Jennifer Lawrence's hilarious Winner's Press Conference

So human, so funny!

Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer

Have you seen this banana slicer yet? The item itself is nice, sure, but the comments are HILARIOUS!



Follow this link to read all the funny comments on Amazon.com: Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer

MyFitnessPal

I'm switching to using MyFitnessPal for tracking my calories and exercise. I've used a few others in the past, but this one seems to best fit my lifestyle, and is free. I love free.

Here's my progress this year so far:

Created by MyFitnessPal - Nutrition Facts For Foods

Whaaaaat? Hello 2013!

I tried having a "real" blog a couple years ago. Yeah, the kind with its own paid-for domain name. I was unemployed at the time and treating it as a pet project and as an online portfolio for my work. I'm not a good blogger, or maybe I just haven't found the right subject to blog about.

As with other expressive forms (creative writing, visual art, etc.) what seems to matter is the honesty. It's not just about entertaining, but also feeling "real." Each of us can easily rattle off the name of one poser or another. To myself I must be true, but do I have to be true to people stumbling across my random blog postings? 

Honesty can be painful. For example, one of my most wonderful and touching paintings is also one of my most painful ones. I let out my insecurities. Geesh, I even have trouble thinking about it. Now I have an urge to post a photo of it here... too bad I don't have a photo of it. Yet. 

So that brings me to wonder if blogging would be helpful for me. I could blog about my real life. The personal stuff I struggle with. That idea scares me.

If nothing else, adding an online portfolio of my work and experience somewhere is probably not a bad idea! 

Now

Do it right, do it now. Don't put off tomorrow what can be done today.

Trend!

I've seen a lot of mustache arts and crafts lately...

Bookmark

Finally bookmarked my own blog. Up until now I've had to search for my blog... not cool.

Man tager vad man haver.

I am vowing from now until the end of the year to not buy "new" clothes besides shoes/socks/underwear. If I REALLY need a new shirt/skirt/dress/pair of pants, I've gotta go thrifting or make it. 

Tiffannie suggested that as I buy clothes I should donate an item to charity for every item bought. I think I'll try to double that and donate two. Yes, I'm that generous, er, my closet is that full.

I'll update as necessary.

Bad reasons to have a baby/have kids

1. You have a coupon for pampers
2. You like the clever sayings on preggers tops
3. The flowy tunic-style preggers tops are cute
4. You want close parking marked 'Reserved for new or expecting parents'
5. You have a third bedroom
6. The neighbor had one
7. You need an excuse to buy more toys
8. Your sister had one
9. You like chicken nuggets and french fries
10. You want an excuse for why your car is messy
11. You want an excuse for why there's spit up on your shirt
12. The little baby clothes are *so* cute
13. You have genitalia possible of producing them
14. You're bored
15. You want a mini me
16. You want to keep up with the Duggar family
17. There's a bunch of baby clothes for cheap at a rummage sale
18. You got married
19. The little hats for sale on etsy are adorable
20. You like filling out registries at Target and Kohl's
21. All your friends are having kids
22. Your internal clock is ticking (tick tock tick tock)
23. You're great at raising kids on The Sims
24. Baby food is yummy
25. Birth control makes you sick
26. Condoms feel funny
27. Everyone in Hollywood is having one (or two)
28. You want to make a YouTube video of a baby giggling
29. You're 15 and in 'love'
30. You want the government benefits
31. It's like a doll... but really pees and cries (and then some)!
32. Peek a boo sounds like fun for some reason
33. Bubble bath is awesome
34. Pop up books are awesome
35. You feel like making halloween costumes
36. You want to control another human's life
37. He/she might be the next Mozart
38. You have a book of baby names
39. You want to skip 9 months of menstruation
40. You shrunk your $400 cashmere sweater and somebody should wear it

Testing 1, 2, 3 ...

Is this thing on?

I am quickly discovering that blogging is a difficult thing to start. I consider myself to be a darn good story teller, so... I should stick to what I'm good. Right? Right!