The Tag that Takes Me Back to Junior High Band

I got this tag from Tiffany, who, might I add, was ALWAYS first chair flute. I, on the other hand, remained a casual third chair.

FOUR JOBS I'VE HAD IN MY LIFE:
1. Cashier at the Tie One On
2. Do-Whatever-I'm-Told girl for UVSC Alumni
3. Pawn at The Evil Print Empire (name stolen from Jordan)
4. Does anything you do for money count here?

FOUR MOVIES I WOULD (OR HAVE) WATCHED OVER AND OVER:
1. BBC Pride and Prejudice
2. The Rainmaker (w/ Matt Damon)
3. Much Ado About Nothing
4. Sabrina (the new one...Harrison Ford and Greg Kinnear <3)

FOUR PLACES I'VE LIVED:
1. my mom and dad's basement
2. the Hobson's basement
3. Ray and Laura's basement
4. I lived in an apartment when I was like 2
I am trying to prepare myself by living in the dark and cold, so it won't bother me as much during the Apocalypse.

FOUR PEOPLE WHO EMAIL ME REGULARLY:
1. Blogger
2. Alpha T-Shirt Company
3. City Weekly
4. Facebook
Oh...you mean actual people?

FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS:
1. Ludwig raspberries
2. Sunbelt Fudge Dipped Coconut Bars
3. Ludwig Dried Apples
4. Chicken and Noodles

FOUR PLACES I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
1. In an advanced statistic class
2. At the dentist getting a root canal
3. At the "down there" doctor
4. Stuck in the desert on the way to Arizona
Maybe just saying "anywhere not work" would be more clear

FOUR THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2008:
1. Teaching in the fall
2. Getting rich
3. "The Office" starting up again
4. 15 new Shane Company (now you have a friend in the diamond business) radio ads

FOUR FRIENDS I WANT TO TAG:
Anyone I tagged in the above picture

i am excited to announce...

that I got an internship for next school year!

(I know, it's a terrible picture, but I have really been lacking on visual imagery here, so this is my attempt...and Paul made the award thing...not me...and yes, my eyes are open, that is just what I look like when I smile)

I had an interview yesterday and I was OH SOOOOO NERVOUS! I found out about it on Friday afternoon and was a ticking time bomb all weekend!

Well, I had an interview on Tuesday morning that was supposed to last 15 minutes, but it lasted like 45 mins instead...and guess what? They offered me the job on the spot! I will be teaching 4 periods of English 10 and a period of Journalism at a nearby (I mean REALLY nearby) high school, so I'll be responsible for *gulp* like 180 minds *breath in*breath out*

Now, I have more nerves than before, but there is a lot of excitement along with it.

So, if any of you have any favorite things, ideas, or lessons from teaching, English, or American Literature, let me know...seriously!

i win! i win! i win!

My dear friend, Jordan, made a post about this i love give-aways blog after she won a cute pair of earrings.

Yesterday I won a JJ! Ok, so the only reason I won was because the real winner didn't claim her prize...but still!

These JJ things seem great because they organize all your jewelry for travel! I totally had some awesome earring ruined after my suitcase got randomly checked...the airport left my bag a mess with all my well-organized and stored jewelry (or so I thought) strewed all over the place...it was a sparkly nightmare. Who knows...maybe these JJ thingies will do the trick!

To win it's easy...just go to the I LOVE GIVE-AWAYS BLOG, follow the instructions, post, then check if you won. The site was created to help women who own small online businesses (like this one and these cute bags and all their state-themed cleverness) and you reap the benefits!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad

My parents have been married for 27 years today!

They are the best parents ever...they just seem to mesh well together. My dad is lucky that my mom knows everything and my mom is lucky that my dad is so easy going.

Over the past 27 years, they have raised (and are raising) 7, yes, 7, fabulous children...children so well-behaved and attractive that they set a precidence; they raise the bar, if you will.

Their examples to me, both as parents and as a couple, have really affected me. I am forunate enough to have seen a healthy and functioning marriage everyday of my life. I think situations like that are rare and I am grateful they took the challenge of living lives of unselfishness, kindness, generosity, and faith.

Oh...PS: It took Paul 7 HOURS TO GET HOME LAST NIGHT!

an ill reputed trade

I recommend you read this carefully.

Since Laura's blog has recently displayed some reference and accusations to a specific snooper, I am here to explain myself, to lay it all down on the the table.

Here's the deal with me: I am a snoop.


