Bored.

This always happens with me.

I want summer to be here, and once it's here, I'm bored. Then, when school comes along, I want it to be summer again.

*sighs* It never, ever ends. What a vicious cycle.

Summer is just around the corner...

...and I am definitely ready for it.

Not much of an entry, but then again, I don't have that much to say.

That is all.

knock on wood...

I've never once broken a bone.

Not ever.

Everyone in my family has broken something: my mom's broken her foot, arm, and toes; my dad, multiple bones; my brother, his nose; my sister, her arm and her toe (that was my fault...left my big size 12 shoes out in the hallway and she tripped over them).

Ask anyone, and I am the biggest klutz in the world. I trip over everything and anything. Hell, I've even tripped down STAIRS and came out unscathed.

I think I'm pretty strange. But I've never broken a bone.

Knock on wood...

Very, very nice to achieve goals.

What I'll be seeing John Mayer doing on 7/3/2008 at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre in Maryland Heights.

I love achieving goals.

Everyone has their major and their minor goals they want to achieve in their life, whether it be as simple as wanting a hamburger for lunch, or as large as achieving a high-ranking position in a company.

My major goals in life were to graduate from college and be working. I've achieved both of these goals.

Another one of my goals was to see Nickelback live. Been there, done that.

Now, I am going to achieve one of my other goals: I'm going to see John Mayer, live. From what I hear, he puts on a great show. And to top it all off, I'm in the right section, row K. The seat, spectacular. The view, spectacular.

This is going to be something I'll remember for the rest of my life.

You hear that, John? I'm coming to see you live.

Hopefully, I'll win a chance to meet you at the eat-and-greet as well.

But that's a story for another time.

This is what my heart looks like...

Maybe not exactly like this...I graduated in December of 2007. Wooooo! :D

I am now a substitute teacher, and I am looking for a job.

That's not fun. :|

That's why I haven't posted in so long...life was hectic. Now, life is where I want it to be, except for the whole job thing.

I will post more often. :)

my theory

I have an odd theory. So just bear with me while I test the waters.

I have a theory that you can tell a lot about a person by the type of music that they listen to. Here is my iTunes iPod list of the Top 25 songs I like to listen to:



Just in case you're not able to see it, I listen to a wide variety of music. Country, rap, blues, 80s music (I am an 80s child), rock, you name it. I even listen to classical. So I like to think I'm pretty open-minded.

That way with movies, too. But that's a post for another time.

the real world...

I like to think a lot about this term..."the real world." Especially since I will be graduating college in the fall, and will soon be entering "the real world."

I took a philosophy class once, called Knowledge and Reality; something the professor said stood out in my mind: "What is real? Is it what our brain processes? Is it what we perceive to be real? What is real for us may not be real for others."

How true this is. My reality is most definitely not other people's reality. I realize how lucky my life has been, and how I've had people supporting me and encouraging me all throughout my journey to get to my goal of becoming a teacher.

To those people, I give my thanks.

Seinfeld: Best show in the world. Period.

Seinfeld is the best show in the entire world. The best show there ever was, or ever will be.

I never watched it while it was on the air, because I was too young to get the jokes and such. My mom is the reason I like this show, and she got me seasons 1 and 2 on DVD one Christmas.

I was hooked.

Basically, it's a show about nothing, and that's what makes it so funny.

Here is a website with Seinfeld quotes from all 138 episodes that I found to be rather interesting: Seinfeld quotes

If you have never seen this show...get the DVDs! Or catch it on reruns. You won't be disappointed. :)

Nickelodeon and Saturday morning TV nostalgia.

I was watching Fairly Oddparents on DVD, and I got to thinking about all of the Nickelodeon shows I used to watch when I was a kid, and ones that I loved. Here's the list, off the top of my head:

1. Rocko's Modern Life
2. Ren and Stimpy
3. All That
4. Roundhouse
5. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
6. Legends of the Hidden Temple
7. Clarissa Explains It All
8. The Adventures of Pete and Pete
9. The Angry Beavers
10. Double Dare
11. What Would You Do?
12. Hey, Dude!
13. Salute Your Shorts
14. Wild and Crazy Kids

Then I got to thinking about other shows I used to watch:

1. Ghostwriter
2. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
3. Beakman's World
4. Pee Wee's Playhouse
5. David the Gnome (I still know the theme song!)
6. Sharon, Lois, and Bram's Elephant Show
7. Fred Penner's Place

Ah, good times. :)

QLC (the quarter-life crisis).

I am going to be turning 25 soon (June 20th, to be exact). I will also be graduating college in December, with a Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education. It has hit me I'll soon be out in what is termed the "real world." And I gotta tell you...

...it feels weird.

How I'm feeling actually has a term: QLC (or in layman's terms, the quarter-life crisis). I didn't even know I was in crisis mode. It even has its' own wikipedia entry:

The quarterlife crisis (QLC) is a term applied to the period of life immediately following the major changes of adolescence, usually ranging from ages 21 - 29. The term is named by analogy with mid-life crisis. It is now recognised by many therapists and professionals in the mental health field.

Do I possess all of the characteristics? Let's see:

Characteristics of quarter-life crisis include:

1. feeling "not good enough" because one can't find a job that is at one's academic/intellectual level (no, not yet; but I have a job prospect).

2. frustration with relationships, the working world, and finding a suitable job or career (I'm pretty happy with being me and being alone, 'cause it doesn't mean I have to be lonely. *smiles*)

3. confusion of identity (I know who I am.)

4. insecurity regarding the near future (I'm not afraid of the future. Life is too short to worry about something you can't control.)

5. insecurity regarding present accomplishments (I'm proud that I'll soon be graduating. That is my BIGGEST accomplishment.)

6. re-evaluation of close interpersonal relationships (pretty comfortable in this area as well.)

7. disappointment with one's job (well, yeah, I am...but I work at a crappy job anyway)

8. nostalgia for college life (I like college, but excited to be moving on.)

9. tendency to hold stronger opinions (I've always had strong opinions.)

10. boredom with social interactions (not really.)

11.financially-rooted stress (everyone has financially rooted stress, and I know I'll have it my entire life

12. loneliness (I have my family and friends. As far as a relationship, I'd like to have one, but that will come in its' own time. Whenever life feels I'm ready to have one, it'll give me one.)

13. desire to have children (I do want kids, even if I have to adopt. That won't come till later.)

14. a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you (sometimes I feel like that, and then I remind myself that I am doing just fine.)

So I guess I'm not in QLC. I guess I just feel weird. That's normal. Everyone's weird in their own special way. :)