘green’ crayon?

*sigh*

Is it wrong I just feel like sleeping and waking up years in the future after all these decisions have been made? Fine, that’s illogical, but what do you expect? I am almost 24 (9 days - unfortunately) and have yet to accomplish half of anything I expected to have achieved by now.

Even watching the tv show ‘Scrubs’ last night was reminding me of this fact. In this particular episode J.D. was going on how he hadn’t completed a list he had made for when he turned thirty. I have no such list, at least not tangible but nonetheless I could relate to this.  I have lots to achieve just not enough will power. *pulls hair out* Grr!

But on this note I digress…

The days are approaching Theresa and mine trip to Las Vegas! Woot to that! I will even have my own little Passport before we go, or at least I <strong>should</strong>. Finally the trip is starting to feel real. I’m starting to think I’m just becoming numb to life, how creepy. But at least I will have Vegas. It should be fun. A week of gambling and bright lights and all that jazz! Not quite looking forward to flying, but hey, it’s still Viva Las Vegas!!!

I can’t believe we’re actually going to do it. How incredible. We are even going to catch a ‘Cirque du Soleil’ show, so I’m all pumped. Plus no winter coats and defrosting the car during that time, yay! Plus it’s without the family, bonus!

Other than this, nothing new and exciting is coming just Vegas. Keep in mind every time I say “Vegas” I’m doing a “Steve Holt, ” and if you know me, like I’m sure you do, you know <i>exactly</i> what I mean by this.  I just can’t stop doing the ‘Holt,’ as I’m officially calling it.  It’s just so much fun. What can I say; I’m slowing regressing back into my childhood.

That reminds me that we should all go sledding one day. I haven’t going tobogganing in <i>years</i> but I’m willing to give it a chance. Broken bones be damned! As God as my witness I will go sledding this year! Yea!

On that note, I am tired and I shall proceed to my chamber of sleep.

Later days.

When fate knocks...

...you know you're in trouble.

Now I don't usually live my life based on fate or destiny or anything of the sort. But lately I've come to the decision that someone, somwhere out there is trying to tell me something. This is not one simple isolated incident either. There are various different "signs" (if you can call them that) leading me in various directions right now. I must say it's darn right confusing.

The first incident happened while watching tv last week. Sure it's the start of a new year and with each passing year, the media tries to shove down everyone throats how people need to lose weight and get in shape. Naturally I was watching TLC and there was this show called "The 750 Pound Man," and if that isn't a wake-up call, I don't know what is. Obviously this aired for these purposes, to envoke the public into getting back into shape but really it just makes you feel worse. Worst of all, I watched it twice that night. The weird thing is that I sometimes feel how he looks. I'm no where as bad as the gentleman on the show, but it was just mind-boggling as to how people can put a lot of stress on the body.

It's one thing to see such a thing on the television, but to see it in person is something different. I remember a few times at the hospital seeing people in similiar conditions. That sure modivates you, but really how long does such modivation last? Eventually you just push those thoughts out of your mind and that's it. Maybe that's just me, 'cause apparently it hasn't helped me move any faster towards the itty-bitty true me. But enough about that.

As for the sign there, I watched that show that night feeling like crap. The next day at work I kept having these mental images of that gentleman from the show from the previous night and it wasn't pleasant. This was also the day when a larger amount of overweight-obese patients came in for x-rays. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones but this felt like a sign to me. Not only had I watched a show, but all the next day I was reminded of it and how I don't want that kind of life. I don't want a relationship, a family or anything until I can get this at a point where I'm satisfied. It's hard to believe it was 7 years ago last when I had the comfort in feeling good about everything. I want to have those feelings again. Doesn't sound like a sign to outsiders, but to me it felt like I was constantly being reminded of it all that next day.

The next sign I kept getting has to do with deciding on continuing my education by applying for the M.R.I. course. That was my original intention by taking x-ray, 5/6 years ago, but plans change. After 2 years, I wasn't in the mood to continue. In hindsight it may have been better to jump straight into it, but I wouldn't have been able to do a lot of the stuff I did accomplish in this past year and a bit. The major "signs" is that I keep seeing and hearing news stories about MRI, and keep seeing one of the teachers from the college. It's all concidence I'm sure, but why now?

I'm sure I'm forgetting some "signs" but I'm tired and gross feeling and just want to go to bed, so I shall.


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