Horray!

Obama won!
I'm so excited : )

Just had to show off that I voted >.<

I called my gramma (republican) to brag...
I'm not very mature sometimes.
She tells me "I don't know.. I just don't trust that negro.."
It saddens me that people still think like that.
His skin color shouldn't have anything to do with his ability...
I suppose we grew up in different worlds...

It saddened me to see a friend of mine's MySpace status change to "So-and-so...wishes she could be more help. (the 44rth president of the USA is African American......)"
So the fuck what???
Ah well, at least there were enough of us out there overlook this?? and make difference : )

Wiztober made my night

"Doing nothing? I'm learning how to shock people with my pants! I'd hardly call that doing nothing..."
-Professor Crumbs from the Disney show Wizards of Waverly Place

I know, I know. Wizards of Waverly Place is a TV show meant to entertain kids my sisters age, right? The thing is, I think it's quite hilarious! I was so excited when I turned on the TV a little while ago and accidentally stumbled upon "WizTober," meaning back-to-back-to-back-to-back episodes of one of my favorite shows! It a nice background for my much less exciting chemistry homework.

I suppose it's simple minded, easy to understand humor along with the in-your-face puns that are hard to miss that make the show appealing to me. The show is so incredibly cheesy, which is also somewhat a turn on in my book. Plus, it's pretty unique. Trapping a guy in jello so you can turn his girlfriend evil by playing tetherball on the top of the Tower of Evil? I don't think I could come up with that (unless I was slap happy and on a caffeine high, I suppose). My little sister and I have got the funky hat song and dance down perfectly >.< It's pretty fun. A few weeks ago, we were singing it and these other little girls ran up and finished it with us. Completely adorable! Sadly, these other children's parents obviously don't know what their kids are watching, and were completely lost as to what was going on ("Wizards of what now?)

That aside, I also absolutely love (most of) Alex Russo (played by Selena Gomez)'s outfits. They are incredibly unique and, for the most part, well put together. I also Selena's hair. Overall, she's pretty much gorgeous :) I can only hope she stays on the "right path" and doesn't become the next Britney Spears/Miley Cyrus.

Man, life would be so much harder to live with millions of little kids, their parents, and the rest of the world, following your every movement... Ew. I don't even want to imagine that..

Zombies

I love this video:


And I can't wait until Halloween!

Best (most pathetic) dream ever last night!

So... Last night I had a pretty amazingly pathetic (in a happy kind of way) dream. I was on the bus when I ran into my cousin, Galen (I've probably seen him once in the past year) , who told me there was a free concert at Red Rocks that night. Mason, another cousin of mine (who I also never see... odd that I'd dream of them) became a bus driver and drove Lane, some amigos, and myself to the concert, which turned out to be the Jonas Brothers! (WOOT!) I was super excited and got to meet Kevin. :) My friends (who have a "plan" to go to the next jobros show and start a mosh) gave in to the awesomeness of the band and didn't start crap. What a lovely night... Told ya it was pathetic. Much better than my dream the night before when my body rejected the change and my life's blood poured out of me... I think I've been reading too many vampire books lately.

I'm truly a horrible person.

Imagine:
You're a beautiful, innocent praying mantis.
You're going for a walk and enjoying the lovely fall weather.
And all of a sudden... CRUSH!
Jessica accidentally stomps on you on the way to work.
And now you're just dead.
Poor little praying mantis!

I get older every stinking day!

It is kind of scary when you realize your superheroes aren't actually all that super. Like in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, when Biff catches his father doing immoral things and realizes Willie isn't wasn't perfect as he had grown up believing--like everyone else, Willie had flaws, insecurities, and made mistakes.


On a smaller scale:
At work today, my head manager asked me which colors she needed to mix to make red. I know, not a big deal... but for the past year and a half, I have grown too look up to this individual as my mentor, in a sense. She has been scooping ice cream and decorating cakes for much longer than I, and I have never before questioned her judgment or competence.
I realized today that the people I have grown too admire and inspire to be like aren't actually all that different (or better) than me. I'm getting older, maturing, and beginning to become these individuals' equal. I am now also a manager, with quite a bit of experience behind me. It's frightening to feel that I no longer have someone to aspire to be like. Thankfully, I have the security of knowing I don't plan on serving ice cream to snotty children for the rest of my life--I still have plenty of things I want to do with my life, and plenty of people to inspire and encourage me along the way.
So, in many ways, this incident was also quite assuring. It made me aware of how my hard work was paying off. Of course, the momentary lapse in logic that my coworker experienced doesn't necessarily say anything about me as an individual. However, this experience guided me to an epiphany, during which I finally understood that I was no longer the pupil, but the friend, waiting for the chance to teach.

Poor Jacob

So, I recently started reading the Twilight series. A week ago, to be exact. It's my goal to finish Eclipse before Breaking Dawn is released Friday. I'm doing pretty good--a third of the way through, with three days left! Right now, I'm at the part (spoiler alert!) where Bella returns to the Cullen's house after Jacob kidnaps/rescues her. This book is driving me crazy!

How can everyone be so thrilled to see Bella with Edward? He's nothing but a clingy, demanding jerkface! There's nothing keeping them together but lust and greed! UGH! I generally take a vampire's side no matter what, but I can't just stand by while Bella abandons her best friend (who happens to be an attractive werewolf) for this dweeb!

"I'll never see anyone else, Bella. I only see you. Even when I close my eyes and try to see something else."-Jacob Black

He's so adorable! I'm sorry, but Edward's "nobility" isn't a major turn on for me. Leaving her to save her seems quite retarded. I suppose I'm supposed to *awe* at his selflessness, but grow a spine! And when he tries to kill himself because he can't imagine living in a world without her... again, BLEH! It could be romantic, i guess, had he not abandoned her for the last half a year prior to her supposed death. But that Romeo & Juliet crap, killing yourself because your boyfriend's gone, just kind of irritates me. What a sissy! At least Jacob is FUN!

Oh well, maybe I'll change my mind and learn to love Edward again... He does have some pretty nice cars. Plus, Alice is pretty amazing! I named my lost kitty after her >.< We'll see.