I will admit to it to anyone. I feel like admitting it makes me MORE TRUSTWORTHY THAN EVERYONE ELSE, who probably does snoop, you just don't know they are doing it. They are sly about it; I am classy.

I am not a trashy snooper. I follow a strict set of rules.

• The golden rule: Snoop unto others as you would have them snoop unto you.

• I NEVER go into rooms where I am not allowed. To be honest, I feel VERY VERY VERY uncomfortable in other people's homes (probably from the countless "don't touch ANYTHING" lectures). If you say off limits or if I feel apprehensive about any area, I won't even test the waters.

• If I don't know the person well enough, no snooping will happen. Again, I do not really enjoy being at other people's homes, so if I don't know the person, I am in and out as quickly as possible...only the familiar are at risk to my prying eyes.

• Some people are not snoop-worthy. I will not snoop in these homes. If it's not a challenge, it's a waste. I won't mention the names of those people as to not embarrass them from my lack of fascination with their private/secret lives.

• I can never ask about the things I find. I am not a good liar, so I couldn't even bring it up innocently. I don't even try. The stories I come up with and the explanations I concoct in my mind are far better that the reality I'm sure, and it leaves that delightful sense of mystery.

• The snooper's creedo: always leave the inspected area exactly how you found it. Every dust particle must be replaced to its original location.

• I always separate the snooping from the person being snooped on. It is totally non-judgmental and non-emotional. The act is entirely for the thrill of the hunt. I have never looked at anyone differently after snooping.

• I usually stick to bathrooms. They are the easiest, by far. Locked doors, good lighting, mounds of precious detail. But that does not mean they are easy, no, no, my Deshi. They key is to act fast, too much time and people start asking questions. You have to prioritize. You have to master the technique.

• I do not go into bedrooms unless I am invited.

• I am not a paperwork snoop. I don't deal with the red tape arena. This is the specialty of some snoops, but it doesn't meet my taste. I like objects, not information. I am not out to uncover some secret scandal about an untold affair. I don't care what kind of insurance plan you have. As I said before, I want to make it all up myself. Facts frighten me.

• Junk drawers can be quite amusing. Usually junk drawers are in a central location, but you can snoop in Big Brother's plain sight. Looking for a pen, paper, etc., can be your ticket to a treasure chest of tall tales. You typically only get one swift look though, so don't get caught off guard when you have to take an instantaneous mental snapshot.

Now that you are savvy to my gift (as I like to call it), if you say "no snooping" I won't even think about it. Actually, if you say it, I probably won't even want to. You see, unlike the misconception that if someones says not to, you should want to even more because they have something to hide, the people who don't want snoopers are typically the most boring anyways...so I appreciate the warning.

Here are the facts:
• I snoop for sport and sport only
• Of my known blog lurkers, there is only one whose home I have snooped in
• If you ask me, I will tell you if I have snooped (again, I can't lie)
• If I didn't tell you that I snoop, you would have never known, even if it happened to you
• My snooping has slowed down DRAMATICALLY over the years, I just can't give it the time I used to
• If I need to go to the bathroom at your house, it's because I really need to go, not some lame excuse to rummage through your medicine cabinet
• This is not an inherited trait, I do not share it with family members, however I am sure it stems from my wiring on a cellular level

Lyrical Injustice

Today I caught myself thinking about the worst lyrics presently stored in my brain. I decided to share. I apologize for the sheer mass bad lyrics displayed here, tragically there are more. This list has been filtered down to some of my favorites.

Please feel free to share some of yours too.


"Coast to coast, LA to Chicago" (Smooth Operator-Sade)

"I'm blue dubba dee dubba di" (Blue-Eiffle 65)

"Met my old lover in the grocery store" (Same Old Lang Syne-Dan Fogelberg)

"I stole behind her in the frozen foods" (Same Old Lang Syne-Dan Fogelberg)

"Unskinny bob, just blows me away. Unskinny bop bop, all night and day" (Unskinny Bob-Poison)

"Now you all grown up like Rudy Huxtable" (Lovers and Friends-Usher, Lil Jon, Ludacris)

"I love you like a fat kid loves cake" (21 Questions-50 Cent)

"I'd like to check you for ticks" (Ticks-Brad Paisley)

"If I was a sculptor, but then again, no" (Your Song-Elton John)

"Young girl get out of my mind, my love for you is way out of line" (Young Girl-Gary Puckett and the Union Gap)

