Well shit. It seems we have a problem here. Either I post once and am excessively delinquent in posting again or I post once and attack my blog three days later with another post. Perhaps I'm just trying to make up for my large lack of self discipline for the past two months. Perhaps I just have time on my hands and this seems like some productive use of my time.
Oh who am I kidding, nothing I choose to do is a productive use of my time. Productivity would be doing dishes or laundry, vacuuming, getting ready for work, or the like. But you know me, I like to complain about effort and spend all my time being a lazy bum. But then I complain about my own laziness and say I should be doing something. It is a god damn vicious circle, but I love it.
On to the post, I suppose then. While the titles of these may be getting more and more obscure for you, I promise they still make sense to me. The true woman (mainly in a man's eyes) is essentially a shopaholic. And thereby when I speak of a true woman's dream AND nightmare I do mean shopping. It is a dream because new things always make us feel better, but it is a nightmare because it is a complete waste of money.
I say this, but then I go out and buy silly little things whenever I can. And then I don't even wear half of my clothes. Sometimes I wish I could go on What Not to Wear and just get $5,000 for a new wardrobe. But then again, I actually dress well (most of the time) so no one would nominate me. :'( Sadness. C'est la vie.
Shopping. I could probably ramble on for hours about it. My favorite stores, finding good deals, my ability and inability to do it, credit cards, etc. It just wouldn't end. But let's try to fit all of that nonsense into one reasonably sized blog post, shall we?
STORES
As far as the spendier ones go, I'm a fan of Maurices. I also like Deb and DOTS, and my absolutely new favorite TJ Maxx. The reasons for these picks are really simple. Cute clothes out the wazoo. As far as the more reasonable stores - I enjoy Target. There's usually quite a wonderful selection available, especially this time of year. They're bringing out the summer-y things and they are adorable! Designers have had MONTHS to work on them so they're just amazing. **I strongly advise against shopping at Walmart. The clothes may be cheap, but it's because they are of a shit-tay quality**
DEALS
I seem to suck at finding them, but I know someone who is the ultimate savvy shopper. Nikolai Jaux is just the best shopper I've met. She can winterize the ultimate summer outfit and find kick ass boots for $15 when they should be $50. I mean, if you want advice, which I do (and desperately need), talk to her. She is one of my 3 followers so just hit her up. Or I can do it for ya. Whatever floats your boat.
ABILITY/INABILITY
I never have money. And when I do, there's nothing that I want (other than books). Therefore I never buy anything. :'(
CREDIT CARDS
Okay, these bad boys are just what they are. Bad boys. Avoid them for as long as you can. They can get you in trouble very easily.
I know everyone says they'll just use it when they need it and pay it all off right away. I know, I said that too. That was before I had a $500 credit limit and there was shit I wanted to buy. Credit cards are just trouble. They don't make life easier in ANY way.
Credit cards are like drugs.
Just.
Say.
No.
Okay. Don't want to end this on a weird or telling-you-what-to-do note so really trying to fit in another joke here. Running out of time. No ideas coming to mind. Fuck. I suck at being funny. That's it. I give up.
One last little tip. I heard this on a commercial, but it's good advice. Every time you buy something new, you have to get rid of something else. (A good way to avoid clutter as well!)
Post again soon (I HOPE)!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, April 26, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Animation Exaltation
Think back...way back...to when I made a post about my top ten favorite Disney movies (which it was extremely hard to narrow down, BTW). Remember? Good. Now, I'm doing something similar here, but then again it's totally different.
Because, as everyone cool knows, there is a HUGE difference between Disney movies (animated or not) and other animated movies. Therefore, they have earned a post in their own right. This is said post.
So I shall just get down to business here.
THE LAND BEFORE TIME
Okay, well this shit was what my childhood was filled with. I could not get enough of it. I mean, come on. It's fucking dinosaurs! They made so many of them, so just trying to remember which were my absolute faves. The fifth one where they went to that island in the middle of fucking nowhere. Yeah that one where they reunited with Chomper. That was a good one. Another one I loved/love is the one where Littlefoot's grandpa gets sick and they have to go find those glowing yellow flowers and Spike says his first word. Damn that part was heart-wrenching! "Duuckyyyy" awwwwwwwhhh :'( Loved it. Loved all that shit.
ANTZ
This one I always used to get mixed up with A Bug's Life which is also a great one - but Disney so it's not one for this post. Was/is it just me or did those grasshoppers just freak everyone out? I would love to say more about this movie, but I'm drawing a blank on my favorite parts and all that jazz. Moving on.
OVER THE HEDGE
Come on guys. Steve Carell and Bruce Willis AND Wanda Sykes??? Nothing wrong with that cast. Just freaking loved that squirrel! So much energy. And there were some touching moments as well which is to be expected in, like, all animated movies. I will essentially advertise any and all parts of this movie that contain or mention that damned wonderful squirrel.
MADAGASCAR
Where do I even begin? Chris Rock as Marty the optimistic zebra, Ben Stiller as Alex the conceited lion, Jada Pinkett-Smith as Gloria the sassy hippo, and David Schwimmer as Melman the hypochondriac giraffe. What a group of friends. And then you bring in all the lemurs and King Julian?! Some good animated movie making. What were your favorite parts? Because there are too many for me to even begin to name them.
KUNG FU PANDA
Man this was some good kung fu fighting. Jack Black voicing a fat ass panda who idolizes the shit out of the Furious Five of kung fu. Then turns out he's the Dragon Warrior? Mind totally...not blown. If that hadn't happened there would have been no movie. Duh. Anywhoooo so what's up with his dad being a fucking goose? Clearly Po was adopted. I just like how it doesn't get addressed until like the final movie and shit. Just some good stuff going on there. Loved parts making fun of Po being fat. Loved part where he fought that bad guy whose name I cannot recall. Just all good stuff.
