My favorite quote of the day:

"I will go to the animal shelter, and I will get you a kitty cat. I will let you fall in love with that kitty cat. And then on some cold, dark evening, I will steal away into your house... And punch you in the face."



Also: HOUSE CLEANING PARTY AT MY PLACE! Come on in and join the (fun)!

Just thought I'd put up some pictures. It's been quite a while!

( Life Happens )

I KNOW IT'S EARLY, BUT

I'm getting MARRIED, BITCHES.

This fall. We don't have a specific date set yet, but it is what it is. I have a ring on my pretty little finger, Ryan has his in a nice little box. HOLY SHIT I'M GROWING UP.

Plus we bought a car. A 2008 Mazda 6. I love it.

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO FUCKIN' COOL

NAR YOUR ASS NEEDS TO GET UP HERE FOR IT!!!!

I woke up this morning with my eye gunked closed. Yep, pink eye.

I also have a REALLY nasty case of laryngitis. I'm supposed to start a new job on Tuesday!!!! I hope this crap goes away byt hen.

My family keeps irrtitating me, saying I need to go to the doctor's office and "get a prescription" but I've TOLD THEM TIME AND AGAIN you can't get anything for something viral!

...GOD nobody listens to me.

Anyway. I guess I'll talk... hahaha... to you later.

I've discovered the key to keeping Ethan quiet without driving myself insane. Spongebob Squarepants. That show comes on and he shuts the hell up quicker than I can snap my fingers... LoL. It's terrible that I'm planting him in front of the tv all the time, but damn, I need some Ashley Time and that's pretty much the ONLY way I'm gonna get it.

Gil bought a Wii Fit (did I tell you that?) and I've been working out and stuff for the last couple of days (again. But this time I'm going to stick to it, I'm serious, I'm done with being a chunk and feeling self-concious. Am want be MILF) and I've lost just about 4 pounds in just a couple of days. Go me! I'm also almost out of being in the "obese" :( BMI category. Go me!!!

That Swine flu is getting close to home. I guess I don't really understand the hype. Is it supposed to be more deadly than the regular flu? Because I don't know if I even really care.

Maybe that's dumb of me to say.

Oh, well.

<3

Moved out of my mom's house and into downtown K-zoo, college country. I really like living out here - you can literally, BASICALLY walk to every place you need to go. Commutes are much, much shorter. It would take me less than 15 minutes to get to KVCC, and that's pretty cool. Am loving independence. Am still disliking Gil - most of the time. He's actually not so bad when he's not being a jackass.

I'm currently working for the daycare that my cousin works for. She lets me bring Ethan, gives me strange hours and pays decently. Plus she feeds us when we're there. I'm only working like, two days a week there, which is fine, but I think I'm going to need more or find another job. I was employed for McDonalds for a couple short minutes, but they pissed me off so I just stopped going on. Shame on me. But really, if you had to deal with those assholes I think you might've done the same. And it's really irritating when nobody talks to you, just because you're new and they're all clique-y bitches.

Have recently recieved high-speed internet connection. AHH I'M SALIVATING. This is so foreign to me.

My mom had bladder surgery that didn't even work. Sad face.

Ethan now says "shit" at random. Not cool, but hilarious. Very hard not to laugh when he does that.

Am considering joining the National Guard. Holy crap. Need to purchase a tredmil before getting ass handed to me at potential Basic Training. Scared to death of deployment, but it's possible it'd not happen since they're pulling troops out. Don't want to leave Ethan, particularly, but the money and the benefits (paid college tuition, reimbursments, pay for housing expenses and other expenses, plus health care, A MAJOR SIGN ON BONUS and more money coming out the ass. Hooray!) Haven't told my mom I'm thinking about it because she'd flip her damn lid. Don't think I blame her.

Finished Ethan's scrapbook. I feel strangely accomplished.

Need to find a job. Have interview with FireKeepers Casino on Friday. <3 HOPEFUL!

I'm tired. Ugh.

I know that many of you've realized that I've gone off the deep end with my new fandom - Twilight. And I can't wait for the movie to come out, despite my one anger:

Kristen Stewart, who is playing Bella Swan.

At first I was a little reluctant to see Rob Pattinson play Edward, but the more I see clips with him in it, and the more I look at him, the more I see the fit. He's going to be a great Edward, hands down. And his song "Never Think" that's featured on the Soundtrack CD is amazing. He's super talented and I want to jump him.

But back to Kristen Stewart.

First off, I'll give her the fact that she LOOKS the part. I'm not just saying that I don't like her because she "totally doesn't fit the character" or because I'm in a pathetic jealous rage saying that OMG they totally should've picked me over her! But I don't like her attitude.

I read a magazine article posted online the other day, and it was Kristen talking about Twilight, and how she was put off by the enormity of the audience, and that it actually frightened her. That she simply ignored all of the well wishers that came to the set to watch the filming process, kept her head down as she walked by them, and when she went to some convention, I don't know, maybe it was a SCI FI convention, she wanted to turn back around and leave once the fans greeted her.

Now tell me, isn't that just a tad superficial?

She even went so far as to mention that she does not want all the fame and celebrity that this film is bringing and that she wants to sink back out of the spotlight. Good for you then! Go. But honestly, when you're handed such a beautiful opportunity and you can make anything out of it and you just fling it back into people's faces like a whiny, spoiled two year old, then don't expect people to like you.

I just honestly can't stand her and I don't care much for her portrayal of Bella, either.

But I'm neither an honored film critic or the film's director so my voice obviously doesn't matter on it. I figured, though, that I'd just put my opinion out there. I know many people share my reluctance on giving her good criticism.

She better not fuck up that movie.

That's my piece on that!

( Other less note worthy things. )

And stranger than your sympathy, I take these things so I can't feel. I'm killing myself from the inside out, and all your fears have pushed you out.

Ew, I do not like this new stupid LJ thing.

Does anyone know how to get a set-in stain out of a WHITE VIRGIN WOOL ($399) rug?

I'm desperate.