The Calm

Storms are one of nature's coolest events. It helps produce life- trees, grass, flowers, US. It also brings booming thunder and flashing lightning. It also makes beautiful sounds as rain tumbles on the roof or on my head. I love flowers. Therefore I love the rain that brings them to life. BUT storms are sooooooo ORDINARY for someone to like. EVERYONE loves storms, or rain, or thunder. What I always forget about is this................

4. The Calm Before the Storm

Standing outside, a hush comes over you. You can see the storm coming in the grey, dark clouds. You can feel the it in the heaviness of the air around you, thick and making it harder to breathe. BUT the storm is NOT upon you yet, though there is a breeze.

Then, suddenly, everything stops. The breeze dies down, the air lightens up. And everything feels right. Like, no matter whats going on in my own life, right now, everything will be ok.

That one moment is enough to refresh me for days. I feel like I am flying on the wings of this storm. And it doesn't hurt that the calm of the storm means there is a storm close behind, which I like for all the reasons I listed above.

People I Like

So I have A LOT of interaction with random people, what with going to Truman and working at Sears and shopping a lot. And without further ado, I'd like to introduce them. Though you should know that these interactions have allowed me to pinpoint the kind of people I particularly like a lot. As in, when I make friends I tend to veer towards this kind of person. Without further ado, allow me to share with you what exactly I'm describing. Although realize that this is a huge generalization seeing as I have so many random friends that are not in this category.

And now you have officially been blathered at. Without further ado (FOR REAL PAHAHAHA)....

3. Nerds/Dorks/Really Intelligent Men/Smarties

I realize that this is a very generalized category. But seriously? In high school, I mainly hung out with a bunch of guys who would be in the dictionary under these and other similar words. And I loved every second of it. These guys are the sweetest, funniest kind of people. They crack jokes that play on having random knowledge and they don't care that other people don't understand it. Best of all they have these huge loving hearts that you'd miss if you didn't really know them.

Because of my high school experience I have decided that when I grow up, I want to work in the public relations sector of a largerish company that is mainly made up of these kind of people. I want to assist in the communication aspect of their lives, since so often other people see them as having issues communication properly. This is not a dig on anyway, rather an observation on how people deal with each other on a day to day basis.

So thank you, guys from high school. You guys were some of the coolest friends. :)

More Food? I KNOW

I was eating breakfast earlier (I KNOW RIGHT???). It was the most exciting thing of the day. Except for shaving my legs. Anyway I was eating food and I went into my cupboard and there on the top shelf, was a bag. A bag full of wonderful delicious orange food. CHEETOS PUFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This leads me to my number 2 item. No, not just cheetos, or cheetos puffs....

2. Cheese Dust (on my fingers)

This is so so so perfect. Because when you lick it off, you get the awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome taste that is Cheetos (they will probably get on this list somewhere!) BUT you also don't have to worry about intaking hundreds of grams of fat that is Cheetos. Plus, it's orange. I love orange. I love it so much I painted my whole room orange. So that's a definite plus. And if that's not enough, it gives me an excuse to lick my fingers. Think about it, if you're in a restaurant, licking your fingers is absolutely a NO NO. Even in my own house I can't lick my fingers normally. BUT having Cheetos dust on my fingers is an excellent excuse to get that last little bit of awesome into my mouth.

Happiness

I feel like I COMPLAIN. a lot. Probably more than a lot. And I fear it gives everyone around me the wrong impression. I am actually a very pleasant, extremely happy individual. And positive. I like seeing the good things in life, even if I don't really share them that often. So I've create a project for myself so that I can always remind my own self just how awesome life really is.

And....

this blog was born.

So I'm going to blog about the millions of little things I truly love and are often overlooked by both me and society as a whole.

I blogged. When I was........... 15? You know, full of angst. And sexual tensions. The whole "I am so sad because my boyfriend is sad" deal. I feel like that kind of blogging was nothing but me begging for attention.

What I'm doing now is quite, quite, QUITE different. I shall instead attempt to brighten my own day, each day, by coming up with something that makes me happy. That way, when the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I'll simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad!

(anyone? sound of music? fun trivia of the day I HAVE STILL NEVER SEEN SOUND OF MUSIC BUT I KNOW ALL THE WORDS TO ALL THE SONGS. That's a win if I've ever seen one!)

So tallyho and all the nonsense. Hopefully this makes you smile too!

1. Ring Pops.

Ring Pops have to be number one. They just do. Ring Pops seriously seriously SERIOUSLY make my day, every day of my life. They are 56 cents at Wal-Mart and even cheaper in a pack from Walgreens. And they are 10 minutes of absolutely tongue heaven. Plus they contain enough sugar to jump start my system for a little bit and leave me feeling pretty good. Beyond that, I have yet to try a flavor that sucks. Seriously! Even the weird twisty ones, like "Twisted Citrus Craze" which sounds down right DANGEROUS, totally rock my socks off.