18 thrilling details about my life

in the spirit of being a real human being,

here are 18 real-human-being details of my life this week:

1. work is busy

2. i want to live in europe for about a year or something

3. i started a travel board on pinterest

4. i found a rubber snake in the produce section

5. i think the deli man put it there

6. he had the crazy eyes

7. the deli man, not the snake

8. admittedly, they both had the crazy eyes

9. i think i need to eat more iron? how do you tell?

10. i'm in a running funk but training must go on

11. i bought three little pumpkins

12. i am ready to welcome autumn with open arms

13. i finally bought real groceries yesterday

14. it'd been a looong time

15. i ate chocolate cake for first dinner yesterday

16. i ate second dinner later, don't worry

17. i honestly don't even like chocolate cake very much

18. the following picture speaks to me:

Source: busybeelauren.tumblr.com via Katie Elizabeth on Pinterest

tell me some things about your life, maybe?

there's a snake in my boots,
katilda

how to love yourself without hating other people ▲

Another working title for this blog post might be,

"how NOT to have self esteem"

Let's start with the fact that I almost liked this inspirational meme until the part in yellow:

Dearest creator of this poster,

who cares what your skinny roommate is doing?

what does that have to do with your body?

I've written about this topic before,

in relation to skinny girls being the enemy.

unfortunately,

it's rare to find someone who's able to eloquently state their opinions these days without using hate or insult or comparison to get their point across.

you want to be a stay-at-home mom?

awesome. that doesn't make working women the enemy.

are you curvy and not a size 2?

awesome. that doesn't make skinny girls the enemy.

you want to be republican?

awesome. that doesn't make democrats the enemy.

you want to go to hogwarts?

awesome. that doesn't make death eaters the...

no wait, i take that last part back.

the point is,

a self-esteem that's built on tearing others down to make yourself feel good about your own life isn't healthy self-esteem at all.

it's actually just childish.

i think it takes someone with true class and intelligence to be able to defend their own position simply on its good merits, without needing to insult the other side to do so.

try this approach:

stop worrying what everyone else is doing that's different than you, and you might finally end up happy and at peace with your own life.

you can be like this majestic stallion,

galloping regally in the wind with your blinders on:

[via]

because, seriously, who doesn't want to be a majestic stallion?

now let's all hold hands and practice the phrase,

"i think i'm right and that doesn't make you satan."

free-love hippie blog post,

katilda

kickstarter my heart.

so...kickstarter.

heard of it? it's an online crowd-funding site.

basically, you share a good idea.

then people give you moneys if they dig your idea.

i was looking at the categories on the site,

and i thought to mineself,

what would i invent in some of these areas?

and thus i decided...

film

given that i can't act, i think a silent film is my best bet for this one.

i think it might involve sock puppets.

[via]

music

an entire CD of my rubber-band shoe-box guitar compositions.

[via]

comics

a romance about the redhanded bandit and the caped crusader.

and by that i mean a romance about me and christian bale.

[via]

dance

well, it would involve this move and this move, that's for sure.

fashion

all fashion i design would include sequins.

and spandex.

[via]

games

ok so i'm thinking maybe a video game about a short overalled man with a moustache who can throw turtle shells and is trying to rescue a princess...?

wait, what do you mean it's already been done.

[via]

theatre

i'm pretty sure it would involve me singing show tunes and shimmying across a stage for a couple hours.

details are fuzzy aside from that.

it'd be something like this:

[via]

sooo...whatdyasay?

would you donate to any of these killer ideas?

and what would YOU be prone to inventing?

also, let's look at the sock puppet one more time:

thomas edison ain't got nothin' on me,

katilda

freelance blogging for JacksonWhite Attorneys at Law.

videos of joy.

fridays are meant for happiness.

and this video is one big serving of delicious happiness:

...i watched it thrice.

and if you love you some baseball like i do,

then go here for more happiness.

and for some goosebumps.

and while we're at it, you should probably watch this too.

be sure to read the video description. it made me giggle.

then do some inspirational chanting.

and slow clapping.

i think it's time for me to stop writing.

and stop crying about that Rudy clip.

your favorite videos of the week?

friday brain,

katilda

mid-morning fudgsicle & elphaba legs

i decided a couple key things today:

1. i'm pretty sure my conscience lives in my tummy. 

i can feel it tickling around in there when i'm making important decisions. 

either that or i swallowed a cricket at some point in time.