SHREK
Now, clearly I could not have made a post about the best animated movies and NOT included Shrek. For some of these animated movies, they really didn't/don't need to go into making a fuck ton of them as a series, but with Shrek it totally worked. I mean, they have a wealth of fairy tale creatures to choose from as bad guys so it didn't NEED to end. Just loved the premise of Shrek. And Donkey is obviously what made like 90% of the humor. CANNOT forget about Donkey. "I'm all alone. There's no one here beside me. My troubles have all gone. (FINISH IT!!)"
okay totally random but that little comment I made ^^ really reminded me of Mortal Kombat FINISH HIM!!!
DESPICABLE ME
CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD!!! "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!" So much wonderful. I don't even know what to say. Like, there's just too much I could quote. Boogie robots. Dart/Fart gun. The list just goes on and on and on. I have absolutely zero complaints about this movie. I could watch it over and over again. Much like Meet the Robinsons (Disney) which will probably have it's own post because I love it so much.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
So much winning in one movie. Boom. End of description.
HAPPY FEET
Cuteness to the extreme + penguins tap dancing + kick ask singing = this movie. And by the ways I am singularly talking about the first movie here. I haven't seen HF2 yet. But in any case. Robin Williams. Boom. Winning.
RIO
So fabulous. Cute as crap. Plot line is cool shit. They lived in Moose Lake, Minnesota for another one. Like WTF. How awesome is that! Just overall quite great.
I'm not sure there's anything else to say. Obviously, include anything in the comments that I forgot to add. Also give me praise because I deserve it. Uhm. I think that's it. Praise. Praise. And praise. Yeah that about covers it. :)
Post again when I remember. Hopefully it will be within a month this time :P
Because, as everyone cool knows, there is a HUGE difference between Disney movies (animated or not) and other animated movies. Therefore, they have earned a post in their own right. This is said post.
So I shall just get down to business here.
THE LAND BEFORE TIME
Okay, well this shit was what my childhood was filled with. I could not get enough of it. I mean, come on. It's fucking dinosaurs! They made so many of them, so just trying to remember which were my absolute faves. The fifth one where they went to that island in the middle of fucking nowhere. Yeah that one where they reunited with Chomper. That was a good one. Another one I loved/love is the one where Littlefoot's grandpa gets sick and they have to go find those glowing yellow flowers and Spike says his first word. Damn that part was heart-wrenching! "Duuckyyyy" awwwwwwwhhh :'( Loved it. Loved all that shit.
ANTZ
This one I always used to get mixed up with A Bug's Life which is also a great one - but Disney so it's not one for this post. Was/is it just me or did those grasshoppers just freak everyone out? I would love to say more about this movie, but I'm drawing a blank on my favorite parts and all that jazz. Moving on.
OVER THE HEDGE
Come on guys. Steve Carell and Bruce Willis AND Wanda Sykes??? Nothing wrong with that cast. Just freaking loved that squirrel! So much energy. And there were some touching moments as well which is to be expected in, like, all animated movies. I will essentially advertise any and all parts of this movie that contain or mention that damned wonderful squirrel.
MADAGASCAR
Where do I even begin? Chris Rock as Marty the optimistic zebra, Ben Stiller as Alex the conceited lion, Jada Pinkett-Smith as Gloria the sassy hippo, and David Schwimmer as Melman the hypochondriac giraffe. What a group of friends. And then you bring in all the lemurs and King Julian?! Some good animated movie making. What were your favorite parts? Because there are too many for me to even begin to name them.
KUNG FU PANDA
Man this was some good kung fu fighting. Jack Black voicing a fat ass panda who idolizes the shit out of the Furious Five of kung fu. Then turns out he's the Dragon Warrior? Mind totally...not blown. If that hadn't happened there would have been no movie. Duh. Anywhoooo so what's up with his dad being a fucking goose? Clearly Po was adopted. I just like how it doesn't get addressed until like the final movie and shit. Just some good stuff going on there. Loved parts making fun of Po being fat. Loved part where he fought that bad guy whose name I cannot recall. Just all good stuff.
SHREK
Now, clearly I could not have made a post about the best animated movies and NOT included Shrek. For some of these animated movies, they really didn't/don't need to go into making a fuck ton of them as a series, but with Shrek it totally worked. I mean, they have a wealth of fairy tale creatures to choose from as bad guys so it didn't NEED to end. Just loved the premise of Shrek. And Donkey is obviously what made like 90% of the humor. CANNOT forget about Donkey. "I'm all alone. There's no one here beside me. My troubles have all gone. (FINISH IT!!)"
okay totally random but that little comment I made ^^ really reminded me of Mortal Kombat FINISH HIM!!!
DESPICABLE ME
CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD!!! "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!" So much wonderful. I don't even know what to say. Like, there's just too much I could quote. Boogie robots. Dart/Fart gun. The list just goes on and on and on. I have absolutely zero complaints about this movie. I could watch it over and over again. Much like Meet the Robinsons (Disney) which will probably have it's own post because I love it so much.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
So much winning in one movie. Boom. End of description.
HAPPY FEET
Cuteness to the extreme + penguins tap dancing + kick ask singing = this movie. And by the ways I am singularly talking about the first movie here. I haven't seen HF2 yet. But in any case. Robin Williams. Boom. Winning.
RIO
So fabulous. Cute as crap. Plot line is cool shit. They lived in Moose Lake, Minnesota for another one. Like WTF. How awesome is that! Just overall quite great.
I'm not sure there's anything else to say. Obviously, include anything in the comments that I forgot to add. Also give me praise because I deserve it. Uhm. I think that's it. Praise. Praise. And praise. Yeah that about covers it. :)
Post again when I remember. Hopefully it will be within a month this time :P
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