"With all the charms of a woman, you've kept the secret of your youth" (Young Girl-Gary Puckett and the Union Gap)

"You led me to believe you're old enough" (Young Girl-Gary Puckett and the Union Gap)

"You will achieve dream control" (Silent Lucidity-Queensryche)

"And if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart, he might blow up and kill this man" (Achy Breaky Heart-Billy Ray Cyrus)

"I've got a soul but I'm not a soldier" (All These Things I've Done-The Killers)

"I wish it was Sunday. That's my fun day. My I-don't-have-to-run day" (Manic Monday-Bangles)

"Lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains" (Whenever, Wherever-Shakira)

"There were plants and birds and rocks and things" (Horse with No Name-America)

"Loving would be easy if the colors were like my dream: red, gold and green" (Karma Chameleon-Culture Club)

"My panty line shows, got a run in my hose, my hair went flat, Man, I hate that!" (Honey I'm Home-Shania Twain)

"Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball" (Champaign Supernova-Oasis)

"Everybody wang chung tonight" (Everybody Have Fun-Wang Chung)

"This s*?> is banana. B-A-N-A-N-A-S" (Hollaback Girl-Gwen Stefani)

"Friends--check. Money--check. Well-slept--check. Opposite sex--check..." (Something's Missing-John Mayer)

"The way that Kathie Lee needed Regis, that's the way y'all need Jesus" (Jesus Walks-Kanye West)

and my personal favorite:

"In the suite, on the news, everybody dog food" (They Don't Care About Us-Michael Jackson)

another tag (10 things about moi)

In order to get another post out here, I am accepting Reagan's tag for writing 10 things about me me me! Here it is, in the third person, just to be annoying:

1: Kira really enjoys getting reactions out of people...Kira is constantly repressing stunts, antics, and comments that she would only indulge in for the shock of it all.

2: Kira wishes she could do a multi radio station makeover: take out the fake laughing, take out the stupid names, take out the really bad commercials (namely the pay day loan centers and the change the lyrics to ruin a perfectly good song ads) take out the DJs she doesn't like, etc. KiraEveryone would be a lot better off.

3: Kira hates (yes, it's that strong of a dislike) when the tongues of shoes are outside someone's pants.

4. Kira finds crackers with Jack cheese and yellow mustard wonderful.

5. Kira adores wedding invitations, less because she likes weddings, more because she likes to critique the pictures.

6. Kira is movie fanatic (right now she is craving "Dear Frankie"... it has that deelish Gerard Butler AND a good plot!)

7. Kira longs for her last name to be "DeVine" (she wonders if Paul would go for it? Change both names: Mr. & Mrs. DeVine...sounds like a sexy thriller movie huh)

8. Kira loves listening to the background music on reality tv...the excitement, the drama, the sheer artificiality of it all.

9. Kira works in an office that is either too cold with the door open or too hot with the door closed.

10. Kira wants to coin several pop culture phrases in her lifetime: starting with "CONCAVAGE" (con-cay-vaj): In contrast to cleavage, where two breasts are squished together forming a cleavage break, as if in a rock, concavage is the visual effect that takes place when two breasts are separated. Take it, spread it, credit Kira.

here you go, Jason. I completed the tag.

Sorry it has been so long...seriously, I think about what to write all the time, but I never come up with good ideas. So if you have any things you want to know about (other than how I got so hot, cause I've tried, and it can't be explained), please let me know.


How long have you been blogging?
Since Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, making my little baby 16 months old (right?).


What inspired you to start your blog, and who are your mentors?
I really had no intention of keeping it up when I started it, but then I remembered just how awesome I am and how much people like me, so I kept it up. Originally I just wanted to comment on Katrine's, Laura's, Ky's, Moosebutt's, and The Waterlogged Blog

Now I have a ba-gillion blogs I like to keep up on (thank you Google Reader!). Many links are on the side, but my list does not stop there. (here's the newest one I learned from Jordan...its a give-away blog!)


Are you trying to make money online, or are you doing it just for fun?
Never. I wouldn't sell out like that.


What 3 things do you love about being online?
Outside of the things that I thought of that made me laugh that are also inappropriate and very immature:

Studies do not conclude being online can make you:
1- fat
2- ugly
3- pregnant
like all the other good things in life.


Chat and IM.
Rarely im, never chat. I have, however, been required to post on online forums for school...so I'm clearly keeping up.

PS: HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY tomorrow!