2. eating a fudgsicle just isn't the same experience unless you eat part of the wrapper because you couldn't scrape it off with a fork, and i'm not just saying that to make myself feel better.

3. yes, 10am is a completely acceptable time to eat a fudgsicle.

also,

guess what i'm doing tonight to celebrate mardi gras...

[via]

don't you even worry that i'm planning on wearing green tights.

not messin' around,

katilda

p.s.
if i swallowed a piece of paper, am i going to grow a tree in my stomach?
maybe my conscience wanted a tire swing...?

in my noodle: swag, mucus & chicken nuggets

i was just pondering what to blog about

and it turns out, i think about a lot of things

in the ol' noodle, as i mentioned

noggin

cabesa

whathaveyou

[anyone else thinking about PBJ otter right now? noodle dance?]

anyway

here's what we've got today...

now you can pick what's most interesting to you

and pretend that my blog was personalized and relevant to your life

"win win win!"

[only one person in the world can name THAT quote and its reference. tiff? you reading this?]

items of mental discussion:

i'm pretty particular about water bottles. namely, i hate it when they're cold because then the condensation monster gets all up in my bizness and everything gets wet. i hate it when everything gets wet. i also can't stand the pop-top kind. even if it has a pop-top, i will still unscrew it and drink it the way i prefer. why? no one knows.

i notice teeth a lot. this could be because i have braces and i pine [oh sweet betsy how i pine!] to have pretty, straight teeth again that i can obsessively use crest whitening strips on. in the meantime, i'll just look at everyone else's teeth. don't go feeling all self-conscious now.

i'm getting my braces off sometime in the next 3-4 months. i'm not telling you when, because surprises are fun!

i actually don't think all surprises are fun.

i like the word swag. i really want to incorporate this into my everyday vernacular.

i also like the word vernacular.

it's probably my favorite thing ever when i see guys buying flowers at the grocery store. some lucky lady back home thinks she's just getting a loaf of bread, but little does she know! ohmyfercuteness.

i really like getting flowers. such pretty little things.

i like twitter.

[@k8ehawkes, yo!]

i haven't made the pinterest leap yet.

or spotify.

though, i do want to try me some spotify.

i laugh really hard when i watch about a boy. i don't know why it's sodangfunny to me. maybe i just automatically approve of hugh grant at all times, canyoublameme?

[thx chantalion!]

i am an introvert.

i am also an extrovert.

perhaps i am just a vert.

when i shower, i always perform my cleanliness activities in the exact same order. i even face a certain wall during each routine. is this OCD-ish, or normal? [maybe you do it too and you just haven't noticed. now you will notice. you're welcome.]

a reallycuteboy once told me i had a booger on my face. in my defense, we were swimming. everyone has this problem while swimming, right? nostrils just gettin all crizzazy and thinking they can do whatevs they want. sigh.

yesterday the chicken nuggets in the cafeteria were really spicy.

like, way too spicy.

they were also neon, fire-orange.

in retrospect, this should have been a tip-off.

i currently have the noodle dance song stuck in my head.

this morning i laughed in public.

this morning whilst laughing in public, i choked on some mucus hiding in my throat and it made a horrible throttled noise that sounded notsomuch like laughter and likely greatly disturbed the people around me and led them to believe i have horrific, bacterial diseases contracted in an unseemly manner. shrug.

i would someday like to spend some time living in the countryside in europe, buying food at little markets and making friends with the locals. scarves and daily hot chocolate will be involved. maybe i can do this when i write my book. "mi manifesto!" [reference? anyone? geezlouise i love quizzing you guys!]

there's an annoying bubble in my iphone screen protector thing. i've tried to squish that amoeba away multiple times in the last 48 hrs. it is still there. looking at me right now. hooverdam you, stubborn amoeba bubble.

amoeba is a hard word to spell.

hooverdam is a fun word to use.

i have a potentially unhealthy relationship with sticky notes.

i think we need to focus on the following picture now. it's not THE funniest thing i've ever seen, but there's something about a cat in a turtleneck...or anyone in a turtleneck, for that matter...

[via busybeelauren]

welp.

the ol' gray matter is just about sponged out for the moment.

seriously, i'm surprised you're still reading this...

what's in your noodle today?